I remember a guy, on Tomorrows World in the U.K. during the 80's, spraying an electric drill with something he'd invented and then dunking it in a fish tank full of water. He then pulled the trigger while still holding it and it worked fine.
Lots of bubbles but no death involved.
My friend's dad got fed up with pulling his tower case out from under his desk so decided to fit some caster wheels to it.
He unplugged the PC and turned it upside down then drilled four small holes in each corner for the self tapping screws.
You can see what's coming can't you?
When he turned it the right way up and plugged it back in everything was fine. Now anybody with half a brain will know that small spiral bits of steel swarf don't mix with sesitive electronics. Unfortunatley, the bang he got when he pressed the power button was unexpected and he hit his head on the underside of the desk.
After he got out of casualty, where he'd had a few stitches put in his tongue, he called me to ask what he could do to fix his PC. After I'd stopped laughing my head off I just said "PC World".
As far as I know (and don't quote me on this) Vista needs an Internet connection for activation.
The last time I installed it there was no way to proceed without one unless you choose not to activate at that time. It then popped up with a message saying you would be asked to activate it in 30 days.
Now, Microsoft may offer a way of doing it by mail but I'm not sure about that.
I must admit, I was totally unimpressed by Vista. As far as I could tell it used fancy graphics to hide the fact that it's so locked down you can't do anything interesting with it. I'm sticking to Windows 2000 because I felt exactly the same way about XP when it came out. Still haven't found anything on XP that I can't do just as well as on W2K.
Because Vista sets the system clock from the Internet when you boot up.
Besides, that's the oldest work-around in the book. Used to do that with evaluation software in the 80's.
I watched Firefly on the Sci-fi channel in the UK last year. Didn't like Buffy or Angel. A bit girly for me and I prefer sci-fi to horror any day.
I liked Firefly because the characterization was excellent (from an attractive Tom boy ships engineer who goes all 'funny' around men to a psycho arms specialist who acts like a one man marine squad and gives his weapons names).
There was also a nice touch of humour in the episodes. This ranged from quite black to downright silly, but always funny.
As well as flash backs to the civil war where the main crew met up.
Ever thought about Mozilla? Or even FireFox? I don't get any spyware. You may also notice that the Spybot's immunize only works for IE. That's because it doesn't need to work for anything else.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not having a go at Spybot. It's the mutts nuts. It's ActiveX, that's the real culprit.
IMHO, any website that doesn't work properly with Mozilla/Opera etc... doesn't use proper JAVA anyway.
Any business that installs any kind of software remotely on a users computer without notification or consent is not behaving in a legitimate manner.
I can see absolutely no legitimate purpose for this marketing/SPAM driven junk to be allowed. The official bodies haven't got the spine to get rid of it because they get taxes from the companies peddling this crap.
Anyway, I use Moz' so it doesn't bother me at home. At work? That's another story.
This seems blindingly obvious to me.
As far as I can tell, the CPU tells the SCSI controller to go away and move some data. This is exactly what the controller does by doing most of the processing with it's own on board CPU. It only uses minimal CPU time during this process.
Also, I did a few test during audio extraction. Can't remember the software I was testing but it's the only one I've seen with a CPU usage meter built in.
CPU usage for each CD-ROM drive came out like this:
Compaq IDE CRD-8484B (32x, UDMA + 80 Pin cable) used 97-99% of CPU time.
Plextor SCSI PX-32CS (32x , SCSI-2 + 50 Pin SCSI-2 cable) used 4-6% of CPU time.
There wasn't a great difference in the times it took to do the extraction but I hope it helps to further your understaning.
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I remember a guy, on Tomorrows World in the U.K. during the 80's, spraying an electric drill with something he'd invented and then dunking it in a fish tank full of water. He then pulled the trigger while still holding it and it worked fine. Lots of bubbles but no death involved.
My friend's dad got fed up with pulling his tower case out from under his desk so decided to fit some caster wheels to it.
He unplugged the PC and turned it upside down then drilled four small holes in each corner for the self tapping screws.
You can see what's coming can't you?
When he turned it the right way up and plugged it back in everything was fine. Now anybody with half a brain will know that small spiral bits of steel swarf don't mix with sesitive electronics. Unfortunatley, the bang he got when he pressed the power button was unexpected and he hit his head on the underside of the desk.
After he got out of casualty, where he'd had a few stitches put in his tongue, he called me to ask what he could do to fix his PC. After I'd stopped laughing my head off I just said "PC World".
Oh dear.
When was the last time you saw a cracked screen or an HDD with bad blocks on a desktop PC? What about a broken USB or power connector?
Laptops certainly do set the user free from the office, but I've seen a marked increase in 'accidental' damage over the last 15 years.
Hey ho, It keeps me in a job though.
As far as I know (and don't quote me on this) Vista needs an Internet connection for activation. The last time I installed it there was no way to proceed without one unless you choose not to activate at that time. It then popped up with a message saying you would be asked to activate it in 30 days. Now, Microsoft may offer a way of doing it by mail but I'm not sure about that. I must admit, I was totally unimpressed by Vista. As far as I could tell it used fancy graphics to hide the fact that it's so locked down you can't do anything interesting with it. I'm sticking to Windows 2000 because I felt exactly the same way about XP when it came out. Still haven't found anything on XP that I can't do just as well as on W2K.
Because Vista sets the system clock from the Internet when you boot up. Besides, that's the oldest work-around in the book. Used to do that with evaluation software in the 80's.
$100 for a 10x10 pixel area. 1 pixel = $1.
I watched Firefly on the Sci-fi channel in the UK last year. Didn't like Buffy or Angel. A bit girly for me and I prefer sci-fi to horror any day.
I liked Firefly because the characterization was excellent (from an attractive Tom boy ships engineer who goes all 'funny' around men to a psycho arms specialist who acts like a one man marine squad and gives his weapons names).
There was also a nice touch of humour in the episodes. This ranged from quite black to downright silly, but always funny.
As well as flash backs to the civil war where the main crew met up.
Hope this helps you decide.
I concur.
No bullshit involved.
IE uses ActiveX. Firefox doesn't.
Q.E.D.
They'll probably get a BSOD (Blue Sea Of Death) YOU_SUNK_MY_BATTLESHIP at 00000000x01 etc...
Ever thought about Mozilla? Or even FireFox? I don't get any spyware. You may also notice that the Spybot's immunize only works for IE. That's because it doesn't need to work for anything else.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not having a go at Spybot. It's the mutts nuts. It's ActiveX, that's the real culprit.
IMHO, any website that doesn't work properly with Mozilla/Opera etc... doesn't use proper JAVA anyway.
Any business that installs any kind of software remotely on a users computer without notification or consent is not behaving in a legitimate manner. I can see absolutely no legitimate purpose for this marketing/SPAM driven junk to be allowed. The official bodies haven't got the spine to get rid of it because they get taxes from the companies peddling this crap. Anyway, I use Moz' so it doesn't bother me at home. At work? That's another story. This seems blindingly obvious to me.
I'm just glad I won't be around by then.
As far as I can tell, the CPU tells the SCSI controller to go away and move some data. This is exactly what the controller does by doing most of the processing with it's own on board CPU. It only uses minimal CPU time during this process.
Also, I did a few test during audio extraction. Can't remember the software I was testing but it's the only one I've seen with a CPU usage meter built in.
CPU usage for each CD-ROM drive came out like this:
Compaq IDE CRD-8484B (32x, UDMA + 80 Pin cable) used 97-99% of CPU time.
Plextor SCSI PX-32CS (32x , SCSI-2 + 50 Pin SCSI-2 cable) used 4-6% of CPU time.
There wasn't a great difference in the times it took to do the extraction but I hope it helps to further your understaning.