If you can handle the sheer size of this machine...
The Asus G74 line is any geeks dream. With a full keyboard and keypad including arrow keys that are backlit it is great.
It comes with a 17 inch screen, core i7 processor, 3GB video ram, 12GB ram, and yes though it is bulky the best part of it is that no matter how hard it is working it never heats up. Which means you can work with it on your lap if you want for hours on end an no matter how much video or anything else you throw at it... It literally does not change temperature, unlike pretty much everything else out there (apple should take notice because they do a crap job at heat management).
Things to note:
-it comes with 4 USB ports 1 of which is powered all the time even if the machine is off for charging of devices.
-it also comes with a dvi port
-blueray availability varies by reseller
-synaptics touchpad can be glitchy at times though this is a trait of synaptics line not just for this specific machine.(synaptics is the multi-gesture touchpad)
-it does come with a media card reader also
-it also has easy to access panels on the bottom to allow easy upgrades like adding in a 2nd hard drive.
All in all with the size aside this has been the best laptop that I have ever used. Beating out even the 17 inch MacBook pro because of the heat management and the fact that it has way better hardware specs for less cost. It will still run you close to $2000 if you do not find it on sale. It is a Republic Of Gamers machine but I use it for software development.
This post does not want to format correctly as I am using an iPod because I am away from my laptop.
I agree with you that these things happen all the time. My grandmother ( at 77 ) and her sister ( at 74 ) both had undergone multiple rounds of chemotherapy and decided they wanted to take a day trip across the border. When they were going from the Canadian side to the American side the Boarder guard looked at them not sure what to make of them and asked them to come inside. Turns out the multiple treatments for each of them combined was more than they were used to seeing in older people and they just wanted to double check to be on the safe side. Good on them. They handled the situation correctly with tact and care.
You say you should not believe the results of an individual published paper. Is it not more common sense to not publish a paper until results are reproducible and verified? Every other person in the world has this common sense. Why is it that sientists, who should by default have this common sense since they are supposed to be the more elite thinkers, do not?
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If you can handle the sheer size of this machine... The Asus G74 line is any geeks dream. With a full keyboard and keypad including arrow keys that are backlit it is great. It comes with a 17 inch screen, core i7 processor, 3GB video ram, 12GB ram, and yes though it is bulky the best part of it is that no matter how hard it is working it never heats up. Which means you can work with it on your lap if you want for hours on end an no matter how much video or anything else you throw at it... It literally does not change temperature, unlike pretty much everything else out there (apple should take notice because they do a crap job at heat management). Things to note: -it comes with 4 USB ports 1 of which is powered all the time even if the machine is off for charging of devices. -it also comes with a dvi port -blueray availability varies by reseller -synaptics touchpad can be glitchy at times though this is a trait of synaptics line not just for this specific machine.(synaptics is the multi-gesture touchpad) -it does come with a media card reader also -it also has easy to access panels on the bottom to allow easy upgrades like adding in a 2nd hard drive. All in all with the size aside this has been the best laptop that I have ever used. Beating out even the 17 inch MacBook pro because of the heat management and the fact that it has way better hardware specs for less cost. It will still run you close to $2000 if you do not find it on sale. It is a Republic Of Gamers machine but I use it for software development. This post does not want to format correctly as I am using an iPod because I am away from my laptop.
I agree with you that these things happen all the time. My grandmother ( at 77 ) and her sister ( at 74 ) both had undergone multiple rounds of chemotherapy and decided they wanted to take a day trip across the border. When they were going from the Canadian side to the American side the Boarder guard looked at them not sure what to make of them and asked them to come inside. Turns out the multiple treatments for each of them combined was more than they were used to seeing in older people and they just wanted to double check to be on the safe side. Good on them. They handled the situation correctly with tact and care.
You say you should not believe the results of an individual published paper. Is it not more common sense to not publish a paper until results are reproducible and verified? Every other person in the world has this common sense. Why is it that sientists, who should by default have this common sense since they are supposed to be the more elite thinkers, do not?