Holds true with any ad I see from any retailer/e-tailer. Always look (as best you can) at the items before you buy.
Most of tiger's stuff that looks good in the beginning, is either really old, refurbished (but not listed that way in the ad), or when you look at the specs of the item it is misleading. I.e. a new HD 50 inch TV. Check out the TV in question, it is new, it is 50 inches, and it is 720p. Now mind you 720p is good, but on a 50 inch TV I would rather have 0180p not 720p. If it was a 20 inch TV then 720p is fine. So the ad to me was misleading. Full HD == 1080p in my book.
I was temped to get one for their bare bones PCs since the price was really low. Then I looked at what the parts were. The parts could make a decent email, web, doc computer. No light gaming, no DVR system (maybe DVR but it at the min). So I passed. I paid about $80 more then their kit and got a system that I knew would do what I wanted.
With home computers this is very true. Most server class machines have 10K+ rpm drives with a large cache on the drive and the controllers. Most home class computers do not have this.
I upgraded my parents pc's hard drive. It is an old dell machine. RAM was maxed at 2GB, and the 40GB hard drive was 80% full (of pictures I keep on telling them to burn the pictures to CD/DVD who needs 24GB of pictures). I put in a 300GB drive. I get a call 3 days later asking what I did to the machine. I was thinking the replacement drive died. That wasn't it. I am being told that the computer is 3-4 times faster then it was before. The hard drive was the only change I made. I ghosted the old drive so it is the same install as before. The replacement drive was a 7200 RPM drive with a 16MB cache. The old drive was a 5400 RPM and didn't notice the cache on it but it had to less then 16MB. I still think the old drive was starting to die and it got replaced in time. But they are happy which is the main thing.
Maybe some kid will realize that they can take the SAT test when ever they want to. Not just in 10th, 11th, or 12th grade. I knew a few who took it in 8th grade. No one said they couldn't take it so they took the SAT. If some teenager takes the SAT and gets a good score in 7th or 8th grade. Could they possibly get into college? They may not have the HS diploma yet, but is that needed if they already have a good SAT score?
Think about this: a 7th grader takes and passes the SAT with say an 1900 (I think the score goes to 2400 now). If they have the money and go to an online college. That kid could get a college degree before they get a HS diploma. That is IF the online college lets them in.
There are many reasons not to do this. Then again there may be some reasons to let this happen in the rare cases it could happen.
I always wondered if someone set off a large explosive in the eye or center of a hurricane what would happen? Would it be enough to break up the storm? Would it do nothing? We would most likely still get the rain but no hurricane force winds. Maybe less of a storm surge as well.
Nothing nuclear conventional explosives only. Anyone know of a simulator where this could be tested? Writing one from scratch might take a while.
As many others have pointed out. A public school's best move should be to cut the internet off except for a few rooms. Those machines have an approved list of websites that they can visit. This sound moronic with the number of websites, but it is safer for a public school to do this. Those machines can be monitored easier. Not just with software. Have a school employee there to keep an eye on what is going on. Also this forces even the teachers to use those same internet allowed computers.
The rest of the computers should be on what ever intranet the school uses. And maybe the school systems has a intranet for all the schools (HS, middle, K-6, K-8, K-12, what ever the break down is) to use. They could even have approved research materials on this intranet.
The kids (and some teachers) will complain since they can not read their email and visit facebook websites. Then again, those reasons are not what they are in school for.
Depends. A trojan for linux you are right (well should be anyway). But what if the trojan is a windows one? That trojan does not run on linux, so it is just a file. If that file happens to be run by a windows user, that machine is now compromised.
Remember a linux server can 'host' windows trojans. The trojans do not effect the linux server, but it certainly effects the windows boxes that use that linux server.
I would say that people should keep their servers clean of all trojans/virus/malware no mater the OS of the server. Most likely here most will disagree. Leave it up to the end user to keep their machine clean. *nix machines are safe from those windows trojans. I still say the fewer trojans/virus/malware there is, the better off we will all be.
XP has been able to do that forever. It is under power settings. There is even a button on the screen saver selection to get there. New installations have a 20 minute (maybe 30 minute) turn monitor off (put it in power save mode) for desktops. But if the domain rules are in place that override that setting, all bets are off.
It looks like people in charge of the office 2007 look all loved lotus 123. Excel 2007 looks a lot like lotus 123. Many old 123 fans love excel now. Since word, excel, and power point are supposed to be used together (I personally do not use them together but some may), the look of those apps are similar.
And office 2007 (word, excel, power point, and the rest of the apps) look the same on vista and XP. The argument of vista sucks since word looks different is wrong. Office is not vista. And switching the start menu to the classic start menu makes the start look like the win 2000 start menu. The one that most people liked. However, it will keep the programs in alphabetical order on vista. Some people may not like that.
Cost. If cost is a major factor in one's computing needs, then linux is better then windows. People will still be paying for the hardware. So if they know (or know someone who can) pick out an put the hardware together, a very nice computer can be had for under $500.
This assumes a few things: 1. Someone is able to download and burn the CD/DVD for the linux distro. 2. The hardware is linux friendly. Reading the reviews on newegg, some motherboards work with linux and others not so much.
The 3rd assumption is what the person is going to be using the computer for. If this computer is going to be used (like most people) for email, web surfing, writing documents, normal computing needs, no brainer go linux. If they have a specific software package to run. That software determines the OS (and often the hardware) of the computer.
I usually write dates like this: yyyymmdd so April 1st 2009 would have been 20090401. Plus you can store the dates as an int, and the Boolean functions (>,,etc.) work. Yes we will have a year 214,748 bug. But if any of my code is still in use 200,000 years from now I would be surprised. Hell if any of my code from 15 years ago is still being used I'd be surprised.
Many places in the middle east have an "eye for an eye" justice system. If that was carried out on Saddam, he would have been: hanged, shot, gassed, had explosives blown up while attached to his body. Plus a few other means of killing someone. I am just not sure how much of a body would be left to kill.
I was all for eye for an eye in the Oklahoma bombing. I so wished the families of the slain could have attached small explosives (M40s) to him and set them off. That would have been very cruel, but would have fit the crime.
The dell mini 9 can come with Ubuntu. And the Ubuntu versions can have a bigger SD hard drive. For some reason dell decided that the mini 10,12 have fixed RAM which cannot be upgraded. So those models are stuck at 1gb. The mini 9 can go to 2gb. But it takes a SD hard drive and the PCIe SD card is a bit smaller then standard.
Was your two year old computer really old when you got it? We have vista running on a P4 1.6 gig with 1gig of that rambus RIM RAM. That machine is a lot older then 2 years. Also have it running on an old dell GX240 (that came out in 2002). We did add RAM to the GX240 and we used some old AGP video cards we had. A 128MB gforce 5200 is not a screaming video card and it was old in 2002. You most likely installed vista on a desktop with integrated graphics card. In other words, you either never looked at the min specs or installed it on a machine that was lower since that is what you had. Which on older hardware is no where in the range of what aero wants. Why did microsoft want a 3d graphics card for an os I have no clue that is a bone head decision.
If you had looked the compatibility mode is still there in vista. It also goes back to win 95, win NT 4.0, win 2000, and win XP. Did you look? I haven't tried running old apps in compatibility mode. I haven't had need to plus I try to use 64 bit OSes not 32 bit. Apple got their development team out? Photoshop is an Adobe product not an Apple product. Software manufacturers are not creating vista software. There is a change that many coders do not want to do on windows. They want to run as root/administrator. They do not want to code their software to run in user mode. So lazy 3rd party software writers are microsoft's fault? Also if product ABC is still selling. Why would company start selling product ABCD to compete with itself on a new platform that isn't selling well? Some companies (Nero, Roxio) had vista products fairly quickly. Others did not. Now we have this issue: Companies will not release vista software until XP is gone. People are still buying XP since they have a hard time finding software for vista.
Drivers who is to blame? The OS vendor or he manufacturer who makes the hardware? Last I checked microsoft is a software company. They do not sell motherboards, video cards, network cards, printers, or scanners. The manufacturers did not release drivers for their products. That is microsoft's fault?
Microsoft screws up a lot. But the hardware drivers and 3rd part software is not microsoft's fault. It is their problem, but not their fault. Remember that Apple can tell a 3rd party vender to jump and how high to work on Apple software. This is not the case with microsoft. If microsoft did that, everyone cries anti-trust! You are not letting us compete fairly.
I always thought 2k was 32 bit only. I know server 2k saw up to 4 CPUs, i used server for the desktop since it ran cleaner then 2k pro. Everything was 32 bit. I do not remember ever seeing a 64 bit version.
Maybe the data center version? I never had that one to use.
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Holds true with any ad I see from any retailer/e-tailer. Always look (as best you can) at the items before you buy.
Most of tiger's stuff that looks good in the beginning, is either really old, refurbished (but not listed that way in the ad), or when you look at the specs of the item it is misleading. I.e. a new HD 50 inch TV. Check out the TV in question, it is new, it is 50 inches, and it is 720p. Now mind you 720p is good, but on a 50 inch TV I would rather have 0180p not 720p. If it was a 20 inch TV then 720p is fine. So the ad to me was misleading. Full HD == 1080p in my book.
I was temped to get one for their bare bones PCs since the price was really low. Then I looked at what the parts were. The parts could make a decent email, web, doc computer. No light gaming, no DVR system (maybe DVR but it at the min). So I passed. I paid about $80 more then their kit and got a system that I knew would do what I wanted.
With home computers this is very true. Most server class machines have 10K+ rpm drives with a large cache on the drive and the controllers. Most home class computers do not have this.
I upgraded my parents pc's hard drive. It is an old dell machine. RAM was maxed at 2GB, and the 40GB hard drive was 80% full (of pictures I keep on telling them to burn the pictures to CD/DVD who needs 24GB of pictures). I put in a 300GB drive. I get a call 3 days later asking what I did to the machine. I was thinking the replacement drive died. That wasn't it. I am being told that the computer is 3-4 times faster then it was before. The hard drive was the only change I made. I ghosted the old drive so it is the same install as before. The replacement drive was a 7200 RPM drive with a 16MB cache. The old drive was a 5400 RPM and didn't notice the cache on it but it had to less then 16MB. I still think the old drive was starting to die and it got replaced in time. But they are happy which is the main thing.
With the state of the country and world today. My grandma would take one look around and die again.
Maybe some kid will realize that they can take the SAT test when ever they want to. Not just in 10th, 11th, or 12th grade. I knew a few who took it in 8th grade. No one said they couldn't take it so they took the SAT. If some teenager takes the SAT and gets a good score in 7th or 8th grade. Could they possibly get into college? They may not have the HS diploma yet, but is that needed if they already have a good SAT score?
Think about this: a 7th grader takes and passes the SAT with say an 1900 (I think the score goes to 2400 now). If they have the money and go to an online college. That kid could get a college degree before they get a HS diploma. That is IF the online college lets them in.
There are many reasons not to do this. Then again there may be some reasons to let this happen in the rare cases it could happen.
You don't say parody... you say parley!
"Guard these math skills well. For one day they will guard your life."
*couldn't resist sorry.
I always wondered if someone set off a large explosive in the eye or center of a hurricane what would happen? Would it be enough to break up the storm? Would it do nothing? We would most likely still get the rain but no hurricane force winds. Maybe less of a storm surge as well.
Nothing nuclear conventional explosives only. Anyone know of a simulator where this could be tested? Writing one from scratch might take a while.
As many others have pointed out. A public school's best move should be to cut the internet off except for a few rooms. Those machines have an approved list of websites that they can visit. This sound moronic with the number of websites, but it is safer for a public school to do this. Those machines can be monitored easier. Not just with software. Have a school employee there to keep an eye on what is going on. Also this forces even the teachers to use those same internet allowed computers.
The rest of the computers should be on what ever intranet the school uses. And maybe the school systems has a intranet for all the schools (HS, middle, K-6, K-8, K-12, what ever the break down is) to use. They could even have approved research materials on this intranet.
The kids (and some teachers) will complain since they can not read their email and visit facebook websites. Then again, those reasons are not what they are in school for.
Depends. A trojan for linux you are right (well should be anyway). But what if the trojan is a windows one? That trojan does not run on linux, so it is just a file. If that file happens to be run by a windows user, that machine is now compromised.
Remember a linux server can 'host' windows trojans. The trojans do not effect the linux server, but it certainly effects the windows boxes that use that linux server.
I would say that people should keep their servers clean of all trojans/virus/malware no mater the OS of the server. Most likely here most will disagree. Leave it up to the end user to keep their machine clean. *nix machines are safe from those windows trojans. I still say the fewer trojans/virus/malware there is, the better off we will all be.
Recent studies have shown that people waste approximately 20% of their time in the office just screwing around.
I need to find a better place to work.
XP has been able to do that forever. It is under power settings. There is even a button on the screen saver selection to get there. New installations have a 20 minute (maybe 30 minute) turn monitor off (put it in power save mode) for desktops. But if the domain rules are in place that override that setting, all bets are off.
Summer Glau would be better. Market to geeks who like Firefly and the geeks who like her in the Terminator TV show.
It looks like people in charge of the office 2007 look all loved lotus 123. Excel 2007 looks a lot like lotus 123. Many old 123 fans love excel now. Since word, excel, and power point are supposed to be used together (I personally do not use them together but some may), the look of those apps are similar.
And office 2007 (word, excel, power point, and the rest of the apps) look the same on vista and XP. The argument of vista sucks since word looks different is wrong. Office is not vista. And switching the start menu to the classic start menu makes the start look like the win 2000 start menu. The one that most people liked. However, it will keep the programs in alphabetical order on vista. Some people may not like that.
I'll bite.
Cost. If cost is a major factor in one's computing needs, then linux is better then windows. People will still be paying for the hardware. So if they know (or know someone who can) pick out an put the hardware together, a very nice computer can be had for under $500.
This assumes a few things:
1. Someone is able to download and burn the CD/DVD for the linux distro.
2. The hardware is linux friendly. Reading the reviews on newegg, some motherboards work with linux and others not so much.
The 3rd assumption is what the person is going to be using the computer for. If this computer is going to be used (like most people) for email, web surfing, writing documents, normal computing needs, no brainer go linux. If they have a specific software package to run. That software determines the OS (and often the hardware) of the computer.
I usually write dates like this: yyyymmdd so April 1st 2009 would have been 20090401. Plus you can store the dates as an int, and the Boolean functions (>,,etc.) work. Yes we will have a year 214,748 bug. But if any of my code is still in use 200,000 years from now I would be surprised. Hell if any of my code from 15 years ago is still being used I'd be surprised.
Many places in the middle east have an "eye for an eye" justice system. If that was carried out on Saddam, he would have been: hanged, shot, gassed, had explosives blown up while attached to his body. Plus a few other means of killing someone. I am just not sure how much of a body would be left to kill.
I was all for eye for an eye in the Oklahoma bombing. I so wished the families of the slain could have attached small explosives (M40s) to him and set them off. That would have been very cruel, but would have fit the crime.
This was not carried out in the US. Hanging is allowed in Iraq. Could have been firing squad. Which is better?
Was it an Iraq court that tried and convicted him? I don't remember reading about a UN court convicting him.
Not many people want a trike.
Although the one I saw built from the engine from a semi does have something about it.
A lot of people get the software from their work. Many people have a computer that their work let them take home. So no crime committed.
The real argument should be: Why are software vendors not crating a versions for windows, apple, AND linux?
People will say cost. People will say the market is too small. But if companies do not create software for the platform, the market will remain small.
The dell mini 9 can come with Ubuntu. And the Ubuntu versions can have a bigger SD hard drive. For some reason dell decided that the mini 10,12 have fixed RAM which cannot be upgraded. So those models are stuck at 1gb. The mini 9 can go to 2gb. But it takes a SD hard drive and the PCIe SD card is a bit smaller then standard.
PS the mini 9 can run OSX very nicely.
Anyone who is the Alpha NT source code is still around? Is the ARM chip simpler then the Alpha chip?
Was your two year old computer really old when you got it? We have vista running on a P4 1.6 gig with 1gig of that rambus RIM RAM. That machine is a lot older then 2 years. Also have it running on an old dell GX240 (that came out in 2002). We did add RAM to the GX240 and we used some old AGP video cards we had. A 128MB gforce 5200 is not a screaming video card and it was old in 2002. You most likely installed vista on a desktop with integrated graphics card. In other words, you either never looked at the min specs or installed it on a machine that was lower since that is what you had. Which on older hardware is no where in the range of what aero wants. Why did microsoft want a 3d graphics card for an os I have no clue that is a bone head decision.
If you had looked the compatibility mode is still there in vista. It also goes back to win 95, win NT 4.0, win 2000, and win XP. Did you look? I haven't tried running old apps in compatibility mode. I haven't had need to plus I try to use 64 bit OSes not 32 bit. Apple got their development team out? Photoshop is an Adobe product not an Apple product. Software manufacturers are not creating vista software. There is a change that many coders do not want to do on windows. They want to run as root/administrator. They do not want to code their software to run in user mode. So lazy 3rd party software writers are microsoft's fault? Also if product ABC is still selling. Why would company start selling product ABCD to compete with itself on a new platform that isn't selling well? Some companies (Nero, Roxio) had vista products fairly quickly. Others did not. Now we have this issue: Companies will not release vista software until XP is gone. People are still buying XP since they have a hard time finding software for vista.
Drivers who is to blame? The OS vendor or he manufacturer who makes the hardware? Last I checked microsoft is a software company. They do not sell motherboards, video cards, network cards, printers, or scanners. The manufacturers did not release drivers for their products. That is microsoft's fault?
Microsoft screws up a lot. But the hardware drivers and 3rd part software is not microsoft's fault. It is their problem, but not their fault. Remember that Apple can tell a 3rd party vender to jump and how high to work on Apple software. This is not the case with microsoft. If microsoft did that, everyone cries anti-trust! You are not letting us compete fairly.
I always thought 2k was 32 bit only. I know server 2k saw up to 4 CPUs, i used server for the desktop since it ran cleaner then 2k pro. Everything was 32 bit. I do not remember ever seeing a 64 bit version.
Maybe the data center version? I never had that one to use.
The blast of a nuke is elliptical not circular.
The IAEA? Is this the same group that has repeatedly said that Iran is blocking their inspections?