That's true, if you use the CD on a Win2k system. It's apparently different if you use the Win2k CD with an XP system. Notice this line in the article:
Windows 2000, of course, doesn't allow Recovery Console users to access a hard drive without a password, if one previously existed.
If you save your preferences and have cookies enabled it should be set automatically from then on. As for the detection not being very accurate, there's not much that can be done about that; language detection is iffy at best. Also, I just tried searching for "magnet" with and without English-only specified; turning on English-only got rid of all the foreign language links I could see.
This seems to me to be a non-issue. So it gives you an Australian version of Google. So what? I went to www.google.com.au, it looks the same as regular Google, by default it still searches the entire Internet.... The only thing that seems to be different is the *additional* option to search only Aussie sites. The ads looked the same too (and if you get ads for services you could actually purchase locally, what's the downside?). I don't get what the problem is. In fact, it's probably better because you wouldn't get DMCA removals and such.
If you only want English results, go into Preferences and select "Search only for pages written in these language(s):" and "English". I for one often find useful information on pages even when I can't read the language (file downloads, for example), but you're free to set the option if you want...
The Gameboy Color game along and I couldn't have been happier. It's pixels were big enough that they reflected just enough of the light from the environment that you were in that any well lit area provided plenty of light. Anybody who doesn't know this never had one. This screen didn't suck.
Sir, what flavor of crack are you on and where can I get some?
The GBC screen works great if you have *direct* sunlight on it or if you're no more than two feet away from a light bulb shining at it, but in any other situation, forget it. You may be able to see some of the screen but forget about any kind of vibrant colors. Believe me, I know--I've spent many a cramped hour trying to worm myself into an angle where I can see what the hell I'm doing in Zelda. I have a wormlight but it only seems to work in near darkness; it's essentially useless on a cloudy day or with ambient lighting.
SETI@home has a built in option to blank the screen (without turning off the monitor or doing any fancy Energy Star stuff) after a certain amount of time. They even recommend this because the video code takes some time away from the CPU. There's no excuse for not using this.
I remember hearing on Loveline that a male pill was in development and much closer to market than the seven years this article cites. It would use a different method, too--instead of hormone regulation, it works by somehow paralyzing the sperm so they are ineffective. The drug itself is already used as a heart disease medication and this effect was discovered by accident at fertility clinics. This means that less testing is necessary--they only need to show that it's effective for this new function and not that it's also safe (which they already know). I can't remember the name of the thing at the moment, though.
Umm...why don't you just use the feature as intended to mark the forwards you receive as junk. Duh.
Funny post, though; I need to get something like that for my mom:/
MAME code more useful than you think
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The MAME code doesn't sound immediately useful, but releasing it under GPL is actually a gold mine, mainly for the CPU and sound cores. I know of several GPL projects that already use the MAME OPL emulation core under special agreements (AdPlug and DosBox); the SN76496 core would be useful for the Sarien AGI Interpreter project...
Essentially the MAME cores make writing emulators for things much easier because all the really hard work is already done (wanna write a DOS emulator for Linux? take MAME's OPL core, 8086 CPU core, throw on some graphics emulation, and shazam!)
Emulation in general is going to become more and more important in the future for supporting legacy and closed-source software, so this could be very useful for the open-source community.
The big problem with this argument, and one that I haven't seen mentioned here, is that for the library to carry porno mags, they'd have to make an effort and spend money to obtain them, which many librarians may not consider worth it for something whose educational value is as questionable as pornography. With the Internet, however, the opposite is true--porn is available by default, with effort and expense being necessary to remove it. While the value of such material may be small, there is now no cost reason for it not to be available, and there is in fact a cost disincentive for blocking it.
You're also reading motives into the lack of porn--just because the library doesn't devote its limited resources to carrying something doesn't constitute an automatic rejection of its value. When was the last time you saw obscure scientific journals in your local library? Does that mean we shouldn't be able to access them on the Internet from libraries? Of course not--in fact, my library has a service that offers access to journal articles via the computer system.
Sorry for feeding the troll, I just had to get this out because I hear this argument so often...
Not that bacterial resistance isn't bad enough by itself, but I think it's not inconceivable that "superbugs" resistant to everything at once could be created intentionally as biological weapons...that would be fun...
Here is what I like to call my "Shrine to the 80's". Visible are a C64 (w/1702 monitor), Apple//c, NES, and a pile of assorted cables, controllers, disks, drives, etc. All the computers and video game consoles (there are more off-camera) are hooked up to the monitor (not at the same time:P), so any attempt to pick out a given controller from the cable mess resembles a Japanese porn movie.:D
I'm really starting to have problems powering everything, right now it's all on a power strip with a bunch of 3-way adapters, but still not everything fits, and I'm probably asking to burn the house down.:/
There's also an obligatory Enterprise model.;)
And no, I'm not summoning elemental forces in there, that's what I get from trying to squeeze a 25th photo onto the roll of 24.
The same sheep mentality that leads to 70% of the population voting for the same party every election leads to many religiously following these how to vote cards.
Well, if everyone votes like sheep, I'm not sure how *any* voting system would be able to get good results. Voting systems are designed to most accurately reflect the opinion of the people - if the opinion is to be a sheep, guess what your results will be. Garbage in, garbage out.
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Project Gutenberg has a utility for exactly this purpose called QREAD. It's available here.
Windows 2000, of course, doesn't allow Recovery Console users to access a hard drive without a password, if one previously existed.
Hell, just get rid of all the computers! Bet your support costs would be reeeeal low then. :P
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Not a problem. Google.de has a link to the English version at the bottom of the page.
If you save your preferences and have cookies enabled it should be set automatically from then on. As for the detection not being very accurate, there's not much that can be done about that; language detection is iffy at best. Also, I just tried searching for "magnet" with and without English-only specified; turning on English-only got rid of all the foreign language links I could see.
This seems to me to be a non-issue. So it gives you an Australian version of Google. So what? I went to www.google.com.au, it looks the same as regular Google, by default it still searches the entire Internet.... The only thing that seems to be different is the *additional* option to search only Aussie sites. The ads looked the same too (and if you get ads for services you could actually purchase locally, what's the downside?). I don't get what the problem is. In fact, it's probably better because you wouldn't get DMCA removals and such.
If you only want English results, go into Preferences and select "Search only for pages written in these language(s):" and "English". I for one often find useful information on pages even when I can't read the language (file downloads, for example), but you're free to set the option if you want...
The GBC screen works great if you have *direct* sunlight on it or if you're no more than two feet away from a light bulb shining at it, but in any other situation, forget it. You may be able to see some of the screen but forget about any kind of vibrant colors. Believe me, I know--I've spent many a cramped hour trying to worm myself into an angle where I can see what the hell I'm doing in Zelda. I have a wormlight but it only seems to work in near darkness; it's essentially useless on a cloudy day or with ambient lighting.
This screen sucked.
SETI@home has a built in option to blank the screen (without turning off the monitor or doing any fancy Energy Star stuff) after a certain amount of time. They even recommend this because the video code takes some time away from the CPU. There's no excuse for not using this.
Quick, somebody write a MESS driver for this!
Mozilla beat you to it.
I remember hearing on Loveline that a male pill was in development and much closer to market than the seven years this article cites. It would use a different method, too--instead of hormone regulation, it works by somehow paralyzing the sperm so they are ineffective. The drug itself is already used as a heart disease medication and this effect was discovered by accident at fertility clinics. This means that less testing is necessary--they only need to show that it's effective for this new function and not that it's also safe (which they already know). I can't remember the name of the thing at the moment, though.
"enumator"?!?!?! That was painful even by /. standards...
Well, often sites offering...completely legal software for download will use popups for their download windows...;)
There's a site-specific whitelist feature? Where? That sounds much easier than repeatedly changing the pref whenever I want to turn on popups...
Funny post, though; I need to get something like that for my mom :/
Essentially the MAME cores make writing emulators for things much easier because all the really hard work is already done (wanna write a DOS emulator for Linux? take MAME's OPL core, 8086 CPU core, throw on some graphics emulation, and shazam!)
Emulation in general is going to become more and more important in the future for supporting legacy and closed-source software, so this could be very useful for the open-source community.
You're also reading motives into the lack of porn--just because the library doesn't devote its limited resources to carrying something doesn't constitute an automatic rejection of its value. When was the last time you saw obscure scientific journals in your local library? Does that mean we shouldn't be able to access them on the Internet from libraries? Of course not--in fact, my library has a service that offers access to journal articles via the computer system.
Sorry for feeding the troll, I just had to get this out because I hear this argument so often...
Not that bacterial resistance isn't bad enough by itself, but I think it's not inconceivable that "superbugs" resistant to everything at once could be created intentionally as biological weapons...that would be fun...
Yes, as a matter of fact I have gobs of emulators, it's just hard to beat the real thing.
I'm really starting to have problems powering everything, right now it's all on a power strip with a bunch of 3-way adapters, but still not everything fits, and I'm probably asking to burn the house down. :/
There's also an obligatory Enterprise model. ;)
And no, I'm not summoning elemental forces in there, that's what I get from trying to squeeze a 25th photo onto the roll of 24.
The same sheep mentality that leads to 70% of the population voting for the same party every election leads to many religiously following these how to vote cards. Well, if everyone votes like sheep, I'm not sure how *any* voting system would be able to get good results. Voting systems are designed to most accurately reflect the opinion of the people - if the opinion is to be a sheep, guess what your results will be. Garbage in, garbage out.
I feel compelled to point out that 555.12.12.12 is not a valid IP address.