Why are you people still ranting about the "Browser Wars"?
Seriously. It's like hearing people in Alabama screaming about how the "South" will "Rise Again".
The "Browser War" is irrelevant and always has been. It especially doesn't matter if your goal is to make the best browser out there.
Don't worry about the numbers. I use firebird and I love it. It's a great browser and I'm trying to get all of my friends and family using it as well. Keep up the good work.
I keep hearing everyone discussing whether 160k, 192k, 256k, etc is better. Why not variable bit rate? Using EAC/LAME with VBR gets smaller files than, 192k and, when it needs it, can reach up to 320k in order to make sure as much of the data is preserved.
I listen on Sennheiser HD600s on an audigy2ex, and Max quality vbr files are indistinguishable from the original WAV.
...we are reminided that slashdot is not a reliable news source. *sigh* how many people, do you think, will angrily email id software over your inaccuracy? how far do you think this rumor will spread?
the company behind the Xbox is offering an undisclosed amount of money to id in exchange for the right to make their latest game an Xbox-only title as far as consoles are concerned. (It'd still come out on the PC, of course.)
I'm not going to pretend I really know how this works, but I know it's a voltage issue. And it's one of the first things that gets skimped on when trying to make a monitor cheap.
Put up a black background, then open a white-backed window. now minimze, maximize, minimize. if you can see the geometry of the screen changing when you do this, do NOT buy the monitor, it will drive you crazy.
As per brands, every brand has their cheapy and good monitors. Earlier posts have mentioned trinitron tubes. I recommend them, and they come in many flavors. I've had them for years, they have outstanding picture quality, the lines are *not* an issue, and they don't seem to suffer from this problem.
There's only a few (good) reasons to do something like this: push price down per performance/application, push performance up per price/application, or push new technological applications per price/performance. This thing doesn't do any of those.
Outside of the usual overclocker zeal, I really don't get it.
Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see a price final. For all his talk about cost vs. performance in the beginning, you'd think we'd see a final overall price for this thing...
Basic interpreter right out of the box. You could do "hello world" from the command prompt.
I've heard it said before that an operating system is there to hide the deficiencies of a programming language. Seems now they're just there to make up for wonky and disparate platforms.
...nor would they be expensive, were it not for diamond cartels in africa with a stranglehold on the mines.
DeBeers Consolidated Mining Co. was started in the 1880s to accomplish exactly this. Control diamond supply in order to raise prices.
To control demand, they invented the diamond engagement ring. They'll tell you it was invented in 1477, but this is just the first instance of an engagement ring being given with a diamond in it.
The "Diamond Engagement Ring" standard wasn't established until their "A Diamond is Forever" advertising campaign started in the late 1930s. It's still going, with those cool shadow commercials.
However, recently other mine companies have been gaining ground, and soon there will be more competition, but it's still gonna be a fight....
The diamonds in these chips will be artificial, so i'm just randomly kickin knowledge here. Have fun with it, and if you're lucky, maybe your fiancé will understand and save you a few grand...
...whether they can convince a courtroom that their "calculations" have legal bearing.
I mean, given their silly 32 min CD figure or whatever for an average CD, can they say that every 32 minutes of audio counts as one CD? Can they use this 421 figure in description of the size of the operation in the courtroom?
If so, we could be looking at a ridiculous quasi-legal penalty multiplier.
Imagine if a p2p user was charged with piracy, and because the industry standard for figuring out how many minutes is on your portable device is 64kb/s mp3, so that's a certain (small) amount of data per minute, so take inventory of how much data is compressed audio/64kb, then apply the "32 minutes of audio == CD" rule, and charge you with piracy of CDs in that penalty range regardless of how many actual songs/CDs you've got.
If you've got a few gigs of mp3s, that could get ugly.
I mean, look at the situation. Last year, the christmas season was hard on PC manufacturers. This year, it's not anticipated to be any better. Or did gateway just realize that IBM thinks this is the wave of the future, and is trying to 'keep up with the Jones''?
These are display models, so they're 'used' anyway, nobody's going to get one thinking it's brand new, but what's next? Selling computers for less money with the agreement that the distributed client stays on there?
But you know what, if your mind is that weak, maybe you deserve what you get. Millions of others can handle it.
This is analogous to the way I feel about drugs, but there are some who can't handle it, and they cost our society, so we have anti-drug laws. (well that's not the only reason but bear with me)
I'm not saying we should have anti-gaming laws, I'm just punching your logic around a little.
...if this is supposed to be an alternative OS to Windows, MacOS and Linux. I mean, if it's 1299 UK pounds (about $2000), I can get a MAD Win/Lin/Mac PC for that.
It's a 600Mhz Processor (blah blah Mhz Myth blah blah) so how powerful is that compared to AMD or Intel chips? Benchmarks anyone?
No AGP slot?
Can someone please, other than for RISC OS development, explain to me why I would buy one of these?
...where id software decided to package all of their old games encrypted on the CD with the ability to 'unlock' them with a credit card.
Then some unscrupulous scoundrels broke the encryption, and turned a $9 game preview into Best of ID Software Platinum "Game of the Year" Edition.
blah blah client side security blah blah tooth fairy...
Also, i wonder if, when they tell you the size of the HD, do they chop off the space they've filled up with 2000 unwanted songs? Do they make it obvious that you could save a few gigs by deleting them? Probably not.
...had wonky drivers. Especially on their more recent cards (radeon forward). I'm guessing they get their cards so cheap by not paying their driver team.
For instance, on my mulitmonitor system I used to have the Radeon VE (Win2k). I installed Wolfenstein and Jedi Knight. Wolfenstein would crash all the time, but Jedi Knight was okay. So I upgraded drivers. Then Jedi Knight didn't work, and Wolfenstein did. Bah.
Not to mention going from TV out to Monitor out and back again was a terrifying ordeal because their saveable settings "themes" don't work. Or at least didn't work up until the time I took out my *last* ATI card.
...i really enjoy reading crazy conspiracy sites. So when a link says something like "CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT HOW HITLER AND SANTA CLAUS CONSPIRED TO COMMIT 9/11" I'm hooked.
Then it leads to an amazon page which, upon reading my damn cookie, inserts this book into my preferred titles. Next time I go to amazon my opening page looks like the white power book club!
...which a friend and I posted to bugtraq. It turned out to be a previously undiscovered variant of the semisoft virus, which we'd dubbed "net.666" for a few reasons (just so you can check my story).
We made a web site that showed how to clean an infected system and had downloadable infected files for virus researchers. At the request of some of the researchers, we took off the files and gave an email address for researcher requests instead.
Surprisingly, we got emails from script kiddies (some posing as researchers, some not) trying to get copies of the virus.
But, by the end of that week, there were separate executables from a few companies implementing our cleaning methods, and the next round of signatures could detect it.
I think it would have been a better idea for these guys to just post the solutions and keep the exploit code itself as secret as possible. MS will prettymuch HAVE to deal with this one. It's the kind of exploit you hear about in hoax emails, but I don't think it's going to make their lives much easier knowing that this exploit is so widely available, not to mention the people who get hit by it.
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I wasn't so lucky.
Rewiring the office phones, stripping a wire with my teeth to put it in a wall plate...
bite. RING-IN-INGING-ING...ing...
The guys figured what had happened and came back to find out if I was okay. Luckily I got away with just a stiff jaw...
Why are you people still ranting about the "Browser Wars"?
Seriously. It's like hearing people in Alabama screaming about how the "South" will "Rise Again".
The "Browser War" is irrelevant and always has been. It especially doesn't matter if your goal is to make the best browser out there.
Don't worry about the numbers. I use firebird and I love it. It's a great browser and I'm trying to get all of my friends and family using it as well. Keep up the good work.
All these file sharing services have done is prove that the public can't responsibly handle the ability to easily transfer digital media.
It's been said: With great power comes great responsibility. And it looks like that power might soon be taken away.
Thanks a lot napster.
(and no i never used it)
I keep hearing everyone discussing whether 160k, 192k, 256k, etc is better. Why not variable bit rate? Using EAC/LAME with VBR gets smaller files than, 192k and, when it needs it, can reach up to 320k in order to make sure as much of the data is preserved.
I listen on Sennheiser HD600s on an audigy2ex, and Max quality vbr files are indistinguishable from the original WAV.
...we are reminided that slashdot is not a reliable news source. *sigh* how many people, do you think, will angrily email id software over your inaccuracy? how far do you think this rumor will spread?
the company behind the Xbox is offering an undisclosed amount of money to id in exchange for the right to make their latest game an Xbox-only title as far as consoles are concerned. (It'd still come out on the PC, of course.)
I'm not going to pretend I really know how this works, but I know it's a voltage issue. And it's one of the first things that gets skimped on when trying to make a monitor cheap.
Put up a black background, then open a white-backed window. now minimze, maximize, minimize. if you can see the geometry of the screen changing when you do this, do NOT buy the monitor, it will drive you crazy.
As per brands, every brand has their cheapy and good monitors. Earlier posts have mentioned trinitron tubes. I recommend them, and they come in many flavors. I've had them for years, they have outstanding picture quality, the lines are *not* an issue, and they don't seem to suffer from this problem.
Don't forget the dangerous but effective "hatchet through the power supply" exploit.
There's only a few (good) reasons to do something like this: push price down per performance/application, push performance up per price/application, or push new technological applications per price/performance. This thing doesn't do any of those.
Outside of the usual overclocker zeal, I really don't get it.
Maybe I missed it, but I didn't see a price final. For all his talk about cost vs. performance in the beginning, you'd think we'd see a final overall price for this thing...
Basic interpreter right out of the box. You could do "hello world" from the command prompt.
I've heard it said before that an operating system is there to hide the deficiencies of a programming language. Seems now they're just there to make up for wonky and disparate platforms.
...nor would they be expensive, were it not for diamond cartels in africa with a stranglehold on the mines.
...
DeBeers Consolidated Mining Co. was started in the 1880s to accomplish exactly this. Control diamond supply in order to raise prices.
To control demand, they invented the diamond engagement ring. They'll tell you it was invented in 1477, but this is just the first instance of an engagement ring being given with a diamond in it.
The "Diamond Engagement Ring" standard wasn't established until their "A Diamond is Forever" advertising campaign started in the late 1930s. It's still going, with those cool shadow commercials.
However, recently other mine companies have been gaining ground, and soon there will be more competition, but it's still gonna be a fight.
The diamonds in these chips will be artificial, so i'm just randomly kickin knowledge here. Have fun with it, and if you're lucky, maybe your fiancé will understand and save you a few grand...
bullshit. unadulterated, nonscientific bullshit.
Thankyouthankyou, i'll be here all evening.
I have thought of starting a country for rogue telemarketers called "Outavaria"
...whether they can convince a courtroom that their "calculations" have legal bearing.
I mean, given their silly 32 min CD figure or whatever for an average CD, can they say that every 32 minutes of audio counts as one CD? Can they use this 421 figure in description of the size of the operation in the courtroom?
If so, we could be looking at a ridiculous quasi-legal penalty multiplier.
Imagine if a p2p user was charged with piracy, and because the industry standard for figuring out how many minutes is on your portable device is 64kb/s mp3, so that's a certain (small) amount of data per minute, so take inventory of how much data is compressed audio/64kb, then apply the "32 minutes of audio == CD" rule, and charge you with piracy of CDs in that penalty range regardless of how many actual songs/CDs you've got.
If you've got a few gigs of mp3s, that could get ugly.
I mean, look at the situation. Last year, the christmas season was hard on PC manufacturers. This year, it's not anticipated to be any better. Or did gateway just realize that IBM thinks this is the wave of the future, and is trying to 'keep up with the Jones''?
These are display models, so they're 'used' anyway, nobody's going to get one thinking it's brand new, but what's next? Selling computers for less money with the agreement that the distributed client stays on there?
I dunno. Confusing.
IE on OS9 is the buggiest mass production browser I've seen yet. I know, I test sites on it.
You're better of running *shiver* Netscape 4.x.
I'm not saying we should have anti-gaming laws, I'm just punching your logic around a little.
...if this is supposed to be an alternative OS to Windows, MacOS and Linux. I mean, if it's 1299 UK pounds (about $2000), I can get a MAD Win/Lin/Mac PC for that.
It's a 600Mhz Processor (blah blah Mhz Myth blah blah) so how powerful is that compared to AMD or Intel chips? Benchmarks anyone?
No AGP slot?
Can someone please, other than for RISC OS development, explain to me why I would buy one of these?
...where id software decided to package all of their old games encrypted on the CD with the ability to 'unlock' them with a credit card.
Then some unscrupulous scoundrels broke the encryption, and turned a $9 game preview into Best of ID Software Platinum "Game of the Year" Edition.
blah blah client side security blah blah tooth fairy...
Also, i wonder if, when they tell you the size of the HD, do they chop off the space they've filled up with 2000 unwanted songs? Do they make it obvious that you could save a few gigs by deleting them? Probably not.
I'd wouldn't call recounting my experience "bashing."
I followed all of the instructions perfectly, even the part where you have to uninstall your previous driver by hand before installing the new one.
Ugh.
...had wonky drivers. Especially on their more recent cards (radeon forward). I'm guessing they get their cards so cheap by not paying their driver team.
For instance, on my mulitmonitor system I used to have the Radeon VE (Win2k). I installed Wolfenstein and Jedi Knight. Wolfenstein would crash all the time, but Jedi Knight was okay. So I upgraded drivers. Then Jedi Knight didn't work, and Wolfenstein did. Bah.
Not to mention going from TV out to Monitor out and back again was a terrifying ordeal because their saveable settings "themes" don't work. Or at least didn't work up until the time I took out my *last* ATI card.
mmmmmm Parhelia....
...i really enjoy reading crazy conspiracy sites. So when a link says something like "CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT HOW HITLER AND SANTA CLAUS CONSPIRED TO COMMIT 9/11" I'm hooked.
Then it leads to an amazon page which, upon reading my damn cookie, inserts this book into my preferred titles. Next time I go to amazon my opening page looks like the white power book club!
...who are intentionally using spyware on their web site.
They have posted measures to deal with it in the interim. That's what one of the articles in the links goes to.
...which a friend and I posted to bugtraq. It turned out to be a previously undiscovered variant of the semisoft virus, which we'd dubbed "net.666" for a few reasons (just so you can check my story).
We made a web site that showed how to clean an infected system and had downloadable infected files for virus researchers. At the request of some of the researchers, we took off the files and gave an email address for researcher requests instead.
Surprisingly, we got emails from script kiddies (some posing as researchers, some not) trying to get copies of the virus.
But, by the end of that week, there were separate executables from a few companies implementing our cleaning methods, and the next round of signatures could detect it.
I think it would have been a better idea for these guys to just post the solutions and keep the exploit code itself as secret as possible. MS will prettymuch HAVE to deal with this one. It's the kind of exploit you hear about in hoax emails, but I don't think it's going to make their lives much easier knowing that this exploit is so widely available, not to mention the people who get hit by it.
vk.