We moved into this house (brand new) 4 years ago this summer. One of the first things I did was replace all the incandescents with CFLs (10-15 I would guess) and I have not had to replace a single one yet.
It can only last for so long. Once the people in India/China realize they don't need their American overlords anymore, they will spin off their own companies to directly compete, take the talent with them, and once they grow large enough, they will have their own board of directors. I am certain this is already happening, but would love to hear about some examples.
With highly efficient solar collectors and solar cheaper than gas, it would have a large effect on oil imports. The chicken and egg problem with electric cars is that recharge stations are hard to find, because no one will build them because there are no electric cars. No one will buy electric cars because there is no where to charge them. With cheap solar power and some goverment incentives to build charging stations, it could really kick the electric car into high gear (pardon the pun).
Yes, but if MS makes the default settings the best for power management, they aren't really deciding for you. You are free to change it to a less environmentally friendly option. Every program has default options, that doesn't mean they are forcing you to do anything.
This is because Microsoft, right or wrong, wants to turn a computer into a household appliance, where the user can simply turn it on and screw around with it, not having to read the manual unless they get stuck. (Who reads the manual for their toaster or microwave oven?)
It all depends on whether the analysts think they are overpaying for ATI...down if they do, up if they don't. Long term though this seems like a good idea for AMD.
I have an 3800X2 and an X1900XTX in my box and I just caught them making kissy kissy faces at each other!
I can see the commercial: "Did you like Bob's latest song? Did you understand a single word he said? Well now you can understand them all! Call 1-800-LYR-IC4U, operators are standing by."
Advertising is not just about a sale that day, advertising is used sometimes to create awareness of a product or brand, that may lead to sales down the road, making up your mind for you without you even knowing it. Could you imagine if TV advertisers didn't get paid unless you purchased a product or did some survey with your remote after each commercial?
I guess I'm glad I am not a GOOG shareholder because this seems like folly to me.
I think 5 or 10 years from now, after SOX is repealed and replaced with something a little less insane, we will look back and wonder how we managed to do business with all these restrictions. It is so costly to follow SOX, the only people making money in America these days are the consultants and auditors.
From what I remember you could load up some file in a hex editor to conjure up some monsters. Very buggy, but it did work. I remember there was a reference to a dragon in the file which didn't make it into the final game, plus I think there was something called a 'tar baby' which thankfully didn't make it either.
QTest was very cool though...you could even get it running on multiplayer but it was somewhat difficult.
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Every night at 8pm we watch Futurama reruns on Teletoon (even though I have all the dvd's, go figure). He loves Bender (or 'bot bot') as he refers to him, but then again who doesn't love Bender? He will be very pleased that the show is coming back!
I agree. Release the patches when they are ready, and let the companies decide when to patch by implementing WSUS in their site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/updat eservices/default.mspx This way everyone gets what they want. Home users can be protected immediately, for corporate users using WSUS, they get to maintain their status quo. This would even be better for some corporate users who would like to patch quicker.
This is actually more common than you would think. Many companies have drastically different backup strategies when it comes to mail servers. A generic GFS rotational scheme of tape backups might keep the last full backup of the month for a year for example. This could apply to a generic file server.
A mail server backup strategy could simply include simply a full backup each day to ensure that if the server were to die, it could be rebuilt with minimal losses. That tape could be recycled every other day etc. The strategy for file servers is more geared towards retention, whereas the strategy for mail servers is disaster recovery.
There is one large reasons for this: 1. Government supboena. If your backup strategy says that no emails exist on the server that are more than 60 days old, and you write over your tapes every week, the govt doeesn't necessarily get to subpoena your company mail servers in an investigation over events that took place in the previous quarter or fiscal year. Hauling away a companies mail servers could have a catastrophic effect on their ability to function.
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And I for one welcome our new insect overlords...
We moved into this house (brand new) 4 years ago this summer. One of the first things I did was replace all the incandescents with CFLs (10-15 I would guess) and I have not had to replace a single one yet.
It can only last for so long. Once the people in India/China realize they don't need their American overlords anymore, they will spin off their own companies to directly compete, take the talent with them, and once they grow large enough, they will have their own board of directors. I am certain this is already happening, but would love to hear about some examples.
Yes...that is why they are referred to as donorcycles.
If I had mod points I would have definitely modded you as funny! I had to read the parent post again :)
When filling out a form, under the section that said 'DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE' he wrote 'OK'
Extra point for reference to current events :)
So if we start pirating commercials before movies they will stop showing them also?? That is absolutely fantastic news!
If I were to guess I would say he is referring to Ms. Nevada.
With highly efficient solar collectors and solar cheaper than gas, it would have a large effect on oil imports. The chicken and egg problem with electric cars is that recharge stations are hard to find, because no one will build them because there are no electric cars. No one will buy electric cars because there is no where to charge them.
With cheap solar power and some goverment incentives to build charging stations, it could really kick the electric car into high gear (pardon the pun).
Yes, but if MS makes the default settings the best for power management, they aren't really deciding for you. You are free to change it to a less environmentally friendly option. Every program has default options, that doesn't mean they are forcing you to do anything.
....I voted for Kodos!
This is because Microsoft, right or wrong, wants to turn a computer into a household appliance, where the user can simply turn it on and screw around with it, not having to read the manual unless they get stuck. (Who reads the manual for their toaster or microwave oven?)
It all depends on whether the analysts think they are overpaying for ATI...down if they do, up if they don't. Long term though this seems like a good idea for AMD.
I have an 3800X2 and an X1900XTX in my box and I just caught them making kissy kissy faces at each other!
I can see the commercial:
"Did you like Bob's latest song? Did you understand a single word he said? Well now you can understand them all! Call 1-800-LYR-IC4U, operators are standing by."
Advertising is not just about a sale that day, advertising is used sometimes to create awareness of a product or brand, that may lead to sales down the road, making up your mind for you without you even knowing it. Could you imagine if TV advertisers didn't get paid unless you purchased a product or did some survey with your remote after each commercial?
I guess I'm glad I am not a GOOG shareholder because this seems like folly to me.
It's only illegal because they (the govt) aren't getting a little somethin' somethin' (taxes).
I think 5 or 10 years from now, after SOX is repealed and replaced with something a little less insane, we will look back and wonder how we managed to do business with all these restrictions. It is so costly to follow SOX, the only people making money in America these days are the consultants and auditors.
From what I remember you could load up some file in a hex editor to conjure up some monsters. Very buggy, but it did work. I remember there was a reference to a dragon in the file which didn't make it into the final game, plus I think there was something called a 'tar baby' which thankfully didn't make it either.
QTest was very cool though...you could even get it running on multiplayer but it was somewhat difficult.
Every night at 8pm we watch Futurama reruns on Teletoon (even though I have all the dvd's, go figure). He loves Bender (or 'bot bot') as he refers to him, but then again who doesn't love Bender? He will be very pleased that the show is coming back!
That su*(#@&(*@&#NO CARRIER
"If we can reinvent the car, imagine the jobs we can create in China."
I agree. Release the patches when they are ready, and let the companies decide when to patch by implementing WSUS in their site:t eservices/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/upda
This way everyone gets what they want. Home users can be protected immediately, for corporate users using WSUS, they get to maintain their status quo. This would even be better for some corporate users who would like to patch quicker.
This is actually more common than you would think. Many companies have drastically different backup strategies when it comes to mail servers. A generic GFS rotational scheme of tape backups might keep the last full backup of the month for a year for example. This could apply to a generic file server.
A mail server backup strategy could simply include simply a full backup each day to ensure that if the server were to die, it could be rebuilt with minimal losses. That tape could be recycled every other day etc. The strategy for file servers is more geared towards retention, whereas the strategy for mail servers is disaster recovery.
There is one large reasons for this: 1. Government supboena. If your backup strategy says that no emails exist on the server that are more than 60 days old, and you write over your tapes every week, the govt doeesn't necessarily get to subpoena your company mail servers in an investigation over events that took place in the previous quarter or fiscal year. Hauling away a companies mail servers could have a catastrophic effect on their ability to function.
Yeah those stupid users and the holes in their browser...clearly it's the users fault!!!