How can something be X-times less massive than something else? I can understand half as massive, or 1/10 as massive, but two to ten times less massive doesn't make any mathematical sense for a result that must be a positive number.
This would be the equivalent of going out in the streets in your car, shutting your eyes and hoping everyone else on the road is kind enough to honk their horn to signal their position.
There's a monkey in my pocket and he's stealing all my change! His stare is blank and glassy; I suspect that he's deranged...
and
For those cold, dark shipboard nights, We've got boxers, briefs, and tights Made from cotton, silk, or satin, In styles Anglo, Dutch, and Latin, When you sail don't take a chance Wearing nothing neath your pants! Trust...Silver's Long Johns! (They breathe!)
That's really interesting. I have the opposite reaction— my immune system doesn't recognise new pollens until I've been exposed to them for about a year. Living abroad was heaven.
I think the idea is sound, but the prices are way too high.
We currently pay about $50/month for cable modem (for four residents). If Time Warner cut their prices by two thirds—or even by half, as we don't come close to using 100GB/month—they'd essentially match Comcast, but I'd get a discount any month I don't hit the max. I'd switch over in a heartbeat.
It is possible (but probably illegal) to back-feed your generator into your home. Improper backfeeding will send power back up the line, creating a danger to the line workers.
Depends on how the electrical system is wired in your area. There were a number of cases in California a few years back where people with solar panels were pushing power back into the system during very sunny months, and the power company credited them at the rates they'd normally be charged. If it weren't safe, I'd expect they'd be asked to stop instead.
You should definitely have an electrician check your wiring if you're planning on doing this, however.
I'd actually like to see a device that intermittently blocks mobile reception within the theatre itself, say every couple of seconds or so. This would allow pages or an initial ring (with caller ID) to get through, but no conversations or decent Internet access.
One of the things I've always liked about Ubuntu is their decision to give the users the choice between running completely free and open source software or accepting proprietary [(though often still free (as in beer)] software on their computers.
While I think it shameful that the DVD producers have decided that I need to pay extra to run a DVD that I already own, I applaud Canonical for giving me the option to do so easily.
Let's see. Hundreds of emails each day, with no way to make them stop? Sounds an awful lot like harassment. I don't think the First Amendment covers that.
Perhaps he should be tried for several hundred thousand counts of harassment if he's successful here.
Actually, the [MacOS] UI is attrocious for the visually impared. Huh. One of my housemates is blind, and she only switched over from Windows to Mac because she can use the Mac more easily. ZoomText and various other accessibilty options are included with the OS, and Apple has stated that 10.5 will include much of the functionality of JAWS.
When I suggested that I put a Windows XP machine in the living room because it can run more games, she instantly reminded me that she'd have a much harder time using it than the ancient G4 that's currently there.
I have never, in twenty five years of using Apple products had a failure, unless the machine was desperately old, and that turned out to be a battery! Whereas, the only Dell I ever owned, had a hard drive failure within months. Hence no more Dell's!
As much as I love Apple's computers, I have to point out that they use the same hardisk manufacturers as Dell and most other PC makers. Any computer can have a hardisk failure. Now, if the motherboard dies or the case falls apart, that's a problem you can blame on the brand.
I'm also hesitant to swear off a brand because of a single bad experience. I refuse to buy Dell not because I've seen one die; I refuse to buy Dell because I've seen dozens die. Lenovo, on the other hand, has taken a solid IBM product and made it even better— I recommend them over any PC maker other than Apple.
Out of curiosity, what classic apps are you waiting for?
Heh. Monkey Island, Escape Velocity, 3 in Three, and various other old games. Most of them will never be ported over to Mac OS X, and I'd hate to lose access to them since they still have replay value.
Yech. I hate the Type-D sockets. They're so big and solid that it's a pain to arrange furniture around them if you have any intention of swapping appliances out. When I lived in Singapore, we filled all of the Type-D sockets with power strips that converted them to the spiffy Type-C that can take either US or European plugs.
I have to admit, I think that having the door to the laundry room in the back of a wardrobe is pretty cool. I guess I might get sick of it after living there for a while, though.
Odd question: have you checked all of the power outlets in the room to see if they're connected to the switch? It's possible (and common in old houses in Massachusetts) that the switch on the wall only controls lamps that are plugged in as opposed to mounted in the ceiling.
Actually, now that I think of it, many new houses or apartments will have, say, all of the bottom wall outlets (in vertically-oriented pairs) in a room connected to the switch.
Fissure-type eruptions aren't very common in the interior of continents anymore, no. But you can see some outstanding examples in Iceland and occasionally on the flanks of Kilauea or Mauna Loa.
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How can something be X-times less massive than something else? I can understand half as massive, or 1/10 as massive, but two to ten times less massive doesn't make any mathematical sense for a result that must be a positive number.
This would be the equivalent of going out in the streets in your car, shutting your eyes and hoping everyone else on the road is kind enough to honk their horn to signal their position.
Marco.
One of these days, ALICE. Wham! Pow! Straight to the Moon!
two words: Interstellar highway.
I believe the term is "Hyperspace Bypass."
There's a monkey in my pocket and he's stealing all my change! His stare is blank and glassy; I suspect that he's deranged...
and
For those cold, dark shipboard nights,
We've got boxers, briefs, and tights
Made from cotton, silk, or satin,
In styles Anglo, Dutch, and Latin,
When you sail don't take a chance
Wearing nothing neath your pants!
Trust...Silver's Long Johns! (They breathe!)
That's really interesting. I have the opposite reaction— my immune system doesn't recognise new pollens until I've been exposed to them for about a year. Living abroad was heaven.
I think the idea is sound, but the prices are way too high.
We currently pay about $50/month for cable modem (for four residents). If Time Warner cut their prices by two thirds—or even by half, as we don't come close to using 100GB/month—they'd essentially match Comcast, but I'd get a discount any month I don't hit the max. I'd switch over in a heartbeat.
Not that I expect them ever to do that.
It is possible (but probably illegal) to back-feed your generator into your home. Improper backfeeding will send power back up the line, creating a danger to the line workers.
Depends on how the electrical system is wired in your area. There were a number of cases in California a few years back where people with solar panels were pushing power back into the system during very sunny months, and the power company credited them at the rates they'd normally be charged. If it weren't safe, I'd expect they'd be asked to stop instead.
You should definitely have an electrician check your wiring if you're planning on doing this, however.
Only until we move on to another species.
I'd actually like to see a device that intermittently blocks mobile reception within the theatre itself, say every couple of seconds or so. This would allow pages or an initial ring (with caller ID) to get through, but no conversations or decent Internet access.
That's quite the fish tank... large enough for certain carnivorous, cartilanginous fish...
Only if they have frikkin' lasers on their heads.
Whoops. I must have skipped completely over that one. Don't know what's up with my eyes today.
lp1 on fire.
One of the things I've always liked about Ubuntu is their decision to give the users the choice between running completely free and open source software or accepting proprietary [(though often still free (as in beer)] software on their computers.
While I think it shameful that the DVD producers have decided that I need to pay extra to run a DVD that I already own, I applaud Canonical for giving me the option to do so easily.
Perhaps he should be tried for several hundred thousand counts of harassment if he's successful here.
has never watched a complete Opera in his life
Opera's a web browser, right?
When I suggested that I put a Windows XP machine in the living room because it can run more games, she instantly reminded me that she'd have a much harder time using it than the ancient G4 that's currently there.
I have never, in twenty five years of using Apple products had a failure, unless the machine was desperately old, and that turned out to be a battery! Whereas, the only Dell I ever owned, had a hard drive failure within months. Hence no more Dell's!
As much as I love Apple's computers, I have to point out that they use the same hardisk manufacturers as Dell and most other PC makers. Any computer can have a hardisk failure. Now, if the motherboard dies or the case falls apart, that's a problem you can blame on the brand.
I'm also hesitant to swear off a brand because of a single bad experience. I refuse to buy Dell not because I've seen one die; I refuse to buy Dell because I've seen dozens die. Lenovo, on the other hand, has taken a solid IBM product and made it even better— I recommend them over any PC maker other than Apple.
Out of curiosity, what classic apps are you waiting for?
Heh. Monkey Island, Escape Velocity, 3 in Three, and various other old games. Most of them will never be ported over to Mac OS X, and I'd hate to lose access to them since they still have replay value.
Anyone not buying a Mac because it contains an Intel?
I'll admit that I'm waiting on it, and buying used PowerPC Macs. Once there's good emulation support for my Classic apps, I'll switch over.
Yech. I hate the Type-D sockets. They're so big and solid that it's a pain to arrange furniture around them if you have any intention of swapping appliances out. When I lived in Singapore, we filled all of the Type-D sockets with power strips that converted them to the spiffy Type-C that can take either US or European plugs.
Yep. The titanium G4 Powerbooks had a flip-cover on the back. The aluminum Powerbooks don't.
I have to admit, I think that having the door to the laundry room in the back of a wardrobe is pretty cool. I guess I might get sick of it after living there for a while, though.
Odd question: have you checked all of the power outlets in the room to see if they're connected to the switch? It's possible (and common in old houses in Massachusetts) that the switch on the wall only controls lamps that are plugged in as opposed to mounted in the ceiling.
Actually, now that I think of it, many new houses or apartments will have, say, all of the bottom wall outlets (in vertically-oriented pairs) in a room connected to the switch.
Fissure-type eruptions aren't very common in the interior of continents anymore, no. But you can see some outstanding examples in Iceland and occasionally on the flanks of Kilauea or Mauna Loa.