"A computer expert told KATU News there is no way to know if someone is using your wireless connection without permission."
Some computer expert.....
Probably one of the reporter's children, or their neighbor's kid. But, even if it was someone who works in the computer industry who obviously doesn't know what they're talking about, I can just imagine the conversation:
Reporter: So, can you ever, like, find out if someone is using a wireless connection, like say on a neighbor's network? 31337 h4x0R: Umm...nope. Are we done here? I'm late for my WOW clan. Reporter: Oh, thank God!
I think the point you're getting at is that these devices would obviously not appeal to those who are stuck in cubes all day. Why pay the extra for portability if John Doe is just sitting at his desk doing data entry all day, right? Save the extra cash and get a cheap tower instead. And if Johnny needs to move around the office to, say, a meeting room, get a cheap laptop. For this scenario, the Origami would obviously not be an economical decision.
Yes, the typical work day is about 8 hours. However, for some, work doesn't end immediately after leaving the office - bus/subway/train ride home, heading to the airport, finishing up projects in various locations, what have you.
Also, what if those people were too busy/mobile during the course of their day at the office that they didn't have time to worry about plugging it in somewhere and remaining stationary while the thing charged just to be used for 2/3 more hours until the process has to be repeated again? Employees that worry about mobility would look at a device like this and say, "I expect to not have to worry about battery life." 2-3 hours of uptime for a device that is supposedly designed for on-the-go type work is pretty pathetic IMO. An additional battery is obviously always optional, but then you start defeating the mobility aspect - "Now I have to carry something else?"
Just think of cell phones for moment. Would they be near as popular if people could only use them for 2 hours at a time?
Another point about XP that a coworker and I were discussing this earlier today: We found ourselves surprised by the fact that XP is currently five years old, and will be nearing six when Vista is released.
For the past five years, most of the MS crowd here have been using XP (except for those who have their feet firmly rooted in the 2k GUI). That's really amazing when pausing to think about it. Were we still using 3.1 when 98 was released? No.
In the entire time I've used XP on my personal computers, I've found it to be a stable and reliable OS, especially for that long of a timeframe. I don't think it will be too different with Vista.
Hmm...looking over these names, I think Intel could team up with Lucasfilm and make some serious dough together:
Yoda - Master CPU, very small and lightweight, yet incredibly powerful. Only loses in a head to head comparison to the AMD Sidious.
Core Solo - Sure, she may not look like much, but she'll make.5 past lightspeed. Original Editions will shoot an instruction first, but Special Editions will delay in shooting.
Wookie - built for mobie devices as a direct competition with the ARM CPUs to rip them out of their sockets.
I have set out at some length what in my opinion is an overall analysis of HBHG [The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail]. I have done that and will do the same further in this judgment in respect of DVC [The Da Vinci Code] because that is essential in my view to deciding this case. The paragraph ended: "The key to solving the conundrum posed by this judgment is in reading HBHG and DVC."
I don't know if this is useful or helpful, but I noticed that the character sequence past smith(y)code has the same number of characters from the phrase to abbreviate both books:
Opinions that differ from yours aren't "Trolling". As for his crazy theories, if they are that crazy just ignore him.
Oh please.
I don't know of one single person in this community who has ever believed Dvorak to be a reliable or knowledgeable source of information. He has been permanently branded by/. as someone who does not know in the least bit what he is talking about. Every single/. article related to Dvorak has never once had the majority of comments devoid of the thought "Dvorak is an idiot."
But, going back to the parent of this thread, the reason why Dvorak is writing this crap continually is because not only does he get paid, but PC Magazine is getting traffic and exposure as well. When his article is linked to on/., PC Magazine gets the desired traffic, leading to more revenue. That's why his editors still keep him around - they can count on a strong reaction from the tech community, from people like us who realize the Dvorak is spattering out dribble down his double chins and onto his Cheeto laden belly.
As for me, this will be the last time I ever look at a Dvorak article on/. I've had it with him.
I have to agree with the point about school zones. I live in Salem, OR - not a big city by any means (131,000 people), but good enough sized that it is not immune to traffic congestion.
I live only 4 miles from my office. Depending on the time of day/year that I leave, it can take anywhere between 5-15 minutes. During the summer months it is typically less congested in the morning, and the same is true for winter/spring break - no buses or parents frantically trying to get their kids to school.
As a side note, the Oregon legislature decided almost 2 years back that little Timmy should be protected at 2AM on Christmas morning if Timmy so decides to visit the school grounds. This means that some school zones (areas that are normally 25-30mph) are in effect 24/7/365, meaning all traffic must bottleneck down to 20mph even if school is not in session at that time. I've heard they may be reconsidering this law, to lessen the time constraints.
If you honestly can't tell your wife that you're going to game (or do anything else, for that matter) for a few hours by yourself, then perhaps you should consider whether something's wrong there.
Sorry if you misinterpretted. I never tried to imply that I cannot do anything without her when she's around. However, I won't let her be bored out of her mind while I'm in my own world. We both recognize the need for personal time every now-and-then, but we enjoy spending time with each other moreso.
Combined with everything else you mentioned, I have to say that you really sound like you're limiting yourself for no good reason, and in a rather unhealthy way. If you're happy, though, then so be it.
I'd rather refer to it as being selective with my time. And, yes, I am happy.
Frankly, you show the classic signs of an immature relationship with an overdependency on each other.
Thanks, but I don't need marriage counsel from/., especially when people try to demean my life by calling it 'immature'. Go ahead and live your life how you do, and I'll live mine.
If by overdependency you mean we work together as a team, then I suppose your view of dependency is skewed. I view marriage as a partnership - two people working together to bring happiness to each other; not two people doing their own thing, but who happen to sleep in the same bed.
But, hey, your views may be different and whatever works for you, works. All I can say is that by knowing we can rely on each other, we've been very happy and successful.
If your (post marriage) life consists solely of shared activities - with no chance to 'tell your wife you are going to game for a few hours' - then (IMO) your marriage is extremely unhealthy.
I choose to share in activities when possible, because I thoroughly enjoy spending time with my spouse whom I've chosen for life.
Granted, we both need personal time. However, it is unhealthy to purposely avoid doing things with each other. I'm not saying we're joined at the hip and cannot be separated at any point in time - that is unhealthy, and I recognize that. We are also sometimes like you say, "I read and she works on one of her puzzles," except the activities are different. For instance, I may choose to game for a while - I never once said marriage has suffocated my gaming life, just made me refocus my priorities. However, when we're absolutely bored out of our minds, we'll think of things we can do together. In this scenario, never have I said, "Sorry you're bored, I'm busy."
Ever since I got married, I don't have time to play games as much anymore. At least that's what I've been told.
But, in all seriousness, it is true. My life no longer focuses on, "What should I do tonight?", it became, "What should we do tonight?" Otherwise, if I was to tell my wife that I was going to sit down for a few hours and game, my marriage would not be as happy as it is. I enjoy spending time with my wife much more than gaming.
In fact, my wife isn't opposed to games. She grew up with the same games I did - old school DOS Games like Commander Keen or Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure. Or, we'll play FloboPuyo or Jump N Bump together. Sometimes we'll fire up DOS-Box and one of us will play those games for a while. Or, we'll even fire up the NES and play Mario for a while. My wife plays my old Gameboy Advanced more than I ever did, and sometimes we'll link them up and play against each other. However, we play more board/card games together than electronic games.
But, I don't feel that I'm missing much, especially with newer games. Mediocre titles and long gameplay are factors that turn me away. If anything requires that I have to spend over an hour focusing on, forget it.
"I found one session particularly inspiring. It was refreshing to hear the speaker talk about the inspirations behind his product. Most inspiring, though, was the way he talked about the ideological goals he specifically wanted to express with it, that he had something larger about the world he wanted to show through his entertainment."
For instance, scientists have discovered animals frozen in ice in polar regions with 'fresh' vegetation still in their mouths. This can be attributed to a very sudden drop in temperature and massive amounts of water falling from the atmosphere.
Also of interesting note is the global spread of the tale of a flood account throughout numerous cultures, including isolated native tribes. Most will have a tale related to some account of a global deluge. The Japanese culture for instance stands out in highlight - the symbol for one of their words for a boat is a boxish looking ark with eight dots inside (noah and wife, and his three sons an their wives).
So, miraculous events in the Bible can be proven. One of the biggest problems is that people will read it and nod off, breeze over it, or not completely understand what it is saying and fail to do historical research. That is why there are so many who have 'blind' faith. Many think that all that is necessary is to simply believe, when in reality, Jesus himself said that much effort would be required.
It had been heading for a north-tilting spot to make sure its solar panels got enough sunlight during the imminent winter to survive, when a sand trap appeared.
Good thing it got around the "sand trap", otherwise it would have found a new definition of pain and suffering as it was slowly digested over a thousand years.
From what I recall reading (before it got/.ed), I remember the article stated that some patients complained about waking up periodically throughout the night when they'd rather want a deep, solid sleep.
Personally, I enjoy waking up periodically throughout the night. I hate the feeling of going to bed at 10:30, then 'two seconds' later being woken up by my alarm at 6:30. Sleeping directly through like that doesn't help me personally feel any more rested - it makes me think I got pwned. If I can wake up and see I have four, two, even one hour left, I feel better knowing that I can indeed put my head back down and go back to sleep.
I think I just get satisfaction from the fact that I can go back to sleep and do not have to wake up just yet. This feeling got to the point that I used to set my alarm clock to interrupt me at 2:30 (before I got married, and for some reason that needed to stop).
more power to you. No, literally - remember to bring an extension cable.
The AC Adapters required to power some of these laptops are insane. I personally own a Dell Inspiron 5160 (not an extreme gaming computer), and that power supply is a brick - est. 6.5" x 2" x 1.5"
Recently, my department purchased an Alienware laptop for a mobile server (used for product demo purposes, capable of running VM-ware). That power adapter is even larger than mine. And it gets incredibly hot, too.
I have to say the first Knights Of The Old Republic was far better than the sequel. Many of the LucasArts fans attribute this to such a rushed deadline for KOTOR2. Even some artwork developers complained that their hands began to cause grief after a while.
Also, many felt that KOTOR2 was so rushed that the storyline suffered as a result. In fact, a petition was raised surrounding that very point.
I have to agree, longer dev times can only help a game's success. I personally would rather have a functional game with cool features and better story than an early release for a poorer product.
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Some computer expert.....
Probably one of the reporter's children, or their neighbor's kid. But, even if it was someone who works in the computer industry who obviously doesn't know what they're talking about, I can just imagine the conversation:
Reporter: So, can you ever, like, find out if someone is using a wireless connection, like say on a neighbor's network?
31337 h4x0R: Umm...nope. Are we done here? I'm late for my WOW clan.
Reporter: Oh, thank God!
Yes, the typical work day is about 8 hours. However, for some, work doesn't end immediately after leaving the office - bus/subway/train ride home, heading to the airport, finishing up projects in various locations, what have you.
Also, what if those people were too busy/mobile during the course of their day at the office that they didn't have time to worry about plugging it in somewhere and remaining stationary while the thing charged just to be used for 2/3 more hours until the process has to be repeated again? Employees that worry about mobility would look at a device like this and say, "I expect to not have to worry about battery life." 2-3 hours of uptime for a device that is supposedly designed for on-the-go type work is pretty pathetic IMO. An additional battery is obviously always optional, but then you start defeating the mobility aspect - "Now I have to carry something else?"
Just think of cell phones for moment. Would they be near as popular if people could only use them for 2 hours at a time?
For the past five years, most of the MS crowd here have been using XP (except for those who have their feet firmly rooted in the 2k GUI). That's really amazing when pausing to think about it. Were we still using 3.1 when 98 was released? No.
In the entire time I've used XP on my personal computers, I've found it to be a stable and reliable OS, especially for that long of a timeframe. I don't think it will be too different with Vista.
I don't know if this is useful or helpful, but I noticed that the character sequence past smith(y)code has the same number of characters from the phrase to abbreviate both books:
Jaeiextostpsacgreamqwfkadpmqz
HolyBloodHolyGrai lDaVinciCode
In favor of DRM?
I guess I should have put a little more effort into faking it, instead of just printing out one of the word salad spams I got in my inbox.
Oh please.
I don't know of one single person in this community who has ever believed Dvorak to be a reliable or knowledgeable source of information. He has been permanently branded by /. as someone who does not know in the least bit what he is talking about. Every single /. article related to Dvorak has never once had the majority of comments devoid of the thought "Dvorak is an idiot."
But, going back to the parent of this thread, the reason why Dvorak is writing this crap continually is because not only does he get paid, but PC Magazine is getting traffic and exposure as well. When his article is linked to on /., PC Magazine gets the desired traffic, leading to more revenue. That's why his editors still keep him around - they can count on a strong reaction from the tech community, from people like us who realize the Dvorak is spattering out dribble down his double chins and onto his Cheeto laden belly.
As for me, this will be the last time I ever look at a Dvorak article on /. I've had it with him.
I live only 4 miles from my office. Depending on the time of day/year that I leave, it can take anywhere between 5-15 minutes. During the summer months it is typically less congested in the morning, and the same is true for winter/spring break - no buses or parents frantically trying to get their kids to school.
As a side note, the Oregon legislature decided almost 2 years back that little Timmy should be protected at 2AM on Christmas morning if Timmy so decides to visit the school grounds. This means that some school zones (areas that are normally 25-30mph) are in effect 24/7/365, meaning all traffic must bottleneck down to 20mph even if school is not in session at that time. I've heard they may be reconsidering this law, to lessen the time constraints.
Sorry if you misinterpretted. I never tried to imply that I cannot do anything without her when she's around. However, I won't let her be bored out of her mind while I'm in my own world. We both recognize the need for personal time every now-and-then, but we enjoy spending time with each other moreso.
Combined with everything else you mentioned, I have to say that you really sound like you're limiting yourself for no good reason, and in a rather unhealthy way. If you're happy, though, then so be it.
I'd rather refer to it as being selective with my time. And, yes, I am happy.
Thanks, but I don't need marriage counsel from /., especially when people try to demean my life by calling it 'immature'. Go ahead and live your life how you do, and I'll live mine.
If by overdependency you mean we work together as a team, then I suppose your view of dependency is skewed. I view marriage as a partnership - two people working together to bring happiness to each other; not two people doing their own thing, but who happen to sleep in the same bed.
But, hey, your views may be different and whatever works for you, works. All I can say is that by knowing we can rely on each other, we've been very happy and successful.
If your (post marriage) life consists solely of shared activities - with no chance to 'tell your wife you are going to game for a few hours' - then (IMO) your marriage is extremely unhealthy.
I choose to share in activities when possible, because I thoroughly enjoy spending time with my spouse whom I've chosen for life.
Granted, we both need personal time. However, it is unhealthy to purposely avoid doing things with each other. I'm not saying we're joined at the hip and cannot be separated at any point in time - that is unhealthy, and I recognize that. We are also sometimes like you say, "I read and she works on one of her puzzles," except the activities are different. For instance, I may choose to game for a while - I never once said marriage has suffocated my gaming life, just made me refocus my priorities. However, when we're absolutely bored out of our minds, we'll think of things we can do together. In this scenario, never have I said, "Sorry you're bored, I'm busy."
But, in all seriousness, it is true. My life no longer focuses on, "What should I do tonight?", it became, "What should we do tonight?" Otherwise, if I was to tell my wife that I was going to sit down for a few hours and game, my marriage would not be as happy as it is. I enjoy spending time with my wife much more than gaming.
In fact, my wife isn't opposed to games. She grew up with the same games I did - old school DOS Games like Commander Keen or Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure. Or, we'll play FloboPuyo or Jump N Bump together. Sometimes we'll fire up DOS-Box and one of us will play those games for a while. Or, we'll even fire up the NES and play Mario for a while. My wife plays my old Gameboy Advanced more than I ever did, and sometimes we'll link them up and play against each other. However, we play more board/card games together than electronic games.
But, I don't feel that I'm missing much, especially with newer games. Mediocre titles and long gameplay are factors that turn me away. If anything requires that I have to spend over an hour focusing on, forget it.
Well, we can eliminate George Broussard.
They've got two more days to market this idea for 4-20.
Oh, come on people! What's all this clamor for a new XvT or MI? We all know we're really looking for a new PipeDream title.
For instance, scientists have discovered animals frozen in ice in polar regions with 'fresh' vegetation still in their mouths. This can be attributed to a very sudden drop in temperature and massive amounts of water falling from the atmosphere.
Also of interesting note is the global spread of the tale of a flood account throughout numerous cultures, including isolated native tribes. Most will have a tale related to some account of a global deluge. The Japanese culture for instance stands out in highlight - the symbol for one of their words for a boat is a boxish looking ark with eight dots inside (noah and wife, and his three sons an their wives).
So, miraculous events in the Bible can be proven. One of the biggest problems is that people will read it and nod off, breeze over it, or not completely understand what it is saying and fail to do historical research. That is why there are so many who have 'blind' faith. Many think that all that is necessary is to simply believe, when in reality, Jesus himself said that much effort would be required.
Good thing it got around the "sand trap", otherwise it would have found a new definition of pain and suffering as it was slowly digested over a thousand years.
Where to go when you want to learn more about Linux - http://www.microsoft.com/linux.asp
Personally, I enjoy waking up periodically throughout the night. I hate the feeling of going to bed at 10:30, then 'two seconds' later being woken up by my alarm at 6:30. Sleeping directly through like that doesn't help me personally feel any more rested - it makes me think I got pwned. If I can wake up and see I have four, two, even one hour left, I feel better knowing that I can indeed put my head back down and go back to sleep.
I think I just get satisfaction from the fact that I can go back to sleep and do not have to wake up just yet. This feeling got to the point that I used to set my alarm clock to interrupt me at 2:30 (before I got married, and for some reason that needed to stop).
Did they dare cross the line and say DRM was good?
Buy a stick of RAM, or a DVD burner, and get the OEM version. Half the price. Why does a normal user need retail?
"The testing period will be closed at 11:59 PM CST on 7 March 2006 (0559 GMT 8 March 2006). Test results will be published." - Mac OS X Security Test
The AC Adapters required to power some of these laptops are insane. I personally own a Dell Inspiron 5160 (not an extreme gaming computer), and that power supply is a brick - est. 6.5" x 2" x 1.5"
Recently, my department purchased an Alienware laptop for a mobile server (used for product demo purposes, capable of running VM-ware). That power adapter is even larger than mine. And it gets incredibly hot, too.
Low budget films such as Anakin Dynamite were pretty good.
Also, many felt that KOTOR2 was so rushed that the storyline suffered as a result. In fact, a petition was raised surrounding that very point.
I have to agree, longer dev times can only help a game's success. I personally would rather have a functional game with cool features and better story than an early release for a poorer product.