As the post itself points out, there will always be a market for SUV's, because SUV's are necessary.
It is important to keep in mind the varying degrees of necessity. Plenty of people subscribe to the mindset that just because they live somewhere that has snow in the winter, they absolutely must own an AWD vehicle.
I can tell you first hand that logic is rubbish. I live in upstate New York - annual snowfall over 100 inches. I drive a RWD coupe, with a standard transmission and no traction control, year-round. By using tires that match the conditions, I have never been stuck. Indeed I have passed idiots in SUVs that drove into ditches because they felt themselves to be above the laws of physics.
And yet a local used car dealer did a TV ad - in April - telling us that "if you live in New York, you need an SUV". Of course that was probably because his lot was already full of used SUVs, since we had crossed well beyond $3/gallon gas at that point.
So while there are some areas where an SUV is indeed necessary, far too many people have allowed themselves to be sold on the mindset that they are always necessary.
Win2k was the best OS MS EVER made and ever will make and I wish I could still be using it if some apps didn't force XP.
I agree that Win2k is the best windows that microsoft ever made - I'm even writing this reply on a Win2k box. However, I would say that if you want the best OS that microsoft ever wrote, you just need to put a D in front of OS.
It isn't at all ironic if you understand the point the parent is making.
Considering the way my original post was moderated, I would say that there isn't much understanding around here of my point. It began at +2, quickly rose to +5, then was hit with so many "overrated" moderations that it now is back to +2.
I'm starting to understand now why people are so angry about the "overrated, underrated" moderations. Especially considering they never seem to get evaluated in the meta-moderation process.
And yes, I'm aware that this post will likely end up "offtopic".
Really, how does the internet deliver freedom of assembly? IRC, instant messaging, webforums,etc.
That is delivering ability of assembly. It is not delivering freedom of assembly.
And even if your ISP denies you internet access, you can still access the same online resources through other mechanisms - public libraries, coffee shops, maybe even (gasp!) other peoples' homes.
I don't see how the freedom of assembly is lost here.
Ordinarily I oppose just about anything that the RIAA and their cohorts do. However, when I see a line like
download a few songs and they'll come along and cut off the one wire that delivers freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly
And I'm no longer in support of the author of this article.
Really, how does the internet deliver freedom of assembly? And how does not having the internet really stop your ability to use freedom of assembly? I'm pretty sure assemblies have been held without the internet in the past.
And thats just to point out one absurdity in that sentence. There are plenty of good reasons to be angry about ISPs that want to shut off customers for various reasons - I don't think the author should have needed to make any up.
* make sure both surfaces are clean (use a wire brush if needed)
* heat both surfaces to just the right temp
* allow the solder to wick up into the gap by capillary action
note: might be a good idea to use lead-free solder...
Gee, if I have to do all that just to take a dump on the space station, I think I'll pass...
why are there fewer than 1 thread per core? It says 768 cores, but only 700 threads. Does it need the rest of the cores just to manage the large number of threads?
There have been some discussions over the true value of the "discrete graphics" version of the T60/T61 Thinkpads lately. Personally I am not in the least inclined to opt for the "discrete graphics", since amongst other things it reduces your battery life by about 30%, and increases your travel weight. But of course you may have a need for it that I do not.
I'd recommend taking a look at the Thinkpad T6x forums. You may find what you're looking for there.
I was looking at new Thinkpads through Lenovo, and a T60/T61 with Linux pre-installed actually costs less than the same system with Windows XP or Windows Vista.
I haven't looked at their desktops, so I don't know if the same applies there.
Ummm... You do realize I said that as a joke, right? Personally I think the Mars missions are very interesting in their own right, even if we don't uncover any signs of life up there.
Although you are probably appropriately concerned about the real chances of people still expecting little green men to come crawling out of Martian rocks. After all, some very powerful people who shall remain nameless have been known to claim that "the jury is still out" when asked about evolution.
'Wearable' (adj.) description of any garment that allows the wearer to wander through a crowded London pub without starting a fight on a Friday night.
Well now I'm not so sure. I figure if you can wander through a crowd at 75mph, you shouldn't have to worry much about anyone starting a fight with you.
Though the "garment" part of the definition might not fit this item well...
I was wondering the same thing. It looks like the rider is just sitting on a really tall tricycle. I don't see anything about it that supports the concept of "wearable" by any definition I'm familiar with. I don't even see any reason to suspect it to be any lighter than a traditional motorcycle.
Though it may deserve kudos for likely trumping the motorcycle in sheer danger factor.
In a past job I was a LAN administrator for a group that likely thought much more highly of themselves than they had any right to. But one time they came to me with a request that I could not fulfill, because it conflicted with my hiring terms (they wanted me to give all the root passwords to a a manager who was not in the IT department). I repeatedly asked for an explanation and was given none, so I continued with my job since I had more important issues to deal with anyways.
Then one day I came in and found my keycard no longer worked, my workstation had been rebooted, and my network account disabled. Interestingly enough I found this because I got in and found the server room door was wide open and someone else was logged in as admin on our servers. This was how they decided to tell me I was fired, with no advance notice.
Thankfully, the HR person was privileged to our conversation and at least granted me the vacation pay that I was owed.
So I'd say there is probably a non-IT person at work here in the situation that fears you and/or your abilities. Just take what you can get and leave with a smile, you'll likely do better wherever you're going next anyways (I know I am).
One out of 87 -- and that guy only succedded in getting $500.
That just means that 87 potential ID thieves that were either a) extraordinarily stupid or b) extraordinarily arrogant made detectable attempts to use his identity.
Really, shouldn't catching people attempting to use that SSN be on about the same level as catching DUI offenders in front of liquor stores?
I don't know why this is tagged "hardhack". If anything, it probably deserves to be tagged "easyhack". The only thing they did was remove the heat sink, right?
I would look at your question two ways - are you asking for who to work for, or what to work on? There are a lot of things to do, either way.
In terms of who, your choices are plenty. There are a few general options, which vary depending on the field. In general, you have big fish, small (usually new startup) companies, and of course academia. Each has their pluses and minuses, and you'll probably think differently of each of them by the time you're done in graduate school. I'm on my third year of my biochemistry PhD and I know my opinions on each of them change a lot.
As for what field to go in to - obviously you need to find something you want to do, or you'll end up wanting to shoot yourself. That said, I would also recommend looking into the trends - both in funding and in people. Bioinformatics and genomics were both very popular a few years back, and now a lot of people are graduating with degrees in each. There is plenty of work to be done in those fields, but the competition is getting tougher in funding and job hunting. Other 'omices are getting big - proteomics is a great example - and are seeing the same funding / staffing trend that was observed in bioinformatics / genomics a few years back. I was just at a proteomics conference myself a couple weeks ago, and the head-hunting was astounding.
That said, a wise man once pointed out that you'll find the excitement, funding, and staffing for a new technology to be respectively out of phase - at least until the technology du jour is considered "accepted" and "stable". Computational biology and all of its facets is really interesting, but it can be bumpy at times too. So choose your path wisely.
It wouldn't surprise me a bit if the phones, as phones (but not as people) could be tracked by the radio signals they send out constantly. It could lead to interesting movement information for the stores and the mall management.
But can the tracking infrastructure on its own (ie, without cooperation from the cell phone companies) determine who is the owner of a given phone as it moves through the mall? Its one thing to say "phone ABC123 was in the gap for 20 minutes, and then went to cinnabon", but a very different thing to say "jane doe was in the gap for 20 minutes and then went to cinnabon".
It would be useful to know just how much privacy is actually at stake, here.
If you don't think that selling them outright would be worth your money, than tear them down to their most significant brand/model specific parts, and sell those through your favorite auction site. I've seen parts for my 5 year-old P4 laptop going for non-trivial prices.
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It is important to keep in mind the varying degrees of necessity. Plenty of people subscribe to the mindset that just because they live somewhere that has snow in the winter, they absolutely must own an AWD vehicle.
I can tell you first hand that logic is rubbish. I live in upstate New York - annual snowfall over 100 inches. I drive a RWD coupe, with a standard transmission and no traction control, year-round. By using tires that match the conditions, I have never been stuck. Indeed I have passed idiots in SUVs that drove into ditches because they felt themselves to be above the laws of physics.
And yet a local used car dealer did a TV ad - in April - telling us that "if you live in New York, you need an SUV". Of course that was probably because his lot was already full of used SUVs, since we had crossed well beyond $3/gallon gas at that point.
So while there are some areas where an SUV is indeed necessary, far too many people have allowed themselves to be sold on the mindset that they are always necessary.
I think we set the webserver at gamepolitics.com up in smoke as well...
I agree that Win2k is the best windows that microsoft ever made - I'm even writing this reply on a Win2k box. However, I would say that if you want the best OS that microsoft ever wrote, you just need to put a D in front of OS.
Considering the way my original post was moderated, I would say that there isn't much understanding around here of my point. It began at +2, quickly rose to +5, then was hit with so many "overrated" moderations that it now is back to +2.
I'm starting to understand now why people are so angry about the "overrated, underrated" moderations. Especially considering they never seem to get evaluated in the meta-moderation process.
And yes, I'm aware that this post will likely end up "offtopic".
That is delivering ability of assembly. It is not delivering freedom of assembly.
And even if your ISP denies you internet access, you can still access the same online resources through other mechanisms - public libraries, coffee shops, maybe even (gasp!) other peoples' homes.
I don't see how the freedom of assembly is lost here.
I think there are a variety of other species that might disagree...
download a few songs and they'll come along and cut off the one wire that delivers freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly
And I'm no longer in support of the author of this article.
Really, how does the internet deliver freedom of assembly? And how does not having the internet really stop your ability to use freedom of assembly? I'm pretty sure assemblies have been held without the internet in the past.
And thats just to point out one absurdity in that sentence. There are plenty of good reasons to be angry about ISPs that want to shut off customers for various reasons - I don't think the author should have needed to make any up.
... that the guys from the crashed dot-coms were Stealing underpants
* make sure both surfaces are clean (use a wire brush if needed)
* heat both surfaces to just the right temp
* allow the solder to wick up into the gap by capillary action
note: might be a good idea to use lead-free solder...
Gee, if I have to do all that just to take a dump on the space station, I think I'll pass...
And people, this is a good example of why giving Ritalin to all our third-graders might not be the greatest idea...
... I don't understand plumbing, either.
why are there fewer than 1 thread per core? It says 768 cores, but only 700 threads. Does it need the rest of the cores just to manage the large number of threads?
... it uses the Wii fit controller?
That could really lend to a sense of realism previously lacking in racing games. Or maybe just a new sense of vertigo...
There have been some discussions over the true value of the "discrete graphics" version of the T60/T61 Thinkpads lately. Personally I am not in the least inclined to opt for the "discrete graphics", since amongst other things it reduces your battery life by about 30%, and increases your travel weight. But of course you may have a need for it that I do not.
I'd recommend taking a look at the Thinkpad T6x forums. You may find what you're looking for there.
I was looking at new Thinkpads through Lenovo, and a T60/T61 with Linux pre-installed actually costs less than the same system with Windows XP or Windows Vista.
I haven't looked at their desktops, so I don't know if the same applies there.
Ummm... You do realize I said that as a joke, right? Personally I think the Mars missions are very interesting in their own right, even if we don't uncover any signs of life up there.
Although you are probably appropriately concerned about the real chances of people still expecting little green men to come crawling out of Martian rocks. After all, some very powerful people who shall remain nameless have been known to claim that "the jury is still out" when asked about evolution.
Let me know when a picture comes down with clear images of the little green men. Then I will get more excited...
Well now I'm not so sure. I figure if you can wander through a crowd at 75mph, you shouldn't have to worry much about anyone starting a fight with you.
Though the "garment" part of the definition might not fit this item well...
I was wondering the same thing. It looks like the rider is just sitting on a really tall tricycle. I don't see anything about it that supports the concept of "wearable" by any definition I'm familiar with. I don't even see any reason to suspect it to be any lighter than a traditional motorcycle.
Though it may deserve kudos for likely trumping the motorcycle in sheer danger factor.
In a past job I was a LAN administrator for a group that likely thought much more highly of themselves than they had any right to. But one time they came to me with a request that I could not fulfill, because it conflicted with my hiring terms (they wanted me to give all the root passwords to a a manager who was not in the IT department). I repeatedly asked for an explanation and was given none, so I continued with my job since I had more important issues to deal with anyways.
Then one day I came in and found my keycard no longer worked, my workstation had been rebooted, and my network account disabled. Interestingly enough I found this because I got in and found the server room door was wide open and someone else was logged in as admin on our servers. This was how they decided to tell me I was fired, with no advance notice.
Thankfully, the HR person was privileged to our conversation and at least granted me the vacation pay that I was owed.
So I'd say there is probably a non-IT person at work here in the situation that fears you and/or your abilities. Just take what you can get and leave with a smile, you'll likely do better wherever you're going next anyways (I know I am).
That just means that 87 potential ID thieves that were either a) extraordinarily stupid or b) extraordinarily arrogant made detectable attempts to use his identity.
Really, shouldn't catching people attempting to use that SSN be on about the same level as catching DUI offenders in front of liquor stores?
I don't know why this is tagged "hardhack". If anything, it probably deserves to be tagged "easyhack". The only thing they did was remove the heat sink, right?
I would look at your question two ways - are you asking for who to work for, or what to work on? There are a lot of things to do, either way.
In terms of who, your choices are plenty. There are a few general options, which vary depending on the field. In general, you have big fish, small (usually new startup) companies, and of course academia. Each has their pluses and minuses, and you'll probably think differently of each of them by the time you're done in graduate school. I'm on my third year of my biochemistry PhD and I know my opinions on each of them change a lot.
As for what field to go in to - obviously you need to find something you want to do, or you'll end up wanting to shoot yourself. That said, I would also recommend looking into the trends - both in funding and in people. Bioinformatics and genomics were both very popular a few years back, and now a lot of people are graduating with degrees in each. There is plenty of work to be done in those fields, but the competition is getting tougher in funding and job hunting. Other 'omices are getting big - proteomics is a great example - and are seeing the same funding / staffing trend that was observed in bioinformatics / genomics a few years back. I was just at a proteomics conference myself a couple weeks ago, and the head-hunting was astounding.
That said, a wise man once pointed out that you'll find the excitement, funding, and staffing for a new technology to be respectively out of phase - at least until the technology du jour is considered "accepted" and "stable". Computational biology and all of its facets is really interesting, but it can be bumpy at times too. So choose your path wisely.
It wouldn't surprise me a bit if the phones, as phones (but not as people) could be tracked by the radio signals they send out constantly. It could lead to interesting movement information for the stores and the mall management.
But can the tracking infrastructure on its own (ie, without cooperation from the cell phone companies) determine who is the owner of a given phone as it moves through the mall? Its one thing to say "phone ABC123 was in the gap for 20 minutes, and then went to cinnabon", but a very different thing to say "jane doe was in the gap for 20 minutes and then went to cinnabon".
It would be useful to know just how much privacy is actually at stake, here.
If you don't think that selling them outright would be worth your money, than tear them down to their most significant brand/model specific parts, and sell those through your favorite auction site. I've seen parts for my 5 year-old P4 laptop going for non-trivial prices.