Unless it kills 100% of the bacteria, we're back to square one. The ones that don't get killed (natural mutation or just more resistant) will multiply and the new strain will be immune.
That's the way evolution works...
The Episode was "The Key To Vector Sigma"
They were called Stunticons and formed Menasor.
An Autobot Gestalt was also created in the 2-part episode. Superion (Aerialbots)
It *IS* a PC...
An expensive one, but still a PC... Intel Motherboard, Intel CPU. Before switching to Intel, Steve Jobs was pissing on Intel, they had slow & bloated CPUs, MACS are better, so on. Now, they're the best thing in town. The only thing preventing OS X from running on generic PC Hardware is driver support (that can be arranged), and TPM (fixed that too long ago)
So, between paying thru the nose vs. a generic box, I can afford to hide the box:)
Gotta love/.
Microsoft used non-documented APIs with Word and Excel (and blew Lotus & Wordperfect out of the water). Now, Apple is doing the same thing?
It's their OS, they have access to their code, and they wouldn't the same to give Safari an advantadge over other browsers?
Steve Jobs is not a god, just a money-hungry capitalist like all the others.
Isn't he the one who tried to rip off Woz when Wozniak had his plane accident?
Please people, get real...
(and go ahead, mod me down...)
You obviously don't know how GSM phones work...
GSM phones are *NOT* identified by the phone's casing's serial number, but with that little flat thing that gets inserted in the phone, the SIM card...
GSM is used worldwide, CDMA phones won't work in those coutries.
SIM stands for *Subscriber Identity Module*
If a cell phone is turned off, it shouldn't & won't transmit anything. (it will not transmit anything, unless your tinfoil hat doesn't fit)
If you're really that paranoid, take the battery out, and smash the phone in case it has a backup of some kind...
I would use a 12-pound Black & Decker Sledgehammer, or a 3030 shotgun.
Might wanna use some Thermite on it too, just to be on the safe side:)
Agree...
Even coal plants are *MUCH MORE* energy-efficient than the traditional gasoline engine. So, less pollution than a standard car.
Besides, there's Nuclear plants, or even (I Live in Quebec), Hydro-Electrical powerplants...
Or, make all those batteries standard, and just swap them when needed, just like fork-lifts...
Instead of filling-up, I'll open a hatch and swap a battery pack. (keep a 4-banger diesel engine in the car, just in case the battery fails, then it can limp to another battery station)
Unless you need to run DX10 games (some of which are really nice looking), I don't even begin to see why someone should fill 11GB of HD space just for the OS.
I'm sticking with XP unless i'm required by law to run Vista...
To me, Vista is ME SE:)
I'm running XP Media Center on a X2 4200+ (S939) with 2GB DDR Dual-Channel RAM, along with an overclocked and modded RADEON X800 XT PE, was a standard X800 when I bought it with 12 pipelines, now with 16, clocked at 850 speeds (Bottleneck for games in my case, I know, old card), with Raptors (36GB OS + 36GB Games), with a 320GB for local storage.
I've got another machine (blown PSU, looked like a Star Trek episode 2 nights ago, the PSU exploded, flames, pops, even electrical noises, electrical arcs, and fumes (primary transformer is fused), don't they know fuses exist???), that one stores everything (2TB) and has dual-tuners for recording TV (Media Center too).
I know most of you guys don't like MS, but Snapstream (even if I gave them money for their remote, BTV software and Beyond Media software, along with more money for BTV 4.x and some BTVlink licenses, they don't seem to care to bring out an *integrated* product which MCE happily provides...
a really good 10-foot interface...
I just don't see why I would have to upgrade my other machine just for games. I'll get a Wii, Xbox (1) or go to arcades...
That's why some car radios have a function to compress the dynamic range. (the stock am/FM/Tape CD changer FORD radio in my Grand Marquis has the feature, and we're talking about an OEM radio).
Couldn't they leave it to the buyer to decide if they want a compressed range or not?
Restricting the phone to emergency calls only is the way to go.
Besides, if someone has a heart attack in a theater, *somebody else* is bound to see it and be able to help them (or have someone call for help using the theater's phone)
When I go to the theater, my cell phone is either turned OFF or on vibrate.
"What if Canada invaded the US because of posession of bio and nuclear weapons? "
Invade US with what?
Fire-catching obsolete submarines, falling apart CF-18s, obsolete armored vehicules?
What do you mean it won't install? I've got it right here on VPC4...
Just give it 512 or more MB, and install VPC4 SP1 (so you will have more than 16 colors)
What I'm wondering is...
Telcos have problems pushing more than 5-6 Mbit if you're too far (couple of miles) from the switch, sometimes even less.
Pushing 40Mbit over a twisted pair phoneline? I don't think that many people have the room for a DSLAM in their kitchen.
Where I work, 10Mbit is very common (Cable), and some users even have 16Mbit.
Cable is *already* at 40Mbit if the ISPs wanted to (QAM256), and can go even higher by either going to a higher QAM level or by binding 2 or more QAMs.
Cable already has 750-860Mhz of bandwidth (a QAM only takes 6Mhz), so lots of possibilities there. (in theory, they are 1Ghz ready)
Besides, on cable VOD is already there, has been for a while:)
Celeron 300a@450 and 558 afterwards (better cooling)
Celeron II 600 @ 900
Athlon 2500+ Mobile @ 2.5GHZ (still running, I'm posting on that rig)
I've even got a 160Mhz 486 here (AMD 5x86 running at 4*40)
Couldn't get it to run at 3*50 because of my SB16 and GUS ACE in ISA slots...
I've had that 486 for about 6-8 years.
My next CPU is gonna be an Opteron 165, and i'll overlclock it 'till it bleeds. It will probably go pop in 5-10 years, who cares then...
still using an overclocked C=64 with a switch (to switch between 1 and 2 Mhz):)
One of my servers has been running overclocked for about 2 years (dual 200Mhz Ppros/1 MB running at 233 using undocumented jumper settings.)
I've not overclocked my DL580 (first gen) Proliant because I can't get the noise down, all 10 fans are running full-tilt, and when I try to slow them down, the machine shuts down.
I'll get some 555's and trick it into thinking the fans are running, and my own cooling solution. (it will be alone in the rack, along with a 24 port switch and a 9 drive array.) So it will not overheat...
But hte sheer size of those 2MB Xeons are quite a sight:)
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eeeBuntu works perfectly on my 900HA. worked perfectly with my Celery 900 too.
Unless it kills 100% of the bacteria, we're back to square one. The ones that don't get killed (natural mutation or just more resistant) will multiply and the new strain will be immune. That's the way evolution works...
No. It's kinda pulling a nail. Not that bad really...
It was slow because it used standard DOS mode for the disks. since WinXP (NT) can't use DOS, that's why you need the drivers.
The Episode was "The Key To Vector Sigma" They were called Stunticons and formed Menasor. An Autobot Gestalt was also created in the 2-part episode. Superion (Aerialbots)
It *IS* a PC... An expensive one, but still a PC... Intel Motherboard, Intel CPU. Before switching to Intel, Steve Jobs was pissing on Intel, they had slow & bloated CPUs, MACS are better, so on. Now, they're the best thing in town. The only thing preventing OS X from running on generic PC Hardware is driver support (that can be arranged), and TPM (fixed that too long ago) So, between paying thru the nose vs. a generic box, I can afford to hide the box :)
Gotta love /.
Microsoft used non-documented APIs with Word and Excel (and blew Lotus & Wordperfect out of the water). Now, Apple is doing the same thing?
It's their OS, they have access to their code, and they wouldn't the same to give Safari an advantadge over other browsers?
Steve Jobs is not a god, just a money-hungry capitalist like all the others.
Isn't he the one who tried to rip off Woz when Wozniak had his plane accident?
Please people, get real...
(and go ahead, mod me down...)
Sure... Keeping an old computer (the one without any kind of power management features) would probably do wonders for the environment / power saving
You obviously don't know how GSM phones work... GSM phones are *NOT* identified by the phone's casing's serial number, but with that little flat thing that gets inserted in the phone, the SIM card... GSM is used worldwide, CDMA phones won't work in those coutries. SIM stands for *Subscriber Identity Module* If a cell phone is turned off, it shouldn't & won't transmit anything. (it will not transmit anything, unless your tinfoil hat doesn't fit) If you're really that paranoid, take the battery out, and smash the phone in case it has a backup of some kind... I would use a 12-pound Black & Decker Sledgehammer, or a 3030 shotgun. Might wanna use some Thermite on it too, just to be on the safe side :)
Joystick with DooM ][ ? A Keyboard *RULES* in DooM... Much better than any other input device (IMHO)
Agree... Even coal plants are *MUCH MORE* energy-efficient than the traditional gasoline engine. So, less pollution than a standard car. Besides, there's Nuclear plants, or even (I Live in Quebec), Hydro-Electrical powerplants... Or, make all those batteries standard, and just swap them when needed, just like fork-lifts... Instead of filling-up, I'll open a hatch and swap a battery pack. (keep a 4-banger diesel engine in the car, just in case the battery fails, then it can limp to another battery station)
Use two IBM Deathstars in RAID-0 on a Highpoint controller. It will take care of that by itself :)
(Maxtors will do the same by themselves too)
Well, at least GI Joe and Cobra had them :)
Unless you need to run DX10 games (some of which are really nice looking), I don't even begin to see why someone should fill 11GB of HD space just for the OS.
:)
I'm sticking with XP unless i'm required by law to run Vista...
To me, Vista is ME SE
I'm running XP Media Center on a X2 4200+ (S939) with 2GB DDR Dual-Channel RAM, along with an overclocked and modded RADEON X800 XT PE, was a standard X800 when I bought it with 12 pipelines, now with 16, clocked at 850 speeds (Bottleneck for games in my case, I know, old card), with Raptors (36GB OS + 36GB Games), with a 320GB for local storage.
I've got another machine (blown PSU, looked like a Star Trek episode 2 nights ago, the PSU exploded, flames, pops, even electrical noises, electrical arcs, and fumes (primary transformer is fused), don't they know fuses exist???), that one stores everything (2TB) and has dual-tuners for recording TV (Media Center too).
I know most of you guys don't like MS, but Snapstream (even if I gave them money for their remote, BTV software and Beyond Media software, along with more money for BTV 4.x and some BTVlink licenses, they don't seem to care to bring out an *integrated* product which MCE happily provides...
a really good 10-foot interface...
I just don't see why I would have to upgrade my other machine just for games. I'll get a Wii, Xbox (1) or go to arcades...
(or even get a PS2 and get it chipped)
Vista would be a better punishment...
That's why some car radios have a function to compress the dynamic range. (the stock am/FM/Tape CD changer FORD radio in my Grand Marquis has the feature, and we're talking about an OEM radio). Couldn't they leave it to the buyer to decide if they want a compressed range or not?
Restricting the phone to emergency calls only is the way to go.
Besides, if someone has a heart attack in a theater, *somebody else* is bound to see it and be able to help them (or have someone call for help using the theater's phone)
When I go to the theater, my cell phone is either turned OFF or on vibrate.
"What if Canada invaded the US because of posession of bio and nuclear weapons? " Invade US with what? Fire-catching obsolete submarines, falling apart CF-18s, obsolete armored vehicules?
Only Macs & Win/Linux
Strange, because i'm running Daemon tools on my machine, and the game ran exactly as it should, without complaining about Daemon tools...
What do you mean it won't install? I've got it right here on VPC4... Just give it 512 or more MB, and install VPC4 SP1 (so you will have more than 16 colors)
That's a lot of DSLAMs... ROI is gonna be *very* low for years...
What I'm wondering is... Telcos have problems pushing more than 5-6 Mbit if you're too far (couple of miles) from the switch, sometimes even less. Pushing 40Mbit over a twisted pair phoneline? I don't think that many people have the room for a DSLAM in their kitchen. Where I work, 10Mbit is very common (Cable), and some users even have 16Mbit. Cable is *already* at 40Mbit if the ISPs wanted to (QAM256), and can go even higher by either going to a higher QAM level or by binding 2 or more QAMs. Cable already has 750-860Mhz of bandwidth (a QAM only takes 6Mhz), so lots of possibilities there. (in theory, they are 1Ghz ready) Besides, on cable VOD is already there, has been for a while :)
Celeron 300a@450 and 558 afterwards (better cooling) Celeron II 600 @ 900 Athlon 2500+ Mobile @ 2.5GHZ (still running, I'm posting on that rig) I've even got a 160Mhz 486 here (AMD 5x86 running at 4*40) Couldn't get it to run at 3*50 because of my SB16 and GUS ACE in ISA slots... I've had that 486 for about 6-8 years. My next CPU is gonna be an Opteron 165, and i'll overlclock it 'till it bleeds. It will probably go pop in 5-10 years, who cares then... still using an overclocked C=64 with a switch (to switch between 1 and 2 Mhz) :)
One of my servers has been running overclocked for about 2 years (dual 200Mhz Ppros/1 MB running at 233 using undocumented jumper settings.)
I've not overclocked my DL580 (first gen) Proliant because I can't get the noise down, all 10 fans are running full-tilt, and when I try to slow them down, the machine shuts down.
I'll get some 555's and trick it into thinking the fans are running, and my own cooling solution. (it will be alone in the rack, along with a 24 port switch and a 9 drive array.) So it will not overheat...
But hte sheer size of those 2MB Xeons are quite a sight :)