i think i should remind everyone, this patent is not on the FAT filesystem itself, but the VFAT extension for long file names. (which, if you know how it works, is nothing innovative)
Don't you mean....
i think i should remind everyone, this patent is not on the FAT files~1 itself, but the VFAT extens~1 for long file names. (which, if you know how it works, is nothing innova~1)
Big deal - that's been known since 2000.
I have heard it first hand from resellers and h/w makers in Asia Pacific - "we bundle Linux just so that MS leaves us alone and it's up to the end users to get their copy of Windows".
You make it sound like this is something sneaky.
In some places shipping systems (assembled computers) without OS is either disallowed or frowned upon by MS and/or anti-piracy watchdogs, so bundling Linux is a nice excuse to avoid pre-installing Windows....
Funny how you make that sound like it is a bad thing. Shouldn't resellers be able to do whatever they want? Isn't the opposite - forcing resellers to install Windows - a much worse scenario? Linux simply points out the ridiculous nature of Microsoft's licensing model.
No, what I really would like to see, is Windows coming with a selection of browsers (perhaps a "Welcome to your brand new Microsoft (R) Windows (R) [TM] installation - which browser(s) do you want to install?" and it automatically grabs the latest version of that browser) , and be able to choose which of them to embed in explorer. Now *THAT* would be cool...
There is no need for this. Microsoft shouldn't have to do that at all, in all honesty it isn't fair. But they shouldn't prevent any OEM from doing it.
Don't prevent OEMs from including other software on PCs they sell. They want to include a Dell-branded Mozilla? Let them (without sneaky penalties). They want to install OpenOffice? It's none of your business, Microsoft.
StarWarzers are almost as bad as Trekkies.. trying to rationalize things happening in the movie to make it suit your perception of the "universe". It's a freakin movie already, okay?
Nope. It used to be a movie. Now it is a franchise.
I hate Star Trek. Never liked it. I am not a Star Wars freak either. My problem is - Lusas changed the movie. We aren't talking about ROTJ anymore, we are talking about a different version of the movie. If Lucas wanted the young Vader in the movie, he could have done it when he shot the damn thing. But he didn't.
I don't really care - I don't have to buy the damn DVDs, and I won't as long as Lucas fucks around with them to suit his ego (and wallet). The arguments of "artistic vision" don't apply, because he made a bunch of stupid revisions that have nothing to do with art. He's a looney with no vision, who got lucky with Star Wars.
We're talking about films that are filled with magical people that can levitate things with their minds, fight with their eyes closed, deflect laser blasts with hand-held energy swords, and talk telepathically between space ships, and you don't see how one of these magical people would be able to recognize his own father?
They aren't magical, it is a genetic medical condition, remember?:-)
You know, now that I think about it, having the ghost be the young Skywalker was the *ONE* missing piece that just didn't make sense. I am sure glad that Lucas went to the effort to tie it all up seamlessly like that. It made no sense before, but now with that change, it all makes sense. And Han/Gredo firing at the same time? I think that is a metaphor for like when you make an electronic bank deposit for a huge royalty check, and at nearly the exact same time you purchase a new helicopter to fly you to "Skywalker Ranch". As long as that deposit gets there just before the withdrawl, you are safe. Ahh, the genius mind of George Lucas.
It was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. Where do you get this "future?"
Well, if it was in a galaxy far, far away, it would take a long, long time for the events to reach us. Therefore, we won't receive them until our future.
Gizmodo ran this story last week. Check out the sample images from the Japanese site Yikes. 16.7 megapixels is a lot! It has some other cool features too, like "The accelerated image processing of DIGIC II combines with high-speed data reading from the imaging sensor to achieve fast continuous shooting at approx. 4 frames per second for maximum bursts of 32 shots in JPEG Large (11 shots in RAW)."
I thought the point of the "ghost" was to show the Jedi at (presumably) the latest point in their life they were "good".
If that's the case (and maybe it's not), isn't the importance of Anakin Skywalker's redemption somewhat diminished if his apparition doesn't really reflect the fact that he abandoned the Dark Side at the end?
Then again, with DVD writers becoming almost, if not as cheap as CD burners, is there really any point in waiting to get a DVD burner?
The only reason to get one is if you need one.
Now this may sound simple, but just because a DVD burner costs
So the real question becomes, do you need it? I had a coworker who wanted in on an order to newegg a couple of years ago. He wanted a new 30 GB drive, and they had just dropped in price. I think they were still around $100 though. He got the drive and because he was lazy, he never used it. Cut to a year later, when I bought a new 120GB drive for the same price, and he still hadn't installed that drive. A total waste of money on his part because he bought something he didn't need.
Do I regret buying my DVD+-R drive for $100? No way, I have gotten some good use out of it. I was doing some archiving on CDs, and the switch to DVDs made a huge difference. I was able to burn some DVDs of my wedding and give them to family. I don't know why I would need a dual-layer drive yet, but when I do, I am sure they will be cheap. And more importantly, maybe the media will be cheap.
but the reason I see movies around release isn't to see them right now, it's to see them in a fashion I won't be able to later: on a full theater screen with more expensive surround sound than I'll ever have.
I used to think this. But I haven't had a good moviegoing experience for a while. 20 minutes of commercials before the previews, 20 minutes of previews. Food that costs way too much. Crap all over the floor. Annoying dumbasses that talk, explain what is going on to the even bigger dumbass next to them, people opening candy, slurping and munching like cattle, cell-phones going off, people coming in to catch the last half of the movie because whatever movie they just watched just let out, blurry picture, no volume control, no ability to pause.
I don't have surround sound at home, and I only have a 27" TV. But I can eat what I want. I can sit with my wife in peace. I can adjust the volume the way I want. I can pause it if I need to. And the picture is much better. I don't know where people get the idea that just because the screen is huge that the picture is better.
And I don't even have a big TV or sound system. If you have that, why would you need to go to the theater?
I seem to remember last year, about this time, contemplating whether or not I would take the leap and shell out the cash for a Radeon 9600 Pro, in anticipation of Half-Life 2 being released.
Needless to say, I am quite pleased with my decision to wait a little bit.
As a matter of fact, I didn't pick up and play Half-Life (the standalone version) until 2 years ago. I can hear the gamers recoiling in horror now. You know what though? The game was still awesome. When I got stuck, a quick search on the net would offer help. After I finished the game, I was able to download and play some cool "unofficial" mods. Got the game cheap, still enjoyed the hell out of it, and the hardware requirements to play it were not a problem at all.
Needless to say, I don't plan on buying up any more games when they first come out. I apply the same philosophy to movies as well, and it has worked out. If I want to see something, it really doesn't matter to me how soon I see it. We seem to have really been suckered into this "consumerism" mindset. Instead of buying a CD within the first two weeks of its release, before they jack the prices up, I'll just wait until it shows up in the used CD stores.
I am glad that there are some people out there who gobble up the latest and greatest stuff, because it drives the prices down on all the "obsolete" stuff for guys like me.
Was I the only one who read this as:
"NASA Releases Word Viewer"
I thought maybe NASA had developed some kind of program that could be used as a simple viewer for MS Word documents. I wonder why MS hasn't released something like this. Oh wait, I know why.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Apple does not "just work". If a person is used to Windows and Unix, moving to an Apple (even OS X) is a frustrating experience. Nothing just works. You have to re-learn everything about the GUI metaphor.
Well, I am the one who said it, so allow me to respond. I am NOT a Mac person. I am a Linux user, and I know Windows too. After hearing about Mac OS X and the fact that it was unix-like, I stopped into an Apple store in the mall. I was very impressed with the store and all the pretty computers. But I couldn't do a damn thing with them. Just like you said, it was frustrating.
However, when I said it "just works" I mean that they develop their software to work with their hardware, and you don't have 50 aftermarket vendors cutting corners or not following specs. Macs are optimized, which is why they work so well. They aren't for me, but I can recognize that fact.
This may be taken as a troll but it really is to compete with Apple. Apple long ago learned that some people just want a machine without having to know every spec.
And this is not a troll either, but another big reason that Apple has succeeded is that it "just works". Microsoft has a looooooong way to go to get to that status.
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Don't you mean....
i think i should remind everyone, this patent is not on the FAT files~1 itself, but the VFAT extens~1 for long file names. (which, if you know how it works, is nothing innova~1)
You make it sound like this is something sneaky.
In some places shipping systems (assembled computers) without OS is either disallowed or frowned upon by MS and/or anti-piracy watchdogs, so bundling Linux is a nice excuse to avoid pre-installing Windows....
Funny how you make that sound like it is a bad thing. Shouldn't resellers be able to do whatever they want? Isn't the opposite - forcing resellers to install Windows - a much worse scenario? Linux simply points out the ridiculous nature of Microsoft's licensing model.
That would be the "Unobtanium" version.
three words: Star Wars Kid
Or even Horatio Sans from SNL.
Y RUA h8r? My attn span r not short.
There is no need for this. Microsoft shouldn't have to do that at all, in all honesty it isn't fair. But they shouldn't prevent any OEM from doing it.
Don't prevent OEMs from including other software on PCs they sell. They want to include a Dell-branded Mozilla? Let them (without sneaky penalties). They want to install OpenOffice? It's none of your business, Microsoft.
Nope. It used to be a movie. Now it is a franchise.
I hate Star Trek. Never liked it. I am not a Star Wars freak either. My problem is - Lusas changed the movie. We aren't talking about ROTJ anymore, we are talking about a different version of the movie. If Lucas wanted the young Vader in the movie, he could have done it when he shot the damn thing. But he didn't.
I don't really care - I don't have to buy the damn DVDs, and I won't as long as Lucas fucks around with them to suit his ego (and wallet). The arguments of "artistic vision" don't apply, because he made a bunch of stupid revisions that have nothing to do with art. He's a looney with no vision, who got lucky with Star Wars.
They aren't magical, it is a genetic medical condition, remember?
You know, now that I think about it, having the ghost be the young Skywalker was the *ONE* missing piece that just didn't make sense. I am sure glad that Lucas went to the effort to tie it all up seamlessly like that. It made no sense before, but now with that change, it all makes sense. And Han/Gredo firing at the same time? I think that is a metaphor for like when you make an electronic bank deposit for a huge royalty check, and at nearly the exact same time you purchase a new helicopter to fly you to "Skywalker Ranch". As long as that deposit gets there just before the withdrawl, you are safe. Ahh, the genius mind of George Lucas.
Well, if it was in a galaxy far, far away, it would take a long, long time for the events to reach us. Therefore, we won't receive them until our future.
Gizmodo ran this story last week. Check out the sample images from the Japanese site Yikes. 16.7 megapixels is a lot! It has some other cool features too, like "The accelerated image processing of DIGIC II combines with high-speed data reading from the imaging sensor to achieve fast continuous shooting at approx. 4 frames per second for maximum bursts of 32 shots in JPEG Large (11 shots in RAW)."
So how the hell did Luke recognize him?
BTW, my favorite shirt (which I have) I got from an obscure shop says:
#> grep brains you
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Get it yet?
yeeeeesh.
The only reason to get one is if you need one.
Now this may sound simple, but just because a DVD burner costs So the real question becomes, do you need it? I had a coworker who wanted in on an order to newegg a couple of years ago. He wanted a new 30 GB drive, and they had just dropped in price. I think they were still around $100 though. He got the drive and because he was lazy, he never used it. Cut to a year later, when I bought a new 120GB drive for the same price, and he still hadn't installed that drive. A total waste of money on his part because he bought something he didn't need.
Do I regret buying my DVD+-R drive for $100? No way, I have gotten some good use out of it. I was doing some archiving on CDs, and the switch to DVDs made a huge difference. I was able to burn some DVDs of my wedding and give them to family. I don't know why I would need a dual-layer drive yet, but when I do, I am sure they will be cheap. And more importantly, maybe the media will be cheap.
I used to think this. But I haven't had a good moviegoing experience for a while. 20 minutes of commercials before the previews, 20 minutes of previews. Food that costs way too much. Crap all over the floor. Annoying dumbasses that talk, explain what is going on to the even bigger dumbass next to them, people opening candy, slurping and munching like cattle, cell-phones going off, people coming in to catch the last half of the movie because whatever movie they just watched just let out, blurry picture, no volume control, no ability to pause.
I don't have surround sound at home, and I only have a 27" TV. But I can eat what I want. I can sit with my wife in peace. I can adjust the volume the way I want. I can pause it if I need to. And the picture is much better. I don't know where people get the idea that just because the screen is huge that the picture is better.
And I don't even have a big TV or sound system. If you have that, why would you need to go to the theater?
DoR> Um, I have a new Dell LCD, and my mouse lags.
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You don't need to see it - you have already made up your mind.
Needless to say, I am quite pleased with my decision to wait a little bit.
As a matter of fact, I didn't pick up and play Half-Life (the standalone version) until 2 years ago. I can hear the gamers recoiling in horror now. You know what though? The game was still awesome. When I got stuck, a quick search on the net would offer help. After I finished the game, I was able to download and play some cool "unofficial" mods. Got the game cheap, still enjoyed the hell out of it, and the hardware requirements to play it were not a problem at all.
Needless to say, I don't plan on buying up any more games when they first come out. I apply the same philosophy to movies as well, and it has worked out. If I want to see something, it really doesn't matter to me how soon I see it. We seem to have really been suckered into this "consumerism" mindset. Instead of buying a CD within the first two weeks of its release, before they jack the prices up, I'll just wait until it shows up in the used CD stores.
I am glad that there are some people out there who gobble up the latest and greatest stuff, because it drives the prices down on all the "obsolete" stuff for guys like me.
Wordpad. Now THAT is funny.
"NASA Releases Word Viewer"
I thought maybe NASA had developed some kind of program that could be used as a simple viewer for MS Word documents. I wonder why MS hasn't released something like this. Oh wait, I know why.
The first virus to modify this and replace all links to goatse in 5... 4.... 3...
Have you seen Fahrenheit 9/11? What did you think of it?
Well, I am the one who said it, so allow me to respond. I am NOT a Mac person. I am a Linux user, and I know Windows too. After hearing about Mac OS X and the fact that it was unix-like, I stopped into an Apple store in the mall. I was very impressed with the store and all the pretty computers. But I couldn't do a damn thing with them. Just like you said, it was frustrating.
However, when I said it "just works" I mean that they develop their software to work with their hardware, and you don't have 50 aftermarket vendors cutting corners or not following specs. Macs are optimized, which is why they work so well. They aren't for me, but I can recognize that fact.
And this is not a troll either, but another big reason that Apple has succeeded is that it "just works". Microsoft has a looooooong way to go to get to that status.