0.9 recurring = 1 because it's irrational.
There is no way to use 0.9 recurring in any calculation, it's impossible because the gap between 1 and 0.9 recurring is infinitely small. Therefore for all mathematical purposes 0.9 recurring may as well be 1 since that is the only way you can work anything out.
Let's say we did a trial, we want to work out a sum invloving 0.9 recurring.
No matter how many digits you would take yours to I would still be more accurate because I would only be 0.000.........001 away from it whereas you would be an infinite distance away from it.
I love explaining shizzle.
Forum posts
This is Sony and Microsoft we're talking about. I'll let you imagine the kinds of "encryption" they'll enforce. Okay, maybe it'll be more complex than CSS but it'll just be a deterant for the average Joe, so maybe you're worried you won't be able to get past it?. Ironicism Joe :P.
Yus, and they are as strong as the CSS encryption put on DVD's. 
I don't think DRM is a good judgement on a format. DRM can and will always be broken, plus, in a few years when all these companies come to their senses, the DRM's will be lifted.
I don't think DRM is a good judgement on a format. DRM can and will always be broken, plus, in a few years when all these companies come to their senses, the DRM's will be lifted.
I'll kill two birds in one stone and explain why Bluray has more capacity and is more scratch sensitive:
The wavelength used in Bluray is around 45nm~ compared to HD-DVD's 65nm~. Because the data is on a smaller place, scratches will cover up more of an area, datawise. That's the downside and upside to having a smaller wavelength.
The wavelength used in Bluray is around 45nm~ compared to HD-DVD's 65nm~. Because the data is on a smaller place, scratches will cover up more of an area, datawise. That's the downside and upside to having a smaller wavelength.
Oooh, technical
Yeah, but I must say, a lot of early Bluray prototypes are in a kind of casing, much like the ones UMD's (PSP Game Format) are in.
As for the price, I think they'll be about 50% more expensive at the beginning. Remember that not even HD-DVD will be cheap at first.
As for the price, I think they'll be about 50% more expensive at the beginning. Remember that not even HD-DVD will be cheap at first.
Bluray is going to be more expensive, but, would the extra features on it convince you to buy it and pay more over HD-DVD?
I hate to toss in yet another vs. thread but I feel like this one's actually relevant
As you may or may not know, DVD is being replaced (gradually) in the next two years. The really interesting thing is that there are two competing formats both which have their own benefits. The industry is torn apart and for once it really will be us who decides which format wins.
I'll just toss in some facts:
HD-DVD
Talk minions talk!
As you may or may not know, DVD is being replaced (gradually) in the next two years. The really interesting thing is that there are two competing formats both which have their own benefits. The industry is torn apart and for once it really will be us who decides which format wins.
I'll just toss in some facts:
HD-DVD
- It's cheaper to produce than Bluray.
- Industry giants like Microsoft are backing it.... this means $$$
- It is the official replacement, by the DVD forum/group for DVD's.
- One single layer holds 15GB, there are plans for triple layer discs.
- It has native DVD backwards compatibility.
- It holds 25GB on a single layer.
- It has many important companies on its board of directors.
- DVD's may have to be played back with another lens.
- They are much more scratch sensitive.
- The standard has not been er.. standardized yet.
Talk minions talk!
Registry cleaners aren't a totally good idea anyway. They can often break things. Especially if you have an old computer with a lot of "errors" it can be tempting to press clean all.
I can't seem to find it either. There are practical reasons for it though:
a) It's annoying being blasted with loud sound on a website.
b) Pages load faster.
But to be honest none of those seem very strong to me
Just search around google. Someone will have the answer.
a) It's annoying being blasted with loud sound on a website.
b) Pages load faster.
But to be honest none of those seem very strong to me
Just search around google. Someone will have the answer.
The important thing is can he access the internet using IE?
Many system network settings are based on those.
My guess is the AOL CrapWare has changed some of the System settings. There's no real way to help you though, can I just ask, why is it so important for your "friend" to connect?
Many system network settings are based on those.
My guess is the AOL CrapWare has changed some of the System settings. There's no real way to help you though, can I just ask, why is it so important for your "friend" to connect?
This seems like a pretty useless thread. Couldn't you have just asked someone? There isn't any room for a discussion at all.
Anyway, I'm not here to flame. I'll let someone else do it.
Anyway, I'm not here to flame. I'll let someone else do it.
Welcome Back Major! Sir!
Lost ftw!
I've been away for a few days so I couldn't post here any sooner.
I torrent all the new episodes so forgive me if I speak of something which you have not heard/seen of yet.
I reckon the island is some kind of experiment. I've seen enough interviews with the producers to realise that they don't like unrealistic stories and therefore wouldn't use "magic" etc as an excuse for these happening. The Americans among you or other torrenters might ask, "what explains the strange black cloud?".
In that area I don't know, my guess is it might be an illusion but I definitely don't think it's real.
*I'm tired, excuse speeling mistekes.
I've been away for a few days so I couldn't post here any sooner.
I torrent all the new episodes so forgive me if I speak of something which you have not heard/seen of yet.
I reckon the island is some kind of experiment. I've seen enough interviews with the producers to realise that they don't like unrealistic stories and therefore wouldn't use "magic" etc as an excuse for these happening. The Americans among you or other torrenters might ask, "what explains the strange black cloud?".
In that area I don't know, my guess is it might be an illusion but I definitely don't think it's real.
*I'm tired, excuse speeling mistekes.
To the last three posters:
STFU
You're acting immaturely, I hope there are no muslims at TWHL because they would be pretty offended by the stuff you have said. In fact I think Red just inflamed 60% of the adult population. Have you not read any of this thread? Or are you just plain ignorant?
STFU
You're acting immaturely, I hope there are no muslims at TWHL because they would be pretty offended by the stuff you have said. In fact I think Red just inflamed 60% of the adult population. Have you not read any of this thread? Or are you just plain ignorant?
fo' sho'
PS, didn't mean to be too harsh, just wanted to point it out
PS, didn't mean to be too harsh, just wanted to point it out
Sorry to disturb your dream.. that's not a virus. It's called a file deletion tool. I'll congratulate you for writing it but viruses normally use some type of exploit.
Trapt's on an image churning high. He seems to be going through that phase where he can't express himself with words anymore.
Well, not all Muslims are so un-reasonable. I agree with you SariBous, that they shouldn't tell them exactly what they can and can't publish but they can ask them. Remember that Muslims are just concentrated in Asia, in real life there are many all around the world and I suspect there are a few in Denmark, so now people from within the country, who have probably been there for quite a while are telling them what not to print. See my point?
After much thought I pretty much agree with SariBous, it can't be solved, at least not easily. In my ideal world the UN would have more power and could have easily sorted this out. Well, that and I would be leader of the United Nations Internation Computer Regulations Force fully funded by the governments of the world.
sigh We can't all get what we want.
@KasPerg: You have a very good point, well thought out.
I think the blame resides on both sides. The Muslims sure did overreact but the Danish and European press in general did some very stupid things.
After much thought I pretty much agree with SariBous, it can't be solved, at least not easily. In my ideal world the UN would have more power and could have easily sorted this out. Well, that and I would be leader of the United Nations Internation Computer Regulations Force fully funded by the governments of the world.
sigh We can't all get what we want.
@KasPerg: You have a very good point, well thought out.
I think the blame resides on both sides. The Muslims sure did overreact but the Danish and European press in general did some very stupid things.
Back on topic....
As many people have said before, not all Muslims have reacted this way. It's just stupid the way some of you are refering to them. As I said before, we're all humans. Just because they have a different opinion doesn't mean they are not like us.
In my opinion the way this should end is that every newspaper that published it, should apologise and then move on. There's no way of taking things that they have done, back but I don't see reason for them to inflame the whole ordeal.
A lot of you probably think my idea is stupid, but I think that the newspapers crossed a very clear line between Freedom of Speech and Irresponsibilty. I don't think many people here (including myself) know exactly what they are feeling. Islam is a very religious society and they have certain taboos. Just as we have a taboo in TWHL of not spamming. How would all like it if I started spamming?
Would you like it if I started posting pictures of pigs in a serious discussion?
Oh, wait... shaked fist at Trapt
*All speeling mistakes, I'm in a hurry.
As many people have said before, not all Muslims have reacted this way. It's just stupid the way some of you are refering to them. As I said before, we're all humans. Just because they have a different opinion doesn't mean they are not like us.
In my opinion the way this should end is that every newspaper that published it, should apologise and then move on. There's no way of taking things that they have done, back but I don't see reason for them to inflame the whole ordeal.
A lot of you probably think my idea is stupid, but I think that the newspapers crossed a very clear line between Freedom of Speech and Irresponsibilty. I don't think many people here (including myself) know exactly what they are feeling. Islam is a very religious society and they have certain taboos. Just as we have a taboo in TWHL of not spamming. How would all like it if I started spamming?
Would you like it if I started posting pictures of pigs in a serious discussion?
Oh, wait... shaked fist at Trapt
*All speeling mistakes, I'm in a hurry.
If you're brother has been studying for ten years he would be using FreeBSD by now. Okay, Windows is good, easy to use etc. but it's not stabler than Linux. The fact that Linux is Open-Source means it is more reliable since there is a wider reflection on the code. My general opinion is that if you say Linux is less stable it is because you're lazy or dumb and you can't configure it. Linux requires a lot of work to bring it up to Windows' ease of use but once you have put in the effort you reap many benefits.
Linux is not just written by anybody who feels like it. The code you submit is often reviewed by a) the whole of your group and b) a group leader. This way all code is made up to scratch and pretty much perfect.
@Orbb: I think Ant pretty much set out the good hackers vs. bad hackers in a clear way.
Linux is not just written by anybody who feels like it. The code you submit is often reviewed by a) the whole of your group and b) a group leader. This way all code is made up to scratch and pretty much perfect.
@Orbb: I think Ant pretty much set out the good hackers vs. bad hackers in a clear way.
@hazardous:
As I said earlier, all the "bugless" OS's are either open-source or are based on something open-source. Plus, there are many bigs in other OS's but no-one goes for them since it's not worth writing a virus for a 2 person crowd when you can write one for windows, used by millions of people all over the world.
As I said earlier, all the "bugless" OS's are either open-source or are based on something open-source. Plus, there are many bigs in other OS's but no-one goes for them since it's not worth writing a virus for a 2 person crowd when you can write one for windows, used by millions of people all over the world.
Microsoft cannot adjust all the bugs. I tend to favour Microsoft in a lot of cases because they have their own code. Sure Mac is great but it's based on FreeBSd really which means they have a lot of extra workers who can all constantly update code, whereas Microsoft is just one closed company who have literally hundreds of thousands of lines of code that they have to go through. It's just simply not possible to go through that amount of code and keep it bugless.
They've followed it all their life. It's a serious issue for them. Just as or more serious than taking a computer away from you They work in a different way, they have taboos and I think we should respect their views even if we don't agree on them.
They work in a different way, they have taboos and I think we should respect their views even if we don't agree on them.I disagree,
1) "I iz not fat"
2) Nothing is ever equal in a fight, that's why there is always a winner.
3) You've chosen to fight by going on an untrusted sight or by looking at porn, that's my view.
Hacking is good. That's the end of it. Look at the browser you are looking at this in right now. This wouldn't have been written if hacking did not exist. Most people start off by hacking and then go on to write code etc. Why do they start off with hacking? Same reason why everyone starts off with Linux and Open Source in general and then moves over to closed source. It's easier.
1) "I iz not fat"
2) Nothing is ever equal in a fight, that's why there is always a winner.
3) You've chosen to fight by going on an untrusted sight or by looking at porn, that's my view.
Hacking is good. That's the end of it. Look at the browser you are looking at this in right now. This wouldn't have been written if hacking did not exist. Most people start off by hacking and then go on to write code etc. Why do they start off with hacking? Same reason why everyone starts off with Linux and Open Source in general and then moves over to closed source. It's easier.
Well, I'm going to play devils advocate here and I'm going to express some of my views.
First of all, I think people who say that they have a Freedom of Speech/Press and that they can say anything they want are stupid. Does that mean I can go anatagonise black people? NO. People are just using freedom of speech as an excuse to do what they want. Sure it's laid out in the law that you can say what you want but as I am sure you can see in my above example, there is also something called morals.
I think it's irresponsible of the newspaper to print such a thing without fully realising the consequences. How can you use a minority of wrong-doers in their society to be just as bad as them? As far as I am concerned we are just as bad as them. The whole world is stuck in a fight between what we believe is good and evil. Let me break it to you...
There is no such thing as good and evil (religionwise) it is just a matter of opinion.
By the way, I'm not religious, I've tried my best to view this whole argument in a way that does not involve religion.
First of all, I think people who say that they have a Freedom of Speech/Press and that they can say anything they want are stupid. Does that mean I can go anatagonise black people? NO. People are just using freedom of speech as an excuse to do what they want. Sure it's laid out in the law that you can say what you want but as I am sure you can see in my above example, there is also something called morals.
I think it's irresponsible of the newspaper to print such a thing without fully realising the consequences. How can you use a minority of wrong-doers in their society to be just as bad as them? As far as I am concerned we are just as bad as them. The whole world is stuck in a fight between what we believe is good and evil. Let me break it to you...
There is no such thing as good and evil (religionwise) it is just a matter of opinion.
Who are they to tell us what we can and cannot put in newspapers in OUR country, you dont like it? GTFO, and take all your illigal imagrent friends with you. What a crock "oh we are highly offended" Oh and we arnt offended when you burn our flags and drive cars packed with explosives at us? Fuck off.It upsets me to see you being so ignorant. Until we realise that they are the same human beings as us we will not be able to put this all behind us. It seems as if the world always needs someone to discriminate. Jews, black people, Muslims. What's next, Aliens?
By the way, I'm not religious, I've tried my best to view this whole argument in a way that does not involve religion.
Perfect Dark Zero is teh pwnage. It's great, nice graphics great gameplay.
I also know from experience that PGR3 is great. It has the best graphics on the whole console, (sounds unusual but you really have to play the game to realise what I mean. everything is in 3D and all the spectator models have animations.)
If you are thinking about getting a 360 I advise you to wait it out. When the PS3 comes out (eventually) you will see a massive price redution for the 360.
I also know from experience that PGR3 is great. It has the best graphics on the whole console, (sounds unusual but you really have to play the game to realise what I mean. everything is in 3D and all the spectator models have animations.)
If you are thinking about getting a 360 I advise you to wait it out. When the PS3 comes out (eventually) you will see a massive price redution for the 360.
As other people have said a virus writer is not a hacker, nor a criminal in my opinion.
Take for example the recent .wmf exploit. I wrote an exploit for that, it was moderately harmful (although I had more than one version), but I didn't release it. It was just meant for me to learn more about how it works and it's always nice to know that you are part of the worlds tacticaly elite.
Nothing that people say about hackers will change my opinion on them, hackers don't have to be bad. Take Steve Gibson, his site's GRC.com. He considers himself a hacker but he has never done a single malicious thing.
As for malicious hackers, they do it for the fun, thrill and the knowledge that they have power. I think most people would be lying to say that they didn't want power, power over other people or a computer on the other side of the world.
Take for example the recent .wmf exploit. I wrote an exploit for that, it was moderately harmful (although I had more than one version), but I didn't release it. It was just meant for me to learn more about how it works and it's always nice to know that you are part of the worlds tacticaly elite.
Nothing that people say about hackers will change my opinion on them, hackers don't have to be bad. Take Steve Gibson, his site's GRC.com. He considers himself a hacker but he has never done a single malicious thing.
As for malicious hackers, they do it for the fun, thrill and the knowledge that they have power. I think most people would be lying to say that they didn't want power, power over other people or a computer on the other side of the world.
To sum up what I've all been trying to say:
It's still cheaper even if you want all the extra apps. In fact most of them have a perfectly fine open-source equivalent. If you don't want to do open source, try long term trials
It's great to have full control of what goes in your computer. I would seriously rather buy a computer from Dell because the only plausible reason to get a PC from Alienware is because there is so much performance hype for those machines. Alienware computers often lose a lot of performance because they have partnerships which they are forced to stick to.
Oh and to counter the novelty value I will give you a free T-Shirt and your own copy of NetBSD if you custom build
It's still cheaper even if you want all the extra apps. In fact most of them have a perfectly fine open-source equivalent. If you don't want to do open source, try long term trials
It's great to have full control of what goes in your computer. I would seriously rather buy a computer from Dell because the only plausible reason to get a PC from Alienware is because there is so much performance hype for those machines. Alienware computers often lose a lot of performance because they have partnerships which they are forced to stick to.
Oh and to counter the novelty value I will give you a free T-Shirt and your own copy of NetBSD if you custom build
As other people have said, I think you made a critical mistake by saying you want to move to a more mature community. I would have considered commenting on your questions but I think you should take one thing at a time.
One thing I have learnt is that's it's better to look up than down. You won't learn anything new this way and you're not exactly attracting new friends either.
One thing I have learnt is that's it's better to look up than down. You won't learn anything new this way and you're not exactly attracting new friends either.
You get a T-Shirt!!?
Well that just settles it, I'm buying one right now.
Well that just settles it, I'm buying one right now.
My perfect girl?
I'm a sucker for long straight hair and a sweet voice. <3
My fetish?
European girls with the above qualities. Although that should really be in my perfect girl bit.
<3 Maria Sharapova <3
I'm a sucker for long straight hair and a sweet voice. <3
My fetish?
European girls with the above qualities. Although that should really be in my perfect girl bit.
<3 Maria Sharapova <3
I've heard of very few viruses which simply take up CPU, it seems like a waste of time for someone to code imo.
Just go for the advice other people have given (I hate to repeat things). Diagnose it, I wouldn't recommend going for a drive reformatting just yet. It could be a waste of time for something so easy to fix.
The very fact that AlienWare would play the virus card...Very silly, they just don't want you to return the hardware. It costs them a tonne to get their hardware diagnosed + fixed since they normally have insane setups (at least above average).
Just go for the advice other people have given (I hate to repeat things). Diagnose it, I wouldn't recommend going for a drive reformatting just yet. It could be a waste of time for something so easy to fix.
The whole fun in computing is doing things yourself. In my opinion buying a PC from Dell or Alienware(z) is like buying a website template. You do it 'cos you're lame
Why pay a premium when you have the skills? Assembly doesn't even require skills, especially not in this community where everyone is so helpful and willing to give you a hand.
Why pay a premium when you have the skills? Assembly doesn't even require skills, especially not in this community where everyone is so helpful and willing to give you a hand.
Can we meet somewhere so I can kill you? You're just too good.
Here are your choices:
1) Be pushed off a cliff.
2) Shot in the head.
3) Stabbed in the neck.
On a more serious note. Well done, you're awesome.
Here are your choices:
1) Be pushed off a cliff.
2) Shot in the head.
3) Stabbed in the neck.
On a more serious note. Well done, you're awesome.
@SariBous:
1) Whoah calm down!
2) What claims? They are all valid facts. I know many people with Alienware computers and they all regret it.
1) Whoah calm down!
2) What claims? They are all valid facts. I know many people with Alienware computers and they all regret it.
Welcome to Americalmao. 'nuff said.
Although gameplay is important, great visuals can also sell a map. For example, de_dust233211223 is a normal unknown map until BAM! you name it de_dust233211223_hdr. Now people like it.
What I mean is that advanced visual techniques can also make people want to play maps.
@FresheD: It seems ironic that Elon would say such a thing.
The map looks amazing. Well done. Hope I can do some rigorous debugging sometime
The map looks amazing. Well done. Hope I can do some rigorous debugging sometime
Indeed, 'twas a fun game. Can't wait 'till the next version. Will there be a beta 4 or will that be the final release?
Whoah! Maybe I'm just a slow worker but it seems like you did a lot in one day. You know, came up with the plan, implemented ~1/3 of it.
Well done.
Well done.
Well...
1) it's an amazing waste of money.
2) A lot of the time the cases are proprietary meaning you can't upgrade as easily.
3) They come pre-installed with bloatware.
4) They say they provide extra quality but the only thing that they make is the case, so therefore it's all marketing BS.
5) They sell P4's as gaming processors.
How about those reasons Sari?
1) it's an amazing waste of money.
2) A lot of the time the cases are proprietary meaning you can't upgrade as easily.
3) They come pre-installed with bloatware.
4) They say they provide extra quality but the only thing that they make is the case, so therefore it's all marketing BS.
5) They sell P4's as gaming processors.
How about those reasons Sari?
Bah, I have to agree with m0p here, Alienware and most general prefabs suck. The only reason why you should choose an Alienware over anything else is because of the shiny cases. Even then there are some nicer ones out there. Also, you do have to pay a huge premium for what.... a case and assembly?
Blink-182 - I Miss You
I think it's a waste of space even discussing him. He's not worth the 1's and 0's of this thread, he's an attention seeking whore. What's worse is that he is heartless.
I feel this picture best describes him.
I feel this picture best describes him.
Me and Zombieloffe got interested in mavav.org (The fake Anti-Gaming Site) and we thought we should start our own, but it will be against ratings and uphold rights etc. Here's the details.
http://f-u-c-k-y-o-u.be <-- That would be the address.
Fellowship of Unanimous Compliance for Keeping Youth Obscurity Undeniable
The site isn't up yet but check back in a day or two, ZombieLoffe's using his l33t design skills to conjure up a great design. It'll also tell you loads more about what we are all about.
http://f-u-c-k-y-o-u.be <-- That would be the address.
Fellowship of Unanimous Compliance for Keeping Youth Obscurity Undeniable
The site isn't up yet but check back in a day or two, ZombieLoffe's using his l33t design skills to conjure up a great design. It'll also tell you loads more about what we are all about.
Or if you want to brag tell us on IRC. (I use the term brag lightly.)
I'm building a little shuttlebox/BTX size computer soon. It will hopefully be a dedicated server. i think I'll make it a TWHL one. I can't make any promises though. It won't just be limited to Half-life, Half-life 2 also, most probably chosen on demand.
Sorry if this post has too many mistakes in it. I'm dizzy, Too tired.
Sorry if this post has too many mistakes in it. I'm dizzy, Too tired.
B!
Ver can I get warzez of 'alf life 2? I luvded da first won and now I wants to try da zecond 1. Aslo doz ne1 no wer to Warez FreeBSD frum?Just thought I should give you an example of the people to look out for.
(The idiots who want warezes).Anyway, back on topic:
Pirate bay ftw! It's the best for torrents. There'll surely be some stuff there.
http://thepiratebay.org/
My holidays ended a week ago