64-bit doesn't support a lot of drivers as of yet, so no point migrating till I can run my hardware. As for DRM, if you lack a rights-signed driver, in the 64-bit version of Vista you cannot install the driver. And the cost for a signature is not within the reach of the hobbyist.
I run into it precisely because I build hardware for a hobby.
Well that's just it. I *like* Vista's design. I love the tools included, my only real complaint is in stupid little things. 4GB RAM limit For instance, I mean geesh, 32-bit Linux has addressed more for over a decade now. The DRM, absolutelty unecessary in 90% of the cases I bump into it. Shoot, I develop hardware for fun, I am not shelling out several hundred each time I tweak an FPGA.
If I could buy Vista w/o DRM and which allows me full access to my RAM, I'd be a happy camper. Most of the other issues have been fixed with updates.
Doesn't really matter now, does it. I couldn't do the job without getting the code in-order. The step needed to put the code in-order got me let go, and my now 4 replacements have all left under similar circumstances, so doesn't matter. Chalking it up to experience, sometimes the company doesn't want fixing.
And to make your point, could I have written it, yes. Could I have written it as effectively as one of the dedicated coders, no. Was I allowed to write new modules (which is what it would have entailed)? No.
Bush failed to file on time to be listed in Alabama. Technically Alabamas electorals were to be the next highest canidate, which happened to be Kerry. Oh, and lookee here, with Alabama, Kerry suddenly won 2004...
If Barr wins this, it could turn the results in prior elections into disputes as well. I wish him goddess speed! 8)
Pardon? My job description was to be quality analysis and debug, to ensure that all code on the live sites had been run through the approval process. In short, I was QA. A code audit was well within my authority to do, as per my job description and title.
My previous IT job I was hired to debug php code. No big deal, not a major headache. Within a week, I realize that the company system itself is beyond broken. Over the years, they've had a pile of people had been in my position, each one gave up and were fired. Well, determined, I dove in to try and find issues. Putting out small fires. But then, I was handed development work. I could not get the boss to understand that I was not a developer, and that the "bug" he was seeing wasn't that a module wasn't working, but that it did not exist.
Fustrated, I began a code audit. Comparing the live code with the developers code and cross referencing them with approved code. Within an hour, I'd found that someone had been inserting code into the system without approval. I went to my manager with the evidence. By the time I got back to my desk I was handed my pink slip. Their given reason, I did not debug that module that didn't exist to begin with in a prompt and speedy manor. I know tho that the real reason had nothing to do with it, but that I'd scared someone with authority.
Last I heard, they'd gone through two more chumps in the same position. Both got the same "bug" module assigned to them.
Really? Flash is the answer? Do you happen to have the url for the Flash player for the Amiga? Or for Linux on SPARC? How about that new chinese system based around the Loongson?
Dell has supported Linux for awhile, Ubuntu for a few years now (since 6.10 anyways). Dell support for their Linux devices is pretty solid in my experience. If you are not a technique and need more hands-on support, Dell offers some customized, personal tech support options as well.
Would make the most logic, hence nobody will do it. Take the DTV mobo, add in a media slot, maybe attach a networking capability (which yes, the C64 can do) and a screen (8-bit here guys, not like we need heavy colors) and viola, we now have a sub-$50 laptop.
So, mass extermination is just "business as usual"? The use of biological agents within said warfare, just "he was better"?
Indian population before european invasion, over 250 million. Today, under 1 million. That is not warfare. but the definition of genocide. Deliberate exposures to smallpox, the withholding of medicines, the violation of treaties. Your statement here is "Well, they lost, they should just go away and die and we can all forget about them." Talk about ignorance.
Not competitive? Find me a quad-core Intel at the same pricepoint as the Phenom which can keep up in performance. Oh wait, you can't because they don't make it.
Yes, the Phenom cannot compete with Core2 Quad, but the Core2 Quad costs 2x-4x as much as well. Price vs Performance. 98% of the performance for 1/2 the price, sign me up!
Quit the bandwidth throttling, or conversely, just be straight forward with honest numbers about the service. I live with bandwidth throttling with my pipe, but my ISP was very straight forward with me that if the traffic load spikes they will rebalance accordingly, and that will on occasion throttle my speed in some cases. If Comcast were at least honest about issues, they'd gain a lot of respect.
So many companies are so worried about their image, they actually hurt their image more with the tactics used to keep their noses clean.
I'll be moving in a year or so to an area serviced by Comcast, and am weighing them against the FIOS thing carefully. How Comcast handles their customers will be key to that decision. Comcast used to stand for being a great cable service company, and I would like to see them stand tall again.
I don't know, the final steps of the ATI merger will not be appearing till early next year. As the saying goes, "it ain't over till the fat lady sings" and the GPGPU approach of AMD looks to be a mighty big lady indeed.
Using the Phenom design, but swapping two of the cores for last-years GPU, the numbers I'm crunching tells me that this can be big, real big.
I, for one, am holding off on upgrades till the 780g chipset is more commonly available, because, dayum that thing is sweet!
No, you're quite incorrect here. A windows install will usually take between 2-4 hours to get it fine tuned, de-virused, etc. Linux install by the same token on the same hardware is usually a fraction of that time.
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64-bit doesn't support a lot of drivers as of yet, so no point migrating till I can run my hardware. As for DRM, if you lack a rights-signed driver, in the 64-bit version of Vista you cannot install the driver. And the cost for a signature is not within the reach of the hobbyist.
I run into it precisely because I build hardware for a hobby.
Well that's just it. I *like* Vista's design. I love the tools included, my only real complaint is in stupid little things. 4GB RAM limit For instance, I mean geesh, 32-bit Linux has addressed more for over a decade now. The DRM, absolutelty unecessary in 90% of the cases I bump into it. Shoot, I develop hardware for fun, I am not shelling out several hundred each time I tweak an FPGA.
If I could buy Vista w/o DRM and which allows me full access to my RAM, I'd be a happy camper. Most of the other issues have been fixed with updates.
Doesn't really matter now, does it. I couldn't do the job without getting the code in-order. The step needed to put the code in-order got me let go, and my now 4 replacements have all left under similar circumstances, so doesn't matter. Chalking it up to experience, sometimes the company doesn't want fixing.
And to make your point, could I have written it, yes. Could I have written it as effectively as one of the dedicated coders, no. Was I allowed to write new modules (which is what it would have entailed)? No.
Bush failed to file on time to be listed in Alabama. Technically Alabamas electorals were to be the next highest canidate, which happened to be Kerry. Oh, and lookee here, with Alabama, Kerry suddenly won 2004...
If Barr wins this, it could turn the results in prior elections into disputes as well. I wish him goddess speed! 8)
Pardon? My job description was to be quality analysis and debug, to ensure that all code on the live sites had been run through the approval process. In short, I was QA. A code audit was well within my authority to do, as per my job description and title.
My previous IT job I was hired to debug php code. No big deal, not a major headache. Within a week, I realize that the company system itself is beyond broken. Over the years, they've had a pile of people had been in my position, each one gave up and were fired. Well, determined, I dove in to try and find issues. Putting out small fires. But then, I was handed development work. I could not get the boss to understand that I was not a developer, and that the "bug" he was seeing wasn't that a module wasn't working, but that it did not exist.
Fustrated, I began a code audit. Comparing the live code with the developers code and cross referencing them with approved code. Within an hour, I'd found that someone had been inserting code into the system without approval. I went to my manager with the evidence. By the time I got back to my desk I was handed my pink slip. Their given reason, I did not debug that module that didn't exist to begin with in a prompt and speedy manor. I know tho that the real reason had nothing to do with it, but that I'd scared someone with authority.
Last I heard, they'd gone through two more chumps in the same position. Both got the same "bug" module assigned to them.
Really? Flash is the answer? Do you happen to have the url for the Flash player for the Amiga? Or for Linux on SPARC? How about that new chinese system based around the Loongson?
Let's do the math here....
99% of Peer to Peer is piracy.
One known, fully legitimate use of P2P file sharing is the client updater for World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft has approximately 10 million players
Now, shall we finish this arguement, or does he surrender now?
Well, I'd check with Dell as I have no idea.
Dell has supported Linux for awhile, Ubuntu for a few years now (since 6.10 anyways). Dell support for their Linux devices is pretty solid in my experience. If you are not a technique and need more hands-on support, Dell offers some customized, personal tech support options as well.
And in the news, next week the Amiga has it's comeback!
Would make the most logic, hence nobody will do it. Take the DTV mobo, add in a media slot, maybe attach a networking capability (which yes, the C64 can do) and a screen (8-bit here guys, not like we need heavy colors) and viola, we now have a sub-$50 laptop.
Pardon? Atom is a "me too" to AMD's Geode technology (which is now over a decade under development, dating back to the good ol Cyrix)
So, mass extermination is just "business as usual"? The use of biological agents within said warfare, just "he was better"?
Indian population before european invasion, over 250 million. Today, under 1 million. That is not warfare. but the definition of genocide. Deliberate exposures to smallpox, the withholding of medicines, the violation of treaties. Your statement here is "Well, they lost, they should just go away and die and we can all forget about them." Talk about ignorance.
Not competitive? Find me a quad-core Intel at the same pricepoint as the Phenom which can keep up in performance. Oh wait, you can't because they don't make it.
Yes, the Phenom cannot compete with Core2 Quad, but the Core2 Quad costs 2x-4x as much as well. Price vs Performance. 98% of the performance for 1/2 the price, sign me up!
So, you admit to genocide and agree to the punishments therein?
Ok, so they should be thankful that the US did not steal the last 10% of their territory after stealing the remaining 90%?
I've run Dell's BIOS updater under Linux. Might I introduce you to Wine?
I checked, Ubuntu does have Gramps in it's repositories.
Quit the bandwidth throttling, or conversely, just be straight forward with honest numbers about the service. I live with bandwidth throttling with my pipe, but my ISP was very straight forward with me that if the traffic load spikes they will rebalance accordingly, and that will on occasion throttle my speed in some cases. If Comcast were at least honest about issues, they'd gain a lot of respect.
So many companies are so worried about their image, they actually hurt their image more with the tactics used to keep their noses clean.
I'll be moving in a year or so to an area serviced by Comcast, and am weighing them against the FIOS thing carefully. How Comcast handles their customers will be key to that decision. Comcast used to stand for being a great cable service company, and I would like to see them stand tall again.
So, out of 80+ chemicals that contribute, you want to ignore the largest, consisting of over 25% of the effect?
Um....
So, if we cut 50% of Methane (2%) we loose 1% of the greenhouse effect, but if we cut the same in CO2, we would loose 12.5% of greenhouse.
To me, looks like they're on the right track.
I don't know, the final steps of the ATI merger will not be appearing till early next year. As the saying goes, "it ain't over till the fat lady sings" and the GPGPU approach of AMD looks to be a mighty big lady indeed.
Using the Phenom design, but swapping two of the cores for last-years GPU, the numbers I'm crunching tells me that this can be big, real big.
I, for one, am holding off on upgrades till the 780g chipset is more commonly available, because, dayum that thing is sweet!
**applaude rises from within this room**
Bravo! Hear Hear!
And you bet your ass I'd lojack my son too if I could! Good idea on the safe tho, I'll pick one up this weekend!
1) It might not have been a Radar Gun, it could have been one of the Laser based speed measuring systems.
2) Laser based measuring systems were fought in courts before, by the lawyer pointing it at a stationary wall, and it measuring 9mph.
No, you're quite incorrect here. A windows install will usually take between 2-4 hours to get it fine tuned, de-virused, etc. Linux install by the same token on the same hardware is usually a fraction of that time.