Watch the Mythbusters episode (on Discovery Channel) where they test the myth about dropping a penny from the top of a high rise building. They show that at worst, you'd receive a bruise.
The morphed orangutan librarian of Unseen University on Discworld is pretty expressive with variations of "ook". Many people in the novels understand him.
I remember buying a 20 MB hard drive 17 years ago for my Mac Plus. At work we were using 200 MB SMD drives on our low end Unix systems, and arrays of similar 200 MB disks (probaby CDC then) on the Crays. A decade ago at work we were using 500MB disks on our low end Suns, if my failing memory serves me correctly.
I see no compelling reason to switch to digital until absolutely the latest point in time. You get the benefits of waiting for better technology and lower prices. There still isn't much on that is worth watching in HDTV or digital now...
Refresh rates are related to how fast the actual liquid crystal material can reorient itself in response to the applied voltage. So, unfortunately, unless they also use a new type of liquid crystal, the answer is probably not.
Reminds me of "Dark Star" and the smart bomb. The crew had to convince one of the bombs that it had deployed in error and should not explode while still attached to the ship.
Did the attendees make it back home too?
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I read that the attendants are back home. Are the meeting attendees geriatric geezers that needed help at the meeting?:-)
The manufacturer's web site seems to be claiming that this gives some privacy due to the use of near field magnetic induction. However, magnetic field antennas (i.e. AM broadcast band ferrite loop stick antennas) are used commonly to receive signals. It seems that all one need do is make a loop antenna sensitive to the 13.5 MHz frequency used and you could listen in with a shortwave receiver. Unless, of course, they encrypted the signal.
I discarded 3D Home Architect when I discovered there was no way to have it accurately make an interior 2x4 stud wall sheathed with 1/2" sheetrock come out with its correct dimension. The program insisted on calling it 4" thick when it should have been 4.5" thick.
The high end POWER4 based systems also look like that too, so you could be pulling the wool over someone's eyes.:-) The reason is that both the z Series and the POWER4 SP systems share a lot of their underlying hardware.
They've been saying the same thing about the demise of tape for large storage applications (we have over a petabyte at work). Tape is still going very strongly.
I immediately thought it was a Libretto clone when I saw the picture. I use my Libretto 110 as a Linux server system at home. It is nice and quiet and does not take much space on a shelf. A Libretto keyboard is small enough to make it hard to touch type effectively and too big for thumb typing like on the Zaurus keyboard.
I also have an HP LaserJet 1200n (networked version) at home. It starts printing very quickly and it was very easy to setup to use it with both the Linux and Windows 98 systems I have at home. It is a very quiet printer too! Now if the paper tray would only refill itself automatically...:-)
Watch out, if you attach many different types of devices on the same SCSI chain, it will function at the speed of the slowest device. i.e. if you have a SCSI-3 disk drive and attach a SCSI-1 CD-ROM on the same SCSI chain, you'll get SCSI-1 speeds.
This is simply not true for all SCSI busses. Each device will use the speed it is capable of. All devices are not forced to the slowest speed. It is true that slow devices may tie up the bus for longer periods than a time-sensitive device can tolerate, but then you shouldn't have placed the two onto the same bus anyway!
One thing that is true is that mixing single ended (SE) and low voltage differential (LVD) devices on a bus will cause all devices to behave as SE, with a possible lowering in the maximum speed possible for the LVD devices, but again, this does not necessarily mean they will all run at the same speed.
Personally, I see these problems with HDTV and associated products: cost, the physical equipment size needed to get the benefits of "the movie experience", lack of programming. I am happy with my 27" TV and DVDs. I prefer the quality and the smaller size of the DVD verses VHS tape. Even watching wide screen releases on the 4:3 format TV is acceptible in my living room. I don't have room in the house for a home theatre, and wouldn't spend the money on it anyway.
There is absolutely no incentive for me to pursue HDTV. That is until the FCC forces something to happen, but that is 4 years off. Even then, I would be inclined to by a converter unit that can display on my NTSC TV. There are too many other things I can do than stay glued to the tube.
I loved the pictures that accompanied the article. A smiling Linus and a sneering Gates. Now, just on the basis of that, which OS should you prefer?:-)
From this person's statements, it looks like Microsoft is trying yet another way to squash a strong competitor. Oddly enough, nothing about "The American Way" forces you to keep your assets protected and to make money with them. Many people in history have given stuff away for many reasons, to the benefit of all. Perhaps Microsoft needs "a whack up side the head" so that they realize that the open source community spans the entire world. I wonder if things like China's efforts to make Linux their standard OS are hitting Microsoft hard.
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The 16:9 ratio would be a subset of the entire
display. 2560 / 16 = 160 * 9 = 1440, thus you'd
have room for a non-image-obscuring controls area.
This reminds me of stuff I've seen on the Engrish.com website. Full with very bizarre mangled English sayings. Fun for the whole family!
Perhaps Amerisuites has a cell phone jammer installed in the lobby?
Watch the Mythbusters episode (on Discovery Channel) where they test the myth about dropping a penny from the top of a high rise building. They show that at worst, you'd receive a bruise.
The morphed orangutan librarian of Unseen University on Discworld is pretty expressive with variations of "ook". Many people in the novels understand him.
I remember buying a 20 MB hard drive 17 years ago for my Mac Plus. At work we were using 200 MB SMD drives on our low end Unix systems, and arrays of similar 200 MB disks (probaby CDC then) on the Crays. A decade ago at work we were using 500MB disks on our low end Suns, if my failing memory serves me correctly.
I see no compelling reason to switch to digital until absolutely the latest point in time. You get the benefits of waiting for better technology and lower prices. There still isn't much on that is worth watching in HDTV or digital now...
Refresh rates are related to how fast the actual liquid crystal material can reorient itself in response to the applied voltage. So, unfortunately, unless they also use a new type of liquid crystal, the answer is probably not.
When I looked at the picture, the building in the background reminded me immediately of those on the University of Colorado (Boulder) campus.
Reminds me of "Dark Star" and the smart bomb. The crew had to convince one of the bombs that it had deployed in error and should not explode while still attached to the ship.
I read that the attendants are back home. Are the meeting attendees geriatric geezers that needed help at the meeting? :-)
The manufacturer's web site seems to be claiming that this gives some privacy due to the use of near field magnetic induction. However, magnetic field antennas (i.e. AM broadcast band ferrite loop stick antennas) are used commonly to receive signals. It seems that all one need do is make a loop antenna sensitive to the 13.5 MHz frequency used and you could listen in with a shortwave receiver. Unless, of course, they encrypted the signal.
I discarded 3D Home Architect when I discovered there was no way to have it accurately make an interior 2x4 stud wall sheathed with 1/2" sheetrock come out with its correct dimension. The program insisted on calling it 4" thick when it should have been 4.5" thick.
I think you just need a handy black hole or two
to bend the light by gravity. Could play hell with the equipment and personnel losses, though.
The high end POWER4 based systems also look like :-) The reason is that both the z Series and the POWER4 SP systems share a lot of their underlying hardware.
that too, so you could be pulling the wool over someone's eyes.
I don't know any real hackers that speak like that either, just the wannabes.
They've been saying the same thing about the demise of tape for large storage applications (we have over a petabyte at work). Tape is still going very strongly.
I immediately thought it was a Libretto clone when I saw the picture. I use my Libretto 110 as a Linux server system at home. It is nice and quiet and does not take much space on a shelf. A Libretto keyboard is small enough to make it hard to touch type effectively and too big for thumb typing like on the Zaurus keyboard.
At last! An xmms skin that is actually legible!
I also have an HP LaserJet 1200n (networked version) at home. It starts printing very quickly and it was very easy to setup to use it with both the Linux and Windows 98 systems I have at home. It is a very quiet printer too! Now if the paper tray would only refill itself automatically... :-)
How does this help someone understand anything about the kernel?
This is simply not true for all SCSI busses. Each device will use the speed it is capable of. All devices are not forced to the slowest speed. It is true that slow devices may tie up the bus for longer periods than a time-sensitive device can tolerate, but then you shouldn't have placed the two onto the same bus anyway!
One thing that is true is that mixing single ended (SE) and low voltage differential (LVD) devices on a bus will cause all devices to behave as SE, with a possible lowering in the maximum speed possible for the LVD devices, but again, this does not necessarily mean they will all run at the same speed.
Personally, I see these problems with HDTV and associated products: cost, the physical equipment size needed to get the benefits of "the movie experience", lack of programming. I am happy with my 27" TV and DVDs. I prefer the quality and the smaller size of the DVD verses VHS tape. Even watching wide screen releases on the 4:3 format TV is acceptible in my living room. I don't have room in the house for a home theatre, and wouldn't spend the money on it anyway.
There is absolutely no incentive for me to pursue HDTV. That is until the FCC forces something to happen, but that is 4 years off. Even then, I would be inclined to by a converter unit that can display on my NTSC TV. There are too many other things I can do than stay glued to the tube.
I loved the pictures that accompanied the article. A smiling Linus and a sneering Gates. Now, just on the basis of that, which OS should you prefer? :-)
From this person's statements, it looks like Microsoft is trying yet another way to squash a strong competitor. Oddly enough, nothing about "The American Way" forces you to keep your assets protected and to make money with them. Many people in history have given stuff away for many reasons, to the benefit of all. Perhaps Microsoft needs "a whack up side the head" so that they realize that the open source community spans the entire world. I wonder if things like China's efforts to make Linux their standard OS are hitting Microsoft hard.