One possible reason to ban Atom use is that Apple may finally have decided to enter the Netbook market. Killing the competition just prior to the launch of your own product makes sense. I imagine an Apple Netbook as a device with a 9 or 10 inch screen that operates like an iPod Touch. It might run OSX, or it might run iPod Touch OS. It could have a cover over the screen that folds/swings under the device while in use. A $500.00 price point would be about right for such a device, and it would probably sell like hotcakes. I'm sure I'd buy one.
Not to mention easier to understand for those of us who have not adopted the metric system. The US has been moving to the metric system for nearly fifty years, and I have no reason to believe it will happen in my lifetime. Anyway, to get back on topic, seven meters is pretty big, I think, at about 21 ft. The nice thing is that since most of Earth's surface is water, the likely hood of a water impact is greater than that of a land impact, and since there is a lot of uninhabited land area, even that isn't too bad.
Unless it is realistic with a real chance of death should an air leak occur, or a system fails, such as Apollo 13, it will be almost meaningless. Of course, if the participants think there is a chance of death, even if a rescue is allowed that they don't know about, it might be OK and not taint the results.
Remember this all took place back when war wasn't so sanitary. We should be doing the same sort of thing in our current war. Obviously the current operations aren't working so well. I don't think we should have been in Iraq in the first place, but if you're going to start a war, you should be able to finish it with a win. Remember the old saying, "All's fair in love and war"? You do what it takes to win, whatever it takes, and you do it quickly.
I live in Colorado, and I haven't seen the Moon since they blew it up, and our weather turned cold, snowy, and icy right afterwards. I can't help but think the Moon is gone, so has anyone else seen it lately?
No, it states architecture, but knowing Microsoft they probably mean it will support two 64 bit processors. For those of you not very good at math, that is 2 x 64 = 128
Not too expensive if it becomes the next Mac. In fact, they could strip off all the extra component bits, put a swing away LCD monitor on the flat side, and make it the new iMac.
My sister's husband's brother's cousin knew a kid who met a Chinese kid on the internet who said he was part of the team that made this thing. Those Chinese can make anything.
I'll probably catch some flamebait points for this, even though I'm not trying to be confrontational. Even so, if there were life on Mars, don't you think we would have already seen some sign of it? If intelligent beings live there, even under ground, the rovers should have seen some evidence of it. The intelligent life should have noticed our rovers by now. Unless you assume that after all these supposed millions of years the only intelligent life could be neanderthal types. What else do you suppose could be there? Perhaps worms? Does Dune come to mind? I see no evidence to convince me that any type of life exists on Mars, now, or ever.
We need more sugar production, not less. I'd love for us to get back to real sugar in foods rather than this stupid corn sweetener junk we've been putting up with for decades. If genetically engineered beets can help, I'm all for it. So what if they cross pollinate "regular" beets? If some nut job is afraid of genetically engineered food, I'm sorry, but GE food is preferable to artificial and corn sweeteners in my opinion.
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MS should just stop selling Windows in China, it isn't like anybody actually buys it over there anyway.
My guess is it is supposed to be the sound the laser gun will make, like the Enterprise firing a photon torpedo.
No, like the catapults on aircraft carriers. Similar concept, hence the term catapult.
Can we mention cunning linguist in there somewhere?
One possible reason to ban Atom use is that Apple may finally have decided to enter the Netbook market. Killing the competition just prior to the launch of your own product makes sense. I imagine an Apple Netbook as a device with a 9 or 10 inch screen that operates like an iPod Touch. It might run OSX, or it might run iPod Touch OS. It could have a cover over the screen that folds/swings under the device while in use. A $500.00 price point would be about right for such a device, and it would probably sell like hotcakes. I'm sure I'd buy one.
Not to mention easier to understand for those of us who have not adopted the metric system. The US has been moving to the metric system for nearly fifty years, and I have no reason to believe it will happen in my lifetime. Anyway, to get back on topic, seven meters is pretty big, I think, at about 21 ft. The nice thing is that since most of Earth's surface is water, the likely hood of a water impact is greater than that of a land impact, and since there is a lot of uninhabited land area, even that isn't too bad.
The only tool around this story is the judge.
Unless it is realistic with a real chance of death should an air leak occur, or a system fails, such as Apollo 13, it will be almost meaningless. Of course, if the participants think there is a chance of death, even if a rescue is allowed that they don't know about, it might be OK and not taint the results.
Unfortunately Slackware is not ready for the desktop : /Ducks/
Remember this all took place back when war wasn't so sanitary. We should be doing the same sort of thing in our current war. Obviously the current operations aren't working so well. I don't think we should have been in Iraq in the first place, but if you're going to start a war, you should be able to finish it with a win. Remember the old saying, "All's fair in love and war"? You do what it takes to win, whatever it takes, and you do it quickly.
Because when you start watching the movie and realize it was a waste of your money, you can fire up the laptop and watch a different one.
I live in Colorado, and I haven't seen the Moon since they blew it up, and our weather turned cold, snowy, and icy right afterwards. I can't help but think the Moon is gone, so has anyone else seen it lately?
Yes, it was a joke.
No, it states architecture, but knowing Microsoft they probably mean it will support two 64 bit processors. For those of you not very good at math, that is 2 x 64 = 128
That's actually a pretty good idea, kind of like the human clock. (humanclock.com)
Yes, except for radio waves, those can somehow travel both ways.
Not too expensive if it becomes the next Mac. In fact, they could strip off all the extra component bits, put a swing away LCD monitor on the flat side, and make it the new iMac.
My sister's husband's brother's cousin knew a kid who met a Chinese kid on the internet who said he was part of the team that made this thing. Those Chinese can make anything.
Yep, and they aren't modded off topic. Of course I didn't read the article, but perhaps it blames Microsoft for the red light issues.
Hell called, they say send parkas.
I'll probably catch some flamebait points for this, even though I'm not trying to be confrontational. Even so, if there were life on Mars, don't you think we would have already seen some sign of it? If intelligent beings live there, even under ground, the rovers should have seen some evidence of it. The intelligent life should have noticed our rovers by now. Unless you assume that after all these supposed millions of years the only intelligent life could be neanderthal types. What else do you suppose could be there? Perhaps worms? Does Dune come to mind? I see no evidence to convince me that any type of life exists on Mars, now, or ever.
It could be frozen CO2. They crack me up.
Would you accept a one way ticket?
We need more sugar production, not less. I'd love for us to get back to real sugar in foods rather than this stupid corn sweetener junk we've been putting up with for decades. If genetically engineered beets can help, I'm all for it. So what if they cross pollinate "regular" beets? If some nut job is afraid of genetically engineered food, I'm sorry, but GE food is preferable to artificial and corn sweeteners in my opinion.