The "Unix way to avoid fragmentation" might be fine for servers and such in which the amount of space used per partition isn't really changing all that much, but what about on a desktop, where the user might not know how much to allocate to each partition? What if you give a partition too little or too much space? As far as I know, nothing like FIPS exists for Linux partitions, and if it does, it's a little bit much to ask a desktop user to do to defragment his drive. Regardless of what people say about it being a bad idea, in some situations it really is easier and more practical, and as such requires a decent defragger for each filesystem.
I take it you haven't seen the map cs_twilight for CS Source. It's... almost an apartment building. Some offices, hallways, stairs... a basement, if I'm not mistaken. And I don't think there are any crates.
My old school - one in a small town of about 7000 in Illinois - has had this sort of thing going for two years now. You load up your student account with money, and then that is used to pay for meals. Parents can go online and check students' grades, eating habits, disciplinary records, etc.
A lot of solutions I'm sure will be posted, but the one that I've found that works BEST so far is XPlite/2000lite (the reincarnation of 98lite from back in the day). A lot of the components that you don't need that Windows won't let you uninstall can be removed with it. URL:
http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html.
As a minor, I would like to reassert the fact that the ESRB puts a logo on all mature rated games that has a big M and says "MATURE 17+." Let's remember that 17 != 18; if we are going to completely throw aside the ESRB, why do we even have it? Apparently the General Assembly knows better. Hm. I'm 17; if the box says 17, I should damned well better be able to buy it.
But it's not the first time something like this has been pulled - check out those BB/Pellet guns that say "children ages 16+" or "children ages 10+" that you still have to be 18 to buy. And you have to be 18 in IL to buy paintballs. Shows what the bright adults of Illinois let our legislators put by us.
I've been considering buying an Xbox, but if the Xbox 360 is backwards compatible, then why buy both? It'll save me money by not wasting the $150 now. I, for one, will be glad to see backwards compatibility (like, I'm sure, many more, if not 90%).
elinks/lynx feel very bizarre to use when you're used to the mouse-based interface of most other browsers. In addition (and this MIGHT be something I've done wrong), some sites don't load properly; for instance, you can't get to ATi's drivers section in elinks/lynx.
And I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way.
I'm running it as we speak - all of my programs run perfectly. So far, the only problems I've experienced are: 1) Visual Studio Express Edition doesn't target AMD64. 2) For some odd reason, I have to change my resolution when I reboot or I lose 3D acceleration support. Pretty sure it's a problem with ATI's drivers. 3) There are not really any 64-bit applications yet, so no performance boost is really experienced yet (except in, say, notepad or Internet Explorer. and SOLITAIRE!). It's about time for developers to start working on it though. (I'd love to see Half-Life 2 ported:D)
The really nice part? I haven't gotten a virus or worm yet.
And as for video codecs, Windows Media Player is still 32-bit.
The Developer Tools documentation on MacOS 10.1 and 10.2 was definitely lacking. I tried to pick up Cocoa programming based on it, and even the examples provided in the Cocoa Tutorial PDF were wrong. A lot of methods, etc. were not described in depth, like all of the Cocoa file handling methods (yeah, yeah, I know, use stdio). The situation has improved, true, but he was right as well.
C'mon! That's the most pathetic thing I've ever heard! When you're describing it to Mom, or Joe User, do you say "The GNU Image Manipulation Program?" No, you say "GIMP." And when you just decide to start talking about it to somebody, you say "GIMP." It gives NO IDEA what the program does! Acronyms are BAD, BAD, BAD ideas for programs that you want people to use.
While being terrible in 3D performance, the Connect3D Radeon 9200se 128MB has RCA-out support. I highly recommend it for such an application. And it's only like 25USD.
Movies are $2.50 to see here for kids, $3.00 for adults. Most expensive I've seen in a 150mi radius is $7.50 both. And I have never seen a movie release for $90. Even if the figures you supplied were accurate, it doesn't justify piracy. Sure, you're denying the MPAA of their cash, but you're also denying everyone else involved of their share, no matter how small. Is it worth it? If this were the software market, would you do the same?
I don't think it's necessarily asking how HE can trust Firefox, it's asking how people know when they download it that it isn't another virus-infested piece of spyware.
Quite frankly, I agree with him. How DOES the average Joe User know it's not?
Being that I don't know a whole lot about computer or OS architecture, I may be entirely wrong, but...
Couldn't you shove wine off onto the x86 processor, and all the rest onto the G5? Because you wouldn't have an OS and God knows what else running on the x86, wine would be a lot faster than on a real PC... no? Or have I no idea what I'm talking about?
Isn't AOL using part of Netscape now? (forgive me for my ignorance) CompuServe, at least, installs some Gecko stuff; I always thought Gecko was part of the Netscape/Mozilla code.
Am I the only one who doesn't find this morally repugnant? I mean, for all we know this clump of nerves could be sentient. We don't fully understand the workings of a brain, and until we do, should we be dabbling in this kind of thing? How would you like your brain to be in a dish?
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The "Unix way to avoid fragmentation" might be fine for servers and such in which the amount of space used per partition isn't really changing all that much, but what about on a desktop, where the user might not know how much to allocate to each partition? What if you give a partition too little or too much space? As far as I know, nothing like FIPS exists for Linux partitions, and if it does, it's a little bit much to ask a desktop user to do to defragment his drive. Regardless of what people say about it being a bad idea, in some situations it really is easier and more practical, and as such requires a decent defragger for each filesystem.
Not bash, stupid, Monad. Jeez... :)
I take it you haven't seen the map cs_twilight for CS Source. It's... almost an apartment building. Some offices, hallways, stairs... a basement, if I'm not mistaken. And I don't think there are any crates.
I think he meant the satisfying sound of the collision of crowbar and wood. You know...Half-Life? :)
Eh heh... Brahms did lullabies. The quote went something more like "they were playing Wagner. I couldn't resist."
My old school - one in a small town of about 7000 in Illinois - has had this sort of thing going for two years now. You load up your student account with money, and then that is used to pay for meals. Parents can go online and check students' grades, eating habits, disciplinary records, etc.
A lot of solutions I'm sure will be posted, but the one that I've found that works BEST so far is XPlite/2000lite (the reincarnation of 98lite from back in the day). A lot of the components that you don't need that Windows won't let you uninstall can be removed with it. URL: http://www.litepc.com/xplite.html.
Was her mother maybe Senator Organa's wife?
As a minor, I would like to reassert the fact that the ESRB puts a logo on all mature rated games that has a big M and says "MATURE 17+." Let's remember that 17 != 18; if we are going to completely throw aside the ESRB, why do we even have it? Apparently the General Assembly knows better. Hm. I'm 17; if the box says 17, I should damned well better be able to buy it.
But it's not the first time something like this has been pulled - check out those BB/Pellet guns that say "children ages 16+" or "children ages 10+" that you still have to be 18 to buy. And you have to be 18 in IL to buy paintballs. Shows what the bright adults of Illinois let our legislators put by us.
I've been considering buying an Xbox, but if the Xbox 360 is backwards compatible, then why buy both? It'll save me money by not wasting the $150 now. I, for one, will be glad to see backwards compatibility (like, I'm sure, many more, if not 90%).
elinks/lynx feel very bizarre to use when you're used to the mouse-based interface of most other browsers. In addition (and this MIGHT be something I've done wrong), some sites don't load properly; for instance, you can't get to ATi's drivers section in elinks/lynx.
And I'm sure I'm not the only one that feels this way.
I'm running it as we speak - all of my programs run perfectly. So far, the only problems I've experienced are: :D)
1) Visual Studio Express Edition doesn't target AMD64.
2) For some odd reason, I have to change my resolution when I reboot or I lose 3D acceleration support. Pretty sure it's a problem with ATI's drivers.
3) There are not really any 64-bit applications yet, so no performance boost is really experienced yet (except in, say, notepad or Internet Explorer. and SOLITAIRE!). It's about time for developers to start working on it though. (I'd love to see Half-Life 2 ported
The really nice part? I haven't gotten a virus or worm yet.
And as for video codecs, Windows Media Player is still 32-bit.
Personally, rather than expansion packs, etc, I'd like to see Valve port HL2 to Windows x64 - like was done with Far Cry.
Don't worry about the vase.
The Developer Tools documentation on MacOS 10.1 and 10.2 was definitely lacking. I tried to pick up Cocoa programming based on it, and even the examples provided in the Cocoa Tutorial PDF were wrong. A lot of methods, etc. were not described in depth, like all of the Cocoa file handling methods (yeah, yeah, I know, use stdio). The situation has improved, true, but he was right as well.
C'mon! That's the most pathetic thing I've ever heard! When you're describing it to Mom, or Joe User, do you say "The GNU Image Manipulation Program?" No, you say "GIMP." And when you just decide to start talking about it to somebody, you say "GIMP." It gives NO IDEA what the program does! Acronyms are BAD, BAD, BAD ideas for programs that you want people to use.
While being terrible in 3D performance, the Connect3D Radeon 9200se 128MB has RCA-out support. I highly recommend it for such an application. And it's only like 25USD.
Movies are $2.50 to see here for kids, $3.00 for adults. Most expensive I've seen in a 150mi radius is $7.50 both. And I have never seen a movie release for $90. Even if the figures you supplied were accurate, it doesn't justify piracy. Sure, you're denying the MPAA of their cash, but you're also denying everyone else involved of their share, no matter how small. Is it worth it? If this were the software market, would you do the same?
Go ahead, mod me down. I dare you.
I don't think it's necessarily asking how HE can trust Firefox, it's asking how people know when they download it that it isn't another virus-infested piece of spyware.
Quite frankly, I agree with him. How DOES the average Joe User know it's not?
Still showing Trek, both TNG and DS9. However, it's mostly reruns of the same frickin' episodes. Anyone care to shed light on that?
Being that I don't know a whole lot about computer or OS architecture, I may be entirely wrong, but...
Couldn't you shove wine off onto the x86 processor, and all the rest onto the G5? Because you wouldn't have an OS and God knows what else running on the x86, wine would be a lot faster than on a real PC... no? Or have I no idea what I'm talking about?
Isn't AOL using part of Netscape now? (forgive me for my ignorance) CompuServe, at least, installs some Gecko stuff; I always thought Gecko was part of the Netscape/Mozilla code.
Thank you for clearing it up. I didn't know that; now I'm smarter. Of course, you've proven us both right...which isn't right. Right? Right.
Am I the only one who doesn't find this morally repugnant? I mean, for all we know this clump of nerves could be sentient. We don't fully understand the workings of a brain, and until we do, should we be dabbling in this kind of thing? How would you like your brain to be in a dish?
Prove it. I say it's Frankenstein. (In German phonics, second vowel is the one that sounds)