Dillo supports no where near the amount of stuff a full browser does. If you are just browsing simple sites then sure, but it's a hassle to change browsers just to visit new sites. Opera supports 99.9% of the sites I go to. I only very rarely need to switch to Mozilla, usually for full java applet support, since that is still buggy in the newest Opera Linux.
Yes, but a LOT of sites use javascript pop ups for legitimate things, my bank for instance.
I actually got my brokerage to fix their page though, they had javascript on every URL in their nav bar even though it wasn't opening new windows, I told them that was unnecessary and causing breakage, so they fixed it! Not all big companies are unresponsive to customer requests to the webmaster. (My broker is DLJ/CSBF/HarrisDirect if they could only stop merging with companies now)
My calculations are around 5 THz in ten years, well have 50 GHz in 2007-08.
5 Thz? That's in the middle of the far infrared range. That will not happen without changing computing radically. EM energy is no longer what we consider "electricity" at those fequencies.
as long as the processor is faster then 16mhz I really don't care that much. Cause lotus 123 will load in 2secs. instead of 3, doesn't really affect my computing ability. I'm still running a 386-25, sure something faster would be nice for gaming but it doesn't affect my daily work on it.
Funny how the numbers change, but the argument stays the same. In 10 years you will be talking about how any chip over 30 Ghz is fine, there is no reason to upgrade to the new 50Ghz.
Save yourself $100 - $150 and buy a 16x burner if you MUST replace your CD burner,
You must not have kept up on burner prices. A 40X burner is going to cost around $75, a 16X burner will cost around $50 if you can still find someone selling one. Burner prices fell through the floor a couple months ago.
SCSI drives and controllers are always expensive. However, they can provide an ENORMOUS increase in performance compared to ATA drives.
You are like that guy in that south park episode that was frozen in the early 90's, aren't you?
One can no longer argue ENORMOUS performance increases due to SCSI, it just isn't like that any more. Argue that SCSI is a better technology (it is), argue that SCSI is more flexible and not a hacked together system, but don't argue performance, because it's just not a valid argument anymore.
why do you consider NPR to be "pseudointellectual" rather than just "intellectual"? Are they faking it?
Because of their attitude. Certain things are "intellectual" to them and certain things aren't. It doesn't matter what level of intelligence is required to comprehend said things. This happens to some extent on Slashdot also, and in any subculture with tight subculture folkways.
When they report on a story about something they consider below them, the condesending tone permeates. These are the kind of people that use [sic] constantly when they quote people to go out of their way make them look stupid.
If you ever tune in to their "humor" shows, it becomes very obvious. These people have serious rods up their ass, and they enjoy every minute of it.
I'm guilty of wielding the weapon of pseudointellectualism ever now and then, but these people live by the sword of it.
Sometimes it doesn't cost any extra. Most of the mini-ITX motherboards with composite video out have macrovision enabled. They list it as a motherboard feature. I'm sure it was just on the chip and the motherboard manufacturer didn't choose specifically to get macrovision on their video out, unless they were bribed or pressured to.
Well, games aren't a medium usually, unless you consider multiplayer online games.
Of course if you look at actual media, they drastically change the way someone bahaves. You really think all the people that tell people to fuck off on Slashdot when people say something they disagree with do the same in real life?
In that same vein, NPR is pretty good, but also mostly interested in the US current affairs, with a slight libertarian/pseudointellectual elistist bent.
We are talking about font's here, not fine art. Solid colors, straight lines, simple curves.... I'm far from an expert on the subject, but I'd think it would not be very difficult at all to design a very good font.
As far as those foreigner letters go, fuck 'em, if they want letters let them make their own damn fonts. English is the language of the Internet, why should we do 90% more work for less than 10% of the users?
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Diode would kinda kill teh AC:)
Yeah, that was only if you were running it off the computer's DC power. I still wouldn't rule out inductive kick off the motor coils though.
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current issues around a ground-phase loop (i unplug the pump, the computer reboots) but that isn't relevant.
Might as well discuss it, the story is boring enough, and it is ontopic.
I'd say it's not so much a grounding problem as an inductive surge off the pump motor coils. Are you running the pump motor from the computer's power supply? If so, you need a kick supressor of some sort. A diode that is put in parallel with the motor windings and reverse biased to the DC current will usually do nicely. Make sure to pick one of the largish black diodes that they use in power supplies, not the little signal diodes.
Let me know if you need any more tips or have questions. We can meet on IRC to discuss this also, I'm starting a new electronics chat network shortly that this type of question would be perfect for.
I see your argument, but they want random people to click on their URL in the search engine, I assume you do not want random people to email you. They have implicitely authorized people to click that link and use their resources in that way.
For the record, I am mostly opposed to spam laws unless they are carefully crafted. The ones Virginia has are fine with me, they only apply to spam that uses forged headers to try to obscure the source. A spam law can be a dangerous thing.
My GeForce2 already runs Wolfenstien at like 800 fps. How did you manage to get it into 1280X1024 mode though? I didn't think there was a VESA mode that high in DOS.
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Dillo supports no where near the amount of stuff a full browser does. If you are just browsing simple sites then sure, but it's a hassle to change browsers just to visit new sites. Opera supports 99.9% of the sites I go to. I only very rarely need to switch to Mozilla, usually for full java applet support, since that is still buggy in the newest Opera Linux.
Yes, but a LOT of sites use javascript pop ups for legitimate things, my bank for instance.
I actually got my brokerage to fix their page though, they had javascript on every URL in their nav bar even though it wasn't opening new windows, I told them that was unnecessary and causing breakage, so they fixed it! Not all big companies are unresponsive to customer requests to the webmaster. (My broker is DLJ/CSBF/HarrisDirect if they could only stop merging with companies now)
oops, sorry, must have glossed over that.
My calculations are around 5 THz in ten years, well have 50 GHz in 2007-08.
5 Thz? That's in the middle of the far infrared range. That will not happen without changing computing radically. EM energy is no longer what we consider "electricity" at those fequencies.
As opposed to one named after toy computer systems designed for kids?
emacs
As seen on any BBS in the early 90s:
as long as the processor is faster then 16mhz I really don't care that much. Cause lotus 123 will load in 2secs. instead of 3, doesn't really affect my computing ability. I'm still running a 386-25, sure something faster would be nice for gaming but it doesn't affect my daily work on it.
Funny how the numbers change, but the argument stays the same. In 10 years you will be talking about how any chip over 30 Ghz is fine, there is no reason to upgrade to the new 50Ghz.
I wonder if Intel will specifically make a 4.77Ghz chip in homage to the 8088.
USB or firewire hard disks seem to be the best price/size compromise currently for large file exchange. That, or network.
Save yourself $100 - $150 and buy a 16x burner if you MUST replace your CD burner,
You must not have kept up on burner prices. A 40X burner is going to cost around $75, a 16X burner will cost around $50 if you can still find someone selling one. Burner prices fell through the floor a couple months ago.
SCSI drives and controllers are always expensive. However, they can provide an ENORMOUS increase in performance compared to ATA drives.
You are like that guy in that south park episode that was frozen in the early 90's, aren't you?
One can no longer argue ENORMOUS performance increases due to SCSI, it just isn't like that any more. Argue that SCSI is a better technology (it is), argue that SCSI is more flexible and not a hacked together system, but don't argue performance, because it's just not a valid argument anymore.
I don't know about "A" but "B" and "C" are what whois is supposed to do.
Oh, I'm redundant because the message I replied to was reparented and I didn't realize what he was replying to... Asshole moderator.
Go ahead, mod me some more, I got plenty where this came from.
Did you read the subject line? :)
why do you consider NPR to be "pseudointellectual" rather than just "intellectual"? Are they faking it?
Because of their attitude. Certain things are "intellectual" to them and certain things aren't. It doesn't matter what level of intelligence is required to comprehend said things. This happens to some extent on Slashdot also, and in any subculture with tight subculture folkways.
When they report on a story about something they consider below them, the condesending tone permeates. These are the kind of people that use [sic] constantly when they quote people to go out of their way make them look stupid.
If you ever tune in to their "humor" shows, it becomes very obvious. These people have serious rods up their ass, and they enjoy every minute of it.
I'm guilty of wielding the weapon of pseudointellectualism ever now and then, but these people live by the sword of it.
Sometimes it doesn't cost any extra. Most of the mini-ITX motherboards with composite video out have macrovision enabled. They list it as a motherboard feature. I'm sure it was just on the chip and the motherboard manufacturer didn't choose specifically to get macrovision on their video out, unless they were bribed or pressured to.
That's not flamebait, he's absolutely right, most people don't care about DRM. Our job is to show them why they should care.
Well, games aren't a medium usually, unless you consider multiplayer online games.
Of course if you look at actual media, they drastically change the way someone bahaves. You really think all the people that tell people to fuck off on Slashdot when people say something they disagree with do the same in real life?
In that same vein, NPR is pretty good, but also mostly interested in the US current affairs, with a slight libertarian/pseudointellectual elistist bent.
We are talking about font's here, not fine art. Solid colors, straight lines, simple curves.... I'm far from an expert on the subject, but I'd think it would not be very difficult at all to design a very good font.
As far as those foreigner letters go, fuck 'em, if they want letters let them make their own damn fonts. English is the language of the Internet, why should we do 90% more work for less than 10% of the users?
Diode would kinda kill teh AC :)
Yeah, that was only if you were running it off the computer's DC power. I still wouldn't rule out inductive kick off the motor coils though.
current issues around a ground-phase loop (i unplug the pump, the computer reboots) but that isn't relevant.
Might as well discuss it, the story is boring enough, and it is ontopic.
I'd say it's not so much a grounding problem as an inductive surge off the pump motor coils. Are you running the pump motor from the computer's power supply? If so, you need a kick supressor of some sort. A diode that is put in parallel with the motor windings and reverse biased to the DC current will usually do nicely. Make sure to pick one of the largish black diodes that they use in power supplies, not the little signal diodes.
Let me know if you need any more tips or have questions. We can meet on IRC to discuss this also, I'm starting a new electronics chat network shortly that this type of question would be perfect for.
The icon could be a huge buttplug and the ALT text could be "Shameless Plug". :)
i can't really complain much then if i get spam.
I see your argument, but they want random people to click on their URL in the search engine, I assume you do not want random people to email you. They have implicitely authorized people to click that link and use their resources in that way.
For the record, I am mostly opposed to spam laws unless they are carefully crafted. The ones Virginia has are fine with me, they only apply to spam that uses forged headers to try to obscure the source. A spam law can be a dangerous thing.
Wolfenstien in 1280x1024
My GeForce2 already runs Wolfenstien at like 800 fps. How did you manage to get it into 1280X1024 mode though? I didn't think there was a VESA mode that high in DOS.
Wow, what a stupid name, I think it should be {H,T}ard OCP.