This is so true! It drives me nuts when people refer to others as "African-American" simply because they are black. It makes Americans look so incredibly dense and uneducated
You can thank the ultra liberal PC crowd for that. After jamming it down our throats for decades what do you expect? If someone calls a black person "black" they get Jessie Jackson to start screaming RACIST and go on CNN to get the man/woman fired.
In parliamentary systems, the voters vote for a party rather then a candidate. Whatever percentage that party gets, they get that many seats in in parliament. So in parliamentarian countries, you have usually 5-8 political parties in the parliament at any given time.
How do they decide who gets those seats? By that I mean which individuals are actually in parliment casting the votes? Is there another election where the people vote on who goes or does the party decide who attends?
[1] AC power supply in a train. This might not make sense to most Americans who drive or fly.
Probably not to most Americans since trains aren't used very much for travel at all, at least not away from the east coast. I don't know how it is in Europe, but train travel in the western US is horribly slow. It may be more relaxing than driving but it will take 2 to 3 times as long, and of course 10x as long as flying. It's also expensive out here, train tickets often cost as much as plane tickets, unless you want the scenery who wants to spend as much and take 10x as long to get where you're going?
AVG is good, but they started blocking it on Win 2003. If you want a free AV package for Win 2003 you have to look elsewhere, Avast seems like a good alternative.
Just because 1% of the worlds population has a four year degree doesn't mean only 1% of the population is capable of earning it. Getting a BA isn't exactly a difficult task, paying for one is harder for most people than earning it.
Only about 1 in 1000 people who start martial arts earn a black belt that's 0.1% and since most people don't even try martial arts it having a black belt far more "elite" than a 4 year degree right? Wow, I didn't relealize how l33t I really was!
Let me start by offering some perspective: most of my gaming is sadly done on a Mac. I have no Mac capable to truly running most modern video games. I always turn the video settings down to just below pathetic, and even then I'm fortunate to get tolerably smooth video. It's just something you sort of learn to accept when you have a Mac. Every game I play on it is just a little short of steller when compared to running on a PC. But my newest Windows capable machine is 3 years old, and a joke by today's standards
Why should we accept this reviewers word on what is "good" or "performs great" when he admits to gaming on old Mac and PC hardware?
In other words it's a review written by someone who has no idea what modern equipment is like or should be like and will be overly impressed by the bells and whisltles because it's going to be better than his current crap regardless of how it performs.
The specs look good but at the price ($2695.00) I'd rather build a PC with an AMD, more storage, can still play any game around and buy a cheap laptop for carrying around.
Just turn on the computer, hook up the internet, update virus first. Reboot and run Windows Update.
Very poor advice. It should be 1) disconnect from the network 2) turn on the computer 3) enable the firewall 4) hook up to the internet 5) download all updates.
Its not like someone is waiting for you to get home and get ya as soon as you connect.
Uh, yes they are. What do you think all those people scanning ports are doing? All the viris that spread automatically are looking for unprotected systems all the time which is exactly what this fellow would have using your directions.
Worlds worst software, and yet Apple software (OS X) is the one piece that x86 fanboys clamor for.*
*Just look at the "Apple moving to Intel" story for proof of that.
A few vocal proponents does not mean all or even most x86 fans are clamoring for OS X and many of the ones who are just want it to see what all the hype is about.
"bullet proof" vests don't exist. There is body armor that can prevent or reduce some injuries but there aren't any "bullet proof" vests. Any vest a cop or soldier is wearing isn't "bullet proof" to a common hunting rifle.
How exactly is it going to "suddenly appear" off their port quarter? Did the military invent Star Trek style transporters and it didn't get reported on Slashdot? You don't suppose they have something just a tad better than radar and will pick up any missile heading towards them long before it's a threat do you?
Why would it be an opening for desktop Linux? The article says MS is going to require 64 bit processors for their server OS and applications, and even then not for another 3+ years at least (probably more the way they slip release dates), it doesn't say anything about the desktop.
Correct but the Constitution wasn't written to define all of our rights it was written to LIMIT what the government can do. Just because something isn't specifically spelled out in the constitituion doesn't mean it isn't a right. For all practical purposes the government has taken the approach that there isn't any right to drive, but that does not mean they're correct - they simply have the brute strength to enforce their point of view.
The fact that my right to view a program should expire is ludicrous.
That may just be the crux of the issue. Do you have a right to watch the program, or did you simply pay $0.99 for the privilage of watching it once at a time of your choosing, similar to buying a PPV movie?
I think the many (most? all?) media companies are being a bit to greedy and trying to squeeze every last drop from the consumer. You should be able to watch it anytime you want after you've paid for it, but since the shows are probably considered the companies IP they likely have as much or more legal authority to limit how many times you can view something.
Somehow I doubt it will stop anyone using MythTV, BeyondTV, SageTV, GBPVR etc from recording things and watching them anytime, regardless of any broadcast flag that gets added to the stream.
Probably true, but if they're going to do local support why would they ever pay for Linspire when there are so many free Linux alternatives? As you said they're smart people, even paying $5 million would be stupid when you could pay $0.
I agree, I doubt I'd even pay $5. I can get them off PPV and capture them with the PVR for $3.99, or wait until they're on HBO, SHO etc and not pay extra and capture them with the PVR or download them for free online, we all know many places for that. Hell I could go rent the movie and rip the DVD for a lot less than $8.
$8 is to high compared to all the other cheaper, but not necessarily easier, ways to get a movie on a computer. Without DRM, rootkits etc I'd probably go for $2 / movie.
Yeah, I know those in Minnesota and Arizona could each beat me on low or high temps, snowfall, etc, but is there anyone that can top all three?
Of course, Minneapolis. Minneapolis has had single storm snowfalls over 28" and over 20" in 24 hours, both in 1982 and probably the same storm that hit Chicago. Average annual snowfall is over 48". Minneapolis has hit at least -40 F (damn cold to be waiting for the bus!), MN also tops 100 at times during the summer, although the average for July is only around 75.
Chicago would probably be harder on a car used for commuting though, I'm pretty sure traffic is worse there. You probably get far worse ice storms being right on the lake there, I could see that being really hard on these hybrids.
It would be interesting to see if the CDs sold in Washington are different than those sold in other states. If they are and don't contain the rootkit in Wa that would seem to show a deliberate intent to distribute it to states that don't have such laws.
You get a word processor, spreadsheet, presentation package, drawing tool and more in that 80MB. I haven't looked recently, but I'm pretty sure that MS Office is at least 2 or 3 times that size on the CD.
Office 2003 Pro is nearly 6 times as large, 477 meg according to the install point we have at work.
It gets them thinking that Oracle is pretty cool for just giving this away. But it's essentially trial-ware. For any serious usage it's completely inadequate.
I'm sure that's exactly what their marketing department is planning on. They still want to sell databases so of course they're not going to offer a free version that will cut into their potential market very much. It's just like the SQL Express version that Microsoft is coming out with, sure it will work for medium to small, light load databases but they still want to sell you SQL 2005. If anything this move by Oracle is an attempt to compete with Microsofts free version more than mySQL.
Sadly with access you lose more work-time minute for minute while waiting for the slow database than you save when writing the frontend. A few years back the IT department where I worked used Access to store their PC database (who is the user of which PC and where is that PC located, which Hardware is in that PC,...). You often had to wait minutes to get the page for a single PC from the Access Database with a few thousand (below 10000) PCs when you accessed it through their 6 MBit/s Link across town. I don't think any Open source database would have been that slow.
You must have had complete morons working in the IT department or at least the people who created that Access database. I have a forum running on Access with over 80,000 posts and a search of them only takes a few seconds even over dialup with a dozen other people hitting the site.
Access isn't the fastest db around, not by a long shot, but if it's taking minutes to return results from a query on a db with fewer than 10,000 records, or fewer than several hundred thousand records, someone screwed up the code.
The max speed limit on the interstates in the US is 75 mph, generally 60 mph on highways/interstates that run through cities.
Where do you drive? In the northeast the speed limits are usually between 55 and 65 mph on the interstate and between 45 and 55 mph through cities.
In the NW, specifically Seattle area, it's 60 on the freeways in town and 70 just outside. In Idaho the speedlimit is 75 on the Interstate ouside of urban areas.
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You can thank the ultra liberal PC crowd for that. After jamming it down our throats for decades what do you expect? If someone calls a black person "black" they get Jessie Jackson to start screaming RACIST and go on CNN to get the man/woman fired.
Maybe it will be like the ship in Event Horizon and will open a portal to hell and make the crew go insane. :)
Seriously, hopefully they'd test something like this in space, or at least in high orbit.
It won't be long. You can already get 5 gig 1" USB drives powered by the port for $100 from Frys.
They've already pretty much done that too. They have an active x control to connect to a remote desktop using IE.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networkin g/expert/russel_02January14.mspx
How do they decide who gets those seats? By that I mean which individuals are actually in parliment casting the votes? Is there another election where the people vote on who goes or does the party decide who attends?
Probably not to most Americans since trains aren't used very much for travel at all, at least not away from the east coast. I don't know how it is in Europe, but train travel in the western US is horribly slow. It may be more relaxing than driving but it will take 2 to 3 times as long, and of course 10x as long as flying. It's also expensive out here, train tickets often cost as much as plane tickets, unless you want the scenery who wants to spend as much and take 10x as long to get where you're going?
AVG is good, but they started blocking it on Win 2003. If you want a free AV package for Win 2003 you have to look elsewhere, Avast seems like a good alternative.
Only about 1 in 1000 people who start martial arts earn a black belt that's 0.1% and since most people don't even try martial arts it having a black belt far more "elite" than a 4 year degree right? Wow, I didn't relealize how l33t I really was!
Why should we accept this reviewers word on what is "good" or "performs great" when he admits to gaming on old Mac and PC hardware?
In other words it's a review written by someone who has no idea what modern equipment is like or should be like and will be overly impressed by the bells and whisltles because it's going to be better than his current crap regardless of how it performs.
The specs look good but at the price ($2695.00) I'd rather build a PC with an AMD, more storage, can still play any game around and buy a cheap laptop for carrying around.
Did you expect anything more from MTV Films? Just look at the movies they've made: http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/series/MTVFilms. php
Very poor advice. It should be 1) disconnect from the network 2) turn on the computer 3) enable the firewall 4) hook up to the internet 5) download all updates.
Its not like someone is waiting for you to get home and get ya as soon as you connect.
Uh, yes they are. What do you think all those people scanning ports are doing? All the viris that spread automatically are looking for unprotected systems all the time which is exactly what this fellow would have using your directions.
*Just look at the "Apple moving to Intel" story for proof of that.
A few vocal proponents does not mean all or even most x86 fans are clamoring for OS X and many of the ones who are just want it to see what all the hype is about.
"bullet proof" vests don't exist. There is body armor that can prevent or reduce some injuries but there aren't any "bullet proof" vests. Any vest a cop or soldier is wearing isn't "bullet proof" to a common hunting rifle. How exactly is it going to "suddenly appear" off their port quarter? Did the military invent Star Trek style transporters and it didn't get reported on Slashdot? You don't suppose they have something just a tad better than radar and will pick up any missile heading towards them long before it's a threat do you?
Actually it is Mussolini who is credited with making the trains run on time, not Hitler, and it's not true in any case.
http://www.snopes.com/history/govern/trains.htm
Why would it be an opening for desktop Linux? The article says MS is going to require 64 bit processors for their server OS and applications, and even then not for another 3+ years at least (probably more the way they slip release dates), it doesn't say anything about the desktop.
Correct but the Constitution wasn't written to define all of our rights it was written to LIMIT what the government can do. Just because something isn't specifically spelled out in the constitituion doesn't mean it isn't a right. For all practical purposes the government has taken the approach that there isn't any right to drive, but that does not mean they're correct - they simply have the brute strength to enforce their point of view.
That may just be the crux of the issue. Do you have a right to watch the program, or did you simply pay $0.99 for the privilage of watching it once at a time of your choosing, similar to buying a PPV movie?
I think the many (most? all?) media companies are being a bit to greedy and trying to squeeze every last drop from the consumer. You should be able to watch it anytime you want after you've paid for it, but since the shows are probably considered the companies IP they likely have as much or more legal authority to limit how many times you can view something.
Somehow I doubt it will stop anyone using MythTV, BeyondTV, SageTV, GBPVR etc from recording things and watching them anytime, regardless of any broadcast flag that gets added to the stream.
Probably true, but if they're going to do local support why would they ever pay for Linspire when there are so many free Linux alternatives? As you said they're smart people, even paying $5 million would be stupid when you could pay $0.
$8 is to high compared to all the other cheaper, but not necessarily easier, ways to get a movie on a computer. Without DRM, rootkits etc I'd probably go for $2 / movie.
Of course, Minneapolis. Minneapolis has had single storm snowfalls over 28" and over 20" in 24 hours, both in 1982 and probably the same storm that hit Chicago. Average annual snowfall is over 48". Minneapolis has hit at least -40 F (damn cold to be waiting for the bus!), MN also tops 100 at times during the summer, although the average for July is only around 75.
Chicago would probably be harder on a car used for commuting though, I'm pretty sure traffic is worse there. You probably get far worse ice storms being right on the lake there, I could see that being really hard on these hybrids.
It would be interesting to see if the CDs sold in Washington are different than those sold in other states. If they are and don't contain the rootkit in Wa that would seem to show a deliberate intent to distribute it to states that don't have such laws.
Office 2003 Pro is nearly 6 times as large, 477 meg according to the install point we have at work.
I'm sure that's exactly what their marketing department is planning on. They still want to sell databases so of course they're not going to offer a free version that will cut into their potential market very much. It's just like the SQL Express version that Microsoft is coming out with, sure it will work for medium to small, light load databases but they still want to sell you SQL 2005. If anything this move by Oracle is an attempt to compete with Microsofts free version more than mySQL.
You must have had complete morons working in the IT department or at least the people who created that Access database. I have a forum running on Access with over 80,000 posts and a search of them only takes a few seconds even over dialup with a dozen other people hitting the site.
Access isn't the fastest db around, not by a long shot, but if it's taking minutes to return results from a query on a db with fewer than 10,000 records, or fewer than several hundred thousand records, someone screwed up the code.
Where do you drive? In the northeast the speed limits are usually between 55 and 65 mph on the interstate and between 45 and 55 mph through cities.
In the NW, specifically Seattle area, it's 60 on the freeways in town and 70 just outside. In Idaho the speedlimit is 75 on the Interstate ouside of urban areas.