this is what i've been waiting to hear, I design system computer packages for a local computer store and it was becomming a pain in the ass to try and tell what motherboard (socket 423 or 478) using either SDRAM or DDR RAM or RDRAM. Some of the sales people didn't know how to tell the difference eitehr, so they would sell a system with a socket 478 motherboard using SDRAM with a socket 423 processor and RDRAM.
At least this will finally make my job a little easier and I won't have to double check all the new computer sales as much anymore.
I saw an article once (not sure if it was here or not) about someone using random pictures from a lava lamp to encrypt whatever he wanted. Last i heard was everyone that tried to break the encryption failed... the only way to decode it was to use the orignal picture that was taken of the lave lamp. If anyone else has heard about this or has any other information if this worked or not I would love to hear about it.
"To the future: This new format is a next generation format. 27GB per layer is a very cool capacity. Combined with MPEG2 and AC3 whole seasons of 'startrek' may be on one disc. But on the other hand: have you looked at the sizes of DVDs lately: they are big like nearly 9GB. Viewed at 27GB from this side it's actually small. It's the bare minimum;-)"
not trying to be a flamer here or anything but don't dvd's currenty support 18GB per disk. As far as I know, DVD's were 2 layers per side; so it was 9GB's per side. That's why there is a split second delay in some movies when it changes over layers - some people think that it caused by cheap DVD players when actually (in some cases it is caused by cheap players) it is just the dvd disc itself. dont get me wrong or anything, i'm all for a new 27gb standard.
but what about someone creating a virus designed to take down all the system running this new os? what type of system down time are we looking at if this were to occur. espically if some of the major backbones decided to go along with this universal internet os, we could be talking about major internet breakdown in communication... or did i just misread something here...
I'm all for junkyeard wars and all, but i don't think they should let people spend more on the machine that what they are allocated. This just means that someone will probably go and get some rich sponsor to give them a wack load of money, then hire some nasa engineers to design and build the machine.
On the other hand, I can't wait to see the competition, should be really intresting.
The equation makes alot of sence, but the only thing that Drake takes for granted is that all life is based on life here on Earth. Given that we dont have anything else to compare it to, but still. Don't you think thats a really basic generalization of how life works. I for one dont think we should be basing the creation of life everywhere in the galaxy with realtion to the way life was created here on earth. It would be pretty arrogant to think that way. For all we know, it could be the exact opposite everywhere else and we are the exception. But then again, I could be wrong.
I can see myself getting flammed for this but ah well...this is going to be napster all over again, I'm guessing we will be seeing the news about it on/. for the next year or so easy. I can't wait for the lawyers to go after IRC channels next, after all, that is the best place to find anything and everything you ever wanted. Wether it be music, programs, postage stamps or plutonium.
I still say they should simply move or sell thier service to a company in some other country where the DMCAA or the RIAA have no legal handholds on the way music is distributed. Then what would they do, cry and complain that they should conform to the way north america and europe handle these situations. *end rant*
Acutally it has everything to do with oceans. The only thing is, its based on Earth. But then again, what else are they to base their research on, a planet that they have never seen before that might have life. But hey, i don't expect the next planet they find life on to be anything like Earth, but until that discovery is made, Earth is the only thing we can use as a guide line for the fundamental rules for the creation of life on other worlds.
I would hate to be a scientest when they realize that all the science we discover on Earth could be tossed out the window when they find another habited planet. But thats just my opinion.
The one thing I couldn't belive was how Creative faked the noise clean-up ability of the audigy. In the demo they presented in the software, they simply used to audio files and cross-faded them. Now from the tests that I did on it, the clean-up wasn't bad, but was nowhere near as good as the demo had presented it to be.
storms? I'd love to see the lightning rod on the top of this thing. Also the affect of wind sheer. Ah well, just a few things that I was wondering about.
It is narrow thinking to propose that we ever have the "final" answer because there is no way to prove that something is right. We can only prove that things are wrong.
I always thought that 1 + 1 = 2 or 2 + 2 = 4 etc...
Actually the name is spelt T'Pol. One of the funny things is on the official web site it says her age is unknown, but I know in either the last episode or the episode before it she actually stated her age as 127 or something around there. Trip had asked her about her age.
what i think would make a great movie (if they did it right) would be after voyager gets home, how they deal with the new technology that they brought back with them. do they go after the borg with it, do they destroy the new technology to preserve their temporal prime directive... could be intresting, as long as it didn't have as cheap of an ending as the voyager series had.
all the hydrogen products being developed. I'm glad they are comming up with better ways of preserving the environment, but the one thing that i want to know is, when you run out of hydrogen, where do you get more? I'm guessing its going to be a special order item, but how much for it, how long does it take to get, and is it going to be a restricted item in some states/countries?
The phone looks great, and the features sound impressive. I know I love my 8810 phone, but this 7650 looks like its going to smack everything down. The only thing I'm concerned about is the data transfer for the Video Phone. If its going to be a smooth transfer or if its going to be "the good 'ol slide show presentation" full of lag. Also, if its going to be a sperate service that you will need to suscribe to much like text messaging or email. All the extra features in the phones are really nice, but can easily cost a lot if you want all the "new toys" to work.
even if it is only 1k per message - in the case of the Sept 11 disaster - im sure everyone was trying to call someone (wether it be the emergency system or just regular phone calls) what would happen to this peer to peer system when there are literly hundreds of thousands (if not a million or more in the case of New York) of messages going into the system all at the same time. Given it might get more messages through, but I still think there would be some sort of down time or slow time to it. I still think it would give us a better wireless system to work with.
GeForce has always made good cards, but everyone has gotta love the "ATI Radeon 8500" link located directly over the review... you know, the one that says "The most !#X*! amazing 3D gaming experience" just incase you wanted to look at a different video card. I must say I've always stuck with ATI but Geforce is making my head turn a bit towards them...
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this is what i've been waiting to hear, I design system computer packages for a local computer store and it was becomming a pain in the ass to try and tell what motherboard (socket 423 or 478) using either SDRAM or DDR RAM or RDRAM. Some of the sales people didn't know how to tell the difference eitehr, so they would sell a system with a socket 478 motherboard using SDRAM with a socket 423 processor and RDRAM.
At least this will finally make my job a little easier and I won't have to double check all the new computer sales as much anymore.
But now could you increase the randomness by simply getting a larger lave lamp with more bubbles?
I saw an article once (not sure if it was here or not) about someone using random pictures from a lava lamp to encrypt whatever he wanted. Last i heard was everyone that tried to break the encryption failed... the only way to decode it was to use the orignal picture that was taken of the lave lamp. If anyone else has heard about this or has any other information if this worked or not I would love to hear about it.
"To the future: This new format is a next generation format. 27GB per layer is a very cool capacity. Combined with MPEG2 and AC3 whole seasons of 'startrek' may be on one disc. But on the other hand: have you looked at the sizes of DVDs lately: they are big like nearly 9GB. Viewed at 27GB from this side it's actually small. It's the bare minimum ;-)"
not trying to be a flamer here or anything but don't dvd's currenty support 18GB per disk. As far as I know, DVD's were 2 layers per side; so it was 9GB's per side. That's why there is a split second delay in some movies when it changes over layers - some people think that it caused by cheap DVD players when actually (in some cases it is caused by cheap players) it is just the dvd disc itself. dont get me wrong or anything, i'm all for a new 27gb standard.
but what about someone creating a virus designed to take down all the system running this new os? what type of system down time are we looking at if this were to occur. espically if some of the major backbones decided to go along with this universal internet os, we could be talking about major internet breakdown in communication... or did i just misread something here...
I dunno, i still think pen and paper would be the most rugged item you could get
Nice pic and all, but i prefer this one better. Although these are quite the stems you got... But you gotta love those toes.
I'm all for junkyeard wars and all, but i don't think they should let people spend more on the machine that what they are allocated. This just means that someone will probably go and get some rich sponsor to give them a wack load of money, then hire some nasa engineers to design and build the machine.
On the other hand, I can't wait to see the competition, should be really intresting.
Yes but the article says "many U.S. organizations" not "most home users".
The equation makes alot of sence, but the only thing that Drake takes for granted is that all life is based on life here on Earth. Given that we dont have anything else to compare it to, but still. Don't you think thats a really basic generalization of how life works. I for one dont think we should be basing the creation of life everywhere in the galaxy with realtion to the way life was created here on earth. It would be pretty arrogant to think that way. For all we know, it could be the exact opposite everywhere else and we are the exception. But then again, I could be wrong.
I can see myself getting flammed for this but ah well...this is going to be napster all over again, I'm guessing we will be seeing the news about it on /. for the next year or so easy. I can't wait for the lawyers to go after IRC channels next, after all, that is the best place to find anything and everything you ever wanted. Wether it be music, programs, postage stamps or plutonium.
I still say they should simply move or sell thier service to a company in some other country where the DMCAA or the RIAA have no legal handholds on the way music is distributed. Then what would they do, cry and complain that they should conform to the way north america and europe handle these situations. *end rant*
Acutally it has everything to do with oceans. The only thing is, its based on Earth. But then again, what else are they to base their research on, a planet that they have never seen before that might have life. But hey, i don't expect the next planet they find life on to be anything like Earth, but until that discovery is made, Earth is the only thing we can use as a guide line for the fundamental rules for the creation of life on other worlds.
I would hate to be a scientest when they realize that all the science we discover on Earth could be tossed out the window when they find another habited planet. But thats just my opinion.
The one thing I couldn't belive was how Creative faked the noise clean-up ability of the audigy. In the demo they presented in the software, they simply used to audio files and cross-faded them. Now from the tests that I did on it, the clean-up wasn't bad, but was nowhere near as good as the demo had presented it to be.
storms? I'd love to see the lightning rod on the top of this thing. Also the affect of wind sheer. Ah well, just a few things that I was wondering about.
It is narrow thinking to propose that we ever have the "final" answer because there is no way to prove that something is right. We can only prove that things are wrong.
I always thought that 1 + 1 = 2 or 2 + 2 = 4 etc...
Actually the name is spelt T'Pol. One of the funny things is on the official web site it says her age is unknown, but I know in either the last episode or the episode before it she actually stated her age as 127 or something around there. Trip had asked her about her age.
what i think would make a great movie (if they did it right) would be after voyager gets home, how they deal with the new technology that they brought back with them. do they go after the borg with it, do they destroy the new technology to preserve their temporal prime directive... could be intresting, as long as it didn't have as cheap of an ending as the voyager series had.
as i said before, it states on the paramount site that he served as executive producer on Paramount Pictures' "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"
Actually, if you read the Paramount article it says that he served as executive producer on Paramount Pictures' "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"
*phew* I'm glad someone picked up my sarcasim... I was starting to worry for a minute...
all the hydrogen products being developed. I'm glad they are comming up with better ways of preserving the environment, but the one thing that i want to know is, when you run out of hydrogen, where do you get more? I'm guessing its going to be a special order item, but how much for it, how long does it take to get, and is it going to be a restricted item in some states/countries?
The phone looks great, and the features sound impressive. I know I love my 8810 phone, but this 7650 looks like its going to smack everything down. The only thing I'm concerned about is the data transfer for the Video Phone. If its going to be a smooth transfer or if its going to be "the good 'ol slide show presentation" full of lag. Also, if its going to be a sperate service that you will need to suscribe to much like text messaging or email. All the extra features in the phones are really nice, but can easily cost a lot if you want all the "new toys" to work.
even if it is only 1k per message - in the case of the Sept 11 disaster - im sure everyone was trying to call someone (wether it be the emergency system or just regular phone calls) what would happen to this peer to peer system when there are literly hundreds of thousands (if not a million or more in the case of New York) of messages going into the system all at the same time. Given it might get more messages through, but I still think there would be some sort of down time or slow time to it. I still think it would give us a better wireless system to work with.
Actually you can get the DirectX 9.0 beta now... its available
here.
username: DX9Beta
password: DX9Gaming
GeForce has always made good cards, but everyone has gotta love the "ATI Radeon 8500" link located directly over the review... you know, the one that says "The most !#X*! amazing 3D gaming experience" just incase you wanted to look at a different video card. I must say I've always stuck with ATI but Geforce is making my head turn a bit towards them...