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I disagree. Amazon's stock price is much too high right now, being driven so by extreme speculation. It's current selling for more than 21 times book value. It's a very poor investment over the long term - the next time the market goes bear the price will drop like a brick unless by some miracle they have increased their assets by about 20 times and profitability by about 1000 times (read: Good Luck With That). Investing in it in the short term is a game of musical chairs - somebody is going to be stuck owning it when the price tanks. Cashing out right before that point requires recognizing that the price is about to tank (before everyone else, who are all trying to do the same thing). Even if you trade as fast as a computer you're faced with a chicken-and-egg problem.

Compare that to oil companies which can be bought at bargain prices right now - if you can pick which ones are financially strong enough to ride out the current drop in oil prices (which will go away when ISIS does). For example with this one you're buying nearly $3 worth of assets and $0.30 in annual earnings for every $1 in stock price. (Before anyone interprets that as investment advice, I'm not convinced this example is strong enough to ride out the price drop.)

Recommended reading (ironically an Amazon link)

So that is just a hair below double the price...your arguments? Half of $309 is $154, the FX8350 is a grand $14 more than that on Amazon. And for the record I tell folks to get the FX8320 as there really is no point in the FX8350, you can get the same speed in less than 2 minutes with the 8320 (they ARE the same chip after all, just binned differently) and that $30 can go on your GPU or SSD. I personally took the FX8320E as I can also hit nearly the same as the FX8350 but I can drop lower when I don't need the extra power, thus saving me a few bucks on AC bills.

So its being a "fanboy" to not support corruption? Because the links I gave show beyond a shadow of a doubt, even Intel admitted it when they agreed to give every P4 owner $15 for rigging benches. Hell look up "Intel investigated" and see how many places are investigating them for their corrupt shit, or read for yourself what the CEOs of companies like Dell and Toshiba said during the deposition for the Intel VS AMD suit (which the DoJ allowed Intel to pay less than 6 months revenue at the time to buy their way out of 10+ years worth of dirty dealing. Wish I could get a deal like that) or again look at the results of benches compiled with ICC versus GCC, ICC does NOT speed up in any way, shape, or form Intel CPUs, its only result is to cripple any non Intel CPUs.

So if you wanna support corruption? That is your choice, I will not.

So that is just a hair below double the price...your arguments? Half of $309 is $154, the FX8350 is a grand $14 more than that on Amazon. And for the record I tell folks to get the FX8320 as there really is no point in the FX8350, you can get the same speed in less than 2 minutes with the 8320 (they ARE the same chip after all, just binned differently) and that $30 can go on your GPU or SSD. I personally took the FX8320E as I can also hit nearly the same as the FX8350 but I can drop lower when I don't need the extra power, thus saving me a few bucks on AC bills.

So its being a "fanboy" to not support corruption? Because the links I gave show beyond a shadow of a doubt, even Intel admitted it when they agreed to give every P4 owner $15 for rigging benches. Hell look up "Intel investigated" and see how many places are investigating them for their corrupt shit, or read for yourself what the CEOs of companies like Dell and Toshiba said during the deposition for the Intel VS AMD suit (which the DoJ allowed Intel to pay less than 6 months revenue at the time to buy their way out of 10+ years worth of dirty dealing. Wish I could get a deal like that) or again look at the results of benches compiled with ICC versus GCC, ICC does NOT speed up in any way, shape, or form Intel CPUs, its only result is to cripple any non Intel CPUs.

So if you wanna support corruption? That is your choice, I will not.

The military was still holding out, but even they knew that there was little chance of reaching a stalemate by that point.

Demonstrably untrue. While you are correct that the civilian members of the Japanese government had realized that the game was up, the military (which was dominated by nationalist hard-liners and junior officers besotted with banzai spirit) continued to actually welcome the idea of a US invasion. They believed the exact same thing they had believed before which made the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa so bloody: their best option was to make any US gains so expensive in blood and treasure that a negotiated settlement would be made that would allow them to retain their conquered possessions in Manchukuo and elsewhere. The military was not giving up anytime soon, and in fact some elements led a coup when they heard the Emperor had sanctioned surrender to prevent his imperial rescript from being broadcast. Read up on Ronald Spector's The Eagle Against the Sun or Max Hastings's Retribution to learn more.

A demonstration of the bomb, with Japanese military officials invited to see it, was considered by the US. It's hard to justify why that was not even tried first, before moving directly to the bombing of civilians.

I see this a lot, but it is not hard to answer this question. The bomb target selection committee - which included Dr. Oppenheimer - considered this idea but specifically rejected it because:

1. There was no way of guaranteeing that the Japanese government and military would believe that it was what it claimed to be. So there's a huge flash and a mushroom cloud over Tokyo Bay or Mt. Fuji. But a nondestructive test might very well lead the Japanese to believe that the bomb was less powerful than it really was, or to not understand its impact.
2. If the bomb failed or fizzled - which was certainly not impossible - it would in fact embolden the Japanese
3. Time was a factor. Roosevelt had secured a promise several months earlier from the Russians to get them to enter the war, back when it looked like we really needed their help. Now, though, they were getting ready to enter the war on their own terms and in the way that best suited them (i.e. striking first at territories they wanted to conquer and control), and if Japan didn't surrender quickly it might not be until the Soviets had occupied all of China in the process. Had the Soviet invasion been avoided by a quick, bomb-induced surrender then North Korea would not exist and there is a chance that Mao would never have succeeded against Chiang Kai-Shek...

There's a great deal of factual reporting about the thoughts and motivations of the bomb targeting group in the above two books as well as Richard Rhodes's Pulitzer-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb.

The military was still holding out, but even they knew that there was little chance of reaching a stalemate by that point.

Demonstrably untrue. While you are correct that the civilian members of the Japanese government had realized that the game was up, the military (which was dominated by nationalist hard-liners and junior officers besotted with banzai spirit) continued to actually welcome the idea of a US invasion. They believed the exact same thing they had believed before which made the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa so bloody: their best option was to make any US gains so expensive in blood and treasure that a negotiated settlement would be made that would allow them to retain their conquered possessions in Manchukuo and elsewhere. The military was not giving up anytime soon, and in fact some elements led a coup when they heard the Emperor had sanctioned surrender to prevent his imperial rescript from being broadcast. Read up on Ronald Spector's The Eagle Against the Sun or Max Hastings's Retribution to learn more.

A demonstration of the bomb, with Japanese military officials invited to see it, was considered by the US. It's hard to justify why that was not even tried first, before moving directly to the bombing of civilians.

I see this a lot, but it is not hard to answer this question. The bomb target selection committee - which included Dr. Oppenheimer - considered this idea but specifically rejected it because:

1. There was no way of guaranteeing that the Japanese government and military would believe that it was what it claimed to be. So there's a huge flash and a mushroom cloud over Tokyo Bay or Mt. Fuji. But a nondestructive test might very well lead the Japanese to believe that the bomb was less powerful than it really was, or to not understand its impact.
2. If the bomb failed or fizzled - which was certainly not impossible - it would in fact embolden the Japanese
3. Time was a factor. Roosevelt had secured a promise several months earlier from the Russians to get them to enter the war, back when it looked like we really needed their help. Now, though, they were getting ready to enter the war on their own terms and in the way that best suited them (i.e. striking first at territories they wanted to conquer and control), and if Japan didn't surrender quickly it might not be until the Soviets had occupied all of China in the process. Had the Soviet invasion been avoided by a quick, bomb-induced surrender then North Korea would not exist and there is a chance that Mao would never have succeeded against Chiang Kai-Shek...

There's a great deal of factual reporting about the thoughts and motivations of the bomb targeting group in the above two books as well as Richard Rhodes's Pulitzer-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb.

The military was still holding out, but even they knew that there was little chance of reaching a stalemate by that point.

Demonstrably untrue. While you are correct that the civilian members of the Japanese government had realized that the game was up, the military (which was dominated by nationalist hard-liners and junior officers besotted with banzai spirit) continued to actually welcome the idea of a US invasion. They believed the exact same thing they had believed before which made the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa so bloody: their best option was to make any US gains so expensive in blood and treasure that a negotiated settlement would be made that would allow them to retain their conquered possessions in Manchukuo and elsewhere. The military was not giving up anytime soon, and in fact some elements led a coup when they heard the Emperor had sanctioned surrender to prevent his imperial rescript from being broadcast. Read up on Ronald Spector's The Eagle Against the Sun or Max Hastings's Retribution to learn more.

A demonstration of the bomb, with Japanese military officials invited to see it, was considered by the US. It's hard to justify why that was not even tried first, before moving directly to the bombing of civilians.

I see this a lot, but it is not hard to answer this question. The bomb target selection committee - which included Dr. Oppenheimer - considered this idea but specifically rejected it because:

1. There was no way of guaranteeing that the Japanese government and military would believe that it was what it claimed to be. So there's a huge flash and a mushroom cloud over Tokyo Bay or Mt. Fuji. But a nondestructive test might very well lead the Japanese to believe that the bomb was less powerful than it really was, or to not understand its impact.
2. If the bomb failed or fizzled - which was certainly not impossible - it would in fact embolden the Japanese
3. Time was a factor. Roosevelt had secured a promise several months earlier from the Russians to get them to enter the war, back when it looked like we really needed their help. Now, though, they were getting ready to enter the war on their own terms and in the way that best suited them (i.e. striking first at territories they wanted to conquer and control), and if Japan didn't surrender quickly it might not be until the Soviets had occupied all of China in the process. Had the Soviet invasion been avoided by a quick, bomb-induced surrender then North Korea would not exist and there is a chance that Mao would never have succeeded against Chiang Kai-Shek...

There's a great deal of factual reporting about the thoughts and motivations of the bomb targeting group in the above two books as well as Richard Rhodes's Pulitzer-winning The Making of the Atomic Bomb.

These are one of those items where you get what you pay for.

Actually not. A DC boost circuit that only needs to double the voltage is just a few cents worth of components. The one I linked is likely not super reliable, but you can get much cheaper ($4) and still very reliable boost circuit (if you add a fan) hardware like this:

http://amazon.com/dp/B008NKNHS...

Check out the unlocked BLU WinPhones if the current Nokia phones don't do it for ya. I have the Android version and they are great phones, quad cores, a Gb of RAM, runs on nearly all carriers,good battery life with MicroSD slot, just great little phones IMHO. As soon as I get the move over I'll probably pick up one for the wife, one thing she dislikes about her Nokia is the camera and the camera on mine has been great. Oh and their prices kick ass, $130 for an unlocked 5in quad? You just can't beat that.

And I agree on the UI, cut and paste works perfect, the UI is a hell of a lot more responsive, if there aren't some killer ROMs released for mine by the time it gets long in the tooth I'll probably join her in the WinPhone camp, I don't care for the latest Windows desktop, but the phones? Work great!

If you carry one in your pocket, make sure you either have no coins or other metal, or put good insulation around the board. I had one in my jacket pocket one time and wondered where the smoke smell was coming from.

I bet you think I ought to buy a new Windows key and media every time I Have to reinstall windows too.

Microsoft stopped laminating the key labels so you can't even read most of them anymore.

How many people are on your netflix account?
Netflix now sells service on this fact.
In fact if you say you are the only one that uses the netflix account you are penalized with no hd video.

Amazon allows sharing and now that i'm looking into it more it looks like amazon now lets you share content through "Family Library". Exactly like what I wanted to do.

Its not stealing its not theft its not illegal its not even morally wrong and amazon even provides an easy way to do it now: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/... So apparently they're ok with it too.

So is there any reason why I shouldn't be able to use multiple accounts? Nope not really. Like I said its just android thats screwed up. It works fine on everything else It even shows on amazon's website that I am supposed to be able to do it just for some reason I can't. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/....

So Facebook you.

I bet you think I ought to buy a new Windows key and media every time I Have to reinstall windows too.

Microsoft stopped laminating the key labels so you can't even read most of them anymore.

How many people are on your netflix account?
Netflix now sells service on this fact.
In fact if you say you are the only one that uses the netflix account you are penalized with no hd video.

Amazon allows sharing and now that i'm looking into it more it looks like amazon now lets you share content through "Family Library". Exactly like what I wanted to do.

Its not stealing its not theft its not illegal its not even morally wrong and amazon even provides an easy way to do it now: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/... So apparently they're ok with it too.

So is there any reason why I shouldn't be able to use multiple accounts? Nope not really. Like I said its just android thats screwed up. It works fine on everything else It even shows on amazon's website that I am supposed to be able to do it just for some reason I can't. http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/....

So Facebook you.

Try to find 12V RV bulbs that are not Amber, Red, or Cool White 6K.

Okay, done.
* http://www.amazon.com/Daiwl-68...

Instead of buying a DC to DC supply for a laptop to get 19V for about $100

WTF are you even talking about? Here's a $15 unit:
* http://www.dx.com/p/universal-...

Xerox did as well. Have an pre-cursor to the Phasor 8560/DN kicking around here. For text, print quality and speed is great. For pictures, print quality is not bad, not bad at all. The only downside is that you have wait 5 mins at startup for the wax to melt.

* http://www.amazon.com/Xerox-Ph...

For HDR printing though nothing beats an Canon inkjet on glossy paper. Kirkland Photo Glossy paper at $20 / 150 sheets is a fantastic bang/buck for "proofs"

* http://www.amazon.com/Kirkland...

Xerox did as well. Have an pre-cursor to the Phasor 8560/DN kicking around here. For text, print quality and speed is great. For pictures, print quality is not bad, not bad at all. The only downside is that you have wait 5 mins at startup for the wax to melt.

* http://www.amazon.com/Xerox-Ph...

For HDR printing though nothing beats an Canon inkjet on glossy paper. Kirkland Photo Glossy paper at $20 / 150 sheets is a fantastic bang/buck for "proofs"

* http://www.amazon.com/Kirkland...

Netflix does use AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/solutio...

You might find this enlightening.

stupid

Mine is this cheap thing

http://www.amazon.com/UDI-U818...

"...our impact on the environment..."

But that's the whole contention on the subject; what is the impact and how much is the impact (yes, yes, I know thousands of examples will be cited, all provided by people with a vested interest in there being "a crisis". Remember never to let a good crisis go to waste, and the best crisis is one that you've created yourself). I don't trust much in alarmist predictions from people who effectively gain from making alarmist predictions. 97% of the climate scientists who are making alarm noises and saying we must drastically change our economic system etc. are on the receiving end of government funding and the IPCC is a branch of the UN (also, of course, government funded, known to have some of the best bureaucrats available who are interested in expanding the power and reach of the UN) whose mandate is to study man's impact on climate - AND NO OTHER CAUSES OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

I suppose now The True Believers will show up as usual with their ad homs, standard talking points and pitchforks.

Should've used the $8000 one from amazon http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AK...

Wow, you could almost be talking about the Great Recession, except for the "going to have to go through the court system" part.

Greetings OP, I have one of these rigs: Actiontec My Wireless TV WiFi / HDMI Multi-Room Wireless HD Video Kit http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi... I use it to sling HD video, USB and IR from my downstairs to upstairs, and it works great! There is a small amount of latency but it's not at all unusable. Sounds like it would do exactly what you want! I'm very happy with mine--normally I'm a bit skeezed out by Actiontec products (FiOS wireless router ugh) but this one has been completely solid. Good luck! Regards- pdscomp

We should focus on child pornography manufactured by the ruling elite.

Kiddy porn is the fabric of the web that binds the corrupt establishment together.

John DeCamp's expose The Franklin Cover-Up is an incredible read on the subject.

Also, Conspiracy of Silence is a (banned) documentary on the subject.

I forgot to mention wirles KVMs(Keyboard Video Mouse) like this Cables Unlimited DisplayDock Wireless USB Docking Station with Video for PC

It claims to do exactly what you want, provided the range is acceptable. Though I'm pretty sure these will work fine with desktop apps, we've never had much luck with these for high res or framerate video such as gaming.

As I already said, HDMI cable is the best option.

What you're asking for is a pretty common scenario, especially in home theater solutions. In those cases the PC is in the equipment room/closet and it is used from the screen room. Lot's of wireless options are available for HDMI, and they are capable of 1080p, but you may be limited by distance and wall materials. Bluetooth is the typical choice for keyboard and mouse. and line of sight is not typically necessary. Walls decrease range, but Bluetooth typically reaches 30-40 feet through one wall(floor/ceiling) with no problem.

There are cheap HDMI USB solutions like the Diamond Multimedia WPCTVPRO 1080p VStream Wireless USB PC to TV Adapter for MAC OS, Win8.1, Win8, Win7, Win VISTA, and WinXP. Their performance isn't great, so I don't typically recommend them unless cheap is the primary requirement.

The IOGEAR Wireless HDMI Transmitter and Receiver Kit GWHD11 is a more robust solution, but be aware that it requires an HDMI port on the PC and its range is a bit limited.

There are many other more expensive wireless options as well, but here's the industry "secret". Running HDMI cabling is the best solution of all. You can still use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but cabled HDMI is the best option. It may be a real pain to run the cable, but it's usually worth it.

The cables themselves, like theAurum Ultra Series - High Speed HDMI Cable 50 Ft - 26 AWG - CL3 Rated for In-wall Installation - Supports 3D, Ethernet and Audio Return - 50 Feet or the Cable Matters® CL3 Rated (In-Wall Installation) Flat High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet 50 Feet - 3D and 4K Resolution Ready are cheap, unless you try to get them at Best Buy.

What you're asking for is a pretty common scenario, especially in home theater solutions. In those cases the PC is in the equipment room/closet and it is used from the screen room. Lot's of wireless options are available for HDMI, and they are capable of 1080p, but you may be limited by distance and wall materials. Bluetooth is the typical choice for keyboard and mouse. and line of sight is not typically necessary. Walls decrease range, but Bluetooth typically reaches 30-40 feet through one wall(floor/ceiling) with no problem.

There are cheap HDMI USB solutions like the Diamond Multimedia WPCTVPRO 1080p VStream Wireless USB PC to TV Adapter for MAC OS, Win8.1, Win8, Win7, Win VISTA, and WinXP. Their performance isn't great, so I don't typically recommend them unless cheap is the primary requirement.

The IOGEAR Wireless HDMI Transmitter and Receiver Kit GWHD11 is a more robust solution, but be aware that it requires an HDMI port on the PC and its range is a bit limited.

There are many other more expensive wireless options as well, but here's the industry "secret". Running HDMI cabling is the best solution of all. You can still use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but cabled HDMI is the best option. It may be a real pain to run the cable, but it's usually worth it.

The cables themselves, like theAurum Ultra Series - High Speed HDMI Cable 50 Ft - 26 AWG - CL3 Rated for In-wall Installation - Supports 3D, Ethernet and Audio Return - 50 Feet or the Cable Matters® CL3 Rated (In-Wall Installation) Flat High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet 50 Feet - 3D and 4K Resolution Ready are cheap, unless you try to get them at Best Buy.

What you're asking for is a pretty common scenario, especially in home theater solutions. In those cases the PC is in the equipment room/closet and it is used from the screen room. Lot's of wireless options are available for HDMI, and they are capable of 1080p, but you may be limited by distance and wall materials. Bluetooth is the typical choice for keyboard and mouse. and line of sight is not typically necessary. Walls decrease range, but Bluetooth typically reaches 30-40 feet through one wall(floor/ceiling) with no problem.

There are cheap HDMI USB solutions like the Diamond Multimedia WPCTVPRO 1080p VStream Wireless USB PC to TV Adapter for MAC OS, Win8.1, Win8, Win7, Win VISTA, and WinXP. Their performance isn't great, so I don't typically recommend them unless cheap is the primary requirement.

The IOGEAR Wireless HDMI Transmitter and Receiver Kit GWHD11 is a more robust solution, but be aware that it requires an HDMI port on the PC and its range is a bit limited.

There are many other more expensive wireless options as well, but here's the industry "secret". Running HDMI cabling is the best solution of all. You can still use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but cabled HDMI is the best option. It may be a real pain to run the cable, but it's usually worth it.

The cables themselves, like theAurum Ultra Series - High Speed HDMI Cable 50 Ft - 26 AWG - CL3 Rated for In-wall Installation - Supports 3D, Ethernet and Audio Return - 50 Feet or the Cable Matters® CL3 Rated (In-Wall Installation) Flat High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet 50 Feet - 3D and 4K Resolution Ready are cheap, unless you try to get them at Best Buy.

What you're asking for is a pretty common scenario, especially in home theater solutions. In those cases the PC is in the equipment room/closet and it is used from the screen room. Lot's of wireless options are available for HDMI, and they are capable of 1080p, but you may be limited by distance and wall materials. Bluetooth is the typical choice for keyboard and mouse. and line of sight is not typically necessary. Walls decrease range, but Bluetooth typically reaches 30-40 feet through one wall(floor/ceiling) with no problem.

There are cheap HDMI USB solutions like the Diamond Multimedia WPCTVPRO 1080p VStream Wireless USB PC to TV Adapter for MAC OS, Win8.1, Win8, Win7, Win VISTA, and WinXP. Their performance isn't great, so I don't typically recommend them unless cheap is the primary requirement.

The IOGEAR Wireless HDMI Transmitter and Receiver Kit GWHD11 is a more robust solution, but be aware that it requires an HDMI port on the PC and its range is a bit limited.

There are many other more expensive wireless options as well, but here's the industry "secret". Running HDMI cabling is the best solution of all. You can still use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but cabled HDMI is the best option. It may be a real pain to run the cable, but it's usually worth it.

The cables themselves, like theAurum Ultra Series - High Speed HDMI Cable 50 Ft - 26 AWG - CL3 Rated for In-wall Installation - Supports 3D, Ethernet and Audio Return - 50 Feet or the Cable Matters® CL3 Rated (In-Wall Installation) Flat High Speed HDMI Cable with Ethernet 50 Feet - 3D and 4K Resolution Ready are cheap, unless you try to get them at Best Buy.

All the wireless solutions are flaky or expensive. Go wired.

HDMI can go up to 45 feet. If you need to go farther than that there are HDMI to Cat6 converter boxes. Run the HDMI over the Cat6, run it through the conduits... easy peasy.

If you tell me "I don't have conduits" or "this sounds like too much work"... You're shit out of luck so far as I understand the issue. That is how I understand that has to work.

Yes... there are wireless options but the most you would want to do with those is maybe a movie. If you do gaming or websites or anything responsive... No.

And even the movies is unreliable. I've been nothing but annoyed with all the high res wireless solutions. They all seem to be shitty.

Wired works.

This if you can manage it with 45 feet:
http://www.amazon.com/High-Spe...

Or this if you need to send it a lot farther:
http://www.amazon.com/AVUE-HDM...

That's 400 feet... but I suspect you could chain them together to send it a lot farther. Fucking miles if you really wanted to...

Its not expensive.

Just run the wire.

Here you might be saying "but how do I use my keyboard, mouse, anal vibrator without close access to the USB on my computer?"... good question... and the same answer:
http://www.amazon.com/Monopric...

that's 150 feet... I'm sure there are ones that transmit farther if you look for it or care. 150 feet is pretty good if you're just trying to go downstairs through the conduits.

I have a server closet in my house. Most of my machines hang out in there. Most of them are just VNCed into or something. But some of them I want a tight hardware interface to and for THOSE... this works.

Keep in mind, you don't want to do more than keyboards and mice over a USB extender. They tend to have shitty bandwidth so plugging in a blueray reader or something is a mistake.

All the wireless solutions are flaky or expensive. Go wired.

HDMI can go up to 45 feet. If you need to go farther than that there are HDMI to Cat6 converter boxes. Run the HDMI over the Cat6, run it through the conduits... easy peasy.

If you tell me "I don't have conduits" or "this sounds like too much work"... You're shit out of luck so far as I understand the issue. That is how I understand that has to work.

Yes... there are wireless options but the most you would want to do with those is maybe a movie. If you do gaming or websites or anything responsive... No.

And even the movies is unreliable. I've been nothing but annoyed with all the high res wireless solutions. They all seem to be shitty.

Wired works.

This if you can manage it with 45 feet:
http://www.amazon.com/High-Spe...

Or this if you need to send it a lot farther:
http://www.amazon.com/AVUE-HDM...

That's 400 feet... but I suspect you could chain them together to send it a lot farther. Fucking miles if you really wanted to...

Its not expensive.

Just run the wire.

Here you might be saying "but how do I use my keyboard, mouse, anal vibrator without close access to the USB on my computer?"... good question... and the same answer:
http://www.amazon.com/Monopric...

that's 150 feet... I'm sure there are ones that transmit farther if you look for it or care. 150 feet is pretty good if you're just trying to go downstairs through the conduits.

I have a server closet in my house. Most of my machines hang out in there. Most of them are just VNCed into or something. But some of them I want a tight hardware interface to and for THOSE... this works.

Keep in mind, you don't want to do more than keyboards and mice over a USB extender. They tend to have shitty bandwidth so plugging in a blueray reader or something is a mistake.

All the wireless solutions are flaky or expensive. Go wired.

HDMI can go up to 45 feet. If you need to go farther than that there are HDMI to Cat6 converter boxes. Run the HDMI over the Cat6, run it through the conduits... easy peasy.

If you tell me "I don't have conduits" or "this sounds like too much work"... You're shit out of luck so far as I understand the issue. That is how I understand that has to work.

Yes... there are wireless options but the most you would want to do with those is maybe a movie. If you do gaming or websites or anything responsive... No.

And even the movies is unreliable. I've been nothing but annoyed with all the high res wireless solutions. They all seem to be shitty.

Wired works.

This if you can manage it with 45 feet:
http://www.amazon.com/High-Spe...

Or this if you need to send it a lot farther:
http://www.amazon.com/AVUE-HDM...

That's 400 feet... but I suspect you could chain them together to send it a lot farther. Fucking miles if you really wanted to...

Its not expensive.

Just run the wire.

Here you might be saying "but how do I use my keyboard, mouse, anal vibrator without close access to the USB on my computer?"... good question... and the same answer:
http://www.amazon.com/Monopric...

that's 150 feet... I'm sure there are ones that transmit farther if you look for it or care. 150 feet is pretty good if you're just trying to go downstairs through the conduits.

I have a server closet in my house. Most of my machines hang out in there. Most of them are just VNCed into or something. But some of them I want a tight hardware interface to and for THOSE... this works.

Keep in mind, you don't want to do more than keyboards and mice over a USB extender. They tend to have shitty bandwidth so plugging in a blueray reader or something is a mistake.

Yeah, my grandmother has to buy all her stuff on Amazon now that RadioShack is gone.

You can buy pot on Amazon nowadays. This is especially convenient now that there's no RadioShack.

This is a checklist from any decent software project management book. Here's a good one written over 40 years ago:
Mythical Man Month

And the issue of managing a large code base can be handled by a modern VCS system like Perforce that let's fetch and work with only the portion of the code base you're interested in.

Have you looked at any of the BLU phones? I picked up one (the Studio Mini LTE) after a customer was raving about his and I have to say I'm VERY happy it it. Its a quad core with a GB of RAM, 4GB storage with a MicroSD slot, gets great battery life, easy to root, just a real sweetheart of a phone.

The nice thing is they have a ton to choose from so you can just pick the features and price point you want. Want Windows instead of Android? They got that. More storage? Octacore? yep. Hell they even have a $60 entry smartphone and a $20 dumbphone for those that don't want a lot of bells and whistles. The only downside is since they are a relatively new company there isn't any mods that I have been able to find yet, but considering its low price and easy of rooting I have no doubt they'll be coming. All in all I'm quite happy with my BLU...You're my boy BLU!

So put this on your monitor stand. Universally works with all monitor brands!

I can't see any reason to take the phone with you diving, I took my Kyocera Brigadier out on the boat diving in the DR, but I left it on the boat. I did however take my camera down, and actually went to 10 M with it. I was amazed it survived at that depth, but it made it back.

http://www.amazon.com/Fujifilm...

It looks like the new version is rated to 15M, but I could swear the version I have was rated to 10 Ft, and it survived 10 M.

Not everybody can afford Apple's enormous price premium (yes just look at the huge profit margin).

IPhone 6 Plus 64 GB Unlocked, no SIM, direct from Apple: $US849. One Year Apple Warranty.

Samsung Galaxy S6 64 GB Unlocked, "International Version", listed on Amazon: US$815. And this nice disclaimer:"This cell phone may not include a US warranty as some manufacturers do not honor warranties for international version phones. Please contact the seller for specific warranty information."

So, I'm a bit baffled; where's all that "enormous price premium"?

My phone has a micro USB port like any other phone. I however have a QI charger in the car and house.

The freight train of fail would be on your end, not mine. Everyone does things your way, therefore there can be no other way. When I point out that you are incorrect, you try to derail what I am saying by coming up with all these convoluted solutions to something exceedingly simple and elegant. I would like to point out where this train started so you can see why you are the one failing at seeing the utility, and I am pointing out to you that it already exists and is in wide use:

Regardless... no one using this tech is doing it for water proof cellphones.

As there are numerous vendors creating phones that wirelessly charge to reduce strain on the power plug and to increase water resistance, YOU ARE WRONG. I pointed you to one such phone, and you persist in trying to come up with a reason that no one makes cell phones with wireless charging to increase the water resistance, well that statement is wrong. Get over yourself.

Wireless charging serves many purposes, which is why people buy QI compatible phones. If it had no purpose, there wouldn't be a huge industry built around it.

http://www.qinside.biz/en/supp...

Just because you willfully can't see the utility in wireless charging because "it isn't wireless!" doesn't mean many others haven't seen the usefulness of wireless charging. Not having to plug anything into my phone to have it charge is wonderful. I get into my car and drop my phone into it's mount, and BOOM, it is getting power from the car. I get home, and I drop the phone into its cradle, and BOOM, it is getting power. I never have to plug it into anything, figuring out which direction the plug goes, dealing with loose plugs or plugs where the catch has broken and they just fall out. I also don't have to worry about my phone getting wet, I just don't worry about it at all.

http://smile.amazon.com/Itian-...

http://smile.amazon.com/Itian-...

Also, QI is 60% efficient (including the AC-DC step that wired power has), it isn't as efficient, but the convenience it great, which more than balances it out.

http://www.wirelesspowerconsor...

You don't have to get it, but calling other people names because you don't get it just makes you look ignorant. QI is taking off, as evidenced by the number of QI chargers on Amazon, and the number of phones that support it. You don't want one, fine, don't get one.

My phone has a micro USB port like any other phone. I however have a QI charger in the car and house.

The freight train of fail would be on your end, not mine. Everyone does things your way, therefore there can be no other way. When I point out that you are incorrect, you try to derail what I am saying by coming up with all these convoluted solutions to something exceedingly simple and elegant. I would like to point out where this train started so you can see why you are the one failing at seeing the utility, and I am pointing out to you that it already exists and is in wide use:

Regardless... no one using this tech is doing it for water proof cellphones.

As there are numerous vendors creating phones that wirelessly charge to reduce strain on the power plug and to increase water resistance, YOU ARE WRONG. I pointed you to one such phone, and you persist in trying to come up with a reason that no one makes cell phones with wireless charging to increase the water resistance, well that statement is wrong. Get over yourself.

Wireless charging serves many purposes, which is why people buy QI compatible phones. If it had no purpose, there wouldn't be a huge industry built around it.

http://www.qinside.biz/en/supp...

Just because you willfully can't see the utility in wireless charging because "it isn't wireless!" doesn't mean many others haven't seen the usefulness of wireless charging. Not having to plug anything into my phone to have it charge is wonderful. I get into my car and drop my phone into it's mount, and BOOM, it is getting power from the car. I get home, and I drop the phone into its cradle, and BOOM, it is getting power. I never have to plug it into anything, figuring out which direction the plug goes, dealing with loose plugs or plugs where the catch has broken and they just fall out. I also don't have to worry about my phone getting wet, I just don't worry about it at all.

http://smile.amazon.com/Itian-...

http://smile.amazon.com/Itian-...

Also, QI is 60% efficient (including the AC-DC step that wired power has), it isn't as efficient, but the convenience it great, which more than balances it out.

http://www.wirelesspowerconsor...

You don't have to get it, but calling other people names because you don't get it just makes you look ignorant. QI is taking off, as evidenced by the number of QI chargers on Amazon, and the number of phones that support it. You don't want one, fine, don't get one.

A better choice for an HTPC would be the AMD Athlon 5350. Its only $49, has a max TDP of only 25w, and it has enough GPU power to run Battlefield 4 so it has more than enough GPU to perform any task you'd want an HTPC to do. The AMD drivers come with a set of codecs so pretty much any video will be hardware accelerated, great for HTPCs which is why I've been using these a LOT in the shop. Cheap, low heat, great graphics, whats not to like?

Linux support for the AMD APUs has been getting pretty damned good lately (thanks to AMD opening their docs and hiring devs) so the Linux guys can pair that chip with a copy of OpenELEC and make themselves an insanely cheap HTPC, we're talking sub $150 if you hit the sales. Personally I like to use Windows 8 on 'em, as IMNSHO the only place the Metro UI works really well is as a 10 foot UI, just pair it with this remote keyboard and voila! Badass HTPC that can even do light gaming for crazy cheap.

As for TFA? Costs $540 and is less powerful than cheaper previous releases.....sounds like a pass. Of course the elephant in the room for both AMD and Intel is their chips became too powerful years ago and with the exception of a teeny tiny niche that uses every cycle on their PC the chips are just too powerful compared with the work the average user has for 'em to do. To use a /. car analogy its like selling everybody funny cars just to go to the store, then being surprised they aren't all lining up to buy the new funny cars with JATO boosters.

Hell even the gamers don't have to buy like they once did, I used to have to buy every other year, now? The PC I replaced was over 6 years old and was still playing games just fine, only reason I replaced it was the oldest needed a PC so I figured I'd use it as an excuse to pass down my Phenom II X6 and grab myself an FX8320E...fricking kicks ass BTW, paired with an R9 280 it plays everything I want in glorious 1080P....but so does my X6, since the oldest has the exact same GPU and his games are just as smooth and look just as good as mine does!

You look at what the AVERAGE, not hardcore gamer, does with their PC? They play casual games like FB games, watch videos, check email....shit that a Pentium dual laptop from 2008 has NO problems doing. Hell even the Intel shrinks for power savings really aren't that big a draw for most because at the shop I've found the average user is away from the plug for a max of 3 hours, a feat my 2011 AMD netbook has zero problems pulling off with a 4 year old battery!

This is why I have no problems staying an AMD shop despite AMD staying at 28nm, because even at 28nm they are still vastly overpowered compared to what the average user does (especially when you look at non rigged benchmarks) because once we went multicore chips went from "good enough" to so insanely powerful it isn't even funny.

Hell if I could still get the boards cheap I would probably have no problem selling Phenom I quads, just as I have no problem selling those cheap Athlon quads now for everything from office boxes to HTPCs, they are just more powerful than anything the average person does by a pretty large measure.

Far, far more people are injured and killed by balls used in sports than R/C models.

I'm not sure why anyone would think that given how much less mass they have, and the fact they are almost entirely physically controlled. If a string breaks they flutter to the ground, not plummet.

Maybe. You seem to be comparing small kites to big models -- what if it's a tiny model vs a big kite?

I imagine that significantly more people have been injured and killed by kites than R/C models.

Ultimately, it would make sense to regulate kites in exactly the same way as R/C aircraft, as the risks are very similar -- do it by size or weight, for example. But kites are considered "normal" and R/C aircraft are not, and so we get laws like this ...

When's the last time you saw someone playing baseball (with a bat, not throwing) in the middle of a festival or crowded park? You are basically saying you would do that if given a choice?

I've seen a spectator get knocked out by a kicked soccer ball at the local park. Not that you'd have room to play this in a festival, but they play it at the local park all the time. And the reason there's signs up that say "NO GOLFING" is because people were golfing ...

There's lots of things that involve some amount of danger being done in our parks, and now New Zealand has picked one to "fix".

They still have 24 packs, but the 20 packs cost what the 24 packs used to cost. And yes, there are 20 packs out there.
Wal-Mart
Amazon
Office Depot seems to only sell the 24 packs. For $12.99. 3 years ago I was stocking soda for our soda machine and the 24 pack cases were $6.99, sometimes $4.99 on sale. Wal-mart sells the 20 pack cases for $6.48, which at first makes you think the price of a case of soda has gone down, until you see that it went down in price by 8% and down in quantity by 20%.

HODAD- "Hands of Death And Destruction" - A Hopkins doctor wrote a book about the subject.

From the article:

"At a medical conference Dr. Marty Makary saw one of his Harvard professors who “looked out at a room of 2,000 doctors and asked ‘How many of you know of another doctor who should not be practicing because he is too dangerous?’ Every hand went up.” Yet few report bad doctors and those that do often get fired.

Hospital staff knows they are practicing bad medicine and mostly do nothing. In Makary’s provocative book, Unaccountable, he describes one Ivy League-trained doctor who’s popular with patients yet dubbed Hodad, by his colleagues, for his continuing string of patient deaths. Hodad is their dark humored acronym for “hands of death and destruction.”

Doctors are kind of like cops. They both do a life and death, high stress job, and are under assault from all corners (for different reasons). So they protect their own. But to improve illness survivability, and in the interest of trying to get more information to patients, there has to be some way to get information about doctors to patients.

On the other hand, any metric will be gamed. So - if doctors aren't willing to police themselves... what choice is there but trying to get metrics on them? We're not talking about a good and a bad choice, we're talking about a bad and worse choice - which one is less bad?

And if you think the teachers union is badass - the AMA is made up of doctors, who are smart and relentless and wealthy. They're a big lobby in DC (although smaller than I thought prior to looking them up. In recent election cycles, with Obamacare, I recall seeing them near the top of the list).

I suspect any one of us could be found guilty of multiple felonies if a team of lawyers were tasked with charging us with something

This book claims we each commit an average of 3 felonies per day.

Someone at Chicago might disagree, but his opinion is irrelevant.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/m...

Alvin Toffler thought human personalities could be split between those who welcome change and those who avoid it. First published in mid-20th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://www.amazon.com/Future-S...
https://www.goodreads.com/book...

As described in the novel, LGM (at Amazon), a radio message might just be the side-effect of another purpose.

Good luck finding a laptop without an operating system.

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He is hawking audio snakeoil and perceives streaming as a rival to his own service. That's the only reason for a boycott.