This is a cool card, but how many of us would ever buy one? Even if the cost of this unit is equivalent to another high end video card, putting a dozen or so on my desk is more cash that I budget in a year for toys.
Admittedly, I find the idea of having many monitors attractive. I use a dual monitor setup at work, and I find it restrictive to go back to one monitor on my home laptop. What I'd like to have is a 2(h) x 3(w) array of monitors... someday.
I'm not going to try to track it down now, but I seem to remember reading about SSDs having a limited life time. High read/right operations would effectively use that lifetime up more quickly. This doesn't bother me too much with a normal memory key, since the one I get this year will last at least a couple of years, and by obsolete in a couple of months anyway. But an internal SSD? What do you do if/when that sucker dies? A key I can toss, and buy a new one. An internal chip will require surgery on my laptop.
Look at it another way. If there was a company - call it "Gaggle" - that drove up and down the streets and roads of the world making sound recordings to present a "Street Sounds" feature to their new mapping program. Would there be such a fuss if they recorded the voices of two people shouting across the street at each other? Its about the same thing.
Don't worry though... we're going to save the economy by not spending that money on useless military programs. If we have some unemployment, we'll have enough extra (saved from military spending) to fund extended unemployment and welfare.
I lost that job, but I got another one within a month... before U/I kicked in... And this one has nothing to do with the military. To bad it sometimes deals with Government.
The question is, who's going to supervise the scouts?
These are young boys. The parents are still supposed to be involved at this age. Once they get to boy scouts, then its OK to give them a little bit more freedom.
The Libertarians occasionally get in on debates. They pulled down 3-4% in the last Presidential elections, and are the only 3rd party with a presence in all 50 States. The problem is, they (and the other 3rd parties) have never garnered enough of the vote in anything be (very) local elections to be take seriously.
The problem is that you choose not to participate in the election process during the times where the parties are selecting the candidates. Both parties hold primary elections of some sort in each County and State to determine who their candidate for office is. Depending on how many people of your preferred party wish to participate in this process, you can participate, at least at the precinct level.
I decided to participate this year (for the first time ever), and changed my voter registration from Independent to Republican (I'm still independent of thought, but I really want to vote against O). I've participated in a Precinct and County meeting, and because of the low member turnout, expect to even go to the State primary, which happens to be within easy driving distance from home. I am certain I won't go beyond this... first because I'd have to travel some inordinate distance to participate, and second because there are LOT of people involved at the State level.
Is this a lot of fun? I'd say it was at least interesting... although I'm 52 now, and I'm certain that 20 years ago I would have lost interest quickly. I must admin that I made it to the site of the State Republican convention last year (although only as a vender at the Fair Tax table), but from what I saw and heard, a State convention can be fun, tedious, and frustrating. The County level convention that I attended this year was interesting, although the only voting involved were Straw Poles for State and local candidates. I did get to see Roberts Rules of Order in action.
All this aside, I encourage everyone to at least learn something about the system, even if you don't want to jump in and participate. If you do get involved, then you will at least have been involved in choosing one of the candidates... even if you don't like the result. If you don't take part, then you don't have room to complain.
They don't... even when they do. They just take what they pay the Uncle Same onto the price of what goods and services they sell us, and WE pay the taxes. Doesn't matter how much or how little it is... we pay it.
The Shareholders may end up paying something... at least if they get any dividends. But that isn't the corporation.
The problem with the whole Global Warming panic was not that these scientists were distorting the data. The real issue was that they didn't allow public scrutiny of the information. If another group of scientists can't reproduce these results, that the results are not science. Let other climate scientists have the raw data, and we'll see what they say. If you can get a whole bunch of people reproduce the same conclusion, then the study can be taken as credible. Until then, I reserve judgement.
I worked for a year and a half (not in the IT industry) in a position where I had to carry a company phone... and I also carried my own phone, because the company phone was strictly business. It is a hassle having to juggle two pieces of gear, especially since the job did not involve sitting at a desk.
That said, I'm all in favor of using my own phone for company business, as long as it doesn't burn through my minutes. Since my current job does involve a desk and a land line, that isn't really an issue.
I'd take this article with a grain of salt. At least one big name in Natural Gas (T Boone Pickens) is very much interested in promoting Wind Power. (See the Picken's Plan.)
The thing that immediately struck me when I saw that there would be oxygen bubbles in this beverage is that the drink and the alcohol that it would react with the oxygen. In the case of beer or ale, the yeast would ferment, and the brew would get stronger. Not sure what it would do with the hard stuff, but there's a reason that we don't store food and drink in open containers.
My previous company made a practice of hosting several events a year... one of which was a family inclusive event. Totally optional, of course, but since at least 50% of the employees did have family, participation was fairly high. This even could be anything, although some years it got pretty nice (trip to local amusement park, etc.)
The remaining events were employee-centric... a BBQ in the parking lot, a afternoon at the bowling alley, and so forth. This kind of activity provided a place outside of work to socialize with other employees.
Depends on the MMO... The one I am currently playing has LOTS of endings... and also lots of beginnings. As with any good game or story, it is composed of a whole bunch of substories, each of which can (somewhat) stand on its own to some extent, within the framework of the overall game.
You can destroy anything if you apply the right force. Making a bald statement that a phone (or anything else) is unbreakable will just prompt some folks to find the right force, even if it isn't something the phone would normally experience.
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This is a cool card, but how many of us would ever buy one? Even if the cost of this unit is equivalent to another high end video card, putting a dozen or so on my desk is more cash that I budget in a year for toys.
Admittedly, I find the idea of having many monitors attractive. I use a dual monitor setup at work, and I find it restrictive to go back to one monitor on my home laptop. What I'd like to have is a 2(h) x 3(w) array of monitors... someday.
I'm not going to try to track it down now, but I seem to remember reading about SSDs having a limited life time. High read/right operations would effectively use that lifetime up more quickly. This doesn't bother me too much with a normal memory key, since the one I get this year will last at least a couple of years, and by obsolete in a couple of months anyway. But an internal SSD? What do you do if/when that sucker dies? A key I can toss, and buy a new one. An internal chip will require surgery on my laptop.
Look at it another way. If there was a company - call it "Gaggle" - that drove up and down the streets and roads of the world making sound recordings to present a "Street Sounds" feature to their new mapping program. Would there be such a fuss if they recorded the voices of two people shouting across the street at each other? Its about the same thing.
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Don't worry though... we're going to save the economy by not spending that money on useless military programs. If we have some unemployment, we'll have enough extra (saved from military spending) to fund extended unemployment and welfare.
I lost that job, but I got another one within a month... before U/I kicked in... And this one has nothing to do with the military. To bad it sometimes deals with Government.
The question is, who's going to supervise the scouts?
These are young boys. The parents are still supposed to be involved at this age. Once they get to boy scouts, then its OK to give them a little bit more freedom.
One cow can produce about two kilowatts of electricity, enough energy to power four milking machines.
The real question is: Does it make the Milk tough?
The Libertarians occasionally get in on debates. They pulled down 3-4% in the last Presidential elections, and are the only 3rd party with a presence in all 50 States. The problem is, they (and the other 3rd parties) have never garnered enough of the vote in anything be (very) local elections to be take seriously.
The problem is that you choose not to participate in the election process during the times where the parties are selecting the candidates. Both parties hold primary elections of some sort in each County and State to determine who their candidate for office is. Depending on how many people of your preferred party wish to participate in this process, you can participate, at least at the precinct level.
I decided to participate this year (for the first time ever), and changed my voter registration from Independent to Republican (I'm still independent of thought, but I really want to vote against O). I've participated in a Precinct and County meeting, and because of the low member turnout, expect to even go to the State primary, which happens to be within easy driving distance from home. I am certain I won't go beyond this... first because I'd have to travel some inordinate distance to participate, and second because there are LOT of people involved at the State level.
Is this a lot of fun? I'd say it was at least interesting... although I'm 52 now, and I'm certain that 20 years ago I would have lost interest quickly. I must admin that I made it to the site of the State Republican convention last year (although only as a vender at the Fair Tax table), but from what I saw and heard, a State convention can be fun, tedious, and frustrating. The County level convention that I attended this year was interesting, although the only voting involved were Straw Poles for State and local candidates. I did get to see Roberts Rules of Order in action.
All this aside, I encourage everyone to at least learn something about the system, even if you don't want to jump in and participate. If you do get involved, then you will at least have been involved in choosing one of the candidates... even if you don't like the result. If you don't take part, then you don't have room to complain.
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Seems like the logical next steps would be prefixes starting with x, then w, etc. So:
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I doubt that the measurement of forces will go that many more orders of magnitude beyond where they're already measuring things.
They don't... even when they do. They just take what they pay the Uncle Same onto the price of what goods and services they sell us, and WE pay the taxes. Doesn't matter how much or how little it is... we pay it.
The Shareholders may end up paying something... at least if they get any dividends. But that isn't the corporation.
The problem with the whole Global Warming panic was not that these scientists were distorting the data. The real issue was that they didn't allow public scrutiny of the information. If another group of scientists can't reproduce these results, that the results are not science. Let other climate scientists have the raw data, and we'll see what they say. If you can get a whole bunch of people reproduce the same conclusion, then the study can be taken as credible. Until then, I reserve judgement.
I worked for a year and a half (not in the IT industry) in a position where I had to carry a company phone... and I also carried my own phone, because the company phone was strictly business. It is a hassle having to juggle two pieces of gear, especially since the job did not involve sitting at a desk.
That said, I'm all in favor of using my own phone for company business, as long as it doesn't burn through my minutes. Since my current job does involve a desk and a land line, that isn't really an issue.
I'd take this article with a grain of salt. At least one big name in Natural Gas (T Boone Pickens) is very much interested in promoting Wind Power. (See the Picken's Plan.)
The thing that immediately struck me when I saw that there would be oxygen bubbles in this beverage is that the drink and the alcohol that it would react with the oxygen. In the case of beer or ale, the yeast would ferment, and the brew would get stronger. Not sure what it would do with the hard stuff, but there's a reason that we don't store food and drink in open containers.
Implementation of full body scans as described won't do much except harass the traveling public and invade our privacy. The terrorists will just move into a new method of bringing their weapons on the aircraft.
I couldn't care less about the Superbowl. Generally, the only part that's worth watching is the commercials... and you can watch them online now.
By the time I clicked the link, it was already slashdotted. If not, I'll have to check it out tomorrow (or not at all).
My previous company made a practice of hosting several events a year... one of which was a family inclusive event. Totally optional, of course, but since at least 50% of the employees did have family, participation was fairly high. This even could be anything, although some years it got pretty nice (trip to local amusement park, etc.)
The remaining events were employee-centric... a BBQ in the parking lot, a afternoon at the bowling alley, and so forth. This kind of activity provided a place outside of work to socialize with other employees.
By the time IPV6 is fully deployed, the IPV6 space will be rapidly filling up, and people will be talking how we really need to deploy IPV8...
What's the big deal... all they have to do is route the Opportunity rover over to tow Spirit out of the sand.
if the user refuses to fix the problem
The users who are likely to be infected by a bot are the least likely to be able to "fix the problem".
Coming to a planet near you.
Depends on the MMO... The one I am currently playing has LOTS of endings... and also lots of beginnings. As with any good game or story, it is composed of a whole bunch of substories, each of which can (somewhat) stand on its own to some extent, within the framework of the overall game.
You can destroy anything if you apply the right force. Making a bald statement that a phone (or anything else) is unbreakable will just prompt some folks to find the right force, even if it isn't something the phone would normally experience.