Hotbot search showed 57,000+ sites with Windows Media Files, 109,100 for Real, 251,800 for QuickTime.
I know this isn't Google but do these numbers sound low to anyone else? Think of all the pron sites that encode using these, yet they only total a little over 400 000.
On second thought theres that + sign. I spose it's all in the details.
I could see one of the advantages that this would have is the ability to index pages/emails/whatever very quickly. No need for the wait that accompanies a index request on a web search engine because the spider will be around every hour or less in an intranet.
They also have a neat recommendation feature. You rate movies (1 to 5 stars) randomly, and based on those ratings, they will suggest movies you might like.. and most of the time, they are right on target
Wouldn't it make more sense to rate them according to how good they were;).
Dell Launches 64-Bit Workstation
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Dell launched this 64-bit machine mid-2001. It comes with a single Intel Itanium processor at 733 MHz, 1 GB SDRAM, Matrox Millenium G450 graphics card, 18 GB SCSI hard disk drive.
At this point it is still an alpha-quality release; it's hard to install, there are still many parts of the standard library which are not yet implemented for this port, it's not well tested, not yet efficient, and undergoing continual change in our development snapshots...
I think that it may just be a little early to have a release at all considering all that.
The pod can also tell when the driver is in a hurry, measuring the degree of acceleration, the distance from the car in front and the pulse and perspiration of the driver.
Wouldn't this kind of information be usefull in making insurance claims. Perhaps the emotion cameras should detect fear (ie. just before an accident) and then take pictures of the surroundings of the car.
Ok 20 gigahertz sounds like (well is) a lot of speed, but I refuse to believe that this won't just be wasted in the end by bloated code.
I remember thinking when I owned a 486 that these new Pentium processors were going to have my box starting up in under 5 seconds and running my chosen apps soon after. WRONG. New and "essential" features combined with bloated code meant that just wasn't going to happen. None of the systems I use will boot in under 20 seconds.
OK someone could run early 90's software on todays machines but just don't expect your files to work on anybody elses software (without tweaking anyway).
I could be wrong but I think history says I won't be.
Because it is not possible to reproduce these conditions on Earth, terrestrial fusion reactors must operate at lower pressures and higher temperatures - about 100 million degrees.
Wow! It took me high pressure just to get one degree.
Deakin University in Australia has all instant messaging / video conferencing blocked on student accounts on all computers at all times. When you add that on to blocking student CGI scripts on Deakin's server I believe that students learning is being compromised.
As far as blocking everything outside the intranet goes, you would you want to have incredible faith in your lecturers to explain the content in a way that everyone can understand it without outside help.
Why block (even part) of a learning tool in a university?
Re:Convienently ignores the cost of training.
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By far the bulk of the authors savings came from using a free operating system ($7920). Granted, there will be a significant training cost once as they switch over, but don't forget they reocurring savings from not buying future windoze updates.
Turn off auto-loading of images. This is the one that no-one does, but with the increasing frequency of single pixel tracking images, it might be a wise thing to do.
Wouldn't the times at which you progressively load the images give an indication of what you are looking at within the site?
Slashdot Mirror
I thought dot coms were dead, useless, gone. That's pretty good money for a dot com, in a recession, thats being sued.
I know this isn't Google but do these numbers sound low to anyone else? Think of all the pron sites that encode using these, yet they only total a little over 400 000.
On second thought theres that + sign. I spose it's all in the details.
I could see one of the advantages that this would have is the ability to index pages/emails/whatever very quickly. No need for the wait that accompanies a index request on a web search engine because the spider will be around every hour or less in an intranet.
Some would say that John is lucky to have a job at ......... hang-on ..... oops Juliette Katz.
My mistake. Continue reading.
Wouldn't it make more sense to rate them according to how good they were ;).
The price? $7,999 at the time.
The World's Longest Slinky will be useless without the Worlds Largest Starcase.
Get a modular robot in robo-wars. The chainsaws, flippers, and spinners wouldn't have a chance against something self-repairing and configuring.
I think that it may just be a little early to have a release at all considering all that.
Can it really be a bad thing to have too much information about any changes?
Far be it for me to critisize /. but how about a head, or people, or just friend/normal/foe buttons?
A. MP3 and OGG exist because most people need to download the files from the Internet using POTS connections.
B. Portable music players are restricted to 256 megs at the very most. Even a small space saving can allow extra tracks.
Yeah I've suspected for a while that Santa is really CowboyNeal.
Wouldn't this kind of information be usefull in making insurance claims. Perhaps the emotion cameras should detect fear (ie. just before an accident) and then take pictures of the surroundings of the car.
I remember thinking when I owned a 486 that these new Pentium processors were going to have my box starting up in under 5 seconds and running my chosen apps soon after. WRONG. New and "essential" features combined with bloated code meant that just wasn't going to happen. None of the systems I use will boot in under 20 seconds.
OK someone could run early 90's software on todays machines but just don't expect your files to work on anybody elses software (without tweaking anyway).
I could be wrong but I think history says I won't be.
Wow! It took me high pressure just to get one degree.
As far as blocking everything outside the intranet goes, you would you want to have incredible faith in your lecturers to explain the content in a way that everyone can understand it without outside help.
Why block (even part) of a learning tool in a university?
$7900 X 1 update every three years does add up.
How long will it take for these users to start to associate the new URL's with a type of group?
BTW how many of you are guilty of going to /. via Slashdot.com and not .org?
Not only will America's flags be at half mast, the worlds will be. For the record it will only damage the perpertators "cause". _
FAA reports that there is still approx 50 planes of varoius sizes still in the American skys. Best of luck to all of them.
if in AUSTRALIA you can call 1300 555 135 for information on friends and relatives.
Do we have a hotline to call for information on friend and relatives in the area?
Hospitals are reportedly desperate for blood donations. If in the affected states please consider donating if it is practical where you are.
Wouldn't the times at which you progressively load the images give an indication of what you are looking at within the site?