1. Wait for someone to make post about how a 100k UID is low. 2. Post using your 10k UID. 3. Wait for others to post their UIDs lower than you. 4. Wait for Funny upmods. 5. ???? 6. Profit!
I'm looking at these numbers and see a couple of interesting things. Apple's market share in desktops is higher than their market share in laptops.
Does not a single person perhaps think that Apple might be appearing higher than it really is, since this article is only taking into account retail computers? It's not even taking into account, nor could it, the number of Desktop PCs that are custom built.
Laptops are more expensive out of the necessity of the cost of miniaturization to get the same specs. My work laptop, which has better specs than my older $1k machine, was well over twice the cost. $1k desktop OTOH are rarely purchased by private consumers, why would they when they can get a machine that is going to serve their desktop needs for less than $600, and businesses tend to focus them for high end workstations, usually running drawing programs or editing software, and TBH those $1k workstations are likely an overkill for most of those users.
No, these $1k Apple desktops are just a status item. That's all. At least those $1k custom built desktops which run Windows can play the most recent games.
I have this book, and the summary barely reminded me of the topics contained in it. It starts out with topics that discuss using a Linux server to handle many of the functions that you would frequently have a piece of hardware. Gateway routers, wireless routers, firewall.
Then it goes into using a Linux server for some other services, remote administration, VPNs, Samba and LDAP, Network Monitoring.
Finally it ends with with a chaptor on IPv6, Serial Console management, Linux Dial-Up servers and a chapter on troubleshooting.
You can download the game for free, along with the Burning Crusade expansion for free, then just start paying the subscription. I don't recall whether when the new expansion comes out if they require you to buy the game or provide the expansion for free for download, though most people buy the game anyway just so they have the hardcopy of the disks for reinstallation.
That is the problem. Any proposed solutions are decades out before mass implementation, which means we're still reliant upon oil until they are, which means our economy is held captive by the oil producing countries gouging us with their prices.
Demand for oil is only going to go up over the next 10 years, especially thanks to China's development. None of the energy-solutions being proposed are going to do anything to reduce our dependence on oil in the short-term, or anything to reduce the price of oil, which in turn lower the financial burden of lower income families.
Sure all of these biomass or alternative fuels will be great,if implemented properly, but they're all solutions that will become affordable for lower income families 20 or more years down the line.
We're prevented from drilling for oil off our coasts, we can't use oil shale to produce oil, we can't drill in Alaska or the Bakken formation in North Dakota. We're being prevented from converting coal into jet fuel.
Our reliance on foreign energy is legislatively created. Prices are going to go up on oil, and our consumption of it isn't going to decrease. I really doubt that if we open up drilling in the US there will be any appreciable increase in the amount of CO2 that will be released, but there will be an appreciable drop in the price of oil.
How could a ticket hold up in court if the contract is printed on the backside of the ticket? You're being required to pay for something without being able to read the fine text. So unless the location selling tickets makes a note that there is a contractual agreement when you purchase a ticket and provides a copy of that contract before you purchase the ticket, how can it be considered a valid contract?
Yeah, laugh it up. We still use floppies at work for one old PC that is not allowed on the network. We are also having a lot of budget cuts that do not allow for new floppy disks. I have been forced to use old Windows 95 floppies because the current floppies are failing. Yeah, we actually had some in a drawer in the original plastic. So, while you think this is funny...it just depresses me. What in the world is that PC doing? Why does it live? What could it possibly be doing that would warrant its existence?
As others have handily pointed out, you can just as easily load Linux onto the 12 GB model. So the difference in free space is 8GB. As I pointed out, consumers will either use a lot of space, or a small amount of space, and it is highly likely that the extra 8GB will be unnecessary for those that use a small amount of space, and not be enough for those who use a lot of space. It would be foolish to consider these machines as anything more than light office work and web-browsing, perhaps some media usage as well.
A 60GB External Hard Drive would provide the additional storage space you would need (potentially) at the same price. All you do is just put it in your laptop bag and take it with you. Plug it in, with your laptop, where ever you sit down and you have access to all your files without draining any batteries. If you need to access those files while in no-outlet location, then preemptively move them over to the laptop beforehand.
The bigger question would be, would the users that would require more than 20GB break a 72GB or 80GB threshold? Even so, it becomes a pointless question, since adding more storage space will be cheaper via a larger external hard drive.
This is ultimately a debate about storage space. If you need 20GB of solid state memory for applications, then I would seriously question whether the customer should even be buying this device.
Ah yes, that's right, because the majority of consumers actually understand the throughput difference between an internal hard drive, an external hard drive, or a solid state drive. Let alone they would actually notice or care on the difference.
If the 8GB of extra storage space will make or break a machine for a user, I highly doubt 20GB is going to be sufficient for the user in the first place, and that's even taking into consideration loading a flavor of Linux on the 12GB model. Either consumers don't use much space, or they consume a lot.
Very well, I could buy a 60GB External hard drive for $50. Unless you want to tell me these laptops don't come with USB ports. In which case I would call them over glorified paperweights.
I don't think this book is designed to say "Look for these physical features to identify potential terrorists." That's basically the book for dummies that you need for TSA.
Instead it appears that his book is more oriented towards explaining the workings of a terrorist organization. How they think, how they act, how they recruit, and what factors increase the chances of a terrorist act.
Would someone like to explain, for the benefit of us still in the dark, why internet 2 can't just be connected to the rest of the internet? I mean, if I have a machine whose hardware and software enable it to accept incoming connections and push data in and out super fast, why does it matter who connects to it? If someone who old gear connects, they're going to run at the limits of their gear. If someone with new gear like mine connects, they're going to achieve higher performance. What's the big deal? Look at the unwashed masses. You want to let THEM into Internet2? Internet2 is like that club where you have to know someone who knows someone to just get into it.
Foyer of the Opera House is a room. "You are standing in a spacious hall, splendidly decorated in red and gold, with glittering chandeliers overhead. The entrance from the street is to the north, and there are doorways south and west."
Instead of going north in the Foyer, say "You've only just arrived, and besides, the weather outside seems to be getting worse."
The Cloakroom is west of the Foyer. "The walls of this small room were clearly once lined with hooks, though now only one remains. The exit is a door to the east."
In the Cloakroom is a supporter called the small brass hook. The hook is scenery. Understand "peg" as the hook.
It reminds me of the movie blade runner where humans are distinguished by their ability to understand feelings. Perhaps a good captcha would be "You're in the desert and see a turtle on its back unable to get up, do you help it?". As a bonus this might keep some of the less human humans away from your webpage : ) What desert? Why am I there? Do you come up with these questions, or do they write them down for you? What do you mean I'm not helping?
However, yes, it does look like the RIAA is going on their last legs, but this is a very ballsy move they're making. If the legislative branch of governments starts making new/changing laws, then the actions the RIAA is taking could be perfectly fine, unless the courts could find a state or federal unconstitutionality with the law.
Conspiracy theory #2 is that they don't want to pay artists to create the models of things for the final launch, better to sell the useless editor and make people do the work for them.
Am I right? Or am I right? I would assume that Maxis is going to pick and choose from the user-generated creatures to put in release. I suspect there will also be some sort of method to identify you to your submission so if they end up using it in the game your name gets plastered on the credits. Heck, if you're really good with submissions, Maxis might come out and ask you to work for them.
People talk about how great OSS is, yet when the very same premise is put out there to develop content for game (albeit at $10 a participant), people bitch and moan about it. It's brilliant on Maxis's part. The developers and the team can focus on testing the game rather than creating content for it. It's a win-win situation for the end users.
Spore has generated a great deal of hype. But endless delays and brief glimpses of demos are starting to give this whole project the feel of vaporware. Far from it. Spore is finished, they are just in Beta-testing to work out all the kinks. The Spore we saw when Robin Williams created a creature, the Spore which Will Wright first demoed, is nothing like what it looks like now. September 7th is the release date, which is directly stated in the article. Call it Vaporware if you will, but in just over 4 months the world will suffer a slight productivity drop as many individuals start playing Spore.
Absolutely right, Coward. If one follows your link to the actual text of the regulations, it's clear that they are directed only at major banks and their subsidiaries. Further, these regulations are only designed to catch identity theft by making a bank where I'm opening an account or have an existing account ensure that I really have changed my address to somewhere in Transylvania.
In fact, the cumulative effect of this regulation when added to the numerous other identity checking rules established by the federal and state authorities may have more of an effect on consumers than on banks and other businesses. [sarcasm]Maybe we all need to have the "Real ID" chip containing all of our private information implanted in our left shoulder?'[end sarcasm]
Isn't that how the Lifelock identity theft protection system works?
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It has rounded edges. Guys that doesn't have a girlfriend/fiancee would think it's sexy because it reminds them of the curves of women.
The jury is still out on whether married men would find it sexy. We're still trying to find married men who visit this site.
Recipe for Free Mod Points:
1. Wait for someone to make post about how a 100k UID is low.
2. Post using your 10k UID.
3. Wait for others to post their UIDs lower than you.
4. Wait for Funny upmods.
5. ????
6. Profit!
He's talking about communicating with God.
I'm looking at these numbers and see a couple of interesting things. Apple's market share in desktops is higher than their market share in laptops.
Does not a single person perhaps think that Apple might be appearing higher than it really is, since this article is only taking into account retail computers? It's not even taking into account, nor could it, the number of Desktop PCs that are custom built.
Laptops are more expensive out of the necessity of the cost of miniaturization to get the same specs. My work laptop, which has better specs than my older $1k machine, was well over twice the cost. $1k desktop OTOH are rarely purchased by private consumers, why would they when they can get a machine that is going to serve their desktop needs for less than $600, and businesses tend to focus them for high end workstations, usually running drawing programs or editing software, and TBH those $1k workstations are likely an overkill for most of those users.
No, these $1k Apple desktops are just a status item. That's all. At least those $1k custom built desktops which run Windows can play the most recent games.
I have this book, and the summary barely reminded me of the topics contained in it. It starts out with topics that discuss using a Linux server to handle many of the functions that you would frequently have a piece of hardware. Gateway routers, wireless routers, firewall.
Then it goes into using a Linux server for some other services, remote administration, VPNs, Samba and LDAP, Network Monitoring.
Finally it ends with with a chaptor on IPv6, Serial Console management, Linux Dial-Up servers and a chapter on troubleshooting.
You can download the game for free, along with the Burning Crusade expansion for free, then just start paying the subscription. I don't recall whether when the new expansion comes out if they require you to buy the game or provide the expansion for free for download, though most people buy the game anyway just so they have the hardcopy of the disks for reinstallation.
Ah, yes, that's right, a combination of long-term and short-term solutions is a terrible idea. How could I miss that.
That is the problem. Any proposed solutions are decades out before mass implementation, which means we're still reliant upon oil until they are, which means our economy is held captive by the oil producing countries gouging us with their prices.
Demand for oil is only going to go up over the next 10 years, especially thanks to China's development. None of the energy-solutions being proposed are going to do anything to reduce our dependence on oil in the short-term, or anything to reduce the price of oil, which in turn lower the financial burden of lower income families.
Sure all of these biomass or alternative fuels will be great,if implemented properly, but they're all solutions that will become affordable for lower income families 20 or more years down the line.
We're prevented from drilling for oil off our coasts, we can't use oil shale to produce oil, we can't drill in Alaska or the Bakken formation in North Dakota. We're being prevented from converting coal into jet fuel.
Our reliance on foreign energy is legislatively created. Prices are going to go up on oil, and our consumption of it isn't going to decrease. I really doubt that if we open up drilling in the US there will be any appreciable increase in the amount of CO2 that will be released, but there will be an appreciable drop in the price of oil.
So which is more important to you?
I thought they did all the tearing down 60-70 years ago, during that little scuffle called World War II.
How could a ticket hold up in court if the contract is printed on the backside of the ticket? You're being required to pay for something without being able to read the fine text. So unless the location selling tickets makes a note that there is a contractual agreement when you purchase a ticket and provides a copy of that contract before you purchase the ticket, how can it be considered a valid contract?
As others have handily pointed out, you can just as easily load Linux onto the 12 GB model. So the difference in free space is 8GB. As I pointed out, consumers will either use a lot of space, or a small amount of space, and it is highly likely that the extra 8GB will be unnecessary for those that use a small amount of space, and not be enough for those who use a lot of space. It would be foolish to consider these machines as anything more than light office work and web-browsing, perhaps some media usage as well.
A 60GB External Hard Drive would provide the additional storage space you would need (potentially) at the same price. All you do is just put it in your laptop bag and take it with you. Plug it in, with your laptop, where ever you sit down and you have access to all your files without draining any batteries. If you need to access those files while in no-outlet location, then preemptively move them over to the laptop beforehand.
The bigger question would be, would the users that would require more than 20GB break a 72GB or 80GB threshold? Even so, it becomes a pointless question, since adding more storage space will be cheaper via a larger external hard drive.
This is ultimately a debate about storage space. If you need 20GB of solid state memory for applications, then I would seriously question whether the customer should even be buying this device.
Ah yes, that's right, because the majority of consumers actually understand the throughput difference between an internal hard drive, an external hard drive, or a solid state drive. Let alone they would actually notice or care on the difference.
If the 8GB of extra storage space will make or break a machine for a user, I highly doubt 20GB is going to be sufficient for the user in the first place, and that's even taking into consideration loading a flavor of Linux on the 12GB model. Either consumers don't use much space, or they consume a lot.
Very well, I could buy a 60GB External hard drive for $50. Unless you want to tell me these laptops don't come with USB ports. In which case I would call them over glorified paperweights.
Oh, I don't know, probably since I could buy a 160GB hard drive for $50. Somehow, paying $50 for 8GB seems like a bit of a rip-off.
I don't think this book is designed to say "Look for these physical features to identify potential terrorists." That's basically the book for dummies that you need for TSA.
Instead it appears that his book is more oriented towards explaining the workings of a terrorist organization. How they think, how they act, how they recruit, and what factors increase the chances of a terrorist act.
Or hell, what about a Chinese Restaurant called "Angry Dragon"? That would cross so many bad lines, it's not even funny!
Why am I there?
Do you come up with these questions, or do they write them down for you?
What do you mean I'm not helping?
However, yes, it does look like the RIAA is going on their last legs, but this is a very ballsy move they're making. If the legislative branch of governments starts making new/changing laws, then the actions the RIAA is taking could be perfectly fine, unless the courts could find a state or federal unconstitutionality with the law.
Like selling cars to people without a license?
Like selling cars to children?
Like selling cars to blind people?
Am I right? Or am I right? I would assume that Maxis is going to pick and choose from the user-generated creatures to put in release. I suspect there will also be some sort of method to identify you to your submission so if they end up using it in the game your name gets plastered on the credits. Heck, if you're really good with submissions, Maxis might come out and ask you to work for them.
People talk about how great OSS is, yet when the very same premise is put out there to develop content for game (albeit at $10 a participant), people bitch and moan about it. It's brilliant on Maxis's part. The developers and the team can focus on testing the game rather than creating content for it. It's a win-win situation for the end users.
In fact, the cumulative effect of this regulation when added to the numerous other identity checking rules established by the federal and state authorities may have more of an effect on consumers than on banks and other businesses. [sarcasm]Maybe we all need to have the "Real ID" chip containing all of our private information implanted in our left shoulder?'[end sarcasm]
Isn't that how the Lifelock identity theft protection system works?