Do you really have to check the keyboard shortcut for "Copy" in your text editor of choice?
Ask Logitech and Microsoft. They seem to think that the F-keys are a playground. Thus, odd-shaped F-keys, tiny F-keys, and the ever-dreaded F-Lock, which leaves unsuspecting users wondering why F7 didn't send "Ready!" over the team channel.
They think users are so stupid and/or lazy, that they need a button on the keyboard to launch Excel, regardless of the number of start menu/quick launch/desktop shortcuts Office places on install. Meanwhile, those of us with 1/16 of a clue are left double-checking the F-Lock LED all the time, because we'd rather get into the BIOS setup than try to launch Outlook Express before the bloody boot loader is read off the hard drive!
Can you tell this is a pet peeve? My pre-F-Lock Logitech keyboard is becoming more precious by the minute. I'll be damned if I let these marketing-addled fools turn my Step Into Function debugger key into a PowerPoint launcher.
wasn't this Windows2000's period, the same period that M$ [sic] talked of Trusted Computing?
Trustworthy Computing was the response to high-profile security failures like Sadmind and Code Red. And if you think Trustworthy Computing is dead, just compare Windows XP SP2 to an unpatched XP install.
Of course, that speech was a "re-creation" of the "Evil TripMaster Monkey" from um... Episode, um... 37... uhh... called... "The Enemy Within."
Yeah, yeah. So thank you... and, and... May the Force be with you!
Most of the issues you raise in point 1 deal with the transition from NTSC to digital in general. The monitor is still the largest single expense, so it doesn't matter if the transmission medium is OTA, DBS, or cable. And there should be exactly one encode at the uplink/headend, and one decode at the customer's tuner. If your provider of choice is recompressing mid-stream, they've screwed something up.
These gaming and information services you speak of are already the norm. Perhaps you've heard of the Internet and XBox Live? Maybe if customers were demanding One True Set Top Box that has all these features, you'd have a point. More likely, these features are being crammed into STBs the way Microsoft would cram features into Office, just so they can brag that the "other guys" don't offer Esoteric Feature That Nobody Asked For #7.
Do you honestly think that cable will have a better track record than DBS on DRM? Name-dropping Rupert Murdoch and Circuit City DiVX won't change the fact that DBS and cable providers will all answer to the Big Media content providers.
Every platform that has a.NET implementation already has a native Python implementation, which makes Hugunin's work, while interesting, ultimately redundant. I would love to hear how this little side project reinforces Microsoft's monopoly power in operating systems.
No, I mean Sears Point. I also mean Candlestick Park, Comiskey Park, Laguna Seca, Jack Murphy Stadium, and Pittsburgh Civic Arena. Fsck naming rights. They didn't pay me to call it some corporate name.
Tekken has been Itagaki's favorite punching bag for years. Try this 2001 IGN interview on for size. Search IGN for Itagaki's name, and you'll find plenty more where that came from.
That's a lot of kidnappings. This is starting to sound more like "Man on Fire". What next, Yoda sticking a thermal detonator up Gen. Grievous' exhaust port? "Last wish, hmm? More time I wish you had."
Apparently, somebody isn't familiar with the typical cycle of game reviews:
Well-known studio announces latest title.
Typical Game Review Site (TGRS) says "This is gonna be great!"
Studio gives first carefully controlled press preview.
TGRS says "This game will rock your world when it's done!"
Studio gives next carefully controlled press preview.
TGRS proclaims "Game Of The Year material!"
Studio releases game.
TGRS review summary reads "Don't believe the hype. It sucks."
DS games have had hands-on reviews, while the typical PSP title is still enjoying the butt-kissing that comes from a well-orchestrated demo to the TGRSs.
If you're not his butler, then why bother replying in the first place?
I'm sorry, but this really cheeses me off. It doesn't matter if it's an Ask Slashdot seeking advice from a forum of peers, or a question in another post's comments. There's always one or two schmucks who are so mortally offended by the question that they must waste their time by providing a Google search URL and a snarky remark. So what do you get out of it?
My nforce2 MBs have IDE defects that cause lockups that require power cycles to clear (reset won't do it).
You, too? The first time I got one, I was worried that it was a drive problem. I concluded that it was the chipset when my external USB hub needed to be power-cycled as well. The funny thing is that I've never had a problem with day-to-day operation. It only pops up when I'm defragmenting or running a deep virus scan.
Do any of your mobos have a Serial ATA controller on-board? I"m going to buy a new hard drive soon, and now I'm wondering if my on-board Promise SATA controller is safe.
If your app is closed source, the licensing is straightforward: One Pro or Enterprise license per OS per developer.
If your app is Open Source, you may use the Free edition for X11 on any Unix variant that Trolltech supports, including Linux, as well as Mac OS X.
Here's the current state of things on Windows:
There is a port of the X11 Free version on SourceForge, but it's not ready for prime time, and the project keeps stalling for various reasons.
There is a "non-commercial" version. A 2.x version was available for download, but it has been withdrawn. The only place to get the 3.x version is on the CD that accompanies C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3. It's unsupported, at least one minor version behind the latest 3.x release, does not include source, only provides libraries for Microsoft and Borland compilers (not MinGW), and its license isn't even close to compatible with the GPL.
Trolltech has been known to donate commercial licenses to Open Source projects that wish to offer a Windows port. They don't do it often, however, and it doesn't really benefit the community to have a vendor picking and choosing which projects get indulgences.
TOra's license is GPL, straight, no chaser. The GPL specifically prohibits linking with non-Free 3rd party libraries, like the commercial versions of Qt. Such 3rd party libraries are a vendor lock-in trap.
I hate to tell you this, but the Al-Qaqaa explosives story is only "debunked" among the Bush campaign staff. A spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division stated that the 2nd Brigade had no orders to search Al-Qaqaa for high explosives.
Orders were not given from higher to search or to secure the facility or to search for HE type munitions, as they were everywhere in Iraq.
I can't say anything about the SUV/Earth Day assertion, since you didn't cite your source.
As for John Kerry's priorities, let me ask you something. What's more important for you to remember?
Your Social Security Number
Pedro's pitch count when Suppan got picked off 3rd
And if you can keep your priorities straight, what makes you think a nominee for President of the United States of America can't?
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Ask Logitech and Microsoft. They seem to think that the F-keys are a playground. Thus, odd-shaped F-keys, tiny F-keys, and the ever-dreaded F-Lock, which leaves unsuspecting users wondering why F7 didn't send "Ready!" over the team channel.
They think users are so stupid and/or lazy, that they need a button on the keyboard to launch Excel, regardless of the number of start menu/quick launch/desktop shortcuts Office places on install. Meanwhile, those of us with 1/16 of a clue are left double-checking the F-Lock LED all the time, because we'd rather get into the BIOS setup than try to launch Outlook Express before the bloody boot loader is read off the hard drive!
Can you tell this is a pet peeve? My pre-F-Lock Logitech keyboard is becoming more precious by the minute. I'll be damned if I let these marketing-addled fools turn my Step Into Function debugger key into a PowerPoint launcher.
What the crap? Unqualified rumour-mongering gets +1 Insightful?!
Dear Moderator, are you an ATI fanboy, an XBox 360 fanboy, or just a moron?
An IT professional consulting a forum of his peers when official tech support channels* prove to be unhelpful? How uncouth.
*: Or did you miss the "workaround" link?
Try holding your head upright under braking in a Formula One car, then tell me auto racing isn't a sport.
Trustworthy Computing was the response to high-profile security failures like Sadmind and Code Red. And if you think Trustworthy Computing is dead, just compare Windows XP SP2 to an unpatched XP install.
Sisko punching Q upside the head was the highlight of Season One!
These guys are really good at producing pulled-from-an-uncomfortable-place figures for how much money will be lost because of a weekday event. If you're willing to go through Salon's hoops, you can read King Kaufman ridicule their creative accounting of this years NCAA mens basketball tournament.
Of course, that speech was a "re-creation" of the "Evil TripMaster Monkey" from um... Episode, um... 37... uhh... called... "The Enemy Within." Yeah, yeah. So thank you... and, and... May the Force be with you!
Most of the issues you raise in point 1 deal with the transition from NTSC to digital in general. The monitor is still the largest single expense, so it doesn't matter if the transmission medium is OTA, DBS, or cable. And there should be exactly one encode at the uplink/headend, and one decode at the customer's tuner. If your provider of choice is recompressing mid-stream, they've screwed something up.
These gaming and information services you speak of are already the norm. Perhaps you've heard of the Internet and XBox Live? Maybe if customers were demanding One True Set Top Box that has all these features, you'd have a point. More likely, these features are being crammed into STBs the way Microsoft would cram features into Office, just so they can brag that the "other guys" don't offer Esoteric Feature That Nobody Asked For #7.
Do you honestly think that cable will have a better track record than DBS on DRM? Name-dropping Rupert Murdoch and Circuit City DiVX won't change the fact that DBS and cable providers will all answer to the Big Media content providers.
Right back at'cha!
No, I think we need t.
Every platform that has a .NET implementation already has a native Python implementation, which makes Hugunin's work, while interesting, ultimately redundant. I would love to hear how this little side project reinforces Microsoft's monopoly power in operating systems.
No, I mean Sears Point. I also mean Candlestick Park, Comiskey Park, Laguna Seca, Jack Murphy Stadium, and Pittsburgh Civic Arena. Fsck naming rights. They didn't pay me to call it some corporate name.
Watkins Glen and Sears Point raceways.
Tekken has been Itagaki's favorite punching bag for years. Try this 2001 IGN interview on for size. Search IGN for Itagaki's name, and you'll find plenty more where that came from.
Itagaki disses Tekken. In other breaking news:
Kerry badmouths Bush
Gates calls Stallman a "damn hippie"
Dog bites postman
All this, plus your HyperKillerStormWatchDoppler5000 forecast, tonight at 11.
That's a lot of kidnappings. This is starting to sound more like "Man on Fire". What next, Yoda sticking a thermal detonator up Gen. Grievous' exhaust port? "Last wish, hmm? More time I wish you had."
Apparently, somebody isn't familiar with the typical cycle of game reviews:
DS games have had hands-on reviews, while the typical PSP title is still enjoying the butt-kissing that comes from a well-orchestrated demo to the TGRSs.
Amazon.co.jp has the SL-C3000 listed for ¥74,800. At the latest US Dollar/Yen exchange rate, that's $729.01. Given the system's specs, that sounds like a fair price.
That leaves Dynamism $89.99 for:
Only after all that do they get whatever profit the free market will bear.
If you're not his butler, then why bother replying in the first place?
I'm sorry, but this really cheeses me off. It doesn't matter if it's an Ask Slashdot seeking advice from a forum of peers, or a question in another post's comments. There's always one or two schmucks who are so mortally offended by the question that they must waste their time by providing a Google search URL and a snarky remark. So what do you get out of it?
You, too? The first time I got one, I was worried that it was a drive problem. I concluded that it was the chipset when my external USB hub needed to be power-cycled as well. The funny thing is that I've never had a problem with day-to-day operation. It only pops up when I'm defragmenting or running a deep virus scan.
Do any of your mobos have a Serial ATA controller on-board? I"m going to buy a new hard drive soon, and now I'm wondering if my on-board Promise SATA controller is safe.
If your app is closed source, the licensing is straightforward: One Pro or Enterprise license per OS per developer.
If your app is Open Source, you may use the Free edition for X11 on any Unix variant that Trolltech supports, including Linux, as well as Mac OS X.
Here's the current state of things on Windows:
TOra's license is GPL, straight, no chaser. The GPL specifically prohibits linking with non-Free 3rd party libraries, like the commercial versions of Qt. Such 3rd party libraries are a vendor lock-in trap.
Ask Damocles how the sword affects him.
I hate to tell you this, but the Al-Qaqaa explosives story is only "debunked" among the Bush campaign staff. A spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division stated that the 2nd Brigade had no orders to search Al-Qaqaa for high explosives.
I can't say anything about the SUV/Earth Day assertion, since you didn't cite your source.
As for John Kerry's priorities, let me ask you something. What's more important for you to remember?
And if you can keep your priorities straight, what makes you think a nominee for President of the United States of America can't?
'nuff said.