If the aim is to have a clean Windows XP install then at least get the media from a more reputable source than a "dubiously-legal website". There's a good chance such ISOs are stocked to the gills with spyware.
I see no problems with this happening, so long as both are close to irrelevant and Android has the biggest market share. I would call that a likely scenario at this stage.
My findings after using USB3 devices for five months:
Not surprisingly, USB3 gives much better transfer rates than USB2. Slightly more than double the transfer rate than its predecessor.
Fedora in their wisdom have decided, since it causes some problems with suspend mode, to disable the xhci_hcd module in Fedora 14. To get USB3 you need to pass xhci_hcd.enable=1 to the kernel start parameters.
Gripes:
USB3 drives still drop off randomly, require physical removal and re-insertion. This fact alone is a show-stopper for permanent installations, ie anything other than casual use.
USB3 does nothing to address the glaring lack of hardware interrupts in the USB design. Because of this there is no way for example to power on your computer with a USB keyboard unless you have what amounts to an operating system handling USB enumeration and polling devices for events. This is one advantage PS/2 keyboards still have.
Of course to maintain backwards compatibility USB3-A still suffers from the horrible flaw of a symmetrical outer but asymmetric inner connector. USB B connectors never had this problem, but which does the ubiquitous flash drive use?
Not sure what you mean by that - I've been using USB3 external drives since last year, and I didn't grab the first USB3 supported motherboard by any means.
That's actually a very good point. I'd really like to see a file system that can make use of excess capacity for redundant storage. With all the probability of hard disks having >0 errors approaching 1 as capacities increase, it would be nice to see something other than (or supplemental to) RAID to mitigate it. CDs for example have built in checksums since manufacturers anticipate scratches. Programs such as DVDisaster take this further. Assuming you only need say 1.5TB for storage then you could have another 1.5TB for redundant parity data. Of course it wouldn't help if your controller dies but this would be for the one specific (and increasingly common) case of bad sectors.
The greenhouse gas argument isn't always true. Take, for example, locations where electricity is provided by hydroelectric generation. Pretty much all the greenhouse gas output is produced from construction and maintenance of the dams and power stations and does not vary with demand.
So given that the market is now flooded with cheap chinese made crap that burns out in a year, who's maintaining a list of where to buy good CFLs?
Does anyone know of a good CFL review site for example? While longevity is hard to test for in reasonable time for obvious reasons, metrics such as ballast temperature with a non-pure-sine wave input should be indicative.
These days, America is hardly free. Cannot smoke pot. Cannot fly on an airplane without being body-scanned by the government. All emails are monitored. Cannot anonymously buy political advertisements. Cannot get married without government permission.
Cannot stab your neighbour in the face with a soddering iron, cannot steal cars, cannot forcibly take over another house that happens to be nicer than your current one. The list goes on.
My point is that, while the things you mentioned are overly restrictive, *absolute* freedom is a very, very bad thing. Unless you manage to establish yourself as an alpha male I guess.
Your freedom to use my software stops when you try to restrict other people from using/modifying/distributing it in the same way you were permitted to.
Just like your freedom to swing your arm stops at the tip of my nose. Or your freedom of speech stops at yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre.
The freedom you're putting forward is more like anarchy. And trust me, you really *really* do not want that.
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Sweet Frodo's cloak, no!
If the aim is to have a clean Windows XP install then at least get the media from a more reputable source than a "dubiously-legal website". There's a good chance such ISOs are stocked to the gills with spyware.
Hey, a geek code - I haven't seen one of those in nearly ten years!
So the problem with stereoscopic 3D is essentially that it's too realistic? I don't really find that much of a problem.
Ooh, hit a nerve there, did he?
I see no problems with this happening, so long as both are close to irrelevant and Android has the biggest market share. I would call that a likely scenario at this stage.
Admirable. Now try going a couple of weeks without them.
You mean the free certificates that don't support Multiple Domains (UCC) or Identification Details?
Was it kind of like... a bummer?
My findings after using USB3 devices for five months:
Not surprisingly, USB3 gives much better transfer rates than USB2. Slightly more than double the transfer rate than its predecessor.
Fedora in their wisdom have decided, since it causes some problems with suspend mode, to disable the xhci_hcd module in Fedora 14. To get USB3 you need to pass xhci_hcd.enable=1 to the kernel start parameters.
Gripes:
USB3 drives still drop off randomly, require physical removal and re-insertion. This fact alone is a show-stopper for permanent installations, ie anything other than casual use.
USB3 does nothing to address the glaring lack of hardware interrupts in the USB design. Because of this there is no way for example to power on your computer with a USB keyboard unless you have what amounts to an operating system handling USB enumeration and polling devices for events. This is one advantage PS/2 keyboards still have.
Of course to maintain backwards compatibility USB3-A still suffers from the horrible flaw of a symmetrical outer but asymmetric inner connector. USB B connectors never had this problem, but which does the ubiquitous flash drive use?
Not sure what you mean by that - I've been using USB3 external drives since last year, and I didn't grab the first USB3 supported motherboard by any means.
*blinks*
I don't want my login credentials on /. nor Wikipedia being made public, thank you. I can't believe that other people evidently don't feel this way.
That's actually a very good point. I'd really like to see a file system that can make use of excess capacity for redundant storage. With all the probability of hard disks having >0 errors approaching 1 as capacities increase, it would be nice to see something other than (or supplemental to) RAID to mitigate it. CDs for example have built in checksums since manufacturers anticipate scratches. Programs such as DVDisaster take this further. Assuming you only need say 1.5TB for storage then you could have another 1.5TB for redundant parity data. Of course it wouldn't help if your controller dies but this would be for the one specific (and increasingly common) case of bad sectors.
Therefore you would need to ALWAYS prefix the day and month with the year. Thus today (2011-03-14) is not Pi day.
Thanks for playing.
It's the 31st of April already?
I see what you did there.
The greenhouse gas argument isn't always true. Take, for example, locations where electricity is provided by hydroelectric generation. Pretty much all the greenhouse gas output is produced from construction and maintenance of the dams and power stations and does not vary with demand.
So given that the market is now flooded with cheap chinese made crap that burns out in a year, who's maintaining a list of where to buy good CFLs?
Does anyone know of a good CFL review site for example? While longevity is hard to test for in reasonable time for obvious reasons, metrics such as ballast temperature with a non-pure-sine wave input should be indicative.
People have been saying that for over a decade now.
See my other post in this thread, where I pointed out the same.
My point is that freedom must always have limits, or anarchy is exactly what you get.
Burma Shave? Sounds painful. Is that some scary variant of a Brazilian Wax?
These days, America is hardly free. Cannot smoke pot. Cannot fly on an airplane without being body-scanned by the government. All emails are monitored. Cannot anonymously buy political advertisements. Cannot get married without government permission.
Cannot stab your neighbour in the face with a soddering iron, cannot steal cars, cannot forcibly take over another house that happens to be nicer than your current one. The list goes on.
My point is that, while the things you mentioned are overly restrictive, *absolute* freedom is a very, very bad thing. Unless you manage to establish yourself as an alpha male I guess.
Your freedom to use my software stops when you try to restrict other people from using/modifying/distributing it in the same way you were permitted to.
Just like your freedom to swing your arm stops at the tip of my nose. Or your freedom of speech stops at yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre.
The freedom you're putting forward is more like anarchy. And trust me, you really *really* do not want that.
Good point. Thanks.
I agree with most of your points, but:
Higher quality picture? Seriously? What, then, is the pirated version ripped from? The original film print?
Ditto for sound.
This sounds fascinating. Can you elaborate at all on what equipment you were working and what results you obtained?