It turns out that Aristotle pioneered the use of hyperthreading in x86 microprocessors way back in ancient Greece. Only problem was he couldn't get any decent uptime, what with the lack of electricity and all...
Yuppers, I'm doing kinda-sorta the same thing. Got my TV tuner card. Video card w/TV-out on the way. Only diff is that I use an "external tuner" to decode stuff, and thus use an infrared dongle (funny word) to tell it what station to shoot too. Oh, and I also have a nifty RF mouse from Logitech so I can scroll around and the like. That is all.
What good is a remote that you have to look at to change the channel? No amount of bells and/or whistles will make up for not being able to feel the buttons...
I have found that an effective way to ventillate an entire computer, including hard drives, is to remove a side of the case an position a desk fanto blow directly into the case at full power. In all seriousness, it's *very* effective. It may be a little noisy, though.
Personally, I have found that an even more effective way to cool down that red hot 'puter is to simply submerge the sucker in icewater. I tried it with mine a few weeks ago and haven't had a single heat problem since!
Hey, let 'em predict the impending dominance of LCD screens all they want. More monitors on the market, whether they're overpriced, washed-out LCD's or anything else, drives prices down on all monitors, including the already cheap, perfectly functional CRT's we've been using for decades.
So too is the fact that machine shuffling just isn't very good for the casinos, except in terms of hands/hour, which whilst it mostly favours the house, also favours the player under certain conditions.
And what conditions might those be, praytell? Playing against a machine is awful. It effecively removes the "history" of the shoe that allows you to predict future deals.
The whole point of "web services" is that pretty much any two networked devices can communicate. WS just says "Use HTTP. Pretty much everything can support that". It says NOTHING about using HTML! You don't use a web browser to talk to a web service. You use a web service client that can generate and understand the XML (probably) that is flying over the wire (or through the air). If your client uses a GUI to display data to a user, it can use whatever language it wants, or maybe just shove data into a database for examination later.
The motivation behind using HTTP is a dubious one at best. The basic idea is to get around corporate firewalls. This can be liberating, I s'pose, but it's also a security breach. WS is only a big deal 'cuz most PHB's have never written raw socket code, but all of them have used a web browser.
...agents also found on the mainframe over 300 music files in MP3 format. The RIAA estimates that this collection was responsible for some $15 billion in lost music sales.
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It turns out that Aristotle pioneered the use of hyperthreading in x86 microprocessors way back in ancient Greece. Only problem was he couldn't get any decent uptime, what with the lack of electricity and all...
...that this guy was the one at home watching Trek on prom night.
I got dibs on porno.kids.us!
Yuppers, I'm doing kinda-sorta the same thing. Got my TV tuner card. Video card w/TV-out on the way. Only diff is that I use an "external tuner" to decode stuff, and thus use an infrared dongle (funny word) to tell it what station to shoot too. Oh, and I also have a nifty RF mouse from Logitech so I can scroll around and the like. That is all.
I wrote a Java class that does it in ...2.3 meg ...and uses half my RAM ...and takes 30 seconds to load ...oh never mind.
As long as they're souping up shopping carts, why not put rockets on 'em, so I can ride the cart to my car at 100mph?
What good is a remote that you have to look at to change the channel? No amount of bells and/or whistles will make up for not being able to feel the buttons...
Oof, I hate it when they scrape MY server plans...
I have found that an effective way to ventillate an entire computer, including hard drives, is to remove a side of the case an position a desk fanto blow directly into the case at full power. In all seriousness, it's *very* effective. It may be a little noisy, though.
Personally, I have found that an even more effective way to cool down that red hot 'puter is to simply submerge the sucker in icewater. I tried it with mine a few weeks ago and haven't had a single heat problem since!
Hey, let 'em predict the impending dominance of LCD screens all they want. More monitors on the market, whether they're overpriced, washed-out LCD's or anything else, drives prices down on all monitors, including the already cheap, perfectly functional CRT's we've been using for decades.
P.S.: Also, could you add a keyboard and pointing device and speakers, and keep it small enough to sit on TOP of my LAP?
P.S.: Also, could you put lasers on the sides so I could zap all those who stand in my way?
Gives new meaning to that old story about virii(or is it viruses?) being spread when people shake hands...
I just heard they shut down Napster, so you pretty soon there won't be any use for MP3 software anyway.
If you like haiku,
Go to this cheesy web site.
It's full of this crap.
Actually, the first mistake was "upgrading" to XP in the first place.
So too is the fact that machine shuffling just isn't very good for the casinos, except in terms of hands/hour, which whilst it mostly favours the house, also favours the player under certain conditions.
And what conditions might those be, praytell? Playing against a machine is awful. It effecively removes the "history" of the shoe that allows you to predict future deals.
P.S.: There's no "u" in "favors", limey!
so far!
The whole point of "web services" is that pretty much any two networked devices can communicate. WS just says "Use HTTP. Pretty much everything can support that". It says NOTHING about using HTML! You don't use a web browser to talk to a web service. You use a web service client that can generate and understand the XML (probably) that is flying over the wire (or through the air). If your client uses a GUI to display data to a user, it can use whatever language it wants, or maybe just shove data into a database for examination later.
The motivation behind using HTTP is a dubious one at best. The basic idea is to get around corporate firewalls. This can be liberating, I s'pose, but it's also a security breach. WS is only a big deal 'cuz most PHB's have never written raw socket code, but all of them have used a web browser.
Well, it's gotta be _somebody's_ fault...
...how many games do you really want to see the characters naked in?
This doesn't bode well for professional game testers. They oughta get some kind of hazard pay for their weakening intellect.
...agents also found on the mainframe over 300 music files in MP3 format. The RIAA estimates that this collection was responsible for some $15 billion in lost music sales.
...it isn't hard enough to lose backup CD's as it stands.
Sydney dude #1: What the..?
Sydney dude #2: Ack! The Matrix has us!
...I can't play minesweeper? What kind of lab is this?"