Firefox 2 crashed for the first time ever (I've used it since beta 1 came out) for me today... suspiciously, less than five minutes after I turned DieHard on. Hrm.
Wii Sports is best with friends. I had a blast playing golf and bowling with my cousins. Especially on that course with the little "island" of fairway in the OOB area where you had to hit it just right to get there... we had lots of fun with that and some of the other challenging courses.
"Hey, Mike's taking a THIRD turn in a row! Boy, Mike must really like this game if he's playing it so much!" Priceless.
Yes. I haven't checked 2.0b1 out much yet, but in 1.5 and 2.0a1 you can associate a SMTP account with a POP3/IMAP account. Then when you click compose, you can select any SMTP account from the dropdown, but by default it will select the appropriate account for the IMAP/POP3 account you're browsing at the moment.
Unfortunately even with this I have accidentally sent e-mail from the wrong account (well, an unexpected one at least) several times. Hehe, oops... guess it's a good thing I have the same name attached to each from address, as opposed to my IRC/IM nickname...
If I see a nonsensical combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation, especially if it has one or two equal signs tacked onto the end, I immediately think "base64!".
Firefox allows base64 encoding for data: urls, and we can use this to make a quick-n-dirty base64 decoder. Just type data:text/plain;base64, (including the comma) into the address bar and paste the string on the end, and hit enter to see the decoded string (if it's plaintext).
Base64 is not encryption and it should not be used where encryption is needed (or in this case, a secure DATABASE). Base64 is a way to represent binary data in plaintext without having to worry about data corruption due to non-binary safe programs.
"As a promotion, Skype began allowing its users to place free domestic 'SkypeOut' calls from their computers to traditional and mobile phones last May.
I could never get this to work. I went to make a call and it was like "LOL FEED ME MONEY." I uninstalled it, since before then I had never found a reason to use Skype anyways.
Having a high purchase : hits ratio is just as important as having a lot of hits. If the users never see the pop ups, they are guaranteed never to purchase your products from them...
I think he means defragment. It's worth noting Windows will automatically defragment NTFS partitions when idle.
Also, #1 prefetch is a GOOD thing which will speed up program startup times. DON'T mess with it. Same with #7 dllcache. And System Restore can save your a**. I would recommend leaving it on, and using the smallest size for each drive the System control panel lets you set it. Also, you can turn it off for drives where you don't keep programs or Windows, since that's all system restore really backs up. But you should keep it active on drives with the following: Windows, places you install Programs, and Registry Hive files (Windows drive and Profile folders).
I found an interesting oddity in SP2. If you do a plain install of XP SP0, the boot time is impressive... but then you install SP2 over that, and the boot time increases exponentially. However, if you slipstream SP2 onto an XP installation CD (IE make an XP install CD which installs SP2 for you) you get fast boot up times again! Weird... but I am thankful for it.:) My boot up time now only takes a couple of minutes, where before it would take maybe double that time.
I'm sure that Microsoft must have thought of that as a possibility. Since a unique product key is required to activate a KMS, why can't Microsoft just deactivate that compromised KMS key?
If YOU were a pirate, would YOU download an update which adds this "functionality"?
As a Windows user experimenting with Linux, I managed to make Linux kernel panic the very first time I booted it from my hard drive.
Of course I was trying to configure grub to triple boot manually... on Slackware. Ubuntu has it's own share of problems, like thinking my computer is running on GMT and "fixing" my clock for me to what it thinks is the actual local time. Then when I set it to the correct time, I can't use sudo or su for five hours because of a stupid sudo timestamp (I eventually figured out how to clear it but Joe Average wouldn't have).
The one really neat thing Linux has going for it is packages and automatic program installation and such... of course Joe Average isn't going to care about such things, since he just dumps everything in Program Files anyways and never knows.
I think in the test you cite, the point is supposed to be that people, when asked the question about the light (there's a similar one, a picture of a car I think, and the subjects are asked what color the barn was... and there was no barn) will ASSUME that there was a light there but they didn't notice it, and don't want to admit it... at least that's what I got out of such tests.
Well I know enough to know that if I see "Madden 05", "Madden 06" and "Madden 07" on a shelf, it's very likely they're all football games. Sure, 06 probably has a few new features over 05 and the same with 07... but at the core they're all still just the same games.
I thought these were the guys who make tweaks to the same games and release new ones every year with a new year number.* That's gotta be the least expensive way to make a new game (unless you go Burger King's route).
Maybe they're upset about new control schemes by Sony and especially Nintendo causing them to actually have to code something INNOVATIVE.
* - Yeah, if you can't tell, I'm not a fan of the sports genre... I haven't bought even one sports title, unless you count Tony Hawk.
I can't find it though, it's where Gabe buys a box of forks off of eBay and thinks it's a Playstation 5 or something. PA's search function sucks, Google can't find it either, anyone happen to have a URL?
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Firefox 2 crashed for the first time ever (I've used it since beta 1 came out) for me today... suspiciously, less than five minutes after I turned DieHard on. Hrm.
Wait... are they already admitting Vista was a bad move? ;)
Wii Sports is best with friends. I had a blast playing golf and bowling with my cousins. Especially on that course with the little "island" of fairway in the OOB area where you had to hit it just right to get there... we had lots of fun with that and some of the other challenging courses.
"Hey, Mike's taking a THIRD turn in a row! Boy, Mike must really like this game if he's playing it so much!" Priceless.
Yes. I haven't checked 2.0b1 out much yet, but in 1.5 and 2.0a1 you can associate a SMTP account with a POP3/IMAP account. Then when you click compose, you can select any SMTP account from the dropdown, but by default it will select the appropriate account for the IMAP/POP3 account you're browsing at the moment.
Unfortunately even with this I have accidentally sent e-mail from the wrong account (well, an unexpected one at least) several times. Hehe, oops... guess it's a good thing I have the same name attached to each from address, as opposed to my IRC/IM nickname...
If I see a nonsensical combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation, especially if it has one or two equal signs tacked onto the end, I immediately think "base64!".
Firefox allows base64 encoding for data: urls, and we can use this to make a quick-n-dirty base64 decoder. Just type data:text/plain;base64, (including the comma) into the address bar and paste the string on the end, and hit enter to see the decoded string (if it's plaintext).
Base64 is not encryption and it should not be used where encryption is needed (or in this case, a secure DATABASE). Base64 is a way to represent binary data in plaintext without having to worry about data corruption due to non-binary safe programs.
I could never get this to work. I went to make a call and it was like "LOL FEED ME MONEY." I uninstalled it, since before then I had never found a reason to use Skype anyways.
Except that they could go to 0.10.x and 0.11.x etc until they think they're ready to call it 1.0.
Having a high purchase : hits ratio is just as important as having a lot of hits. If the users never see the pop ups, they are guaranteed never to purchase your products from them...
I think he means defragment. It's worth noting Windows will automatically defragment NTFS partitions when idle. Also, #1 prefetch is a GOOD thing which will speed up program startup times. DON'T mess with it. Same with #7 dllcache. And System Restore can save your a**. I would recommend leaving it on, and using the smallest size for each drive the System control panel lets you set it. Also, you can turn it off for drives where you don't keep programs or Windows, since that's all system restore really backs up. But you should keep it active on drives with the following: Windows, places you install Programs, and Registry Hive files (Windows drive and Profile folders).
I found an interesting oddity in SP2. If you do a plain install of XP SP0, the boot time is impressive... but then you install SP2 over that, and the boot time increases exponentially. However, if you slipstream SP2 onto an XP installation CD (IE make an XP install CD which installs SP2 for you) you get fast boot up times again! Weird... but I am thankful for it. :) My boot up time now only takes a couple of minutes, where before it would take maybe double that time.
Don't listen to the parent, he doesn't know what he's talking about.
By the way, when exactly will you be gone? :)
That only works for very short-range scanning, I believe.
You can probably get away with it during Halloween...
I'm sure that Microsoft must have thought of that as a possibility. Since a unique product key is required to activate a KMS, why can't Microsoft just deactivate that compromised KMS key?
If YOU were a pirate, would YOU download an update which adds this "functionality"?
As a Windows user experimenting with Linux, I managed to make Linux kernel panic the very first time I booted it from my hard drive.
Of course I was trying to configure grub to triple boot manually... on Slackware. Ubuntu has it's own share of problems, like thinking my computer is running on GMT and "fixing" my clock for me to what it thinks is the actual local time. Then when I set it to the correct time, I can't use sudo or su for five hours because of a stupid sudo timestamp (I eventually figured out how to clear it but Joe Average wouldn't have).
The one really neat thing Linux has going for it is packages and automatic program installation and such... of course Joe Average isn't going to care about such things, since he just dumps everything in Program Files anyways and never knows.
I think in the test you cite, the point is supposed to be that people, when asked the question about the light (there's a similar one, a picture of a car I think, and the subjects are asked what color the barn was... and there was no barn) will ASSUME that there was a light there but they didn't notice it, and don't want to admit it... at least that's what I got out of such tests.
Ah but which building designs would fare better in a hurricane or tornado? Flooding? We have more than just earthquakes for natural disasters...
Well I know enough to know that if I see "Madden 05", "Madden 06" and "Madden 07" on a shelf, it's very likely they're all football games. Sure, 06 probably has a few new features over 05 and the same with 07... but at the core they're all still just the same games.
I thought these were the guys who make tweaks to the same games and release new ones every year with a new year number.* That's gotta be the least expensive way to make a new game (unless you go Burger King's route).
Maybe they're upset about new control schemes by Sony and especially Nintendo causing them to actually have to code something INNOVATIVE.
* - Yeah, if you can't tell, I'm not a fan of the sports genre... I haven't bought even one sports title, unless you count Tony Hawk.
Isn't OGG lossless too? Or am I just confused?
I'm thinking since they moved from CD to DVD they were like "Oh hey, we can fit 4gb more data on here now!" and thus here we are.
But I totally agree with your main point... it's the SAME PRODUCT, just a newer version, Vista had BETTER be better.
Ah, but that's what the Air Force wants you to think!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/16/gummi_bear s_defeat_fingerprint_sensors/
oh ho ho ho, sometimes I make myself BUST OUT MY -1 REDUNDANT STAMP.
... If I had any I would. >:(
I can't find it though, it's where Gabe buys a box of forks off of eBay and thinks it's a Playstation 5 or something. PA's search function sucks, Google can't find it either, anyone happen to have a URL?