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Just out of curiosity... why is Microsoft already planning on throwing out another operating system when Vista is fairly new? I know Vista isn't exactly the best thing since sliced bread, but it's supposed to receive a service pack in January 2008.-Edit: I just looked at a Wiki and the prospective release date is supposedly in 2010, but I see why now Vienna is making its introduction so soon.I suppose that this will try to compete with Google as far as utilizing the Internet for applications and such. I'm not sure if I understood the concept correctly, but it seems that Vienna will bring more focus on mobile computing and utilizing the Internet to centralize a user's programs and data so that you can do almost everything you could do from home but from any computer that has Internet access. Windows Live might actually have an actual function aside from just being an e-mail address; a medium for Xbox and PC interactivity; a search engine; and a way for Microsoft to keep tabs on people. Looks like there are more things to come for the Windows saga... but if they're actually worth anything is anyone's guess.

I've only driven a handful of cars, and out of a 90's BMW, an 80's VW Golf, a 2007 Nissan Sentra, a 2006 Dodge Caliber, a 1994 Dodge Shadow, and my 2003 Honda Civic, I can say that I love my Civic best. Out of all of those, the 2007 Nissan Sentra and the 2006 Dodge Caliber were very fun to drive. The Sentra had a very powerful engine that was great fun to play with, especially with the Step-Tronic system in it. A keyless entry was rather contemporary... I kept trying to put a "key" even though it starts with a button. (I don't like that personally... I like knowing where my keys are, and if I just leave the remote in my pocket, chances are that I'll forget about them more often.) The handling was nice, and driving down the Texan highways was pretty fun zooming at 75 mph with no problem accelerating to that speed.The Dodge Caliber seemed like it would be an awesome hatchback. Granted, I have not driven a lot of hatchbacks, but there's just something about the Caliber that screams out FUN but retains a nice, sporty look and a sedan feel. There's a lot of room in it, so I would think it would be great as a multi-purpose vehicle in-between a passenger car and a utility vehicle. Speed and handling were pretty good for a car of its class, I would think.I simply love my Civic though thanks to the gas mileage. The styling of the Civic is actually rather nice too... not too outlandish or futuristic or boxy or whatnot. It's a nicely-designed car. The engine that I have (a 4-cylinder) is less than desired, but it makes up for fun factor with a manual shift. For cars that I have merely looked at, my heart goes out to BMW's 3-series. The Audi A/S series with the horrid open mouth grills are unsightly, but the models made prior to that jump actually look quite nice.

For those of you who don't know what this really does:This registry value is the amount of time in milliseconds that Windows will wait before forcibly killing any tasks that might be keeping Windows from shutting down (unclosed programs, etc.). The default value for this is actually 20000, not 2000.I don't see why you would want to modify this unless you really want a fast shutdown and restart. Most users will walk away from their computers after shutting their systems down.

Some of us haven't been reading the thread all the way... I did point out that the numbers are very similar when it comes to graphical capability. Although the RSX trumps the Xenos by a slight bit, the Xenos has a different chip architecture, which reminds me of AMD's on-die cache as opposed to Pentium's bridges, which makes single tasks a lot more efficient with AMD. This is true with the Xenos GPU. Unless someone can provide actual benchmarks to prove that statement wrong, I can safely say that both consoles differ slightly, if at all, in graphical processing and output. But now, for the CPUs... From Wiki: As you can see from CPU specifications, both the PS3 and the 360 share six functional "cores," all clocked at 3.2GHz. However, I personally can't tell which one could be better, since they both are completely different designs and I'm not exactly an expert with hardware. Simply put, we could say that both consoles are comparable with processing power. However, only benchmarks will be able to tell which console is actually better at processing data and rendering graphics. I'm not sure how fair it is to belittle the 360 because of its "infamous red rings of death," as the PS3 has suffered its own problems as well.

Trillian Pro is what I use.It basically supports every platform... I don't see why people don't just use Trillian instead of the dedicated programs for their mediums.With Trillian, you can talk to your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, IRC, and even Jabber and Rendevous (even though I've never heard of anyone use either of those mediums).There are emoticons, emote sounds, video conferencing, file sharing, and other features that are common to most instant messaging clients.You can have multiple profiles and away messages. You can also sign on as multiple people.

X2, buddy. X2. I feel the same way about the Vista/ME relation. In my opinion, Windows XP Professional is the most stable and most functional Windows platform out there. The only problem with sticking to what works is that there is no future for it... Vista is Microsoft's flagship and they're running the show from there. You will need Vista to run Halo 2 as well as any games that have DirectX10 support, as I don't see any economic sense for Microsoft to enable Direct10 support for Windows XP. The service pack for Vista is slowly approaching... I believe its release will be in January 2008, if I've read and heard correctly. Maybe then Vista will be viable for actual use... and only the Ultimate or Home Premium versions are worth getting. And as usual, Microsoft sucks consumers into throwing even more money into an operating system to snag the essentials and utilities that should be in every one of the variants. If you look at the Vista variant comparison chart on the Microsoft site, you'll know what I mean.

The game looks absolutely sick. It's one of a handful that I would actually design a PC to specifically run the game well. Actually, that's the reason why I picked out the HP zd8000. I wanted to play FEAR.Downloading the in-game footage now...

I hate the service that Nextel has in rural areas. Which is rather non-existent, since Nextel's focus is contained in the industrial and commercial sectors. (Just a gripe... I know this won't really change.) I also hate phone bills. As in the fact that you sign up for a $40/mo plan. Then you tack on messaging for a couple of bucks and insurance. Then they charge a handful for EACH multimedia message. Not to mention government and miscellaneous fees... which now goes up to $55/mo. That's almost $700 a year for cell phone use.The worst part about this is that it's almost necessary that you have a cell phone nowadays. The convenience AND necessity of being able to be reached is crucial to work and even social networking. But an individual could save a LOT of money by not having a cell phone...As for the actual device itself, I'm actually quite happy with the phone, as long as things don't unexpectantly go FUBAR on me. Like my outer LCD.Unfortunately (or fortunately?), my cell phone was stolen and I get a replacement phone... but with a $50 non-refundable deductible. I'm not sure whether to be grateful for paying $50 for a $300 phone or to be irritated to be paying $50 for a phone that should be replaced for free... since I didn't ASK to have my phone stolen from me. Not to mention that Sprint wholeheartedly offered to suspend my service, but never offered a discount or any lessening of my bill for the period of time that I didn't even have a phone to utilize the plan with.Can't blame them... the company is out for money, but it would have been a very nice gesture. Wouldn't you lessen a bill by $10 or so to get great feedback from a customer and possibly have him/her spread the good word to attract more customers? (Best investment of $10, in my opinion.)

As we all know, paintball, from the "pro" standpoint, has become a game of who can release the more constant stream of paint as opposed to its roots where players didn't even have hoppers (and if that, ones that could only hold 40 paintballs). There are now two ways of play when it comes to shooting styles: spray-and-pray, and the actual (and now traditional) way of aiming. Is it better to be able to shoot 20+ balls per second at players? From my standpoint, I can see how it can be a little scary with a ton of paint flying in your direction. You could literally, as the shooter, walk your paint to your opponent, or just lay a wall that your opponent will run into (known as "leading"). Plus, if you are actually aiming, the group of shots will have more of a likelihood of hitting your target. How about the old adage of "one shot, one kill?" It seems much better to train and discipline yourself to actually taking aim and firing your marker to score a dead-on hit, and of course this would take more talent and skill than simply streaming paint. However, there aren't a lot of players that play like this anymore. You won't find a lot of people that are willing to train themselves to triangulate their shots, take short bursts, and actually aim before shooting. Do you think that faster shooting is better shooting? The market seems to think so, with the advent of electronic hoppers, trigger frames, and even the media, with literally hundreds of paintballs in the air on the break of a "pro" league game. Discuss. =)

Right now we're stuck with DSL with Union Communications, a branch off of WorldPath. Uploads and downloads are decent, but not that great for gaming.For normal Internet usage, it's great until it storms.

Dells sell because people like the appeal of customizing their own systems and those computers are rather idiot-proof. You can't touch anything in the BIOS (which is frustrating for more tech-savvy users) and everything comes bundled to work right out of the box. From what I hear, the reason why they go down a bit more often is because Dell uses cheap component parts. Whether it's a marketing strategy for IT guys to purchase even more replacement parts or whether it's just cheap construction is beyond me, but people will still flock to it because of bulk pricing, Dell's reputability in customer service, and the famous "ease" of Dell computers. They are good systems for people who are willing to just use the computer for basic computing for a cheap price, but when performance AND budget is a must, it's always best to design and build your own system.

Keep in mind that upgrading your CPU will improve performance based on calculations (tasks) that your computer will be executing, and upgrading your RAM will improve the capacity of said calculations and tasks.Hit Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the Windows Task Manager. Check out the Performance tab and take a look at the Commit Charge (K) section. If your Peak value is close to your Limit value, you might want to consider upgrading your RAM over improving CPU clock speed. If it's relatively low, you could throw some effort into overclocking or upgrading the CPU. No sense in getting a better clock speed to do more calculations if the system can't make use of those calculations as efficiently as it should. That's if it's a toss up between a CPU or a RAM upgrade. Like others mentioned, your processor choices (and hence, clock speeds) and memory banks are limited to your motherboard. See if you can even upgrade (which you should; I doubt you are pushing your board with those specs, unless it's old) and to what limit.

I suggest that you utilize the services of an antivirus in the future, but prevent it from running in the background. That's how I do it, anyway.You can always undo a System Restore and see if that brings files back, but it might be malware that's killing or has killed your files. You could try Undelete to see if you can restore your deleted files, but if you've been writing to your hard drive recently, you may have dropped the ax unintentionally on some files, which cannot be restored once the computer writes to the portion of the hard drive that contains those "deleted" files.Save what you can onto an external media (HD, DVD, CD, tape), try to recover your stuff, and SCAN THE BACKUP for any potential malware you may have carried over with you. Kill any perpetrators, stick in your Windows XP/2000/Vista CD/DVD, then commence the reformat.If you don't know how to reformat:1.) Stick the CD in and restart the computer.2.) Press any key to boot from the CD. (Of course, do this when you're prompted to.) 3.) Attempt to set up Windows again on your machine following the onscreen prompts. When asked if you want to repair the current Windows installation, say no and continue with normal setup.4.) Create your partitions, choose a partition to install to, and follow the onscreen prompts.

I use 1200x800 at the very minimum now.I think my laptop is being run with 1400x900 and my work computer is at 1280x1024. I just can't help but love how much "larger" and more refined it is...But of course, there's that extent where things are just too darn small.

The problem with the health care system right now is that there are too many patients and not enough personnel.Not to mention the fact that nurses, doctors, and even administrators make mistakes too.The massive amount of paperwork can be a nightmare just for ONE patient. Throw that into the mix of hundreds to thousands of patient profiles that are kept on record and you can understand how things might be a little haywire when it comes to being accurate.Rest assured, however: nurses are trained to look after patients when they do their checkups. They have to monitor the machines that put out the vitals (blood pressure, pulse, respiration rate), check IV bags and IV sites for infiltration, infection, and/or other complications, and make sure that the patient is being cared for in the best way possible. It's horrible but the reality is that nurses are pushed too hard or become lackadaisical in the fact that they have to check each and every little detail of a patient to confirm that all is well.One of the best things to do is to perform a physical and vitals checkup to make sure that a patient is good to go and hasn't developed any problems since the last visit. Realistically-speaking, this doesn't happen because of time constraints and a lack of manpower, or even the seeming case that one doesn't need to be done. One good story that I've learned was that during our rotations in medic school, a medic was going through the motions of physical examination and upon examining the abdomen of a patient, found an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). (If you're not familiar with the term, an abdominal aortic aneurysm is a weak section of the inferior vena cava (where blood flows back to the heart to become reoxygenated) where blood starts to pool and swell that section of the vena cava. Over time, this swelled portion can burst and cause massive internal hemmoraghing, killing the patient via blood loss. There isn't anything that you can do once this happens, so to catch it at an early stage is critical. That medic saved that patient's life just by doing a simple physical examination. And I can almost guarantee that most nurses don't perform this examination on patients mostly because they are concious, would refuse, or the procedure just seems redundant.Aside from physical examination, the vitals are the most important, as they are the basis statistics to show a patient's condition.Keep in mind that this study for iatrogenic death is to bring awareness on the topic, not cast a dark shadow on the medical field. Our health care system is the best that it can be, but people tend to cling with the negative results and run with it.

Gateway. Design your web site in a Swedish and English flavor. Or use Javascript to dynamically write out the language of the viewer's choice based on a stored cookie. What I'm planning on doing, aside from figuring out what I want to do with a web site, is to design the whole thing locally, test it for bugs and unsightly content, and clean it up before actually asking for hosting, uploading, and then displaying the "finished" product. I assume that you are doing the same?

Wow. There's definitely a small list for me. - Command and Conquer: Red Alert- Command and Conquer: Generals (with Zero Hour expansion pack)- Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars- Act of War

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What frustrates me is that no one is willing to actually do anything that would end the whole issue of this "war on terror" that we have.Realistically-speaking, the terrorists are, well, ourselves.Think about how many people are still rather skeptical about taking planes to destinations because of 9/11.Think about how many people are probably a bit shaky about the state of our road bridges after Minnesota.Think about how many people are afraid to feed their pets, let children have toys, or even eat certain foods after China's whole ordeal with releasing tainted products out of the country.I believe there was even a fear of peanut butter at one point, tainted with salmonella.People are friggin' retarded. We're like sheep, swayed by the exposure of media. We dress and act like MTV, believe every little bit of the news on CNN, FOX, or what-have-you. Conspirators are out there, spreading the many possibilities of what happened on 9/11 (the "truth"), not to mention their political propoganda in between the lines. Peers, friends, and even family constantly keep each other brainwashed and limiting open thought by barraging what they learn from these sources onto each other. There aren't a lot of free thinkers out there anymore.Once we start learning that we are in control of our own lives and shouldn't fret over every friggin' thing out there BECAUSE the idiot box told us to, we'll be fine. As for the "war" in Iraq, we really need to throw in a massive operation to clean everything out, police the area, rebuild, then get the heck out and leave some posts there to try to keep the peace. Or just get the heck out and blow up anything considered unfriendly with controlled munitions and fuel-air bombs or something (anything non-nuclear), then settle in with a policing force.But the politicians and idiots running the country are too afraid of ruining reputability and losing political influence with the use of weapons of that scale. Then again, why the hell do we even develop weapons like the MOAB if we aren't even going to use them?(I'm sure there's more to it, but I'm not exactly in a position to make any calls, so I'll just leave this out there as a sort of rant.)

When I first read the OP, I was thinking more of a time-capsule sort of deal. Almost.Like let's say that someone puts out as much information about themselves as they wish to. Not social security numbers or driver's license information or any ID-theft material... but information ABOUT a person. It will be like the MySpace/Facebook "About Me" section on steroids... not full of stupid surveys or that crap, but actual content like driving style, mannerisms, thoughts on political issues, etc. And people would comment about memories or factual statements that confirm what is put out by the Wiki owner.I would be interested in something like this.

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Is it a crime that I've had the game since the 26th and haven't played more than 2 hours of campaign?A lot of the kids in my Halo forums are dying to even set eyes on the game and I'm here with a copy being untouched at the moment.So far, it looks like a pretty good game... it retains the feel of Halo 2 but with additional features. More to follow...

Worst cases have happened. Like the case where a burglar broke into a house to steal stuff... and cut himself on the glass coming in. He sued the homeowner of the house... and won. I love how sue-happy America is. We just make ourselves look so much smarter every day.

By far, I think GMail is the best. It's very easy to use, you have a ton of space (3GB now?), you can SEARCH your e-mails (which is very, VERY convenient), it is hot-key capable, it has Google Chat, and it automatically updates (sends and receives mail) periodically. Attachments are up to 20MB, I believe, and it's free. Another neat online e-mail provider is LaszloMail. It's not new, but I don't think many people know about it. I don't use it very often, but it is very cool. Think of Microsoft Outlook but make it online-accessible. It's built off of what looks like could be a replacement for Adobe's Flash... very nifty. If you're a web designer, I suggest you give Laszlo a look. I did at one point, but I don't have an idea as to what I could use it for.

I think smoking affects people differently when it boils down to aesthetics... whether it be the smoky atmosphere or the chemicals ingested into the body to create "ugliness."Smoking causes yellowed teeth and fingernails. That's definitely not sexy at all.I personally can look at a girl and as soon as she lifts up a cigarette, I'm out of there.For those of you who buy into the sexy, cool look.... you've been brainwashed into thinking so. (Then again, we all are in some form or another for different things.)I'm always up for helping my friends quit, since the habit IS hazardous to your health, not to mention that it is a good hole in your wallet.I agree with herbal supplements to relax, I suppose... but what ever happened to natural highs? Do something that you enjoy: read a book, watch a movie, or even just relax and daydream. Life can't be so stressful that you would rather smoke a cigarette than do something that you would prefer to do.It also amazes me what lengths people take to have a cigarette, too. Kids in basic and AIT risk getting caught and spending even longer times or punishments just for a friggin' drag. It's ridiculous.I still find it horribly ironic that medics and medical personnel smoke.Argh.(Sorry if this sounded fragmented... because it was. )You know that a lot of the chemicals in cigarettes are carcinogens. It's really bad that a friend of mine lost her father to lung cancer caused by cigarettes. What's even worse is that she herself is starting to smoke pot, which of course kind of tells me that she probably didn't push much of an effort to getting her dad to quit. During the funeral service all I could hear in my head were things like "Cigarettes caused cancer... you knew this... you didn't do anything proactive to getting your father to quit... and now he's passed away and NOW you're sad?" It's the uglier side of me, but it's the truth that hurts.Don't smoke, and if you do, quit before health complications occur. It's not my place to tell people what to do, but it's good advice to follow.