Could just be there for optional "built-in" bluetooth or Wifi. A USB module is probably cheaper than an Mini-PCI. Plus, if they do no wireless, Wifi-only and Wifi+BT models, with a single Mini-PCI slot, they would need both Wifi and Wifi+BT cards, if they have a "hidden" USB port, they only need to stock Wifi mini-PCI cards and USB bluetooth adapters, the same adapters that are sold independently.
My HP notebook, bought about 15 months ago not only came with restore disks, but a plain Windows XP SP2 disk and disks for WinDVD and Sonic's CD recording software.
I don't know about SONY, but in my experience, HP are more generous than most in terms if disks included with their PCs.
The best example that I can think of is not having the option to type in a path in the Finder.
So what's wrong with the "Go to folder..." option in the "Go" menu, that can also be invoked with Cmd-Shift-G ?
That's right, you didn't see the option right in front of you, so you assumed it didn't exist. This is similar to what I find many about people who dislike the Mac after trying it. The have the attitude "I'll try a Mac, they're easy to use" and without realizing it, they expect it to act just like Windows, because that's what they're used to and Mac's are just sooo easy to use they shouldn't have to learn anything.
Contrast that to the attitude of most first-time Linux users "I'll learn Linux, it'll be a challenge". Of course this leads to the "Its difficult to use, I have to learn it" attitude, but at least they accept that things will be different to Windows.
So, she was used to Word and used Word documents, but you didn't buy Office for Mac and instead chose to use Pages, which is *different* from Word and needs a little getting used to, just as any other program does.
I stopped using Firefox on my Mac because Safari is much faster and I virtually never experience a website that doesn't work properly (some websites have "look" glitches, but I can live with those).
Never had any Wifi troubles, how can you compare the Windows and Mac's signal strength, when you don't know if the signal strength percentage is calibrated the same, or if even the same algorithm is used on the two platforms?
Yes, I realize that the Finder doesn't update it's view automatically, probably because until 10.3 the UNIX components for monitoring folders simply weren't there, meaning it would have to poll to do it. (Polling==Bad).
Never had the Internet copying problem though, maybe it's due to your host?
"Put away" is just silly. Prior to Mac OS X, the desktop wasn't a "real" place (an artifact from Macintosh System 1.0 in which folders were implemented as file attributes), it just displayed files that were set to display there, on multiple disks. I guess Apple realized how confusing that was to just about everyone else, and now the desktop is an actual folder. Why do you want to go back in time?
Ctrl/Right-Click on the Finder's toolbar, click "Customize toolbar...", add the "Path" item. Now, you can click that button to go anywhere in the path above the current view. Yes it takes two whole clicks, but it's pretty much what you asked for.
An advert that claims to be something else is inherently dishonest. In fact, I would go as far as to say any advert that is not clearly marked as an advert is a deliberate attempt to deceive the customer.
The judge probably did the right thing. The man was still attempting to socillicit from an underage girl over the internet, who cares excatly which communications protocol was used?
The decision was definiately in the spirit of the law, even if it does mean "bending" the letter of the law.
Also, the second season of Who premieres on the SciFi channel tonight.
Er... no, the "second" season premiered on earlier this year on BBC 1. The US premiere may well be tonight, but seeing we have already had a second showing here in the UK.
All this means is that BBC content will be available through Microsoft's distribution channels, in addition to the current distribution channels. Hardly newsworthy.
People don't buy video games to experiance real life. Simple as that.
If you want to make the game, sorry "simulation" realistic, cars would cost between $10,000 and $1,000,000, tracks would be $10,000,000+ and take years to "download". Oh, and you would be playing in an actual car, on an actual track... Oh look, I've just described real life.
People buy video games to do things that they could never do in real life, and have fun while they are at it. Who in real life gets to be a secret agent, military commander, fighter pilot and professional racing driver, all in one week? Nobody, except in video games.
Many racing games already have an economic model, you earn money in races, which you can spend on cars. Just like a real racing driver. In a sense, using real money actually makes it less realistic, who earns their money in a day job, then enters professional races in their spare time?
Now, is it possible that the game will be a full-priced title with a built-in download system that allows users to download cars and tracks equal to the number of the game's retail price?
Well going by Sony's track record, the game will be at best half price, and will include a maximum of $10 worth of "credit".
Seeing as most people don't replace the keyboards and mice they get with their computers, the PC manufacturers are by far the keyboard and mouse leaders. Microsoft may be the leader in selling keyboards and mice as keyboards and mice, I would expect that less and 10% of keyboards and mice in use are made my Microsoft.
I think the GP meant that they might use it to force Zune owners to upgrade to Vista (by releasing a new version of the Zune software that is Vista-only, then disabling some features in the older (XP) version, similar to how iTMS stops working in old versions of iTunes.)
Or less heniously, they might make it Vista-only to begin with.
Dijkstra's comment is hyperbole, not literally true, and is about the BASIC interpreter of his day, not later ones.
I first programmed in BASIC2 on GEM DESKTOP on an old Amstrad. I moved to QBasic later. QBasic was a nice langauge, because it allowed you to write traditional BASIC code or procedualised BASIC (and mix the two). As I became more proficient, my code became more procedural. I eventually moved to VB, then to C, then I leared Java, C++, PHP, etc.
QBasic was a great "gateway" langauge to programming. The fact that a limited copy of it came with every copy of MS DOS and Windows NT/2000 (and was on Windows 95-ME and XP's CD's), meant that it was always available and there was a great online community of QBasic programmers. (Until XP's release meant that most QB 4.5 apps broke.)
I'll never forget the good old variable type postfixes...
I remember the first GSOD (Grey...) I got on OS X. I plugged in a pysically damaged USB stick. Ironically, Windows XP, in the same situation just gave me a message saying the USB device was malfunctioning...
The SMG's are underpowered and use up their clip far too quickly.
The BR is powerful, but a pain to use. eg. When a brute charges you, you get a maximum of 3 bursts (9 shots), which is not enough to take it down. With the AR, the rapidly closing range would mean that the accuracy issues would be less important and you would almost certianly take it down.
It is the best possible weapon against hordes of flood, the inacuracy actually helps here. Although the shotgun is great against individual flood bipeds.
And for a game that is set in the future, the AR actually feels futuristic, unlike the SMG and BR, which just feel like something out of Counter-Strike.
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Could just be there for optional "built-in" bluetooth or Wifi. A USB module is probably cheaper than an Mini-PCI.
Plus, if they do no wireless, Wifi-only and Wifi+BT models, with a single Mini-PCI slot, they would need both Wifi and Wifi+BT cards, if they have a "hidden" USB port, they only need to stock Wifi mini-PCI cards and USB bluetooth adapters, the same adapters that are sold independently.
My HP notebook, bought about 15 months ago not only came with restore disks, but a plain Windows XP SP2 disk and disks for WinDVD and Sonic's CD recording software.
I don't know about SONY, but in my experience, HP are more generous than most in terms if disks included with their PCs.
I expect exploits for this to start appearing within days, if not hours...
The best example that I can think of is not having the option to type in a path in the Finder.
So what's wrong with the "Go to folder..." option in the "Go" menu, that can also be invoked with Cmd-Shift-G ?
That's right, you didn't see the option right in front of you, so you assumed it didn't exist. This is similar to what I find many about people who dislike the Mac after trying it. The have the attitude "I'll try a Mac, they're easy to use" and without realizing it, they expect it to act just like Windows, because that's what they're used to and Mac's are just sooo easy to use they shouldn't have to learn anything.
Contrast that to the attitude of most first-time Linux users "I'll learn Linux, it'll be a challenge". Of course this leads to the "Its difficult to use, I have to learn it" attitude, but at least they accept that things will be different to Windows.
So, she was used to Word and used Word documents, but you didn't buy Office for Mac and instead chose to use Pages, which is *different* from Word and needs a little getting used to, just as any other program does.
I stopped using Firefox on my Mac because Safari is much faster and I virtually never experience a website that doesn't work properly (some websites have "look" glitches, but I can live with those).
Never had any Wifi troubles, how can you compare the Windows and Mac's signal strength, when you don't know if the signal strength percentage is calibrated the same, or if even the same algorithm is used on the two platforms?
Yes, I realize that the Finder doesn't update it's view automatically, probably because until 10.3 the UNIX components for monitoring folders simply weren't there, meaning it would have to poll to do it. (Polling==Bad).
Never had the Internet copying problem though, maybe it's due to your host?
"Put away" is just silly. Prior to Mac OS X, the desktop wasn't a "real" place (an artifact from Macintosh System 1.0 in which folders were implemented as file attributes), it just displayed files that were set to display there, on multiple disks. I guess Apple realized how confusing that was to just about everyone else, and now the desktop is an actual folder. Why do you want to go back in time?
Ctrl/Right-Click on the Finder's toolbar, click "Customize toolbar...", add the "Path" item.
Now, you can click that button to go anywhere in the path above the current view. Yes it takes two whole clicks, but it's pretty much what you asked for.
But viral marketers *are* lying.
An advert that claims to be something else is inherently dishonest. In fact, I would go as far as to say any advert that is not clearly marked as an advert is a deliberate attempt to deceive the customer.
The judge probably did the right thing. The man was still attempting to socillicit from an underage girl over the internet, who cares excatly which communications protocol was used?
The decision was definiately in the spirit of the law, even if it does mean "bending" the letter of the law.
Im pretty sure the version on my N70 is native, could be wrong though...
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Also, the second season of Who premieres on the SciFi channel tonight.
Er... no, the "second" season premiered on earlier this year on BBC 1. The US premiere may well be tonight, but seeing we have already had a second showing here in the UK.
Ironically, the USMC did use DOOM for training purposes, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Doom .
All this means is that BBC content will be available through Microsoft's distribution channels, in addition to the current distribution channels. Hardly newsworthy.
Most BBC content is available in both Real and Windows Media formats.
People don't buy video games to experiance real life. Simple as that.
If you want to make the game, sorry "simulation" realistic, cars would cost between $10,000 and $1,000,000, tracks would be $10,000,000+ and take years to "download". Oh, and you would be playing in an actual car, on an actual track... Oh look, I've just described real life.
People buy video games to do things that they could never do in real life, and have fun while they are at it. Who in real life gets to be a secret agent, military commander, fighter pilot and professional racing driver, all in one week?
Nobody, except in video games.
Many racing games already have an economic model, you earn money in races, which you can spend on cars. Just like a real racing driver. In a sense, using real money actually makes it less realistic, who earns their money in a day job, then enters professional races in their spare time?
Now, is it possible that the game will be a full-priced title with a built-in download system that allows users to download cars and tracks equal to the number of the game's retail price?
Well going by Sony's track record, the game will be at best half price, and will include a maximum of $10 worth of "credit".
Seeing as most people don't replace the keyboards and mice they get with their computers, the PC manufacturers are by far the keyboard and mouse leaders.
Microsoft may be the leader in selling keyboards and mice as keyboards and mice, I would expect that less and 10% of keyboards and mice in use are made my Microsoft.
I think the GP meant that they might use it to force Zune owners to upgrade to Vista (by releasing a new version of the Zune software that is Vista-only, then disabling some features in the older (XP) version, similar to how iTMS stops working in old versions of iTunes.)
Or less heniously, they might make it Vista-only to begin with.
Dijkstra's comment is hyperbole, not literally true, and is about the BASIC interpreter of his day, not later ones.
I first programmed in BASIC2 on GEM DESKTOP on an old Amstrad. I moved to QBasic later.
QBasic was a nice langauge, because it allowed you to write traditional BASIC code or procedualised BASIC (and mix the two). As I became more proficient, my code became more procedural.
I eventually moved to VB, then to C, then I leared Java, C++, PHP, etc.
QBasic was a great "gateway" langauge to programming. The fact that a limited copy of it came with every copy of MS DOS and Windows NT/2000 (and was on Windows 95-ME and XP's CD's), meant that it was always available and there was a great online community of QBasic programmers. (Until XP's release meant that most QB 4.5 apps broke.)
I'll never forget the good old variable type postfixes...
I remember the first GSOD (Grey...) I got on OS X. I plugged in a pysically damaged USB stick.
Ironically, Windows XP, in the same situation just gave me a message saying the USB device was malfunctioning...
Hopefully these sorts of legal problems will discorage other companies from using annoying anti-customer "activation" schemes...
The SMG's are underpowered and use up their clip far too quickly.
The BR is powerful, but a pain to use. eg. When a brute charges you, you get a maximum of 3 bursts (9 shots), which is not enough to take it down.
With the AR, the rapidly closing range would mean that the accuracy issues would be less important and you would almost certianly take it down.
It is the best possible weapon against hordes of flood, the inacuracy actually helps here. Although the shotgun is great against individual flood bipeds.
And for a game that is set in the future, the AR actually feels futuristic, unlike the SMG and BR, which just feel like something out of Counter-Strike.
And will we get the assualt rifle back? Please!
Best weapon in Halo 1, replaced by the sucky SMG and "Battle Rifle" in Halo 2.
Looks like the only thing that changed was the way they round their results.
You will still have to touch the screen in order to turn on the backlight, how is that different to pressing a button to do the same?