Um... you must not have gone to very good stores. Serial ports are quite prevalent on high-end equipment, and are often on mid-range as well. They allow for software upgrades to the components when new features come out, which can enable people to add something like DTS to their previously Dolby Digital-only setup.
Also, remotes using RF that can go through walls, touch-screen programmable controls, etc are around and common on the more expensive stuff. Some manufacturers allow for upgrading of your pre-amp with add-in boards for the modularity you were looking for.
Maybe you were just shopping at your local chain retail stores?
Does the Gamecube have the power supply contained internally? It looks from the mobo pictures like the Xbox does, but I could see no indication of it in the Cube. If the Cube uses an external power "brick", then that would account for some of the size difference. Besides, I don't think MS was trying to make the box small by any means. They likely didn't want to spend the bucks to fit the standard PC-style parts into a smaller box, which would have made the cost go up.
All that said, I do like the Gamecube's style better than the Xbox's, and it is definitely the smallest "modern" console.
No.. I remember them.. but it still seems that Microsofts very design and failure to treat VB as something security-wise risky has contributed a lot too the spread of this stuff. Not to mention the ease of use of "autoreply" and "autoforward" and all manner of other things that just about any monkey can use now. (Thanks Bill!)
It's not just VB - any exectuable file needs to be treated as a security threat. It doesn't matter if it was written with VB, C, C++, Perl, Python, et al - if you allow untrusted/foreign executables to run on your system then all bets are off from a security standpoint.
That said, MS does need to step up their security practices by an order of magnitude, at least.
Since when was being a woman a single personality type? Don't make gender synonomous with personality, as each gender encompasses a wide variety of personality types.
Has anybody else noticed that the "Green Screen of Death" has a caption with XDK at the top? As in, Xbox Development Kit? Okay, so maybe the XDK crashed, but we don't know whether that was an MS error or one caused by a programer's error while somebody was using the XDK for development. This does not show that the Xbox itself crashed; it merely shows that the XDK development environment can crash. Are there any crash-proof development environments out there for any platforms? Doubtful.
As to whether the Xbox is good or not, that remains to be seen, but let's stick to factual arguments and not spread the FUD that Slashdot is so quick to point out when it relates to Linux.
I don't think their goal is specifically to have people convert from their own ISP to AOL. People already using a different ISP are not too likely to go to AOL - they already know how to use the Interent and probably don't need AOL's handholding.
I think that AOL likes having as many people using AIM as possible, regardless of the ISP they use, so that they have the largest user base of all messaging solutions. That way, they get to entice new Internet users to AOL by saying "look, all your friends are using AOL for messaging, why don't you get AOL too? It's the easiest way to talk to all of your friends and get that exclusive AOL neighborhood content!"
Well, something like that anyway. It's more for marketing to new people than for conversion - once someone escapes AOL, they aren't too likely to go back.
To agree with your main point though, it would certainly appear that IM may not be economically viable as your sole business model.
That would indeed be a good trainer if they could program opponents to have the characteristics of their real-life counterparts. It would be the sparring-partner equivalent of the Abner pitching machine.
I don't see where anyone has mentioned that this should be good for some businesses. In the case of a shop with split MS/Linux computers, they can write one internal business app in a RAD environment that will run on both of their systems. This allows for the good productivity of a RAD tool with the portability of Java, C, etc.
It could also be an incentive to switch over to Linux - they could have their apps written in Delphi on Windows, and then move as slowly/quickly as they want when converting to Linux without necessitating major code porting. In a slow economy, cost savings are of more obvious importance to management.
Of course, all previously MS-only code (VB, etc) would still need to be reworked, but there are benefits to be had for businesses looking at Kylix.
If Kylix takes off, it could really be a boon for Linux.
Linux developer: 1,410,000
Windows developer: 1,720,000
I wouldn't take those numbers or yours too seriously as absolute totals, but they do make an interesting point.
Also, one thing to note may be that by necessity there could be more documentation about Linux online than there is about MS products (lack of paper manuals for ISO downloaders, etc. could be reasons), which would lead to more hits for Linux-related pages. Still, it's interesting.
This isn't about improving security after the fact, it's about implementing IDS rules based on identifiable attack characteristics so you can build some useful filters, about checking your logs if you want to in order to determine what may have been an attack and what was really innocuous, and so on.
It's not at all about the security of the server itself.
One solution to this is to subscribe to digital cable. My digital cable has a channel guide at the bottom with the number/name of the channel, the title of the current show, and more information if you want to press a button to get the description.
Once you stop on a channel, the guide goes away unless you specifically activate it again or change channels. This is helpful information - logos that block the screen for the entire show are not.
98 has to be first, because it will overwrite your boot record and render your other installs unreachable without boot floppies. Personally, I would create the partitions in the sizes that I wanted for each OS beforehand, then install 98, followed by 2000, and lastly by Linux.
Actually, I have done this, so I guess you can say it's what I *did* do - and followed by adding FreeBSD and another Linux version at later times, plus Windows 2000 Server for testing purposes. It can be done pretty easily if you do the research beforehand.
"Fortran.NET is being integrated with Microsoft's Visual Studio.NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This will enable Fortran programmers to work seamlessly with other.NET languages and tools."
I have personally seen N64's and PS1's both repeatedly crash in the in-store demo boxes. I don't know the source of the crashes/lockups, but the hardware was relatively new as the store had only been open a month or so.
Basically, these boxes do get abused a lot, and some setups do use extremely small enclosures without sufficient (and sometimes no) ventilation, so they could be succumbing to heat or user caused failures.
Now, it is somewhat surprising that this would happen in such a short time of use, but it is possible it's just a heat problem.
Yes, the poster was very likely real. What I meant was that the original image that eventually wound its way into the poster was not real, and just used it as an example (which was used more for its humor than for its relevance) since it was a recent topic here.
In essence, I was saying not to trust all "news" information on the web. (or anywhere, for that matter)
From the article: "Napster's attorney argued to the court that an agreement reached earlier this year between MusicNet and Napster contained a provision unfairly giving MusicNet the right to terminate the contract if Napster sought agreements with other labels."
This seems like something that Napster should have dealt with or drawn attention to during negotiation of the contract. It makes one wonder why they would even sign a contract of this nature. If nothing else, calling attention to it earlier may have helped them in ealier litigation. The only plus for them in signing the stringent agreement is that they have rights to the music now, and may be able to strike this part of the contract to enable them to gain rights to other labels' music in the future.
Linus Torvalds: "I'm a big non-believer in manual driver and kernel configuration, be it visual or not. Most of the stuff happens automatically, and we're going to make that more and more common. Things like hot-plugging a device and the driver automatically getting loaded is how things are supposed to work, none of this "device manager" stuff."
That is very good news for the eventual acceptance of linux on the desktop. Allowing users the ability to hot swap devices and not have to reconfigure the kernel for new devices will be a huge step towards mainstream acceptance, and it's good to see Torvalds is looking that way.
Slashdot Mirror
One too many /'s
Here is the correct link.
Um... you must not have gone to very good stores. Serial ports are quite prevalent on high-end equipment, and are often on mid-range as well. They allow for software upgrades to the components when new features come out, which can enable people to add something like DTS to their previously Dolby Digital-only setup.
Also, remotes using RF that can go through walls, touch-screen programmable controls, etc are around and common on the more expensive stuff. Some manufacturers allow for upgrading of your pre-amp with add-in boards for the modularity you were looking for.
Maybe you were just shopping at your local chain retail stores?
Check these links out:
Meridian
They are offering a free upgrade to Dolby Pro Logic II, THX EX, etc. right on the front page.
Right here is the info on upgrading through your computer and the RS-232 port on the Pre-amp.
Plenty of other manufacturer's have similar products.
Does the Gamecube have the power supply contained internally? It looks from the mobo pictures like the Xbox does, but I could see no indication of it in the Cube. If the Cube uses an external power "brick", then that would account for some of the size difference. Besides, I don't think MS was trying to make the box small by any means. They likely didn't want to spend the bucks to fit the standard PC-style parts into a smaller box, which would have made the cost go up.
All that said, I do like the Gamecube's style better than the Xbox's, and it is definitely the smallest "modern" console.
No.. I remember them.. but it still seems that Microsofts very design and failure to treat VB as something security-wise risky has contributed a lot too the spread of this stuff. Not to mention the ease of use of "autoreply" and "autoforward" and all manner of other things that just about any monkey can use now. (Thanks Bill!)
It's not just VB - any exectuable file needs to be treated as a security threat. It doesn't matter if it was written with VB, C, C++, Perl, Python, et al - if you allow untrusted/foreign executables to run on your system then all bets are off from a security standpoint.
That said, MS does need to step up their security practices by an order of magnitude, at least.
it's called a cubical.
Since when was being a woman a single personality type? Don't make gender synonomous with personality, as each gender encompasses a wide variety of personality types.
Has anybody else noticed that the "Green Screen of Death" has a caption with XDK at the top? As in, Xbox Development Kit? Okay, so maybe the XDK crashed, but we don't know whether that was an MS error or one caused by a programer's error while somebody was using the XDK for development. This does not show that the Xbox itself crashed; it merely shows that the XDK development environment can crash. Are there any crash-proof development environments out there for any platforms? Doubtful.
As to whether the Xbox is good or not, that remains to be seen, but let's stick to factual arguments and not spread the FUD that Slashdot is so quick to point out when it relates to Linux.
I don't think their goal is specifically to have people convert from their own ISP to AOL. People already using a different ISP are not too likely to go to AOL - they already know how to use the Interent and probably don't need AOL's handholding.
I think that AOL likes having as many people using AIM as possible, regardless of the ISP they use, so that they have the largest user base of all messaging solutions. That way, they get to entice new Internet users to AOL by saying "look, all your friends are using AOL for messaging, why don't you get AOL too? It's the easiest way to talk to all of your friends and get that exclusive AOL neighborhood content!"
Well, something like that anyway. It's more for marketing to new people than for conversion - once someone escapes AOL, they aren't too likely to go back.
To agree with your main point though, it would certainly appear that IM may not be economically viable as your sole business model.
That would indeed be a good trainer if they could program opponents to have the characteristics of their real-life counterparts. It would be the sparring-partner equivalent of the Abner pitching machine.
I don't see where anyone has mentioned that this should be good for some businesses. In the case of a shop with split MS/Linux computers, they can write one internal business app in a RAD environment that will run on both of their systems. This allows for the good productivity of a RAD tool with the portability of Java, C, etc.
It could also be an incentive to switch over to Linux - they could have their apps written in Delphi on Windows, and then move as slowly/quickly as they want when converting to Linux without necessitating major code porting. In a slow economy, cost savings are of more obvious importance to management.
Of course, all previously MS-only code (VB, etc) would still need to be reworked, but there are benefits to be had for businesses looking at Kylix.
If Kylix takes off, it could really be a boon for Linux.
That is interesting, but so is this:
The numbers fluctuate.
Here are the ones I came up with -
Linux: 33,700,000
Microsoft: 21,700,000
Linus Torvalds: 610,000
Bill Gates: 997,000
Mozilla: 3,060,000
Internet Explorer: 3,030,000
Linux developer: 1,410,000
Windows developer: 1,720,000
I wouldn't take those numbers or yours too seriously as absolute totals, but they do make an interesting point.
Also, one thing to note may be that by necessity there could be more documentation about Linux online than there is about MS products (lack of paper manuals for ISO downloaders, etc. could be reasons), which would lead to more hits for Linux-related pages. Still, it's interesting.
This isn't about improving security after the fact, it's about implementing IDS rules based on identifiable attack characteristics so you can build some useful filters, about checking your logs if you want to in order to determine what may have been an attack and what was really innocuous, and so on.
It's not at all about the security of the server itself.
One solution to this is to subscribe to digital cable. My digital cable has a channel guide at the bottom with the number/name of the channel, the title of the current show, and more information if you want to press a button to get the description.
Once you stop on a channel, the guide goes away unless you specifically activate it again or change channels. This is helpful information - logos that block the screen for the entire show are not.
98 has to be first, because it will overwrite your boot record and render your other installs unreachable without boot floppies. Personally, I would create the partitions in the sizes that I wanted for each OS beforehand, then install 98, followed by 2000, and lastly by Linux.
Actually, I have done this, so I guess you can say it's what I *did* do - and followed by adding FreeBSD and another Linux version at later times, plus Windows 2000 Server for testing purposes. It can be done pretty easily if you do the research beforehand.
According to Lahey.com, it will be available:
.NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE). This will enable Fortran programmers to work seamlessly with other .NET languages and tools."
"Fortran.NET is being integrated with Microsoft's Visual Studio
Lahey.com
I have personally seen N64's and PS1's both repeatedly crash in the in-store demo boxes. I don't know the source of the crashes/lockups, but the hardware was relatively new as the store had only been open a month or so.
Basically, these boxes do get abused a lot, and some setups do use extremely small enclosures without sufficient (and sometimes no) ventilation, so they could be succumbing to heat or user caused failures.
Now, it is somewhat surprising that this would happen in such a short time of use, but it is possible it's just a heat problem.
If you haven't already seen them -
p ro duct=634
http://lcdproc.omnipotent.net/
Software for your LCD screen.
http://www.matrixorbital.com/
LCD source
Crystalfontz has them in the $45 US price range.
http://www.crystalfontz.com/cgi-bin/pricing.pl?
I make a joke about something that is an obvious gimmick instead of a serious product and it is moderated as flamebait? Interesting.
what the BS in bstv stands for...
Yes, the poster was very likely real. What I meant was that the original image that eventually wound its way into the poster was not real, and just used it as an example (which was used more for its humor than for its relevance) since it was a recent topic here.
In essence, I was saying not to trust all "news" information on the web. (or anywhere, for that matter)
While the net is a great source for information, it can also be a great source for disinformation.
Bert and Osama, anyone?
(yes, that photo was a joke, but other stories and photos that purport to be authentic may not always be so)
From the article: "Napster's attorney argued to the court that an agreement reached earlier this year between MusicNet and Napster contained a provision unfairly giving MusicNet the right to terminate the contract if Napster sought agreements with other labels."
This seems like something that Napster should have dealt with or drawn attention to during negotiation of the contract. It makes one wonder why they would even sign a contract of this nature. If nothing else, calling attention to it earlier may have helped them in ealier litigation. The only plus for them in signing the stringent agreement is that they have rights to the music now, and may be able to strike this part of the contract to enable them to gain rights to other labels' music in the future.
Linus Torvalds: "I'm a big non-believer in manual driver and kernel configuration, be it visual or not. Most of the stuff happens automatically, and we're going to make that more and more common. Things like hot-plugging a device and the driver automatically getting loaded is how things are supposed to work, none of this "device manager" stuff."
That is very good news for the eventual acceptance of linux on the desktop. Allowing users the ability to hot swap devices and not have to reconfigure the kernel for new devices will be a huge step towards mainstream acceptance, and it's good to see Torvalds is looking that way.
Have an HTML version of it...m
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/theaolprotocol.ht
More "proof" of this theory...
AMD is teaming with MS to promote Windows XP.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/51/22124.h