Another suggestion/addition would be to add the reciever to this "Borg Box". Why not have a reciever that does Dolby Digital, DTS, etc. build right in and have speaker/subwoofer outputs on it?
I have learnt Perl but haven't got around to getting hooked to it. My freinds all seem to be quite happy to be using ASP. Can a perl buff outline the main advantages or is it just the peer group effect?
Perl does so much more than just CGI stuff. The Swiss-Army Chainsaw I believe it is sometimes called.
...little discrepancies between Microsoft's idea of C++ and the ANSI standard -- a famous example is Microsoft's interpretation of the scope of variables declared inside the conditional section of a for loop. with "for(int i..." in standard C++, i's scope is for the duration of the loop. in MSVC, you've just declared a new variable, so putting two for loops in a row with the same variable initialization will cause compiler errors which you *shouldn't be seeing*.
That error's not so obscure... I've ran into it several times when a prof used VC++ as the compiler for our assignment code.
I think the point was more on the lines of 'acceptance of free software'. Both sides here are true: a recession would slow down the creation of free software, but could increase the user base--even if purely out of need.
Red Hat will still have free updates. You just have to apply them manually.
(and it's not all that difficult to write a script that can look on the updates.redhat.com FTP server, download the updates you need, and install them)
"We have a theory, not substantiated yet, that Linux runs cooler than other operating systems, because it tends to halt for short periods when it has nothing else to do."
The morale of this story is: "despite the coolness factor, you shouldn't have SETI running in the background while in space"
This is true... at least Transmeta claims it to be.
From BusinessWire:
The name Midori Linux is based on the Japanese word for the color green -- midori -- and was chosen to reflect the environmentally friendly aspects of an energy efficient Linux operating system.
I may be wrong in terms of Q3, but IPX is far from dead.
StarCraft and Red Alert 2 come to mind right away, I'm sure there are even more.
Not all networks need TCP/IP.
Except Quake 3's network design is nothing like Phantasy Star Online's, and Quake 3 has a single player.
I understand central authentication being used in games that require a connection to the full Internet, such as massively multiplayer games such as EverQuest. I don't understand such authentication being used in LAN-oriented games such as Quake 3 or Tribes (AYBABTU). A LAN-party network may not even be connected to the Internet.
Quake 3 dosen't authenticate with the server for single player games. Also, it dosen't authenticate for IPX games. It only does this when you play online. The LAN party dosen't need to be connected to the Internet.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you have a decent-quality soundcard you could still connect the headphone out on the player to the line in on your soundcard to capture an analog stream. This stream would do fine as an MP3 (and depending on the quality of it to burn to a "classic" CD)
For anybody who dosen't already know, this book was also made into a movie at one point, "Pirates of Silicon Valley". It's a good watch for somebody too lazy to read the book. (or don't have time, etc.)
Why wouldn't it be legal to do this? I'm no lawyer, nor do I even know the laws pertaining to this, but StarOffice does M$ Office import/exports (and Word will save in WordPerfect format) why wouldn't Corel be allowed to?
This could be good for Maxtor, because I've found that their drives have a nasty tendancy to fail. With fewer moving parts they might actually become dependable.
A lot of DVD players won't read CD-Rs, but I've found that they will read *some* CD-Rs, and they will read CD-RWs.
Try to find CD-R discs that have light bottoms (as close to a real CD as possible).
I always wondered why companies like id package and sell two different versions of games like Quake 3. If the data files are the same (which they are for Quake 3), why not just package one CD with the data files and both the Windoze and Linux binarys on it?
That way they wouldn't have to worry about the Linux version not selling as well as the Windows one, they just sell the game and people use it under the OS they prefer.
There is a decrease in quality in the transfer from.wav to.mp3. It's similar to the quality change from.bmp to.jpg. Now as to them sounding 'like crap', it a matter of opinion.
I hope you're wrong about this. I'm a linux user and advocate, not because I hate MS or the way they do business, but because Windows can't give me the stability I desire. If this decision breaks up MS a bit, it may be all for the better. More competition means better products (or the use of FUD). If Windows improves, Linux will still remain.
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What about the countless Star Wars games? I know there were some really bad ones, but all the space combat ones were good, plus Jedi Knight, etc.
Would that be the same stupid stick that has been going around Microsoft for the last few years?
Another suggestion/addition would be to add the reciever to this "Borg Box". Why not have a reciever that does Dolby Digital, DTS, etc. build right in and have speaker/subwoofer outputs on it?
Oh, and you can use Perl for ASP, just go to http://www.activestate.com
I think the point was more on the lines of 'acceptance of free software'. Both sides here are true: a recession would slow down the creation of free software, but could increase the user base--even if purely out of need.
Red Hat will still have free updates. You just have to apply them manually.
(and it's not all that difficult to write a script that can look on the updates.redhat.com FTP server, download the updates you need, and install them)
Check this out:
http://www.engr.mun.ca/~holden/pi.html
That's a lot of Pi.
From BusinessWire:
The storyI may be wrong in terms of Q3, but IPX is far from dead.
StarCraft and Red Alert 2 come to mind right away, I'm sure there are even more.
Not all networks need TCP/IP.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you have a decent-quality soundcard you could still connect the headphone out on the player to the line in on your soundcard to capture an analog stream. This stream would do fine as an MP3 (and depending on the quality of it to burn to a "classic" CD)
For anybody who dosen't already know, this book was also made into a movie at one point, "Pirates of Silicon Valley". It's a good watch for somebody too lazy to read the book. (or don't have time, etc.)
The $4.95 price is for the downloadable version (CD only) for people without broadband conections or who don't have access to a CD-R.
Why wouldn't it be legal to do this? I'm no lawyer, nor do I even know the laws pertaining to this, but StarOffice does M$ Office import/exports (and Word will save in WordPerfect format) why wouldn't Corel be allowed to?
This could be good for Maxtor, because I've found that their drives have a nasty tendancy to fail. With fewer moving parts they might actually become dependable.
Wasn't one of the sequels actually supposed to be a prequel?
A lot of DVD players won't read CD-Rs, but I've found that they will read *some* CD-Rs, and they will read CD-RWs.
Try to find CD-R discs that have light bottoms (as close to a real CD as possible).
I always wondered why companies like id package and sell two different versions of games like Quake 3. If the data files are the same (which they are for Quake 3), why not just package one CD with the data files and both the Windoze and Linux binarys on it?
That way they wouldn't have to worry about the Linux version not selling as well as the Windows one, they just sell the game and people use it under the OS they prefer.
There is a decrease in quality in the transfer from .wav to .mp3. It's similar to the quality change from .bmp to .jpg. Now as to them sounding 'like crap', it a matter of opinion.
I hope you're wrong about this.
I'm a linux user and advocate, not because I hate MS or the way they do business, but because Windows can't give me the stability I desire.
If this decision breaks up MS a bit, it may be all for the better. More competition means better products (or the use of FUD).
If Windows improves, Linux will still remain.