"Time to react" - The thing that gets me about that idea is that if you rewind a year ago, heck even this summers AMD technology conference, AMD was touting how Intel's Core2Duo was not that great and AMD would have them beat with X2. (This was prior to Core2duo launch) They argued certain bandwidth specs, TDP measurements, etc. However at the end of the day they were clearly wrong in their assesment of what the Core2Duo could do.
What did you expect AMD to say? "Yes, our competition has a better product, please buy their hardware instead"... Of course AMD is going to say their product is better, even if their own benchmarks prove otherwise.
The Radeon 9600XT was a killer card when it first came out. I have a Sapphire 9600XT in my 3 year old Dell and it can handle Oblivion at mid quality settings and 800x600 and still get 30-40fps. My new computer also has a Sapphire card, a Radeon X800 GTO2, and it can handle every game I own at 1280x1024 and 2xAA/8xAF (Oblivion, Doom3, CoD2, etc). I've never had issues with ATI drivers, other than the slow loading Catalyst Control Center (.NET framework!)
I've owned 5 Intel pcs with Intel chipsets that were all stable 24/7, my first AMD with an nforce4 chipset hasn't been nearly as stable. I spent about 2 months tweaking the system just to get it to stop randomly blue screening and having various other problems. Turns out Nforce4 storage drivers were causing the BSODs, once I decided to use the standard xp disk drives instead, I haven't had a bluescreen since. Nvidia may make great geforce drivers, but their nforce3/4 drivers are less than rock-solid stable. Overall I'm disapointed with my nforce4 based system, I've had more issues with this system then all my previous intel systems combined. I wish I waited 6 months and got a Conroe instead.
As much as I'd like to see open source drivers, Nvidia has a right to protect their intellectual property. Opening up their drivers would probably give away some performance tweaks or trade secrets that would directly benefit ATi. The one thing that Nvidia has going for them is the top-notch drivers that everyone always seems to talk about, opening that up would take away the one benefit they have over ATi.
Yesterday actually, they still have pay phones at every gas station I've seen around Markham, Ontario. Pay phones will always be around for emergency purposes, and the fact that not everyone owns a cell phone.
I used to purchase games from EB Canada all the time, since it was pretty much the only decent game shop in town. Well I got sick of them a few years ago because of the way they would package/sell you the games.
When I would go in to buy a brand new game, I would get an empty box at the front counter, and then one of the sales people go out back and get you the game media and game manual, which they store in a ziplock bag. Why the hell can't they keep the game content inside the box unopened? I don't trust them one bit, for all I know they are selling me someones old trade-in or returned copy (which I believe they got busted for once before).
This $50 worth of used game for a Wii pre-order is just disgusting, you just know they are going to turn around and sell those for double what they paid you. Everyone needs to stop buying from EB until they clean up their act.
You need $50 in trade-in credit or $200 cash down.
That's what I heard too, which pissed me right off. I no longer shop at EB because I hate their policies. They want you to trade in $50 worth of games, so that they can turn around and sell those games for $100+.
$50 in used games or $200 for a pre-order? I told EB to go fuck themselves, I went to toys'r'us, they said they stopped doing preorders, so now I'm just hoping that I can get a Wii on release from somewhere in Canada, no pre-order for me =(
What happens if, theoretically, valve/steam goes belly up and I want to play some retro games 10 years from now? I need steam to decrypt halflife2 everytime I install it.
Personally, I have never liked steam, I find it a huge annoyance. I hate having to spend an hour decrypting my legally store bought copy of halflife 2 everytime I reinstall windows. Why does a game need to be decrypted after installation? Out of the dozens of games I've owned, none has been as annoying as steam/halflife2.
At a constant 350KB/sec, he could download 3.5GB in 3 hours or less.
Sample math: 350 kilobytes per second multiplied by 60 is 21,000 kilobytes per minute
21,000 kilobytes per minute multiplied by 60 is 1,260,000 kilobytes per hour
1,260,000 kilobytes per hour multiplied by 3 is 3,780,000 kilobytes in 3 hours
My $40/month cable connection has been able to do 350k/sec for the last 8 years, how much exactly are you paying for that full 10mbit duplex connection you claim to be using.
The common perception is that AMD's quad core approach is a true quad core chip designed from the ground up, where as Intels quad core is 2 dual core Conroes slapped together in one package. That's pretty much the jist of it anyway.
The only reason AMD switched from Socket 939 to Socket AM2 was because they were moving from DDR1 to DDR2. You can't stick DDR2 in your DDR1 motherboard, so you would need to buy a new motherboard that supports DDR2 anyway. The new socket AM2 is still 939 pins, they just changed the layout of the pins so that people don't try to put an AM2 CPU in a S939 motherboard. That's the downside of AMD having the memory controller on the cpu.
I bought a socket 939 system this spring knowing AM2 was coming out in a couple months. I rather have older, more tested tech, then brand new bleeding edge tech that hasn't had the time to mature. In a couple years when Conroes have matured and the motherboard line up is better, I will probably switch back to Intel.
Everything I eat is organic, only because I have developed serious stomach and bowel issues from years of eating processed food. Luckily I'm fairly well off and can afford paying the premium on organic fruit and vegetables. I feel for the the people that rely on food banks, they pretty much live off canned and boxed food. I worry about the food supply of every human on this planet, the way we are heading with genetically modified food is extremely frightening. Americans wonder why they are so obese and sick all the time...
Many slashdotters have already pointed out why google should be safe from any lawsuits arrising from copyright infringement. You can read why here, here are some choice quotes from the wiki:
The Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA), a portion of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act known as DMCA 512 or the DMCA takedown provisions, is a 1998 United States federal law that provided a safe harbor to online service providers (OSPs, including internet service providers) that promptly take down content if someone alleges it infringes their copyrights.
Overview
The act added section 512 to the Copyright law in Title 17 of the United States Code (Public Law No. 105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2877).
This provision of United States copyright law is best known for allowing copyright holders to ask that an online service provider (OSP, including ISPs) remove access to copyright infringing material if the copyrighted material is made available through the OSP. It is a powerful device for the protection of copyright on the internet for providers that are located in the United States, though many foreign providers may also respond to such requests for fear of litigation in the United States should they have any significant business interests in the U.S.
In exchange for this, the OSP gains:
* new protection from liability to its own customers as a result of a decision to remove material.
* clear procedures for removing and restoring material.
* a safe harbor against copyright infringement claims, similar to the protection against non-intellectual property infringement liability provided by Section 230 the Communications Decency Act (CDA).
Customers gain through a reduced chance that works will be removed unnecessarily by an OSP which hasn't received an infringement complaint.
Basically, as long as google removes copyright infringing content, they can't be sued.
Requirements to obtain the safe harbor
To obtain the safe harbor the OSP must:
* not have actual knowledge that the material or an activity using the material on the system or network is infringing (512(c)(1)(A)(1)).
* not be aware of facts or circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent (512(c)(1)(A)(2)).
* upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, must act expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material. (512(c)(1)(A)(2) and 512(c)(1)(C))
* not receive a financial benefit directly attributable to the infringing activity, in a case in which the service provider has the right and ability to control such activity (512(c)(1)(B)).
* have a Designated Agent registered with the US Copyright Office to receive notifications of claimed infringement (often called takedown notices). If the designated agent receives a notification which substantially complies with the notification requirements, the OSP now has actual knowledge and must expeditiously disable access to the work. The OSP must make available to the public through its service, including on its web site substantially this information:
o the name, address, phone number and electronic mail address of the agent.
o other contact information which the Register of Copyrights may deem appropriate.
* adopt, reasonably implement, and inform subscribers and account holders of a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of subscribers and account holders of the service provider's system or network who are repeat infringers (512(i)(1)(A
My first experience with Linux was when I tried to install Slackware 96 for the first time. I was 13 at the time and knew nothing about linux, but I wanted to learn. I couldn't get debian installed, but slackware installed successfully. I remember that I needed a slackware boot diskette and a slackware root diskette in order to install and get it to run. I figured the root diskette needed to be inserted in order to login as root, so I never set a root password. After I got slackware installed, I went on IRC (as root) to brag about my new linux box and my system was "hacked" in less than 1 minute. Turns out telnet was enabled and of course I didn't set a root password, so someone just logged in as root and hosed my system. That was the only time I ever had my system hosed by someone other than myself, and technically, I allowed it to happen by thinking I was secure with a "root disk".
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I believe Tesco is using Formjet for all their software. If you look at Formjet's site, they have pretty much all the software that Tesco will be rebranding/using.
Here's the thing. If I have a few grams of a strong alkali metal, and ask the stewardess for a glass of water, that plane isn't staying in the air long. Since something deep inside my soul tells me most dogs aren't trained to sniff alkali metals, I have a feeling that could be a very bad thing.
I've been using NoScript for over 6 months on all my computers, it's a must have extension if you use firefox. The ability to block java, flash and other plugins aswell is a very nice touch.
A simple fix would be to use the NoScript extension and just allow javascript on the few trusted sites you visit that require javascript. You can also block java, flash and other plugins with NoScript.
Originally there was the Core Duo (codename Yonah), then there was the Core 2 Duo (codename Conroe). The 2 is not a representation of the number of cores, the 2 represents the updated intel core architecture, hense Core 2. Intel decided to use "Duo" to represent dual core.
Most of us with legal copies of Windows XP really don't care if it requires activation when you first install it. Similarly, in order to play half life 2, it requires steam "activation". I don't see how this is a huge problem, lots of software requires registration/activation. Most online games check your CD key everytime you connect and I don't see people complaining about that. A one time XP activation is a non-issue for most non-paranoid people.
It's not just on corp. XP, "Automatically Restart" is enabled by default in all version of XP (AFAIK). You are correct in that in order to see a blue screen you have to disable it.
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What did you expect AMD to say? "Yes, our competition has a better product, please buy their hardware instead"... Of course AMD is going to say their product is better, even if their own benchmarks prove otherwise.
This just in, marketers lie, news at 11.
The Radeon 9600XT was a killer card when it first came out. I have a Sapphire 9600XT in my 3 year old Dell and it can handle Oblivion at mid quality settings and 800x600 and still get 30-40fps. My new computer also has a Sapphire card, a Radeon X800 GTO2, and it can handle every game I own at 1280x1024 and 2xAA/8xAF (Oblivion, Doom3, CoD2, etc). I've never had issues with ATI drivers, other than the slow loading Catalyst Control Center (.NET framework!)
I've owned 5 Intel pcs with Intel chipsets that were all stable 24/7, my first AMD with an nforce4 chipset hasn't been nearly as stable. I spent about 2 months tweaking the system just to get it to stop randomly blue screening and having various other problems. Turns out Nforce4 storage drivers were causing the BSODs, once I decided to use the standard xp disk drives instead, I haven't had a bluescreen since. Nvidia may make great geforce drivers, but their nforce3/4 drivers are less than rock-solid stable. Overall I'm disapointed with my nforce4 based system, I've had more issues with this system then all my previous intel systems combined. I wish I waited 6 months and got a Conroe instead.
As much as I'd like to see open source drivers, Nvidia has a right to protect their intellectual property. Opening up their drivers would probably give away some performance tweaks or trade secrets that would directly benefit ATi. The one thing that Nvidia has going for them is the top-notch drivers that everyone always seems to talk about, opening that up would take away the one benefit they have over ATi.
Yesterday actually, they still have pay phones at every gas station I've seen around Markham, Ontario. Pay phones will always be around for emergency purposes, and the fact that not everyone owns a cell phone.
I used to purchase games from EB Canada all the time, since it was pretty much the only decent game shop in town. Well I got sick of them a few years ago because of the way they would package/sell you the games.
When I would go in to buy a brand new game, I would get an empty box at the front counter, and then one of the sales people go out back and get you the game media and game manual, which they store in a ziplock bag. Why the hell can't they keep the game content inside the box unopened? I don't trust them one bit, for all I know they are selling me someones old trade-in or returned copy (which I believe they got busted for once before).
This $50 worth of used game for a Wii pre-order is just disgusting, you just know they are going to turn around and sell those for double what they paid you. Everyone needs to stop buying from EB until they clean up their act.
What happens if, theoretically, valve/steam goes belly up and I want to play some retro games 10 years from now? I need steam to decrypt halflife2 everytime I install it.
Personally, I have never liked steam, I find it a huge annoyance. I hate having to spend an hour decrypting my legally store bought copy of halflife 2 everytime I reinstall windows. Why does a game need to be decrypted after installation? Out of the dozens of games I've owned, none has been as annoying as steam/halflife2.
At a constant 350KB/sec, he could download 3.5GB in 3 hours or less.
Sample math:
350 kilobytes per second multiplied by 60 is 21,000 kilobytes per minute
21,000 kilobytes per minute multiplied by 60 is 1,260,000 kilobytes per hour
1,260,000 kilobytes per hour multiplied by 3 is 3,780,000 kilobytes in 3 hours
My $40/month cable connection has been able to do 350k/sec for the last 8 years, how much exactly are you paying for that full 10mbit duplex connection you claim to be using.
Apple sponsored research says that using their $2000 30" monitor is good for office productivity, news at eleven.
Funny that you mention the DMCA, considering Google may actually protected from litigation thanks to a particular DMCA provision.
The common perception is that AMD's quad core approach is a true quad core chip designed from the ground up, where as Intels quad core is 2 dual core Conroes slapped together in one package. That's pretty much the jist of it anyway.
The only reason AMD switched from Socket 939 to Socket AM2 was because they were moving from DDR1 to DDR2. You can't stick DDR2 in your DDR1 motherboard, so you would need to buy a new motherboard that supports DDR2 anyway. The new socket AM2 is still 939 pins, they just changed the layout of the pins so that people don't try to put an AM2 CPU in a S939 motherboard. That's the downside of AMD having the memory controller on the cpu.
I bought a socket 939 system this spring knowing AM2 was coming out in a couple months. I rather have older, more tested tech, then brand new bleeding edge tech that hasn't had the time to mature. In a couple years when Conroes have matured and the motherboard line up is better, I will probably switch back to Intel.
Everything I eat is organic, only because I have developed serious stomach and bowel issues from years of eating processed food. Luckily I'm fairly well off and can afford paying the premium on organic fruit and vegetables. I feel for the the people that rely on food banks, they pretty much live off canned and boxed food. I worry about the food supply of every human on this planet, the way we are heading with genetically modified food is extremely frightening. Americans wonder why they are so obese and sick all the time...
Basically, as long as google removes copyright infringing content, they can't be sued.
My first experience with Linux was when I tried to install Slackware 96 for the first time. I was 13 at the time and knew nothing about linux, but I wanted to learn. I couldn't get debian installed, but slackware installed successfully. I remember that I needed a slackware boot diskette and a slackware root diskette in order to install and get it to run. I figured the root diskette needed to be inserted in order to login as root, so I never set a root password. After I got slackware installed, I went on IRC (as root) to brag about my new linux box and my system was "hacked" in less than 1 minute. Turns out telnet was enabled and of course I didn't set a root password, so someone just logged in as root and hosed my system. That was the only time I ever had my system hosed by someone other than myself, and technically, I allowed it to happen by thinking I was secure with a "root disk".
From AVG's website:
I believe Tesco is using Formjet for all their software. If you look at Formjet's site, they have pretty much all the software that Tesco will be rebranding/using.
I've been using NoScript for over 6 months on all my computers, it's a must have extension if you use firefox. The ability to block java, flash and other plugins aswell is a very nice touch.
A simple fix would be to use the NoScript extension and just allow javascript on the few trusted sites you visit that require javascript. You can also block java, flash and other plugins with NoScript.
Originally there was the Core Duo (codename Yonah), then there was the Core 2 Duo (codename Conroe). The 2 is not a representation of the number of cores, the 2 represents the updated intel core architecture, hense Core 2. Intel decided to use "Duo" to represent dual core.
21900 watts / 365 days = 60 watts per day
Each computer would save around 60 watts a day, sounds feasible.
Most of us with legal copies of Windows XP really don't care if it requires activation when you first install it. Similarly, in order to play half life 2, it requires steam "activation". I don't see how this is a huge problem, lots of software requires registration/activation. Most online games check your CD key everytime you connect and I don't see people complaining about that. A one time XP activation is a non-issue for most non-paranoid people.
It's not just on corp. XP, "Automatically Restart" is enabled by default in all version of XP (AFAIK). You are correct in that in order to see a blue screen you have to disable it.