All the recent burners I've bought list super-helicopter-ready speeds... Can I have one that is silent?
I don't fscking care if it's 2X read, I don't want to have to listen to it on a take off. (yes, I know, Nero Speed and some other software might take care of that, but I don't need/want them)
Anyways, burning at those speeds will only introduce more errors....
Wouldn't it make more sense to sell one with AGP too?
Before my X2 died, It was upgraded with a HD3850 and could run pretty much anything, albeit not at highest settings. I'm trying to see what good a PCI card could do besides
A) adding a third monitor B) adding hdmi on the cheap on an HTPC
Systems with PCI slots will either have PCI-E or AGP slots. Those that only have PCI will be in P2 class, and it makes no sense to upgrade that kind of machine with a fast video card, even for folding or mining.
standard service is still around 50$, 8Mb down/1Mb up, with a ridiculous 50GB limit. And with only 2 ISPs, it's not going to change that much (almost all the other ISPs are resellers, and are subject to the same limits, thanks to CRTC)
And since they also own TV stations and are tv providers, that's not about to change, especially with Netflix and such
1- If it was filmed at a resolution higher than NTSC so they just don't upscale it 2- If they keep the ratio it was filmed in (4:3)
WB totally messed up B5, and it looks like crap on DVD compared to VHS. I know that part of the problem was the CGI was not done in 16:9 and some moron at WB probably insisted it would sell better in Widescreen, they cropped and stretched the composited shots and it's a big blurry mess...)
Like the Prius, the Lexus Hybrids, the Ford Escape, and many of the hybrid cars on the market?
Montreal's Societe de Transport de Montreal is testing hybrid buses (perfect use for a hybrid vehicule)...
I can see Delivery vehicules (Purolator, UPS, DHL, FEDEX, restaurant delivery) using that, they are always stop and go, so regenerative braking makes lots of sense.
If you're only doing highways, a hybrid won't do much, except use more gas for the added battery weight...
A friend of mine works in the virtualisation field. (IE they provide the servers, the infrastructure, IT, tech support, the only thing the customer needs is an internet connection.)
We're talking complete racks of servers, all virtualised. To their customers, it's all transparent, and for a small or even medium business it makes sense... They don't have to have IT on payroll, don't have to worry about their servers, they *rent* the service and have no worry whatsoever about backups, tech support, and such...
And it works very well. (as a geek, all those server racks, Juniper switches, 8-core servers, SANS and all the blinking LEDs, it was almost hypnotising, almost more than the deafening sound that server park makes (they must have been at least a thousand machines in there, DELLs, Many Mac Mini, some X-Serve machines, even some old P3 tower machines, I sat for about 10 minutes in front of a twin 42U Blade monster. 2 full racks of Blades, That's gonna have some heavy throughpout (all SSDs), wonder what it's for (small ISP/CASINO or Porn is my guess)...
Whatever, It's a lot cheaper for many businesses than owning their own infrastructure...
nForce3 will be supported with Vista, was even stated on their website. Until they withdrew support. So Win7 runs with only one cpu core if you happen to have an ATI AGP card. The reason stated is they never intended NF3 to be used with dual-cores. (of course, an nVidia card will work with both cores).
Vista came out what? 2-3 years after that chipset? Thank you very much for support nVidia...
They're on very slippery terrain. Apple could go to another manufacturer for their iDevices cpus and flash nand. It's not like Samsung is the only company manufacturing Flash memory or ARM processors. Samsung stands to lose a pretty big customer in that case.
-iPod, check -iPod Touch, check -iPad, check -iPhone, check -AppleTV, check (I don't think they sell those that much though.:)
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All the recent burners I've bought list super-helicopter-ready speeds... Can I have one that is silent?
I don't fscking care if it's 2X read, I don't want to have to listen to it on a take off. (yes, I know, Nero Speed and some other software might take care of that, but I don't need/want them)
Anyways, burning at those speeds will only introduce more errors....
Wouldn't it make more sense to sell one with AGP too?
Before my X2 died, It was upgraded with a HD3850 and could run pretty much anything, albeit not at highest settings. I'm trying to see what good a PCI card could do besides
A) adding a third monitor
B) adding hdmi on the cheap on an HTPC
Systems with PCI slots will either have PCI-E or AGP slots. Those that only have PCI will be in P2 class, and it makes no sense to upgrade that kind of machine with a fast video card, even for folding or mining.
The name for that interface was Springboard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springboard_Expansion_Slot
in an ironic way, also the name of the homescreen in iOS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpringBoard
Quick, someone tell Handspring to sue Apple :)
Not that far from the truth...
Cable in Quebec
http://www.videotron.com/service/internet-services/internet-access/ultimate-120
150-160$/month with only 170GB download/30GB up.
At least the upload speed's nice.
standard service is still around 50$, 8Mb down/1Mb up, with a ridiculous 50GB limit. And with only 2 ISPs, it's not going to change that much (almost all the other ISPs are resellers, and are subject to the same limits, thanks to CRTC)
And since they also own TV stations and are tv providers, that's not about to change, especially with Netflix and such
But... But... But they made it in brown...
Or the submitters?
From TFA:
"By Martyn Williams, IDG News Apr 13, 2009 3:50 am "
2 and a half years late is not exactly news. What next, Apple inc hires back Jobs and fires Scully?
Especially since what got released on tape was 4:3.
If you watch the previews on some of the DVD episode, they *are* in 4:3 and look much better than the episode itself...
Meaning
1- If it was filmed at a resolution higher than NTSC so they just don't upscale it
2- If they keep the ratio it was filmed in (4:3)
WB totally messed up B5, and it looks like crap on DVD compared to VHS. I know that part of the problem was the CGI was not done in 16:9 and some moron at WB probably insisted it would sell better in Widescreen, they cropped and stretched the composited shots and it's a big blurry mess...)
http://www.modeemi.fi/~leopold/Babylon5/DVD/DVDTransfer.html
Like the Prius, the Lexus Hybrids, the Ford Escape, and many of the hybrid cars on the market?
Montreal's Societe de Transport de Montreal is testing hybrid buses (perfect use for a hybrid vehicule)...
I can see Delivery vehicules (Purolator, UPS, DHL, FEDEX, restaurant delivery) using that, they are always stop and go, so regenerative braking makes lots of sense.
If you're only doing highways, a hybrid won't do much, except use more gas for the added battery weight...
Number of mortal sins?
How can anyone be hurt by broken windows ?
Damn IT... I Intended to have a SARCASM TAG, but /. kinda fucked uped on me and removed it...
The point is, yeah, Mr kdawson, I know how to operate a computer, been doing that since 1979, please thank you, come again
(Go soft on me, I was only 8 at the time)
I don't know what a virus is
Forum SPAM, can't get enough thru email? please pleasure yourself with a big tree (and die)
No...
My Monochrome Handspring PDA had a flat screen with icons. My Tungsten had a Flat screen (color) with icons.
Heck, even my no-name Electronic Agenda (China) from 1994 had those.
My portable Rolodex didn't have icons, but it had a flat screen...
A friend of mine works in the virtualisation field. (IE they provide the servers, the infrastructure, IT, tech support, the only thing the customer needs is an internet connection.)
We're talking complete racks of servers, all virtualised. To their customers, it's all transparent, and for a small or even medium business it makes sense... They don't have to have IT on payroll, don't have to worry about their servers, they *rent* the service and have no worry whatsoever about backups, tech support, and such...
And it works very well. (as a geek, all those server racks, Juniper switches, 8-core servers, SANS and all the blinking LEDs, it was almost hypnotising, almost more than the deafening sound that server park makes (they must have been at least a thousand machines in there, DELLs, Many Mac Mini, some X-Serve machines, even some old P3 tower machines, I sat for about 10 minutes in front of a twin 42U Blade monster. 2 full racks of Blades, That's gonna have some heavy throughpout (all SSDs), wonder what it's for (small ISP/CASINO or Porn is my guess)...
Whatever, It's a lot cheaper for many businesses than owning their own infrastructure...
*For less than 3% of the current US defense budget, you could FULLY FUND NASA!!
Why the HELL is NASA always the FIRST thing talked about when cutting, and Defense always the LAST.*
Because they didn't find oil in space ?
Until we get COBRA B.A.T. s firing at us with those blue lasers with an extremely cool sound ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YjfGex5JHY
(I was really disappointed when I didn't hear that sound in the GI Joe hollywood movie)
Only problem is by the time it gets there, the hard drive will have bad sectors in true Seagate fashion
Seems like DSL with Bell.
Yes, but *any* OS will be able to get infected if a trusted source gets owned (yes, even Linux)
nForce3 will be supported with Vista, was even stated on their website. Until they withdrew support. So Win7 runs with only one cpu core if you happen to have an ATI AGP card. The reason stated is they never intended NF3 to be used with dual-cores. (of course, an nVidia card will work with both cores).
Vista came out what? 2-3 years after that chipset? Thank you very much for support nVidia...
I used to own a Nokia *brick* bought at Radio Shack (late '80s/early '90s)
http://www.itp.net/584396-iconic-mobile-phones-from-the-80s-to-now?tab=photos&img=3
I'm pretty sure that thing didn't have a clock. But, It could be used as a defensive weapon, that thing probably weighed around 5 pounds :)
I just love doing a double right-click just to get to the context menu. That and getting the working spinning wheel when closing a tab.
(and no, my computer isn't broken, it only does that on /. )
They're on very slippery terrain. Apple could go to another manufacturer for their iDevices cpus and flash nand. It's not like Samsung is the only company manufacturing Flash memory or ARM processors. Samsung stands to lose a pretty big customer in that case.
-iPod, check :)
-iPod Touch, check
-iPad, check
-iPhone, check
-AppleTV, check (I don't think they sell those that much though.