Someone mentioned the 'Win 95 compatable' power strip. Also known as the 'plug & play' power strip.
Also, I've seen plug&play UPS units (though they arent' actually manageable, so they act like a power strip).
Then there's the 'soundblaster live mp3+' which is really the exact same hardware as the 'soundblaster live x-gamer', and the 'soundblaster live value OEM (though the oem one is missing 1 smd resistor pack and the digital CD in, but you can add them yourself).
Then there's 'digital ready' headphones.... that's funny. let's see.. what else....
or like 'Cholesterol free' or 'Fat free' bran flakes during the cholesterol retail wars.... yeah. They were ALWAYS fat free. Funny.
There are a plethora of 'plug&play' and 'windows XXX' compatable serial/keyboard extender cables (just cables.. not active components).
I know there was an even dumber one I saw.. I can't recall what it was, it was so dumb. Something like a keyboard dust cover or something that was 'win98 compatable'.
Of course, there's the new buzzwords too, right?
'p2p' for napster/gnutella stuff. How is that new?
There's the SAN (storage area network).. which really isn't something new.. though it's certainly come of age.
When I think 'storage area network' I think of ip over scsi! not some kind of fc-al disk array...
Hey..dont' have to 'splain it to me. I love tribes... it just started to get a bit stale.
And tribes II is taking an awful long time, though I'm definately a customer when it comes out.
The 'render extremely large areas' shoudl read 'render extremely large areas with very little detail'. Any map that has lots of structure on it bags down in a hurry; rolling terrain is great. On that note, though, i agree, that's what made tribes really cool.
Watch what you say about rendering though.. indoors or outdoors, as soon as you have lots of structure or detail, tribes bags.
And tribes rocks on team fortress, I agree. Tribes is awesome.
The obsession is with the frivolous bullying by the parent company, and how it's patently rediculous that they should even TRY to send cease and desist letters. This could almost be considered harassment; any lawyer would KNOW that there is no legal ground to stand on.
Shouldn't the threat of legal action without followup be illegal in itself?
Really. Think about it. For so many people,/. IS media, if we define media by that which people collectively glean information form the world at large from.
/. reports on a story on cnet, who reports on a story at/.
60Mhz would mean 60 Million cycles per second (not thousands).
And monitors have a vertical refresh rate usually around 60 - 85 hz (and higher). This is how often the beam traces from the bottom to the top of the screen (how many screens/second you get).
The horizontal sync signal is usually measured in Khz, which might be what you are thinking of, but this is only used to move the beam back to the left (or right, whatever...).
What does this have to do with mp3, exactly? It's an audio -> FM transmitter. very common, you can buy kits all over the place, and have been able to for years. Same stuff old (and new) CD changers work off of.... very simple circuit to build yourself.
Let's take bluetooth and start using it like a wireless lan. Let's start extending the range over rediculous distances. And let's just forget about 802.11
That might have a chance, that is, if Microsoft didn't use some sort of version control system.
As it stands, I'm *sure* their version control/build management system ensures that you can't just 'add' in some code. You would have to go way deep to actually change it.
I can say that, at work, I can easily get access to all our code.. but even as the sysadmin, actually changing that code throughout the revision history of our rev contorl system would be *very* difficult.
Any kind of flash with a floppy disk adapter is very handy, albeit expensive.
But seriously...
I cannot believe that so many people keep things *solely* on floppies!
This only happens in universities.... all students should have an appropriate amount of reliable storage on the campus network, and have those same files available over the internet.
Outlook Express does come with windows, but they are *not at all* the same piece of code. Outlook Express is *not* simply a 'light' version of outlook.. it is mostly a completely different mail package.
All these 'outlook' worms *ONLY* work in OUTLOOK, not in outlook express. Everyone just assumes that when you say outlook, you mean 'outlook express'.
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Sorry? If explorer is set to show hidden extensions, it still hides.vbs?
I think not.. and I just tried it to confirm this.
And outlook is not part of windows... it's part of office.
And the icon for.vbs is different than for.txt, so those 'power users' sure aren't.
Ahh! But is showing a live demonstration the same thing as 'publishing benchmarks?'.. I don't think so. It's simply a public viewing of reality.
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? I don't get it.
YOu can select 'run attachment' from just about any mail client. How is this bad? It's a USER CHOICE to execute something mailed to them.
Whether or not it's a script is not the point.
I agree, it was stupid to have scripts that executed off a single click (a-la those trojans a while back)... so you didn't have time to think...
All it says is they had access to stuff... and sniffed passwords. What evidence do they have that these 'blueprints' were stolen?
And they continually talk about whether stuff was modified.
And they think that this might be a 'data hostage' situation.
Hardly. I think said hackers would simply distribute the source around a bit then post it to usenet. THAT would be cool.
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Really. I find that hard to believe.
More likely, NT admins just generally don't think about the TCP/IP world in the same terms unix asdmins do.
You absolutely *can* secure an NT box, to the same degree you can secure a unix box.
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Oh? That may be the case, but has *NOTHING* at all to do with unix-vs-nt. It's merely a matter of applications.
And I'll have you know that NT does *NOT* come with such a mail client either.... outlook comes with *office*, which people willfully install and decide to use in favour of other mua's available to them.
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NT *does* have a proper security structure, even moreso than Unix does.
Initially? Yes. Insomuch as they are internal research, they are not obligated, by law, to release them, and anyone who did would be violating copyright, plain and simple.
However.. the fact that they knew about the cancerous effects would make them guilty of depraved indifference to human life, or worse.
HOw you get to one point from the other, that's the problem... the courts can *always* subpoena confidentail information if necessary.
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Yay. This is news?
Lots of distros have worked on sparc in the past.
What's slackware want.. a medal for coming in last?
Someone mentioned the 'Win 95 compatable' power strip. Also known as the 'plug & play' power strip.
Also, I've seen plug&play UPS units (though they arent' actually manageable, so they act like a power strip).
Then there's the 'soundblaster live mp3+' which is really the exact same hardware as the 'soundblaster live x-gamer', and the 'soundblaster live value OEM (though the oem one is missing 1 smd resistor pack and the digital CD in, but you can add them yourself).
Then there's 'digital ready' headphones.... that's funny. let's see.. what else....
or like 'Cholesterol free' or 'Fat free' bran flakes during the cholesterol retail wars.... yeah. They were ALWAYS fat free. Funny.
There are a plethora of 'plug&play' and 'windows XXX' compatable serial/keyboard extender cables (just cables.. not active components).
I know there was an even dumber one I saw.. I can't recall what it was, it was so dumb. Something like a keyboard dust cover or something that was 'win98 compatable'.
Of course, there's the new buzzwords too, right?
'p2p' for napster/gnutella stuff. How is that new?
There's the SAN (storage area network).. which really isn't something new.. though it's certainly come of age.
When I think 'storage area network' I think of ip over scsi! not some kind of fc-al disk array...
Ha.
Hey..dont' have to 'splain it to me. I love tribes... it just started to get a bit stale.
And tribes II is taking an awful long time, though I'm definately a customer when it comes out.
The 'render extremely large areas' shoudl read 'render extremely large areas with very little detail'. Any map that has lots of structure on it bags down in a hurry; rolling terrain is great. On that note, though, i agree, that's what made tribes really cool.
Watch what you say about rendering though.. indoors or outdoors, as soon as you have lots of structure or detail, tribes bags.
And tribes rocks on team fortress, I agree. Tribes is awesome.
The obsession is with the frivolous bullying by the parent company, and how it's patently rediculous that they should even TRY to send cease and desist letters. This could almost be considered harassment; any lawyer would KNOW that there is no legal ground to stand on.
Shouldn't the threat of legal action without followup be illegal in itself?
Really. Think about it. For so many people, /. IS media, if we define media by that which people collectively glean information form the world at large from.
/.
/. reports on a story on cnet, who reports on a story at
What does that tell you?
No.. that simply adds to retention.. so the images is 'there' longer.. there is still the same amount of animation happening.
Though everything you say about flicker is true...
Many people can notice flicker, even in a completely dark room.
I usually work in a dark room, and even at 75hz, I notice flicker on my screen. 80 is tolerable; 85 is just fine.
Interesting note about the tool shop, btw..
Because we're bored with their crappy engine, and have been waiting patiently FOREVER for tribes II to come out.
60Mhz would mean 60 Million cycles per second (not thousands).
And monitors have a vertical refresh rate usually around 60 - 85 hz (and higher). This is how often the beam traces from the bottom to the top of the screen (how many screens/second you get).
The horizontal sync signal is usually measured in Khz, which might be what you are thinking of, but this is only used to move the beam back to the left (or right, whatever...).
What does this have to do with mp3, exactly? It's an audio -> FM transmitter. very common, you can buy kits all over the place, and have been able to for years. Same stuff old (and new) CD changers work off of.... very simple circuit to build yourself.
How is this news?
Let's take bluetooth and start using it like a wireless lan. Let's start extending the range over rediculous distances. And let's just forget about 802.11
That might have a chance, that is, if Microsoft didn't use some sort of version control system. As it stands, I'm *sure* their version control/build management system ensures that you can't just 'add' in some code. You would have to go way deep to actually change it. I can say that, at work, I can easily get access to all our code.. but even as the sysadmin, actually changing that code throughout the revision history of our rev contorl system would be *very* difficult.
No matter how much truth there is to it...
So... a sega-centric website (segaweb) has an article saying that Sony's new product is a disappointment.
Wow. That's really news.
10 years ago, we were using 720k floppies storing data at half the density we do now. Hence, they were more reliable.
Any kind of flash with a floppy disk adapter is very handy, albeit expensive.
But seriously...
I cannot believe that so many people keep things *solely* on floppies!
This only happens in universities.... all students should have an appropriate amount of reliable storage on the campus network, and have those same files available over the internet.
I said 'outlook' does not come with windows.
Outlook Express does come with windows, but they are *not at all* the same piece of code. Outlook Express is *not* simply a 'light' version of outlook.. it is mostly a completely different mail package.
All these 'outlook' worms *ONLY* work in OUTLOOK, not in outlook express. Everyone just assumes that when you say outlook, you mean 'outlook express'.
Sorry? If explorer is set to show hidden extensions, it still hides .vbs?
.vbs is different than for .txt, so those 'power users' sure aren't.
I think not.. and I just tried it to confirm this.
And outlook is not part of windows... it's part of office.
And the icon for
Ahh! But is showing a live demonstration the same thing as 'publishing benchmarks?'.. I don't think so. It's simply a public viewing of reality.
? I don't get it.
YOu can select 'run attachment' from just about any mail client. How is this bad? It's a USER CHOICE to execute something mailed to them.
Whether or not it's a script is not the point.
I agree, it was stupid to have scripts that executed off a single click (a-la those trojans a while back)... so you didn't have time to think...
All it says is they had access to stuff... and sniffed passwords. What evidence do they have that these 'blueprints' were stolen?
And they continually talk about whether stuff was modified.
And they think that this might be a 'data hostage' situation.
Hardly. I think said hackers would simply distribute the source around a bit then post it to usenet. THAT would be cool.
Really. I find that hard to believe.
More likely, NT admins just generally don't think about the TCP/IP world in the same terms unix asdmins do.
You absolutely *can* secure an NT box, to the same degree you can secure a unix box.
Oh? That may be the case, but has *NOTHING* at all to do with unix-vs-nt. It's merely a matter of applications.
And I'll have you know that NT does *NOT* come with such a mail client either.... outlook comes with *office*, which people willfully install and decide to use in favour of other mua's available to them.
NT *does* have a proper security structure, even moreso than Unix does.
How are they a monopoly? i can get high speed access from a variety of places.
@home does not 'control the internet' or access to the internet.. they simply provide you with one option.
Initially? Yes. Insomuch as they are internal research, they are not obligated, by law, to release them, and anyone who did would be violating copyright, plain and simple.
However.. the fact that they knew about the cancerous effects would make them guilty of depraved indifference to human life, or worse.
HOw you get to one point from the other, that's the problem... the courts can *always* subpoena confidentail information if necessary.
Don't cloud the issue with crap like that.