It's one thing to replace a Mac with another Mac, quite another to replace a PC with a Mac, and different yet if it's their first PC.
My mom still uses a Calender Creator made in 1987 for DOS 3 or 5. I'm not sure which. She's managed to carry it all the way over to her Windows 2000 Professional machine. She uses Windows 2000 because that's what they use at her workplace.
The computer decisions of my aunt & uncle and my grandparents were heavily influenced based upon what my mom used... Windows.
Actually, it was more of a rolldown effect. My aunt saw what my mom could do with her IBM Compatible PC and bought one in the 90s. Last year, when my aunt bought her new Windows PC, Grandmother saw what my aunt could do with it and bought one similar to it.
Which also means that I had no influence whatsoever in what they bought... Oddly enough, they don't call me for tech support very often. I suppose that's because they still haven't caught the Internet bug... they're content with using an email only service.
It might just be easier for them to move to Perl. Perl is PHP's older (and more experienced) sibling.
Here are 1 and 2 written in short form in Perl:
1) Populate an array with values 1 - 10 cubed.
Perl:
$b[$_] = $_**3 for 1..10;
2) Build an array that holds sub arrays
Perl
@a = (qw(a b c), qw(d e f), qw(g h i));
qw significantly cuts down on the typing time, as you don't have to put in quotes or commas between items.
if you need variable interpolation mixed in, you have to do it the long way, though:
@a = (['a',$b,'c'], [$d,'e',$f], ['g',$h,'i']);
Although () may work for the inner declaration, the perl "Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl" (perldoc perllol) page recommends using () for the outer array and [] for the inner arrays.
Sorry, I hit Submit instead of Preview, and I hadn't finished typing up a complete comment.
As I meant to mention in the last post, a properly constructed CGI script and its forms are compatible with generally every web browser.
They can be written in any language that a webserver's configuration supports, whether it is compiled (C, C++) or interpreted (ASP/VBScript, Perl). IIS even has plugins for some generally UNIX oriented languages, such as perl.
User State tracking (aka Sessions) and an appropriate library can also be used to auto-fill forms when the browser has an error. Alternatively, EMCAScript (AKA Javascript AKA Jscript) can be used to check the syntax of forms before they are passed to the form processor.
After all is said and done, there isn't anything that IE+C# can do that another solution cannot.
I can write applications in which an internal user logs into a network local site, downloads large binaries, and runs complex forms based applications without installing anything on client computers.
They're called CGI scripts.
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But BIOS's have an option to enable USB Legacy support.
Enabling Legacy USB Support in the BIOS generally doesn't make it work in Windows. This is probably because Windows loads its own Input drivers.
I ran into the problem where my motherboard died, and when I replaced it (same chipset, different brand), Windows XP didn't recognize the USB keyboard... not even when Legacy USB support was on and I pressed F8 when it first started booting (to bring up the boot menu).
Although, as I understand it, it's a good idea to reinstall Windows when you change motherboards...
I'm used to using forum systems that automatically insert paragraph breaks...
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But BIOS's have an option to enable USB Legacy support.
Enabling Legacy USB Support in the BIOS generally doesn't make it work in Windows. This is probably because Windows loads its own Input drivers.
I ran into the problem where my motherboard died, and when I replaced it (same chipset, different brand), Windows XP didn't recognize the USB keyboard... not even when Legacy USB support was on and I pressed F8 when it first started booting (to bring up the boot menu).
Although, as I understand it, it's a good idea to reinstall Windows when you change motherboards anyway.
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We still ship PCs with PS/2 technology for one reason: Windows
Windows 98/ME:
Safe Mode doesn't load the USB drivers. As you can imagine, without a PS/2 keyboard, this makes it impossible to fix any problems that cause Windows not to boot.
I'm not sure if you can even install Windows 98 or ME with a USB keyboard.
Windows NT 4/2K/XP:
Windows has a rare bug where it will forget that you have any USB hubs. As you can imagine, it makes it quite difficult to log in as an Administrative user to fix the problem when your keyboard doesn't work.
If you switch motherboards, Windows won't recognize most of the systems devices until a user with Administrative privileges can log in. This includes USB. This results in the same problem as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Games developed for the console stay on the console. For instance, Splinter Cell. Playable on console, unplayable on PC. You had to click a mouse button to go forward. That works for airships in FF9 wher the button is the X on the controler, but not when it's on the mouse.
What, it didn't support a Gamepad? I have a gamepad hooked up to my PC's third USB port right now! Granted, I mostly use it for emulation...
From what I've heard, the XBox controllers are already a form of USB controller with a non-standard plug. I'm willing to bet that Microsoft will sell an X-Box-esque controller for the PC if this standard really does catch on.
We regret that the CWA leadership intends to launch a four-day strike. We will immediately activate our strike contingency plans to minimize any inconvenience for our customers. Our primary goal is to ensure the best service possible under the circumstances.
The decision to strike is difficult to understand, especially since our proposal increases wages and pensions to among the highest in the industry; provides health care coverage with no monthly premiums; and, before the union insisted on moving the job security issue to the regional table, our proposal guaranteed a job offer for any employee whose job is surplused.
We have provided many proposals that addressed numerous union demands. At some point, the CWA must take "yes" for an answer. For the sake of our customers and our employees, we hope that day is near.
SBC (Southwestern Bell Corporation) is the Local Exchange Carrier in the following 13 states:
Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin.
In short, the two largest states (in population) use SBC.
Here's a quick link to the Census Statistics PDF file. The population of those 13 states are an estimated 123,829,994 people. That's an estimated 42.6% of the US population.
The problem people have with it are the proprietary media types that Microsoft created (asf, asx, wma) for Windows Media Player 7 and up. I don't think there would be an objection if those filetypes didn't exist.
The only PC component that costs so much in Xbox is the hard drive. So your comment indicating multiple PC components drive up the cost show you dont know what your talking about. Only 1 PC component is relitivly expensive for console systems.
Are you saying that Intel CPUs, nVidia Motherboards/Graphics, and RAM are cheap? Last time I checked, at least one of these three were more expensive than hard drives were...
>> Well, as the meta-gnome2 maintainer, I would have appreciated some bug reports about this. I had no idea, as I still haven't tried to do an install of Sarge. Furthermore, the GNOME metapackages have been on Sarge for less than a week, so it was a bit difficult to know.
He's talking about Sid (unstable), not Sarge (testing).
Of course, they don't seem to mention the alternative, of not [openbsd.org] needing [cr.yp.to] to [kernel.org] patch [freebsd.org];-) As Bernstein says, reliability means never having to say "sorry" - and never having to patch, either!
Wow, so you're saying that there's no reason for me to use the Linux 2.4.20 over the 2.4.0 kernel? or the 2.2.0 kernel? or the 2.0.0 kernel?
If you'll tell me the IPs of some of your machines, I'll be glad to crack them for you!
What's a VPN? Virtual private networks are secured private network connections,
built on top of publicly-accessible infrastructure, such as the Internet or the public telephone network. VPNs typically employ some combination of encryption, digital certificates, strong user authentication and access control to provide security to the traffic they carry. They usually provide connectivity to many machines behind a gateway or firewall.
Literally, a VPN is two remote networks treating one another like they're one big LAN and routing communications (encrypted) across another network, usually The Internet.
I had cable installed about a year and a half ago. The installers for my cable company (Millenium Digital Media) didn't even touch the computer. All they did was install a line splitter/filter (of course, they also had to put new connectors on the cable they cut) and run a new cable from the splitter to the cable modem.
Just in case, I did have a quasi-honeypot set up in advance... A dual-boot computer running Win98 and Linux.
Our cable network seems to use the cable modems MAC address for authentication.
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My mom still uses a Calender Creator made in 1987 for DOS 3 or 5. I'm not sure which. She's managed to carry it all the way over to her Windows 2000 Professional machine. She uses Windows 2000 because that's what they use at her workplace.
The computer decisions of my aunt & uncle and my grandparents were heavily influenced based upon what my mom used... Windows.
Actually, it was more of a rolldown effect. My aunt saw what my mom could do with her IBM Compatible PC and bought one in the 90s. Last year, when my aunt bought her new Windows PC, Grandmother saw what my aunt could do with it and bought one similar to it.
Which also means that I had no influence whatsoever in what they bought... Oddly enough, they don't call me for tech support very often. I suppose that's because they still haven't caught the Internet bug... they're content with using an email only service.
Here are 1 and 2 written in short form in Perl:
1) Populate an array with values 1 - 10 cubed.
Perl:
2) Build an array that holds sub arrays
Perl
qw significantly cuts down on the typing time, as you don't have to put in quotes or commas between items.
if you need variable interpolation mixed in, you have to do it the long way, though:
Although () may work for the inner declaration, the perl "Manipulating Arrays of Arrays in Perl" (perldoc perllol) page recommends using () for the outer array and [] for the inner arrays.
Well, they tested the UNIX style equivalent... (That's what .sh files are)
Errr, go to your system and type
Here, I'll post it for those of you who don't have access to it:
NAME
perl - Practical Extraction and Report Language
(additional emphasis mine)
As I meant to mention in the last post, a properly constructed CGI script and its forms are compatible with generally every web browser.
They can be written in any language that a webserver's configuration supports, whether it is compiled (C, C++) or interpreted (ASP/VBScript, Perl). IIS even has plugins for some generally UNIX oriented languages, such as perl.
User State tracking (aka Sessions) and an appropriate library can also be used to auto-fill forms when the browser has an error. Alternatively, EMCAScript (AKA Javascript AKA Jscript) can be used to check the syntax of forms before they are passed to the form processor.
After all is said and done, there isn't anything that IE+C# can do that another solution cannot.
I can write applications in which an internal user logs into a network local site, downloads large binaries, and runs complex forms based applications without installing anything on client computers. They're called CGI scripts.
Enabling Legacy USB Support in the BIOS generally doesn't make it work in Windows. This is probably because Windows loads its own Input drivers.
I ran into the problem where my motherboard died, and when I replaced it (same chipset, different brand), Windows XP didn't recognize the USB keyboard... not even when Legacy USB support was on and I pressed F8 when it first started booting (to bring up the boot menu).
Although, as I understand it, it's a good idea to reinstall Windows when you change motherboards...
I'm used to using forum systems that automatically insert paragraph breaks...
But BIOS's have an option to enable USB Legacy support. Enabling Legacy USB Support in the BIOS generally doesn't make it work in Windows. This is probably because Windows loads its own Input drivers. I ran into the problem where my motherboard died, and when I replaced it (same chipset, different brand), Windows XP didn't recognize the USB keyboard... not even when Legacy USB support was on and I pressed F8 when it first started booting (to bring up the boot menu). Although, as I understand it, it's a good idea to reinstall Windows when you change motherboards anyway.
Windows 98/ME: Safe Mode doesn't load the USB drivers. As you can imagine, without a PS/2 keyboard, this makes it impossible to fix any problems that cause Windows not to boot.
I'm not sure if you can even install Windows 98 or ME with a USB keyboard.
Windows NT 4/2K/XP:
Windows has a rare bug where it will forget that you have any USB hubs. As you can imagine, it makes it quite difficult to log in as an Administrative user to fix the problem when your keyboard doesn't work.
If you switch motherboards, Windows won't recognize most of the systems devices until a user with Administrative privileges can log in. This includes USB. This results in the same problem as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
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What, it didn't support a Gamepad? I have a gamepad hooked up to my PC's third USB port right now! Granted, I mostly use it for emulation...
From what I've heard, the XBox controllers are already a form of USB controller with a non-standard plug. I'm willing to bet that Microsoft will sell an X-Box-esque controller for the PC if this standard really does catch on.
In short, the two largest states (in population) use SBC.
Here's a quick link to the Census Statistics PDF file. The population of those 13 states are an estimated 123,829,994 people. That's an estimated 42.6% of the US population.
P.S. SBC issued their own press release in response to CWA's press release.
I'm fresh out of Orichalcum beads...
*attaches a rubber comb to a string*
*rubs the rubber comb with a wool scarf*
Oh, there's some over there!
use for years, that is. My kingdom for an edit button!
IRC2 is the protocol that's been in use for use.
How about an IRC3 protocol?
The problem people have with it are the proprietary media types that Microsoft created (asf, asx, wma) for Windows Media Player 7 and up. I don't think there would be an objection if those filetypes didn't exist.
Windows Media Player 9 plays.... I'm sorry, I don't feel like listing the 80+ file extensions at the moment.
The only PC component that costs so much in Xbox is the hard drive. So your comment indicating multiple PC components drive up the cost show you dont know what your talking about. Only 1 PC component is relitivly expensive for console systems.
Are you saying that Intel CPUs, nVidia Motherboards/Graphics, and RAM are cheap? Last time I checked, at least one of these three were more expensive than hard drives were...
>> Well, as the meta-gnome2 maintainer, I would have appreciated some bug reports about this. I had no idea, as I still haven't tried to do an install of Sarge. Furthermore, the GNOME metapackages have been on Sarge for less than a week, so it was a bit difficult to know. He's talking about Sid (unstable), not Sarge (testing).
Other things that are a requirement to installing programs, such as glibc, have had major security holes in the past.
Wow, so you're saying that there's no reason for me to use the Linux 2.4.20 over the 2.4.0 kernel? or the 2.2.0 kernel? or the 2.0.0 kernel?
If you'll tell me the IPs of some of your machines, I'll be glad to crack them for you!
Somehow, I don't think that AOL would block mail from AOL Time Warner's Roadrunner business class service.
You seem to be confusing a private network using NAT and a Virtual Private Network.
As the VPN Information on the World Wide Web puts it (bold is my emphasis on certain parts):
Literally, a VPN is two remote networks treating one another like they're one big LAN and routing communications (encrypted) across another network, usually The Internet.
I had cable installed about a year and a half ago. The installers for my cable company (Millenium Digital Media) didn't even touch the computer. All they did was install a line splitter/filter (of course, they also had to put new connectors on the cable they cut) and run a new cable from the splitter to the cable modem. Just in case, I did have a quasi-honeypot set up in advance... A dual-boot computer running Win98 and Linux. Our cable network seems to use the cable modems MAC address for authentication.