This has its positives, as well. The only real problem I've found with friends is that sometimes there is a large disparity between skills...sometimes my friends are much 'more 1337' than me, and sometimes I crush them...it is easier to find someone of the same skill level on the net.
Don't forget, it's not just the keyboard and mouse.
Half of the fun is playing on the net with your friends. While that is (slowly) coming to consoles, it still isn't quite like on PCs. Consoles need to catch up there. It's just too hard sometimes to play a four player game on a small TV. The net is too essential to multiplayer to be ignored.
Would it really use up an entire CD just for the "files needed to re-install?"
And besides, there are some old computer still in use...
But oh yeah, they're putting the bios on new ones. So that doesn't matter.
In any case, I'd rather only have what I want to have on my HD, not what some BIOS maker says I should have.
Fujitsu, however, chose to install the FirstWare Vault software designed by Phoenix, a trusted application designed by the company. FirstWare Vault also creates a hidden partition on the hard drive. However, Fujitsu used it to store a backup copy of the OS, in case the user needed to reinstall.
Fujitsu's strategy will eliminate the need to ship the OS "reinstall" disks that have begun to ship in today's PCs. The disks don't contain a full version of the OS, but just the files needed to reinstall it in case of an error. By hiding that reinstall software on a protected partition, the company saved itself the costs of distributing the media, Fujitsu said.
Wouldn't this take up quite a hefty chunk of hard drive space? I mean, it says 'doesn't contain a full version,' but wouldn't this still be quite a bit?
I'm not sure I want other people making those kinds of decisions for me.
Google is my friend for finding out what those are, but I'm sure that Google has many a link to tell me that.NET is the best application framework ever, too...and I've heard many opinions to the contrary.
Yes, and I do plan to keep on learning, but I don't neccesarily mean just me.
What about those people who only need the most basic db functions, and aren't going to use the more industrial-strength features?
So I guess what I mean is, is MySQL sort of a 'beginner's db' that'll do basic stuff but doesn't have advanced features, and Postgre is where it's at? I'm no db junkie, and I've heard both sides saying that both dbs are the end all be all of databases...
What about for those of us who don't know what 'support views, stored procedures, transactions (InnoDB does, but this is an additional product) and a bunch of other developer's friends.' are?
I've only ever used a little bit of SQL, and I've used MySQL because that's what I was taught...
Someone else brought this kind of thing up, but since I (and everyone else in my boat) don't know what those things are or how or why to use them, what is the difference?
Ummm...
It's a joke?
As far as the MS/Intel thing...they already said that IBM was definatly doing the chip for the XBoxNext, right? So they already have...
This was on TTT DVD?
I haven't gotten the chance to buy it yet (it's not quite at the top of my list at the moment, and when it is, places seem to be sold out)....so this is news to me.
I'd think Apple would have bragged about this one a lot more...I know I would have, had I been born Jobs instead of Klabnik:-p
It DOES have ogg...there's a plugin on Sourceforge. I'd provide a link, but I use mp3/aac like the rest of the world...
If you're using ogg, you know how to dl something off of Sourceforge and install it.
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This has its positives, as well. The only real problem I've found with friends is that sometimes there is a large disparity between skills...sometimes my friends are much 'more 1337' than me, and sometimes I crush them...it is easier to find someone of the same skill level on the net.
Don't forget, it's not just the keyboard and mouse.
Half of the fun is playing on the net with your friends. While that is (slowly) coming to consoles, it still isn't quite like on PCs. Consoles need to catch up there. It's just too hard sometimes to play a four player game on a small TV. The net is too essential to multiplayer to be ignored.
And if the Sun snuffed it tomorrow, would the Earth cease to be a planet?
I'd imagine the large explosion would cause us to cease to be a planet, yes...
That's what's supposed to happen in a few short billion years, correct?
Don't forget that there are always dissenters...maybe you're fighting to stop those who want the war to start anew...
or maybe you are one who wants the war to start back up.
For those of us not on the FreeBSD mailing list, it is.
...is used by developers to describe end-users responses to spoken prompts.
I can only imagine the ramifications for the "adult entertainment" industry.
There's also the issue of how much money it cost to develop this technology.
They cost $.10 to make, but it cost them how much to develop the technology to save that $.10?
Would it really use up an entire CD just for the "files needed to re-install?"
And besides, there are some old computer still in use...
But oh yeah, they're putting the bios on new ones. So that doesn't matter.
In any case, I'd rather only have what I want to have on my HD, not what some BIOS maker says I should have.
Fujitsu, however, chose to install the FirstWare Vault software designed by Phoenix, a trusted application designed by the company. FirstWare Vault also creates a hidden partition on the hard drive. However, Fujitsu used it to store a backup copy of the OS, in case the user needed to reinstall. Fujitsu's strategy will eliminate the need to ship the OS "reinstall" disks that have begun to ship in today's PCs. The disks don't contain a full version of the OS, but just the files needed to reinstall it in case of an error. By hiding that reinstall software on a protected partition, the company saved itself the costs of distributing the media, Fujitsu said. Wouldn't this take up quite a hefty chunk of hard drive space? I mean, it says 'doesn't contain a full version,' but wouldn't this still be quite a bit? I'm not sure I want other people making those kinds of decisions for me.
But you have to remember the non-technical people.
Web browsers give no indication whatsoever to someone who knows nothing about computers that, 'Hey, I'm telling them who you are.'
Non-technophiles would assume that the net is anonymous because they are given no reason to think otherwise.
Well, they're obviously wrong.
Pirates don't go fishing, they go pillaging.
judge:NEXT!
You're also assuming that a vote must be informed. Democracy doesn't mean that you must have an informed vote...it just says everyone has a vote.
Google is my friend for finding out what those are, but I'm sure that Google has many a link to tell me that .NET is the best application framework ever, too...and I've heard many opinions to the contrary.
Yes, and I do plan to keep on learning, but I don't neccesarily mean just me.
What about those people who only need the most basic db functions, and aren't going to use the more industrial-strength features?
So I guess what I mean is, is MySQL sort of a 'beginner's db' that'll do basic stuff but doesn't have advanced features, and Postgre is where it's at?
I'm no db junkie, and I've heard both sides saying that both dbs are the end all be all of databases...
What about for those of us who don't know what 'support views, stored procedures, transactions (InnoDB does, but this is an additional product) and a bunch of other developer's friends.' are? I've only ever used a little bit of SQL, and I've used MySQL because that's what I was taught... Someone else brought this kind of thing up, but since I (and everyone else in my boat) don't know what those things are or how or why to use them, what is the difference?
Man, somebody's got a vendetta...this is at least the second or third time I've seen this.
Buy the PS1 version...it's MUCH cheaper. Comes with a Final Fantasy, too.. IV, I think.
If a silent track plays, and there is no sound card around to play it....is it really silent?
See title :-p
Ummm... It's a joke? As far as the MS/Intel thing...they already said that IBM was definatly doing the chip for the XBoxNext, right? So they already have...
This was on TTT DVD? I haven't gotten the chance to buy it yet (it's not quite at the top of my list at the moment, and when it is, places seem to be sold out)....so this is news to me. I'd think Apple would have bragged about this one a lot more...I know I would have, had I been born Jobs instead of Klabnik :-p
It DOES have ogg...there's a plugin on Sourceforge. I'd provide a link, but I use mp3/aac like the rest of the world... If you're using ogg, you know how to dl something off of Sourceforge and install it.
On the contrary, being beta code, wouldn't it be designed with the Linux community in mind?
Nintendo has the GBA to fall back on
As long as the PSP doesn't take off...we'll see!
Didn't they cut this on the most recent version of the PS2?