Ah the mythical stability of win2k. I Started a new job this week, and they gave me a brand spanking new dell machine with win2k installed. So far it has crashed 3 times in as many days. The first time it crashed in the middle of installing visual studio, hard crash had to restart. Not only that it wouldn't let me reinstall because the install program was convinced that it was already installed, (had to delete registry keys).
I've heard some people say that bad hardware will cause these kind of instabilities, but this is a brand new computer from a major manufacturer. Oh well I'm just thankful to have a job in this economy.
so giving those who are cheating a chance to stop, and actually learn the material themselves.
Where I went to school getting caught cheating was a much bigger deal, first offense = zero in the course. second offense = kicked out of school. I never cheated cause of that.
Right now, from what I can see, the biggest problem with OS X is the lack of a decent DivX player [divx.com].
have you tried DivOSX. It's a quicktime plugin for divx that includes an extraction tool that fixes audio issues with some divx movies. works pretty well for me.
Well, then, why have cars become increasingly complex since their inception, yet many more people are capable of driving them now?
Cars have become increasingly complex, and exponentially easier to use. Ever heard of automatic transmission, power steering, self starting engines, power brakes, shocks, pneumatic tires. All of these things add great complexity, but they increase the user experience of driving a car greatly. Have you ever driven a big car without power steering? It is a real workout. All this extra complexity, and modern cars still manage to go 100,000 miles without any major problems.
I think cars are a good example of the way computers should be. You get in the car turn the key and go. You don't worry about how the whole thing works, you don't care.
Note: Saving Private Ryan had similar problems, at the end for example the German tanks were moving in daylight, that late in the war the US had air superiority and German tanks avoided the day because they would be blown up by air support
Actually at this particular point in the war, the weather was really really bad, and our planes were unable to be effective against the germans. I remember seeing on the History channel a battle that took place almost exactly as it was in Saving Private Ryan with US. air power coming and saving the day at the last minute. Perhaps this was the battle the movie was based on, I don't know I'm not a history buff.
There's an old saying "The volts will jolt, but it's the mils that kill" or something like that. I always though that this is just a myth. I mean voltage is related to current (V=I*R). I.E high voltage == high current.
Much more important than the amount of current or voltage, is the path of the current throught your body. If the current travels through your heart, then it doesn't take much to kill you. But if the path doesn't go through your heart you're pretty safe, aside from getting burned.
I've heard tales of electricians who would test live wires by placing the middle finger on one lead and the index finger on the other. This would work in theory because the current travels up one finger and down the other, without passing through the heart. I sure as hell wouldn't do it though.
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Ah the mythical stability of win2k. I Started a new job this week, and they gave me a brand spanking new dell machine with win2k installed. So far it has crashed 3 times in as many days. The first time it crashed in the middle of installing visual studio, hard crash had to restart. Not only that it wouldn't let me reinstall because the install program was convinced that it was already installed, (had to delete registry keys).
I've heard some people say that bad hardware will cause these kind of instabilities, but this is a brand new computer from a major manufacturer. Oh well I'm just thankful to have a job in this economy.
Where I went to school getting caught cheating was a much bigger deal, first offense = zero in the course. second offense = kicked out of school. I never cheated cause of that.
Oh yea firewire is so expensive, really high end stuff. Let's see checking Price watch...firewire cards are 14 dollars. Well that just blew my budget.
Cars have become increasingly complex, and exponentially easier to use. Ever heard of automatic transmission, power steering, self starting engines, power brakes, shocks, pneumatic tires. All of these things add great complexity, but they increase the user experience of driving a car greatly. Have you ever driven a big car without power steering? It is a real workout. All this extra complexity, and modern cars still manage to go 100,000 miles without any major problems.
I think cars are a good example of the way computers should be. You get in the car turn the key and go. You don't worry about how the whole thing works, you don't care.
Actually at this particular point in the war, the weather was really really bad, and our planes were unable to be effective against the germans. I remember seeing on the History channel a battle that took place almost exactly as it was in Saving Private Ryan with US. air power coming and saving the day at the last minute. Perhaps this was the battle the movie was based on, I don't know I'm not a history buff.
Read the disclaimer again. It say 1GB=1 billion bytes. That would make the pre-formatting spec 5*10^9. No splainin neccesary.
So, It's a feature not a bug.
There's an old saying "The volts will jolt, but it's the mils that kill" or something like that. I always though that this is just a myth. I mean voltage is related to current (V=I*R). I.E high voltage == high current.
Much more important than the amount of current or voltage, is the path of the current throught your body. If the current travels through your heart, then it doesn't take much to kill you. But if the path doesn't go through your heart you're pretty safe, aside from getting burned.
I've heard tales of electricians who would test live wires by placing the middle finger on one lead and the index finger on the other. This would work in theory because the current travels up one finger and down the other, without passing through the heart. I sure as hell wouldn't do it though.