I think a wireless network blasting it's SSID at you, then giving you an IP address is more akin to an open door than an unlocked door. I'm fairly certain the configuration of many PCs would cause it to automagically connect to an open Wi-Fi point without asking. I think they only tend to ask if there is some form of key required for access.
Its all a question of timing IMO. If linux had existed first (damn you Torvalds, you should have been born 10 years earlier!), then it would have taken off as a real alternative. Basically, when I was growing up with computers, MS was the only option. It didn't matter how crap it was, what the problems were, you worked around it because it was your only option. I knew of only one person running a non MS OS, and they ran OS/2 (briefly). If linux was the only option, people would get used to it's idiosyncrasies, and work arounds, same as you do for windows. I honestly believe it's a matter of what you are used to. There are things on both platforms that are hard on the other platform. Any of the good stuff gets ported to linux though;-)
I used to wish all the free software that was on windows was on linux, I used a lot of it. Although I've found everything I need on linux now. Just waiting for everyone else to jump across and code for it.
Yeah, Linux has problems, but so did windows for the first 10 years. I think linux is doing ok for it's age and funding, and I look forward to what it brings in the future.
I'm totally unqualified to comment, but how much plug-and-play with the consumer-device universe does Mac OS X provide? Do they have PCI/AGP slots? They obviously support the "standard" usb items, like mass storage controller, and keyboard/mouse. But what about cameras that don't present as a mass storage device? Do most camera makers supply drivers?
If every manufacturer that produced Mac drivers made linux drivers I think we'd be better off, but I think we'd still be very careful buying hardware for our linux machines.
Am I missing something, or did he specifically say he can't speak for ubuntu?
If I understand correctly you don't touch the.conf to get ubuntu running, but it offers no tools to change whatever configuration it comes up with? So therefore unless you add a monitor or whatever you wouldn't need to modify the.conf?
You could locate all the references to the strings, and alter the string references later than the one you were changing the length of. Of course it's a lot easier if you find something the right size.
You know this is possible now, if everyone gave up the privilege of driving themselves, and we put "locating" cables in the roads? Or even if we just switched one lane of every road across, and you could teach a car to merge.
I think you'd be surprised how often you care about other time zones without knowing it. Of course it's generally handled for you, as is the miracle of computing.
I'll tell you now though, I can't see any sane reason not to store time information in UTC. It's a definitely defined time. Local time can vary (through legislation etc), but you still know what time is meant by UTC.
Oh, and he did not pull the multiboot thing out of his ass. I remember how much of a pain in the ass it was to have windows constantly pull the wrong time when the hardware clock was GMT/UTC.... At least linux gives you the option of either, last I read windows failed to work with GMT when people attempted to make it do so.
One thing I don't understand is, if the disposal cost is built into the purchase price, then there should be no extra cost to dispose of the item. Therefore, why would you not dispose of it properly?
If the disposal cost is not built in, and you have to pay for disposal, wouldn't you then be more likely to dump it so you don't have to pay?
Unfortunately you need a windows PC for this, since they "embraced and extended" upnp, to require certain parameters and model names be reported by the UPNP/windows media connect server. Thankfully "x360mediaserver" fakes this well enough for audio. I can't get video streaming to work (not even from my work laptop running XP). Not even if I copy the xvid files to the laptop.
I really wish MS hadn't made me jump through hoops to use this hardware as a network player. As it is, I just generally end up using my mythbox anyway because it's easier, and doesn't require UPNP hacks.
My ideal solution would actually be playing Gears of War, and Dead rising on my mythbox, and interfacing the controllers to it. This is the first time I've bought a console, and the wireless controllers are definitely a great idea.
You can set the "video list" to directory mode. I use this, and just have a big NFS share with shows neatly sorted into directories, then I just browse that.
Look, I know this is a nitpick. I hate to be the grammar/spelling nazi. But there is one (made-up) word that I really hate. Irregardless is *not* a word. Even if it was the opposite of regardless, it's not what you want. You can consider something "with regard to" a fact or situation, or "without regard"/"regardless" of that situation. At this point I'm not sure if you mean to say "This is in light of the fact that MS allows basically zero industry participation" or "This is regardless of the fact that MS allows basically zero industry participation". But I think it's more logical to say "This is compounded/exacerbated by the fact that MS allows basically zero industry participation".
Now I really must apologise for my outburst, but I can't stand that "word".
Ummmm, LEDs?
Referenced from http://members.misty.com/don/lede.html I find that 91.7 lumens per watt is 27.7% efficient. So 100% efficient would be 331 lumens per watt.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED I see LEDs can produce up to 240 lm/W, and white LEDs have been demonstrated at up to 131 lm/W. Although, wikipedia also seems to think the theoretical maximum is 683 lm/W, so I guess these don't quite reach that. Still, I think red LEDs might.
Of course you could use the dos linuxloader to load an X session, where programs can respond to CTRL+ALT+DEL...... Then draw a fake windows log on screen, and snatch username/password, save to C drive along with trojan emailing it back to you, fake blue screen, reboot.
The whole CTRL+ALT+DEL protection only works while every operating system traps CTRL+ALT+DEL, and no-one writes a new one.
So you think Polio is worse than cancer, and therefore this vaccination is less necessary? It is fine to be sceptical, but it is possible that some people working at the company producing this, are actually interested in benefitting society. Sure, a company can't have a soul, but it's individual worker bees can.
That said, I don't believe it should be mandatory, but from what I understand of this vaccination, there are few disadvantages, and great advantages. So 100% of people should be supportive of the vaccination. I also understand that one method of allowing low income families to access this is making it mandatory, since it lowers the price, or makes it free.
Are there not people who had severe problems at age zero beause their mother had Rubella? Does this number outweigh those having problems with the vaccinations? Does the means justify the end?
A divx/xvid rip of a DVD of around 90 minutes length at a quality level that your average uncaring watcher can't tell apart from the original DVD enough to care, is around 650-700Mb.
Dear CFL hater and part time idiot,
Black lights are actually ultra violet lights. The colour black is a lack of photons of any frequency, and thus cannot be emitted. UV is not generally visible to the naked eye, but reflections from light surfaces can alter the wavelength to make it visible.
Thanks for playing, go back to your lights and cameras.
Unofortunately LED bulbs are still expensive, probably mostly due to a lack of mass production economies of scale. The proposals are banning incandescents, which should encourage LED take up by the people who whinge about the colour of CFLs. Still, I defy anyone to come to my back deck and tell me which (of the 2 lights) is a CFL!
I will cite the current Australian tour of the TV show actors of "Little Britain". Performing live at venues all over Oz. That is your equivalent of a "live performance". Since movies are basically a medium change of theatre, I see no reason the reverse operation couldn't be performed. Would people go see "Terminator, live on stage at the theatre"? probably not, but you could put on such a show. AS far as games, you'd need to create a gaming league, like a football league, and run a yearly series with paid TV distribution rights. Animation.... well my creativity is out for today.
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I think a wireless network blasting it's SSID at you, then giving you an IP address is more akin to an open door than an unlocked door. I'm fairly certain the configuration of many PCs would cause it to automagically connect to an open Wi-Fi point without asking. I think they only tend to ask if there is some form of key required for access.
Its all a question of timing IMO. If linux had existed first (damn you Torvalds, you should have been born 10 years earlier!), then it would have taken off as a real alternative. Basically, when I was growing up with computers, MS was the only option. It didn't matter how crap it was, what the problems were, you worked around it because it was your only option. I knew of only one person running a non MS OS, and they ran OS/2 (briefly). If linux was the only option, people would get used to it's idiosyncrasies, and work arounds, same as you do for windows. I honestly believe it's a matter of what you are used to. There are things on both platforms that are hard on the other platform. Any of the good stuff gets ported to linux though ;-)
I used to wish all the free software that was on windows was on linux, I used a lot of it. Although I've found everything I need on linux now. Just waiting for everyone else to jump across and code for it.
Yeah, Linux has problems, but so did windows for the first 10 years. I think linux is doing ok for it's age and funding, and I look forward to what it brings in the future.
I'm totally unqualified to comment, but how much plug-and-play with the consumer-device universe does Mac OS X provide? Do they have PCI/AGP slots? They obviously support the "standard" usb items, like mass storage controller, and keyboard/mouse. But what about cameras that don't present as a mass storage device? Do most camera makers supply drivers? If every manufacturer that produced Mac drivers made linux drivers I think we'd be better off, but I think we'd still be very careful buying hardware for our linux machines.
And even moreso if they actually are bill gates! Ziinnng!!!
Am I missing something, or did he specifically say he can't speak for ubuntu? If I understand correctly you don't touch the .conf to get ubuntu running, but it offers no tools to change whatever configuration it comes up with? So therefore unless you add a monitor or whatever you wouldn't need to modify the .conf?
You could locate all the references to the strings, and alter the string references later than the one you were changing the length of. Of course it's a lot easier if you find something the right size.
You know this is possible now, if everyone gave up the privilege of driving themselves, and we put "locating" cables in the roads? Or even if we just switched one lane of every road across, and you could teach a car to merge.
I think you'd be surprised how often you care about other time zones without knowing it. Of course it's generally handled for you, as is the miracle of computing. I'll tell you now though, I can't see any sane reason not to store time information in UTC. It's a definitely defined time. Local time can vary (through legislation etc), but you still know what time is meant by UTC. Oh, and he did not pull the multiboot thing out of his ass. I remember how much of a pain in the ass it was to have windows constantly pull the wrong time when the hardware clock was GMT/UTC.... At least linux gives you the option of either, last I read windows failed to work with GMT when people attempted to make it do so.
One thing I don't understand is, if the disposal cost is built into the purchase price, then there should be no extra cost to dispose of the item. Therefore, why would you not dispose of it properly?
If the disposal cost is not built in, and you have to pay for disposal, wouldn't you then be more likely to dump it so you don't have to pay?
Unfortunately you need a windows PC for this, since they "embraced and extended" upnp, to require certain parameters and model names be reported by the UPNP/windows media connect server. Thankfully "x360mediaserver" fakes this well enough for audio. I can't get video streaming to work (not even from my work laptop running XP). Not even if I copy the xvid files to the laptop. I really wish MS hadn't made me jump through hoops to use this hardware as a network player. As it is, I just generally end up using my mythbox anyway because it's easier, and doesn't require UPNP hacks. My ideal solution would actually be playing Gears of War, and Dead rising on my mythbox, and interfacing the controllers to it. This is the first time I've bought a console, and the wireless controllers are definitely a great idea.
You can set the "video list" to directory mode. I use this, and just have a big NFS share with shows neatly sorted into directories, then I just browse that.
Look, I know this is a nitpick. I hate to be the grammar/spelling nazi. But there is one (made-up) word that I really hate. Irregardless is *not* a word. Even if it was the opposite of regardless, it's not what you want. You can consider something "with regard to" a fact or situation, or "without regard"/"regardless" of that situation. At this point I'm not sure if you mean to say "This is in light of the fact that MS allows basically zero industry participation" or "This is regardless of the fact that MS allows basically zero industry participation". But I think it's more logical to say "This is compounded/exacerbated by the fact that MS allows basically zero industry participation". Now I really must apologise for my outburst, but I can't stand that "word".
Taking the argument "ad absurdium", life makes available all of these things. To prevent these things, we need to kill all life.
Ummmm, LEDs? Referenced from http://members.misty.com/don/lede.html I find that 91.7 lumens per watt is 27.7% efficient. So 100% efficient would be 331 lumens per watt. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED I see LEDs can produce up to 240 lm/W, and white LEDs have been demonstrated at up to 131 lm/W. Although, wikipedia also seems to think the theoretical maximum is 683 lm/W, so I guess these don't quite reach that. Still, I think red LEDs might.
Of course you could use the dos linuxloader to load an X session, where programs can respond to CTRL+ALT+DEL...... Then draw a fake windows log on screen, and snatch username/password, save to C drive along with trojan emailing it back to you, fake blue screen, reboot. The whole CTRL+ALT+DEL protection only works while every operating system traps CTRL+ALT+DEL, and no-one writes a new one.
While I agree christians in general don't force it down your throat, if you live in america your money does state "in god we trust"....
So you think Polio is worse than cancer, and therefore this vaccination is less necessary? It is fine to be sceptical, but it is possible that some people working at the company producing this, are actually interested in benefitting society. Sure, a company can't have a soul, but it's individual worker bees can. That said, I don't believe it should be mandatory, but from what I understand of this vaccination, there are few disadvantages, and great advantages. So 100% of people should be supportive of the vaccination. I also understand that one method of allowing low income families to access this is making it mandatory, since it lowers the price, or makes it free.
Are there not people who had severe problems at age zero beause their mother had Rubella? Does this number outweigh those having problems with the vaccinations? Does the means justify the end?
A divx/xvid rip of a DVD of around 90 minutes length at a quality level that your average uncaring watcher can't tell apart from the original DVD enough to care, is around 650-700Mb.
Nice one.
Depends on when you last used OS/2.
Dear CFL hater and part time idiot, Black lights are actually ultra violet lights. The colour black is a lack of photons of any frequency, and thus cannot be emitted. UV is not generally visible to the naked eye, but reflections from light surfaces can alter the wavelength to make it visible. Thanks for playing, go back to your lights and cameras.
Well good luck enjoying that sunlight with your carbon emissions, sometimes we have to sacrafice convenience for the greater good (like speed limits).
Unofortunately LED bulbs are still expensive, probably mostly due to a lack of mass production economies of scale. The proposals are banning incandescents, which should encourage LED take up by the people who whinge about the colour of CFLs. Still, I defy anyone to come to my back deck and tell me which (of the 2 lights) is a CFL!
I will cite the current Australian tour of the TV show actors of "Little Britain". Performing live at venues all over Oz. That is your equivalent of a "live performance". Since movies are basically a medium change of theatre, I see no reason the reverse operation couldn't be performed. Would people go see "Terminator, live on stage at the theatre"? probably not, but you could put on such a show. AS far as games, you'd need to create a gaming league, like a football league, and run a yearly series with paid TV distribution rights. Animation.... well my creativity is out for today.