In my area, I think it's $89/month; I was paying about $79 before because I had no cable. This is the 16mbps/~2.5mbps package; I had 8mbps/~2.3mbps before.
I see lots of posts talking about the 250GB cap on Comcast. It isn't 250GB, at least, no in my area; I know one guy (it isn't me, I swear) who lives in the next closest major city to me (same state), he got shut off twice (under 2 accounts) for going over 1 TB; me, I got a call from Comcast when I went over 500 GB for 2 months in a row. So, I did what he did: at the suggestion of the "Quality Assurance" rep, I switched to business internet. I pay about $20 more a month, and I had to sign a 3 year contract, but they don't call me anymore, and if I have to call tech support, I'm on hold for maybe a minute.
Seriously though, I use ClamAV on my home PC and work PC; while I never do anything on my work PC to get a virus/trojan/whatever, I have done it on my home PC and recently; ClamAV (Clamwin) has found more than a few viruses in the past 6 months.
Until Clamwin comes with an on-access scanner though, most people are going to continue to snub their nose at it. Personally, I like the fact it doesn't have an on-access scanner.
When my car was broken into, I was told by the responding police officer that I might have prevented it by keeping my seats and visible areas clear of junk that would entice criminals. So, who is at fault
If you'd listen to the police, you'd realize they're giving you preventive measures you can take to lower the chance your car will be stolen. They're not blaming you, just trying to educate. You could've put a million dollars on the front seat, doors locked, and something stole it, the thief would still be at fault, but you would definitely be the laughing stock of the police station.
#3 isn't wrong. It doesn't have an addon/extension system. Built-in customization features do not count. Opera has no where near the extensibility of Firefox.
Don't get me wrong, I like Opera. I use it at work because it has the most compatibility with the websites I have to use without being IE. It's very fast and has a small footprint, CPU and memory-wise, but I just can't use it for my everyday surfing, simply because it lacks the ability to extend/support addons. The main addon I can't live without is adblock plus. Yes, I know Opera can do ad blocking, but who wants to add them by editing a file? And don't forget, adblock plus has pre-defined adblock list sources, so you don't even have to build your own just to get a decent amount of ads blocked; the list does it automatically.
Living without something like Adblock Plus is a deal breaker when using a browser.
1. It's not open source 2. It wasn't free for a very long time, then they had a brief period where a free version was available with ads, then they took the ads away and made all versions (windows, linux, etc.) free. 3. No addon/extension system
Salmonella is hardly worth the attention you're giving it, since it can be killed by making sure the food is fully cooked. Wtf do you mean you would rather eat "raw Swedish chicken"? Do you actually enjoy raw chicken? Gross.
This is exactly right. You have no idea how many calls I field (ISP tech support) where customers call in because they're having slow speeds, problems getting disconnected, etc., just for us to find out that their connected to their neighbor's wireless that uses a completely different ISP. They had no idea that windows had connected to an unsecured AP when their router failed to work (misconfigured router or a simple power cable unplugged).
I remember using it in high school ('99?) and how the format you saved in, by default, was simply a type of marked up text; in the editor, you could go to a certain mode that would allow you to edit out the markup code itself (a lot like a wysiwyg editor for html, but... well, html isn't really known for any kind of real word processing). This was so powerful, and when I had a class on Word, I hated it didn't have that feature.
If WordPerfect could read/write ODF, I would go out and buy a legitimate copy (no, I don't even have a pirate copy - it's useless unless you don't need to share your document with others).
WordPerfect made sense. I'm glad justice is (possibly) on it's way to be served.
I suspect that you all-too easily assume that the erosion of our freedoms is driven mainly by malicious intent.
I see arguments like this all the time: "do not attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity" (or something like that), and vice versa. WTF is wrong with you people? While it does matter why x is happening, most of the time, at least in the case of the erosion of our freedoms, it's more important that it is happening, and that we need to stop it. Now excuse me while I get back to my armchair politics elsewhere.
I don't just call it a terrible SPU; it is a terrible SPU. The reason you disagree is probably because you aren't aware of high fidelity audio principles and largely playback poor quality audio.
I disagree because it sounds great to me. Your audiophile explanation as to why it sucks doesn't really concern me.
I though most worthwhile anime stuff you got on the internet was hard-subbed anyway... oh well.
Some of the really good, high-res (720p), high quality anime in h264 and mkv have both hard subs and soft subs. I agree about karaoke stuff some groups use - some go way overboard and the soft subs have problems rendering correctly (I had this problem with Utawarerumono - the sub group did some advanced karaoke completely in.ass and it didn't work most of the time). Most groups I've seen will use hard subs for the karaoke, but soft subs for the dialog. Dennou Coil subbed by Ureshii is one that comes to mind.
I may take a look at linux on the desktop later on down the line, but for now my gentoo server is the only one I'll run.
I rarely use dvd subtitles. I'm talking about Substation Alpha, Advanced Substation Alpha, or even SubRip - the main softsubs used in anime. The support is horrid on linux.
Media Player Classic isn't really any issue, but vobsub/directvobsub (not virtualdub - two different programs) is important for soft subs to work correctly.
Ah and X-Fi: you may call it a terrible SPU, but it sounds great to me on Vista.
go download the latest Ubuntu, install it on your "Vista Capable Machine" , try using it for a while, then honestly look and see if it isn't superior for desktop use than Vista.
Call me when Ubuntu has media player classic (or at least a clone), vsfilter/vobsub, ffdshow, and full surround support for my X-Fi card. Yes, I know I bought the card, and therefore it's my fault. Yes, I know it isn't Ubuntu's fault. But the fact remains that these things are keeping me from switching to Ubuntu. Even if I didn't have the X-Fi sound card, I still wouldn't switch without vobsub support (rendering subtitles correctly [for anime] is a big deal to me).
IANAL, blah blah blah (of course), but I would think since you don't own the copyright on the software (and therefore don't own full rights to it), you're not liable.
I was going to mod this up, but I'll reply instead. I remember some of the games you mentioned; I als o remember playing Math Blaster. Man, that brings back memories.
You're off the mark on this comment. People infected with viruses don't use all that much bandwidth; they usually use more up than down (if the virus/trojan is a mass mailer). I work in a dept of a tech support company that handles abuse issues, and the people using the most bandwidth are always doing some sort of file sharing. But don't misunderstand me; I'm not against file sharing, far from it. It's just how it is. Occasionally we will come across suspicious usage, based on looking at upload bandwidth graphs, and call the customer. Almost always it's file sharing of some kind.
The first line is redundant, and also by the first line being present, the second line contains an unnecessary command: "u". This is a switch to upgrade the package; since it was unmerged in the first line, it isn't necessary. It should be written as:
emerge -u gentoo-leaderships
- or if you want to see what version and flags will be in use when it's upgraded, try:
emerge -uav gentoo-leaderships
Even the original code won't faily silently; you can view the stdout if it has failed, you know.
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In my area, I think it's $89/month; I was paying about $79 before because I had no cable. This is the 16mbps/~2.5mbps package; I had 8mbps/~2.3mbps before.
I see lots of posts talking about the 250GB cap on Comcast. It isn't 250GB, at least, no in my area; I know one guy (it isn't me, I swear) who lives in the next closest major city to me (same state), he got shut off twice (under 2 accounts) for going over 1 TB; me, I got a call from Comcast when I went over 500 GB for 2 months in a row. So, I did what he did: at the suggestion of the "Quality Assurance" rep, I switched to business internet. I pay about $20 more a month, and I had to sign a 3 year contract, but they don't call me anymore, and if I have to call tech support, I'm on hold for maybe a minute.
Edit the Wikipedia article to meet your needs?
Seriously though, I use ClamAV on my home PC and work PC; while I never do anything on my work PC to get a virus/trojan/whatever, I have done it on my home PC and recently; ClamAV (Clamwin) has found more than a few viruses in the past 6 months.
Until Clamwin comes with an on-access scanner though, most people are going to continue to snub their nose at it. Personally, I like the fact it doesn't have an on-access scanner.
It is a question of what is more important to you: 100% hardware support or freedom.
What about the freedom to have 100% hardware support?
When my car was broken into, I was told by the responding police officer that I might have prevented it by keeping my seats and visible areas clear of junk that would entice criminals. So, who is at fault
If you'd listen to the police, you'd realize they're giving you preventive measures you can take to lower the chance your car will be stolen. They're not blaming you, just trying to educate. You could've put a million dollars on the front seat, doors locked, and something stole it, the thief would still be at fault, but you would definitely be the laughing stock of the police station.
Would they say the geographic location of Goatse to be... Uranus?
IE4Linux? Not exactly legal, but hey...
#3 isn't wrong. It doesn't have an addon/extension system. Built-in customization features do not count. Opera has no where near the extensibility of Firefox.
Don't get me wrong, I like Opera. I use it at work because it has the most compatibility with the websites I have to use without being IE. It's very fast and has a small footprint, CPU and memory-wise, but I just can't use it for my everyday surfing, simply because it lacks the ability to extend/support addons. The main addon I can't live without is adblock plus. Yes, I know Opera can do ad blocking, but who wants to add them by editing a file? And don't forget, adblock plus has pre-defined adblock list sources, so you don't even have to build your own just to get a decent amount of ads blocked; the list does it automatically.
Living without something like Adblock Plus is a deal breaker when using a browser.
1. It's not open source
2. It wasn't free for a very long time, then they had a brief period where a free version was available with ads, then they took the ads away and made all versions (windows, linux, etc.) free.
3. No addon/extension system
Though I see #3 as the biggie.
Salmonella is hardly worth the attention you're giving it, since it can be killed by making sure the food is fully cooked. Wtf do you mean you would rather eat "raw Swedish chicken"? Do you actually enjoy raw chicken? Gross.
This is exactly right. You have no idea how many calls I field (ISP tech support) where customers call in because they're having slow speeds, problems getting disconnected, etc., just for us to find out that their connected to their neighbor's wireless that uses a completely different ISP. They had no idea that windows had connected to an unsecured AP when their router failed to work (misconfigured router or a simple power cable unplugged).
I remember using it in high school ('99?) and how the format you saved in, by default, was simply a type of marked up text; in the editor, you could go to a certain mode that would allow you to edit out the markup code itself (a lot like a wysiwyg editor for html, but... well, html isn't really known for any kind of real word processing). This was so powerful, and when I had a class on Word, I hated it didn't have that feature.
If WordPerfect could read/write ODF, I would go out and buy a legitimate copy (no, I don't even have a pirate copy - it's useless unless you don't need to share your document with others).
WordPerfect made sense. I'm glad justice is (possibly) on it's way to be served.
I suspect that you all-too easily assume that the erosion of our freedoms is driven mainly by malicious intent.
I see arguments like this all the time: "do not attribute to malice what can be attributed to stupidity" (or something like that), and vice versa. WTF is wrong with you people? While it does matter why x is happening, most of the time, at least in the case of the erosion of our freedoms, it's more important that it is happening, and that we need to stop it. Now excuse me while I get back to my armchair politics elsewhere.
I don't just call it a terrible SPU; it is a terrible SPU. The reason you disagree is probably because you aren't aware of high fidelity audio principles and largely playback poor quality audio.
I disagree because it sounds great to me. Your audiophile explanation as to why it sucks doesn't really concern me.
I though most worthwhile anime stuff you got on the internet was hard-subbed anyway... oh well.
.ass and it didn't work most of the time). Most groups I've seen will use hard subs for the karaoke, but soft subs for the dialog. Dennou Coil subbed by Ureshii is one that comes to mind.
Some of the really good, high-res (720p), high quality anime in h264 and mkv have both hard subs and soft subs. I agree about karaoke stuff some groups use - some go way overboard and the soft subs have problems rendering correctly (I had this problem with Utawarerumono - the sub group did some advanced karaoke completely in
I may take a look at linux on the desktop later on down the line, but for now my gentoo server is the only one I'll run.
I rarely use dvd subtitles. I'm talking about Substation Alpha, Advanced Substation Alpha, or even SubRip - the main softsubs used in anime. The support is horrid on linux.
Media Player Classic isn't really any issue, but vobsub/directvobsub (not virtualdub - two different programs) is important for soft subs to work correctly.
Ah and X-Fi: you may call it a terrible SPU, but it sounds great to me on Vista.
go download the latest Ubuntu, install it on your "Vista Capable Machine" , try using it for a while, then honestly look and see if it isn't superior for desktop use than Vista.
Call me when Ubuntu has media player classic (or at least a clone), vsfilter/vobsub, ffdshow, and full surround support for my X-Fi card. Yes, I know I bought the card, and therefore it's my fault. Yes, I know it isn't Ubuntu's fault. But the fact remains that these things are keeping me from switching to Ubuntu. Even if I didn't have the X-Fi sound card, I still wouldn't switch without vobsub support (rendering subtitles correctly [for anime] is a big deal to me).
I misread it as "Symantec Web Getting Real" and I was like, "wtf? The maker of Norton's website is buying Real?"
Localhost (127.0.0.1) has a 32-bit subnet mask, so 127.0.0.1/32.
IANAL, blah blah blah (of course), but I would think since you don't own the copyright on the software (and therefore don't own full rights to it), you're not liable.
I was going to mod this up, but I'll reply instead. I remember some of the games you mentioned; I als o remember playing Math Blaster. Man, that brings back memories.
So is reading your comment.
And so is reading this one.
You're off the mark on this comment. People infected with viruses don't use all that much bandwidth; they usually use more up than down (if the virus/trojan is a mass mailer). I work in a dept of a tech support company that handles abuse issues, and the people using the most bandwidth are always doing some sort of file sharing. But don't misunderstand me; I'm not against file sharing, far from it. It's just how it is. Occasionally we will come across suspicious usage, based on looking at upload bandwidth graphs, and call the customer. Almost always it's file sharing of some kind.