I have lived in both MA and NJ and have had a car since I was 20.
even with tickets I have never had insurance that hight, and thats with collision and theft coverage. on a toyota corola (old) and a new VW Passat.
my insurance on the Passat comes close as a 24 year old (not yet eligable for the 25 year old break) and with a $250 deductable on collision (the starndard is $500). I still pay $900 less than he does.
the main problem is the fact that he has to carry much higher insurance because the car is a lease, you often have to take a lower deductable and much higher levels of coverage, costing a considerable amount more.
kind of rough isnt it. but thats the price you pay for leasing. especialy if its a new $25,000 car especialy if it is high performace.
I hate leases myself, I could be paying less for less coverage if I wanted to, but in a lease you dont get that option because the dealer is taking the risk.
I seem to recall a section of 2001 which involves a character accesing the days news (from papers around the world) using what sounded like a PDA.
the only thing diffrent between this and a wireless PDA is that bandwith seemed to be higher and there was no DNS system, he had to remember the number (ie IP addresses) for the various newspapers.
while I do like virtual desktops, there are certain things that I realy like multiple monitors for. for instance, debuging GUI code, I can have my debugger on one screen and the actual app runing on the other, this has come in handy many times as I can step through code an watch the changes take place.
also for apps which have many palettes, you can put them all on one screen while having your actual work on another...
it does tend to come in handy, still I wouldnt mind having virtual desktop support as well.
Im pretty sure that the last Developer Preview supported multiple monitors. I would expect that the Beta will as well, however, from the sound of it you will need your second video card to be an ATI card and nothing else.
This is the same as in MacOSX DP4 so its not that surprising.
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I was diagnosed with ADD at 15 or so and I was given Dexidrine to treat it.
It was like a diferent world...
I went home and worked on my homework for 4 hours, and I actualy worked on it...
I took the drug every day, and I could easily tell when I had forgoten it.... everything was diferent. overtime however, I leared to concentrate on my own, having had the drug to help me initialy allowed me to adapt... I could learn get by and even excell with out the drug... In college I used Dexidrine much less and now I never take it at all.
basicaly, over time I was able to train myself to concentrate, overcoming the ADD, this is very much like what these researchers are trying to do but they are developing treatments for younger kids, by giving them incentive to do it. Seems like a pretty good idea to me.
I also took (and still take) dexidrine although I have needed it less as I have grow older (I honestly cant remeber the last time I took any).
I have found that it has fewer side effects than ritalin and is by far a superior treatment if it works for you (as I understand it, it wont work for all people). I do, however, know people who use it for a buzz. so its not realy a solution to that problem.
However, one of the reasons that many parents try to get there kids diagnosed is for extra time on tests (including the SAT's). Personaly I find this reprehensible(sp?) as it takes away from the attention that should be given to kids with this problem
true enough dedham is an excelent place for a business... needham is also good
but waltham would also be a good place... sure its got parametric oracle and lycos and all but its huge (land area wise) and there is a substancial amount of under developed and under occupied land (prospect hill is almost half empty)
burlington area isnt that bad... but there is already alot up there... sybase, sun, Bare Bones more that I dont remember, its already prety developed
for a good example of how to dump legacy support in a chip look at what apple did when they moved from the 680X0 to the PowerPC... the PowerPC has no support for 680x0 instructions so apple built an emulator... works flawlessly and is a very elegant solution
yea... we used to have one of thoes in harvard square... he was a hoot... all the goths would stand around and ridicule him but he and his pamphlet pushers (I used to collect them) would be there every saturday night.
It should be noted that this is changing with MacOS 8.7
I am currently running an alpha of it. it is surprisingly stable and has excelent multiuser capabilities (compared to windows, not compared to a real multi-user OS)
restrictions can be placed on file acces, application access and even what CDs can be run in the machine (all, none, or only ones on a certain list) it includes a login screen and the ability to use your voice print for your login (very cool!)
it even has an option to make certain users access like at ease
the PPCs only have 1 FPU, while the Power3s and the R10ks in Blue Mountain have 2 FPUs.
This is not true... the 604e has 2 fpu units and 2 integer units... the G3 only has 1 fpu unit which is why it doesnt kick the pentiums ass totaly in FP math (although benhmarks indicate that it is still faster)... the G3 was actualy designed as a low to mid range chip but it performed beyond expectations
yea, and we all know that bumpy noses are an evolutionary must!
common now, I like both starwars and star trek, your complaints about star wars are quite unfounded, its not about technology, its about fantasy... technology is simply used to replace the magic of high fantasy story telling.
even star trek (at least at its best) isnt realy about technology (esp. not voyager) but rather about social and political problems and characters, not just about technology.
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I have lived in both MA and NJ and have had a car since I was 20.
even with tickets I have never had insurance that hight, and thats with collision and theft coverage. on a toyota corola (old) and a new VW Passat.
my insurance on the Passat comes close as a 24 year old (not yet eligable for the 25 year old break) and with a $250 deductable on collision (the starndard is $500). I still pay $900 less than he does.
the main problem is the fact that he has to carry much higher insurance because the car is a lease, you often have to take a lower deductable and much higher levels of coverage, costing a considerable amount more.
kind of rough isnt it. but thats the price you pay for leasing. especialy if its a new $25,000 car especialy if it is high performace.
I hate leases myself, I could be paying less for less coverage if I wanted to, but in a lease you dont get that option because the dealer is taking the risk.
I seem to recall a section of 2001 which involves a character accesing the days news (from papers around the world) using what sounded like a PDA.
the only thing diffrent between this and a wireless PDA is that bandwith seemed to be higher and there was no DNS system, he had to remember the number (ie IP addresses) for the various newspapers.
this probably isnt what your thinking of though
while I do like virtual desktops, there are certain things that I realy like multiple monitors for. for instance, debuging GUI code, I can have my debugger on one screen and the actual app runing on the other, this has come in handy many times as I can step through code an watch the changes take place.
also for apps which have many palettes, you can put them all on one screen while having your actual work on another...
it does tend to come in handy, still I wouldnt mind having virtual desktop support as well.
>single monitor systems only
Im pretty sure that the last Developer Preview supported multiple monitors. I would expect that the Beta will as well, however, from the sound of it you will need your second video card to be an ATI card and nothing else.
This is the same as in MacOSX DP4 so its not that surprising.
I was diagnosed with ADD at 15 or so and I was given Dexidrine to treat it.
It was like a diferent world...
I went home and worked on my homework for 4 hours, and I actualy worked on it...
I took the drug every day, and I could easily tell when I had forgoten it.... everything was diferent. overtime however, I leared to concentrate on my own, having had the drug to help me initialy allowed me to adapt... I could learn get by and even excell with out the drug... In college I used Dexidrine much less and now I never take it at all.
basicaly, over time I was able to train myself to concentrate, overcoming the ADD, this is very much like what these researchers are trying to do but they are developing treatments for younger kids, by giving them incentive to do it. Seems like a pretty good idea to me.
true and not.
I also took (and still take) dexidrine although I have needed it less as I have grow older (I honestly cant remeber the last time I took any).
I have found that it has fewer side effects than ritalin and is by far a superior treatment if it works for you (as I understand it, it wont work for all people). I do, however, know people who use it for a buzz. so its not realy a solution to that problem.
However, one of the reasons that many parents try to get there kids diagnosed is for extra time on tests (including the SAT's). Personaly I find this reprehensible(sp?) as it takes away from the attention that should be given to kids with this problem
HEY!
I like tapioca...
Ill be damed if im gonna let intel and microsoft ruin my tapioca!
true enough dedham is an excelent place for a business... needham is also good
but waltham would also be a good place... sure its got parametric oracle and lycos and all but its huge (land area wise) and there is a substancial amount of under developed and under occupied land (prospect hill is almost half empty)
burlington area isnt that bad... but there is already alot up there... sybase, sun, Bare Bones more that I dont remember, its already prety developed
summerville is pretty good too
for a good example of how to dump legacy support in a chip look at what apple did when they moved from the 680X0 to the PowerPC... the PowerPC has no support for 680x0 instructions so apple built an emulator... works flawlessly and is a very elegant solution
aughhhh.....
yea... we used to have one of thoes in harvard square... he was a hoot... all the goths would stand around and ridicule him but he and his pamphlet pushers (I used to collect them) would be there every saturday night.
favorite line (at the top of his lungs):
OPEN YOUR BIBLES YOU HEEAATHENNNNSS!!!!
man I miss that guy
I should move back to boston just for that.
now now.... lets not start this one
;-)
if we all go on prasing the Woz the way we all want to (and the way he deserves...) we will send slashdot into overload
anyone who considers that horendous pile of bits on a windows machine to be a "telnet Client" should have their head examined...
its terrible, it barely functions at all and its huge (ever taken a look at the size of the executable)
built in indeed
thats where I had seen this before!
that and the metacontent demo that came out a few years ago... hotsauce I think it was called..
still a neat idea
wow, im surprised
I thought you would have hated it
I personaly dont mind it much, but it is certainly not my first choice... just to small for my hand.
It should be noted that this is changing with MacOS 8.7
I am currently running an alpha of it. it is surprisingly stable and has excelent multiuser capabilities (compared to windows, not compared to a real multi-user OS)
restrictions can be placed on file acces, application access and even what CDs can be run in the machine (all, none, or only ones on a certain list) it includes a login screen and the ability to use your voice print for your login (very cool!)
it even has an option to make certain users access like at ease
all in all I am very impressed
not too many people suggest "Kill Explorer" in windows to boost your processing speed.
thats becausse half the time explorere will die for you, you dont have to do anything!
the PPCs only have 1 FPU, while the Power3s and the R10ks in Blue Mountain have 2 FPUs.
This is not true... the 604e has 2 fpu units and 2 integer units... the G3 only has 1 fpu unit which is why it doesnt kick the pentiums ass totaly in FP math (although benhmarks indicate that it is still faster)... the G3 was actualy designed as a low to mid range chip but it performed beyond expectations
the 604e is an excelent highend chip
well, the reason I pay penn state taxes is because I work here...
I get to use their roads... thats about it
people around here use NJ roads without paying NJ taxes so thats not saying a hell of a lot
its just a somewhat tricky situation. their are many variables to be considerd
that, and Im not sure I like the idea at all... at least it is an opt in situation
yes, your absolutely right, but if you do get cought the peanalty is death!
is it worth the risk
As I recal, in singapore it is treason to have a satelite dish for these reasons...
1984 is just 15 years late.
:)
thats ok, the government never does anything on schedule...
1984 is probably over budget too
I pay penn state taxes.
I am a citizen of massachusetts. I live in NJ
how would I benefit if penn sold my salary info?
just wondering
yea, and we all know that bumpy noses are an evolutionary must!
common now, I like both starwars and star trek, your complaints about star wars are quite unfounded, its not about technology, its about fantasy... technology is simply used to replace the magic of high fantasy story telling.
even star trek (at least at its best) isnt realy about technology (esp. not voyager) but rather about social and political problems and characters, not just about technology.
Its not like jedi mind tricks havent failed before, they let you influence weak minds, not say, Jabba the Hutt