Posts by Infarction

I need 1gb for CAD

In that case, you have the wrong GPU. I believe the Quadro would be a better choice for CAD (hardware is optimized differently, IIRC).

Haven't been around for a little while, liking the new menus though. One request: is it possible to make them fully expand? Having subforums listed is nice, but usually I go from, say, the Geek's Lounge to the Windows Vista subforum, and it's just as many clicks as it ever was (Have to go to Windows forum before Vista subforum). Is it possible to adjust that and save an extra page load?

Out of curiosity, have any of you tried out the new IE yet? Any thoughts on how it compares?

(disclaimer: I'm not using it yet either... :P)

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dredging up an old thread...

built a comp for a friend today, got a 5.9 on all categories except for RAM speed (only a 5.6). Frustrating to say the least...

Cocktails with gin or vodka are usually good. Huge fan of gin and tonic, and lately rum and coke has become rather nice (depending on the rum).

I like wine so long as it's a merlot. Don't really like any others (except for on random rare occasions), not sure why.

Also a fan of whisk(e)y or scotch on the rocks, and on occasions a brandy or cognac, but these I tend to save for special occasions (don't like cheap whiskeys so I don't mix them much; a good whiskey is best not mixed).

Back in my databases class, I worked with this one girl that was pretty hot and amazingly cute (there is a distinction). We also worked together in our operating systems class...

I'd rather not argue a Vista vs. XP (or vs. 95, that's just silly), but hopefully your backup copy works out. Of course, if you've used Vista for a full trial you should know if you're going to activate, and I'd hoping you're not using a pirated copy (if you are, you get what you deserve).

alt or Ctrl+o

It was weird not having the menus at first, but I use them little enough that I've started to appreciate the extra viewing space... all 50 pixels of it :P

[edit:] also, you can click the tools button on the lower-left of the toolbar and turn on the menus if you'd prefer.

I'm probably wrong but it looks like the pattern a .410 shotgun would make choked down. If I am right, I would like to know the distance for that spread (er, if I am wrong, nevermind).

I had the same idea, though I wasn't particular about the caliber of the gun. Of course, whatever choke may have been used, the range would have to be long enough that the shot had mostly dispersed, or else there wouldn't be a piece of paper left...

VS 2005 SP 1 made changes to make it run better in Vista (I forget the exact issues addressed, but there were a couple). VS is only supported on Windows platforms though ;)

Yet another curious poll that will challenge your intelligence. What do you think is the average age of DaniWeb posters?

How does this challenge your intelligence? I would make an assumption that this statistic would vary across different parts of the site, so if a user has a biased interaction with one part of the site they would be likely less able to correctly extrapolate to the entire site; as an example, I would offer that the Geeks Lounge is a typically younger demographic than much of the rest of the site...

Only think I could see wrong is that if the planets are moving at different angular velocities, or worse yet in opposite directions, they'll end up bumping against each other due to the lack of space between them...

I've largely abandoned Facebook. It's only useful for managing events with people who don't use anything else.

Social networking sites are highly overrated :P

ScrewingWithPeople++

Also, breaking things (not destructively, just finding ways in which they don't function as intended or the intended behavior has a flaw). Especially code.

Mac defaults to something other than FAT32 (I think it uses HFS+ or something), but it supports reading and writing to FAT32 volumes. Hence the need for an intermediate device.

Is there a way to report bad blog posts? It's currently a very rare occurrence, but I couldn't find one easily (hence my recent thread about a spam blog).

It depends on the blogs. I have a list of blogs that tend to be highly technical (most of them are Microsoft blogs, not coincidentally), and I pick up a lot of new information that I probably wouldn't come across otherwise. Some of the information is fun, some of it is useful, some of it is totally over my head. But it keeps me thinking about those sorts of topics.

There are certainly a lot of blogs that mainly contribute noise too. The personal ones, for instance, tend to be a lot of noise that few people care about; for those who care, it can be yet another convenience. A blog is sometimes an easier way to communicate than other media, especially when targeting several non-localized recipients.

Usually your computers can see each other, but accessing files on one from the other requires some form of authentication. This is why Windows is giving you the login prompt. I can't remember the details of how to get things working and I don't have a Mac handy to try (I used to live with a guy who had one though, and we struggled with this a couple times).

[edit:] Just remembered - if you have a USB thumbdrive (or even an external hard drive) and if it's formatted to FAT32, both systems will be able to read from it. This may or may not be a solution for what you want.

if u r pure Windows programmer and not aware of Powerfulness of linux plz dont reply.

While I agree, I'd not discount the power of Windows either... ;)

my dads core2 overclocked to 3.4ghz kicks the ass off my Pentium 4 Extreme Edition (overclocked to 3.6ghz) in games performance.

Given the architectural differences, your dad's underclocked C2D would probably school his P4, and with one core turned off. Hell, my 1.6GHz Centrino schooled my 3.2GHz P4 Prescott pretty badly. Note my previous reference to P4 clock rate and actual efficiency.

rucdkey18's blog is just spam. didn't read it, but I'd guess it's not within the rules anyways. ;)

Did you log out and back in? Policy changes don't take effect until your next logon.

Well I supposed you're sort of expected to :P

Actually, it was a bad experience writing a PHP website. I was sick of the language at the end, and then came across ASP.NET. Neither's perfect, certainly, but I find the model for ASP.NET easier to manage on a larger project.

In the middle (capacity wise): Zune2 80GB

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i don't know, but, the higher the number of cores, the higher the performance...

Ah, the typical effect of good marketing (remember the P4 and "higher clock rate = better performance"?). If you have a single-threaded game engine (as most were, at least up until a couple years ago), multiple cores are a waste of silicon. You'd do better with a single 6GHz core than a quad-2.0GHz core (assuming equal work per clock tick). However, when you're running several apps, or multi-threaded apps (as many programs are moving to), the multiple cores give you a greater advantage at lower clock speeds.

You might also come to find that php is cooler than asp, and quite possibly never look back.

I found the opposite, so you never can tell.

@OP: as mentioned, Visual Web Developer 2005 and 2008 have their own web server. It's not exactly the same as IIS, but you can use it to test and debug your web applications before deploying them to a web server.

quad core processor running @ 4.0 GHz (intel builds them specifically for gaming)

How well are gaming engines taking advantage of multiple cores these days? I know writing an engine to do that is a pain...

google >= live search > yahoo.

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I can't see how a data format can have a security hole in it, unless code can be embedded in data files.

Right, which is why there's so many code execution exploits based on them...

Pleas iwant save need for speed underground 2

Have you considered that most of us don't have the game? How should we know?

That said, my guess is that it saves somewhere in the program directory (so you can load saved games from multiple user accounts). Look under the Program Files directory for the NFSU directory (probably C:\Program Files\Electric Arts\NFSU2 or something) and see if it has something for saved games.

Too lazy to reply to all of these, so maybe I have a quick productive post...

No, it's because the software I bought before can no longer be used for the purpose I bought it for, because Microsift changed something to make it incompatible. Take Excel 2007. It no longer supports Excel 97 files, and the default file saved won't work on Excel 2003.

One of the developers on Office had a blog post about them disabling a lot of old formats that aren't used anymore. He also provided some ways to re-enable them via the registry. Blog post is here. It's not that they dropped support, it's that there were too many security holes in the formats that most consumers are better protected by disabling the format.

Ah, this thread is so much fun :)

Most of them spend the money because they can't keep using the internet, or some ISP or university system, without the upgrade.

We hang out around different consumers then. Then ones I know get a new one because they're dissatisfied with their old one and they see that the new ones run better. It's going back to the later release is usually better rule.

It is not optional if your ISP says you must upgrade or lose your account.

It is not optional if your boss says "upgrade so your home computer matches the business ones. or be fired." Never mind that you can't afford the $1000 every three years for an upgrade of Windows, Office, and several other pricey packages.

It is not optional if you are unemployed and want to be hired by companies that require experience in the latest versions. And you don't have the $1000 or so, because you are unemployed.

It's corporate geed at the max.

Linux wasn't supported by my ISP when I set up my connection. Oops. As to the boss situation, $1000 over 3 years to get a paycheck seems like a small price; however, I can see how that would be annoying at best. If your boss demands that, then find a new one. And if they want you to set up your home machines like the work machines, what's the point of going to work? Or going home? If your …

This is a huge consumer BILK!!! It should be illegal to bilk consumers this way.

The consumers are the ones choosing to spend the money. Blame them.

Imagine if GM required us to replace our cars every three years, so they could stay in business. There would be congressional investigations.

Aside from the fact that you're completely ignoring that the upgrade is optional, GM would be overjoyed for people to upgrade their vehicles every 3 years. Some people do.

And who pays this cost so the software manufactures can greed more money out of us? Taxpayers and students.

Hm, strange, I seem to recall that our computer labs were donated and that we got free copies of the software we used. Maybe I mis-remembered; it's been a year, afterall.

No. Preventing major upgrades would be more secure, and would save taxpayers money.

Huh??? Lets see, Windows XP had some major security holes (as did every version preceding it). If we don't have major upgrades to fix these, it's going to stay more secure? I'm not getting your logic. As to the costs, however, the government has plenty of other ways to spend our money (as unfortunate as that is). But yes, it would be nice to not have to spend so much.

WRONG. We need more than 640 K only because Microsoft biggered the Windows operating system so much that it won't fit.

HAHAHAHA! Good god, man what files are you working with? You're …

So instead, you want scientific research to be hampered, and consumers to be blackmailed into paying for the same product again and again. IT'S WRONG! You don't seem to see that it bilks consumers out of their money.

Do you work for a software manufacturer. If so, shame on you!

If you don't like our software, don't use it. Put your money, or research if you're lacking the money, where your mouth is.

In my opinion, the best software is software I can count on to be THE SAME for many years. I DON'T want to buy from the clown who has to rush out a new version every few years. I need LONG TERM stability and sameness.

That's fine. You're a 1-in-1,000,000,000 user, most likely. I'm quite blessed to have come across someone with your needs. Personally, I like getting new software.

The law could not be ex-post facto. That's unconstitutional. It would have to start with the current version.

My point was simply that, given how much computers have changed in the past decade, much less two decades, requiring a company to maintain something that long is ludicrous. You'll end up with no software companies because they can't afford to stay in business. And then you've completely shut down progress in multiple industries.

But what about those of us who need old systems?

You already have your old system. Enjoy.

Which means we could again get the ones that do not timeslice. It messes …

So you support requiring businesses and consumers to continuously pay for the upgrades instead? I would rather it cost Microsoft more, rather than costing the rest of us.

That's because you obviously care little for them staying in business. I, on the other hand, care a great deal :icon_wink:

The idea of the requirements is to keep old versions COMPATIBLE, and to keep Microsoft and other companies from rushing out new versions every 3 years.

Admittedly, Vista does break a bunch of compatibility. But the reasons for that were mostly well founded for the good of the average consumer, not for the unlikely case that you're stuck on a very old system. And, since XP is still supported, we still cover 7+ years of compatibility.

It means that you don't have to upgrade before you can buy new software you need.

There's a couple problems I have with this, and to try and stem this in a new direction, I'll bring up hardware. The stuff flipping bits has changed dramatically in the last decade. Going from the x86 and x87 to now having SSE4 brings some dramatic performance differences. Going the opposite direction, however, there are some operations which are no longer supported because they've been superseded by better alternatives. These architectural changes mean that you'll need to update your software, particularly the OS. Or maybe you'd rather hamper this industry for the sake of your experiments that, frankly, everyone else seems to pull off adequately?

That …

I had one (still have it, actually, collecting dust in the corner) and it worked fine. I think checked the level about every 6 months, and added just a little bit of coolant about once per year. That said, it was kinda overkill (and the one I had could get loud, especially during the summer when the room would be hot) so I've gone back to fans.

As with any Microsoft product, you'll find opinions very split on this issue. I like Vista a lot more than XP, and it's because of the little things. For instance, I find Aero quite pleasing in that it smoothes a lot of effects, but doesn't interfere (as some of the Linux alternatives do). UAC hasn't been a problem for me - it only seems to come up when I update software, change system settings, or run Visual Studio (and the latter only when I want to use IIS, which requires admin privileges to debug). The new start menu does take some getting used to, and I sort of prefer the expanding one they had in previous versions, but the search is a nice addition; either way, it's not bad, it's just different.

On the other hand, I would strongly suggest that you have at least 2GB of memory. I two computers running Vista, one has 2GB, the other has 4GB. They both run fine (the 2GB is a little slow under a heavy load), but having less than that would probably be frustrating.

Don't forget the insignificant cost... and it might be worth considering taht SP1 is just around the corner - supposedly..!

I have it on good authority that SP1 is, in fact, "just around the corner" :icon_wink:

Windows NT4 and 95 still powers a huge percentage of UK business pcs, and thats over 10 years old.

A 10 year release cycle is feasible.

Most UK telecomms and Defence networks run unix versions of 20+ years old

Yes, but those NT4 systems and Win95 systems are as close to stabilized as they'll get, and the consumer is [apparently] satisfied. No more need for official support. That's my point: legally forcing a company to maintain servicing resources for somthing that old is too costly. Microsoft already supports Vista, XP, and 2000 SP4. Adding Windows NT and Win9x adds the additional costs of both simply retaining existing resources, plus training for anybody who joins the team. It's not like the employees familiar with the source code necessarily stick around that long. Heck, 5 years on the same team at Microsoft is a rarity.

Just in the news:

Mexico City has started a women-only bus service to protect female passengers from groping and verbal abuse common on the city's packed public transportation system.

A strange side effect of crowded public transportation, his and her busses and trains.

I believe Japan already has this in place on it's trains. Or at least it's come up before, because the problem is quite rampant there.

Mine's a 4.8 due to memory write speed. Works good enough for me though ;)

I'm again suspicious of your PATH. Here's mine:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\Intel\Wireless\Bin\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Imaging\;C:\PROGRA~1\CA\SHARED~1\SCANEN~1;C:\Program Files\CA\eTrust Antivirus;c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Tools\binn\

Notice the system directories at the beginning. These should be first, as they should be the first place the system looks for executables. Since they didn't show up in yours, I'm almost curious if something wiped your PATH out. You can try putting those back in (just edit the value from that dialog) and see if that fixes it. ping, for example, is in the %systemroot%\system32 directory.

Then we should then make politicians really RUN for office.

:D:D great idea

But you still have to endure all of those just to GET to and from the transit.

The real problem is that, in most areas, not enough people make the same trip at the same time for even carpooling to work, let alone mass transit.

I usually see less than 3 people riding on our public transit buses whenever I see one.

True. With public transit, YMMV. The bus I used to ride to work (before I moved) was stuffed full (some people were forced to wait for later buses). But I've also been the only person on the bus. Public transit certainly isn't a silver bullet, and - as in most problems - there likely isn't a silver bullet to be had anyways.

A well timed edit, so I'll come back to the first half of Midi's post:

My main complaint is all of the costs of changing to a new operating system:

- Upgrading costs money.

- Most real-time software (such as music studio software) usually doesn't work on the new OS, causing the user who has such software to wait a two-year development time to get new software that works on the new OS. This really hampers laboratory work.

Ok, yeah, upgrading costs money. It's how the companies stay in business. If your software is incompatible or unaffordable, keep your existing system until the upgrade is feasible. That's why many companies have staggered support cycles. If it's still infeasible when it's phased out, odds of anything else getting fixed are slim to none anyways.

- Colleges have to replace their computer curriculum (no small cost).

I disagree. Even in the computer science program I attended, the curriculum was very loosely bound to the technologies used. Even then, most of the software was donated or really cheap. I could understand the costs being higher for a curriculum focused more on programming in specific languages, but the industry moves fast so keeping the curriculum up to date should be an expected cost.

- The military needs a stable base for software, not upgrade mania.

True. The military has a large budget too. And they really really care about having their data secure. Upgrading is probably worthwhile.

- NASA is still …

- A law requiring software companies to support products for 20 years, so scientists can do long-term studies without having the platform yanked out from under them by greedy companies. (and so companies develop new products less often)

No. It's too costly for any company. You'd drive them out of business, and then you'd still not get support. A basic idea in software is "he who releases last, probably has the better product". So slowing down the release cycle just ain't gonna happen, or at least, not by much. And 20 years takes software back to the [relative] stone age. We've only had consumer OSs running time-sliced applications for 1/2 that long already. Besides, after 5 years, if a program still has a bug, odds of it getting fixed are pretty low. Either your research should already have a work-around, or you've been blocked and you can upgrade to something that works better before you start.

- Compulsory licensing for all copyrights, not just sheet music and stage plays.

Everything is implicitly copyrighted once it's created. Stating it on a website, in source code, etc... is redundant but still done to ensure that anyone looking at it realizes that they can't just copy it.

My mom got her eyes lasered and it worked well for her. I can't get mine done, as I'm farsighted though. And I'd recommend waiting till you're at least past your 20's just in case your eyes decide to adjust themselves again. Wouldn't want to waste that procedure, afterall ;)

And people who will see one joke, not understand it, and then post something silly afterwards.

Who said anything about feature releases anyway?

Jbennet did as I quoted when I mentioned them. I'll do it again for you:

and sp3 doesnt bring anything new apart from NAP which will not make any difference to 99% of users. Some have reported a small performance boost of under 10%.

SP3 is more of a rollup than a feature release

Infarction, a new Windows every 2-3 years means that we have to upgrade that often just to keep up. And from what Vista brought to the table, the hardware have to go through the same too.

From my point of view, it's just one big expensive cycle that goes something like this:

New Windows come out, spend six months upgrading hardware to meet requirements

Upgrade to new OS, spend a year (or more? some people still haven't stopped) fussing about change.

Spend additional six months working out the kinks and getting used to new system.

Oops, new Windows is out again. Spend six months upgrading hardware.

This is probably an argument we can't agree on, but I'm going to respond anyways.

Vista is somewhat peculiar for a Windows release in both the time it took to release and the sudden leap in min requirements. And while I agree that the leap was pretty extreme, IMHO a large part of it was allowable. But lets look at previous Windows releases for a second:
* Win95 came out in 1995 (duh) and ran on a 386 with 4MB of …

Yeah, an electric car would be a nice, stenchfree, and quiet transportation.

Assuming you don't live next to the power plant burning coal to create that power :P