With the treasury bill rates what they are, around 4 %, each million only brings in a guarantted $40K if you want to be safe and make sure you keep your nest egg. So 5 million is 200K per year - a nice income but hardly enough to finance an out of control rock and roll lifestyle.
And just for fun I'd like to see major holidays in other countries just for the trivia value. "Today is national independence day in Someplace" with Someplace's local Google customization. Obviously every day practically is a holiday somewhere, so maybe only 1/10 of the time a random international holiday could get cycled in.
Though I do not underestimate the level of need in the so called "poor" world
The 'poor' in America are ONLY poor in relative terms. In China, which has an up and coming boom economy, I saw people living in such abject poverty and squalor that I can't even imagine how crappy it must be in Saharan Africa where apparently people have it really rough. Panhandlers at the traffic lights here in the US have it easy compared to 95% of the 'working class' people I saw there. However, even the poorest Chinese was busting butt to better their circumstances and even the most ignorant understood that education for the children was the best way to better the entire family. How many of the poor in the US understand that vs how many understand how to wait for the next handout? Sorry, but I've worked too much with the poor in the US and become completely disillusioned with any romantic notions of how all they need is a little more 'help'. They need the help withdrawn so they'll have a little motivation.
Do they say how much of the money is shipping to the third world country?
Since the price is $399 for 2 and the manufacturing costs are "about" $180 each, that leaves $20, or about 10%, for distribution and other miscellandy costs.
I wonder if that's enough to cover the 'gratuities' to 3rd world customs officials who just want a little extra something for themselves no matter what it being transported.
I'll take your word for it that your I2 is slower not knowing your specs or what software and what OSes are in play. Maybe you've got a dual CPU I2 and a dual C2D then yes, I would expect the I2 to be slower. One definite big plus is that Itanium2 servers can have a lot more CPUs (I think HP offers up to 128 in the biggest NonStop model?) installed in a single server than a C2D can dream of and even if individual CPUs are slower side by side it makes up the difference in parallelism power. Even with the fastest inter-box connection like Infiniband or Bynet there's no match for a common bus inside the server.
It's only truly funny as 'June Cleaver' instead of 'Jive Lady'; nevermind the credits. The dialog is only mildly amusing in that it's spoken by some middle class suburban looking woman but it's hysterical when it's spoken by that specific middle class suburban woman.
2) Does the country in question have a stick so far up their colective asses they couldn't laugh this off?
This seems the most likely answer. The text is so amazingly bad that it's obvious to anyone that it's at least a complete mistake, if not also obviously a very bad machine generated translation. It's not like the whole thing was reasonable except for one bad insult about the recipient's mother; the whole dang thing is just blatant nonsense.
If your spam filter didn't automatically junk any email addressed to 'Helloh Bud' then you should have the good sense to delete it yourself at that point, nevermind the rest.
To be fair, Itanium arrived years late with lackluster performance due in large part to resistance to a new architecture and all the software incompatibility that entails. Itanium running native software runs circles around the fastest x86... Servers like HP's Superdome series that use Itanium 2 are amazing bang for the buck if your favorite vendor has an IA64 version of the software you need.
So, is the googlephone going to be held back by demands of compatibility with existing phone software? Probably not at the internals-of-the-phone level. Choice of providers will be the primary driver of a given user's experience.
3 years seems a little excessive. OTOH, they wait for enough people to complain about a given source to make a large case before they bother to chase after the offenders. There's this number that sources from Ohio that calls my cell (that I put on the do not call list) every couple of months with a recording trying to sell me insurance, timeshares, etc. I report it every time but they haven't been shut down yet. sigh
Are the scopes going to be sending the data to themselves
That would be a neat trick indeed; L1 and L2 are one directly away from and one directly towards the Sun from Earth. Earth makes a pretty good laser light blocker.
failed because it screwed the states by providing no way to pay for the massive changes
This is not a valid excuse because there are plenty of federally mandated programs that have screwed the states by providing no way to pay. Just take the terrible practice of forced busing in public school systems as an example.
I hope you're from Myanmar or somesuch place that's ruled by an unelected and unaccountable military and not a western democracy where the military is completely subject to, and accountable to, civilian elected government. There are places where the military really are the wrong people and other places where the military protect the citizens' right to call them the wrong people.
lol - 'microbomb'... what's that for, blowing up evil nanobots? A better use for attack mice would be to infect them with a viral or bacterial agent to which they are immune but humans are not and have them run bite the ankles of the bad guys. Note: Be careful handling them during their pre-mission briefing.
how the professor will "grade" the editing and/or deletion of whatever their students submit
Methinks it will be heavily tilted towards her opinion if you want a good grade; when I saw this in TFA:
"You don't get to say that last little bit on, 'This is why this is the truth and the way,'" she said.
I thought WTF: truth and the way?? It's supposed to be a history class, not a seminary class. From this comment I'll bet this prof not only has an agenda (like everyone) but also beats her students over the head with it.
They're also the same people who are going to buy a mini-ITX motherboard rattling around a midsize tower case because "The gPC is built using tiny components, but put inside a full-size case because research indicates that Wal-Mart shoppers are so unsophisticated they equate physical size with capability."
So what is the replacement for cell phones that will make them vanish like the pony express? Are telepathy hats about to hit the market? Thanks for another nail in this bad comparison's coffin.
To answer myself: according to the Wikipedia entry "The Pony Express had grossed $90,000 and lost $200,000" and they lasted a year and a few months. And the owners were able to sell the assets to Wells Fargo mainly on the name recognition, so it wasn't a complete bust.
today's cell towers might be tomorrow's Pony Express
Probably not. While an exciting and deadly ride for its employees, the Pony Express was an abysmal failure as a business. It went bankrupt in just a matter of months as I recall. I see the cell phone companies neither providing exciting, deadly rides nor going out of business in a hurry.
1) buy an iPhone for $750, plus a 2-year contract for $30/month, or 2) buy an iPhone for $250, plus a 2-year contract (with the same service level as before) for $70/months. Most people, I suspect, would take option #2, and very few people would buy option #1, even though the cost after 2 years is significantly less
Depends on the economy over those 2 years. At a high rate of inflation, #2 could be cheaper.
A little help from Excel suggests that you should definitely take option 2 starting at around 75%.
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With the treasury bill rates what they are, around 4 %, each million only brings in a guarantted $40K if you want to be safe and make sure you keep your nest egg. So 5 million is 200K per year - a nice income but hardly enough to finance an out of control rock and roll lifestyle.
is an internationally observed day
And just for fun I'd like to see major holidays in other countries just for the trivia value. "Today is national independence day in Someplace" with Someplace's local Google customization. Obviously every day practically is a holiday somewhere, so maybe only 1/10 of the time a random international holiday could get cycled in.
Though I do not underestimate the level of need in the so called "poor" world
The 'poor' in America are ONLY poor in relative terms. In China, which has an up and coming boom economy, I saw people living in such abject poverty and squalor that I can't even imagine how crappy it must be in Saharan Africa where apparently people have it really rough. Panhandlers at the traffic lights here in the US have it easy compared to 95% of the 'working class' people I saw there. However, even the poorest Chinese was busting butt to better their circumstances and even the most ignorant understood that education for the children was the best way to better the entire family. How many of the poor in the US understand that vs how many understand how to wait for the next handout? Sorry, but I've worked too much with the poor in the US and become completely disillusioned with any romantic notions of how all they need is a little more 'help'. They need the help withdrawn so they'll have a little motivation.
Do they say how much of the money is shipping to the third world country?
Since the price is $399 for 2 and the manufacturing costs are "about" $180 each, that leaves $20, or about 10%, for distribution and other miscellandy costs.
I wonder if that's enough to cover the 'gratuities' to 3rd world customs officials who just want a little extra something for themselves no matter what it being transported.
I'll take your word for it that your I2 is slower not knowing your specs or what software and what OSes are in play. Maybe you've got a dual CPU I2 and a dual C2D then yes, I would expect the I2 to be slower. One definite big plus is that Itanium2 servers can have a lot more CPUs (I think HP offers up to 128 in the biggest NonStop model?) installed in a single server than a C2D can dream of and even if individual CPUs are slower side by side it makes up the difference in parallelism power. Even with the fastest inter-box connection like Infiniband or Bynet there's no match for a common bus inside the server.
It's only truly funny as 'June Cleaver' instead of 'Jive Lady'; nevermind the credits. The dialog is only mildly amusing in that it's spoken by some middle class suburban looking woman but it's hysterical when it's spoken by that specific middle class suburban woman.
2) Does the country in question have a stick so far up their colective asses they couldn't laugh this off?
This seems the most likely answer. The text is so amazingly bad that it's obvious to anyone that it's at least a complete mistake, if not also obviously a very bad machine generated translation. It's not like the whole thing was reasonable except for one bad insult about the recipient's mother; the whole dang thing is just blatant nonsense.
If your spam filter didn't automatically junk any email addressed to 'Helloh Bud' then you should have the good sense to delete it yourself at that point, nevermind the rest.
To be fair, Itanium arrived years late with lackluster performance due in large part to resistance to a new architecture and all the software incompatibility that entails. Itanium running native software runs circles around the fastest x86... Servers like HP's Superdome series that use Itanium 2 are amazing bang for the buck if your favorite vendor has an IA64 version of the software you need.
So, is the googlephone going to be held back by demands of compatibility with existing phone software? Probably not at the internals-of-the-phone level. Choice of providers will be the primary driver of a given user's experience.
cut off the rubber seals, break the plastic carrier, and pull out the plastic-bound rechargeable cell
Sounds like you need some duct tape.
3 years seems a little excessive. OTOH, they wait for enough people to complain about a given source to make a large case before they bother to chase after the offenders. There's this number that sources from Ohio that calls my cell (that I put on the do not call list) every couple of months with a recording trying to sell me insurance, timeshares, etc. I report it every time but they haven't been shut down yet. sigh
Are the scopes going to be sending the data to themselves
That would be a neat trick indeed; L1 and L2 are one directly away from and one directly towards the Sun from Earth. Earth makes a pretty good laser light blocker.
failed because it screwed the states by providing no way to pay for the massive changes
This is not a valid excuse because there are plenty of federally mandated programs that have screwed the states by providing no way to pay. Just take the terrible practice of forced busing in public school systems as an example.
How long before some enterprising teacher makes being an arguer on Turk an assignment?
Nah, obviously it's Tracy.
DUH! The Church of Scientology has been saying this for years now, people! Get with the times!
Parent is FUNNY via witty sarcasm and reasonably on topic not TROLL.
OK, not 5 but at least 2 or 3.
the wrong people: the military.
I hope you're from Myanmar or somesuch place that's ruled by an unelected and unaccountable military and not a western democracy where the military is completely subject to, and accountable to, civilian elected government. There are places where the military really are the wrong people and other places where the military protect the citizens' right to call them the wrong people.
what does that say about how they feel about their own sexuality?
They think its totally gay.
But where's the crater? "I wish I knew," says Keller."
It's the entire Gulf of Mexico. I mean, it's obvious from the shape of the thing.
Remember you read it here first.
or a microbomb
lol - 'microbomb'... what's that for, blowing up evil nanobots? A better use for attack mice would be to infect them with a viral or bacterial agent to which they are immune but humans are not and have them run bite the ankles of the bad guys. Note: Be careful handling them during their pre-mission briefing.
how the professor will "grade" the editing and/or deletion of whatever their students submit
Methinks it will be heavily tilted towards her opinion if you want a good grade; when I saw this in TFA:
"You don't get to say that last little bit on, 'This is why this is the truth and the way,'" she said.
I thought WTF: truth and the way?? It's supposed to be a history class, not a seminary class. From this comment I'll bet this prof not only has an agenda (like everyone) but also beats her students over the head with it.
They're also the same people who are going to buy a mini-ITX motherboard rattling around a midsize tower case because "The gPC is built using tiny components, but put inside a full-size case because research indicates that Wal-Mart shoppers are so unsophisticated they equate physical size with capability."
So, how big are the Linux forums, hmm?
So what is the replacement for cell phones that will make them vanish like the pony express? Are telepathy hats about to hit the market? Thanks for another nail in this bad comparison's coffin.
To answer myself: according to the Wikipedia entry "The Pony Express had grossed $90,000 and lost $200,000" and they lasted a year and a few months. And the owners were able to sell the assets to Wells Fargo mainly on the name recognition, so it wasn't a complete bust.
today's cell towers might be tomorrow's Pony Express
Probably not. While an exciting and deadly ride for its employees, the Pony Express was an abysmal failure as a business. It went bankrupt in just a matter of months as I recall. I see the cell phone companies neither providing exciting, deadly rides nor going out of business in a hurry.
1) buy an iPhone for $750, plus a 2-year contract for $30/month, or 2) buy an iPhone for $250, plus a 2-year contract (with the same service level as before) for $70/months. Most people, I suspect, would take option #2, and very few people would buy option #1, even though the cost after 2 years is significantly less
Depends on the economy over those 2 years. At a high rate of inflation, #2 could be cheaper.
A little help from Excel suggests that you should definitely take option 2 starting at around 75%.