For example: the dual fuel engines that can burn gasoline or methane, where because of the design compromises for the two fuel convenience, neither fuel operates at optimal function.
You're full of shit. Modern engine management systems take care of it all.
I thought they just had to have a certain fleet average fuel economy,
Given that European and Japanese cars are massively more economical than American ones, it certainly isn't that. The gas 500s do 59MPG (Imp) and the diesels 76MPG (Imp).
Microsoft Optical mouse, the basic white model with just the scroll wheel. I've had it well over a decade.The bottom is perfectly smooth now but it refuses to die. Best money I've ever spent.
A friend of mine is still rocking a Nokia 6310i and refuses to part with it.
If you want to support the artist, go to their concerts.
Because the revenue off a 300 person venue is really enough for a band to live off. Just how much money do you think that gets them? How much do you think it costs to put on a gig at a large venue?
When you don't have to pay for logistics and you don't expect any profit, the final ticket cost is incredibly low.
BWAHAHA. The gear doesn't transport itself for free and neither is the gear free. Very few venues provide anything other than a stage to perform on and maybe some lighting which you have to pay someone to operate on. And if the final ticket cost is incredibly low then doesn't it follow the musicians are getting less as well?
The public is getting nothing but censorship out of the bargain,
Sorry but there is no censorship. Not being able to freeload stuff that you have to pay to access doesn't amount to censorship. If it were censored I'd not be able to see it all however the reality is I can see it by the methods those who own the property and therefore get the right to decided have provided - public TV, pay TV, cinema, movie rental, legitimate online streaming services, by purchasing DVDs/Blu-Ray etc etc.
are you being ironic and sarcastically making fun of the fact that Brit rights have been stolen to build a money vacuum for sucking pounds & pence from limey wallets into yank coffers?
I'm curious - what new careers do you foresee, that current professional drivers would qualify for?
I was a trucker for 20 years. I've just been given an offer of a place at a top 10 university to do a BEng (Hons) in Electronics Engineering. Not all of us do trucking because we're incapable of doing anything else and I find your insinuation that we are quite insulting.
Perhaps they know they can't get the new Mac Pro ready in a reasonable time after this bullshit "directive" goes into effect, or (MUCH more likely), the EU rules threw their development cycle into a tizzy, and now they have to REDESIGN their almost-ready-but-now-not-so-much Mac Pro. Ever think of that???
By redesign you mean "put a grille over the fan"? My £13 PC PSU fan has a grille over it that you can't get your fingers through. Its hardly a difficult thing to achieve.
Bit of a bitch for the script writer when someone who was actually there at the time who was 50% of the partnership is still alive and can call bullshit. One wonders why they didn't bother asking Woz for information about what happened.
Let me know when all the countries of the EU agree to finally pay the WW2 debt they owe to the US that every single one of them except the Netherlands IIRC flatly said they were never going to pay.
You are obviously completely ignorant of the fact that the UK paid you back some time ago.
Linux OSes promote themselves on their security but they're against one of the things that is designed to circumvent stuff like infected bootloaders because they'll have to do a little bit of additional certifying of their OS bootloader?
Warranties on *all* electrical goods in Europe are two years by law.
This isn't the first time I hear that claim on/. but I don't think it's true.
It depends on whether your country has implemented the EU directive or not. We haven't here in the UK and we don't want to as our Sale of Goods Act rules are stronger than the EU directive in many ways. There is no such thing as a fixed guarantee - goods should last for a reasonably expected lifetime.
I remember using Win95 and 98. then I switched to Linux when 98 was new. then it was like "wow it's gone a whole two weeks without a BSOD or a reboot". then after a while that felt normal.
Win 9x (95/95 OSR2/98/98SE/ME) was overall a steaming pile of dung.
There speaks someone too young to remember Windows 3.x. Compared to DOS/Windows 3.1x, Win9x was an absolute dream. Before Windows 95 there was no such thing as plug'n'play hardware. Certainly most of the people now building and upgrading PCs would not be doing it if things were the way they used to be because you had to know about IRQs, DMA and hardware memory addresses, what was already in use in the machine and how to manually configure system files to use the hardware. You were also limited to how much you could put in a machine because there was no such thing as IRQ sharing.
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That's all true, but manufacturers go to great lengths to inflate the figure. They disconnect the alternator, tape up cracks in the bodywork to improve airflow, remove wing mirrors(!), disconnect the brakes to reduce friction and use special oils in the engine to improve efficiency
Not in the EU testing.
For example: the dual fuel engines that can burn gasoline or methane, where because of the design compromises for the two fuel convenience, neither fuel operates at optimal function.
You're full of shit. Modern engine management systems take care of it all.
I thought they just had to have a certain fleet average fuel economy,
Given that European and Japanese cars are massively more economical than American ones, it certainly isn't that. The gas 500s do 59MPG (Imp) and the diesels 76MPG (Imp).
Microsoft Optical mouse, the basic white model with just the scroll wheel. I've had it well over a decade.The bottom is perfectly smooth now but it refuses to die. Best money I've ever spent. A friend of mine is still rocking a Nokia 6310i and refuses to part with it.
Nah... there won't be any good games released for these consoles that aren't on PC already. Which is probably the #1 reason.
There is no PC equivalent to the Forza series.
If you want to support the artist, go to their concerts.
Because the revenue off a 300 person venue is really enough for a band to live off. Just how much money do you think that gets them? How much do you think it costs to put on a gig at a large venue?
When you don't have to pay for logistics and you don't expect any profit, the final ticket cost is incredibly low.
BWAHAHA. The gear doesn't transport itself for free and neither is the gear free. Very few venues provide anything other than a stage to perform on and maybe some lighting which you have to pay someone to operate on. And if the final ticket cost is incredibly low then doesn't it follow the musicians are getting less as well?
If Mariah carey had gone independent instead of being with Columbia or Virgin Records etc. she would have been able to retain all of the profits
Without the promotion of the record companies and the money they had to finance recording and releases, she'd have still been a waitress.
The world is caving to the slightest whims of an industry that we would survive just fine without.
So if you can survive fine without it why do you care that they restrict releases, own the copyrights and want to prevent people from pirating it?
The public is getting nothing but censorship out of the bargain,
Sorry but there is no censorship. Not being able to freeload stuff that you have to pay to access doesn't amount to censorship. If it were censored I'd not be able to see it all however the reality is I can see it by the methods those who own the property and therefore get the right to decided have provided - public TV, pay TV, cinema, movie rental, legitimate online streaming services, by purchasing DVDs/Blu-Ray etc etc.
are you being ironic and sarcastically making fun of the fact that Brit rights have been stolen to build a money vacuum for sucking pounds & pence from limey wallets into yank coffers?
What rights have been stolen? None.
Do you suck Linus's cock?
Nevermind the new jobs that this will enable.
I'm curious - what new careers do you foresee, that current professional drivers would qualify for?
I was a trucker for 20 years. I've just been given an offer of a place at a top 10 university to do a BEng (Hons) in Electronics Engineering. Not all of us do trucking because we're incapable of doing anything else and I find your insinuation that we are quite insulting.
Perhaps they know they can't get the new Mac Pro ready in a reasonable time after this bullshit "directive" goes into effect, or (MUCH more likely), the EU rules threw their development cycle into a tizzy, and now they have to REDESIGN their almost-ready-but-now-not-so-much Mac Pro. Ever think of that???
By redesign you mean "put a grille over the fan"? My £13 PC PSU fan has a grille over it that you can't get your fingers through. Its hardly a difficult thing to achieve.
Bit of a bitch for the script writer when someone who was actually there at the time who was 50% of the partnership is still alive and can call bullshit. One wonders why they didn't bother asking Woz for information about what happened.
Laptops are zero rated for import duty in the EU,
Let me know when all the countries of the EU agree to finally pay the WW2 debt they owe to the US that every single one of them except the Netherlands IIRC flatly said they were never going to pay.
You are obviously completely ignorant of the fact that the UK paid you back some time ago.
Linux OSes promote themselves on their security but they're against one of the things that is designed to circumvent stuff like infected bootloaders because they'll have to do a little bit of additional certifying of their OS bootloader?
Warranties on *all* electrical goods in Europe are two years by law.
This isn't the first time I hear that claim on /. but I don't think it's true.
It depends on whether your country has implemented the EU directive or not. We haven't here in the UK and we don't want to as our Sale of Goods Act rules are stronger than the EU directive in many ways. There is no such thing as a fixed guarantee - goods should last for a reasonably expected lifetime.
I remember using Win95 and 98. then I switched to Linux when 98 was new. then it was like "wow it's gone a whole two weeks without a BSOD or a reboot". then after a while that felt normal.
Of course you were....
You've got it wrong.
Win 9x (95/95 OSR2/98/98SE/ME) was overall a steaming pile of dung.
There speaks someone too young to remember Windows 3.x. Compared to DOS/Windows 3.1x, Win9x was an absolute dream. Before Windows 95 there was no such thing as plug'n'play hardware. Certainly most of the people now building and upgrading PCs would not be doing it if things were the way they used to be because you had to know about IRQs, DMA and hardware memory addresses, what was already in use in the machine and how to manually configure system files to use the hardware. You were also limited to how much you could put in a machine because there was no such thing as IRQ sharing.
I don't see many college students typing up their homework on their iPhone.
SCC isn't law. It is a set of rules for the school.
I am actually from the East Riding. This was Hull Social Services, not the East Ridings. Hull is a separate local authority.
...apart from the spell checker you're using.
This is the Telegraph, take the story with a pinch of salt. I don't think that even the UK government is mad enough to try this.
Looks at GCHQ listening post 20 miles away.....Yes, yes they are.