" If you prefer to use a different Web browser, updates to Windows may be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center."
With a link within the text "Microsoft Download Center." I'm guessing you can at least get some necessary patches from there (SP's, some critical patches) before letting your machine full-bore on the 'net without a firewall.
I know there are some home users out there that still aren't natting or using some sort of stateful firewall, but come on - you have 2 linux boxes there and can't get a nat to work? Hell, I'll buy you a linksys, they're getting darn cheap after rebates nowadays.
" One kid out in California is paralyzed from the neck down, because the the gun could only be unloaded with the safety off."
Wrong.
Either:
1. The gun wasn't kept secure enough by the parents.
2. The child wasn't taught respect with gun use.
The safety having to be "off" while reloading wouldn't have anything to do with it. In addition, if the child did get paralyzed, and was proficient with gun safety and use, then it was an "accident". Granted, it's an accident with bigger consequences than we'd like to see from day to day, but it happens.
Normally I would mock someone for being upset at missing one song out of many, but I must agree with you - that's one of the best songs on the DDR series to start out with.
I've got a japanese version of DDR at home - can't remember the name, but it's got butterfly on it... (Thank god for mod chips)....
"Freedom of speech also means that if I want to see "Jay and Silent Bob Strike BacK" without hearing FUCK every thirty seconds then that is my right. "
No. Freedom of speech means that if you don't want to hear FUCK every thirty seconds, then you aren't forced to watch Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
See, Kevin Smith gets free speech, and you get to turn off your TV.
Actually, a pulse wouldn't necessarily have to be mechanical. Could be electronic, with a circuit set up to provide the delay in power to the "motor" or whatever is on the other end of that spinning propeller.
I dunno. I know that most cheaper power supplies definitely aren't worth their weight in gold.
However, I've learned 2 things in making any computer work. Buy solid RAM. Not just the liquid kind. As well, buy a power supply 2-5x the cheap ones, if you want to have a reliable machine for 5+ years.
Other than that, motherboard choice is also an exercise of opinion, but I now always go with a good manufacturer WITHOUT a fan on the northbridge. Those little things always have a habit of going out. (As well, Zalman sells a relpacement HS for a fanned mobo northbridge - it's a little weird to get installed, but I've got one on the abit kt7 mobo I'm on right now....)
In addition, I imagine over time, motors may have become more efficient due to:
1. Platter density increases. = less platters, = less steel or glass or whatever to constantly rotate.
2. Bearing increases. Less drag = less power needed on spin up, as well as constant rotation.
Using better magnets in newer motors can also increase efficiency (and I can't believe they don't do that) so that less power is needed for the same amount of torque.
You'd have an LCD on your breast, with a battery meter. Right as the battery is getting to the point of not holding that charge very well (could use inductive charge on a bed at night...?) after about 2 hours of being awake, you notice it start flashing for about 5 seconds, then your heart shuts off.
Oops.
That's a big difference, I'm sure, between a commercial battery, and a medical battery. The medical battery is probably more carefully monitored for changes in voltage and spare power. Also, It would be really weird to see someone changing the battery of their pacemaker.... I don't think that can be done alone, can it?
Yea, that's the sad thing. I wouldn't mind actually buying a copy of Windows XP - I don't personally want to deal with not having support, or having to get "patched" versions of Service Packs to keep it updated.....
I would be a paying customer for the OS if it were even closer to 100$. But, for now, I'll stick to 2k:)
Here's a man talking about a home environment, and you're wanting him to spend $$$ to get a hardware raid card? I'm sure that is just not cost effective for the home user.
My file server is just that. A file server. If I were ever to go back to raid, it'd probably be for a volume set. I know that that is a bad idea... so what I typically do now is segregate data amongst drives. 1 drive = mp3, another = videos etc.
Now, for most home users as well, you have a 100mbit/sec ceiling of Ethernet. That's 10MB/sec to an end device (approx.) Even using a badly configured server with ide drives as master/slave, you'll still be able to max out your network, and for a file server, that's really all that counts.
Actually, the sound chips integrated in motherboards blow. Of course, for the least common denominator, it may not matter. But when I turn up my music, I don't want to hear the noise of nearby components.
Other than that though, I really like the boon of onboard networking. And, for servers, onboard video is schweet.
So yea, I still buy a sound card for each PC I'm going to listen to music from. Otherwise, I use all the onboard that makes sense for the application.
" It doesn't make sense to pick windows 2000 for a gaming system."
Now that sounds like a flame if I ever heard one.
I know that some people have issues with older games. Fine, I'll give you that one. However, I don't play older games; other than the occasional emulator. I probably would invest in XP Pro, if it was closer to 50$ than 200$ for a "non-upgrade".
Any game I've owned since my k6-2 450 works on my XP2800+, however. So, to each his own.
Nforce2 board one stick 512mb (dual sometime, but just not worth the cost right now) 2800xp barton evga ti4200 geforce
With this configuration, at 800x600 in ut2k4, it flies. I can crank up the quality, but I usually leave it at "low" so I don't have ANY slowdown at all. I can also run at 1024, but the slightly higher framerate at 800 just feels snappier.
"What kind of car do you think is under the cover?"
1993-1997 Chevrolet Camaro. I owned a 95 Z28, and found it interesting that they chose that car to be on the cover. Sure, 0-60 is fast, and it's alright in the turns, but it's no "real" racecar... stock anyways.
In addition, let's say you have an onboard sound chip that is creative, that you have turned on in the bios to use something akin to TeamSpeak, but use a Santa Cruz for the game.
You'd have to check which card you're using, not just blindly screwing people who have a Creative chip hooked up to their PCI bus....
All in all, more problems than it solves.
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I can understand that you may want ogg support, but let me say one thing:
fuck ogg.
*whew*. With that said, this story is about the IPOD (right?) which doesn't do ogg, and honestly, people who are interested in the ipod for it's MP3 playing capabilities (as well as the tie in to itunes) don't really give a shit. So stop it already.
If you have no car registered in your name, then they probably won't bother to check if you have insurance.
Ohio started doing the same thing about two years ago - regarding spot checks of insurance. You'd get an envelope in the mail, stating you have 30 days to return it with valid insurance information, for vehicles registered in your name. I think it's a good idea, since I've heard stories around the office about my coworkers being in interesting situations from drivers who don't have insurance.
Anyways, I really think they should check your insurance when you renew your tags. Wouldn't that make the most sense? Instead of signing a form stating "Yea, I got dat" - they would actually pull your insurance, based on documents you provide (could be as simple as the insurance card you should keep in your glove box anyways....)
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Pot, meet kettle.
*FIGHT!*
So then we could really use it to punch that darn monkey to win money?
I'm never without my Man Bag either, but I don't think it (or the objects in it) weigh 4 pounds.
Unless I were to brag.
BTW, nice sig...
Time to go watch more ATHF.
Read the bottom of that page...
" If you prefer to use a different Web browser, updates to Windows may be downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center."
With a link within the text "Microsoft Download Center." I'm guessing you can at least get some necessary patches from there (SP's, some critical patches) before letting your machine full-bore on the 'net without a firewall.
I know there are some home users out there that still aren't natting or using some sort of stateful firewall, but come on - you have 2 linux boxes there and can't get a nat to work? Hell, I'll buy you a linksys, they're getting darn cheap after rebates nowadays.
p.s. Karma is not given out on "funny" posts.
So, no karma was given to the parent of your post.
Probably more like
"0300 - Prepare to meet Maker"
"0400 - Meet Maker"
That would probably have more effect, with alarms on the minute between each event.
" One kid out in California is paralyzed from the neck down, because the the gun could only be unloaded with the safety off."
Wrong.
Either:
1. The gun wasn't kept secure enough by the parents.
2. The child wasn't taught respect with gun use.
The safety having to be "off" while reloading wouldn't have anything to do with it. In addition, if the child did get paralyzed, and was proficient with gun safety and use, then it was an "accident". Granted, it's an accident with bigger consequences than we'd like to see from day to day, but it happens.
Normally I would mock someone for being upset at missing one song out of many, but I must agree with you - that's one of the best songs on the DDR series to start out with.
I've got a japanese version of DDR at home - can't remember the name, but it's got butterfly on it... (Thank god for mod chips)....
"Freedom of speech also means that if I want to see "Jay and Silent Bob Strike BacK" without hearing FUCK every thirty seconds then that is my right. "
No. Freedom of speech means that if you don't want to hear FUCK every thirty seconds, then you aren't forced to watch Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.
See, Kevin Smith gets free speech, and you get to turn off your TV.
Actually, a pulse wouldn't necessarily have to be mechanical. Could be electronic, with a circuit set up to provide the delay in power to the "motor" or whatever is on the other end of that spinning propeller.
I dunno. I know that most cheaper power supplies definitely aren't worth their weight in gold.
However, I've learned 2 things in making any computer work. Buy solid RAM. Not just the liquid kind. As well, buy a power supply 2-5x the cheap ones, if you want to have a reliable machine for 5+ years.
Other than that, motherboard choice is also an exercise of opinion, but I now always go with a good manufacturer WITHOUT a fan on the northbridge. Those little things always have a habit of going out. (As well, Zalman sells a relpacement HS for a fanned mobo northbridge - it's a little weird to get installed, but I've got one on the abit kt7 mobo I'm on right now....)
In addition, I imagine over time, motors may have become more efficient due to:
1. Platter density increases. = less platters, = less steel or glass or whatever to constantly rotate.
2. Bearing increases. Less drag = less power needed on spin up, as well as constant rotation.
Using better magnets in newer motors can also increase efficiency (and I can't believe they don't do that) so that less power is needed for the same amount of torque.
Yea, that would go over real well.
You'd have an LCD on your breast, with a battery meter. Right as the battery is getting to the point of not holding that charge very well (could use inductive charge on a bed at night...?) after about 2 hours of being awake, you notice it start flashing for about 5 seconds, then your heart shuts off.
Oops.
That's a big difference, I'm sure, between a commercial battery, and a medical battery. The medical battery is probably more carefully monitored for changes in voltage and spare power. Also, It would be really weird to see someone changing the battery of their pacemaker.... I don't think that can be done alone, can it?
Yea, that's the sad thing. I wouldn't mind actually buying a copy of Windows XP - I don't personally want to deal with not having support, or having to get "patched" versions of Service Packs to keep it updated.....
:)
I would be a paying customer for the OS if it were even closer to 100$. But, for now, I'll stick to 2k
Here's a man talking about a home environment, and you're wanting him to spend $$$ to get a hardware raid card? I'm sure that is just not cost effective for the home user.
My file server is just that. A file server. If I were ever to go back to raid, it'd probably be for a volume set. I know that that is a bad idea... so what I typically do now is segregate data amongst drives. 1 drive = mp3, another = videos etc.
Now, for most home users as well, you have a 100mbit/sec ceiling of Ethernet. That's 10MB/sec to an end device (approx.) Even using a badly configured server with ide drives as master/slave, you'll still be able to max out your network, and for a file server, that's really all that counts.
How does 76.8 = 100?
Actually, the sound chips integrated in motherboards blow. Of course, for the least common denominator, it may not matter. But when I turn up my music, I don't want to hear the noise of nearby components.
Other than that though, I really like the boon of onboard networking. And, for servers, onboard video is schweet.
So yea, I still buy a sound card for each PC I'm going to listen to music from. Otherwise, I use all the onboard that makes sense for the application.
"SSDD."
Now, who here instantly thought "Single Sided Double Density" rather than "Same Shit, Different Day"?
I know I did....
" It doesn't make sense to pick windows 2000 for a gaming system."
Now that sounds like a flame if I ever heard one.
I know that some people have issues with older games. Fine, I'll give you that one. However, I don't play older games; other than the occasional emulator. I probably would invest in XP Pro, if it was closer to 50$ than 200$ for a "non-upgrade".
Any game I've owned since my k6-2 450 works on my XP2800+, however. So, to each his own.
Here's my specs:
Nforce2 board
one stick 512mb (dual sometime, but just not worth the cost right now)
2800xp barton
evga ti4200 geforce
With this configuration, at 800x600 in ut2k4, it flies. I can crank up the quality, but I usually leave it at "low" so I don't have ANY slowdown at all. I can also run at 1024, but the slightly higher framerate at 800 just feels snappier.
You never mentioned what video card you chose...
"What kind of car do you think is under the cover?"
1993-1997 Chevrolet Camaro. I owned a 95 Z28, and found it interesting that they chose that car to be on the cover. Sure, 0-60 is fast, and it's alright in the turns, but it's no "real" racecar... stock anyways.
In addition, let's say you have an onboard sound chip that is creative, that you have turned on in the bios to use something akin to TeamSpeak, but use a Santa Cruz for the game.
You'd have to check which card you're using, not just blindly screwing people who have a Creative chip hooked up to their PCI bus....
All in all, more problems than it solves.
I can understand that you may want ogg support, but let me say one thing:
fuck ogg.
*whew*. With that said, this story is about the IPOD (right?) which doesn't do ogg, and honestly, people who are interested in the ipod for it's MP3 playing capabilities (as well as the tie in to itunes) don't really give a shit. So stop it already.
If you have no car registered in your name, then they probably won't bother to check if you have insurance.
Ohio started doing the same thing about two years ago - regarding spot checks of insurance. You'd get an envelope in the mail, stating you have 30 days to return it with valid insurance information, for vehicles registered in your name. I think it's a good idea, since I've heard stories around the office about my coworkers being in interesting situations from drivers who don't have insurance.
Anyways, I really think they should check your insurance when you renew your tags. Wouldn't that make the most sense? Instead of signing a form stating "Yea, I got dat" - they would actually pull your insurance, based on documents you provide (could be as simple as the insurance card you should keep in your glove box anyways....)
Awww, that's easy.
/.'ers only have one computer in the household? :)
I'll answer your question with another question: How many
I have 2 in front of me, and made my fiancee build one. She actually enjoyed it!