Then buy a fiberglass car like a Corvette, which are almost invisible to police radars. Have a custom non-metallic license plate made (it would only have to pass a visual inspection) and have the windows coated in a very thin layer of gold.
Then, because countermeasures are half of stealth, buy a real radar/laser detector (something in the $500 range) and a CB radio (because truckers always warn each other about cops).
The world record for driving from NYC to LA is something like 33 hours. Have fun.
"The popular ones don't have proprietary file formats, have a USB mass storage connection and a FM radio. Zune fails on all counts."
Actually, they all play MP3s, which is what I assume you mean by non-proprietary formats (or do you mean ogg? You don't seriously think anyone outside Slashdot cares about ogg, do you?). And as for USB and FM radio, the popular players don't have either of those things.
(Yes, I know iPods use USB. But they require a dock and aren't mass storage devices out of the box. They also can't be connected to other USB storage devices for file transfers. And stop looking at me like that- I like my iPod)
Why downplay it? Because it costs a grand. No matter how much benefit it might be to the "average user," the price of the chip and the systems that use it will drive people away.
Enthusiasts want Kentsfield and are willing to pay for it. Average people may want it, but are only willing to pay for Celeron.
Actually, none of the space elevator designs I've seen allow the cars to come back down. They just get added to the counterweight. Anyone making a two-way trip will have to use a traditional reentry vehicle.
I installed the Release Candidates on a Sempron 2200+ with 512MB RAM. The system would have been fine for simple office/parent use. All the hardware worked right away, including the budget VIA chipsets and a generic PCI gigabit card. Vista really does need a gig of RAM, though, with only 512 it was constantly accessing the pagefile.
Really, the memory requirement is important, the others less so. Any Intel or AMD CPU from the last four or five years will run Vista well.
If you're not going to overclock the card, it should run fine with both power inputs connected to a splitter. For extra stability while overclocking, the thing needs to be connected to two of the power supply's 12V rails. The 6800 Ultra had two power connectors for the same reason.
I use Firefox on a G3 700MHz iBook. Starting it up takes some time... but the obvious solution to that is to never exit the program (which is how you're supposed to use a Mac anyway). Once open, it's as fast as any other browser.
Safari is pretty, but I can't stand browsing without Adblock and Flashblock. Besides, having a close button on each tab is just stupid IMO. Easy to fix on Firefox, impossible to fix on Safari.
No problems for me, apart from a couple of minor extensions that don't work. Running it on Windows and OSX. My only complaint is that they took the worst feature of Apple's Safari and put close buttons on each of the tabs, but that's easy to fix.
We tend to forget that the warts have always existed, and always will. Specific problems are exaggerated by their contemporaries and forgotten within a generation or two.
I was born here, so I didn't have a "choice" in that, but I can't imagine leaving permanently. Canada sounds like a nice place, though.
I think they're going by the size of the slot rather than the number of PCIe lanes it has. An x8 slot can support graphics cards fine, if it has the x16 physical connector.
Which means it will cost $1000-$2000 just for CPUs and motherboard. AMD's and Intel's quad cores will cost a grand also, which limits all of this to people with more money than sense.
If they're going to allow dual processors, why not let people use the $150 2.0GHz dual cores? Then the whole thing will come in under $500 and have much wider appeal.
All right, the buzzwords do get old fast. And you will get different answers from different people about what "Web 2.0" is. My answer is, Web 2.0 isn't about the technology, and people who think it is are way off. AJAX = yawn
Web 2.0 is about psychology, the way people use the now omnipresent network for communication on multiple levels. The internet started with researchers sending each other electronic mail. Now it's everyone talking at once, sharing all of their knowledge, opinions, and experiences with the whomever will listen.
Mac hardware is, essentially, "generic PC." I could build a computer identical to any Mac on the market, the only thing I could not duplicate is the TPM chip that would let it run OSX.
The article is suggesting that Apple license its OS to a major OEM like Dell, and Michael Dell has said that he wants to sell OSX on Dell computers. Doing so would avoid hardware support issues, and probably quadruple Mac OS market share overnight. It would cover the low price, high volume market that Apple ignores now, and would cause much more software to be written for OSX.
Yes, Apple makes most of its money from hardware. If their OS actually had market share, they could easily switch to a software-centric business model.
Not 500 kilotons, that would be a very powerful bomb. 500 tons. It could have easily been either a fake nuke (conventional explosive) or a failed nuke (fizzle).
IIRC, the instrument calibration test before the Trinity test in 1945 was 100 tons of TNT.
Actually, I was wrong, and the guy I replied to was right. He was talking about this, which I had never heard of, probably because I wouldn't touch a Dell with a 10 foot pole.
Regardless, there's there's nothing sneaky about it, it's designed to prevent exactly what you describe. If you don't like it, use a better OS.
OEM copies of Windows aren't "locked to the BIOS" or anything like that. I don't even know what the hell that is. You just call MS, tell them you replaced a dead motherboard, and you're set.
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Wouldn't it also make cars illegal? The companies that sell them don't make gas.
No, it's the Reactor. Quaid, you have to start the Reactor!
I've left my iBook in sleep for days at a time. Now (with a three year old battery) it's good for 3-4 days unplugged, in sleep.
Then buy a fiberglass car like a Corvette, which are almost invisible to police radars. Have a custom non-metallic license plate made (it would only have to pass a visual inspection) and have the windows coated in a very thin layer of gold.
Then, because countermeasures are half of stealth, buy a real radar/laser detector (something in the $500 range) and a CB radio (because truckers always warn each other about cops).
The world record for driving from NYC to LA is something like 33 hours. Have fun.
"The popular ones don't have proprietary file formats, have a USB mass storage connection and a FM radio. Zune fails on all counts."
Actually, they all play MP3s, which is what I assume you mean by non-proprietary formats (or do you mean ogg? You don't seriously think anyone outside Slashdot cares about ogg, do you?). And as for USB and FM radio, the popular players don't have either of those things.
(Yes, I know iPods use USB. But they require a dock and aren't mass storage devices out of the box. They also can't be connected to other USB storage devices for file transfers. And stop looking at me like that- I like my iPod)
Why downplay it? Because it costs a grand. No matter how much benefit it might be to the "average user," the price of the chip and the systems that use it will drive people away.
Enthusiasts want Kentsfield and are willing to pay for it. Average people may want it, but are only willing to pay for Celeron.
Actually, none of the space elevator designs I've seen allow the cars to come back down. They just get added to the counterweight. Anyone making a two-way trip will have to use a traditional reentry vehicle.
Look again; that heatsink is huge. It's at least 25% of the volume of the PS3, with a 160mm blower fan in the center.
I installed the Release Candidates on a Sempron 2200+ with 512MB RAM. The system would have been fine for simple office/parent use. All the hardware worked right away, including the budget VIA chipsets and a generic PCI gigabit card. Vista really does need a gig of RAM, though, with only 512 it was constantly accessing the pagefile.
Really, the memory requirement is important, the others less so. Any Intel or AMD CPU from the last four or five years will run Vista well.
Little Brother: /Hey, this whole no threading thing reminds me of something.
//Obscure?
I don't see anyone else using the FARK posting format, so, apparently yes.
/slashie
If you're not going to overclock the card, it should run fine with both power inputs connected to a splitter. For extra stability while overclocking, the thing needs to be connected to two of the power supply's 12V rails. The 6800 Ultra had two power connectors for the same reason.
I use Firefox on a G3 700MHz iBook. Starting it up takes some time... but the obvious solution to that is to never exit the program (which is how you're supposed to use a Mac anyway). Once open, it's as fast as any other browser.
Safari is pretty, but I can't stand browsing without Adblock and Flashblock. Besides, having a close button on each tab is just stupid IMO. Easy to fix on Firefox, impossible to fix on Safari.
No problems for me, apart from a couple of minor extensions that don't work. Running it on Windows and OSX. My only complaint is that they took the worst feature of Apple's Safari and put close buttons on each of the tabs, but that's easy to fix.
We tend to forget that the warts have always existed, and always will. Specific problems are exaggerated by their contemporaries and forgotten within a generation or two.
I was born here, so I didn't have a "choice" in that, but I can't imagine leaving permanently. Canada sounds like a nice place, though.
There's also the fine cause of Folding@Home, and this time next year there will be plenty of used games and movies available.
I think they're going by the size of the slot rather than the number of PCIe lanes it has. An x8 slot can support graphics cards fine, if it has the x16 physical connector.
"2.6GHz up to 3.0GHz"
Which means it will cost $1000-$2000 just for CPUs and motherboard. AMD's and Intel's quad cores will cost a grand also, which limits all of this to people with more money than sense.
If they're going to allow dual processors, why not let people use the $150 2.0GHz dual cores? Then the whole thing will come in under $500 and have much wider appeal.
So, what happens if you try to share an MP3 file? Does that get DRMed also? That would suck.
It might also be illegal. Many podcasts are under a Creative Commons license that specifically prohibits adding DRM to the file. This could get ugly.
All right, the buzzwords do get old fast. And you will get different answers from different people about what "Web 2.0" is. My answer is, Web 2.0 isn't about the technology, and people who think it is are way off. AJAX = yawn
Web 2.0 is about psychology, the way people use the now omnipresent network for communication on multiple levels. The internet started with researchers sending each other electronic mail. Now it's everyone talking at once, sharing all of their knowledge, opinions, and experiences with the whomever will listen.
One answer down, nine to go.
Mac hardware is, essentially, "generic PC." I could build a computer identical to any Mac on the market, the only thing I could not duplicate is the TPM chip that would let it run OSX.
The article is suggesting that Apple license its OS to a major OEM like Dell, and Michael Dell has said that he wants to sell OSX on Dell computers. Doing so would avoid hardware support issues, and probably quadruple Mac OS market share overnight. It would cover the low price, high volume market that Apple ignores now, and would cause much more software to be written for OSX.
Yes, Apple makes most of its money from hardware. If their OS actually had market share, they could easily switch to a software-centric business model.
Not as long as we have Roland Piquepaille trolling for clicks, apparently.
They should have just found an autistic guy.
Not 500 kilotons, that would be a very powerful bomb. 500 tons . It could have easily been either a fake nuke (conventional explosive) or a failed nuke (fizzle).
IIRC, the instrument calibration test before the Trinity test in 1945 was 100 tons of TNT.
Actually, I was wrong, and the guy I replied to was right. He was talking about this, which I had never heard of, probably because I wouldn't touch a Dell with a 10 foot pole.
Regardless, there's there's nothing sneaky about it, it's designed to prevent exactly what you describe. If you don't like it, use a better OS.
OEM copies of Windows aren't "locked to the BIOS" or anything like that. I don't even know what the hell that is. You just call MS, tell them you replaced a dead motherboard, and you're set.