But if by "professional organization" you mean "companies whose net profit is greater than a million dollars a year", I'm sure there are plenty of people here on Slashdot that can regale you with tales of pirated software in the wealthiest of companies.
The Enlightenment has died in Australia, and it's sad that the people aren't marching on Adelaide demanding the government's resignation and Rudd's forced expulsion.
Being Australians, they probably are. They'll find it pretty ineffective though, considering the government is situated in the Capital - Canberra.
Thanks - that's definitely the stuff. I was expecting it to "just work(tm)" but I guess I was expecting a bit much for the motherboard to magically work out it was 1066MHz RAM. Didn't expect that the Corsair website would cover it though (kind of expected the instructions from a RAM maker to be "plug it in").
Off the top of your head, what are the settings to get Corsair XMS2 to actually operate at it's rated speed? I've got some of that in my PC, but although the board will handle up to 1800MHz, they're only running at 800MHz (dual channel mode). I guess I need to fiddle with voltages?
It's not a fail at all. It's legally required! They have paid for the rights to show the content only to brits (who paid for it with their TV license and taxes). So this is a service for the british taxpayers who paid for it. Quite reasonable really.
Now, if they could license the iPlayer tech to other broadcasters running similar schemes (here in NZ, that's ALL of them), that would be cool and a great way to recoup some of that cost for the taxpayers.
Contrary to the moderation, your comment isn't insightful. You're making a bunch of unmentioned assumptions that happen to support your pre-determined viewpoint.
You and I both know that the moderation is only an indicator of how many moderators there are with the same pre-determined view point at any given point in time. I don't think what I said was insightful either. Though I still believe the point needs to be brought up - why are taxpayers funding this type of scheme at all? I understand Apple gives discounts - cool! But if the school board can afford to buy that many laptops, there's good odds that the parents can too, so why's the taxpayer on the hook for it?
Or, alternatively, not go ahead with this program at all. And there's always that option that of all places I can't believe a person on SLASHDOT forgot, Linux. That way, no need to pay the Microsoft OR the Apple Tax.
There are arguments in favor of the asus as well (cheap, moderately usable, teach the kids about free software, cheap) but don't act like using a mac for education is so ridiculous.
It is so ridiculous. There is no way taxpayer money should be used to purchase something as ridiculously overpriced as a bulk load of MacBooks (a few for school use, fine). This school board needs some serious management changes if they're greenlighting this sort of purchase when there are much cheaper options.
If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might find something interesting about a new ACID test which IE fails miserably the instant Microsoft releases a browser which passes the old one.
That's what he said. I knew that reading the article and summary were considered taboo here, but not even reading the comments now? This place really has gone to shit.
OK Mr. Pedantic. Remote desktop is also a generic term and there are a variety of vendors with different solutions for the iPhone including the randomly chosen one I linked to after 3 seconds on google. There are numerous protocols available besides RDP. I have no idea if the particular one I linked to is any good and don't really care. I simply was pointing out that such software does actual exist for the iPhone when the previous poster claimed it did not exist.
However, it's unlikely that he wanted $GENERIC_REMOTE_CONTROL_APP. When someone's lamenting the lack of "Remote Desktop", they're either complaining it doesn't have an RDP client, or it doesn't have a VPN client.
So get down off your cross, stop whining about it and go use whatever device makes you happy. No one really cares what you use so pick what you actually like. There are other fine choices besides the iPhone and iPod Touch out there.
Actually, I like the iPod. Just not its keyboard, and I'd be much happier if (like Microsoft) Apple allowed you to install third party virtual keyboards.
Well, I understand the warranty was extended because the 65nm central processing unit of the original Xb360 was prone to overheat and fail under certain circumstances. I've never seen it myself (and nor have anyone I know), but this probably down to the climate differences between here and the USA.
Why your Xbox 360 scratches discs? Out of all the people I can find here that own a 360, not one of them has ever had a disc scratch. So I'd be inclined to work out which drive your particular machine has. There are three drive varieties possible in an Xbox 360 (apparently Microsoft changes every now and again, possibly because of the defects) and one of these three scratches discs. If your machine is vertical, try using it horizontally.
Why don't your similar devices also destroy discs? Not a clue, I'm not an optical drive manufacturer. Then again, nor is Microsoft. Perhaps it should be noted that your similar devices (DVD player, etc) are only designed to be used in one orientation as well, unlike the Xbox.
You may also notice I managed to write a quite long response to your post without insulting you once - unlike yourself. Well, except maybe on this line, you... no, I'm not going to bother finishing that.
Wow. I've owned an Xbox 360 since release. Yes, I said an Xbox 360. Not one. Not two. Not three. ONE. So far, it's red ringed a total of zero times. It's also scratched a grand total of zero discs. I wonder what exactly these other people who do have these problems AREN'T saying.
That's not remote desktop. That's some sort of remote control application, with a ridiculous annual fee to use no less. Remote Desktop is the handy function built into Windows 2000+, with an official client even on Windows Mobile. Then, the client for a Microsoft protocol being on a Microsoft OS is no surprise.
That said, the poster you're replying to is still wrong, there is an RDP application (funnily enough, called "RDP").
Other than the physical keyboard the interface on the iPhone is vastly superior - and the virtual keyboard works well enough
Please tell me you aren't calling the iPhone's virtual keyboard "good"? I have an iPod Touch, and the one thing I hate most is the shitty virtual keyboard (second after that is Apple's insistence on charging for firmware upgrades... what the fuck is this shit?). I thought Windows Mobile had a crappy virtual keyboard, now I almost long for my WM keyboard on my iPod.
It is when the source is an obvious Apple fanboy (a column called "Apple Ink"? Duh!) and is needlessly trollish ("Apparently Microsoft achieved its expected quality goal") rather than simply being a statement that there is broken functionality.
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It isn't insanely slow- it's hosted on the Akamai CDN. For most people, you wont even leave your ISPs data centre to get the files.
But if by "professional organization" you mean "companies whose net profit is greater than a million dollars a year", I'm sure there are plenty of people here on Slashdot that can regale you with tales of pirated software in the wealthiest of companies.
$1.3 billion and we STILL pirate software.
The Enlightenment has died in Australia, and it's sad that the people aren't marching on Adelaide demanding the government's resignation and Rudd's forced expulsion.
Being Australians, they probably are. They'll find it pretty ineffective though, considering the government is situated in the Capital - Canberra.
Go here then, and click on the link to the PDF there. It looks like they're changing the link for every visit to prevent direct linking.
Try http://forum.icann.org/lists/gtld-guide/pdfVeSal4DHqu.pdf - it's linked off a linked page off TFA.
Thanks - that's definitely the stuff. I was expecting it to "just work(tm)" but I guess I was expecting a bit much for the motherboard to magically work out it was 1066MHz RAM. Didn't expect that the Corsair website would cover it though (kind of expected the instructions from a RAM maker to be "plug it in").
Off the top of your head, what are the settings to get Corsair XMS2 to actually operate at it's rated speed? I've got some of that in my PC, but although the board will handle up to 1800MHz, they're only running at 800MHz (dual channel mode). I guess I need to fiddle with voltages?
You'll just need to get the OK from the other few million license fee payers first. I'm sure this guy hasn't, after all.
It's not a fail at all. It's legally required! They have paid for the rights to show the content only to brits (who paid for it with their TV license and taxes). So this is a service for the british taxpayers who paid for it. Quite reasonable really.
Now, if they could license the iPlayer tech to other broadcasters running similar schemes (here in NZ, that's ALL of them), that would be cool and a great way to recoup some of that cost for the taxpayers.
Contrary to the moderation, your comment isn't insightful. You're making a bunch of unmentioned assumptions that happen to support your pre-determined viewpoint.
You and I both know that the moderation is only an indicator of how many moderators there are with the same pre-determined view point at any given point in time. I don't think what I said was insightful either. Though I still believe the point needs to be brought up - why are taxpayers funding this type of scheme at all? I understand Apple gives discounts - cool! But if the school board can afford to buy that many laptops, there's good odds that the parents can too, so why's the taxpayer on the hook for it?
Or, alternatively, not go ahead with this program at all. And there's always that option that of all places I can't believe a person on SLASHDOT forgot, Linux. That way, no need to pay the Microsoft OR the Apple Tax.
There are arguments in favor of the asus as well (cheap, moderately usable, teach the kids about free software, cheap) but don't act like using a mac for education is so ridiculous.
It is so ridiculous. There is no way taxpayer money should be used to purchase something as ridiculously overpriced as a bulk load of MacBooks (a few for school use, fine). This school board needs some serious management changes if they're greenlighting this sort of purchase when there are much cheaper options.
However, it passes ACID 2 with flying colours.
If I were a conspiracy theorist, I might find something interesting about a new ACID test which IE fails miserably the instant Microsoft releases a browser which passes the old one.
That's what he said. I knew that reading the article and summary were considered taboo here, but not even reading the comments now? This place really has gone to shit.
OK Mr. Pedantic. Remote desktop is also a generic term and there are a variety of vendors with different solutions for the iPhone including the randomly chosen one I linked to after 3 seconds on google. There are numerous protocols available besides RDP. I have no idea if the particular one I linked to is any good and don't really care. I simply was pointing out that such software does actual exist for the iPhone when the previous poster claimed it did not exist.
However, it's unlikely that he wanted $GENERIC_REMOTE_CONTROL_APP. When someone's lamenting the lack of "Remote Desktop", they're either complaining it doesn't have an RDP client, or it doesn't have a VPN client.
So get down off your cross, stop whining about it and go use whatever device makes you happy. No one really cares what you use so pick what you actually like. There are other fine choices besides the iPhone and iPod Touch out there.
Actually, I like the iPod. Just not its keyboard, and I'd be much happier if (like Microsoft) Apple allowed you to install third party virtual keyboards.
Ew. If you ask me, the new Sourceforge looks like utter shit, and I refrain from even looking at it nowadays (and I used to subscribe to it!)
It makes the new Slashdot seem the pinnacle of perfection.
This place was way nicer before VA Software/Sourceforge got involved.
Amusingly, so was Sourceforge.
I'm just thankful the higher-ups running the Exchange server required permission to send receipts...
Tools > Options > E-mail Options > Tracking Options.
It's not your system administrators who make that decision.
Well, I understand the warranty was extended because the 65nm central processing unit of the original Xb360 was prone to overheat and fail under certain circumstances. I've never seen it myself (and nor have anyone I know), but this probably down to the climate differences between here and the USA.
Why your Xbox 360 scratches discs? Out of all the people I can find here that own a 360, not one of them has ever had a disc scratch. So I'd be inclined to work out which drive your particular machine has. There are three drive varieties possible in an Xbox 360 (apparently Microsoft changes every now and again, possibly because of the defects) and one of these three scratches discs. If your machine is vertical, try using it horizontally.
Why don't your similar devices also destroy discs? Not a clue, I'm not an optical drive manufacturer. Then again, nor is Microsoft. Perhaps it should be noted that your similar devices (DVD player, etc) are only designed to be used in one orientation as well, unlike the Xbox.
You may also notice I managed to write a quite long response to your post without insulting you once - unlike yourself. Well, except maybe on this line, you ... no, I'm not going to bother finishing that.
Wow. I've owned an Xbox 360 since release. Yes, I said an Xbox 360. Not one. Not two. Not three. ONE. So far, it's red ringed a total of zero times. It's also scratched a grand total of zero discs. I wonder what exactly these other people who do have these problems AREN'T saying.
Well, it's better than the ones with the warning "May contain traces of nuts" (what, ONLY FUCKING TRACES?!?!?)
Or the ones that say "processed in a facility that also processes pet food". That's always a worry.
I'm a little confused. They have to "add support" for text files? I hope that includes Syntax Highlighting!
As for remote desktop you are wrong, they do exist.
That's not remote desktop. That's some sort of remote control application, with a ridiculous annual fee to use no less. Remote Desktop is the handy function built into Windows 2000+, with an official client even on Windows Mobile. Then, the client for a Microsoft protocol being on a Microsoft OS is no surprise.
That said, the poster you're replying to is still wrong, there is an RDP application (funnily enough, called "RDP").
Other than the physical keyboard the interface on the iPhone is vastly superior - and the virtual keyboard works well enough
Please tell me you aren't calling the iPhone's virtual keyboard "good"? I have an iPod Touch, and the one thing I hate most is the shitty virtual keyboard (second after that is Apple's insistence on charging for firmware upgrades... what the fuck is this shit?). I thought Windows Mobile had a crappy virtual keyboard, now I almost long for my WM keyboard on my iPod.
Maybe Visa can't afford the iPhone developer program cost?
It is when the source is an obvious Apple fanboy (a column called "Apple Ink"? Duh!) and is needlessly trollish ("Apparently Microsoft achieved its expected quality goal") rather than simply being a statement that there is broken functionality.
You mustn't have bought a Mac before. I can get a very, VERY good Dell for $2000. An equivalent Mac is $3000+.
I don't think my time is worthless, but I don't think it's $1500 worth either.
(And in the Apple world, "you get what you paid for" doesn't apply. With Apple, it's "you get half what you paid for").