It seems that a lot of good films are ruined instead of improved by money. It's almost like they put more into the film when money is not so involed. For example:
Star Wars vs. Epsiode I
Clerks vs. Jay & Silent Bob strike back
Matrix vs. Reloaded
Jurassic Park vs. Lost World
Just my opinion of course, but it seems that some people think that because they have a $100 million budget that they need to spend it all instead of focusing more on the story, characters, plot etc. Or maybe it's just the curse of the sequel
Right now most new releases at Best Buy are $9.99. Most if not all of these CD's have at least 10 songs on them. So for.99 (or less) a song I get a full CD with a jewel case and album art work etc. & I can rip it to my hard drive or MP3 or Ogg or IPod.
So why would I pay.99 for a song that has worse sound quality, will only play where they tell it to, comes with no liner notes or art and can not be converted to use on most of the audio devices I have?
Let me know when I can download the CD Audio file for.50
"What's up with all this "Ctrl C" and Ctrl V" copy/paste stuff? In almost all Linux programs, when I want to copy a block of text (or a graphic or whatever) I just highlight the original, then click both mouse buttons"
In Windows you can right click copy right click paste. Fast and simple
" virtually ordered me to download a series of patches. I did so, but it wasn't like a SuSE update where you see every patch available and can say "yes" or "no" to each one if you like."
I have never been forced to update in Windows. When I run windows update it lets me select what I want to update by simply adding or removing from the list and then I can review that list and apply the updates.
" It doesn't have the tabbed browser feature that makes work-related research (and pleasure reading) such a pleasure in Mozilla"
If you are going to run StarOffice isntead of MS Office then you can just as easily install mozilla on Windows. It runs just as fast on windows and looks better without having to install additional fonts.
I could continue but these jumped out at me right away and its time for me to go to lunch.
Folding@Home is a great cause. We all know this. Finding a cure for a terrible disease is very noble.
But to really make it that much better you could sign up using my name and team number and help me crush the competition and fold the most protiens.
Just install Folding@Home and use Screen Name: PRIME1 & Team#: 2630
If you are already using it from Google and just running the default setting make the change today. You will feel better knowing you helped out a good cause.
Protien folding is how protiens are self assembled. When this assembly process goes wrong it leads to diseases like Alzheimer's. While your DNA does provide the blue print for proteins in your body the study of protein folding is not the modification of DNA.
Folding@Home seeks to understand the process of protein folding and look for a cure in places where proteins fold incorrectly.
"at a demonstration in Chicago. Organizers blamed the measly 5 MPH winds. Kitty Hawk had 25 MPH back on December 17, 1903. IIRC, isn't Chicago the 'Windy City?'"
Yes, but the next release of Mandrake is going to use 3.1.3 and I tend to upgrade my distro as a whole
>Lindows? Xandros? Lycoris? Corel Linux?
I'm talking about a KDE only distro, many of these others include duplicate apps such as OpenOffice or Mozilla. I think for the standard user a distro optimized for and using only KDE could easily fit on 1 CD and have just about everything they need.
NVIDIA should just build their own console. They are already a well know name among gamers. They could use their own GPU and NForce Chipset, use a less expensive AMD processor and a Custom Linux OS making the box cheaper to produce than the XBOX. Many game developers are already using NVIDIA Cg shader programming so creating and or porting games for an NVIDA console should be pretty easy.
I recently tried to get Hardware Monitoring running under Mandrake.
In Windows I install the program that came with the Motherboard and it sits in the tray and I can access things like CPU Temp, Fan Speeds, Voltages, Etc.
I RTFM for Linux and I had to recompile the Kernel, hand edit several config files, install a program with multiple dependencies.... and well, I never did get it working.
Other problems would be getting a printer to work, sound blaster & zip drives
I wonder if he came in at the right angle and at the right speed.... Could he also become the first person to skip across the English Channel. Now that would be something to see.
If they can easily port old PS1/PS2 games to this it should do well. Some of the most successful games on the GBA are Mario and Zelda ported over from older systems. This would be cheap and a lot of people would be interested in playing these on a portable. Games like Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy etc.
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- Jurassic Park vs. Lost World
Just my opinion of course, but it seems that some people think that because they have a $100 million budget that they need to spend it all instead of focusing more on the story, characters, plot etc. Or maybe it's just the curse of the sequelUse Konstruct to easily install KDE (including betas).
Put Mozilla stickers all over San Francisco
Dress people up in Mozilla suits and send them screaming through New York City
Mozilla streakers at sporting events.
A Mozilla based reality show.
Have Mozilla claim their source code is in Linux
Pay companies to give them unrealistic bench marks.
Right now most new releases at Best Buy are $9.99. Most if not all of these CD's have at least 10 songs on them. So for .99 (or less) a song I get a full CD with a jewel case and album art work etc. & I can rip it to my hard drive or MP3 or Ogg or IPod.
.99 for a song that has worse sound quality, will only play where they tell it to, comes with no liner notes or art and can not be converted to use on most of the audio devices I have?
.50
So why would I pay
Let me know when I can download the CD Audio file for
I'm stumped. How can they be short changed like that? What kind of small minded managers would let a little thing like this happen?
- "1.1 Terabytes of data at a rate of 5.44 Gbps."
Does anyone have a bit torrent link to that file?Although I am eagerly awaiting Doom3. I still like playing Pitfall & Adventure.
- "Sometimes big and slow is better than fast and small"
That's what my Wife keeps tellin' me.- "So, I fired up Virtual PC, installed Windows 2000"
His IT department must have to draw straws on who gets to answer his calls."What's up with all this "Ctrl C" and Ctrl V" copy/paste stuff? In almost all Linux programs, when I want to copy a block of text (or a graphic or whatever) I just highlight the original, then click both mouse buttons"
In Windows you can right click copy right click paste. Fast and simple
" virtually ordered me to download a series of patches. I did so, but it wasn't like a SuSE update where you see every patch available and can say "yes" or "no" to each one if you like."
I have never been forced to update in Windows. When I run windows update it lets me select what I want to update by simply adding or removing from the list and then I can review that list and apply the updates.
" It doesn't have the tabbed browser feature that makes work-related research (and pleasure reading) such a pleasure in Mozilla"
If you are going to run StarOffice isntead of MS Office then you can just as easily install mozilla on Windows. It runs just as fast on windows and looks better without having to install additional fonts.
I could continue but these jumped out at me right away and its time for me to go to lunch.
Folding@Home is a great cause. We all know this. Finding a cure for a terrible disease is very noble.
But to really make it that much better you could sign up using my name and team number and help me crush the competition and fold the most protiens. Just install Folding@Home and use Screen Name: PRIME1 & Team#: 2630
If you are already using it from Google and just running the default setting make the change today. You will feel better knowing you helped out a good cause.
You can check my team stats here as you can see I need some help to get ahead. I thank you for your support.
Protien folding is how protiens are self assembled. When this assembly process goes wrong it leads to diseases like Alzheimer's. While your DNA does provide the blue print for proteins in your body the study of protein folding is not the modification of DNA.
Folding@Home seeks to understand the process of protein folding and look for a cure in places where proteins fold incorrectly.
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If ATI Pays++
- then ATI_Card_Peformance++
else if NVIDIA Pays++- then NVIDA_Card_Perferomance++
else- BSOD
{Pioneer "50 Plasma HDTV
Everyone will forget about a wireless this or gizmo that, when this baby fires up and lights the room.
"at a demonstration in Chicago. Organizers blamed the measly 5 MPH winds. Kitty Hawk had 25 MPH back on December 17, 1903. IIRC, isn't Chicago the 'Windy City?'"
Yeah Chicago Blows.
How about a Compact Flash slot for your Laptop.
My PDA has a 802.11b in it's compact flash slot and I can get 4GB memory cards and GPS as well.
Small, cheap and already here. I want one on my Laptop. Without an adapter.
Homer: "Gee, Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know; way richer than Lenny"
Mr. Burns: "Yes, but I'd trade it all for a little more."
>3.1.4 will be out soon, with bugfixes to 3.1.3.
Yes, but the next release of Mandrake is going to use 3.1.3 and I tend to upgrade my distro as a whole
>Lindows? Xandros? Lycoris? Corel Linux?
I'm talking about a KDE only distro, many of these others include duplicate apps such as OpenOffice or Mozilla. I think for the standard user a distro optimized for and using only KDE could easily fit on 1 CD and have just about everything they need.
Now that Mandrake is at 9.2RC2. It looks like my next KDE upgrade will be to 3.1.3
When the next Mandrake release is out I hope to be using KDE 3.2 or better.
But with all this talk about Konstruct I may give that a try on a test box.
With so many applications built into KDE (KOffice, Konqueor, Games, etc.) you could almost have a nice little distro based entirely on KDE.
According to Tech Bargains You can get a DELL 400SC 2GHz server without an OS for $299. (3.2GHz just $622)
Not too hard to imagine a cluster of these.
From Dell I can get FreeDOS, but how do I get Free Dell?
NVIDIA should just build their own console. They are already a well know name among gamers. They could use their own GPU and NForce Chipset, use a less expensive AMD processor and a Custom Linux OS making the box cheaper to produce than the XBOX. Many game developers are already using NVIDIA Cg shader programming so creating and or porting games for an NVIDA console should be pretty easy.
I recently tried to get Hardware Monitoring running under Mandrake.
In Windows I install the program that came with the Motherboard and it sits in the tray and I can access things like CPU Temp, Fan Speeds, Voltages, Etc.
I RTFM for Linux and I had to recompile the Kernel, hand edit several config files, install a program with multiple dependencies.... and well, I never did get it working.
Other problems would be getting a printer to work, sound blaster & zip drives
I wonder if he came in at the right angle and at the right speed.... Could he also become the first person to skip across the English Channel. Now that would be something to see.
If they can easily port old PS1/PS2 games to this it should do well. Some of the most successful games on the GBA are Mario and Zelda ported over from older systems. This would be cheap and a lot of people would be interested in playing these on a portable. Games like Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy etc.