...you could go into the display settings, find your WYSIWYG sliding ruler and set it to a larger DPI. that'd take care of your problem quite cheaply and quickly
there is a model of LCD computer monitor with an AlON surface. a website tested it's durability using a crossbow at close range, and all that happened was that the AlON surface dented a little. plenty tough for me.
"This turned the aluminium nearly invisible to extreme ultraviolet radiation."
that does not mean visibly transparent, which AlON is
and also:
"Whilst the invisible effect lasted for only an extremely brief period - an estimated 40 femtoseconds - it demonstrates that such an exotic state of matter can be created using very high power X-ray sources."
if transparent aluminum is "new", what the hell is aluminum oxynitride (AlON)?? this may be a new form of it, we've had transparent aluminum for a few years now, even if it is a ceramic.
my brother has a 16" viewsonic at 1600x1050 (yes, odd res), and my 10" netbook runs at 1366x768, so I'm not quite sure why you can't seem to find a higher res middle-sized screen. should be dead easy.
if you think 39 is too old to be a techie, you're one of the idiots perpetuating that nasty stereotype.
past that, if you think you can't keep up with the learning gruel associated (ignoring age), then go to management, but the techie job will probably pay more later on.
"The question I have, is what is the oldest working piece of equipment fellow Slashdotters have out there?"
I doubt a pair of (currently in-use in my home theater) ~40-year old Pioneer 16ohm bookshelf speakers count, or is very impressive in comparison, but they sound awesome.
analog controllers have been around since, let me think, 2-45*58 carry the 9 * cos20 = roughly about 50 years now. Can we all say "Patent Office Morons"?
Yes, Windows is slow because of WAY TOO MUCH legacy support. Yes, MacOS is faster because of WAY TOO LITTLE legacy support. But, no, MacOS is not a better OS because Apple makes those hard compatibility decisions to drop support for only 3 (maybe 5) year old hard and software. Everytime Apple releases a new version it drops support for so much of it's own older hardware that those people who still use that hardware are either forced to upgrade or forget about using ANYTHING designed for the new OS version, while for home users that's just fine for a good while, for businesses it means a LOT more money than just the cost of the software to be able to use a newer version of Final Cut or Adobe Creative Suite, etc. And Apple has no excuse for this except for greed. What's it take to support a 5 year old Apple? They make their own systems, they don't allow anyone else to make Apple-compatible systems, Apples are all shipped with all the hardware to run (mouse, keyboard, vidcard, soundcard, etc.) right out of the box. They don't need to package drivers for other companies' peripherals in the release, but still the support could be there.
While Windows could use PLENTY of clening out, in the legacy area, it's still way more usable on older machines than MacOS will ever be. Legacy items in Windows that are so rarely used anymore should be removed, like support for ISA, EISA, VESA, 16bit programs, legacy ports (PS/2, paralel and serial) (all of which should be dropped from hardware also), legacy based modems (I know modems are still used, but there's USB for that), sound cards older than 5 years, old video cards (the standard VGA driver should be sufficient), MCI drivers, VfW and ACM (I know there'll be flames about that, but that's what DX is for), any SCSI standard older than 10 years ago, any imaging (printer, scanner, camera, plotter, digitizer, etc) older than 5 years ago, etc.
And really it's not entirely MS's fault, look at the sheer number of different USB controller drivers built into Windows, why does every brand of controller need to make their's so radically different on the interface/software end that there needs to be more than one driver for just the system's USB controller? The real bloat comes from the bizzarre need for (example) VIA's USB hardware to be so incompatible with the standard driver that Windows doesn't even recognize that the USB controller supports HiSpeed (USB2) mode. Or that (again port-wise) 2 different firewire400 controllers can't use the same driver, even sometimes from the same company. It's understandable with advanced features on video and sound cards, but they should be made to at least FUNCTION in a stripped down mode with standard built in drivers, without the need for a full build of their own drivers shipped with the OS.
The biggest problem with the speed of Windows is that hardware makers don't know how to resrain themselves when putting together their newest version of a device that outside of its componentry, functions the same way as a thousand other pieces of hardware. Just because they make a speedier, more stable SATA150 controller, doesn't mean there needs to be ANY FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCE to the OS, it's still just another SATA150 controller.
What can be done for those users that still need certain legacy devices, is, MS should at least release all of their legacy hard and software (16bit twunking, etc) drivers SEPERATELY from the OS. Or even better would be to drop internal maintenance of them entirely and release the source code into open source.
I've downloaded it through emule yesterday, and it's actually a really good start. the Doctor with a crew cut and non-anachronistic costume threw me for a second, but eccleston pulls it off great so far
works very nicely, but all it is is a very long password, it'll only be some time before passphrases are crakable too.
the best phrases are the ones that are on the side of strange, like (haven't used either example for a while now, sorry) "The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets." or "Set your mind free and your johrbloks will follow.", and yes the random hash word would improve that, but are you really going to remember it??
I don't know about the original poster, but I bought mine for the 80 hour AA battery life, whether it requires the use of Atrac3 or not. suggest another player with equivalent battery life.
even using MP3s it still gets 45 hours out of the 1950mAh recharables I use.
now adays pre-fab homes aren't neccessarily made from multiple trailers, there are companies who build actual house sections (walls, floors, stairs, etc.), all pre drywalled, wired and piped. No I don't live in one or build them, but just a little Discovery channel (and the like) and building experience does go a long way.
2. There are plenty of people who actually do die from a whiff of what they're allergic to.
3. The health refunds are there for a reason. Just because you have no need of them doesn't mean someone else might not legitimately need them
4. Look at the Income Tax ammendment (16th), at the section which reads "Income Taxable to Taxation", nowhere does it list income made within the USA by an individual.
findlaw link
5. Article 1, Section 8, clause 1:
The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States
-----> which it's just not
6. Article 5:
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
----->The Income Tax ammendment was never properly ratified by 2/3 of the states, and is not valid because of that. It's still enforced, but it's not valid.
for verification on any of these go to:
findlaw link
7. this is supposed to be a reply on how the author of the original article can preserve his reciepts, not what you think about hypochondriacs getting larger tax refunds than you.
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I suppose that one way to deal with pollution....
...you could go into the display settings, find your WYSIWYG sliding ruler and set it to a larger DPI. that'd take care of your problem quite cheaply and quickly
meanwhile, why the site programmers are unable to grasp Unicode properly is mind-boggling
aluminum oxide is non-conductive, so that's a no. fiberoptics, I've no clue about
there is a model of LCD computer monitor with an AlON surface. a website tested it's durability using a crossbow at close range, and all that happened was that the AlON surface dented a little. plenty tough for me.
furthermore:
"This turned the aluminium nearly invisible to extreme ultraviolet radiation."
that does not mean visibly transparent, which AlON is
and also:
"Whilst the invisible effect lasted for only an extremely brief period - an estimated 40 femtoseconds - it demonstrates that such an exotic state of matter can be created using very high power X-ray sources."
what use is that to anyone??
I completely fail why this is even a story.
if transparent aluminum is "new", what the hell is aluminum oxynitride (AlON)?? this may be a new form of it, we've had transparent aluminum for a few years now, even if it is a ceramic.
I like my logitech MX Revolution. plenty of buttons, and super fast scrolling when you need
o0 who said anything about Emacs or VI don't assume he's working in linux just because you think he should be.
my brother has a 16" viewsonic at 1600x1050 (yes, odd res), and my 10" netbook runs at 1366x768, so I'm not quite sure why you can't seem to find a higher res middle-sized screen. should be dead easy.
if you think 39 is too old to be a techie, you're one of the idiots perpetuating that nasty stereotype. past that, if you think you can't keep up with the learning gruel associated (ignoring age), then go to management, but the techie job will probably pay more later on.
"The question I have, is what is the oldest working piece of equipment fellow Slashdotters have out there?"
I doubt a pair of (currently in-use in my home theater) ~40-year old Pioneer 16ohm bookshelf speakers count, or is very impressive in comparison, but they sound awesome.
analog controllers have been around since, let me think, 2-45*58 carry the 9 * cos20 = roughly about 50 years now. Can we all say "Patent Office Morons"?
Yes, Windows is slow because of WAY TOO MUCH legacy support. Yes, MacOS is faster because of WAY TOO LITTLE legacy support. But, no, MacOS is not a better OS because Apple makes those hard compatibility decisions to drop support for only 3 (maybe 5) year old hard and software. Everytime Apple releases a new version it drops support for so much of it's own older hardware that those people who still use that hardware are either forced to upgrade or forget about using ANYTHING designed for the new OS version, while for home users that's just fine for a good while, for businesses it means a LOT more money than just the cost of the software to be able to use a newer version of Final Cut or Adobe Creative Suite, etc. And Apple has no excuse for this except for greed. What's it take to support a 5 year old Apple? They make their own systems, they don't allow anyone else to make Apple-compatible systems, Apples are all shipped with all the hardware to run (mouse, keyboard, vidcard, soundcard, etc.) right out of the box. They don't need to package drivers for other companies' peripherals in the release, but still the support could be there. While Windows could use PLENTY of clening out, in the legacy area, it's still way more usable on older machines than MacOS will ever be. Legacy items in Windows that are so rarely used anymore should be removed, like support for ISA, EISA, VESA, 16bit programs, legacy ports (PS/2, paralel and serial) (all of which should be dropped from hardware also), legacy based modems (I know modems are still used, but there's USB for that), sound cards older than 5 years, old video cards (the standard VGA driver should be sufficient), MCI drivers, VfW and ACM (I know there'll be flames about that, but that's what DX is for), any SCSI standard older than 10 years ago, any imaging (printer, scanner, camera, plotter, digitizer, etc) older than 5 years ago, etc. And really it's not entirely MS's fault, look at the sheer number of different USB controller drivers built into Windows, why does every brand of controller need to make their's so radically different on the interface/software end that there needs to be more than one driver for just the system's USB controller? The real bloat comes from the bizzarre need for (example) VIA's USB hardware to be so incompatible with the standard driver that Windows doesn't even recognize that the USB controller supports HiSpeed (USB2) mode. Or that (again port-wise) 2 different firewire400 controllers can't use the same driver, even sometimes from the same company. It's understandable with advanced features on video and sound cards, but they should be made to at least FUNCTION in a stripped down mode with standard built in drivers, without the need for a full build of their own drivers shipped with the OS. The biggest problem with the speed of Windows is that hardware makers don't know how to resrain themselves when putting together their newest version of a device that outside of its componentry, functions the same way as a thousand other pieces of hardware. Just because they make a speedier, more stable SATA150 controller, doesn't mean there needs to be ANY FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCE to the OS, it's still just another SATA150 controller. What can be done for those users that still need certain legacy devices, is, MS should at least release all of their legacy hard and software (16bit twunking, etc) drivers SEPERATELY from the OS. Or even better would be to drop internal maintenance of them entirely and release the source code into open source.
firstly, is it wrong to suggest that it actually happens on TV, or is it wrong to show it at all, even if you can't actually see anything "offensive"
I've downloaded it through emule yesterday, and it's actually a really good start. the Doctor with a crew cut and non-anachronistic costume threw me for a second, but eccleston pulls it off great so far
works very nicely, but all it is is a very long password, it'll only be some time before passphrases are crakable too. the best phrases are the ones that are on the side of strange, like (haven't used either example for a while now, sorry) "The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets." or "Set your mind free and your johrbloks will follow.", and yes the random hash word would improve that, but are you really going to remember it??
but they're more like padds than tricorders aren't they?
I don't know about the original poster, but I bought mine for the 80 hour AA battery life, whether it requires the use of Atrac3 or not. suggest another player with equivalent battery life.
even using MP3s it still gets 45 hours out of the 1950mAh recharables I use.
I wouldn't want him to come anywhere near my TV
The Big Red One/Huge Knockers, Carrier Detect, Blackboard....
now adays pre-fab homes aren't neccessarily made from multiple trailers, there are companies who build actual house sections (walls, floors, stairs, etc.), all pre drywalled, wired and piped. No I don't live in one or build them, but just a little Discovery channel (and the like) and building experience does go a long way.
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http://store.yahoo.com/hotpens/lamyrefills1.html I like the older (6 years ago) $8 Parker fountains, but their newer models kinda suck
1. You're an asshole.
2. There are plenty of people who actually do die from a whiff of what they're allergic to.
3. The health refunds are there for a reason. Just because you have no need of them doesn't mean someone else might not legitimately need them
4. Look at the Income Tax ammendment (16th), at the section which reads "Income Taxable to Taxation", nowhere does it list income made within the USA by an individual. findlaw link
5. Article 1, Section 8, clause 1: The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States
-----> which it's just not
6. Article 5: The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
----->The Income Tax ammendment was never properly ratified by 2/3 of the states, and is not valid because of that. It's still enforced, but it's not valid.
for verification on any of these go to: findlaw link
7. this is supposed to be a reply on how the author of the original article can preserve his reciepts, not what you think about hypochondriacs getting larger tax refunds than you.