This was briefly mentioned earlier, but I wanted to state clearly and concisely:
Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate all include licensing for Windows XP Mode, a 32-bit virtualized instance of Windows XP SP3. It is an additional download (actually a couple downloads), but it is free. I use it every day at work (on my 64-bit Win7 machine) to run a 16-bit app that was written in 1992, while I wait for that app's replacement to be written. It works perfectly, in fact much better than VirtualBox did for the same use case (there was laggy/odd redrawing issues with VirtualBox, no matter how many resources I allocated to the virtual machine).
I'm running Win7 x64 with 4GB of RAM on a Celeron 440 here, using D2 with my full comment threshold at 3 and one-line threshold at 1, and it loads and scrolls quickly and smoothly.
Not only have products like this been on the market for some time -- even big enough for laptops -- ThinkGeek sells a better one that keeps your phone from falling.
True, the business-level workstations - i.e. Precisions - can come with Red Hat, I was referring to Ubuntu in particular. They have a lot of FreeDOS as well.
Assuming all goes well on STS-134, we'd end up with a checked-out, launch-ready shuttle stack that's already been paid for. Atlantis's Launch On Need (LON) mission STS-335 could become STS-135 and fly a stripped-down, 4-person crew to the STS, delivering extra supplies and an additional Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. If something went wrong on STS-134, Soyuz capsules would be used in place of another shuttle LON. Source.
Actually, we can hope she will fly again with clean consciences.
Assuming all goes well on STS-134, we'd end up with a checked-out, launch-ready shuttle stack that's already been paid for. Atlantis's Launch On Need (LON) mission STS-335 could become STS-135 and fly a stripped-down, 4-person crew to the STS, delivering extra supplies and an additional Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. If something went wrong on STS-134, Soyuz capsules would be used in place of another shuttle LON.
Source.
Your heirs are living beings. The EULA explicitly states that no living beings may use the software as-licensed. This clearly results in a vicious cycle in which your descendants are punished in perpetuity.
I'm guessing the US budget deficit operates under a similar EULA...
Don't forget about the infamous NBC weapons clause in iTunes's EULA:
You also agree that you will not use these products for any purposes prohibited by United States law, including, without limitation, the development, design, manufacture or production of missiles, or nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
The reality distortion field will not be weaponized!
When she lands later this month, Atlantis won't be mothballed. She'll be put back in the standard post-flight turnaround process to ready her for the Launch On Need (LON) mission STS-335, intended to provide rescue capability if necessary for the last currently scheduled shuttle mission, Endeavor's STS-134. It has been pointed out that, assuming all goes well on STS-134, there will be a bought-and-paid-for STS stack checked out and ready to go... why not use it? STS-335 would become STS-135, and would fly next year with a four-person crew to the ISS, delivering a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and extra supplies and equipment. Russian Soyuz ships would be used if rescue became necessary.
My wife prefers male OB/GYNs, because they're much gentler, always make sure their hands are warm, etc. Female OB/GYNs don't care, and are much "rougher" in her experience.
YMMV.
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If we can find a casket that looks like a photon torpedo, so much the better.
I believe you're looking for Eternal Image's Star Trek Casket, inspired by the scene you describe.
Really, welcome to the world of technology as governed by Moore's Law.
On the other hand...
However many years ago, I'd saved up for a new 10GB iPod. I ordered it, decided what I wanted to have engraved on the back, and settled in for a week or two of excited waiting. A few days later, Apple announced a refresh of the iPod product line -- which included a 15GB 3rd-gen iPod at the price-point I'd just bought a 10GB. I spent a few minutes kicking myself before realizing that I had no way of knowing, them's the breaks, etc., and resigned myself to enjoying my outdated-before-I-even-received-it iPod.
The next day, I received an email from Apple letting me know that they were sending me the new 15GB model, not the 10GB I'd ordered.
I don't know if this was a lucky one-off or if this was their policy at the time, or if it's their policy now, but it did earn Apple a lot of respect in my book.
My understanding has always been that doing things like eye transplants are currently impossible, because the eye directly integrates with the brain -- the retina blends into the optic nerve which blends into the brain. As Neal Stephenson said in Snow Crash (paraphrased horribly), if you look into someone's eyes, you're actually looking into their brain. Our current level of understanding and experience with neurobiology precludes brain transplants, which in turn precludes eye transplants.
Until we have that kind of knowledge, I don't see how any kind of eye replacement, whether via transplant or some kind of bionic prosthesis, will be possible. Of course, IANANB (I Am Not A Neurobiologist).
I own both a physical print and audiobook of Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. You might recall that Y.T. (a fifteen-year-old girl) and Raven (a 30- or 40-something man) fuck near the end.
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Thank you! Seemed pretty simple to me...
This was briefly mentioned earlier, but I wanted to state clearly and concisely:
Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate all include licensing for Windows XP Mode, a 32-bit virtualized instance of Windows XP SP3. It is an additional download (actually a couple downloads), but it is free. I use it every day at work (on my 64-bit Win7 machine) to run a 16-bit app that was written in 1992, while I wait for that app's replacement to be written. It works perfectly, in fact much better than VirtualBox did for the same use case (there was laggy/odd redrawing issues with VirtualBox, no matter how many resources I allocated to the virtual machine).
a car with an all electric drive-train, batteries for short trips, and a multifuel small generator in the car.
So... a Chevy Volt, then.
Admittedly, it's not "multifuel", but that seems a minor quibble.
Oh, and that's in Chrome -- it's probably not as fast in IE or FF on this machine.
I'm running Win7 x64 with 4GB of RAM on a Celeron 440 here, using D2 with my full comment threshold at 3 and one-line threshold at 1, and it loads and scrolls quickly and smoothly.
2 seconds to load the reply form, 2 seconds to preview. Much improved for me.
Not only have products like this been on the market for some time -- even big enough for laptops -- ThinkGeek sells a better one that keeps your phone from falling.
What's the point of a 250GB drive it all I have on it are dinky PSN games?
Bragging rights over 360 console owners.
My XBox 360 came with a 250GB HDD, and I can install my games to the HDD for improved load times without hacking my console.
True, the business-level workstations - i.e. Precisions - can come with Red Hat, I was referring to Ubuntu in particular. They have a lot of FreeDOS as well.
The Vostro v13 / Latitude 13 and the Latitude 2100 laptops' base models come running Ubuntu as well, but it is admittedly slim pickings. No desktops?
Assuming all goes well on STS-134, we'd end up with a checked-out, launch-ready shuttle stack that's already been paid for. Atlantis's Launch On Need (LON) mission STS-335 could become STS-135 and fly a stripped-down, 4-person crew to the STS, delivering extra supplies and an additional Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. If something went wrong on STS-134, Soyuz capsules would be used in place of another shuttle LON. Source.
Actually, we can hope she will fly again with clean consciences.
Assuming all goes well on STS-134, we'd end up with a checked-out, launch-ready shuttle stack that's already been paid for. Atlantis's Launch On Need (LON) mission STS-335 could become STS-135 and fly a stripped-down, 4-person crew to the STS, delivering extra supplies and an additional Multi-Purpose Logistics Module. If something went wrong on STS-134, Soyuz capsules would be used in place of another shuttle LON. Source.
Your heirs are living beings. The EULA explicitly states that no living beings may use the software as-licensed. This clearly results in a vicious cycle in which your descendants are punished in perpetuity. I'm guessing the US budget deficit operates under a similar EULA...
The reality distortion field will not be weaponized!
Maybe you should have read for 15 seconds -- you might have seen all the reports of the bug still occurring in current versions (such as my own).
This is probably Atlantis' last flight. However:
When she lands later this month, Atlantis won't be mothballed. She'll be put back in the standard post-flight turnaround process to ready her for the Launch On Need (LON) mission STS-335, intended to provide rescue capability if necessary for the last currently scheduled shuttle mission, Endeavor's STS-134. It has been pointed out that, assuming all goes well on STS-134, there will be a bought-and-paid-for STS stack checked out and ready to go... why not use it? STS-335 would become STS-135, and would fly next year with a four-person crew to the ISS, delivering a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module and extra supplies and equipment. Russian Soyuz ships would be used if rescue became necessary.
Source.
Wooosh
This is actually a plus, if you think it through.
My wife prefers male OB/GYNs, because they're much gentler, always make sure their hands are warm, etc. Female OB/GYNs don't care, and are much "rougher" in her experience.
YMMV.
I believe you're looking for Eternal Image's Star Trek Casket, inspired by the scene you describe.
...can they run Linux?
Really, welcome to the world of technology as governed by Moore's Law.
On the other hand...
However many years ago, I'd saved up for a new 10GB iPod. I ordered it, decided what I wanted to have engraved on the back, and settled in for a week or two of excited waiting. A few days later, Apple announced a refresh of the iPod product line -- which included a 15GB 3rd-gen iPod at the price-point I'd just bought a 10GB. I spent a few minutes kicking myself before realizing that I had no way of knowing, them's the breaks, etc., and resigned myself to enjoying my outdated-before-I-even-received-it iPod.
The next day, I received an email from Apple letting me know that they were sending me the new 15GB model, not the 10GB I'd ordered.
I don't know if this was a lucky one-off or if this was their policy at the time, or if it's their policy now, but it did earn Apple a lot of respect in my book.
My understanding has always been that doing things like eye transplants are currently impossible, because the eye directly integrates with the brain -- the retina blends into the optic nerve which blends into the brain. As Neal Stephenson said in Snow Crash (paraphrased horribly), if you look into someone's eyes, you're actually looking into their brain. Our current level of understanding and experience with neurobiology precludes brain transplants, which in turn precludes eye transplants.
Until we have that kind of knowledge, I don't see how any kind of eye replacement, whether via transplant or some kind of bionic prosthesis, will be possible. Of course, IANANB (I Am Not A Neurobiologist).
Dear God, why is this modded Informative?
Clearly they should start using black flags as well, to mark the unmarked lines.
I own both a physical print and audiobook of Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. You might recall that Y.T. (a fifteen-year-old girl) and Raven (a 30- or 40-something man) fuck near the end.
I'll go quietly, officers.