Wow... That has to be the worst logic I have seen in a long while. Basically your saying that because they give me lots of bandwidth I should download illegal stuff because I can't use all that bandwidth for anything else!
Again, wow.
Who said you have to use all your bandwidth? By your lovely logic you must drive your car at 120 mph or faster all the time because they made it so your car can drive that fast and what else are you going to do with all that extra speed right?
It's people like you that f*ck it up for the rest of us. Plus it's also people like you that ruined the legal system trying to sue everyone else to avoid the cold hard fact that YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL and you have no one else to blame but yourself. Hey I also do my fair share of illegal stuff, but I ain't gonna sue everyone because I did. If I get caught, I get caught and I face the punishment myself. Don't try to pass that off on everyone else.
Correction... The failure of a drive in a RAID-5 array does not result in system failure. The array works in a degraded state until the drive can be replaced or the hot-spare is rebuilt (if available).
It is able to work in degraded state by using the parity information to re-build the data from the failed drive on the fly.
I think I have figured out more of the Matrix. Everyone is saying the The Architects' role is to balance the equation and the Oracles' role is to unbalance it. After thinking about this for a minute I believe that is not quite the case.
The Matrix system is still run by computers and everything needs to have an "end". The equation has to balance out eventually. I think a more accurate description of both of these roles would be: The Architect is trying to make the most efficient and simple formula possible (we all can relate to that). The Oracle however is supposed to make the formula more complex, and larger than required.
Now you might be asking why? The answer is choice:) With a simple easy to follow to formula, everyone can see the answer and understand the equation. A complex formula is one that for most people isn't easy to understand by looking at (you need to solve it). In the Matrix this effectively takes away the perception of not having any choice. You have to walk the path to know the path.
"You can't see past the answers you don't understand"
The Architect was never worried which door Neo would choose. Neo nailed it, but never understand just how right he really was. The problem is choice. That's the only reason both doors are there. It didn't matter if Neo took the easy short route or the long hard route. Both paths provided the same answer:)
The Merovigain (sp?) was the key to explaining everything, I understand his role better now. Choice is an illusion created by those with power (the machines) and those without (humans).
The peace at the end of the movie was another farce (brilliant!). They have once again (like the 5 times before) given the humans, outside the Matrix, the perception of choice yet again. The machines still control the earth and likely always will. They aren't worried about a few rogue humans leaving the Matrix, the machines know that in the end the humans can't go anywhere and they will always be controllable at some level. Continuing to allow the humans a perception of choice will ensure this.
The part that does leave a sour taste though is the simple fact humans do not make viable battery sources. I still don't understand where the remainder of the power was coming from.
These formats do mean bigger file sizes, but much of the increased size will not result in a better audio experience for the listener. Most of the information will be lost by the human auditory perception system
***
I believe this is a common misconception. Some of the data (or notes) removed during the compression while by themselves the human auditory system won't hear... HOWEVER, two (or more) of these notes can combine (when played at the same time) to form a new sound that can be heard. This is part of the depth of quality music that is lost during the compression.
Downloading music won't kill the audio CD. There are many audiophiles out there that spend lots of $$$ on high quality sound equipment. Downloaded music quality won't (in the near future) come anywhere close to the quality of the CD.
Additionally with the new formats of digital audio media coming (like Super AudioCD) it's not likely that the size of the audio will decrease. There will ALWAYS be a market for the actual media. Look at the record itself... It's still around (mostly because of the audiophiles).
What's with not including any Canadian (Ontario) networks, since we were blacked-out as well! Did everyone figure that without power to keep our igloo's cold, they'd melt and we wouldn't have any networks to monitor??
Has anyone out there applied SP4 to a two-node Windows 2000 Cluster yet, and if so how did things turn out? Clustering services for Windows is very sensitive sometimes, however I will take any opportunity to stabilize that I can!
Horrible company eh? Are you bitter because they make more money in a day than you'll ever see in your lifetime?
Please... You want to talk horrible companies why not AT LEAST start with companies that test products on animals, use slave labour, etc...
Microsoft uses bad business ethics sure, I don't like them either. However they aren't a "horrible company". They need a lot of improvement for sure, but they don't deserve to be labeled by un-educated extremists.
It is unrealistic for anybody or any company to support things forever. There has to be a line in the sand SOMEWHERE. Microsoft picks here. I think 7 years is quite reasonable in this industry. So when you help someone *fix* their computer, would you still come back to them 3 or 4 years later when they have another problem and fix it for free? Didn't think so...
Nice... Another MS basher. I am really sure that was what they *really* meant to say. When you don't know much about business it is easier to just slag it huh?
NT 4.0 is over 7 years old... Let's try putting there statement through a more realistic filter shall we?
"Windows NT 4.0 is an outdated product and the resources and effort require to correct this problem are better used on newer initatives the company is working on."
Wouldn't you rather they secure and tighten Windows 2000/2003 server? I know I do since that is what 99%+ of most new medium to Enterprise MS servers are going to be running. I think it is smart decision to start turning away from NT 4. Change in our industry is very drastic and requires that we upgrade everything eventually. Welcome to working in IT.
My situation is almost the exact same as yours. My vision was about the same as well as the astimagtism. However I am sadly not a programmer, just a lowly sys admin:)
It has been just over 2 years now since I had it done, and I think my vision is slightly below 20/20. Night vision is a little off (some halo/blurring) but nothing that would stop me from driving. Even staring at my monitor for 2 years hasn't done me too much harm.
I do have a couple of good suggestions for you though:
1) Choose a GOOD place (don't pick based on cheap price, it's your EYES and they don't grow back). I did my eyes at Herzig in Toronto. It cost me almost $5000.00 (CAN dollars, I think that's about $125 US ).
2) Get a place that has a lifetime guarantee. If it ever needs to be done again it's free.
3) If you live in Canada some of that cost could be covered. While it cost me $5000 I only ended up paying about $400. My current job uses a new Canadian benefits feature that allowed me to save my companies allocated funds into a special account where I saved it for 2 years and then paid using the account. None of that money was mine, it was the companies "virtual money" they gave me to "buy" benefits. Check into your work for something simular. It will help cover the costs of a higher quality place.
Personally, if I had to do it all over again I would. The procedure while it looks painful, isn't really too bad. The best way I can describe it is like being captured by aliens. Everything going blurry, then black, then you see blurry red flashing lights (which they make you stare it... Harder than it sounds when your vision is blurry)... My advice is go for it:)
I didn't like this whole mess either! I think I found a good solution though. I did buy the 2-disc set and watched all the material. When the 4-disc set comes out I will purchase that one as well and give the 2-disc set to my parents:)
I don't know who makes the NIC cards in the Dreamcast, but if it was a non-standard NIC (like 3Com or Linksys etc...)wouldn't anyone doing any sniffing at all notice a wierd MAC address (meaning the first few bytes which indicate the manufacturer) on their network?
I have a floppy in both my systems; however I don't use them. With the alternative boot media available it is not a requirement anymore for me to have a floppy.
How many slashdot users out there would rather have that case space used for a smaller style HD? I don't know about anyone else but I would love to have more room for hard-disks...
Hummm interesting... I am guessing then that either A) Microsoft isn't very flexible in that area of the globe on pricing or B) Some of the IT/Accounting staff at the gov't are not interested (or any good?) and price negotiations...
I know where I work there can sometimes be a little sway in pricing depending on packages and purchase quantity.
I wonder if this is some sort of large scale tactic to push Microsoft into giving the government a better deal on renewing all the software costs? Microsoft's new renewal based licensing schemes are pounding business for a lot of cash. Does anyone else think this sounds like a strategy to have Microsoft beat down this gov't door with a "special offer" on pricing so they don't choose the competition?
I remember watching this sci-fi classic back in College during my "Science Fiction" course:)
If you are a sci-fi fan that can appreciate a movie for the message it communicates to the viewer, this movie is worth watching. As a warning the original has no sound and of course is in black & white. But true to the original purpose of science fiction it very much delivers an important message.
It seems more and more common lately for the media (and the Spin Doctors) to portray events/stories in biased lights so as they can generate predetermined reactions from the general public. It is too bad the media cannot just comment on the story, the whole story, and nothing but the story. Someone always has to change the angle, or in a lot of cases not report on certain aspects of events which leads people to make "assumptions". It's all about the $$$ and ratings I suppose...
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My argument was that just because you can't do enough legal stuff with something, you shouldn't be allowed to do illegal stuff to compensate.
Swallow that...
Wow... That has to be the worst logic I have seen in a long while. Basically your saying that because they give me lots of bandwidth I should download illegal stuff because I can't use all that bandwidth for anything else!
Again, wow.
Who said you have to use all your bandwidth? By your lovely logic you must drive your car at 120 mph or faster all the time because they made it so your car can drive that fast and what else are you going to do with all that extra speed right?
It's people like you that f*ck it up for the rest of us. Plus it's also people like you that ruined the legal system trying to sue everyone else to avoid the cold hard fact that YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING ILLEGAL and you have no one else to blame but yourself. Hey I also do my fair share of illegal stuff, but I ain't gonna sue everyone because I did. If I get caught, I get caught and I face the punishment myself. Don't try to pass that off on everyone else.
Fear Uncertainty and Doubt
Correction... The failure of a drive in a RAID-5 array does not result in system failure. The array works in a degraded state until the drive can be replaced or the hot-spare is rebuilt (if available).
It is able to work in degraded state by using the parity information to re-build the data from the failed drive on the fly.
I think I have figured out more of the Matrix. Everyone is saying the The Architects' role is to balance the equation and the Oracles' role is to unbalance it. After thinking about this for a minute I believe that is not quite the case.
:) With a simple easy to follow to formula, everyone can see the answer and understand the equation. A complex formula is one that for most people isn't easy to understand by looking at (you need to solve it). In the Matrix this effectively takes away the perception of not having any choice. You have to walk the path to know the path.
:)
The Matrix system is still run by computers and everything needs to have an "end". The equation has to balance out eventually. I think a more accurate description of both of these roles would be: The Architect is trying to make the most efficient and simple formula possible (we all can relate to that). The Oracle however is supposed to make the formula more complex, and larger than required.
Now you might be asking why? The answer is choice
"You can't see past the answers you don't understand"
The Architect was never worried which door Neo would choose. Neo nailed it, but never understand just how right he really was. The problem is choice. That's the only reason both doors are there. It didn't matter if Neo took the easy short route or the long hard route. Both paths provided the same answer
The Merovigain (sp?) was the key to explaining everything, I understand his role better now. Choice is an illusion created by those with power (the machines) and those without (humans).
The peace at the end of the movie was another farce (brilliant!). They have once again (like the 5 times before) given the humans, outside the Matrix, the perception of choice yet again. The machines still control the earth and likely always will. They aren't worried about a few rogue humans leaving the Matrix, the machines know that in the end the humans can't go anywhere and they will always be controllable at some level. Continuing to allow the humans a perception of choice will ensure this.
The part that does leave a sour taste though is the simple fact humans do not make viable battery sources. I still don't understand where the remainder of the power was coming from.
***
These formats do mean bigger file sizes, but much of the increased size will not result in a better audio experience for the listener. Most of the information will be lost by the human auditory perception system
***
I believe this is a common misconception. Some of the data (or notes) removed during the compression while by themselves the human auditory system won't hear... HOWEVER, two (or more) of these notes can combine (when played at the same time) to form a new sound that can be heard. This is part of the depth of quality music that is lost during the compression.
Downloading music won't kill the audio CD. There are many audiophiles out there that spend lots of $$$ on high quality sound equipment. Downloaded music quality won't (in the near future) come anywhere close to the quality of the CD.
Additionally with the new formats of digital audio media coming (like Super AudioCD) it's not likely that the size of the audio will decrease. There will ALWAYS be a market for the actual media. Look at the record itself... It's still around (mostly because of the audiophiles).
What's with not including any Canadian (Ontario) networks, since we were blacked-out as well! Did everyone figure that without power to keep our igloo's cold, they'd melt and we wouldn't have any networks to monitor??
... or does anyone else think Bill sounded like the Iraqi Information Minister in that interview?
- No Tanks here, we are in complete control!
Has anyone out there applied SP4 to a two-node Windows 2000 Cluster yet, and if so how did things turn out? Clustering services for Windows is very sensitive sometimes, however I will take any opportunity to stabilize that I can!
Horrible company eh? Are you bitter because they make more money in a day than you'll ever see in your lifetime?
Please... You want to talk horrible companies why not AT LEAST start with companies that test products on animals, use slave labour, etc...
Microsoft uses bad business ethics sure, I don't like them either. However they aren't a "horrible company". They need a lot of improvement for sure, but they don't deserve to be labeled by un-educated extremists.
It is unrealistic for anybody or any company to support things forever. There has to be a line in the sand SOMEWHERE. Microsoft picks here. I think 7 years is quite reasonable in this industry. So when you help someone *fix* their computer, would you still come back to them 3 or 4 years later when they have another problem and fix it for free? Didn't think so...
Nice... Another MS basher. I am really sure that was what they *really* meant to say. When you don't know much about business it is easier to just slag it huh?
NT 4.0 is over 7 years old... Let's try putting there statement through a more realistic filter shall we?
"Windows NT 4.0 is an outdated product and the resources and effort require to correct this problem are better used on newer initatives the company is working on."
Wouldn't you rather they secure and tighten Windows 2000/2003 server? I know I do since that is what 99%+ of most new medium to Enterprise MS servers are going to be running. I think it is smart decision to start turning away from NT 4. Change in our industry is very drastic and requires that we upgrade everything eventually. Welcome to working in IT.
My situation is almost the exact same as yours. My vision was about the same as well as the astimagtism. However I am sadly not a programmer, just a lowly sys admin :)
:)
It has been just over 2 years now since I had it done, and I think my vision is slightly below 20/20. Night vision is a little off (some halo/blurring) but nothing that would stop me from driving. Even staring at my monitor for 2 years hasn't done me too much harm.
I do have a couple of good suggestions for you though:
1) Choose a GOOD place (don't pick based on cheap price, it's your EYES and they don't grow back). I did my eyes at Herzig in Toronto. It cost me almost $5000.00 (CAN dollars, I think that's about $125 US ).
2) Get a place that has a lifetime guarantee. If it ever needs to be done again it's free.
3) If you live in Canada some of that cost could be covered. While it cost me $5000 I only ended up paying about $400. My current job uses a new Canadian benefits feature that allowed me to save my companies allocated funds into a special account where I saved it for 2 years and then paid using the account. None of that money was mine, it was the companies "virtual money" they gave me to "buy" benefits. Check into your work for something simular. It will help cover the costs of a higher quality place.
Personally, if I had to do it all over again I would. The procedure while it looks painful, isn't really too bad. The best way I can describe it is like being captured by aliens. Everything going blurry, then black, then you see blurry red flashing lights (which they make you stare it... Harder than it sounds when your vision is blurry)... My advice is go for it
I didn't like this whole mess either! I think I found a good solution though. I did buy the 2-disc set and watched all the material. When the 4-disc set comes out I will purchase that one as well and give the 2-disc set to my parents :)
Happy parents = better loot in the will
I don't know who makes the NIC cards in the Dreamcast, but if it was a non-standard NIC (like 3Com or Linksys etc...)wouldn't anyone doing any sniffing at all notice a wierd MAC address (meaning the first few bytes which indicate the manufacturer) on their network?
This site looks like a compilation of other sites. If anyone is more deeply interested in the Ravenloft setting check out this site:
http://www.kargatane.com
I have a floppy in both my systems; however I don't use them. With the alternative boot media available it is not a requirement anymore for me to have a floppy.
How many slashdot users out there would rather have that case space used for a smaller style HD? I don't know about anyone else but I would love to have more room for hard-disks...
Hummm interesting... I am guessing then that either A) Microsoft isn't very flexible in that area of the globe on pricing or B) Some of the IT/Accounting staff at the gov't are not interested (or any good?) and price negotiations...
I know where I work there can sometimes be a little sway in pricing depending on packages and purchase quantity.
I wonder if this is some sort of large scale tactic to push Microsoft into giving the government a better deal on renewing all the software costs? Microsoft's new renewal based licensing schemes are pounding business for a lot of cash. Does anyone else think this sounds like a strategy to have Microsoft beat down this gov't door with a "special offer" on pricing so they don't choose the competition?
I remember watching this sci-fi classic back in College during my "Science Fiction" course :)
If you are a sci-fi fan that can appreciate a movie for the message it communicates to the viewer, this movie is worth watching. As a warning the original has no sound and of course is in black & white. But true to the original purpose of science fiction it very much delivers an important message.
It seems more and more common lately for the media (and the Spin Doctors) to portray events/stories in biased lights so as they can generate predetermined reactions from the general public. It is too bad the media cannot just comment on the story, the whole story, and nothing but the story. Someone always has to change the angle, or in a lot of cases not report on certain aspects of events which leads people to make "assumptions". It's all about the $$$ and ratings I suppose...
/.'d already! :(