Agreed - I actually took an old router that only had one working Ethernet port, flashed it with DD-WRT, and made it an Ethernet bridge. I do have the official adapter as well, but I bought that afterward when a friend who was selling his Xbox offered it for $20.
Sure it's nice when I take my Xbox with me various places because I can always find a Wi-Fi signal and it's very easy to configure, but unless you get a great deal like I did it's really not worth it.
Back on topic though, I really liked "The Code Book" by Simon Singh, and it has a significant amount of number theory and statistics that is light enough for someone without too much background to pick up.
I concur.
Simon Singh is an excellent mathematics author. I picked up Fermat's Enigma this past summer (about Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem). I went into the history of the mathematics involved, to Fermat, to Andrew Wiles's story. There was a substantial amount of mathematics in there, but it was all explained well, and turned out to be a much lighter read than I initially expected from a math book.
I agree, Blu-Ray is not really necessary for a gaming machine (are any PC games Blu-Ray yet?) And to have two BD burners...(going from first post - article is slashdotted)...this seems less like a gaming rig and more like a video production machine.
Also, Blu-Ray is abbreviated to BD, for Blu-Ray Disc. All of the abbreviations for the format use BD, not BR, such as BD-J, BD+, BD-ROM, BD-R.
"Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA)" Taken from http://www.blu-ray.com/info/
It shouldn't bother you, either. DRM doesn't affect people who aren't criminals. So don't worry about it unless you're a filthy thief, then you're only getting what you deserve.
If only this were true...
In reality, it only affects the people who don't pirate things.
For example, my copy of Spore restricts my to three installations. That's it. So between my desktop and my laptop, thats two right there. Then, if I have to format one for whatever reason...there's my third. After that, I can't play it if I get a new PC, or if for some reason I have to format again, now I can't play the game I legally BOUGHT and PAID for, without jumping through all kinds of hoops with EA's customer service, with one of those being interrogated like I was a criminal for the reason I needed more than three installs. I PAID for this game!
And then, on the other hand, you have the pirates who got the same release date, didn't pay a dime, and get MORE flexibilty with the product, and can install it on as many PCs they like. It's this kind of comparison that makes people who don't want to steal from the developers (myself included) start to seriously think about pirating in the future.
Well, 2015 is only 8 years away. And according to doctor emmitt brown, by that time we'll have abolished all lawyers. Then the world will be a much nicer place.
Slashdot Mirror
OCZ - OCZ Technology - Manufacturer of hardware - OCZ Technology
SSD - Solid-State-Drive - Type of hard drive - Solid State Drive
MLC - Multi-level cell - Technology used in making SSDs - Multi-level Cell
SLC - Single-level cell - Technology used in making SSDs - Single-level Cell
A little search can go a long way...
Heh...I agree that OpenSUSE is a great distro...I just find it funny that your link contains the word "UNSTABLE" in all caps =D
Agreed - I actually took an old router that only had one working Ethernet port, flashed it with DD-WRT, and made it an Ethernet bridge. I do have the official adapter as well, but I bought that afterward when a friend who was selling his Xbox offered it for $20.
Sure it's nice when I take my Xbox with me various places because I can always find a Wi-Fi signal and it's very easy to configure, but unless you get a great deal like I did it's really not worth it.
Back on topic though, I really liked "The Code Book" by Simon Singh, and it has a significant amount of number theory and statistics that is light enough for someone without too much background to pick up.
I concur.
Simon Singh is an excellent mathematics author. I picked up Fermat's Enigma this past summer (about Andrew Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem). I went into the history of the mathematics involved, to Fermat, to Andrew Wiles's story. There was a substantial amount of mathematics in there, but it was all explained well, and turned out to be a much lighter read than I initially expected from a math book.
I agree, Blu-Ray is not really necessary for a gaming machine (are any PC games Blu-Ray yet?) And to have two BD burners...(going from first post - article is slashdotted)...this seems less like a gaming rig and more like a video production machine.
Also, Blu-Ray is abbreviated to BD, for Blu-Ray Disc. All of the abbreviations for the format use BD, not BR, such as BD-J, BD+, BD-ROM, BD-R.
"Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA)"
Taken from http://www.blu-ray.com/info/
It shouldn't bother you, either. DRM doesn't affect people who aren't criminals. So don't worry about it unless you're a filthy thief, then you're only getting what you deserve.
If only this were true...
In reality, it only affects the people who don't pirate things.
For example, my copy of Spore restricts my to three installations. That's it. So between my desktop and my laptop, thats two right there. Then, if I have to format one for whatever reason...there's my third. After that, I can't play it if I get a new PC, or if for some reason I have to format again, now I can't play the game I legally BOUGHT and PAID for, without jumping through all kinds of hoops with EA's customer service, with one of those being interrogated like I was a criminal for the reason I needed more than three installs. I PAID for this game!
And then, on the other hand, you have the pirates who got the same release date, didn't pay a dime, and get MORE flexibilty with the product, and can install it on as many PCs they like. It's this kind of comparison that makes people who don't want to steal from the developers (myself included) start to seriously think about pirating in the future.
DRM doesn't prevent piracy. It encourages it.
Did anyone else read this as
"Ghostly Ring found around Death Star" ??
hmm...
RIAA / MPAA
www.riaa.org www.mpaa.org
Please?
wouldn't it be great if they nuked windows forever...
Well, 2015 is only 8 years away. And according to doctor emmitt brown, by that time we'll have abolished all lawyers. Then the world will be a much nicer place.