Any situation like this is 100% the admins fault. It is very easy to block the hotlinking of content like this. These asshats clogged up the justice system so they could run a site w/o a full time admin or so their incompetent admin could pretend he was worth more than the $5.15/hr that he should be making.
So you want me to view ads an potentially click on them to generate revenue for your site? It seems fair since I am receiving a service and you have to make money some how, but I have some demands. 1) They should not be annoying - Too often sites put annoying animated flash ads on their site (apparently slashdot included). 2) Find a demographic and target them - If im looking at reviews of digital cameras I might click an ad that goes to a site selling digital cameras. 3) Don't make a page that should be 1 page into 20 just so you can add more ads. (tomshardware, I'm talking to you) 4) Never EVER include sound. - Nothing I hate more than going to a site at 2:00AM and forgetting my speakers are still on high volume.
Until you follow these rules I won't turn off my adblock.
Quite the chip? 2x dual core G5 @2.5GHz perform a bit better than 1x dual core Intel mobile cpu @2.0GHz and you think the G5 sounds good? Mac/PPC fanboys never cease to amaze me.
Your problem is the assumption that a device may only use one chip. There are 12GB (~$7300 USD) CF cards available and they use chips with less capacity than 16Gb. This will allow higher capacity/cheaper devices.
Due to poor software design, it's difficult to not run ad admin. Most programs run no problem, be some, like WinAMP, need to have their directory permissions changed to run and a non-admin. While this isn't a problem for power users, most users won't even know how to change the permissions (in XP Home you need to boot into safe mode to get the security tab to appear in the file properties windows)
Despite the fact that the \Documents and Settings\username folder exists, some developers choose not to use it, and that causes problems.
I would argue that since the USPS historicly has lost money, particulaly several years ago (before priority mail began to boom with online stores) that your argument isn't 100% true.
Given the price of large hard drives, it seems reasonable to me to rip all your music into FLAC (or any other lossless format), that way you can transcode the audio into whatever format you need it to be in and can make an exact copy to replace lost or damaged discs.
Could someone point me to (or post) a lowdown on the potential benefits of BSD has over linux (or vice versa) that doesn't include wild speculation and unfounded cynicism?
Isn't a BSD distro going to be about the same as a Linux distro? Does the kernel make that big of a difference?
Like when your in your car and something happens and you need to get a helicopter ambulance or something? I think I'de rather have a cell phone that a ham radio any day.
With pda's. blackberries and what not actually learning morse code is obsolete. If it came down to it people *could* transmit the signal in morse code even though they typed the message on a qwerty keyboard. The person on the recieving end could hear it or have it interpreted through their computer.
There is a reason we adopt new communication technology, because generally we can completely replace the old w/o ever missing it.
I'm not sure why this post got modded as flamebait, It's somthing that will happen. As FF gets more popular more holes will be found, some won't get reported right away. MS aren't the only people that don't write 100% secure code.
I dunno about men vs women stats on bittorrent use but I almost considered getting a DVR at one point before I started torrenting. Now, I have no need for a DVR. Bittorrent is great because if someone says "there was this great show on last night" that I had no idea even existed I can still get it. DVR assumes you already know what you want.
This sounds a lot like the DRM built into the XBox/PS2, which both have copy control protection built into the hardware. What will end up happening is that the hardware will have the DRM built in and people will make mod chips to bypass it. Software DRM doesn't work because cracking software is a simple thing to do. Hardware DRM will stop more people from copying and using the content in manners which the provider doesn't want but the more technically proficient people will buy and install modchips and do as they please.
I realize that Linux is a kernel, but since it is open source there could be dozens of forks for a myriad of reasons, but there isn't. But you are the minority (well, what I believe to be a minority) that likes the variety and has their user experience enhanced by it.
For the average user who can't tell the system tray from the desktop from the quicklaunch in Windowsm, trying to explain to them the difference between Gnome and KDE can be a very diffucult task.
Their are a lot of desktop magagers (explorer replacements) for windows and they are very niche products because most people just don't care enough about it to find out about them, and even if they knew about them they probably wouldn't care about them (like me).
One of the things that has bothered me about many linux pundits is that they claim that choice between different distros, desktop managers and toolkits (particularly QT and GTK) is a good thing. While this may make a small number of computer users happier, many users see that as a significant shortfall to the overall usability.
Is there a choice in kernel? NO you build it to suit your needs from a common source tree, even though there are multiple X servers they all do the same thing and some (x.org and xfree) had the same code base, only a license change created the push for x.org, so why have so many desktop managers? I can understand a couple (1 for eye candy, 1 for speed) but only if they are using the same toolkit. Package management is another significant hurdle, there are many great managers out there, but why should a dev be expected to make a.deb and a.rpm?
$129 is the upgrade price for Tiger. Don't believe me? Try installing it on a computer that didn't come with some version of MacOS to begin with. Whereas for that same $129 you can buy an full install (OEM) of Windows XP Pro (~80-90 for Home edition).
I was tempted to moderate this as flaimbait, but at +4 it's too late to make a difference.
We need to switch to DTV/HDTV signals to free up the broadcast spectrum. Analog signals are much more wasteful that digital ones. The spectrum saved will be sold off or leased to the highest bidder. Potentially the money gained could be used to subsidise the D/A convertors instead or your tax dollars.
Perhaps you should research the why before you assume you know everything.
Wow who would have thought it? Well, I suppose most people would have actually. Stuff like this is just to hard to keep the wraps on.
Spending all that money on keeping the launch date was a waste. How about this, set a launch date to ensure fair competition for smaller and larger stores but don't spend extra money on it, because $20 to some security guard over rides all your efforts.
I remember when Wolf and Doom came out FPS was all people could talk about. It seems like there are a whole lot of non-FPS games that are getting more attention now, like GTA and Morrowind (while it uses a FPS engine I wouldn't say it's a FPS because it's not a "shooter"). Sure Halo got a lot of praise, but Halo 2 was hardly any better (understandable becasue it's for a console)
It just seems that FPS games haven't changed that much except for graphics while games like GTA push the envelope of whats acceptable and games like morrowind push gaming closer to a real world interactive enviorment.
PS I never liked FPS games so maybe my view of the scene is off center.
I appreciate your comment, and that you used a civilised tone when posting, believe me, before i use any system I build I run CPU stress tests (to ensure adequate cooling) and memory tests. The system was tip top until i put the ati card in it.
Is it so much to ask that a $200 (at time of purchase) graphics card not crash on a regular basis? At first i thought it was likely a driver issue and would be corrected with updates. After a few driver versions it became clear that either it was a software issure but ATI couldn't be bothered to fix it or it was a hardware issue.
For anyone who cares its a 9600 XT. and for anyone who says thats not a good reason to hate ATI products ask yourself this, if you bought a car that stalled out randomly as soon as it got up to speed on the highway would you buy another car from that company?
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Any situation like this is 100% the admins fault. It is very easy to block the hotlinking of content like this. These asshats clogged up the justice system so they could run a site w/o a full time admin or so their incompetent admin could pretend he was worth more than the $5.15/hr that he should be making.
So you want me to view ads an potentially click on them to generate revenue for your site? It seems fair since I am receiving a service and you have to make money some how, but I have some demands.
1) They should not be annoying - Too often sites put annoying animated flash ads on their site (apparently slashdot included).
2) Find a demographic and target them - If im looking at reviews of digital cameras I might click an ad that goes to a site selling digital cameras.
3) Don't make a page that should be 1 page into 20 just so you can add more ads. (tomshardware, I'm talking to you)
4) Never EVER include sound. - Nothing I hate more than going to a site at 2:00AM and forgetting my speakers are still on high volume.
Until you follow these rules I won't turn off my adblock.
TOR helps people in oppressive countries freely access information and it needs to grow.
http://tor.eff.org/
Maybe they had a problem with the software that caused the Aibo to bite their owners and unlock their doors at night.
Quite the chip? 2x dual core G5 @2.5GHz perform a bit better than 1x dual core Intel mobile cpu @2.0GHz and you think the G5 sounds good?
Mac/PPC fanboys never cease to amaze me.
If your qouting what I think you're quoting it's much worse.
Most people don't even know what a ROOTKIT is, so why should they care about it?"
-- Thomas Hesse, president of Sony BMG's global digital business division
Your problem is the assumption that a device may only use one chip. There are 12GB (~$7300 USD) CF cards available and they use chips with less capacity than 16Gb. This will allow higher capacity/cheaper devices.
Due to poor software design, it's difficult to not run ad admin. Most programs run no problem, be some, like WinAMP, need to have their directory permissions changed to run and a non-admin. While this isn't a problem for power users, most users won't even know how to change the permissions (in XP Home you need to boot into safe mode to get the security tab to appear in the file properties windows)
Despite the fact that the \Documents and Settings\username folder exists, some developers choose not to use it, and that causes problems.
I would argue that since the USPS historicly has lost money, particulaly several years ago (before priority mail began to boom with online stores) that your argument isn't 100% true.
Doesn't Microsoft own about 30% of apple anyway?
Given the price of large hard drives, it seems reasonable to me to rip all your music into FLAC (or any other lossless format), that way you can transcode the audio into whatever format you need it to be in and can make an exact copy to replace lost or damaged discs.
Could someone point me to (or post) a lowdown on the potential benefits of BSD has over linux (or vice versa) that doesn't include wild speculation and unfounded cynicism?
Isn't a BSD distro going to be about the same as a Linux distro? Does the kernel make that big of a difference?
Note the question marks. I am asking.
Apparently you have never transfered a DVD image across a wireless netowrk.
Believe it or not people ran networks long before widespread internet use.
Like when your in your car and something happens and you need to get a helicopter ambulance or something? I think I'de rather have a cell phone that a ham radio any day.
With pda's. blackberries and what not actually learning morse code is obsolete. If it came down to it people *could* transmit the signal in morse code even though they typed the message on a qwerty keyboard. The person on the recieving end could hear it or have it interpreted through their computer.
There is a reason we adopt new communication technology, because generally we can completely replace the old w/o ever missing it.
I'm not sure why this post got modded as flamebait, It's somthing that will happen. As FF gets more popular more holes will be found, some won't get reported right away. MS aren't the only people that don't write 100% secure code.
No doubt.
I dunno about men vs women stats on bittorrent use but I almost considered getting a DVR at one point before I started torrenting. Now, I have no need for a DVR. Bittorrent is great because if someone says "there was this great show on last night" that I had no idea even existed I can still get it. DVR assumes you already know what you want.
This sounds a lot like the DRM built into the XBox/PS2, which both have copy control protection built into the hardware. What will end up happening is that the hardware will have the DRM built in and people will make mod chips to bypass it. Software DRM doesn't work because cracking software is a simple thing to do. Hardware DRM will stop more people from copying and using the content in manners which the provider doesn't want but the more technically proficient people will buy and install modchips and do as they please.
I realize that Linux is a kernel, but since it is open source there could be dozens of forks for a myriad of reasons, but there isn't. But you are the minority (well, what I believe to be a minority) that likes the variety and has their user experience enhanced by it.
For the average user who can't tell the system tray from the desktop from the quicklaunch in Windowsm, trying to explain to them the difference between Gnome and KDE can be a very diffucult task.
Their are a lot of desktop magagers (explorer replacements) for windows and they are very niche products because most people just don't care enough about it to find out about them, and even if they knew about them they probably wouldn't care about them (like me).
One of the things that has bothered me about many linux pundits is that they claim that choice between different distros, desktop managers and toolkits (particularly QT and GTK) is a good thing. While this may make a small number of computer users happier, many users see that as a significant shortfall to the overall usability.
.deb and a .rpm?
Is there a choice in kernel? NO you build it to suit your needs from a common source tree, even though there are multiple X servers they all do the same thing and some (x.org and xfree) had the same code base, only a license change created the push for x.org, so why have so many desktop managers? I can understand a couple (1 for eye candy, 1 for speed) but only if they are using the same toolkit. Package management is another significant hurdle, there are many great managers out there, but why should a dev be expected to make a
$129 is the upgrade price for Tiger. Don't believe me? Try installing it on a computer that didn't come with some version of MacOS to begin with. Whereas for that same $129 you can buy an full install (OEM) of Windows XP Pro (~80-90 for Home edition).
I was tempted to moderate this as flaimbait, but at +4 it's too late to make a difference.
We need to switch to DTV/HDTV signals to free up the broadcast spectrum. Analog signals are much more wasteful that digital ones. The spectrum saved will be sold off or leased to the highest bidder. Potentially the money gained could be used to subsidise the D/A convertors instead or your tax dollars.
Perhaps you should research the why before you assume you know everything.
Wow who would have thought it? Well, I suppose most people would have actually. Stuff like this is just to hard to keep the wraps on.
Spending all that money on keeping the launch date was a waste. How about this, set a launch date to ensure fair competition for smaller and larger stores but don't spend extra money on it, because $20 to some security guard over rides all your efforts.
I remember when Wolf and Doom came out FPS was all people could talk about. It seems like there are a whole lot of non-FPS games that are getting more attention now, like GTA and Morrowind (while it uses a FPS engine I wouldn't say it's a FPS because it's not a "shooter"). Sure Halo got a lot of praise, but Halo 2 was hardly any better (understandable becasue it's for a console)
It just seems that FPS games haven't changed that much except for graphics while games like GTA push the envelope of whats acceptable and games like morrowind push gaming closer to a real world interactive enviorment.
PS I never liked FPS games so maybe my view of the scene is off center.
I appreciate your comment, and that you used a civilised tone when posting, believe me, before i use any system I build I run CPU stress tests (to ensure adequate cooling) and memory tests. The system was tip top until i put the ati card in it.
Is it so much to ask that a $200 (at time of purchase) graphics card not crash on a regular basis? At first i thought it was likely a driver issue and would be corrected with updates. After a few driver versions it became clear that either it was a software issure but ATI couldn't be bothered to fix it or it was a hardware issue.
For anyone who cares its a 9600 XT.
and for anyone who says thats not a good reason to hate ATI products ask yourself this, if you bought a car that stalled out randomly as soon as it got up to speed on the highway would you buy another car from that company?