At this point they're offering a low res version of the TV show for $48 a season. This seems pointless to me when I can get the same episodes in High Definition with 5.1 surround sound for free less then 48 hours after most shows have aired.
I think they need to offer several levels of downloads for the shows. My suggestion would be the current resolution for $1.49, 640x480 for $1.99 and high def shows for $2.99.
IT happens with ATI, SIS and nvidia cards. VIA and intel chipsets. Intel and AMD CPUs ranging from 300MHz-3GHz. I've tried several revisions for video drivers from each company.
The BSOD over 256 colors is the most consistent problem I've ever come across. In 1.4 it will even bluescreen during the installation.
On a side note: the new nvidia drivers require DirectX 9 to operate in NT4...
So the choice is either wait 10-15 seconds for the main program to load or stick a 50MB process in memory and make everything else take 10-15 seconds to load (I'm forced to use OOo on computers running NT4 and Win2k with 256MB RAM)
Also, OOo on NT4 will consistently blue screen when running above 256 colors. Thie problem is independent of any hardware that is installed and has occured on every revision i have tried.
Im surprized people doing things like this don't release their virus infections through unsecured wireless networks. Just drive around town till you find one and then send out the files. Would make it a hell of a lot harder to trace.
Just figure out how to mark and read colors on a disc and it'll increase the data storage capacity by an obscene amount. Since the only limitation for the colors used is the sensitivity of the read/write mechanism you could theoretically have millions of possible values for a single 'bit' of information.
Just think how much less space it would take to store information in base 1,000,000 than in binary or even hex.
Some newer retail motherboards have upto 8 SATA connectors in addition to the 2 (sometimes 4) standard IDE connectors. You can also add even more connectors using expansion cards. The only real problem for desktop expansion is cooling.
1. Customer moved drive from one computer to another then copied files to it. For some reason the new system showed the drive as properly formatted and empty and proceeded to overwrote about 2GB worth of data.
2. The recipe computer for a coke bottling plant got knocked over and dropped into some kind of syrup (it was a small self-contained unit with a touchscreen). Spent an hour cleaning the contacts off before replacing the controller board.
Advice:
1. First thing you should do is make an image of the drive. If you use ghost make sure to mark skip bad sectors, force clone, image all and no compression then just work with the image. Also, stick a fan next to it during recovery so the drive doesnt overheat and die.
2. Some old Tandy floppy drives carry power through the data cable and can kill any current motherboard. It will actually pop traces up on the PCB.
The ratings system is an excuse for parents to ignore their responsibility to supervise their children and explain the difference between reality and fiction.
On another note does anyone want to join me later on Broadway beating up hookers?
I prefer the IE mod Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) over firefox. The tabs and mouse gestures in firefox (ive tried multiple plugins) just dont feel right to me.
I do computer repairs in a retail store. Even though we don't sell it I end up suggesting NOD32 from http://www.eset.com/ to 95% of my virus and spyware removal customers. Its very lite at under 10MB for the program installer and uses less memory that most scanners. On a computer i worked on last week I ran a scan with their copy of Norton 2005 and found 158 infections... It was able to remove 27. I ran a scan with NOD32 and it found an additional 174 infections and removed them all.
I also like to run additional scans with MS Antispyware, Webroot Spysweeper (best non-free program I've found) and Lavasoft Ad-aware.
For customer's who don't want to spend money on NOD32 andy Spysweeper I usually direct them to download Avast and MS Antispyware to prevent future infections.
Also, last but not least I like to install Firefox and set it as the default browser.
The problem with that is sites that use advertisers like doubleclick and have you pass through a redirection link. If you have the address blocked you can't access the page or at least have a difficult time getting to it.
Its mainly people connecting online with SP1 or less and no firewall turned on (AKA: 97% of AOL users)
About a week after the first blaster worm showed up we were exposing freshly installed units to a dial up account with default settings. On average it took under 2 minutes to get a system infected.
I've been using generated keys to go through the microsoft validation programs since they introduced them a few months ago. Ive never gotten a rejection saying im using an illegal copy.
The only people this will hurt are the consumers that get ripped off by shady computer dealers and repair centers.
I should also point out i have 5 NFR copies of XP Pro sitting on my shelf but I'm too lazy to deal with the activation people every other week when I test new hardware.
In the movie Wayne Enterprises went public and he sold his stock. He ended up with a few billion dollars in cash. He also orders all his equipment in batches of 10,000 through fake companies to make the purchases look like either novelty items for sale or military usage. The other items like the suit were models from mothballed research projects that had been sitting forgotten in a warehouse.
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As long as their patents werent submitted 25 years ago he could claim himself as prior art.
At this point they're offering a low res version of the TV show for $48 a season. This seems pointless to me when I can get the same episodes in High Definition with 5.1 surround sound for free less then 48 hours after most shows have aired.
I think they need to offer several levels of downloads for the shows. My suggestion would be the current resolution for $1.49, 640x480 for $1.99 and high def shows for $2.99.
Ever read any of Stephen Hawking's publications?
It only lasted a single season but I really liked Space, Above and Beyond.
Lots of paperclips. You will use them more than most other tools on your bench.
Also, a USB/Firewire drive enclosure is very helpful.
Its much harder to dig through glass than sand.
IT happens with ATI, SIS and nvidia cards. VIA and intel chipsets. Intel and AMD CPUs ranging from 300MHz-3GHz. I've tried several revisions for video drivers from each company.
The BSOD over 256 colors is the most consistent problem I've ever come across. In 1.4 it will even bluescreen during the installation.
On a side note: the new nvidia drivers require DirectX 9 to operate in NT4...
So the choice is either wait 10-15 seconds for the main program to load or stick a 50MB process in memory and make everything else take 10-15 seconds to load (I'm forced to use OOo on computers running NT4 and Win2k with 256MB RAM)
Also, OOo on NT4 will consistently blue screen when running above 256 colors. Thie problem is independent of any hardware that is installed and has occured on every revision i have tried.
Im surprized people doing things like this don't release their virus infections through unsecured wireless networks. Just drive around town till you find one and then send out the files. Would make it a hell of a lot harder to trace.
Just figure out how to mark and read colors on a disc and it'll increase the data storage capacity by an obscene amount. Since the only limitation for the colors used is the sensitivity of the read/write mechanism you could theoretically have millions of possible values for a single 'bit' of information.
Just think how much less space it would take to store information in base 1,000,000 than in binary or even hex.
Some newer retail motherboards have upto 8 SATA connectors in addition to the 2 (sometimes 4) standard IDE connectors. You can also add even more connectors using expansion cards. The only real problem for desktop expansion is cooling.
I'm already at 1.2TB in my computer...
Maybe 1 PB?
Fun stories:
1. Customer moved drive from one computer to another then copied files to it. For some reason the new system showed the drive as properly formatted and empty and proceeded to overwrote about 2GB worth of data.
2. The recipe computer for a coke bottling plant got knocked over and dropped into some kind of syrup (it was a small self-contained unit with a touchscreen). Spent an hour cleaning the contacts off before replacing the controller board.
Advice:
1. First thing you should do is make an image of the drive. If you use ghost make sure to mark skip bad sectors, force clone, image all and no compression then just work with the image. Also, stick a fan next to it during recovery so the drive doesnt overheat and die.
2. Some old Tandy floppy drives carry power through the data cable and can kill any current motherboard. It will actually pop traces up on the PCB.
The ratings system is an excuse for parents to ignore their responsibility to supervise their children and explain the difference between reality and fiction.
On another note does anyone want to join me later on Broadway beating up hookers?
Please mod parent redundant :)
Even with tabs, without mouse gesture support it is useless to me.
I prefer the IE mod Maxthon (formerly MyIE2) over firefox. The tabs and mouse gestures in firefox (ive tried multiple plugins) just dont feel right to me.
I do computer repairs in a retail store. Even though we don't sell it I end up suggesting NOD32 from http://www.eset.com/ to 95% of my virus and spyware removal customers. Its very lite at under 10MB for the program installer and uses less memory that most scanners. On a computer i worked on last week I ran a scan with their copy of Norton 2005 and found 158 infections... It was able to remove 27. I ran a scan with NOD32 and it found an additional 174 infections and removed them all.
I also like to run additional scans with MS Antispyware, Webroot Spysweeper (best non-free program I've found) and Lavasoft Ad-aware.
For customer's who don't want to spend money on NOD32 andy Spysweeper I usually direct them to download Avast and MS Antispyware to prevent future infections.
Also, last but not least I like to install Firefox and set it as the default browser.
Reminds me of the alladvantage.com advertising toolbar a few years ago. Everyone just got programs to move the mouse and collect money.
I actually got two checks from them before they shut down.
It would be more like Wal-Mart giving you glasses with a HUD showing Equate brand items when you look at an equivalent brand name product at Target.
The problem with that is sites that use advertisers like doubleclick and have you pass through a redirection link. If you have the address blocked you can't access the page or at least have a difficult time getting to it.
A good example is boxofficemojo
Its mainly people connecting online with SP1 or less and no firewall turned on (AKA: 97% of AOL users)
About a week after the first blaster worm showed up we were exposing freshly installed units to a dial up account with default settings. On average it took under 2 minutes to get a system infected.
So, how much do think it would cost in bribes to have 5 houses siezed so i could open a small chain of internet cafes on the east coast?
I've been using generated keys to go through the microsoft validation programs since they introduced them a few months ago. Ive never gotten a rejection saying im using an illegal copy.
The only people this will hurt are the consumers that get ripped off by shady computer dealers and repair centers.
I should also point out i have 5 NFR copies of XP Pro sitting on my shelf but I'm too lazy to deal with the activation people every other week when I test new hardware.
In the movie Wayne Enterprises went public and he sold his stock. He ended up with a few billion dollars in cash. He also orders all his equipment in batches of 10,000 through fake companies to make the purchases look like either novelty items for sale or military usage. The other items like the suit were models from mothballed research projects that had been sitting forgotten in a warehouse.