That's because computers don't really NEED more than +12v, and all the dangerous high-voltages are locked up inside the power supply. Typical IT workers don't open power supplies... They just replace them.
The power supply in every computer I have ever seen reduces line voltage down to +5v and +12v. It would seem to me that the cost of HARDWARE would be lower if you weren't paying for a power supply for every dang computer in your data center.
The DC power distribution should be something like +17vDC with a regulator on the motherboard instead of +280vDC.
No, first there will be some cases of mistaken identity, which usually leads to an episode where the professor goes on 2 dates at the same time, and has his android fill in for him and.... Oh wait, maybe that was an episode of Three's Company or something.
OK, WGA, if installed, checks to see if your copy of windows is properly licensed.
Let's say, that my copy is not properly licensed.
I haven't installed WGA, because I know my copy is not properly licensed. WGA cannot notify MS that my copy is not licensed. Windows does not currently contain any code that makes it "shut down" if WGA hasn't reported in. I know this because WGA has been available for quite some time, and my windows has not become inactive.
In order to achieve this, MS will have to DEPLOY some sort of update that that will do this.
Hell, if I can prevent WGA from being installed, what is to keep me from just NOT INSTALLING this new piece of code?
It also drives the CPU market to always innovate and increase processing power and ability. Microsoft copies it's lines of code, and deferrs innovation to Intel/AMD.
I spent hundreds of quarters on that game and can consistently finish with the finite number of lives. Be a real adventurer... RISK SOMETHING!...or perhaps you are not worthy of the hand of Princess Daphne?
The term Homebrew is probably a holdover from the '70s homebrew computer club, where the likes of Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Jobs, Woz and other mainstream computer founders would get together and display their own computers, or computer programs.
It's a part of our computing heritage, so it can easily be applied to computerized games, though I do agree that the term is probably used a little too much in place of DIY.
Starting Last fall, our company leases a Konica Minolta Bizhub 550. We used to have a Ricoh Color Printer/Copier/scanner before that.
The Minolta has been nothing but trouble since it's installation. The Konica tech came on-site to install and set it up (brand new out of the box). The print server that came with it wouldn't communicate properly, so it had to be replaced. There are no diagnostic messages or logs that I can see for troubleshooting the scan-to-email functions. Of course, there is a test function which sends an email that says "Test - OK?", and it ALWAYS works, even if scan-to-email doesn't. The web interface is riddled with spelling and grammatical mistakes. Obviously, the software is written by Asians, and then BADLY translated. The LCD touch panel interface is HORRIBLY designed. There is no standard for user controls or information areas. It's not at all obvious what will happen when you press a particular button. Some buttons aren't even pressable - They are just used as labels! The RICOH LCD interface was elegant by comparison. Since I am the administrator of that machine, I often receive automated emails from the device indicating a fault or failure. I usually get one every 6 weeks indicating some obscure error - please call service. We don't use the copier THAT much, and this machine is less than a year old.
The truth is, Konica Minolta really NEEDS to focus more on their business copiers and printers.
There will be nothing to bite! Bender traded his shiny metal ass to the robot devil in the final episode for an air horn. Maybe he will have to say "Fox can bite my lightweight, non-existent ass!"
Oh, yeah. The thief will just take the severed finger into the grocery store and use it right in front of the clerk. That'll work real well.
Why not? They don't look at your signature and make sure that it matches your name. Hell, they don't even care if you don't write WORDS! A new feature at fast food places is that you present the credit card, and you dont even have to sign if it's under $25.
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That's because computers don't really NEED more than +12v, and all the dangerous high-voltages are locked up inside the power supply. Typical IT workers don't open power supplies... They just replace them.
The power supply in every computer I have ever seen reduces line voltage down to +5v and +12v. It would seem to me that the cost of HARDWARE would be lower if you weren't paying for a power supply for every dang computer in your data center.
The DC power distribution should be something like +17vDC with a regulator on the motherboard instead of +280vDC.
It's a giant CD Jukebox....
...For Cars.
If there was a way to make nobody special, my system admin would certainly find a way to make it happen.
Sounds like the "Terrible secret of space".
No, first there will be some cases of mistaken identity, which usually leads to an episode where the professor goes on 2 dates at the same time, and has his android fill in for him and.... Oh wait, maybe that was an episode of Three's Company or something.
Likewise, NOBODY is running Windows 9.x, because it hasn't been released yet.
Perhaps they mean Windows 9x.
"Mac users pummelled by angry infectees. See the aftermath, tonight at 10:00."
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OK, WGA, if installed, checks to see if your copy of windows is properly licensed.
Let's say, that my copy is not properly licensed.
I haven't installed WGA, because I know my copy is not properly licensed. WGA cannot notify MS that my copy is not licensed.
Windows does not currently contain any code that makes it "shut down" if WGA hasn't reported in. I know this because WGA has been available for quite some time, and my windows has not become inactive.
In order to achieve this, MS will have to DEPLOY some sort of update that that will do this.
Hell, if I can prevent WGA from being installed, what is to keep me from just NOT INSTALLING this new piece of code?
How come no one is asking the questions that would interest us nerds the most? "Will it be in HDTV format?"
It also drives the CPU market to always innovate and increase processing power and ability. Microsoft copies it's lines of code, and deferrs innovation to Intel/AMD.
I spent hundreds of quarters on that game and can consistently finish with the finite number of lives. Be a real adventurer... RISK SOMETHING! ...or perhaps you are not worthy of the hand of Princess Daphne?
The term Homebrew is probably a holdover from the '70s homebrew computer club, where the likes of Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Jobs, Woz and other mainstream computer founders would get together and display their own computers, or computer programs. It's a part of our computing heritage, so it can easily be applied to computerized games, though I do agree that the term is probably used a little too much in place of DIY.
Vista must require some sort of special keyboard upgrade. I found the shift key (twice), but I can't find the pretzel...
Well, you wouldn't plummet to earth if you had turned off your cell phone like you are supposed to....
Maybe Wikipedia should have a mirror hosted inside the Library of Congress, and make it read-only...
Starting Last fall, our company leases a Konica Minolta Bizhub 550. We used to have a Ricoh Color Printer/Copier/scanner before that.
The Minolta has been nothing but trouble since it's installation. The Konica tech came on-site to install and set it up (brand new out of the box).
The print server that came with it wouldn't communicate properly, so it had to be replaced.
There are no diagnostic messages or logs that I can see for troubleshooting the scan-to-email functions. Of course, there is a test function which sends an email that says "Test - OK?", and it ALWAYS works, even if scan-to-email doesn't.
The web interface is riddled with spelling and grammatical mistakes. Obviously, the software is written by Asians, and then BADLY translated.
The LCD touch panel interface is HORRIBLY designed. There is no standard for user controls or information areas. It's not at all obvious what will happen when you press a particular button. Some buttons aren't even pressable - They are just used as labels! The RICOH LCD interface was elegant by comparison.
Since I am the administrator of that machine, I often receive automated emails from the device indicating a fault or failure. I usually get one every 6 weeks indicating some obscure error - please call service. We don't use the copier THAT much, and this machine is less than a year old.
The truth is, Konica Minolta really NEEDS to focus more on their business copiers and printers.
You probably have been modded down, but Al Gore *is* on the board at Apple....
Ironically, It's the huge x-ray lasers and giant magnets that make hot fusion 'cool'.
...And just let some flunky with a laser pointer come by and screw up all my data? You must be shrooming!
There will be nothing to bite! Bender traded his shiny metal ass to the robot devil in the final episode for an air horn. Maybe he will have to say "Fox can bite my lightweight, non-existent ass!"
Send him a Sony DRMed CD, then rename all of the files on his hard disk so they start with $sys$, then watch the fun....
How about this:
DVD Movie: $15.99
Standalone DVD player: $40
Never needing to buy a movie in a proprietary format: Priceless.
How many tenth planets does our system have? I thought that in 2003, it was already named Sedna. (http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~mbrown/sedna/)
They can't BOTH be the tenth planet, can they?