Was your soundacrd ISA? The ISA bus was probably where all the noise was coming from. ISA and high-quality sound was just impossible. Only with the intro of the PCI bus were soundcards capable of producing audiophile quality sound.
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And of course that is the reason we buy cars . ..to crash. While it is a nice thing that cars have gotten safer, we as a society always look for the quick fix, the marketable entity etc. Everybody wants an airgbag but they can't bother to put on their seat belts. Rtaher than learn to avoid the accident, they'd rather buy the safer car. Everyone should buy a Hummer, then.
First off, 32 bit, 192 Khz, wants to appeal to those very serious about audio. 32 bit cards can have a dynamic range ratio of 144 db. That's beyond what normal humans can dfifferentiate, which is 120 db if we're lucky. Not only that, but professional 24 bit cards far exceed the needs and capabilities of most , if not every, user, with aaround 110 db of dynamic range. And they're going to put this mega high tech onboard? Hmm.
2ndly, the inclusion of Dolby. This is to appeal to the movie guys, but the real serious audio guys know that Dolby encoded audio is like an MP3, lossy compression. Serious audio guys will frown on that aspect.
Incorporating these 2 aspects seems somewhat contradictory, which marketers always tend to do when trying to appeal to everyone. I, for one, remain highly skeptical.
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Because HP decides to sell iPods, MS considers it monopolistic? Talk about MASSIVE irony! And as for choice, last I heard, HP was not the only PC running Windows. There's Dell, Gateway, IBM, and others. And then there's the custom market with companies like Asus, Acer, etc. Sheesh, Apple has how many other manufacturers for its products? Just Apple.
Come to think of it, the number of major PC manufacturers for Windows is going down. HP absorbed Compaq. IBM is pushing hard with Linux. Gateway, like Saab the motor company, still exists, but I don't know why. Saab has GM as it's saviour, and Gateway, well they're expanding their market, to Plasma TVs:) Dell is also getting into the consumer electronics thing as well.
Quantum leap? even if that's the case, who really needs it? The BMW M5 is a stunning sports sedan, the Chevy Lumina is a sedan. How many people who own the M5 really need it? Want it? Hell yeah, but need? No. Unfortunatley with operating systems, they have none of the glory of a fancy sports car,so they can't do much in crating 'wants.' If anything, it'll be IT guys who want it, but really how much do they need it?
How soon?
Already here, bud. Pay a toll at the lincoln tunnel and speed your way through to the tri-borough bridge, pay that toll, and EZPASS will figure that your journey was too quick between points. They mail you a speeding ticket. At least no points are assessed on your license, but that's little comfort.
Can I get fries with that G5 cluster? I guess you can supersize the cluster, but it's not like McDonald's and Apple are even remotely competitive with each other. Mcd's can sue, but probably won't.
OK. Now consider that the Concorde is a premium flying experience. So, it's maintenance will be top notch. Secondly, b/c of its sonic booms, it is restricted to a very limited number of airports. Those airports tends to be the better equipped ones. Any other Boeing, even the 777 and 747, are not quite in the same class. The Boeing's have flown many many many more miles, and, they are owned by airlines all over the world. Each airline has their own type of maintenance schedule, which is sometimes not the most rigorous. Also, of the Boeing crashes, how many were due to human error? The legendary Canary Islands disaster of 2 747s had nothing to do with the 747s being bad. It was all a mis-communication between the runway tower and the pilots. Even 2 Concordes could not have avoided that. If the Concorde was exposed to the same type of conditions as the Boeings, I doubt that it's crash record would be so stellar.
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You call a gas guzzling, loud sonic booming, able to carry only 144 passengers in a tight cabin airplane excellent? Safer than a Boeing? Extremely doubtful. The only thing that the Condore had going for it was that it was the only one. Period. There was a similarly styled Russion super-sonic , the TU-144 "Concordski", that crashed at a French airshow and was quickly retired and never got to show it's stuff.
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I've experienced this problem on a Windows only network. When trying to copy a Windows 95 file to an NT4 share, i would occaisionally get those "file not found" issues. It turned out, that, as you all well know by now, that Windows carries 2 filenames for every file. One is the 8.3 name, and the other is 255-character-that-even allows-spaces name. The problems stems from the fact that Windows NT had a different 255 character format than 95. So, when trasnferring over, something got kludged. If I kept the filename conforming to 8.3 standard, the problems disappeared. I'm sure if you try that with Jaguar, it'll work. It is a workaround and not a fix, I know, but at least it will get you going.
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OK, the S2000 analogy is nice, but when you get down to the real nitty gritty, the S2000 achieves its phenomenal performance by doing drop-clutch-burning launches. The cars with twice the engine displacement don't burn any clutches to achive fast results, they just have massive amounts of torque, which the S2000 lacks. So, it makes me wonder, what are the G5s compensating for?
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Totoally on point Digital Spyder. I remember how South Africa had hoards of US companies doing business there before Apratheid became infamous. It came even closer to home for me when the last comapny I worked for, an insurcance company, had their headquarters in freaking Bermuda. Why? Good vacation spot? No. Massive tax breaks. I'd like to accelerate this "burn up" process.
Microsoft has historically been a company that capitalizes and monopolizes. Innovation? That would require R&D. MS is here to make money, not spend it. MS buys good programs and puts the creator out of business. It really bothers me when I hear about MS "innovating" a new product. In the back of my mind I'm always wondering "who'd they buy out now?"
When he referred to the statement that speed kills, he meant that if you take the statement literally. Go over 100 mph, you die. Simple as that. I agree with him. Speed does not kill, stupidity and speed do. Lord knows that US drivers never want to use their indiciators to show everyone they want to change lane. I guess it's an ego thing, using your indicators show weakness, and forget about safety. Same thing goes for seatbelts. Most drivers can't be bothered, it doesn't look cool etc. He also went on to compare US public roads to English and German public roads. So, in that regard, your argument is utterly ridiculous.
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Was your soundacrd ISA? The ISA bus was probably where all the noise was coming from. ISA and high-quality sound was just impossible. Only with the intro of the PCI bus were soundcards capable of producing audiophile quality sound. CD
And of course that is the reason we buy cars . . .to crash. While it is a nice thing that cars have gotten safer, we as a society always look for the quick fix, the marketable entity etc. Everybody wants an airgbag but they can't bother to put on their seat belts. Rtaher than learn to avoid the accident, they'd rather buy the safer car. Everyone should buy a Hummer, then.
CD
Why are the Martians assumed to be green when they live on a red planet?
First off, 32 bit, 192 Khz, wants to appeal to those very serious about audio. 32 bit cards can have a dynamic range ratio of 144 db. That's beyond what normal humans can dfifferentiate, which is 120 db if we're lucky. Not only that, but professional 24 bit cards far exceed the needs and capabilities of most , if not every, user, with aaround 110 db of dynamic range. And they're going to put this mega high tech onboard? Hmm. 2ndly, the inclusion of Dolby. This is to appeal to the movie guys, but the real serious audio guys know that Dolby encoded audio is like an MP3, lossy compression. Serious audio guys will frown on that aspect. Incorporating these 2 aspects seems somewhat contradictory, which marketers always tend to do when trying to appeal to everyone. I, for one, remain highly skeptical. CD
Because HP decides to sell iPods, MS considers it monopolistic? Talk about MASSIVE irony! And as for choice, last I heard, HP was not the only PC running Windows. There's Dell, Gateway, IBM, and others. And then there's the custom market with companies like Asus, Acer, etc. Sheesh, Apple has how many other manufacturers for its products? Just Apple.
Come to think of it, the number of major PC manufacturers for Windows is going down. HP absorbed Compaq. IBM is pushing hard with Linux. Gateway, like Saab the motor company, still exists, but I don't know why. Saab has GM as it's saviour, and Gateway, well they're expanding their market, to Plasma TVs:) Dell is also getting into the consumer electronics thing as well.
CD
Quantum leap? even if that's the case, who really needs it? The BMW M5 is a stunning sports sedan, the Chevy Lumina is a sedan. How many people who own the M5 really need it? Want it? Hell yeah, but need? No. Unfortunatley with operating systems, they have none of the glory of a fancy sports car,so they can't do much in crating 'wants.' If anything, it'll be IT guys who want it, but really how much do they need it?
How soon? Already here, bud. Pay a toll at the lincoln tunnel and speed your way through to the tri-borough bridge, pay that toll, and EZPASS will figure that your journey was too quick between points. They mail you a speeding ticket. At least no points are assessed on your license, but that's little comfort.
I guess it's silly to even think that Jane Rockerchick would keep a copy of her heart-n-soul backed up on a computer somewhere. CD
Can I get fries with that G5 cluster? I guess you can supersize the cluster, but it's not like McDonald's and Apple are even remotely competitive with each other. Mcd's can sue, but probably won't.
OK. Now consider that the Concorde is a premium flying experience. So, it's maintenance will be top notch. Secondly, b/c of its sonic booms, it is restricted to a very limited number of airports. Those airports tends to be the better equipped ones. Any other Boeing, even the 777 and 747, are not quite in the same class. The Boeing's have flown many many many more miles, and, they are owned by airlines all over the world. Each airline has their own type of maintenance schedule, which is sometimes not the most rigorous. Also, of the Boeing crashes, how many were due to human error? The legendary Canary Islands disaster of 2 747s had nothing to do with the 747s being bad. It was all a mis-communication between the runway tower and the pilots. Even 2 Concordes could not have avoided that. If the Concorde was exposed to the same type of conditions as the Boeings, I doubt that it's crash record would be so stellar. CD
You call a gas guzzling, loud sonic booming, able to carry only 144 passengers in a tight cabin airplane excellent? Safer than a Boeing? Extremely doubtful. The only thing that the Condore had going for it was that it was the only one. Period. There was a similarly styled Russion super-sonic , the TU-144 "Concordski", that crashed at a French airshow and was quickly retired and never got to show it's stuff. CD
I've experienced this problem on a Windows only network. When trying to copy a Windows 95 file to an NT4 share, i would occaisionally get those "file not found" issues. It turned out, that, as you all well know by now, that Windows carries 2 filenames for every file. One is the 8.3 name, and the other is 255-character-that-even allows-spaces name. The problems stems from the fact that Windows NT had a different 255 character format than 95. So, when trasnferring over, something got kludged. If I kept the filename conforming to 8.3 standard, the problems disappeared. I'm sure if you try that with Jaguar, it'll work. It is a workaround and not a fix, I know, but at least it will get you going. CD
OK, the S2000 analogy is nice, but when you get down to the real nitty gritty, the S2000 achieves its phenomenal performance by doing drop-clutch-burning launches. The cars with twice the engine displacement don't burn any clutches to achive fast results, they just have massive amounts of torque, which the S2000 lacks. So, it makes me wonder, what are the G5s compensating for? CD CD
Totoally on point Digital Spyder. I remember how South Africa had hoards of US companies doing business there before Apratheid became infamous. It came even closer to home for me when the last comapny I worked for, an insurcance company, had their headquarters in freaking Bermuda. Why? Good vacation spot? No. Massive tax breaks.
I'd like to accelerate this "burn up" process.
CD
Microsoft has historically been a company that capitalizes and monopolizes. Innovation? That would require R&D. MS is here to make money, not spend it. MS buys good programs and puts the creator out of business. It really bothers me when I hear about MS "innovating" a new product. In the back of my mind I'm always wondering "who'd they buy out now?"
CD
When he referred to the statement that speed kills, he meant that if you take the statement literally. Go over 100 mph, you die. Simple as that. I agree with him. Speed does not kill, stupidity and speed do. Lord knows that US drivers never want to use their indiciators to show everyone they want to change lane. I guess it's an ego thing, using your indicators show weakness, and forget about safety. Same thing goes for seatbelts. Most drivers can't be bothered, it doesn't look cool etc. He also went on to compare US public roads to English and German public roads. So, in that regard, your argument is utterly ridiculous.