That strongly implies that ClearType was not configured properly for your display. Sounds like you were using a CRT and ClearType was set for an LCD or something like that. When you have ClearType configured properly for your subpixel arrangement, things look a lot better than they do when it's off.
People still have CRTs? (jk) And no, I've tried ClearType on three different monitors, and it always looks awful to me, too. The letters are smoother, but only because they're surrounded in a grey blur. I switched to LCD displays to get away from the headaches and sore eyes that blurry CRT displays gave me - if I wanted to go back to that, I'd just take off my glasses. I much prefer the crisp, high-contrast text I have now. Here are a few other peoplethat don't like it.
Exactly. If you're going to compare it to anything, it'd be to the Sony UX and the OQO. They're a few times the price, but run Windows instead of the modified Debian that the Nokia uses. They also get extremely hot, even with cooling fans (which the Nokia doesn't need). Oh, and they don't have built-in GPS, either.
The 770 was two models ago, and the remaining stock went on sale a while ago for just over a hundred dollars. The 810 has a slide-out keyboard, which doesn't require smearing your thumbs over the screen. (Btw, have you tried the 770's popup thumboard? No, not the stylus keyboard...) It also has youtube and is smaller than the 770 (while still have the huge screen).
Yeah, I got tired of looking through statistics regarding percentage of lung cancer deaths, how much more the risk is, etc., and grabbed the first thing I saw...which must've been the figure for nonsmokers. Oops.
Less than one percent of smokers die of lung cancer. 90% of lung cancer is caused by smoking.
About twenty percent of smokers will get COPD (chronic bronchitis and emphysema). 90% of COPD is caused by smoking.
Most people will not get lung cancer or COPD no matter how much they smoke. It is very likely those affected have some sort of susceptability triggered by smoking.
These situations are exactly the same. And newer journal articles do not agree with this blogger.
Yeah, also the first version will supposedly have a fan, though a fanless version should be released in 2008. I'm not sure about the power consumption either, though I'm sure it isn't high.
Still gonna buy one if the price doesn't rise too much...
The details are that it doesn't have an ethernet port on the box itself - instead, it comes with a USB 1.1 ethernet adapter that can't do 100 Mbps. But not a big deal for most internet connections, I suppose.
If their numbers are correct, this chart shows that the Wii has outsold the PS2 and SNES, a couple of the most popular consoles ever, for this point in its launch. It also shows that the PS2 had a similar slump at a slightly earlier point, which is why the Wii has just caught up with it.
In Canada, this just means that the generic can't be indicated for the new purpose. eg: Zyban is patented for smoking cessation, but Wellbutrin (the same thing) is for depression and is off-patent. Generic bupropion is only labelled for use in depression, but some doctors give it to smokers who "happen" to be feeling depressed.;)
She was fined $9250 for each song, instead of $750/song plus punitive damages. And shouldn't she have been charged with obstruction of justice and perjury instead?
(assuming they don't try to lie which they almost certainly won't)
In before 80 year old grandmothers who don't have a computer...
ClamAV for Windows, a simple command-line utility ClamWin, which I use. It has a GUI and scans on demand. It can also run scheduled scans/updates. While it is far less intrusive than most antivirus programs, it does put an icon in the system tray for doing the scheduled stuff, and there's no option not to run it at startup. It can be removed easily enough by removing the startup entry using autoruns or regedit, though.
Agreed. The only benefit of hydrogen that I can see is that, if you had a limitless supply of electricity, you could make a limitless supply of fuel cleanly from water. But electrolysis takes far too much energy to be practical in real life.
That said, fuel cells using methanol or whatever would be great for a laptop battery. And probably less likely to explode.:)
Try dropping an ASUS Eee and the OLPC (unless those responsible for the latter are lying, which is certainly a possibility) and see what happens.
Also, I guess I just assumed it was bigger because all I could remember was the resolution...
OLPC:
7.5" diagonal LCD (6.0" x 4.5")
Dual mode operation: Reflective Monochrome or Transflective Colour
TFT LCD driving
1200x900, 200dpi resolution
less than 1W in colour mode, 0.2W in B&W mode LED backlight
Eee: 7 in TFT LCD @ 800×480 (though apparently a - more expensive - larger screen model may be up to 1280×768...no details I've heard of yet, though).
I'm pretty sure that "pay twice the price thing" has no official basis and was just a petition someone started.
Also, while I'm certainly going to snap up an ASUS Eee - it looks like an awesome little subnotebook, especially since laptops that size are usually only available as fancy $2000 machines - I'd also buy an OLPC if I got the chance. Being cheap is about the only thing they have in common.
The ASUS Eee is light and has a tiny screen (even for a subnotebook) and a 3 hour battery life, while the OLPC is a rugged machine with sunlight-readable display and a hand charger.
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That strongly implies that ClearType was not configured properly for your display. Sounds like you were using a CRT and ClearType was set for an LCD or something like that. When you have ClearType configured properly for your subpixel arrangement, things look a lot better than they do when it's off.
People still have CRTs? (jk) And no, I've tried ClearType on three different monitors, and it always looks awful to me, too. The letters are smoother, but only because they're surrounded in a grey blur. I switched to LCD displays to get away from the headaches and sore eyes that blurry CRT displays gave me - if I wanted to go back to that, I'd just take off my glasses. I much prefer the crisp, high-contrast text I have now. Here are a few other people that don't like it.
How much difference in battery life would that cause? Is it also possible to underclock it, or does it do that automatically?
Exactly. If you're going to compare it to anything, it'd be to the Sony UX and the OQO. They're a few times the price, but run Windows instead of the modified Debian that the Nokia uses. They also get extremely hot, even with cooling fans (which the Nokia doesn't need). Oh, and they don't have built-in GPS, either.
The 770 was two models ago, and the remaining stock went on sale a while ago for just over a hundred dollars. The 810 has a slide-out keyboard, which doesn't require smearing your thumbs over the screen. (Btw, have you tried the 770's popup thumboard? No, not the stylus keyboard...) It also has youtube and is smaller than the 770 (while still have the huge screen).
Not the codec, but yeah, it would probably be in "RealMedia ActiveX control 6.0.12.1741 allows you to view RealMedia content that is embedded in a webpage. The RealMedia ActiveX control supports Internet Explorer." Choosing not to install this component would solve the problem, though.
I've never seen a single one in an actual store. But thanks for reminding me, Future Shop just got a bunch in...
Yeah, I got tired of looking through statistics regarding percentage of lung cancer deaths, how much more the risk is, etc., and grabbed the first thing I saw...which must've been the figure for nonsmokers. Oops.
Less than one percent of smokers die of lung cancer. 90% of lung cancer is caused by smoking.
About twenty percent of smokers will get COPD (chronic bronchitis and emphysema). 90% of COPD is caused by smoking.
Most people will not get lung cancer or COPD no matter how much they smoke. It is very likely those affected have some sort of susceptability triggered by smoking.
These situations are exactly the same. And newer journal articles do not agree with this blogger.
Yeah, also the first version will supposedly have a fan, though a fanless version should be released in 2008. I'm not sure about the power consumption either, though I'm sure it isn't high.
Still gonna buy one if the price doesn't rise too much...
The details are that it doesn't have an ethernet port on the box itself - instead, it comes with a USB 1.1 ethernet adapter that can't do 100 Mbps. But not a big deal for most internet connections, I suppose.
If their numbers are correct, this chart shows that the Wii has outsold the PS2 and SNES, a couple of the most popular consoles ever, for this point in its launch. It also shows that the PS2 had a similar slump at a slightly earlier point, which is why the Wii has just caught up with it.
In Canada, this just means that the generic can't be indicated for the new purpose. eg: Zyban is patented for smoking cessation, but Wellbutrin (the same thing) is for depression and is off-patent. Generic bupropion is only labelled for use in depression, but some doctors give it to smokers who "happen" to be feeling depressed. ;)
She was fined $9250 for each song, instead of $750/song plus punitive damages. And shouldn't she have been charged with obstruction of justice and perjury instead?
(assuming they don't try to lie which they almost certainly won't)
In before 80 year old grandmothers who don't have a computer...
It's free and open-source, but doesn't have an on-access scanner. AVG and Avast are commercial, but have free versions.
There's actually two versions:
ClamAV for Windows, a simple command-line utility
ClamWin, which I use. It has a GUI and scans on demand. It can also run scheduled scans/updates. While it is far less intrusive than most antivirus programs, it does put an icon in the system tray for doing the scheduled stuff, and there's no option not to run it at startup. It can be removed easily enough by removing the startup entry using autoruns or regedit, though.
Agreed. The only benefit of hydrogen that I can see is that, if you had a limitless supply of electricity, you could make a limitless supply of fuel cleanly from water. But electrolysis takes far too much energy to be practical in real life. That said, fuel cells using methanol or whatever would be great for a laptop battery. And probably less likely to explode. :)
You don't have to just consider the plant matter that was there when you flooded, but also incoming organic material.
So does that mean we should drain the Great Lakes? But what about the ocean? Oh, no!
And given that this hypothetical road is a toll road, then the road probably pays for itself as well.
Good luck getting there in 10 minutes...
I'm not sure, but it might be because schools suck.
I dunno, the last time my cooking turned out like the Pentium 4, I had to use the fire extinguisher. :(
The EEE is not fanless.
Serves me right for just skimming. Apparently that'll be the second generation in April 2008...maybe I'll wait and get that one instead.
It's a tiny, fanless, silent subnotebook. The only other laptops that have these features are in the $2000-3000 range.
Try dropping an ASUS Eee and the OLPC (unless those responsible for the latter are lying, which is certainly a possibility) and see what happens.
Also, I guess I just assumed it was bigger because all I could remember was the resolution...
OLPC:
7.5" diagonal LCD (6.0" x 4.5")
Dual mode operation: Reflective Monochrome or Transflective Colour
TFT LCD driving
1200x900, 200dpi resolution
less than 1W in colour mode, 0.2W in B&W mode
LED backlight
Eee:
7 in TFT LCD @ 800×480 (though apparently a - more expensive - larger screen model may be up to 1280×768...no details I've heard of yet, though).
At which end of the laptop price range is $400? Right. Also consider that it (supposedly) comes with spare parts to repair it and is ruggedized...
I'm pretty sure that "pay twice the price thing" has no official basis and was just a petition someone started.
Also, while I'm certainly going to snap up an ASUS Eee - it looks like an awesome little subnotebook, especially since laptops that size are usually only available as fancy $2000 machines - I'd also buy an OLPC if I got the chance. Being cheap is about the only thing they have in common.
The ASUS Eee is light and has a tiny screen (even for a subnotebook) and a 3 hour battery life, while the OLPC is a rugged machine with sunlight-readable display and a hand charger.