The ride quality is abysmal. The least little bump or ripple in the road is transmitted through the rock-hard suspension direct to your arse, making driving at any speed above a walking pace feel like a trip on a malfunctioning rollercoaster. No sense having that kind of speed if you can't use it because the car won't stay on the road when you hit bumps.
Maybe this is a Euro/US thing. In Europe there are inexpensive BMWs, right? Or were you riding in a newer 323 or something? Maybe the quality has dropped off on the lower end models.
I've done over 110mph (~180kmh (if my math is right)) in the 540i and it's been pretty damn smooth. Not quite as nice as the 3000GT I owned, but still pretty nice.
unfortunately it's not. If you look at your posting history you will see that this link, apparently discussing the game Homeworld, was your first post.
on a machine that does nothing, with no permissions to anything else on the network, and where the root accounts home directory !=/root ? (hint: it's/home/root )
And where I wasn't signed in as root? You did notice the fooboy@mail right? Who's the "luser" now?
Great, so, they're creating another "social" wrong - receiving tons of money by having a skill set (and lack of morals) that allows them to abuse a corrupt and broken system. I really wouldn't call price fixing RAM as being a "social" wrong either.
You realize who ends up paying these lawyers, right?
Here's a hint: It's not the companies. It's not the insurance companies. It's not the government.
Here's the answer: It's the consumers (that's you and me).
there's added incintive for the companies to NOT DO THIS SORT OF THING now, the society as a whole benefits and that is how you get the benefit.
Yes, these wonderful lawyers who are doing this for the little people like you and me. The fact that they're making millions of dollars is inconsequential to them.
I mean, look at the music industry! They've definitely changed their ways now that 20 different lawyer firms have made millions off of them and we've all gotten $2.85 checks in the mail.
DVD officially stands for nothing. It officially stands for DVD. It really does stand for digital versatile disc. I'm sure the members of the DVD Forum that wanted Video were those only concerned with Video. Therefore, their opinions do not matter.
From wikipedia Wikipedia is not authoritative. "WIKIPEDIA MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY." "Therefore, please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by professionals who are knowledgeable in the particular areas of expertise necessary to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information about any subject in Wikipedia"
W3schools stats lump Mozilla/firefox/etc together in one group under "Mozilla".
And why would web developers use Mozilla instead of Firefox? I want something as bloat free as possible. Compared to Mozilla, IE is bloat free. Look at the feature list: advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing
That's why Firefox is nice. It's just a browser, thankfully.
Of course w3schools is focused on web development so they bring in a crowd that is more likely to be using Firefox (ie web developers). While it's good news that Firefox usage has increased, that's about all that data is good for.
I was just trying to poke fun at all the people who post on slashdot now in slight astroturfing mode. "The company I work for make product X! It'll save the world!"
Personally I think this type of hardware is something soung card manufacturers should be working on. Seems like the logical place to put it since all sound must flow through there, in both digital and analog forms typically.
you're using the product of, and encouraging, software hackers and thieves
Wrong. They have no idea what I am or am not downloading (be it a crack, a serial number, or what not). I also believe that using a cd-crack for a game I legally own is perfectly legit.
your lame justifications as a lazy, incompetent record keeper aside
Come on now. I really do buy the vast majority of software on my computer, especially those software packages that are made by smaller software companies (WinRAR, CDRWIN, Fireburner, Newsbin Pro, Gamespy, CuteFTP, I even registered mIRC at one time... god only knows what email address/info I registered that under). The problem for a lot of users is that their needs to be a better system than "Here's the super secret 100 character key. Don't lose it!"
And I know I'm the only one who has ever had problems keeping track of the 100+ necessary serial numbers/cd keys/what not. I have had some companies just plain refuse to help me (not respond to my emails, claim they can't find me on their records, state they don't provide serial numbers, etc) so what am I supposed to do? My hard drive dies and I then have to give up all of the software that was on it because I didn't keep great records of some cryptic 50 character Name/Company/Serial Number combination? Who do you work for, Microsoft?
that's the 745i, not the 735i, I agree with you that it's a piece
Although to be honest, any BMW made since the mid-90s has been an utter piece of crap.
I know the new thing is to bash BMW and Mercedes (well, not really new, but gaining popularity). That's fine. I never was a big BMW fan either until I got to drive one a lot.
And, having spent a lot of time driving both a 1999 and 2003 BMW 540i I would have to whole heartedly disagree with you.
0-60 in 5.9 seconds. Quiet as can be. Neither one has had any problems.
then you know that the user is attempting to steal from you
Untrue
It's not common, but when I lose my key to a software product I have paid for, I don't bother with the (sometimes) huge hassle of trying to get it again. Over the past 7-8 years I'm sure I've registered many different software packages with many different email addresses so I usually have no idea what one goes with what software package.
I am in no way stealing. This guy is out of line. Removing the home directory of a user is ridiculous. Just delete the f'en product directory.
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The ride quality is abysmal. The least little bump or ripple in the road is transmitted through the rock-hard suspension direct to your arse, making driving at any speed above a walking pace feel like a trip on a malfunctioning rollercoaster. No sense having that kind of speed if you can't use it because the car won't stay on the road when you hit bumps.
Maybe this is a Euro/US thing. In Europe there are inexpensive BMWs, right? Or were you riding in a newer 323 or something? Maybe the quality has dropped off on the lower end models.
I've done over 110mph (~180kmh (if my math is right)) in the 540i and it's been pretty damn smooth. Not quite as nice as the 3000GT I owned, but still pretty nice.
unfortunately it's not. If you look at your posting history you will see that this link, apparently discussing the game Homeworld, was your first post.
were they right? are you pirating a copy of Windows 2000 using "some kind of file sharing application"?
The prompt is modified for all users on this box to show #. Don't ask me why. I didn't make the change.
on a machine that does nothing, with no permissions to anything else on the network, and where the root accounts home directory != /root ? (hint: it's /home/root )
And where I wasn't signed in as root? You did notice the fooboy@mail right? Who's the "luser" now?
3.1?
bah... Windows for Workgroups 3.11!
rutine - is that some Unix program or something?
/root]# rutine /root]# man rutine
[fooboy@mail
bash: rutine: command not found
[fooboy@mail
No manual entry for rutine
Great, so, they're creating another "social" wrong - receiving tons of money by having a skill set (and lack of morals) that allows them to abuse a corrupt and broken system. I really wouldn't call price fixing RAM as being a "social" wrong either.
You realize who ends up paying these lawyers, right?
Here's a hint: It's not the companies. It's not the insurance companies. It's not the government.
Here's the answer: It's the consumers (that's you and me).
there's added incintive for the companies to NOT DO THIS SORT OF THING now, the society as a whole benefits and that is how you get the benefit.
Yes, these wonderful lawyers who are doing this for the little people like you and me. The fact that they're making millions of dollars is inconsequential to them.
I mean, look at the music industry! They've definitely changed their ways now that 20 different lawyer firms have made millions off of them and we've all gotten $2.85 checks in the mail.
who knows... the website is EXTREMEIPOD.COM for heavens sake.
DVD officially stands for nothing.
It officially stands for DVD. It really does stand for digital versatile disc. I'm sure the members of the DVD Forum that wanted Video were those only concerned with Video. Therefore, their opinions do not matter.
From wikipedia
Wikipedia is not authoritative.
"WIKIPEDIA MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY."
"Therefore, please be advised that nothing found here has necessarily been reviewed by professionals who are knowledgeable in the particular areas of expertise necessary to provide you with complete, accurate or reliable information about any subject in Wikipedia"
So now we (don't) know...
End of line.
W3schools stats lump Mozilla/firefox/etc together in one group under "Mozilla".
And why would web developers use Mozilla instead of Firefox? I want something as bloat free as possible. Compared to Mozilla, IE is bloat free. Look at the feature list:
advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing
That's why Firefox is nice. It's just a browser, thankfully.
maybe you should actually go to the site and learn how to make hyperlinks
search for "Books" returns: Barnes and Noble!
Of course w3schools is focused on web development so they bring in a crowd that is more likely to be using Firefox (ie web developers). While it's good news that Firefox usage has increased, that's about all that data is good for.
oops, I'm an idiot
The second "your" is incorrect, not the first one.
Oh well. Guess that's why I meant to post as AC originally.
At least get your sig right.
How do you stop your children from realizing your the type of person they should avoid?
Hint: should be you're as in you are
I was just trying to poke fun at all the people who post on slashdot now in slight astroturfing mode. "The company I work for make product X! It'll save the world!"
Personally I think this type of hardware is something soung card manufacturers should be working on. Seems like the logical place to put it since all sound must flow through there, in both digital and analog forms typically.
Company gives preferntial treatment to its higher profit customers!
congrats
You and your friend are only about 20+ years behind the times. People have been talking about that since the eighties and probably even before that.
I work on product X and think of all the possibilities (list slightly feasible but most likely never going to happen features).
:)
If this is really true what they're saying then people should put tons more money into product X!
But then again maybe I'm just talking up product X to make sure I get my money
you're using the product of, and encouraging, software hackers and thieves
Wrong. They have no idea what I am or am not downloading (be it a crack, a serial number, or what not). I also believe that using a cd-crack for a game I legally own is perfectly legit.
your lame justifications as a lazy, incompetent record keeper aside
Come on now. I really do buy the vast majority of software on my computer, especially those software packages that are made by smaller software companies (WinRAR, CDRWIN, Fireburner, Newsbin Pro, Gamespy, CuteFTP, I even registered mIRC at one time... god only knows what email address/info I registered that under). The problem for a lot of users is that their needs to be a better system than "Here's the super secret 100 character key. Don't lose it!"
And I know I'm the only one who has ever had problems keeping track of the 100+ necessary serial numbers/cd keys/what not. I have had some companies just plain refuse to help me (not respond to my emails, claim they can't find me on their records, state they don't provide serial numbers, etc) so what am I supposed to do? My hard drive dies and I then have to give up all of the software that was on it because I didn't keep great records of some cryptic 50 character Name/Company/Serial Number combination? Who do you work for, Microsoft?
The 735i with that fucking stupid iDrive thing
that's the 745i, not the 735i, I agree with you that it's a piece
Although to be honest, any BMW made since the mid-90s has been an utter piece of crap.
I know the new thing is to bash BMW and Mercedes (well, not really new, but gaining popularity). That's fine. I never was a big BMW fan either until I got to drive one a lot.
And, having spent a lot of time driving both a 1999 and 2003 BMW 540i I would have to whole heartedly disagree with you.
0-60 in 5.9 seconds. Quiet as can be. Neither one has had any problems.
And the M5 - 0-60 in 4.6 seconds. Just beautiful.
Great news too: creator says creation is really good!
In other news: "Ford says their cars are just as good as BMW's and Emachine states their computers rival Apple's"
then you know that the user is attempting to steal from you
Untrue
It's not common, but when I lose my key to a software product I have paid for, I don't bother with the (sometimes) huge hassle of trying to get it again. Over the past 7-8 years I'm sure I've registered many different software packages with many different email addresses so I usually have no idea what one goes with what software package.
I am in no way stealing. This guy is out of line. Removing the home directory of a user is ridiculous. Just delete the f'en product directory.