I use CTRl-LeftClickety without exception for toggleing things in lists or filebrowers and the likes. Shit-Click is then used for range. I find rhis combinations quite useful.
HP, Dell, etc continued to sell PCs after Intergraph started their lawsuit which claimed patent infringement. They were still selling infringing PCs after Intergraph starting winning the lawsuits. Perhaps they should have sought a license...
On the other hand, the order of battle for the officers goes lieutenant, captain, colonel, commander, which is not similar to any existing military force structure. It's a direct lift from the old show's character names: Commander Adama, Colonel Tigh, Captain Apollo, Lieutenant Starbuck.
You're right, its not correct, but it IS similar. NCOs are Navy ranks, but officers are Army/Marines, while Adama is just messed up. My guess is that he was supposed to be a Commodore or Admiral, but TV made it Commander Adama. Of course, this is also fiction set in space originating from a distant planet... SO, anything goes.
That kind of makes BSG sound stupid. You're fixating on the number. I really don't care that it was 33 minutes, instead of 23 minutes, or 87.
The point is that a fixed, repeating interval was unnerving. The humans had to hope EVERY 33 minutes that the Cylons wouldn't show up, but they did. THAT was clearly intentional, hence the opening credits: "They have a plan."
I thought Tom Zarek was a great fighter pilot and the son of the captain of a big ship. Oh wait, that was some other show...
I think Tom Zarek was written in so that they'll have an easy way to kill Cylons that don't think they're Cylons. His conscience won't mind killing an enemy regardless.
The point of the 33 minutes was because the Cylons picked 33 minutes. It didn't make sense and the Cylons knew it would drive them crazy. It seems like their whole purpose is to break the humans, like a giant science experiment.
I've been using RAR because it usually nets me a few extra % reduction, which I can reallocate to placing a recovery record.
I started doing this when I pulled some old CDs out that I had trouble reading. Typically, if a ZIP had an error, I was screwed. RAR has allowed me to repair files, etc.
I can order all the necessary parts for a computer in about 15 minutes, and build the entire thing in well under an hour. That includes everything, from opening the packaging, to spreading the heatsink grease, to tightening the last screw. I know this, because I personally built hundreds of computers at a former job. Unless they are seriously crippled, anyone can put together a computer in very little time.
Hey, can you build a computer for my neighbor then?
He'll pay you $10. ($10/hr is good for a computer assembler right? I mean ANYONE can do it unless they're seriously crippled). You'll throw in a year of tech support right?
I had to spend an hour teaching him about popups and blockers. He couldn't understand why the popups he wanted weren't appearing. Even holding down shift, or control. Turns out he had 3 toolbars and SP2 all protecting him. I don't think he could build a computer himself... let alone in an hour.
If you're interested, wattage is power consumption in the specific units of watts. Just as voltage is a measure of potential in volts, and amperage is current in amps. Power, potential, and current are, by themselves, unit-less. Units are useful in some instances, for example temperature. If it is 0 degrees Celsius, that doesn't imply there is no temperature.
It's fairly common to introduce and accept new words into the language. Unfortunately, you're probably years too late to keep "wattage" out.
I looked at some of your other posts, and while many have insightful, intelligent comments, some (like parent) are just cocky and stupid at the same time. Are you trying to be an intelligent troll?
Come on, you replied to a post that said "I do wonder if theres some sort of sticker or seal on the inside to let Apple know youve opened the case." You HAD to know what they were talking about, and not somehow confuse a Mac Mini with a hard drive.
As for some of your other posts... If it wasn't time to go to lunch, I would have something to say about you exclaiming that 500GB will hold a whole 4 hours of HDTV. I'm just hoping that you were making some kind of goober joke.
The EyeTV 500 is solely for digital content. It will not work with analog cable/air signals. It just tunes and spits out the MPEG stream and lets the computer handle the rest.
The EyeTV 200 is an analog tuner and A/D converter.
You meant to say, "This $500 computer is still insanely overpriced." The cheapest Mac prior to this was nearly twice the cost, AND it wasn't small enough for most PC users to add it to their desk to try out the Macintosh, which is the whole point of this machine.
Too bad Cringley wasn't right. A $250 subsidized Mac would put an insane dent into marketshare.
I am thoroughly enjoying the fact that you may be learning something. Now, maybe you can learn to read. The subject of my post was hogsheads and SI units. 1 hogshead is 63 gallons, or.2385 m^3. I don't recall anything in my analogy claiming that MB and Mb are SI units. I also was not insisting on "precise accuracy" (although it does remind of discussions of precision versus accuracy), only suggesting that if you want to contribute to a CURRENT discussion, you don't use OUTDATED experience to suggest you were correct in your representation of units. In summary, I do hope your post gets modded informative, although you probably should have made the URLs clickable (you've heard of HTML too right? Maybe you can research that next).
Actually, if you read HIS post, he was saying that the images are compressed to JPEG, THEN store in the frame buffer. YOU said they were stored uncompressed.
Not sure which is right, as it seems 4 uncompressed images would make for quite a large frame buffer.
I think that case might be a little different, considering the announcement is expected next week. Further, Apple has often hyped and announced products MONTHS before release.
I think this may be more of a Steve Jobs ego thing. He wanted to surprise everyone and know its ruined, so he's cancelling the webcasts and suing people.
I hate to buy something and still have to pay a monthly fee to use it ($99 for TiVo, then $12.95/mo), so I looked at the alternatives. I can pay the lifetime fee ($299+99= $398), buy a non service based PVR (Panasonic DMR-E85HS for $420) that uses TV-Guide and burns DVDs, or I can rent one from the cable company with no commitment. I figured what the hell, I can try that for a month, its only like $10...
I didn't get that far. First I would have to upgrade to "Digital Cable" adding $13 to my $42/mo standard cable. Then I have to pay $10/mo to rent the DVR, THEN I have to pay an EXTRA $5/mo to USE the DVR. For a grand total of $28/mo for a DVR, plus $42/mo for cable...
I think I'll just buy the Panasonic so I can archive shows, get a free guide, and it will still work even after all the companies file for bankruptcy. Any other suggestions that don't entail a system that requires my wife to wait for it to boot up?
Has anyone else noticed what looks similar to color dithering on plasma displays? Every plasma I've seen (at Best Buy/Circuit City) has what looks like fixed noise. I've never understood whether its from the built in interpolation (1080i to 720p etc), an artifact of the display, or if its from the source (not likely). If you can see these artifacts, they change color with the scene, but they still don't quite match up. I don't believe they are source artifacts because they're so stable and they don't go away during fixed scenes.
Anyone else seen this or know what it is? A lot of people don't have the visual acuity to see it, but it grabs me right away.
Check out the Canon PowerShots. I've been extremely impressed with the low noise and color range in their pictures. My 3.2MP gives me 1.2 MB files that make for great 4x6 (I'm a bit anal though and wish I had a 5.0 MP)
Exactly! What's the point of hanging a TV on the wall if I've got a stereo, speakers, DVD player, CD turntable, VCR, and PS2 all connected to it. I much prefer to have all my wires confined into or behind an entertainment center that gives my wife some display area for some plants, knick knacks, candles etc, rather than have a 6-inch thick screen hanging on the wall with 2 dozen wires hanging out the back.
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I use CTRl-LeftClickety without exception for toggleing things in lists or filebrowers and the likes. Shit-Click is then used for range. I find rhis combinations quite useful.
You should have made one for spell check...
My point is that at this point it seems like Intergraph had a valid patent.
I'm surmising that Intergraph is continuing to sue resellers because they gave them a chance to legally use the patent and those resellers declined.
SCO =! Intergraph and is just full of shit.
HP, Dell, etc continued to sell PCs after Intergraph started their lawsuit which claimed patent infringement. They were still selling infringing PCs after Intergraph starting winning the lawsuits. Perhaps they should have sought a license...
Geez... click on "QuickTime Standalone Installer"
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On the other hand, the order of battle for the officers goes lieutenant, captain, colonel, commander, which is not similar to any existing military force structure. It's a direct lift from the old show's character names: Commander Adama, Colonel Tigh, Captain Apollo, Lieutenant Starbuck.
You're right, its not correct, but it IS similar. NCOs are Navy ranks, but officers are Army/Marines, while Adama is just messed up. My guess is that he was supposed to be a Commodore or Admiral, but TV made it Commander Adama. Of course, this is also fiction set in space originating from a distant planet... SO, anything goes.
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That kind of makes BSG sound stupid. You're fixating on the number. I really don't care that it was 33 minutes, instead of 23 minutes, or 87.
The point is that a fixed, repeating interval was unnerving. The humans had to hope EVERY 33 minutes that the Cylons wouldn't show up, but they did. THAT was clearly intentional, hence the opening credits: "They have a plan."
I thought Tom Zarek was a great fighter pilot and the son of the captain of a big ship. Oh wait, that was some other show...
I think Tom Zarek was written in so that they'll have an easy way to kill Cylons that don't think they're Cylons. His conscience won't mind killing an enemy regardless.
The point of the 33 minutes was because the Cylons picked 33 minutes. It didn't make sense and the Cylons knew it would drive them crazy. It seems like their whole purpose is to break the humans, like a giant science experiment.
Does ZIP have a recovery record option yet?
I've been using RAR because it usually nets me a few extra % reduction, which I can reallocate to placing a recovery record.
I started doing this when I pulled some old CDs out that I had trouble reading. Typically, if a ZIP had an error, I was screwed. RAR has allowed me to repair files, etc.
I also like PAR files! Call me names now please.
This isn't a full answer, but:
EyeTV 500 FAQ
Really? Here in the US it's easy to buy software for my hens teeth.
I can order all the necessary parts for a computer in about 15 minutes, and build the entire thing in well under an hour. That includes everything, from opening the packaging, to spreading the heatsink grease, to tightening the last screw. I know this, because I personally built hundreds of computers at a former job. Unless they are seriously crippled, anyone can put together a computer in very little time.
Hey, can you build a computer for my neighbor then?
He'll pay you $10. ($10/hr is good for a computer assembler right? I mean ANYONE can do it unless they're seriously crippled). You'll throw in a year of tech support right?
I had to spend an hour teaching him about popups and blockers. He couldn't understand why the popups he wanted weren't appearing. Even holding down shift, or control. Turns out he had 3 toolbars and SP2 all protecting him. I don't think he could build a computer himself... let alone in an hour.
If you're interested, wattage is power consumption in the specific units of watts. Just as voltage is a measure of potential in volts, and amperage is current in amps. Power, potential, and current are, by themselves, unit-less. Units are useful in some instances, for example temperature. If it is 0 degrees Celsius, that doesn't imply there is no temperature.
It's fairly common to introduce and accept new words into the language. Unfortunately, you're probably years too late to keep "wattage" out.
Yes, ampereage does sound silly.
I wish I had mod points today...
I looked at some of your other posts, and while many have insightful, intelligent comments, some (like parent) are just cocky and stupid at the same time. Are you trying to be an intelligent troll?
Come on, you replied to a post that said "I do wonder if theres some sort of sticker or seal on the inside to let Apple know youve opened the case." You HAD to know what they were talking about, and not somehow confuse a Mac Mini with a hard drive.
As for some of your other posts... If it wasn't time to go to lunch, I would have something to say about you exclaiming that 500GB will hold a whole 4 hours of HDTV. I'm just hoping that you were making some kind of goober joke.
The EyeTV 500 is solely for digital content. It will not work with analog cable/air signals. It just tunes and spits out the MPEG stream and lets the computer handle the rest.
The EyeTV 200 is an analog tuner and A/D converter.
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What's "BIGGING"? I wish I had the book in question, since I'm not sure if it should be "BEGINNING", or if there's more to it...
This $500 Apple is still insanely overpriced.
For a Macintosh, this is cheap.
You meant to say, "This $500 computer is still insanely overpriced." The cheapest Mac prior to this was nearly twice the cost, AND it wasn't small enough for most PC users to add it to their desk to try out the Macintosh, which is the whole point of this machine.
Too bad Cringley wasn't right. A $250 subsidized Mac would put an insane dent into marketshare.
You do realize that thebes was the one that replied to your original comment? I think you're confusing us...
I am thoroughly enjoying the fact that you may be learning something. Now, maybe you can learn to read. The subject of my post was hogsheads and SI units. 1 hogshead is 63 gallons, or .2385 m^3. I don't recall anything in my analogy claiming that MB and Mb are SI units. I also was not insisting on "precise accuracy" (although it does remind of discussions of precision versus accuracy), only suggesting that if you want to contribute to a CURRENT discussion, you don't use OUTDATED experience to suggest you were correct in your representation of units. In summary, I do hope your post gets modded informative, although you probably should have made the URLs clickable (you've heard of HTML too right? Maybe you can research that next).
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So if I used hogsheads when I was a wee lil' lad, then I can avoid using SI units NOW too? Alright Grandpa Simpson...
Actually, if you read HIS post, he was saying that the images are compressed to JPEG, THEN store in the frame buffer. YOU said they were stored uncompressed.
Not sure which is right, as it seems 4 uncompressed images would make for quite a large frame buffer.
Yeah, ummmm....
I think that case might be a little different, considering the announcement is expected next week. Further, Apple has often hyped and announced products MONTHS before release.
I think this may be more of a Steve Jobs ego thing. He wanted to surprise everyone and know its ruined, so he's cancelling the webcasts and suing people.
I hate to buy something and still have to pay a monthly fee to use it ($99 for TiVo, then $12.95/mo), so I looked at the alternatives. I can pay the lifetime fee ($299+99= $398), buy a non service based PVR (Panasonic DMR-E85HS for $420) that uses TV-Guide and burns DVDs, or I can rent one from the cable company with no commitment. I figured what the hell, I can try that for a month, its only like $10...
I didn't get that far. First I would have to upgrade to "Digital Cable" adding $13 to my $42/mo standard cable. Then I have to pay $10/mo to rent the DVR, THEN I have to pay an EXTRA $5/mo to USE the DVR. For a grand total of $28/mo for a DVR, plus $42/mo for cable...
I think I'll just buy the Panasonic so I can archive shows, get a free guide, and it will still work even after all the companies file for bankruptcy. Any other suggestions that don't entail a system that requires my wife to wait for it to boot up?
Has anyone else noticed what looks similar to color dithering on plasma displays? Every plasma I've seen (at Best Buy/Circuit City) has what looks like fixed noise. I've never understood whether its from the built in interpolation (1080i to 720p etc), an artifact of the display, or if its from the source (not likely). If you can see these artifacts, they change color with the scene, but they still don't quite match up. I don't believe they are source artifacts because they're so stable and they don't go away during fixed scenes.
Anyone else seen this or know what it is? A lot of people don't have the visual acuity to see it, but it grabs me right away.
Check out the Canon PowerShots. I've been extremely impressed with the low noise and color range in their pictures. My 3.2MP gives me 1.2 MB files that make for great 4x6 (I'm a bit anal though and wish I had a 5.0 MP)
Exactly! What's the point of hanging a TV on the wall if I've got a stereo, speakers, DVD player, CD turntable, VCR, and PS2 all connected to it. I much prefer to have all my wires confined into or behind an entertainment center that gives my wife some display area for some plants, knick knacks, candles etc, rather than have a 6-inch thick screen hanging on the wall with 2 dozen wires hanging out the back.