Beyond being bandwidth hogs for everyone, stupid multimedia features interfere with accessibility tools like voice dictation. CNN started doing multimedia ads recently. I expect that nonsense from a gaming site but news sites need to shut the hell up. I'm against frivolous lawsuits but this violates the biggest crime in the United States:
Interfering with economic activity.
I sense a class action lawsuit against these punks if they don't make it easy to shut it off by *default*.
The question is, how do you run a 2-3 year publicity stunt?
Microsoft has a proven track record of using "innovation" to separate people from their money. If Microsoft is in the process of a 2-3 year publicity stunt, they probably figured out how to do it.
Look for 2-3 years of Linux bashing.
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Write better summaries and your subversive marketing might actually qualify as subversive.
Yeah... today they say they'll just use turkey parts but, really, TDP is the beginning of a truly evil technology. Just wait until they start throwing aborted fetuses into the TDP chamber. Who is going to stop that?
WARNING: This post may just be a tasteless joke to lighten up a thoroughly saturated/. discussion.
Let's take a look at all successful organizations that use red as the prominent color in their brand...
Basically, nobody.
Red is, for the most part, the color of poison in nature and people tend to avoid red stuff. Red is a warming. Red means stop. Get the picture?
Mozilla rocks and it needs only minor adjustments in branding. As a previous poster mentioned, offering options to replace IE is a good start. Another step might be to change the default theme to "Modern" instead of that f'n ugly standard theme.
No problem. As you implied, civil behavior is lacking here. I don't know if it's because everyone is anonymous or they are really jerks in the meat world. I used to write insightful comments but I found two people that plagiarized every post I put up. Those are only two that I know about. The result is that I treat/. as a place for light banter. Just put on some light armor and browse at + 3. You have a pretty low ID number so I suspect you've been around for ages. I can see where someone writing an "elitist douchbag" (as I'm guilty of impersonating) would get under your skin. You were probably here long before/. got a broader audience. Anyway, peace and look out for those tell-tale signs like "dangerous meme" to separate the wheat from the chaff. This whole place is a dangerous meme. Have fun with it.
Hello? Moderators? What the hell is the matter with you? This is funny but it's not "Interesting". It's an exceptionally clever Stick-Your-Dick-In-A-Vacuum-Cleaner troll. A funny troll at best. A dangerous meme at worst. Exactly what professor, even tenured, is going to risk his job on "Friday is jackoff accidents day" at a high profile University like Purdue?
When 1.5 came out, I setup windows media player as a plug in. It worked great for one day. At the next reboot, it loads but does nothing. No visible settings have changed. In Explorer, it works perfectly. It aggravates me because I thought Microsoft was giving me choice.
Is their Netscape plug-in just one giant troll?
Microsoft isn't complying with anti-trust laws. They were more than happy to see George Bush appointed by God and they hope God appoints him again.
Too many weird things happen when attempting to use software that competes with a similar Microsoft product. Not even IEradicator seems to be able to remove all the tentacles.
Without voice dictation, I can't move to Linux so if you planned to tell me just that, try offering a suggestion instead.
I hear that LCD companies don't care about the gaming market and it, unfortunately, makes sense. In the instance of LCD displays, the pr0n consumer and the gamer are not necessarily allied. LCDs very adequately display movies at 30ms so the pr0n consumer is content. Between the corporate PHB and the non-gamer technophile watching movies, LCD manufacturers don't have to play innovation and they don't have to slash prices. When you can safely ignore video games, collusion becomes easy. Maybe I'm putting on a tinfoil hat here but, for a million reasons, corporations and governments everywhere would like to see the personal computer die and be replaced with isolated appliances. It's a very powerful tool. Too powerful for the rancid masses. Anyway, the Xbox is further evidence of my little conspiracy theory. For the consumer, there is no there anymore. You *will* buy a piece of hardware to do what you want.:)
That went a bit off topic. Sorry. The point is that hardware manufacturing is probably not being driven by games anymore. Definitely not for LCD manufacturers. This year might be the only year for the gaming LCD only because it coincides with the first year of flawless video. It sucks to say this but I doubt there will be breakneck innovation or falling prices in the LCD neighborhood. Manufacturers are sick of capitalism and they want to make money now.
One point about size... because of a fixed resolution, the physical size is proportional... 15in is 1024 by 768, 17in is 1280 by 1024... you see the pattern? A 19in panel will likely be 1600 by 1200. That becomes a disadvantage if gaming is your thing because not all games go that high. Probably not a problem but it's something to be considered.
That's a possibility but having had put it through some serious games, I'm extremely happy with the output. I wouldn't put 78 past this monitor because manufacturers are afraid to give straight numbers. It just works in my favor here. I'm extremely impressed and I don't know anybody else with this quality of an LCD. I expected it to at least shudder on my 3D games but it just keeps rocking on.
There are *major* discrepancies in LCD information between manufacturers and reviews. I got my information on this from an adrenaline vault article that probably wasn't ready to publish--no formatting or much editorial work at all. Between that and customer reviews at various retailers (lots of astroturf to wade through), I decided on this.
I don't know why manufacturers can't get their information in some kind of useful standard format. I consider the outcome of my purchase to be largely a matter of good luck and/or karma.
Up until this piece of equipment, I've avoided Acer like the plague. Guess the new company name means more than just the name.
Question: why do you want 18 to 20? I don't think the extra space is worth the extra money. The 17in LCD is slightly bigger than my old Dell 19in CRT.
The extra space has been hijacked by my Devastator II (see sig). It was my arcade panel (right behind headaches) that prompted the purchase.
As for information they don't mention in articles about LCD displays...
You'll find yourself playing with the video settings for a couple days. You will find your eyes adjusting over the first couple days as well. It is a completely different situation from looking at a CRT. Can't put my finger on it but there's a definite visual correction that will happen on your part. People will *respect* your monitor and not feel the urge to put their fingers on it. The monitor takes three or so sessions to figure out where the normal colors are but it manages to be largely user-free. Sort of like a firewall--it bothers you for a bit and then shuts up. There is absolutely no glare at all. I have a big sliding glass door behind me and I can still work with the blinds open.
Last point: there are 12msec LCD displays out there. I couldn't find any available but I'm pretty sure they aren't vapor. Peace.
16ms response time. 1280 by 1024 native resolution. 500:1 contrast ratio. No dead pixels. Works like a charm. It cost me $380.
Are you sure you are measuring time correctly? Time is measured in base 60 and you are using base 10.
My precise top frame rate was 78.
Games work great on it. No color problems. No ghosting. I took a bit of a gamble when I picked it up because my choices were to endure more headaches with the CRT or jump into the pool and join the LCD crowd.
No glare, no headaches, does everything (including movies) perfectly. The only catch--if it can be called that--is that you are married to the native resolution. For me, that's just fine. I have only one game that doesn't quite look right because of interpolation. Still looks good and plays well.
Oh yeah... and the other catch: At 50 watts, it won't keep you warm at night. Even so, I'm sure you can still use the CRT as a space heater.:)
I still run my Scanjet 4p. Still works *perfectly*. It's a wonderful full size flatbed scanner that was clearly built to last. Worth every penny.
I also still run my Laserjet 5L. It has a minor feeding problem but it got me through college on one toner cartridge which is absolutely incredible to me still considering how much writing I did. I've changed the toner twice.
I've owned both since 97. They work. Simple as that.
However, if you still use a CRT, *get rid of it*. LCD monitors are a quick way to eliminate headaches and minor vision problems. I mention this because we're all talking about good, dependable hardware but monitors are an area where the technology should be changed regardless of the fact that you might love it. My LCD does 80 frames per second without breaking a sweat.
I understand your point but I don't see how it is "obvious" that I allegedly wasn't using computers before office came out. I'm not sure how you interpreted that.
Anyway... Microsoft Office hasn't been knocked off my system the way IE has. There's too many annoying things about OO that keep me from completely converting. For example:
When you copy text out of OO and paste it into an editor like EditPad or Notepad, it converts ordinary double quotes into single quotes. That REALLY sucks if you had any kind of code in your document. How OO could be unfriendly to coders that need to write documents is beyond me. Maybe I'm missing what option shuts that off but, as it stands, I think it's a bug.
Printing envelopes is an f'n chore with OO. It's nowhere near as intuitive as M$ here.
Bottom line: I write a lot of letters to military friends, I'd rather have the envelope stuff take care of itself instead of opening a new window. Also, code sometimes ends up in my documents and I have a reasonable expectation that the code will not get fucked on a simple cut n paste.
OO is getting close though. Couple more years. Maybe less. For me, anyway. For most people, it's ready to go now.
Ok... if *anyone* used the phrase "vigor and gusto", how long would it take to get marked as a troll?
To stay on topic, to get 90% of Microsoft Office features and usability in just three years *is* pretty amazing. Or maybe M$ just sucks and OO serves as proof positive that Microsoft Office has always been a scam first and a productivity package second.
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Why are you playing with the f'n iPod in your office?
Maybe the editors should check their boilerplate stories before posting...
SCO already owns DDoS. Eastern European gangs are free to use the DDoS method of extortion but they must pay a per-packet licensing fee of $699.
Beyond being bandwidth hogs for everyone, stupid multimedia features interfere with accessibility tools like voice dictation. CNN started doing multimedia ads recently. I expect that nonsense from a gaming site but news sites need to shut the hell up. I'm against frivolous lawsuits but this violates the biggest crime in the United States:
Interfering with economic activity.
I sense a class action lawsuit against these punks if they don't make it easy to shut it off by *default*.
My thought... you are a troll. But since you are a paying troll, I guess it's ok.
There currently is no choice with the desktop. To preserve choice you need to have choice.
Microsoft has a proven track record of using "innovation" to separate people from their money. If Microsoft is in the process of a 2-3 year publicity stunt, they probably figured out how to do it.
Look for 2-3 years of Linux bashing.
Principals of Slashdot and OSDN may have investments in the stocks of the companies discussed on this site and will disclose any interest if they are posting a story about those companies or their products. Contributors to this site may or may not have an interest in a company or product they are discussing. The decision to disclose that information is theirs to make. We do not guarantee the veracity, reliability or completeness of any information provided on our site or in any hyperlink appearing on our site.
Write better summaries and your subversive marketing might actually qualify as subversive.
Yeah... today they say they'll just use turkey parts but, really, TDP is the beginning of a truly evil technology. Just wait until they start throwing aborted fetuses into the TDP chamber. Who is going to stop that?
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WARNING: This post may just be a tasteless joke to lighten up a thoroughly saturated
Mine too... in a Jimi Hendrix sort of way.
Let's take a look at all successful organizations that use red as the prominent color in their brand...
Basically, nobody.
Red is, for the most part, the color of poison in nature and people tend to avoid red stuff. Red is a warming. Red means stop. Get the picture?
Mozilla rocks and it needs only minor adjustments in branding. As a previous poster mentioned, offering options to replace IE is a good start. Another step might be to change the default theme to "Modern" instead of that f'n ugly standard theme.
No problem. As you implied, civil behavior is lacking here. I don't know if it's because everyone is anonymous or they are really jerks in the meat world. I used to write insightful comments but I found two people that plagiarized every post I put up. Those are only two that I know about. The result is that I treat /. as a place for light banter. Just put on some light armor and browse at + 3. You have a pretty low ID number so I suspect you've been around for ages. I can see where someone writing an "elitist douchbag" (as I'm guilty of impersonating) would get under your skin. You were probably here long before /. got a broader audience. Anyway, peace and look out for those tell-tale signs like "dangerous meme" to separate the wheat from the chaff. This whole place is a dangerous meme. Have fun with it.
Check response to your first statement. Peace.
:) Sorry. I wasn't trying to get you upset. Seriously, the phrase "dangerous meme" should have been clue #1 that I was just playing around.
Like I'd really accuse you of being the source of all Dick-in-the-Vacuum-Cleaner accidents. I don't even know you.
Please accept my apology if you got worked up.
Hello? Moderators? What the hell is the matter with you? This is funny but it's not "Interesting". It's an exceptionally clever Stick-Your-Dick-In-A-Vacuum-Cleaner troll. A funny troll at best. A dangerous meme at worst. Exactly what professor, even tenured, is going to risk his job on "Friday is jackoff accidents day" at a high profile University like Purdue?
When 1.5 came out, I setup windows media player as a plug in. It worked great for one day. At the next reboot, it loads but does nothing. No visible settings have changed. In Explorer, it works perfectly. It aggravates me because I thought Microsoft was giving me choice.
Is their Netscape plug-in just one giant troll?
Microsoft isn't complying with anti-trust laws. They were more than happy to see George Bush appointed by God and they hope God appoints him again.
Too many weird things happen when attempting to use software that competes with a similar Microsoft product. Not even IEradicator seems to be able to remove all the tentacles.
Without voice dictation, I can't move to Linux so if you planned to tell me just that, try offering a suggestion instead.
This is a stupid term. It is now 2003 in case anyone is checking their calendars. Can we come up with a better term than something invented on Fox?
There's nothing quite like a secret ballot.
I hear that LCD companies don't care about the gaming market and it, unfortunately, makes sense. In the instance of LCD displays, the pr0n consumer and the gamer are not necessarily allied. LCDs very adequately display movies at 30ms so the pr0n consumer is content. Between the corporate PHB and the non-gamer technophile watching movies, LCD manufacturers don't have to play innovation and they don't have to slash prices. When you can safely ignore video games, collusion becomes easy. Maybe I'm putting on a tinfoil hat here but, for a million reasons, corporations and governments everywhere would like to see the personal computer die and be replaced with isolated appliances. It's a very powerful tool. Too powerful for the rancid masses. Anyway, the Xbox is further evidence of my little conspiracy theory. For the consumer, there is no there anymore. You *will* buy a piece of hardware to do what you want. :)
That went a bit off topic. Sorry. The point is that hardware manufacturing is probably not being driven by games anymore. Definitely not for LCD manufacturers. This year might be the only year for the gaming LCD only because it coincides with the first year of flawless video. It sucks to say this but I doubt there will be breakneck innovation or falling prices in the LCD neighborhood. Manufacturers are sick of capitalism and they want to make money now.
One point about size... because of a fixed resolution, the physical size is proportional... 15in is 1024 by 768, 17in is 1280 by 1024... you see the pattern? A 19in panel will likely be 1600 by 1200. That becomes a disadvantage if gaming is your thing because not all games go that high. Probably not a problem but it's something to be considered.
That's a possibility but having had put it through some serious games, I'm extremely happy with the output. I wouldn't put 78 past this monitor because manufacturers are afraid to give straight numbers. It just works in my favor here. I'm extremely impressed and I don't know anybody else with this quality of an LCD. I expected it to at least shudder on my 3D games but it just keeps rocking on.
There are *major* discrepancies in LCD information between manufacturers and reviews. I got my information on this from an adrenaline vault article that probably wasn't ready to publish--no formatting or much editorial work at all. Between that and customer reviews at various retailers (lots of astroturf to wade through), I decided on this.
I don't know why manufacturers can't get their information in some kind of useful standard format. I consider the outcome of my purchase to be largely a matter of good luck and/or karma.
Up until this piece of equipment, I've avoided Acer like the plague. Guess the new company name means more than just the name.
Question: why do you want 18 to 20? I don't think the extra space is worth the extra money. The 17in LCD is slightly bigger than my old Dell 19in CRT.
The extra space has been hijacked by my Devastator II (see sig). It was my arcade panel (right behind headaches) that prompted the purchase.
As for information they don't mention in articles about LCD displays...
You'll find yourself playing with the video settings for a couple days. You will find your eyes adjusting over the first couple days as well. It is a completely different situation from looking at a CRT. Can't put my finger on it but there's a definite visual correction that will happen on your part. People will *respect* your monitor and not feel the urge to put their fingers on it. The monitor takes three or so sessions to figure out where the normal colors are but it manages to be largely user-free. Sort of like a firewall--it bothers you for a bit and then shuts up. There is absolutely no glare at all. I have a big sliding glass door behind me and I can still work with the blinds open.
Last point: there are 12msec LCD displays out there. I couldn't find any available but I'm pretty sure they aren't vapor. Peace.
Not a prototype at all. I have a BENQ FP767.
:)
16ms response time.
1280 by 1024 native resolution.
500:1 contrast ratio.
No dead pixels.
Works like a charm.
It cost me $380.
Are you sure you are measuring time correctly? Time is measured in base 60 and you are using base 10.
My precise top frame rate was 78.
Games work great on it. No color problems. No ghosting. I took a bit of a gamble when I picked it up because my choices were to endure more headaches with the CRT or jump into the pool and join the LCD crowd.
No glare, no headaches, does everything (including movies) perfectly. The only catch--if it can be called that--is that you are married to the native resolution. For me, that's just fine. I have only one game that doesn't quite look right because of interpolation. Still looks good and plays well.
Oh yeah... and the other catch: At 50 watts, it won't keep you warm at night. Even so, I'm sure you can still use the CRT as a space heater.
I still run my Scanjet 4p. Still works *perfectly*. It's a wonderful full size flatbed scanner that was clearly built to last. Worth every penny.
I also still run my Laserjet 5L. It has a minor feeding problem but it got me through college on one toner cartridge which is absolutely incredible to me still considering how much writing I did. I've changed the toner twice.
I've owned both since 97. They work. Simple as that.
However, if you still use a CRT, *get rid of it*. LCD monitors are a quick way to eliminate headaches and minor vision problems. I mention this because we're all talking about good, dependable hardware but monitors are an area where the technology should be changed regardless of the fact that you might love it. My LCD does 80 frames per second without breaking a sweat.
I understand your point but I don't see how it is "obvious" that I allegedly wasn't using computers before office came out. I'm not sure how you interpreted that.
Anyway... Microsoft Office hasn't been knocked off my system the way IE has. There's too many annoying things about OO that keep me from completely converting. For example:
When you copy text out of OO and paste it into an editor like EditPad or Notepad, it converts ordinary double quotes into single quotes. That REALLY sucks if you had any kind of code in your document. How OO could be unfriendly to coders that need to write documents is beyond me. Maybe I'm missing what option shuts that off but, as it stands, I think it's a bug.
Printing envelopes is an f'n chore with OO. It's nowhere near as intuitive as M$ here.
Bottom line: I write a lot of letters to military friends, I'd rather have the envelope stuff take care of itself instead of opening a new window. Also, code sometimes ends up in my documents and I have a reasonable expectation that the code will not get fucked on a simple cut n paste.
OO is getting close though. Couple more years. Maybe less. For me, anyway. For most people, it's ready to go now.
Ok... if *anyone* used the phrase "vigor and gusto", how long would it take to get marked as a troll?
To stay on topic, to get 90% of Microsoft Office features and usability in just three years *is* pretty amazing. Or maybe M$ just sucks and OO serves as proof positive that Microsoft Office has always been a scam first and a productivity package second.
Why is Link helping you out? Doesn't he have better things to do? Like helping Neo save the human race?
$85 for 2000 minutes by the way.