This isn't the first 8x DVD writer...
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BenQ has already released an 8x DVD+R burner...look here: http://www.benq.com/storage/storage_dvdrw_dw800a.h tml
They released the actual first 8x DVD writer...granted it only does DVD+R and not DVD-R, but still for the sake of accuracy Plexor was second with 8X DVD+R burning.
The only catch is that we humans have to have a pretty good understanding of a problem/puzzle/whatever in the first place in order to program a computer to solve it. The limit still really is us humans, that is unless we develop true AI, which I really think is impossible because of what I just said.
Solving it = putting all the peices together to make a rectangle.
The guy who did it simply wrote a computer program to try all possible solutions and record the correct ones (i.e ones that turned out a rectangle)
Really it's like solving a puzzle.
yes so you can have 3 separate programs that all do the exact same thing and among the 3 only a total combined quality of the 1 existing mac program that exists for the same task.
what are you talking about? you can record digital video quite easily with an iMac...perhaps you just don't know how to do it and obviously havn't bothered doing an inkling of googling to find out how and instead decided to troll on shalsdot. what a waste of time.
"Longhorn will feature a task-based (or "iterative") interface that goes far beyond the task-based interface found today in Windows XP. Microsoft has been working to move beyond the dated desktop metaphor still used by Mac OS X and Linux;"
Translation:
multiple desktops/workspaces/whatever the fuck you call it, implemented in the most annoying way possibly, all curtesy of your 'friends' at MS.
In other words:
something that's been around 'forever' (approximately) at least in X windows that MS is finally getting around to ripping off and mutating into something that's not half as useful as the original. Somthing they're very good at (just look at Windows as a whole)
You bash the finder like no other yet you really gave no examples why it's such a terrible chore to manage files... I just think 'manging files' is a sort of a chore no matter what OS you are using....
Ummm...try using the side by side view, it's pretty much the same as the windows explorer with the folders on one side and the contents of the selected ones to the right...it's the only veiw i use and it rox.
This adds a whole new possibility to the origin of The Matrix...perhaps the machines didn't really enslave humankind but we all rather enslaved ourselves in a virtual word and the machines just took over, trapping us there. Perhaps The Matrix will come true now, as technology advances I'm sure There.com will march right aongside until you do have to hook up right through the back of your neck for the ultimate virtual experience. As people find living in a perfect virtual world is easier than dealing with real life, more will join till everyone just lives life there and the machines do take over. Or perhaps we just willingly leave the machines in charge of the real world, so we can live our fantasy lives inside There.com. It's madness I tell you! Pure madness!
Rather than having the students attacking each other, let them concentrate on securing their own box. Simply put all their boxes live on the internet and post their IP addresses here on Slashdot, so as to let all Slashdot readers openly attack them. There sure are enough of us. Now there's some valuable real world experience.
2gb? 'scuse me? G5 can handle 4gb, thank you very much. Lets also look at the fact that the G5 is a 64-bit processor. I'd love to see you fill a board with 4 64-bit processors for about 4 grand. And lastly no it doesn't come with a monitor, but you say that if it doesn't it's not the fastest thing. Do you know anything about computers? Monitor has no relation to speed whatsoever.
It doesn't matter what kind of crazy DRM system they come up with...all you have to do is put the cd in any player and connect the audio out to your computer's audio in, hit "record" in your favorite audio recording program and press play on the player...convert to mp3/burn as many copies as you want. I record companies can never ever stop your from doing this short of just not selling you CD's at all, but that's obviously not going to happen.
nah, you didn't have to, just borrow someone else's on the first day of class and photocopy it. I have one 'textbook' that is also a bunch of pages together but thankfully it was only $12 so I din't have to resort to such extreme measures.
...if you take the time to read the PDF file that is so kindly linked from the story. It just so happens to contain reasoning, problems solved, and it's features. As well as how it's going to tackle these problems. As for installation alongside X, I would assume you could. You have to type a command to start X (or put it in a script) and I would assume Y would be started in the same fashion. That would mean you would simply start one in place of the other.
They shouldn't be sueing computer makers, but the drive makers! The drive makers are the ones who market their drives using the 1000kb=1mb crap to make them look better. I think that is blatent product mislabeling. It's the same as buying a gallon of milk that's really just a relabeled half gallon. or something.
I'm sure the drive uses much more power when running twice as fast, draining your powerbook's battery quicker. Has anyone who's used this firmware 'upgrade' noticed shorted battery lives than before installing it?
I wouldn't reccomend getting a projection TV if you are planning on hooking up a newer gaming console such as a PS2 or Xbox, they will most likely damage it. (Look for warnings in your console's manual.)
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BenQ has already released an 8x DVD+R burner...look here: http://www.benq.com/storage/storage_dvdrw_dw800a.h tml
They released the actual first 8x DVD writer...granted it only does DVD+R and not DVD-R, but still for the sake of accuracy Plexor was second with 8X DVD+R burning.
That's what they'd like you to think!...
I see DVD's as being the replacement for CD's...think of the much, much higher quality audio you can store on a DVD disc...
...people who can do really good accents tell jokes that keep getting more and more stupid...
The only catch is that we humans have to have a pretty good understanding of a problem/puzzle/whatever in the first place in order to program a computer to solve it. The limit still really is us humans, that is unless we develop true AI, which I really think is impossible because of what I just said.
Solving it = putting all the peices together to make a rectangle. The guy who did it simply wrote a computer program to try all possible solutions and record the correct ones (i.e ones that turned out a rectangle) Really it's like solving a puzzle.
...it was the age old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg?
My life is complete. I may now die in peace.
yes so you can have 3 separate programs that all do the exact same thing and among the 3 only a total combined quality of the 1 existing mac program that exists for the same task.
what are you talking about? you can record digital video quite easily with an iMac...perhaps you just don't know how to do it and obviously havn't bothered doing an inkling of googling to find out how and instead decided to troll on shalsdot. what a waste of time.
"Mac" isn't advertising anything, "Apple" is. Sorry this may seem picky but it annoys me to no end when people refer to the company Apple as "Mac"
"Longhorn will feature a task-based (or "iterative") interface that goes far beyond the task-based interface found today in Windows XP. Microsoft has been working to move beyond the dated desktop metaphor still used by Mac OS X and Linux;" Translation: multiple desktops/workspaces/whatever the fuck you call it, implemented in the most annoying way possibly, all curtesy of your 'friends' at MS. In other words: something that's been around 'forever' (approximately) at least in X windows that MS is finally getting around to ripping off and mutating into something that's not half as useful as the original. Somthing they're very good at (just look at Windows as a whole)
it was wasted because he shouldn't have had to spend five minutes trying to turn the damn thing off.
You bash the finder like no other yet you really gave no examples why it's such a terrible chore to manage files... I just think 'manging files' is a sort of a chore no matter what OS you are using....
Ummm...try using the side by side view, it's pretty much the same as the windows explorer with the folders on one side and the contents of the selected ones to the right...it's the only veiw i use and it rox.
This adds a whole new possibility to the origin of The Matrix...perhaps the machines didn't really enslave humankind but we all rather enslaved ourselves in a virtual word and the machines just took over, trapping us there. Perhaps The Matrix will come true now, as technology advances I'm sure There.com will march right aongside until you do have to hook up right through the back of your neck for the ultimate virtual experience. As people find living in a perfect virtual world is easier than dealing with real life, more will join till everyone just lives life there and the machines do take over. Or perhaps we just willingly leave the machines in charge of the real world, so we can live our fantasy lives inside There.com. It's madness I tell you! Pure madness!
Rather than having the students attacking each other, let them concentrate on securing their own box. Simply put all their boxes live on the internet and post their IP addresses here on Slashdot, so as to let all Slashdot readers openly attack them. There sure are enough of us. Now there's some valuable real world experience.
That still has absolutely nothing to do with the speed of the computer itself, which is what I was talking about....
2gb? 'scuse me? G5 can handle 4gb, thank you very much. Lets also look at the fact that the G5 is a 64-bit processor. I'd love to see you fill a board with 4 64-bit processors for about 4 grand. And lastly no it doesn't come with a monitor, but you say that if it doesn't it's not the fastest thing. Do you know anything about computers? Monitor has no relation to speed whatsoever.
It doesn't matter what kind of crazy DRM system they come up with...all you have to do is put the cd in any player and connect the audio out to your computer's audio in, hit "record" in your favorite audio recording program and press play on the player...convert to mp3/burn as many copies as you want. I record companies can never ever stop your from doing this short of just not selling you CD's at all, but that's obviously not going to happen.
nah, you didn't have to, just borrow someone else's on the first day of class and photocopy it. I have one 'textbook' that is also a bunch of pages together but thankfully it was only $12 so I din't have to resort to such extreme measures.
...if you take the time to read the PDF file that is so kindly linked from the story. It just so happens to contain reasoning, problems solved, and it's features. As well as how it's going to tackle these problems. As for installation alongside X, I would assume you could. You have to type a command to start X (or put it in a script) and I would assume Y would be started in the same fashion. That would mean you would simply start one in place of the other.
They shouldn't be sueing computer makers, but the drive makers! The drive makers are the ones who market their drives using the 1000kb=1mb crap to make them look better. I think that is blatent product mislabeling. It's the same as buying a gallon of milk that's really just a relabeled half gallon. or something.
I'm sure the drive uses much more power when running twice as fast, draining your powerbook's battery quicker. Has anyone who's used this firmware 'upgrade' noticed shorted battery lives than before installing it?
I wouldn't reccomend getting a projection TV if you are planning on hooking up a newer gaming console such as a PS2 or Xbox, they will most likely damage it. (Look for warnings in your console's manual.)