"...majority of the educated population has a better command of English than most Americans."
You apperantly have never met any of my math professors. Especially when they're trying to explain something to a bunch of college students and they refer to 2^2 as "two to the two" (say that three times fast). Poor kids...
Imagine modern day arcades with 16 player Quake 3 style shoot-em-ups..
It's called GameWorks... the one in Dallas has an 8 player matchup of quake... each person has a 60" screen to play on. They have lots of other ineteractive games also.
I have an SACD player, and it wouldn't be that hard to copy it, given you have the right tools. Currently, you must use the analog outs on the player (sorry, no digital outs...yet), but all you would really have to do is run it either to a 6-channel input on an audio card (they make some good 8-channel ones for mixing) or switch the SACD to 2-channel mode (it allows you to do that), and record the file to a WAV on your PC. If you wanted the surround version, just run it through a DTS encoder (check out SurCode DTS) and play it on most any DVD player / Reciever that can decode DTS. The quailty won't be *as great* as SACD, but it will be damn good.
Just as an FYI, a CD's sampling rate is 44.1Khz (44,100 samples per second), SACD by comparison is 1.2Mhz (1,200,000 samples per second) talk about some serious data, this thing looks almost exactly like an analog wave!
Yes, but why would you be doing something such as an online transaction without using SSL. SSL certificates are bound to the server and the domain name. VeriSign and most other CAs are not going to give them a certificate that easily. Even if they use their own CA to issue a certificate, the browser would recognize it's not from a trusted source. So even the cautious browser should be fine assuming they exert a little bit of common sense.
Sounds like enforced password formats and mandatory changing of passwords would help, but how many companies actually make them policy and enforce it?
We enforce this quite easily with W2K and ADS. Active Directory supports a group policy which allows you to set things like minimum password length, number of remembered passwords, how often you have to change it, and even minimum requirements (i.e. numbers, capitals, etc.) MS even released the sourcecode for the passflt.dll so you can write your own custom password requirements for everyone to comply with.
And how often do you have to keep paying Micros**t?
You know, I never have understood this statement. You make it sound like MS is forcing you to upgrade all the time. This is not the truth. I know some people who are still running Windows 95, with Office 97 just fine. MS has not knocked on their door and forced them to upgrade, and they have not spent one penny more than the first day they bought everything.
You may also say, well what about new versions of Office or Windows? Hello, what about a new version of Photoshop, or a new version of most other commercial for-profit programs.
Actually, I am doing the same thing right now. I am the Network Administrator for a company that does gov't contracts. I started learning things when I started high school and I am now a Junior in college.
I chose to get a B.B.A. in I.S. (Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Systems). I actually did this for a reason other than my career.
Not long after I started college, I realized that there are no degrees that match what we want to do. The reason I chose IS, is so that I could get a solid understanding of the business processes that exist, and will ultimatly allow me to move higher up later in my life. All business students are required to take a core of classes that are only business related (i.e. management, accounting, business law, etc.) These are fundamentals that i believe anyone in a business needs to know.
As for my job field, I am studying on my own, and working on getting my MCSE, and my CCNE (or at least CCNA). This part is what will give me creditability in my part of the field (no jokes about the MCSE please).
In addition to the certs, one of the best things you can have is experience. I am 21, and I already have 10 years of valid experience that i can post of my resume. This will help you more than anything else.
When I get tired of doing things IT related and wish to move up, the degree in IS will help me with that, so i guess i'm thinking of the degree as some future insurance.
I can go into much more of this, but i don't want to take up too much space. Just consider the route i am taking as a viable alternative.
I have a C800 (866) and a C810 (1.13), the C810's have even louder fans then the 800s... I know exactly what you are talking about, if also does a decent job of roasting my lap.
Sadly, this is what i have always said was the best and worst thing that happened to the "computer revolution": Introduction to the masses.
It helped us by giving us the much needed funding for R&D and to get a strong base going. But in the process, it also required us to "dumb it down for the masses" (read: AOL).
It's both a blessing and a bane that we will never be, sadly, able to get rid of.
Actually, I have an 8260 (even smaller than the 3360) and it works just fine holding it normally. The mic is good enough to pick up your voice at a normal volume when it is next to your ear. You don't have to consistently move it back and forth for the other person to hear you. Coupled with the headset and sometimes it feels like the person is right next to me. Maybe it is the area that you are in?
Through the entire internet and PC revolution, I have always looked at it as a double edged sword... bringing computers and such to the masses was one of the best things that could happen, because it brought us the much needed funding, rather than making it a hobbyist toy, and thus, advancing it further. But on the flip side... In order to make it appeal to the common person, they had to "dumb" a lot of it down. I believe we could be farther along if that wern't the case... or could we?
This is kind of interesting... I just looked at their web page today, and Oracle 9i is licensed to run on different flavors of Unix, but no where listed did it say it was licensed to run on Linux. I wonder if they'll be changing that soon?
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Actually, you may want to check out what GM already has planned... a Sierra Hybrid truck. You can check the article here
"...majority of the educated population has a better command of English than most Americans."
You apperantly have never met any of my math professors. Especially when they're trying to explain something to a bunch of college students and they refer to 2^2 as "two to the two" (say that three times fast). Poor kids...
that the thing LOCKS! onto your wrist and can not be unlocked by the kid...
Not trying to troll here, but what about the deranged kidnapper who does not want to be tracked and chops the kids hand off to get rid of it??
Technology will eventually catch up no matter how big you make something.
That is unless it's a Microsoft OS...
Imagine modern day arcades with 16 player Quake 3 style shoot-em-ups..
It's called GameWorks... the one in Dallas has an 8 player matchup of quake... each person has a 60" screen to play on. They have lots of other ineteractive games also.
... he can be burried in a Succrets box.
You can... but you need to have a golden ticket.
I have an SACD player, and it wouldn't be that hard to copy it, given you have the right tools. Currently, you must use the analog outs on the player (sorry, no digital outs...yet), but all you would really have to do is run it either to a 6-channel input on an audio card (they make some good 8-channel ones for mixing) or switch the SACD to 2-channel mode (it allows you to do that), and record the file to a WAV on your PC. If you wanted the surround version, just run it through a DTS encoder (check out SurCode DTS) and play it on most any DVD player / Reciever that can decode DTS. The quailty won't be *as great* as SACD, but it will be damn good.
Just as an FYI, a CD's sampling rate is 44.1Khz (44,100 samples per second), SACD by comparison is 1.2Mhz (1,200,000 samples per second) talk about some serious data, this thing looks almost exactly like an analog wave!
I don't believe it! the site was /. after 1 post! Ouch, that's gotta hurt
Yes, but why would you be doing something such as an online transaction without using SSL. SSL certificates are bound to the server and the domain name. VeriSign and most other CAs are not going to give them a certificate that easily. Even if they use their own CA to issue a certificate, the browser would recognize it's not from a trusted source. So even the cautious browser should be fine assuming they exert a little bit of common sense.
Yes, but that would require us to be outside... /. readers get outside :)
Tell me how often
Sounds like enforced password formats and mandatory changing of passwords would help, but how many companies actually make them policy and enforce it?
We enforce this quite easily with W2K and ADS. Active Directory supports a group policy which allows you to set things like minimum password length, number of remembered passwords, how often you have to change it, and even minimum requirements (i.e. numbers, capitals, etc.) MS even released the sourcecode for the passflt.dll so you can write your own custom password requirements for everyone to comply with.
And how often do you have to keep paying Micros**t?
You know, I never have understood this statement. You make it sound like MS is forcing you to upgrade all the time. This is not the truth. I know some people who are still running Windows 95, with Office 97 just fine. MS has not knocked on their door and forced them to upgrade, and they have not spent one penny more than the first day they bought everything.
You may also say, well what about new versions of Office or Windows? Hello, what about a new version of Photoshop, or a new version of most other commercial for-profit programs.
Because it's denser, think of how much more a scratch will suck on this thing... when are we going to need error correction on these?
Actually, I am doing the same thing right now. I am the Network Administrator for a company that does gov't contracts. I started learning things when I started high school and I am now a Junior in college.
I chose to get a B.B.A. in I.S. (Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Systems). I actually did this for a reason other than my career.
Not long after I started college, I realized that there are no degrees that match what we want to do. The reason I chose IS, is so that I could get a solid understanding of the business processes that exist, and will ultimatly allow me to move higher up later in my life. All business students are required to take a core of classes that are only business related (i.e. management, accounting, business law, etc.) These are fundamentals that i believe anyone in a business needs to know.
As for my job field, I am studying on my own, and working on getting my MCSE, and my CCNE (or at least CCNA). This part is what will give me creditability in my part of the field (no jokes about the MCSE please).
In addition to the certs, one of the best things you can have is experience. I am 21, and I already have 10 years of valid experience that i can post of my resume. This will help you more than anything else.
When I get tired of doing things IT related and wish to move up, the degree in IS will help me with that, so i guess i'm thinking of the degree as some future insurance.
I can go into much more of this, but i don't want to take up too much space. Just consider the route i am taking as a viable alternative.
Wow, 100+ posts and i haven't seen a single "Beowulf cluster" joke.... oops, my bad.
Yeah, but do you also want your desk sounding like a jet engine? Worse than your Dual Athlon 2000MP+ w/ 11 fans to cool it down.
I have a C800 (866) and a C810 (1.13), the C810's have even louder fans then the 800s... I know exactly what you are talking about, if also does a decent job of roasting my lap.
Well I just costed them $210... my bad :)
I know this is satire and I find it quite funny, but i like to play Devil's Advocate...
What if someone manages to get ahold of one of the chips that goes in your brain... after all, it's only electronic impulses.
Sadly, this is what i have always said was the best and worst thing that happened to the "computer revolution": Introduction to the masses.
It helped us by giving us the much needed funding for R&D and to get a strong base going. But in the process, it also required us to "dumb it down for the masses" (read: AOL).
It's both a blessing and a bane that we will never be, sadly, able to get rid of.
Actually, I have an 8260 (even smaller than the 3360) and it works just fine holding it normally. The mic is good enough to pick up your voice at a normal volume when it is next to your ear. You don't have to consistently move it back and forth for the other person to hear you. Coupled with the headset and sometimes it feels like the person is right next to me. Maybe it is the area that you are in?
Man this is going to suck for people who like to link a lot.
Through the entire internet and PC revolution, I have always looked at it as a double edged sword... bringing computers and such to the masses was one of the best things that could happen, because it brought us the much needed funding, rather than making it a hobbyist toy, and thus, advancing it further. But on the flip side... In order to make it appeal to the common person, they had to "dumb" a lot of it down. I believe we could be farther along if that wern't the case... or could we?
This is kind of interesting... I just looked at their web page today, and Oracle 9i is licensed to run on different flavors of Unix, but no where listed did it say it was licensed to run on Linux. I wonder if they'll be changing that soon?