This is not specific to Dell, but Netbooks in general. The goal of the Netbook builders seem to be making them as cheap as possible and that is one of the many reasons why they choose free Linux over costly Windows. However, simply because they are making them as cheap as possible, they're also just shoddy computers and they get returned because of that. I have and likely always will be of the opinion that 99% of computer users don't care what OS they use as long as they can surf the web, check their e-mail, do their taxes, etc.
I can sort of understand when the government charges for something that takes human effort. For example, patent and copyright searches through records which have not been digitized. They are simply covering extra labor costs which can be very time consuming- but when it's all online anyway, how dare they charge us for it?
It seems to me that the only way to truly insure that the receiver gets 100% spam-free mail is to intercept and sort it before it's received with humans doing the sorting. Even the most robust spam filters get overcome fairly regularly. I know I don't want anyone reading my mail but me.
Why this sudden change in policy. Obviously, their claim of a misunderstanding is unbelievable, but what did make them change their mind about Green Dam? Does it have anything to do with the recent WTO ruling on easing the controls of media imports? Was it because it was too faulty? Too difficult to implement? Or is there something even more sinister at work, like a decision to install such software at the provider level instead of the individual level?
Agreed. In fact, the one thing I didn't like about Dungeon Keeper was that the graphics were too limited for the concept due to their simplicity (the game came out in 1997). An updated version with new graphics designed to run on modern machines could solve that problem.
The military uses a plane named The Reaper? I realize the point of the drone is to kill people, but they usually aren't that blatant about it. I fully endorse this trend and suggest we release a tank called the You Won't Survive.
That underlines the basic problem with fundamentalism in religion- it is anti-creativity and anti-intellectual and very proud of it. Of course copying and pasting the 'argument' is just fine because unlike most institutions of learning, theirs teaches students not to think for themselves.
Douglas Trumbull, the man who created the effects for 2001, told Kubrick that Saturn was too hard to depict realistically. As for why the setting was different in the other novels, in an author's note in 2061, Clarke claimed that each novel took place in a different parallel universe. My personal reason is that Clarke's original novels are all terrific, but his sequels are all terrible. Especially those god-awful Rama books he co-wrote with Gentry Lee. And yet, I couldn't stop reading them. I hate myself.
I actually love the movie. It just wouldn't have worked for my joke and I've read the book (which I also enjoyed, but I like the movie more). However, I'm a bit biased. One of my parents wrote a book about the film and it's the first movie I ever remember watching- projected across the living room wall with a 16mm projector with a Cinemascope lens for a group of graduate students. I was around two years old. I've seen it probably hundreds of times since.
Latency will never be fixed entirely. It is still dependent on the speed of light, which is not infinite. One light millisecond is 186 miles or 299 kilometers which is not really all that far, especially in a large country like the U.S. If you're playing a game in New York and the server is in San Francisco, the minimum delay would be 15 ms.
Maybe not, but it will sure solve a lot of smog problems out here in Southern California. We get our power from natural gas, nuclear and a little bit of hydro and wind. The smog is from the cars.
The infrastructure is already in place in some cities. In Los Angeles, where I expect to see more than a couple of Teslas on the road, there have been signs for electric vehicle charging stations all over the place for years.
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This is not specific to Dell, but Netbooks in general. The goal of the Netbook builders seem to be making them as cheap as possible and that is one of the many reasons why they choose free Linux over costly Windows. However, simply because they are making them as cheap as possible, they're also just shoddy computers and they get returned because of that. I have and likely always will be of the opinion that 99% of computer users don't care what OS they use as long as they can surf the web, check their e-mail, do their taxes, etc.
On the other hand, NASA's current budget could definitely pay for a TV studio and competent special effects people. I'm just sayin'...
Boobs make me angry too.
If they are scanning all of them as part of procedure, then there should be no extra charge for referencing them later.
Yes, what a cheesy soundtrack. Richard Strauss and Gyorgi Ligetti were just cheap pop icons.
I can sort of understand when the government charges for something that takes human effort. For example, patent and copyright searches through records which have not been digitized. They are simply covering extra labor costs which can be very time consuming- but when it's all online anyway, how dare they charge us for it?
Somehow they went for 17 years without that being a concern.
It seems to me that the only way to truly insure that the receiver gets 100% spam-free mail is to intercept and sort it before it's received with humans doing the sorting. Even the most robust spam filters get overcome fairly regularly. I know I don't want anyone reading my mail but me.
But I hope we don't resort to wiki textbooks which anyone can edit.
Just to save yourself time and stress, go ahead and wipe your drive now before the FBI shows up to investigate your porn choices.
Why this sudden change in policy. Obviously, their claim of a misunderstanding is unbelievable, but what did make them change their mind about Green Dam? Does it have anything to do with the recent WTO ruling on easing the controls of media imports? Was it because it was too faulty? Too difficult to implement? Or is there something even more sinister at work, like a decision to install such software at the provider level instead of the individual level?
Most people don't want to spend a week in the blazing hot desert wearing a mask- unless that's what does it for you of course.
Agreed. In fact, the one thing I didn't like about Dungeon Keeper was that the graphics were too limited for the concept due to their simplicity (the game came out in 1997). An updated version with new graphics designed to run on modern machines could solve that problem.
The military uses a plane named The Reaper? I realize the point of the drone is to kill people, but they usually aren't that blatant about it. I fully endorse this trend and suggest we release a tank called the You Won't Survive.
That will only work if the robot is not able to use contractions or have emotions. And watch out for his evil brother.
Just imagine a world of robots running the iFart app....
They're called Robosapiens and they're for sale at every toy store.
That underlines the basic problem with fundamentalism in religion- it is anti-creativity and anti-intellectual and very proud of it. Of course copying and pasting the 'argument' is just fine because unlike most institutions of learning, theirs teaches students not to think for themselves.
Douglas Trumbull, the man who created the effects for 2001, told Kubrick that Saturn was too hard to depict realistically. As for why the setting was different in the other novels, in an author's note in 2061, Clarke claimed that each novel took place in a different parallel universe. My personal reason is that Clarke's original novels are all terrific, but his sequels are all terrible. Especially those god-awful Rama books he co-wrote with Gentry Lee. And yet, I couldn't stop reading them. I hate myself.
Technically, the book came first in that it was completed before the movie was released, but they were written together, so neither really came first.
I actually love the movie. It just wouldn't have worked for my joke and I've read the book (which I also enjoyed, but I like the movie more). However, I'm a bit biased. One of my parents wrote a book about the film and it's the first movie I ever remember watching- projected across the living room wall with a 16mm projector with a Cinemascope lens for a group of graduate students. I was around two years old. I've seen it probably hundreds of times since.
Or maybe a monolith...
Latency will never be fixed entirely. It is still dependent on the speed of light, which is not infinite. One light millisecond is 186 miles or 299 kilometers which is not really all that far, especially in a large country like the U.S. If you're playing a game in New York and the server is in San Francisco, the minimum delay would be 15 ms.
Maybe not, but it will sure solve a lot of smog problems out here in Southern California. We get our power from natural gas, nuclear and a little bit of hydro and wind. The smog is from the cars.
He didn't introduce himself or throw a temper tantrum, so your point is moot.
The infrastructure is already in place in some cities. In Los Angeles, where I expect to see more than a couple of Teslas on the road, there have been signs for electric vehicle charging stations all over the place for years.