Yep - both good press and bad press serves to stick your product's name under more peoples noses than before, especially if it's an industry power like Linux.;)
The article says this: "It's unclear if Microsoft also is porting WinFS to Windows Server 2003" but the Slashdot post says this: "WinFS to be Available in WinXP".
Great, then we'd have a homicidal computer onboard.
Bowman: "HAL, repair the hole in the hull! All our oxygen is being sucked out into space!"
HAL: "I'm sorry, Dave, I cannot do that."
The article says the errors can be corrected, so I don't really see what all the fuss is about: Fortunately, now that the goof-up has been spotted, it is easily fixed by reanalysing the raw data with the right calibration. Corrected values for the first year's data will be available soon, says Steve Squyres, the chief scientist for the rovers.
I agree. I think a great marketing scheme for the networks would be to stream their current shows, ala Battlestar Galactica on SciFi's website. That would mean a ratings boost for those who start watching a series mid-year, as it would give new or casual viewers the chance to catch up and become more avid fans. And, these new fans would be much more likely to buy DVDs of the previous season. It'd be a win-win situation, even if the networks charged a buck an episode.
I thought Gene Roddenberry's remains (ashes) were happily floating about in a capsule in space. Thankfully far, far away from the white noise that became of his most remembered work.;)
It's a difficult thing to write a broad, sweeing standard like this, because it's only a matter of time before someone figures out how to bypass it, ala DeCSS.
If they indeed do have nuclear weapons, they would have tested them somewhere, with a very obvious mushroom cloud visible for 100's of miles and seismic data that would have been seen picked up by just about every earthquake-sensing station around the world. If they have weapons, they're untested. Either that or they're bluffing. Unless I missed something in the news.
I charge $50 an hour for hardware troubleshooting, no matter who it is - friends, family, business, my neighbor.
If I have to reload their OS, I don't charge to put Linux on there. For Windows, I charge them $75 an hour, plus I charge them accordingly for the license, which I buy, if they can't find it.;)
...Or at least that's what Kodak and Hollywood would LIKE you to believe...
Perhaps this will make it into cameras unbeknownst to everyone except a select few. Fast-forward to a Papparazzo: "Dammit, how come every time I try to take a picture of *insert famous name here*, I get blurry pictures???"
The Pentium MMX, II and III were just beefed up iterations of the original Pentium (increased bus and clock speeds, smaller and smaller dye sizes, more extensions such as SSE, MMX, etc). One of the biggest jumps in processor technology was the transition of the i486 to the Pentium, as I understand it. The Pentium 4 is still based on a lot of the original Pentium architecture, but is by far the most innovative out of the Pentium line since the original.
And that isn't even touching the innovations that AMD (and yes in their time, Cyrix) contributed.
First it was Napster, then it was Kazaa, now the Bit Torrent sites. The problem of copyright infringement won't go away, as long as: 1) People are interested in creating new ways of distributing the content. 2) There are people who will want to download the content, 3) Ad companies are around that will put their ads on web sites or apps that enable this copyright infringement, and 4) Software companies continue to charge outrageous amounts of $$ for the software they produce. It's a legal cat and mouse game that will never end. Someone will think of some ingenious way to distribute software. The government, after a couple of years, slowly catches on, and shuts it down... Only to have to turn their sights on another new distribution technique that popped up 6 months beforehand.
The SciFi channel DID hire decent authors to do their work. You're forgetting Farscape, one of the best sci-fi series to be aired on television, with some of the best writing and visuals to ever grace the small screen, IMHO....But then again, SciFi foolishly canned the series.
In-flight internet access without huge bills. Since I travel a lot for work, I bought a mobile plan that lets me run a cable from my laptop to my mobile phone, so that I can browse and e-mail from just about anywhere. I would be SO happy if I could do this during an 8-hour flight. And so would many who are tied to the Internet as part of their job (or are addicted like me).
I use a Nikon Coolscan IV, which is specifically a negative scanner, and I get GREAT results, every time. The Nikon Coolscan V is even better, and reasonably priced, cheap enough for anyone who's an amateur photographer to consider for purchase. Of course, the best alternative in my opinion is to invest in a decent digital SLR that's got a 6.1 megapixel or better resolution.
You can bet your cash-starved wallet it'll be the corporations DELL that will receive the compensation/benefit, and keep the RAM pricing the same for the consumers so they can continue to recoup their losses .
Michael Moore's works, especially F-911 are great examples of how to make a good slanted argument. You can still rely on good facts to present your case, while conveniently omitting the other facts that negate what you want to say. You can't refute (many of) the specific facts he brings to light, but at the same time, there are many more facts that can be added to topple the house of cards. I think Moore picked and chose his subjects well, built up his argument, and wrapped it up in some very good quality filmmaking and scripting in order to say what he wanted to say.
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Bringing Farscape back permanently on another carrier. Imagine all that $$ being wasted on Enterprise that could be spent on other, better endeavors??
Long ago, a company called Redz Comfort Gear made neoprene game controller covers for the PS2, Dreamcast and GameBoy that saved my thumbs many times from blisters after hours of playing my favorite games. They can still be purchased here.
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Yep - both good press and bad press serves to stick your product's name under more peoples noses than before, especially if it's an industry power like Linux. ;)
The article says this: "It's unclear if Microsoft also is porting WinFS to Windows Server 2003" but the Slashdot post says this: "WinFS to be Available in WinXP".
Which is it?
Great, then we'd have a homicidal computer onboard. Bowman: "HAL, repair the hole in the hull! All our oxygen is being sucked out into space!"
HAL: "I'm sorry, Dave, I cannot do that."
The article says the errors can be corrected, so I don't really see what all the fuss is about:
Fortunately, now that the goof-up has been spotted, it is easily fixed by reanalysing the raw data with the right calibration. Corrected values for the first year's data will be available soon, says Steve Squyres, the chief scientist for the rovers.
Imagine having to reboot a whole cluster after the BSOD.
I agree. I think a great marketing scheme for the networks would be to stream their current shows, ala Battlestar Galactica on SciFi's website. That would mean a ratings boost for those who start watching a series mid-year, as it would give new or casual viewers the chance to catch up and become more avid fans. And, these new fans would be much more likely to buy DVDs of the previous season. It'd be a win-win situation, even if the networks charged a buck an episode.
I thought Gene Roddenberry's remains (ashes) were happily floating about in a capsule in space. Thankfully far, far away from the white noise that became of his most remembered work. ;)
It's a difficult thing to write a broad, sweeing standard like this, because it's only a matter of time before someone figures out how to bypass it, ala DeCSS.
If they indeed do have nuclear weapons, they would have tested them somewhere, with a very obvious mushroom cloud visible for 100's of miles and seismic data that would have been seen picked up by just about every earthquake-sensing station around the world. If they have weapons, they're untested. Either that or they're bluffing. Unless I missed something in the news.
I charge $50 an hour for hardware troubleshooting, no matter who it is - friends, family, business, my neighbor. If I have to reload their OS, I don't charge to put Linux on there. For Windows, I charge them $75 an hour, plus I charge them accordingly for the license, which I buy, if they can't find it. ;)
...Or at least that's what Kodak and Hollywood would LIKE you to believe... Perhaps this will make it into cameras unbeknownst to everyone except a select few. Fast-forward to a Papparazzo: "Dammit, how come every time I try to take a picture of *insert famous name here*, I get blurry pictures???"
Night of the Living... Rat Muscles.
Despite my *demonstrated* limited knowledge on Intel, it should be noted that I've used AMD's processors for years. ;)
The Pentium MMX, II and III were just beefed up iterations of the original Pentium (increased bus and clock speeds, smaller and smaller dye sizes, more extensions such as SSE, MMX, etc). One of the biggest jumps in processor technology was the transition of the i486 to the Pentium, as I understand it. The Pentium 4 is still based on a lot of the original Pentium architecture, but is by far the most innovative out of the Pentium line since the original. And that isn't even touching the innovations that AMD (and yes in their time, Cyrix) contributed.
First it was Napster, then it was Kazaa, now the Bit Torrent sites. The problem of copyright infringement won't go away, as long as: 1) People are interested in creating new ways of distributing the content. 2) There are people who will want to download the content, 3) Ad companies are around that will put their ads on web sites or apps that enable this copyright infringement, and 4) Software companies continue to charge outrageous amounts of $$ for the software they produce. It's a legal cat and mouse game that will never end. Someone will think of some ingenious way to distribute software. The government, after a couple of years, slowly catches on, and shuts it down... Only to have to turn their sights on another new distribution technique that popped up 6 months beforehand.
The SciFi channel DID hire decent authors to do their work. You're forgetting Farscape, one of the best sci-fi series to be aired on television, with some of the best writing and visuals to ever grace the small screen, IMHO. ...But then again, SciFi foolishly canned the series.
In-flight internet access without huge bills. Since I travel a lot for work, I bought a mobile plan that lets me run a cable from my laptop to my mobile phone, so that I can browse and e-mail from just about anywhere. I would be SO happy if I could do this during an 8-hour flight. And so would many who are tied to the Internet as part of their job (or are addicted like me).
I use a Nikon Coolscan IV, which is specifically a negative scanner, and I get GREAT results, every time. The Nikon Coolscan V is even better, and reasonably priced, cheap enough for anyone who's an amateur photographer to consider for purchase. Of course, the best alternative in my opinion is to invest in a decent digital SLR that's got a 6.1 megapixel or better resolution.
Wow. Last time I had to use their stuff was in 1998... Good to hear they've gone the Linux route, in any case.
You can bet your cash-starved wallet it'll be the corporations DELL that will receive the compensation/benefit, and keep the RAM pricing the same for the consumers so they can continue to recoup their losses .
Michael Moore's works, especially F-911 are great examples of how to make a good slanted argument. You can still rely on good facts to present your case, while conveniently omitting the other facts that negate what you want to say. You can't refute (many of) the specific facts he brings to light, but at the same time, there are many more facts that can be added to topple the house of cards. I think Moore picked and chose his subjects well, built up his argument, and wrapped it up in some very good quality filmmaking and scripting in order to say what he wanted to say.
Bringing Farscape back permanently on another carrier. Imagine all that $$ being wasted on Enterprise that could be spent on other, better endeavors??
Almost forgot: Redz Comfort Gear can be found here. They make paintball stuff, and don't seem to specialize in the grips much anymore.
Long ago, a company called Redz Comfort Gear made neoprene game controller covers for the PS2, Dreamcast and GameBoy that saved my thumbs many times from blisters after hours of playing my favorite games. They can still be purchased here.
Sonic Foundry doesn't own SoundForge or Acid pro anymore - they were sold to Sony ;)