The modem is handy for sending and recieving faxes. I have not experimented with Mac OS's fax utilities yet. Fax capability is critical for small and home business.
One thing that would have been killer is for voice mail capability, but I have not heard of such functionality.
Also, a lot of non-technical people still use dial-up because they don't have a need or have other financial priorities. The cost of a Mac mini without a modem is exactly the same price as a mini with one, so an unused jack doesn't hurt anyone that doesn't need fax or modem capabilities.
I think by now the only way for 'Trek to get any good is for Berman and Braga to do a murder-suicide on each other, then get Paramount to hand the golden communicator to Ira Steven Behr (sp?).
I must say, that's a sad commentary of a cartoonist that resorts to sorry in-jokes to mock other cartoonists by first name. It's pretty hard to respect Wiley's position.
Air intake? I want mine noiseless and fanless. 580W is about right. No convection noise either, please.
You aren't serious. If you can hear convection noise of such a heat source then you are in trouble, because every computer that consumes that amount of power is going to either need extensive work (like that $1500 Zalman case shown last year) and need to go completely driveless.
The problem with overspec'ing is that you lose efficiency. The rated efficiency of any power supply is at the rated load, efficiency goes down considerably when at a fraction of the load. How much difference, I really don't know.
I think more users underestimate the value of a half-decent surge protector, and many of those that think they are using one are actually using a plain power strip.
On the power rating, the problems I've run into in the past is finding the power consumption ratings of all the devices I expect to use, and how much power is used from the respective voltage rails.
I would say it is probably worth it, but I would expect direct USB compatibility out of any keyboard costing more than $15. I am plenty happy with my Microsoft Natural Elite though, and it does have USB compatibility.
What I didn't say is that there's a certain level of responsibility to the person reporting a problem. If they want a claim to fame, then they should be able to prove its existence, rather than making everyone else work furiously track it down, because for all anyone else knows, it could be a complete fluke at best, or at worst, a total fraud.
Trojans are about social engineering. The only way to stop trojans is to prevent the people that might fall for them from ever being able to execute unauthorized programs.
What he did was pass the question on to a major apologist for the auteur theory rather than answer it. I don't want to get the answer from a person that I will know the answer and the reasoning behind the answer before asking, that is uninteresting. I take that as akin to asking a leading Democrat which canidate should have won the 2004 presidential election.
I suspect that they did this to give the appearance of due process. They may have already pre-rejected them but did this formality in the hopes of not looking rash in their judgement. I wonder if these schools could prove a particular person did the act, rather than an overeager parent in the same household or what not, assuming they compared IPs.
I think it is a mistake to associate performance with speed and then think that reliability, efficiency, repeatability, standards compliance aren't performance parameters.
I really don't believe that the first browser war helped performance by any measure unless you count how quickly the version numbers changed and how many bugs were created in the rush to compete.
Last I heard, the "trusted" system can be disabled in BIOS, just that you don't get the benefits of that system. The problem is, if Windows Media Player required it to play encrypted tracks, then I think it would stay on for most people.
The odd thing is, I have owned more ATI cards than any other brand ('cept maybe Matrox in my older systems), and I've never really had a notable stability or performance problem with ATI drivers, except with the installer for a Fire GL X1. For some reason, you have to have the card in the computer to get to the point where the ATI installer will let you get to the point where you can uninstall the drivers.
So basically device drivers are used to get around the intentional design limitations? Abstracting user software from kernel software is a good idea, and getting around it doesn't sound like a good idea. Sure, you get performance but you lose speed.
I don't think it changes things. Good movies were only rarely shown on analog TV anyway, they were kept on the premium and PPV cable channels. If they don't want movies on TV, then don't let them on TV.
I've heard of a situation that little army toy figures and RPG figures weren't allowed on, despite the plastic "rifles" being under a cm long, same with the toy "axe" on a dwarf.
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The modem is handy for sending and recieving faxes. I have not experimented with Mac OS's fax utilities yet. Fax capability is critical for small and home business.
One thing that would have been killer is for voice mail capability, but I have not heard of such functionality.
Also, a lot of non-technical people still use dial-up because they don't have a need or have other financial priorities. The cost of a Mac mini without a modem is exactly the same price as a mini with one, so an unused jack doesn't hurt anyone that doesn't need fax or modem capabilities.
I think by now the only way for 'Trek to get any good is for Berman and Braga to do a murder-suicide on each other, then get Paramount to hand the golden communicator to Ira Steven Behr (sp?).
I must say, that's a sad commentary of a cartoonist that resorts to sorry in-jokes to mock other cartoonists by first name. It's pretty hard to respect Wiley's position.
Air intake? I want mine noiseless and fanless. 580W is about right. No convection noise either, please.
You aren't serious. If you can hear convection noise of such a heat source then you are in trouble, because every computer that consumes that amount of power is going to either need extensive work (like that $1500 Zalman case shown last year) and need to go completely driveless.
The problem with overspec'ing is that you lose efficiency. The rated efficiency of any power supply is at the rated load, efficiency goes down considerably when at a fraction of the load. How much difference, I really don't know.
I think more users underestimate the value of a half-decent surge protector, and many of those that think they are using one are actually using a plain power strip.
On the power rating, the problems I've run into in the past is finding the power consumption ratings of all the devices I expect to use, and how much power is used from the respective voltage rails.
I would say it is probably worth it, but I would expect direct USB compatibility out of any keyboard costing more than $15. I am plenty happy with my Microsoft Natural Elite though, and it does have USB compatibility.
Doesn't that still use the pinky to hit the new Control button? It is less awkward but still the same finger is used just as much.
What I didn't say is that there's a certain level of responsibility to the person reporting a problem. If they want a claim to fame, then they should be able to prove its existence, rather than making everyone else work furiously track it down, because for all anyone else knows, it could be a complete fluke at best, or at worst, a total fraud.
If it really is a bug, then the people that claim its existence should devise a more reliable means of replicating the bug.
Trojans are about social engineering. The only way to stop trojans is to prevent the people that might fall for them from ever being able to execute unauthorized programs.
What he did was pass the question on to a major apologist for the auteur theory rather than answer it. I don't want to get the answer from a person that I will know the answer and the reasoning behind the answer before asking, that is uninteresting. I take that as akin to asking a leading Democrat which canidate should have won the 2004 presidential election.
I suspect that they did this to give the appearance of due process. They may have already pre-rejected them but did this formality in the hopes of not looking rash in their judgement. I wonder if these schools could prove a particular person did the act, rather than an overeager parent in the same household or what not, assuming they compared IPs.
I think it is a mistake to associate performance with speed and then think that reliability, efficiency, repeatability, standards compliance aren't performance parameters.
I really don't believe that the first browser war helped performance by any measure unless you count how quickly the version numbers changed and how many bugs were created in the rush to compete.
Last I heard, the "trusted" system can be disabled in BIOS, just that you don't get the benefits of that system. The problem is, if Windows Media Player required it to play encrypted tracks, then I think it would stay on for most people.
I've seen many complaints about ATI drivers.
The odd thing is, I have owned more ATI cards than any other brand ('cept maybe Matrox in my older systems), and I've never really had a notable stability or performance problem with ATI drivers, except with the installer for a Fire GL X1. For some reason, you have to have the card in the computer to get to the point where the ATI installer will let you get to the point where you can uninstall the drivers.
Oops, I mean, sure you get performance but you stand to lose system stability, and apparently, security.
So basically device drivers are used to get around the intentional design limitations? Abstracting user software from kernel software is a good idea, and getting around it doesn't sound like a good idea. Sure, you get performance but you lose speed.
I don't think it changes things. Good movies were only rarely shown on analog TV anyway, they were kept on the premium and PPV cable channels. If they don't want movies on TV, then don't let them on TV.
> The "dot"?
The Department of Transportation.
Then it should be the DOT.
Yeah, having to compete is harder than having a monopoly.
I wouldn't expect the free services to remain free for long. Maybe it will be, maybe not.
The average monitor can't do resolutions that large without blurring the pixels together from what I've seen.
Keep in mind that people doing SLI won't have "average" monitors.
I don't have SLI but I love playing at 1600x1200 on my 21" CRT. I wish I could play 2048x1536, but I don't know if games support that.
I've heard of a situation that little army toy figures and RPG figures weren't allowed on, despite the plastic "rifles" being under a cm long, same with the toy "axe" on a dwarf.
It is impossible to stop 100% of determined attacks. The best defense is to avoid having enemies that hate you to that extent in the first place.
Even France, more or less a defender of Iraq, has had to foil some pretty big terrorist attacks against its interests when the Iraq war started.