Ick. Fastforwarding is faster, easier, and more accurate. I hate the 30 second skip.
Agreed. I think most of the fans of the 30 sec skip feature haven't really used Tivo, or somehow think even seeing flashes of commercials will corrupt them. Heck, FF twice, count to 8, and hit play works shockingly well, but often I spot a comercial I WANT to see and go watch it. Often times, its more entertaining than the show I'm watching. (Say, last nights Monday Night Football)
But make sure you get them DirecTiVo with a 120GB drive upgrade. Ah, the joy! (and cheaper, too:)
it does cut down on pointless formatting decisions that seem to endlessly arise.
This is utter nonsense. A writer KNOWS what font he writes in makes know difference, the magazine/publisher will likely decide this. This is akin to blaming the existance of pencils and electric sharpeners for his incessant pencil sharpening. Its just a habit he has to avoid working, get rid of it and he'll find another.
Which isn't to say MS Word isn't a bloated nightmare.
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So, you'd prefer Big Corporate Amazon keep that $1 commision than they give it to some guy?
Actually, I'd prefer you walk into your local bookseller and buy it there. You get it RIGHT NOW and you put money into your local community. Even if its a big national chain.
This has the side effect of encouraging them to stock other books you, a member of the local book buying community, might be interested in.
would've been unnecessary if the hard-drive manufacturers had been honest with the public all these years.
No, I think you mean that if the OS authors had not been so lazy as to use Binary math when the human race had been using base 10 math for thousands of years (Ok most. For some reason base twenty is been valid as well. See the Gettysburg Address, "four score and seven" for the decimal 87).
If the OS said your new 120GB drive was 120GB, nobody would be upset. Well, they would because they'd still be too dumb to realize why things like FAT tables, inodes, etc. were taking up their disk space, why a 1 byte file takes up 4k or more, etc.
The average Slashdot user is as dumb as a post, just doesn't know it yet
Actually I believe there are some comercial P2P implementations already out there for sites like GamesSpot, CNet, etc. that host big files but are looking to maximize download speeds and minimize download costs.
Got my latest Palm Desktop software with it. I'm still debating whether to allow it to stay (Secure Download by Kontiki. Notorious for spyware in the past, they claim it spyware free, but I'm not sure.)
SMTP is a trusting protocol. It relies on the sending computer to correctly identify the sender.
This is how spammers send out millions of messages with bogus From: addresses. If a new protocol was implemented that required the sender to prove their identity (or at the very least, made sure the From: domain is actually in the network being served), that would make it harder for spammers to BS their addresses, thus making it much easier to block them.
Um, no.
Which is sort of the problem with all these folks bitchin about the protocol being broken, they don't understand the existing protocol but think they can fix it.
Almost all mail servers correctly identify the source IP of the sender. Its in the mail headers. Technically it could be faked, but spammers aren't really working at that level. They use open relays to hide their source IP's, but thats hardly SMTP's fault.
And how do you verify that the "FROM:" address is actually in the network being served? There is currently no resource that can affirmatively state that 192.168.1.2 belongs to mydomain.com. And if there was, it could easily be added to current SMTP server implementation. There is no need for a new spec.
Instead of making a movie that uses every excuse for a new morph, how about using traditional cinematography for 99% of the film and using one or two really cool and appropriate morphing effects.
This is what I liked about "Titanic". (About all I liked, but watching is part of being a good boyfriend). You didn't notice the effects much. They used them to get impossible camera shots, to imaprt the sense of size without blowing $$$ on huge sets.
Something to notice in the future is how much of movies are spenty in the same 3 rooms, in dark halways, caves, etc.
This study takes into consideration more than just the price of the OS. Things like support, salary for developers etc.
Its a simple formula.
1) Find the categories your predetermined winner has advantages.
2) Weight those areas heavily
3) De-emphasize or omit any areas the predetermined loser has strong advantages
4) ???
5) Profit!
Sorry,
4) Release study!
This has the added advantage of creating contreversy, which:
1) Increases visibility
2) ???
3) Profit
/Quickly runs from room/
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Re:What is the difference between MI5 and MI6 anyway?
This can't be possible due to the interactions of the electrons and holes between the N and P types of silicon! Those guys at MIT are full of shit, man!
Theyy are also very likely full of beer and other spirits.
Why all the raving about DVD based installation? Sure, you don't need to swap 3 CD's in, but considering the hardware this often gets installed on, how common will a DVD player be?
Personally, one of the first things I do is build the NFS share so I can do net installs on everything, update packages, etc. Not to mention its usually a pretty fast way to install
make a speeding ticket a $1000.00 fine, and people will actually think for once in their car.
Damn straight. Only the wealthy should be able to drive cars. We're talking class oriented UK here, not all men are created equal USA.
they are looking at a cheap solution (I.E. not hire any more police) that can increase the inflow of money while hopefully having a side effect of making the roadways a bit safer from the idiots that barely can walk and chew gum let alone drive a car.
Yes, because making folks drive slower will increase the amount of attention they pay to their driving, contrary to the research that says the opposite. And simulataneously force them to become better drivers by learning skid control, etc.
Personally I think that they are doing it as a last resort as they have ran out of ideas of what to do about the traffic problems.
If everyone obeyed the laws traffic becomes far worse. How much traffic flows on a highway when everyone travels 100kph? Now, slow everyone down to 20 kph. Did the flow rate go up? Now, imagine everyone doing 140kph on that road. The flow rate did go up, didn't it. Now imagine everybody maintaining legal following distances. Thats right, the flow cuts in half, because you could only fit half the cars on the road.
when they travel at 100kph 1 meter from the car in front of them, and one car stops...
Yeah, thats the problem. Not cars traveling 30kph below the flow of traffic speed in the left lane because they are enforcing limits vigilante style. Reminds me of the headline "Aggressive driving kills 4"; I read the article and it turns out the aggressive driver was 2x the legal limit while he was aggressive driving. But it was the aggressiveness that cause the accident, not the alcohol.
Argueably there should be a "Panic" button for that 5% of the population that inexplicably wind up being chased repeatedly by undead serial killed like Jason Vorhees or T-1000 units. This could helpfully summon police units automaticly to help you out (in case its irate liquor store owners you are running from)
The difference is that 95% of folks speed at least occasionally, whereas probably less than 25% of folks even qualify as "occasional" illegal drug users. [I'm not talking about "tried" illegal drugs here, I'm talking once a month] Most folks drive everyday, and aren't likely to want to spend their time stressing about accidentally hitting 27mph as they go down that big hill in the neighborhood [or better yet, the 3mph limit in my parking garage].
As a driver, if I want to be sure I don't get tickets, I need to stay about 5mph under the limit, and check every 2 minutes to ensure my speed hasn't wandered (my cruise control wont work under 35mph).
It seems to me that people *need* a certain amount of flexibility in the law.. Something this rigid is bound to fail...it simply goes too far against human nature.
Might not be such a bad thing, we might wind up with more sensible speed laws then.
Then again, this also seems to be proof that speed laws, etc. are just revenue genrating devices and a means to give the police reason to pull over "profile" folks (ie DWB-Driving while black, and now, DWA-Driving while Arab). IF they really wanted to keep cars from speeding, they'd make the sensors work the other way, tell the car not to exceed 100kph or whatever, and a simple rev-limiter/electronic throttle would maintain the speed.
Soon after they could build us the little matrix-tubes where we could live out our lives in government mandated safety.
ucspi-tcp is not *required* but much of the qmail documentation assumes that you are using it. ucspi-tcp is also written by Dan Berstein (cr.yp.to/ucspi-tcp.html)
Which is exactly why I won't use it. Dr Berstein is brilliant, and writes good code, but he wants me to replace half my system with his stuff. But until someone delivers DJB Linux, where everything runs under his model, I'll be sticking with the existing stuff. I DO NOT want to have two init programs running, two ways of controlling daemons, two ways of logging, etc.
I'm using his DNScache software on a few systems, I'm impressed with its performance, but am constantly frustated by its non-conformity.
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Does this mean my wildcard addresses will no longer woek in my sub-domain, mydomain.com? I don't need a solution thats going to screw up my mail...
Yeah, I know, technically its bad form, but everybody does it.
Agreed. I think most of the fans of the 30 sec skip feature haven't really used Tivo, or somehow think even seeing flashes of commercials will corrupt them. Heck, FF twice, count to 8, and hit play works shockingly well, but often I spot a comercial I WANT to see and go watch it. Often times, its more entertaining than the show I'm watching. (Say, last nights Monday Night Football)
But make sure you get them DirecTiVo with a 120GB drive upgrade. Ah, the joy! (and cheaper, too :)
This is utter nonsense. A writer KNOWS what font he writes in makes know difference, the magazine/publisher will likely decide this. This is akin to blaming the existance of pencils and electric sharpeners for his incessant pencil sharpening. Its just a habit he has to avoid working, get rid of it and he'll find another.
Which isn't to say MS Word isn't a bloated nightmare.
Actually, I'd prefer you walk into your local bookseller and buy it there. You get it RIGHT NOW and you put money into your local community. Even if its a big national chain.
This has the side effect of encouraging them to stock other books you, a member of the local book buying community, might be interested in.
No, I think you mean that if the OS authors had not been so lazy as to use Binary math when the human race had been using base 10 math for thousands of years (Ok most. For some reason base twenty is been valid as well. See the Gettysburg Address, "four score and seven" for the decimal 87).
If the OS said your new 120GB drive was 120GB, nobody would be upset. Well, they would because they'd still be too dumb to realize why things like FAT tables, inodes, etc. were taking up their disk space, why a 1 byte file takes up 4k or more, etc.
The average Slashdot user is as dumb as a post, just doesn't know it yet
Actually, I was responding to a troll. Getting modded funny was completely accidental...
I know I'm constantly aching to work on my doctoral disseration but am foiled by the lack of MS Word on my Tungsten T.
See this is why I prefer the original Graphiti pad...
w00t!
Got my latest Palm Desktop software with it. I'm still debating whether to allow it to stay (Secure Download by Kontiki. Notorious for spyware in the past, they claim it spyware free, but I'm not sure.)
I recall one of the first Mac beep sounds was entitled "Sosumi" (So-Sue-Me) because technically they were violating that agreement
For you, I'll arrange a refund of all money paid for this service.
Has nobody noticed other TLD's have been doing this for ages....
Um, no.
Which is sort of the problem with all these folks bitchin about the protocol being broken, they don't understand the existing protocol but think they can fix it.
Almost all mail servers correctly identify the source IP of the sender. Its in the mail headers. Technically it could be faked, but spammers aren't really working at that level. They use open relays to hide their source IP's, but thats hardly SMTP's fault.
And how do you verify that the "FROM:" address is actually in the network being served? There is currently no resource that can affirmatively state that 192.168.1.2 belongs to mydomain.com. And if there was, it could easily be added to current SMTP server implementation. There is no need for a new spec.
Just because there is spam doesn't mean the protocol is broken. Get a grip.
This is what I liked about "Titanic". (About all I liked, but watching is part of being a good boyfriend). You didn't notice the effects much. They used them to get impossible camera shots, to imaprt the sense of size without blowing $$$ on huge sets.
Something to notice in the future is how much of movies are spenty in the same 3 rooms, in dark halways, caves, etc.
Its a simple formula.
1) Find the categories your predetermined winner has advantages.
2) Weight those areas heavily
3) De-emphasize or omit any areas the predetermined loser has strong advantages
4) ???
5) Profit!
Sorry,
4) Release study!
This has the added advantage of creating contreversy, which:
1) Increases visibility
2) ???
3) Profit
Well you see, its one higher.
Theyy are also very likely full of beer and other spirits.
For the record :)
Personally, one of the first things I do is build the NFS share so I can do net installs on everything, update packages, etc. Not to mention its usually a pretty fast way to install
Might be more fun if it were a trash talking walking talking trash can
Damn straight. Only the wealthy should be able to drive cars. We're talking class oriented UK here, not all men are created equal USA.
they are looking at a cheap solution (I.E. not hire any more police) that can increase the inflow of money while hopefully having a side effect of making the roadways a bit safer from the idiots that barely can walk and chew gum let alone drive a car.
Yes, because making folks drive slower will increase the amount of attention they pay to their driving, contrary to the research that says the opposite. And simulataneously force them to become better drivers by learning skid control, etc.
Personally I think that they are doing it as a last resort as they have ran out of ideas of what to do about the traffic problems.
If everyone obeyed the laws traffic becomes far worse. How much traffic flows on a highway when everyone travels 100kph? Now, slow everyone down to 20 kph. Did the flow rate go up? Now, imagine everyone doing 140kph on that road. The flow rate did go up, didn't it. Now imagine everybody maintaining legal following distances. Thats right, the flow cuts in half, because you could only fit half the cars on the road.
when they travel at 100kph 1 meter from the car in front of them, and one car stops...
Yeah, thats the problem. Not cars traveling 30kph below the flow of traffic speed in the left lane because they are enforcing limits vigilante style. Reminds me of the headline "Aggressive driving kills 4"; I read the article and it turns out the aggressive driver was 2x the legal limit while he was aggressive driving. But it was the aggressiveness that cause the accident, not the alcohol.
Argueably there should be a "Panic" button for that 5% of the population that inexplicably wind up being chased repeatedly by undead serial killed like Jason Vorhees or T-1000 units. This could helpfully summon police units automaticly to help you out (in case its irate liquor store owners you are running from)
As a driver, if I want to be sure I don't get tickets, I need to stay about 5mph under the limit, and check every 2 minutes to ensure my speed hasn't wandered (my cruise control wont work under 35mph).
Might not be such a bad thing, we might wind up with more sensible speed laws then.
Then again, this also seems to be proof that speed laws, etc. are just revenue genrating devices and a means to give the police reason to pull over "profile" folks (ie DWB-Driving while black, and now, DWA-Driving while Arab). IF they really wanted to keep cars from speeding, they'd make the sensors work the other way, tell the car not to exceed 100kph or whatever, and a simple rev-limiter/electronic throttle would maintain the speed.
Soon after they could build us the little matrix-tubes where we could live out our lives in government mandated safety.
Which is exactly why I won't use it. Dr Berstein is brilliant, and writes good code, but he wants me to replace half my system with his stuff. But until someone delivers DJB Linux, where everything runs under his model, I'll be sticking with the existing stuff. I DO NOT want to have two init programs running, two ways of controlling daemons, two ways of logging, etc.
I'm using his DNScache software on a few systems, I'm impressed with its performance, but am constantly frustated by its non-conformity.