Actually nothing your guys are talking about "begs the question." Begging the question is a logical fallacy. You are both raising the question, not begging it.
Oh come on, this link doesn't even point to the full New York Times article. There's a better link posted before this one by a person who isn't trying to karma whore.
Because the parts are smaller, they can't stand as much stress as larger drives. Eg: it's easier to smash a microdrive with a hammer than it is to do the same to a larger drive. But the microdrives are actually more resistant to shock, because they are lighter. When a microdrive hits the ground, it disperses much less energy than a normal laptop drive. Since the microdrive has much smaller forces to contend with, it is more durable. Here's a good analogy: some cars have more horsepower than others, but accelerate slower. Horsepower isn't as important as the power to weight ratio.
I love UT2004. I downloaded and installed it a couple hours ago, and I'm amazed. Finally, there is more focus on the gameplay and less on the graphics. This equals the win for all of us with Radeon 7500 PCI graphics cards.
Religions don't use the scientific method. They simply interpret the bible in their own way. They question their own interpretations, but not the existence of god(s) or life after death.
It's called "ghosting" and its a problem on low quality LCDs that have a high response time. The response time is how long it takes for a pixel to change color. The higher the response time, the longer it takes to change the image on the screen and the blurrier motion is. I have a 15" Sylvania LCD with 15ms response time, and I don't have any ghosting problems, and I play way too much counter-strike.
Umm, a 19" LCD is equivalent to a 20-21" CRT. Remember, CRTs are measured by the total size of the monitor case, while LCDs are measured by their actual screen size. I prefer the crispness of LCDs, and you mention having more desktop space with CRT. I have more physical desktop space, and with a 15ms response time, my LCD is more than adequate for my gaming needs. $250 for a 15" LCD is more than worth it to me (I got it almost a year ago). Now when I use a CRT, I notice the horrible flicker from the monitor refreshing. Even at 75hz, it still makes my eyes hurt. To make a CRT usable for long periods of time, I need to throw the refresh rate up to 85-100hz, and it still doesn't have the crisp image I enjoy. CRTs may be cheaper, but they consume much more power. I bet a 15" LCD and a 17" CRT (remember these both have about the same actual screen size) cost the same if you include the cost of power over the lifetime of the display device. My LCD eats up 30 watts of power, max. Most 17" CRTs pull around 100-200 watts.
I'm amazed how many geeks spend tons of time on their computer cases, tweaking everything and making a great gaming system, and then they hook it up to a crappy 17" CRT and some cheap stereo speakers. Displays and speakers usually break before they become obsolete, computers don't.
I'm thinking of foregoing the swap entirely to see if it helps.
I disabled swap on my desktop system (I'm running windows 2000 and I have 768 megs of RAM) and I notice a performance improvement sometimes. Before, if I left Mozilla sitting around minimized, it would take a couple seconds to restore while my hard drive went crazy. Now, since windows can't put mozilla in swap, it restores instantly.
Umm, you two seem to be agreeing. The parent poster simply said that as long as NASA isn't wasting money destroying shuttles, and the astronauts know the risk and accept it, then the shuttle missions should continue.
Wrong. If you had read the article, you would know that the power company has put 802.11b access points on their power line towers. The access points are connected to the internet over the power grid, but the customers use 802.11b to get data from their computer to the power lines. There is still the possibility of people stealing bandwidth, but if the network is set up properly, stealing would be a lot more complicated than just running a wire.
Well it's great they're still going to support 98, but ME? Come on! ME is quite possibly the worst OS Microsoft put out. Sure XP sends stuff to MS without telling you, and 98 is unstable, but at least they are useable operating systems. The worst thing about ME is that you can't restart in DOS mode, no matter what. Even though it runs on top of DOS, and you can use a boot disk to get to DOS, ME won't let you restart into DOS mode. Networking support is also a pain. By "a pain" I mean would rather get shot than try and get ME working with a network card. One time, when I didn't know the evils of ME, I tried getting a Realtek card to work. Bad idea! After almost a week of screwing with the computer, I formatted it and put (what I think is the best thing to come out of Microsoft) Windows 2000 on it. The card worked great in 2000. I thought 2k and ME are supposed to have the same TCP/IP implementations, the ones from BSD. I bet MS could save a TON of time and money by solving all ME problems with a free format and XP home installation.
The right thing to do:
Be open and honest with the PHBs. Don't sugar-coat anything that much, and if your honest assesment of a problem doesn't please them, then you may want to start looking for another job.
The normal thing to do:
Suck up to them and blame the problems on others. That way you'll get a pay raise and your co-workers will not be held in as high regard.
I would like to think I'd do the right thing in a situation similar to yours, but I honestly don't know if I could risk my job because of an execs stupidity.
No, because then you'd give Bush a free ride to Mars. Also, everyone who wanted to go to Mars would become a complete asshole. And by asshole I mean mass-murderer.
If you're trying to counterfeit money, why would you be loading it up into photoshop to edit it in the first place? I rather though counterfeit money was supposed to be identical to the originals.
Ah, but you forgot about serial numbers. If all the notes have the same serial number, then all the counterfit notes can be traced back to you if you are caught/suspected. If you vary the serial numbers, it's much harder for authorities to find you.
The funny thing is, it's not called hacking when it really is hacking. My high school had the default passwords on all their routers, so I telnetted into the ones farthest away (at the district HQ, where the T3 line was located) and shut them down remotely, then I got the ones in the school. Internet access was out for several days and no one knew what the problem was. Eventually, I was asked if I knew anything about it, and I said no. After a couple days, the IT people finally fixed the problem by turning the routers back on. I didn't mess with anything after that. So, not only did I get away with actually hacking, but almost everyone was convinced that it was a brief power outage. Only one guy thought I might have anything to do with it. He ended up taking away some DHCP servers my friend and I set up (before that the school used fixed IPs and people had collissions constantly), thus breaking the network again. It took about a week before he had the dicstrict admin set up DHCP on a Novell machine.
I use the CNPS6000-Cu for my Tualatin core Celeron, and I can say nothing but good about it. I don't even need to turn on the fan to keep my computer running. After overclocking, I now have a 1.5Ghz processor running at stock voltage. The only other fan in my system is the PSU fan, and it runs at an easygoing 1500RPM. Since I have a Seagate harddrive and a passively cooled graphics card, I can barely hear my computer. If I'm more than a few meters away, I can't tell whether or not my computer is even on. People always complain that you have to sacrifice performance when going for silince, but with a decent PSU and a Zalman cooler on your graphics card and CPU, you don't have to. I know this sounds like an ad for Zalman, but they are the Ferrari of heatsink manufacturers.
The CNPS7000-Cu is one of the greatest HSFs in existence. There are two types of people: those who have a CNPS7000-Cu, and those who wish they had one. I am in the second group.:/
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And yet, in many cases, business works better with a more cooperative atmosphere. It certainly does bring into question whether one skill set is better suited to the task than another.
Not that women don't know how to be competitive. They are often more... subtle about it, though.
Business works better for everyone when everyone cooperates, but business works better for an individual company when that company competes. I know for a fact that most women aren't nearly as competitive as men. How many women do you see getting in bar fights? If by subtle you mean verbal, I wouldn't consider that being aggressive then. Insulting a guy is nothing compared to punching/stabbing/shooting him. Aggression requires the use of physical force. Women rarely display aggression.
Women are weaker than men physically (which is not a problem in today's society), and there are differences between the sexes brains. Men are usually better at math, and women excell in verbal skills. The brain is complicated, and there are probably other differences we don't know about.
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Actually nothing your guys are talking about "begs the question." Begging the question is a logical fallacy. You are both raising the question, not begging it.
Nano-ITX is 12cm x 12cm. Oh, and you forgot to list Mini-ITX. :)
Oh come on, this link doesn't even point to the full New York Times article. There's a better link posted before this one by a person who isn't trying to karma whore.
Because the parts are smaller, they can't stand as much stress as larger drives. Eg: it's easier to smash a microdrive with a hammer than it is to do the same to a larger drive. But the microdrives are actually more resistant to shock, because they are lighter. When a microdrive hits the ground, it disperses much less energy than a normal laptop drive. Since the microdrive has much smaller forces to contend with, it is more durable. Here's a good analogy: some cars have more horsepower than others, but accelerate slower. Horsepower isn't as important as the power to weight ratio.
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I have a 1.5Ghz Celeron and a radeon 7500 PCI, and it runs UT2004 just fine. There must be something wrong with your setup then.
I love UT2004. I downloaded and installed it a couple hours ago, and I'm amazed. Finally, there is more focus on the gameplay and less on the graphics. This equals the win for all of us with Radeon 7500 PCI graphics cards.
Religions don't use the scientific method. They simply interpret the bible in their own way. They question their own interpretations, but not the existence of god(s) or life after death.
Science constantly questions itself, religion doesn't.
I did some looking around, and yes you are right. My bad.
It's called "ghosting" and its a problem on low quality LCDs that have a high response time. The response time is how long it takes for a pixel to change color. The higher the response time, the longer it takes to change the image on the screen and the blurrier motion is. I have a 15" Sylvania LCD with 15ms response time, and I don't have any ghosting problems, and I play way too much counter-strike.
Umm, a 19" LCD is equivalent to a 20-21" CRT. Remember, CRTs are measured by the total size of the monitor case, while LCDs are measured by their actual screen size. I prefer the crispness of LCDs, and you mention having more desktop space with CRT. I have more physical desktop space, and with a 15ms response time, my LCD is more than adequate for my gaming needs. $250 for a 15" LCD is more than worth it to me (I got it almost a year ago). Now when I use a CRT, I notice the horrible flicker from the monitor refreshing. Even at 75hz, it still makes my eyes hurt. To make a CRT usable for long periods of time, I need to throw the refresh rate up to 85-100hz, and it still doesn't have the crisp image I enjoy. CRTs may be cheaper, but they consume much more power. I bet a 15" LCD and a 17" CRT (remember these both have about the same actual screen size) cost the same if you include the cost of power over the lifetime of the display device. My LCD eats up 30 watts of power, max. Most 17" CRTs pull around 100-200 watts.
I'm amazed how many geeks spend tons of time on their computer cases, tweaking everything and making a great gaming system, and then they hook it up to a crappy 17" CRT and some cheap stereo speakers. Displays and speakers usually break before they become obsolete, computers don't.
I believe that is from the movie Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels.
I'm thinking of foregoing the swap entirely to see if it helps.
I disabled swap on my desktop system (I'm running windows 2000 and I have 768 megs of RAM) and I notice a performance improvement sometimes. Before, if I left Mozilla sitting around minimized, it would take a couple seconds to restore while my hard drive went crazy. Now, since windows can't put mozilla in swap, it restores instantly.
Umm, you two seem to be agreeing. The parent poster simply said that as long as NASA isn't wasting money destroying shuttles, and the astronauts know the risk and accept it, then the shuttle missions should continue.
Wrong. If you had read the article, you would know that the power company has put 802.11b access points on their power line towers. The access points are connected to the internet over the power grid, but the customers use 802.11b to get data from their computer to the power lines. There is still the possibility of people stealing bandwidth, but if the network is set up properly, stealing would be a lot more complicated than just running a wire.
I've been considering studying IP law for a few months, but realizing that my only experience with the matter is reading stories on Slashdot...
You aren't really diversifying your experience then are you?
Well it's great they're still going to support 98, but ME? Come on! ME is quite possibly the worst OS Microsoft put out. Sure XP sends stuff to MS without telling you, and 98 is unstable, but at least they are useable operating systems. The worst thing about ME is that you can't restart in DOS mode, no matter what. Even though it runs on top of DOS, and you can use a boot disk to get to DOS, ME won't let you restart into DOS mode. Networking support is also a pain. By "a pain" I mean would rather get shot than try and get ME working with a network card. One time, when I didn't know the evils of ME, I tried getting a Realtek card to work. Bad idea! After almost a week of screwing with the computer, I formatted it and put (what I think is the best thing to come out of Microsoft) Windows 2000 on it. The card worked great in 2000. I thought 2k and ME are supposed to have the same TCP/IP implementations, the ones from BSD. I bet MS could save a TON of time and money by solving all ME problems with a free format and XP home installation.
The right thing to do:
Be open and honest with the PHBs. Don't sugar-coat anything that much, and if your honest assesment of a problem doesn't please them, then you may want to start looking for another job.
The normal thing to do:
Suck up to them and blame the problems on others. That way you'll get a pay raise and your co-workers will not be held in as high regard.
I would like to think I'd do the right thing in a situation similar to yours, but I honestly don't know if I could risk my job because of an execs stupidity.
Damn, I guess I'm just not funny today. Score: 0, flamebait. Ouch.
No, because then you'd give Bush a free ride to Mars. Also, everyone who wanted to go to Mars would become a complete asshole. And by asshole I mean mass-murderer.
If you're trying to counterfeit money, why would you be loading it up into photoshop to edit it in the first place? I rather though counterfeit money was supposed to be identical to the originals.
Ah, but you forgot about serial numbers. If all the notes have the same serial number, then all the counterfit notes can be traced back to you if you are caught/suspected. If you vary the serial numbers, it's much harder for authorities to find you.
The funny thing is, it's not called hacking when it really is hacking. My high school had the default passwords on all their routers, so I telnetted into the ones farthest away (at the district HQ, where the T3 line was located) and shut them down remotely, then I got the ones in the school. Internet access was out for several days and no one knew what the problem was. Eventually, I was asked if I knew anything about it, and I said no. After a couple days, the IT people finally fixed the problem by turning the routers back on. I didn't mess with anything after that. So, not only did I get away with actually hacking, but almost everyone was convinced that it was a brief power outage. Only one guy thought I might have anything to do with it. He ended up taking away some DHCP servers my friend and I set up (before that the school used fixed IPs and people had collissions constantly), thus breaking the network again. It took about a week before he had the dicstrict admin set up DHCP on a Novell machine.
Agreed!
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I use the CNPS6000-Cu for my Tualatin core Celeron, and I can say nothing but good about it. I don't even need to turn on the fan to keep my computer running. After overclocking, I now have a 1.5Ghz processor running at stock voltage. The only other fan in my system is the PSU fan, and it runs at an easygoing 1500RPM. Since I have a Seagate harddrive and a passively cooled graphics card, I can barely hear my computer. If I'm more than a few meters away, I can't tell whether or not my computer is even on. People always complain that you have to sacrifice performance when going for silince, but with a decent PSU and a Zalman cooler on your graphics card and CPU, you don't have to. I know this sounds like an ad for Zalman, but they are the Ferrari of heatsink manufacturers.
The CNPS7000-Cu is one of the greatest HSFs in existence. There are two types of people: those who have a CNPS7000-Cu, and those who wish they had one. I am in the second group.
And yet, in many cases, business works better with a more cooperative atmosphere. It certainly does bring into question whether one skill set is better suited to the task than another.
Not that women don't know how to be competitive. They are often more... subtle about it, though.
Business works better for everyone when everyone cooperates, but business works better for an individual company when that company competes. I know for a fact that most women aren't nearly as competitive as men. How many women do you see getting in bar fights? If by subtle you mean verbal, I wouldn't consider that being aggressive then. Insulting a guy is nothing compared to punching/stabbing/shooting him. Aggression requires the use of physical force. Women rarely display aggression.
Women are weaker than men physically (which is not a problem in today's society), and there are differences between the sexes brains. Men are usually better at math, and women excell in verbal skills. The brain is complicated, and there are probably other differences we don't know about.