You're probably thinking of the Fat32 limit. NTFS can handle files in the terabytes. A DVD can only hold around 4.2Gb anyway. If MS is that pressed for space, they'll just give you 2 DVDs - maybe with extra Weezer videos or whatnot. I'd also assume Vista would boot into some sort of installer for the actuall installation. Attempting to install from XP I'd guess would just ask you to reboot (much like OSX installs).
Actually relating to the ferrari question, if Ferrari tells you to put regular gas and a cup of water into the gast tank, you put regular gas and a cup of water in the gas tank! THEY designed the engine. Back in the 50's engines were so inefficent that it didn't make much of a difference, but with all the sensors, and gizmos on modern engines to get a better burn you need to put the correct octane in your car.
Some engines produce less power if you put a higher octane than the car is rated for because certain calibrations make assumptions about how the gas will burn. Best rule of thumb is to read directions and put whatever the car owners manual tells you to =)
So anyway the correct answer is to do whatever Ferrari tells you to.
Rotary engines also have some disadvantages. First of all having less than ideal gas milage. And second being very poor with torque. Personally I find the rotary rather fascinating, and it might yet have the last laugh as it's better suited to burn strait hydrogen.
American coal is not clean-burning enough (low in sulfur) to use in industrial power generation, as far as I'm aware.
You're right and wrong. It's not clean burning, and we DO use it for industrial power generation. I lived right next to two power plants that burned lignite. When the parent says it's easier to clean a couple powerplants than a bunch of cars, I'm not sure he's completenly aware of the issues with burning dirty coal on a large scale. Now if we could get our energy out of coal in a few other ways I've heard of, it seams plausible, but just burning it I would think would be a wash.
I don't think sucking power from the climat is a big issue right now since we're already dumping tons of energy into it. In fact right now that might be the best thing to reduce some of that energy. You also have to consider that trees also absorbe a large ammount of energy from wind, but with global deforistation windmills will probably not even offset a fraction of the energy trees traditionally absorbed.
Despite how much I dislike MS I'm starting to wonder if it's even their fault. I mean they keep stumbling and stumbling. "We need Vista out the door now", they still can't do it. I'm not saying that MS isn't purposly dragging their feet here, but I wonder if behind the scenes it's just such a mess of code and red tape that they're honestly having a hard time complying. It's still just an excuse though and the fines could stand regardless.
All things considered if I had that more money than I could spend, I'd use that method to get into the Guiness Book of world Records as opposed to doing something like having the record for cheezy poofs stuffed up your nose.
Well look at the bright side, at least they're giving a lot of it away to a good cause. It wasn't so long ago such family fortunes would simply amass and create new generations of "old rich".
How long has the promise of WinFS been on the table?
I don't know, but if this has been circulating at least since NT4 days and Duke Nukem Forever comes out first - which might actually freaking happen, that tells you something.
And I don't think that something has anything to do with MS being an agile.
Saying it's "instinctive" is not very accurate. Selfishness is one of those key things you could look at between a "nurture vs nature" argument. On average if you could somehow manage not to teach kids either way (which is essentially impossible) you'll probably find the vast majority would be indifferent, and a few would go either way. Most of us obtain selfishness as a result of the world and society around us - usually in the form of what sort of "reward" we recieve for either action.
Does the Tatias Tactile Pro use buckling spring technology? Right now my wife is away so I can enjoy the old BS keyboard but she gets rather annoyed at it quickly. I've noticed that some older keyboards (mainly in wyse terminals which I love) have a similar feel but don't seem to use buckling springs. They make a sound, but not a sharp clack.
I don't think anyone cited this as being a detractor. Japan is also well known for their memorization education system. Most people referr to India when saying "unimaginative". The Chinese were always crafty, they're just patient in they way things are set up. The new China is already here, it's just positioning itself. Those who don't see it are only wearing blinders.
AMD doesn't seem that quick to hype processors that look good on paper in the same way Intel does. I think this is a fair comparison for the current generation. I find it sort of strange that AMD has been sticking with 90nm for so long, but maybe their getting a better value out of their fabs this way. They've already been able to do some pretty amazing things on the power consumption front with the current tech.
I knew a guy in college who still used Win3.1 for the same reasons. And he was right! Which is what I've seen starting to happen with Win98 now as well. But I wonder if Win98 users really NEED a newer version of Firefox. I mean it's supposed to be mostly standards compliant at this point, and will as a standard, THAT shouldn't change. In the future it might be an issue, but I'd say a current Firefox install should be okay for surfing the web for at least another 4 years.
I figured they'd price it not just because of age, but according to bandwidth needed. NES roms are usually below 300kb. I was expecting more like $2 for a NES game. $3 for SNES, etc. I hope super mario bros 1 is free.
Well assuming Seagate isn't stupid, they would probably put more robust flash into the drive, so I'd assume about 100,000 writes. Assuming you did a hybernation every 10 minutes all day, it would last about 694 days. That's pretty extreme and still lasting nearly two years. With average use I'd say it wouldn't even be a factor for most people.
Yeah if it were captain copyright meets reallity it wouldn't be a happy picture. That chick would be handing over assloads of cash for a book, not a single bill. She'd be required to get a new edition from the professor because the old book "wasn't good enough". You'd then hardly ever use the book, and get $2 back for it when you wanted to sell it back so somone else could perhaps use it or just to get enough money to eat.
Thanks captain copyright, I'll take my used/copy books. Actually, fuck captain copyright, I'll just SHARE them =P I'm burning in copyright hell as we speak!
Not that I have a problem with "integrated" stuff, but this thing has an "integrated" subwoofer. Is this for real? Maybe I've crossed the line into audiophile territory, but I doubt that sounds very good. I can't see a ricer opening the door of his tricked out Honda civic to impress his friends and show them the "awsome" base comming from his alienware laptop.
The problem with Microsoft is the baindaid features. Like the security center that warns you if you're antivirus is out of date or not installed. That's great and all, but why in the fuck do I need antivirus in the first place? That's like a leak in the ceiling with a bucket to catch water. Someone comes in and upgrades the bucket with a buzzer that sounds when it's full. Whee.
I have to admin windows machines at work, so personally I'd be more than happy to see MS stomp all user permissions into the dirt and restrict them on everything. I'm also guessing that in this process all of those restrictions will keep me from fixing problems that pop up as well, even though I'm the "administrator". I am also dreading more "wizards" getting in my way of configureing the networking. =/
difficult if not impossible to move around (though it's not entirely clear -- is it a "plug and play" into a pre-installed wall jack? If so, then it becomes "moveable", but requires custom installation of jacks anywhere you'd use it.)
I highly doubt there's much to the requirement for a wall jack. I mean it's not like they're stopping you from fabricating your own enclosure. Personally I would think it would be more handy to screw two metal plates into the side, then screw it into the underside of a desk.
This whole topic isn't surprising to me, and I've been saying similar stuff for years. Your story sort of reminds me of things I was looking for just this weekend.
See chemestry has been on the decline for years. I recall in high school a friend of mine says "Hey check out this book". It was a chemestry book. I'm like, so what? But as I looked through it I saw what he meant. It had methods of producing gunpowder and all sorts of other really useful and potentially dangerous knowlege. The book was copyright 1932. Actually if you find books from this era you will find TONS of practicle real world knowlege you can practice in your own garage - and possibly blow yourself up. As you look at the differences between books from decade to decade, you notice that the practicle side of chemestry books declines to the current state of being practicly nil. Current chemeistry books usually discuss some abstract theory and little else.
Which is what I was looking for this weekend at a used book store. I managed to pick up a really old Physics book, but didn't turn up any really old chemestry books. I'm of the belief that a library (my own) should have practicle real collections of human knowlege. I'll find a good old chemestry book eventually I hope.
Microsoft figured that out a while ago. I recall back around 96-97 Microsoft sold "Windows First Aid", which was supposed to fix many of the problems with windows 95. I think this led to a sort of backlash and bad publicity which is why MS didn't do it anymore.
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You're probably thinking of the Fat32 limit. NTFS can handle files in the terabytes. A DVD can only hold around 4.2Gb anyway. If MS is that pressed for space, they'll just give you 2 DVDs - maybe with extra Weezer videos or whatnot. I'd also assume Vista would boot into some sort of installer for the actuall installation. Attempting to install from XP I'd guess would just ask you to reboot (much like OSX installs).
Hey that's good news. Now I can go to traint "engergy efficent" versions of the processor since my budget is against the old model.
Just to expand a bit...
Actually relating to the ferrari question, if Ferrari tells you to put regular gas and a cup of water into the gast tank, you put regular gas and a cup of water in the gas tank! THEY designed the engine. Back in the 50's engines were so inefficent that it didn't make much of a difference, but with all the sensors, and gizmos on modern engines to get a better burn you need to put the correct octane in your car.
Some engines produce less power if you put a higher octane than the car is rated for because certain calibrations make assumptions about how the gas will burn. Best rule of thumb is to read directions and put whatever the car owners manual tells you to =)
So anyway the correct answer is to do whatever Ferrari tells you to.
If taco really mubled that to himself all the time... he wouldn't have gotten married.
Rotary engines also have some disadvantages. First of all having less than ideal gas milage. And second being very poor with torque. Personally I find the rotary rather fascinating, and it might yet have the last laugh as it's better suited to burn strait hydrogen.
American coal is not clean-burning enough (low in sulfur) to use in industrial power generation, as far as I'm aware.
You're right and wrong. It's not clean burning, and we DO use it for industrial power generation. I lived right next to two power plants that burned lignite. When the parent says it's easier to clean a couple powerplants than a bunch of cars, I'm not sure he's completenly aware of the issues with burning dirty coal on a large scale. Now if we could get our energy out of coal in a few other ways I've heard of, it seams plausible, but just burning it I would think would be a wash.
I don't think sucking power from the climat is a big issue right now since we're already dumping tons of energy into it. In fact right now that might be the best thing to reduce some of that energy. You also have to consider that trees also absorbe a large ammount of energy from wind, but with global deforistation windmills will probably not even offset a fraction of the energy trees traditionally absorbed.
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Despite how much I dislike MS I'm starting to wonder if it's even their fault. I mean they keep stumbling and stumbling. "We need Vista out the door now", they still can't do it. I'm not saying that MS isn't purposly dragging their feet here, but I wonder if behind the scenes it's just such a mess of code and red tape that they're honestly having a hard time complying. It's still just an excuse though and the fines could stand regardless.
All things considered if I had that more money than I could spend, I'd use that method to get into the Guiness Book of world Records as opposed to doing something like having the record for cheezy poofs stuffed up your nose.
Well look at the bright side, at least they're giving a lot of it away to a good cause. It wasn't so long ago such family fortunes would simply amass and create new generations of "old rich".
How long has the promise of WinFS been on the table?
I don't know, but if this has been circulating at least since NT4 days and Duke Nukem Forever comes out first - which might actually freaking happen, that tells you something.
And I don't think that something has anything to do with MS being an agile.
Saying it's "instinctive" is not very accurate. Selfishness is one of those key things you could look at between a "nurture vs nature" argument. On average if you could somehow manage not to teach kids either way (which is essentially impossible) you'll probably find the vast majority would be indifferent, and a few would go either way. Most of us obtain selfishness as a result of the world and society around us - usually in the form of what sort of "reward" we recieve for either action.
Does the Tatias Tactile Pro use buckling spring technology? Right now my wife is away so I can enjoy the old BS keyboard but she gets rather annoyed at it quickly. I've noticed that some older keyboards (mainly in wyse terminals which I love) have a similar feel but don't seem to use buckling springs. They make a sound, but not a sharp clack.
I don't think anyone cited this as being a detractor. Japan is also well known for their memorization education system. Most people referr to India when saying "unimaginative". The Chinese were always crafty, they're just patient in they way things are set up. The new China is already here, it's just positioning itself. Those who don't see it are only wearing blinders.
AMD doesn't seem that quick to hype processors that look good on paper in the same way Intel does. I think this is a fair comparison for the current generation. I find it sort of strange that AMD has been sticking with 90nm for so long, but maybe their getting a better value out of their fabs this way. They've already been able to do some pretty amazing things on the power consumption front with the current tech.
I knew a guy in college who still used Win3.1 for the same reasons. And he was right! Which is what I've seen starting to happen with Win98 now as well. But I wonder if Win98 users really NEED a newer version of Firefox. I mean it's supposed to be mostly standards compliant at this point, and will as a standard, THAT shouldn't change. In the future it might be an issue, but I'd say a current Firefox install should be okay for surfing the web for at least another 4 years.
I figured they'd price it not just because of age, but according to bandwidth needed. NES roms are usually below 300kb. I was expecting more like $2 for a NES game. $3 for SNES, etc. I hope super mario bros 1 is free.
Well assuming Seagate isn't stupid, they would probably put more robust flash into the drive, so I'd assume about 100,000 writes. Assuming you did a hybernation every 10 minutes all day, it would last about 694 days. That's pretty extreme and still lasting nearly two years. With average use I'd say it wouldn't even be a factor for most people.
Yeah if it were captain copyright meets reallity it wouldn't be a happy picture. That chick would be handing over assloads of cash for a book, not a single bill. She'd be required to get a new edition from the professor because the old book "wasn't good enough". You'd then hardly ever use the book, and get $2 back for it when you wanted to sell it back so somone else could perhaps use it or just to get enough money to eat.
Thanks captain copyright, I'll take my used/copy books. Actually, fuck captain copyright, I'll just SHARE them =P I'm burning in copyright hell as we speak!
Off topic, but how long does it take to "drill a hole" in a hard drive?
Not that I have a problem with "integrated" stuff, but this thing has an "integrated" subwoofer. Is this for real? Maybe I've crossed the line into audiophile territory, but I doubt that sounds very good. I can't see a ricer opening the door of his tricked out Honda civic to impress his friends and show them the "awsome" base comming from his alienware laptop.
The problem with Microsoft is the baindaid features. Like the security center that warns you if you're antivirus is out of date or not installed. That's great and all, but why in the fuck do I need antivirus in the first place? That's like a leak in the ceiling with a bucket to catch water. Someone comes in and upgrades the bucket with a buzzer that sounds when it's full. Whee.
I have to admin windows machines at work, so personally I'd be more than happy to see MS stomp all user permissions into the dirt and restrict them on everything. I'm also guessing that in this process all of those restrictions will keep me from fixing problems that pop up as well, even though I'm the "administrator". I am also dreading more "wizards" getting in my way of configureing the networking. =/
difficult if not impossible to move around (though it's not entirely clear -- is it a "plug and play" into a pre-installed wall jack? If so, then it becomes "moveable", but requires custom installation of jacks anywhere you'd use it.)
I highly doubt there's much to the requirement for a wall jack. I mean it's not like they're stopping you from fabricating your own enclosure. Personally I would think it would be more handy to screw two metal plates into the side, then screw it into the underside of a desk.
This whole topic isn't surprising to me, and I've been saying similar stuff for years. Your story sort of reminds me of things I was looking for just this weekend.
See chemestry has been on the decline for years. I recall in high school a friend of mine says "Hey check out this book". It was a chemestry book. I'm like, so what? But as I looked through it I saw what he meant. It had methods of producing gunpowder and all sorts of other really useful and potentially dangerous knowlege. The book was copyright 1932. Actually if you find books from this era you will find TONS of practicle real world knowlege you can practice in your own garage - and possibly blow yourself up. As you look at the differences between books from decade to decade, you notice that the practicle side of chemestry books declines to the current state of being practicly nil. Current chemeistry books usually discuss some abstract theory and little else.
Which is what I was looking for this weekend at a used book store. I managed to pick up a really old Physics book, but didn't turn up any really old chemestry books. I'm of the belief that a library (my own) should have practicle real collections of human knowlege. I'll find a good old chemestry book eventually I hope.
Microsoft figured that out a while ago. I recall back around 96-97 Microsoft sold "Windows First Aid", which was supposed to fix many of the problems with windows 95. I think this led to a sort of backlash and bad publicity which is why MS didn't do it anymore.