I use AMD processors anyways. (And yes, I did see somebody's post above that said AMD has agreed to support Pallidium already, I just hope they are smart and change their minds)
But this does raise an interesting question: Does Windows XP already have these types of systems in it, and the processor support will make it come to life?
Well, at work we make backup copies of our software then store the master copies in a safe place, that way we can send the copies out with our techs so if they get scratched and stuff it's no big deal.
Fair use is a nice thing, and it actually saves us money because we don't have to buy new copies when one gets scratched.
Not totally so, PHP can be used as a shell scripting technology, and since it's open source, can be also added in to a program should you so desire to do that.
When they finally (if ever) decide on a standard for the DVD recordable formats, will they be compatible with current (and future) DVD drives? I'd buy a DVD[+/-]R drive or whatever they call the new standard for backup purposes, as long as it was compatible with other dvd (player) drives I have and may buy in the future. If not, well, then I probably won't buy one.
Well, it's like this: Netscape has that whole "brand recognition" thing... Mozilla doesn't. At work, we have common computers for people who have sort of a "mobile office".
We tried an experiment where we had Mozilla on some (I say it's so much better then Netscape) and Netscape on the others. The ones with Mozilla were questioned the most, they didn't know what it was, but they knew immediately Netscape meant web browsing action.
Would be nice if they would run it along I4 (which they probably will, since it's the main artery from Tampa to Orlando)... traffic there is horrible.
Assuming it's not too expensive to ride, I would see it getting alot of business from us college students in Orlando who have family along the routes... gas isn't exactly cheap for a 400 mile drive one way
Introducing the all new Dell MSX! (Microsoft suX) Customize and preload this computer with any operating system you want, as long as it isn't made by Microsoft! Redhat, Caldera, SuSe, Debain, BeOS... ANYTHING YOU WANT! Why do we do this? Because of Microsoft's bullcrap contracts with us! We must be crazy!
What is going to happen when the RIAA and the MPAA finally purchase the right representatives and get all of these laws and practices changed in their favor?
That's the beauty about the US... If your representative does something you don't like, you vote for somebody else next election year (preferably somebody who holds similar views on things as you), or you write your rep and say "Hey! You suck for supporting this lame stuff, if you don't actually consider it's effect/real motive I'll be casting my vote for somebody who is NOT you" (but say it more politely I guess)
It's funny when I read the comments, and I see all kinds of stuff that reminds me of my Discrete Structures class (we did the P and NP stuff at the end)...
Makes me wonder what this means for computer theory, but if you think about it, polynomial time can still be slow for very large n with very big powers... although not as bad as an exponential with large n's (assuming you go out far enough that the exponential will grow faster then the polynomial)
Do home networks automatically imply that you use more bandwidth? I can't speak for other/.-ers but I'd say that at least a few of us have a home network set up for sharing files between computers, having an mp3 file server, etc.
I'd say price is the main hang-up for me... I'd love a digital tv, and a few of the stations in my area do broadcast a digital signal. I just can't afford a digital tv. If they had an add-on box with a digital tuner that I could, say, plug into the component video jacks on my tv, I could handle that, but aren't HDTVs the ones that are letterbox size, or do they make them in regular sizes too?
I guess I'll have to go wander around Best Buy and do a little "research"
I still have to use floppies to turn in programming assignments for class, plus I use them to transfer small items (text files, etc) back and forth to work. I don't use them all that much, but they're not that much of a hassle (unless one goes bad and I lose data)
"Don't they have something better to do during the summer than hack our site?" asked the RIAA representative, who asked not to be identified. "Perhaps it at least took 10 minutes away from stealing music."
I guess he didn't want to be identified because he makes such gross generializations about everybody... not everybody steals music (I don't). Generalizations like that are as bad as stuff like "If you see a black person in a nice car it's stolen" or the whole "guilty until proven innocent" kind of thing.
And what's to say that the person (or persons) who did the DoS did not have anything better to do?
That's too bad. I was hoping that his demonstration would show the DVD industry how lame their little region scheme is, and how easy(?) it is to circumvent. If they want to continue using the region system they should consider making some DVDs region free, like the DVDs mentioned in the original article (Gladiator was one of them I believe) and other popular ones.
I recently had it happen with a 1.5 year old or so 30 gig 7200rpm drive... thankfully it was a part of my RAID 0+1 array, and is still covered under warranty:-) Other then that one drive, I have yet to have a problem with my other ones... if only I could afford to upgrade to bigger drives. (I like how these 4 sound when operating though... nice harmony)
Maybe they were saying stuff like this to get government aid for laying fiber optic lines? Fiber can hold a buttload of bandwidth... Maybe they were too cheap (too busy with accounting bullcrap?) to lay lots of it on their own dime?
When I decided to learn PHP, I just grabbed a copy of the documentation from the php.net website and started looking at code that can be found around on the net.
Sometimes the best way to learn a particular language is by example and trial-and-error
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I use AMD processors anyways. (And yes, I did see somebody's post above that said AMD has agreed to support Pallidium already, I just hope they are smart and change their minds)
But this does raise an interesting question: Does Windows XP already have these types of systems in it, and the processor support will make it come to life?
the firing of Bill Gates
/. withdrawl)
I was disappointed... he was fired from an Atari project, not fired from Microsoft (Thought I missed something good over my weekend of
Well, at work we make backup copies of our software then store the master copies in a safe place, that way we can send the copies out with our techs so if they get scratched and stuff it's no big deal.
Fair use is a nice thing, and it actually saves us money because we don't have to buy new copies when one gets scratched.
Not totally so, PHP can be used as a shell scripting technology, and since it's open source, can be also added in to a program should you so desire to do that.
Why would you pick Perl over other web (or even shell) scripting languages like PHP, ASP or any of the others?
Moore's law only applies to the number of transistors, not the actual clock speed as a result of the number of transistors.
And as we all know, processor clock speed does not mean a faster processor.
1. Spam is extremely irritating
2. pr0n is ok, as long as it doesn't lead to #1
People who spam need to die, people who spam about pr0n are still spammers. Kill them all
When they finally (if ever) decide on a standard for the DVD recordable formats, will they be compatible with current (and future) DVD drives? I'd buy a DVD[+/-]R drive or whatever they call the new standard for backup purposes, as long as it was compatible with other dvd (player) drives I have and may buy in the future. If not, well, then I probably won't buy one.
How long before kernel developers are sued for patent infringement?
Now that this has been posted, probably not long
Well, it's like this: Netscape has that whole "brand recognition" thing... Mozilla doesn't. At work, we have common computers for people who have sort of a "mobile office".
We tried an experiment where we had Mozilla on some (I say it's so much better then Netscape) and Netscape on the others. The ones with Mozilla were questioned the most, they didn't know what it was, but they knew immediately Netscape meant web browsing action.
Would be nice if they would run it along I4 (which they probably will, since it's the main artery from Tampa to Orlando)... traffic there is horrible.
Assuming it's not too expensive to ride, I would see it getting alot of business from us college students in Orlando who have family along the routes... gas isn't exactly cheap for a 400 mile drive one way
Introducing the all new Dell MSX! (Microsoft suX) Customize and preload this computer with any operating system you want, as long as it isn't made by Microsoft! Redhat, Caldera, SuSe, Debain, BeOS... ANYTHING YOU WANT! Why do we do this? Because of Microsoft's bullcrap contracts with us! We must be crazy!
How to have fun in a computer lab #14:
Two words: Tesla Coil
Will DVDs even exist in 2006?
It's funny when I read the comments, and I see all kinds of stuff that reminds me of my Discrete Structures class (we did the P and NP stuff at the end)...
Makes me wonder what this means for computer theory, but if you think about it, polynomial time can still be slow for very large n with very big powers... although not as bad as an exponential with large n's (assuming you go out far enough that the exponential will grow faster then the polynomial)
Kudos to the team that discovered this
Do home networks automatically imply that you use more bandwidth? I can't speak for other /.-ers but I'd say that at least a few of us have a home network set up for sharing files between computers, having an mp3 file server, etc.
I'd say price is the main hang-up for me... I'd love a digital tv, and a few of the stations in my area do broadcast a digital signal. I just can't afford a digital tv. If they had an add-on box with a digital tuner that I could, say, plug into the component video jacks on my tv, I could handle that, but aren't HDTVs the ones that are letterbox size, or do they make them in regular sizes too?
I guess I'll have to go wander around Best Buy and do a little "research"
I still have to use floppies to turn in programming assignments for class, plus I use them to transfer small items (text files, etc) back and forth to work. I don't use them all that much, but they're not that much of a hassle (unless one goes bad and I lose data)
"Don't they have something better to do during the summer than hack our site?" asked the RIAA representative, who asked not to be identified. "Perhaps it at least took 10 minutes away from stealing music."
I guess he didn't want to be identified because he makes such gross generializations about everybody... not everybody steals music (I don't). Generalizations like that are as bad as stuff like "If you see a black person in a nice car it's stolen" or the whole "guilty until proven innocent" kind of thing.
And what's to say that the person (or persons) who did the DoS did not have anything better to do?
That's too bad. I was hoping that his demonstration would show the DVD industry how lame their little region scheme is, and how easy(?) it is to circumvent. If they want to continue using the region system they should consider making some DVDs region free, like the DVDs mentioned in the original article (Gladiator was one of them I believe) and other popular ones.
I recently had it happen with a 1.5 year old or so 30 gig 7200rpm drive... thankfully it was a part of my RAID 0+1 array, and is still covered under warranty :-) Other then that one drive, I have yet to have a problem with my other ones... if only I could afford to upgrade to bigger drives. (I like how these 4 sound when operating though... nice harmony)
Maybe they were saying stuff like this to get government aid for laying fiber optic lines? Fiber can hold a buttload of bandwidth... Maybe they were too cheap (too busy with accounting bullcrap?) to lay lots of it on their own dime?
I love that movie... My kingdom for a plane ticket to New York!
When I decided to learn PHP, I just grabbed a copy of the documentation from the php.net website and started looking at code that can be found around on the net.
Sometimes the best way to learn a particular language is by example and trial-and-error