Once a year I have to install IE on a machine just to say my benefits haven't changed. Walmartbenefits.com (also needed for electronic tax info) will not work with anything else. I've tried. At least now I can get IE working under linux easily and don't have to throw together a windows box just for that crap.
My computer takes 3 and a half minutes to post (yes, it is set to quick post). I could really care less how long the OS takes to boot. 3.5m +.0003 seconds is still long enough if I had to reboot the machine, I'm going to walk away while it boots. Server grade equipment, doesn't it suck?
What I don't understand is the last few versions of Windows I keep hearing "my computer turns on in x seconds with OS-1, why does OS-2 take y seconds?" My computer takes 3 1/2 minutes to get through the BIOS to even hit the hard drive. The OS could boot in a millisecond from when the MBR gets read, and it's still long enough that I hit the power button and walk away. That may be part of why I never intentionally turn it off (sometimes the baby, power company, or drunk neighbor has other ideas).
I read through this whole list looking to see if anyone suggested PO, or anything similar. It's a shame I had to get to the very last post (sorted highest score first, etc.) to find this post, and by the maintainer, no less. Someone needs to mod this up, PO is fantastic. I started using it because I wanted to organize my photos with something that didn't involve vendor lockin, and prefered postgresQL to MySQL (robust, stable, and open). PO is about the only thing out there that even fits the requirement.
The lens the Rebel comes with is complete crap compared to a $70 Prime lens. If you get a Canon, and you don't already have good lenses, get the 50mm F1.8 - it's a steal. Then, you will realise how good a lens can be, and get or at least covet the expensive lenses.
How do I get the startup volume to be a little (LOT) quieter. I don't want to have to adjust the volume on my amp constantly, so I have it set rather high (to where it sounds best) and adjust the volume with the apps (kmix or whatever). However, whenever KDE starts up, it blasts that noise so loud it clips the amp massively. How do I change that?
It was the drivers fault. Creative wouldn't release the PCI bus in a reasonable amount of time because they thought they could squeeze out a little extra performance by hogging the bus. That is why their card fucked up on my 440bx chipset as well.
Oh, come on. You can't blame the piece of shit that was the Creative Labs Live! on the motherboard chipset. I mean, really, those drivers were a disaster waiting to happen. Do the research. Creative sucks. They refused for years to make functional drivers and follow standards. Now there is a company that I will never buy from again (actually, I got a Live! given to me, and was happy when it caught on fire and I was forced to buy a real card. No, the fire wasn't Creative's fault, but the shitty drivers sure as hell were.)
Look, just because he saw it on Farenheit 911, doesn't change the facts. I didn't see 911, but I did watch CSPAN the day the PATRIOT act came up and here is what happened. After 3 weeks of bickering, the justice committe voted unanimously (36-0) on a bill. Instead of it coming to the house floor, a bill drafted by the administration and a couple of republican congressmen was brought up, with the rule: you must vote on this now. Most of the debate was on trying to hold off the vote until people had a chance to read it, but that was not to be. There were only a couple of copies available (sorry, it's so long we haven't had time to make copies for everyone, and why would you want your staff to read it anyhow - we just told you what it says). Just vote on it now, we have to get it passed today before the Prez goes on vacation (even after the railroad job through the house, it still took 3 weeks for him so sign it into law). Wether or not a biased movie brings up something doesn't change the truth.
For comparison, I get 70mpg highway or city driving, 65mpg if I'm ripping around on twisty back roads (i.e. alternating between hard braking and hard acceleration with next to nothing in between). Those aren't averages. Fill up, rip around hard for a while, fill back up. 65mpg. Then go home and gingerly crawl off the bike and stumble into the house. Were talking riding the bike hard enough to leave you sore all over (but mostly the thighs from throwing your weight around).
My bike has no catalytic converters, uses carbs, gets 70mpg, and passes CARB requirements with flying colors (as in, puts out less than 30% the limits). If your (old) car was tested to comply with *current* CARB numbers, how would you do? Get you loud, ugly, stinky poluting cage off the road.
Did the submitter read what he wrote? It needs to be over a year. And the people doing it on film would not consider doing it with a digital and software to be an achievement. Kinda takes all the challenge out of it.
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No, no, no... Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping.
Once a year I have to install IE on a machine just to say my benefits haven't changed. Walmartbenefits.com (also needed for electronic tax info) will not work with anything else. I've tried. At least now I can get IE working under linux easily and don't have to throw together a windows box just for that crap.
Not memory hungry, is it?
My computer takes 3 and a half minutes to post (yes, it is set to quick post). I could really care less how long the OS takes to boot. 3.5m + .0003 seconds is still long enough if I had to reboot the machine, I'm going to walk away while it boots. Server grade equipment, doesn't it suck?
What I don't understand is the last few versions of Windows I keep hearing "my computer turns on in x seconds with OS-1, why does OS-2 take y seconds?" My computer takes 3 1/2 minutes to get through the BIOS to even hit the hard drive. The OS could boot in a millisecond from when the MBR gets read, and it's still long enough that I hit the power button and walk away. That may be part of why I never intentionally turn it off (sometimes the baby, power company, or drunk neighbor has other ideas).
I read through this whole list looking to see if anyone suggested PO, or anything similar. It's a shame I had to get to the very last post (sorted highest score first, etc.) to find this post, and by the maintainer, no less. Someone needs to mod this up, PO is fantastic. I started using it because I wanted to organize my photos with something that didn't involve vendor lockin, and prefered postgresQL to MySQL (robust, stable, and open). PO is about the only thing out there that even fits the requirement.
Or you actually want to adjust settings. It's no comparison.
The lens the Rebel comes with is complete crap compared to a $70 Prime lens. If you get a Canon, and you don't already have good lenses, get the 50mm F1.8 - it's a steal. Then, you will realise how good a lens can be, and get or at least covet the expensive lenses.
What's the line resolution on the average Fujistu photo processor that prints digital to photo paper?
300dpi.
What file formats do they print from again?
TIFF, amoung others.
10x14 @ 300dpi = 12Mp
Actually, WTF was your point? And as for noise, yes most people will notice.
How do I get the startup volume to be a little (LOT) quieter. I don't want to have to adjust the volume on my amp constantly, so I have it set rather high (to where it sounds best) and adjust the volume with the apps (kmix or whatever). However, whenever KDE starts up, it blasts that noise so loud it clips the amp massively. How do I change that?
500 CDs at, say, $18 each is $9000. After spending that much, you are going to bitch about having to buy yet another $100 HD?
It was the drivers fault. Creative wouldn't release the PCI bus in a reasonable amount of time because they thought they could squeeze out a little extra performance by hogging the bus. That is why their card fucked up on my 440bx chipset as well.
Oh, come on. You can't blame the piece of shit that was the Creative Labs Live! on the motherboard chipset. I mean, really, those drivers were a disaster waiting to happen. Do the research. Creative sucks. They refused for years to make functional drivers and follow standards. Now there is a company that I will never buy from again (actually, I got a Live! given to me, and was happy when it caught on fire and I was forced to buy a real card. No, the fire wasn't Creative's fault, but the shitty drivers sure as hell were.)
People that run servers that care about stability run Registered/ECC memory. They also usually run mainboards that don't give them a choice about it.
Look, just because he saw it on Farenheit 911, doesn't change the facts. I didn't see 911, but I did watch CSPAN the day the PATRIOT act came up and here is what happened. After 3 weeks of bickering, the justice committe voted unanimously (36-0) on a bill. Instead of it coming to the house floor, a bill drafted by the administration and a couple of republican congressmen was brought up, with the rule: you must vote on this now. Most of the debate was on trying to hold off the vote until people had a chance to read it, but that was not to be. There were only a couple of copies available (sorry, it's so long we haven't had time to make copies for everyone, and why would you want your staff to read it anyhow - we just told you what it says). Just vote on it now, we have to get it passed today before the Prez goes on vacation (even after the railroad job through the house, it still took 3 weeks for him so sign it into law). Wether or not a biased movie brings up something doesn't change the truth.
For comparison, I get 70mpg highway or city driving, 65mpg if I'm ripping around on twisty back roads (i.e. alternating between hard braking and hard acceleration with next to nothing in between). Those aren't averages. Fill up, rip around hard for a while, fill back up. 65mpg. Then go home and gingerly crawl off the bike and stumble into the house. Were talking riding the bike hard enough to leave you sore all over (but mostly the thighs from throwing your weight around).
My bike has no catalytic converters, uses carbs, gets 70mpg, and passes CARB requirements with flying colors (as in, puts out less than 30% the limits). If your (old) car was tested to comply with *current* CARB numbers, how would you do? Get you loud, ugly, stinky poluting cage off the road.
OK, I'm done now.
It dissapears 13 seconds before it's created? Wow! I knew they did some funky stuff with time, but that's just freaky!
Why is this in the BSD section?
Your family all have 12MP DSLR cameras and you can even mention prices of PVR equipment? WTF?
And as for (a) and (b), the those 2 software elements help *define* the camera.
Most of them don't even know what a floppy is. Now a hard disk - that they know about. That's the thing you put in the modem to save your letters on.
Did the submitter read what he wrote? It needs to be over a year. And the people doing it on film would not consider doing it with a digital and software to be an achievement. Kinda takes all the challenge out of it.
Logically an 8-bit microcontroller has 20 bits of address space?
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