because its written by Charlie Djemeran. If you happen to have come across him before you'll already know he's not worth the effort it takes to read his articles as hes the most ridiculously biassed anti-nVidia pro-ATI fanboi ever. In his eyes ATI can never do anything wrong and Nvidia can never do anything right. Because of that his articles are unprofessional and valueless. He's been a tired old one-trick pony trotting out the same personal hate campaign for years now.
I would definately only go with nvidia graphics rather than ATI if you plan to run Linux. nVidia's Linux drivers are far superior to ATI's. Apparently ATI arent even ever going to release a Linux driver for my laptop's ATI Mobility Radeon 7500.
because I have 64 bit hardware. Why would you run a 32 bit os and not take advantage of it? Apart from anything else, apps run (slightly) faster when compiled for 64 bit.
Is it just me or does anyone else think messing with creatures in this way is off-the-scale barbaric and shouldn't be done whatever the reason?
It really scares me that there's apprarently no limit to the depths governments and universities will sink in the name of money or whats laughably called 'defence' (read: to kill more people more efficiently).
How far will mankind go towards the worst visions of the future before enough decent people say 'no more'?
You would have thought this moron would have learned his lesson after being disbarred. I hope the judge takes every asset Thompson owns this time round just for being the worst example of a scabarous parasite on society. Its people like Thompson that make everything we buy cost more because the providers have to cover their asses against letigious little creeps like him.
>>> half-million injured last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver distraction, a striking indication of the dangers of using mobile devices behind the wheel
Not that I agree with texting while driving, but I think its a bit much to just arbitrarily deduce that texting is a major part of all driver distractions that resulted in accidents.
Anybody that does it shouldn't consider themselves a professional. Its simply an excuse for doing a sloppy job and leaving your shit for other people to sort out. I hope I never have to be the one to support this guys hacky code.
OK so Im not an American, can someone explain how is it a single city can just arbitrarily breach state laws and constitution and legally enforce their own rules instead? It seems exactly like the wost kid of banana-republic dictatorship.
Why aren't the State gov and feds already arresting and firing the city morons who are blatantly acting illegally?
I understood that the constitution was the highest authority? Surely if a citizen gets caught by this camera they can just ignore it and sue the police and city for illegal arrest or whatever and automatically win in any court?
I think you're being very naive in assuming there's only a few thousand technical people in the world. Think of all the net admins, sys admins, web developers, app developers, DBAs etc etc. I bet if you added them all up there's probably as many if not more of us than there are travelling salesmen in the world.
My actual point is this: This is YET ANOTHER product in an already overcrowded market of personal organizer-type products, that all have almost identical features (internet browsing, exchange integration, appointment management etc etc). Its almost a given that the target purchaser of this product will already own a cell phone, a laptop and at least one other device from a ton of similar organiser-based products that all come with identical functionality that covers exactly the same needs.
Yet with this product's release, there continues to be approximately zero convenient hardware platforms with the features that address my and probably many other more technically-centred people's needs. Whether you acknowledge it or not, us geeks are still a large market that all the big OEM's like Microsoft and Apple are continuing to totally alienate.
You're obviosuly not a linux user. ATI's Linux drivers suck hard compared to nVidia's. For that reason, none of ATi's product range is on my purchasing radar.
Microsoft keep making products that assume or even enforce a particular work flow. What about those of us that aren't sales droids or road warriors? Where is the command line interface? where is the C compiler and ssh app and X server?
He should counter-sue the US gov for putting an insufficiently protected system on the internet in the first place. Normally that wouldnt be sensible as the damage cant be proved, but in this case it can by the governments own reckoning: $700k.
I suspect his actual point was just as he said; He doesn't like using the word Linux ON A RADIO. This is not a slur against Linux, rather he doesn't want people to think of his radio as a computer-based appliance.
As an Englishman I herby claim for my nation copyright on Bangers and Mash, Fish n' Chips, and boiled vegatables that have been cooked so long they taste awful.
what I find most scary about them trying identify people to prosecute them for speaking their opinions is that the police chief either doesnt understand about the first amendment (which is ridiculous for a police chief), so (worse) does understand it but thinks he can go around it.
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because its written by Charlie Djemeran. If you happen to have come across him before you'll already know he's not worth the effort it takes to read his articles as hes the most ridiculously biassed anti-nVidia pro-ATI fanboi ever.
In his eyes ATI can never do anything wrong and Nvidia can never do anything right. Because of that his articles are unprofessional and valueless. He's been a tired old one-trick pony trotting out the same personal hate campaign for years now.
I would definately only go with nvidia graphics rather than ATI if you plan to run Linux.
nVidia's Linux drivers are far superior to ATI's.
Apparently ATI arent even ever going to release a Linux driver for my laptop's ATI Mobility Radeon 7500.
Performance + I don't want to shoot my hardware in the foot.
because I have 64 bit hardware. Why would you run a 32 bit os and not take advantage of it?
Apart from anything else, apps run (slightly) faster when compiled for 64 bit.
why do people with 64 bit hardware still run the 32-bit version of the os?
Is it just ignorance?
Beating Microsoft products on usability is not exactly a tough achievement. Personally I'd rather use post-it notes than Outlook.
Is it just me or does anyone else think messing with creatures in this way is off-the-scale barbaric and shouldn't be done whatever the reason?
It really scares me that there's apprarently no limit to the depths governments and universities will sink in the name of money or whats laughably called 'defence' (read: to kill more people more efficiently).
How far will mankind go towards the worst visions of the future before enough decent people say 'no more'?
You would have thought this moron would have learned his lesson after being disbarred. I hope the judge takes every asset Thompson owns this time round just for being the worst example of a scabarous parasite on society.
Its people like Thompson that make everything we buy cost more because the providers have to cover their asses against letigious little creeps like him.
Now you have to watch out for those Google Maps camera cars driving around in your kitchen and living room too.
>> a $5,000 fine -- levied against Microsoft in 2005 for unsupported claims about SQL Server.
Gee that fine will have made Microsoft change their ways. NOT.
By being so soft on members the TPC have totally undermined their own credability.
>>> half-million injured last year in vehicle crashes connected to driver distraction, a striking indication of the dangers of using mobile devices behind the wheel
Not that I agree with texting while driving, but I think its a bit much to just arbitrarily deduce that texting is a major part of all driver distractions that resulted in accidents.
These days, people's health seems to be considered more important than anything, so glory = saving lives?
glory job = Surgeon? paramedic?
Let me fix it:
Ballmer said the company had 'screwed up Windows'
There.
Anybody that does it shouldn't consider themselves a professional.
Its simply an excuse for doing a sloppy job and leaving your shit for other people to sort out.
I hope I never have to be the one to support this guys hacky code.
OK so Im not an American, can someone explain how is it a single city can just arbitrarily breach state laws and constitution and legally enforce their own rules instead? It seems exactly like the wost kid of banana-republic dictatorship.
Why aren't the State gov and feds already arresting and firing the city morons who are blatantly acting illegally?
I understood that the constitution was the highest authority? Surely if a citizen gets caught by this camera they can just ignore it and sue the police and city for illegal arrest or whatever and automatically win in any court?
I hate ribbons. The only positive thing I can think of about this change is thank god we won't be forced to upgrade to it.
I think you're being very naive in assuming there's only a few thousand technical people in the world.
Think of all the net admins, sys admins, web developers, app developers, DBAs etc etc.
I bet if you added them all up there's probably as many if not more of us than there are travelling salesmen in the world.
My actual point is this: This is YET ANOTHER product in an already overcrowded market of personal organizer-type products, that all have almost identical features (internet browsing, exchange integration, appointment management etc etc). Its almost a given that the target purchaser of this product will already own a cell phone, a laptop and at least one other device from a ton of similar organiser-based products that all come with identical functionality that covers exactly the same needs.
Yet with this product's release, there continues to be approximately zero convenient hardware platforms with the features that address my and probably many other more technically-centred people's needs. Whether you acknowledge it or not, us geeks are still a large market that all the big OEM's like Microsoft and Apple are continuing to totally alienate.
This is good news, as no-one except Microsoft can do DRM over P2P now, so its yet another nail in DRM's coffin.
You're obviosuly not a linux user. ATI's Linux drivers suck hard compared to nVidia's.
For that reason, none of ATi's product range is on my purchasing radar.
Microsoft keep making products that assume or even enforce a particular work flow.
What about those of us that aren't sales droids or road warriors?
Where is the command line interface? where is the C compiler and ssh app and X server?
He should counter-sue the US gov for putting an insufficiently protected system on the internet in the first place. Normally that wouldnt be sensible as the damage cant be proved, but in this case it can by the governments own reckoning: $700k.
I suspect his actual point was just as he said; He doesn't like using the word Linux ON A RADIO.
This is not a slur against Linux, rather he doesn't want people to think of his radio as a computer-based appliance.
As an Englishman I herby claim for my nation copyright on Bangers and Mash, Fish n' Chips, and boiled vegatables that have been cooked so long they taste awful.
Yeah its funny how hiring employers require tons of experience, yet ignore it once you get the job.
what I find most scary about them trying identify people to prosecute them for speaking their opinions is that the police chief either doesnt understand about the first amendment (which is ridiculous for a police chief), so (worse) does understand it but thinks he can go around it.