Of course they're confusing distributing music online with copyright violations. They want to paint a picture where P2P applications are evil and all their users are "stealing" music. If it becomes generally acknowledged that P2P apps have perfectly legitimate use, then the RIAA loses some credibility and some leverage against file-sharers.
The problem is - some of the unsupported cards using this chipset used to use a different (eg Orinoco or Prism) chipset and have not updated the name of the card so that you think you are buying a supported card (as listed in many howtos) but in fact are getting a newer model with no available linux driver.
This is exactly what happened to me. I bought a D-Link DWL-650 card for my laptop, after having researched it to make sure it was supported under Linux (prism2 chipset), knowing that the DWL-650+ was not supported (acx100 chipset). Suffice it to say, the card I bought is actually an acx100, even though it is NOT the "plus" model. Took me a while to even figure out that it was a different chipset, because that fact was not indicated anywhere on the card itself or the box; the Windows driver CD that came with it didn't even work (they were the drivers for the prism2 version).
So, I for one am quite pleased with all the progress that's been made in the past few months on this wireless chipset.
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Working with ADHD?
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I was diagnosed with ADD (the non-hyperactive variety) about 10 years ago, when I was in elementary school, and was put on Ritalin (and continue to take it today). At the time, I didn't believe I really had ADD, particularly because I couldn't perceive that the Ritalin had any effect on me when I took it. I took it anyway though, because I trusted my family and friends (the few close friends who I told that I had ADD), who claimed they did see a clear difference in me when I was on Ritalin. And the couple times in the past when I attempted to wean myself off the drugs have turned out disastrous for my schoolwork and personal relationships.
By now, I've accepted my having ADD. And as several other posters have mentioned, just being aware of the condition goes a long way in helping you deal with it. Also, I continue to take Ritalin because it helps me be more aware of the things I'm supposed to be doing and how I manage my time. Ritalin also tends to dampen my emotions across the board, such that I'm not as "mooody", but it also means that I find it harder to get excited about things.
That's something that often aggravates me about the Christian media. They're always discussing popular books and movies and what have you, and how they have these deep Christian meanings behind them. [Disclaimer: I haven't read the article, so I can't speak for this essay in particular.]
Well, guess what, in a lot of those cases, like the Matrix, there's more religions than just Christianity represented (as the parent said). In fact, I was just talking about this very topic with a couple friends the other day (I am a Christian myself, and I attend a Christian university). Trying to pull some deep Christian message out of something that didn't intend to have one tends to make you look naive or desperate.
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Don't know if it was the site you remember or not, but one such site is www.dogdoo.com.
If your motivation is "make it do everything I want it to," then when it's good enough for your use you tend to lose interest in developing it. I know that's largely true for myself, with my simple media player app, PlaySPC.
The games in the Commander Keen series were some of the most thoroughly entertaining titles around at the time, certainly among platformers. They were creative, challenging, and full of secrets (especially the later ones).
Note that id is not making Keen 6 (Aliens Ate my Babysitter) or Keen Dreams available for purchase/download.
Why is this a troll? It's a legitimate question. I personally know at least one person who only bought MoO3 after finding out that it ran under WineX (even better than under Windows, in fact, because you can run it in a window and don't get the famous DirectX Surface bug).
(Disclaimer: I'm a die-hard fan of the Master of Orion series, and MOO3 is no exception)
Reviews of MoO3 have been mixed, because to be honest it does have a lot of issues right now. It remains to be seen how well GalCiv stacks up, but it does look to have a lot of potential.
However, MoO3 does have at least two major advantages over GalCiv. One, as you probably know, MoO3 supports Multiplayer while GalCiv does not. For some people, this doesn't even matter; for others, it is a huge deal. And second, MoO3 was designed to be extremely easy for users to modify it. Most of the game text and numbers like percentages and bonuses are stored in plain text files, ready to be changed as you see fit. And for those of you worried about cheating in multiplayer games, the game will report an invalid version error if you attempt to join a game with a different set of mods from the game's host.
I use mine all the time--I'd never remember a meeting without it. And since I don't have a cellphone, I use it to store phone numbers and such too. I find that I rarely have need to sync it any more, but I still carry it with me (and use it) all the time.
And my PDA is ancient: a Palm Pilot professional (1MB RAM, no infrared), which still works great.
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Is Mac OS X Slow?
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As I'm replying to this, I'm staring at the 44oz cup of Dr. Pepper I picked up on the way to work. I've had the cup for probably 5 years or so now, because a local gas station (Phillips 66) sells refills for $0.62, including tax. I first bought the cup back in high school, when I was running cross country and tended to drink a lot after practice on a hot day.
For a short time, they also sold 66oz cups for the same initial price as the 44oz, but they wouldn't let you get refills on them.
from sneaking in and connecting a laptop to the network? I mean, wouldn't a Dreamcast plugged into the company network be a bit more suspicious than a computer?
I always liked Construx a lot more than Legos when I was younger, and still have a huge box of parts in the closet. The only problem was that (at least where I lived), it was almost impossible to find the kits and stuff in stores.
It still blows me away that so few people seem to care about this kind of thing. Does Joe Sixpack user honestly not care that somebody else gets to determine what he can and cannot listen to, for example?
I don't know about other schools out there, but my HS only taught Pascal, and later added a rudimentary C course. I would vote for teaching something like Perl or Java as well.
I'd have to vote for Commander Keen over Raptor. I did steal my nick from Keen 4, after all. And I actually bought all 7 Keen games. But then, I'm probably biased.
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Of course they're confusing distributing music online with copyright violations. They want to paint a picture where P2P applications are evil and all their users are "stealing" music. If it becomes generally acknowledged that P2P apps have perfectly legitimate use, then the RIAA loses some credibility and some leverage against file-sharers.
Just thought I'd point out another good source of information about the acx100 chipset, over at SeattleWireless.
So, I for one am quite pleased with all the progress that's been made in the past few months on this wireless chipset.
I was diagnosed with ADD (the non-hyperactive variety) about 10 years ago, when I was in elementary school, and was put on Ritalin (and continue to take it today). At the time, I didn't believe I really had ADD, particularly because I couldn't perceive that the Ritalin had any effect on me when I took it. I took it anyway though, because I trusted my family and friends (the few close friends who I told that I had ADD), who claimed they did see a clear difference in me when I was on Ritalin. And the couple times in the past when I attempted to wean myself off the drugs have turned out disastrous for my schoolwork and personal relationships.
By now, I've accepted my having ADD. And as several other posters have mentioned, just being aware of the condition goes a long way in helping you deal with it. Also, I continue to take Ritalin because it helps me be more aware of the things I'm supposed to be doing and how I manage my time. Ritalin also tends to dampen my emotions across the board, such that I'm not as "mooody", but it also means that I find it harder to get excited about things.
Anyway, that's my experience with AD[H]D.
That's something that often aggravates me about the Christian media. They're always discussing popular books and movies and what have you, and how they have these deep Christian meanings behind them. [Disclaimer: I haven't read the article, so I can't speak for this essay in particular.]
Well, guess what, in a lot of those cases, like the Matrix, there's more religions than just Christianity represented (as the parent said). In fact, I was just talking about this very topic with a couple friends the other day (I am a Christian myself, and I attend a Christian university). Trying to pull some deep Christian message out of something that didn't intend to have one tends to make you look naive or desperate.
Don't know if it was the site you remember or not, but one such site is www.dogdoo.com.
Gosh. Thanks for crushing my dream of busting out my $50 guitar and Dell microphone, warezing a copy of Pro Tools, and becoming rich and famous.
*sigh*
If your motivation is "make it do everything I want it to," then when it's good enough for your use you tend to lose interest in developing it. I know that's largely true for myself, with my simple media player app, PlaySPC.
The games in the Commander Keen series were some of the most thoroughly entertaining titles around at the time, certainly among platformers. They were creative, challenging, and full of secrets (especially the later ones).
Note that id is not making Keen 6 (Aliens Ate my Babysitter) or Keen Dreams available for purchase/download.
Why is this a troll? It's a legitimate question. I personally know at least one person who only bought MoO3 after finding out that it ran under WineX (even better than under Windows, in fact, because you can run it in a window and don't get the famous DirectX Surface bug).
(Disclaimer: I'm a die-hard fan of the Master of Orion series, and MOO3 is no exception)
Reviews of MoO3 have been mixed, because to be honest it does have a lot of issues right now. It remains to be seen how well GalCiv stacks up, but it does look to have a lot of potential.
However, MoO3 does have at least two major advantages over GalCiv. One, as you probably know, MoO3 supports Multiplayer while GalCiv does not. For some people, this doesn't even matter; for others, it is a huge deal. And second, MoO3 was designed to be extremely easy for users to modify it. Most of the game text and numbers like percentages and bonuses are stored in plain text files, ready to be changed as you see fit. And for those of you worried about cheating in multiplayer games, the game will report an invalid version error if you attempt to join a game with a different set of mods from the game's host.
I use mine all the time--I'd never remember a meeting without it. And since I don't have a cellphone, I use it to store phone numbers and such too. I find that I rarely have need to sync it any more, but I still carry it with me (and use it) all the time.
And my PDA is ancient: a Palm Pilot professional (1MB RAM, no infrared), which still works great.
control + pageup or pagedown
I despise switching to the tab then closing or having to right click on the tab to get the context menu.
So middle-click on the tab instead.
As I'm replying to this, I'm staring at the 44oz cup of Dr. Pepper I picked up on the way to work. I've had the cup for probably 5 years or so now, because a local gas station (Phillips 66) sells refills for $0.62, including tax. I first bought the cup back in high school, when I was running cross country and tended to drink a lot after practice on a hot day.
For a short time, they also sold 66oz cups for the same initial price as the 44oz, but they wouldn't let you get refills on them.
from sneaking in and connecting a laptop to the network? I mean, wouldn't a Dreamcast plugged into the company network be a bit more suspicious than a computer?
... searching the P2P networks for pr0n.
I always liked Construx a lot more than Legos when I was younger, and still have a huge box of parts in the closet. The only problem was that (at least where I lived), it was almost impossible to find the kits and stuff in stores.
It still blows me away that so few people seem to care about this kind of thing. Does Joe Sixpack user honestly not care that somebody else gets to determine what he can and cannot listen to, for example?
I don't know about other schools out there, but my HS only taught Pascal, and later added a rudimentary C course. I would vote for teaching something like Perl or Java as well.
I'd have to vote for Commander Keen over Raptor. I did steal my nick from Keen 4, after all. And I actually bought all 7 Keen games. But then, I'm probably biased.