Just for anyone else out there who doesn't know what a power supply is, it's a box built into the computer case that turns the wall socket AC into the steady DC the computer needs.
Wrong. That is the PSU - or Power Supply Unit. In other words, the unit that supplies the power. Certainly in this part of the world, to anyone who knows a bit about electricity, "power supply" refers to the power coming into a building.
Batteries wouldn't really be needed, either - pretty soon supercapacitors will be cheap enough to do the job.
Care to back this up with some evidence - Have you seen the size of 1 farad capacitors, and seen how little power they really store?
The British had this one coming, and the UK deserves this and more, for their involvement in the illegal war in Iraq.
I sincerely hope you never have to worry about your family in an attack like this. However, attitudes like yours make me sick. I hope you grow up one day.
They are assuming that if you are in the (generally) 50+ age group then you didn't grow up with computers and have therefore spent your life learning how to do more important and interesting things than deal with dynamic and static libraries.
The royalties from Peter Pan were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital. An act of charity, I doubt you would disagree with. When the copyright was about to expire, a special act of Parliament was passed, recognising the unqiue value of the works to the hospital, and extending the copyright in perpetuity. Why anyone would have a problem with this, I don't know. It's a specific case, which provides income for a hospital that, amongst other cases, deals with terminally ill children.
Why? Assume any electric vehicle uses either specialised batteries of some form of refillable fuel cell. You now need some where to recharge/refuel your vehicle - if it's electric you can't plug it into your house, because it needs 10 minutes at high voltage to charge, or some other restriction. So, you stop off at at service station, who already has the land and the branding for service stations?
I really hope you were being sarcastic. Without the headers, they can not check where the email is from and do anything about it. Without the headers it is just as likely the email came from outside their network, and you are talking to the wrong email admins.
Untrue, in corporate environments IT would have their own Windows Update server and have complete control of what patches the users get.
And this makes what I said untrue how? You just verified, in a corporate environment, the corporate IT department decides what patches get applied, and when. Not the individual user.
I also want zero startup time (like a land based phone) so I can keep it off if I want to and still make calls.
Is it that hard to make a cell phone that behaves exactly like a land based phone?
I'm guessing you either have no idea, or are just simply ignoring the way cellular phones work. The phone has to connect to and log in to the network. Your land-line is on a permanent, dedicated fixed connection to the exchange. Does that answer your question?
In most corporate environments you would not be allowed to set automatic updates on. The last thing the corporate IT department would want is for an automatically installed patch to break existing systems.
Not exactly with software, as the cost of producing another copy is minimal. They may not write-off the full market cost, but they may well write-off the trade cost (i.e. what they would have got selling it to the distribution chain).
The US is the longest running continuous government in the modern world.
Only if you define "longest running continuous government" is such a way as to exclude all the other governments that have been around for a longer time. This is a non-argument, and requires you to ignore changes to the USA government but rule any changes to other governments to be a change of government type.
You fail to understand the issue. No-one is telling you to switch your existing applications and solutions to Linux now, this minute. What I am advising is you need to look at other solutions to give you the edge - being on the ball with new technologies can give you the edge, not necessarily one particular technology. If you're not making the time to look then you might miss the application/opportunity that will save you a fortune. If your role includes being the IT guy, then you are not doing it properly if you aren't keeping an eye on other technologies. As I stated, my job is Linux based. I keep up to speed on Windows. Why? Because it's my job to know what will work best for which solutions.
Do I work for a Fortune 500? No. If you are a small company then you should be looking at *anything* that can provide you an edge over the big guys. That makes new technologies and Linux even more important to you. Why do you think you need a "consultant" to help you? Why aren't you encouraging people to better themselves in any spare time (if your IT person/people don't have *any* spare time you are well and truly fucked the next time you have a crisis).
None of your Windows support people have any interest in Linux? No-one has looked outside the current technology they are using? You're employing the wrong people. I have been a Linux specialist for the past 6 years or so. I still make sure I play with the latest versions of Windows though.
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Just for anyone else out there who doesn't know what a power supply is, it's a box built into the computer case that turns the wall socket AC into the steady DC the computer needs.
Wrong. That is the PSU - or Power Supply Unit. In other words, the unit that supplies the power. Certainly in this part of the world, to anyone who knows a bit about electricity, "power supply" refers to the power coming into a building.
Batteries wouldn't really be needed, either - pretty soon supercapacitors will be cheap enough to do the job.
Care to back this up with some evidence - Have you seen the size of 1 farad capacitors, and seen how little power they really store?
The British had this one coming, and the UK deserves this and more, for their involvement in the illegal war in Iraq.
I sincerely hope you never have to worry about your family in an attack like this. However, attitudes like yours make me sick. I hope you grow up one day.
User george has 777; everyone else has read and execute only.
That's what we call 755
Suppose the Police seized the printing presses of the Sun newspaper because a letter to the editor contained some nasty words
We can live in hope...
What was wrong with the old .HLP system?
They are assuming that if you are in the (generally) 50+ age group then you didn't grow up with computers and have therefore spent your life learning how to do more important and interesting things than deal with dynamic and static libraries.
You would prefer the money went into the pockets of a corporate instead, and the hospital had to ask for more funds from the government?
The royalties from Peter Pan were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital. An act of charity, I doubt you would disagree with. When the copyright was about to expire, a special act of Parliament was passed, recognising the unqiue value of the works to the hospital, and extending the copyright in perpetuity. Why anyone would have a problem with this, I don't know. It's a specific case, which provides income for a hospital that, amongst other cases, deals with terminally ill children.
Why? Assume any electric vehicle uses either specialised batteries of some form of refillable fuel cell. You now need some where to recharge/refuel your vehicle - if it's electric you can't plug it into your house, because it needs 10 minutes at high voltage to charge, or some other restriction. So, you stop off at at service station, who already has the land and the branding for service stations?
Try on the other side of the pond - automatics are very much in the minority.
Everyone would drive the Ferrari, right? Because who wants to drive an automatic.
I really hope you were being sarcastic. Without the headers, they can not check where the email is from and do anything about it. Without the headers it is just as likely the email came from outside their network, and you are talking to the wrong email admins.
If so, the answer to your question would be that they survived by being too young to get their hands on beer.
They are 17 and 20, and British. "too young to get their hands on beer" over here means about 11.
You'd be suprised. China is the source for much "high-end" hi-fi.
Untrue, in corporate environments IT would have their own Windows Update server and have complete control of what patches the users get.
And this makes what I said untrue how? You just verified, in a corporate environment, the corporate IT department decides what patches get applied, and when. Not the individual user.
I also want zero startup time (like a land based phone) so I can keep it off if I want to and still make calls.
Is it that hard to make a cell phone that behaves exactly like a land based phone?
I'm guessing you either have no idea, or are just simply ignoring the way cellular phones work. The phone has to connect to and log in to the network. Your land-line is on a permanent, dedicated fixed connection to the exchange. Does that answer your question?
In most corporate environments you would not be allowed to set automatic updates on. The last thing the corporate IT department would want is for an automatically installed patch to break existing systems.
Yes, but 70mph is not considered fast on this side of the pond...
as you shift to 5th gear, going over 70 MPH.
Let me guess, you're American?
Not exactly with software, as the cost of producing another copy is minimal. They may not write-off the full market cost, but they may well write-off the trade cost (i.e. what they would have got selling it to the distribution chain).
The US is the longest running continuous government in the modern world.
Only if you define "longest running continuous government" is such a way as to exclude all the other governments that have been around for a longer time. This is a non-argument, and requires you to ignore changes to the USA government but rule any changes to other governments to be a change of government type.
You fail to understand the issue. No-one is telling you to switch your existing applications and solutions to Linux now, this minute. What I am advising is you need to look at other solutions to give you the edge - being on the ball with new technologies can give you the edge, not necessarily one particular technology. If you're not making the time to look then you might miss the application/opportunity that will save you a fortune. If your role includes being the IT guy, then you are not doing it properly if you aren't keeping an eye on other technologies. As I stated, my job is Linux based. I keep up to speed on Windows. Why? Because it's my job to know what will work best for which solutions.
Do I work for a Fortune 500? No. If you are a small company then you should be looking at *anything* that can provide you an edge over the big guys. That makes new technologies and Linux even more important to you. Why do you think you need a "consultant" to help you? Why aren't you encouraging people to better themselves in any spare time (if your IT person/people don't have *any* spare time you are well and truly fucked the next time you have a crisis).
None of your Windows support people have any interest in Linux? No-one has looked outside the current technology they are using? You're employing the wrong people. I have been a Linux specialist for the past 6 years or so. I still make sure I play with the latest versions of Windows though.
Except for the all-important (at the time) BIOS.