Boeing used to protect their intellectual property like a bank, then they decided to ship manufacturing overseas. It was only a matter of time before China took a peek at the blueprints and came up with their own design.
Microsoft was never late. They showed up 1/2 hour after the doors opened, sat in a corner, and alternately berated or ignored other party goers. Now, after alienating the whole room, they've gone home, put on a new dress, and come back thinking that no one will remember who they were. Sorry, bitch, I don't want to talk to you anymore.
I always have problems with downloaded media; whether it be licensing that won't permit me to move to a new computer (I upgrade every few years) or "unsupported" apps that I can't get access to anymore. I want the disk in hand so I *know* I can reinstall if I have a problem or change to my environment.
I was very interested to see that he references Liek Myrabo's laser-powered launch vehicles concept. I actually took a space studies class under him my freshman year. Last I heard of his research, he'd done some simple tests (I think there's a video out there on the internet) shooting a demonstration vehicle (about the size of a bird from what I remember) and propelling it upward. He's moved the laser generator to the ground (it was supposed to be in orbit originally). I'd love to know where things stand with his research. I hope it didn't hit a wall.
"Evidence" is the wrong word. "History" is more like it. I remember when friend in college showed me the Web for the first time, back when all I was doing was news groups and Netrek. Back when there were probably only 15-20 HTML tags and most pages defaulted to that horrible gray background, with blue unvisited and purple visited links. It's still fun for me to run across old web pages and appreciate how far web development has come.
Uh, my point is I'd rather have lower cost rather than smaller size. I'm making point about the engineering decision they made, not just randomly griping about expense. I never said I want a $30K Lamborghini.
Some people have indicated that the internals of SSDs makes reducing the size trivial, so that might make my point moot.
Yeah, I hear great things about the tangible performance boost you get which is why I'm so excited about trying one out. But if I get an SSD I'll be running some serious disk hog apps on it and I've calculated I'll need about 150 GB for my apps, that's with Vista backups turned off. I've dealt with running a laptop with a HD close to capacity, and I don't want to play that game again.
I've been pricing out a new laptop, and I've love to get one with SSDs, but DAMN they're expensive. I'd rather engineers focus on reducing manufacturing costs than making them smaller. A better headline would be "Toshiba SSD 1/3 the PRICE".
And, Microsoft needs to figure out that people want to stick an SSD and traditional hard drive in their laptops, so Windows needs better support for moving the Users directory (you can do it but it's "unsupported").
I was in a hotel 2 months ago, and I remember thinking how stupid it was to have a "close elevator" button. I even remarked to my girlfriend how pointless it was, unless you wanted to knock out a quick one on the ground floor.
If the issue is that people walking up to a light expect to hit a button, I'd assume they'd be just as satisfied seeing a sign telling them that the lights will change for them.
There's also the issue of accountability. However you feel about efficiency, governments are fulfilling a social role and private industry is trying to make the most money it can. My biggest gripe with privatization is how we're handing off social interests to parties with priorities that are not those of the electorate; e.g. the privatized prison industrial complex lobbying politicians to get more people arrested rather than actually solving the illegal immigration problem.
* Valentine's Day: people don't want to be alone for the holiday; at least without enough time to find a replacement! * Spring Break: people want to pick up new and exciting mates on vacation. * Christmas: going home for the holidays and know you'll get your space for at least a couple of days.
I'd also guess the numbers are slanted towards younger people where these time periods have more of a common significance (kids going home for college breaks, even having a Spring break, etc.).
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Criticism of Israel? You must not be in the US.
Boeing used to protect their intellectual property like a bank, then they decided to ship manufacturing overseas. It was only a matter of time before China took a peek at the blueprints and came up with their own design.
there's a crazy lizard Snoo Snoo party going on.
Microsoft was never late. They showed up 1/2 hour after the doors opened, sat in a corner, and alternately berated or ignored other party goers. Now, after alienating the whole room, they've gone home, put on a new dress, and come back thinking that no one will remember who they were. Sorry, bitch, I don't want to talk to you anymore.
I always have problems with downloaded media; whether it be licensing that won't permit me to move to a new computer (I upgrade every few years) or "unsupported" apps that I can't get access to anymore. I want the disk in hand so I *know* I can reinstall if I have a problem or change to my environment.
But, I also likes savings the electricity
I was very interested to see that he references Liek Myrabo's laser-powered launch vehicles concept. I actually took a space studies class under him my freshman year. Last I heard of his research, he'd done some simple tests (I think there's a video out there on the internet) shooting a demonstration vehicle (about the size of a bird from what I remember) and propelling it upward. He's moved the laser generator to the ground (it was supposed to be in orbit originally). I'd love to know where things stand with his research. I hope it didn't hit a wall.
"Evidence" is the wrong word. "History" is more like it. I remember when friend in college showed me the Web for the first time, back when all I was doing was news groups and Netrek. Back when there were probably only 15-20 HTML tags and most pages defaulted to that horrible gray background, with blue unvisited and purple visited links. It's still fun for me to run across old web pages and appreciate how far web development has come.
These are the kinds of epic hypocritical arguments that rend holes in the space-time fabric. It feels like my head is going to explode.
Uh, my point is I'd rather have lower cost rather than smaller size. I'm making point about the engineering decision they made, not just randomly griping about expense. I never said I want a $30K Lamborghini.
Some people have indicated that the internals of SSDs makes reducing the size trivial, so that might make my point moot.
"Moving" as in relocating to the spinning disk HD with a different absolute path, not to a new system.
Yeah, I hear great things about the tangible performance boost you get which is why I'm so excited about trying one out. But if I get an SSD I'll be running some serious disk hog apps on it and I've calculated I'll need about 150 GB for my apps, that's with Vista backups turned off. I've dealt with running a laptop with a HD close to capacity, and I don't want to play that game again.
I've been pricing out a new laptop, and I've love to get one with SSDs, but DAMN they're expensive. I'd rather engineers focus on reducing manufacturing costs than making them smaller. A better headline would be "Toshiba SSD 1/3 the PRICE".
And, Microsoft needs to figure out that people want to stick an SSD and traditional hard drive in their laptops, so Windows needs better support for moving the Users directory (you can do it but it's "unsupported").
That's easy to say, until of course you get older and realize that it's the next generation filling all the roles you once had.
I was in a hotel 2 months ago, and I remember thinking how stupid it was to have a "close elevator" button. I even remarked to my girlfriend how pointless it was, unless you wanted to knock out a quick one on the ground floor.
If the issue is that people walking up to a light expect to hit a button, I'd assume they'd be just as satisfied seeing a sign telling them that the lights will change for them.
Exhibit A: tea baggers at rallies screaming for Obama to keep his hands off their Medicare.
Two identical posts this close together? You must be a Slashdot editor.
Do they really want to see what they've been eating?
The government protects the rights of its citizens against private industry? Sign me up!
It gave me a weird, detached feeling like it wasn't even *my* hand. Must be like having a girlfriend!
There's also the issue of accountability. However you feel about efficiency, governments are fulfilling a social role and private industry is trying to make the most money it can. My biggest gripe with privatization is how we're handing off social interests to parties with priorities that are not those of the electorate; e.g. the privatized prison industrial complex lobbying politicians to get more people arrested rather than actually solving the illegal immigration problem.
* Valentine's Day: people don't want to be alone for the holiday; at least without enough time to find a replacement!
* Spring Break: people want to pick up new and exciting mates on vacation.
* Christmas: going home for the holidays and know you'll get your space for at least a couple of days.
I'd also guess the numbers are slanted towards younger people where these time periods have more of a common significance (kids going home for college breaks, even having a Spring break, etc.).
Yeah, but which side spent the last year calling the President a Muslim, Kenyan Manchurian candidate who was trying to socialize their Medicare?