Comment Re:What year is this? (Score 1) 177
I live in a small town. Population around 2,800. We have 25mb DSL here that works very well.
Comment Still use the most productive IDE (Score 2, Insightful) 443
Delphi. There is still nothing better.
Comment Re:Batch (Score 1) 318
Delphi and C# both have variable types for handling financial calculations. Delphi uses the "currency" type and C# uses the "decimal" type.
Comment Re:As easy as a first post! (Score 3, Interesting) 184
I've already read several of J.A. Konrath's books on my Kindle. He is a great writer and I'm sure this new book is worth more than $2.99. I just went to Amazon and pre-ordered it.
New Gadget Blocks 'Spam' Phone Calls 274
Smivs writes "The BBC report on a new gizmo that can block/filter spam phone calls. The system basically intercepts all calls. If it recognizes them as a friend or a member of the user's family — numbers on the so-called star list created by the user — it lets them through as normal.
If the caller's number is on a zap list — numbers of telemarketers or other nuisance callers — the device answers it, and all future calls from that number, with an automated message which means the phone does not ring at all.
If the system doesn't recognize the caller's number, or the caller withholds their number, it asks them who they are, puts them on hold and then rings the user's phone.
The user has the option of taking the call, having the system take a message, or they can reject the call and add the number to the 'zap' list.
Users can add callers to their 'star' list by pressing the star button on their phone at any point during a call." So wait, they can't spam me twice? If I press a button? And if they actually show their phone number on my caller ID? What about the auto insurance scammers that hit me 10x/week?
Comment Re:Really not that bad (Score 0) 136
I wondered the same thing. The controls worked fine for me.
Maybe a lot of people got defective controllers.
Another possibility is that you aren't controlling the dragon directly. You are giving commands to the dragon rider who then gives commands to the dragon so there is a slight delay. Horse riding in "Two Worlds" on the 360 works the same way and a lot of people complained about that.
Maybe a lot of people got defective controllers.
Another possibility is that you aren't controlling the dragon directly. You are giving commands to the dragon rider who then gives commands to the dragon so there is a slight delay. Horse riding in "Two Worlds" on the 360 works the same way and a lot of people complained about that.
Submission + - Converting from XP to Ubuntu (ittoolbox.com) 1
madgreek writes: "Here is a short story about my switch to Ubuntu from XP at work. I have been Microsoft free for 3 months now at a Microsoft heavy shop. Few people know I am using Open Office and Linux. I create countless documents that people open using Word, Excel, PPT and nobody can tell that they were created using Open Office.
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek/archives/o pen-source-and-microsoft-free-17339"
Feed Science Daily: 2006 Tectonic Plate Motion Reversal Near Acapulco Puzzles Earthquake Scientists (sciencedaily.com)
A reversal of tectonic plate motion between Acapulco and Mexico City in the last half of 2006 probably didn't ease seismic strain in the region or the specter of a major earthquake anticipated there in the coming decades, says a University of Colorado at Boulder professor.
Feed news.com: Hitachi's first Blu-ray camcorders (com.com)
Blog: Hitachi announces the DZ-BD7H and the DZ-BD70 Blu-ray camcorders, expected to start selling in the United States this October.
Feed news.com: New HD DVD players on the way? (com.com)
Blog: According to the early Amazon product pages, we can expect to see three new HD DVD player on October first: the Toshiba HD-A3, Toshiba HD-A30 and Toshiba HD-A35.
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