Populist, yes; right-wing, not so much anymore. They have Lib Dem deputy leader Vince Cable as a prominent columnist, and his politics are centre-left as far as I can see.
They've also been running a campaign to stop the extradition of Gary McKinnon. I've never been a fan of that particular paper, but they've been doing some good stuff recently.
accelerometers to shut the hard drive off if the laptop falls
My dad's (fairly elderly) Thinkpad has this feature. It's a very good idea.
On that topic, Here's a cool little program for recent Mac laptops with the accelerometer chip that can measure the G force on the laptop. Has earned me some funny looks on trains:)
My mother has a Honda Jazz (the European name for the Fit) and it gets 45mpg (imperial) even if you drive it hard. Drive it with a light right foot and I reckon you'd get 55mpg (or around 45mpg US) no problem.
Sure, it's almost as big as the smaller MacBooks and ugly as hell, but 32 hours of battery life is nothing to sniff at if you're doing field work. Perhaps Ars Technica will manage a whole WWDC keynote next year without having to change out laptops:P
Interesting you should mention classic cars. Jaguar adopted their name after the war for that exact reason; they were originally called S.S. Cars, named for owner William Lyons' preceding company Swallow Sidecars. Their logo actually resembled (to my mind) the German imperial eagle.
Every Mac I've ever owned has shipped with the default pointer speed and acceleration settings set too low for me. It's a relief to hear others have the same problem:)
I edited a short documentary using an iMac with a Mighty Mouse, and while I didn't care for the feel of the thing or the right-click method, I absolutely love the scroll ball. I've never found a better way of scrolling through complex video timelines quickly and accurately.
I think the granparent post probably meant that there's no 'easy' way to install WoW such as apt-get.
While it can doubtlessly run well under WINE, I'm prepared to bet you'd have to get your hands dirtier than the average user is willing to or capable of.
It might also have something to do with the way music is broadcast on FM radio- massively compressed. For the most part I listen to BBC Radio 4, and if I skip to Radio One or Radio Two the level of compression causes a massive leap in volume. An unfortunate side-effect seems to be a tangible loss in a song's dynamics, particularly prevalent in rock music.
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They've also been running a campaign to stop the extradition of Gary McKinnon. I've never been a fan of that particular paper, but they've been doing some good stuff recently.
accelerometers to shut the hard drive off if the laptop falls
My dad's (fairly elderly) Thinkpad has this feature. It's a very good idea.
On that topic, Here's a cool little program for recent Mac laptops with the accelerometer chip that can measure the G force on the laptop. Has earned me some funny looks on trains :)
I believe their slogan was "Lucas Electrics- Get Home Before Dark!"
It's like the Force- it has a light side, a dark side and it binds the universe together :)
Human memory must have fairly lossy compression, at least mine does.
My mother has a Honda Jazz (the European name for the Fit) and it gets 45mpg (imperial) even if you drive it hard. Drive it with a light right foot and I reckon you'd get 55mpg (or around 45mpg US) no problem.
It's bindun!
:P
Sure, it's almost as big as the smaller MacBooks and ugly as hell, but 32 hours of battery life is nothing to sniff at if you're doing field work. Perhaps Ars Technica will manage a whole WWDC keynote next year without having to change out laptops
Interesting you should mention classic cars. Jaguar adopted their name after the war for that exact reason; they were originally called S.S. Cars, named for owner William Lyons' preceding company Swallow Sidecars. Their logo actually resembled (to my mind) the German imperial eagle.
IIRC AT was electrically identical to PS2, so it should be possible to daisychain adaptors and make it USB compatible.
I was running 10.5.6 and my update was 449mb. I was almost entirely up to date aside from an iLife '09 update I've been putting off installing.
A masterbat, maybe.
The phrase also frequently appeared in the newspapers within the game Simcity 2000.
Now, now. Everybody knows that all generalisations are bad!
Every Mac I've ever owned has shipped with the default pointer speed and acceleration settings set too low for me. It's a relief to hear others have the same problem :)
I edited a short documentary using an iMac with a Mighty Mouse, and while I didn't care for the feel of the thing or the right-click method, I absolutely love the scroll ball. I've never found a better way of scrolling through complex video timelines quickly and accurately.
"And it occurred to me as he drove away, D=R*T" Great record :)
I AM black, you insensitive pot!
I think the granparent post probably meant that there's no 'easy' way to install WoW such as apt-get.
While it can doubtlessly run well under WINE, I'm prepared to bet you'd have to get your hands dirtier than the average user is willing to or capable of.
As opposed to other operating systems that download software without user intervention? :P
Roses are reds
Violets are blues
All the wars in the world
Were started by Jews
YOU had to bring SPINES into this!
Sadly, replying to this means I can't use a mod point on it, but then there's no entry in the drop-down menu for '+1 Getoffmylawn'.
dicker verb [ intrans. ]
1 engage in petty argument or bargaining : she advised him not to dicker over the extra fee.
2 treat something casually or irresponsibly; toy with something : [as n. ] ( dickering) there was no dickering with the lyrics.
I imagine they mean the latter definition.
Windows NT 3.51 through 4.0 ran on Alpha, MIPS and PowerPC as well as x86.
It might also have something to do with the way music is broadcast on FM radio- massively compressed. For the most part I listen to BBC Radio 4, and if I skip to Radio One or Radio Two the level of compression causes a massive leap in volume. An unfortunate side-effect seems to be a tangible loss in a song's dynamics, particularly prevalent in rock music.