If you put $1 in the machine and got a $10 credit, I should think that the user would figure out that there's more going on than them just being "lucky".
Does your 'average' user even know that most 'mechanical' slot machines are computer-driven? Many posters on this forum assumed that the slot machines were video slot machines! The article doesn't even say that.
My point is this: having played slot machines before, they don't count credits in terms of '$', but in terms of 'points'. Some slot machines really do give you 10 credits (pulls) for $1 (these are called 'dime' slots).
This must be the 5th big public desktops are dying" proclamation I've read.
What are you, 12? It seems they've been announcing desktops are dying almost every year since laptops first hit the scene.
The bottom-line is this: yes, the price premium on laptops has dwindled some. No, it hasn't disappeared. Yes, laptops still sacrifice performance for mobility. And, yes, many people are still willing (and sometimes are even required) to sacrifice mobility for power. And, yes, a lot of people, including me, hate laptop screens, laptop keyboards, and, yes, despite statements to the contrary, lack of expandability of laptops.
Get over it, laptop snobs. I hasn't happened yet in the 20 years they've been claiming desktops will go away, and it's not likely to ever happen.
You're the sort of fellow who would correct me if I said the 'State of Massachuesetts', right? Yes, you're right. Broadband is modulated, baseband is unmodulated. But if you think of the difference between analog and digital, the analogy is kinda the same, that's why the quotes around 'digital' and 'analog' and the ~, instead of saying =digital and =analog.
See the problem is you say that your are going to monitor her and in the next breath you say that she has a tv in her room with an antennae or basic cable. Now both of those can't be true unless you sit in her room with her at all times.
Exactly. Mention to people that they shouldn't put a TV in their kids' rooms and they'll look at you all aghast, like "How could you be so cruel?"
I never had a TV in my room and I turned out just fine. The TV was in the living room, so my parents could monitor what my sister and I were watching. When we got into our teens, we were allowed televisions, but we had to buy them for ourselves (part of whole teaching of the value of a dollar thing...:)
What's wrong with decency standards on public airwaves?
See the posts under the person in this thread who responded to me. I agree with most of those. To sum it up: the problem ain't the words, the problem is parenting skills. If you can't teach your kid the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour, you have no right to be a parent.
You think that is funny until it's your own seven year old that tells a teacher to fuck off, or starts cursing in a WalMart.
See, it's not the inappropriate words that are the problem, it's the inappropriate behaviour. There's no difference between your seven year old telling to the teacher to 'fuck off' and the seven year old telling the teacher rudely to 'go away'. Until people see that it's rude and inappropriate behaviour that is the problem, not words, we'll always be stuck in the 1950s.
People need to stop abusing terms like 'broadband.' I have news for all of you: Even 300 BPS modems are BROADBAND. That is, they are not 'baseband' (~'digital'), but broadband (~'analog'). 1000GB/s Ethernet is not broadband, it's baseband.
Let's use a term that makes sense, like 'high-speed Internet connection' or some such.
Will someone please think about the children!! It would be just horrible, evil and wrong for children to naughty words! Why, it might psychologically damage them for life! The horror!
It's already been done, and the result is open source: KeePass. Unlike other password managers, KeePass stores passwords in a cryptographically-safe database. Passwords are never entered automatically -- you can double click the KeePass password field to copy the password to the clipboard for 10 seconds, and then paste it into Web page's password field. After 10 seconds, the password is automatically removed from the clipboard. Works for more than web pages, too.
Yes, but that alsa requires non-approved hardware. Or didn't you notice many of Vista's DRM-in-mind system requirements to keep "premium" content safe?
Ever heard of running an OS under virtualization? There's nothing to prevent Vista from under VMware, QEMU, XEN, Parallels, etc. As long as the emulator makes Vista 'think' it has DRM-capable hardware, then you'll have no problems capturing anything coming out of the sound card when running under a non-DRM-restricting OS.
What is needed is a total review of what patents are for, why society should grant them, and how this should operate in a post-industrial world. Compare, for example, the trademark system (an industrial-age protection) with the domain name system (proper digital age protection of the same thing), and you see what could be possible.
Hmmm...what if you had an online database of implemented original inventions, peer-reviewed, of course. Those with truly inventions would then post them in the database. Peers in the industry would review the invention to determine if it was truly original. Laws would prevent implementation of inventions that haven't yet completed the peer-review process -- if it passes the peer-review, the inventor gets the sole right to sell/produce the invention for 5 years. The 'payment' for receiving a patent would be that the inventor would have to participate in the peer-review process for at least 3 other inventions. A registrar, consisting of a panel of 3 trustees and 3 judges would oversee everything to ensure that everyone was playing fair -- violators would be prosecuted.
I can't think of a way to stop 'streamripping.' I mean, even if you closed the loop all the way down to my soundcard, it would still have to come out as sound in some quality or another. Once it's in that analog form, I just pipe it into another input device on the same or different machine and begin recording. I've used TotalRecorder to just copy the buffer of my sound card to a file and have captured many NPR shows that I could not find otherwise to purchase.
And similar tools exist on Linux to capture the ALSA buffers. There's absolutely no way to prevent 'streamripping' with any DRM. The broadcast has to be decoded at the time of play -- there's no way around it. For that matter, these same techniques work with any DRM.
The bottom line here is that DRM schemes are inherently broken and can't be fixed. So let's just get rid of all DRM and be done with it, 'k Mafiaa?
Depending on where you live..if you're tanked and pulled over. Best thing (according to the lawyers I've spoken with) is to not say a word, and just hold your hands out for the cuffs. Don't take any field tests...they are just trying to collect evidence on you.
Also, refuse to take any tests at the station...you can start by refusing until your lawyer gets there (risky, even with the extra time, your BAC may still be at the ridiculously low.08)....best to just refuse.
Wow. Where do you live? In most states, the refusal to take a Breathalyzer test carries the same penalty as drunk driving itself (although you do have the right to have a lawyer present).
And, actually, it's not 5th amendment, which is the right to due process, but the 4th amendment, which is the right against unwarrantable searches and seizures, that is violated. It could be argued that the fifth amendment is violated as well, perhaps, but really we're mostly talking about 4th amendment rights, not 5th amendment.
You could argue in court that that equates to lost revenue. Having a wmv codec though..?
...robs Microsoft of the potential revenue of a Windows license. The EULA for Windows Media Player and the associated codecs says that you are free to download the software, but only provided that you have a license for Windows.
I think this raises a point, though, in relation to browser share. The majority of users do not want to have to tweak anything. If they need to change Firefox configs in order to match performance under IE7, most would instead go back to IE7.[1]
As far as that goes, any software developer knows that when it comes to performance, you can maximize for size or speed, but not both. In this case, FF chose to optimize for speed, rather than size, but left a config option for those who would rather they had taken the opposite stance. I see no problem with this, given that memory is cheap (and getting cheaper). Anyone worried about a browser taking 60MB of RAM doesn't have enough memory; however, if they can't afford more memory for whatever reason, they still can decide to reduce FF's minimized size in memory.
I realize we have the Firehose now but are people who read Slashdot daily using it properly? We don't need two stories in a short time frame (4 days) about the same topic.
Why not buy used? Wouldn't a used computer be a better deal?
Probably. For $298, it doesn't even include a monitor.
Heck, I just built a dual-core Athlon 64 x2 3800+ with 1GB of RAM, a 250GB SATA HDD, in an aluminum "gamer's" case with a side window and lighted fans and an nVidia GeForce PCI Express graphics card for just a little more than that $298 with parts purchased via Pricewatch-participating stores. (it would have been less without the fancy case/power supply, even.)
Arrrggggghhhh! The combination of grammar and time travel makes my head hurt! Or did make my head hurt, or will have had in the past be causing my head to hurt in the future or.... AAAAAARGGGHHH!
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Does your 'average' user even know that most 'mechanical' slot machines are computer-driven? Many posters on this forum assumed that the slot machines were video slot machines! The article doesn't even say that.
My point is this: having played slot machines before, they don't count credits in terms of '$', but in terms of 'points'. Some slot machines really do give you 10 credits (pulls) for $1 (these are called 'dime' slots).
What are you, 12? It seems they've been announcing desktops are dying almost every year since laptops first hit the scene.
The bottom-line is this: yes, the price premium on laptops has dwindled some. No, it hasn't disappeared. Yes, laptops still sacrifice performance for mobility. And, yes, many people are still willing (and sometimes are even required) to sacrifice mobility for power. And, yes, a lot of people, including me, hate laptop screens, laptop keyboards, and, yes, despite statements to the contrary, lack of expandability of laptops.
Get over it, laptop snobs. I hasn't happened yet in the 20 years they've been claiming desktops will go away, and it's not likely to ever happen.
You're the sort of fellow who would correct me if I said the 'State of Massachuesetts', right? Yes, you're right. Broadband is modulated, baseband is unmodulated. But if you think of the difference between analog and digital, the analogy is kinda the same, that's why the quotes around 'digital' and 'analog' and the ~, instead of saying =digital and =analog.
Don't look at me! I didn't come up with the name, nor did I have any part in developing it. I just use it.
Yeah! Ban the ALPHABET! That'll teach 'em! They'll never be able to make these evil words again!
Exactly. Mention to people that they shouldn't put a TV in their kids' rooms and they'll look at you all aghast, like "How could you be so cruel?"
I never had a TV in my room and I turned out just fine. The TV was in the living room, so my parents could monitor what my sister and I were watching. When we got into our teens, we were allowed televisions, but we had to buy them for ourselves (part of whole teaching of the value of a dollar thing
See the posts under the person in this thread who responded to me. I agree with most of those. To sum it up: the problem ain't the words, the problem is parenting skills. If you can't teach your kid the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour, you have no right to be a parent.
See, it's not the inappropriate words that are the problem, it's the inappropriate behaviour. There's no difference between your seven year old telling to the teacher to 'fuck off' and the seven year old telling the teacher rudely to 'go away'. Until people see that it's rude and inappropriate behaviour that is the problem, not words, we'll always be stuck in the 1950s.
Mod parent +5, Informative!
People need to stop abusing terms like 'broadband.' I have news for all of you: Even 300 BPS modems are BROADBAND. That is, they are not 'baseband' (~'digital'), but broadband (~'analog'). 1000GB/s Ethernet is not broadband, it's baseband.
Let's use a term that makes sense, like 'high-speed Internet connection' or some such.
Will someone please think about the children!! It would be just horrible, evil and wrong for children to naughty words! Why, it might psychologically damage them for life! The horror!
It's already been done, and the result is open source: KeePass. Unlike other password managers, KeePass stores passwords in a cryptographically-safe database. Passwords are never entered automatically -- you can double click the KeePass password field to copy the password to the clipboard for 10 seconds, and then paste it into Web page's password field. After 10 seconds, the password is automatically removed from the clipboard. Works for more than web pages, too.
Ever heard of running an OS under virtualization? There's nothing to prevent Vista from under VMware, QEMU, XEN, Parallels, etc. As long as the emulator makes Vista 'think' it has DRM-capable hardware, then you'll have no problems capturing anything coming out of the sound card when running under a non-DRM-restricting OS.
Hmmm...what if you had an online database of implemented original inventions, peer-reviewed, of course. Those with truly inventions would then post them in the database. Peers in the industry would review the invention to determine if it was truly original. Laws would prevent implementation of inventions that haven't yet completed the peer-review process -- if it passes the peer-review, the inventor gets the sole right to sell/produce the invention for 5 years. The 'payment' for receiving a patent would be that the inventor would have to participate in the peer-review process for at least 3 other inventions. A registrar, consisting of a panel of 3 trustees and 3 judges would oversee everything to ensure that everyone was playing fair -- violators would be prosecuted.
And similar tools exist on Linux to capture the ALSA buffers. There's absolutely no way to prevent 'streamripping' with any DRM. The broadcast has to be decoded at the time of play -- there's no way around it. For that matter, these same techniques work with any DRM.
The bottom line here is that DRM schemes are inherently broken and can't be fixed. So let's just get rid of all DRM and be done with it, 'k Mafiaa?
Hello? John Gilmore? Is that you?
Wow. Where do you live? In most states, the refusal to take a Breathalyzer test carries the same penalty as drunk driving itself (although you do have the right to have a lawyer present).
And, actually, it's not 5th amendment, which is the right to due process, but the 4th amendment, which is the right against unwarrantable searches and seizures, that is violated. It could be argued that the fifth amendment is violated as well, perhaps, but really we're mostly talking about 4th amendment rights, not 5th amendment.
Deep-fried, on a stick, covered in cheese? Now you're making me hungry!
As far as that goes, any software developer knows that when it comes to performance, you can maximize for size or speed, but not both. In this case, FF chose to optimize for speed, rather than size, but left a config option for those who would rather they had taken the opposite stance. I see no problem with this, given that memory is cheap (and getting cheaper). Anyone worried about a browser taking 60MB of RAM doesn't have enough memory; however, if they can't afford more memory for whatever reason, they still can decide to reduce FF's minimized size in memory.
The about:config setting you're looking for is config.trim_on_minimize. Set this true.
And exactly how did you get a 4-digit UID?
Probably. For $298, it doesn't even include a monitor.
Heck, I just built a dual-core Athlon 64 x2 3800+ with 1GB of RAM, a 250GB SATA HDD, in an aluminum "gamer's" case with a side window and lighted fans and an nVidia GeForce PCI Express graphics card for just a little more than that $298 with parts purchased via Pricewatch-participating stores. (it would have been less without the fancy case/power supply, even.)
Arrrggggghhhh! The combination of grammar and time travel makes my head hurt! Or did make my head hurt, or will have had in the past be causing my head to hurt in the future or .... AAAAAARGGGHHH!
Hey! I just released 'Linux for Fscktards'! It features a single-button user interface.