I think microwave is LOS already, so your distances can't be that large.
I'm not sure it is the distance that matters but what is in that distance. Sneakernet probably isn't the better option if there is, say, a cliff in the middle.
I agree with the poster above me. Before I had an iPhone I had a 5MB/month data plan. I occasionally went over 5MB but not by much. With the iPhone, I easily hit 5MB every day, 30X more than with my previous phone. Not only is it easier to access the web, I get more of it by not having to use a "mobile" browser.
Why? It isn't part of Vista(I'm running Vista SP2, if that's what you are hinting at). It is a different OS. It shares much of the code and appearence with Vista but it behaves very differently.
I have a 2nd edition book in my hand that is a POS. They obviously changed the chapters around from the 1st edition because the very first chapter is now "Chapter 5".
It seems that OS's expand to fill RAM. My XP laptop came with 512MB RAM and was typically at 70% usage. When I upgraded to 1GB, usage dropped to close to 50%, not exactly what I expected.
Prices don't matter when you are running a 5 year old laptop with RAM maxed out at 1GB, like me. I haven't had any problems with page faults. My memory usage rarely gets over 60% for most tasks.
When I can, I use something like $username$+amazon@gmail.com. Now I can look out for mail sent to $username$+amazon@gmail.com that doesn't originate from Amazon. Unfortunately, many places don't think '+' is a valid email address character so it doesn't always work.
Look, if you are going to bring facts to an argument, you should get them right. The last time I upgraded my laptop was 4 years ago and it runs 7 just as fast or faster than XP, the OS it originally came with. But what do I know?
Besides, my UID comes before yours. You are, in fact, new here. So STFU, N00B, and go back to digg. You are already at their level.
That's great when the event is in the same city as you but not so great when it is hundreds of miles away, spans two days, and you only want to see certain parts.
I can watch a live event with just a tv and cable plugged into its back.
Not this one. This one wasn't on TV.
But I'm sure for the average person, configuring a wireless router so it recognizes their own network, which they also set up, dragging out a laptop, hooking it to their tv with the right cable and running it through a receiver is much more convenient.
Average people either pay to have their router set up or borrow the naighbor's internet. I had the cables already plugged in to the TV and receiver. It was just a matter of setting the laptop next to them and plugging in cables to the only holes that would fit. It was really easy, most people just don't know that.
So the wireless router, cables and receiver were all free?
Yes. The router was a neighbor's, the cables came with stuff we bought, and the receiver was a birthday present. That isn't what I said, though. My point is that we already had everything we needed beforehand. It was just a simple matter of plugging in two cables.
It may not change very quickly right now due to the economy, but I'm pretty sure most new TVs have PC-In and more PCs are coming with HDMI. All you need is a VGA or HDMI cable and an audio cable. It is amazing how many cool things there are to do that most people don't know about that only require one or two cables and equipment they already have. My wife and I watched a live event streamed over the internet using a wireless router, a laptop, a TV, and a receiver. It beat the hell out of watching it on just the laptop and we didn't even have to buy anything extra.
Flash sucks bad enough on actual computers. I really can't see what it offers that a powerful computer hooked up to your TV can't. I'd also rather not spend a good chunk of change on the processing power necessary to display Flash. It already brings my Pentium 4 to its knees.
It said it was self-winding so doesn't that mean there would be a mechanism to return the weights to the top? I think the clock rewinding and continuing on would be even funnier than nothing at all.
Captions aren't the same as context. There is no telling where most of those gears are or how they fit into the rest of the clock. They are simply pretty pictures.
Suppose you have a picture of the front of an airplane in flght and the ground and clouds aren not visible. Is the airplane large or small? Is it going fast or slow? Is it flying high or about to crash into a mountain? Even if you could actually see this non-existant photograph, you couldn't answer these questions because the picture lacks context.
Stone is low-value. We use it only in certain building applications and low-value decoration and we have lots of it and know where to find lots more. The only reason ancient buildings were scavenged is because stone was the primary building material during those times.
Digital phone is probably wildly profitable, percentage-wise at least. I hate how everybody wants to bundle it with the other services. I already have a digital phone that goes wherever I go, as does my wife.
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I'm sorry you have a hard time learning. I do more now than I ever did because it is so much easier to use.
I think microwave is LOS already, so your distances can't be that large.
I'm not sure it is the distance that matters but what is in that distance. Sneakernet probably isn't the better option if there is, say, a cliff in the middle.
A powerful processor alone can cost well over $500 so why can't the OS cost $300?
I agree with the poster above me. Before I had an iPhone I had a 5MB/month data plan. I occasionally went over 5MB but not by much. With the iPhone, I easily hit 5MB every day, 30X more than with my previous phone. Not only is it easier to access the web, I get more of it by not having to use a "mobile" browser.
Why? It isn't part of Vista(I'm running Vista SP2, if that's what you are hinting at). It is a different OS. It shares much of the code and appearence with Vista but it behaves very differently.
My XP install will easily run 20 days. I did an intense render that lasted 14 days non-stop.
Last I heard, Vista SP2 was in beta and not much faster than SP1. Windows 7 is a vast improvement over Vista so 7 can't be Vista SP2.
I have a 2nd edition book in my hand that is a POS. They obviously changed the chapters around from the 1st edition because the very first chapter is now "Chapter 5".
It seems that OS's expand to fill RAM. My XP laptop came with 512MB RAM and was typically at 70% usage. When I upgraded to 1GB, usage dropped to close to 50%, not exactly what I expected.
Prices don't matter when you are running a 5 year old laptop with RAM maxed out at 1GB, like me. I haven't had any problems with page faults. My memory usage rarely gets over 60% for most tasks.
When I can, I use something like $username$+amazon@gmail.com. Now I can look out for mail sent to $username$+amazon@gmail.com that doesn't originate from Amazon. Unfortunately, many places don't think '+' is a valid email address character so it doesn't always work.
The capacitative screen seems to be a shortcoming. There's nothing like a battlefield that can't be used while wearing gloves.
Look, if you are going to bring facts to an argument, you should get them right. The last time I upgraded my laptop was 4 years ago and it runs 7 just as fast or faster than XP, the OS it originally came with. But what do I know?
Besides, my UID comes before yours. You are, in fact, new here. So STFU, N00B, and go back to digg. You are already at their level.
YOU must be new here. It is well-known that Windows 7 Beta is better than XP. If Ubuntu worked well, I would have kept it.
Actually, I deleted my Ubuntu partition to make more room for my Windows 7 Beta partition. Am I still new?
That's great when the event is in the same city as you but not so great when it is hundreds of miles away, spans two days, and you only want to see certain parts.
It only makes sense until you want to upgrade something. By having everything separate, I can upgrade any component without affecting the others.
I can watch a live event with just a tv and cable plugged into its back.
Not this one. This one wasn't on TV.
But I'm sure for the average person, configuring a wireless router so it recognizes their own network, which they also set up, dragging out a laptop, hooking it to their tv with the right cable and running it through a receiver is much more convenient.
Average people either pay to have their router set up or borrow the naighbor's internet. I had the cables already plugged in to the TV and receiver. It was just a matter of setting the laptop next to them and plugging in cables to the only holes that would fit. It was really easy, most people just don't know that.
So the wireless router, cables and receiver were all free?
Yes. The router was a neighbor's, the cables came with stuff we bought, and the receiver was a birthday present. That isn't what I said, though. My point is that we already had everything we needed beforehand. It was just a simple matter of plugging in two cables.
It may not change very quickly right now due to the economy, but I'm pretty sure most new TVs have PC-In and more PCs are coming with HDMI. All you need is a VGA or HDMI cable and an audio cable. It is amazing how many cool things there are to do that most people don't know about that only require one or two cables and equipment they already have. My wife and I watched a live event streamed over the internet using a wireless router, a laptop, a TV, and a receiver. It beat the hell out of watching it on just the laptop and we didn't even have to buy anything extra.
Flash sucks bad enough on actual computers. I really can't see what it offers that a powerful computer hooked up to your TV can't. I'd also rather not spend a good chunk of change on the processing power necessary to display Flash. It already brings my Pentium 4 to its knees.
It said it was self-winding so doesn't that mean there would be a mechanism to return the weights to the top? I think the clock rewinding and continuing on would be even funnier than nothing at all.
Captions aren't the same as context. There is no telling where most of those gears are or how they fit into the rest of the clock. They are simply pretty pictures.
Suppose you have a picture of the front of an airplane in flght and the ground and clouds aren not visible. Is the airplane large or small? Is it going fast or slow? Is it flying high or about to crash into a mountain? Even if you could actually see this non-existant photograph, you couldn't answer these questions because the picture lacks context.
Stone is low-value. We use it only in certain building applications and low-value decoration and we have lots of it and know where to find lots more. The only reason ancient buildings were scavenged is because stone was the primary building material during those times.
Of course it doesn't take productivity into account. How much you pay to SS is not related to performance.
Digital phone is probably wildly profitable, percentage-wise at least. I hate how everybody wants to bundle it with the other services. I already have a digital phone that goes wherever I go, as does my wife.