This guy's able to run relatively new OS (w2k) all the way down to DOS and Win 1.0.?? I remember trying to run older 16bit apps on Windows 95 on Pentium 200 hardware, and the numbers were all messed up. System Memory, -99999999 and I really had 32MB RAM. There was also limitations detecting Hard Drive space.
Now that's a fine example of how pirated software is helping MS. Chances are, the 14 yr old kid ain't gonna spend $700 for Win2K Server, or $1000 for Adv. Server (or however much it costs), so if it wasn't for piracy, the kid woulnd't use M$, and just stick w. Linux.
It used to be the typical home has one computer. A growing trend now is to have 2+ computers in the house, either by buying multiple new computers, or continuing to use old ones when a new computer is introduced. Broadband now becomes a necessity to keep all the computers in the home connected to the internet AND to keep the phone line free. There's nothing like Lil brother Timmy wanting to play games on Yahooligans while Sister Tammy is researching a school project while Dad needs to look up stock quotes while Mom needs the phone to call to deliver Pizza.
from the article, Ishikawa is quoted "It's a very flawed piece of legislation" and in the very next paragraph states his company is paid "$200 to $50,000 per month by owners of intellectual property -- primarily software companies, movie studios, and record companies"
Doesn't he qualify for being a sellout since he doesn't believe that the law that he is upholding/enforcing is right?
Last spring GM had demonstration units at the auto shows. Apparently you can lift one body type, such as 4-dr sedan, and replace it with another, such as pickup truck. Plug'n'play.
I voted yesterday, and I live in Florida. It was my first time (Yes, I AM an American) so I never got to try the punch cards system. However, before I went to vote I figured any educated person would be able to vote successfully because all you have to do is darken a bubble next to canidate you wish to cast your vote for, just like all the multiple choice exams, Scantron forms, and SATs. Yes, you could say that the older voters were "educated" before scanning technology, but they should be able to read!. So,I've come to the conclusion that for the most part, Florida voters (with the exception of a few including me;-)) are stupid. It is sad for me to say this as a Floridian. I'm sorry, but if you can't fill out a simple form to vote while immigrants natively speaking other languages struggle to take a US Citizenship test in English and pass, you probably should not be voting.
..And if you're running the polling places, and can't figure out HOW to press the Power button on a Big Black Scanning machine, perhaps you should give your job to someone who does.
must be just a matter of opinion. I see the single menu bar as somewhat counter-productive. I've used Macs on occasion, and it gets annoying because I have to ensure the correct window (if you call it) is on Focus before navigating the Menu. Ever try saving a document, only to find out you got another window selected instead? I *THINK* KDE (2.2) had an option of a single top menu, and it wasn't for me.
Here's the translated Japanese page from the BabelFish. http://babelfish.altavista.com/urltrur l?url=http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20020904/sony.htm &lp=ja_en&tt=url
How is it that Greece is prohibiting electronic gaming which encourages competition and interaction among people? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this where the world's Olympic Games started?
If you have to work 15 hrs/day, then sleep 8hrs/day, that only leaves you with 1 hour of the day for yourself, whether with family, wife/girlfriend, LAN party, etc, etc.
I guess this really becomes a case where your work has taken over all other aspects of your life.
Spam, Fraud, and Pr0n predate the internet. The only difference is that the Internet allows for faster exposure. Just think about all the interupted dinners from telemarketers and all the "Buy Life Insurance for 1$/day" and Pre-approved credit card offers that come into your mailbox along with your bills and letters. Porn has been around since at least the 70's (cheezy guitar music) Fraud..well identity theft may not require the internet.
The internet is a relatively new medium, and everyone (including Spammers and Porn directors) will take advantage of it, for the good or bad of the entire online community. As with everyting else in the consumer realm, people should be educated and aware of what is around, and overall social behavior must be changed. It is sad that people are getting scamed for penis enlargment kits and spreading email viruses thinking they'll get a peep of Kornikova (sp) naked.
I know the interent was first used for military purposes (or so I've heard/read), but I wonder if maybe these low-brow things are what spurred widespread adoption.
Al Gore: As you can see, the touch screen ballot has a row of square boxes with names on them with their party affiliations. Now what are the voters supposed to do? Are they supposed to scratch the box, sniff the box, color in the box? One lady decided to Lick the box.
..and what if you select the wrong button? Is there an UNDO?
Let's just hope these AMD marketeers do a better job at advertising Opteron than they did with Athlons and K6-2. If I was one of the mindless (sorry) mainstream users who don't read slashdot and buy factory built computers I wouldn't know about AMD. I would only know about Intel Processors and brainwashed from those guys dancing in white space suits and head banging aliens that P4's are the best chips out there. AMD really needs to crunch out television advertising and get endorsements from computer manufacturers (displace the Intel jingle at the end of every Dell and Gateway commercial), especially if they beat Intel in releasing a 64bit processor.
I got my HS education from FL also, (Duval County to be specific), and I can say I got lucky while others suffered. In middle school I had 7th Grade Pre Algebra, then 8th Grade Algebra, both offered under their "honors program". At the time, my middle school was doing down, and was blessed with the only 2 "good" math teachers. The others were incompetent. Moving up to HS I graduated with AP Calculus. I believe the problem is that the minimum for students to get their diploma is Geometry. (it goes Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, PreCalc/Trig, AP Calc here). From my experience with high school physics and university physics, a lot of the basic things are derived from skills taught in Algebra II and PreCalc...and if it's not required, not everyone will take math classes past Geometry unless they intend to go to college.
now, about the FCAT. Yes, I have taken the test, and last year was on a panel grading a batch of them. I graded the writing/reading tests from an elementary school and the results were TERRIBLE, which goes to show standardized tests do not improve education.
I'm not an Intel fan, but as far as I see it, their claims are legitimate. They say their chips run at a certain Mhz, and that may be true, despite the fact that the performance may not be as good as a slower speed Athlon.
For example, let's get a 4cyl engine next to a 8cyl engine. You COULD redline the 4cyl at say 6000RPMS and only run the 8cyl at about 5000RPM. Most likely, the 8cyl will still perform better than the 4cyl running at 1000RPM faster. (Just an illustration, I dont know how accurate an actuall test would result)
While I don't agree that clock speed soley determines the overall performance of a computer, Intel may be telling the truth when they say they have the FASTEST CLOCKED cpu, but other claims after that may get them in trouble. Sure, their P4 runs at 2.2 or whatever the max speed is now and if you were to gauge it, it'd be correct. I think this is just a case of consumers needing to be more educated in shopping for computers.
This does bring up an question. If we disreguard cpu speed as a selling point and use overal performance rating, judging computers becomes more subjective. Just changing out RAM, or chipsets, or some other small item can make a significant difference in a PC's value. More reason to build your own system.
it is nice they're collaborating on a common format. I can't say whether XML is good or not for a format, but it is nice to be able to take document files created from any office program and open and edit in a differnt program WITHOUT saving in a txt or rtf that loses a lot of formatting features.
Not to bash M$, but different companies working together is much better for the computer user. Ever try opening a Works document in M$ Word? It doesn't work, yet both packages are made from the same company, now what chance do other competing programs have with working with M$ files? The example of a common format will give more reason to use Linux, if this trend continues (or starts)
sure it's easier to develop for IE....if you use M$ products like FrontPage and.NET.
"a bitch to do cross-browser"?..
Fire up vi/emacs/kate/pico and hand code your webpage like a REAL web developer who know's what each line of code does. Check it in mozilla, galeon, konqueror and most likey it'll look the way you want it to. Get a friend to view it in IE, 95% of the time, it works the same way!! Quoting Nick Burns from SNL , "NOW, was that so hard???"
There's a good reason for making cross-browser compatable sites. It gains more explosure to potential clients/business. If I'm shopping around for a service and their website only works in ONE browser and not the ones I chose to use, I'm going to their competitor.
I use Linux on a T-bird 900Mhz with Asus A7V. My 2 harddrives are connected to the ATA-100 IDE. One hardrive is ATA100 7200RPM, and the other 7200 15BG ATA66. For typical use (application, file saving and such), average transfer is between 5-20MB/s, according to my xosview. When i've copied large files, I've seen a peak at about 70MB/s, but only momentarilly throughout the transfer. (source and destination on the ATA100)
Slashdot Mirror
intel
NOT
inside
Research/Development: We got this new screen, what should we call it?
Marketing: How about D#?
(for the next 22 new products)
R/D: We developed this spanking new product, we need a name:
marketing: [E...Z]# will do
I wonder what Marketing will do when the dooms day comes where they run out of letters.
This guy's able to run relatively new OS (w2k) all the way down to DOS and Win 1.0.?? I remember trying to run older 16bit apps on Windows 95 on Pentium 200 hardware, and the numbers were all messed up. System Memory, -99999999 and I really had 32MB RAM. There was also limitations detecting Hard Drive space.
Now that's a fine example of how pirated software is helping MS. Chances are, the 14 yr old kid ain't gonna spend $700 for Win2K Server, or $1000 for Adv. Server (or however much it costs), so if it wasn't for piracy, the kid woulnd't use M$, and just stick w. Linux.
It used to be the typical home has one computer. A growing trend now is to have 2+ computers in the house, either by buying multiple new computers, or continuing to use old ones when a new computer is introduced. Broadband now becomes a necessity to keep all the computers in the home connected to the internet AND to keep the phone line free. There's nothing like Lil brother Timmy wanting to play games on Yahooligans while Sister Tammy is researching a school project while Dad needs to look up stock quotes while Mom needs the phone to call to deliver Pizza.
from the article, Ishikawa is quoted "It's a very flawed piece of legislation" and in the very next paragraph states his company is paid "$200 to $50,000 per month by owners of intellectual property -- primarily software companies, movie studios, and record companies"
Doesn't he qualify for being a sellout since he doesn't believe that the law that he is upholding/enforcing is right?
Last spring GM had demonstration units at the auto shows. Apparently you can lift one body type, such as 4-dr sedan, and replace it with another, such as pickup truck. Plug'n'play.
Cool, but is it Hot-Swappable?
I voted yesterday, and I live in Florida. It was my first time (Yes, I AM an American) so I never got to try the punch cards system. However, before I went to vote I figured any educated person would be able to vote successfully because all you have to do is darken a bubble next to canidate you wish to cast your vote for, just like all the multiple choice exams, Scantron forms, and SATs. Yes, you could say that the older voters were "educated" before scanning technology, but they should be able to read!. So,I've come to the conclusion that for the most part, Florida voters (with the exception of a few including me ;-)) are stupid. It is sad for me to say this as a Floridian. I'm sorry, but if you can't fill out a simple form to vote while immigrants natively speaking other languages struggle to take a US Citizenship test in English and pass, you probably should not be voting.
..And if you're running the polling places, and can't figure out HOW to press the Power button on a Big Black Scanning machine, perhaps you should give your job to someone who does.
Well, now here's something CompactFlash/SmartMedia/MultiMediaCard manufactures' will be happily running to the bank with.
must be just a matter of opinion. I see the single menu bar as somewhat counter-productive. I've used Macs on occasion, and it gets annoying because I have to ensure the correct window (if you call it) is on Focus before navigating the Menu. Ever try saving a document, only to find out you got another window selected instead? I *THINK* KDE (2.2) had an option of a single top menu, and it wasn't for me.
I'll be really impressed when they can put in a water-cooling system with the reservoir under the hood of the Focus or VW mod.
Here's the translated Japanese page from the BabelFish.r l?url=http:/ /www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20020904/sony.htm &lp=ja_en&tt=url
http://babelfish.altavista.com/urltru
How is it that Greece is prohibiting electronic gaming which encourages competition and interaction among people? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this where the world's Olympic Games started?
If you have to work 15 hrs/day, then sleep 8hrs/day, that only leaves you with 1 hour of the day for yourself, whether with family, wife/girlfriend, LAN party, etc, etc.
I guess this really becomes a case where your work has taken over all other aspects of your life.
Spam, Fraud, and Pr0n predate the internet. The only difference is that the Internet allows for faster exposure. Just think about all the interupted dinners from telemarketers and all the "Buy Life Insurance for 1$/day" and Pre-approved credit card offers that come into your mailbox along with your bills and letters. Porn has been around since at least the 70's (cheezy guitar music) Fraud..well identity theft may not require the internet.
The internet is a relatively new medium, and everyone (including Spammers and Porn directors) will take advantage of it, for the good or bad of the entire online community. As with everyting else in the consumer realm, people should be educated and aware of what is around, and overall social behavior must be changed. It is sad that people are getting scamed for penis enlargment kits and spreading email viruses thinking they'll get a peep of Kornikova (sp) naked.
I know the interent was first used for military purposes (or so I've heard/read), but I wonder if maybe these low-brow things are what spurred widespread adoption.
Some froze up like balky home computers, while others got stuck in a mode that effectively locked up the machines
Voter: uhh...I pushed the button to vote for Gore, and I got a Blue Screen.
Al Gore: As you can see, the touch screen ballot has a row of square boxes with names on them with their party affiliations. Now what are the voters supposed to do? Are they supposed to scratch the box, sniff the box, color in the box? One lady decided to Lick the box.
..and what if you select the wrong button? Is there an UNDO?
Let's just hope these AMD marketeers do a better job at advertising Opteron than they did with Athlons and K6-2. If I was one of the mindless (sorry) mainstream users who don't read slashdot and buy factory built computers I wouldn't know about AMD. I would only know about Intel Processors and brainwashed from those guys dancing in white space suits and head banging aliens that P4's are the best chips out there. AMD really needs to crunch out television advertising and get endorsements from computer manufacturers (displace the Intel jingle at the end of every Dell and Gateway commercial), especially if they beat Intel in releasing a 64bit processor.
I got my HS education from FL also, (Duval County to be specific), and I can say I got lucky while others suffered. In middle school I had 7th Grade Pre Algebra, then 8th Grade Algebra, both offered under their "honors program". At the time, my middle school was doing down, and was blessed with the only 2 "good" math teachers. The others were incompetent. Moving up to HS I graduated with AP Calculus. I believe the problem is that the minimum for students to get their diploma is Geometry. (it goes Algebra, Geometry, Algebra II, PreCalc/Trig, AP Calc here). From my experience with high school physics and university physics, a lot of the basic things are derived from skills taught in Algebra II and PreCalc. ..and if it's not required, not everyone will take math classes past Geometry unless they intend to go to college.
now, about the FCAT. Yes, I have taken the test, and last year was on a panel grading a batch of them. I graded the writing/reading tests from an elementary school and the results were TERRIBLE, which goes to show standardized tests do not improve education.
I'm not an Intel fan, but as far as I see it, their claims are legitimate. They say their chips run at a certain Mhz, and that may be true, despite the fact that the performance may not be as good as a slower speed Athlon.
For example, let's get a 4cyl engine next to a 8cyl engine. You COULD redline the 4cyl at say 6000RPMS and only run the 8cyl at about 5000RPM. Most likely, the 8cyl will still perform better than the 4cyl running at 1000RPM faster. (Just an illustration, I dont know how accurate an actuall test would result)
While I don't agree that clock speed soley determines the overall performance of a computer, Intel may be telling the truth when they say they have the FASTEST CLOCKED cpu, but other claims after that may get them in trouble. Sure, their P4 runs at 2.2 or whatever the max speed is now and if you were to gauge it, it'd be correct. I think this is just a case of consumers needing to be more educated in shopping for computers.
This does bring up an question. If we disreguard cpu speed as a selling point and use overal performance rating, judging computers becomes more subjective. Just changing out RAM, or chipsets, or some other small item can make a significant difference in a PC's value. More reason to build your own system.
as all chemistry students will learn:
Palladium (Pd) + MP[3/G/EG] (MP*) => Fire.
it is nice they're collaborating on a common format. I can't say whether XML is good or not for a format, but it is nice to be able to take document files created from any office program and open and edit in a differnt program WITHOUT saving in a txt or rtf that loses a lot of formatting features.
Not to bash M$, but different companies working together is much better for the computer user. Ever try opening a Works document in M$ Word? It doesn't work, yet both packages are made from the same company, now what chance do other competing programs have with working with M$ files? The example of a common format will give more reason to use Linux, if this trend continues (or starts)
it's legal to photocopy materials for research and academic purposes (at least from what i've read at the copy machines)
..that is, unless the front cover is branded with the stamp
DO NOT MAKE ILLEGAL COPIES OF THIS BOOK
sure it's easier to develop for IE....if you use M$ products like FrontPage and .NET.
"a bitch to do cross-browser"?..
Fire up vi/emacs/kate/pico and hand code your webpage like a REAL web developer who know's what each line of code does. Check it in mozilla, galeon, konqueror and most likey it'll look the way you want it to. Get a friend to view it in IE, 95% of the time, it works the same way!! Quoting Nick Burns from SNL , "NOW, was that so hard???"
There's a good reason for making cross-browser compatable sites. It gains more explosure to potential clients/business. If I'm shopping around for a service and their website only works in ONE browser and not the ones I chose to use, I'm going to their competitor.
I use Linux on a T-bird 900Mhz with Asus A7V. My 2 harddrives are connected to the ATA-100 IDE. One hardrive is ATA100 7200RPM, and the other 7200 15BG ATA66. For typical use (application, file saving and such), average transfer is between 5-20MB/s, according to my xosview. When i've copied large files, I've seen a peak at about 70MB/s, but only momentarilly throughout the transfer. (source and destination on the ATA100)