A well timed announcement of a really sexy new iMac in August
If this is so, I wonder if Apple have considered the southern hemisphere? The 3rd quarter always seems to be the slowest here in NZ and to not have anything to sell until the new systems come out has got to hurt.
Now that Dell has embraced the idea of computers without floppy drives, I guess the iMac's work here is done.
As a computer tech, I'm rather annoyed at this as I still find that floppy disks are the most convinent storage medium for the diagnosis/repair software I use. Yeah, yeah, I know this is slightly off-topic (and agree that floppies need to be replaced) but please remember that if something is taken away there needs to be a suitable substitute for it. Much like if Apple stops selling one generation of computers, there needs to be another generation to put on the shelves.
Unless, of course, they want to loss sales to people like me... hold on a moment... forget what I just said, Apple can stop selling iMacs if they wish.
What probably happened was that your drive just wasn't able to distinguish the pits in the CD your friend burned
Last time I looked (not that I can see things that small) CDRW drives didn't put any pits into your disk. All they did was change the colour of the dye to make the laser reflect (refract?) differently.
I'm thinking maybe it's time to call in a consultant...
Correct me if I am wrong here, but I do believe that consultants in this field are refered to as Mothers, with their counterparts Mother-in-law. While having to call upon the services of such professionals may cause minor irritation and headaches, calling upon the services of both at the same time has been known to lead to rapid hair-loss, miagrains and trodden-on toes.
I have an external drive for bulk storage on my Shuttle. It's just a simple 3.5" in an external enclosure that has USB 2.0 and Firewire connectivity. Given the performance of the solution I have, it leaves me with the question of why use USB 2.0 at all? Firewire has proven itself to be as a better solution for this sort of thing.
Furthermore, people do know what's causing the problem. The Linux kernel now doesn't show the same disk geometry as the BIOS does. The fix is to use sfdisk to recreate the partition table.
It took me a couple of goes to dual boot XP Pro and Mandrake 10. What I found was that I needed to do a bit of juggling with Partion Magic before I could get the two to install and behave themselves. Basically install XP on a primary partition, use PM to hide that partition and create a new active primary partition to install Mandrake on. Unhide the XP partition, leave the Mandrake partition as active (which is where Lilo is installed) and now she goes like a charm.
There is a blatently obvious (well to me anyway) possibility that has been left out, that the aliens (lets assume that they have never heard of us, or seen us before now) already believe the same things we do.
From a Christian perspective, I find it quite intriguing that there may be an alien civilisation out there that believes the same things I do. After all, if God did create the universe, wouldn't he show himself to other beings aswell?
You can call this funny if you wish, but I have lost track of the number of times that I have had to explain this sort of thing to the Joe Blogs public. The sooner the drive letter become invisible the better, then it can be just "Floppy Disk" "CD/DVD/CDRW/DVDRW" and "Hard Drive".
But at least it could be carbon dated to determine if it was from the right time. Carbon dating is a little more difficult to doctor than photographs.
Whether the carbon dating proves it to be true or false, the only thing which is guarenteed to happen if anything is dated as a result of this (as I see it anyway), is that there will be big arguments over inacuracies in carbon dating.
Which culture's creation myth doesn't have a flood story? Aztecs, Incas, Sumerians, Mayan, Jews, Greeks all feature catastrophic flooding
I don't want to start a flame war, and I am not trying to troll here - but this sort of thing just keeps bringing one question to mind: Why do scientists have to be able to measure something and come up with a number that they are generally comfortable with before they will say if it could or couldn't happen?
A more modern example would be the fact that until reciently, scientists would say that there is nothing wrong with smoking. Even though common sence would say that coughing means you have inhaled something that you shouldn't have.
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A well timed announcement of a really sexy new iMac in August
If this is so, I wonder if Apple have considered the southern hemisphere? The 3rd quarter always seems to be the slowest here in NZ and to not have anything to sell until the new systems come out has got to hurt.
And Windows is for real men?
{at the risk of being flamed}
I guess it takes a real man to step where a Linux-type-geek fears to tread...
{disclaimer: I do use Linux also}
Now that Dell has embraced the idea of computers without floppy drives, I guess the iMac's work here is done.
As a computer tech, I'm rather annoyed at this as I still find that floppy disks are the most convinent storage medium for the diagnosis/repair software I use. Yeah, yeah, I know this is slightly off-topic (and agree that floppies need to be replaced) but please remember that if something is taken away there needs to be a suitable substitute for it. Much like if Apple stops selling one generation of computers, there needs to be another generation to put on the shelves.
Unless, of course, they want to loss sales to people like me... hold on a moment... forget what I just said, Apple can stop selling iMacs if they wish.
LCD display
As funny as this may sound, doesn't the 'D' in LCD stand for Diode these days?
ICH6 = Intel I/o Controller Hub 6. Basically it is the south bridge for Intel's new chipset.
Given the reaction that Clippy causes a lot of people, MS better not include that last option or there are going to be a lot of upset bus drivers.
No I believe he is saying: 1) Study hard 2) Work hard 3) Profit 4) (which a lot of people don't think about) Put the profit to good use.
arrrrgh it's alumin-i-um, check you periodic table and try to find aluminum. I dare you.
CmdrTaco I'm ashamed! You don't even RTFA. If you are not careful, people around here may have to ask for your propeller beenie.
Damn, with the temperature that rock would have been at it would have made a good mutton-burger. Minced, squashed and cooked in one strike.
Able Tasman, a Dutchman
oops, now i will have to change my password. Nows lets see.... I know 1... 2... 3... 4... 5. Done, now you can't get into my computer OR luggage.
Now, I'm not exactly clear on how rewriteable optical media works
Like I said it doesn't burn a pit into the disk, it changes the colour of the die in such a way that it effects the path of the laser.
What probably happened was that your drive just wasn't able to distinguish the pits in the CD your friend burned
Last time I looked (not that I can see things that small) CDRW drives didn't put any pits into your disk. All they did was change the colour of the dye to make the laser reflect (refract?) differently.
I'm thinking maybe it's time to call in a consultant...
Correct me if I am wrong here, but I do believe that consultants in this field are refered to as Mothers, with their counterparts Mother-in-law. While having to call upon the services of such professionals may cause minor irritation and headaches, calling upon the services of both at the same time has been known to lead to rapid hair-loss, miagrains and trodden-on toes.
1) Invest millions into a well known company 2) Watch as the value of the investment changes 3) Prof... D'oh
I have an external drive for bulk storage on my Shuttle. It's just a simple 3.5" in an external enclosure that has USB 2.0 and Firewire connectivity. Given the performance of the solution I have, it leaves me with the question of why use USB 2.0 at all? Firewire has proven itself to be as a better solution for this sort of thing.
Furthermore, people do know what's causing the problem. The Linux kernel now doesn't show the same disk geometry as the BIOS does. The fix is to use sfdisk to recreate the partition table.
It took me a couple of goes to dual boot XP Pro and Mandrake 10. What I found was that I needed to do a bit of juggling with Partion Magic before I could get the two to install and behave themselves. Basically install XP on a primary partition, use PM to hide that partition and create a new active primary partition to install Mandrake on. Unhide the XP partition, leave the Mandrake partition as active (which is where Lilo is installed) and now she goes like a charm.
There is a blatently obvious (well to me anyway) possibility that has been left out, that the aliens (lets assume that they have never heard of us, or seen us before now) already believe the same things we do. From a Christian perspective, I find it quite intriguing that there may be an alien civilisation out there that believes the same things I do. After all, if God did create the universe, wouldn't he show himself to other beings aswell?
BLOODY HELL!!!
Productivity might dip a bit though.
Especially if you are like me and can only speak two languages - English with a NZ accent, and bad English with a NZ accent.
You can call this funny if you wish, but I have lost track of the number of times that I have had to explain this sort of thing to the Joe Blogs public. The sooner the drive letter become invisible the better, then it can be just "Floppy Disk" "CD/DVD/CDRW/DVDRW" and "Hard Drive".
But at least it could be carbon dated to determine if it was from the right time. Carbon dating is a little more difficult to doctor than photographs.
Whether the carbon dating proves it to be true or false, the only thing which is guarenteed to happen if anything is dated as a result of this (as I see it anyway), is that there will be big arguments over inacuracies in carbon dating.
or face an afterlife in the Eternal Litterbox!
Given what my Sister's kitten can do, that's beginning to sound as bad a an afterlife in a Hell where the are continuously playing elevator music!
Which culture's creation myth doesn't have a flood story? Aztecs, Incas, Sumerians, Mayan, Jews, Greeks all feature catastrophic flooding
I don't want to start a flame war, and I am not trying to troll here - but this sort of thing just keeps bringing one question to mind: Why do scientists have to be able to measure something and come up with a number that they are generally comfortable with before they will say if it could or couldn't happen?
A more modern example would be the fact that until reciently, scientists would say that there is nothing wrong with smoking. Even though common sence would say that coughing means you have inhaled something that you shouldn't have.