A friend of mine has an old Toshiba laptop from '99 (he's got like 10 other old laptops, too) which also has a subwoofer in it. It actually makes for nice sound, especially because the tin cans that usually come with laptops don't sound all that good.
When I was in high school (about six months ago), the firewall blocked a lot of "bad" sites, and myspace was one of them. However, most students knew how to get around it. The firewall was by 8e6 technologies. Bottom line: if the government is going to do it, they should do it right, or not at all. Otherwise, it's just money down the drain.
NASA has decided that it would be cheaper to send Indian employees up with the astronauts and sell the radio equipment. If the austronauts have a problem, they can ask the tech support crew, who will have scripts for the most common problem situations.
Think about it, though: It's perfect from a marketing standpoint. Why have a stupid name like "PlayStation Third Regurgitation" or "Revolution?" With a name like "Wii," people go, "What the Hell? What the Hell is 'Wii?!'" It's almost like viral marketing in that it exploits the mind. People make a lot of noise when they're confused.
The point of a Joe Average operating system is not, "how can we dumb down the system," but rather, "what is it that an every day user expects from his/her system?" I'm sure if we can get a bunch of people together and some spare time on computers, we could gather a lot of information.
It's about time something like this came into Windows. Programs will fail with cryptic error messages if they don't have access to some part of the system. Usually it's because it wants write access to something in Program Files, which isn't writeable under normal circumstances by restricted users. I think quux on freenode said it best (I may have misquoted):
thou shalt not write session data to the program directory!
Unfortunately, most of the time, the program doesn't even tell you why it had the error. I know that 3D Studio MAX 8 may or may not work if you run it under a LUA.
Now, I won't fault anyone in particular for this (it's both Microsoft's fault and the programmer's fault), but it's nice that something like this is finally coming.
The problem is, if you miss a deadline, whatever was submitted prior to the deadline -becomes- the product. Such tight schedules don't allow for things like quality control.
Think about, for example, Windows Server 2003. In the days prior to the betas (I think), there was what was called a War Room. Every day, the heads of each design part of Windows Server 2003 met in the War Room to discuss the current status of each part. If a department had a bug and their team leader didn't show up, their [potential] fixes to the next build of Windows NT wouldn't make it into the build process.
The problem is, without standards, every brand of product is going to have a different way of doing it. In the end, you might not even get 180Mbits if you mix and match brands.
When I locked my keys in my car, the guy took 30 seconds and almost fucked up the lock (I had to lock/unlock it a few times to make it work correctly).
However, I have the benefit of having a car that theives don't want to steal: a 1979 Ford Fairmont. The three most valuable things in there are a power inverter, a discman and some speakers (the stock speakers have gone bad and it only has a radio, not even an 8-track). Not only that, but the car doesn't run too well, either. A theif would be spending his time better stealing any other car on the lot.
I had an earlier Lego Mindstorms set, circa 2000-2001 I guess. It used infared, with the transmitter being connected via a RS232 serial port. Have they gone backwards...?
I'm not much in the ways of code, but shouldn't the compiler have caught the problem? Doesn't it hit an error if not all of your parenthesees (phonetic) are closed?
Don't overestimate users like Joe Sixpack. If his new Dell ships with Windows on it, he'll use Windows. If it happens to one day come with, per se, Ubuntu, he'll probably use that. All Microsoft has to do is keep the Windows name on the minds of most users (lusers in this case, I guess), and they'll still be afloat. For a while, anyway.
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Why not just use your old friends: dd, /dev/urandom and /dev/zero? A couple of passes with each is all that's needed.
A friend of mine has an old Toshiba laptop from '99 (he's got like 10 other old laptops, too) which also has a subwoofer in it. It actually makes for nice sound, especially because the tin cans that usually come with laptops don't sound all that good.
Makes me think of Hackers, with the 10 FBI agents with automatics bearing down on those 15-year-olds.
Well, at least I know what to vote in that Slashdot poll.
...the reflection from the Moon's surface would arrive back at the Earth 2.5 seconds before the pulse was transmitted.
So what if we got the signal, then turned OFF the transmitter? Where does that extra energy come from? I was never one for quantum physics.
When I was in high school (about six months ago), the firewall blocked a lot of "bad" sites, and myspace was one of them. However, most students knew how to get around it. The firewall was by 8e6 technologies. Bottom line: if the government is going to do it, they should do it right, or not at all. Otherwise, it's just money down the drain.
Does this new version of CmdrTaco come with any new features?
NASA has decided that it would be cheaper to send Indian employees up with the astronauts and sell the radio equipment. If the austronauts have a problem, they can ask the tech support crew, who will have scripts for the most common problem situations.
Think about it, though: It's perfect from a marketing standpoint. Why have a stupid name like "PlayStation Third Regurgitation" or "Revolution?" With a name like "Wii," people go, "What the Hell? What the Hell is 'Wii?!'" It's almost like viral marketing in that it exploits the mind. People make a lot of noise when they're confused.
The point of a Joe Average operating system is not, "how can we dumb down the system," but rather, "what is it that an every day user expects from his/her system?" I'm sure if we can get a bunch of people together and some spare time on computers, we could gather a lot of information.
Apple has send Cease and Desist letters to sites posting service manuals and images out of service manuals many times before.
Does anyone else note the irony in the parent being modded "redundant?"
Sounds like something I saw in Dante's Peak. No pun intended.
The test is to watch the last 10 seconds of The 6th Day over and over.
...launched an all-out assault on competitors...
Damn wallhackers. We'll get 'em next round, though.
Unfortunately, most of the time, the program doesn't even tell you why it had the error. I know that 3D Studio MAX 8 may or may not work if you run it under a LUA.
Now, I won't fault anyone in particular for this (it's both Microsoft's fault and the programmer's fault), but it's nice that something like this is finally coming.
The problem is, if you miss a deadline, whatever was submitted prior to the deadline -becomes- the product. Such tight schedules don't allow for things like quality control.
Think about, for example, Windows Server 2003. In the days prior to the betas (I think), there was what was called a War Room. Every day, the heads of each design part of Windows Server 2003 met in the War Room to discuss the current status of each part. If a department had a bug and their team leader didn't show up, their [potential] fixes to the next build of Windows NT wouldn't make it into the build process.
Appearently not.
The problem is, without standards, every brand of product is going to have a different way of doing it. In the end, you might not even get 180Mbits if you mix and match brands.
That's the last time I read Mad Libs News.
When I locked my keys in my car, the guy took 30 seconds and almost fucked up the lock (I had to lock/unlock it a few times to make it work correctly).
However, I have the benefit of having a car that theives don't want to steal: a 1979 Ford Fairmont. The three most valuable things in there are a power inverter, a discman and some speakers (the stock speakers have gone bad and it only has a radio, not even an 8-track). Not only that, but the car doesn't run too well, either. A theif would be spending his time better stealing any other car on the lot.
If I had a daughter, I'd want the SMART ones to procreate with her.
I'm 18 though, so it's a moot point right now, heh.
I had an earlier Lego Mindstorms set, circa 2000-2001 I guess. It used infared, with the transmitter being connected via a RS232 serial port. Have they gone backwards...?
You have to remember though, that 80% of statistics are made up.
I'm not much in the ways of code, but shouldn't the compiler have caught the problem? Doesn't it hit an error if not all of your parenthesees (phonetic) are closed?
Don't overestimate users like Joe Sixpack. If his new Dell ships with Windows on it, he'll use Windows. If it happens to one day come with, per se, Ubuntu, he'll probably use that. All Microsoft has to do is keep the Windows name on the minds of most users (lusers in this case, I guess), and they'll still be afloat. For a while, anyway.