I found the review that was posted to be almost completely content-free. All it spoke about was graphics framerates on various games rather than about the audio performance characteristics of each card.
I am much more interested in things like signal to noise ratios, sound quality, sound characteristics, number of useful discrete channels, bitrates, and general compatibility and reliability of cards.
I recently switched from a cheap sound card to an Audigy 2 ZS and was astonished that the hiss I had become used to wasn't in my amplified speakers as I had assumed it was, but in the old sound card. This prompted me to take advantage of the 7.1 support of the Audigy 2 ZS and has since become my primary watching & listening environment for DVDs.
The 96-khz/48-bit sound is also astonishingly clear when listened to with good speakers or headphones.
I have been searching for some time for a review of the various sound cards comparing their quality. I am much more interested in giving up CPU cycles for better sound than the other way around.
Client-Server technology is far from submerging. I would even go so far as to say Client/Server computing is even more pervasive today than it ever has been. Thin Client computing isn't dead either.
HTTP, POP/IMAP, FTP, IRC, NFS, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, AIM, many online games, P2P file sharing, SQL servers, File Servers, all are examples of client-server applications. The complexity of clients is changing, however. Even the thinnest clients are still rather complex programs (eg, browsers, games, remote desktop, Outlook).
What is pretty much dead, is text-based client-server computing (telnet, tn3270, etc). You still see a lot of ssh and even telnet around, but seldom do you see complicated text-mode applications running on a terminal. About the only place this is still common is in retail chains.
Thin graphical clients are also not dead -- in fact, they're on the rise. Use of Remote Desktop, Terminal Services, VNC, and the like are all highly popular for Sysadmins and users alike. Microsoft provides ways to help to users that involve the very same thin client technology.
So I strongly feel the statement that client-server computing is "submerging". I think that it emerged once, and is here to stay.
If you want this "feature" of verisign's turned off (I know I sure do), contact ICANN now. This is yet another example of Verisign having far too much unchecked power over the.COM and.NET registries.
Does anyone have benchmark information on the IO abilities of the G5? Raw CPU power isn't the only important factor in a modern computer's performance.
I've been using the internet for a long time. Before that I was a BBS user, and participated in numerous discussion groups online. I was using BBSes when I was a teenager of the age-group in question, so my experiences are applicable here.
There is no question at all in my mind that children will be careful about meeting strangers. Online, even to a kid, there is no mistaking that not everyone is what they appear to be and that not everyone is nice. Kids form the ability to pick friends and enemies early, if you can recall your days in elementary school you will agree. There are the odd kids who haven't got this ability, or that trust too much. It is these same kids that get into trouble with the candy tricks and so forth. An element of parenting and education, and an element of individuality applies, so this problem is not new.
When I was frequenting BBSes and using the chatlines that existed at the time, I did indeed meet numerous people from online. It was always in a public place, and always with a group. Later on, once I knew the people, I might meet them one on one. I never got into danger, because I followed the same sense of caution I would use when dealing with anything unknown. Yes, there is an element of risk, but when isn't there?
Later on, after I got onto the Internet, I even went so far as to fly down to another city to meet someone I had met online. Boy was that fun!
So on the other topic, the unmentioned "sex". The article seems to skirt around the fact that one of the things people want to protect children from is sex. When children become interested in sex, they will seek it out and find it. When they are un-interested in it, they will avoid it, and leave disturbing situations promptly. Online is a safe place for children to learn about sex, discover their own sexuality, and become informed about it. This will happen offline on it's own too, but at least online there's no diseases, no pregnancy risk, no rape (under what other circumstance other than via the telephone can you just turn off the device to get rid of an unwanted sexual encounter?) We may not like that our children will find out about, what they might like or dislike, who they may interact about and what kind of interactions they may have.. We may even strongly dissaprove of the materials and choices of interactions, but our approval will not change what their interests are and who they interact with. Denying access to the matierals and people they want access too will cause them to find another outlet (or inlet).
I agree fully -- education is key. Parents must teach their Children a sense of caution, an understanding of the world around them, and teach their children to make judements on their own.
Well I just saw the trailer, and I must say I can't wait for the real thing. I expect that this movie will have even more stunning visuals than Episode I. Also, primarily because this episode seems to be primarily at war, it will have a feel much more like the original 3 Episodes.
The Yamaha V596 is a very good receiver. The reason the V596 is the one I reccomend boils down to the number of inputs.
For your setup, the V596 will have plenty of capacity, and for my own setup, just barely scrapes by, with only the AUX input on the front left unused.
I have the following hooked up: An RCA 32" TV (S-video and composite video inputs from receiver), a Panasonic A-120 DVD player (optical digital out, S-video out), a cheap VCR (RCA audio, composite video in and out), a digital cable box (composite video, RCA audio out, S-video out, Coax digital audio out), a Sony Playstation, and my Sony 300-CD changer).
I still have room for any device using RCA audio and S-Video or composite video, and a tape deck or MD deck, and a turntable.
The higher models have more inputs, the lower fewer.
The receiver has DTS, Dobly digital, and an external decoder hookup.
I would imagine that putting a garment that is tagged with one of these RF tags would have it's tag "burnt out" when you put it through the dryer. It might survive the washer though...
Living in Ottawa, I am glad that someone has helped Corel out, since having Corel shutdown would be a bit painful to the local economy. I can only wonder what Microsoft wants with Corel, though.
Thoughts that occur to me are:
- Microsoft needs competition, and having WordPerfect go away would be very bad for their Anti-trust suit
- Microsoft wants a decent-quality suite of drawing products (Microsoft frequently seems to buy technology and re-work it over and over until it's just right... Mostly)
- They certainly couldn't want Wordperfect or the WordPerfect suite.. It hasn't been stable since 5.1 (The last WordPerfect Corporation version of WordPerfect).
- Corel Linux (Debian) is uninteresting to them. Microsoft could have bought or built their own Linux distribution, with full MS Office compatibility if they chose. They didn't chose to.
- Corel's hardware business is all but defunct -- they couldn't want that.
- I seem to recall that Corel sold off the Clip-Art division a while ago.
I tend to think item #1 is the real reason this transaction occured, with #2 a second.
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I found the review that was posted to be almost completely content-free. All it spoke about was graphics framerates on various games rather than about the audio performance characteristics of each card.
I am much more interested in things like signal to noise ratios, sound quality, sound characteristics, number of useful discrete channels, bitrates, and general compatibility and reliability of cards.
I recently switched from a cheap sound card to an Audigy 2 ZS and was astonished that the hiss I had become used to wasn't in my amplified speakers as I had assumed it was, but in the old sound card. This prompted me to take advantage of the 7.1 support of the Audigy 2 ZS and has since become my primary watching & listening environment for DVDs.
The 96-khz/48-bit sound is also astonishingly clear when listened to with good speakers or headphones.
I have been searching for some time for a review of the various sound cards comparing their quality. I am much more interested in giving up CPU cycles for better sound than the other way around.
Cheers,
Roy
Client-Server technology is far from submerging. I would even go so far as to say Client/Server computing is even more pervasive today than it ever has been. Thin Client computing isn't dead either.
HTTP, POP/IMAP, FTP, IRC, NFS, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, AIM, many online games, P2P file sharing, SQL servers, File Servers, all are examples of client-server applications. The complexity of clients is changing, however. Even the thinnest clients are still rather complex programs (eg, browsers, games, remote desktop, Outlook).
What is pretty much dead, is text-based client-server computing (telnet, tn3270, etc). You still see a lot of ssh and even telnet around, but seldom do you see complicated text-mode applications running on a terminal. About the only place this is still common is in retail chains.
Thin graphical clients are also not dead -- in fact, they're on the rise. Use of Remote Desktop, Terminal Services, VNC, and the like are all highly popular for Sysadmins and users alike. Microsoft provides ways to help to users that involve the very same thin client technology.
So I strongly feel the statement that client-server computing is "submerging". I think that it emerged once, and is here to stay.
As with my previous comments, comments@icann.org is the place to go.
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Does anyone have benchmark information on the IO abilities of the G5? Raw CPU power isn't the only important factor in a modern computer's performance.
I've been using the internet for a long time. Before that I was a BBS user, and participated in numerous discussion groups online. I was using BBSes when I was a teenager of the age-group in question, so my experiences are applicable here.
There is no question at all in my mind that children will be careful about meeting strangers. Online, even to a kid, there is no mistaking that not everyone is what they appear to be and that not everyone is nice. Kids form the ability to pick friends and enemies early, if you can recall your days in elementary school you will agree. There are the odd kids who haven't got this ability, or that trust too much. It is these same kids that get into trouble with the candy tricks and so forth. An element of parenting and education, and an element of individuality applies, so this problem is not new.
When I was frequenting BBSes and using the chatlines that existed at the time, I did indeed meet numerous people from online. It was always in a public place, and always with a group. Later on, once I knew the people, I might meet them one on one. I never got into danger, because I followed the same sense of caution I would use when dealing with anything unknown. Yes, there is an element of risk, but when isn't there?
Later on, after I got onto the Internet, I even went so far as to fly down to another city to meet someone I had met online. Boy was that fun!
So on the other topic, the unmentioned "sex". The article seems to skirt around the fact that one of the things people want to protect children from is sex. When children become interested in sex, they will seek it out and find it. When they are un-interested in it, they will avoid it, and leave disturbing situations promptly. Online is a safe place for children to learn about sex, discover their own sexuality, and become informed about it. This will happen offline on it's own too, but at least online there's no diseases, no pregnancy risk, no rape (under what other circumstance other than via the telephone can you just turn off the device to get rid of an unwanted sexual encounter?) We may not like that our children will find out about, what they might like or dislike, who they may interact about and what kind of interactions they may have.. We may even strongly dissaprove of the materials and choices of interactions, but our approval will not change what their interests are and who they interact with. Denying access to the matierals and people they want access too will cause them to find another outlet (or inlet).
I agree fully -- education is key. Parents must teach their Children a sense of caution, an understanding of the world around them, and teach their children to make judements on their own.
And that, folks, is my 2 cents worth.
Well I just saw the trailer, and I must say I can't wait for the real thing. I expect that this movie will have even more stunning visuals than Episode I. Also, primarily because this episode seems to be primarily at war, it will have a feel much more like the original 3 Episodes.
For your setup, the V596 will have plenty of capacity, and for my own setup, just barely scrapes by, with only the AUX input on the front left unused.
I have the following hooked up: An RCA 32" TV (S-video and composite video inputs from receiver), a Panasonic A-120 DVD player (optical digital out, S-video out), a cheap VCR (RCA audio, composite video in and out), a digital cable box (composite video, RCA audio out, S-video out, Coax digital audio out), a Sony Playstation, and my Sony 300-CD changer).
I still have room for any device using RCA audio and S-Video or composite video, and a tape deck or MD deck, and a turntable.
The higher models have more inputs, the lower fewer.
The receiver has DTS, Dobly digital, and an external decoder hookup.
I would imagine that putting a garment that is tagged with one of these RF tags would have it's tag "burnt out" when you put it through the dryer. It might survive the washer though...
Living in Ottawa, I am glad that someone has helped Corel out, since having Corel shutdown would be a bit painful to the local economy. I can only wonder what Microsoft wants with Corel, though.
Thoughts that occur to me are:
- Microsoft needs competition, and having WordPerfect go away would be very bad for their Anti-trust suit
- Microsoft wants a decent-quality suite of drawing products (Microsoft frequently seems to buy technology and re-work it over and over until it's just right... Mostly)
- They certainly couldn't want Wordperfect or the WordPerfect suite.. It hasn't been stable since 5.1 (The last WordPerfect Corporation version of WordPerfect).
- Corel Linux (Debian) is uninteresting to them. Microsoft could have bought or built their own Linux distribution, with full MS Office compatibility if they chose. They didn't chose to.
- Corel's hardware business is all but defunct -- they couldn't want that.
- I seem to recall that Corel sold off the Clip-Art division a while ago.
I tend to think item #1 is the real reason this transaction occured, with #2 a second.
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