I prefer to live in a country where the price of fuel is still somewhat reasonable, not where they bend me the fuck over.
Petrol is not gas... Petrol is gas with a HUGE tax in place by your government. Fuck, your CLOSER to the mideast than we are, and you STILL take it in the ass with the prices.
But, you guys, for the most part, do have better mass transit, more carpooling, etc., etc., etc., not to mention cleaner air, no doubt due to less people driving... BECAUSE IT'S SO FRIGGIN EXPENSIVE.
Anywho...
And the price of fuel isn't the most expensive thing, nor is someone that can fly going to think that way.
At least not the two licensed private pilots that I know (My Pa In Law, and Cousin).
1. Premium is not the same from state to state, nor from station to station. Yes, a lot of things in the electronics can effect the way the engine runs, but all in all, taking timing out (for the shittier gas) will lower horsepower ratings.
I mean, it's a big difference. In Colorado, Premium was what we called mid grade here in California. Octane ratings are not always the same from batch to batch, either.
AvGas is brought to more stringent testing.
2. What happens if / when you get some shitty gas, and the thing stalls, at 10,000 feet. I mean, it's not all that hard to imagine, as you HAVE LESS AIR TO COMBUST at that altitude (hell, my truck has problems at my house in the cold starting it, no matter WHAT grade gas I put in it... And that's at 6400 feet at my house.).
I still stand by my original statement, even if it runs premium.... I wouldn't do it without an octane booster, at the least.
ASE certified mechanic here, also trained in engine building at Skip Barber School of Racing.
So, no, I don't know what I'm talking about. If aircraft could RELIABLY operate on premium pump gas, people wouldn't be spending double the money on it.
The problem with spam isn't the less than 40 seconds it takes for the firewall to come up on a WinTel box.
It's the idiot behind the keyboard. Always has been, always will be.
Nobody seems to realize (or face the facts thereof) that spam became more and more profitable, as more and more (soccer moms, idiot dads, stupid kids with no idea about what they are clicking on, hell a slashdotter here stated he has missed the no and hit yes trying to get the box to go away) people where given access to computers and high speed connections.
Bottom line, the luser is the problem, not the machine, not the operating system (god knows, Linux doesn't have a single virii or worm or anything for it, does it),.... It's the ID10T's.
To look at it any other way is just fooling yourself and being a fanboi.
That Spamhaus doesn't know what they are talking about with the numbers they spewed.
Just goes to show, you can pull numbers out of your ass, and it all depends on who WANTS to believe them.
Spamhaus, MPAA, RIAA, et al, they all incredibly inflate numbers to their own benefit.
Guess the Spam Kings wheren't as big as they where reported, huh?
Would be nice to see something legally happen to them, as well. Seriously, if one pulls a number out of their ass, no matter what side of the fence they are on, they should be held accountable for lying at the least (publicly shunned on their "stats" in the future), libel, to out and out fraud.
This is the kind of things that pisses me off. Statistics are supposed to be credible, not a number you pull out of our ass to make your side look better.
It has a 16 meg RAM video system in it (not bad for a PDA, and it does VGA on screen as well as using the external VGA to monitor cable), although it costs 50 or so dollars (USD) more to get the VGA output on your monitor, it's still relatively cheap. (http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Axim-X51v-Presentation-Cable/dp/B000FFYALU)
Add a bluetooth keyboard, and you have pretty much anything and everything you need, unless you HAVE to run linux to be cool (or insert reasoning here, I don't bash OS's, they ALL have their place.)
At least, it does everything I need... Found an upgrade to 6.1 windows, and it works great for me.
Of course, YMMV, someone else will say it's crap, etc., etc., etc.... But the bottom line is, it works, and has been out for YEARS. Not to mention, it runs at > 500 megahertz.
Why does it seem any palm sized device that runs linux is behind the times... Either an old kernel, or a newer kernel, but they are playing ketchup (pun intended) with what's already out there? I mean, seriously now.... Can someone answer that question? --Toll_Free
You want them to go after "real criminals", not copyright infringers?
If it's against the law, and your doing it, it's a criminal act. You don't get to pick and choose which laws you want to follow, unless you're ready to accept the consequences of the actions you are doing.....
I know what your talking about, but I find it funny that people like to state copyright infringement isn't a crime, or at least they like to lessen it.
Tell that to the members of DoD, PWA, WLW, etc., etc., etc.
Anyone here ever bought aviation fuel? I mean, it AIN'T cheap.
I can't imagine they are trying to put a I4, V6 or any other engine from a typical automobile in it, and it does NOT cost little to build, maintain and keep an airplane engine in the air (I went through mechanics school, and my Engines teacher was a aircraft engine mechanic, the cost was EXHORBINANT).
Now, factor in the cost of the fuel, vs the cost of the gasoline you could be running.
Of course, there are methods of using more than one type of fuel in the engine, but I doubt they would even attempt that, due to the liability if one fell out of the air.
Yeah, I'm ready to shell out 5 to 8 dollars a gallon,for a vehicle that will more than likely be heavier than a standard commuter car.
Of course, we as American's usually end up going for convenience rather than intelligence.
But, Apple is giving you the tools you want / need, just not at a price point you WANT.
How can you be insightful....
Wait, more entitlement.
Seriously. They didn't kill firewire from everything they make, they just killed it on their entry level machine.
IT'S AN ENTRY LEVEL MACHINE, GET OVER IT. IF YOU WANT BETTER FEATURES / MORE FEATURESETS, GET THE BETTER LAPTOP!!!!
How is it so hard for people to understand this basic premise. I don't use firewire, nor should I have to pay for it if I'll never use it (and most all my computers HAVE it, I HAVE a DV camcorder (since pre Y2K), and have digitized a couple flix on it. Otherwise, Firewire to me is useless, and should be an option.
Oh wait, it now is. If I wanted it, I'd shell out a few more dollars.
Amazes me how if you put apple down for marketing intelligence, your modded as a troll.....
SERIOUSLY, why do people here think an entry level laptop should have EVERYTHING?
Entitlement, I suggest you look it up, if you think this is a trolling post. Seriously.
Once, in the not too distant past, I was under investigation for fraud (never taken to court, just some asshole decided it would be nice to 'get even' by calling the man with some bogus crap).
As the DA investigator was standing in my doorway, I asked him about Due Process and what happened to "Innocent until proven guilty".
His response (no shit): "You haven't proven your innocence yet".
I couldn't figure out if he was serious, or it was a lack of being able to speakuh da engrish... Jose had a real problem and had to ask me to reiterate my statements more than once.
BUT, to have an asshole as the DA investigator that could even misconstrue basic legal proceedings like that is, well.... Telling.
Everyone isn't "entitled", my friend. If you can't afford something, you do without.
I have the technology, intelligence and everything but the money to build a monster nitromethane powered dragster.
I can't afford 5 dollars a minute to idle the fucking thing, though. Hence I have NOS injection on a smallblock. Am I bitter about it? NO. Do I think that Ford OWES me the Nitromethane conversion? NOPE.
Nitrous Oxide actually helps combustion on a diesel engine, lowers EGT, lowers emissions, etc. Do I think that Dodge OWES me a nitrous kit for my truck? NOPE. Do I think Snow Performance owes me a methanol kit for the truck, nope.
Self entitlement of this generation is total, utter and complete bullshit. Want firewire (or anything else Apple deems not important enough for YOUR price point), GET SOMETHING ELSE, OR GET A NEW HOBBY.
Jesus, stop sucking Apple's dick long enough to stop writing dick articles.
I don't think I've ever seen someone so enamored with a hardware vendor than this idiot.
Apple didn't "phase out" the 8" floppy... It was on it's way out when Apple was STILL making them.
Apple and the fireware debacle is (IMHO) nothing more than an attempt (and a DAMN good one at that) to get people to upgrade their laptops to the pro version. Pure and simple. Not everyone NEEDS firewire, so why implement it in a beginners, so to speak, computer. I have it on 3 desktops and a laptop. I've used it less than 20 times... Going back probably to 2003. Yeah, it's a real deal-breaker.
The flip side, I use USB daily. So do most Apple users. Wait, what? Yeah, I tried pluggin my IPOD into the 1394 bus, but nothing worked right. Same with the IPhone.
Apple is going to decide what is used and what isn't. Couldn't be that Apple was trying to fuck a consumer into a more expensive laptop, could it?
This 'article' isn't anything more than attempted damage control by Apple FanBois, is it?
Emergencies pop up all the time, in all walks of life, with all people(s).
To think that any IT department can recover ANYTHING is stupid, honestly. There are transaction based software(z) that sometimes DON'T get a chance to put the transaction into the database.
I KNOW this, I had to work on Timberline, MRI, etc., etc.,etc. Try using OS/2 WARP in 2001, my friend, JUST because some idiots that owned a building SAID we had to. Backups on that machine where, basically, copying a drive in the middle of the night. Had something gone wrong before the backup, we lost a days worth of data. Not something to cause people to lose their house, or anything like that, but a big loss of monies for the people(s) involved, etc.
Emergencies pop up. Their excuse is complete and utter bullshit, though... In that regard, I agree with you a thousand and a quarter percent.
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I should qualify my last statement.
Neither of them own their own plane, so they must pay rental on top of the other fees those lucky enough to own their own plane pay.
--Toll_Free
Not right now, I don't.
I prefer to live in a country where the price of fuel is still somewhat reasonable, not where they bend me the fuck over.
Petrol is not gas... Petrol is gas with a HUGE tax in place by your government. Fuck, your CLOSER to the mideast than we are, and you STILL take it in the ass with the prices.
But, you guys, for the most part, do have better mass transit, more carpooling, etc., etc., etc., not to mention cleaner air, no doubt due to less people driving... BECAUSE IT'S SO FRIGGIN EXPENSIVE.
Anywho...
And the price of fuel isn't the most expensive thing, nor is someone that can fly going to think that way.
At least not the two licensed private pilots that I know (My Pa In Law, and Cousin).
--Toll_Free
Ahh, bit the problem with that is a couple.
1. Premium is not the same from state to state, nor from station to station. Yes, a lot of things in the electronics can effect the way the engine runs, but all in all, taking timing out (for the shittier gas) will lower horsepower ratings.
I mean, it's a big difference. In Colorado, Premium was what we called mid grade here in California. Octane ratings are not always the same from batch to batch, either.
AvGas is brought to more stringent testing.
2. What happens if / when you get some shitty gas, and the thing stalls, at 10,000 feet. I mean, it's not all that hard to imagine, as you HAVE LESS AIR TO COMBUST at that altitude (hell, my truck has problems at my house in the cold starting it, no matter WHAT grade gas I put in it... And that's at 6400 feet at my house.).
I still stand by my original statement, even if it runs premium.... I wouldn't do it without an octane booster, at the least.
ASE certified mechanic here, also trained in engine building at Skip Barber School of Racing.
So, no, I don't know what I'm talking about. If aircraft could RELIABLY operate on premium pump gas, people wouldn't be spending double the money on it.
--Toll_Free
You're post had absolutely nothing to do with mine, why reply?
It's been statistically proven, the idiot behind the keyboard is usually the problem.
--Toll_Free
You're so wrong, and that's funny.
The problem with spam isn't the less than 40 seconds it takes for the firewall to come up on a WinTel box.
It's the idiot behind the keyboard. Always has been, always will be.
Nobody seems to realize (or face the facts thereof) that spam became more and more profitable, as more and more (soccer moms, idiot dads, stupid kids with no idea about what they are clicking on, hell a slashdotter here stated he has missed the no and hit yes trying to get the box to go away) people where given access to computers and high speed connections.
Bottom line, the luser is the problem, not the machine, not the operating system (god knows, Linux doesn't have a single virii or worm or anything for it, does it),.... It's the ID10T's.
To look at it any other way is just fooling yourself and being a fanboi.
--Toll_Free
That Spamhaus doesn't know what they are talking about with the numbers they spewed.
Just goes to show, you can pull numbers out of your ass, and it all depends on who WANTS to believe them.
Spamhaus, MPAA, RIAA, et al, they all incredibly inflate numbers to their own benefit.
Guess the Spam Kings wheren't as big as they where reported, huh?
Would be nice to see something legally happen to them, as well. Seriously, if one pulls a number out of their ass, no matter what side of the fence they are on, they should be held accountable for lying at the least (publicly shunned on their "stats" in the future), libel, to out and out fraud.
This is the kind of things that pisses me off. Statistics are supposed to be credible, not a number you pull out of our ass to make your side look better.
--Toll_Free
My Dell Axim X51V has the same thing. It can do VGA, with the proper cable, has Bluetooth, WiFi and most everything else this thing has.
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/Dell-Axim-X51v.htm
It has a 16 meg RAM video system in it (not bad for a PDA, and it does VGA on screen as well as using the external VGA to monitor cable), although it costs 50 or so dollars (USD) more to get the VGA output on your monitor, it's still relatively cheap. (http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Axim-X51v-Presentation-Cable/dp/B000FFYALU)
Add a bluetooth keyboard, and you have pretty much anything and everything you need, unless you HAVE to run linux to be cool (or insert reasoning here, I don't bash OS's, they ALL have their place.)
At least, it does everything I need... Found an upgrade to 6.1 windows, and it works great for me.
Of course, YMMV, someone else will say it's crap, etc., etc., etc.... But the bottom line is, it works, and has been out for YEARS. Not to mention, it runs at > 500 megahertz.
Why does it seem any palm sized device that runs linux is behind the times... Either an old kernel, or a newer kernel, but they are playing ketchup (pun intended) with what's already out there? I mean, seriously now.... Can someone answer that question?
--Toll_Free
Ya can always find a reason to boycott.
Get a windows mobile device then.
--Toll_Free
Yeah, it's microsofts fault.
Let's not forget the id10t behind the keyboard that has to click on yes for it to actually run.......
--Toll_Free
You make a funny statement.
You want them to go after "real criminals", not copyright infringers?
If it's against the law, and your doing it, it's a criminal act. You don't get to pick and choose which laws you want to follow, unless you're ready to accept the consequences of the actions you are doing.....
I know what your talking about, but I find it funny that people like to state copyright infringement isn't a crime, or at least they like to lessen it.
Tell that to the members of DoD, PWA, WLW, etc., etc., etc.
(God, I dated my scenetime there lol :) )
--Toll_Free
wayback internet archive?
--Toll_Free
Cost of fuel.
Anyone here ever bought aviation fuel? I mean, it AIN'T cheap.
I can't imagine they are trying to put a I4, V6 or any other engine from a typical automobile in it, and it does NOT cost little to build, maintain and keep an airplane engine in the air (I went through mechanics school, and my Engines teacher was a aircraft engine mechanic, the cost was EXHORBINANT).
Now, factor in the cost of the fuel, vs the cost of the gasoline you could be running.
Of course, there are methods of using more than one type of fuel in the engine, but I doubt they would even attempt that, due to the liability if one fell out of the air.
Yeah, I'm ready to shell out 5 to 8 dollars a gallon,for a vehicle that will more than likely be heavier than a standard commuter car.
Of course, we as American's usually end up going for convenience rather than intelligence.
So, maybe it will gain momentum.
--Toll_Free
A lot, according to your girlfriend. :)
--Toll_Free
Except it is more than "just a list". It's a programming guide.
I'd say this will be found to be copyrightable, but don't agree with the legaleze behind it.
--Toll_Free
No, that was my point. :)
I kept all my kids, if for anything, for proof I've had sex 3 times :) rofl
--Toll_Free
But, Apple is giving you the tools you want / need, just not at a price point you WANT.
How can you be insightful....
Wait, more entitlement.
Seriously. They didn't kill firewire from everything they make, they just killed it on their entry level machine.
IT'S AN ENTRY LEVEL MACHINE, GET OVER IT. IF YOU WANT BETTER FEATURES / MORE FEATURESETS, GET THE BETTER LAPTOP!!!!
How is it so hard for people to understand this basic premise. I don't use firewire, nor should I have to pay for it if I'll never use it (and most all my computers HAVE it, I HAVE a DV camcorder (since pre Y2K), and have digitized a couple flix on it. Otherwise, Firewire to me is useless, and should be an option.
Oh wait, it now is. If I wanted it, I'd shell out a few more dollars.
Amazes me how if you put apple down for marketing intelligence, your modded as a troll.....
SERIOUSLY, why do people here think an entry level laptop should have EVERYTHING?
Entitlement, I suggest you look it up, if you think this is a trolling post. Seriously.
--Toll_Free
OK, mods, I have to ask.
What was trolling in my post above.
Don't be scared, don't post as anonymous. Seriously, what the FUCK was trolling?
More fanboisms... Sheesh.
--Toll_Free
Well, this will be adopted about as fast as Linux on the Desktop.
Why the FUCK does everyone in geek circles compare EVERYTHING to linux?
I mean, it's an operating system. Once you allow it to envelop your life or help you make decisions, your an idiot that can't think for yourself.
Seriously, how the FUCK did this become news for nerds, as if it even matters.
More blogging constituted as journalism.
--Toll_Free
That anyone with a blog considers themselves a journalist.
And most people under 35 are too stupid to know the difference between a journalist and an idiot with a website.
--Toll_Free
Oh, I can do one better.
Once, in the not too distant past, I was under investigation for fraud (never taken to court, just some asshole decided it would be nice to 'get even' by calling the man with some bogus crap).
As the DA investigator was standing in my doorway, I asked him about Due Process and what happened to "Innocent until proven guilty".
His response (no shit): "You haven't proven your innocence yet".
I couldn't figure out if he was serious, or it was a lack of being able to speakuh da engrish... Jose had a real problem and had to ask me to reiterate my statements more than once.
BUT, to have an asshole as the DA investigator that could even misconstrue basic legal proceedings like that is, well.... Telling.
--Toll_Free
So basically, it's a low end laptop that doesn't have the features anymore.
Why are we arguing / debating the featureset of an entry level computer?
I'm FUCKING pissed my XBOX has no 1394 connection.
--Toll_Free
If you can't afford your hobby, get a new one.
Everyone isn't "entitled", my friend. If you can't afford something, you do without.
I have the technology, intelligence and everything but the money to build a monster nitromethane powered dragster.
I can't afford 5 dollars a minute to idle the fucking thing, though. Hence I have NOS injection on a smallblock. Am I bitter about it? NO. Do I think that Ford OWES me the Nitromethane conversion? NOPE.
Nitrous Oxide actually helps combustion on a diesel engine, lowers EGT, lowers emissions, etc. Do I think that Dodge OWES me a nitrous kit for my truck? NOPE. Do I think Snow Performance owes me a methanol kit for the truck, nope.
Self entitlement of this generation is total, utter and complete bullshit. Want firewire (or anything else Apple deems not important enough for YOUR price point), GET SOMETHING ELSE, OR GET A NEW HOBBY.
--Toll_Free
Please use real math.
The differences you cite would mean 50 gig of data would take approximately 100 more seconds.
15 minutes and a minute and a half are two different things. Just ask your gf next time YOU'RE done having sex :)
--Toll_Free
Blah blah blah.
Jesus, stop sucking Apple's dick long enough to stop writing dick articles.
I don't think I've ever seen someone so enamored with a hardware vendor than this idiot.
Apple didn't "phase out" the 8" floppy... It was on it's way out when Apple was STILL making them.
Apple and the fireware debacle is (IMHO) nothing more than an attempt (and a DAMN good one at that) to get people to upgrade their laptops to the pro version. Pure and simple. Not everyone NEEDS firewire, so why implement it in a beginners, so to speak, computer. I have it on 3 desktops and a laptop. I've used it less than 20 times... Going back probably to 2003. Yeah, it's a real deal-breaker.
The flip side, I use USB daily. So do most Apple users. Wait, what? Yeah, I tried pluggin my IPOD into the 1394 bus, but nothing worked right. Same with the IPhone.
Apple is going to decide what is used and what isn't. Couldn't be that Apple was trying to fuck a consumer into a more expensive laptop, could it?
This 'article' isn't anything more than attempted damage control by Apple FanBois, is it?
Sheesh.
--Toll_Free
You're world is boring.
Emergencies pop up all the time, in all walks of life, with all people(s).
To think that any IT department can recover ANYTHING is stupid, honestly. There are transaction based software(z) that sometimes DON'T get a chance to put the transaction into the database.
I KNOW this, I had to work on Timberline, MRI, etc., etc. ,etc. Try using OS/2 WARP in 2001, my friend, JUST because some idiots that owned a building SAID we had to. Backups on that machine where, basically, copying a drive in the middle of the night. Had something gone wrong before the backup, we lost a days worth of data. Not something to cause people to lose their house, or anything like that, but a big loss of monies for the people(s) involved, etc.
Emergencies pop up. Their excuse is complete and utter bullshit, though... In that regard, I agree with you a thousand and a quarter percent.
--Toll_Free