It sends the message that PCXL is a very silly magazine. =^) They don't take anything very seriously and like to play around with the typical 'gamer' stereotypes. It's interesting, though, that they mock one of those stereotypes (with all the girlfriend jokes) while reinforcing another (all the half-naked women)-- it reads kinda like PC Gamer meets Playboy on crack. --
November 12 (unless they change it again). I can't wait-- I read the script that was floating around a while back, and this one looks like it's going to be at least as good as Clerks... --
Coming Attractions and Dark Horizons are my two fave movie news sites right now. They cover everything from indies to big Hollywood productions, so you'll have to do some sifting to get to the good stuff... but it's worth it. Dark Horizons is sort of a daily rumor sheet, while Coming Attractions has huge archives of rumors and whisperings-- if you're looking for info on a specific movie, CA is definitely the place to look.
Speaking of Pi... was anyone else really messed up for a few days after seeing that, or was it just me? =^) --
I always wanted to get a classic IBM XT case and put a modern system in it, just for the sheer confusion factor. ("Wow, I've never seen an XT that gets 40FPS in Quake 3...") =^) --
Surprisingly, there's not too much info out there. This is the best that I could find: http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~p iccard/entropy/perrow.html It's a review of the book Normal Accidents: Living With High-Risk Technologies by Charles Perrow. The bit about the Fermi incident is about halfway down the page. --
IIRC, all spacecraft are launched into a west-to-east orbit to take advantage of the Earth's rotational energy at launch. So correct me if I'm wrong (it's been a few years since my astronomy class) but wouldn't everything orbiting at the same altitude be traveling at roughly the same speed in the same direction?
I think it's not the space junk so much as the rogue micrometeoroids that you have to watch for. (Not that that makes the situation much better.) --
So you don't want anyone else playing in your treehouse, eh? It's sad this attitude seems to be on the rise in the Linux community. Whatever happened to World Domination?
There is no reason that stability and ease of use should be mutually exclusive. A large part of Linux's appeal is that, thanks to the Open Source aspect, it is infinitely mutable. With a bit of front-end coding, the same OS that's preferred by hardcore hackers can be turned into a newbie-friendly system -- without sacrificing stability or functionality. Linux has room for everyone. --
Are you sure your external is connecting at 4800? That's what Win95OSR2 reports for mine, but it's clearly connecting at around 56k. I can't seem to figure out why that happens, other than that Windows is just plain screwy. --
Take a Valium and grab a history book. The American Revolution was not about excessive taxation; it was about representation. Their taxes were roughly in line with those paid by any other British subject, but they had no chance to consent to them, because British subjects in America had no voice in Parliament. The founders had no quarrel with the British system of government, except that they were not allowed to participate in it.
Take a Western Civilization course or two -- you'll be amazed how much more sense the world makes. =^) --
A thought: what if the Chinese government is doing this for the sole purpose of showing Falun Gong followers everywhere on the net that they're not out of reach?
"Nice site. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it..." --
These situations are not equivalent. Recipients of NSI's spam are never given the option to say "no" before they get it. Using the censorware analogy: it's the difference between surfing for porn and constantly getting unwanted porn emailed to you. Well, it's my bandwidth, thank you, and I don't want to waste it on NSI's self-promotion. --
If you haven't already tried this, set the 'Data analysis always runs' option and run the client minimized. This just about doubled my block rate (30-some hours to 14 hours on my Celeron/400).
Of course this doesn't help if you've got a slower PC (like my old P5/100) as it eats enough CPU time that the system becomes unusable. Chalk it up to 95's 'crap scheduling' as another poster put it =^) --
Am I missing something? Where is the proof behind these assertions? It seems that they're extrapolating S@H's reluctance to hand over the source code on demand into a conspiracy theory.
I'm not saying that this is unbelievable, just that it would be nice to have some evidence to back these claims up... or else state them as conjecture, not fact. --
Damark is one of those mail-order companies that carries a lot of cool gadgets (like laser pointers) and incredibly stupid crap (like Electric Shiatsu Massagers[tm], Buckwheat Pillows[tm], etc. As Seen On TV![tm]) They're worth a look. --
Well, we wouldn't rely on our physical strength alone! We'd use those kickass sharpshooting skills we learned from playing Quake and the bombs we learned how to build from surfing the web! Duh. </satire> --
The Matrix will be available for rent on VHS and DVD, but only for sale on DVD. Allegedly this is to keep the kiddies from buying it. (hmm... who has all those PCs with DVD-ROM drives in 'em, anyway...?) --
I've always heard the MPAA age ratings referred to as "voluntary." This means that the MPAA invented these ratings, and theatres have the option to use them to filter their human input; both parties are volunteers.
This is the argument the MPAA always uses to justify their actions. The ratings are voluntary, true; but see how fast a theater owner will get in hot water for disregarding them, especially in this year's hypermorality backlash atmosphere. See this article by Roger Ebert for another example of MPAA hypocrisy (in the case of Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut). --
I think the people who run the fake clients have lost the sense of purpose behind this whole thing.
Exactly. I think that too many people are joining these distributed-computing projects, not to help out the cause, but to see their names up there on the big result board. It's all just a game to them, a big competition to see who has the most CPU power. And viewing it from that angle makes it "logical" to throw a spanner in the works and show the world how k-rad & l33t you are.
Exactly. Tweaking proprietary products to eliminate the competition is bad when MS does it, but what everyone seems to overlook is that it's just as bad when anyone else does it.
I'm not sure that they have a lot of 'magical' technology, but they always seem to have the best of current technology (the latest Crays and such). Maybe it's not so much the technology as the budget -- they can buy as much conventional tech as they want/need in the interests of 'national security'. Aren't you glad they're not in charge of spending your money? =^P --
I know that some professional studio recording packages (e.g. Cakewalk Pro Audio) support multiple sound cards in one PC, so there's no hardware issue preventing you from doing it. Just make sure you have plenty of free slots for those cards... =^) --
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It sends the message that PCXL is a very silly magazine. =^) They don't take anything very seriously and like to play around with the typical 'gamer' stereotypes. It's interesting, though, that they mock one of those stereotypes (with all the girlfriend jokes) while reinforcing another (all the half-naked women)-- it reads kinda like PC Gamer meets Playboy on crack.
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Well, that settles that then... =^)
Wouldn't the world be a better place if we could resolve all our differences this way?
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November 12 (unless they change it again). I can't wait-- I read the script that was floating around a while back, and this one looks like it's going to be at least as good as Clerks...
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Speaking of Pi... was anyone else really messed up for a few days after seeing that, or was it just me? =^)
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I always wanted to get a classic IBM XT case and put a modern system in it, just for the sheer confusion factor. ("Wow, I've never seen an XT that gets 40FPS in Quake 3...") =^)
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Surprisingly, there's not too much info out there. This is the best that I could find:
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~p iccard/entropy/perrow.html
It's a review of the book Normal Accidents: Living With High-Risk Technologies by Charles Perrow. The bit about the Fermi incident is about halfway down the page.
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I think it's not the space junk so much as the rogue micrometeoroids that you have to watch for. (Not that that makes the situation much better.)
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(For those of you playing along at home, the Multia is the box under the TV, not the laptop. Sorry, kids!) ;^)
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There is no reason that stability and ease of use should be mutually exclusive. A large part of Linux's appeal is that, thanks to the Open Source aspect, it is infinitely mutable. With a bit of front-end coding, the same OS that's preferred by hardcore hackers can be turned into a newbie-friendly system -- without sacrificing stability or functionality. Linux has room for everyone.
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Are you sure your external is connecting at 4800? That's what Win95OSR2 reports for mine, but it's clearly connecting at around 56k. I can't seem to figure out why that happens, other than that Windows is just plain screwy.
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Take a Western Civilization course or two -- you'll be amazed how much more sense the world makes. =^)
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"Nice site. It'd be a shame if anything happened to it..."
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These situations are not equivalent. Recipients of NSI's spam are never given the option to say "no" before they get it. Using the censorware analogy: it's the difference between surfing for porn and constantly getting unwanted porn emailed to you. Well, it's my bandwidth, thank you, and I don't want to waste it on NSI's self-promotion.
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Of course this doesn't help if you've got a slower PC (like my old P5/100) as it eats enough CPU time that the system becomes unusable. Chalk it up to 95's 'crap scheduling' as another poster put it =^)
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I'm not saying that this is unbelievable, just that it would be nice to have some evidence to back these claims up... or else state them as conjecture, not fact.
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Damark is one of those mail-order companies that carries a lot of cool gadgets (like laser pointers) and incredibly stupid crap (like Electric Shiatsu Massagers[tm], Buckwheat Pillows[tm], etc. As Seen On TV![tm]) They're worth a look.
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Well, we wouldn't rely on our physical strength alone! We'd use those kickass sharpshooting skills we learned from playing Quake and the bombs we learned how to build from surfing the web! Duh.
</satire>
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The Matrix will be available for rent on VHS and DVD, but only for sale on DVD. Allegedly this is to keep the kiddies from buying it. (hmm... who has all those PCs with DVD-ROM drives in 'em, anyway...?)
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This is the argument the MPAA always uses to justify their actions. The ratings are voluntary, true; but see how fast a theater owner will get in hot water for disregarding them, especially in this year's hypermorality backlash atmosphere. See this article by Roger Ebert for another example of MPAA hypocrisy (in the case of Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut).
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Exactly. I think that too many people are joining these distributed-computing projects, not to help out the cause, but to see their names up there on the big result board. It's all just a game to them, a big competition to see who has the most CPU power. And viewing it from that angle makes it "logical" to throw a spanner in the works and show the world how k-rad & l33t you are.
*sigh*
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Quit jerking those knees, kids... =^)
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(I'm glad there aren't any pictures of me on the web, otherwise I'd be obligated to provide you with proof of the above statement) =^)
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I'm not sure that they have a lot of 'magical' technology, but they always seem to have the best of current technology (the latest Crays and such). Maybe it's not so much the technology as the budget -- they can buy as much conventional tech as they want/need in the interests of 'national security'. Aren't you glad they're not in charge of spending your money? =^P
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I know that some professional studio recording packages (e.g. Cakewalk Pro Audio) support multiple sound cards in one PC, so there's no hardware issue preventing you from doing it. Just make sure you have plenty of free slots for those cards... =^)
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