So, a company claims that their product (or in this case; algorithm) is good?
Well according to their algorithm, certain words such as Africa, America, American, beautiful, black, best, emotional, fascinating, great, inspired, lake, new, riveting, Sundance, sexy, story, subtitles, truth, vision, world should never be used.
My 'kiss of death' film would be:
"The Beautiful Lake: An African Vision of the World"
Description: An emotional story of truth about a man from Africa who comes to America to find himself. Being a skilled carpenter, he builds a new home which is set on a beautiful lake. As we hear anectdotes of his vision of truth, a fascinating story emerges. We also learn about his riveting and inspired adventure to his new home, and we see how it impacts his once black view of the world. A great film for any Sundance enthusiast! (with sexy subtitles)
It is almost guaranteed to bomb, before anyone even sees it!
However several people have brickified their iMacs when playing with EFI. I imagine those tech support calls...
UserX: Hi, is this Apple tech support?
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Yes, how can I help you?
UserX: Well, I was trying to win a contest by booting Windows XP on my iMac and then totally brickified it.
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Oh that's too bad, can you please start from the beginning?
UserX: Okay, I had XP copied to a disc, I put it in the iMac and fiddled with the EFI a bit to boot XP and all of a sudden I had a screen with a bunch of letters and numbers on it. I tried to hardboot it and get back OSX, but it failed...so I brickified it.
Tech Support Operator 213453098: So you corrupted your iMac to the point will it will not boot at all?
UserX: No, I got so mad I just threw a brick at it - now it's just a pile of sparking wires and smoking plastic.
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Please hold, let me transfer you to our anger management department. You estimated wait time is... thirty-five.... minutes. Have a great day, sir.
'Even current synthetic benchmarks designed to show off theoretical rates in 3D hardware can have a hard time exploiting the tripling in fragment processing ability.'
If synthetic benchmarks can't show off theoretical rates, how is an actual benchmark with an actual rate going to exploit its processing abilities?
Wouldn't it just be easier to disable the USB via the BIOS or open up the case and disable or remove the USB?
Seems like physically ruining a device with Epoxy is a lazy way to disable something.
"The company (180Solutions) continued these practices even after it pledged to better itself and after receiving warnings from spyware experts and privacy advocates, the group said."
But, in typical relapse fashion, 180Solutions lived up to its name and did a full 180 on its pledge to better itself.
It says it now may check in to an undisclosed rehab center on the coast to help with its spyware addiction.
Laptops often comes with two Achilles heels, heat and limited battery time.
You know, I just found about this and I have modded my Laptop to the EXTREME!
I just went on a website and then tinkered with my new Dual-Heel Processor.
It's so EXTREME the battery catches fire 10 seconds after it finishes booting up.
Now that more and more money is being made using the internet, Corporate greed is tainting everything from internet search results to the integrity of the internet itself. This was not the original intent of creating the 'Information Superhighway.'
Sure you can wait for your site to load, but why? Just because tiny fraction of the world's population wants it that way? With a greater income gap in this country and world, this will only lead to the MOST AFFLUENT to be able to afford to have a fast, reliable and enjoyable web site. Not my idea of a free Internet.
Network Neutrality is essential for maintaining a free and fair internet.
7-oz can SPAM, cubed 1/2"
1/3 cup choppd onion
16-oz can cut green beans, drained
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup cooking oil
16-oz can yellow wax beans, drained
1/3 cup cider vinegar
1/4 tsp pepper
16-oz can kidney beans, drained
1 tbsp stone ground mustard
In medium bowl combine SPAM, green beans, wax beans, kidney beans and onion. In small bowl combine remaining ingredients; pour over SPAM mixture. Stir gently, mixing thoroughly. Cover; refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or until serving time. Yield: 6 servings.
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4. How do I find everything the Prosimian Times wrote about Gentle Lemurs in the last month?
Try the advanced search page to refine your search. Specify a news source, date range or location to find exactly those articles you're looking for.
That is really cool - I never knew that they had newspapers in the Eocene Epoch, let alone that lemurs have a gentle side to them.
So, a company claims that their product (or in this case; algorithm) is good?
Well according to their algorithm, certain words such as Africa, America, American, beautiful, black, best, emotional, fascinating, great, inspired, lake, new, riveting, Sundance, sexy, story, subtitles, truth, vision, world should never be used.
My 'kiss of death' film would be:
"The Beautiful Lake: An African Vision of the World"
Description: An emotional story of truth about a man from Africa who comes to America to find himself. Being a skilled carpenter, he builds a new home which is set on a beautiful lake. As we hear anectdotes of his vision of truth, a fascinating story emerges. We also learn about his riveting and inspired adventure to his new home, and we see how it impacts his once black view of the world. A great film for any Sundance enthusiast! (with sexy subtitles)
It is almost guaranteed to bomb, before anyone even sees it!
Bring a decibel meter and a stopwatch and find the films with the loudest and longest:
1) Laughter
2) Applause
3) Standing Ovations afterward
This simple method will give you a good idea of who will be the winners.
A bounty for booty ye say?
ARRRRRRRRRRR!
We've been dugg/slashdotted.. back in a bit
I think the Government is watching every last one of us.
However several people have brickified their iMacs when playing with EFI. I imagine those tech support calls...
.... minutes. Have a great day, sir.
UserX: Hi, is this Apple tech support?
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Yes, how can I help you?
UserX: Well, I was trying to win a contest by booting Windows XP on my iMac and then totally brickified it.
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Oh that's too bad, can you please start from the beginning?
UserX: Okay, I had XP copied to a disc, I put it in the iMac and fiddled with the EFI a bit to boot XP and all of a sudden I had a screen with a bunch of letters and numbers on it. I tried to hardboot it and get back OSX, but it failed...so I brickified it.
Tech Support Operator 213453098: So you corrupted your iMac to the point will it will not boot at all?
UserX: No, I got so mad I just threw a brick at it - now it's just a pile of sparking wires and smoking plastic.
Tech Support Operator 213453098: Please hold, let me transfer you to our anger management department. You estimated wait time is... thirty-five
'Even current synthetic benchmarks designed to show off theoretical rates in 3D hardware can have a hard time exploiting the tripling in fragment processing ability.'
If synthetic benchmarks can't show off theoretical rates, how is an actual benchmark with an actual rate going to exploit its processing abilities?
Clock-for-clock all time should be the same.
Wouldn't it just be easier to disable the USB via the BIOS or open up the case and disable or remove the USB?
Seems like physically ruining a device with Epoxy is a lazy way to disable something.
Quit your job!
C'mon guys, its easy ...
It's really strange, but when I click on that link I always get an Ellipsis.
Nice to see the Oboe finally getting the respect it deserves!
Why exactly is that?
Simply because you heard it from bunch of Chiggers who heard it from a Mad Penguin?
"The company (180Solutions) continued these practices even after it pledged to better itself and after receiving warnings from spyware experts and privacy advocates, the group said."
But, in typical relapse fashion, 180Solutions lived up to its name and did a full 180 on its pledge to better itself.
It says it now may check in to an undisclosed rehab center on the coast to help with its spyware addiction.
Laptops often comes with two Achilles heels, heat and limited battery time.
You know, I just found about this and I have modded my Laptop to the EXTREME!
I just went on a website and then tinkered with my new Dual-Heel Processor.
It's so EXTREME the battery catches fire 10 seconds after it finishes booting up.
RIM will settle out of court and things will go on as usual.
How else are you going to check your email on the toilet, attending a mandatory meeting or driving at 90 mph?
*RIMshot*
Windows having fans?
That's what you get when you simply can't afford the high cost of air conditioning.
Congratulations!
Due to your valid point in conjunction with the much maligned 'D' word, you have been modded as officially the first 'Insightful Troll'
Others, like Vivid Entertainment, seem to think that the answer is diversity and will be supporting both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD.
It figures that when given the choice, the Porn Industry would opt for a threesome.
In fact, it would probably take less time to fix it then to post a comment complaining... not that that will stop some of you ;)
I have a complaint, why do you say that it probably takes less time to fix it than it does to make this post?
Is my typing not fast enough for you?
IE7 has been leaked according to pcpro.
Microsoft announced that a patch for this leak will be coming out the 2nd Tuesday of next month.
Now that more and more money is being made using the internet, Corporate greed is tainting everything from internet search results to the integrity of the internet itself. This was not the original intent of creating the 'Information Superhighway.'
Sure you can wait for your site to load, but why? Just because tiny fraction of the world's population wants it that way? With a greater income gap in this country and world, this will only lead to the MOST AFFLUENT to be able to afford to have a fast, reliable and enjoyable web site. Not my idea of a free Internet.
Network Neutrality is essential for maintaining a free and fair internet.
Now if Apple rolls out iTimeMachine at some point in the future, I'll consider eating my words.
Actually the iTimeMachine was rolled out already, several times in the past and then back to the future.
It has that power.
Other initiatives by the company include efforts to teach consumers about what to do with spam when they do receive it.
Here is an idea:
THREE BEAN SALAD w/SPAM!
7-oz can SPAM, cubed 1/2"
1/3 cup choppd onion
16-oz can cut green beans, drained 1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup cooking oil
16-oz can yellow wax beans, drained
1/3 cup cider vinegar
1/4 tsp pepper
16-oz can kidney beans, drained
1 tbsp stone ground mustard
In medium bowl combine SPAM, green beans, wax beans, kidney beans and onion. In small bowl combine remaining ingredients; pour over SPAM mixture. Stir gently, mixing thoroughly. Cover; refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or until serving time. Yield: 6 servings.
http://www.steelersfever.com/video/agpsc.wmv
Try getting your pet robot to do that! LOL
Might be a bit off topic but the name 'AMD' is not very catchy or impressive. I would change the name if I were running AMD.
How about something like "AdvanceChip" or "PowerChip" or something like that instead?
Something that will never be duplicated by a robot is a pet's personality and individual look.
Most all these robots look and act the same, its fun for a week and then it is just another gadget.