Based on the CTP, the metadata handling. It's actually pretty damn good.
You can tag any file, create virtual folders like "Find anything with the tag 'work' which I looked at in the past month" etc.
I'm an MSDN subscriber, so paying x00 dollars doesn't bother me that much, but I'd be willing to pay a fair amount for an upgrade just for that.
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I don't mind a new or updated standard if it provides a rock solid way of proving who sent the email, requiring each email address to actually have the sending server know it exists. That way nothing can come from a forged domain, because the mail relays will simply go "Nah, it ain't a real address". Likewise spammers can't use a real domain and forge the sender because the server when queried will go "Nah, it ain't a real address". Finally, if the spammer does use a real address the sending server will reply with "Nope, it's not one of ours".
Spam is locked down to limited (real) domains which cost real money. Once a domain gets on a decent blacklist, it's useless.
The only real loss of anonimity is being able to prove that it came from a real email address. Nowhere does it say the email has to be linked to a real person, and there's nothing to stop an anonimiser from generating temporary addresses. As long as that server doesn't relay spam, no worries.
I've found MS publications, especially TechNotes, to be less useful than sitting down with the software in a VM and pushing buttons until it does what you want. Then you reset the VM and try do it without changing 500 other options first.
But all that graphics needs to come from somewhere. Yes, the GPU may be able to render the assets on-screen damn fast but without a fast enough processor, hard disk etc. the GPU will be held up waiting for things like textures to be decompressed and shoved into memory.
Working as a senior administrator for Mod DB, I get to see a lot of what goes on in the mod world before the general public.
The thing with HL2 they you must remember is that it is a totally new engine, facing a world where modding for older engines is commonplace. HL was based on an old engine, with limited mods around before, and really made modding take off.
HL had the advantage of a community with previous experience of similar engines, and no expectations of what a mod should be. Conversely, HL2 was expected to be a perfect successor to HL with regards to modding. People expected to be able to move straight from HL to HL2 with a shallow learning curve.
Source is a whole new engine, and Valve did a lot of work to make the transition as painless as possible. Yes the SDK is a mess, but does anybody remember the HL SDK before modding became as popular? It was messy and uncommented in places, only through years of modding has the HL mod scene been built to its current levels.
Garrys Mod, Dystopia, The Hidden are all working wonders with the HL2 SDK despite there being virtually no experience around for it. Give the community a chance to get used to the HL2 SDK and Source, and I bet you'll see an increase in the mods for it.
Whilst I totally disagree with making browser specific sites today, back when "Designed for X" and "Best viewed with X" were popular they were almost essential, because no two browsers rendered anything the same if it was anything more complex than plain text.
Because in sending junk mail to addresses the sender pays all costs.
To spam a million addresses, the recipient fronts most of the cost and the chances are the spam is coming from zombie machines anyway. Zombie machines (usually) rely on something illegal happening along the route.
If the system is designed properly, it doesn't have to be interlinked. Think of the ID card only providing common information (Name, address, DOB etc). It's then up to each individual agency to keep their own records on you, with your ID number as the unique key. Inland Revenue then have no new way to access your NHS records without the paperwork, but you as an end user only have the one form of ID which works just as well as either your NiNo or your NHS number.
This is of course completely different to your passport, which is... umm... a form of identification designed to... erm... regulate freedom of movement?
I fail to see how an ID card, even a compulsory one, lets the government know any more about you than everything else it knows. All it does is tie various things together, meaning (in an ideal world) taking me as an example, my:
Passport number, national insurance number, NHS number, driver's number, blood service number, student ID number, railcard number, bus pass number, school ID card number (for two sites), CRB check number, voting number, BCU member number, Connexions card number, UCAS reference number, store loyalty card number, and probably several more obvious ones I forgot as well as countless minor ones.
Are all replaced by:
National ID number
There's no more information out there about me than there is right now. It's just 20 less numbers to worry about. I'm all in favour, especially if a basic part of the ID mechanism is made available to non-government systems (It only has to perform a basic 'genuine card?' handshake and send my ID number) so that I don't need a seperate ID card for every damn building I need a card to enter.
No, computers *can* work fine without knowing their inner workings. Ever used a Mac?
Cars no longer require competent users, despite initially if you wanted a car you needed to understand everything in it. Nowadays the on-board computer deals with everything except steering (And some even compensate for bad driving here).
Computers are like cars. You can become the 'mechanic' and understand everything and keep your computer running. Or you can be the everyday user and just point it in the right direction. Some newer computers compensate for bad driving here as well.
Dvorak doesn't seem to realise that the IE development team and the Vista development team are different people. Yes, they work together on some things, but that's like saying GIMP is unnecessary, the developers' time could be better spent on Konqueror.
There's a big drive from Maestro (Those responsible for most debit cards. Also known as Cirrus. Associated to MasterCard) to get more people to pay for small things by plastic. Leeds train station is full of ads.
The problem? Transaction fees mean it's pointless vendors accepting them for anything less than about £3.50. To make matters worse, not everywhere accepts Solo, which is an extremely popular variety of Maestro.
I would love to pay for things totally with plastic. Money goes into my bank account, why should I have to muck about turning it into cash before I buy things?
Okay, let me explain about the difference between hardware and software. Processors and HyperTransport, and thus the subject of this discussion, are hardware related. Windows and Unix are software. Blabbering on about how Windows is the scourge of the world and we should all use vi/emacs/insert_editor_here when the parent was clearly talking about hardware with no association other than your own (Extremely weak, see other replys) point seems a bit... oh I don't know. OS Zealous?
There's a big difference between the calling home to say you'll be late, or should you pick up something for tea, is different from the hours on end to your girlfriend that gp was talking about.
That said, it's down to the employer what's unacceptable. I would say a brief call to your girlfriend to say hello is acceptable occasionally. Calling home for an hour to discuss the new bathroom isn't.
Aye. New IMEI/SIM numbers means your SIM is now tied to the IMEI. Yes you can move the SIM to a different phone (Vendor lock in permitting) without any trouble, but if your SIM keeps hopping IMEI too often it's liable to be picked up and your phone company will call and basically say "Is it you who keeps swapping handsets?". Basically, it's still possible but a PITA to do with newer models and network handshakes.
Also, in the words of Andrew Tanenbaum, "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from".
What I would appreciate more is a unified approach to DRM, that knows damn well I've bought the content no matter how I try to play it. Of course, that one's never gonna happen.
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Based on the CTP, the metadata handling. It's actually pretty damn good.
You can tag any file, create virtual folders like "Find anything with the tag 'work' which I looked at in the past month" etc.
I'm an MSDN subscriber, so paying x00 dollars doesn't bother me that much, but I'd be willing to pay a fair amount for an upgrade just for that.
I don't mind a new or updated standard if it provides a rock solid way of proving who sent the email, requiring each email address to actually have the sending server know it exists. That way nothing can come from a forged domain, because the mail relays will simply go "Nah, it ain't a real address". Likewise spammers can't use a real domain and forge the sender because the server when queried will go "Nah, it ain't a real address". Finally, if the spammer does use a real address the sending server will reply with "Nope, it's not one of ours".
Spam is locked down to limited (real) domains which cost real money. Once a domain gets on a decent blacklist, it's useless.
The only real loss of anonimity is being able to prove that it came from a real email address. Nowhere does it say the email has to be linked to a real person, and there's nothing to stop an anonimiser from generating temporary addresses. As long as that server doesn't relay spam, no worries.
Umm, every time you use your credit card to buy things you are tracked. Safeway knows a lot about you.
Diminutive and urine yes, but penis?
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I've found MS publications, especially TechNotes, to be less useful than sitting down with the software in a VM and pushing buttons until it does what you want. Then you reset the VM and try do it without changing 500 other options first.
But all that graphics needs to come from somewhere. Yes, the GPU may be able to render the assets on-screen damn fast but without a fast enough processor, hard disk etc. the GPU will be held up waiting for things like textures to be decompressed and shoved into memory.
Working as a senior administrator for Mod DB, I get to see a lot of what goes on in the mod world before the general public.
The thing with HL2 they you must remember is that it is a totally new engine, facing a world where modding for older engines is commonplace. HL was based on an old engine, with limited mods around before, and really made modding take off.
HL had the advantage of a community with previous experience of similar engines, and no expectations of what a mod should be. Conversely, HL2 was expected to be a perfect successor to HL with regards to modding. People expected to be able to move straight from HL to HL2 with a shallow learning curve.
Source is a whole new engine, and Valve did a lot of work to make the transition as painless as possible. Yes the SDK is a mess, but does anybody remember the HL SDK before modding became as popular? It was messy and uncommented in places, only through years of modding has the HL mod scene been built to its current levels.
Garrys Mod, Dystopia, The Hidden are all working wonders with the HL2 SDK despite there being virtually no experience around for it. Give the community a chance to get used to the HL2 SDK and Source, and I bet you'll see an increase in the mods for it.
Whilst I totally disagree with making browser specific sites today, back when "Designed for X" and "Best viewed with X" were popular they were almost essential, because no two browsers rendered anything the same if it was anything more complex than plain text.
Because in sending junk mail to addresses the sender pays all costs.
To spam a million addresses, the recipient fronts most of the cost and the chances are the spam is coming from zombie machines anyway. Zombie machines (usually) rely on something illegal happening along the route.
My school username is 99jn2379... the only relation this has to me is my initials. God knows where 2379 comes from, because it isn't my pupil ID.
Face absolutely no opposition? What are you smoking?
If the system is designed properly, it doesn't have to be interlinked. Think of the ID card only providing common information (Name, address, DOB etc). It's then up to each individual agency to keep their own records on you, with your ID number as the unique key. Inland Revenue then have no new way to access your NHS records without the paperwork, but you as an end user only have the one form of ID which works just as well as either your NiNo or your NHS number.
This is of course completely different to your passport, which is... umm... a form of identification designed to... erm... regulate freedom of movement?
I fail to see how an ID card, even a compulsory one, lets the government know any more about you than everything else it knows. All it does is tie various things together, meaning (in an ideal world) taking me as an example, my:
Passport number, national insurance number, NHS number, driver's number, blood service number, student ID number, railcard number, bus pass number, school ID card number (for two sites), CRB check number, voting number, BCU member number, Connexions card number, UCAS reference number, store loyalty card number, and probably several more obvious ones I forgot as well as countless minor ones.
Are all replaced by:
National ID number
There's no more information out there about me than there is right now. It's just 20 less numbers to worry about. I'm all in favour, especially if a basic part of the ID mechanism is made available to non-government systems (It only has to perform a basic 'genuine card?' handshake and send my ID number) so that I don't need a seperate ID card for every damn building I need a card to enter.
No, computers *can* work fine without knowing their inner workings. Ever used a Mac?
Cars no longer require competent users, despite initially if you wanted a car you needed to understand everything in it. Nowadays the on-board computer deals with everything except steering (And some even compensate for bad driving here).
Computers are like cars. You can become the 'mechanic' and understand everything and keep your computer running. Or you can be the everyday user and just point it in the right direction. Some newer computers compensate for bad driving here as well.
In common order, "War is Peace" goes first, followed by "Freedom is Slavery" and finally "Ignorance is Strength".
Dvorak doesn't seem to realise that the IE development team and the Vista development team are different people. Yes, they work together on some things, but that's like saying GIMP is unnecessary, the developers' time could be better spent on Konqueror.
There's a big drive from Maestro (Those responsible for most debit cards. Also known as Cirrus. Associated to MasterCard) to get more people to pay for small things by plastic. Leeds train station is full of ads.
The problem? Transaction fees mean it's pointless vendors accepting them for anything less than about £3.50. To make matters worse, not everywhere accepts Solo, which is an extremely popular variety of Maestro.
I would love to pay for things totally with plastic. Money goes into my bank account, why should I have to muck about turning it into cash before I buy things?
Whoever designed the network either didn't understand the concept of scaling, or was just plain incompetent.
Worse than that, it only works on IE6. Which only works on Windows. So this is a lock in to Windows.
Okay, let me explain about the difference between hardware and software. Processors and HyperTransport, and thus the subject of this discussion, are hardware related. Windows and Unix are software. Blabbering on about how Windows is the scourge of the world and we should all use vi/emacs/insert_editor_here when the parent was clearly talking about hardware with no association other than your own (Extremely weak, see other replys) point seems a bit... oh I don't know. OS Zealous?
There's a big difference between the calling home to say you'll be late, or should you pick up something for tea, is different from the hours on end to your girlfriend that gp was talking about.
That said, it's down to the employer what's unacceptable. I would say a brief call to your girlfriend to say hello is acceptable occasionally. Calling home for an hour to discuss the new bathroom isn't.
Aye. New IMEI/SIM numbers means your SIM is now tied to the IMEI. Yes you can move the SIM to a different phone (Vendor lock in permitting) without any trouble, but if your SIM keeps hopping IMEI too often it's liable to be picked up and your phone company will call and basically say "Is it you who keeps swapping handsets?". Basically, it's still possible but a PITA to do with newer models and network handshakes.
Also, in the words of Andrew Tanenbaum, "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from".
What I would appreciate more is a unified approach to DRM, that knows damn well I've bought the content no matter how I try to play it. Of course, that one's never gonna happen.
No, it's not. It has DRM yes, but the concept is that all the various bits talk using the Viiv standards so that things just work.