Do you not get the CmdrTaco (founder of/.) reference? That was his initial opinion on the iPod back when it was first announced. My, how things change....which is exactly what you were saying, and I agree.;)
Just to clarify, I was giving names of application suites (which are what GNOME, KDE, and Xfce all are) which provide a consistent interface, desktop environment (hence the "DE" in "KDE" for example), and cover pretty much any computer-using task you can think of. Wikipedia is always a good place to look for more information on something, and in general, you don't need to know about this stuff to use something like Ubuntu, but it helps to know so you can find what software suits you best.
If you want to go low level and be a system administrator type of person, then you need to learn the two- and three-letter program name mumbo-jumbo, but that is completely optional.
And when people mention names of things, that's so you know for future reference on which programs to look for typically. I can answer your question about 3d animation, for example, by pointing you to some graphic arts resources and mention some programs like 3ds max (more for games), Maya (movies), Blender (both), etc., and you wouldn't have to know what the names meant in order to find them, download them, and try them out in your quest for uber-3d-animation.
PHP 5 does natively via PDO, and PHP 4 (and 5) does via PEAR's MDB2 (older version: DB). There is also ADOdb which has a very similar API to Microsoft's ADO RDBMS API (acronym overload!).
The availability of robust packages like those still doesn't stop newbie (and veteran) PHP programmers alike from just using the raw MySQL API subset known as the mysql_* functions (which were deprecated in favour of the newer MySQLi functions/objects that also support prepared statements) along with occasional use of addslashes().
I like using ClamAV on mail servers, but for general antivirus, it doesn't do anything automatic very well, so it's better for diagnostic when fixing some Windows boxen.
By the sounds of it, you haven't used Linux in several years. Try out Ubuntu for the "Just Works(R)(TM)(SM)(C)" experience. Pretty much any complaint people normally have about Linux (since they haven't used it since the 20th century) have been solved for quite some time in distributions like Ubuntu. There are also some other more proprietary-friendly yet still "Just Works(R)(TM)(SM)(C)" like Linspire, Mandriva, etc.
Well, the Xbox definitely isn't powerful enough to play 1080p60 H.264 video, for example, but the Xbox 360 should be able to. Therefore, porting XBMC to the 360 would help make a superb HD HTPC (minus recording from TV of course, but that could be dealt with via USB-based TV tuners or similar).
Also, the Elite model has a much larger hard drive, so it requires less tinkering to get a decent amount of space on it for all your music, TV shows, films, etc.
Like I did with the original Xbox, I believe it would just be a lot easier to own two of them, mod one, and use the other for Xbox Live. Of course, this only becomes more feasible when the console drops in price (or you buy a used one on eBay or similar to mod of course), but in my experience, is the path of least resistance.
So there's no DMCA-like bullshit regarding copy protection or anything? If so, that's great news. Now all I gotta do is find one of those ROM dumpers and I'm golden.:)
If the ESA really has a hip techie leading them now, does that mean that they might actually modernise their business model and sell (or offer for free) ROMs of old games that are nearly impossible to find anyhow nowadays? The amount of "ESA-protected ROMs" out there is astounding...
And don't tell me that the Wii Virtual Console is doing just that; it's limited to five consoles (out of a possible several dozen), only games that were released in your region (so no Fire Emblem in the US for instance), and are tied to your Wii. They're also quite a bit expensive considering their age, relevance, and how easy it is to get the 10000+ sets of ROMs for each system via torrents and such. Where can I buy SNES/Super Famicom games that I can play in ZSNES? Eh?
I believe it's the principle of the whole thing; Microsoft makes Windows phone home to verify if it's legit. Any sort of phoning home is considered a breach of privacy to most rational people.
Besides, Vista doesn't have a "Start" button anymore; it's a picture of the Windows logo. There are like 100 clones of it for kbfx (KDE menu replacement thingy), so I'd know.;)
I believe you mean 3 GB. I've heard of an issue where for some reason x86 cannot address higher than 3 GB or something. Might have to do with reserved space for video RAM or something like that.
If you like to tinker (which it sounds like you do), I recommend Kubuntu over Ubuntu because KDE is more for people who like to change things while GNOME is for people who just want to "consume" their computer without changing a single damn setting.
Of course, it's completely based on personal preference, so give 'em both a try (before choosing which one to install).
I wish I could do something analogous with my postal mail. Get a PO Box. It only works with USPS (so no deliveries from UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.), but it should fulfil what you're looking for.
Also, it's not "IPv6", it's "inet6". And not "IP" or "IPv4", we go with "inet". Therefore, instead of "IP address", for example, it's "inet addr". "Email address" can thus be shortened to "mail addr" in techie lingo.
Hmm, this is fun. It's like AOLspeak for techs! And it makes a little more sense.
After seeing your typo, I was interested in finding out if there was an H.234 standard. Turns out there is, and it describes encryption and key management for audiovisual services. Whether or not this is DRM or just encrypted communications, I do not know (probably the latter), but that's kinda funny as it's almost a Freudian slip (if you had known what H.234 was previously).
Technically most DVDs have DRM on them, but CSS (what it's called) was so fundamentally flawed and insecure that it doesn't mean shit nowadays. The DRM on HDDVD and Blue-Ray are also going down this path once again, and Hollywood is fighting to stop it once again.
Really, the only way to get DRM-free digital video (on TV; when it comes to the internet, there's plenty more sources) legally is via OTA content with a digital antenna.
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Hmm, I know at least 2 of those 3 lawyers in real life, so who's the third one? :)
People aren't even reading the summary now? Wow...
Do you not get the CmdrTaco (founder of /.) reference? That was his initial opinion on the iPod back when it was first announced. My, how things change. ...which is exactly what you were saying, and I agree. ;)
Just to clarify, I was giving names of application suites (which are what GNOME, KDE, and Xfce all are) which provide a consistent interface, desktop environment (hence the "DE" in "KDE" for example), and cover pretty much any computer-using task you can think of. Wikipedia is always a good place to look for more information on something, and in general, you don't need to know about this stuff to use something like Ubuntu, but it helps to know so you can find what software suits you best.
If you want to go low level and be a system administrator type of person, then you need to learn the two- and three-letter program name mumbo-jumbo, but that is completely optional.
And when people mention names of things, that's so you know for future reference on which programs to look for typically. I can answer your question about 3d animation, for example, by pointing you to some graphic arts resources and mention some programs like 3ds max (more for games), Maya (movies), Blender (both), etc., and you wouldn't have to know what the names meant in order to find them, download them, and try them out in your quest for uber-3d-animation.
PHP 5 does natively via PDO, and PHP 4 (and 5) does via PEAR's MDB2 (older version: DB). There is also ADOdb which has a very similar API to Microsoft's ADO RDBMS API (acronym overload!).
The availability of robust packages like those still doesn't stop newbie (and veteran) PHP programmers alike from just using the raw MySQL API subset known as the mysql_* functions (which were deprecated in favour of the newer MySQLi functions/objects that also support prepared statements) along with occasional use of addslashes().
I like using ClamAV on mail servers, but for general antivirus, it doesn't do anything automatic very well, so it's better for diagnostic when fixing some Windows boxen.
By the sounds of it, you haven't used Linux in several years. Try out Ubuntu for the "Just Works(R)(TM)(SM)(C)" experience. Pretty much any complaint people normally have about Linux (since they haven't used it since the 20th century) have been solved for quite some time in distributions like Ubuntu. There are also some other more proprietary-friendly yet still "Just Works(R)(TM)(SM)(C)" like Linspire, Mandriva, etc.
Although, it sounds like a good majority of Chinese people don't even pay the MS tax due to the helpful pirate bazaars or whatever.
Were these business or home machines? Dell and HP are a lot nicer to their corporate customers than their individual ones.
Or we'd have the best software companies ever due to the high requirements for secure and "bug-free" software.
Well, the Xbox definitely isn't powerful enough to play 1080p60 H.264 video, for example, but the Xbox 360 should be able to. Therefore, porting XBMC to the 360 would help make a superb HD HTPC (minus recording from TV of course, but that could be dealt with via USB-based TV tuners or similar).
Also, the Elite model has a much larger hard drive, so it requires less tinkering to get a decent amount of space on it for all your music, TV shows, films, etc.
Like I did with the original Xbox, I believe it would just be a lot easier to own two of them, mod one, and use the other for Xbox Live. Of course, this only becomes more feasible when the console drops in price (or you buy a used one on eBay or similar to mod of course), but in my experience, is the path of least resistance.
So there's no DMCA-like bullshit regarding copy protection or anything? If so, that's great news. Now all I gotta do is find one of those ROM dumpers and I'm golden. :)
If the ESA really has a hip techie leading them now, does that mean that they might actually modernise their business model and sell (or offer for free) ROMs of old games that are nearly impossible to find anyhow nowadays? The amount of "ESA-protected ROMs" out there is astounding...
And don't tell me that the Wii Virtual Console is doing just that; it's limited to five consoles (out of a possible several dozen), only games that were released in your region (so no Fire Emblem in the US for instance), and are tied to your Wii. They're also quite a bit expensive considering their age, relevance, and how easy it is to get the 10000+ sets of ROMs for each system via torrents and such. Where can I buy SNES/Super Famicom games that I can play in ZSNES? Eh?
Or each tab could get its own anonymous namespace. Think about it!
Pretty simple solution...
You'd have to be insane to have only a single partition on a 1 EB drive...
I believe it's the principle of the whole thing; Microsoft makes Windows phone home to verify if it's legit. Any sort of phoning home is considered a breach of privacy to most rational people.
Then there's the slippery slope and all that.
On the first page, it looks like a lot of the results are all administrator login pages that still require a password. Hrm...
So, unintuitive UI choices are a problem then?
;)
Besides, Vista doesn't have a "Start" button anymore; it's a picture of the Windows logo. There are like 100 clones of it for kbfx (KDE menu replacement thingy), so I'd know.
I believe you mean 3 GB. I've heard of an issue where for some reason x86 cannot address higher than 3 GB or something. Might have to do with reserved space for video RAM or something like that.
If you like to tinker (which it sounds like you do), I recommend Kubuntu over Ubuntu because KDE is more for people who like to change things while GNOME is for people who just want to "consume" their computer without changing a single damn setting.
Of course, it's completely based on personal preference, so give 'em both a try (before choosing which one to install).
Also, it's not "IPv6", it's "inet6". And not "IP" or "IPv4", we go with "inet". Therefore, instead of "IP address", for example, it's "inet addr". "Email address" can thus be shortened to "mail addr" in techie lingo.
Hmm, this is fun. It's like AOLspeak for techs! And it makes a little more sense.
After seeing your typo, I was interested in finding out if there was an H.234 standard. Turns out there is, and it describes encryption and key management for audiovisual services. Whether or not this is DRM or just encrypted communications, I do not know (probably the latter), but that's kinda funny as it's almost a Freudian slip (if you had known what H.234 was previously).
Technically most DVDs have DRM on them, but CSS (what it's called) was so fundamentally flawed and insecure that it doesn't mean shit nowadays. The DRM on HDDVD and Blue-Ray are also going down this path once again, and Hollywood is fighting to stop it once again.
Really, the only way to get DRM-free digital video (on TV; when it comes to the internet, there's plenty more sources) legally is via OTA content with a digital antenna.