> The Star Trek chronicles prove we will be using a quaternary system. How many gigaquads of hard drive storage do we need, anyway?
A "quad" does not refer to "quaternary," but is just a unit of storage space. It it not known how many bytes are in a quad.
It is common knowledge among trekkies that the term was invented specifically to avoid describing the data capacity of Star Trek's computers in 20th century terms. It was feared by technical consultant Mike Okuda that any such attempt would look foolish in just a few years, given the current rate of progress in that field.
You are probably better off staying with 6 in that case, as it is more secure (although I doubt anyone remembers how to break in through 5 anymore).
If you are forced to use a MS OS then the best solution is, as usual, to just accept whatever comes pre-installed by default and run Windows update regularly. (IE 6.0 service pack 1 is pretty secure.. for now)
Perhaps, but at least no user will be using it to access insecure ActiveX sites, etc.
But you are right, the solution isn't very practical. Microsoft probably only implemented it part of a settlement with the justice department, or to satisfy the demands of certain large corporate clients.
Somewhat OT, but it really impressed me today when I went to the Nvidia site and clicked "Download Drivers" --> "Graphics Driver" --> "Geforce and TNT"
And saw listed for choices:
Windows XP / 2000 Windows NT4 Windows 95 / 98 / ME Linux IA32 Linux AMD64 Linux IA64 FreeBSD
I don't know whether Nvidia's support is new (it probably isn't) but this is the first time I noticed it listed.
I was like: "Wow, people actually use this OS enough that a major graphics company provides drivers on their main download page."
Sorry if this isn't news, I just thought it was cool.
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> The Star Trek chronicles prove we will be using a quaternary system. How many gigaquads of hard drive storage do we need, anyway?
A "quad" does not refer to "quaternary," but is just a unit of storage space. It it not known how many bytes are in a quad.
It is common knowledge among trekkies that the term was invented specifically to avoid describing the data capacity of Star Trek's computers in 20th century terms. It was feared by technical consultant Mike Okuda that any such attempt would look foolish in just a few years, given the current rate of progress in that field.
> They're supposed to publish frequently (publish or perish)
That is, until tenure...
It was a Washington Post article, MSNBC just published it for them.
A common practice in the journalism industry.
Not to be hopelessly mired in off-topic posts or anything, but I love what you've done to my sub-thread.
> Now AMD's PR ratings will be through the roof!
I for one welcome our new Athalon 81000 XP++ (56700mhz) space heaters!
Perhaps it will. But the article doesn't have any any Quake III Arena FPS benchmarks!
What's up with that!?
Interesting... so on that theme:
From: [insert friend/colleague's address here]
Subject: Wicked Screensaver
Hey man, check this out! Blah, blah, yada, yada.
Note: You must be logged in as root to install this program.
> after a few beers i can float all the way home.
Yes but in everyone else' mind you'll be bumping into everything.
> number one in engineering... but dead last in babe-filled orgies!
Of course dude, such things are mutually exclusive
> AOL hasn't sent me a single CD
/dev/null
Perhaps your snail-mail client has a filter set to move messages containing "AOL" in the "From:" line to
Proper Linkage:
7 3.html
http://www.forumhosts.com/cihost.htm
http://www.stevemaas.com/selbstbild/archives/0002
> So what do you call getting numerous AOL installation CDs?
Untargeted marketing.
> Phase One: Tax LANs
> Phase Two: ???
> Phase Three: Profit
Wow, the old joke has advanced from "Step 1,2,3" to "Phase 1,2,3"
Is this a sign of maturity?
You are probably better off staying with 6 in that case, as it is more secure (although I doubt anyone remembers how to break in through 5 anymore).
If you are forced to use a MS OS then the best solution is, as usual, to just accept whatever comes pre-installed by default and run Windows update regularly. (IE 6.0 service pack 1 is pretty secure.. for now)
Perhaps, but at least no user will be using it to access insecure ActiveX sites, etc.
But you are right, the solution isn't very practical. Microsoft probably only implemented it part of a settlement with the justice department, or to satisfy the demands of certain large corporate clients.
Security types love OSS. It makes finding vulnerabilities that much easier.
BTW, after your sofa is stolen, buying insurance may not help.
> Care to enlighten us on how to remove IE from an XP system?
e r+6.0+xp
www.google.com/search?q=uninstall+internet+explor
> These are socially engineered programs designed to get the user to run them.
Re: Approved
Please log in as root to accept this offer...
Somewhat OT, but it really impressed me today when I went to the Nvidia site and clicked "Download Drivers" --> "Graphics Driver" --> "Geforce and TNT"
And saw listed for choices:
Windows XP / 2000
Windows NT4
Windows 95 / 98 / ME
Linux IA32
Linux AMD64
Linux IA64
FreeBSD
I don't know whether Nvidia's support is new (it probably isn't) but this is the first time I noticed it listed.
I was like: "Wow, people actually use this OS enough that a major graphics company provides drivers on their main download page."
Sorry if this isn't news, I just thought it was cool.
Movies are just a bunch of photons. They do not confure up matter.
I have a friend who's mouse ended up moving across the screen almost 10 times faster than usual with 2.6-test2.
We joked about the 1000% increase in performance.
> Why not put EVERYTHING that people want to use in one spot?
Does anyone _want_ yahoo ads?
Spam and virus e-mail may both be unsolicited, but beyond that they are not related at all.
The motives are different, they propagate themselves differently, and the actual message sent is very, very different.
Please be mindful of this because the distinction is huge.
> Who cares? These screenshots show nothing special or cool.
Comming from Sun, this is pretty snazzy stuff.