yes, because you see, they only keep their source code on one specific computer, the one that was hacked, so if the source code was filled with "trojans", they'd be screwed and we'll never seen Half Life 2 by the end of the year...
"synchronous dsl explained - SDSL technology is equivalent to leased line technology in that you get the same upload and download speed. "
http://www.softprose.com/proposals/dsl_types.htm l
"Business DSL is typically SDSL- Synchronous DSL, with identical upload and download rates. It is considerably more expensive than DSL sold to the home. Home DSL, however, is nearly always ADSL- Asynchronous DSL, with different rates for Upload (much slower) and Downloads (faster). "
true but that T1 is synchronous - downstream speed = upstream speed , whereas Comcast does 1.8 down, and 256k up.
man it'd be sweet if I could run an FTP at 183 KB/s upload speed... I'd be sure to spread the wealth around:) *wink*
Re: Eh? My mousewheel in W2K does scroll the window the pointer is over in windows. I'd rather have it would scroll the window that has keyboard focus though.
Umm... you didn't f*ck with the Powertoys X-Mouse settings did you? There is an option in Windows Powertoys (at least in windows 2000 and XP) that allows you to focus on whatever window your mouse pointer is hovering over, allowing you to scroll or type or whatever you need it to do. In addition to that, it allows you to choose whether you want to just focus the window wherever it's at at the moment (under other windows etc,) or focus it and bring it to the front upon mouse hovering over it? (I can't imagine how this can be useful, it's very confusing and unexpected if you set it to this)
I guess you mean being able to login to that computer from another computer and continue using whatever apps they were using before? (I'm not real familiar with Linux)
On the other hand, If you're talking about having multiple users use the same physical computer and have them simultaneously logged in running different apps in their own individual desktops, then Windows XP has a feature called Fast User Switching, which essentially allows another user of the computer to login without logging off the previous users, do whatever they need to do and the other person can resume right where they left off.
If you're talking about logging on through a network to the same machine, there was recently a free trial on Microsoft's site that was essentially just that, you could login through their Remote Access utility into a Windows 2k3 server running some remote access/telnet feature that allowed multiple users to login to that same server simultaneously and receiving their own machine (essentially, virtual pc's in the same machine)
needless to say most english speaking people know that the "x" letter is pronounced the same way as "cs" or "ks"... so I figured it would be redundant to type to letters when I could very easily do half the work and type one letter.
Replying to this post completely negates what I was trying to accomplish with my "x" trick, but I thought you'd like to know.
That's why every new "generation" of drivers by NVIDIA helps a bit in the performance department.
The 20.xx series helped out dramatically for the GeForce3 series; and so on with the GF4 and GF5, each new generation of drivers help out more than the previous one. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a new driver released every week, which to me shows the dedication they have for their products.
Some other companies release drivers ever few months or so (like ATI, which has a dismal driver quality record, much improved recently)
Yeah, I had one of those too. The only problem is that if you want to recover again, the Recovery Disks will only work if you have 1 partition. It will attempt to create a RAM Drive in drive D: and if that's taken up by another partition, the recovery process will fail... which is what pissed me off enough to get a copy of Windows 2000 from a friend. Problem was definitely solved, and not to mention Windows 2000 is much better than that piece of crap '98.
better yet, boot with any old windows 95/98/me/2k/xp boot up disk, type "fdisk/mbr" at the prompt and that will replace your Master Boot Record (MBR) with a DOS one, which is the same one all the Windows OS' use. Upon reboot, you'll find it will recognize the Windows installation right away.
Why would it? If you leave any applications running under a selected user and you switch, they will continue running seamlessly (well, assuming you have enough RAM).
Does this behavior differ in Linux/OSX? Perhaps they just disable audio device access when you switch so you don't have several audio streams playing simultaneously.
I thought it was interesting that the Rap song sounded like it was from the early 90s, and the games looked like they were from that era (Oregon Trail 1??) but the programmer was talking about Neverwinter Nights. Has NWN really been in production that long?
Based on the 2 reviews, the Db level is much lower than that.
One reviewer said that it was 54 Db in 2D mode and 58 Db in 3D mode (opengl or DirectX) - Extreme Tech
The 2nd reviewer said that the noise was at 56Db in 2D mode and 60 Db in 3D mode. - HardOCP
Either way it's still way lower than 70Db, because every increase of 3 Db mean the sound is twice as loud (logarithmic scale).
A GeForce FX is definitely not as loud as a compressor running at 70 Db, because that compressor would be actually 4 times louder than a GeForce FX.
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yes, because you see, they only keep their source code on one specific computer, the one that was hacked, so if the source code was filled with "trojans", they'd be screwed and we'll never seen Half Life 2 by the end of the year...
http://www.swiftcomputers.co.uk/sdsl.asp
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"synchronous dsl explained - SDSL technology is equivalent to leased line technology in that you get the same upload and download speed.
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http://www.softprose.com/proposals/dsl_types.ht
"Business DSL is typically SDSL- Synchronous DSL, with identical upload and download rates. It is considerably more expensive than DSL sold to the home. Home DSL, however, is nearly always ADSL- Asynchronous DSL, with different rates for Upload (much slower) and Downloads (faster). "
though symetric may also be applied to what I said, "synchronous" still means same speed for upload/download
care to prove me wrong? (not you, but parent poster)
true but that T1 is synchronous - downstream speed = upstream speed , whereas Comcast does 1.8 down, and 256k up. man it'd be sweet if I could run an FTP at 183 KB/s upload speed... I'd be sure to spread the wealth around :) *wink*
Re: Eh? My mousewheel in W2K does scroll the window the pointer is over in windows. I'd rather have it would scroll the window that has keyboard focus though.
Umm... you didn't f*ck with the Powertoys X-Mouse settings did you? There is an option in Windows Powertoys (at least in windows 2000 and XP) that allows you to focus on whatever window your mouse pointer is hovering over, allowing you to scroll or type or whatever you need it to do. In addition to that, it allows you to choose whether you want to just focus the window wherever it's at at the moment (under other windows etc,) or focus it and bring it to the front upon mouse hovering over it? (I can't imagine how this can be useful, it's very confusing and unexpected if you set it to this)
I guess you mean being able to login to that computer from another computer and continue using whatever apps they were using before? (I'm not real familiar with Linux)
On the other hand, If you're talking about having multiple users use the same physical computer and have them simultaneously logged in running different apps in their own individual desktops, then Windows XP has a feature called Fast User Switching, which essentially allows another user of the computer to login without logging off the previous users, do whatever they need to do and the other person can resume right where they left off.
If you're talking about logging on through a network to the same machine, there was recently a free trial on Microsoft's site that was essentially just that, you could login through their Remote Access utility into a Windows 2k3 server running some remote access/telnet feature that allowed multiple users to login to that same server simultaneously and receiving their own machine (essentially, virtual pc's in the same machine)
your brain is so deficient at chess it requires the equivalent of an external FPUs installed in it - wow, a step backwards to 386s.
needless to say most english speaking people know that the "x" letter is pronounced the same way as "cs" or "ks"... so I figured it would be redundant to type to letters when I could very easily do half the work and type one letter.
Replying to this post completely negates what I was trying to accomplish with my "x" trick, but I thought you'd like to know.
That's why every new "generation" of drivers by NVIDIA helps a bit in the performance department. The 20.xx series helped out dramatically for the GeForce3 series; and so on with the GF4 and GF5, each new generation of drivers help out more than the previous one. Otherwise, there wouldn't be a new driver released every week, which to me shows the dedication they have for their products. Some other companies release drivers ever few months or so (like ATI, which has a dismal driver quality record, much improved recently)
last time I checked all graphix cards need drivers to enable their acceleration.
Yeah, I had one of those too. The only problem is that if you want to recover again, the Recovery Disks will only work if you have 1 partition. It will attempt to create a RAM Drive in drive D: and if that's taken up by another partition, the recovery process will fail... which is what pissed me off enough to get a copy of Windows 2000 from a friend. Problem was definitely solved, and not to mention Windows 2000 is much better than that piece of crap '98.
better yet, boot with any old windows 95/98/me/2k/xp boot up disk, type "fdisk /mbr" at the prompt and that will replace your Master Boot Record (MBR) with a DOS one, which is the same one all the Windows OS' use. Upon reboot, you'll find it will recognize the Windows installation right away.
I'd hear the phrase "space age tractors" in my lifetime... but we've reached such great technological innovation I marvel at future possibilities.
Why would it? If you leave any applications running under a selected user and you switch, they will continue running seamlessly (well, assuming you have enough RAM). Does this behavior differ in Linux/OSX? Perhaps they just disable audio device access when you switch so you don't have several audio streams playing simultaneously.
I thought it was interesting that the Rap song sounded like it was from the early 90s, and the games looked like they were from that era (Oregon Trail 1??) but the programmer was talking about Neverwinter Nights. Has NWN really been in production that long?
the "trek" part that is
Stop right there. I have here the only working phaser ever built. It was fired only once, to keep William Shatner from making another album.
"miniature"... but apparently it is. 49 comments and no one's said anything so far.
Based on the 2 reviews, the Db level is much lower than that.
One reviewer said that it was 54 Db in 2D mode and 58 Db in 3D mode (opengl or DirectX) - Extreme Tech
The 2nd reviewer said that the noise was at 56Db in 2D mode and 60 Db in 3D mode. - HardOCP
Either way it's still way lower than 70Db, because every increase of 3 Db mean the sound is twice as loud (logarithmic scale). A GeForce FX is definitely not as loud as a compressor running at 70 Db, because that compressor would be actually 4 times louder than a GeForce FX.
Yes