That doesn't even make sense. The fact that the Xbox uses the same architecture as a PC doesn't make it a PC? The fact that it uses the same processor and nVidia chipset doesn't make it a PC? Well, I guess mini-ITX boards aren't PCs either. In fact, PCs aren't PCs!
Irrelevant.
Again, that doesn't even make sense. The fact that the PS2 and Dreamcast use a different architecture than PCs thus makes them PCs? What are you smoking?
Dreamcast has all kinds of apps for it, Sega didn't restrict it the same way Sony did.
Oh really? NOT!
Yes, they did handle it differently. And if Microsoft provided that option, everybody here'd be mad about it.
Yeah, some people probably would. Then again, some people would buy it, like some people bought the PS2 Linux Kit. So what?
"WTF? I have to buy a $250 kit to boot into Linux? WTF? Only people who have the $250 kit can use the app? WTF? I can't get at 3D bits of the video card?"
Just to shatter your implied argument:
The Sony kit isn't $250.
You can access all of the 3D hardware. Don't believe me? There is code.
That doesn't stop you from hating MS.
Um, if I had an unhealthy aversion to Microsoft, wouldn't I use a different OS, buy different hardware products, and not purchase their development books? Your argument is absolutely ridiculous at this point.
And even if you don't, you're certainly willing to hang Microsoft over it without giving it a second thought.
You sure haven't been paying attention. I haven't said anything to imply that I have any negative feelings towards Microsoft. I've certainly given them a fair shake considering how much software and hardware I've bought from them.
If I had reason to think you were at least weighing what I had to say, even if you end up disagreeing, then I'd take that comment back and even apologize.
Weighing what you had to say? If you had actually been weighing what I had to say, you'd realize that I've been supporting Microsoft the whole time.
You know what my theory is? I think that in actuality, you're the one who can't come to terms with the fact that you hate Microsoft. Your signature reads, "Linux: Where do you want to stay today?", leading me to believe that you are, in fact, a Linux zealot. Anyone with a such a deep Microsoft hatred as yours is a borderline psychotic, and probably a communist.
You should just admit it to yourself and seek counseling.
I can see where this thread is going, so as a service to the community, I've created a handy list of Metallica album complaints for all the die-hard Metallica fans who have been disappointed by one or more of their albums over the years:
St. AngerSUCKS! It's obvious that they've lost it. This album sounds so stale, I'm surprised there isn't an ode to Geritol on it.
S&MSUCKS! Only a bunch of poseurs would play with an orchestra! Classical music SUCKS! Sissy long-haired crap!
LoadSUCKS! After a fucking five year hiatus, you'd think they could come up with something better than this puerile heap of noisome dung. This album blows.
MetallicaSUCKS! They SOLD OUT to the man, man. This album is proof!
...And Justice for AllSUCKS! Cliff Burton was the band! One is so overrated. Metallica will never be the same.
Master of PuppetsSUCKS! Why does everyone think that this is a classic album? This is a hollow attempt at a musical style that better bands had attained years before, and it should be discounted as pure crap.
Ride the LighteningSUCKS! Sophomore albums SUCK! If you can't say what you need to say on your first album, you shouldn't say it.
Kill 'Em AllSUCKS! It's pretty obvious these guys will never amount to anything.
Every album SUCKS! Once Mustaine left the band, they went right down the tubes.
*ducks quickly before he gets modded down by people who weren't even alive when Metallica's first album came out*
Um.. no it isn't. Unless you want to count the PS2 and the Dreamcast as PC's, you can't claim Microsoft's is suddenly one. They may have similar components, but that does not a PC make. You can give a man a baboon's heart, but he doesn't suddenly become a baboon.
Did you even read the link? An Xbox shares 99% of its hardware with current PCs. The PS2 and Dreamcast are not based on the PC architecture. They are completely different hardware.
Your example is flawed.
No, your thinking is. I am not claiming that Sony has a completely open architecture on their machine. What I am claiming is that they handled the situation differently than Microsoft.
Why don't you just own up to the fact that the only reason you're arguing with NG is that you hate Microsoft?
Considering that I'm writing this on Windows XP in IE, your argument is specious at best.
I was pointing out to NG that he was mistaken about the Xbox.
You're using reasoning that you'll only apply to Microsoft, but it doesn't apply to other players in the same space. You don't see the problem with that?
You don't know me well enough to jump to that conclusion. I can apply my argument to all the players equally. You want to try me?
FWIW, the mormons/latter day saints/etc are the only (AFAIK, IANAT, etc) religion who recognise the Book of Mormon.
Of course, there is more than one Mormon church.
There's the LDS in Utah who followed Brigham Young,
and the RLDS in Missouri who followed Joseph Smith III.
catholics kept the Apocrypha in their view of the bible, while most (all?) other christian denominations don't recognise them.
Of course, in Catholicism, the apocryphal books are called "deuterocanonical" books and are part of the canon. In addition to the deuterocanonical books, the Greek Orthodox Chruch and the Russian Orthodox Church also recognize several other works that Catholics and Protestants do not recognize as belonging to the canon.
Newark is the place to go if you want to be in the New York metropolitan area, but also want to discourage New Yorkers from coming.
It's also the place to go if you want to discourage people from New Jersey from attending.
Seriously, I'm originally from NJ, and Newark scares the heck out of me.
A regular commercial airplane will glide maybe 0.5 to 1 mile before it meets the ground.
Airliners have optimal glide ratios of 25 to 1. An airliner will certainly not soar like a glider (i.e. it has a low "soarability"), but it will be able to glide.
For instance, there is the case of the Gimli Glider, a Air Canada 767 that was forced to make an emergency
landing due to running out of fuel. At the time of the failure, it had a glide ratio of 11 to 1, which enabled it to glide for 12 miles to make a safe landing.
Did you know that the first airplane passenger on one of the earliest Wright planes died in what was the first airplane crash?
It was the third passenger:
Lt. Frank P. Lahm, September 10, 1908
Major George O. Squier, September 12, 1908
Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, September 17,1908
It was Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge who died in the first airplane crash.
Oddly enough, he was a member of a the Aerial Experiment Association, which was a competitor of the Wrights.
I know! It's as if it knew I was going to type that, and stopped me in my tracks! Let me tell you, I was tweaked.
So, I booted this linoox utility disk thingy and that helped remove the boot virus I had.
I was really worried that this boot virus might come back, though, so just in case, I encrypted the drive with this dd program that came with the disk.
I am just sick of this! They come out with a stupid patch almost weekly, and then the damn patch crashes your machine so that you have to reinstall the OS...
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That doesn't even make sense. The fact that the Xbox uses the same architecture as a PC doesn't make it a PC? The fact that it uses the same processor and nVidia chipset doesn't make it a PC? Well, I guess mini-ITX boards aren't PCs either. In fact, PCs aren't PCs!
Irrelevant.
Again, that doesn't even make sense. The fact that the PS2 and Dreamcast use a different architecture than PCs thus makes them PCs? What are you smoking?
Dreamcast has all kinds of apps for it, Sega didn't restrict it the same way Sony did.
Oh really? NOT!
Yes, they did handle it differently. And if Microsoft provided that option, everybody here'd be mad about it.
Yeah, some people probably would. Then again, some people would buy it, like some people bought the PS2 Linux Kit. So what?
"WTF? I have to buy a $250 kit to boot into Linux? WTF? Only people who have the $250 kit can use the app? WTF? I can't get at 3D bits of the video card?"
Just to shatter your implied argument:
- The Sony kit isn't $250.
- You can access all of the 3D hardware. Don't believe me? There is code.
That doesn't stop you from hating MS.Um, if I had an unhealthy aversion to Microsoft, wouldn't I use a different OS, buy different hardware products, and not purchase their development books? Your argument is absolutely ridiculous at this point.
And even if you don't, you're certainly willing to hang Microsoft over it without giving it a second thought.
You sure haven't been paying attention. I haven't said anything to imply that I have any negative feelings towards Microsoft. I've certainly given them a fair shake considering how much software and hardware I've bought from them.
If I had reason to think you were at least weighing what I had to say, even if you end up disagreeing, then I'd take that comment back and even apologize.
Weighing what you had to say? If you had actually been weighing what I had to say, you'd realize that I've been supporting Microsoft the whole time.
You know what my theory is? I think that in actuality, you're the one who can't come to terms with the fact that you hate Microsoft. Your signature reads, "Linux: Where do you want to stay today?", leading me to believe that you are, in fact, a Linux zealot. Anyone with a such a deep Microsoft hatred as yours is a borderline psychotic, and probably a communist. You should just admit it to yourself and seek counseling.
- St. Anger SUCKS! It's obvious that they've lost it. This album sounds so stale, I'm surprised there isn't an ode to Geritol on it.
- S&M SUCKS! Only a bunch of poseurs would play with an orchestra! Classical music SUCKS! Sissy long-haired crap!
- Garage Inc. SUCKS! Cover songs SUCK! Write something original! Masharemdadadoodoomada, my ass!
- Reload SUCKS! More like Rebload!
- Load SUCKS! After a fucking five year hiatus, you'd think they could come up with something better than this puerile heap of noisome dung. This album blows.
- Metallica SUCKS! They SOLD OUT to the man, man. This album is proof!
...And Justice for All SUCKS! Cliff Burton was the band! One is so overrated. Metallica will never be the same.- Master of Puppets SUCKS! Why does everyone think that this is a classic album? This is a hollow attempt at a musical style that better bands had attained years before, and it should be discounted as pure crap.
- Ride the Lightening SUCKS! Sophomore albums SUCK! If you can't say what you need to say on your first album, you shouldn't say it.
- Kill 'Em All SUCKS! It's pretty obvious these guys will never amount to anything.
- Every album SUCKS! Once Mustaine left the band, they went right down the tubes.
*ducks quickly before he gets modded down by people who weren't even alive when Metallica's first album came out*Did you even read the link? An Xbox shares 99% of its hardware with current PCs.
The PS2 and Dreamcast are not based on the PC architecture. They are completely different hardware.
Your example is flawed.
No, your thinking is. I am not claiming that Sony has a completely open architecture on their machine.
What I am claiming is that they handled the situation differently than Microsoft.
Why don't you just own up to the fact that the only reason you're arguing with NG is that you hate Microsoft?
Considering that I'm writing this on Windows XP in IE, your argument is specious at best.
I was pointing out to NG that he was mistaken about the Xbox.
You're using reasoning that you'll only apply to Microsoft, but it doesn't apply to other players in the same space. You don't see the problem with that?
You don't know me well enough to jump to that conclusion. I can apply my argument to all the players equally. You want to try me?
Yes, it is.
1.) It's not a PC.
Yes, it is.
2.) It only plays games. No apps have been ported to it.
Lies. That's because they don't need to be ported.
3.) Nothing different going on here that Sony or Nintendo has going in their camps.
Sony is a completely different story.
Yeah, but they'll be back (rising from the ashes and all that).
It computes now! I just solved the halting problem!
NO CARRIER
And the kicker is that some people didn't get the joke, because they modded it offtopic!
Of course, there is more than one Mormon church. There's the LDS in Utah who followed Brigham Young, and the RLDS in Missouri who followed Joseph Smith III.
catholics kept the Apocrypha in their view of the bible, while most (all?) other christian denominations don't recognise them.
Of course, in Catholicism, the apocryphal books are called "deuterocanonical" books and are part of the canon. In addition to the deuterocanonical books, the Greek Orthodox Chruch and the Russian Orthodox Church also recognize several other works that Catholics and Protestants do not recognize as belonging to the canon.
It's also the place to go if you want to discourage people from New Jersey from attending.
Seriously, I'm originally from NJ, and Newark scares the heck out of me.
I applied for amnesty too.
--
Hugh G. Rekschon
Ah okay. The Lynx was pretty damn sweet.
Cable modems generally have different selections of modulations and frequencies
that enable many datarates higher than 10Mbps downstream.
For instance, my Linksys BEFCMU10 has the following specs:
- Upstream datarate: 320Kbps (QPSK) to 10Mbps (16QAM)
- Downstream datarate: 30Mbps (64QAM) to 43Mbps (256QAM)
So the problem isn't the modem, but whatever the head end is using, and environmental factors.Why does a guy named Lynxpro need high-speed access?
Airliners have optimal glide ratios of 25 to 1. An airliner will certainly not soar like a glider (i.e. it has a low "soarability"), but it will be able to glide.
For instance, there is the case of the Gimli Glider, a Air Canada 767 that was forced to make an emergency
landing due to running out of fuel. At the time of the failure, it had a glide ratio of 11 to 1, which enabled it to glide for 12 miles to make a safe landing.
Of course, the pilot co-owned a glider...
It was the third passenger:
- Lt. Frank P. Lahm, September 10, 1908
- Major George O. Squier, September 12, 1908
- Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, September 17,1908
It was Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge who died in the first airplane crash.Oddly enough, he was a member of a the Aerial Experiment Association, which was a competitor of the Wrights.
Flamebait? Sheesh. The mods sure don't like satire today.
So, I booted this linoox utility disk thingy and that helped remove the boot virus I had.
I was really worried that this boot virus might come back, though, so just in case, I encrypted the drive with this dd program that came with the disk.
Yeah, everything's going to be just fine now.
and then the damn patch crashes your machine so that you have to reinstall the OS...
What?!? Apple!
Oh, I thought this was a Microsoft article.
Nevermind.
Maybe because that's what he said he was going to do:
"I won't rest until I find the real killers." -OJ
Except for Linux being the OS it was implemented on.
Anil Prasad?
Hey, aren't you supposed to be trolling a.m.p.?
*Never* contradict Anil...
I'm pushing turdy, er... I mean THIRTY!!!
*sigh* ...stupid article headline.
Just hope scientists don't launch a probe to penetrate the crust of Uranus.