Current classes I attend at the University of Cincinnati are similar to those you took at Iowa. It's basically an EE degree with analog design replaced with programming. We touch on programming issues, but the majority of our courses are centered around digital hardware design. That is, of course, on top of the 2-year math/physics core all the engineering majors share.
That is exactly why I chose to go to Cincinnati... because they have the two split into separate degrees. It would help keep the classes smaller too, I would imagine.
It's weird that Computer Engineering would mean something different in the UK. Here in the States CompE refers to an Electrical Engineering-based class schedule, with analog design classes replaced with programming classes.
Therefore, the CompEs produced are like EEs with more programming background and emphasis on IC and chip (VHDL) design./Current CompE student
Well, the guy could be stealing cable. That fact that he tuned to channel 60-some and watched it for an hour would be incriminating if he's only supposed to have the over-the-air channels.
Many believe that MS purchased VPC specifically to use it to make the XBox backwards compatible. If the next XBox has a significant performance boost over the first generation, and they write an application-specific version of VPC with emphasis on speed, I don't think it'd be impossible for them to make the X2 compatible with the older games.
It's true. I swapped my XP boot drive to a new motherboard when I upgraded and ran into numerous problems. I just had to use the XP CD to "Repair" the installation, so it wasn't a huge deal - but it definately didn't work right away.
I did some research at the time and found out that if the IDE controller used on the two boards you are using is the same then it will likely boot without issue. So I guess the poster would be half-right, in that case.
In any case, the poster, as I quoted, specifically stated that if a Mac drive died you would be screwed because you can not move the drive elsewhere. That is 100% false. I was never arguing the merit of his argument, and never claimed to be. I merely claimed that this particular statement was false.
And on the second point, I think you did miss it. What reasoning could you use for switching platforms other than personal taste?
Actually, maybe I didn't make it clear. I am using MacDrive for my Firewire unit. The very next sentance I explained that it wasn't built-in to the OS, but I didn't really mention HOW specifically I was doing it on my machine.
I can't say I'd ever believe that the quality of Apple hardware would go downhill, since that's where they make all their cash. They ruin that and they've got big problems...
As for the other point: Yup, that's exactly what I was saying. I can't say I'm comfortable with the hardware lock-in, but I have come to grips that it might someday bite me in the ass. If you're not willing to take that kind of risk, it is probably better to sit the fence for awhile and see what happens (Years, not months). Or, alternately, use only the multi-platform software available if you happen to like Apple's Hardware/OS.
In any case, as a follow-up... Apple announced today (late, very late - but better than never) that they will replace those unlucky iBook user's motherboards free of charge. Any user who has already had the work done will be reimburesed the full cost of the repair.
Ok, it's not that bad here. Typing someone's name into Google to find that they've been in the news is one thing... but typing his name into Google and does not return his profile from the dating site. That's the only way THEY could have found him.
Even that is wrong. You CAN take a drive from a Mac and put it in a Dell if that's your intent. Obviously you can't boot from it, but it'll mount as a secondary so you can grab your data off of it. I have an HFS+ formatted firewire drive hooked up to mine right now. I don't see how Windows not having built-in HFS support is the fault of anyone but MS itself. OSX supports FAT and NTFS, after all...
In addition, the parent said this (direct quote): "Because Apple does not let you run OS X on any other hardware, you are completely dependent on them for making your software work. If you get used to a certain environment and certain applications but then the hardware fails, you're screwed." You'd definately not be screwed. You put the drive into another Mac, and it would boot right up. Just like if you put your Dell HD into another Dell.
On the other hand, if you find yourself not liking OSX, or the Apple hardware itself, then you do have a problem. If you weren't ready to make such a commitment you should have played with one a bit more before buying, just as I said previously. Even then you're in luck because you can sell it for nearly as much as you paid for it.
Wow, that had absolutely nothing to do with my comment. The parent was bitching that you can't pop a drive out of a Mac and test it. You can. End of story.
That has absolutely nothing to do with you not doing your research before choosing a computer you may not be happy with.
You sure can... I have no idea what the parent was bumbling on about.
Take a drive out of a PC and put it into another PC - Check. Take a drive out of a Mac and put it into another Mac - Check.
Both work equaly well. In fact, its even easier on the Mac. You don't even have to take out the drive!! Just hook the two Macs up via Firewire, hold Cmd-T while booting up the Mac with the problem, and have the functional Mac boot from that Firewire drive. If its a drive problem, you've just found it.
It does. I don't remember the exact numbers, but the power output of the 970FX chip was in the neighborhood of 15Watts, about 1/4 more than the current G4 'books. The watt number may be wrong, but the are definately only slightly more power-hungry than the current chips.
Nope. I have a 3 year old Nomad II MG that had an FM tuner on it. In fact, I'm pretty sure the whole Nomad line has tuners. I'm sure many other players do, as well.
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While this statement is accurate, it is from the prospective of players sold only. It seems rather obvious that a great many $50-$100 flash players get sold.
I believe the same Apple release also stated that they hold about 65% (I don't remember exactly) of the market revenue-wise, which is likely the more important figure.
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Ha, except AOL has a deal with Apple! AOL users purchase songs from the iTMS with their regular AOL account.
You are looking for Gerry, the developer of DVarchive. If you want to get in touch with him, I recommend heading over to the ReplayTV section of the AVSforum. He posts regularly there with updates on the newest DVarchive versions.
While he gives the program away, I seem to remember him preffering to keep the code to himself. Couldn't hurt to ask...
And what do we call a right that can be taken away? Everyone now... a Privilege!
privilege (prv-lj, prvlj) n. 2. A special advantage, immunity, or right held as a prerogative of status or rank, and exercised to the exclusion or detriment of others.
That is absolutely horrible. I can't believe how out-of-whack our laws are when a killer of a family of 4 is fined $250, and possesion of a narcotic can net you 5-10 years. Its sad, really...
I find that pretty hard to believe. Sure your reasoning makes sense, but I could use the same reasoning and say the the numbers are in fact 70/90 in favor of +R. The thought is there, but nothing to back it up. The same goes for the other post you link to. Sounds like a bunch of made-up figures to me.
If you're going to quote figures from a site, you might as well get it right. According to DVDrHelp here, -Rs have about 92% compatability, while +Rs have about 86% compatability. Hardly a huge difference.
Both RW formats sit at 75% compatability.
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Actually, it cannot. You are by no means required to leave yourself in a potentially compromising position in order to bolster your defense.
In other words, changing the code in question is not an admission of guilt.
Current classes I attend at the University of Cincinnati are similar to those you took at Iowa. It's basically an EE degree with analog design replaced with programming. We touch on programming issues, but the majority of our courses are centered around digital hardware design. That is, of course, on top of the 2-year math/physics core all the engineering majors share.
That is exactly why I chose to go to Cincinnati... because they have the two split into separate degrees. It would help keep the classes smaller too, I would imagine.
How's the program up there?
It's weird that Computer Engineering would mean something different in the UK. Here in the States CompE refers to an Electrical Engineering-based class schedule, with analog design classes replaced with programming classes.
/Current CompE student
Therefore, the CompEs produced are like EEs with more programming background and emphasis on IC and chip (VHDL) design.
Well, the guy could be stealing cable. That fact that he tuned to channel 60-some and watched it for an hour would be incriminating if he's only supposed to have the over-the-air channels.
Perhaps VPC is for the Mac advocates who are not respectable!
Many believe that MS purchased VPC specifically to use it to make the XBox backwards compatible. If the next XBox has a significant performance boost over the first generation, and they write an application-specific version of VPC with emphasis on speed, I don't think it'd be impossible for them to make the X2 compatible with the older games.
It's true. I swapped my XP boot drive to a new motherboard when I upgraded and ran into numerous problems. I just had to use the XP CD to "Repair" the installation, so it wasn't a huge deal - but it definately didn't work right away.
I did some research at the time and found out that if the IDE controller used on the two boards you are using is the same then it will likely boot without issue. So I guess the poster would be half-right, in that case.
In any case, the poster, as I quoted, specifically stated that if a Mac drive died you would be screwed because you can not move the drive elsewhere. That is 100% false. I was never arguing the merit of his argument, and never claimed to be. I merely claimed that this particular statement was false.
And on the second point, I think you did miss it. What reasoning could you use for switching platforms other than personal taste?
Actually, maybe I didn't make it clear. I am using MacDrive for my Firewire unit. The very next sentance I explained that it wasn't built-in to the OS, but I didn't really mention HOW specifically I was doing it on my machine.
Sorry for the confusion.
I can't say I'd ever believe that the quality of Apple hardware would go downhill, since that's where they make all their cash. They ruin that and they've got big problems...
As for the other point: Yup, that's exactly what I was saying. I can't say I'm comfortable with the hardware lock-in, but I have come to grips that it might someday bite me in the ass. If you're not willing to take that kind of risk, it is probably better to sit the fence for awhile and see what happens (Years, not months). Or, alternately, use only the multi-platform software available if you happen to like Apple's Hardware/OS.
In any case, as a follow-up... Apple announced today (late, very late - but better than never) that they will replace those unlucky iBook user's motherboards free of charge. Any user who has already had the work done will be reimburesed the full cost of the repair.
Ok, it's not that bad here. Typing someone's name into Google to find that they've been in the news is one thing... but typing his name into Google and does not return his profile from the dating site. That's the only way THEY could have found him.
Even that is wrong. You CAN take a drive from a Mac and put it in a Dell if that's your intent. Obviously you can't boot from it, but it'll mount as a secondary so you can grab your data off of it. I have an HFS+ formatted firewire drive hooked up to mine right now. I don't see how Windows not having built-in HFS support is the fault of anyone but MS itself. OSX supports FAT and NTFS, after all...
In addition, the parent said this (direct quote):
"Because Apple does not let you run OS X on any other hardware, you are completely dependent on them for making your software work. If you get used to a certain environment and certain applications but then the hardware fails, you're screwed."
You'd definately not be screwed. You put the drive into another Mac, and it would boot right up. Just like if you put your Dell HD into another Dell.
On the other hand, if you find yourself not liking OSX, or the Apple hardware itself, then you do have a problem. If you weren't ready to make such a commitment you should have played with one a bit more before buying, just as I said previously. Even then you're in luck because you can sell it for nearly as much as you paid for it.
Wow, that had absolutely nothing to do with my comment. The parent was bitching that you can't pop a drive out of a Mac and test it. You can. End of story.
That has absolutely nothing to do with you not doing your research before choosing a computer you may not be happy with.
You sure can... I have no idea what the parent was bumbling on about.
Take a drive out of a PC and put it into another PC - Check.
Take a drive out of a Mac and put it into another Mac - Check.
Both work equaly well. In fact, its even easier on the Mac. You don't even have to take out the drive!! Just hook the two Macs up via Firewire, hold Cmd-T while booting up the Mac with the problem, and have the functional Mac boot from that Firewire drive. If its a drive problem, you've just found it.
The parent has no idea what he's talking about.
It does. I don't remember the exact numbers, but the power output of the 970FX chip was in the neighborhood of 15Watts, about 1/4 more than the current G4 'books. The watt number may be wrong, but the are definately only slightly more power-hungry than the current chips.
G5 PowerBooks are on the way!
Nope. I have a 3 year old Nomad II MG that had an FM tuner on it. In fact, I'm pretty sure the whole Nomad line has tuners. I'm sure many other players do, as well.
While this statement is accurate, it is from the prospective of players sold only. It seems rather obvious that a great many $50-$100 flash players get sold.
I believe the same Apple release also stated that they hold about 65% (I don't remember exactly) of the market revenue-wise, which is likely the more important figure.
Ha, except AOL has a deal with Apple! AOL users purchase songs from the iTMS with their regular AOL account.
Anyway, point well-made.
You are looking for Gerry, the developer of DVarchive. If you want to get in touch with him, I recommend heading over to the ReplayTV section of the AVSforum. He posts regularly there with updates on the newest DVarchive versions.
While he gives the program away, I seem to remember him preffering to keep the code to himself. Couldn't hurt to ask...
And what do we call a right that can be taken away? Everyone now... a Privilege!
privilege (prv-lj, prvlj) n.
2. A special advantage, immunity, or right held as a prerogative of status or rank, and exercised to the exclusion or detriment of others.
That is absolutely horrible. I can't believe how out-of-whack our laws are when a killer of a family of 4 is fined $250, and possesion of a narcotic can net you 5-10 years. Its sad, really...
I find that pretty hard to believe. Sure your reasoning makes sense, but I could use the same reasoning and say the the numbers are in fact 70/90 in favor of +R. The thought is there, but nothing to back it up. The same goes for the other post you link to. Sounds like a bunch of made-up figures to me.
Other thread was wrong. Numbers are more like 92/86. Much smaller difference.
If you're going to quote figures from a site, you might as well get it right. According to DVDrHelp here, -Rs have about 92% compatability, while +Rs have about 86% compatability. Hardly a huge difference. Both RW formats sit at 75% compatability.
Ah yes, I had forgotten about the "18 to 30 year olds don't have to pay taxes" law that went into effect awhile back.