Creating a boot disc is the first step into a much larger world. Thus is was with the Dreamcast, so it appears to be with the Xbox. The major difference is the fact that the Xbox' BIOS is malleable at MS's whim so even if an exploit works for a while, there are certainly no guarantees with a software solution like this.
Yeah, in that same vein, how many (if any) of these compressors will take advantage of my shiny new Athlon 64 X2? It's amazing to see the difference in compression times with XVID or the new DiVX - but I have yet to see a compression program use two processors. That said, I usually use 7-zip as my main compression program. Flexible, compatible, free...
This kind of quasi-legal tax reminds me of PA's 'view' tax. A few cities actually charges taxes - not necessarily on how much your house is worth - but what kind of view it has! The closest area to me that does this is the West Shore in Harrisburg. I heard about this last year and I couldn't believe it. Those who live on the the West side pay an extra tax now (as a property tax) based on the kind of view over the river they have!
Yes, PA is no stranger to a tax it didn't like. I wonder how long it'll be until we get the 'software' tax here as well. It seems anything PA can do to foster distrust in government or be anti-business / tech, they'll be there to 'help'...
Is it just me or did any of you other Asimov 'Robots' fans look at this article and think: "Planet Solaria"? I certainly did, and I would've thought that kind of mindset was not realistic - until now. With the population of Japan actually on a decline how is this sort of reliance on robots going to help?
It seems as though Japanese would rather communicate with each other in non-direct means. Won't robots just introduce yet another layer of social interferance?
Will Japan become Solaria to Europe's 'Aurora'? Scary. I wonder what Asimov's model was for Solaria to begin with because it seems frighteningly accurate now.
That this was more about hardware than software so I wouldn't expect to see a lot of mention of Linux. After all, most of us are running Linux on a platform they talk a lot about - the PC!
...is that, as you say, '...the WordPerfect DOC importer is very good and has been forever...' Well... It's ok. First of all, OOo hasn't been around 'forever' - and StarOffice was never very capable at opening.DOCs. Secondly, WP's handling of.DOC falls apart when you try maintaining table information (much like OOo 1.0's handling of same).
Now I know plenty of lawyers and doctors who still use WP because of it's extended dictionaries for their fields. But that doesn't mean it 'outsells' OOo, it just means these folks haven't had a reason to change over.
This article bothered me for some reason earlier this evening and when I came back, I realized why. First of all, it's defining the bugs in question. I have been a VERY close observer and participant of the OOo program and I think I know what the vast majority of bugs are dealing with: MS Word compatibility.
You can't really blame the OOo team for that, can you? It's hard enough to create an open, expandable format but then to have to convert a closed-source, purposefully obfusticated format (.DOC) to your own (.ODT)...? Can ANY of you name a single non-MS related program that handles.DOC (oh mighty 'standard' that it is today) as well or better than OOo 2.0? Even Abiword with it's years of refinement can't handle.DOC's fields near as well as OOo 2.0.
Folks, there have been documents written many years ago in the 3.1 versions of Office that a user here couldn't read with Office XP and yet OOo managed to read them just fine. Then you've got the Wordperfect conversion stuff, the PDF and Flash exports, etc. I'd say the team has done an excellent job with everything - especially when you see the original code (StarOffice 5).
I don't doubt that much of what the article's author says is true. Sometimes it seems that development is moving at a snail's pace. But I'd rather they do that than have them release something clearly not ready for prime time. I'd say they accomplished a great deal of refinement and polish with 2.0 and am really looking forward to the great bibliography project slated for inclusion with OOo 3.0.
Who CARES what process tech they are using. At one time, the Northwood at.13 looked like it was going to KICK ASS on paper. It turned out to be an underperformer - to say the least. Let's not talk 'process', let's talk about IPC and how it's going to kick AMD's butt.
"Really? I don't remember God being mentioned in the Constitution at all, let alone Jesus..."
And why would you expect to? I wouldn't find a text on atheism in my Mazda's repair manual either. What's your point? And you know damn well that these individuals mentioned religion and faith plenty in other writings. Stop trying to pretend these men wholly rejected God. Benajmin Franklin rejected the idea of piety (and with good reason) but that certainly didn't make him an atheist or even an agnostic.
"It is one thing to respect religious belief. It is another for the government to promote one, even the one dominant among its citizens, above others."
Freedom FROM religion shouldn't mean elimination of religion or religious expression. There is a subtle difference which is being currently exploited by supposedly learned men.
There are no crosses at Arlington.
Uhmmm.. Yeah there are - on about 90% of the headstones too. The government cares for those headstones. I suppose you'd have to exchange your flamethrower for a chisel but the argument holds. Let's not forget about Mt. Soledad in California and the fight to tear down that cross also. Why does that sort of thing bother you guys so much? Is this truly the 'open-mindedness' liberals are known for?
And you didn't bother to address the public domain issue. Churches don't generate tax revenue, you know. How long will it be before these are shut down too? All that government money being 'wasted' on religion...
"Maybe because there is no basis or evidence for your assertion that there is more to the universe than "particles and atoms." When you can provide evidence for such, science will embrace it as being a more correct worldview than the one it holds now. Until then, it is baseless superstition. And why teach about the possibility of alien life? Because it is a reasonable extrapolation from our own observation. We have one data point, the Earth, and it is reasonable to speculate about other, similar places. If you have similar data about a different plane of existence, I'd love to hear about it."
Sure, easy. Tell me again how you get something out of nothing. Explain to me what time really is. Show me how it all started. The truth is, you can't. And yet, according to the scientifically known rules of the universe stuff 'appears' out of nowhere in the form of the Big Bang. Infinate time backward is just as hard to grasp as forward. So some of us have faith that there must be something greater than ourselves and that there is an order to the universe - just as many people believe that there are aliens out there. We don't have enough facts to really KNOW, but we extrapolate in the same ways.
"You are also misrepresenting Einstein's views. If you are talking about his famous "God does not play dice" comment, he was talking about quantum mechanics, not God. He also said:
My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment."
No, there are other quotes that indicate that he was at the least respectful of those who believed in God. "My sense of God is my sense of wonder." and "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details." are a few quotes that come to mind.
What the hell are you yapping about again? Clearly you either:
a) Didn't fully read my posts for arguable examples b) Hate the truth of the situation and can't admit you're wrong
Either way, history, temperance of spirit, and tolerance mean nothing to your type. Better the oppression of the minority and lawyers apparently. Are you really that dedicated to your 'worldview'?
Better get those flame throwers ready - you've got a lot of cemateries and churches to burn down - churches of course located on land that should be cleared for the public domain, right? The twisted logic and court system is going to ruin our culture, destroy our way of life and kill us all and YOUR 'religion', your 'belief' will be responsible for it. All for the tyranny of the minority.
Congratulations for making the world suck just that much more...
"When the ACLU defends the KKK holding a protest march, they aren't agreeing with the KKK.. they are defending their right to march."
I call for a 'common sense' rule here. Sending the KKK into an African-American neighborhood when you know this is going to start a riot is lunacy.
"This makes the ACLU even more noble, in my opinion."
Stupidity isn't noble no matter how good an idea it might have seemed over chianti and cheese the night before.
"The ability to defend a person or group that you loathe with every fiber of your being (at sometimes considerable monetary and PR expense to yourself), just to uphold a higher ideal, is downright saint-like."
It can be, but let's just see how many left-wing nut groups get priority over traditional values and ideals at the ACLU. It's not even close.
"Some people think it's about "defending the KKK" or "blocking harmless nativity scenes on public buildings" or "keeping the 10 commandments out of courtrooms". It is not... and the failure of a person to "get" the point says more about them than the ACLU."
Hmm.. Seems to me that sometimes religion helped form the basis of our country's values and beliefs. To not see this is to totally delude yourself of what real life was like here 100 or more years ago. Tearing that stuff down doesn't make it right - it puts us in the same category as the Taliban blowing up statues in the desert. Real smart stuff.
"defending the KKK's right to protest" is about defending your right to espouse an unpopular idea."
Granted. But there are exceptions to freedom of speech (the old yelling 'fire!' in a crowded theatre example comes to mind).
"taking nativity scenes off of the government property" is about defending your right to not have your government endorse a particular religious viewpoint."
Yeah, it makes ya feel good doesn't it? Let's tear down all the crosses at Arlington too! THE PEOPLE already expressed the viewpoint, that's why these things are there in the first place! You get ONE GUY who doesn't like it, and everyone else suffers. That makes sense... Not.
"taking the 10 commandments out of the courtroom" is about defending your right to not be pre-judged, even subliminally, because you don't share the religious beliefs of the people who will decide your fate."
No, it's about erasing 250+ years of history because it happen to offend someone. Why don't we start aiming artillary at statues now and get it over with?
"fighting against Intelligent Design in the classroom" is about defending your right, and your childrens' rights, to not be religiously indoctrinated by the state."
When even Einstein admits that there's an underlying 'glue' to the universe, how can it be bad to at least acknoledge that there might be more to our universe than particles and atoms? Oh.. But we can teach the kids about the possibilities of alien life?! What's the difference there?
"The ACLU will defend your civil rights, no matter how loathesome you or your viewpoints are."
Bullshit. They defend your rights if it will:
1) Help further their cause through advertising the most extreme cases.
2) Eliminate any and all forms of public (or private) religious expression.
3) Further the left wing agenda by keeping any disention quiet. The ACLU is about QUIETING voices, not opening them up.
"That makes them noble. Those that can't see that are too simple to get it."
I suppose you could say that they were all just... simple... way back then, huh? Our founders would weep at how groups like the ACLU have tied up simple decency and common sense. It's high time to take this country back from the lawyers before they kill our society, our conscience, and our nation as a 'United' force.
Your 'Flood! Draught!' rant was right on target. Here in Lancaster Country it always seems like it's feast or famine. The way I understand it is that we have very little in the way of 'batteries' for water or permanent aquifers. In Central PA, most of our water needs come from rivers like the Susquehanna which, depending on the Winter that year, might be raging in the Summer, or to the point where it's barely a puddle.
Of course this wasn't such an issue when Central PA was mostly inhabited by farmers. PLENTY of water to go around then. But if you look at the rising population you can easily see why what comes downstream over the course of a full year is so critical to providing a steady water supply.
That's all the time final testing bay did at the Xbox 360 facilities. How else would you explain how this 'overheating' problem is really a result of accidentally sprayed power prongs. Word is, wipe the prongs off good, and it fixes the problem.
The problem is that the prongs were coated with some sort of silicon spray and it introduces just enough resistance to prevent enough current from getting to the unit. 10 minutes probably wouldn't be enough time to discover this since you really have to crank up the processor and components for a while to properly test for this...
We'll have to see, but clearly MS is doing everything they can to avoid having to use the Open Document format. How they will continue to keep.DOC proprietary to some degree is a mystery to me...
I was SIX when I first saw it (in... 1973!) and my dad had to take me out of the PLANETARIUM where it was shown because of one disturbing scene. I bawled, not when HAL kills Frank and the crew, but when Dave Bowman kills HAL! Should've been a sign.
The only thing I can say that was as traumatic for me was when Space: 1999 went off the air. I'll never forget the night it was replaced with the '25,000 Treasure Hunt'. Why is it that sci-fi shows always seem to be replaced with exactly the opposite kind of programming?!
Get used to it, the $40-50 model for hot games is swiftly coming to an end. I recently heard that an investment of $17 million will be required to develop for the PS3. The Xbox 360 is surely not that far behind.
The complexity of these new systems all but insures that top titles will need an army of programmers, artists, musicians, and beancounter types. That all costs money. Games are big business now, every bit as big as Hollywood is. Whether or not these games will all be worth it, only time will tell. But I bought the Gold package of Half Life 2 when it came out ($70), and it was worth every penny, IMHO.
I have a number of thin clients in publica areas here at our school and have been using OOo since before 1.0. Before 2.0 it was EXTREMELY painful but things are better now.
Our user folder drive letter is: U:. When I create a default profile for the server, I go into Tools/Options/Paths and set that as the default drive for 'My Documents' and 'Backups'. Works like a charm.
Anything else that points directly to my default user's information gets redirected. Like temporary files go to C:\Temp.
Been running like this under the 1.9 beta / 2.0 code for four months now - no problems. It runs WAY better now than it did in previous versions under TS.
...when you talk about banning AIM, MSN, Yahoo, or ICQ at a single point of entry, most firewall filtering works. To my knowledge only Juniper Netscreen and Cisco Pix even give you the option to block Skype. Skype is trickier by far and it was designed to get around corporate firewalls. Other than excessive outgoing bandwidth issues it can be hard to find and hard to stop.
Think about it, most apps people are interested in are already included with the base Apple. My guess is that a lot of the switchers out there are frustrated users (generally older) who have HAD IT with the spyware and other BS security games on the PC.
Now what do those people do? Hmmm. Word processing maybe, Internet (probably AOL), listen to music / watch movies (covered), etc. Years ago I think you'd be right about this. If you wanted a simple calculator program or even wanted to play a CD you had to buy a program to do it. Nowadays, all of that sort of thing is included with most computers - particularly Apple ones.
I've converted my own school's dorm machines to Mac Mini's (all 35 of them) this year and the main reason was the security issues associated with Windows. Well... That, and the girls just LOVE those things!
I totally agree. Imagine - faster than sound travel?! Who does NASA think they're kidding anyway?
Feel free to insert any controversial technology and/or gainsayer you wish. Personally, I find it hard to believe that we are soaking in energy and can't find a better way to get at it. I don't mind an article like this once in a while. If it's true, that's terrific, if it's bunk, well... You gotta dream, man!
Uhmm... The *users* are not often aware of what they (or more likely), their machines are doing online either. Are you also in favor of letting their hacked machines spew out endless amount of spam or advertising as well? Shouldn't an ISP have some control over abusive bandwidth?
I think what this guy might be referring to is how Skype uses bandwidth to route calls - even when you (the customer) isn't doing anything with it! Surely Skype is only the beginning. No doubt other apps will become 'Robin Hoods' and 'share' an ISP's bandwidth freely. But it's not like SBC/faux-AT&T is being singled out there!
Yes, the customer has to install the thing to begin with (well, most of the time), but he/she can't always take into account what affect a program like Skype has on their connection.
BTW, is it just me or does SBC renaming itself AT&T seem about as likely as Infogrames renaming themselves Atari?
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...WHERE'S MY XBOX 360?
I think we know where at least some of the shipments went...
Grrrr.. Still waiting for mine...
Creating a boot disc is the first step into a much larger world. Thus is was with the Dreamcast, so it appears to be with the Xbox. The major difference is the fact that the Xbox' BIOS is malleable at MS's whim so even if an exploit works for a while, there are certainly no guarantees with a software solution like this.
Yeah, in that same vein, how many (if any) of these compressors will take advantage of my shiny new Athlon 64 X2? It's amazing to see the difference in compression times with XVID or the new DiVX - but I have yet to see a compression program use two processors. That said, I usually use 7-zip as my main compression program. Flexible, compatible, free...
This kind of quasi-legal tax reminds me of PA's 'view' tax. A few cities actually charges taxes - not necessarily on how much your house is worth - but what kind of view it has! The closest area to me that does this is the West Shore in Harrisburg. I heard about this last year and I couldn't believe it. Those who live on the the West side pay an extra tax now (as a property tax) based on the kind of view over the river they have!
Yes, PA is no stranger to a tax it didn't like. I wonder how long it'll be until we get the 'software' tax here as well. It seems anything PA can do to foster distrust in government or be anti-business / tech, they'll be there to 'help'...
Is it just me or did any of you other Asimov 'Robots' fans look at this article and think: "Planet Solaria"? I certainly did, and I would've thought that kind of mindset was not realistic - until now. With the population of Japan actually on a decline how is this sort of reliance on robots going to help?
It seems as though Japanese would rather communicate with each other in non-direct means. Won't robots just introduce yet another layer of social interferance?
Will Japan become Solaria to Europe's 'Aurora'? Scary. I wonder what Asimov's model was for Solaria to begin with because it seems frighteningly accurate now.
That this was more about hardware than software so I wouldn't expect to see a lot of mention of Linux. After all, most of us are running Linux on a platform they talk a lot about - the PC!
...is that, as you say, '...the WordPerfect DOC importer is very good and has been forever...' Well... It's ok. First of all, OOo hasn't been around 'forever' - and StarOffice was never very capable at opening .DOCs. Secondly, WP's handling of .DOC falls apart when you try maintaining table information (much like OOo 1.0's handling of same).
Now I know plenty of lawyers and doctors who still use WP because of it's extended dictionaries for their fields. But that doesn't mean it 'outsells' OOo, it just means these folks haven't had a reason to change over.
This article bothered me for some reason earlier this evening and when I came back, I realized why. First of all, it's defining the bugs in question. I have been a VERY close observer and participant of the OOo program and I think I know what the vast majority of bugs are dealing with: MS Word compatibility.
.DOC (oh mighty 'standard' that it is today) as well or better than OOo 2.0? Even Abiword with it's years of refinement can't handle .DOC's fields near as well as OOo 2.0.
You can't really blame the OOo team for that, can you? It's hard enough to create an open, expandable format but then to have to convert a closed-source, purposefully obfusticated format (.DOC) to your own (.ODT)...? Can ANY of you name a single non-MS related program that handles
Folks, there have been documents written many years ago in the 3.1 versions of Office that a user here couldn't read with Office XP and yet OOo managed to read them just fine. Then you've got the Wordperfect conversion stuff, the PDF and Flash exports, etc. I'd say the team has done an excellent job with everything - especially when you see the original code (StarOffice 5).
I don't doubt that much of what the article's author says is true. Sometimes it seems that development is moving at a snail's pace. But I'd rather they do that than have them release something clearly not ready for prime time. I'd say they accomplished a great deal of refinement and polish with 2.0 and am really looking forward to the great bibliography project slated for inclusion with OOo 3.0.
Who CARES what process tech they are using. At one time, the Northwood at .13 looked like it was going to KICK ASS on paper. It turned out to be an underperformer - to say the least. Let's not talk 'process', let's talk about IPC and how it's going to kick AMD's butt.
"Really? I don't remember God being mentioned in the Constitution at all, let alone Jesus..."
And why would you expect to? I wouldn't find a text on atheism in my Mazda's repair manual either. What's your point? And you know damn well that these individuals mentioned religion and faith plenty in other writings. Stop trying to pretend these men wholly rejected God. Benajmin Franklin rejected the idea of piety (and with good reason) but that certainly didn't make him an atheist or even an agnostic.
"It is one thing to respect religious belief. It is another for the government to promote one, even the one dominant among its citizens, above others."
Freedom FROM religion shouldn't mean elimination of religion or religious expression. There is a subtle difference which is being currently exploited by supposedly learned men.
There are no crosses at Arlington.
Uhmmm.. Yeah there are - on about 90% of the headstones too. The government cares for those headstones. I suppose you'd have to exchange your flamethrower for a chisel but the argument holds. Let's not forget about Mt. Soledad in California and the fight to tear down that cross also. Why does that sort of thing bother you guys so much? Is this truly the 'open-mindedness' liberals are known for?
And you didn't bother to address the public domain issue. Churches don't generate tax revenue, you know. How long will it be before these are shut down too? All that government money being 'wasted' on religion...
"Maybe because there is no basis or evidence for your assertion that there is more to the universe than "particles and atoms." When you can provide evidence for such, science will embrace it as being a more correct worldview than the one it holds now. Until then, it is baseless superstition. And why teach about the possibility of alien life? Because it is a reasonable extrapolation from our own observation. We have one data point, the Earth, and it is reasonable to speculate about other, similar places. If you have similar data about a different plane of existence, I'd love to hear about it."
Sure, easy. Tell me again how you get something out of nothing. Explain to me what time really is. Show me how it all started. The truth is, you can't. And yet, according to the scientifically known rules of the universe stuff 'appears' out of nowhere in the form of the Big Bang. Infinate time backward is just as hard to grasp as forward. So some of us have faith that there must be something greater than ourselves and that there is an order to the universe - just as many people believe that there are aliens out there. We don't have enough facts to really KNOW, but we extrapolate in the same ways.
"You are also misrepresenting Einstein's views. If you are talking about his famous "God does not play dice" comment, he was talking about quantum mechanics, not God. He also said:
My position concerning God is that of an agnostic. I am convinced that a vivid consciousness of the primary importance of moral principles for the betterment and ennoblement of life does not need the idea of a law-giver, especially a law-giver who works on the basis of reward and punishment."
No, there are other quotes that indicate that he was at the least respectful of those who believed in God. "My sense of God is my sense of wonder." and "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details." are a few quotes that come to mind.
What the hell are you yapping about again? Clearly you either:
a) Didn't fully read my posts for arguable examples
b) Hate the truth of the situation and can't admit you're wrong
Either way, history, temperance of spirit, and tolerance mean nothing to your type. Better the oppression of the minority and lawyers apparently. Are you really that dedicated to your 'worldview'?
Better get those flame throwers ready - you've got a lot of cemateries and churches to burn down - churches of course located on land that should be cleared for the public domain, right? The twisted logic and court system is going to ruin our culture, destroy our way of life and kill us all and YOUR 'religion', your 'belief' will be responsible for it. All for the tyranny of the minority.
Congratulations for making the world suck just that much more...
"seriously, some people don't get it..."
Oh no, I get it.. Totally.
"When the ACLU defends the KKK holding a protest march, they aren't agreeing with the KKK.. they are defending their right to march."
I call for a 'common sense' rule here. Sending the KKK into an African-American neighborhood when you know this is going to start a riot is lunacy.
"This makes the ACLU even more noble, in my opinion."
Stupidity isn't noble no matter how good an idea it might have seemed over chianti and cheese the night before.
"The ability to defend a person or group that you loathe with every fiber of your being (at sometimes considerable monetary and PR expense to yourself), just to uphold a higher ideal, is downright saint-like."
It can be, but let's just see how many left-wing nut groups get priority over traditional values and ideals at the ACLU. It's not even close.
"Some people think it's about "defending the KKK" or "blocking harmless nativity scenes on public buildings" or "keeping the 10 commandments out of courtrooms". It is not... and the failure of a person to "get" the point says more about them than the ACLU."
Hmm.. Seems to me that sometimes religion helped form the basis of our country's values and beliefs. To not see this is to totally delude yourself of what real life was like here 100 or more years ago. Tearing that stuff down doesn't make it right - it puts us in the same category as the Taliban blowing up statues in the desert. Real smart stuff.
"defending the KKK's right to protest" is about defending your right to espouse an unpopular idea."
Granted. But there are exceptions to freedom of speech (the old yelling 'fire!' in a crowded theatre example comes to mind).
"taking nativity scenes off of the government property" is about defending your right to not have your government endorse a particular religious viewpoint."
Yeah, it makes ya feel good doesn't it? Let's tear down all the crosses at Arlington too! THE PEOPLE already expressed the viewpoint, that's why these things are there in the first place! You get ONE GUY who doesn't like it, and everyone else suffers. That makes sense... Not.
"taking the 10 commandments out of the courtroom" is about defending your right to not be pre-judged, even subliminally, because you don't share the religious beliefs of the people who will decide your fate."
No, it's about erasing 250+ years of history because it happen to offend someone. Why don't we start aiming artillary at statues now and get it over with?
"fighting against Intelligent Design in the classroom" is about defending your right, and your childrens' rights, to not be religiously indoctrinated by the state."
When even Einstein admits that there's an underlying 'glue' to the universe, how can it be bad to at least acknoledge that there might be more to our universe than particles and atoms? Oh.. But we can teach the kids about the possibilities of alien life?! What's the difference there?
"The ACLU will defend your civil rights, no matter how loathesome you or your viewpoints are."
Bullshit. They defend your rights if it will:
1) Help further their cause through advertising the most extreme cases.
2) Eliminate any and all forms of public (or private) religious expression.
3) Further the left wing agenda by keeping any disention quiet. The ACLU is about QUIETING voices, not opening them up.
"That makes them noble. Those that can't see that are too simple to get it."
I suppose you could say that they were all just... simple... way back then, huh? Our founders would weep at how groups like the ACLU have tied up simple decency and common sense. It's high time to take this country back from the lawyers before they kill our society, our conscience, and our nation as a 'United' force.
I'm thinking how cool this would be at karaoke - and people do applaud for that! Virtual singers AND virtual players.. Neat!
Your 'Flood! Draught!' rant was right on target. Here in Lancaster Country it always seems like it's feast or famine. The way I understand it is that we have very little in the way of 'batteries' for water or permanent aquifers. In Central PA, most of our water needs come from rivers like the Susquehanna which, depending on the Winter that year, might be raging in the Summer, or to the point where it's barely a puddle.
Of course this wasn't such an issue when Central PA was mostly inhabited by farmers. PLENTY of water to go around then. But if you look at the rising population you can easily see why what comes downstream over the course of a full year is so critical to providing a steady water supply.
That's all the time final testing bay did at the Xbox 360 facilities. How else would you explain how this 'overheating' problem is really a result of accidentally sprayed power prongs. Word is, wipe the prongs off good, and it fixes the problem.
The problem is that the prongs were coated with some sort of silicon spray and it introduces just enough resistance to prevent enough current from getting to the unit. 10 minutes probably wouldn't be enough time to discover this since you really have to crank up the processor and components for a while to properly test for this...
We'll have to see, but clearly MS is doing everything they can to avoid having to use the Open Document format. How they will continue to keep .DOC proprietary to some degree is a mystery to me...
I was SIX when I first saw it (in... 1973!) and my dad had to take me out of the PLANETARIUM where it was shown because of one disturbing scene. I bawled, not when HAL kills Frank and the crew, but when Dave Bowman kills HAL! Should've been a sign.
The only thing I can say that was as traumatic for me was when Space: 1999 went off the air. I'll never forget the night it was replaced with the '25,000 Treasure Hunt'. Why is it that sci-fi shows always seem to be replaced with exactly the opposite kind of programming?!
Get used to it, the $40-50 model for hot games is swiftly coming to an end. I recently heard that an investment of $17 million will be required to develop for the PS3. The Xbox 360 is surely not that far behind.
The complexity of these new systems all but insures that top titles will need an army of programmers, artists, musicians, and beancounter types. That all costs money. Games are big business now, every bit as big as Hollywood is. Whether or not these games will all be worth it, only time will tell. But I bought the Gold package of Half Life 2 when it came out ($70), and it was worth every penny, IMHO.
I have a number of thin clients in publica areas here at our school and have been using OOo since before 1.0. Before 2.0 it was EXTREMELY painful but things are better now.
Our user folder drive letter is: U:. When I create a default profile for the server, I go into Tools/Options/Paths and set that as the default drive for 'My Documents' and 'Backups'. Works like a charm.
Anything else that points directly to my default user's information gets redirected. Like temporary files go to C:\Temp.
Been running like this under the 1.9 beta / 2.0 code for four months now - no problems. It runs WAY better now than it did in previous versions under TS.
...when you talk about banning AIM, MSN, Yahoo, or ICQ at a single point of entry, most firewall filtering works. To my knowledge only Juniper Netscreen and Cisco Pix even give you the option to block Skype. Skype is trickier by far and it was designed to get around corporate firewalls. Other than excessive outgoing bandwidth issues it can be hard to find and hard to stop.
Think about it, most apps people are interested in are already included with the base Apple. My guess is that a lot of the switchers out there are frustrated users (generally older) who have HAD IT with the spyware and other BS security games on the PC.
Now what do those people do? Hmmm. Word processing maybe, Internet (probably AOL), listen to music / watch movies (covered), etc. Years ago I think you'd be right about this. If you wanted a simple calculator program or even wanted to play a CD you had to buy a program to do it. Nowadays, all of that sort of thing is included with most computers - particularly Apple ones.
I've converted my own school's dorm machines to Mac Mini's (all 35 of them) this year and the main reason was the security issues associated with Windows. Well... That, and the girls just LOVE those things!
I totally agree. Imagine - faster than sound travel?! Who does NASA think they're kidding anyway?
Feel free to insert any controversial technology and/or gainsayer you wish. Personally, I find it hard to believe that we are soaking in energy and can't find a better way to get at it. I don't mind an article like this once in a while. If it's true, that's terrific, if it's bunk, well... You gotta dream, man!
Try and get Sony's DRM to interfere with DVD protection. RIAA Vs. MPAA... FIGHT!
Uhmm... The *users* are not often aware of what they (or more likely), their machines are doing online either. Are you also in favor of letting their hacked machines spew out endless amount of spam or advertising as well? Shouldn't an ISP have some control over abusive bandwidth?
I think what this guy might be referring to is how Skype uses bandwidth to route calls - even when you (the customer) isn't doing anything with it! Surely Skype is only the beginning. No doubt other apps will become 'Robin Hoods' and 'share' an ISP's bandwidth freely. But it's not like SBC/faux-AT&T is being singled out there!
Yes, the customer has to install the thing to begin with (well, most of the time), but he/she can't always take into account what affect a program like Skype has on their connection.
BTW, is it just me or does SBC renaming itself AT&T seem about as likely as Infogrames renaming themselves Atari?