> I find it supremely surprising that [an] Atom processor with an integrated > [...] GPU can [...do...], something that a normal Atom CPU cannot achieve..
Maybe it's because it has integrated GPU?! Y'think?!!
> This is the Federal government failing utterly to do it's job > to the detriment of all but the richest segment of the population.
Uh, Helllooooo!
I don't recall seeing any other segment of the population paying off the government! I don't work for people who don't pay me, corporations don't make products which don't sell, why should politicans be any different?!
I bet I could conduct a survey which shows that more than 90% of people believe the sun revolves around the earth. I would simply ask them, "Do you think the sun will rise in the east tomorrow?"
A "yes" answer implies they believe in a geocentric model, as we all know the sun does not actually rise.
I don't know about Home Depot, Autozone probably (Canadian Tire for sure:) )
You want 3M wet/dry sand paper, it's approximately made for this task: cars are coated with a polyurethane clear coat which needs to be sanded and polished before it looks right.
The key to shiny is SMOOTH
The key to smooth is starting a grit which is big enough to take of the tops of the mountains (picture your plastic at the microscopic level), and then work up to smaller and smaller grits. If you start too big, you'll create new scratches; if you start too small, you'll be polishing the peaks and the valleys, wearing away too much base material.
If I had to take a guess at your TV, without seeing it first-hand, I'd say start with 400 or maybe 600 grit, then move up to 800 or 1000, then 1500, 2000, then rubbing compoound.
If you were doing a car, after rubbing compound you'd use polishing compound, but that probably won't do anything on the TV's plastic. I recommended 3M Fine Cut rubbing compound because it is extremely aggressive for a rubbing compound and/will/ polish plastic. Any good name-brand rubbing compound is probably okay, though.
When you're sanding, you need to be wet sanding. That means dipping the sandpaper in water regularly. This keeps the crud out of the sand paper, allowing it to do it's job, and avoids re-scratching. When you have finished with a particular grit, you will feel like the paper is no longer doing much and kind of sticks to the surface. Same effect as two wet mirrors sticking to each other. If you are wet-sanding a largish surface, back the sandpaper with a sanding block to avoid introducing waves.
A bottle of rubbing compound should run about $8. You can probably get an automotive multipac of 3M wet/dry sandpaper with the right grits in it (a couple of 1/3 sheets of various grits) for $5 or so.
Good luck. And I suggest testing on a tiny patch first...
Get some of those giant (1.5"?) stick-on feet from an old school tower case.
Stick four of them on, careful not to block any vents. They should be taller than your existing feet and simply replace them. And you'll give your laptop lots of nice fresh air.
I like perchlorethelyne for similar reasons - cheap, available, and WAY more effective than isopropanol. You should check it in an inconspicuous surface.
Most know this as a dry-cleaning chemical, but it is most readily available as brake rotor cleaner. Read the can carefully. The greenies are trying to get everybody to change to trichlorethelyne, which for some reason isn't quite as effective.
You might be able to improve the surface of your TV by wet-sanding it to a very fine grit then polishing with 3M fine cut rubbing compound. All available in the automotive aisle at Wal*Mart.
Depending, of course, on just what they put on it. I'm hoping for your sake it's a polyeurethane clear-coat or similar.
Posted at 11:43 a.m.] U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Colclough tells CNN that all 13 workers involved in the production platform explosion are accounted for, but one person is injured.
Coast Choppers are on the way to the site 80 miles south of Vermilion Bay.
So... how exactly are the Feuding Teutels going to be of any use? Will Vinnie fix the oil rig? Will Mikey bake the rescued workers some special brownies?
> I have a friend who all but makes a hobby out of second guessing > everything her doctor tells her based on random information on websites.
You should tell her that this is a defining symptom of the disease Irretitus Nervosa, which, if left untreated, can cause mental astigmatism and even death. This disease is so new that most doctors don't know about it, and sufferers are generally rendered unable to think (and hence blog about it) before they are diagnosed.
> my generation is bringing in a new original and fresh way of computing where worker > threads and local storage give us the ability to distribute...
You can't be fucking serious. If you are, you make this guy's point for him: if you actually believe that worker threads and local storage are new concepts in CS, you're a clueless moron.
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> I find it supremely surprising that [an] Atom processor with an integrated
> [...] GPU can [...do...], something that a normal Atom CPU cannot achieve..
Maybe it's because it has integrated GPU?! Y'think?!!
> Bugzilla seems to be totally ignored by the Firefox programmers.
That couldn't be further from the truth; it's part of their work flow.
Now, they certainly ignore certain bugs! But not Bugzilla in general.
> This is the Federal government failing utterly to do it's job
> to the detriment of all but the richest segment of the population.
Uh, Helllooooo!
I don't recall seeing any other segment of the population paying off the government! I don't work for people who don't pay me, corporations don't make products which don't sell, why should politicans be any different?!
I don't see any reason why you couldn't high-freq PWM DC lights. With lower persistence it'd need to be pretty high-freq, though.
Why not deploy LEDs in full-wave bridge rectifier configurations?
What's wrong with LCD? I don't think I've seen monitor-sized OLEDs yet.
You know, that's an excellent point.
I bet I could conduct a survey which shows that more than 90% of people believe the sun revolves around the earth. I would simply ask them, "Do you think the sun will rise in the east tomorrow?"
A "yes" answer implies they believe in a geocentric model, as we all know the sun does not actually rise.
Hey! I only shop on Craig's List, you insensitive clod!
12 * (1000 + 1000)
= 12 * 2000
= 24 * 1000
= 24,000
> How are Oracle and HP in competition?
You mean besides the fact that they both sell over-priced server hardware and a System V Release 4 UNIX-tm derivative?
> Now I'll never be able to know what happens in the future!
I have a time machine that travels forward in time at a rate of sixty seconds per minute.
Would you like to rent it? The resemblance to a phone booth is purely coincidental.
You'll never find a system as fast at searching and categorizing that amount of mail.
Just remember, larry and sergei read it all.
Wes
Put me down for a cookie.
I don't know about Home Depot, Autozone probably (Canadian Tire for sure :) )
You want 3M wet/dry sand paper, it's approximately made for this task: cars are coated with a polyurethane clear coat which needs to be sanded and polished before it looks right.
The key to shiny is SMOOTH
The key to smooth is starting a grit which is big enough to take of the tops of the mountains (picture your plastic at the microscopic level), and then work up to smaller and smaller grits. If you start too big, you'll create new scratches; if you start too small, you'll be polishing the peaks and the valleys, wearing away too much base material.
If I had to take a guess at your TV, without seeing it first-hand, I'd say start with 400 or maybe 600 grit, then move up to 800 or 1000, then 1500, 2000, then rubbing compoound.
If you were doing a car, after rubbing compound you'd use polishing compound, but that probably won't do anything on the TV's plastic. I recommended 3M Fine Cut rubbing compound because it is extremely aggressive for a rubbing compound and /will/ polish plastic. Any good name-brand rubbing compound is probably okay, though.
When you're sanding, you need to be wet sanding. That means dipping the sandpaper in water regularly. This keeps the crud out of the sand paper, allowing it to do it's job, and avoids re-scratching. When you have finished with a particular grit, you will feel like the paper is no longer doing much and kind of sticks to the surface. Same effect as two wet mirrors sticking to each other. If you are wet-sanding a largish surface, back the sandpaper with a sanding block to avoid introducing waves.
A bottle of rubbing compound should run about $8. You can probably get an automotive multipac of 3M wet/dry sandpaper with the right grits in it (a couple of 1/3 sheets of various grits) for $5 or so.
Good luck. And I suggest testing on a tiny patch first...
Get some of those giant (1.5"?) stick-on feet from an old school tower case.
Stick four of them on, careful not to block any vents. They should be taller than your existing feet and simply replace them. And you'll give your laptop lots of nice fresh air.
I like perchlorethelyne for similar reasons - cheap, available, and WAY more effective than isopropanol. You should check it in an inconspicuous surface.
Most know this as a dry-cleaning chemical, but it is most readily available as brake rotor cleaner. Read the can carefully. The greenies are trying to get everybody to change to trichlorethelyne, which for some reason isn't quite as effective.
You might be able to improve the surface of your TV by wet-sanding it to a very fine grit then polishing with 3M fine cut rubbing compound. All available in the automotive aisle at Wal*Mart.
Depending, of course, on just what they put on it. I'm hoping for your sake it's a polyeurethane clear-coat or similar.
So... how exactly are the Feuding Teutels going to be of any use? Will Vinnie fix the oil rig? Will Mikey bake the rescued workers some special brownies?
No, it's where Lando Calrissian goes camping.
Duh!
Your position supposes that politicians are more than puppets of the oligarchy.
I do not believe that to be true.
Disco STU is gonna do some GRAVE DANCIN'
Oh Yeah!
Americans have been making beer from urine for a century. I don't see how Whisky is a stretch.
> I have a friend who all but makes a hobby out of second guessing
> everything her doctor tells her based on random information on websites.
You should tell her that this is a defining symptom of the disease Irretitus Nervosa, which, if left untreated, can cause mental astigmatism and even death. This disease is so new that most doctors don't know about it, and sufferers are generally rendered unable to think (and hence blog about it) before they are diagnosed.
No, you bunch of nitwits, any good Pastafarian would tell you it stands for Divine.
Holy!
> my generation is bringing in a new original and fresh way of computing where worker ...
> threads and local storage give us the ability to distribute
You can't be fucking serious. If you are, you make this guy's point for him: if you actually believe that worker threads and local storage are new concepts in CS, you're a clueless moron.