On the other hand, every HDMI set can handle HDCP.
Not neccesarily true - according to http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/faq.asp , HDCP reduces the royalty cost of including HDMI on equipment, but is not actually a requirement for HDMI.
I've recently upgraded from two mismatched CRTs (a 12" and a 19") to two widescreen 20" flatpanels. Most single-screen games can be spanned across two monitors with the nvidia drivers, but the one game I use often which natively supports multi-monitor is Flight Simulator. Main views and instrument panels can be placed on one screen, with GPS, radio stacks etc on the secondary screens. FPS games would really need an odd number of screens, otherwise the centre of the view (where the crosshairs will be) is split down the middle by the monitor frame. With two monitors and an FPS on one monitor, I prefer just to have system information (Temperatures, music playlist etc) on the other screen.
The exact same thing just happened to me. I tried to send an email to myself, without using the period I have in my username, and with extra periods. None of them arrived in my inbox.
Recently I've been recieving emails not intended for me, from Transport for London regarding Tube outages and Oyster cards, addressed to someone without the period in their username but arriving in my inbox. I've also recieved password reminders and ticket booking confirmations from West Ham FC...useless to me, since I live in Scotland and I hate football.
Here in North Lanarkshire (Scotland), no authentication is required to access the schools internet connection. Instead, every school/library/community centre/etc is simply connected direct to a central location at the local council, and a scoring system automatically rates each web page before it is sent to the machine. Individual department admins etc can set their own score thresholds (presumably according to council policy - for example a school might have a lower threshold than a library) and any website rated above this value due to word content, images etc are replaced with a "Denied" message and a note to contact your admin. Certain sites such as google images are blacklisted completely, and presumably large ranges of ports are blocked - most online games will not work. Most "Denied" messages are assumed to be accidental and will cause no further action but hits to certain listed websites, sites above certain scores or repeated attempts to access a denied website will automatically notify the admin.
Didn't Sony include the essential bits of the PS1 system in the PS2 in order to allow backwards compatibility? I don't think NVIDIA would let Microsoft do this, as they own the rights to the graphics card used in the Xbox.
(which is really nothing worse than the Page 2 women in some newspapers)
Page 2 in most of the (admittedly tabloid) Scottish papers I've seen is dedicated to "politics" of a sort. The mere thought of some of those women makes me shudder. Ann Widdecombe anyone?:|
Perhaps you mean page 3;) Unless you're discounting the front page as page 1, of course.
As opposed to the perfectly behaved British 12 year olds
To be honest it doesn't matter where the 12 year olds come from; anyone with a high pitched voice and the inability to shut up for more than 2 seconds deserves to be barred from ever using a microphone. Many people I know, myself included, like to set up games in Midtown Madness 3 (dullish game, but good for this purpose) and just mess about, using Live as a "chatroom with cars" in cruise mode. Usually we leave the room open to let people in, but half of the time someone (usually American - don't take offense at my saying this, it's probably just because there's more of you on Live anyways) will join and disrupt the session. If the host has fallen asleep or gone out for a bit, there's absolutely nothing we can do except mute them - when they click on to that fact they'll just start disrupting the gameplay itself. It's good to let new people come in and mess about in-game, and we don't like locking the room to prevent this. So we're stuck between a rock and a hard place - let new people come in and risk the "twats", or lock the room and be restricted to our current friends list (and where's the fun in that?:P)
Live for the 360 needs to implement kick voting and such - I'm not aware of many current Xbox games that allow this, but I'm mainly a PC gamer and don't use my xbox for much more than racing games. Improvements to the feedback system (ability to demo a player perhaps, or attach a message) would be helpful. Allowing people to get on live using these points cards, without some sort of credit card verification (even though most parents would do it), would be hellish.
Flight simulator 2004 had a metal special edition too, but that's not the point. I dont think the issue here is with generic metal cases, it's Microsoft contracting a company to mass produce a specific design copyrighted to (ie originally designed by) another completely different party - breaking non-disclosure agreements in the process.
Designate the laptop as the primary screen, unlock the task bar and simply drag it across to the secondary screen. Then Alt+Tab should appear on the Laptop (now primary) screen and you still get rid of the annoying taskbar.
Make sure your chipset fan isn't failing. These fans are abolutely notorious on the A8N-SLi (Standard and Deluxe models). My own failed within 4 weeks. Make sure the nforce temperature (motherboard or system in Asusprobe) doesn't go above 50 or so degrees or you'll bork the chip. Contact asus and they'll send an improved fan for free. I can't comment on the "Premium" heatpipe solution but that doesn't look adequate either.
The 'Rocket Widget' [briansbelly.com] from the bottle actually keeps a good head on the beer while you drink from the bottle, which is nice.
Indeed, it is printed on the Draught bottles I've seen that it's recommended to drink straight from the bottle. It's a nice effect either way - Guinness just isn't the same without the head:)
Guinness also market a Draught bottle here in the UK, with the associated floating widget. Works on the same principle as the can. So as a result, Guinness from a Draught bottle is just as good as Guinness from a Draught can. Guinness "original" (non-Draught) cans and bottles taste better in some opinions, but dont have the signature head on them. Can't beat it from a pub pump anyways.
I thought the CMOS only contained set up parameters eg time, date, bios settings. If you erase it, the BIOS should revert to defaults. Inconvenient, but hardly killer?
These are hardly "version" numbers, and they do not apply only to Dolby. They apply to any speaker setup, where the digits before the seperator point denote the number of speakers(or, if referencing the actual sound source, the number of channels), and the digits after the point denote the number of subwoofers (or bass channels). You can have a 18.4 speaker setup for all Dolby care.
Despite the -1 moderation, parent is (at least partially) correct. From wikipedia, there have been no fatalities caused by operational incidents such as collisions or derailments on the Shinkansen. There have however been suicides, and incidents where people have been caught in doors and injured.
I may or may not be correct on this, but other railway networks across the globe, despite horrific crashes, are still safer than transport by road in terms of volume of passengers carried.
7 for Telewest Blueyonder Broadband - reliable, only had 2-3 hours down in the past 2 years, and faster than most in the UK (4mbps).
Cons - Quite pricey in the lower-tier packages, believe they got onto some blacklist for not thwarthing zombie PCs. Occasionally idiotic tech support, although helpful when you get an actual engineer on the line.
I thought some carriers in the US charged just for the receipt of a text message. In light of this, I would think UK carriers offer a slightly better deal - people do not like being charged for something they didn't want in the first place, especially if they are at the mercy of another user (wouldn't it be possible to crapflood people with sms, thus running them up a huge bill or using their prepaid credit?).
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Not neccesarily true - according to http://www.hdmi.org/manufacturer/faq.asp , HDCP reduces the royalty cost of including HDMI on equipment, but is not actually a requirement for HDMI.
I've recently upgraded from two mismatched CRTs (a 12" and a 19") to two widescreen 20" flatpanels. Most single-screen games can be spanned across two monitors with the nvidia drivers, but the one game I use often which natively supports multi-monitor is Flight Simulator. Main views and instrument panels can be placed on one screen, with GPS, radio stacks etc on the secondary screens. FPS games would really need an odd number of screens, otherwise the centre of the view (where the crosshairs will be) is split down the middle by the monitor frame. With two monitors and an FPS on one monitor, I prefer just to have system information (Temperatures, music playlist etc) on the other screen.
The exact same thing just happened to me. I tried to send an email to myself, without using the period I have in my username, and with extra periods. None of them arrived in my inbox.
Recently I've been recieving emails not intended for me, from Transport for London regarding Tube outages and Oyster cards, addressed to someone without the period in their username but arriving in my inbox. I've also recieved password reminders and ticket booking confirmations from West Ham FC...useless to me, since I live in Scotland and I hate football.
Should have added that the AMD64 was on 64-Bit windows
P4 3.2Ghz Laptop = 89 seconds
From your list, Do you mean an Athlon 64 (Socket 939 Venice)?
Here in North Lanarkshire (Scotland), no authentication is required to access the schools internet connection. Instead, every school/library/community centre/etc is simply connected direct to a central location at the local council, and a scoring system automatically rates each web page before it is sent to the machine. Individual department admins etc can set their own score thresholds (presumably according to council policy - for example a school might have a lower threshold than a library) and any website rated above this value due to word content, images etc are replaced with a "Denied" message and a note to contact your admin. Certain sites such as google images are blacklisted completely, and presumably large ranges of ports are blocked - most online games will not work. Most "Denied" messages are assumed to be accidental and will cause no further action but hits to certain listed websites, sites above certain scores or repeated attempts to access a denied website will automatically notify the admin.
Didn't Sony include the essential bits of the PS1 system in the PS2 in order to allow backwards compatibility? I don't think NVIDIA would let Microsoft do this, as they own the rights to the graphics card used in the Xbox.
Guinness
Perhaps you mean page 3
Live for the 360 needs to implement kick voting and such - I'm not aware of many current Xbox games that allow this, but I'm mainly a PC gamer and don't use my xbox for much more than racing games. Improvements to the feedback system (ability to demo a player perhaps, or attach a message) would be helpful. Allowing people to get on live using these points cards, without some sort of credit card verification (even though most parents would do it), would be hellish.
Coordinated Universal Time?
Pardon my stupidity but I'm in the UK, studying physics, and in every piece of material I have, it's spelt "centripetal". Could someone enlighten me?
Flight simulator 2004 had a metal special edition too, but that's not the point. I dont think the issue here is with generic metal cases, it's Microsoft contracting a company to mass produce a specific design copyrighted to (ie originally designed by) another completely different party - breaking non-disclosure agreements in the process.
Designate the laptop as the primary screen, unlock the task bar and simply drag it across to the secondary screen. Then Alt+Tab should appear on the Laptop (now primary) screen and you still get rid of the annoying taskbar.
Make sure your chipset fan isn't failing. These fans are abolutely notorious on the A8N-SLi (Standard and Deluxe models). My own failed within 4 weeks. Make sure the nforce temperature (motherboard or system in Asusprobe) doesn't go above 50 or so degrees or you'll bork the chip. Contact asus and they'll send an improved fan for free. I can't comment on the "Premium" heatpipe solution but that doesn't look adequate either.
Well, the Creative Zen Micro has one, as does the cheap-as-chips "Tevion/Medion" 20gb mp3 player I have.
Guinness also market a Draught bottle here in the UK, with the associated floating widget. Works on the same principle as the can. So as a result, Guinness from a Draught bottle is just as good as Guinness from a Draught can. Guinness "original" (non-Draught) cans and bottles taste better in some opinions, but dont have the signature head on them. Can't beat it from a pub pump anyways.
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I thought the CMOS only contained set up parameters eg time, date, bios settings. If you erase it, the BIOS should revert to defaults. Inconvenient, but hardly killer?
Good for me I suppose...
These are hardly "version" numbers, and they do not apply only to Dolby. They apply to any speaker setup, where the digits before the seperator point denote the number of speakers(or, if referencing the actual sound source, the number of channels), and the digits after the point denote the number of subwoofers (or bass channels). You can have a 18.4 speaker setup for all Dolby care.
Despite the -1 moderation, parent is (at least partially) correct. From wikipedia, there have been no fatalities caused by operational incidents such as collisions or derailments on the Shinkansen. There have however been suicides, and incidents where people have been caught in doors and injured.
I may or may not be correct on this, but other railway networks across the globe, despite horrific crashes, are still safer than transport by road in terms of volume of passengers carried.
7 for Telewest Blueyonder Broadband - reliable, only had 2-3 hours down in the past 2 years, and faster than most in the UK (4mbps). Cons - Quite pricey in the lower-tier packages, believe they got onto some blacklist for not thwarthing zombie PCs. Occasionally idiotic tech support, although helpful when you get an actual engineer on the line.
I thought some carriers in the US charged just for the receipt of a text message. In light of this, I would think UK carriers offer a slightly better deal - people do not like being charged for something they didn't want in the first place, especially if they are at the mercy of another user (wouldn't it be possible to crapflood people with sms, thus running them up a huge bill or using their prepaid credit?).