Seriously, I go to news sites to READ news. I understand some things are best presented as video, but it seems like a lot of news sites are moving to lots of video, which makes it difficult to catch up in quiet environments, plus it forces me to get through a story at the pacing of the presentation, as opposed to an article where I can read at my own pace (be that faster or slower than the video would be).
What I want to know is, why do they throttle down to ridiculously low throughput?
Is there no way to traffic shape over wireless? Why can't I choose between several "unlimited" packages with varying speeds, like I can with a regular wired ISP?
Wouldn't this solve their "problem" users issues? Or is there something about wireless networking that I'm not aware of making this difficult/impossible?
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Delicious works if you install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter and enable it there.
I am currently using it on the release version and have been using it on RC1 and RC2 for some time. I haven't noticed any glitches yet.
I believe this is functionality that Blizzard is later intending to integrate into the new battle.net when they add features to make it more like Steam. AFAIK it is not in-game currently.
If you read the info page, it's because the emulator is designed to focus on accuracy, and any optimization techniques that compromise that functionality are not used. They also define accuracy versus compatibility in the FAQ:
Compatibility is the percentage of software output perceptibly reproduced by emulation. Accuracy is the percentage of hardware processes faithfully reproduced by emulation.
I personally had never heard of this emulator before, but I am going to try it now. They recommend a Phenom II or Core 2 Duo as minimum to get acceptable performance, which is reasonable for near-full compatibility with games, IMO.
Another vote here for the EXCELLENT GetDataBack. I've used it successfully MANY times for clients over the past 5 years.
I've also had some decent luck with the free (as in beer) Recuva, but it is NOT as capable/in-depth as GetDataBack. It's more intended to be relatively easy to use.
AFAIK (can't find a link to back it up) Valve has unofficially given their blessing on this project. As stated before, the project was originally Black Mesa: Source, and Valve requested a name change because Source is their trademark and didn't want people thinking this was a Valve product.
On another note, I'm totally psyched to see this game come to completion. I've been following BM:S since shortly after HL2 came out, and am truly impressed with this work from a bunch of volunteers. They've even had community contests for things like small item textures, creating textures for NPCs submitted by the community, etc.
You could also configure the IMAP service on the Exchange server and use a regular mail client like Thunderbird. You still get the semi-realtime mail updates of Exchange, though you won't get things like Calendar sync or server-based contacts.
Same concept for when you're lacking in materials, I've been able to read data from troublesome disks MANY times using a trick I learned in photography class in high school:
Rub your finger along the crease where your nose meets your cheek. The skin there tends to be rather oily. Rub your now-greased finger along any scratches in the optical media (or photo negative for that matter) and polish, preferably with a microfiber cloth.
I wouldn't recommend trying this again and again, as you'll probably make it worse by rubbing dead skin cells into the crevices, but as I've said I've recovered data numerous times using this low-cost method.
Another vote for AVG here. We use it on all our in-shop machines, as well as recommend the Pro version for customers who can afford it, and the Free version for those who can't. I have used the Free version at home for several years now with no problems whatsoever.
They were actually used to clock the processor DOWN. i.e. "Turbo" meant the processor ran at the full 25MHz or whatever, whereas with turbo disabled the processor ran at something like 4.77MHz to allow old DOS games and the like to run properly.
IIRC, (to be somewhat back on topic) the new low-end Dell laptops (Inspiron 1200 and 2200) only come with a 90 day warranty now, rather than their traditional 1 year minimum.
I'm sad to see many consumers will be duped into getting basically zero support (most problems don't crop up in the first 90 days anyway) because they want the lowest priced machine... Maybe if this 'Dell using AMD' rumor would actually come to fruition, they wouldn't have to settle for a 90 day warranty on a $599 laptop. I'm glad the shop I work for walks people through the process of buying a Dell, and would certainly not allow someone to buy only a 90 day warranty.
Just worked on a machine in this case in the shop... gorgeous, imo, especially in black. Though I'd probably switch the blue LEDs for red or something.
I never had installation issues with OS/2, what are you referring to? The only real PITA I remember was installing from 30-odd floppy disks =D.
It was BY FAR easier to install than Linux (in most cases) at the time, plus it ran Windows programs ("Better Windows than Windows", anyone?), without the drawbacks of Windows. I wish they had come up with a way to run Win32 (Win95 compatible ones, not the crappy win3.1 Win32s extensions) programs in it....
Anyway, the release of Windows 95 sort of began the slow death of OS/2. Sad. But that's the time I got into Linux myself, though I have to admit my reasons were not so political as many of those around here: I got into linux because it ran WAY faster than Windows 95 on my 386DX/33 with 20MB (!!!) of RAM. That, and because tons of stuff was free.
Anyway, fast forward to now, and I dual boot linux and Windows XP. When someone gets FL Studio running, with low ASIO latency, and Windows VST DLL support, then I'll switch again to Linux full time....
You know you can compile with GCC and tell it use BOTH the 387 FPU and the SIMD units? Is that what happened? Or was it only using one set the whole time in both cases?
You can use both the FPU and SIMD at the same time? Last thing I heard, any sort of SIMD instructions used the FPU registers, thus making it impossible to use both simultaneously. If I'm wrong (all I'm really familiar with is MMX, which is kind of old at this point), please correct me, because that sounds like it could definitely come in handy in some circumstances. Let me know.
Am I the only one who thinks this "crater" looks like a giant antlion trap? Especially with the loose "sand" looking stuff in the bottom center... I could totally see a gigantic martian antlion reaching out of that thing and rending poor opportunity into bits.
Let's hope they didn't neglect to include phasers when designing these rovers =)
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Enough with the videos!
Is there no way to traffic shape over wireless? Why can't I choose between several "unlimited" packages with varying speeds, like I can with a regular wired ISP?
Wouldn't this solve their "problem" users issues? Or is there something about wireless networking that I'm not aware of making this difficult/impossible?
Actually, MSE is also available for small business use (up to 10 users)
Source: Windows Team Blog
Delicious works if you install the Add-on Compatibility Reporter and enable it there.
I am currently using it on the release version and have been using it on RC1 and RC2 for some time. I haven't noticed any glitches yet.
Seriously? No time for the old in-out, love, I'm just here to read the meter.
Scotch has to be made in Scotland, otherwise it can't be called "Scotch". See here
I believe this is functionality that Blizzard is later intending to integrate into the new battle.net when they add features to make it more like Steam. AFAIK it is not in-game currently.
My lawn, get off it, whippersnapper!
I personally had never heard of this emulator before, but I am going to try it now. They recommend a Phenom II or Core 2 Duo as minimum to get acceptable performance, which is reasonable for near-full compatibility with games, IMO.
Another vote here for the EXCELLENT GetDataBack. I've used it successfully MANY times for clients over the past 5 years. I've also had some decent luck with the free (as in beer) Recuva, but it is NOT as capable/in-depth as GetDataBack. It's more intended to be relatively easy to use.
Be interesting, and....aww.
AFAIK (can't find a link to back it up) Valve has unofficially given their blessing on this project. As stated before, the project was originally Black Mesa: Source, and Valve requested a name change because Source is their trademark and didn't want people thinking this was a Valve product. On another note, I'm totally psyched to see this game come to completion. I've been following BM:S since shortly after HL2 came out, and am truly impressed with this work from a bunch of volunteers. They've even had community contests for things like small item textures, creating textures for NPCs submitted by the community, etc.
You could also configure the IMAP service on the Exchange server and use a regular mail client like Thunderbird. You still get the semi-realtime mail updates of Exchange, though you won't get things like Calendar sync or server-based contacts.
Virtualize a Windows box with Outlook.
Same concept for when you're lacking in materials, I've been able to read data from troublesome disks MANY times using a trick I learned in photography class in high school: Rub your finger along the crease where your nose meets your cheek. The skin there tends to be rather oily. Rub your now-greased finger along any scratches in the optical media (or photo negative for that matter) and polish, preferably with a microfiber cloth. I wouldn't recommend trying this again and again, as you'll probably make it worse by rubbing dead skin cells into the crevices, but as I've said I've recovered data numerous times using this low-cost method.
Get off my lawn!
Believe I registered shortly after user accounts were implemented (obviously).
Another vote for AVG here. We use it on all our in-shop machines, as well as recommend the Pro version for customers who can afford it, and the Free version for those who can't. I have used the Free version at home for several years now with no problems whatsoever.
FX-60 is a dual core processor, just for the record.
They were actually used to clock the processor DOWN. i.e. "Turbo" meant the processor ran at the full 25MHz or whatever, whereas with turbo disabled the processor ran at something like 4.77MHz to allow old DOS games and the like to run properly.
I'm sad to see many consumers will be duped into getting basically zero support (most problems don't crop up in the first 90 days anyway) because they want the lowest priced machine... Maybe if this 'Dell using AMD' rumor would actually come to fruition, they wouldn't have to settle for a 90 day warranty on a $599 laptop. I'm glad the shop I work for walks people through the process of buying a Dell, and would certainly not allow someone to buy only a 90 day warranty.
Just worked on a machine in this case in the shop... gorgeous, imo, especially in black. Though I'd probably switch the blue LEDs for red or something.
It was BY FAR easier to install than Linux (in most cases) at the time, plus it ran Windows programs ("Better Windows than Windows", anyone?), without the drawbacks of Windows. I wish they had come up with a way to run Win32 (Win95 compatible ones, not the crappy win3.1 Win32s extensions) programs in it....
Anyway, the release of Windows 95 sort of began the slow death of OS/2. Sad. But that's the time I got into Linux myself, though I have to admit my reasons were not so political as many of those around here: I got into linux because it ran WAY faster than Windows 95 on my 386DX/33 with 20MB (!!!) of RAM. That, and because tons of stuff was free.
Anyway, fast forward to now, and I dual boot linux and Windows XP. When someone gets FL Studio running, with low ASIO latency, and Windows VST DLL support, then I'll switch again to Linux full time....
You know you can compile with GCC and tell it use BOTH the 387 FPU and the SIMD units? Is that what happened? Or was it only using one set the whole time in both cases? You can use both the FPU and SIMD at the same time? Last thing I heard, any sort of SIMD instructions used the FPU registers, thus making it impossible to use both simultaneously. If I'm wrong (all I'm really familiar with is MMX, which is kind of old at this point), please correct me, because that sounds like it could definitely come in handy in some circumstances. Let me know.
Am I the only one who thinks this "crater" looks like a giant antlion trap? Especially with the loose "sand" looking stuff in the bottom center... I could totally see a gigantic martian antlion reaching out of that thing and rending poor opportunity into bits. Let's hope they didn't neglect to include phasers when designing these rovers =)