It's overlooked, as only relatively few people around the world use it. I'm all for using little-known standards, just don't kick up a fuss when no-one supports it. I mean, if I made a new audio format using coat-hangers and corned beef, should I be entitled to cry and scream blue murder when Apple refuses to issue a patch?
Don't be so arrogant. Most countries in the world wouldn't ban you for depicting the assassination of a former leader. America isn't special in that regard - in fact, it's less free than a lot of countries.
But what about Vietnam games? The Vietnam war was an incredibly disproportionate conflict, with American forces killing hundreds of thousand of innocents. That, however, is suitable for an array of distorted films and videogames showing the All-American hero socking it to charlie.
I think your opinion is hypocratic at best. The only reason you feel this way is that you knew anything about Kennedy. Those who've been killed in conflicts you don't mind being slung about, are faceless to you.
But it's OK for American games developers to make games about the Vietnam war, where hundreds of thousands of innocent people lost their lives... Though I guess to you the President is worth hundreds of thousands of faceless foreigners. I really hope I'm wrong.
PocketPCs don't have spyware, and are not to be scared off. You're denying yourself some great, great features and software because of ideological views. I respect your opinion, but as a computer professional (which I assume you are, being here), isn't that very narrow-minded? Shouldn't the right tool be used for the right job? I guess there's no use trying to point it out to you - your head seems too far up your ass for you to hear.
You're confusing taxes being mis-spent with paying too much in tax. Taxes are neither a good thing nor a bad thing - how they're spent determines that. If your taxes went straight back in your pocket, you'd think they were good. If they went on Ted Kennedy, you'd not.
America spends not enough on a lot of worthy causes - if your taxes went on them, you wouldn't think they were so bad.
The AOL icon is there because they own nullsoft. That's to be expected. And it's just an icon - the delete button takes care of it very quickly.
I agree with you about version 5 - the early versions were much worse than winamp 2. However, the new version 5s, when in classic mode, are indistinguishable from the original. It's still my favourite player - lightweight, quick, good features.
Oh. My. God. Do people like you still think that way??
I can see other people have pointed out how dense your perceptions of America are. Instead of getting information about your country from movies, read a history book. You'll see America only honours things like friends, democracy, freedom, and liberty when it benefits. If they're going to harm it, America throws them out the window and shits on them.
It's not that simple - you missed one thing: companies can stay in the US, AND cut down on emissions. They're not mutually exclusive. Don't you think people thought of that when they drew up the agreement? If it's going to cripple industry in the countries who are adopting it, they would have canned it before it even left the table.
I expect that with every post I make about windows:) I just believe in objectivity - I'll use whatever OS I think does the job better. I'll go OT here for an example: At work, we had a worm outbreak on our windows boxes, and they were choking our linux-based internet gateway. To fix it, I built a redhat 9 box with two network cards, set up iptables and routing, and filtered out the network requests the worm was throwing out. If I tried to do that with windows, it would have been expensive. In the end, I moved the box to a virtual PC running on a windows server.
My upgrade to SP2 worked flawlessly for my notebook. I use the Netgear WGT511 card, and it worked straight away. I've yet to see any problems at all with SP2 with wifi... Not that I don't believe you, it's just that I've had exactly the opposite reaction:)
I don't mean to sound rude, but that's not what's going on. WINE is getting better. Games companies aren't going to bend over backwards to help linux, if their games are in DX. It's just not going to happen. Linux has a tiny share of the market, approx. 2%. A games manufacturer can improve sales of their game by 2% just by improving marketing or with various other non-expensive-labour-intensive activities. Using your core assets to port a game over for a MAXIMUM 2% of the market (if every single linux user bought a copy of it) isn't very cost-effective.
Linux's market share will have to be muuuch larger before games manufacturers base too many decisions on it.
I didn't meant to sound like a dick, but lots of people seem to forget the sheer economics of this.
I'd work on the millions of people in poverty in your country first. You know how revulsed people felt when they saw Saddam's golden palaces next to the suffering people? Well, that's how lots of Americans view America's obsession with space. Sure, it's a great thing, and most definitely our future. We will get to space, and do it in style. We'll own space as much as we own the planet, there's no doubt about that. However, there are millions of people in america who are starving. Shouldn't they be dealt with before luxuries like space? And it is a luxury at the moment, as we have no pressing needs to be there yet. Our only forrays into space have been borne out of exploration not desperation.
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And the number one reason against the massive spending:
Any benefits from the space program will reach us in years, possibly decades. By then, millions would have died from causes easily preventable by spending that money on them.
I'm not saying I'm for or against space stuff, but that's a fact. Just trying to be objective here:)
I hear ya:) I've had problems with devices and windows. It usually comes down to the drivers. Bad drivers can kill a windows box instantly.
I don't want to sound like a windows dick (there are a lot of 'em out there), but I've never found anything problematic with WLAN & Windows itself. I did have a netgear wg614 router, and that sucked. My netgear PCMCIA card couldn't sustain a connection, and would drop out every few minutes or so. I upgraded the router to a 624, and it's been perfect. That's XP, XPSP1 and XPSP2.
With windows, the right drivers and the zero-configuration service, you don't have to think about it. I turned on my notebook once, and it connected to downstairs' WLAN without me doing anything.:-P I guess it was 'cos I changed the wireless key on the router and not updated the notebook - it fell back to the unsecured connection.
Poor Windows functionality? You're joking, right? I'll chalk that one up to excitement:) For the record, Windows has flawless wireless networking. XP (pre-SP2 & SP2) comes with a zero-configuration service, and supports every wireless card on the market. You just pop in your card, and it'll do everything for you. Encryption? No problem - it'll just ask for the password. It'll then save that profile, and use it when needed. SP2 polished off some of the rougher corners, and now it's as close to perfect as I could ask for. I've been using it on various windows PCs for years, and it's given me no trouble at all. Of course, I'm not going to guess what Linux's support is like, as I've never used a wireless linux box.
You can hear that sound too? Not everyone I know can... I can tell when there's a TV on in adjacent rooms, or even when I walk past a house/building with one near the front. Annoying. I used to share a house with some people, and when they'd use my projector, they'd leave the TV on, but without the composite cable in the back. Of course, the sound from the TV drove me crazy, but my housemates would sit there for hours before I came home and turned it off:-P strange...
The pixels on an LCD are arranged in a grid pattern, as you know. On a CRT TV, they're arranged in a staggered pattern, so one column is 0.5 px lower than the last. That means that straight non-horizontal/vertical edges and curves don't alias. With LCDs, straight non-horizontal/vertical edges and curves alias. Of course, LCDs are perfect for computers, as text is crystal-clear, and the precision of the pixels is perfect. For TVs, when you're usually watching some FMV as opposed to a spreadsheet, the non-gridlike arrangement of a CRT means any rough edges are smoothed out, giving a more lifelike appearance. Perfect reproduction of pixels is only good when those pixels are what you want to see.
Oh, and as other people have said, brighter colours, greater contrast, wider viewing angle, etc.
Like when those people read how Chinese people eat St. Bernards, they got all in a state and DEMANDED China stop eating dogs. Even though Chinese people have to eat during food shortages, and we eat cows (which other people might not appreciate). Somehow if it's cute to US, we protect it beyond measure. If it's cute to someone else, fuck it - it's dinner time.
If you're woried that every new bit of technology is going to make someone redundant, go live in a cave now. Every single invention since the dawn of time has taken someone's job somewhere along the line. Luddite:)
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It's overlooked, as only relatively few people around the world use it. I'm all for using little-known standards, just don't kick up a fuss when no-one supports it. I mean, if I made a new audio format using coat-hangers and corned beef, should I be entitled to cry and scream blue murder when Apple refuses to issue a patch?
Don't be so arrogant. Most countries in the world wouldn't ban you for depicting the assassination of a former leader. America isn't special in that regard - in fact, it's less free than a lot of countries.
Whereas you'd jump at the chance to play a Vietnam game where you get to drop napalm on kids... double standards? never!!!
I think your opinion is hypocratic at best. The only reason you feel this way is that you knew anything about Kennedy. Those who've been killed in conflicts you don't mind being slung about, are faceless to you.
But it's OK for American games developers to make games about the Vietnam war, where hundreds of thousands of innocent people lost their lives... Though I guess to you the President is worth hundreds of thousands of faceless foreigners. I really hope I'm wrong.
PocketPCs don't have spyware, and are not to be scared off. You're denying yourself some great, great features and software because of ideological views. I respect your opinion, but as a computer professional (which I assume you are, being here), isn't that very narrow-minded? Shouldn't the right tool be used for the right job? I guess there's no use trying to point it out to you - your head seems too far up your ass for you to hear.
You don't like powerful software, then?
America spends not enough on a lot of worthy causes - if your taxes went on them, you wouldn't think they were so bad.
I agree with you about version 5 - the early versions were much worse than winamp 2. However, the new version 5s, when in classic mode, are indistinguishable from the original. It's still my favourite player - lightweight, quick, good features.
I can see other people have pointed out how dense your perceptions of America are. Instead of getting information about your country from movies, read a history book. You'll see America only honours things like friends, democracy, freedom, and liberty when it benefits. If they're going to harm it, America throws them out the window and shits on them.
It's not that simple - you missed one thing: companies can stay in the US, AND cut down on emissions. They're not mutually exclusive. Don't you think people thought of that when they drew up the agreement? If it's going to cripple industry in the countries who are adopting it, they would have canned it before it even left the table.
Anyway, as they say - horses for courses.
My upgrade to SP2 worked flawlessly for my notebook. I use the Netgear WGT511 card, and it worked straight away. I've yet to see any problems at all with SP2 with wifi... Not that I don't believe you, it's just that I've had exactly the opposite reaction :)
Linux's market share will have to be muuuch larger before games manufacturers base too many decisions on it.
I didn't meant to sound like a dick, but lots of people seem to forget the sheer economics of this.
No, the day it is cost effective to port code for a maximum 2% of the market, the day linux ports will be available. :) sorry!
I'd work on the millions of people in poverty in your country first. You know how revulsed people felt when they saw Saddam's golden palaces next to the suffering people? Well, that's how lots of Americans view America's obsession with space. Sure, it's a great thing, and most definitely our future. We will get to space, and do it in style. We'll own space as much as we own the planet, there's no doubt about that. However, there are millions of people in america who are starving. Shouldn't they be dealt with before luxuries like space? And it is a luxury at the moment, as we have no pressing needs to be there yet. Our only forrays into space have been borne out of exploration not desperation.
Any benefits from the space program will reach us in years, possibly decades. By then, millions would have died from causes easily preventable by spending that money on them.
I'm not saying I'm for or against space stuff, but that's a fact. Just trying to be objective here :)
sorry... just had to say it :)
I don't want to sound like a windows dick (there are a lot of 'em out there), but I've never found anything problematic with WLAN & Windows itself. I did have a netgear wg614 router, and that sucked. My netgear PCMCIA card couldn't sustain a connection, and would drop out every few minutes or so. I upgraded the router to a 624, and it's been perfect. That's XP, XPSP1 and XPSP2.
With windows, the right drivers and the zero-configuration service, you don't have to think about it. I turned on my notebook once, and it connected to downstairs' WLAN without me doing anything. :-P I guess it was 'cos I changed the wireless key on the router and not updated the notebook - it fell back to the unsecured connection.
Poor Windows functionality? You're joking, right? I'll chalk that one up to excitement :) For the record, Windows has flawless wireless networking. XP (pre-SP2 & SP2) comes with a zero-configuration service, and supports every wireless card on the market. You just pop in your card, and it'll do everything for you. Encryption? No problem - it'll just ask for the password. It'll then save that profile, and use it when needed. SP2 polished off some of the rougher corners, and now it's as close to perfect as I could ask for. I've been using it on various windows PCs for years, and it's given me no trouble at all. Of course, I'm not going to guess what Linux's support is like, as I've never used a wireless linux box.
You can hear that sound too? Not everyone I know can... I can tell when there's a TV on in adjacent rooms, or even when I walk past a house/building with one near the front. Annoying. I used to share a house with some people, and when they'd use my projector, they'd leave the TV on, but without the composite cable in the back. Of course, the sound from the TV drove me crazy, but my housemates would sit there for hours before I came home and turned it off :-P strange...
Oh, and as other people have said, brighter colours, greater contrast, wider viewing angle, etc.
Like when those people read how Chinese people eat St. Bernards, they got all in a state and DEMANDED China stop eating dogs. Even though Chinese people have to eat during food shortages, and we eat cows (which other people might not appreciate). Somehow if it's cute to US, we protect it beyond measure. If it's cute to someone else, fuck it - it's dinner time.
This dolphin won't even take a balancing!
If you're woried that every new bit of technology is going to make someone redundant, go live in a cave now. Every single invention since the dawn of time has taken someone's job somewhere along the line. Luddite :)