My experience in Best Buy on the other hand is that if you seem to know what you're doing they'll more or less leave you alone, and attempt to answer your questions as best as possible, but if you ask for advice about which product to buy they'll try to steer you towards the most expensive option, preferably with as many addons and extras as possible. Of course, that's not always the case in either store, but it's the general rule.
I can attest to this. I went to get a laptop there just as they were phasing out XP and they had one laptop in their clearance section that had XP. I got the sales goon to come over and he immediately tried to steer me to a newer (and more costly) laptop. I sternly told him that I didn't want Vista, was going to put Linux on half of it and he left it at that.
Wow. When Chertoff said he had a gut feeling, I didn't know I was going to gain 150 pounds!
I have a feeling that the blame game will start in full effect instead of identifying the real issues. Americans are becoming more seditary. Yes, there are those that exercize - but hey the latest 'reality' show is on and break out the pork rinds.
Oi. This smells of IBM marketing;) First, HACMP is an outdated technology. I've seen too much heart ache for what it provides. Second, the ODM is a piece of crud. *ducks* Well, give me a command line and vi and I'll likely get a Linux (or even Solaris for that matter) system back up. Give me a proprietary db that I can't see, and I'll throw my hands up. Here's some more reasons on why not to have AIX....
* Lack of a 'true' single user level. Sure, you can maybe comment things out in inittab, but cross your fingers that you remember to uncomment them.
* VMM system is archaic. Sure my java app wants to consume all the memory, but don't dictate to me that the OS will consume it all first.
* LVM is less than adequate. Yep, I paid $1M (US) for a big honking machine, but can't figure out how to convert PP to Mb. ouch.
* system tuning/kernel is a bit archaic. When IBM tells you that they tune it to be a file server out of the box, make sure to laugh at them. I don't think I've run a file server on AIX since 4.3.3. Give me a kernel I can at least see and understand. Kernel internals are a good thing {see comment above about the ODM too;)}
Since the poor mythtv site appears to be slashdotted already:
Major changes
* Menus are now drawn by MythUI using OpenGL. This option can be enabled/disabled in the Appearance settings.
* Improved internal DVD player - now supporting menus and other missing features
* Added MHEG content implementation (Interactive TV in UK)
* Added Hotplug support for removable media in Media Monitor and MythGallery
* Added support for the HDHomeRun encoding device
* Added support for basic FreeBox recorders
* Added support for H.264 (aka MPEG-4 AVC) TS decoding
* Added an MPEG1/MPEG2/MPEG4-AVC IP network recorder
* Added internal UPnP support for TV and Music
* Added experimental second commercial detector
* New socket class for backend communications
* OSD image cache which improves channel changing speed
* Fixed program transition while Watching LiveTV
* Added beginnings of firewire capture support for MacOS
* Support for DVB radio channels and guide data collected via EIT for them
* Added mouse support in menus, including gestures
* Menus are now drawn by MythUI using OpenGL. This option can be enabled/disabled in the Appearance settings.
* Improved internal DVD player - now supporting menus and other missing features
* Added MHEG content implementation (Interactive TV in UK)
* Added Hotplug support for removable media in Media Monitor and MythGallery
* Added support for the HDHomeRun encoding device
* Added support for basic FreeBox recorders
* Added support for H.264 (aka MPEG-4 AVC) TS decoding
* Added an MPEG1/MPEG2/MPEG4-AVC IP network recorder
* Added internal UPnP support for TV and Music
* Added experimental second commercial detector
* New socket class for backend communications
* OSD image cache which improves channel changing speed
* Fixed program transition while Watching LiveTV
* Added beginnings of firewire capture support for MacOS
* Support for DVB radio channels and guide data collected via EIT for them
* Added mouse support in menus, including gestures
CBC radio is saying it's on for today. This is in spite of the fact that the chief safety officer objects. They say they can go with only two fuel cells and don't need the third one. The spokesman I heard said that replacing the fuel cell had its own risks. Could this thing be so complicated that they can never get the whole thing working at the same time?
From the looks of it, it might be another 24 hours (credit to CNN the bias news source):
The scheduled late-morning liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis on Friday is likely to be delayed by 24 hours, NASA program manager Wayne Hale told CNN.
As NASA prepared for launch, crews on the launchpad were troubleshooting a glitch in a fuel sensor for the main-engine cutoff system.
A similar sensor has plagued previous missions, and a malfunctioning fuel cell held up the launch of Atlantis earlier in the week.
Weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center were forecast to be 70 percent favorable for the scheduled 11:41 a.m. ET launch.
I think its a tad unfair to question what may or may not have happened years ago. They learned and are acting on the safe side now.
I am not convinced they have learned enough and are acting safe enough. It seems every launch has revealed mysterious issues that have been overlooked in prior launches. It makes the moon landing look more like a falsified event. I understand they have deadlines, but if you equate this to a car (I know - nothing like it really, but I'll never get to drive the shuttle...) I wouldn't want to be driving with the doors falling off...
And our public libraries have a very strict system as well. You have to sign up for a computer at the front desk, and depending on what you are doing (and the staff makes sweeps) you are given a time to use the computer. If you're excuse is "just checking e-mail" you get ten minutes. And they enforce that.
While this is a great model, I don't see every library having this capability or policing structure. A friend of mine works for a public library and they have very loose terms around usage, and a considerable population come in to be sucked into the myspace screens, and not for research.
Maybe if the team manager wasn't writing a blog, and concentrated on managing his team, Vista might not slip so much. I'll consult my Gantt chart and get back to you.
Well, while conventional chemistry might have gone the way of the rotary phone, there are still those playing with chemicals in their houses - how about all those meth labs?
Another good reason to get an ad blocker. Course you have to actually play the ad:
The appeal of Google's video ads might be dampened by controls that will prevent the messages from automatically streaming across a Web page. Google instead will display graphics promoting video ads that won't be played unless a viewer clicks on a play button.
Yes, but what they didn't tell you is it took them a year to do so, it cost $40 billion of taxpayer's money and 5 highly paid individuals to find it. But who's counting...
My only hope would be that myspace gets the slashdot effect. I can find better things to do with my time than read spurious notes copulated by teenagers.
Hate to say it, but do you think US media really cares? Take a look at this article on fox media regarding iraq civil war.... I don't trust American media as far as I can throw it. It has to have certain tags {iraq, katrina, winter weather, dick cheney shooting} to have it picked up. I tend to look at BBC's news quite a bit, because it offers stories that aren't picked up by main stream US media.
Slashdot Mirror
I have had all three generations of PS boxes in less than ten years time. Seems a bit limiting... okay quite a bit.
Richardson said. 'The data we log is actually pretty innocuous.
Depends on what your definition of 'is' is. ;)
My experience in Best Buy on the other hand is that if you seem to know what you're doing they'll more or less leave you alone, and attempt to answer your questions as best as possible, but if you ask for advice about which product to buy they'll try to steer you towards the most expensive option, preferably with as many addons and extras as possible. Of course, that's not always the case in either store, but it's the general rule.
I can attest to this. I went to get a laptop there just as they were phasing out XP and they had one laptop in their clearance section that had XP. I got the sales goon to come over and he immediately tried to steer me to a newer (and more costly) laptop. I sternly told him that I didn't want Vista, was going to put Linux on half of it and he left it at that.
Can they now ban any Lieberman videos? The guy sounds like a pompous wind bag any time he's on TV.
Bush probably figured he couldn't seal the records like he did with his records while governor of Texas...
I have had to use mainly .doc (and .pdf on occasion) in writer, .xls and .ppt too. It is mainly because a lot of clients I deal with don't have oo.
Wow. When Chertoff said he had a gut feeling, I didn't know I was going to gain 150 pounds!
I have a feeling that the blame game will start in full effect instead of identifying the real issues. Americans are becoming more seditary. Yes, there are those that exercize - but hey the latest 'reality' show is on and break out the pork rinds.
Did they fly? ;)
Oi. This smells of IBM marketing ;) First, HACMP is an outdated technology. I've seen too much heart ache for what it provides. Second, the ODM is a piece of crud. *ducks* Well, give me a command line and vi and I'll likely get a Linux (or even Solaris for that matter) system back up. Give me a proprietary db that I can't see, and I'll throw my hands up. Here's some more reasons on why not to have AIX.... ;)}
* Lack of a 'true' single user level. Sure, you can maybe comment things out in inittab, but cross your fingers that you remember to uncomment them.
* VMM system is archaic. Sure my java app wants to consume all the memory, but don't dictate to me that the OS will consume it all first.
* LVM is less than adequate. Yep, I paid $1M (US) for a big honking machine, but can't figure out how to convert PP to Mb. ouch. * system tuning/kernel is a bit archaic. When IBM tells you that they tune it to be a file server out of the box, make sure to laugh at them. I don't think I've run a file server on AIX since 4.3.3. Give me a kernel I can at least see and understand. Kernel internals are a good thing {see comment above about the ODM too
Since the poor mythtv site appears to be slashdotted already:
Major changes
* Menus are now drawn by MythUI using OpenGL. This option can be enabled/disabled in the Appearance settings.
* Improved internal DVD player - now supporting menus and other missing features
* Added MHEG content implementation (Interactive TV in UK)
* Added Hotplug support for removable media in Media Monitor and MythGallery
* Added support for the HDHomeRun encoding device
* Added support for basic FreeBox recorders
* Added support for H.264 (aka MPEG-4 AVC) TS decoding
* Added an MPEG1/MPEG2/MPEG4-AVC IP network recorder
* Added internal UPnP support for TV and Music
* Added experimental second commercial detector
* New socket class for backend communications
* OSD image cache which improves channel changing speed
* Fixed program transition while Watching LiveTV
* Added beginnings of firewire capture support for MacOS
* Support for DVB radio channels and guide data collected via EIT for them
* Added mouse support in menus, including gestures
* Menus are now drawn by MythUI using OpenGL. This option can be enabled/disabled in the Appearance settings.
* Improved internal DVD player - now supporting menus and other missing features
* Added MHEG content implementation (Interactive TV in UK)
* Added Hotplug support for removable media in Media Monitor and MythGallery
* Added support for the HDHomeRun encoding device
* Added support for basic FreeBox recorders
* Added support for H.264 (aka MPEG-4 AVC) TS decoding
* Added an MPEG1/MPEG2/MPEG4-AVC IP network recorder
* Added internal UPnP support for TV and Music
* Added experimental second commercial detector
* New socket class for backend communications
* OSD image cache which improves channel changing speed
* Fixed program transition while Watching LiveTV
* Added beginnings of firewire capture support for MacOS
* Support for DVB radio channels and guide data collected via EIT for them
* Added mouse support in menus, including gestures
CBC radio is saying it's on for today. This is in spite of the fact that the chief safety officer objects. They say they can go with only two fuel cells and don't need the third one. The spokesman I heard said that replacing the fuel cell had its own risks. Could this thing be so complicated that they can never get the whole thing working at the same time?
From the looks of it, it might be another 24 hours (credit to CNN the bias news source):
The scheduled late-morning liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis on Friday is likely to be delayed by 24 hours, NASA program manager Wayne Hale told CNN. As NASA prepared for launch, crews on the launchpad were troubleshooting a glitch in a fuel sensor for the main-engine cutoff system. A similar sensor has plagued previous missions, and a malfunctioning fuel cell held up the launch of Atlantis earlier in the week. Weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center were forecast to be 70 percent favorable for the scheduled 11:41 a.m. ET launch.
I am not convinced they have learned enough and are acting safe enough. It seems every launch has revealed mysterious issues that have been overlooked in prior launches. It makes the moon landing look more like a falsified event. I understand they have deadlines, but if you equate this to a car (I know - nothing like it really, but I'll never get to drive the shuttle...) I wouldn't want to be driving with the doors falling off...
Did someone forget the Portable On Demand Storage http://www.pods.com/ units?
While this is a great model, I don't see every library having this capability or policing structure. A friend of mine works for a public library and they have very loose terms around usage, and a considerable population come in to be sucked into the myspace screens, and not for research.
Not sure if I would say new...
It is funny how things have changed over the years since Mr. Berners-Lee created the first web server...
Maybe if the team manager wasn't writing a blog, and concentrated on managing his team, Vista might not slip so much. I'll consult my Gantt chart and get back to you.
Well, while conventional chemistry might have gone the way of the rotary phone, there are still those playing with chemicals in their houses - how about all those meth labs?
Is it me or do the colors come close to a Speak and Spell?
They uncovered only one flaw? Sheesh.
Yes, but what they didn't tell you is it took them a year to do so, it cost $40 billion of taxpayer's money and 5 highly paid individuals to find it. But who's counting...
My only hope would be that myspace gets the slashdot effect. I can find better things to do with my time than read spurious notes copulated by teenagers.
Hate to say it, but do you think US media really cares? Take a look at this article on fox media regarding iraq civil war.... I don't trust American media as far as I can throw it. It has to have certain tags {iraq, katrina, winter weather, dick cheney shooting} to have it picked up. I tend to look at BBC's news quite a bit, because it offers stories that aren't picked up by main stream US media.
What!?! I thought the moon was made of cheese. Wallace and Gromit proved it. Wallace is quoted saying: Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese...
what?!? No blue screen of death?