A GeForce 4 MX is next to being given away these days, especially in special deals I suspect many companies buy their computers as. I wouldn't be surprised if it could be more expensive to say "no, we don't want that chip, we want a Intel 810 instead" in some cases. It's not like everyone buys Dell's Optiplex desktops, but other ones that just happen to have their cheapest systems come with a GF 4 MX since it's very budget as well.
I just listened to it and noticed little space in between. Of course, you might be right, but I heard nothing directly indicating it.
Anyway, from a link I gave in another thread, here's a comment about this:
"[As Andrew Chaikin details in A Man on the Moon, after the flight Neil said that he had intended to say "one small step for a man". Andy and I agree that the flow of the dialog at this point in the tape suggests that Neil forgot to say the "a" and that there is little likelihood that the "a" was lost in transmission.]"
There are a LOT of good legal uses for it. Moreso (in my mind) than KaZaA.
Yesindeed, not only to distribute Linux ISO's which is a common example, but BT usage is popping up all over the place, so I really hope they won't block the protocol at ISP level or try to make the software itself illegal. But then there's those loons that try to illegalize the whole thing, so you never know.:-P
There's tons of other burners that can do dual layer with unofficial firmware upgrades.
Even my el cheapo drive (Pioneer DVR-A06) might be able to do the trick, although I doubt Pioneer will release their hacked firmware for it just for the heck of it.;-)
I once knew the link to pages summarizing the recorders where dual layer firmware was available but have lost it since then.:-( Maybe someone else can provide one?
Anyway, if your recorder supports recording 8x discs, chances are that it has a modified firmware for dual layer recording floating around somewhere, as one of the requirements -- a 140 mW laser -- is a common requirement for 8x DVD+/-R burning and DL burning. Philips has confirmed this, but says that in some cases the Optical Pickup Unit is still not of high enough quality. Obviously not always, since DL burning with modified firmware has been done by people upgrading their drives like this.
Finally, it's still a risky business and you might bust your DVD-ROM drive by upgrading to a hacked firmware. And I doubt warranty applies.;-)
many people browse using firefox with the UA set to IE
The majority don't since Firefox doesn't support this feature in the base install, and if the page was designed for IE and refuse others, people usually use IE.
If you're talking about clicking on the IE icon vs. clicking the M/O/Ff icon, and having the application pop up ready to roll, then keep in mind that IE loads on boot. That way, it gives you the impression of loading faster.... and does the end user care when some browser code loads? Of course not. They care about how fast things load when you click the icon.
Fortunately, I think Mozilla (and maybe even Firefox?) also support this feature.
Wouldn't that still contain a lot of debug code slowing things down, making it unfair in a comparison like this? Interesting to see the beta is even faster than the Linux distros in some cases though.
Recording wind sound on Mars
on
Saturn Hailstorm
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· Score: 2, Informative
This isn't the first time NASA have had this idea -- they have tried to record actual sounds on Mars from wind blowing (and this wasn't supposed to be a simulation of the sound, like these effects are). However, the space craft with this equipment was unfortunately the Mars Polar Lander which crashed due to the infamous metric conversion mistake.:-(
[Insert a joke about Bruce Willis crashing on an asteroid at 10 km/s here]
Umm...
A group of astronauts are on a mission. One of them are Bruce Willis, and decides to leave to stop an asteroid arriving at 10 km/s. The others turn around and says, "ketchup!"
In all seriousness I don't understand why Mozilla hasn't taken over the browser market already. It has all the features that anyone would want in a web browser and I've been using it for years. Why doesn't...
I try to explain this to people, and actually many of them then switch (far more than 1%) but those who don't say that IE is good enough for them and have all features they want. They might have installed the Google Bar to avoid popups and don't see the point of tabs since they haven't tried them out to see their advantages. "But I can already switch between browser windows in the task bar" is a common opinion. I think this is a big part of the "problem"; since they haven't got anything to compare with before having switched, they think IE is OK and hesitate before going through all the hassle of switching and learning to use a new browser to its full potential. This is probably not restricted to web browsers either, but programs in general.
And then you have to majority that don't even read computer news and know about Mozilla.
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Who cares?
A GeForce 4 MX is next to being given away these days, especially in special deals I suspect many companies buy their computers as. I wouldn't be surprised if it could be more expensive to say "no, we don't want that chip, we want a Intel 810 instead" in some cases. It's not like everyone buys Dell's Optiplex desktops, but other ones that just happen to have their cheapest systems come with a GF 4 MX since it's very budget as well.
Let's see if I recall things right from earlier discussions:
This is bad because
a) It's about Microsoft
b) The license handed out is way too restrictive
No Flash probs here on Fx 0.9.2 at Windows XP.
Maybe he meant it ships to the warez community on August 3rd?
I just listened to it and noticed little space in between. Of course, you might be right, but I heard nothing directly indicating it.
Anyway, from a link I gave in another thread, here's a comment about this:
"[As Andrew Chaikin details in A Man on the Moon, after the flight Neil said that he had intended to say "one small step for a man". Andy and I agree that the flow of the dialog at this point in the tape suggests that Neil forgot to say the "a" and that there is little likelihood that the "a" was lost in transmission.]"
- Landing
- Post Landing Activities
- EVA Preparations
- One Small Step
- Mobility and Photography
- EASEP Deployment and Close-out
- Trying to Rest
- The Return to Orbit
These transcripts also have RealAudio (blergh, but better than nothing I guess
Who cares, as long as no data is sent to them?
I do care if they read stuff and collect it, but if they don't, what's the problem? Same goes for Gmail btw.
There are a LOT of good legal uses for it. Moreso (in my mind) than KaZaA.
:-P
Yes indeed, not only to distribute Linux ISO's which is a common example, but BT usage is popping up all over the place, so I really hope they won't block the protocol at ISP level or try to make the software itself illegal. But then there's those loons that try to illegalize the whole thing, so you never know.
Eh, +Interesting?
:-P
*gets mental image of mod thinking "Oooh! Ahaaa! I see..."
There's tons of other burners that can do dual layer with unofficial firmware upgrades.
;-)
:-( Maybe someone else can provide one?
;-)
Even my el cheapo drive (Pioneer DVR-A06) might be able to do the trick, although I doubt Pioneer will release their hacked firmware for it just for the heck of it.
I once knew the link to pages summarizing the recorders where dual layer firmware was available but have lost it since then.
Anyway, if your recorder supports recording 8x discs, chances are that it has a modified firmware for dual layer recording floating around somewhere, as one of the requirements -- a 140 mW laser -- is a common requirement for 8x DVD+/-R burning and DL burning. Philips has confirmed this, but says that in some cases the Optical Pickup Unit is still not of high enough quality. Obviously not always, since DL burning with modified firmware has been done by people upgrading their drives like this.
Finally, it's still a risky business and you might bust your DVD-ROM drive by upgrading to a hacked firmware. And I doubt warranty applies.
Yeah, that DNF game...
Well, Google knows the truth about that one...
Today, people are amazed to see anything application whose .exe file is less than that.
:-)
iexplore.exe is 89 KB.
wmplayer.exe is 72 KB.
What the...
Thank god the Mozilla Foundation registered that Firefox trademark, otherwise they could've been forced to change name once again!
It doesn't implement HTTP, HTML, CSS, PNG or Javascript/DOM correctly and never has
Few web browsers implements all these correctly, the difference is usually that they implement them more or less correctly.
Microsoft executives have sworn under penalty of perjury that it is an operating system component.
Yes, but that doesn't mean it can't also be a web browser. Isn't it simply a web browser that's an operating system component?
But if someone whine about Microsoft, we know his/her stance without writing M$.
many people browse using firefox with the UA set to IE
The majority don't since Firefox doesn't support this feature in the base install, and if the page was designed for IE and refuse others, people usually use IE.
If you're talking about clicking on the IE icon vs. clicking the M/O/Ff icon, and having the application pop up ready to roll, then keep in mind that IE loads on boot. That way, it gives you the impression of loading faster. ... and does the end user care when some browser code loads? Of course not. They care about how fast things load when you click the icon.
Fortunately, I think Mozilla (and maybe even Firefox?) also support this feature.
Wouldn't that still contain a lot of debug code slowing things down, making it unfair in a comparison like this? Interesting to see the beta is even faster than the Linux distros in some cases though.
This isn't the first time NASA have had this idea -- they have tried to record actual sounds on Mars from wind blowing (and this wasn't supposed to be a simulation of the sound, like these effects are). However, the space craft with this equipment was unfortunately the Mars Polar Lander which crashed due to the infamous metric conversion mistake. :-(
Umm...
A group of astronauts are on a mission. One of them are Bruce Willis, and decides to leave to stop an asteroid arriving at 10 km/s. The others turn around and says, "ketchup!"
Better link, maybe?
In all seriousness I don't understand why Mozilla hasn't taken over the browser market already. It has all the features that anyone would want in a web browser and I've been using it for years. Why doesn't...
I try to explain this to people, and actually many of them then switch (far more than 1%) but those who don't say that IE is good enough for them and have all features they want. They might have installed the Google Bar to avoid popups and don't see the point of tabs since they haven't tried them out to see their advantages. "But I can already switch between browser windows in the task bar" is a common opinion. I think this is a big part of the "problem"; since they haven't got anything to compare with before having switched, they think IE is OK and hesitate before going through all the hassle of switching and learning to use a new browser to its full potential. This is probably not restricted to web browsers either, but programs in general.
And then you have to majority that don't even read computer news and know about Mozilla.
Yeah, it was so old that I was confused about what the news was, thinking it was a typo in the title and it meant that it was *out* of Beta.
:-P
:-(
Apparently someone hasn't been aware of labs.google.com until recently and thought "WHOA, let's post this on Slashdot!!!".
It's frustrating when things like this get included, but actual news don't.
You miss the most obvious one:
g) Jokes about his re-releases and re-re-releases, Lucas' milking the cash cow, etc.
IE6 use is starting to decline [w3schools.com]!!
Meanwhile, IE5 usage is increasing quite rapidly.
Weird.
It's not declining because Mozilla or Opera usage is dramatically increasing anyway.