When my girlfriend got a new computer I went through the whole reinstalling XP from scratch process on her old computer so we could give it to a friend (so they had a completely clean installation). It wasn't difficult per se, but there were several issues. The main issue was that we have a WPA wireless network in our house and, after reinstalling XP, we couldn't connect to the network (since it wasn't until SP2 that XP supported WPA). This meant having to disable encryption on our router, downloading all the XP patches, and then re-enabling WPA.
Cluster them and use the MATLAB Distributed Computing Toolkit. It parallelizes many of the underlying linear algebra algorithms used in matlab (using SCALAPACK) to take advantage of as many cores as you let it. Its not perfect by any means (and if you try and use it in a multi-user environment like a computational grid it is an absolute pain in the ass) but it does significantly speed up many types of matlab computation. Check it out here.
>> Most people only have one choice for broadband (DSL or Cable)
Whilst this may be true in the US it is certainly not true in the UK. I have a massive choice of broadband providers (both ADSL and Cable) and, since the advent of Local Loop Unbundling, the different providers have a lot of autonomy over their services (they have their own network equipment in the telephone exchanges).
Is that the same James Meade that make "timeless classic quality clothing"? You know, the ones that aren't anything like Levi Strauss. I've lived in the UK for 27 years, and I've never heard of them!
It already has though. My dad wanted to put one of Dido's albums on his ipod, but couldn't because of the drm (until we circumvented it - holding down the shift key or something).
Bet ya he wont check the cds he buys to make sure they're drm free from now on though. I think the real breaker for drm will be when the current generation of computers expires and people find out that suddenly their iTunes/Napster/Whatever_DRM_music_store tracks no longer play. Even then, assuming the stores make it (relatively) easy to retrieve purchased tracks i dont think your average consumer will care.
1) Make sure Windows prompts you before downloading updates.
2) When it tells you what updates are available just dont download/install the WGA notification tool.
3) Profit!
Their PDF reader doesn't suck if you disable the plugins.
On Windows:
*go to/Program Files/Acrobat/reader
*rename the plugins directory
*create a new directory called plugins
*copy over the plugins you need (I have Search.api, EWH32.api and printme.api
It loads up much faster now and uses much less memory. YMMV
Being able to program isn't something you need to be computer literate. The dictionary definition of literate is:
1 a : EDUCATED, CULTURED b : able to read and write
2 a : versed in literature or creative writing : LITERARY b : LUCID, POLISHED c : having knowledge or competence
The main requirement (in my opinion) is that you should be able to sit down in front of a program/OS that you've never used before and work out how to use it at a basic level - save, create new file, change the desktop, or whatever. I would say that if you have that sort of knowledge that you can transfer from one situation to the next you can consider yourself computer literate.
Its also the term that Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz used in his metaphysical philosophy. Leibniz used the term Monad to refer to the smallest building blocks of nature. They are roughly equivalent to atoms in the physical world, however they are also equivalent to souls in the metaphysical world.
For a translation of Leibniz's Monadology,
clicky.
AutoGK relies on DVD decrypter to get the.VOBs before it can do the encoding. Lenn0x (the author of AutoGK) will not include a ripper in AutoGK because of this legal threat. I will be interested to see where autoGK goes from here - currently it only supports DVDs decrypted with DVD Decrypter. While autoGK is a fantastic tool that automates the encoding process, it is not a all-in-one ripping/encoding utility.
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I also think that the controller wont be as good as the ps/ps2 one. I think that the ps/ps2 controllers are an incredible feat of ergonomic engineering, and nothing else has come close (xbox controller anyone?). However, i am prepared to give them a chance when they're released. And then hate them.
Richard Dawkins in the Deveils Chaplin has a great essay in which he argues that a positive response in homeopathy is proof that the experiment was contaminated! The essay is critical of 'new age' cures, and especially of the lack of willingness of 'new age' practitioners to subject their remedies to scientific examination.
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When my girlfriend got a new computer I went through the whole reinstalling XP from scratch process on her old computer so we could give it to a friend (so they had a completely clean installation). It wasn't difficult per se, but there were several issues. The main issue was that we have a WPA wireless network in our house and, after reinstalling XP, we couldn't connect to the network (since it wasn't until SP2 that XP supported WPA). This meant having to disable encryption on our router, downloading all the XP patches, and then re-enabling WPA.
Cluster them and use the MATLAB Distributed Computing Toolkit. It parallelizes many of the underlying linear algebra algorithms used in matlab (using SCALAPACK) to take advantage of as many cores as you let it. Its not perfect by any means (and if you try and use it in a multi-user environment like a computational grid it is an absolute pain in the ass) but it does significantly speed up many types of matlab computation. Check it out here.
Too much time programming perl!
>> Most people only have one choice for broadband (DSL or Cable)
Whilst this may be true in the US it is certainly not true in the UK. I have a massive choice of broadband providers (both ADSL and Cable) and, since the advent of Local Loop Unbundling, the different providers have a lot of autonomy over their services (they have their own network equipment in the telephone exchanges).
They offer non-drm'd music podcasts though - such as the Solid Steel series.
Is that the same James Meade that make "timeless classic quality clothing"? You know, the ones that aren't anything like Levi Strauss. I've lived in the UK for 27 years, and I've never heard of them!
:)
From TFA:
IANAL, etc.
It already has though. My dad wanted to put one of Dido's albums on his ipod, but couldn't because of the drm (until we circumvented it - holding down the shift key or something).
Bet ya he wont check the cds he buys to make sure they're drm free from now on though. I think the real breaker for drm will be when the current generation of computers expires and people find out that suddenly their iTunes/Napster/Whatever_DRM_music_store tracks no longer play. Even then, assuming the stores make it (relatively) easy to retrieve purchased tracks i dont think your average consumer will care.
Cheers! I did this and now I'm off to Gitmo...
In the UK we have a monopolistic telco - BT. We also have a government watch-dog - ofcom - which has mandated that BT must offer the local loop to competitors such as bulldog, etc.
Whilst this initially progressed quite slowly it is now at the point where you can get cheap broadband with up to 16Meg connections with the added bonus of being able to choose alternative phone line suppliers too. In fact you can now get 24Meg connections (dependant on distance from the exchange and quality of the wire).
1) Make sure Windows prompts you before downloading updates.
2) When it tells you what updates are available just dont download/install the WGA notification tool.
3) Profit!
(I just always wanted to put that last one!)
Their PDF reader doesn't suck if you disable the plugins.
/Program Files/Acrobat/reader
On Windows:
*go to
*rename the plugins directory
*create a new directory called plugins
*copy over the plugins you need (I have Search.api, EWH32.api and printme.api
It loads up much faster now and uses much less memory. YMMV
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For a translation of Leibniz's Monadology, clicky.
If i had mod points I'd definitely mod you funny. Unfortunately i dont, meh.
You're modded funny, but in fact its totally true. After a while of using eclipse my system slows to a crawl.
/pedantry
Who invented the world wide web? Tim Berniers-Lee - An Englishman working at CERN in Switzerland (Thats Europe for all you Americans)
I want to know whether you get the BSOD on the Xbox!?
fundamentalist christians - what do you expect?!?
AutoGK relies on DVD decrypter to get the .VOBs before it can do the encoding. Lenn0x (the author of AutoGK) will not include a ripper in AutoGK because of this legal threat. I will be interested to see where autoGK goes from here - currently it only supports DVDs decrypted with DVD Decrypter. While autoGK is a fantastic tool that automates the encoding process, it is not a all-in-one ripping/encoding utility.
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I also think that the controller wont be as good as the ps/ps2 one. I think that the ps/ps2 controllers are an incredible feat of ergonomic engineering, and nothing else has come close (xbox controller anyone?). However, i am prepared to give them a chance when they're released. And then hate them.
Richard Dawkins in the Deveils Chaplin has a great essay in which he argues that a positive response in homeopathy is proof that the experiment was contaminated! The essay is critical of 'new age' cures, and especially of the lack of willingness of 'new age' practitioners to subject their remedies to scientific examination. b