Oh, and I use a DVI to HDMI converter to send video to my 26" Sharp Aquos LCD television. I'm having problems with overscan and getting the resolution just right. I've been trying to use DisplayConfigX to fix the problem but no luck yet. There's also a program called SwitchResX that I haven't tried. Overscan isn't necessarily a problem for watching DVDs. All movies made today are edited with the assumption that there will be a certain amount of overscan. It is a problem, however, if you want your display to double as a monitor.
Most of those are pretty big. I think I'll stick with my Mac Mini as the controller for my home theater system. It does the job quite well and is quite small even with an external 250 GB HD.
...a hacker has published details of two new flaws that affect the same part of the operating system.
If you read the post on the security mailing list it sounds like someone trying to get this vulnerability out in the open so it can be fixed. Unless they mean a "white hat" hacker or a hacker in the real sense of the word but I doubt it. This is one of those words that should be used carefully, especially by "journalists".
Wow, Dean Kamen (of DEKA Research & Development, the inventor of the Segway) is a PR genius. I'm sure he is behind this somehow. I used to work in a building in Manchester, NH next door to his office. He was always getting press on various things long before the Segway was announced. He got press on the Segway before anybody knew it was going to be called the Segway or what even what it was.
I've always been afraid of getting a wireless mouse for my laptop. I'm worried I will accidentally leave it somewhere since it's not tethered to the laptop (which I definitely won't leave somewhere accidentally). On the other hand, I did damage a laptop screen once with the cord of a mouse. The cord got caught behind the hinge and as I pushed the monitor backwards the cord acted as a fulcrum and popped the screen off it's hinge.
Also, am I the only one seeing the site loaded with php failures?
No, I was getting them as well. They are including files via http instead of just using the native file system which would be much faster. The problem is that all those includes are making another request to the web server instead of just to the file system directly. Since the web server is overloaded as it is this just adds insult to injury.
The coolest looking product at the AMD table was the Samsung Digital Photo Frame. This is a 7 inch LCD frame that has Ethernet, USB, SD, and CF connections.
The transition to new nanotechnology techniques could occur around 2015, when chip makers will have exhausted their ability to shrink the wires and switches that make up the modern processors and memory storage devices at the heart of the computer, communications and consumer electronics industries.
Nevermind the growing heat concern. Who was it that said soon microchips will be hotter than the surface of the sun if they keep getting faster at the same rate they are now?
Apple Stores seem to always get it right in general. I'm talking about the official Apple Stores here. For example, my partner had to get a minor problem fixed on his PowerBook. He showed up at the Genius Bar, they took it apart in front of us, fixed the problem, and we went on our way. They never once asked for a receipt or any other form of identification. No hassles at all, no proof of warranty, nothing.
Get AdBlock for firefox. Problem solved. Now there's one less obvious indicator of the dodginess of a website.
I can pretty easily sort out the junk. I don't mind advertising in general, so no need for AdBlock. What I don't like our ads that try to trick people or sites that have we too much advertising. I know instantly that it's a fake dialog box, but it's a pretty shady advertising technique non-the-less. Publishers have control over what ads go on their sites, so it indicates that it's a pretty shade web site.
OK, this is a little off topic. I'm supposed to trust information from a web site called "The Tech Zone" that allows those fake ad dialog boxes saying, "Your computer may be infected with harmful spyware programs..."? Shady.
Slashdot Mirror
Ever read all the disclaimers in the typical EULA?
You make a good point. I wanted to point out that the Sony DRM Rootkit installed itself on auto-run before you even saw the EULA.
what do you need to get a Mini to do everything?
Oh, and I use a DVI to HDMI converter to send video to my 26" Sharp Aquos LCD television. I'm having problems with overscan and getting the resolution just right. I've been trying to use DisplayConfigX to fix the problem but no luck yet. There's also a program called SwitchResX that I haven't tried. Overscan isn't necessarily a problem for watching DVDs. All movies made today are edited with the assumption that there will be a certain amount of overscan. It is a problem, however, if you want your display to double as a monitor.
It would be nice to get 5.1 out for movies...
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I'm actually researching this now. The Apple DVD Player is 5.1 compatible. I don't know if the signal out of the Mac is surround sound compatible though. However, there are a few devices you can get to help with this:
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Transit-mai
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/SonicaTheat
http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/firewav
The FireWave (the last one) looks like the best bet to me. I might be buying one soon.
Most of those are pretty big. I think I'll stick with my Mac Mini as the controller for my home theater system. It does the job quite well and is quite small even with an external 250 GB HD.
You don't have permission to access /2006/01/gp2x-needs-gpl-lesson.html on this server.
I can read it. It's blogspot so it couldn't be slashdotted?
Wow, the Google Earth + SketchUp integration looks pretty cool. I couldn't find anywhere how much SketchUp costs but they have a free trial.
Can't algae itself get out of control and cause environmental problems?
http://www.google.com/search?q=algae+blooms
...a hacker has published details of two new flaws that affect the same part of the operating system.
If you read the post on the security mailing list it sounds like someone trying to get this vulnerability out in the open so it can be fixed. Unless they mean a "white hat" hacker or a hacker in the real sense of the word but I doubt it. This is one of those words that should be used carefully, especially by "journalists".
Yeah, he's such a PR genius that now everyone has a Segway.
By PR I mean he is good at getting press. I didn't say he was good at converting that press into sales.
Wow, Dean Kamen (of DEKA Research & Development, the inventor of the Segway) is a PR genius. I'm sure he is behind this somehow. I used to work in a building in Manchester, NH next door to his office. He was always getting press on various things long before the Segway was announced. He got press on the Segway before anybody knew it was going to be called the Segway or what even what it was.
I've always been afraid of getting a wireless mouse for my laptop. I'm worried I will accidentally leave it somewhere since it's not tethered to the laptop (which I definitely won't leave somewhere accidentally). On the other hand, I did damage a laptop screen once with the cord of a mouse. The cord got caught behind the hinge and as I pushed the monitor backwards the cord acted as a fulcrum and popped the screen off it's hinge.
Having a digital photo frame update itself over 802.11b or some other wireless standard would be pretty neat.
t al+photo+frame
Such a thing does exist (but I'm not sure about the flickr idea):
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=wireless+digi
Also, am I the only one seeing the site loaded with php failures?
No, I was getting them as well. They are including files via http instead of just using the native file system which would be much faster. The problem is that all those includes are making another request to the web server instead of just to the file system directly. Since the web server is overloaded as it is this just adds insult to injury.
The coolest looking product at the AMD table was the Samsung Digital Photo Frame. This is a 7 inch LCD frame that has Ethernet, USB, SD, and CF connections.
What, no wireless connection?
I find that most corporate blogs are BS PR. Few companies want to actually let their employees share their thoughts with the general public.
This year, the high-tech industry made clever steps forward and put new spins on old features.
How about online newspapers that don't make you sign up to read their content? That's a new spin.
What you're doing is similar to comparing a statement made about vacum tubes to transistors.
Actually no, I was stating one more reason that wasn't previously mentioned as to why this nanotech is needed. You misunderstood my point.
The transition to new nanotechnology techniques could occur around 2015, when chip makers will have exhausted their ability to shrink the wires and switches that make up the modern processors and memory storage devices at the heart of the computer, communications and consumer electronics industries.
Nevermind the growing heat concern. Who was it that said soon microchips will be hotter than the surface of the sun if they keep getting faster at the same rate they are now?
It was before I rammed my fist in your ass AC.
Apple Stores seem to always get it right in general. I'm talking about the official Apple Stores here. For example, my partner had to get a minor problem fixed on his PowerBook. He showed up at the Genius Bar, they took it apart in front of us, fixed the problem, and we went on our way. They never once asked for a receipt or any other form of identification. No hassles at all, no proof of warranty, nothing.
And we weren't even able to find anybody to sell us dual-layer DVD-Rs!
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Wow, really? Where did they look?
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=dual-layer+DV
No talk of the speed of compression/decompression?
Only 6 minutes? Is that long enough to really see how this stuff is made? I suppose it is just supposed to be a snapshot so...
Get AdBlock for firefox. Problem solved. Now there's one less obvious indicator of the dodginess of a website.
I can pretty easily sort out the junk. I don't mind advertising in general, so no need for AdBlock. What I don't like our ads that try to trick people or sites that have we too much advertising. I know instantly that it's a fake dialog box, but it's a pretty shady advertising technique non-the-less. Publishers have control over what ads go on their sites, so it indicates that it's a pretty shade web site.
OK, this is a little off topic. I'm supposed to trust information from a web site called "The Tech Zone" that allows those fake ad dialog boxes saying, "Your computer may be infected with harmful spyware programs..."? Shady.