I filled out the manual survey of my hardware, so I wasn't actually locked out. I read it in the actual documentation on the site. Right here is where it says (item #4) that only ATI Radeon (*except* for VE, 7000) and nVIDIA GeFORCE and nFORCE are supported.:(
Wow. This is the very first time I've had to say, it sucks having a Radeon VE card. I filled out the survey, and was told that that invite people in waves, and I'd hear back from them. So, I go looking some more into the site documentation and find that the ATI Radeon series of graphics cards is completely supported... EXCEPT the Radeon VE and 7000.
I don't do 3d gaming. But I do super-high resolution (1920x1200 32bit) display, video playback (mpeg2 decoding functions built in), and some TV output with my video card. (It isn't a 3d screamer, but it is a decent card. AGP 4x, too.) It has been so many years that I've been excluded from something by my video card that I forgot how exclusionary some of these online environments and 3d games are.
I purchased a number of arcade games a few years ago, including some Star Wars arcade games, for $250 apiece. Inside the twoo of the three Star Wars games I purchased were Star Wars arcade posters. I benefited from being one of the first people to put them on eBay during the Star Wars Episode I craze. It sold for $120. In fact, I was quite shocked that it sold for so much. But I was more than happy to give the buyer the better of the two posters I had.
Looks like someone modded you down with a -1, Off Topic. Looks like a few people might not understand the reference, so this may help.
In Max Headroom, for data entry, most people used a typewriter style keyboard. By "typewriter", I mean the very long strokes for a keypress. (Elevated keys hooked into levers, that presumably, go off into individual switches.) As opposed to our very short-stroke electro-mechanical switches, or other technology such as a membrane keyboard like a fast food place may have.
No, it didn't actually have a print head (vector display, instead), and no, there wasn't a bar to slap to move the carriage back for a carriage return.
Of course, neither the vector display, nor the manual typewriter style keyboards were very good predictors of the future. But they look cool, despite being so retro.
I don't know. I've got a 24" 1920x1200 HDTV CRT running off of a Radeon VE (AGP) on my Windows 98 PC right now. (I know... I've got some really mixed up levels of technology here.) I think I'd be willing to lose something on either the resolution, brightness, refresh, or the price in trade for a 42" display. And, yes, a 24" HDTV monitor pretty much takes up my entire cornerpiece for my desks. It is HUGE.
I've only seen one person say this, and it was in passing. Probably one of the major benefits of this is not having a huge gaping hole in your resume. "Let's see, you've been unemployed for 8 months now? Well, sounds like we want to pick you right up!" The benefits are most important in the immediate term.
Although the parallels aren't exact, I think of it as selling a home. A just-on-the-market home is going to look far more appealing than one that has become a stale property. Everyone wonders, "what is wrong with this that it hasn't sold?"
There are some interesting parallels to this and what happened when the domestic oil market bottomed out... was that early 80s? Lots of unemployed oil workers (yes, even technical types). They eventually shifted into sales or other things. Here, I think they're trying to ride it out. I don't think it is going to make for a good recovery (pent-up worker demand for jobs).
They've been calling. They've been mailing letters. SBC has really really tried to get me to switch back from Worldcom ("The Neighborhood") as my local carrier with unmetered long distance... oh... and unmetered "local long distance" in my own area code. Here is their latest attempt to convince me to switch back.
They don't have anything close to what I'm getting now. In fact, SBC just got through dropping the plan I had with them, "Local Plus", which was unlimited "local long distance" (again, calls inside your area code that are long distance) so they've moved even further away from what I want.
I figure they're probably going to harrass me for an eternity or until I switch back. I'm more than happy to them to be spending money to pursue me. I'm tired of giving my money to them.
I have identified only two companies that I have dealt with which I believe actually hate their customers and work against them. The first was TCI, the second was SBC. Even at a state level, we have people working with/against SBC (your PUC... public utilities commission, where they go to make their rate and service changes) to prevent them from completely screwing everyone over. Doesn't that tell you something if your own state is protecting you against this company?
SBC has been heel dragging at every turn...
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This is just one of their latest ploys. They're also trying to get rid of the Unbundled Network Elements that let their competitors offer local service in the first place. They're fighting tooth and nail against any competition at all.
What sickens me the most is how SBC uses the cloud of smoke to its advantage. In blazenly pays for commercials to be aired which says how they support competition in the telephone industry and they're working towards it. At the exact same time they're active sabotaging it. Remember that unfriendly, uncooperative monopoly of ten years ago? Same people. Never think for a moment that they are working in your interest. They are NOT.
For example: CHIWST, Chicago West datacenter. West could be the part of the city, or the part of the building. Add a number on the end if you're feeling kinky. Or maybe something obvious to the front like "DC".
You won't get slammed if what you end up creating makes some logical sense, though. You could call it "CHARLIE" and name the next datacenter (if there is one) "DELTA".
The Integrated On-demand Network that is supposed to magically deliver high speed video, voice, data, and even to the home. Didn't really take off. (Not a full-fledged product, alpha, really.) Crashed hard. The only thing I'm uncertain on are the dates. Was this 2001 or 2002?
They've got a near-monopoly lock on our own culture. Boycotting them means boycotting the majority of American culture. What am I supposed to do? Adopt another culture? (Or almost as close, adopt the fringe part of my own culture?) They've got too much power to ignore.
Happily, I *have* scaled back to a considerable degree. That's much easier to do.
I saw this on Fuji News Network. I want some of these strange glowing boxes that they put around their heads and do some sort of performance art with. Actually, I think they'd look cool in my lawn, stacked on top of each other.
>...the RIAA works to protect intellectual property > rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of > artists...
Note: This doesn't mean that the RIAA works to protect the intellectual property rights of artists. Only their first ammendment rights (or, in other words, the ability of their companies to sell the stuff). It does, however, 'works to protect' the intellectual property rights of its member companies.
Its very nice of them to put the 'artists' phrase in there, but what they do isn't about the artists.
All in all, this is a good press release. It erodes the credibility of past RIAA claims (which were suspect to begin with) and future RIAA claims.
> Contact: 202.775.0101
That number is disconnected. Nice to see that they stand behind their words.
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I filled out the manual survey of my hardware, so I wasn't actually locked out. I read it in the actual documentation on the site. Right here is where it says (item #4) that only ATI Radeon (*except* for VE, 7000) and nVIDIA GeFORCE and nFORCE are supported. :(
Wow. This is the very first time I've had to say, it sucks having a Radeon VE card. I filled out the survey, and was told that that invite people in waves, and I'd hear back from them. So, I go looking some more into the site documentation and find that the ATI Radeon series of graphics cards is completely supported... EXCEPT the Radeon VE and 7000.
I don't do 3d gaming. But I do super-high resolution (1920x1200 32bit) display, video playback (mpeg2 decoding functions built in), and some TV output with my video card. (It isn't a 3d screamer, but it is a decent card. AGP 4x, too.) It has been so many years that I've been excluded from something by my video card that I forgot how exclusionary some of these online environments and 3d games are.
> Shouldn't that be: ...?
;)
> I am sending it over 10000 lightyears and 10000 parsecs
A very good question with a very interesting answer! I'll let you know after I've finished this year's Kessel Run.
I purchased a number of arcade games a few years ago, including some Star Wars arcade games, for $250 apiece. Inside the twoo of the three Star Wars games I purchased were Star Wars arcade posters. I benefited from being one of the first people to put them on eBay during the Star Wars Episode I craze. It sold for $120. In fact, I was quite shocked that it sold for so much. But I was more than happy to give the buyer the better of the two posters I had.
This letter reads so much like the start of the spam that I get in my inbox. It was funny to read...
...if only it read...
Dear Young Jedi Knight:
Greetings! I hope this letter reaches you -- I am sending it over great distances and many millennia.
I am sending it over 10000ly (TEN THOUSAND LIGHT YEARS) and 10000y (TEN THOUSAND YEARS)....
Looks like someone modded you down with a -1, Off Topic. Looks like a few people might not understand the reference, so this may help.
In Max Headroom, for data entry, most people used a typewriter style keyboard. By "typewriter", I mean the very long strokes for a keypress. (Elevated keys hooked into levers, that presumably, go off into individual switches.) As opposed to our very short-stroke electro-mechanical switches, or other technology such as a membrane keyboard like a fast food place may have.
No, it didn't actually have a print head (vector display, instead), and no, there wasn't a bar to slap to move the carriage back for a carriage return.
Of course, neither the vector display, nor the manual typewriter style keyboards were very good predictors of the future. But they look cool, despite being so retro.
I don't know. I've got a 24" 1920x1200 HDTV CRT running off of a Radeon VE (AGP) on my Windows 98 PC right now. (I know... I've got some really mixed up levels of technology here.) I think I'd be willing to lose something on either the resolution, brightness, refresh, or the price in trade for a 42" display. And, yes, a 24" HDTV monitor pretty much takes up my entire cornerpiece for my desks. It is HUGE.
I've only seen one person say this, and it was in passing. Probably one of the major benefits of this is not having a huge gaping hole in your resume. "Let's see, you've been unemployed for 8 months now? Well, sounds like we want to pick you right up!" The benefits are most important in the immediate term.
Although the parallels aren't exact, I think of it as selling a home. A just-on-the-market home is going to look far more appealing than one that has become a stale property. Everyone wonders, "what is wrong with this that it hasn't sold?"
There are some interesting parallels to this and what happened when the domestic oil market bottomed out... was that early 80s? Lots of unemployed oil workers (yes, even technical types). They eventually shifted into sales or other things. Here, I think they're trying to ride it out. I don't think it is going to make for a good recovery (pent-up worker demand for jobs).
I thought we were beyond such distinctions? A member of the same sex can help certain types of other geeks learn the language, too.
Very nice explanation. Thank you.
DSL is more suited to people who are content producers...
Substantiate that argument.
They've been calling. They've been mailing letters. SBC has really really tried to get me to switch back from Worldcom ("The Neighborhood") as my local carrier with unmetered long distance... oh... and unmetered "local long distance" in my own area code. Here is their latest attempt to convince me to switch back.
They don't have anything close to what I'm getting now. In fact, SBC just got through dropping the plan I had with them, "Local Plus", which was unlimited "local long distance" (again, calls inside your area code that are long distance) so they've moved even further away from what I want.
I figure they're probably going to harrass me for an eternity or until I switch back. I'm more than happy to them to be spending money to pursue me. I'm tired of giving my money to them.
I have identified only two companies that I have dealt with which I believe actually hate their customers and work against them. The first was TCI, the second was SBC. Even at a state level, we have people working with/against SBC (your PUC... public utilities commission, where they go to make their rate and service changes) to prevent them from completely screwing everyone over. Doesn't that tell you something if your own state is protecting you against this company?
This is just one of their latest ploys. They're also trying to get rid of the Unbundled Network Elements that let their competitors offer local service in the first place. They're fighting tooth and nail against any competition at all.
What sickens me the most is how SBC uses the cloud of smoke to its advantage. In blazenly pays for commercials to be aired which says how they support competition in the telephone industry and they're working towards it. At the exact same time they're active sabotaging it. Remember that unfriendly, uncooperative monopoly of ten years ago? Same people. Never think for a moment that they are working in your interest. They are NOT.
Fine. Call it the Data Suppository.
[airport code][descriptive code]
For example: CHIWST, Chicago West datacenter. West could be the part of the city, or the part of the building. Add a number on the end if you're feeling kinky. Or maybe something obvious to the front like "DC".
You won't get slammed if what you end up creating makes some logical sense, though. You could call it "CHARLIE" and name the next datacenter (if there is one) "DELTA".
The Integrated On-demand Network that is supposed to magically deliver high speed video, voice, data, and even to the home. Didn't really take off. (Not a full-fledged product, alpha, really.) Crashed hard. The only thing I'm uncertain on are the dates. Was this 2001 or 2002?
I keep hearing that. Does it actually mean anything, or stand for anything in particular? It is an unusual name.
I have a sister. Is your sister cute? What is her name? And finally, does SHE like to be tied up?
They've got a near-monopoly lock on our own culture. Boycotting them means boycotting the majority of American culture. What am I supposed to do? Adopt another culture? (Or almost as close, adopt the fringe part of my own culture?) They've got too much power to ignore.
Happily, I *have* scaled back to a considerable degree. That's much easier to do.
I saw this on Fuji News Network. I want some of these strange glowing boxes that they put around their heads and do some sort of performance art with. Actually, I think they'd look cool in my lawn, stacked on top of each other.
And Santa can't bring it to me. Probably the only one with the power to do it is an executive vice president at DirecTV, damnit.
Okay. This makes sense now. Not to be confused with the Solaris 2.6 kernel. ;)
Cycle time is ~4 seconds per disk
So that would be how many equivalent CD burners?
> Its kind of annoying that everyone blindly hates the RIAA.
No, it is kind of annoying to the RIAA that everyone knowingly hates the RIAA. To everyone else, its just funny.
> ...the RIAA works to protect intellectual property
> rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of
> artists...
Note: This doesn't mean that the RIAA works to protect the intellectual property rights of artists. Only their first ammendment rights (or, in other words, the ability of their companies to sell the stuff). It does, however, 'works to protect' the intellectual property rights of its member companies.
Its very nice of them to put the 'artists' phrase in there, but what they do isn't about the artists.
All in all, this is a good press release. It erodes the credibility of past RIAA claims (which were suspect to begin with) and future RIAA claims.
> Contact: 202.775.0101
That number is disconnected. Nice to see that they stand behind their words.