My first player was the Nomad Jukebox 3. I believe the Jukebox was the first hard-drive player, and the jukebox 3 was the first one to make me go OMG i need this! Bought in late 2001 or 2002, it had 20 GB and USB connectivity, and I still used it until only a year ago when it finally gave up the ghost.
I remember explaining to people why my discman was so thick, and then having to go into what made it better. Most people were pretty impressed, though it seemed too techy for the average joe (until Apple made it hip).
Who cares? Web developers are the first ones who come to mind. The second is myself and anyone else who uses IE at work (which is most of us, last time Slashdot checked MOST visiters were still using IE!)
I think its really interesting that safari HEAD is at the top, while the most recent release (only a few months old) is towards the bottom. Safari was the first to meet acid2, and my guess is they are focusing on Acid3 now. Any browsers that came out before the Acid3 test was released are doing absolutely dismally.
I don't think these numbers mean much just yet... Lets check again in a year to see how they've progressed. Hopefully the IE8 team consider this a priority.
We switched to Outlook 2003 only recently. I can't tell you yet whether or not the new PST format is any more reliable. The only improvements I know of offhand are UTF encoding and removal of the 2GB limit.
Outlook (pre-2003) PST files had a hard-limit of 2GB beyond which they would simply refuse to grow. Microsoft recommends against letting your PSTs grow much over 1GB (TFA says 1.6GB). This is common knowledge in the IS dept where I work. The most common type of restoral we do is PST files, by the way. They really do corrupt easily when large. I don't know much about the format other than fragmentation is an issue (when you constantly add and delete messages from a PST). My guess is, as you get close to the 2GB limit, internal fragmentation becomes impossible to deal with.
Having dealt with this stuff first-hand, I can safely say that this story concerns me greatly.
Although i haven't delved into it myself, my intro to OO professor (whom I regard highly) mentioned cocoa as an example of good design (he was contrasting it with Java Swing, which is -ahem- not).
Well, there is a substantial difference between stealing music for personal use, and stealing music to use in a commercial. The latter would be the legal equivalent in this case.
He isn't suing someone for downloading his picture and setting it as their wallpaper!
I was just thinking... I have a 360 w/ the HD-DVD drive and a few movies... If I just hang onto the movies until blu-ray burners are cheap and everyone wants them anyhow, then i can rip them with the 360's drive (it works on PCs too) and burn them then. Won't cost me more than a few dollars. Just won't be able to watch them (cheaply) for the next year or two.
Or... I could just buy that burner someone above mentioned for ~$250. Again; this is a drive everyone is going to want within 5 years anyhow. My main point of resistance is the current cost of media.
That's not what they mean. After the data is transfered, you won't be able to play it unless you are signed in to xbox live. Or, if they transfer the license to the new console serial #.
As one of those decision makers, we just now are rolling out XP here. Vista, from an imaging and deployment perspective, would have been lovely. When you take into account the number of legacy applications and the current hardware situation though, it becomes completely unfeasible. I don't think it was seriously considered for more than a day or two.
Yes, they told me it couldn't be sharpened. I just mean it was dull. You get my point, though - try explaining that distinction to airport security today!
In July, 2001, I flew from Canada, through a connecting flight in Houston or Dallas, on the way to the Belize rainforest. I (and my fellow students) all had razor-sharp machetes either checked, or (in my case) in my carry-on. No joke. No one seemed to give a shit.
In 1997 I travelled back from Japan, and brought with me a boxed Samurai sword (not sharpened). People wondered how i'd get it home. It rode in the overhead bin.
Last time I travelled through the US, I had to throw out 50ml of cough syrup.
See the thing is, religion survives on the principle that their (often crazy) claims cannot be disproven. Fair enough. Saying "fine, since I can't prove without a doubt that the lost tribe of israel lived in Utah, then I guess I have no opinion at all" is frankly insulting to reason, and also unscientific.
Just because I am an "atheist" doesn't mean I am closed-minded, it just means that given the complete lack of evidence for fantastical claims, I am going to stick to a null hypothesis.
Agnostics are playing into the hands of the faithfull, just like those who claim evolution is "only a theory".
Most self-described agnostics are just atheists without the balls or desire to defend their position. One of my favorite quotes (paraphrased, and I forgot where I first heard it): "Saying your religious views are agnostic is like saying your hobby is not collecting stamps".
I think basicall Fox News, and O'Reilly in particular, has made a business out of trolling. They know they're being misleading and inflamatory, and they depend on it for ratings.
This is why the hubble telescope is still (AFAIK) running a 386 processor. Gadgets are getting more and more advanced, but they're also getting more and more delicate.
Anyhow, on topic:
I rue the day that my 360 dies, but that's because it's such a great console and I can't bare to be without it for 2 weeks! Anyone who says they won't get one because of this issue is being irrational... your warrantee will cover it. The only people who should be upset are MS shareholders.
Actually, mutations are fairly common because of the relatively rapid growth rate of a culture. Individual divisions are still very much clones, most of the time.
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My first player was the Nomad Jukebox 3. I believe the Jukebox was the first hard-drive player, and the jukebox 3 was the first one to make me go OMG i need this! Bought in late 2001 or 2002, it had 20 GB and USB connectivity, and I still used it until only a year ago when it finally gave up the ghost.
I remember explaining to people why my discman was so thick, and then having to go into what made it better. Most people were pretty impressed, though it seemed too techy for the average joe (until Apple made it hip).
Yeah, I know. Out of curiosity, why did you get +5 insightful just for just hammering home my point?
Who cares? Web developers are the first ones who come to mind. The second is myself and anyone else who uses IE at work (which is most of us, last time Slashdot checked MOST visiters were still using IE!)
I think its really interesting that safari HEAD is at the top, while the most recent release (only a few months old) is towards the bottom. Safari was the first to meet acid2, and my guess is they are focusing on Acid3 now. Any browsers that came out before the Acid3 test was released are doing absolutely dismally.
I don't think these numbers mean much just yet... Lets check again in a year to see how they've progressed. Hopefully the IE8 team consider this a priority.
PST is an outlook file format. Exchange does NOT store messages in PST format. PST files are used for local mail archives only.
They need a "+1 wrong, but slams M$, so who gives a fuck?" moderation option.
We switched to Outlook 2003 only recently. I can't tell you yet whether or not the new PST format is any more reliable. The only improvements I know of offhand are UTF encoding and removal of the 2GB limit.
Outlook (pre-2003) PST files had a hard-limit of 2GB beyond which they would simply refuse to grow. Microsoft recommends against letting your PSTs grow much over 1GB (TFA says 1.6GB). This is common knowledge in the IS dept where I work. The most common type of restoral we do is PST files, by the way. They really do corrupt easily when large. I don't know much about the format other than fragmentation is an issue (when you constantly add and delete messages from a PST). My guess is, as you get close to the 2GB limit, internal fragmentation becomes impossible to deal with.
Having dealt with this stuff first-hand, I can safely say that this story concerns me greatly.
Although i haven't delved into it myself, my intro to OO professor (whom I regard highly) mentioned cocoa as an example of good design (he was contrasting it with Java Swing, which is -ahem- not).
Well, there is a substantial difference between stealing music for personal use, and stealing music to use in a commercial. The latter would be the legal equivalent in this case.
He isn't suing someone for downloading his picture and setting it as their wallpaper!
I was just thinking... I have a 360 w/ the HD-DVD drive and a few movies... If I just hang onto the movies until blu-ray burners are cheap and everyone wants them anyhow, then i can rip them with the 360's drive (it works on PCs too) and burn them then. Won't cost me more than a few dollars. Just won't be able to watch them (cheaply) for the next year or two.
Or... I could just buy that burner someone above mentioned for ~$250. Again; this is a drive everyone is going to want within 5 years anyhow. My main point of resistance is the current cost of media.
That's not what they mean. After the data is transfered, you won't be able to play it unless you are signed in to xbox live. Or, if they transfer the license to the new console serial #.
The flight would have been more fun, for sure.
As one of those decision makers, we just now are rolling out XP here. Vista, from an imaging and deployment perspective, would have been lovely. When you take into account the number of legacy applications and the current hardware situation though, it becomes completely unfeasible. I don't think it was seriously considered for more than a day or two.
Yes, they told me it couldn't be sharpened. I just mean it was dull. You get my point, though - try explaining that distinction to airport security today!
In July, 2001, I flew from Canada, through a connecting flight in Houston or Dallas, on the way to the Belize rainforest. I (and my fellow students) all had razor-sharp machetes either checked, or (in my case) in my carry-on. No joke. No one seemed to give a shit.
In 1997 I travelled back from Japan, and brought with me a boxed Samurai sword (not sharpened). People wondered how i'd get it home. It rode in the overhead bin.
Last time I travelled through the US, I had to throw out 50ml of cough syrup.
RTFA
Sorry, you'll have to be more specific. I'm not sure what I should be learning more about... ?
Remember the sega channel? Downloadable games, but no online play if i recall.
See the thing is, religion survives on the principle that their (often crazy) claims cannot be disproven. Fair enough. Saying "fine, since I can't prove without a doubt that the lost tribe of israel lived in Utah, then I guess I have no opinion at all" is frankly insulting to reason, and also unscientific.
Just because I am an "atheist" doesn't mean I am closed-minded, it just means that given the complete lack of evidence for fantastical claims, I am going to stick to a null hypothesis.
Agnostics are playing into the hands of the faithfull, just like those who claim evolution is "only a theory".
Most self-described agnostics are just atheists without the balls or desire to defend their position. One of my favorite quotes (paraphrased, and I forgot where I first heard it): "Saying your religious views are agnostic is like saying your hobby is not collecting stamps".
Angry AND pedantic... those are some sexy characteristics. You single?
I think basicall Fox News, and O'Reilly in particular, has made a business out of trolling. They know they're being misleading and inflamatory, and they depend on it for ratings.
My computer thinks time began in 1970.
This is why the hubble telescope is still (AFAIK) running a 386 processor. Gadgets are getting more and more advanced, but they're also getting more and more delicate.
Anyhow, on topic:
I rue the day that my 360 dies, but that's because it's such a great console and I can't bare to be without it for 2 weeks! Anyone who says they won't get one because of this issue is being irrational... your warrantee will cover it. The only people who should be upset are MS shareholders.
Actually, mutations are fairly common because of the relatively rapid growth rate of a culture. Individual divisions are still very much clones, most of the time.