but not one single freaking second to think a little bit.
The government has declared (rightly or wrongly) racial incitement to be a danger to public order and stability. They therefore class such incitement as sedition.
And how long did you think. Danger to public order and stability is not the same as incitement to overthrow the government.
You're acting like the reaction to an alleged racist comment will alway be, "Gee, some joker just dissed me, let's start the Revolution."
You know, Canada is really becoming a joke among western democracies. First it finally took Ontario until today to realize that one law for all citizens is so much better than "voluntary religious arbitration panels" for family court matters. Now a Do Not Call list that doesn't appear to restrict any special interest with money. And let's not even get into multiculturism. What next? Political asylum for wanted terrorists?
China Telecom charges close to $1 per minute for calls to United States and Europe
Boy, it has come down then. When I was in China a few years ago it was $2/minute to the USA. It was a bargain to get to Japan and have calls cost only $1/minute.
Australia, last December by comparison was about 4 cents/minute on a phone card.
So what does happen to memory consumption when the size of the base datatypes doubles?
A 32-bit integer takes up the same amount of memory in a 64-bit system as in a 32-bit system. Just because your processor width has doubled does not mean you've automatically upsized all your variables. ASCII characters do not suddenly require 16-bits each, nor has Unicode ballooned to 32-bits/character. In short, the data in the database continues to occupy the same amount of bits as before -- not double.
The Killer App that I need to run, and can't be run on anything else. And what is that Killer App?
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray video playback. Both will require the DRM infrastructure in Vista. Oh, and you'll need a monitor that does HDCP encryption (none presently on the market do) as well as a new computer with a beefy video card. Enjoy!
You know, that's just not enough of a killer app for me. High Def on my computer screen isn't that exciting. Current DVD is good enough. In fact, it's better than most of the movies on it.
Microsoft believes that you're going to see the amount of video memory being shipped on cards hurtle up when Vista ships.
Hurl chunks is more like it when I see the bill.
However, since 64-bit is handling data chunks that are double the size, you'll need double the memory, hence the 2GB.
You've got to be kidding with this statement. Does this person even understand the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit processors? I don't think so.
NCQ allows for out of order completions - that is, if Vista needs tasks 1,2,3,4 and 5 done, it can do them in the order 2,5,3,4,1
Excuse me, but Vista isn't the one doing the reordering of hard drive accesses. NCQ is done in the controller and drive itself.
NCQ is supported on SATA2 drives
And selected SATA-1 drives.
AGP is 'not optimal' for Vista. Because of the fact that graphics cards may have to utilise main system memory for some rendering tasks, a fast, bi-direction bus is needed - that's PCI express.
Will there be an AGP system left that can meet the rest of the Vista requirements? And I thought AGP had an option to use system memory in the specification as well.
no current TFT monitor out there is going to support high definition playback in Vista.
What if they release Vista, and nobody bought? If the consumers finally said We've had enough of this sh|t?
This isn't really Microsoft's fault - HDCP is something that content makers, in their eternal wisdom, have decided is necessary to stop us all watching pirated movies.
Oh yes it is Microsoft's fault. Without Microsoft enabling this the whole concept would be DOA. And Trusted Computing isn't even mentioned.
Tell me again, please. What is the compelling reason to upgrade to Vista?
I guess they couldn't make it any thinner or you wouldn't be able to fit the headphones jack.
Apple's famous iPod navigation wheel
Uh, doesn't that belong to Microsoft?
even if it doesn't compare with the 15,000 songs or up to 25,000 photos that Apple says its $399 full-size iPod can hold.
I don't have even 1,500 songs I consider worth listening to.
Most flash players have tiny screens that are hard to read, lousy navigation and few or no accessories.
And cost a lot less.
Of course, one thing to take with a grain of NaCl:
This latest iPod was publicly revealed yesterday at a razzle-dazzle marketing event orchestrated by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. But I have been testing a nano for the past few days
You've got to keep writing glowing reviews if you expect to get a pre-release version of Apple's next toy.
Looks like a fraud all the way around. That an unknown fabless company might have developed a single component of an improved computer I might buy. But that they've created every aspect of it -- and it's Windows compatible -- nah!
And as far as the GHz rating, means nothing! Nothing I tell you! Not until you know how much work/clock it can accomplish.
Frankly this whole article is a waste of bandwidth.
Australia's major record companies sued Kazaa's Australian owners and developers, Sharman Networks, claiming Kazaa had cost them millions of dollars in lost sales.
And how have they proven that there was even a single lost sale? Do they have a line of kids outside the courthouse door ready to parade in and declare: "Yes I would have bought that CD, but I was able to pirate it off of the Internet instead."
this time perhaps to assume the highest role in the judicial system.
And just how important is the Chief Justice above the other Associate Justices? He still has only one vote. Renquist hardly got everything his way. How much more is it than just a title?
combat cyber crime at a time when consumers and businesses are becoming increasingly frustrated with fraud and virus attacks on their personal computers, most of which use Microsoft's Windows operating system.
That is the problem.
A more secure operating system with tools to identify and filter out malware is the solution.
It contains explanations of pretty much every feature of OpenGL, even the rarely used ones.
You would think, wouldn't you, that it would contain explanations of every feature of OpenGL? After all, if it's not in the book, should it be in the language?
A decent computer defense could be that the file didn't reside on her computer, but her computer was compromised by a hacker and was used as a proxy server.
That is exactly her defense. Her lawyer (see many links to his blog above) is demanding that the RIAA point out exactly when and where the actual infringment occured using her computer.
I am the author of the blog "Recording Industry vs. The People", and one of the lawyers representing Patti Santangelo and other victims of the RIAA lawsuits in the New York City metropolitan area.
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE FOLKS, THIS DESERVES AN INFORMATIVE +5 AT LEAST.
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The government has declared (rightly or wrongly) racial incitement to be a danger to public order and stability. They therefore class such incitement as sedition.
And how long did you think. Danger to public order and stability is not the same as incitement to overthrow the government.
You're acting like the reaction to an alleged racist comment will alway be, "Gee, some joker just dissed me, let's start the Revolution."
Even then you'll be accused of excluding someone from your conversation because of race.
Welcome to the Tyranny of the Easily Offended.
You know, Canada is really becoming a joke among western democracies. First it finally took Ontario until today to realize that one law for all citizens is so much better than "voluntary religious arbitration panels" for family court matters. Now a Do Not Call list that doesn't appear to restrict any special interest with money. And let's not even get into multiculturism. What next? Political asylum for wanted terrorists?
Boy, it has come down then. When I was in China a few years ago it was $2/minute to the USA. It was a bargain to get to Japan and have calls cost only $1/minute.
Australia, last December by comparison was about 4 cents/minute on a phone card.
A 32-bit integer takes up the same amount of memory in a 64-bit system as in a 32-bit system. Just because your processor width has doubled does not mean you've automatically upsized all your variables. ASCII characters do not suddenly require 16-bits each, nor has Unicode ballooned to 32-bits/character. In short, the data in the database continues to occupy the same amount of bits as before -- not double.
Don't you mean 2KB of core?
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray video playback. Both will require the DRM infrastructure in Vista. Oh, and you'll need a monitor that does HDCP encryption (none presently on the market do) as well as a new computer with a beefy video card. Enjoy!
You know, that's just not enough of a killer app for me. High Def on my computer screen isn't that exciting. Current DVD is good enough. In fact, it's better than most of the movies on it.
Next idea?
Hurl chunks is more like it when I see the bill.
However, since 64-bit is handling data chunks that are double the size, you'll need double the memory, hence the 2GB.
You've got to be kidding with this statement. Does this person even understand the difference between 32-bit and 64-bit processors? I don't think so.
NCQ allows for out of order completions - that is, if Vista needs tasks 1,2,3,4 and 5 done, it can do them in the order 2,5,3,4,1
Excuse me, but Vista isn't the one doing the reordering of hard drive accesses. NCQ is done in the controller and drive itself.
NCQ is supported on SATA2 drives
And selected SATA-1 drives.
AGP is 'not optimal' for Vista. Because of the fact that graphics cards may have to utilise main system memory for some rendering tasks, a fast, bi-direction bus is needed - that's PCI express.
Will there be an AGP system left that can meet the rest of the Vista requirements? And I thought AGP had an option to use system memory in the specification as well.
no current TFT monitor out there is going to support high definition playback in Vista.
What if they release Vista, and nobody bought? If the consumers finally said We've had enough of this sh|t?
This isn't really Microsoft's fault - HDCP is something that content makers, in their eternal wisdom, have decided is necessary to stop us all watching pirated movies.
Oh yes it is Microsoft's fault. Without Microsoft enabling this the whole concept would be DOA. And Trusted Computing isn't even mentioned.
Tell me again, please. What is the compelling reason to upgrade to Vista?
What will it take to get me to Vista?
The Killer App that I need to run, and can't be run on anything else.
And what is that Killer App?
Haven't got a clue. Can't even imagine what more I'll want to do on a computer that I can't already do now.
Good luck, Microsoft.
We know what Apple was thinking. They want you to pay for your music (iTunes) rather than listen to it for free (AM/FM).
I'm waiting for an MP3 player with a built-in P2P client. [/sarcasm]
Apple's famous iPod navigation wheel
Uh, doesn't that belong to Microsoft?
even if it doesn't compare with the 15,000 songs or up to 25,000 photos that Apple says its $399 full-size iPod can hold.
I don't have even 1,500 songs I consider worth listening to.
Most flash players have tiny screens that are hard to read, lousy navigation and few or no accessories.
And cost a lot less.
Of course, one thing to take with a grain of NaCl:
This latest iPod was publicly revealed yesterday at a razzle-dazzle marketing event orchestrated by Apple CEO Steve Jobs. But I have been testing a nano for the past few days
You've got to keep writing glowing reviews if you expect to get a pre-release version of Apple's next toy.
And as far as the GHz rating, means nothing! Nothing I tell you! Not until you know how much work/clock it can accomplish.
Frankly this whole article is a waste of bandwidth.
But they'll settle for $7,500 and a promise not to offend again.
I'd like to see how this is going to happen. If they had that much money, I'm sure they would have had a better defense in court.
The music industry seems to think lots of things, but this sounds like a Blood from a Stone sort of battle to me.
And how have they proven that there was even a single lost sale? Do they have a line of kids outside the courthouse door ready to parade in and declare: "Yes I would have bought that CD, but I was able to pirate it off of the Internet instead."
And just how important is the Chief Justice above the other Associate Justices? He still has only one vote. Renquist hardly got everything his way. How much more is it than just a title?
That is the problem.
A more secure operating system with tools to identify and filter out malware is the solution.
This is just paint over dryrot.
Now Linspire.
Can Microsoft be far behind?
After all, nothing kills piracy like free software.
You would think, wouldn't you, that it would contain explanations of every feature of OpenGL? After all, if it's not in the book, should it be in the language?
That is exactly her defense. Her lawyer (see many links to his blog above) is demanding that the RIAA point out exactly when and where the actual infringment occured using her computer.
FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE FOLKS, THIS DESERVES AN INFORMATIVE +5 AT LEAST.
Apparently you are 0wned by Blizzard as well now, and will not do anything that they don't allow you to do.
I've heard of circumvention of copy protection system, but never of a copyright protection system.
Otherwise, GIGO.
Does it include automatic BugMeNot capability?