Thanks for the heads up. I never do spanned backups on volatile media (CDs, DVDs) so I doubt this will ever affect me. It's either done on NAS, an external USB2 hard drive, or another machine with a share on the network. TrueImage's restore disc is really good about scanning SMB shares and allowing you to backup to or restore from network shares.
Ghosting is a good idea, restoring from an Acronis TrueImage snapshot is even better.:) I've been using it extensively and it's an excellent product. Sorry for the plug, just raising awareness.
RE your number 2: Don't be surprised if the same thing happens with Nintendo this time around. Their graphics look terrible compared to the X360 and PS3 so far, and I don't expect it to improve much..particularly since they're stuck in 1985 with the resolution they offer. Alot of HDTV owners are disappointed already. However, time and again, it comes down to games.
The only console? What about all those Xbox and Gamecube owners? Not that I'm one of them, but Sony pwned all in the last console war. I have a feeling people will swallow hard and shell out money for the PS3 regardless of all the fanboy whining to the contrary.
I guess you weren't present for the last 'open source the drivers' discussion, or the 20 before that. There's licensed and proprietary code in the drivers. You will never see an open-sourced, accelerated 3d driver from Nvidia due to legal restrictions, period.
HD adoption is one of those chicken-and-egg paradigm shifts like you see ever so often. It's really no different than the DVD adoption was. First you have to have media available (dvd movies/hd cable or satellite content) then you have to have something to view it with (dvd player/hdtv). Now, the media powerhouses don't want to blow alot of money on something like HDTV cameras and editing equipment, and the enormous storage required, without getting much of a return on their investment.
HD will remain a novelty until whatever consumer poll says 'x number of consumers now have HDTV-ready sets' and it's past the tipping point for media producers.
The fact that NBC and other networks have HDTV broadcasts for alot of shows now (CSI, Lost, 24, Big Love, Sopranos) just goes to show that they're gearing up for the future. With the adoption of either Blu-ray or HD DVD, you'll see an even greater push towards HDTV content, which again encourages consumers to buy HDTV-ready sets and players.
Everything will fall into place in time. It's just that all the early adopters of HDTV sets are the most disappointed because only now are the cable and sat companies starting to broadcast more hidef content. Some people are sitting on a 3+ year old set and are still waiting for lots of content. In due time.
Let's see something truly revolutionary from Novell besides them purchasing a Linux operating system and making little tiny improvements. Let's see them get together some kind of open hardware compendium where every company submits details of their hardware to kernel hackers. While it's unreasonable to expect every obscure piece of hardware you pull off a shelf to work in a given OS, the more the merrier.
We've gone over Nvidia opensourcing their drivers a million times already. It's not going to happen and the reasons have already been detailed. License nazis like yourself need to get over it and find another nit to pick.
While I agree with what you're trying to say, generally in life, if there are two similar products, their strengths land them in different roles.
Take vhs and beta. Beta was better despite licensing and is still used to this day by broadcasters. Betas place was behind your tv set (at the tv station) and vhs's place was on top of your tv. At one time ac and dc power competed, now we use both for different things. Unix is wonderful for servers but not suited for the desktop (unless you count apple but I digress).
The main thing is, there's a place for every competing technology, any government contractor working with a hodgepodge of operating systems and apps will tell you that.
Ran to Nvidia for help with their GPU? Did Microsoft run to ATI? Did Nintendo run to SGI for the N64? What you're seeing is smart engineering. Why reinvent the wheel when there are 20" chrome spinners at Nvidia's shop?
These days, components are getting so complex just to design and test you'd be a fool to roll your own for something like this. It's better to work with the big boys and have them hand you a finished product, just for you, than to waste your time hammering out custom hardware one chip at a time.
That's a poor analogy because though you're considering similar weapons ('guns') they're vastly different because one has changed through major evolution and the other hasn't.
It'd be more accurate to compare a sniper rifle to an assault weapon. Each has their place, and you wouldn't want to use an AK47 to snipe with, or a PSG in close combat.
Wish granted. 99 percent of the people I talk to online are old friends and that's how we keep in touch. However, I have met some people online and even dated one. I agree with the creep factor, though, and both girls I met online I wouldn't have spent 5 minutes talking to face to face. There's something fascinating about being anonymous. Some people do better and are more confident with others online, yet freeze up in person. Others mask their own defects online but reveal them once you meet. Not that its always a bad thing, but for the neurotic girls I've met, it was.
I'm sure there are regular people online and myspace probably has a lot, but myspace seems to be an online meat market from what I've seen...that and a promotional tool for everyones awful band.
Where does 'crippled HD resolution' enter into it? I thought they were deleting the HDMI port from the cheaper PS3 to save on build costs. The A/V Multi Out is probably similar to the PS2 where you had a choice of composite or component video cables. With component, you can get full resolution (1080i) HDTV just like you can with HDMI, only difference is the signal may lose a tiny bit from not being 100% digital. Then again on most consumer display devices you'd never know the difference anyway.
Now, if you're one of the extremely few 1080p owners, then you may have a point.
You'd think with the amount of computer literacy children are growing up with these days, they'd have an inkling of paranoia about meeting people from MySpace and other sources. I imagine AOL deals with stuff like this on a daily basis.
I guess Devo was right, society really is devolving and people are getting dumber overall rather than smarter. Just because a monkey can use a stick to fish ants out of an anthill we think the monkey is smart. But this is the same monkey you can trap by putting food in a glass jar. Therefore, children may appear smarter because they're typing LOL on their computers, but they're still morons at the end of the day.
I fail to see how something is deemed 'economically feasible' just because people, when presented with no alternative, are forced to use a product whose price is spiralling out of control. It's very easy to sit in an air conditioned office, reading/. and making a 5 to 6 figure IT salary and state calmly that gasoline is economically feasible. However, anywhere in the midwest where people are surviving on McDonalds minimum wage (which is the majority if you judge Wal Mart's popularity), tripling their fuel costs puts a serious hurt on their welfare. The US is so spread out and dedicated to single-car travel we simply don't have bus or rail systems connecting everything. Therefore, our people are forced to buy gas and drive themselves.
When energy costs reach the point where people are struggling to survive while paying their gas/electric/power bills, we've got a nationwide dilemma. Don't forget what Enron did to California by falsely manipulating the old supply and demand argument. Don't think for a second that Exxon and it's buddies aren't doing the same.
If oil prices in the US were truly based on global demand, then we'd be suffering the same fate that Europe has for the last decade. We don't pay ~$6 per gallon like everyone in Europe does.
Also Iraq oil production is a small fraction of global supply. Venezuela, Mexico, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other oil-rich countries give the world what they need, when internal conflicts aren't preventing the flow of black gold.
Personally I only see one way out, and ironically, the companies that are currently shivving us are the companies that have the money to do it. Alternative fuels. Hydrogen, Ethanol, whatever the flavor of the day is, we need to switch to it en masse. Gasoline is just not economically feasible for the US anymore, particularly when, over the last 6 years, the economy here has been consumer-driven. The less consumers have to spend, the less money you have flowing overall. Not only that but inflation is becoming an issue with the Fed raising rates and salaries staying flat for the last decade. The price of bread, milk, etc. keep rising and salaries aren't keeping pace == inflation./rant
I'm not buying the nonsensical argument that the media and big oil keep throwing the public about 'demand exceeding supply'. There are no supply and demand economics at work here. If that were the case, then one would have to assume that over the last 5 years, US consumption has tripled, because prices have tripled. Generally prices go up if demand can't be met, and demand not being met is generally because supply is low, or the supplier is restricting output to drive prices up.
The big oil companies have more excuses than a hound dog has fleas. Last year it was 'oh no teh hurricanes!?', this year it's 'oh snap what about Iran?!' and 'hey we have to switch over to a summer blend, it's teh expensiveness!'. It's all bullshit. If the oil companies were really having such a difficult time making money (i.e. their supply is low and costs are up therefore we're paying extra), why would Chevron and Exxon post their highest earnings IN HISTORY over the last few quarters? Exxon's profit equalled Bill Gates' total value a few quarters ago. 41 billion dollars. If the market is controlling prices, then big oil wouldn't be raking in ungodly earnings, they'd have a steady cash influx just like every other year. The truth is that with the GOP at the reigns, and two oilmen running the White House, it's open season on consumers when it comes to gas prices.
Sorry to get political at the end there, but it's not hard to make the connection between the Bush family, Saudi nationals, a VP (Cheney) that sits on the board at Halliburton and our current situation.
Lol, why do you guys even bother feeding such an obvious troll? I guess the moderators ate their valium today. Usually posts like the GP are modded into oblivion in the first 5 minutes.
I wasn't speaking for myself, just average Americans in general. I'm outside of those statistics since I work part-time at a small corporation and do alot of freelancing. I pretty much call my hours and therefore get as much leisure time as my bank account is comfortable with. I was sick alot at the turn of this year but nothing serious (sinus infections, seasonal junk). Most of the time I'm very healthy and don't feel very stressed. I could use more excercise but other than that, I'm pretty robust.
It's more difficult to avoid illness when you're overworked and stressed. Stress has been proven to weaken the immune system. Compound that with a working environment of similarly stressed people in a cubical farm, and the next epidemic is just around the corner.
Um, it's kinda impossible since only channels 1 through 125 are available via analog. I have digital cable, and most of the good channels are above 125. The cable box has to be in the chain unfortunately.
Our provider (Commpartners) gives us about 98% landline quality. The first place to start looking when quality is missing is on your own LAN, the second place is your codec choice, the third is your internet connection itself. Residential connections rarely have the upstream and reliability for really good voip.
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Thanks for the heads up. I never do spanned backups on volatile media (CDs, DVDs) so I doubt this will ever affect me. It's either done on NAS, an external USB2 hard drive, or another machine with a share on the network. TrueImage's restore disc is really good about scanning SMB shares and allowing you to backup to or restore from network shares.
Ghosting is a good idea, restoring from an Acronis TrueImage snapshot is even better. :) I've been using it extensively and it's an excellent product. Sorry for the plug, just raising awareness.
RE your number 2: Don't be surprised if the same thing happens with Nintendo this time around. Their graphics look terrible compared to the X360 and PS3 so far, and I don't expect it to improve much..particularly since they're stuck in 1985 with the resolution they offer. Alot of HDTV owners are disappointed already. However, time and again, it comes down to games.
The only console? What about all those Xbox and Gamecube owners? Not that I'm one of them, but Sony pwned all in the last console war. I have a feeling people will swallow hard and shell out money for the PS3 regardless of all the fanboy whining to the contrary.
I guess you never leave the house then, because there are cameras everywhere you go.
1. Grocery store
2. ATM machine
3. Convenience store
4. Mall
5. Sporting events & stadiums
6. Gentlemen's Clubs, i.e. titty bars
Not only that but an individual is monitoring them 'privately'. Just face it, the second you walk out your door, your privacy is gone.
Where are my mod points when I need them? Well played Clerks, well played.
I guess you weren't present for the last 'open source the drivers' discussion, or the 20 before that. There's licensed and proprietary code in the drivers. You will never see an open-sourced, accelerated 3d driver from Nvidia due to legal restrictions, period.
HD adoption is one of those chicken-and-egg paradigm shifts like you see ever so often. It's really no different than the DVD adoption was. First you have to have media available (dvd movies/hd cable or satellite content) then you have to have something to view it with (dvd player/hdtv). Now, the media powerhouses don't want to blow alot of money on something like HDTV cameras and editing equipment, and the enormous storage required, without getting much of a return on their investment.
HD will remain a novelty until whatever consumer poll says 'x number of consumers now have HDTV-ready sets' and it's past the tipping point for media producers.
The fact that NBC and other networks have HDTV broadcasts for alot of shows now (CSI, Lost, 24, Big Love, Sopranos) just goes to show that they're gearing up for the future. With the adoption of either Blu-ray or HD DVD, you'll see an even greater push towards HDTV content, which again encourages consumers to buy HDTV-ready sets and players.
Everything will fall into place in time. It's just that all the early adopters of HDTV sets are the most disappointed because only now are the cable and sat companies starting to broadcast more hidef content. Some people are sitting on a 3+ year old set and are still waiting for lots of content. In due time.
Let's see something truly revolutionary from Novell besides them purchasing a Linux operating system and making little tiny improvements. Let's see them get together some kind of open hardware compendium where every company submits details of their hardware to kernel hackers. While it's unreasonable to expect every obscure piece of hardware you pull off a shelf to work in a given OS, the more the merrier.
We've gone over Nvidia opensourcing their drivers a million times already. It's not going to happen and the reasons have already been detailed. License nazis like yourself need to get over it and find another nit to pick.
While I agree with what you're trying to say, generally in life, if there are two similar products, their strengths land them in different roles.
Take vhs and beta. Beta was better despite licensing and is still used to this day by broadcasters. Betas place was behind your tv set (at the tv station) and vhs's place was on top of your tv. At one time ac and dc power competed, now we use both for different things. Unix is wonderful for servers but not suited for the desktop (unless you count apple but I digress).
The main thing is, there's a place for every competing technology, any government contractor working with a hodgepodge of operating systems and apps will tell you that.
Ran to Nvidia for help with their GPU? Did Microsoft run to ATI? Did Nintendo run to SGI for the N64? What you're seeing is smart engineering. Why reinvent the wheel when there are 20" chrome spinners at Nvidia's shop?
These days, components are getting so complex just to design and test you'd be a fool to roll your own for something like this. It's better to work with the big boys and have them hand you a finished product, just for you, than to waste your time hammering out custom hardware one chip at a time.
That's a poor analogy because though you're considering similar weapons ('guns') they're vastly different because one has changed through major evolution and the other hasn't.
It'd be more accurate to compare a sniper rifle to an assault weapon. Each has their place, and you wouldn't want to use an AK47 to snipe with, or a PSG in close combat.
Wish granted. 99 percent of the people I talk to online are old friends and that's how we keep in touch. However, I have met some people online and even dated one. I agree with the creep factor, though, and both girls I met online I wouldn't have spent 5 minutes talking to face to face. There's something fascinating about being anonymous. Some people do better and are more confident with others online, yet freeze up in person. Others mask their own defects online but reveal them once you meet. Not that its always a bad thing, but for the neurotic girls I've met, it was.
I'm sure there are regular people online and myspace probably has a lot, but myspace seems to be an online meat market from what I've seen...that and a promotional tool for everyones awful band.
Wow, that totally and completely blows. Way to suck, Sony.
Where does 'crippled HD resolution' enter into it? I thought they were deleting the HDMI port from the cheaper PS3 to save on build costs. The A/V Multi Out is probably similar to the PS2 where you had a choice of composite or component video cables. With component, you can get full resolution (1080i) HDTV just like you can with HDMI, only difference is the signal may lose a tiny bit from not being 100% digital. Then again on most consumer display devices you'd never know the difference anyway.
Now, if you're one of the extremely few 1080p owners, then you may have a point.
You'd think with the amount of computer literacy children are growing up with these days, they'd have an inkling of paranoia about meeting people from MySpace and other sources. I imagine AOL deals with stuff like this on a daily basis.
I guess Devo was right, society really is devolving and people are getting dumber overall rather than smarter. Just because a monkey can use a stick to fish ants out of an anthill we think the monkey is smart. But this is the same monkey you can trap by putting food in a glass jar. Therefore, children may appear smarter because they're typing LOL on their computers, but they're still morons at the end of the day.
I fail to see how something is deemed 'economically feasible' just because people, when presented with no alternative, are forced to use a product whose price is spiralling out of control. It's very easy to sit in an air conditioned office, reading /. and making a 5 to 6 figure IT salary and state calmly that gasoline is economically feasible. However, anywhere in the midwest where people are surviving on McDonalds minimum wage (which is the majority if you judge Wal Mart's popularity), tripling their fuel costs puts a serious hurt on their welfare. The US is so spread out and dedicated to single-car travel we simply don't have bus or rail systems connecting everything. Therefore, our people are forced to buy gas and drive themselves.
When energy costs reach the point where people are struggling to survive while paying their gas/electric/power bills, we've got a nationwide dilemma. Don't forget what Enron did to California by falsely manipulating the old supply and demand argument. Don't think for a second that Exxon and it's buddies aren't doing the same.
If oil prices in the US were truly based on global demand, then we'd be suffering the same fate that Europe has for the last decade. We don't pay ~$6 per gallon like everyone in Europe does.
/rant
Also Iraq oil production is a small fraction of global supply. Venezuela, Mexico, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other oil-rich countries give the world what they need, when internal conflicts aren't preventing the flow of black gold.
Personally I only see one way out, and ironically, the companies that are currently shivving us are the companies that have the money to do it. Alternative fuels. Hydrogen, Ethanol, whatever the flavor of the day is, we need to switch to it en masse. Gasoline is just not economically feasible for the US anymore, particularly when, over the last 6 years, the economy here has been consumer-driven. The less consumers have to spend, the less money you have flowing overall. Not only that but inflation is becoming an issue with the Fed raising rates and salaries staying flat for the last decade. The price of bread, milk, etc. keep rising and salaries aren't keeping pace == inflation.
I'm not buying the nonsensical argument that the media and big oil keep throwing the public about 'demand exceeding supply'. There are no supply and demand economics at work here. If that were the case, then one would have to assume that over the last 5 years, US consumption has tripled, because prices have tripled. Generally prices go up if demand can't be met, and demand not being met is generally because supply is low, or the supplier is restricting output to drive prices up.
The big oil companies have more excuses than a hound dog has fleas. Last year it was 'oh no teh hurricanes!?', this year it's 'oh snap what about Iran?!' and 'hey we have to switch over to a summer blend, it's teh expensiveness!'. It's all bullshit. If the oil companies were really having such a difficult time making money (i.e. their supply is low and costs are up therefore we're paying extra), why would Chevron and Exxon post their highest earnings IN HISTORY over the last few quarters? Exxon's profit equalled Bill Gates' total value a few quarters ago. 41 billion dollars. If the market is controlling prices, then big oil wouldn't be raking in ungodly earnings, they'd have a steady cash influx just like every other year. The truth is that with the GOP at the reigns, and two oilmen running the White House, it's open season on consumers when it comes to gas prices.
Sorry to get political at the end there, but it's not hard to make the connection between the Bush family, Saudi nationals, a VP (Cheney) that sits on the board at Halliburton and our current situation.
Lol, why do you guys even bother feeding such an obvious troll? I guess the moderators ate their valium today. Usually posts like the GP are modded into oblivion in the first 5 minutes.
I wasn't speaking for myself, just average Americans in general. I'm outside of those statistics since I work part-time at a small corporation and do alot of freelancing. I pretty much call my hours and therefore get as much leisure time as my bank account is comfortable with. I was sick alot at the turn of this year but nothing serious (sinus infections, seasonal junk). Most of the time I'm very healthy and don't feel very stressed. I could use more excercise but other than that, I'm pretty robust.
It's more difficult to avoid illness when you're overworked and stressed. Stress has been proven to weaken the immune system. Compound that with a working environment of similarly stressed people in a cubical farm, and the next epidemic is just around the corner.
Um, it's kinda impossible since only channels 1 through 125 are available via analog. I have digital cable, and most of the good channels are above 125. The cable box has to be in the chain unfortunately.
Our provider (Commpartners) gives us about 98% landline quality. The first place to start looking when quality is missing is on your own LAN, the second place is your codec choice, the third is your internet connection itself. Residential connections rarely have the upstream and reliability for really good voip.