On my Windows XP Pro box at home, it only takes me 30 seconds to go from power-off to automatically logged in to my desktop, thanks to TweakUI. Having 1.5GB of RAM (two matching pairs) across DDR slots probably helps too.
My friend owns that TV and it sucks terribly, especially for the money. My Samsung 30" HDTV looks more crisp, has better color, and actually supports progressive scan signals unlike that crappy RCA unit.
I bought my PS2 launch day expecting the "emotion engine" to do great things...but am currently disillusioned by Sony and the happy owner of an Xbox 360 & Samsung HDTV (and no plans to purchase a PS3.
Thanks for your boldness, anonymous coward. If you've paid any attention to gaming, you'll know that JC Penny loves to mark up new game consoles well above the MSRP. The MSRP for the PS2 was NEVER over $299.99.
The PlayStation 2 only retailed for $299.99 when it came out. I got my hardware version 1 PS2 on launch day years back and am positive that it wasn't $400.
Of course you can also just use OpenOffice, which is free, has a clean interface, and is extremely powerful (and can edit and save in any MS Office brand format).
Ah yes, good old evolution. The scientific "theory" with no real evidence. I'm not even going to touch on ID here, but here is why evolution doesn't make sense to me:
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1. Evolutionist believe that the world was created from nothing. Where did all the matter in our universe originally come from? A big bang? That sounds like something only children could be fooled into believing.
2. After all the world's matter appears it magically forms together into planets that have perfect orbits. Telling me that our galaxy resulted as the after-effects of a haphazard explosion is absurd. As if everything in the Milky Way magically aligned itself into orbit. Any good scientist will tell you that complex systems take balance and planning. The chaos theory doesn't result in progress, only destruction!
3. Now, after believing in steps 1 & 2 you have to believe that all this matter that came from nowhere somehow became a living, single celled organism. This has never been shown in science -- that a non-living element somehow turns into a living element. This leads us into steps 4 & 5.
4. Explain to me why all the animals in the zoo aren't evolving into different species. Find me a monkey that has learned to talk. Find me a fish that has grown feet or "scales to fly with" (becoming a bird). It's ridiculous.
5. If we started from a single celled organism with a simple DNA sequence how can that one cell turn into other forms? Over thousands of years of adaptation? I'm not saying species don't adapt...some call this "micro evolution". This is a legit point -- everything will adapt to it's new climate / settings or die out. However, to tell me that this one cell not ONLY evolved into other species but that it's DNA pairs grew/shrank somehow is absurd. Show me how to take a human and alter the number of DNA pairs it has without making it a mutant or going sterile.
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Honestly, evolution seems utterly unbelievable. I'm not trying to start a war here on/. but I am interested in seeing how people can explain my points 1-5 from an evolutionary standpoint.
"That's not the right attitude. The problem lies with web browsers that accept non-standard code."
Well stated...I totally agree with you. It's largely the fault of IE that so many people write terrible code...I mean, when you don't really have to comply with any web standards (IE STILL doesn't have alpha-transparency support for.png images) your code is gonna end up poorly written.
I found an unused IBM M-50 spring loaded keyboard in our "computer graveyard" that existed when I first joined my company. While I was cleaning up the graveyard I came across a sealed box simply labeled IBM. As I opened it, my mind knew that the joy of never missing another keystroke was upon me.
Seriously though, the M-50 is the best keyboard I've ever used.
I listen just about every band you just listed, and I've had no problem finding full albums for them. You should check out Soulseek, which is basically geared towards people sharing full albums. It's a great client.
Seriously though...R.A.T.M., Widespread Panic, Pink Floyd, Rush, and the Police are all insanely popular. I'm surprised you had any trouble using _that_ many P2P networks.
>> but it doesn't play QT 6.5 plugin videos on websites which I find is the only drawback.
I have the same problem. Still, I'd rather mess around with saving it then watching instead of supporting Apple's standalone QuickTime player. That goes for Real too.
I didn't trust the article so I just popped a few kinds of kernels in my microwave...it turns out that all of them crackled, emitted sparks and had the data on the CDs completely obliterated.
I'm sure they are probably logging IP addresses. Otherwise any moron who could run this could easily get 100s of downloads quickly.
Yes, it's unfair in a way (if you have people from a corporate LAN downloading it or whatever), but so is his challenge. No CEO I know of could possibly swim across an entire ocean!
"A quarter said they knew what "spyware" was, although almost one in 10 of those thought it was a computer program that kept an eye on unfaithful partners."
This post has more content than Slashdot has had all day...with the exception of the Gmail increase to 2 GB, of course (at 50 invites that's a potential 100 GB of online storage space the typical Gmail user can give out).
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On my Windows XP Pro box at home, it only takes me 30 seconds to go from power-off to automatically logged in to my desktop, thanks to TweakUI. Having 1.5GB of RAM (two matching pairs) across DDR slots probably helps too.
I thought it was the Buffalo that evolved tasty-miniature wings...not the chicken (?).
Component cables CANNOT do 1080p, it's max signal is 720p (1080i takes up LESS bandwidth than 720p). You need DVI/HDMI to do 1080p signals.
My friend owns that TV and it sucks terribly, especially for the money. My Samsung 30" HDTV looks more crisp, has better color, and actually supports progressive scan signals unlike that crappy RCA unit.
I bought my PS2 launch day expecting the "emotion engine" to do great things...but am currently disillusioned by Sony and the happy owner of an Xbox 360 & Samsung HDTV (and no plans to purchase a PS3.
Thanks for your boldness, anonymous coward. If you've paid any attention to gaming, you'll know that JC Penny loves to mark up new game consoles well above the MSRP. The MSRP for the PS2 was NEVER over $299.99.
The PlayStation 2 only retailed for $299.99 when it came out. I got my hardware version 1 PS2 on launch day years back and am positive that it wasn't $400.
Of course you can also just use OpenOffice, which is free, has a clean interface, and is extremely powerful (and can edit and save in any MS Office brand format).
Ah yes, good old evolution. The scientific "theory" with no real evidence. I'm not even going to touch on ID here, but here is why evolution doesn't make sense to me:
/. but I am interested in seeing how people can explain my points 1-5 from an evolutionary standpoint.
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1. Evolutionist believe that the world was created from nothing. Where did all the matter in our universe originally come from? A big bang? That sounds like something only children could be fooled into believing.
2. After all the world's matter appears it magically forms together into planets that have perfect orbits. Telling me that our galaxy resulted as the after-effects of a haphazard explosion is absurd. As if everything in the Milky Way magically aligned itself into orbit. Any good scientist will tell you that complex systems take balance and planning. The chaos theory doesn't result in progress, only destruction!
3. Now, after believing in steps 1 & 2 you have to believe that all this matter that came from nowhere somehow became a living, single celled organism. This has never been shown in science -- that a non-living element somehow turns into a living element. This leads us into steps 4 & 5.
4. Explain to me why all the animals in the zoo aren't evolving into different species. Find me a monkey that has learned to talk. Find me a fish that has grown feet or "scales to fly with" (becoming a bird). It's ridiculous.
5. If we started from a single celled organism with a simple DNA sequence how can that one cell turn into other forms? Over thousands of years of adaptation? I'm not saying species don't adapt...some call this "micro evolution". This is a legit point -- everything will adapt to it's new climate / settings or die out. However, to tell me that this one cell not ONLY evolved into other species but that it's DNA pairs grew/shrank somehow is absurd. Show me how to take a human and alter the number of DNA pairs it has without making it a mutant or going sterile.
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Honestly, evolution seems utterly unbelievable. I'm not trying to start a war here on
Then that guy changes his face to the agent's original face in order to make things even more confusing!
In other news, bicycle manufacturer Schwinn has decided to release their own re-branded version of the new OS named: Schwinndows: Bicycle Edition.
Well, for stability they thought about making the next version Linux based and use WINE for everything. The proposed name? Winedows.
I found an unused IBM M-50 spring loaded keyboard in our "computer graveyard" that existed when I first joined my company. While I was cleaning up the graveyard I came across a sealed box simply labeled IBM. As I opened it, my mind knew that the joy of never missing another keystroke was upon me. Seriously though, the M-50 is the best keyboard I've ever used.
Agreed.
"there should be no war"
Agreed.
"marijuana should be legal"
Agreed.
"Bush should be impeached and kicked out of office."
Agreed.
:)
Reverend Lovejoy!!!
I listen just about every band you just listed, and I've had no problem finding full albums for them. You should check out Soulseek, which is basically geared towards people sharing full albums. It's a great client.
Seriously though...R.A.T.M., Widespread Panic, Pink Floyd, Rush, and the Police are all insanely popular. I'm surprised you had any trouble using _that_ many P2P networks.
>> but it doesn't play QT 6.5 plugin videos on websites which I find is the only drawback. I have the same problem. Still, I'd rather mess around with saving it then watching instead of supporting Apple's standalone QuickTime player. That goes for Real too.
Well yes, I think that's obvious!!! ;)
...or you could just use CoolWebShredder and save yourself that OS re-install. I'd say that's much quicker! ;)
I didn't trust the article so I just popped a few kinds of kernels in my microwave...it turns out that all of them crackled, emitted sparks and had the data on the CDs completely obliterated.
What a waste.
I'm sure they are probably logging IP addresses. Otherwise any moron who could run this could easily get 100s of downloads quickly.
Yes, it's unfair in a way (if you have people from a corporate LAN downloading it or whatever), but so is his challenge. No CEO I know of could possibly swim across an entire ocean!
"A quarter said they knew what "spyware" was, although almost one in 10 of those thought it was a computer program that kept an eye on unfaithful partners."
LMAO.
This post has more content than Slashdot has had all day...with the exception of the Gmail increase to 2 GB, of course (at 50 invites that's a potential 100 GB of online storage space the typical Gmail user can give out).
*sigh* ...and another obvious spelling mistake missed in preview mode.