True -- SRAM has a much faster access time and is usually used in caches (such as on-die CPU L1 and L2 caches). However, since it is so much more expensive than DRAM, you don't see it used for system memory.
And I still haven't found full time work. Doing a temp job for now to make ends meet. I haven't had much luck in even getting a callback on the resumes I've sent out, much less an face-to-face interview.
I'm not sure if it's my resume, my job search technique, or the fact that there are so many other experienced techies that no one really wants to hire a new grad.
I noticed the problem last night while paying my credit card bill online. Got a warning from IE that the site's certificate had expired. I was a little confused because the date for my CC company's cert was indeed valid. I thought it was just IE being stupid, but it makes sense now.
UT Austin does this. I will admit, it's nice getting software for really cheap. So far, our CS curriculum hasn't been influenced by the partnership -- there are no MS specific courses offered by the CS department, and I've yet to have a class that mandated that I use an MS product. (Most assignment must actually compile/run under Linux) However, I don't know about the Business school though -- I would suspect they play along and don't ask questions.
Interestingly enough, I was just reading some of Dijkstra's writings, where he comments on this very issue at UT.
to pick up some ATI stock. I thought about investing in Nvidia a while back but didn't really have the money to throw down at the time. IIRC, that was a little before they started winning all of those big contracts (like with MS). Would have at least tripled my money (or maybe more). DOH!
And the opportunity might be here again, and still no money to throw around. (Sigh)
Some Linux distributions have their own font registry (Debian's defoma comes to mind) independant from a given window manager/desktop enironment. Some programs have their own font handling(!), so changing a default font in a desktop enivronment may not affect how that program handles fonts
Exactly! There's not a single place where I can make my changes and have them apply system wide. I don't know about you, but I find that kind of annoying.
The default font (at least every time I installed X) is always *tiny* on my screen. No matter how hard I tried, when I changed settings, it never seemed to work.
I have a Rayovac charger, and use NiMH batteries. They last long enough for my purposes (mainly my mp3 player) and they aren't plagued by "charge memory" problems like NiCd.
I'd say it's worth the investment. Batteries are already expensive and the amount of use you get out of rechargeables for the (larger) initial investment definitely outweighs the longer lasting non-rechargeable counterparts, IMHO.
Just looking at the definitions, the confusion is understandable - in the first instance, rhetorical irony expands to cover any disjunction at all between language and meaning, with a couple of key exceptions (allegory also entails a disconnection between sign and meaning, but obviously isn't synonymous with irony; and lying, clearly, leaves that gap, but relies for its efficacy on an ignorant audience, where irony relies on a knowing one).
Anyone else feel like the writer was on speed or something? Break that sentence up man, my head is spinning.
Geez, I hate to say it but I think this had his right to protection of privacy taken away when he drove through a neighborhood (even at 60mph!) and ran others over.
I'd consider these circumstances as extenuating enough that the data in the recorder *should* be used.
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Yes, but then you take energy out of the wind that you are trying to harvest. The bird issue is not really as large of a problem as people make it out to be.
I think it's kind of funny myself. Which is the lesser of two evils? A few birds a year die, or tons of greenhouse gases and pollutants are released into the atmosphere.
I'm admittedly biased -- I work for a wind power company -- but really people, think about it.
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) just held its yearly conference in Austin, TX and I was there for a little while talking to people at my company's booth. Wouldn't you know, someone came over and started grilling me with questions about this issue (and further, he wanted to know about the impact of wind turbines on butterflies!).
Bottom line, studies are performed (at least on my end) to be sure that the impact on the environment is minimal. In all honesty I think that people have to accept that sometimes in order to do a greater amount of good, you have to live with a little bit of the bad.
A land line costs (for me at least) ~$20 a month. Any company that requires my phone number gets the land line. Anyone else that I really want to be able to find me gets the cell phone number. Small price to pay for no telemarketers bothering me.
And with the new no call list being put into place, the solution will soon be free.
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True -- SRAM has a much faster access time and is usually used in caches (such as on-die CPU L1 and L2 caches). However, since it is so much more expensive than DRAM, you don't see it used for system memory.
I have no real knowledge to back this up, but I'd be willing to bet that cell providers can't legally disallow you from calling a given phone number.
And I still haven't found full time work. Doing a temp job for now to make ends meet. I haven't had much luck in even getting a callback on the resumes I've sent out, much less an face-to-face interview.
I'm not sure if it's my resume, my job search technique, or the fact that there are so many other experienced techies that no one really wants to hire a new grad.
Winning the Lifetime Achievement Award, if you hadn't guessed already: Duke Nukem Forever!
How do you think it got its name in the first place?
I noticed the problem last night while paying my credit card bill online. Got a warning from IE that the site's certificate had expired. I was a little confused because the date for my CC company's cert was indeed valid. I thought it was just IE being stupid, but it makes sense now.
Sounds like there are some Who fans over at Slim Devices.
Reminds me of a bumper sticker I once saw: "If you want me to quit thinking with my dick, then quit fucking with my head!"
UT Austin does this. I will admit, it's nice getting software for really cheap. So far, our CS curriculum hasn't been influenced by the partnership -- there are no MS specific courses offered by the CS department, and I've yet to have a class that mandated that I use an MS product. (Most assignment must actually compile/run under Linux) However, I don't know about the Business school though -- I would suspect they play along and don't ask questions.
Interestingly enough, I was just reading some of Dijkstra's writings, where he comments on this very issue at UT.
heh heh, I remember that one too.
Worst... Game... Ever...
to pick up some ATI stock. I thought about investing in Nvidia a while back but didn't really have the money to throw down at the time. IIRC, that was a little before they started winning all of those big contracts (like with MS). Would have at least tripled my money (or maybe more). DOH!
And the opportunity might be here again, and still no money to throw around. (Sigh)
Some Linux distributions have their own font registry (Debian's defoma comes to mind) independant from a given window manager/desktop enironment. Some programs have their own font handling(!), so changing a default font in a desktop enivronment may not affect how that program handles fonts
Exactly! There's not a single place where I can make my changes and have them apply system wide. I don't know about you, but I find that kind of annoying.
The default font (at least every time I installed X) is always *tiny* on my screen. No matter how hard I tried, when I changed settings, it never seemed to work.
My favorite line from the article:
"Ninety percent of CD in China for instance, are pirate copies."
The Ingrish are coming!
Heh heh, I was just in Prague, Czech Republic a couple of weeks ago and I got an awesome shirt kinda like that (no In Soviet Russia ref...)
Says "KGB" in large yellow and red letters (sickle and hammer make up the 'G'), and in smaller letters below "Still Watching You!?"
How could I resist buying a shirt like that?
I have a Rayovac charger, and use NiMH batteries. They last long enough for my purposes (mainly my mp3 player) and they aren't plagued by "charge memory" problems like NiCd.
I'd say it's worth the investment. Batteries are already expensive and the amount of use you get out of rechargeables for the (larger) initial investment definitely outweighs the longer lasting non-rechargeable counterparts, IMHO.
when it's in the form of a fish, and can fit in my ear...
Yes, and it is one of the most asinine questions I've ever seen. Really, why bother?
Seems like they are leaving the door wide open for a "law enforcement officer" to get a user's info with a faked fax.
The policy is horrible, but I hope at the very least, they double-check before they start sending any info back.
I'd say it's the former; I always feel the same way about people who write movie/music reviews.
Just looking at the definitions, the confusion is understandable - in the first instance, rhetorical irony expands to cover any disjunction at all between language and meaning, with a couple of key exceptions (allegory also entails a disconnection between sign and meaning, but obviously isn't synonymous with irony; and lying, clearly, leaves that gap, but relies for its efficacy on an ignorant audience, where irony relies on a knowing one).
Anyone else feel like the writer was on speed or something? Break that sentence up man, my head is spinning.
I don't know what's funnier though - the actual post, or the fact that (at the moment at least), 30% of the mods have modded as "Informative".
Geez, I hate to say it but I think this had his right to protection of privacy taken away when he drove through a neighborhood (even at 60mph!) and ran others over.
I'd consider these circumstances as extenuating enough that the data in the recorder *should* be used.
Yes, but then you take energy out of the wind that you are trying to harvest. The bird issue is not really as large of a problem as people make it out to be.
I think it's kind of funny myself. Which is the lesser of two evils? A few birds a year die, or tons of greenhouse gases and pollutants are released into the atmosphere.
I'm admittedly biased -- I work for a wind power company -- but really people, think about it.
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) just held its yearly conference in Austin, TX and I was there for a little while talking to people at my company's booth. Wouldn't you know, someone came over and started grilling me with questions about this issue (and further, he wanted to know about the impact of wind turbines on butterflies!).
Bottom line, studies are performed (at least on my end) to be sure that the impact on the environment is minimal. In all honesty I think that people have to accept that sometimes in order to do a greater amount of good, you have to live with a little bit of the bad.
A land line costs (for me at least) ~$20 a month. Any company that requires my phone number gets the land line. Anyone else that I really want to be able to find me gets the cell phone number. Small price to pay for no telemarketers bothering me.
And with the new no call list being put into place, the solution will soon be free.
--gaz
Yes, there is an increase in speed, but there was also a degradation in quality in the test. See here.
That's the whole issue...