Ehh? LOTR, What's that? Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers?
I remember LORD. Nice BBS game. I even set up a BBS server on my computer, standalone so no one could dial in, just so I could play it when my local BBS that served LORD bowed out. Any telnet servers out there that host LORD?
And of course you didn't read the notifications that say this virus spreads via IRC as well..... (check www.sarc.com, www.networkassociates.com for info).
I think you need to read your descriptions again. Linked right off Network Associates (McAfee's parent company) front page, this notification says that under Win9x/ME, this virus searches for various processes (processee?) for known names, such as ZoneAlarm, Norton Antivirus, Norton Firewall (that's the only names I recognize in the list).
Finds those processes, kills them, and tries to clear those directories. I'd call that destructive.
That's about the quality I'm seeing. Yes, it's a story within itself to explain the future, but its being poorly written. The original series and NextGen had some good episodes. This one has poor episodes, and effects that are a little ahead of what they should be (A friend points out that nacelles light up when going into warp, and they didn't do that until a few ship classes before the Enterprise-D (Galaxy class).
And did I hear the pilot (I used to be a boomer) as the voice of the dilithium freighters in "Star Trek Armada 2" (PC game)? If you ask me, they're making too much of a deal with his whole background, not there is much of one there.
Well, it didn't bundle in Winzip's software (like bundling in AOL's software). They made built-in Zip file functionality, built into the OS. No extra software is required to open Zip files, extract files, create new Zip files... there's gotta be some functionality of Winzip that didn't get included... and no, it wasn't a license of technology, like CD-burning was licensed from Roxio, or backup to tape was licensed from Veritas.
I know one of my friends just picked up two Apex 500W units for $88 at a Wal-Mart in Windham, CT, 2 weeks ago (one for his personal use, one for a gift for parents.) I tested it, and it plays CD-R VCD's just fine (Burned a MPG to VCD using a cheap CD-R, then played it.) So, that shows it has no problem reading cheap CD-R's. It plays his DVD's just fine. I just haven't tested the audio CD playing capability, which it also says it can do.
One thing I'm curious about is if these things will handle the screwy copy-protection audio CD's.
The one problem with your setup is that there's no remote control included... to navigate the main menu, skip chapters, etc, you'll need to be at the computer.
Now, that's not a problem for me, for regular movies. I start up a movie, then sit back and watch it. But, for things like Anime, where the include beginning credits and end credits for each episode, sometimes 5-6 per disc, you might want to have chapter forward capability.
But, I have the same setup at home as what you described, and it works excellent... minus the decoder card, but a PIII-600 or higher kinda negates the need of a decoder card. Only drawback is you have to buy a software decoder (I'm talking from a Windows standpoint, not Linux.)
A Software decoder, like Intervideo WinDVD, is $39.99. For that amount, go ahead and waste a PCI slot for $10 more. I don't understand why Microsoft didn't just go ahead and include a software decoder built into the OS (Windows XP), and put those guys out of business.... they've already screwed Winzip, PKzip, WinAMP (although I still use it), Roxio (EZ-CD Creator), and others. Once you have the software decoder installed, Windows Media Player (I know, many of you hate it) justs references the drivers and uses them as if they were codecs.
Another thought is to try a "This end Up" indicator, that has the liquid and spill-over indicators if the package is tilted more than a certain degree. Remember, put it on perpendicular sides, not paralell sides... Or, if you want, on all 4 sides. Granted, that won't show you damage, but it will give an idea of that aspect of shipping.
"I think FCC is making them phase analog out slowly for some reason but I may be wrong on that"
I think they're referring to the mandatory HDTV shift in 2005, but I'm not sure... can someone explain the difference between HDTV, digital cable, and analog cable, I think I know but I'm probably wrong.
Problem is, Microsoft (and for that matter, anyone making a console system or piece of a home entertainment center) needs to keep in mind that it is all too possible that this piece of equipment WILL be put into a space with about a finger's worth of clearance on each side and top, and will possibly also have a couple things stacked on top of it. They need to design them either for quick heat dissipation, or low heat generation.
The kiosk is spacious compared to what some will go through....
Here in Norwich, Connecticut, USA, I'm stuck in a monopoly every way.
Power is only available over one carrier, Norwich Utilities. I can't change over to the statewide carrier, CL&P, or choose who my generator is (although those outside on CL&P tell me prices are identical on all generators).
Phone is only available via SNET. Period. I can choose loong-distance, but that's my only flexibility.
Cable is available over Adelphia. I can't choose to go over to Eastern Connecticut Cable (who does offer @Home). Also, Adelphia has a terrible lineup, so I decided to go Dish, and saved $5 a month while getting more channels of what I want. (Sure I can't watch When Millionaires Attack on the local Fox/ABC affiliate, but I never did)
Broadband: Sure, I have a choice. I've got Adelphia (cable modem) telling me they'll get to my area in a year and a half to two years (which is the same as they told me a year ago). I ask them to offer @Home, and they tell me they have their own service. I've got SNET (DSL) telling me that I'm 750 feet out of range, because I live on town border. Then I've got Starband (sure, I'll pay $800 hardware, $200 installation fee, and $80 monthly fee for a service with terrible lag!) Or, I can go with ISDN ($1000 installation, $70 monthly) or T1 ($2000 monthly).
All because back in the 70's, Connecticut had no public utilities, and they let the private companies set up their own networks, instead of the state putting the wiring in and licensing to run over it. Now, the utilites make their own contracts with the town to be a monopoly for that town, and the town has no choice, because the utilities sure won't let someone else run over their lines! I've written my State Rep, but what good has that done?
I know, I know. Quit bitching and move to Europe already!
A nice movie to watch demonstrating this is "Race The Sun". It's about a group of kids from a Hawaii high school who decided to build a solar car for the local challenge, which then sent them on to the International challenge in Australia (going straight through the middle of Australia from south to north, which is pretty much like going the St. Louis to California leg, as far as the scenery is concerned.)
Yes, Nuclear propulsion for Orbit-to-orbit craft wouldn't screw up Earth's atmosphere.... but how would you get the fuel up there? There's enough people worrying when we say we're sending a small chunk up, but anything that's used for long scale is gonna need a slightly bigger chunk, or multitude of chunks.
Then you gotta worry about those who believe that if you launch within x km of Earth you will be leaving a nuclear cloud for thousands of years, which will slowly drift into Earth's atmosphere and...
(no, I'm not anti-nuke... but I'm looking at both sides of the argument. Nuke propulsion is lighter, but at a cost)
BTW, for those out there who say the word nuclear: It's pronounced Nu-klee-ur, not Nu-Cue-lar or Nu-Q-Lur. Don't believe me? Check the dictionary.
As of 7:55 Eastern on July 6, 2001, Pricewatch lists GeForce2 GTS starting at $105 (plus shipping, lowest one listed at $105 + $11). $116 is quite a distance from $400.
3) Get a power strip that will do phone line protetction. (I'm in an area where DSL is just out of reach, cable modem is non-existant for 1-2 years, and sattelite-internet still costs $80/month and $800 for hardware, so I'm still stuck at dial-up). I just had two people come into my office (IT Dept) asking me to look at their home machines, and one had a modem that fried, the other had a motherboard that fried (I didn't get a chance to test that modem). Both insisted they had their computer plugged into a power strip, and there were no electrical surges at their house, but both were dialed up during a lightning storm.
Slightly offtopic: I've recently been seeing some power strips that claim to protect "cable TV" lines. Granted, you should have your sattelite dish properly grounded when installed, but does anyone know if these strips are worthwhile sticking in-line to your dish and receiver?
Thanks for the correction. I couldn't remember the exact quote.
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Warp Nacelles folding up: Berman thought it looked cool. But yes, that explanation you gave pretty much covers it.
I didn't factor those events in because I was looking at it from Janeway's view in "Caretaker Part 2". She didn't know those things would pop up, so she was figuring the time out as best as she could, taking in the delays, and not accounting for any shortcuts.
That's not to say she wasn't looking for shortcuts. Most of the first season was about the ship looking for shortcuts, preferrably wormholes (for example: Eye of the Needle, Prime Factors, dialogue from multiple episodes). About the beginning of second season, the topic turned more to "Well, we can't find a shortcut, so let's try to make first contacts and explore while we're here", which understandably brought up arguments from crew members, especially Neelix, from time to time.
And yes, I have seen the whole series, from start to finish. I have quite a few arguments about where technology disappeared to (Warp Ten shuttle (Threshold), Coaxial Warp (Vis a Vis), Quantum Slipstream (Hope and Fear... Seven said at the end of the episode that she was working on it to adapt to Voyager's systems), Transwarp Conduit (Dark Frontier... that was adapting Transwarp Conduit for use on Voyager, not using an external Conduit Generator).
Understandably the creators couldn't use such easy ways out, because if Voyager had a quick way home, most of the series was gone. However, revisiting Slipstream or Coaxial Warp would have been a nice thing to see. (Remembering Coaxial Warp, it supposedly took them about 10% faster than their existing warp, and would have still meant a long travel.)
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Episode: Force of Nature (middle of last paragraph explains about the warp 5 limit)
http://www.startrek.com/library/episodes_tng_det ai l.asp?ID=68628
(for some reason/. transformed the last part of that address. It's actually.....detail.asp?ID..... )
Star Trek: The next Generation episode list (shows Force of Nature as Season 7)
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Ehh? LOTR, What's that? Babylon 5: Legend of the Rangers?
I remember LORD. Nice BBS game. I even set up a BBS server on my computer, standalone so no one could dial in, just so I could play it when my local BBS that served LORD bowed out. Any telnet servers out there that host LORD?
And of course you didn't read the notifications that say this virus spreads via IRC as well..... (check www.sarc.com, www.networkassociates.com for info).
Finds those processes, kills them, and tries to clear those directories. I'd call that destructive.
Star Trek, Episode 1: The Phantom Time-Menace
Star Trek, Episode 1: The Phantom Suliban
That's about the quality I'm seeing. Yes, it's a story within itself to explain the future, but its being poorly written. The original series and NextGen had some good episodes. This one has poor episodes, and effects that are a little ahead of what they should be (A friend points out that nacelles light up when going into warp, and they didn't do that until a few ship classes before the Enterprise-D (Galaxy class).
And did I hear the pilot (I used to be a boomer) as the voice of the dilithium freighters in "Star Trek Armada 2" (PC game)? If you ask me, they're making too much of a deal with his whole background, not there is much of one there.
Well, it didn't bundle in Winzip's software (like bundling in AOL's software). They made built-in Zip file functionality, built into the OS. No extra software is required to open Zip files, extract files, create new Zip files... there's gotta be some functionality of Winzip that didn't get included... and no, it wasn't a license of technology, like CD-burning was licensed from Roxio, or backup to tape was licensed from Veritas.
I know one of my friends just picked up two Apex 500W units for $88 at a Wal-Mart in Windham, CT, 2 weeks ago (one for his personal use, one for a gift for parents.) I tested it, and it plays CD-R VCD's just fine (Burned a MPG to VCD using a cheap CD-R, then played it.) So, that shows it has no problem reading cheap CD-R's. It plays his DVD's just fine. I just haven't tested the audio CD playing capability, which it also says it can do.
One thing I'm curious about is if these things will handle the screwy copy-protection audio CD's.
The one problem with your setup is that there's no remote control included... to navigate the main menu, skip chapters, etc, you'll need to be at the computer.
Now, that's not a problem for me, for regular movies. I start up a movie, then sit back and watch it. But, for things like Anime, where the include beginning credits and end credits for each episode, sometimes 5-6 per disc, you might want to have chapter forward capability.
But, I have the same setup at home as what you described, and it works excellent... minus the decoder card, but a PIII-600 or higher kinda negates the need of a decoder card. Only drawback is you have to buy a software decoder (I'm talking from a Windows standpoint, not Linux.)
A Software decoder, like Intervideo WinDVD, is $39.99. For that amount, go ahead and waste a PCI slot for $10 more. I don't understand why Microsoft didn't just go ahead and include a software decoder built into the OS (Windows XP), and put those guys out of business.... they've already screwed Winzip, PKzip, WinAMP (although I still use it), Roxio (EZ-CD Creator), and others. Once you have the software decoder installed, Windows Media Player (I know, many of you hate it) justs references the drivers and uses them as if they were codecs.
Another thought is to try a "This end Up" indicator, that has the liquid and spill-over indicators if the package is tilted more than a certain degree. Remember, put it on perpendicular sides, not paralell sides... Or, if you want, on all 4 sides. Granted, that won't show you damage, but it will give an idea of that aspect of shipping.
That distance sounds about right from what they mentioned in Race The Sun.
I guess it IS better than posting a story about Katz, in some people's opinions.
"I think FCC is making them phase analog out slowly for some reason but I may be wrong on that"
I think they're referring to the mandatory HDTV shift in 2005, but I'm not sure... can someone explain the difference between HDTV, digital cable, and analog cable, I think I know but I'm probably wrong.
Problem is, Microsoft (and for that matter, anyone making a console system or piece of a home entertainment center) needs to keep in mind that it is all too possible that this piece of equipment WILL be put into a space with about a finger's worth of clearance on each side and top, and will possibly also have a couple things stacked on top of it. They need to design them either for quick heat dissipation, or low heat generation.
The kiosk is spacious compared to what some will go through....
Here in Norwich, Connecticut, USA, I'm stuck in a monopoly every way.
Power is only available over one carrier, Norwich Utilities. I can't change over to the statewide carrier, CL&P, or choose who my generator is (although those outside on CL&P tell me prices are identical on all generators).
Phone is only available via SNET. Period. I can choose loong-distance, but that's my only flexibility.
Cable is available over Adelphia. I can't choose to go over to Eastern Connecticut Cable (who does offer @Home). Also, Adelphia has a terrible lineup, so I decided to go Dish, and saved $5 a month while getting more channels of what I want. (Sure I can't watch When Millionaires Attack on the local Fox/ABC affiliate, but I never did)
Broadband: Sure, I have a choice. I've got Adelphia (cable modem) telling me they'll get to my area in a year and a half to two years (which is the same as they told me a year ago). I ask them to offer @Home, and they tell me they have their own service. I've got SNET (DSL) telling me that I'm 750 feet out of range, because I live on town border. Then I've got Starband (sure, I'll pay $800 hardware, $200 installation fee, and $80 monthly fee for a service with terrible lag!) Or, I can go with ISDN ($1000 installation, $70 monthly) or T1 ($2000 monthly).
All because back in the 70's, Connecticut had no public utilities, and they let the private companies set up their own networks, instead of the state putting the wiring in and licensing to run over it. Now, the utilites make their own contracts with the town to be a monopoly for that town, and the town has no choice, because the utilities sure won't let someone else run over their lines! I've written my State Rep, but what good has that done?
I know, I know. Quit bitching and move to Europe already!
Actually, if I remember right, Pathfinder (1996?) was surrounded by airbags when it first touched down on Mars.
My God! They've gone to PLAID!
To paraphrase from the 1997 movie, The Saint:
"You must complete three miracles and be dead to be a Saint."
Well.... that's one... can I see the other two and the death?
Maxwell Smart must have had Tennesee Tuxedo as an intelligence assignment.
Correction: That should be Richard Dean Anderson.
A nice movie to watch demonstrating this is "Race The Sun". It's about a group of kids from a Hawaii high school who decided to build a solar car for the local challenge, which then sent them on to the International challenge in Australia (going straight through the middle of Australia from south to north, which is pretty much like going the St. Louis to California leg, as far as the scenery is concerned.)
icanneverbereached@sogoaway.com aint my address.
Yes, Nuclear propulsion for Orbit-to-orbit craft wouldn't screw up Earth's atmosphere.... but how would you get the fuel up there? There's enough people worrying when we say we're sending a small chunk up, but anything that's used for long scale is gonna need a slightly bigger chunk, or multitude of chunks.
Then you gotta worry about those who believe that if you launch within x km of Earth you will be leaving a nuclear cloud for thousands of years, which will slowly drift into Earth's atmosphere and...
(no, I'm not anti-nuke... but I'm looking at both sides of the argument. Nuke propulsion is lighter, but at a cost)
BTW, for those out there who say the word nuclear: It's pronounced Nu-klee-ur, not Nu-Cue-lar or Nu-Q-Lur. Don't believe me? Check the dictionary.
icanneverbereached@sogoaway.com aint my address.
As of 7:55 Eastern on July 6, 2001, Pricewatch lists GeForce2 GTS starting at $105 (plus shipping, lowest one listed at $105 + $11). $116 is quite a distance from $400.
icanneverbereached@sogoaway.com aint my address.
3) Get a power strip that will do phone line protetction. (I'm in an area where DSL is just out of reach, cable modem is non-existant for 1-2 years, and sattelite-internet still costs $80/month and $800 for hardware, so I'm still stuck at dial-up). I just had two people come into my office (IT Dept) asking me to look at their home machines, and one had a modem that fried, the other had a motherboard that fried (I didn't get a chance to test that modem). Both insisted they had their computer plugged into a power strip, and there were no electrical surges at their house, but both were dialed up during a lightning storm. Slightly offtopic: I've recently been seeing some power strips that claim to protect "cable TV" lines. Granted, you should have your sattelite dish properly grounded when installed, but does anyone know if these strips are worthwhile sticking in-line to your dish and receiver?
icanneverbereached@sogoaway.com aint my address.
Homer doesn't go mad, he goes crazy.
Thanks for the correction. I couldn't remember the exact quote.
icanneverbereached@sogoaway.com aint my address.
Warp Nacelles folding up: Berman thought it looked cool. But yes, that explanation you gave pretty much covers it.
I didn't factor those events in because I was looking at it from Janeway's view in "Caretaker Part 2". She didn't know those things would pop up, so she was figuring the time out as best as she could, taking in the delays, and not accounting for any shortcuts.
That's not to say she wasn't looking for shortcuts. Most of the first season was about the ship looking for shortcuts, preferrably wormholes (for example: Eye of the Needle, Prime Factors, dialogue from multiple episodes). About the beginning of second season, the topic turned more to "Well, we can't find a shortcut, so let's try to make first contacts and explore while we're here", which understandably brought up arguments from crew members, especially Neelix, from time to time.
And yes, I have seen the whole series, from start to finish. I have quite a few arguments about where technology disappeared to (Warp Ten shuttle (Threshold), Coaxial Warp (Vis a Vis), Quantum Slipstream (Hope and Fear... Seven said at the end of the episode that she was working on it to adapt to Voyager's systems), Transwarp Conduit (Dark Frontier... that was adapting Transwarp Conduit for use on Voyager, not using an external Conduit Generator).
Understandably the creators couldn't use such easy ways out, because if Voyager had a quick way home, most of the series was gone. However, revisiting Slipstream or Coaxial Warp would have been a nice thing to see. (Remembering Coaxial Warp, it supposedly took them about 10% faster than their existing warp, and would have still meant a long travel.)
icanneverbereached@sogoaway.com aint my address.
Episode: Force of Nature (middle of last paragraph explains about the warp 5 limit)
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http://www.startrek.com/library/episodes_tng_de
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Star Trek: The next Generation episode list (shows Force of Nature as Season 7)
http://www.startrek.com/library/episodes_tng.as
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