seriously, every non-techie I know. to them, print a picture means open word, drag and drop the picture in to the word doc, stretch it to the size they want (not holding the same aspect ratio), and print.
My old notebook had a 3GHz P4 desktop chip in it which reached 75C (167F) a few times. The hard drive, according to the SMART logs I have, never went above 38C (~100F). Even the ultra-low voltage P3m 800MHz in my tablet gets so hot that parts of the case can become untouchable. Once again, the hard drive is nowhere near as hot.
TALUG (Toledo Area LUG) went last year and from what I read on the mailing list, it was pretty damn good. I missed it then due to a Cedar Point trip (hmm....big coasters and hot chicks vs. geek fest...hard decision....) but I'll be there this year.
The lineup looks good, plus it gives me a chance to enjoy the fun of wearing my U of Michigan gear around Columbus again.
I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, but DO NOT upgrade the firmware on a WRT via the wireless connection. The risk of "bricking" the router is far greater (increasing from 1 in 1000 to about 50/50) over a wireless link than wired.
Logitech MX510 here, works perfectly with no manual driver installation on Windows XP and 2000, Mac OS X, and Linux.
It works fine from the start of the GUI portion of the install on out, and every single button other than the useless task switcher works. The task switch button is recognized, just Windows doesn't have a mapping for it. The forward, back, scroll up, scroll down, wheel, and all 3 normal buttons work perfectly, and it arguably performes better than after installing that Logitech Mouseware shit.
I do this as well. When I set up a new computer for anybody, I make the administrator password some obscure string I find somewhere on the case. Sometimes it's just the model number, sometimes it's the serial number, if they have one of those "Geniune Windows" stickers with the product key I use that, and most recently I used what was apparently a mold code which was molded right in to the back side of a case door.
There are still cell plans where roaming and long distance calls are extra cost?
I get 600 daytime minutes, as well as free nights and weekends. Within that time, I can call anywhere in the US or Canada from anywhere that I can get a signal with no extra charges. Every plan I've had for the past few years has been like this. Roaming is something I haven't dealt with since the analog phone days.
if one is genuinely worried about the government tracking them, why the hell would a high resolution color image be a priority? just use a nice old laser that you pick up second, third, or fourth-hand for $50.
Hell, I've got two nice midrange photo printers, but my 1993 model HP LaserJet 4 Plus (fully loaded and refurbished for $50) is my primary printer. It's got nearly 67,000 prints logged on this motherboard and is still going strong, taking print jobs from everywhere on my network.
They are completely different vehicles. The H1 is a derivative of the military HMMWV platform, where the H2 is based on GMs fullsize truck platform, which also includes the abomination that is the Escalade.
That's not to say it isn't tough, as the H2 is a very competent vehicle when the pavement ends, and the platform it was born from has a long history of being modifiable for even greater performance. The only real problem with the H2 is that the rappers decided it was the greatest thing since the Escalade, started "pimping" them out, and the sheeple followed so half the H2s you see out there will never even drive on grass or gravel roads.
My point was that the larger, heavier, and less aerodynamic H1 was able to get better mileage than the far more modern (and more designed for street use) H2.
"You mean other than the recent Harry Potter snafu?"
There was nothing forcible about the attempts to get back the "accidentally" released copies. The retailer attempted to persuade the purchasers to return the items, but as they had been legally sold, there was nothing that could be done beyond that.
Now of course the retailer is in deep shit with the publisher, but that's a matter of contracts.
Contrary to popular belief, the Crown Vic is no Pinto.
NHTSA closing report concludes:
The risk of fire in high-energy crashes of Police Interceptors is comparable to similar passenger vehicles.
The crash energy levels associated with fuel tank failures in Police Interceptors during rear impacts were significantly greater than federal or industry standards.
Fuel tank failures during high-energy rear impacts can result from numerous causes.
There have been numerous highenergy rear crashes involving Police Interceptor vehicles with little or no fuel loss and no fire.
CHP averages one Interceptor totalled per week in rear-end collisions. If the Crown Vic was a death trap like some want to believe, California would be losing officers at an alarming rate.
Personally, the family and I just happened to be in the area on the day of launch, heading back north from the Keys. I was channel-surfing on the radio, stumbled upon the station that NASA was broadcasting on, and noticed that we were just close enough to barely make it on time.
We got off at the exit, drove until we heard T -5 announced on the radio, and then just pulled off the road. I grabbed the video camera, we all climbed up on to the roof of the motorhome, and watched the launch.
Total planning time: 30 seconds (hear countdown on radio, turn to family, say "that sounds cool", check map for the right exit number)
Part of the fun of riding in taxis is being able to ride in a Police Interceptor. Nothing like going 0-60 in 5s while slipping into some godawful tight opening on the left lane on Fifth Avenue.
As the owner of a Police Interceptor, I'd like to correct a few misconceptions you seem to have about this vehicle.
1. 0-60 is more like 7 seconds. 2. The P71 (Interceptor) is actually the second fastest Crown Vic. The High Performance Package (or LX Sport, depending on model year) is faster than the P71 because it does not have the tougher police rear suspension and often has lower rearend gears. Both can be identified by the dual exhaust though.
I like the idea of taxis going hybrid, but the problem is durability. The Crown Vics are a proven platform that is designed to have the living shit beaten out of it. Ford has shopped around the 500 Police Package, and every officer I've talked to hated it, just like almost every other FWD V6 attempt in this market (a.k.a. Limpala, Intrepid).
If Ford announces a hybrid Crown Vic though, I'd expect to see that quickly become the most popular hybrid on the roads, as long as the cost is reasonable enough that it will be recovered within the vehicle's lifetime.
I had one as well (It was Timex, by the way), and it did work by a pattern of flickering lines, but your parent post is right as well. When I upgraded from a Rage Pro to a Rage 128, I had to install a TSR (this was on Win98 btw) from Timex that allowed the DataLink software to override the graphics driver and use a pure VESA mode that matched a certain refresh rate the watch wanted.
I always thought that thing was pretty cool, even if a dongle would have likely worked faster (not to mention that NT systems and LCDs did not work, so you had to get a serial dongle with a flickering LED anyways).
"Out of interest, what exactly does this modification entail? is it hardware or software based?"
It varies by the console, but both hardware and software solutions are available for all 3 of the current-gen consoles.
All of these use various means to achieve the common goal of running code which was either not approved by the console manufacturer, has been copied on to an unapproved medium, or is approved for a different region.
For anything related to Xbox mods, xbox-scene.com is the central resource for everything.
The PS2 side of things has ps2news, and Gamecube has GCdev. I don't have the URLs since I'm lazy and not involved with either of those scenes, but I'm sure they'll be the first results on google.
So all the mods I have for Halo, Halo 2, Morrowind, KOTOR, GTA3, and GTAVC on my Xbox don't exist?
Modding console games isn't much different than modding PC games. It's a bit harder to gain popularity, just due to the typical need for a modified console, but look at Halo NMP2 or Halo CXE. Both of those are on almost every modded Xbox out there.
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"who uses word to print pictures?"
seriously, every non-techie I know. to them, print a picture means open word, drag and drop the picture in to the word doc, stretch it to the size they want (not holding the same aspect ratio), and print.
Compared to the processor, hell no.
My old notebook had a 3GHz P4 desktop chip in it which reached 75C (167F) a few times. The hard drive, according to the SMART logs I have, never went above 38C (~100F). Even the ultra-low voltage P3m 800MHz in my tablet gets so hot that parts of the case can become untouchable. Once again, the hard drive is nowhere near as hot.
TALUG (Toledo Area LUG) went last year and from what I read on the mailing list, it was pretty damn good. I missed it then due to a Cedar Point trip (hmm....big coasters and hot chicks vs. geek fest...hard decision....) but I'll be there this year.
The lineup looks good, plus it gives me a chance to enjoy the fun of wearing my U of Michigan gear around Columbus again.
Remember everyone, OSUcks.
I've seen this before. For a few years now various motherboards have been discovered to be not exactly on the mark with the FSB.
Hell, my own A8N-SLI Deluxe varies vetween 1995 and 2015 MHz while set to 200x10.
"2) Wood? Hoses are still being constructed with it."
Really? I never knew they started, much less that they were still doing it.
I'd have thought that the idea of a wooden hose wouldn't leave the land of half-baked ideas.
I love OS X, but it's no BSD. It has an optional BSD userland. The underlying kernel and the majority of the rest is quite different.
A few very important ones you missed:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/
http://slashdot.org/~TheIndividual/journal
I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, but DO NOT upgrade the firmware on a WRT via the wireless connection. The risk of "bricking" the router is far greater (increasing from 1 in 1000 to about 50/50) over a wireless link than wired.
huh?
Logitech MX510 here, works perfectly with no manual driver installation on Windows XP and 2000, Mac OS X, and Linux.
It works fine from the start of the GUI portion of the install on out, and every single button other than the useless task switcher works. The task switch button is recognized, just Windows doesn't have a mapping for it. The forward, back, scroll up, scroll down, wheel, and all 3 normal buttons work perfectly, and it arguably performes better than after installing that Logitech Mouseware shit.
I do this as well. When I set up a new computer for anybody, I make the administrator password some obscure string I find somewhere on the case. Sometimes it's just the model number, sometimes it's the serial number, if they have one of those "Geniune Windows" stickers with the product key I use that, and most recently I used what was apparently a mold code which was molded right in to the back side of a case door.
There are still cell plans where roaming and long distance calls are extra cost?
I get 600 daytime minutes, as well as free nights and weekends. Within that time, I can call anywhere in the US or Canada from anywhere that I can get a signal with no extra charges. Every plan I've had for the past few years has been like this. Roaming is something I haven't dealt with since the analog phone days.
Mind posting a link to those slides? They are not on the Blackhat site and do not seem to be coming up on google.
mod parent up.
if one is genuinely worried about the government tracking them, why the hell would a high resolution color image be a priority? just use a nice old laser that you pick up second, third, or fourth-hand for $50.
Hell, I've got two nice midrange photo printers, but my 1993 model HP LaserJet 4 Plus (fully loaded and refurbished for $50) is my primary printer. It's got nearly 67,000 prints logged on this motherboard and is still going strong, taking print jobs from everywhere on my network.
Obviously you haven't been through college if you don't think beer is for breakfast.
They are completely different vehicles. The H1 is a derivative of the military HMMWV platform, where the H2 is based on GMs fullsize truck platform, which also includes the abomination that is the Escalade.
That's not to say it isn't tough, as the H2 is a very competent vehicle when the pavement ends, and the platform it was born from has a long history of being modifiable for even greater performance. The only real problem with the H2 is that the rappers decided it was the greatest thing since the Escalade, started "pimping" them out, and the sheeple followed so half the H2s you see out there will never even drive on grass or gravel roads.
My point was that the larger, heavier, and less aerodynamic H1 was able to get better mileage than the far more modern (and more designed for street use) H2.
not to mention that major detail of the H1 being diesel. the H1 actually gets better mileage than the H2.
"You mean other than the recent Harry Potter snafu?"
There was nothing forcible about the attempts to get back the "accidentally" released copies. The retailer attempted to persuade the purchasers to return the items, but as they had been legally sold, there was nothing that could be done beyond that.
Now of course the retailer is in deep shit with the publisher, but that's a matter of contracts.
Then what are you arguing? 3 that don't work != 100% compatibility.
The difference is that the console will already have a DVD drive, so why not allow it to make full use of that device?
I will not be surprised when the extra LAN ports are removed.
CHP averages one Interceptor totalled per week in rear-end collisions. If the Crown Vic was a death trap like some want to believe, California would be losing officers at an alarming rate.
Personally, the family and I just happened to be in the area on the day of launch, heading back north from the Keys. I was channel-surfing on the radio, stumbled upon the station that NASA was broadcasting on, and noticed that we were just close enough to barely make it on time.
We got off at the exit, drove until we heard T -5 announced on the radio, and then just pulled off the road. I grabbed the video camera, we all climbed up on to the roof of the motorhome, and watched the launch.
Total planning time: 30 seconds (hear countdown on radio, turn to family, say "that sounds cool", check map for the right exit number)
Part of the fun of riding in taxis is being able to ride in a Police Interceptor. Nothing like going 0-60 in 5s while slipping into some godawful tight opening on the left lane on Fifth Avenue.
As the owner of a Police Interceptor, I'd like to correct a few misconceptions you seem to have about this vehicle.
1. 0-60 is more like 7 seconds.
2. The P71 (Interceptor) is actually the second fastest Crown Vic. The High Performance Package (or LX Sport, depending on model year) is faster than the P71 because it does not have the tougher police rear suspension and often has lower rearend gears. Both can be identified by the dual exhaust though.
I like the idea of taxis going hybrid, but the problem is durability. The Crown Vics are a proven platform that is designed to have the living shit beaten out of it. Ford has shopped around the 500 Police Package, and every officer I've talked to hated it, just like almost every other FWD V6 attempt in this market (a.k.a. Limpala, Intrepid).
If Ford announces a hybrid Crown Vic though, I'd expect to see that quickly become the most popular hybrid on the roads, as long as the cost is reasonable enough that it will be recovered within the vehicle's lifetime.
I had one as well (It was Timex, by the way), and it did work by a pattern of flickering lines, but your parent post is right as well. When I upgraded from a Rage Pro to a Rage 128, I had to install a TSR (this was on Win98 btw) from Timex that allowed the DataLink software to override the graphics driver and use a pure VESA mode that matched a certain refresh rate the watch wanted.
I always thought that thing was pretty cool, even if a dongle would have likely worked faster (not to mention that NT systems and LCDs did not work, so you had to get a serial dongle with a flickering LED anyways).
"Out of interest, what exactly does this modification entail? is it hardware or software based?"
It varies by the console, but both hardware and software solutions are available for all 3 of the current-gen consoles.
All of these use various means to achieve the common goal of running code which was either not approved by the console manufacturer, has been copied on to an unapproved medium, or is approved for a different region.
For anything related to Xbox mods, xbox-scene.com is the central resource for everything.
The PS2 side of things has ps2news, and Gamecube has GCdev. I don't have the URLs since I'm lazy and not involved with either of those scenes, but I'm sure they'll be the first results on google.
"modding, on a console? *laughs*"
So all the mods I have for Halo, Halo 2, Morrowind, KOTOR, GTA3, and GTAVC on my Xbox don't exist?
Modding console games isn't much different than modding PC games. It's a bit harder to gain popularity, just due to the typical need for a modified console, but look at Halo NMP2 or Halo CXE. Both of those are on almost every modded Xbox out there.