20 angstroms (2 nanometers) is not difficult, especially given that SiO is generally not deposited on Si but rather grown out of it by oxidation (at least, for standard MOS that's how it's done). But depositions of films of this thickness is pretty regular in semiconductor work.
In fact, all the dimensions outlined in the article are pretty standard, if not large, for this type of research.
In my (limited) experience I've found it's oldies who are loving this kind of site - my dad and his girlfriend have had people from England, France, Ireland come and stay with them and on a recent family trip to France we crashed for two nights at 'friends' of theirs who I later found out they had never met before, but had found on couchsurfing.com!
It makes sense for older couples (50s/60s) whose children have left, who have big houses but time to travel and hang out and just socialise instead of work! Also, there is a more implicit sense of 'safety' when it's an older couple, and when it becomes networked - so-and-so stayed with them so they must be good etc...
Just used it - looks nifty, but it's DAMN slow, and there is no easy way to un-geotag a batch of your photos (at least not through the map interface - not good if you stuff up).
The whole world map doesn't look like it has many photos on there from the pink dots, but it lists many more in the 'total photos' - so I think it is a little buggy right now. The photos I Just added didn't come up when I tried to narrow the search through the main page either.
I think the site is a little too slow right now - I hope they improve it though, and find a better way to present the millions of photos which will soon populate the map.
Install a "came with my machine" version of Tiger on any other machine and it'll refuse to install iLife and many of the other applications.
If you access the packages directly via the Terminal (ie see the 'hidden' directories the Finder won't show) you will have no trouble installing everything.
It amazes me that you have such a grasp of the use of "affect" and "effect" but don't seem to grasp that the word "fucking" should only be used as a verb or adverb and not an adjective
I disagree. Fucking should and will be used in any part of any sentence at any time. It simply transcends all grammatical boundaries and can fucking well fucking go fucking where the fucking hell it wants to, fucking.
Seriously, is this scheme going to work anyway? After these laptops get distributed, is there any reason to assume that they _won't_ be taken into the 'care' of adults who either a) want to use them for themselves or b) want to control access? Are we relying on people doing 'the right thing' and letting the kids have unfettered access? Or are the laptops so crap noone else would want to use them? Seems as though anything worth having is not going to remain free-to-all for very long.
Just got back from Europe where they have a supermarket chain called LIDL that simply rips off the tops of the boxes and that is their shelving system. Cuts prices, and works well IMHO.
With pre-paid gift cards + google maps, you can indeed buy from other country's stores. Easier in the EU with going to go buy those cards being closer and all.
Uh, what? Most people whose work involves use of a computer are forced to use Windows by their employer.
So if your employer forces you to use Windows, then updates, phoning home and all that jazz are their problem, not yours. Is your computer unusable now? No? then why do you *need* updates anyway?
If your employer then doesnt like it, they can consider alternative OSes (Linux, Mac OS X). Need dedicated Windows programs? First, ASK the company if they will make a Mac/Linux version (at least make them aware you want an alternative). Then consider dual-booting (Linux or OS X) or a VM solution (VMware, Parallels etc)
My research group had an end of year BBQ on the river foreshore, with some great nitrogen bombs we threw into the river. One was particularly big and when it blew up under water with the loudest bang you can imagine it scared some nearby rowers it was hilarious:)
Actually it's far fetched. Microsoft just added an exporter, not a reader. The only popular and common way to see and print a PDF yet is the Adobe Reader (and some other Adobe products).
Except if you aren't using Windows. OK, so this is a Windows story, but I haven't used Adobe acrobat, or any other Adobe PDF program, since I moved to OS X. And I love it. I can see why Adobe is scared though, because to me PDF is not an Adobe standard, it just exists and is great.
Not having PDF export and, more usefully, native viewing of PDFs in Vista will be a huge loss. I regularly use PDFs in all sorts of documents - Apple's Keynote/Pages, pdflatex... Preview is a great little program, and the integration into OS X is invaluable.
Windows is seriously missing out not only only export, but on tighter PDF integration - but what can I say except hopefully it will help a greater move to OS X.:)
Reminds me of all those in my state who voted vehemently against Sunday trading (supermarkets, other random retail stores) who then GO SHOPPING ON SUNDAY in the two places that are open and force me to wade through the sea of their fat dawdling asses.
While I will never part with my own personal computer, I know many people who are happy to work off whichever terminal is around - think gmail, flickr... with an on-line word processor and somewhere (gmail?) to store your files, many people are happy to use whichever computer is nearest and connected to the internet.
I don't think anyone is going to start selling less-powerful machines, but net cafes and other access points might as well have dumb terminals, all thats need is to be able to access and use the applications that run in your web browser.
I think the biggest hurdle to this accessibility is DRMd files - you can't go into a net cafe and buy a song off iTunes to dl'd to your ipod, unless that is the only copy you will ever want (and wont delete it) (or can you? can you once-off authorize the computer? - seems counterproductive if you cant get the song off your ipod later).
The worst change IMHO? The lock port has moved to the middle of the laptop, just like on the MBP.
My iBook stays at my desk pretty much 7 days a week, and is nicely locked down (how secure the locks are I don't want to know). Anyway, the lock is at the rear left of the laptop - perfectly positioned NOT to get in the way of any of the other ports. It's a terrible design decision to change it (the powerbooks were in the middle too - crazy).
Glossy screens are shiny, reflective. Haven't used one myself so I can't say if they are better or worse than a matt LCD. I do, however, trust Apple to have one damn fine quality LCD under the glossy coating.
Really, all my friends have been so smart ass about their glossy screened Toshibas/Sonys/whatevers (if it's not Apple I don't care:)). Now everyone here seems to be complaining when Apple gives us the glossy screen!
I like that on the MBPs you have a choice. As much as I think Apple generally makes a good call with limited choices, the MBs should also have the choice (I'm guessing in the near future they will, depending on how the MBP screen options sell).
True, but the main problem is that Excel doesn't run on Linux. Build a better Excel and the people with money (and, accordingly, influence) will stampede to Linux.
Exactly.
Spreadsheets have a huge history in the personal computer market - they legitimised the use of computers: spreadsheets SOLD computers - think VisiCalc, Lotus 1-2-3.
Why has no other company even attempted to enter this niche market? I know many engineering graduates who are Excel-pushers. Excel is a fantastic program, but it has shortcomings - crappy graphing for one (no vector export AFAIK or it's so crappy no one uses it). Other graphing programs like Origin are a nightmare to use, and lack the basic data manipulation that Excel provides. I've never tried the Open Office version (is there one?) but I'd guess it doesn't even deserve to be compared (please correct me if I am wrong, but I've never heard it is so). I know I bought Office simply for Excel.
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20 angstroms (2 nanometers) is not difficult, especially given that SiO is generally not deposited on Si but rather grown out of it by oxidation (at least, for standard MOS that's how it's done). But depositions of films of this thickness is pretty regular in semiconductor work.
In fact, all the dimensions outlined in the article are pretty standard, if not large, for this type of research.
In my (limited) experience I've found it's oldies who are loving this kind of site - my dad and his girlfriend have had people from England, France, Ireland come and stay with them and on a recent family trip to France we crashed for two nights at 'friends' of theirs who I later found out they had never met before, but had found on couchsurfing.com!
It makes sense for older couples (50s/60s) whose children have left, who have big houses but time to travel and hang out and just socialise instead of work! Also, there is a more implicit sense of 'safety' when it's an older couple, and when it becomes networked - so-and-so stayed with them so they must be good etc...
Just used it - looks nifty, but it's DAMN slow, and there is no easy way to un-geotag a batch of your photos (at least not through the map interface - not good if you stuff up).
The whole world map doesn't look like it has many photos on there from the pink dots, but it lists many more in the 'total photos' - so I think it is a little buggy right now. The photos I Just added didn't come up when I tried to narrow the search through the main page either.
I think the site is a little too slow right now - I hope they improve it though, and find a better way to present the millions of photos which will soon populate the map.
It really is all summed up nicely by the man, Fake Steve Jobs, here.
sloppy focus rocks. I miss it in OS X.
I don't know how Windows users get anything done either - my biggest efficiency tool? Hiding. CMD-H is the bomb.
Install a "came with my machine" version of Tiger on any other machine and it'll refuse to install iLife and many of the other applications.
If you access the packages directly via the Terminal (ie see the 'hidden' directories the Finder won't show) you will have no trouble installing everything.
It amazes me that you have such a grasp of the use of "affect" and "effect" but don't seem to grasp that the word "fucking" should only be used as a verb or adverb and not an adjective
I disagree. Fucking should and will be used in any part of any sentence at any time. It simply transcends all grammatical boundaries and can fucking well fucking go fucking where the fucking hell it wants to, fucking.
Not to be crass, of course.
Seriously, is this scheme going to work anyway? After these laptops get distributed, is there any reason to assume that they _won't_ be taken into the 'care' of adults who either a) want to use them for themselves or b) want to control access? Are we relying on people doing 'the right thing' and letting the kids have unfettered access? Or are the laptops so crap noone else would want to use them? Seems as though anything worth having is not going to remain free-to-all for very long.
It is. All of the properties generally reflect reality.
Not in the Australian version they don't! Each state gets an area of the board (the 'big' states get the high end).
And the LOTR version maps chronologically around the board.
Just got back from Europe where they have a supermarket chain called LIDL that simply rips off the tops of the boxes and that is their shelving system. Cuts prices, and works well IMHO.
ISPs around here are simply cutting their 'broadband' speeds back from 1.5Mb to 512kb. Quotas are strictly enforced as well. :/
I'm a mac user too...
With pre-paid gift cards + google maps, you can indeed buy from other country's stores. Easier in the EU with going to go buy those cards being closer and all.
Agreed. If self-proclaimed nerds won't bother with alternatives, no wonder Microsoft is loving making everyone their bitch.
Uh, what? Most people whose work involves use of a computer are forced to use Windows by their employer.
So if your employer forces you to use Windows, then updates, phoning home and all that jazz are their problem, not yours. Is your computer unusable now? No? then why do you *need* updates anyway?
If your employer then doesnt like it, they can consider alternative OSes (Linux, Mac OS X). Need dedicated Windows programs? First, ASK the company if they will make a Mac/Linux version (at least make them aware you want an alternative). Then consider dual-booting (Linux or OS X) or a VM solution (VMware, Parallels etc)
My research group had an end of year BBQ on the river foreshore, with some great nitrogen bombs we threw into the river. One was particularly big and when it blew up under water with the loudest bang you can imagine it scared some nearby rowers it was hilarious :)
Actually it's far fetched. Microsoft just added an exporter, not a reader. The only popular and common way to see and print a PDF yet is the Adobe Reader (and some other Adobe products).
:)
Except if you aren't using Windows. OK, so this is a Windows story, but I haven't used Adobe acrobat, or any other Adobe PDF program, since I moved to OS X. And I love it. I can see why Adobe is scared though, because to me PDF is not an Adobe standard, it just exists and is great.
Not having PDF export and, more usefully, native viewing of PDFs in Vista will be a huge loss. I regularly use PDFs in all sorts of documents - Apple's Keynote/Pages, pdflatex... Preview is a great little program, and the integration into OS X is invaluable.
Windows is seriously missing out not only only export, but on tighter PDF integration - but what can I say except hopefully it will help a greater move to OS X.
Reminds me of all those in my state who voted vehemently against Sunday trading (supermarkets, other random retail stores) who then GO SHOPPING ON SUNDAY in the two places that are open and force me to wade through the sea of their fat dawdling asses.
While I will never part with my own personal computer, I know many people who are happy to work off whichever terminal is around - think gmail, flickr... with an on-line word processor and somewhere (gmail?) to store your files, many people are happy to use whichever computer is nearest and connected to the internet.
I don't think anyone is going to start selling less-powerful machines, but net cafes and other access points might as well have dumb terminals, all thats need is to be able to access and use the applications that run in your web browser.
I think the biggest hurdle to this accessibility is DRMd files - you can't go into a net cafe and buy a song off iTunes to dl'd to your ipod, unless that is the only copy you will ever want (and wont delete it) (or can you? can you once-off authorize the computer? - seems counterproductive if you cant get the song off your ipod later).
The worst change IMHO? The lock port has moved to the middle of the laptop, just like on the MBP.
My iBook stays at my desk pretty much 7 days a week, and is nicely locked down (how secure the locks are I don't want to know). Anyway, the lock is at the rear left of the laptop - perfectly positioned NOT to get in the way of any of the other ports. It's a terrible design decision to change it (the powerbooks were in the middle too - crazy).
Glossy screens are shiny, reflective. Haven't used one myself so I can't say if they are better or worse than a matt LCD. I do, however, trust Apple to have one damn fine quality LCD under the glossy coating.
:)). Now everyone here seems to be complaining when Apple gives us the glossy screen!
Really, all my friends have been so smart ass about their glossy screened Toshibas/Sonys/whatevers (if it's not Apple I don't care
I like that on the MBPs you have a choice. As much as I think Apple generally makes a good call with limited choices, the MBs should also have the choice (I'm guessing in the near future they will, depending on how the MBP screen options sell).
suck it up - an Apple laptop will make you much happier in the long run.
True, but the main problem is that Excel doesn't run on Linux.
Build a better Excel and the people with money (and, accordingly, influence) will stampede to Linux.
Exactly.
Spreadsheets have a huge history in the personal computer market - they legitimised the use of computers: spreadsheets SOLD computers - think VisiCalc, Lotus 1-2-3.
Why has no other company even attempted to enter this niche market? I know many engineering graduates who are Excel-pushers. Excel is a fantastic program, but it has shortcomings - crappy graphing for one (no vector export AFAIK or it's so crappy no one uses it). Other graphing programs like Origin are a nightmare to use, and lack the basic data manipulation that Excel provides. I've never tried the Open Office version (is there one?) but I'd guess it doesn't even deserve to be compared (please correct me if I am wrong, but I've never heard it is so). I know I bought Office simply for Excel.
Woodcrest = Core 2 Extreme, according to the Appleinsider report
I think Apple can still use Conroe (and not Woodcrest) at the PowerMac's current price point if they use Extreme edition processors
Doesn't Core 2 Extreme = Woodcrest?