Instead of turning the US into a police state looking for terrorists lets stop making more of them. So, uh... what made all the 19 terrorists in 2001? What made those that blew up the Cole? What made those that blew up our embassies in Africa? What made those that blew up Marine Barracks in Lebanon? What made the Turks invade Europe? Did Jordan arrest and torture all those guys? Islamic fundamentalists made terrorists long before Zarqawi. It's a numbers game. OBL and Al Qaeda have always had sympathizers through the 90's, but their popularity has only increased since the ill-fated invasion and occupation of Iraq. Increased popularity and increased recruitment make them a BIGGER threat. If the rate of recruitment exceeds the rate of catching or killing them, we lose. Understand now? Unless you're ready to enlist today, I'd say the U.S. military is just about tapped out in capacity to catch and kill more terrorists.
Maybe it's different for others, but in my experience, all the Dell on-site techs ever did was swap parts. No Ubuntu skills needed. Dell does sell Ubuntu software support separately, but for hardware warranty support, all you need to do is boot a diagnostic CD and swap parts.
No, the parent said you still had the basic 1 year warranty, but Dell doesn't sell ANY upgrades to it, no extended warranty and no insurance for accidental damage. I did agree about it being stupid not to sell profitable extended warranties. That's all.
Well, the 1 year mail-in warranty is all you can get. You can't upgrade to a longer warranty with on-site service. Doesn't sound smart to me if extended warranty and insurance is really as profitable as it's supposed to be.
Come on. It's really not that hard to get emissions data on China. Pollutants like sulfur oxides, soot and mercury are harmful in trace amounts in exhaust, and emissions can vary widely depending on the pollution controls in place. However, CO2 is the main compound that results from combustion of coal. Just knowing total coal consumption is enough to estimate CO2 emissions accurately. And we do know how much coal they produce and use. How hard is it to Google "China coal consumption 2005"? I'll save you the trouble and paste this hit from the first page:
Policy Briefs
"Coal consumption reached more than 2 billion tons. in 2005, almost twice the coal consumption of the United. States, even though China's economy is only..."
www.iie.com/publications/pb/pb06-6.pdf
Good explanation of UHMW polyethylene. I'll also add that Dyneema fibers have been available commercially since the late 70's. They're nothing new. The low melting point is a disadvantage. Kevlar fibers are good to 500C, and a type of aramid called Nomex is used for fire protection.
There's another risk with PDFs. The army released a PDF that had redacted text blacked out, but the text was still in the document, just covered up with a black stripe. It was easily extracted from the file. It was also a report about Iraq, the incident where an Italian intelligence agent and the hostage he was rescuing were shot at a checkpoint.
It's not thaaat bad an idea. With HDTVs you can get some decently clear text, unlike the 40 column text with SDTVs. I wouldn't mind a smartphone that plugs in to a TV to surf/read email in full screen resolution. The only problem I see if the component or HDMI cable will be as big as the phone.
There's that, but the other reason nobody builds more refineries is that people in the business know that by the time a new refinery gets built, there probably won't be enough oil production in the world to keep said refinery busy. The bloggers at TheOilDrum just released a study on Depletion Levels in Ghawar. In addition, refineries have to be customized for a certain feedstock, light vs. heavy, sweet vs. sour. There's a risk of betting on the wrong supplier, and you're betting on supply for decades in the future.
How many are being used? Isn't that the real question. How many of those people got the new PC and put XP on it? It won't be that many. The average user isn't saavy enough to format and install XP, especially with product activation on OEM XP and Genuine Advantage flagging all the questionable volume license keys. Without a friend to hook you up with XP, those people are stuck with Vista on their retail PCs.
I really doubt it's 40M retail licenses. So yeah, I'd give the credit to cutting off OEM licenses of XP. Even though build-to-order OEMs like Dell can still install XP for now, every retail computer has Vista.
Building a read/write head that spins AND seeks is pretty complex. It's much simpler to have the disk spin in place while the head seeks back and forth.
Often the US employees who are about to get laid off train their replacements, and often it's a condition for receiving severance pay. That situation really is as crappy as it sounds. If it was me and I had another job lined up, I'd tell them to stuff it. More often though, people don't have another job lined up and need money to pay the bills.
This isn't Apple's fight. If push comes to shove, Apple will pay protection, I mean patent license fee. Apple isn't a threat to Microsoft as long as MacOS only runs on Apple hardware.
It's not that hard, really. Cars like the Prius and Insight were purpose-built as hybrids, but many other models have been retrofit with hybrid powertrains. It's even easier if you make it a so-called "mild hybrid" where the electric motor and battery are relatively weak, meaning not strong enough to move the car on battery power alone. The Saturn Vue and Aura are two examples of mild hybrids.
They already do this. Many recyclable car parts have a "core" charge. It works like a bottle or can deposit. You either bring in the old battery when you buy a new one, or you pay the core charge and get it refunded if you bring back the old battery. Simple.
What's a POTS phone good for compared to cell phones?
1. free calls in local area (about a 12 mi radius), but you pay long distance for everywhere else 2. don't pay to receive calls 3. somewhat better reliability 4. needed for DSL service
If you already have a cellphone with enough minutes and good signal at home, that takes care of 1-3. Broadband Internet that doesn't need a landline can be hard to find or it could cost as much as DSL + POTS combined.
You can call 911 on any unactivated cell phone. I don't remember any landline phone that had dialtone before I called to connect the service or after I disconnected service.
Well, the Athlon X2 and Core Duo (Yonah) ran pretty even at the same clock, but it was only for mobile. We never got to see how fast the Yonah could run at the top end. The fastest one was 2.3GHz, but given the overclocking headroom of mobile processors, it could have beaten Athlon FX's with the right desktop platform.
The EPA test is actually pretty accurate if you drive exactly like the test cycle, but the test conditions are nothing like real world driving. The city cycle averages about 21mph with very mild acceleration. The cold start occurs at 75 deg F (cold starts in colder weather burn much more gas). The A/C and heater are not used. The highway test has a similar leisurely pace. It averages 48mph with mild acceleration. Anyone merging and driving in freeway traffic that slowly would be a serious road hazard.
Photo and video editing parallelize nicely. Besides gaming, that's the only CPU intensive process that most home computers will run. On the gaming side, most games don't run any better on quad core, but Supreme Commander is one of the few that do.
Formula 1 engines use pneumatic springs to replace the steel valve springs. A cam still opens the valve. They have many advantages, but variable valve timing isn't one of them.
Even if you ignore copyright, the person in the picture has the right to control the publishing of their own image. Publishers generally need to obtain a model release from the person portrayed. This has nothing to do with intellectual property but with privacy. I know lots of people post pictures of other people online without getting a model release. It's a complex area of law, and most of the time nobody complains about pictures on someone's small personal blog.
Well how about this article? IBM met analyst estimates on earnings, but Wall Street is still nervous about labor costs. IBM is already profitable, but this is all about boosting share prices short term. We already know for sure IBM is laying off 1300. All this talk about 100,000 total layoffs this year is pure speculation, but one thing for sure, more layoffs are coming.
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So, uh... what made all the 19 terrorists in 2001? What made those that blew up the Cole? What made those that blew up our embassies in Africa? What made those that blew up Marine Barracks in Lebanon? What made the Turks invade Europe? Did Jordan arrest and torture all those guys? Islamic fundamentalists made terrorists long before Zarqawi. It's a numbers game. OBL and Al Qaeda have always had sympathizers through the 90's, but their popularity has only increased since the ill-fated invasion and occupation of Iraq. Increased popularity and increased recruitment make them a BIGGER threat. If the rate of recruitment exceeds the rate of catching or killing them, we lose. Understand now? Unless you're ready to enlist today, I'd say the U.S. military is just about tapped out in capacity to catch and kill more terrorists.
Take a look at the Pew Research study on US popularity around the world. It's rebounded a bit since 2003 and the invasion of Iraq, but still pretty low.
http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID
Maybe it's different for others, but in my experience, all the Dell on-site techs ever did was swap parts. No Ubuntu skills needed. Dell does sell Ubuntu software support separately, but for hardware warranty support, all you need to do is boot a diagnostic CD and swap parts.
No, the parent said you still had the basic 1 year warranty, but Dell doesn't sell ANY upgrades to it, no extended warranty and no insurance for accidental damage. I did agree about it being stupid not to sell profitable extended warranties. That's all.
Well, the 1 year mail-in warranty is all you can get. You can't upgrade to a longer warranty with on-site service. Doesn't sound smart to me if extended warranty and insurance is really as profitable as it's supposed to be.
Come on. It's really not that hard to get emissions data on China. Pollutants like sulfur oxides, soot and mercury are harmful in trace amounts in exhaust, and emissions can vary widely depending on the pollution controls in place. However, CO2 is the main compound that results from combustion of coal. Just knowing total coal consumption is enough to estimate CO2 emissions accurately. And we do know how much coal they produce and use. How hard is it to Google "China coal consumption 2005"? I'll save you the trouble and paste this hit from the first page:
..."
Policy Briefs
"Coal consumption reached more than 2 billion tons. in 2005, almost twice the coal consumption of the United. States, even though China's economy is only
www.iie.com/publications/pb/pb06-6.pdf
Oh, and news flash: wood is not a fossil fuel.
Good explanation of UHMW polyethylene. I'll also add that Dyneema fibers have been available commercially since the late 70's. They're nothing new. The low melting point is a disadvantage. Kevlar fibers are good to 500C, and a type of aramid called Nomex is used for fire protection.
There's another risk with PDFs. The army released a PDF that had redacted text blacked out, but the text was still in the document, just covered up with a black stripe. It was easily extracted from the file. It was also a report about Iraq, the incident where an Italian intelligence agent and the hostage he was rescuing were shot at a checkpoint.
It's not thaaat bad an idea. With HDTVs you can get some decently clear text, unlike the 40 column text with SDTVs. I wouldn't mind a smartphone that plugs in to a TV to surf/read email in full screen resolution. The only problem I see if the component or HDMI cable will be as big as the phone.
There's that, but the other reason nobody builds more refineries is that people in the business know that by the time a new refinery gets built, there probably won't be enough oil production in the world to keep said refinery busy. The bloggers at TheOilDrum just released a study on Depletion Levels in Ghawar. In addition, refineries have to be customized for a certain feedstock, light vs. heavy, sweet vs. sour. There's a risk of betting on the wrong supplier, and you're betting on supply for decades in the future.
I really doubt it's 40M retail licenses. So yeah, I'd give the credit to cutting off OEM licenses of XP. Even though build-to-order OEMs like Dell can still install XP for now, every retail computer has Vista.
Building a read/write head that spins AND seeks is pretty complex. It's much simpler to have the disk spin in place while the head seeks back and forth.
Often the US employees who are about to get laid off train their replacements, and often it's a condition for receiving severance pay. That situation really is as crappy as it sounds. If it was me and I had another job lined up, I'd tell them to stuff it. More often though, people don't have another job lined up and need money to pay the bills.
This isn't Apple's fight. If push comes to shove, Apple will pay protection, I mean patent license fee. Apple isn't a threat to Microsoft as long as MacOS only runs on Apple hardware.
It's not that hard, really. Cars like the Prius and Insight were purpose-built as hybrids, but many other models have been retrofit with hybrid powertrains. It's even easier if you make it a so-called "mild hybrid" where the electric motor and battery are relatively weak, meaning not strong enough to move the car on battery power alone. The Saturn Vue and Aura are two examples of mild hybrids.
They already do this. Many recyclable car parts have a "core" charge. It works like a bottle or can deposit. You either bring in the old battery when you buy a new one, or you pay the core charge and get it refunded if you bring back the old battery. Simple.
What's a POTS phone good for compared to cell phones?
1. free calls in local area (about a 12 mi radius), but you pay long distance for everywhere else
2. don't pay to receive calls
3. somewhat better reliability
4. needed for DSL service
If you already have a cellphone with enough minutes and good signal at home, that takes care of 1-3. Broadband Internet that doesn't need a landline can be hard to find or it could cost as much as DSL + POTS combined.
You can call 911 on any unactivated cell phone. I don't remember any landline phone that had dialtone before I called to connect the service or after I disconnected service.
Well, the Athlon X2 and Core Duo (Yonah) ran pretty even at the same clock, but it was only for mobile. We never got to see how fast the Yonah could run at the top end. The fastest one was 2.3GHz, but given the overclocking headroom of mobile processors, it could have beaten Athlon FX's with the right desktop platform.
The EPA test is actually pretty accurate if you drive exactly like the test cycle, but the test conditions are nothing like real world driving. The city cycle averages about 21mph with very mild acceleration. The cold start occurs at 75 deg F (cold starts in colder weather burn much more gas). The A/C and heater are not used. The highway test has a similar leisurely pace. It averages 48mph with mild acceleration. Anyone merging and driving in freeway traffic that slowly would be a serious road hazard.
See here for more info about it.
Photo and video editing parallelize nicely. Besides gaming, that's the only CPU intensive process that most home computers will run. On the gaming side, most games don't run any better on quad core, but Supreme Commander is one of the few that do.
The Athlon X2 was superior to the Pentium D. It wasn't until Core 2 Duo that Intel took the lead in desktop CPUs.
Formula 1 engines use pneumatic springs to replace the steel valve springs. A cam still opens the valve. They have many advantages, but variable valve timing isn't one of them.
Even if you ignore copyright, the person in the picture has the right to control the publishing of their own image. Publishers generally need to obtain a model release from the person portrayed. This has nothing to do with intellectual property but with privacy. I know lots of people post pictures of other people online without getting a model release. It's a complex area of law, and most of the time nobody complains about pictures on someone's small personal blog.
IBM hits the mark on earnings