Dell are releasing BIOS upgrades for their laptops to cope with the Nvidia weak component problem (basically the fan will spin up sooner). This includes the laptop models that come with Linux preinstalled. Except there's no BIOS updater that will run under Linux; they're all Windows based (although if you have a DOS floppy knocking around you can use that)
Umm...Dell has a Linux BIOS updater in its SMBIOS library. The only downside is that you might have to install wine for the image extraction (though it says it is still doable without).
Err, if you place a decimal after the first set of tallies, the first block of tallies is approximately equal to e in base 3. (Accurate to approximately 53 decimal places.)
So, how exactly is this a good alternative to colder superconductors? Pressure is often more expensive to safely maintain. Not to mention the fact that SiH4 autoignites at room temperature.
Hey guy, no need for conspiracy theories. If I recall correctly, the whole base 10 issue is just a remnant from analog data storage such as tape drives. Also, the first harddrive 5 million 7-bit characters of storage (the IBM 350). But anyway, yea, the industry just likes to make extra money, so it's never changed.
A few things...
In the end even the poorest country with the most infertile soil will have enough food for everyone if its a well run democracy 1. Why does a government have to be a democracy to provide food to its people?
2. That's not necessarily true. The only reason so many people exist today is because of the Haber process of producing ammonia(N2 + 3H2 -> 2NH3), which is expensive to execute on a large scale.
Also, not everyone who is poor farms. Those who run businesses that are doing badly aren't going to have enough money to buy the food they and their family need to live.
Over here (South Carolina, US), we are allowed to use them on tests and even the Advanced Placement exams (for college credit). If your school allows them, I'd recommend it. They graph rapidly, can symbolically derive and integrate, and even solve equations. My girlfriend's TI-89 lasted for 4 years until it broke from a 4-foot drop onto tile.
I disagree. Forming a single entity allows for greater unity in the Linux community. It will also allow for Linux to better compete with Microsoft, since the two largest sources of corporate support are now united. I look forward to seeing what benefits come from the creation of the Foundation.
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Dell are releasing BIOS upgrades for their laptops to cope with the Nvidia weak component problem (basically the fan will spin up sooner). This includes the laptop models that come with Linux preinstalled. Except there's no BIOS updater that will run under Linux; they're all Windows based (although if you have a DOS floppy knocking around you can use that)
Umm...Dell has a Linux BIOS updater in its SMBIOS library. The only downside is that you might have to install wine for the image extraction (though it says it is still doable without).
Aye, it appears I cannot transcribe tallies properly.
Err, if you place a decimal after the first set of tallies, the first block of tallies is approximately equal to e in base 3. (Accurate to approximately 53 decimal places.)
So, how exactly is this a good alternative to colder superconductors? Pressure is often more expensive to safely maintain. Not to mention the fact that SiH4 autoignites at room temperature.
Well, I saw an Internet for Dummies the other day. Does that count?
Hey guy, no need for conspiracy theories. If I recall correctly, the whole base 10 issue is just a remnant from analog data storage such as tape drives. Also, the first harddrive 5 million 7-bit characters of storage (the IBM 350). But anyway, yea, the industry just likes to make extra money, so it's never changed.
I can use one (only a linear slide rule, though), but I definitely prefer a calculator. The calculator gets you much more precision at a quicker rate.
Ah, thanks. I could have sworn it was Billy Joel, but couldn't find it online.
On a side note of how unhealthy fast food is, Zaxby's puts 32 cups of sugar into 5 gallons of ice tea. (The one I worked at tended to put 64 though).
I hold in my hand a list of 235 Communists...err patent violations...yea...
Over here (South Carolina, US), we are allowed to use them on tests and even the Advanced Placement exams (for college credit). If your school allows them, I'd recommend it. They graph rapidly, can symbolically derive and integrate, and even solve equations. My girlfriend's TI-89 lasted for 4 years until it broke from a 4-foot drop onto tile.
I disagree. Forming a single entity allows for greater unity in the Linux community. It will also allow for Linux to better compete with Microsoft, since the two largest sources of corporate support are now united. I look forward to seeing what benefits come from the creation of the Foundation.