Yeah, they quickies were good. There was usually a lot of geeky goodness packed into those, maybe 5 or so links like this one. All of which wouldn't/shouldn't make a full article in themselves.
Yeah, that keyboard's nice, would be rather unuseable with real function keys and no real pgup,pgdown,home,end,insert,delete. I use all of those keys enough that it would take some serious getting used to.
My windows machine gets backed up to my linux machine (using unison, because there's a windows version), and then my linux machine gets backed up to an external usb hd enclosure using rsync, I usually aim for backing things up twice a month.
They side step the whole question. I realize that all drives leave the factory in working condition, and a lot drives fail because of mishandling. After I receive a working drive, I want to know which drive is likely to still be in a working condition 10 years from now. A drive that's more tollerant to heat, shock, fluctuating power, and just plain old time will last longer on the average, so which drive is that?
I'd seriously question the skills of any programmer that's a hunt and pecker. I'm an efficiency nut. For the most part, my entire philosophy of programming is "there must be an easier and better way". It forces me to think about a seemingly complex problem, and how I can break it down into something manageable, easy to read, debug, and hopefully fairly efficient. I'd wonder about someone who won't spent a week or so to learn how to type properly, and what shortcuts they're going to take in programming just to get something done.
I was given an HP scanner by a friend, and wanted to use it "real quick" to scan something in. All I wanted was the freaking twain driver... I could use The Gimp for everything else. The download was a 237 meg install. I mean... wtf, for a SCANNER? My officejet printer/scanner/fax was the same thing. And their hardware doesn't even seen to work too well, it printed great for the first 10 pages, then after that, most of the color ink got clogged up within a year, and all sorts of other stupid problems.
Canon on the other hand still has some large downloads, but not excessive, and they usually even give you a nice printed manual. I've never felt let down when I bought a Canon product. HP on the other hand, I've always regretted the purchase--never again. Maybe I've just had bad luck.
How soon I forget, I don't use hybernation mode, but it does make my video card freak if I do (by accidentally hitting the button my keyboard).
So it's rock solid as long as I don't use hybernate. I use cool & quiet as well.
I went with via for the easier linux compatibility. I use the onboard sound, and never have use video capture before. (tried on a few computers, using a few different TV cards, never could get it to work at a decent quality mode under linux or windows).
So I guess with this hybernation thing, I probably will go with nvidia next time. Thanks for the reminder.:)
Also one other thing, the stupid ez update bios thing doesn't even work. In fact Asus recommends not to use it with this board, and have heard so many horror stories about flash the bios go wrong that I'm afraid to try it even with the recommended dos bootdisk. But I guess the bios thing is an Asus problem, not VIA. Perhaps the hybernation thing is fixed with the newer bios rev, but I'm afraid to try it. I guess I shouldn't buy Asus again either...
I've had some pretty iffy via boards as well, but their newer stuff in my experience has been quite pleasant. My K8T800 board (Asus K8V SE Deluxe) has been rock solid.
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I used to run clients like this as well until I realized that it causes your CPU to use more electricity and hence, run hotter. I stopped to hopefully prolong the life of my computers.
Try issuing a ":set bg=dark" to lighten up the fonts a bit, it looks way better on the a black background, dunno why it's not the default. Put it in your vimrc for best results.
Indeed, my NEC MultiSync FE1250 CRT monitor has a Sony trinitron tube in it. At least according to the graphics guy at my previous employer. You can see two wires streched across the screen, one on top, and one on the bottom when the display is white--apparently a trinitron signature.
I've installed open office for a few people and they've loved it. Especially after learning how much ms office would be to buy.
Don't underestimate the power of a cheapskate and what people will be willing to put up with for free. Obviously everyone won't feel this way, since as you said, YMMV.:)
Of course these are the same people that I installed firefox for, and they loved that as well--after discovering how most of their spyware problems have gone away. (I got tired of cleaning machines for people.) It might just go to say something about their personality, and they don't really mind learning something new every now and then if it's for the better. With that being said, I definitely know people "who want their ms office", and there's no talking them out of it.
Does the name CmdrTaco violate some of those rules? Probably. But a lot of those naming rules are rather subjective, such as this one: * Are otherwise considered inappropriate for the game world.
You want to make a bunch of rules on names? Fine. But don't let someone play using a nick for 6 months and then make them change, that's just cruel. Here's an idea: Have every nick be put in a queue for approval, and after it's approved, then you're stuck with it for good, unless you sign up another account.
If an offensive nick slips through the cracks, really, who the fuck cares? People need to stop making so many rules.
I got part way through the second world in B&W1 and the saves were taking forever, like measured in minutes if I remember right. With the crashing to desktop and autosaves taking forever killed it right there for me. As for the patch, I don't think it really worked that well for me. And my creature had an uncanny taste for villagers that I couldn't seem to break it of. I was able to teach it how to water crops, that was about it.
They should have had some companies pay for advertisements to be displayed during the auto save screen, they could have made millions from it, and charged less for the game. OK, lets not get crazy, no one would do something that dumb--What company in their right mind would charge less?
But at if they clean out someone's paypal account, then the spamming turns into a real crime that can be punished. I'd bet some spammers aren't yet ready to upgrade to outright stealing.
After 50 years, sure. After 2000, maybe not, but there will at least be records of his life existing. Me? 75 years at most, all depending on how many kids/grandchildren I acquire--unless I get off my butt and do something great.
John D. Rockefeller was remembered for building an empire, probably so will Gates, even if Microsoft falls after 15 years.
Sure discovery is nice, if you like making custom motorcycles, but if you don't, like me, then it's practically worthless as well. And the history channel is great if you're interested in WWII stuff. The interesting shows that are on need to be severly edited instead reciting the same damn facts over and over again in different ways. Mythbuster's can be a great show, but really should be timmed down to 30 minutes, and stop switching back and forth so much. (which wastes time)
Robbery and murder already imply illegal. Filesharing does not. I don't think I've ever seen "illegal piracy" used anywhere, so I doubt it's that common.
"Illegal release" was probably used because if you take way the word illegal, the title of the article isn't as clear. I agree it would have been worded better. "release" to me implies going through proper channels, which is probably a reason why they used the "illegal" adjective.
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Yeah, they quickies were good. There was usually a lot of geeky goodness packed into those, maybe 5 or so links like this one. All of which wouldn't/shouldn't make a full article in themselves.
I'm not sure about really thin, but the same site has quite a few numeric keypads.
Yeah, that keyboard's nice, would be rather unuseable with real function keys and no real pgup,pgdown,home,end,insert,delete. I use all of those keys enough that it would take some serious getting used to.
My windows machine gets backed up to my linux machine (using unison, because there's a windows version), and then my linux machine gets backed up to an external usb hd enclosure using rsync, I usually aim for backing things up twice a month.
They side step the whole question. I realize that all drives leave the factory in working condition, and a lot drives fail because of mishandling. After I receive a working drive, I want to know which drive is likely to still be in a working condition 10 years from now. A drive that's more tollerant to heat, shock, fluctuating power, and just plain old time will last longer on the average, so which drive is that?
I'd seriously question the skills of any programmer that's a hunt and pecker. I'm an efficiency nut. For the most part, my entire philosophy of programming is "there must be an easier and better way". It forces me to think about a seemingly complex problem, and how I can break it down into something manageable, easy to read, debug, and hopefully fairly efficient. I'd wonder about someone who won't spent a week or so to learn how to type properly, and what shortcuts they're going to take in programming just to get something done.
Heh, great, I hope you didn't just put a jinx on my powershot S400. :)
I was given an HP scanner by a friend, and wanted to use it "real quick" to scan something in. All I wanted was the freaking twain driver... I could use The Gimp for everything else. The download was a 237 meg install. I mean... wtf, for a SCANNER? My officejet printer/scanner/fax was the same thing. And their hardware doesn't even seen to work too well, it printed great for the first 10 pages, then after that, most of the color ink got clogged up within a year, and all sorts of other stupid problems.
Canon on the other hand still has some large downloads, but not excessive, and they usually even give you a nice printed manual. I've never felt let down when I bought a Canon product. HP on the other hand, I've always regretted the purchase--never again. Maybe I've just had bad luck.
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How soon I forget, I don't use hybernation mode, but it does make my video card freak if I do (by accidentally hitting the button my keyboard).
:)
So it's rock solid as long as I don't use hybernate. I use cool & quiet as well.
I went with via for the easier linux compatibility. I use the onboard sound, and never have use video capture before. (tried on a few computers, using a few different TV cards, never could get it to work at a decent quality mode under linux or windows).
So I guess with this hybernation thing, I probably will go with nvidia next time. Thanks for the reminder.
Also one other thing, the stupid ez update bios thing doesn't even work. In fact Asus recommends not to use it with this board, and have heard so many horror stories about flash the bios go wrong that I'm afraid to try it even with the recommended dos bootdisk. But I guess the bios thing is an Asus problem, not VIA. Perhaps the hybernation thing is fixed with the newer bios rev, but I'm afraid to try it. I guess I shouldn't buy Asus again either...
I've had some pretty iffy via boards as well, but their newer stuff in my experience has been quite pleasant. My K8T800 board (Asus K8V SE Deluxe) has been rock solid.
Ahh, I should have figured as much, forgot I already I had gaim running this morning.
Damn the bots use small fonts, I need a magnifying glass to see their text.
I'm using gaim 1.5.0 on XP, I see nothing.
I used to run clients like this as well until I realized that it causes your CPU to use more electricity and hence, run hotter. I stopped to hopefully prolong the life of my computers.
Try issuing a ":set bg=dark" to lighten up the fonts a bit, it looks way better on the a black background, dunno why it's not the default. Put it in your vimrc for best results.
I doubt this would happen. In the mean time, you can make a safedisc mini-image. I'm currently using it with battlefield 2 and dungeon siege 2.
Indeed, my NEC MultiSync FE1250 CRT monitor has a Sony trinitron tube in it. At least according to the graphics guy at my previous employer. You can see two wires streched across the screen, one on top, and one on the bottom when the display is white--apparently a trinitron signature.
I've installed open office for a few people and they've loved it. Especially after learning how much ms office would be to buy.
:)
Don't underestimate the power of a cheapskate and what people will be willing to put up with for free. Obviously everyone won't feel this way, since as you said, YMMV.
Of course these are the same people that I installed firefox for, and they loved that as well--after discovering how most of their spyware problems have gone away. (I got tired of cleaning machines for people.) It might just go to say something about their personality, and they don't really mind learning something new every now and then if it's for the better. With that being said, I definitely know people "who want their ms office", and there's no talking them out of it.
Does the name CmdrTaco violate some of those rules? Probably. But a lot of those naming rules are rather subjective, such as this one: * Are otherwise considered inappropriate for the game world.
You want to make a bunch of rules on names? Fine. But don't let someone play using a nick for 6 months and then make them change, that's just cruel. Here's an idea: Have every nick be put in a queue for approval, and after it's approved, then you're stuck with it for good, unless you sign up another account.
If an offensive nick slips through the cracks, really, who the fuck cares? People need to stop making so many rules.
I got part way through the second world in B&W1 and the saves were taking forever, like measured in minutes if I remember right. With the crashing to desktop and autosaves taking forever killed it right there for me. As for the patch, I don't think it really worked that well for me. And my creature had an uncanny taste for villagers that I couldn't seem to break it of. I was able to teach it how to water crops, that was about it.
They should have had some companies pay for advertisements to be displayed during the auto save screen, they could have made millions from it, and charged less for the game. OK, lets not get crazy, no one would do something that dumb--What company in their right mind would charge less?
But at if they clean out someone's paypal account, then the spamming turns into a real crime that can be punished. I'd bet some spammers aren't yet ready to upgrade to outright stealing.
After 50 years, sure. After 2000, maybe not, but there will at least be records of his life existing. Me? 75 years at most, all depending on how many kids/grandchildren I acquire--unless I get off my butt and do something great.
John D. Rockefeller was remembered for building an empire, probably so will Gates, even if Microsoft falls after 15 years.
Sure discovery is nice, if you like making custom motorcycles, but if you don't, like me, then it's practically worthless as well. And the history channel is great if you're interested in WWII stuff. The interesting shows that are on need to be severly edited instead reciting the same damn facts over and over again in different ways. Mythbuster's can be a great show, but really should be timmed down to 30 minutes, and stop switching back and forth so much. (which wastes time)
:)
Or maybe I'm just getting old....
Dang, I guess no Bai Ling scenes are included. I still wonder how in the heck she was supposed to fit into the story.
Robbery and murder already imply illegal. Filesharing does not. I don't think I've ever seen "illegal piracy" used anywhere, so I doubt it's that common.
"Illegal release" was probably used because if you take way the word illegal, the title of the article isn't as clear. I agree it would have been worded better. "release" to me implies going through proper channels, which is probably a reason why they used the "illegal" adjective.