And do get it right - SPAM is spiced pork shoulders in a can, and is a trademark of Hormel Foods, inc. "spam" is unsolicted commercial email. Look up the definitions.
I read in a couple of the articles on the add-a-HDD page that when you apply the patch necessary to add the hard drive, you lose the ability to play DVDs in 5.1 surround sound.
I think that you got a little confused. The idea is that you can flash the 631CF firmware on other Sampo players. Some of them (not the 631CF) have a built-in Dolby digital. You will lose the decoder functionality if you do the flash since the631CF does not have it.
I have no idea why it took you 3 minutes. I just brought up their site and it took less then a second to load.
The answer to your questions was just one click away: Polar Domains is an enom reseller. Enom is an ICANN accredited registrar and are certainly not a fly-by-night organization. They just happen to prefer to do business through resellers.
After you register a domain with a reseller (Polar Domains or other), you may deal directly with enom.
Starting yesterday, we received a bunch of story submissions about a performance comparison between J2EE and.Net. It didn't seem all that exciting, and we sort of ignored the story.
Ladies and gentlemen, in the blue corner we have a benchmark of two competing technologies for developing n-tier web-based applications, and in the red corner, we have idle speculation about the future of a SciFi TV series.
I wonder which one fits the category of "stuff that matters" and which should have been ignored.
Here's a clue for/. editors: When you get "a bunch" of story submissions on the same subject it probably means that people find it interesting, exciting or important.
Why do you assume that "Black can force a win" is not possible? I have not heard of anyone proving that chess with perfect play is not a loss for white.
While I am not aware of any rigorous mathematical proof that chess is not a forced win for black, it is highly likely that strategy-stealing by white is possible (e.g., by wasting moves).
That still doesn't change the fact that the latest service packs for XP and 2000 (and Windows Media Player) provide a back door for remote access by MS and any third parties that they decide to provide access to.
Do they really? Or does the EULA just resrve the right to do so?
Want to really make him hurt? Just point out that his store really is horrible. Service? Sucks. Price? Sucks! There are much better stores that have better stock, lower prices, and excellent customer service.
You could not be more wrong.
It seems to me that Novak does not care about his pet store business, he wants to make money from lawsuits, preferrably suing (and then "settling") with people who cannot afford the legal battles.
Novak has a decent understanding of the legal system (he admits that this is his hobby) and a lot of free time on his hands.
So how do you fight a person who abuses the legal system in order to extort people? One would suggest letting him feel how it feels to be on the receiving end... However, another slashdotter mentioned that Novak already filed for 3 bankruptcies (the 1993 one listed over $500,000 in debts).
Problem is, with Brainbench and other testing groups online, you're not proving you KNOW the material--just that you're able to do a quick Google search.
As an employer, what difference would it make? If I can hire one guy who can get the answer in 5 minutes with a Google search, or another guy who can figure it out in a couple of days on his own, which one should I hire?
Being able to look up answers (and evaluate whether those answers are right, a tougher proposition) is a very valuable skill.
I am a big believer in "Googling". In fact, when I get stuck, the first thing that I do is check whether the answer is already available on the web or in the newsgroup archives. However, what happens when it isn't? Or when it is but has some subtle flaw?
There have been times when I needed to come up with a solution that wasn't available through search engines nor did anyone help me via usenet, mailing lists and "expert" sites. That's when the time invested in studyig for a degree paid off.
One of the selling points of +R/+RW technology was a higher writing speed than the competing -R/-RW standard.
First -R/-RW wrote at 1X, then they got to 2X/1X and now it's 4X/2X while +R/+RW stayed at the same 2.4X speed.
Since most users will not be using a lot of rewritable media, it seems that DVD-R is now both faster and cheaper (drive and media) than DVD+R. Those "features" appeal more to the average customers than the advantages that the other format may offer.
I just cannot understand why some fancy-laguage zero-content comments get modded to 5 while, at the time I'm reading it, this gem (parent) is still at 0.
I believe that one should only be allowed to moderate if browsing at 0 (or even -1). Otherwise, most AC comments that should be (Score: 6, Must read) never get their deserved exposure.
People seem to forget that this is not a CS course we're talking about. The original intention was to teach C# (instead of C++) to EE and CE students, as their introductory programming course.
Those students are studying to become hardware engineers. They do not need scheme. They will probalby need C++/C/assembly (if they are going to program microcontrollers) and Matlab or similar for the high level stuff.
However, it is a good idea to use a simpler, more forgiving language at the beginning when teaching fundamentals (and good programming habits) to people who might be more comfortable with a soldering iron than a keyboard. Pascal and its derivatives (Modula) fit the bill but one may argue "why waste time teaching engineers a language that is not widely used in the industry? - in any industry, for that matter"
So there we have it: C++ is too complex, while Pascal et al are too academic; a compromise is needed. Some consider Java the obvious choice, MS tried to push C#. While C# may not be a suitable alternative in this case, neither is scheme.
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And do get it right - SPAM is spiced pork shoulders in a can, and is a trademark of Hormel Foods, inc.
"spam" is unsolicted commercial email.
Look up the definitions.
For the lazy, here's a link.
I read in a couple of the articles on the add-a-HDD page that when you apply the patch necessary to add the hard drive, you lose the ability to play DVDs in 5.1 surround sound.
I think that you got a little confused.
The idea is that you can flash the 631CF firmware on other Sampo players. Some of them (not the 631CF) have a built-in Dolby digital. You will lose the decoder functionality if you do the flash since the631CF does not have it.
You're going to interview Hillary Rosen on Slashdot???
Oh, wait...
(Although just the thought of
I guess I shouldn't complain about positive moderation but "insightful"?
Somebody got slightly confused...
Unfortunately, the writable DVD formats can only utilize a single layer.
See here and here
I have no idea why it took you 3 minutes. I just brought up their site and it took less then a second to load.
The answer to your questions was just one click away: Polar Domains is an enom reseller.
Enom is an ICANN accredited registrar and are certainly not a fly-by-night organization. They just happen to prefer to do business through resellers.
After you register a domain with a reseller (Polar Domains or other), you may deal directly with enom.
When your email account is "suspended", start sending yourself messages until the account overflows its quota. Further email will bounce.
You can get your own domain name from here or here.
For less money than you pay for pobox, you can get a better package and look more professional.
Starting yesterday, we received a bunch of story submissions about a performance comparison between J2EE and .Net. It didn't seem all that exciting, and we sort of ignored the story.
/. editors:
Ladies and gentlemen, in the blue corner we have a benchmark of two competing technologies for developing n-tier web-based applications, and in the red corner, we have idle speculation about the future of a SciFi TV series.
I wonder which one fits the category of "stuff that matters" and which should have been ignored.
Here's a clue for
When you get "a bunch" of story submissions on the same subject it probably means that people find it interesting, exciting or important.
Any recommendations?
Why do you assume that "Black can force a win" is not possible? I have not heard of anyone proving that chess with perfect play is not a loss for white.
While I am not aware of any rigorous mathematical proof that chess is not a forced win for black, it is highly likely that strategy-stealing by white is possible (e.g., by wasting moves).
Meanwhile, you Canadian fellows are lucky, living in a representative democracy [...]
Actually, on the federal level, we are a constitutional monarchy.
I wonder how much it will cost in Canada
That still doesn't change the fact that the latest service packs for XP and 2000 (and Windows Media Player) provide a back door for remote access by MS and any third parties that they decide to provide access to.
Do they really?
Or does the EULA just resrve the right to do so?
There is a difference.
Might makes right.
The US currently can do whatever it pleases including, but not limited to, sticking it to any other country (with the possible exception of China).
Sure, the US often decides to play nice but the reasons for that, IMHO, are either political or economical, not moral.
It seems to me that Novak does not care about his pet store business, he wants to make money from lawsuits, preferrably suing (and then "settling") with people who cannot afford the legal battles.
Novak has a decent understanding of the legal system (he admits that this is his hobby) and a lot of free time on his hands.
So how do you fight a person who abuses the legal system in order to extort people? One would suggest letting him feel how it feels to be on the receiving end... However, another slashdotter mentioned that Novak already filed for 3 bankruptcies (the 1993 one listed over $500,000 in debts).
Please check out Robert Novak v. APD List Members
Hence my mention of a "subset".
There have been times when I needed to come up with a solution that wasn't available through search engines nor did anyone help me via usenet, mailing lists and "expert" sites. That's when the time invested in studyig for a degree paid off.
2. No it cannot, in the general case, but there is quite a large (and useful)subset of programs that can.
Also, cf. Donald Knuth: "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it."
One of the selling points of +R/+RW technology was a higher writing speed than the competing -R/-RW standard.
First -R/-RW wrote at 1X, then they got to 2X/1X and now it's 4X/2X while +R/+RW stayed at the same 2.4X speed.
Since most users will not be using a lot of rewritable media, it seems that DVD-R is now both faster and cheaper (drive and media) than DVD+R. Those "features" appeal more to the average customers than the advantages that the other format may offer.
I just cannot understand why some fancy-laguage zero-content comments get modded to 5 while, at the time I'm reading it, this gem (parent) is still at 0.
I believe that one should only be allowed to moderate if browsing at 0 (or even -1). Otherwise, most AC comments that should be (Score: 6, Must read) never get their deserved exposure.
People seem to forget that this is not a CS course we're talking about.
The original intention was to teach C# (instead of C++) to EE and CE students, as their introductory programming course.
Those students are studying to become hardware engineers. They do not need scheme. They will probalby need C++/C/assembly (if they are going to program microcontrollers) and Matlab or similar for the high level stuff.
However, it is a good idea to use a simpler, more forgiving language at the beginning when teaching fundamentals (and good programming habits) to people who might be more comfortable with a soldering iron than a keyboard. Pascal and its derivatives (Modula) fit the bill but one may argue "why waste time teaching engineers a language that is not widely used in the industry? - in any industry, for that matter"
So there we have it: C++ is too complex, while Pascal et al are too academic; a compromise is needed. Some consider Java the obvious choice, MS tried to push C#. While C# may not be a suitable alternative in this case, neither is scheme.
OTOH neither company is unaware that they live in a country which:
1) Does not have a national ID card for privacy reasons
2) Does not have centralized health documentation primarily for privacy reasons
3) Has a 2nd amendment which is still very much in effect, primarily because of fear of central control
4) Has the strongest guarantees against government controls on private property almost anywhere
5) Has already demonstrated that corporate interests, backed by corporate capital, outweigh and override any considerations outlined in 1-4.
Up! Up! Mod parent up!!!
Right now, the USA is probably the largest market for legal DVD players and discs.
...
When people start to call DVD players illegal, the terrorists(*) have won.
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(*) Bush, Ashcroft, RIAA, MPAA, Microsoft,