Yeah, Motorola's never getting any more business from me because of this crap. And this is my third Motorola phone. Some old POS->ruggedized phone and XT720.
Bootloader on the XT720 is locked down tight on 2.1. Motorola's said they won't release an update (but the Korean Motoroi, almost the exact same phone, is getting at least 2.2). 2.2 came out 35 days after I bought it NEW from them. FU Motorola.
Trying to force me to upgrade perfectly good hardware in a year or two by using your stupid signed bootloader? You just killed the goose, my friend.
"In the classical economics of such figures as Adam Smith and David Ricardo, "free markets" meant "free of unnecessary charges"[16] and a "market free from monopoly power, business fraud, political insider dealing and special privileges for vested interests".[17] A "free market" particularly meant one free of foreign debt;[18] as discussed in The Wealth of Nations.[19] Alternatively, stated, it was a market freed from Feudalism and serfdom, or more formally, one free of economic rent, in the formulation by David Ricardo of the Law of Rent."
Hi, I run 0w20, and my car has idle cutoff... never been at a light long enough for it to force an engine restart (although pumping the brakes till the vacuum is gone will make it restart).
Lots of people on the forums with 200-400(!)k on them... 125k here.
It can also infect petunias (also solanaceae) apples and pears, currants, cherry trees, pretty much everything.
It's also quite rugged, as viruses go. It can actually be spread from processed tobacco in cigarettes. For that reason, we disallow anyone even bringing unsmoked cigarettes into our greenhouses.
Or perhaps usage patterns have changed, and what was formerly broadband, is now not.
Somehow I don't think you could sell a Cray I as a "supercomputer." My desktop is faster, and I couldn't sell it as a supercomputer either.
Or for a car analogy...
A car built in 1961 is certified by the government as meeting all existing safety standards. Now it's 2010, that same car wouldn't be considered safe compared to a new car, which meets standards required to call it "safe."
That's funny, because when I go to the grocery, whichever one I most "recognize," I immediately look for a generic/replacement.
I guess I associate recognition with the money spent on an ad blitz and say "well, they must be raking in a lot more money off each sale than the other brands."
That site shows 72.4 combined UK MPG, which is 60.3 MPG US. He may have used a different year than the 2009 I just linked.
So, he already corrected for that, and his statement that UK readings are more optimistic stands (on that note, both are too low for my driving style).
Just have the final assembly factory with a big staging area.
One turbine finished, up and away it goes, then down right onto the pad/whatever support is needed in some remote place.
Heck, the thing could even be erected at the factory and shipped out standing... lowered straight down like a giant crane without needing to take expensive ground-based equipment on site.
That number is for a single road trip (no telling how fast they actually drove). The very article you link to actually lists the mileage as 76.3 mpg under more practical conditions (which the X-prize tests were, including hairpin turns that required near stops etc).
And that is a uk site, so we'll convert that 76.3 mpg UK to US gallons: 63.5.
Or to put it in more practical units: 3.70 l/100km for the Seat 2.29 l/100km for the Edison
And on that note, I've averaged 3.35 l/100km for my last ~13000 miles of driving in a 10-year-old car. Mixed city/highway driving with a fair amount of start/stop.
I just ordered a new Dell at work, and I got one with RS-232 on the motherboard and I got a riser card with it giving me two more.
I typically have only 2 of the 3 ports in use, but occasionally I'll have all three plugged up.
Dataloggers, pH meters, data transfers from a TRS80 M100 (!), LI-COR, etc. It's a very simple, very useful port, and there is still new equipment being made that uses it.
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Yeah, Motorola's never getting any more business from me because of this crap. And this is my third Motorola phone. Some old POS->ruggedized phone and XT720.
Bootloader on the XT720 is locked down tight on 2.1. Motorola's said they won't release an update (but the Korean Motoroi, almost the exact same phone, is getting at least 2.2). 2.2 came out 35 days after I bought it NEW from them. FU Motorola.
Trying to force me to upgrade perfectly good hardware in a year or two by using your stupid signed bootloader? You just killed the goose, my friend.
Sam
+1 for coining the term "preciseless."
"In the classical economics of such figures as Adam Smith and David Ricardo, "free markets" meant "free of unnecessary charges"[16] and a "market free from monopoly power, business fraud, political insider dealing and special privileges for vested interests".[17] A "free market" particularly meant one free of foreign debt;[18] as discussed in The Wealth of Nations.[19] Alternatively, stated, it was a market freed from Feudalism and serfdom, or more formally, one free of economic rent, in the formulation by David Ricardo of the Law of Rent."
My car has this, and yes, I cannot get the shift lever from neutral into first (the trigger to restart the engine) before the engine starts up.
Seriously.
Every time.
Sam
Hi, I run 0w20, and my car has idle cutoff... never been at a light long enough for it to force an engine restart (although pumping the brakes till the vacuum is gone will make it restart).
Lots of people on the forums with 200-400(!)k on them... 125k here.
Sam
And you're still typing on a typewriter, apparently.
Sam
TMV infects EVERYTHING. It truly is a scourge.
It can also infect petunias (also solanaceae) apples and pears, currants, cherry trees, pretty much everything.
It's also quite rugged, as viruses go. It can actually be spread from processed tobacco in cigarettes. For that reason, we disallow anyone even bringing unsmoked cigarettes into our greenhouses.
Sam
Or perhaps usage patterns have changed, and what was formerly broadband, is now not.
Somehow I don't think you could sell a Cray I as a "supercomputer." My desktop is faster, and I couldn't sell it as a supercomputer either.
Or for a car analogy...
A car built in 1961 is certified by the government as meeting all existing safety standards. Now it's 2010, that same car wouldn't be considered safe compared to a new car, which meets standards required to call it "safe."
How is this any different?
My cheap 3-cell netbook (about 2 years old) has a 3 day standby.
This drives my wife nuts (she's Canadian).
As soon as she hears ice cubes hitting the bottom of the glass and thermostat is showing 66-67 degrees, she starts rolling her eyes.
If it's what you're raised with, you want to drink cold.
Sam
This.
It did work at one time, but no more. Thanks Silvercrap.
That's funny, because when I go to the grocery, whichever one I most "recognize," I immediately look for a generic/replacement.
I guess I associate recognition with the money spent on an ad blitz and say "well, they must be raking in a lot more money off each sale than the other brands."
Sam
This is the third post saying the same thing in response to his (very good) argument.
Note, the MPG he gives in his post are in US MPG (or MPUSG as per his post).
As per UK consumption:
http://uk-car-fuel-emissions.findthebest.com/detail/4669/Prius
That site shows 72.4 combined UK MPG, which is 60.3 MPG US. He may have used a different year than the 2009 I just linked.
So, he already corrected for that, and his statement that UK readings are more optimistic stands (on that note, both are too low for my driving style).
Sam
Atom is an in-order processor.
You know what else was an in-order processor? A 486. You know what was out-of-order? A Pentium Pro.
It's like that difference.
Seriously.
Best. Idea. Ever.
Just have the final assembly factory with a big staging area.
One turbine finished, up and away it goes, then down right onto the pad/whatever support is needed in some remote place.
Heck, the thing could even be erected at the factory and shipped out standing... lowered straight down like a giant crane without needing to take expensive ground-based equipment on site.
Hello, the last Windows I bought was Windows 95.
Yet I have experience working in and troubleshooting Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7.
How? Magic! Or maybe working at a job.
Sam
I believe a Uwe Boll boxset is actually a nuke.
I do not believe those really exist.
Accuracy != precision.
Seriously. I think the beauty of all this is that hunters do exterminator service for free. Heck, they even pay (license fees) for the privilege.
I spent two years in PA measuring deer browse effects on forest regeneration. After that kind of tour, I can't help but think of deer as forest rats.
Sam
Posting undoes moderation, but here goes:
That number is for a single road trip (no telling how fast they actually drove). The very article you link to actually lists the mileage as 76.3 mpg under more practical conditions (which the X-prize tests were, including hairpin turns that required near stops etc).
And that is a uk site, so we'll convert that 76.3 mpg UK to US gallons: 63.5.
Or to put it in more practical units:
3.70 l/100km for the Seat
2.29 l/100km for the Edison
And on that note, I've averaged 3.35 l/100km for my last ~13000 miles of driving in a 10-year-old car. Mixed city/highway driving with a fair amount of start/stop.
Sam
That was exactly my thought. Diamond jumble FTW, Emergents FTL!
Wow, you could run Windows 95 just out of the cache on this! Imagine how awesomely fast that would be!
*ahem*
Sam
I just ordered a new Dell at work, and I got one with RS-232 on the motherboard and I got a riser card with it giving me two more.
I typically have only 2 of the 3 ports in use, but occasionally I'll have all three plugged up.
Dataloggers, pH meters, data transfers from a TRS80 M100 (!), LI-COR, etc. It's a very simple, very useful port, and there is still new equipment being made that uses it.
Sam