not true, as far as a computer with only 256mB running to swap city when burning a DVD.
i think i'm not replying the Parent post entirely though...here goes some wading...
I have two experiences, a laptop (with a slacktop speed drive remember, sloooow) with 256 and a sony dwu250 (i think) dvd drive, essentially a superdrive for pc's (bought not nearly 3 years ago).
i set memory cache to 40-70MB and burn away. nil cpu utilization (celeron 1.8ghz) and no problems. it does have a nice 8MB buffer, but it only gets used when i do something foolish like open my tooooo large pr0n folder acdSee, but it doesn't fail. XP hums right along fine, putting gratutious firefox tabs into the pagefile, and on with business.
the other, is a amd2200+ (1.8ghz) with 256, a pioneer dvr-108 drive (2MB buffer) and a 7200rpm drive (desktop). NO burning problems. i burn with nero, or alcohol, using the same memory cache settings as above.
the guys problem was that he obviously wasn't burning at 8x, but somewhere between 1x (1350/kBs i think) and 2.4x (err...). hell, he should be able to burn at 4x easily with a standard harddrive (7200rpm).
i can however see problems with a cheap slow HDD, little system memory, and 8x burning (10MB a sec? 1300kBs*8) on that system.
but really, 256 and dvd burning isn't bad at all, it's not like people are burning it in 1GB segments, its just up to your system to pull data from the drive to memory>cache to the burner quick and without delay. he obviously (imo) wasn't having serious delays or i think his burns would have tanked (happens when dvd burners stop getting data to burn, hmm...) so the drive just downgraded its speed.
anyway, real life data, pointless dissertation, answers to unasked questions...back to business now......while i finish enjoying DJ Short's handiwork, after all that typing.... wheeeww....
OH MY FUCKIN GOD!!!
i just did my fuckin afterwork unwind, a stiff joint a two dos equis ambers.
and so, i call the damn number...
YOu FUCKIN CUNT!!!!
hehehhe....
and my panic rose, but not as fast as my laughing....
give it a call, it's a good time...
well, for those in my boat at least.....
WTF are you on about? name one non-mozilla browser that uses XUL? nobody's bothered to write an implementation for one. but they can if they so wish, it's not LOCKED, it is a door that nobody has opened yet.
it is eminently open-able. do you expect mozilla to write software for all other browsers too?
shut up. that isn't vendor lock-in. jesus...
is writing CSS2 code lock-in, since IE doesn't support it for shit?
here's a clue for free: allowing people to implement standards for free, at their discretion, in their own products is NOT vendor lock-in.
i'm assuming it was something as simple as changing a URL for my example here, and i think it was probably something as trivial for so many to pull off.
what you speak of, is breaking and entering. i wouldn't even consider it that.
i think it's more like, "Hey everyone, our admissions coverpages that are posted in the admissions building hall on the coarkboard, our acceptance/rejection letters are on the back!"
if everyone walked over and flipped their coverpage over, i wouldn't say it's unethical.
when something doesn't have pains taken to make it hard to do, and it's not obviously unethical (like breaking and entering) i assume that i can do B since i can already do A.
yeah well all you busters, here is the real damn problem.
they CAN'T charge you a late fee, ***IF YOU NEVER RETURN THE DAMN MOVIE** !!!!!
if you had a movie out for a long ass time and still had yet to return it, and went in to rent another movie (in the hopes that Hollywood Video wouldn't demand payment?) wouldn't you be curious if they had charged you a 9 day late fee?
you would say, "hey, i haven't returned that!"
they would say, "yeah, but in this dreamworld of yours, our late fee have no relation to when you turn in the movie, you fuckwit."
they are charging you a REPLACEMENT fee.
why is that? you must ask that, right? weeeellllllll...
because they are in the business of renting movies.
You just stole one.
now they have to replace it, so they can rent it out to people.
sorry about the replacement fee buster, or the restocking fee. but they can't charge you a late fee if you don't return the movie.
they're in the business of renting movies. for 30 days. then they assume you won't ever bring it back, and charge you to replace the movie.
and things become old VERY fast around here (american news).
the recovery, the continual crisis and tragedy, body counts still rising. it's all but a reflection of what people domestically care about, and for how long.
sorry to say, but most people just don't give a shit about the disaster (or other things) as much as they care to know which bachelor has been voted off some stupid show this week.
we haven't evolved in this country to care about other peoples tragedies that much, if they don't particularly affect us.
"Really, if Americans had to deal with the level of terrorism that Isrealis do on a daily basis, society would fall right apart."
RE to that:
"People always like to think that about Americans, and they're always wrong. It's reassuring for the world to think that behind the juggernaut there's a rotten core of obese idiots and weaklings."
do you think a 747 full of israeli people would get hijacked by a few men with boxcutters?
because really, that's how soft and spineless and unable to move out of fear most americans are.
and i hope the four people who read this before i get modded into oblivion (karma:irrelevant) wonder at the validity of my point at least.
actually, when the *Law* says you can't, then it's illegal. until that shameful day, you'd likely just get kicked off your provider for violating their Terms Of Service.
are you serious? the prohibitive cost comes from the insanely expensive research into many drugs that don't prove to be effective, or don't do well enough in the insanely expensive clinical trials and certification process.
patents are probably the cheapest part to manufacturing medicine.
i'm sure there's some greed involved too, but really, making medicine is not cheap and it isn't because patents are so damn expensive. they're not, especially for a pharmaceutical company.
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" Say what you will about EA's hirings, getting into the video game industry and having EA on your resume is well worth the low pay for a little while."
and what do you do when EA is the industry through their voracious consumption of smaller, kinder (perhaps) companies? where you going to go? to the other mega game conglomerate that bought the other small companies that EA didn't want? they'll just have the same practices anyhow, because once conglomerates own most of the industry they can do whatever the fuck they want and it will affect most everyone.
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i wish they actually would drink the 'Kool-Aid'
not true, as far as a computer with only 256mB running to swap city when burning a DVD.
...while i finish enjoying DJ Short's handiwork, after all that typing.... wheeeww....
i think i'm not replying the Parent post entirely though...here goes some wading...
I have two experiences, a laptop (with a slacktop speed drive remember, sloooow) with 256 and a sony dwu250 (i think) dvd drive, essentially a superdrive for pc's (bought not nearly 3 years ago).
i set memory cache to 40-70MB and burn away. nil cpu utilization (celeron 1.8ghz) and no problems. it does have a nice 8MB buffer, but it only gets used when i do something foolish like open my tooooo large pr0n folder acdSee, but it doesn't fail. XP hums right along fine, putting gratutious firefox tabs into the pagefile, and on with business.
the other, is a amd2200+ (1.8ghz) with 256, a pioneer dvr-108 drive (2MB buffer) and a 7200rpm drive (desktop). NO burning problems. i burn with nero, or alcohol, using the same memory cache settings as above.
the guys problem was that he obviously wasn't burning at 8x, but somewhere between 1x (1350/kBs i think) and 2.4x (err...). hell, he should be able to burn at 4x easily with a standard harddrive (7200rpm).
i can however see problems with a cheap slow HDD, little system memory, and 8x burning (10MB a sec? 1300kBs*8) on that system.
but really, 256 and dvd burning isn't bad at all, it's not like people are burning it in 1GB segments, its just up to your system to pull data from the drive to memory>cache to the burner quick and without delay. he obviously (imo) wasn't having serious delays or i think his burns would have tanked (happens when dvd burners stop getting data to burn, hmm...) so the drive just downgraded its speed.
anyway, real life data, pointless dissertation, answers to unasked questions...back to business now...
OH MY FUCKIN GOD!!! i just did my fuckin afterwork unwind, a stiff joint a two dos equis ambers. and so, i call the damn number... YOu FUCKIN CUNT!!!! hehehhe.... and my panic rose, but not as fast as my laughing.... give it a call, it's a good time... well, for those in my boat at least. ....
Here is the next best thing.
I don't get why you would give a guy head though.
Respect yourself, sister.
it is eminently open-able. do you expect mozilla to write software for all other browsers too?
shut up. that isn't vendor lock-in.
jesus...
is writing CSS2 code lock-in, since IE doesn't support it for shit?
here's a clue for free: allowing people to implement standards for free, at their discretion, in their own products is NOT vendor lock-in.
*rolls eyes*
TIA
what you speak of, is breaking and entering. i wouldn't even consider it that.
i think it's more like, "Hey everyone, our admissions coverpages that are posted in the admissions building hall on the coarkboard, our acceptance/rejection letters are on the back!"
if everyone walked over and flipped their coverpage over, i wouldn't say it's unethical.
when something doesn't have pains taken to make it hard to do, and it's not obviously unethical (like breaking and entering) i assume that i can do B since i can already do A.
mau mau
Gah...I hate that...
they CAN'T charge you a late fee, ***IF YOU NEVER RETURN THE DAMN MOVIE** !!!!!
if you had a movie out for a long ass time and still had yet to return it, and went in to rent another movie (in the hopes that Hollywood Video wouldn't demand payment?) wouldn't you be curious if they had charged you a 9 day late fee?
you would say, "hey, i haven't returned that!"
they would say, "yeah, but in this dreamworld of yours, our late fee have no relation to when you turn in the movie, you fuckwit."
they are charging you a REPLACEMENT fee.
why is that? you must ask that, right? weeeellllllll...
because they are in the business of renting movies.
You just stole one.
now they have to replace it, so they can rent it out to people. sorry about the replacement fee buster, or the restocking fee. but they can't charge you a late fee if you don't return the movie.
they're in the business of renting movies. for 30 days. then they assume you won't ever bring it back, and charge you to replace the movie.
this is ridiculous...
and things become old VERY fast around here (american news).
the recovery, the continual crisis and tragedy, body counts still rising. it's all but a reflection of what people domestically care about, and for how long.
sorry to say, but most people just don't give a shit about the disaster (or other things) as much as they care to know which bachelor has been voted off some stupid show this week.
we haven't evolved in this country to care about other peoples tragedies that much, if they don't particularly affect us.
RE to that:
"People always like to think that about Americans, and they're always wrong. It's reassuring for the world to think that behind the juggernaut there's a rotten core of obese idiots and weaklings."
do you think a 747 full of israeli people would get hijacked by a few men with boxcutters?
because really, that's how soft and spineless and unable to move out of fear most americans are.
and i hope the four people who read this before i get modded into oblivion (karma:irrelevant) wonder at the validity of my point at least.
sexually...
you could have been joking, but i can't tell, and i can't find anything ironic about the situaiton.
OK OK OK, i'm just being polite...
wtf are you on about?
patents are probably the cheapest part to manufacturing medicine.
i'm sure there's some greed involved too, but really, making medicine is not cheap and it isn't because patents are so damn expensive. they're not, especially for a pharmaceutical company.
and what do you do when EA is the industry through their voracious consumption of smaller, kinder (perhaps) companies? where you going to go? to the other mega game conglomerate that bought the other small companies that EA didn't want? they'll just have the same practices anyhow, because once conglomerates own most of the industry they can do whatever the fuck they want and it will affect most everyone.
say hi to acid reflux for me!