and why is it in the movies/tv, everytime there's a scene someone accessing info in a computer. they're using the kb, that's so unrealistic. i haven't seen one actually using a mouse, point and click, even for a simple info : ) last night i was watching CSI:Miami wherein they were simulating a shootout in a screen. just to rotate the view, the lady has to type in some commands, d'uh !
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list offtopic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:58 PM Subject: Re: Re: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Specs for development Machine > Yes. Those machines are very scary. Using one of those a 12 year old can > usually crack into high security military sites, school records etc within > 10 seconds. It amazing how those guys can type so fast with all the > screens flashing up. > > p.s Why is it that American schools always seem to have web sites where > students can access and edit grades and attendance records etc? > > > Rob Martin > Software Engineer > > phone 03 377 0495 > fax 03 377 0496 > web www.chreos.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Allan, Samuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list offtopic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:43 PM > Subject: RE: Re: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Specs for development Machine > > > I say you get one of those computers like in Password Swordfish. Has a whole > bunch of screens (not merely two, how unprofessional) and can talk to SEVEN > networks at once. And then when you write your computer programs, instead of > doing a bunch of typing, you can play Tetris. That's what the real big boys > use. I've seen it on TV even. > > That's what I'm talking about. > > Cheers, > Samuel. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt at DBC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 15 July 2003 12:38 p.m. > To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic > Subject: Re: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Specs for development Machine > > > Paul Eggleton wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Monday, 14 July 2003 7:55 p.m.: > > I would recommend that you get a quality power supply whether you have a > > UPS or not. > > ObHomer: mmmm, hardware wishlists.... > > Raid cards can be had for under a hundy now, and drives are cheap enough > and xp/2k have some kind of raid support built in, so get 2 drives and > never be afraid of losing one again. > As for your monitor get a second : make changes on one, view results on > the other mmm... > Agree with Moisez tho', first thing is to get as much ram as possible. > 512 is cheap enough to get 2. > And for the best bang-for-buckness AMD's stomp all over Intel. For > dependability the reverse is prolly true, so for desktop : I'd go for > the mid-range Intel over top-of-line AMD unless you need absolute > performance. > > Cheers, Kurt. > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Offtopic List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe offtopic" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/offtopic%40delphi.org.nz/
