Apparently font and layout issues on ballots caused about 2000 seniors in Palm Beach with less then 20/20 vision to vote for Buchanen instead of Gore. They showed the ballots, and it is definitely confusing.
If this was an issue, why was it not brought up last night when the 2,000 or so seniors were having problems reading the ballots? Just seems kind of whack that no one said anything about it then.
if i can go out and buy blank cd's capable of recording 72 minutes worth of music for roughly $.75 each, the record companys can surely get them for a third of that. even after paying for royalties, manufacturing equipment, etc., if you cant make a profit off 7 or 8 dollars, something is definitely wrong.
A few seasons back, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine aired an episode in which Captain Sisko and his son, Jake, take a vacation. For fun they decide to retrace the root of the first Bajoran astronauts who used space vehicles equipped with "sails". The principle was something like solar winds move the "sails" and propel the ship. But as a previous poster noted, the sails were somehow damaged by space debris and the rest of the episode dealt with how they got back.
I have been a Metallica fan for a long time. I own all of your CD's up to Garage, Inc. and even have a bootleg of Black demos and live stuff. I was wondering at what point did you guys realize that you had sold out and become major assholes?
O.K..... I was called a troll for posting this before, but this time I'll try to explain my thinking.
Open Source is nothing more than a neat dream.
There are four "computer literate" people in my family (not to mention various friends): one still in college for a chemical engineering degree, one is a unigraphics operator/system administrator, one working as a network administrator, and myself, an out of work would-be programmer.
We have all tried install Linux on our machines and so far, none of us has been able to get it to install and function properly (i.e. constant locking up, couldn't mount HD, applications not working).
Although we may not even be in the top 75% of "computer savvy"/. readers, we're not exactly beginners either.
So basically, my point is this: If people like myself can't seem to figure out what the hell were doing wrong, what hope is there for someone who is having a hard time learning to use the internet with their new AOL account? Maybe I should have posted this in Ask/., but I would be interested in some of your opinions regarding this.
I guess this means I can keep right on building my 600+ full album mp3 collection. not to mention i can now rest assured that i will never have to actually buy software again. thank god for democrats!
Try stepping up to an Athlon. I have one, and many of my friends have one. They are easily ovverclocked and have none of the instability problems the K6 2's and 3's had.
Here are some specs if anyone is interested (the athlon 700 is my 600 overclocked with a GFD (goldfinger device) and stock FSB):
this is a buddies P3 coppermine 700 running with full speed L2 cache.
CPU Details * CPU load: 0 * low MIPS: 1400 * CPUID: 0x0612 0x81F9FF * MMX Present: True * 3DNow Present: True * Streaming SIMD Extensions Present: False * Processor Serial Number Present & Enabled: False * dhrystone time (s): 0.95 * whetstone time (s): 0.012 * Integer time (s): 4.6 * Floating point time (s): 3.4 * MMX time (s): 5.6
Now you can see that the athlon beat the coppermine in every category except Interger application simulation and MMX application simulation...not by much tho. The athlon destroys the coppermine in FPU and leaves it behind in Interger Operations. It should also be noted that the athlon is running ½ cache speed and still beats the coppermine. So just wait until the full speed cache athlon thunderbirds come out. And for those who want more, we did a benchmark on this Athlon 550 (650 core) O/C'd to 832 MHz. This is with a GFD, FSB adjustments and 2/5 speed cache.
...the complacency of the American consumer over what they're willing to accept in terms of software bugs is absolutely rediculous compared to the amount of regulation exercised over the quality of almost any other type of product in the US.
The American public, as a whole, are a bunch of morons (myself included).
So what does this mean for all those people out there with online names like 'bobafett543@aol.com' or 'mrspock756483@erols.com'? Can Lucasfilm and Paramount file lawsuits against these people for copyright violations? Can I be sued if I (where dumb enough) to name my son "James Tiberius Kirk ----'? Uh-oh, could I be sued just for writing those names in this post?! Somebody stop the madness!
Slashdot Mirror
waht about me?
IE is the superior browser, bar none.
I wont use it. I am opposed to the existence of France and the French in every way, shape, and/or form.
the subject says it all
If this was an issue, why was it not brought up last night when the 2,000 or so seniors were having problems reading the ballots? Just seems kind of whack that no one said anything about it then.
wouldn't Parker Brothers' controlling interest in Monopoly constitute an illegal Monopoly monopoly?
Check out the full story over at the Onion.
Open Source is nothing more than a neat dream.
There are four "computer literate" people in my family (not to mention various friends): one still in college for a chemical engineering degree, one is a unigraphics operator/system administrator, one working as a network administrator, and myself, an out of work would-be programmer.
We have all tried install Linux on our machines and so far, none of us has been able to get it to install and function properly (i.e. constant locking up, couldn't mount HD, applications not working).
Although we may not even be in the top 75% of "computer savvy" /. readers, we're not exactly beginners either.
So basically, my point is this: If people like myself can't seem to figure out what the hell were doing wrong, what hope is there for someone who is having a hard time learning to use the internet with their new AOL account? Maybe I should have posted this in Ask /., but I would be interested in some of your opinions regarding this.
Here are some specs if anyone is interested (the athlon 700 is my 600 overclocked with a GFD (goldfinger device) and stock FSB):
this is a buddies P3 coppermine 700 running with full speed L2 cache.
Summary * (1) 700 MHz * 2024±4.2(0.21%) MIPS (Integer operations) * 799±0.031(0.0039%) MFLOPS (Floating point operations) * 174±0.046(0.026%) (Integer application simulation) * 172±0.14(0.079%) (Floating point application simulation) * 172±0.017(0.0099%) (MMX application simulation)
CPU Details * CPU load: 25 * low MIPS: 1400 * CPUID: 0x0681 0x383F9FF * MMX Present: True * 3DNow Present: False * Streaming SIMD Extensions Present: True * Processor Serial Number Present & Enabled: False * dhrystone time (s): 0.99 * whetstone time (s): 0.013 * Integer time (s): 4.5 * Floating point time (s): 4.2 * MMX time (s): 5.4
another buddies AMD Athlon 600 O/C'd to 700 with ½ speed cache
Summary * (1) 700 MHz * 2114±3.4(0.16%) MIPS (Integer operations) * 846±22(2.7%) MFLOPS (Floating point operations) * 168±4(2.4%) (Integer application simulation) * 205±5.2(2.5%) (Floating point application simulation) * 164±3.4(2.1%) (MMX application simulation)
CPU Details * CPU load: 0 * low MIPS: 1400 * CPUID: 0x0612 0x81F9FF * MMX Present: True * 3DNow Present: True * Streaming SIMD Extensions Present: False * Processor Serial Number Present & Enabled: False * dhrystone time (s): 0.95 * whetstone time (s): 0.012 * Integer time (s): 4.6 * Floating point time (s): 3.4 * MMX time (s): 5.6
Now you can see that the athlon beat the coppermine in every category except Interger application simulation and MMX application simulation...not by much tho. The athlon destroys the coppermine in FPU and leaves it behind in Interger Operations. It should also be noted that the athlon is running ½ cache speed and still beats the coppermine. So just wait until the full speed cache athlon thunderbirds come out. And for those who want more, we did a benchmark on this Athlon 550 (650 core) O/C'd to 832 MHz. This is with a GFD, FSB adjustments and 2/5 speed cache.
Summary * (1) 832 MHz * 2542±0.2(0.0078%) MIPS (Integer operations) * 1031±0.71(0.069%) MFLOPS (Floating point operations) * 197±0.08(0.041%) (Integer application simulation) * 253±0.06(0.024%) (Floating point application simulation) * 194±0.044(0.022%) (MMX application simulation)
CPU Details * CPU load: 2 * low MIPS: -1 * CPUID: 0x0612 0x81F9FF * MMX Present: True * 3DNow Present: True * Streaming SIMD Extensions Present: False * Processor Serial Number Present & Enabled: False * dhrystone time (s): 0.79 * whetstone time (s): 0.0097 * Integer time (s): 4 * Floating point time (s): 2.8 * MMX time (s): 4.8
Does Hemos mean solar flares can do massive damage?
The American public, as a whole, are a bunch of morons (myself included).