When maxing out the RAM, make sure to not buy from Apple - WAY overpriced, and probably not even CL2. Spend half the money and get better RAM elsewhere.
Also true for expanding HD space.
What Macs really need right now is a 3ware ATA RAID adapter. And space for 4 internal ATA drives removable from the front (and still have space for an optical drive).
NTSC is 30fps interlaced PAL is, what, 25fps interlaced? (but higher res)
HDTV has interlaced (i) and progressive (p) modes and multiple resolutions (480i, 480p (highest current DVD spec is only 480p - pathetic), 720i, 720p, 1080i, and I've heard of 1080p and higher, but nobody's using that except some high-end (REALLY high-end) cameras are capable of recording at that for a master recording. I've heard Star Wars: Ep 2 was recorded in 1080p.
I'd prefer the highest progressive display, myself, over a higher-res interlaced one. You know when you see print on tv, and it's really hard to read? That's because of the interlacing. A progressive display at the same res as an interlaced one will produce a MUCH better picture. Lots of inexpensive DVD players can now output progressive signal, but you still need an expensive TV that is also capable of displaying a progressive signal (most don't). Or just use your computer to watch DVDs (unsatisfactory for most because of small screen size compared to TVs).
An irritating set of trade-offs. You need a $150 (or cheaper) DVD player but then you need a $1500 tv!
Okay, enough ranting for now...
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Very simple to do - all modern browsers I can think of support file upload now. Then when someone logs in, they tag who the file is for, upload the file(s), and the system can then automatically send an email notification to the recipient. With a download link, even. Gosh. How high-tech is that?
Why is this so fucking hard, people? Jesus!
And if you want a really _cool_ geeky solution, go with 'sendfile' (an implementation of the SAFT protocol) - the file transfer solution that should've taken off like a rocket but didn't. *sigh*
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Please note the last line of my post which read:
> And has really good service and support?
I'm not sure many (if any) of those you listed qualify. Certainly CompUSA doesn't.
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This is a bit of an ideological mish-mash, as Dell doesn't use standard parts on some (all?) of their desktop machines. Specifically, I know the power supplies and motherboards have weird power connectors on them, so you're forced to buy replacement parts (at higher prices) from Dell. Unless this has changed recently, that is. Buying hardware that is non-standard so you can run your ideologically pure OS on it is rather odd. I'm told Gateway does or did something similar.
Does anyone know of a hardware vendor that lets you buy computers without an OS, but uses ALL standard parts? And has really good service and support?
Okay, forget about the EULAs - you didn't agree to it, so no biggie, but what about this - did any of those submit buttons he hit send your new email address into the wonderful world of spam-lists? I bet it did. Eeek.
The entire point of computers is to do things much faster than we can do them manually (or even make things possible that weren't before).
By making programming easier and faster with higher-level languages, this contributes to that goal.
There IS a trade-off in speed by doing things at such a high level versus, say, machine language, but considering the scope of most apps these days, it wouldn't be economically viable to create everything that way. Optimising certain bottle necks in low level languages is probably about the only common use programmers will have for low level stuff in the future, except for certain special cases or very small applications.
If you have a project that needs super-duper optimization, it might be better to concentrate on improving the compiler's optimization rather than writing your app in a low-level language. Keep in mind you have to maintain your code!
>> vote Libertarian if you're on the right, Green >> Party if you're on the left
> What are you supposed to vote in the middle?
The previous post was wrong - vote Libertarian if you're in the middle. What was that Ross Perot party called again? Are they still around? THAT would be the one to vote for if you're on the 'Right'.
A PSU comparison that doesn't include something from PC Power & Cooling is about as ridiculous as an ATA RAID comparison that doesn't include something from 3ware.
in their 'Employment' section, they list the following position:
"Software Engineer/Interface Designer"
Sorry, but software engineers do NOT good interface designers make. Programmers are not designers and vice-versa. When you combine those two jobs, you get things like emacs. Sure, it'll do the job, but GEEZ!
And they think something designed by a software engineer is going to fly with the Mac crowd? They're on crack!
This works because the reason onions cause people to tear up is because of the sulphur content of the onion. The candle will burn up some of the sulphur, thus reducing the reaction. This doesn't always work, but it certainly helps.
There's already a low-sulphur type of onion (I forget the name - but it's a number that tells farmers when to plant it (the date)) - but it's hard to find (in fact, I've never actually SEEN it at a grocery store).
Centurion: What's this then? Romanes eunt domus. People called Romanes they go
the house? Brian: It, it says 'Romans go home'. Centurion: No it doesn't. What's latin for 'Roman'? Come on... Brian: aaah. Centurion: Come on. Brian: Ah! Romanus? Centurion: Goes like? Brian: Annus? Centurion: Vocative plural of 'annus' is? Brian: Anni? Centurion: Romani. [He crosses out the 'es' and writes in 'i'.]
Eunt? What is eunt? Brian: Go. Centurion: Conjugate the verb 'to go'. Brian: Uh. Ire - Uh... eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt. Centurion: So eunt is? Brian: Ah, Uh, Third person plural of present indicative. They go. Centurion: But Romans go home is an order, so you must use the? --------[The centurian lifts Brian: by the sideburns... nasty, eh?] Brian: The imperative. Centurion: Which is? Brian: Ahm. Oh, oh, um... I, I. Centurion: How many Romans? Brian: Ah. Plural, plural... ite, ite. Centurion: Ite. [He again corrects the writing on the wall.]
Domus? Nomonative? 'Go home'? This is motion towards, isn't it, boy? Brian: Dative, sir. --------[The Centurian takes out his weapon, and holds it to Brian's throat.]
Ahh. No, not dative, not the dative, sir. Oh, Ah. Uh.
The accusative accusative. Ah, Domum, sir. Ab domum! Ah! Oooh! Ah! Centurion: Except that 'domus' takes the? Brian: The locative, sir. Centurion: Which is? Brian: Domum. Aaah! ah. --------[Again, the writing is ammended.] Centurion: Domum... um... Understand? Brian: Yes, sir. Centurion: Now write it out a hundred times. Brian: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caeser, sir. Centurion: Hail Caeser. And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls
off. Brian: Ooh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caeser and everything, sir.
Oh. Mmm!
Have you looked into ways of only backing up data that really _needs_ to be backed up? Perhaps a backup solution that is configurable enough to block out mp3's and suchlike? Make the users do some of the work, or at least configure their machines so that the software they use saves files in places that get backed up automatically? (yet is still subject to the non-mp3,etc filters)
There's no way that this kind of thing *can't* be automated with enough work. The amount of billable time spent to get such a system going has to be much less than hiring a full-time backer-upper.
A place I used to work at had some shared drives on the servers - if you wanted your data backed up, you fricking saved it to those shared drives (dedicated folders for each employee & project), or else you didn't get your data backed up. And if something happened to your data that wasn't backed up, it's your problem (and thus, your ass).
We've already got the limited edition DVD of the animated Akira, so why not a live action? It'll be interesting to see what they can do. I just hope they have the budget to actually make a credible attempt.
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When maxing out the RAM, make sure to not buy from Apple - WAY overpriced, and probably not even CL2. Spend half the money and get better RAM elsewhere.
Also true for expanding HD space.
What Macs really need right now is a 3ware ATA RAID adapter. And space for 4 internal ATA drives removable from the front (and still have space for an optical drive).
IMO, anyway.
Well, duh, check out his first name! :)
:)
( just kidding, Havoc - I have no idea if you're evil or not. But seriously - what's your _middle_ name?
> What can humans do, besides burrowing or mutating?
:)
Well, if there's a choice, I'm all for mutating!
I can think of a few schweet 'case mods' I'd like.
NTSC is 30fps interlaced
PAL is, what, 25fps interlaced? (but higher res)
HDTV has interlaced (i) and progressive (p) modes and multiple resolutions (480i, 480p (highest current DVD spec is only 480p - pathetic), 720i, 720p, 1080i, and I've heard of 1080p and higher, but nobody's using that except some high-end (REALLY high-end) cameras are capable of recording at that for a master recording. I've heard Star Wars: Ep 2 was recorded in 1080p.
I'd prefer the highest progressive display, myself, over a higher-res interlaced one. You know when you see print on tv, and it's really hard to read? That's because of the interlacing. A progressive display at the same res as an interlaced one will produce a MUCH better picture. Lots of inexpensive DVD players can now output progressive signal, but you still need an expensive TV that is also capable of displaying a progressive signal (most don't). Or just use your computer to watch DVDs (unsatisfactory for most because of small screen size compared to TVs).
An irritating set of trade-offs. You need a $150 (or cheaper) DVD player but then you need a $1500 tv!
Okay, enough ranting for now...
Very simple to do - all modern browsers I can think of support file upload now. Then when someone logs in, they tag who the file is for, upload the file(s), and the system can then automatically send an email notification to the recipient. With a download link, even. Gosh. How high-tech is that?
Why is this so fucking hard, people? Jesus!
And if you want a really _cool_ geeky solution, go with 'sendfile' (an implementation of the SAFT protocol) - the file transfer solution that should've taken off like a rocket but didn't. *sigh*
Please note the last line of my post which read:
> And has really good service and support?
I'm not sure many (if any) of those you listed qualify. Certainly CompUSA doesn't.
This is a bit of an ideological mish-mash, as Dell doesn't use standard parts on some (all?) of their desktop machines. Specifically, I know the power supplies and motherboards have weird power connectors on them, so you're forced to buy replacement parts (at higher prices) from Dell. Unless this has changed recently, that is. Buying hardware that is non-standard so you can run your ideologically pure OS on it is rather odd. I'm told Gateway does or did something similar.
Does anyone know of a hardware vendor that lets you buy computers without an OS, but uses ALL standard parts? And has really good service and support?
King-size bed, not queen, you dope! :)
You thought "Earth 2" was promising? That was one of the worst tv sci-fi efforts _ever_. Yikes. Scary-bad.
I think you meant to say "Stargate: The Raven", right?
Considering that porn drives technology, it'll probably be among the FIRST applications for this new technology.
Okay, forget about the EULAs - you didn't agree to it, so no biggie, but what about this - did any of those submit buttons he hit send your new email address into the wonderful world of spam-lists? I bet it did. Eeek.
The entire point of computers is to do things much faster than we can do them manually (or even make things possible that weren't before).
By making programming easier and faster with higher-level languages, this contributes to that goal.
There IS a trade-off in speed by doing things at such a high level versus, say, machine language, but considering the scope of most apps these days, it wouldn't be economically viable to create everything that way. Optimising certain bottle necks in low level languages is probably about the only common use programmers will have for low level stuff in the future, except for certain special cases or very small applications.
If you have a project that needs super-duper optimization, it might be better to concentrate on improving the compiler's optimization rather than writing your app in a low-level language. Keep in mind you have to maintain your code!
>> vote Libertarian if you're on the right, Green
>> Party if you're on the left
> What are you supposed to vote in the middle?
The previous post was wrong - vote Libertarian if you're in the middle. What was that Ross Perot party called again? Are they still around? THAT would be the one to vote for if you're on the 'Right'.
A PSU comparison that doesn't include something from PC Power & Cooling is about as ridiculous as an ATA RAID comparison that doesn't include something from 3ware.
Oh...wait. *sigh*
in their 'Employment' section, they list the following position:
:)
"Software Engineer/Interface Designer"
Sorry, but software engineers do NOT good interface designers make. Programmers are not designers and vice-versa. When you combine those two jobs, you get things like emacs. Sure, it'll do the job, but GEEZ!
And they think something designed by a software engineer is going to fly with the Mac crowd? They're on crack!
Their web site is nice, though.
This works because the reason onions cause people to tear up is because of the sulphur content of the onion. The candle will burn up some of the sulphur, thus reducing the reaction. This doesn't always work, but it certainly helps.
There's already a low-sulphur type of onion (I forget the name - but it's a number that tells farmers when to plant it (the date)) - but it's hard to find (in fact, I've never actually SEEN it at a grocery store).
> Interesting, but it doesn't work like that in The Real World(tm).
Hmm. I think I smell a Market Opportunity(tm) here... :)
Edited from: The Life of Brian script
Centurion: What's this then? Romanes eunt domus. People called Romanes they go
the house?
Brian: It, it says 'Romans go home'.
Centurion: No it doesn't. What's latin for 'Roman'? Come on...
Brian: aaah.
Centurion: Come on.
Brian: Ah! Romanus?
Centurion: Goes like?
Brian: Annus?
Centurion: Vocative plural of 'annus' is?
Brian: Anni?
Centurion: Romani. [He crosses out the 'es' and writes in 'i'.]
Eunt? What is eunt?
Brian: Go.
Centurion: Conjugate the verb 'to go'.
Brian: Uh. Ire - Uh... eo, is, it, imus, itis, eunt.
Centurion: So eunt is?
Brian: Ah, Uh, Third person plural of present indicative. They go.
Centurion: But Romans go home is an order, so you must use the?
--------[The centurian lifts Brian: by the sideburns... nasty, eh?]
Brian: The imperative.
Centurion: Which is?
Brian: Ahm. Oh, oh, um... I, I.
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Ah. Plural, plural... ite, ite.
Centurion: Ite. [He again corrects the writing on the wall.]
Domus? Nomonative? 'Go home'? This is motion towards, isn't it, boy?
Brian: Dative, sir.
--------[The Centurian takes out his weapon, and holds it to Brian's throat.]
Ahh. No, not dative, not the dative, sir. Oh, Ah. Uh.
The accusative accusative. Ah, Domum, sir. Ab domum! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
Centurion: Except that 'domus' takes the?
Brian: The locative, sir.
Centurion: Which is?
Brian: Domum. Aaah! ah.
--------[Again, the writing is ammended.]
Centurion: Domum... um... Understand?
Brian: Yes, sir.
Centurion: Now write it out a hundred times.
Brian: Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caeser, sir.
Centurion: Hail Caeser. And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls
off.
Brian: Ooh, thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caeser and everything, sir.
Oh. Mmm!
> It's a pretty humbling experience being 22 years old and talking at a 3-year-old level with adults.
:)
"Why are you wanting me to be talking like a bot?"
Have you looked into ways of only backing up data that really _needs_ to be backed up? Perhaps a backup solution that is configurable enough to block out mp3's and suchlike? Make the users do some of the work, or at least configure their machines so that the software they use saves files in places that get backed up automatically? (yet is still subject to the non-mp3,etc filters)
There's no way that this kind of thing *can't* be automated with enough work. The amount of billable time spent to get such a system going has to be much less than hiring a full-time backer-upper.
A place I used to work at had some shared drives on the servers - if you wanted your data backed up, you fricking saved it to those shared drives (dedicated folders for each employee & project), or else you didn't get your data backed up. And if something happened to your data that wasn't backed up, it's your problem (and thus, your ass).
Just a few thoughts.
Just a thought.
OH no - SAVE THE REDHEADS!!!
(No redheads were harmed in the making of this post.)
> Shut up and stop re-using deadold stupid jokes.
Anonymous Cowards aren't dead, they just smell that way!
OS/2 isn't dead...it just smells that way. :)
Kaneda's bike - I've *got* to see the real thing!
We've already got the limited edition DVD of the animated Akira, so why not a live action? It'll be interesting to see what they can do. I just hope they have the budget to actually make a credible attempt.