You might check out the link between Microsoft and the United Way and when it started
Some of you nuts are so full of hatred for Microsoft, not only do you make shit up, you cant read well enough to comprehend what others write. Let me help you, you idiot. THE LINK, you JACKASS.
People like you are lucky that breathing is automatic. If you had to think about it, you would be one dead asshole.
You certainly were not there. You might check out the link between Microsoft and the United Way and when it started, and how Bill and his mother were the driving force behind that long before Melinda became Mrs Gates.
I know few people here like or appreciate Gates, but must we make shit up to slime the dude?
This is a major sore point with me. I set up a number of video rendering workstations with RAID 0 and a bunch of SATA drives for maximum speed for one of my clients, only to have Adobe completely fuck up every installation of CS2 because of their fucked activation system.
Apparently, their activation works off the serial number of a single hardrive, and that drive must also have Windows installed. Once activated, if you do so much as upgrade the RAID driver, or do a system restore, you are fucked as activation will never work properly again.
What to do? You are eventually forced to reinstall both Windows and the Adobe suite on a single drive. Thats right, that is their fix. Start over.
Bastards.
"Why doesn't someone like Adobe create a groupware product to completely blow these suckers away?"
Because these types of systems are usually installed to RAID systems, and we all know how Adobe LOVES RAID setups, dont we? Dont get me started on Adobe's activation disaster with RAID setups last year.
How many times does this have to happen before these folks figure out how to get paid without ruining their future revenue opportunties? You would think these high-paid CEO's get some knowledge about this when going for those MBAs?
In TiVos case, had they just sold out to DirecTV, they could have walked away fat, dumb and happy, but they played hardball, kept their intellectual property, and now the whole DVR industry is just going around them.
A little shaky, but not enough to sway the results that much. It looks like the Intel chip is promising. How much will the price the sucker? Lets see what AMD has waiting in the wings.
No, at full load, it gets up to a scortching 41C. I have a great case, and an Arctic Cooler on each of my 7800 GTX boards, which are shooting hot air out of the case, which has 8 other fans in it as well. I am partially deaf, so the noise wouldnt bother me from all those fans if I could hear it.
Hey partner, just send me a link. I'm willing to learn. All I know is that I used Intel chips exclusively until last year, and I'll be dammed if I go back without a VERY good reason. Provide a link or somethin'?
My AMD Athlon 64 X2 chugs along at 2.2Ghz, and STILL blows Intel out of the water due to its superior design, while managing a cool 29C. AMD has fought the good fight, and until Intel gets faster AND cooler, AMD has my computing dollar. To me, the only thing 'Extreme' about Intel processors right now, is the number of CPU cycles wasted.
A lot of responses, not a lot of information. Some of the more troll-like comments are addressed in the video demo at : mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/uifx/asp_net_atlas.wmv
A whole lot of comments, not a lot of real knowledge.
Why not watch the video, as it addresses some of the more troll-like responses.
You can view it in Media Player at: mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/uifx/asp_net_atlas.wmv
Frankly, I dont care what Intel does in the near future. I regularly fire up Call of Duty 2 in 1600X1200 while burning a DVD in Nero, with Outlook running in the background and not notice any kind of lag, thanks to my AMD processor. (64X2 4400) If I tried that on my P4 box (which has been relegated to file server duty) the thing would have locked up in seconds.
I think what AMD has done deserves some form of brand loyalty. Intel was giving us trash and charging us through the ass for it. AMD forced Intel to get better, and this technology race only benefits the consumer. For that, AMD will always get the nod with me unless Intel does something spectaculary better. I think AMD should be rewarded for slugging it out while Intel pounded them until they produced what they have out there today.
Ha! Gotcha.
I meant you, over there burning that DVD torrent you've been downloading for 6 hours.
And YOU, you SOB. Stop moving those CD's to your Ipod, thief.
Oh, and not to mention YOU, who told you that it was fine to tamper with that TiVo? You say you learned to do it at the Library?
NO, NOT THE LIBRARY!!!
Cutting the rate of growth is not a cut in the education budget. But then as a liberal, you wouldnt understand that. Maybe when you folks embrace reality, you might win the big elections. Mod away, I've got karma to burn.
The point is that while killing 6 F-15s at BVR, nothing is going to be able to sneak up on it at close range either. Once out of missiles, anything up close is still going to get slaughtered with it's cannon. Then, if its out of ammo, it can still turn tail and out run just about anything, without even using afterburners.
The main reason we are developing fighters like the F-22 is because if we are wrong again like we were when the F-4 was chosen to be the Navy's primary fighter over the F-8 Crusader (a much better dogfighter), it will mean that some pilots will die before the problem is fixed. If we can build an aircraft that today can take on and whip 6 of our current standard (F-15 Eagle), I say build it. If we have the technology to leap frog over the capabilities of our opponents, it would be stupid not to use it.
That is the kind of thinking that produced the F-4 Phantom back in 1959, when weapons designers were sure that the era of dogfighting was over. They built a big missile platform, which during the initial phases of the Vietnam war, could barely hold its own against the smaller, more agile Russian MiG-17s which carried only guns. While the Phantom pilots were searching the skies with radar, the little MiGs were sneaking up behind them and blowing them away. Missiles are never 100% effective, which is why the Navy introduced TopGun to teach their pilots how to dogfight more effectively, and the AirForce was forced to later produce their own Fighter Weapons School after the Navy kill ratio went from 1-to-1 to 14-to-1 after TopGun started producing pilots. The Navy ace (and later Congressional crook) Randy "Duke" Cunningham was a graduate of the first TopGun class.
Even today, the F-22 is a better dogfighter than any aircraft in the world, despite that it carries missiles in an internal bay for stealth. The military learned that there will always be a need for dogfighting, and their aircraft are designed accordingly.
As the owner of twin overclocked 7800GTX's I dont care if ATI ever has the better video card, because I enjoy not having the stress in the middle of a game as to when my cards are going to blue-screen my gaming rig.
I owned ATI for years, then went to Matrox before finally investing in my NVidia boards. I will never go back. ATI has lost innumerable customers because they would not go out and hire kids who could write decent graphics drivers. They should have poached programmers from Matrox or something, but it is too late now.
NVidia just works.
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You might check out the link between Microsoft and the United Way and when it started
Some of you nuts are so full of hatred for Microsoft, not only do you make shit up, you cant read well enough to comprehend what others write. Let me help you, you idiot. THE LINK, you JACKASS.
People like you are lucky that breathing is automatic. If you had to think about it, you would be one dead asshole.
I know few people here like or appreciate Gates, but must we make shit up to slime the dude?
Apparently, their activation works off the serial number of a single hardrive, and that drive must also have Windows installed. Once activated, if you do so much as upgrade the RAID driver, or do a system restore, you are fucked as activation will never work properly again.
What to do? You are eventually forced to reinstall both Windows and the Adobe suite on a single drive. Thats right, that is their fix. Start over. Bastards.
I just finished filling out a trouble ticket up at Viewsonic! I thought my LCD had gone stupid! IT AINT APRIL YET!!
Because these types of systems are usually installed to RAID systems, and we all know how Adobe LOVES RAID setups, dont we? Dont get me started on Adobe's activation disaster with RAID setups last year.
Give up Sex for Video Games
Give up Kobe Beef for Bean Sprouts
Give up SUVs for Hybrids
Give up TV for a walk in the park.
Give up music for the sound of waves on the beach
Give up Logic for Scientology
You too can have an episode of South Park devoted to your madness!
In TiVos case, had they just sold out to DirecTV, they could have walked away fat, dumb and happy, but they played hardball, kept their intellectual property, and now the whole DVR industry is just going around them.
A little shaky, but not enough to sway the results that much. It looks like the Intel chip is promising. How much will the price the sucker? Lets see what AMD has waiting in the wings.
No, at full load, it gets up to a scortching 41C. I have a great case, and an Arctic Cooler on each of my 7800 GTX boards, which are shooting hot air out of the case, which has 8 other fans in it as well. I am partially deaf, so the noise wouldnt bother me from all those fans if I could hear it.
Well, for most of 1.5 weeks ago, I was flat on my back, sick as a dog. Seriously. Thanks for the links.
Hey partner, just send me a link. I'm willing to learn. All I know is that I used Intel chips exclusively until last year, and I'll be dammed if I go back without a VERY good reason. Provide a link or somethin'?
My AMD Athlon 64 X2 chugs along at 2.2Ghz, and STILL blows Intel out of the water due to its superior design, while managing a cool 29C. AMD has fought the good fight, and until Intel gets faster AND cooler, AMD has my computing dollar. To me, the only thing 'Extreme' about Intel processors right now, is the number of CPU cycles wasted.
"Oops, there goes another customer."
Reply: "Yeah, but we are better....."
"And another...."
Reply: "Yeah, but they suck"
"There goes another......."
Is it trolling to suggest Novell needs a new argument. If "we're still better" aint stopping migration, might a change of message be in order?
If Microsoft was Starbucks, there would be a EULA printed on every cup. A lot of EULA madness going on there. I dont know what that was all about.
Posted to the wrong thread. That is what I get for having two Slashdot tabs open at the same time.
A lot of responses, not a lot of information. Some of the more troll-like comments are addressed in the video demo at : mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/uifx/asp_net_atlas.wmv
A whole lot of comments, not a lot of real knowledge. Why not watch the video, as it addresses some of the more troll-like responses. You can view it in Media Player at: mms://wm.microsoft.com/ms/uifx/asp_net_atlas.wmv
I think what AMD has done deserves some form of brand loyalty. Intel was giving us trash and charging us through the ass for it. AMD forced Intel to get better, and this technology race only benefits the consumer. For that, AMD will always get the nod with me unless Intel does something spectaculary better. I think AMD should be rewarded for slugging it out while Intel pounded them until they produced what they have out there today.
Ha! Gotcha. I meant you, over there burning that DVD torrent you've been downloading for 6 hours. And YOU, you SOB. Stop moving those CD's to your Ipod, thief. Oh, and not to mention YOU, who told you that it was fine to tamper with that TiVo? You say you learned to do it at the Library? NO, NOT THE LIBRARY!!!
Damn, I wish I had mod points for you, brother. Amen!
Cutting the rate of growth is not a cut in the education budget. But then as a liberal, you wouldnt understand that. Maybe when you folks embrace reality, you might win the big elections. Mod away, I've got karma to burn.
The point is that while killing 6 F-15s at BVR, nothing is going to be able to sneak up on it at close range either. Once out of missiles, anything up close is still going to get slaughtered with it's cannon. Then, if its out of ammo, it can still turn tail and out run just about anything, without even using afterburners.
The main reason we are developing fighters like the F-22 is because if we are wrong again like we were when the F-4 was chosen to be the Navy's primary fighter over the F-8 Crusader (a much better dogfighter), it will mean that some pilots will die before the problem is fixed. If we can build an aircraft that today can take on and whip 6 of our current standard (F-15 Eagle), I say build it. If we have the technology to leap frog over the capabilities of our opponents, it would be stupid not to use it.
Even today, the F-22 is a better dogfighter than any aircraft in the world, despite that it carries missiles in an internal bay for stealth. The military learned that there will always be a need for dogfighting, and their aircraft are designed accordingly.
As the owner of twin overclocked 7800GTX's I dont care if ATI ever has the better video card, because I enjoy not having the stress in the middle of a game as to when my cards are going to blue-screen my gaming rig. I owned ATI for years, then went to Matrox before finally investing in my NVidia boards. I will never go back. ATI has lost innumerable customers because they would not go out and hire kids who could write decent graphics drivers. They should have poached programmers from Matrox or something, but it is too late now. NVidia just works.