Note that a GeForce MX 4000 which is plenty decent for basic desktop 3d acceleration costs about $39 now. In fact if you set out to get the cheapest video card possible, you'd be hard-pressed to find one that wouldn't be capable of supporting Windows Graphics Foundation.
I'm in connecticut on my back deck it's cover but has no sides it's 34 degrees Im using a Power Mac G4 400 Mhz and a dell 15 inch crt I have woke up in the3 morning with snow on my key board I never shut it off just let it sleep It's running like a charm get a mac
Just a suggestion - lay off the caffeine.
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Um - if this is really true, then I think you have much bigger problems than World of Warcraft. There are lots of other things you can get addicted to in this world - you can't avoid all of them forever. Sooner or later, the same situation will occur again, but maybe with a different subject other than a MMORPG.
Personally I'd go see a psychiatrist or something.
As much as you would like, you won't be able to mold your children into the ideal human beings you imagine. Just let it be - give them access to any technology feasible, and if they're interested, great. If not, great as well. Also, it's now the year 2005. Really, there is no such thing as "introducing children to computers" anymore. Computers are part of their lives in all sorts of forms from the day they are born. Denying or forcing computer usage will only make them maladjusted compared to the rest of the children in today's society.
When I buy a chip marked 2600 or 2200, I expect 2600 or 2200 MHz, not some fucking stupid performance rating like Cyrix used back in the day.
Why? When you buy a BMW 325, do you expect it to have 325 horsepower, not some fucking stupid model number like other car manufacturers use? Can you reliably say that a BMW with 300hp performs equally to a Ford Expedition with 300hp? Can hp be used to encapsulate the entire performance of a car? (Hint - no, it's just one of the many characteristics of a car that contributes to its performance).
So what exactly is wrong with AMD using a simple numbering scheme (which happens to correlate to performance somewhat) to label their processors? Why are you so interested in a specific characteristic of the processor, that cannot be reliably used to compare the processor's performance to that of another manufacturer's? And finally, why do you expect an AMD 2600+ or 2200+ to run at 2600 Mhz or 2200 Mhz, respectively? Has anyone ever indicated as such?
And McDonalds has decided to discontinue all of its hamburgers, fearing that they haven't created any innovative cuisine in the last 20 years, instead becoming a steakhouse.
Well, discontinue, no, but they seem to be shying away from them. It seems all I see now are ads for McDonald's toasted deli sandwiches, garden salads, yogurt parfaits, premium white breast chicken strips,....
I think you'll find the phrase is "couldn't care less". Saying you could care less implies that you do care about it.
But saying you couldn't care less doesn't imply that you don't care either (it does say, however, that it's possible you do not care at all).
One just says you couldn't care less than your current level, meaning:
a) current level of careness = 0, therefore you can't care less
b) you would not be willing to care less than your current (non-zero) level of careness
The other says you could care less than your current level of careness, meaning that your current level of careness, is non-zero. However, it also means that you *are* willing to care less.
So "I could care less" provides a lower bound on the careness level, while "I couldn't care less" doesn't (it is assumed that careness level is non-negative). But neither implies that you *don't care*.
And if I were your parent, I'd smack your dumb, ingrateful ass around for bitching about the laptop that I just bought you with my hard earned money.
And then I'd smack you back because it's not the cost of the laptop that I'm ungrateful for, it's the fact that I would get something better for the same hard earned money.
That, coupled with what your mention of the Subaru/Chevrolet Forester implies a growing relationship between GM and Subaru.
Hopefully it's not a growing relationship - so far GM only owns 20% non-voting shares or something in Fuji Heavy Industries, of which Subaru is only one of its divisions.
I don't know about the Ford-Mazda relationship, but Mazda is listed as one of the brands on www.ford.com.
Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, and Aston Martin are all owned by Ford;
Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Oldsmobile, Saturn, Hummer, and Saab are all owned by General Motors; and
Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, and CSmart are all owned by DaimlerChrysler.
Also note that many cars are simply re-brands - i.e. the Saab 9-2 is a Subaru Impreza Wagon, the Mazda Tribute is a Ford Escape, etc... and did you know the Subaru Forestor is sold a Chevrolet Forestor in India?
and of course as mentioned, Lexus and Scion are just brands of Toyota, Infiniti is just a brand of Nissan, and Acura is just a brand of Honda.
Here's another "FACT": Whatever Nintendo calls a Gameboy is a Gameboy, whatever they don't call a Gamebody is NOT a Gameboy. They could call their next home console a Gameboy, and that would TRUE. Now stop arguing over something that is clearly arbitrary.
If at least a few of each of our friends AND WE try a different protocol and chat program, there's a chance that we can finally stop making fun of AIM users. (I know it's fun, but wouldn't using a better protocol be even better?)
I don't think we need to worry about AIM users in the future - the *only* people I've seen using AIM are those over 30 years old - pretty much anyone between 18-30 (geek or not) uses something else like ICQ - just give it a few years, and we'll start making fun of ICQ users instead. (Note that those under 18 tend to gravitate towards MSN Messenger for some reason - so give it another few years, and we'll start making fun of MSN Messenger users...)
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There shouldn't be much problem with internal web apps anyways, right? Just don't connect to the internet...
Note that a GeForce MX 4000 which is plenty decent for basic desktop 3d acceleration costs about $39 now. In fact if you set out to get the cheapest video card possible, you'd be hard-pressed to find one that wouldn't be capable of supporting Windows Graphics Foundation.
Just a suggestion - lay off the caffeine.
Um - if this is really true, then I think you have much bigger problems than World of Warcraft. There are lots of other things you can get addicted to in this world - you can't avoid all of them forever. Sooner or later, the same situation will occur again, but maybe with a different subject other than a MMORPG. Personally I'd go see a psychiatrist or something.
As much as you would like, you won't be able to mold your children into the ideal human beings you imagine. Just let it be - give them access to any technology feasible, and if they're interested, great. If not, great as well. Also, it's now the year 2005. Really, there is no such thing as "introducing children to computers" anymore. Computers are part of their lives in all sorts of forms from the day they are born. Denying or forcing computer usage will only make them maladjusted compared to the rest of the children in today's society.
Er, I think MS can handle a slashdotting. And how many slashdotters would actually go to the download page, let alone download it, anyways...
Why? When you buy a BMW 325, do you expect it to have 325 horsepower, not some fucking stupid model number like other car manufacturers use? Can you reliably say that a BMW with 300hp performs equally to a Ford Expedition with 300hp? Can hp be used to encapsulate the entire performance of a car? (Hint - no, it's just one of the many characteristics of a car that contributes to its performance).
So what exactly is wrong with AMD using a simple numbering scheme (which happens to correlate to performance somewhat) to label their processors? Why are you so interested in a specific characteristic of the processor, that cannot be reliably used to compare the processor's performance to that of another manufacturer's? And finally, why do you expect an AMD 2600+ or 2200+ to run at 2600 Mhz or 2200 Mhz, respectively? Has anyone ever indicated as such?
Well, they used to, I think. Big Mac commercials, Quarter Pounder commercials, Double cheeseburgers...
Well, discontinue, no, but they seem to be shying away from them. It seems all I see now are ads for McDonald's toasted deli sandwiches, garden salads, yogurt parfaits, premium white breast chicken strips, ....
How long before someone finds a fast way of factoring large numbers and we're all screwed?
a) current level of careness = 0, therefore you can't care less
b) you would not be willing to care less than your current (non-zero) level of careness
The other says you could care less than your current level of careness, meaning that your current level of careness, is non-zero. However, it also means that you *are* willing to care less.
So "I could care less" provides a lower bound on the careness level, while "I couldn't care less" doesn't (it is assumed that careness level is non-negative). But neither implies that you *don't care*.
And then I'd smack you back because it's not the cost of the laptop that I'm ungrateful for, it's the fact that I would get something better for the same hard earned money.
Well. So are we gonna have to start taking drug tests before final exams?
Hopefully it's not a growing relationship - so far GM only owns 20% non-voting shares or something in Fuji Heavy Industries, of which Subaru is only one of its divisions.
I don't know about the Ford-Mazda relationship, but Mazda is listed as one of the brands on www.ford.com.
Lincoln, Mercury, Mazda, Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, and Aston Martin are all owned by Ford;
Chevrolet, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac, GMC, Oldsmobile, Saturn, Hummer, and Saab are all owned by General Motors; and
Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, Mercedes-Benz, Maybach, and CSmart are all owned by DaimlerChrysler.
Also note that many cars are simply re-brands - i.e. the Saab 9-2 is a Subaru Impreza Wagon, the Mazda Tribute is a Ford Escape, etc... and did you know the Subaru Forestor is sold a Chevrolet Forestor in India?
and of course as mentioned, Lexus and Scion are just brands of Toyota, Infiniti is just a brand of Nissan, and Acura is just a brand of Honda.
Umm, except for the first one, no we can't.
Here's another "FACT": Whatever Nintendo calls a Gameboy is a Gameboy, whatever they don't call a Gamebody is NOT a Gameboy. They could call their next home console a Gameboy, and that would TRUE. Now stop arguing over something that is clearly arbitrary.
But, so what? Telling it to someone who already has a cold *does* help (well at least it could help). Isn't that more analogous to spyware?
We *can* predict what will come next? I don't think I can ...
So which one would that be? Neither one *only* offers games for kiddies. Both have games aimed at "mature adults".
The way I see it is this: one person's fear is another's excitement.
??? Isn't logn the height of the tree? Therefore n being the number of elements to search?
Hmm, true - but ICQ doesn't use "screen names" as identifiers (rather something like 2938472983423) - was it affected by this problem?
This would make sense, since what IM service we use is largely dictated by who we need to communicate with...
I don't think we need to worry about AIM users in the future - the *only* people I've seen using AIM are those over 30 years old - pretty much anyone between 18-30 (geek or not) uses something else like ICQ - just give it a few years, and we'll start making fun of ICQ users instead. (Note that those under 18 tend to gravitate towards MSN Messenger for some reason - so give it another few years, and we'll start making fun of MSN Messenger users...)