sorry, but why is this here?... i really expect to see more computer-related things at slashdot... theres car mod-related websites, and this isnt one of them.
keep in mind, i love car mods. i just dont expect to see that at slashdot. slashdot doesnt need to branch off into everything there is and try to become the source for it; i can go to microsoft.com for that...
i tak eback what i said. when people encode episodes of shows, they use 320 (for some unknown reason, because it looks like crap). when people record DVDs, its much higher. even on kazaa; just check the number of sources that have each resolution.
320x240 is the average DivX encode? last i checked, my smallest movie was 640x480, with the average being something like either 708 pixels wide or 800 pixels wide. maybe if youre encoding a commercial or something...
MAG monitors are horrible, in my experience... mine slowly "browned out" from day one, then finally went to hell... i bought a used IBM one to replace it, and its been better in every way to the MAG one, and its been awesome in comparison... this is just my own experience, though, and yours may vary...
just because mobile devices might outsell PCs, does not make it the dawn of a post-PC era. you might as well say that were at the dawn of a post-car era, because more pairs of shoes are being sold than cars.
these numbers dont suprise me. you have your cell phone, your PDA, your gameboy clone (gp32), and many more items that will require an operating system, vs you PC... just because youve had to pay for multiple copies of a embedded operating system, doesnt mean that you dont consider your PC more important and useful than all of them...
youre all a bunch of wussies... try living in the only state surrounded by great-fucking-lakes, the birthplace of the motto "if you dont like the weather in michigan, wait 5 minutes"... id say an island would be worse, but an island doesnt get the crazy effects of winds from your southern part that touches other land...
"...if there is a bomb threat, school operations must cease while the threat is checked out."
hahaha! thats a good one! my school had never once sent people home in the event of a bomb threat, even in the incidents where such threats resulted in an actual bomb. all they do is try to lie to you when there actually *was* a bomb, like saying a light bulb fixture breaking was the cause of a huge "boom" sound and an entire hallway filling with smoke. of course, cameras in the hallways, computer filtering software that blocked most educational sites, and not allowing dyed hair ("distraction to other students") was perfectly fine.
i know that the parent was informative, but it was a decent part troll as well. if i wanted to find soldering techniques, i would have done a search on google (or asked slashdot, they except everything). its ok that you know how to better solder than the man who made this, but its his project, not yours, so why do you care so much that his soldering job wasnt up to par?
"Social security numbers, credit card numbers, and healthcare information about 500,000 US military personnel and their families is contained on the stolen hardware..."
"...who would be interested in the data..."
who would be interested in a bunch of people credit card numbers? gee, thats a though one.:P
theres a ton of different ways this could work, but it will probably work using *multiple* systems, so that if one were to read your grip wrong, the others would check it in another way and realize its you. also, you assume that because its a technological device, its prone to failure. this is not joe shmoes windows-running computer. last i checked, there are a LOT of medical devices that use computers that run reliably each time you use them. im sure this will be as reliable as those computers, or else the attorney general will never approve it, and this law will never matter anyways.
even if these systems were to not find your grip an exact match, im sure its designed with some sort of leeway in mind. id just be nervous that it would have an error and a bugular would be able to use the weapon. the system would probably be designed so that you could use it 100 percent of the time, and a bugular might get lucky 1%; much better than a bugular having 0%, and you having 99%, since if there is no such system, a bugular would be able to use it 100% anyways.
as for police, they dont really need this system so much because they are so highly trained in weapon retention. if each person who owned a gun went through dozens of hours of training on how to handle and retain that weapon, as well as how to quickly and accurately distinguish between friendly targets and attackers, then i wouldnt mind them not having some sort of saftey device on their gun. until then, ill be glad if we can develop some sort of system to prevent children from dying because they found daddys gun and thought it was a toy.
i imagine the firearm would permit multiple "owners" to use it, if you will. its not like adding another grip profile to the gun would be difficult. please think about something that basic before you flam the post.
"If the kid blows his own head off its his own damn fault..."
and if the kids *friend* were to come in and find the gun, and dick around with it and point it at the kid? this is actually how a high percentage of these accidents occur.
also, in the bugular scenario, whats to stop the bugular from using the gun, if theres not feature like this?
as far as i know, it is, but i could very well be wrong. theres still tribes 1 leagues, as well as tribes 2, but i dont know if they still connect to the central server of if they just exchange IPs.
jazz jackrabbit, though i dunno where you would find it
emulators. get an atari emulator and run a little game called warlords. very basic game, but extreamly fun. for snes, some multiplayer secret of mana would be nice. bomberman is always tons of fun. the list goes on.
little fighter. try it, its amazingly fun, though short.
yes, yes, yes. although i would go with worms world party, its all up to opinion. however, worms isnt the same unless all players are within hearing distance, and preferably closer than that. theres a sort of small party atmosphere that comes with that game, with all the trash talk and what not, that reminds me of a game called bomberman for super nintendo. great multiplayer game, but thats another topic.
you need very little in the way of processor power and graphics cards to run tribes. i used to run it on a 333 with a 4mb integrated video card, and the only thing that would hold me back would be my horrible AOL connection (*still* playable, though, i might add, because of tribes beautiful ability to scale all options to fit your comp and connection).
tribes is a definate must for any liking FPSs. the first major team-oriented FPS that was any good, in my opinion (but thats up for debate, i suppose). the install is small, everyone can use the same CD, and you havent played computer games till you know the fun of killing the flag-carrier with a mid-air disc or jumping out of a scout vehical a split second before it plows 3 or 4 enemies.
soviet russia? it *is* a location, after all.
in soviet russia, server... um... serves?... wait... damn! i messed that one up. wheres the delete key...
you could have the newsletter subscribers email the newsletter maker first, with something like "subscribe" in the subject line. of course, theres always the possibility of forged email headers, making it seem like the email is coming from someone else, but i imagine that would be eaisier to defend in court
i understand the original poster was trying to be funny, but this point has been brought up many times because of its positive benifits, in that it does indeed last a long time. paper would last longer than magnetic media (likes tapes or hard drives), but this is not practical because of the sheer amount of space that enough paper needed for this takes up. what i would suggest is to mod out one of those 200 CD changers, and plug in a DVD reburner drive of your choice (DVD-RW, DVD+RW) into it. write some program that automates the swapping of the CDs. it would take a bit of work, but 200 DVDs * 4.7 gig = 970 gig of backup. if you want this backup to be more permanent, after burning, take those DVDs and place them in protective plastic sleeves with soft cotton inserts, and store them in a cool-dry place. this process might take a day or two, and the price of DVD media is a bit high right now (just wait a few years, itll drop drastically, like it did from 20 bucsk a few years ago). however, my CDs still read with no loss of data from close to 10 years ago, unless theyve taken a beating from scratches. DVDs are even more resistant of such loss of data, because theyre made better quality (ever notice that theyre thicker). i honestly dont know why there isnt more mainstream data backup using the DVD media for long-term backup. anyways, im kinda tired, so excuse the rambling.
theres no price difference, usually, as far as i know, for the same product. if photoshop charged 50 bucks for its software for home users, for the full version, it would be pretty hard pressed not to charge that same price for the software for businesses. i dont see how photoshop could take away enough features to justify droppijng the price 10 times smaller for a "home edition", and not have that edition be utter crap.
what insurance company did she have? i recently read an article on insurance companies trying to screw over homeowners when a fire happens, so im trying to find out what the good ones are.
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sorry, but why is this here?... i really expect to see more computer-related things at slashdot... theres car mod-related websites, and this isnt one of them. keep in mind, i love car mods. i just dont expect to see that at slashdot. slashdot doesnt need to branch off into everything there is and try to become the source for it; i can go to microsoft.com for that...
i tak eback what i said. when people encode episodes of shows, they use 320 (for some unknown reason, because it looks like crap). when people record DVDs, its much higher. even on kazaa; just check the number of sources that have each resolution.
320x240 is the average DivX encode? last i checked, my smallest movie was 640x480, with the average being something like either 708 pixels wide or 800 pixels wide. maybe if youre encoding a commercial or something...
MAG monitors are horrible, in my experience... mine slowly "browned out" from day one, then finally went to hell... i bought a used IBM one to replace it, and its been better in every way to the MAG one, and its been awesome in comparison... this is just my own experience, though, and yours may vary...
just because mobile devices might outsell PCs, does not make it the dawn of a post-PC era. you might as well say that were at the dawn of a post-car era, because more pairs of shoes are being sold than cars. these numbers dont suprise me. you have your cell phone, your PDA, your gameboy clone (gp32), and many more items that will require an operating system, vs you PC... just because youve had to pay for multiple copies of a embedded operating system, doesnt mean that you dont consider your PC more important and useful than all of them...
aww, i thought this was unique to michigan... ah, well... thanks for the heads-up...
youre all a bunch of wussies... try living in the only state surrounded by great-fucking-lakes, the birthplace of the motto "if you dont like the weather in michigan, wait 5 minutes"... id say an island would be worse, but an island doesnt get the crazy effects of winds from your southern part that touches other land...
and they never hearded us outside, or even told people to report anything unusual. not even the teachers would know about these threats.
hahaha! thats a good one! my school had never once sent people home in the event of a bomb threat, even in the incidents where such threats resulted in an actual bomb. all they do is try to lie to you when there actually *was* a bomb, like saying a light bulb fixture breaking was the cause of a huge "boom" sound and an entire hallway filling with smoke. of course, cameras in the hallways, computer filtering software that blocked most educational sites, and not allowing dyed hair ("distraction to other students") was perfectly fine.
i know that the parent was informative, but it was a decent part troll as well. if i wanted to find soldering techniques, i would have done a search on google (or asked slashdot, they except everything). its ok that you know how to better solder than the man who made this, but its his project, not yours, so why do you care so much that his soldering job wasnt up to par?
"Social security numbers, credit card numbers, and healthcare information about 500,000 US military personnel and their families is contained on the stolen hardware..."
"...who would be interested in the data..."
who would be interested in a bunch of people credit card numbers? gee, thats a though one. :P
theres a ton of different ways this could work, but it will probably work using *multiple* systems, so that if one were to read your grip wrong, the others would check it in another way and realize its you. also, you assume that because its a technological device, its prone to failure. this is not joe shmoes windows-running computer. last i checked, there are a LOT of medical devices that use computers that run reliably each time you use them. im sure this will be as reliable as those computers, or else the attorney general will never approve it, and this law will never matter anyways. even if these systems were to not find your grip an exact match, im sure its designed with some sort of leeway in mind. id just be nervous that it would have an error and a bugular would be able to use the weapon. the system would probably be designed so that you could use it 100 percent of the time, and a bugular might get lucky 1%; much better than a bugular having 0%, and you having 99%, since if there is no such system, a bugular would be able to use it 100% anyways. as for police, they dont really need this system so much because they are so highly trained in weapon retention. if each person who owned a gun went through dozens of hours of training on how to handle and retain that weapon, as well as how to quickly and accurately distinguish between friendly targets and attackers, then i wouldnt mind them not having some sort of saftey device on their gun. until then, ill be glad if we can develop some sort of system to prevent children from dying because they found daddys gun and thought it was a toy.
and if the kids *friend* were to come in and find the gun, and dick around with it and point it at the kid? this is actually how a high percentage of these accidents occur.
also, in the bugular scenario, whats to stop the bugular from using the gun, if theres not feature like this?
as far as i know, it is, but i could very well be wrong. theres still tribes 1 leagues, as well as tribes 2, but i dont know if they still connect to the central server of if they just exchange IPs.
emulators. get an atari emulator and run a little game called warlords. very basic game, but extreamly fun. for snes, some multiplayer secret of mana would be nice. bomberman is always tons of fun. the list goes on.
little fighter. try it, its amazingly fun, though short.
great game, i second that one. kinda reminds me of a combination of counter-strike and worms, personally.
yes, yes, yes. although i would go with worms world party, its all up to opinion. however, worms isnt the same unless all players are within hearing distance, and preferably closer than that. theres a sort of small party atmosphere that comes with that game, with all the trash talk and what not, that reminds me of a game called bomberman for super nintendo. great multiplayer game, but thats another topic.
you need very little in the way of processor power and graphics cards to run tribes. i used to run it on a 333 with a 4mb integrated video card, and the only thing that would hold me back would be my horrible AOL connection (*still* playable, though, i might add, because of tribes beautiful ability to scale all options to fit your comp and connection).
tribes is a definate must for any liking FPSs. the first major team-oriented FPS that was any good, in my opinion (but thats up for debate, i suppose). the install is small, everyone can use the same CD, and you havent played computer games till you know the fun of killing the flag-carrier with a mid-air disc or jumping out of a scout vehical a split second before it plows 3 or 4 enemies.
soviet russia? it *is* a location, after all. in soviet russia, server... um... serves?... wait... damn! i messed that one up. wheres the delete key...
reminds me of kentucky fried chic-... er, KFC...
you could have the newsletter subscribers email the newsletter maker first, with something like "subscribe" in the subject line. of course, theres always the possibility of forged email headers, making it seem like the email is coming from someone else, but i imagine that would be eaisier to defend in court
i understand the original poster was trying to be funny, but this point has been brought up many times because of its positive benifits, in that it does indeed last a long time. paper would last longer than magnetic media (likes tapes or hard drives), but this is not practical because of the sheer amount of space that enough paper needed for this takes up. what i would suggest is to mod out one of those 200 CD changers, and plug in a DVD reburner drive of your choice (DVD-RW, DVD+RW) into it. write some program that automates the swapping of the CDs. it would take a bit of work, but 200 DVDs * 4.7 gig = 970 gig of backup. if you want this backup to be more permanent, after burning, take those DVDs and place them in protective plastic sleeves with soft cotton inserts, and store them in a cool-dry place. this process might take a day or two, and the price of DVD media is a bit high right now (just wait a few years, itll drop drastically, like it did from 20 bucsk a few years ago). however, my CDs still read with no loss of data from close to 10 years ago, unless theyve taken a beating from scratches. DVDs are even more resistant of such loss of data, because theyre made better quality (ever notice that theyre thicker). i honestly dont know why there isnt more mainstream data backup using the DVD media for long-term backup. anyways, im kinda tired, so excuse the rambling.
theres no price difference, usually, as far as i know, for the same product. if photoshop charged 50 bucks for its software for home users, for the full version, it would be pretty hard pressed not to charge that same price for the software for businesses. i dont see how photoshop could take away enough features to justify droppijng the price 10 times smaller for a "home edition", and not have that edition be utter crap.
what insurance company did she have? i recently read an article on insurance companies trying to screw over homeowners when a fire happens, so im trying to find out what the good ones are.