Where did you get that information - I've never heard that...? "PB Blaster" is a great product in it's own right, though. I've used it many many times.
Comparing the MSDS Sheets, they appear to be different compounds:
Let me add to these other ideas a product named "Corrosion Block" (for the marine industry) and/or "ACF 50" (for aviation). Despite the different names, the product itself is the exact same thing, and works wonders on electronics that have been, or will be getting, wet. You can find it in most boating stores. Spray on a thin film, clean the electronics, let them dry thoroughly. A little goes a long way. The only caveat is that due to its ability/nature to "creep" over time (a good thing, it ensures even coverage), you want to use it sparingly around LCD displays so that it doesn't get inside. Living on a boat, I have had plenty of opportunity (too much!) to do what it is that you are having to do.:) Good luck!
According to the same nj.com article, there are over 43,000 TSA "security officers". That means that the percentage of thieves is less than 0.00697674. Of course, 0.0% would be better, but there are *always* a few bad apples...
But somehow I suspect that a headline which read "Study Shows Less Than 0.00697674% Of TSA Employees Are Thieves" would gather much less attention.
And it is the job of mass media in this country to keep you alarmed and in fear so that you will stay in line with the rest of the sheeple, toeing one of the 2 party lines, and dependent on The System...
There are lots of thieves out there. The worst ones are the ones stealing the money we make before we even see it, and "redistributing" it to others "who need it more". Only after, of course, they have taken a major part of it for themselves and/or their agendas. Give me a fscking break.
Thanks for the link. Oddly, I hadn't considered Wikipedia as a research source, but after reading the entire (and thorough, and neutral POV, I believe after much reading) entry, as well as the Archived comments about what is presented there, I've come to regard what you wrote as being pretty much "the truth we don't hear reported", and even more informative than I'd thought previously. If even half the commenter's here on "slashkos" bothered to inform themselves, before repeating either parties 'talking points', how much better the discussions would be!
Regarding truths and factual information about Mrs. Palin: I of course had not heard/read nearly all of the Wiki article info from or in the mass media, at all. No surprise there, I guess - which only further confirms the reasons I have refused to own an idiot box (TV) for the past 4 years, preferring instead less biased/more comprehensive sources...
Please mod parent way up, if this is true, if the above statements are factual.
Because if they are, then it is one of the most Informative posts in this entire, re-hashed for the third-time-around discussion...
Nope, not a Republican here - a GDI, who would have really liked to have seen Ron Paul get a fair shake in the process (IMO, he didn't). But if the above claims are true, then I do like Palin more than I did previously. I wouldn't mind someone in office who *for once* did what was right, in lieu of 'what is best for The Party'. People that do that make me want to vomit.
Ah, good - There is a link (at the left of the page, top) where you can choose White to relieve the massive eyestrain you got after entering via the default Black page.:) Thank Deity.
Easier *and* quicker. Granted, I was running ExitReality in a VM (w/no Linux support in ExitReality, that's the only way for me to do it) but the graphics were slow loading, and the interface is not very intuitive. It made banner logos look like content, things like that; hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.
My foray into Exiting Reality lasted maybe 10 minutes. Then I found out this, too: ExitReality is a messy place. Prior to installing it, I had cleaned the WinXP VM thoroughly. ExitReality's uninstall process left behind almost 30M of various data on the disk, and 44 Registry keys. Sloppy, that...
Maybe if these people get enough folks on the "3D Web" bandwagon things will improve, but it appears to me that this is something that will be more or less just a flash in the pan...
I just bought a '99 Saturn SW2, and in that family of cars (basically from what I can tell as a noob to the line, Saturns produced from '91-ish to '02), there are some stellar fuel economy numbers.
Without even trying, it appears that I am getting ~30 mpg with my vehicle, which has the less efficient (albeit more powerful) DOHC engine, and that is with running the A/C part time, having an automatic transmission, and not doing anything excessive to seek great mileage. Based on this, I think that come cooler weather, and with a little effort at being conscious about my driving, I could easily see ~35+ mpg.
There are some 'hypermilers' at the saturnfans.com forum who are reporting 45+ mpg with their SOHC Saturns.
Cost? $2,000 for the car. I am 'recycling' it. With only 92K miles on the odometer, and *lots* of Saturn owners pushing 250K with their cars still running well, I think that there are many years of life left in this vehicle.
I'm 'smugger' than any hybrid owner could possibly be.;)
They've already got it. I heard about it on late night radio, "Coast to Coast AM" w/George Noory. Truth news!
Yep. I think Bush used it to send Katrina to NOLA, or something like that... Wilma, Ophelia -they were all manipulated. Even
Pravda even wrote an article about it, so it must be true! OMG teh kittenz!
Well, OK, no I don't believe it. I think it is as plausible as us sending cloud ships out into the ocean to stop some process that has been going on for loooong before we were here, and will go on for long after we are gone...
But hey, 'cloud ships' are as good a way as any to get some grant money funding, I guess!:rolleyes:
Sorry my answer is so late in coming- I have been prepping for tropical storm landfall.:)
We can predict when an ice shelf is due to break off. We have somewhat over 100 years of experience with that science, apparently. In fact, that was done for this one (see comments above). What struck me was the breathless tone of this article, about how this was such a calamity, and it seemed yet again another puff piece that is in fact thinly veiled propaganda placed to support the arguments of those who are proponents of "man-made global climate change", nee "Global Warming".
The other article you refer to (wow, thanks for researching me...;) ) showed how the application of science is showing us new and previously unknown aspects of this world around us. *That*, IMO, is news. What we had thought for hundreds of years to be a rare phenomena is turning out to be actually (maybe) quite common, and amazingly, perhaps even predictable. Besides a professed selfish interest in that, the applications of that science will have a direct benefit on people worldwide.
That's the difference, to me. Of course, YMMV. Cheers!
Ellesmere Island was once entirely ringed by a single enormous ice shelf that broke up in the early 1900s. All that is left today are the four much smaller shelves that together cover little more than 299 square miles.
So this is a process that has been going on for ~100 years now? And that means it is indicative of, or news because... ???
Nothing to see here... (except my dwindling karma...;) )
TFA and/. summary are possibly grossly unfair. There *are* two sides to every story, and apparently the article author has a chip on his shoulder for Nvidia, no pun intended. (Personally, I don't have a dog in this fight, but in the interest of fairness...) Check out the comments, like this one which would seem to be from someone at Nvidia:
Answer this...
As you know Charlie has a history of severe bias against NVIDIA. Our July announcement of the problem with notebook GPU failures (link) has given him lots to rant about. This new story is the latest in a series of articles in which he continues to stretch the truth in order to spread FUD. In it he asserts he paints the notebook chip failures as if it were a widespread epidemic affecting every single NVIDIA GPU in existence including desktop. Here is a list of BS and the truth.
Myth 1 - NVIDIA has denied responsibility for the failures and is blaming suppliers and partners.
In our announcements accept responsibility for the failures. We DO call out the material failure but we also acknowledge that our suppliers and notebook designs because this is true and we need to disclose this in our official statements to the SEC. We would not go on record with the SEC making such bold claims if they weren't true. See our Form 8-K statement below.
Myth 2 - There is an "official story" that the problems were limited a batch of a few bad parts for HP.
We have never issued a stated this. See our public statements below.
Where is source for that?
Myth 3 - NVIDIA is forcing a fix on notebook makers
The idea that a supplier like NVIDIA can dictate a fix to the world's largest PC makers is preposterous.
The truth is the notebook makers determining their own course of action and we are supporting them.
Where is source for that?
Myth 4 - NVIDIA is trying to cuts our financial liability.
We put aside $200M to help partners solve this problem for consumers. As far as we know NVIDIA is the first and only chip maker to help fund the cost for repairs.
Myth 5 - This affects desktop chips, G92, G94, etc.
We have only seen this problem on notebooks. We just reiterated this during an official financial call. Once again we would not say this if it wasn't true. Note we have not disclosed the specific GPUs but we have stated this impact previous generation GPUs and that current gen GPUs are not in production.
Fact
Charlie has an obvious bias against NVIDIA and he has no sources to back up his claims. Out of all of the hundreds upon hundreds of notebooks models designed with NVIDIA chips in the last few years, only a small number of these have experienced the problem. Within this small number of models, only a small percentage actually experiences the chip failure. It is highly unlike a notebook user will experience the problem. And we have never seen this problem on desktop.
Other Useful Information
"Separately, NVIDIA plans to take a one-time charge from $150 million to $200 million against cost of revenue for the second quarter to cover anticipated warranty, repair, return, replacement and other costs and expenses, arising from a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of its previous generation GPU and MCP products used in notebook systems. Certain notebook configurations with GPUs and MCPs manufactured with a certain die/packaging material set are failing in the field at higher than normal rates. To date, abnormal failure rates with systems other than certain notebook systems have not been seen. NVIDIA has initiated discussions with its supply chain regarding this material set issue and the Company will also seek to access insurance coverage for this matter." posted by : Derek, 29 August 2008
So, whichever way it breaks, I do hope that what *is* the truth WRT this issue gets out...
It's not that he is morally above having connections. It's just that he lacks the age and/or high political experience which bring these connections in force.
...agreed, and so that makes me wonder: Just how then did he wind up where he is, looking like he will occupy the (arguably) most powerful position in the world? What are the connections he has that got him there? And last: Who does he owe for that, and what???
These are questions I have been wondering, that I have not been able to find good answers for, from either of the 2 big parties or their talking heads - at least none that make a lot of sense, and that makes me moe than a bit uneasy.
(((And, before I get modded down by the Obama idealogues: No, I'm not your arch-enemy the conservative Republican - what I am is a former card-carrying member of the Libertarian party who's gone Independent, thanks...)))
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Where did you get that information - I've never heard that...? "PB Blaster" is a great product in it's own right, though. I've used it many many times.
Comparing the MSDS Sheets, they appear to be different compounds:
Lear Corp's "Corrosion Block" - http://www.nocorrosion.com/MSDS-1.pdf
Blaster Products "Corrosion Stop" - http://www.blasterchemical.com/images/msds/CSP-Aerosol-nov06.pdf
...but I'm no chemist, so they might well be using different names to describe the same materials.
Oops, should have included a link:
http://www.nocorrosion.com/corrosion-control.htm
Let me add to these other ideas a product named "Corrosion Block" (for the marine industry) and/or "ACF 50" (for aviation). Despite the different names, the product itself is the exact same thing, and works wonders on electronics that have been, or will be getting, wet. You can find it in most boating stores. Spray on a thin film, clean the electronics, let them dry thoroughly. A little goes a long way. The only caveat is that due to its ability/nature to "creep" over time (a good thing, it ensures even coverage), you want to use it sparingly around LCD displays so that it doesn't get inside. Living on a boat, I have had plenty of opportunity (too much!) to do what it is that you are having to do. :) Good luck!
...and a further Mod down - for correcting myself? Hahahahaha... lol Fuskinng slashbash.... geesh.
To those who moderated me Troll (x2): what fucktards you are. Your mother is a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries. So there, pissants!
:rolleyes:
Really - I got modded "Troll" for this? Fucking ridiculous...
Nope, just obscure....
Parlous
Pronunciation: par les
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of perilous
Date: 14th century
1: obsolete : dangerously shrewd or cunning
2: full of danger or risk : hazardous
usage: "the parlous state of the country"
Too early in the morning here. :)
Off by a couple 0's there.
According to the same nj.com article, there are over 43,000 TSA "security officers". That means that the percentage of thieves is less than 0.00697674. Of course, 0.0% would be better, but there are *always* a few bad apples...
But somehow I suspect that a headline which read "Study Shows Less Than 0.00697674% Of TSA Employees Are Thieves" would gather much less attention.
And it is the job of mass media in this country to keep you alarmed and in fear so that you will stay in line with the rest of the sheeple, toeing one of the 2 party lines, and dependent on The System...
There are lots of thieves out there. The worst ones are the ones stealing the money we make before we even see it, and "redistributing" it to others "who need it more". Only after, of course, they have taken a major part of it for themselves and/or their agendas. Give me a fscking break.
Thanks for the link. Oddly, I hadn't considered Wikipedia as a research source, but after reading the entire (and thorough, and neutral POV, I believe after much reading) entry, as well as the Archived comments about what is presented there, I've come to regard what you wrote as being pretty much "the truth we don't hear reported", and even more informative than I'd thought previously. If even half the commenter's here on "slashkos" bothered to inform themselves, before repeating either parties 'talking points', how much better the discussions would be!
;)
Regarding truths and factual information about Mrs. Palin: I of course had not heard/read nearly all of the Wiki article info from or in the mass media, at all. No surprise there, I guess - which only further confirms the reasons I have refused to own an idiot box (TV) for the past 4 years, preferring instead less biased/more comprehensive sources...
Thanks again, overunder. Over, out...
Please mod parent way up , if this is true, if the above statements are factual.
Because if they are, then it is one of the most Informative posts in this entire, re-hashed for the third-time-around discussion...
Nope, not a Republican here - a GDI, who would have really liked to have seen Ron Paul get a fair shake in the process (IMO, he didn't). But if the above claims are true, then I do like Palin more than I did previously. I wouldn't mind someone in office who *for once* did what was right, in lieu of 'what is best for The Party'. People that do that make me want to vomit.
Ah, good - There is a link (at the left of the page, top) where you can choose White to relieve the massive eyestrain you got after entering via the default Black page. :) Thank Deity.
OMG MY EYES...
While Blackviper might have some good info* about running/tweaking Win, whoever they are, they should get a clue about webpage design.
;)
Thanks for the link. I think.
*(I am not sure they do just yet - I didn't read much there, still have afterimages dancing in front of my eyes. Geesh...)
Easier *and* quicker. Granted, I was running ExitReality in a VM (w/no Linux support in ExitReality, that's the only way for me to do it) but the graphics were slow loading, and the interface is not very intuitive. It made banner logos look like content, things like that; hard to separate the wheat from the chaff.
My foray into Exiting Reality lasted maybe 10 minutes. Then I found out this, too: ExitReality is a messy place. Prior to installing it, I had cleaned the WinXP VM thoroughly. ExitReality's uninstall process left behind almost 30M of various data on the disk, and 44 Registry keys. Sloppy, that...
Maybe if these people get enough folks on the "3D Web" bandwagon things will improve, but it appears to me that this is something that will be more or less just a flash in the pan...
No, he's from the Judean Popular People's Front, an altogether different organization. They are the ones who claim "Blessed are the cheese makers."
Please get your facts straight before posting in the future, or I shall be forced to say 'Ni'...
I would gladly pay the same price for a Linux laptop as I would for one with a copy of (insert Win flavor) on it.
OEM's: Don't charge *more* for Linux, charge the _same_ as what you would for a system with the MS tax, and then put the difference in your pocket.
Use the extra profit as an incentive to offer and support Linux, and keep it in the line...
I just bought a '99 Saturn SW2, and in that family of cars (basically from what I can tell as a noob to the line, Saturns produced from '91-ish to '02), there are some stellar fuel economy numbers.
Without even trying, it appears that I am getting ~30 mpg with my vehicle, which has the less efficient (albeit more powerful) DOHC engine, and that is with running the A/C part time, having an automatic transmission, and not doing anything excessive to seek great mileage. Based on this, I think that come cooler weather, and with a little effort at being conscious about my driving, I could easily see ~35+ mpg.
There are some 'hypermilers' at the saturnfans.com forum who are reporting 45+ mpg with their SOHC Saturns.
Cost? $2,000 for the car. I am 'recycling' it. With only 92K miles on the odometer, and *lots* of Saturn owners pushing 250K with their cars still running well, I think that there are many years of life left in this vehicle.
I'm 'smugger' than any hybrid owner could possibly be. ;)
They've already got it. I heard about it on late night radio, "Coast to Coast AM" w/George Noory. Truth news!
:rolleyes:
Yep. I think Bush used it to send Katrina to NOLA, or something like that... Wilma, Ophelia -they were all manipulated. Even Pravda even wrote an article about it, so it must be true! OMG teh kittenz!
Well, OK, no I don't believe it. I think it is as plausible as us sending cloud ships out into the ocean to stop some process that has been going on for loooong before we were here, and will go on for long after we are gone...
But hey, 'cloud ships' are as good a way as any to get some grant money funding, I guess!
Sorry my answer is so late in coming- I have been prepping for tropical storm landfall. :)
;) ) showed how the application of science is showing us new and previously unknown aspects of this world around us. *That*, IMO, is news. What we had thought for hundreds of years to be a rare phenomena is turning out to be actually (maybe) quite common, and amazingly, perhaps even predictable. Besides a professed selfish interest in that, the applications of that science will have a direct benefit on people worldwide.
We can predict when an ice shelf is due to break off. We have somewhat over 100 years of experience with that science, apparently. In fact, that was done for this one (see comments above). What struck me was the breathless tone of this article, about how this was such a calamity, and it seemed yet again another puff piece that is in fact thinly veiled propaganda placed to support the arguments of those who are proponents of "man-made global climate change", nee "Global Warming".
The other article you refer to (wow, thanks for researching me...
That's the difference, to me. Of course, YMMV. Cheers!
Ellesmere Island was once entirely ringed by a single enormous ice shelf that broke up in the early 1900s. All that is left today are the four much smaller shelves that together cover little more than 299 square miles.
So this is a process that has been going on for ~100 years now? And that means it is indicative of, or news because... ???
;) )
Nothing to see here... (except my dwindling karma...
TFA and /. summary are possibly grossly unfair. There *are* two sides to every story, and apparently the article author has a chip on his shoulder for Nvidia, no pun intended. (Personally, I don't have a dog in this fight, but in the interest of fairness...) Check out the comments, like this one which would seem to be from someone at Nvidia:
Answer this... As you know Charlie has a history of severe bias against NVIDIA. Our July announcement of the problem with notebook GPU failures (link) has given him lots to rant about. This new story is the latest in a series of articles in which he continues to stretch the truth in order to spread FUD. In it he asserts he paints the notebook chip failures as if it were a widespread epidemic affecting every single NVIDIA GPU in existence including desktop. Here is a list of BS and the truth.
Myth 1 - NVIDIA has denied responsibility for the failures and is blaming suppliers and partners.
In our announcements accept responsibility for the failures. We DO call out the material failure but we also acknowledge that our suppliers and notebook designs because this is true and we need to disclose this in our official statements to the SEC. We would not go on record with the SEC making such bold claims if they weren't true. See our Form 8-K statement below.
Myth 2 - There is an "official story" that the problems were limited a batch of a few bad parts for HP.
We have never issued a stated this. See our public statements below.
Where is source for that?
Myth 3 - NVIDIA is forcing a fix on notebook makers
The idea that a supplier like NVIDIA can dictate a fix to the world's largest PC makers is preposterous.
The truth is the notebook makers determining their own course of action and we are supporting them.
Where is source for that?
Myth 4 - NVIDIA is trying to cuts our financial liability.
We put aside $200M to help partners solve this problem for consumers. As far as we know NVIDIA is the first and only chip maker to help fund the cost for repairs.
Myth 5 - This affects desktop chips, G92, G94, etc.
We have only seen this problem on notebooks. We just reiterated this during an official financial call. Once again we would not say this if it wasn't true. Note we have not disclosed the specific GPUs but we have stated this impact previous generation GPUs and that current gen GPUs are not in production.
Fact Charlie has an obvious bias against NVIDIA and he has no sources to back up his claims. Out of all of the hundreds upon hundreds of notebooks models designed with NVIDIA chips in the last few years, only a small number of these have experienced the problem. Within this small number of models, only a small percentage actually experiences the chip failure. It is highly unlike a notebook user will experience the problem. And we have never seen this problem on desktop.
Other Useful Information
"Separately, NVIDIA plans to take a one-time charge from $150 million to $200 million against cost of revenue for the second quarter to cover anticipated warranty, repair, return, replacement and other costs and expenses, arising from a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of its previous generation GPU and MCP products used in notebook systems. Certain notebook configurations with GPUs and MCPs manufactured with a certain die/packaging material set are failing in the field at higher than normal rates. To date, abnormal failure rates with systems other than certain notebook systems have not been seen. NVIDIA has initiated discussions with its supply chain regarding this material set issue and the Company will also seek to access insurance coverage for this matter."
posted by : Derek, 29 August 2008
So, whichever way it breaks, I do hope that what *is* the truth WRT this issue gets out...
It's not that he is morally above having connections. It's just that he lacks the age and/or high political experience which bring these connections in force.
...agreed, and so that makes me wonder: Just how then did he wind up where he is, looking like he will occupy the (arguably) most powerful position in the world? What are the connections he has that got him there? And last: Who does he owe for that, and what???
These are questions I have been wondering, that I have not been able to find good answers for, from either of the 2 big parties or their talking heads - at least none that make a lot of sense, and that makes me moe than a bit uneasy.
(((And, before I get modded down by the Obama idealogues: No, I'm not your arch-enemy the conservative Republican - what I am is a former card-carrying member of the Libertarian party who's gone Independent, thanks...)))
Actually, your error is even worse than theirs. :) PJ's story was just a month ago:
Judge Kimball Rules at Last! - Updated: The Order as text
Did you try the beta for Linux?
Flash 10 for Linux
There, fixed that for you.
Well, at least you lived up to your name... ;D