Or you can tell him to buy this card, which doesn't require that much effort, just as secure as the stand alone, and you can still have a life!!!
I don't trust my AIM-using friends with the inside of their PCs:-) Same reason that a lot of ADSL boxes are USB-based - least hassle for the end-user, least support for the vendor. Actually, a USB ethernet/packet-filter/firewall might be neat.
please elaborate.
really. I don't think I read enough/. to understand this correctly - a karma whore is someone who posts on-topic comments, adding to a discussion and is moderated up as a result (if the moderation thing is working right) - is that right? so is that an insult? why?
I knew this rang a bell - here's a 1995 game for the SGI Indy that uses the indycam as a 3d input device. From what I remember it was kind-of-usable but not exactly pinpoint accuracy. Got it at home somewhere.
I'm not sure I understand the benefits of taking a small independent computer and making it dependent on another one, even if it is just for power... surely a box the same size as the card, with it's own PSU and a serial port for control is more reliable? Or a 1U case for a rackmount "enterprise" one.
Indeed - I find that I work best at times when no-one else is here. The office environment is so distracting during the day, that I get work done best before 8.30AM and when working at home. A day at home when I have a definite plan of action or spec to work to (and therefore less interaction with my cow-orkers), I get about a weeks worth of "office-time" done in one day. And I get my laundry done, and real food for lunch.
I generally work about 10am to 8pm, largely to avoid traffic (and because I'm a lazy pig in the morning) - the management here doesn't really mind what hours I work, as long as nothing catches fire, and things are pretty much on schedule.
(mental note - emacs keys do not work in IE text boxes - pfeh)
Are the LCD panels hooked up digitally or throught the DB15? My understanding is that you bypass a lot of analog crud by using the dedicated digital out (if your card has it), like the laptop would.
And I would also point out that, really, Spacewar was the first of the genre, if the genre is the more generic 'two-player tactical battle with no hold barred'.
The answer to the question though, is when linux USB works (*), and MS provide docs for writing drivers - which is to say, roughly 2 days before the sun cools. The device itself is presented (under directx anyway) as a 3-axis joystick with a zillion buttons, although some MS software sits on top of that and maps buttons to macros to work with your favourite games. It's kind of neat, but takes some getting used to.
(*)OK, sorry - 2.4 will have USB a bit more. This is one of the two things that is stopping me switching to Linux as a desktop OS - USB support for my bits (scanner, printer, wacom pad, games things) and a browser that works, doesn't eat all my RAM, and doesn't spew diagnostics all over. I've had these things for a couple of years on my current OS, and I would miss them a lot.
I have always liked the idea of (subtle) continuous audio feedback like this. The main problem with this is similar to the problem I had with dragondictate - it only really works well when you aren't switching apps a lot and jumping around. For focused-tasks, it's a lot better. Unfortunately, I don't get to focus on a single task for too long, in the office at least, and I suspect many other people suffer the same way.
Since I have no sense of smell, the stinky-keys wouldn't help me out at all. Have a thought for the anosmics.
"Highest density Internet storage available!
With the Voyager(TM), you get up to 144 GB of data in 1U (1.75 inches), and an additional 288 GB of storage in a 1U optional disk array called StorageArray(TM), for a total of 432 GB in 2U." here
That's "only" 216Gb/Rackunit, not 640. Still pretty neat considering the (physical) size of the RAID array we just bought, but not as big as the headline says.
Since there are (according to thesimpsons.com ) 243 episodes of the Simpsons - that makes 101.25 hours of programming, assuming 25 minutes per show (some are longer). That leaves you with 92 hours on your disks. Add in the South Park episodes (maybe 15 hours? I don't follow it so much as O.F.F.) and we can only conclude that you only have a dozen DVDs or so, depending on how much music you have.
Actually, I remember being firmly impressed with my Playstation 1 bought on launch day, with Wipeout and Ridge Racer. Coming from a SNES and a Genesis, it was pretty cool stuff. The other Namco titles, which made up the rest of the launch titles were pretty ropey - Cybersled was nasty.
Same with Mario and Goldeneye for the N64 - got mine after the price-drop though. There haven't been many kick-ass games since for the N64, mind. Maybe Zelda and a few others.
Odd trivia for you - according to Game Over, Sony developed a 'Playstation' to compete with the NES/SNES a few years before the PSX. The 'X' on the CD Playstation was to indicate this fact - eXtended. So the new machine is either the PSX2 or the PS3 - like Rambo movies.
The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed, not sold. is one of the first few lines of the first MS EULA I laid my hands on (Midtown Madness 2, but I'm pretty sure it's boilerplate).
Virginia Beach have (probably) licensed the right to USE the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, but do not OWN anything, according to MS anyway.
Isn't this basically how Google's scoring works? They score pages according to how "well-linked" they are, particularly to other well-linked pages. OK, this is using bookmarks, but the premise is the same, isn't it? As soon as Blogger has completed it's plans for world domination, most people's favorite links will be online anyway (and they'll all be 'that cool new dancing hamster page').
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he said "patina of inevitability"
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There's a syntax error in your perl ball-eating code, dude.
How do 3dfx work as far as multiple-heads and so on go? I know certain combinations of manufacturers are a lot less pain than others when it comes to co-existing in the same machine...
Of course, it'd let me play Elite Legacy too, and proper Grand Theft Auto. (hmmm.. Legacy is directx now)
From the story "Oddly enough, there is a second coincidence in the skull discovery, says Wanjek. The constellation Perseus is named for the mythical Greek hero who slew the snake-haired Medusa, and is usually depicted in illustrations holding his shield and sword in one hand and Medusa's head in the other."
What is the coincidence? They found a picture a bit like a head, and the galaxy is named after someone who had a head (or two)? What (in the immortal words of Harry Hill) are the chances of that?
My (limited) understanding of Zend and PHP4 is this is how it works too now, or at least can do.
I know that there are also ASP implentations that work like this - not Microsoft's but at least one of Halcyon or Chilisoft's ASP products is very similar to JSP in structure.
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Or you can tell him to buy this card, which doesn't require that much effort, just as secure as the stand alone, and you can still have a life!!!
:-) Same reason that a lot of ADSL boxes are USB-based - least hassle for the end-user, least support for the vendor. Actually, a USB ethernet/packet-filter/firewall might be neat.
I don't trust my AIM-using friends with the inside of their PCs
please elaborate. /. to understand this correctly - a karma whore is someone who posts on-topic comments, adding to a discussion and is moderated up as a result (if the moderation thing is working right) - is that right? so is that an insult? why?
really. I don't think I read enough
I knew this rang a bell - here's a 1995 game for the SGI Indy that uses the indycam as a 3d input device. From what I remember it was kind-of-usable but not exactly pinpoint accuracy. Got it at home somewhere.
I'm not sure I understand the benefits of taking a small independent computer and making it dependent on another one, even if it is just for power... surely a box the same size as the card, with it's own PSU and a serial port for control is more reliable? Or a 1U case for a rackmount "enterprise" one.
:-) )
(the red PCBs look cool though
Indeed - I find that I work best at times when no-one else is here. The office environment is so distracting during the day, that I get work done best before 8.30AM and when working at home. A day at home when I have a definite plan of action or spec to work to (and therefore less interaction with my cow-orkers), I get about a weeks worth of "office-time" done in one day. And I get my laundry done, and real food for lunch.
I generally work about 10am to 8pm, largely to avoid traffic (and because I'm a lazy pig in the morning) - the management here doesn't really mind what hours I work, as long as nothing catches fire, and things are pretty much on schedule.
(mental note - emacs keys do not work in IE text boxes - pfeh)
Are the LCD panels hooked up digitally or throught the DB15? My understanding is that you bypass a lot of analog crud by using the dedicated digital out (if your card has it), like the laptop would.
I would vote Worms too.
And I would also point out that, really, Spacewar was the first of the genre, if the genre is the more generic 'two-player tactical battle with no hold barred'.
Nothing like getting a call while on the toilet. I would imagine it being much worse than having dinner interrupted by a telemarketer
Just wait for cheap videophones, then you'll have a line of defence.
The answer to the question though, is when linux USB works (*), and MS provide docs for writing drivers - which is to say, roughly 2 days before the sun cools. The device itself is presented (under directx anyway) as a 3-axis joystick with a zillion buttons, although some MS software sits on top of that and maps buttons to macros to work with your favourite games. It's kind of neat, but takes some getting used to.
(*)OK, sorry - 2.4 will have USB a bit more. This is one of the two things that is stopping me switching to Linux as a desktop OS - USB support for my bits (scanner, printer, wacom pad, games things) and a browser that works, doesn't eat all my RAM, and doesn't spew diagnostics all over. I've had these things for a couple of years on my current OS, and I would miss them a lot.
Old old news. It's been in since kernel 2.3.14
In other words, this will be the first release kernel with it. Not everyone runs on development kernels.
I have always liked the idea of (subtle) continuous audio feedback like this. The main problem with this is similar to the problem I had with dragondictate - it only really works well when you aren't switching apps a lot and jumping around. For focused-tasks, it's a lot better. Unfortunately, I don't get to focus on a single task for too long, in the office at least, and I suspect many other people suffer the same way.
Since I have no sense of smell, the stinky-keys wouldn't help me out at all. Have a thought for the anosmics.
Indeed, in fact they say:
"Highest density Internet storage available!
With the Voyager(TM), you get up to 144 GB of data in 1U (1.75 inches), and an additional 288 GB of storage in a 1U optional disk array called StorageArray(TM), for a total of 432 GB in 2U." here
That's "only" 216Gb/Rackunit, not 640. Still pretty neat considering the (physical) size of the RAID array we just bought, but not as big as the headline says.
Since there are (according to thesimpsons.com ) 243 episodes of the Simpsons - that makes 101.25 hours of programming, assuming 25 minutes per show (some are longer). That leaves you with 92 hours on your disks. Add in the South Park episodes (maybe 15 hours? I don't follow it so much as O.F.F.) and we can only conclude that you only have a dozen DVDs or so, depending on how much music you have.
(damn thats a lot of Simpsons!)
...but to advocate a browser that is only available on two platforms...
Mac, Windows, Solaris, HP-SUX... that's four without dividing up the myriad windows platforms.
Actually, I remember being firmly impressed with my Playstation 1 bought on launch day, with Wipeout and Ridge Racer. Coming from a SNES and a Genesis, it was pretty cool stuff. The other Namco titles, which made up the rest of the launch titles were pretty ropey - Cybersled was nasty.
Same with Mario and Goldeneye for the N64 - got mine after the price-drop though. There haven't been many kick-ass games since for the N64, mind. Maybe Zelda and a few others.
Odd trivia for you - according to Game Over, Sony developed a 'Playstation' to compete with the NES/SNES a few years before the PSX. The 'X' on the CD Playstation was to indicate this fact - eXtended. So the new machine is either the PSX2 or the PS3 - like Rambo movies.
I'm sorry, but this annoys me everytime I see it, almost as much as the Playstation 2 being confused with the failed IBM PCs. (PS2 != PS/2)
It's HAMSTER - WITHOUT THE P. HAMPSTER *is* *not* *a* *word*. Look it up!
The SOFTWARE PRODUCT is licensed, not sold. is one of the first few lines of the first MS EULA I laid my hands on (Midtown Madness 2, but I'm pretty sure it's boilerplate).
Virginia Beach have (probably) licensed the right to USE the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, but do not OWN anything, according to MS anyway.
Isn't this basically how Google's scoring works? They score pages according to how "well-linked" they are, particularly to other well-linked pages. OK, this is using bookmarks, but the premise is the same, isn't it? As soon as Blogger has completed it's plans for world domination, most people's favorite links will be online anyway (and they'll all be 'that cool new dancing hamster page').
he said "patina of inevitability"
There's a syntax error in your perl ball-eating code, dude.
Bareword instead of a variable.
Personally, I kinda prefer mahjongg or tetris tho ;)
I hope you mean mahjongg and not one of those patience games that uses the same tiles... not the same thing at all.
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Thanks for that.
How do 3dfx work as far as multiple-heads and so on go? I know certain combinations of manufacturers are a lot less pain than others when it comes to co-existing in the same machine...
Of course, it'd let me play Elite Legacy too, and proper Grand Theft Auto. (hmmm.. Legacy is directx now)
From the story "Oddly enough, there is a second coincidence in the skull discovery, says Wanjek. The constellation Perseus is named for the mythical Greek hero who slew the snake-haired Medusa, and is usually depicted in illustrations holding his shield and sword in one hand and Medusa's head in the other."
What is the coincidence? They found a picture a bit like a head, and the galaxy is named after someone who had a head (or two)? What (in the immortal words of Harry Hill) are the chances of that?
My (limited) understanding of Zend and PHP4 is this is how it works too now, or at least can do.
I know that there are also ASP implentations that work like this - not Microsoft's but at least one of Halcyon or Chilisoft's ASP products is very similar to JSP in structure.