yeah, my first computer was a Model-4P... it even had the extended graphics card.
In case anyone was interested, I didn't get my first taste of color on a computer until 1994 when I bought a Mac LCIII... I just couldn't see the need.
that guy was providing content for people who couldn't get it otherwise.
This guy is allowing people to 'forward' a signal that they could get if they were home... He likens it to allowing people to install a very long, versitile extension cord for thier cable...
At The very least, his product should make for an interesting lawsuit.
Didn't the communicators in 'star trek: next generation' reside on the collars? I'm guessing that since the communicators relayed the wearer's position, digitized the voice, aided in routing the call, and interfaced with the ship's main computer, for all intents and purposes it was a computer.
the boys in Redmond have figured out a way to wrench even more profit from their poorly designed, bug-ridden software...
I was begining to worry for a minute how they were going to pay for all the R&D on Longhorn and Xbox...
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I had no idea there wasn't one CIE colors space... Thank you.
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The RGB colorspace also has the really annoying problem of not being in synch with the way we percieve colors.
In particular, if one judges the 'distance between a two shades of red using a RGB colorspace, and compares that to two similar distances between shades of blue, they would guess those distances to be wildly different.
the cie color space is far more accurate for displaying percieved distances between colors.
I recently filled out my application for my slashdot certified geek license... I was a little confused why they wanted my account and social security numbers but what the hey!
One guy on the computing team got so disgusted with the process, he got 6-7 of his office mates to fire up some knoppix cluster CD on their way out the door, to allow him an impromptu computational cluster... Not quite the same as a 20 node, but still better than nothing.
I am on a group that is exploring the use of open source alternatives at a large statistical agency in the Federal government.
We were formed about two months ago, and our charter was to figure out the rollout of the following :
1) Samba, to better manage file and print servers... We currently use Windows products, and really dissatisfied.
2) Apache. We currently use windows, and are REALLY dissatisfied
3) Linux Cluster for doing distributed computations (there is no windows alternative, and many of us learned these techniques in graduate school and are appalled they aren't available to us)
The institutional constipation on changing these things is utterly appalling... Here is an example:
Prior to this groups formation I tried to get permission to use R to replace S, as most of the people who use it, do so infrequently, and dont' really justify the cost... I was told, by boilerplate, "freeware is written by 'hackers' and is riddled with security holes..." when I CCd a letter to the then director of R, asking for advice, I was read the riot act by the people who make such decisions...
I disagree. It's got nothing to do with the software but the data.
You took the words out of my mouth, bubba.
The trick is to make sure that you use data structures that 'span' space of useable information that is constrained by the physical limitations of the system (it is my understanding that it's that last bit that caused that whole 'Y2K' thing a few years back).
is have this motivate companies like Verizon to quit dicking around with 'business DSL subscription only' polices in my residential area so there can be actual competition with Comcast, thus lowering their rates.
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In case anyone was interested, I didn't get my first taste of color on a computer until 1994 when I bought a Mac LCIII... I just couldn't see the need.
why I should care about this if I build my own whitebox computers? Has Abit and ASUS jumped on board with this?
that it doesn't suggest alternatives for obscenities.
This guy is allowing people to 'forward' a signal that they could get if they were home... He likens it to allowing people to install a very long, versitile extension cord for thier cable...
At The very least, his product should make for an interesting lawsuit.
ahh... RTFA, he's in NY, but he prefers russian TV he grabs off the satellite.
the chinese will have to go back to sharing that one copy of MS Windows then...
I think that USED to be true... I also have a EB from the 80's and it sucks. It is no where near as comprehensive...
Most critics think it is the last one that was worth anything.
my indemnification extends ONLY to those pills in the bottle on my desk.
Not only am I indemnifying you from damages from the bottle, but also the contents!
You may now all pay homage to me as your God.
if it actually aimed the disk, then I'd think about it... mostly to keep my year old son in line.
Then Davinci got too much by your reasoning.
Didn't the communicators in 'star trek: next generation' reside on the collars? I'm guessing that since the communicators relayed the wearer's position, digitized the voice, aided in routing the call, and interfaced with the ship's main computer, for all intents and purposes it was a computer.
the boys in Redmond have figured out a way to wrench even more profit from their poorly designed, bug-ridden software... I was begining to worry for a minute how they were going to pay for all the R&D on Longhorn and Xbox...
I had no idea there wasn't one CIE colors space... Thank you.
In particular, if one judges the 'distance between a two shades of red using a RGB colorspace, and compares that to two similar distances between shades of blue, they would guess those distances to be wildly different.
the cie color space is far more accurate for displaying percieved distances between colors.
soon I'll be a CERTIFIED geek!
We were formed about two months ago, and our charter was to figure out the rollout of the following :
1) Samba, to better manage file and print servers... We currently use Windows products, and really dissatisfied.
2) Apache. We currently use windows, and are REALLY dissatisfied
3) Linux Cluster for doing distributed computations (there is no windows alternative, and many of us learned these techniques in graduate school and are appalled they aren't available to us)
The institutional constipation on changing these things is utterly appalling... Here is an example:
Prior to this groups formation I tried to get permission to use R to replace S, as most of the people who use it, do so infrequently, and dont' really justify the cost... I was told, by boilerplate, "freeware is written by 'hackers' and is riddled with security holes..." when I CCd a letter to the then director of R, asking for advice, I was read the riot act by the people who make such decisions...
You took the words out of my mouth, bubba.
The trick is to make sure that you use data structures that 'span' space of useable information that is constrained by the physical limitations of the system (it is my understanding that it's that last bit that caused that whole 'Y2K' thing a few years back).
is have this motivate companies like Verizon to quit dicking around with 'business DSL subscription only' polices in my residential area so there can be actual competition with Comcast, thus lowering their rates.
I just cut and paste, bubba tell it to the parent.
Not if the engineers are living in India.