XP will require a password, provided that one was already set up on the account you're trying to get in to. By default though, I believe the administrator account in XP Home has no password, and you aren't given the option to set a password during the install.
Hell yes. Personally, when I first saw the screenshots to Wind Waker, I was actually kind of disappointed. However, after having played the game a bit, I realized that the graphics were great. Sure, it took some time getting used to them, but the fluidity of the character's movements, lighting, and the environment was just amazing. The gameplay was great, and the story, which in my opinion was awesome, is what really drawed me into the game.
It's like I'm going on a trip that I don't even know about yet.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
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Is it just me, or is it ironic that war drivers would take over parking lots?
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
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Turning on WEP, and authorizing on the MAC address would prevent most, if not all, wardrivers from connecting. Although MAC addresses can be spoofed relatively easily, it would definitely deter amateurish attempts at free internet access.
...developers who create software for file sharing that is then used for illegal ends could potentially be criminally liable...
Why stop there? Go after Microsoft. I mean, it's their products that are allowing viruses to propagate, and in some cases, be created. Go after vehicle manufacturers because their cars can go faster than the posted speed limit, or can be used to purposely run people down. Hell, go after keyboard manufacturers because without them, it'd be pretty damn hard to write the programs that are used for illegal purposes.
Just because something is easy to do, doesn't necessarily mean that whoever provides the means to do such should be the one who is responsible for it.
Actually, just shy of 19 days, based on 365.25 days a year. There is the occasional leap year you know. Also, I don't believe the 94.8% is based on 24/7 usage. I was under the impression that it was how many calls were dropped or not received. I don't see dropped calls being much of a problem, as I'm under the impression that it's random, not something that will happen numerous times in a row.
...Obviously someone has a different definition of "not bad" than I do...
Obviously someone figures that if something isn't 100%, it's horrible...
...And to make matters worse, failures tend to occur more often when things are heavily loaded - ie. not in the wee hours but rather when people actually want to use the phone...
You may be correct there, but there could be several other factors such as ratio between current users and complaints, whether more failures occur due to higher volume as opposed to random equipment failure/damage, etc...
...I remember when M$ proudly claimed 99.9% uptime for NT. To me that sounded terrible. Over 3.5 FULL 24 HOUR DAYS of downtime every year. Horrid...
My math may be off, but 0.1% downtime over 365.25 days a year is about 0.35 days, whereas 3.5 days is closer to 1%...I think it would be more accurately estimated at 8 hours downtime, not 3.5 days. If you can find someone that can guarantee 100% uptime on servers, let me know. How can NT, or any other operating system, be up 100% of the time if you need to run general maintenance on it from time to time, which includes updates, upgrades, and cleaning? I personally think your expectations are far too high...
...Why people continue to accept Windows' problems without much ire is a mystery to me...
It might not necessarily be so much as accepting Windows' problems, but a lack of knowledge about those problems. Another contributing factor could be the fact that Windows is pretty much the only operating system installed on computers at the store, and most of the software on the shelves is written for Windows.
The site seemed to lack many specifications of the laptop, such as screen size/resolution, optical drive, battery life, etc. I'm interested in the laptop, but I'd want more information before I make the decision about purchasing that particular one, or something else...
...Some companies make alot of money by selling off their game engines which is why you have clones...
All the more reason to patent various parts of their engine. If third parties are restricted as to what they can develop due to patents, their only option are to then license an engine, or stop making games...
Whether you could or not, it doesn't really matter. If, for whatever reason, you couldn't, it'd just be a matter of playing the disc in a cd player capable of reading it, and capturing the output onto your computer, then separate it into individual tracks and burn it to cd. Bit of a chore to do so, but not impossible.
Another thought is how exactly you are unable to copy the original if it's read-only, or copied from a read-only drive? Maybe I'm missing something...
...won't this merely stop spam coming directly from Canadian sources (excluding infected computers) and force them to either move to a country, or relay their spam through another country, with lax or non-existent rules regarding spam?
... Be careful with turning the key off completely! In most cars, your wheel will lock so now you find yourself in the precarious position of cruising at 90mph without steering...
As best as I can tell, you are correct. However, by turning the key to the ON position, you should be able to unlock the steering wheel, allowing you steer the vehicle.
...When i was in school we only had a handful of them. We used them when it was necessary...
When I was in elementary, very rarely did we ever use computers. We did either basic word processing, or educational games. In junior high, computers were a bit more popular, but still limited to word processing during class time, and games occasionally during the lunch hour. Finally, in high school, there were courses devoted to CAD, Pascal programming, word processing, and MS Office. These days those skills are necessary. I wouldn't be where I am today, if it weren't for what we had then.
...I think they are the biggest waste of money within a school...
I think they're entirely the opposite. The computers themselves aren't the waste of money. It's the software that is installed on them that costs so much. Windows, Office, various other software suites and applications. They may get deals on them due to educational purposes, but it's still pretty expensive I imagine. Swapping Windows with Linux, both software and technicians, would save the schools a fair bit of money.
... But how does it know how many minutes you save...
I assume it would calculate your current download speed as well as the size of the information you're retrieving, then do the same based on going through Google's servers, and come up with an approximate value of saved time.
...But theproblem is these are students and they have work to do...
There are others that have work to do as well.
...by pulling their plug you are not allowing them to get the work done that they are I presume there to do...
But by pulling their plug, it allows the rest of the network to have access to the internet again, in addition to stopping the propagation of the virus that brought down the network in the first place.
...So thats not an option...
So it's much more important to deny everyone access to the network, rather than just a select few who would otherwise ruin it for everyone else?
...What you have to do is look for a better firewall for the network so it doesnt allow any virii in in the first place...
No argument here. Stop the attacks before they start. Prevent the viruses from getting into the network in the first place. Also, maybe make sure that they sign a form stating that if there is any abnormal network traffic coming from their computer, that they know that they will be disconnected in order to (attempt to) prevent additional network problems because of it.
...cut people off for excessive bandwidth usage, to turn over details of users on demand, and to block certain 'illegal' websites...
They expect ISPs to:
1. Terminate services for legitimate users. I work at an ISP and one of our customers requires a fair amount of bandwidth for his weather station.
2. Ignore the privacy of the customer. Are we simply to turn over customer information because they said so, and give us no reason as to why?
3. Censorship on sites they don't like. Are they going to determine that any music site, whether legitimate or not, that they don't control is 'illegal'?
What's to say that once ISPs sign up for this, that the music industry doesn't put in a clause that forces ISPs to agree to any changes made down the road, or something that's impossible to back out of?
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XP will require a password, provided that one was already set up on the account you're trying to get in to. By default though, I believe the administrator account in XP Home has no password, and you aren't given the option to set a password during the install.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
... Who cares what it looks like. Is it fun...
Hell yes. Personally, when I first saw the screenshots to Wind Waker, I was actually kind of disappointed. However, after having played the game a bit, I realized that the graphics were great. Sure, it took some time getting used to them, but the fluidity of the character's movements, lighting, and the environment was just amazing. The gameplay was great, and the story, which in my opinion was awesome, is what really drawed me into the game.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...Cyan, you will be greatly missed...
It's like I'm going on a trip that I don't even know about yet.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
Is it just me, or is it ironic that war drivers would take over parking lots?
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
Turning on WEP, and authorizing on the MAC address would prevent most, if not all, wardrivers from connecting. Although MAC addresses can be spoofed relatively easily, it would definitely deter amateurish attempts at free internet access.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...still, there is a short movie in the works that expand on the FF7 history now i think: FF7, midnight children...
Advent Children, I believe.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...Wow! When the box is full, where do you ship the stuff...
I'm sure it could be sent to SCO...considering that's what they're full of...
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...developers who create software for file sharing that is then used for illegal ends could potentially be criminally liable...
Why stop there? Go after Microsoft. I mean, it's their products that are allowing viruses to propagate, and in some cases, be created. Go after vehicle manufacturers because their cars can go faster than the posted speed limit, or can be used to purposely run people down. Hell, go after keyboard manufacturers because without them, it'd be pretty damn hard to write the programs that are used for illegal purposes.
Just because something is easy to do, doesn't necessarily mean that whoever provides the means to do such should be the one who is responsible for it.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...is by deleting the accounts of users who refuse to celebrate it.
"Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!"
"Happy what?"
"Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day..."
"You're making that up, aren't you?"
"No, I'm not." *deletes user's account*
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...20 full days per year down time or ...
...Obviously someone has a different definition of "not bad" than I do...
...And to make matters worse, failures tend to occur more often when things are heavily loaded - ie. not in the wee hours but rather when people actually want to use the phone...
...I remember when M$ proudly claimed 99.9% uptime for NT. To me that sounded terrible. Over 3.5 FULL 24 HOUR DAYS of downtime every year. Horrid...
Actually, just shy of 19 days, based on 365.25 days a year. There is the occasional leap year you know. Also, I don't believe the 94.8% is based on 24/7 usage. I was under the impression that it was how many calls were dropped or not received. I don't see dropped calls being much of a problem, as I'm under the impression that it's random, not something that will happen numerous times in a row.
Obviously someone figures that if something isn't 100%, it's horrible...
You may be correct there, but there could be several other factors such as ratio between current users and complaints, whether more failures occur due to higher volume as opposed to random equipment failure/damage, etc...
My math may be off, but 0.1% downtime over 365.25 days a year is about 0.35 days, whereas 3.5 days is closer to 1%...I think it would be more accurately estimated at 8 hours downtime, not 3.5 days. If you can find someone that can guarantee 100% uptime on servers, let me know. How can NT, or any other operating system, be up 100% of the time if you need to run general maintenance on it from time to time, which includes updates, upgrades, and cleaning? I personally think your expectations are far too high...
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...Why people continue to accept Windows' problems without much ire is a mystery to me...
It might not necessarily be so much as accepting Windows' problems, but a lack of knowledge about those problems. Another contributing factor could be the fact that Windows is pretty much the only operating system installed on computers at the store, and most of the software on the shelves is written for Windows.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
And had you actually RTFA, you would find that the same passage of text underneath the image was also further down in the article itself.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
The site seemed to lack many specifications of the laptop, such as screen size/resolution, optical drive, battery life, etc. I'm interested in the laptop, but I'd want more information before I make the decision about purchasing that particular one, or something else...
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=conte nt&task=view&id=1405&Itemid=0&limit=1&limitstart=1
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...Some companies make alot of money by selling off their game engines which is why you have clones...
All the more reason to patent various parts of their engine. If third parties are restricted as to what they can develop due to patents, their only option are to then license an engine, or stop making games...
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
Whether you could or not, it doesn't really matter. If, for whatever reason, you couldn't, it'd just be a matter of playing the disc in a cd player capable of reading it, and capturing the output onto your computer, then separate it into individual tracks and burn it to cd. Bit of a chore to do so, but not impossible.
Another thought is how exactly you are unable to copy the original if it's read-only, or copied from a read-only drive? Maybe I'm missing something...
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...won't this merely stop spam coming directly from Canadian sources (excluding infected computers) and force them to either move to a country, or relay their spam through another country, with lax or non-existent rules regarding spam?
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
... Be careful with turning the key off completely! In most cars, your wheel will lock so now you find yourself in the precarious position of cruising at 90mph without steering...
As best as I can tell, you are correct. However, by turning the key to the ON position, you should be able to unlock the steering wheel, allowing you steer the vehicle.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...When i was in school we only had a handful of them. We used them when it was necessary...
...I think they are the biggest waste of money within a school...
When I was in elementary, very rarely did we ever use computers. We did either basic word processing, or educational games. In junior high, computers were a bit more popular, but still limited to word processing during class time, and games occasionally during the lunch hour. Finally, in high school, there were courses devoted to CAD, Pascal programming, word processing, and MS Office. These days those skills are necessary. I wouldn't be where I am today, if it weren't for what we had then.
I think they're entirely the opposite. The computers themselves aren't the waste of money. It's the software that is installed on them that costs so much. Windows, Office, various other software suites and applications. They may get deals on them due to educational purposes, but it's still pretty expensive I imagine. Swapping Windows with Linux, both software and technicians, would save the schools a fair bit of money.
My thoughts anyhow...
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...How did they get 80GB onto a CD...
Easy. Simply burn a link to the documents, rather than the actual documents themselves. Nice compression rate, but the data integrity sucks...
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
... But how does it know how many minutes you save...
I assume it would calculate your current download speed as well as the size of the information you're retrieving, then do the same based on going through Google's servers, and come up with an approximate value of saved time.
Something like that anyhow I think.
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...But theproblem is these are students and they have work to do...
...by pulling their plug you are not allowing them to get the work done that they are I presume there to do...
...So thats not an option...
...What you have to do is look for a better firewall for the network so it doesnt allow any virii in in the first place...
There are others that have work to do as well.
But by pulling their plug, it allows the rest of the network to have access to the internet again, in addition to stopping the propagation of the virus that brought down the network in the first place.
So it's much more important to deny everyone access to the network, rather than just a select few who would otherwise ruin it for everyone else?
No argument here. Stop the attacks before they start. Prevent the viruses from getting into the network in the first place. Also, maybe make sure that they sign a form stating that if there is any abnormal network traffic coming from their computer, that they know that they will be disconnected in order to (attempt to) prevent additional network problems because of it.
Just my thoughts...
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...the 'regulatory recovery fee' are really nothing more than a $5 phrase for 'screw the customer over fee'?
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
...cut people off for excessive bandwidth usage, to turn over details of users on demand, and to block certain 'illegal' websites...
They expect ISPs to:
1. Terminate services for legitimate users. I work at an ISP and one of our customers requires a fair amount of bandwidth for his weather station.
2. Ignore the privacy of the customer. Are we simply to turn over customer information because they said so, and give us no reason as to why?
3. Censorship on sites they don't like. Are they going to determine that any music site, whether legitimate or not, that they don't control is 'illegal'?
What's to say that once ISPs sign up for this, that the music industry doesn't put in a clause that forces ISPs to agree to any changes made down the road, or something that's impossible to back out of?
Hope be with ye,
Cyan
When I tried viewing page two of the article, I got the following message:
There is a problem with the database that is preventing the site from working.
An email has been sent to the administrator notifying them of the problem. Please try again later.
Now, not only is their site slashdotted, but their mail server as well.
Hope be with ye, Cyan