Dimming when you move your head? Just look at the horizontal and vertical viewing angle specifications before you buy an LCD. I have a 15" Sony XDM52, and it has a much more normal viewing angle than my other LCD, certainly better than a lot of laptops, and comparable to CRTs (ie. practically no color shifting).
Me, a name I call myself, Far, a long, long way to run Sew, a needle pulling thread, La, a note to follow So Tea, a drink with jam and bread, that will bring us back to Do...
Regardless, the Bible was not written in modern English, and there have been translations. Where do you actually refute the poster that you are replying to?
I searched for rise and fall (response times) for that monitor, and could not find any. Perhaps they are bad, and that is why they are not published. You would do yourself and the technology a disservice if you didn't try a known good quality LCD, with low (15/20ms) response rates.
Code is run based on where the IP register is pointing, though I'm not enough of an x86 assembly programmer to construct enough sequences of code in my head to prove/disprove that overwriting those registers can lead to arbitrary code execution.
You realize that if you actually pay (*gasp*) for GetRight, you don't need any spyware components on your computer? I got it for $15, and regularly run Ad-Aware with no spyware sightings.
Re:Is it that hard to supply a BIOS setup manual?
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You, sir, are an idiot. If there is adequate paper documentation, only the people who are comfortable tweaking their computers will take advantage of it.
Ever notice how prevalent the phrase "RTFM" is? Ever had to answer some computer illterate person's questions, and noted that the answer was in the documentation?
Most people don't read documentation, so if it has useful information in it, only the motivated people will have access to that information.
A disk partitioning tool? OMG! That's a great idea. I wonder if PowerQuest has thought about an embedded version of their software.
There are some problems if you think in the long term - a typical BIOS wouldn't necessarily get outdated, but one with support for specific file systems would. Or could.
Um, if you look at the page in the article (http://horizoncomics.com/radix/Radix.jpg), then look at the artwork from MIT (http://horizoncomics.com/radix/mit.jpg) you will see that it is a photoshop. It's not a touch-up, but a compositing of the three images outlined in red in the first image. Plus a halo-ish watermark over the background.
Some of the detail HAS been photoshopped, like the red lights on her knees, and the glare on the armor panel of her thigh.
It's really not hard to see how it was done, though I get the feeling there's a 4th picture somewhere that they took the other half of the skyline from. (The left half is clearly from the comic, notice the 5 jets and contrails?)
From what I read on the comic site, they're deliberately exagerating the negative consequences. Just look at the sentence: "Horizon subsequently suspended production due to legal issues created by MIT's use of the image."
Maybe this is just posturing so that they can get a more generous package from MIT, but I'd like to see a bit more moderation and cool-headedness. To me, it honestly looks like he's itching to sue MIT. The court system seems like the only recourse nowadays - so much for people and organizations acting morally.
The accountability aspect of keeping real information on hand for abuses of a domain name is great, except it seems to me that most spam nowadays doesn't use domain names. Instead, they fake an email address, then embed an obfuscated IP addresses, which most spam recipients do not (or can not) decode to get back at the identities of the spammer / company that paid the spammer.
Actually, in XP, the registry backup IS automagically made - that's what the "System Volume Information" folder in the root of your HD is used for. And that Application in the Accessories\System Tools Folder - called "System Restore"? That's how you access it. It'll work in safe mode, too.
Not a cureall for Registry Corruption, but it's an improvement from Windows 2000.
The best art may be a glimpse of an artist's soul, but much of what I've seen around me, that I classify as art, isn't meant to be truthful.
What does the song "Detachable Penis" say about King Missile? What does "The Persistence of Time" say about Salvadore Dali? What do all the goatse posts say about their author?
Absolutely nothing. Art is not, by definition, a mirror of the artist's soul, as you said. It is a tool, and can be used in a variety of ways, including turning the perceptions of some target audience on their head.
Re:kinda takes the PUBLIC out of it doesn't it?
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I, for one, would have been a lot more swayed by your comment if you provided links to relevant sources of information. Without any researchable facts, you're really no more credible than other posters.
You may be right about censorship, but you still need to provide information to change most people's minds.
Re:Maybe we should lobby the search engines
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Or alternatively, we could do nothing, and trust that those who are truly against being indexed by search engines will use the *already established* convention of listing all such pages or subdirectories in their ROBOTS.TXT file.
*There is no need to reinvent the wheel, if they were against being indexed, they'd use robots.txt.*
What, more users doesn't mean that you can get a better deal on your bandwidth (since you're buying more)? Also, initial costs for broadband were substantial. Since they have the infrastructure now, part of the cost is gone (but they do have to add more equipment as the eqipment they initially bought fills to capacity).
Of course, this is slashdot, and nobody's very handy with the facts. YMMV.
Microsoft played a role: they provided the OS that ran (and runs) most IBM PCs. But IBM deserves credit for its first PC, and those companies that first cloned its BIOS deserve credit as well.
The whole act of trying to give credit properly is almost futile, since we build on history, few people do things totally from scratch anymore.
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Dimming when you move your head? Just look at the horizontal and vertical viewing angle specifications before you buy an LCD. I have a 15" Sony XDM52, and it has a much more normal viewing angle than my other LCD, certainly better than a lot of laptops, and comparable to CRTs (ie. practically no color shifting).
A 17" 1024x768 LCD? Mine is a 17.4" 1280x1024, and I thought that resolution was pretty much standard for 17"s of any sort.
I'm guessing you jumped at th 21" CRT because of the increased resolution it enabled? Your post is unclear.
TV Commercials the eqivalent of pop-up ads on the web?
Now I just need to get Mozilla to start designing a TV set!!1!!
Me, a name I call myself, Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread, La, a note to follow So
Tea, a drink with jam and bread, that will bring us back to Do...
I think eating a stake could be quite painful.
Regardless, the Bible was not written in modern English, and there have been translations. Where do you actually refute the poster that you are replying to?
I searched for rise and fall (response times) for that monitor, and could not find any. Perhaps they are bad, and that is why they are not published. You would do yourself and the technology a disservice if you didn't try a known good quality LCD, with low (15/20ms) response rates.
I missed the part where you explained why mixing up the words "dual" and "duel" is acceptable.
Please clarify.
Code execution *registers*?
Code is run based on where the IP register is pointing, though I'm not enough of an x86 assembly programmer to construct enough sequences of code in my head to prove/disprove that overwriting those registers can lead to arbitrary code execution.
You left out the part saying:
***Have***a***nic3***day!!11!!***
- "For open source to really succeed, we need to have more than one application in the same area."
w00t.You realize that if you actually pay (*gasp*) for GetRight, you don't need any spyware components on your computer? I got it for $15, and regularly run Ad-Aware with no spyware sightings.
You, sir, are an idiot. If there is adequate paper documentation, only the people who are comfortable tweaking their computers will take advantage of it.
Ever notice how prevalent the phrase "RTFM" is? Ever had to answer some computer illterate person's questions, and noted that the answer was in the documentation?
Most people don't read documentation, so if it has useful information in it, only the motivated people will have access to that information.
A disk partitioning tool? OMG! That's a great idea. I wonder if PowerQuest has thought about an embedded version of their software.
There are some problems if you think in the long term - a typical BIOS wouldn't necessarily get outdated, but one with support for specific file systems would. Or could.
Finding a mail client that will let you block external images? For the chimps out there, Mozilla will do the trick.
Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy -> Images -> "Do not load remote images in mail and newsgroup messages"
Um, if you look at the page in the article (http://horizoncomics.com/radix/Radix.jpg), then look at the artwork from MIT (http://horizoncomics.com/radix/mit.jpg) you will see that it is a photoshop. It's not a touch-up, but a compositing of the three images outlined in red in the first image. Plus a halo-ish watermark over the background.
Some of the detail HAS been photoshopped, like the red lights on her knees, and the glare on the armor panel of her thigh.
It's really not hard to see how it was done, though I get the feeling there's a 4th picture somewhere that they took the other half of the skyline from. (The left half is clearly from the comic, notice the 5 jets and contrails?)
You're right, theft is theft.
And ambulance chasing is ambulance chasing.
From what I read on the comic site, they're deliberately exagerating the negative consequences. Just look at the sentence: "Horizon subsequently suspended production due to legal issues created by MIT's use of the image."
Maybe this is just posturing so that they can get a more generous package from MIT, but I'd like to see a bit more moderation and cool-headedness. To me, it honestly looks like he's itching to sue MIT. The court system seems like the only recourse nowadays - so much for people and organizations acting morally.
Or something.
The accountability aspect of keeping real information on hand for abuses of a domain name is great, except it seems to me that most spam nowadays doesn't use domain names. Instead, they fake an email address, then embed an obfuscated IP addresses, which most spam recipients do not (or can not) decode to get back at the identities of the spammer / company that paid the spammer.
Avix Xpress DV $1699.00
VirtualDub $0.00
There's no comparison there, in terms of price. I'll trust you on features.
Actually, in XP, the registry backup IS automagically made - that's what the "System Volume Information" folder in the root of your HD is used for. And that Application in the Accessories\System Tools Folder - called "System Restore"? That's how you access it. It'll work in safe mode, too.
Not a cureall for Registry Corruption, but it's an improvement from Windows 2000.
Kludgy Samba command lines? Go to http://xamba.sourceforge.net and get SSP, which includes a preferences applet and a GUI config editor.
It'll certainly tide me over until 10.2 is available.
The best art may be a glimpse of an artist's soul, but much of what I've seen around me, that I classify as art, isn't meant to be truthful.
What does the song "Detachable Penis" say about King Missile? What does "The Persistence of Time" say about Salvadore Dali? What do all the goatse posts say about their author?
Absolutely nothing. Art is not, by definition, a mirror of the artist's soul, as you said. It is a tool, and can be used in a variety of ways, including turning the perceptions of some target audience on their head.
I, for one, would have been a lot more swayed by your comment if you provided links to relevant sources of information. Without any researchable facts, you're really no more credible than other posters.
You may be right about censorship, but you still need to provide information to change most people's minds.
Or alternatively, we could do nothing, and trust that those who are truly against being indexed by search engines will use the *already established* convention of listing all such pages or subdirectories in their ROBOTS.TXT file.
*There is no need to reinvent the wheel, if they were against being indexed, they'd use robots.txt.*
What, more users doesn't mean that you can get a better deal on your bandwidth (since you're buying more)? Also, initial costs for broadband were substantial. Since they have the infrastructure now, part of the cost is gone (but they do have to add more equipment as the eqipment they initially bought fills to capacity).
Of course, this is slashdot, and nobody's very handy with the facts. YMMV.
The whole act of trying to give credit properly is almost futile, since we build on history, few people do things totally from scratch anymore.