Also know as Puerto Rico. I would consider moving there rather than some desolate wasteland. Besides, learning to code in spanish may prove interesting.
ent main( ent argc, car argv[] ) {
impresionf( "Hola el Mundo!" );
I thought it amusing that the team found a roll of mylar in the trunk of some junker when they were building an airship.
It seemsed to me that the teams would submit an idea prior to being cast. Once a team was selected, they already knew what they were going to build, and the basics were then planted around the junkyard.
I'm just waiting for the team that submits an idea involving a Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan. Yep, that's over there next to the '82 Fiat.
Lawyer tells Search King that Google is here to see them.
Google : Mr. Simpson?
Search King: You don't look so rich...
Google: Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
Search King: [quietly to the lawyer] Get a load of the bowl-job!
Google: Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, Search King does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
Search King and their Lawyer quietly discuss this proposal.
Search King: I reluctantly accept your proposal!
Google: Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
[Googles' lackeys trash the room.]
Search King: Hey, what the hell's going on!
Google: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks! [insane laughter]
So how do you know if your estimates are conservative? One in a trillion sounds like a "conservative" number, but it may turn out that one in a trillion is optimistic. We just don't know, and we are not likely to know for some time.
The Drake equation is a well thought out guess, but it is still a guess.
If you need some help with the $20k, let me know. I am almost sure you can raise it by asking 1000/.'ers for $20 each.. I know I'll be more than happy to help!
This sounds like a pyramid scheme. Why not just use direct mail instead? At least that way you have a more uninformed audience willing to bite.
It may not be lack of confidence, but rather economics.
On a drive with a three year warranty, you could cause a drive failure and send it in. The drive company would then send you a replacement. However, since your drive is three years old, they do not have them in stock anymore and instead give you the smallest one they have - which is twice as large as the one they are replacing.
The end result is that every drive warrantied for three years might as well be advertised as "Free upgrade in three years". This slogan gives the bean-counters fits.
I have a pair of glasses that are "scratch proof". Part of the sales pitch was the hardness index of the material was listed as being higher than sand.
The problem is that a grain of sand, a hundred or so microns across, is much larger than the.050 micron layer of toughness. Left to natual forces, the sand would not scratch it. But left to a 1 year old child, the lenses were scratched on a carpet within seconds.
This glass will scratch, and those scratches will hold onto dirt. So don't fire your maid.
The moral of the story : Don't let your kids play with your Ray-Bans.
I assume that since you know the answer to your own question that you meant for the original post to be a joke. The person replying probably did not "get it". No need to get hostile.
The Register overstated something?
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KDE Adopting Mono
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Update: 09/12 14:22 GMT by T: Actually, the Register story overstates things a bit, it seems...
I continue to wonder why people read that publication. Its like the Enquirer for the tech industry. Many of the articles are full of half truths and exaggerations. I think I can get more reliable information down at the pub.
Re:Is it that hard to supply a BIOS setup manual?
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Why not just use LinuxBIOS? A minimal footprint system should fit onto a reasonable (32MB) flash part.
Most BIOSes are designed to fit onto 128k or 256k parts. No real reason for this limit other than fact that these parts in volume are pretty cheap and they do the job required.
A company I used to work for made some embedded devices where we put the BIOS, OS and applications all on a 32MB flash part. It was basically an i386 platform with some custom hardware and software. Heck it could even run Win9x off a disk drive.
Why change? Perhaps the drive quality is going down??
People are just realizing that they can break their drive a couple weeks before the warranty is up and get a free upgrade. It works like this...
1) Buy drive 2) Use drive for 2 years and ten months 3) Zap drive with a stun gun or lift a chip pin with a soldering iron. 4) Send drive back to Maxtor. 5) Maxtor will send you their smallest drive (which is probably twice as large as the one you are returning) because they no longer have any of your 2 1/2 year old drives in stock.
The drives are probably as good or better than they have ever been. But the razor thin margins in that business won't tolerate too much abuse. With the one year warranty, at least they will be able to swap out an equivalant drive.
He could work for the FBI. He just could not be an "agent". He could easily fill the role as a civilian contractor.
This guy doesn't use many vending machines...
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"It's pretty cool," Mr. Roman said. "Whoever made this is a genius. A guy in the store can make a mistake or give you a hard time, but not the machine. I definitely prefer the machine to a person."
At least I can complain to the guy in the store. It is much better than calling some 800 number and waiting several weeks.
When you submit your article, submit it several times. Chances are that one of the editors will not be aware of what is going on and post it. In essence, slashdot the submission page.
There should be a multi-tool suite that you can look at to compare numbers. Something like...
Office Apps
- office suite
- image software Game Engines
- Quake, etc. Development
- popular compiled and interpreted languages Server Apps
- see how the thing handles IP traffic Engineering Apps
- FEA and simulation
Then what you do is go through the list and see which scores you are interested in. The big houses could do an aggregate score, but they would also have to publish the individual scores so that people could make sense of the numbers.
Having a barrage of tests will keep vendors honest and prevent them from tweaking their hardware/drivers for one specific test.
Yup, 640k was a design limitation of the PC architecture, not DOS. The 8086 processors had a 20 bit address space and it was decided that the memory map for peripherals would be in the upper 384k of memory. This is where the option ROMs were supposed to be located for video and IO cards. Modern BIOSes still scan this area to look for these ROM images and load them if nessecary.
That's why all the SCSI cards with the ROM's would work without drivers, while the ones without (generally) needed drivers. The ROMs contained code that would extend the BIOS and allow DOS to "see" the SCSI drives through the BIOS function calls.
The total amount of radiation will be affected by whether it is is focused properly.
Light that is properly focused onto the fiber will be transmitted with high efficiency, say 90%.
If the light is not focused on the fiber, then the transmission will be much lower because only a portion of the total radiation is transmitted into the fiber. The rest of it falls on the sheath, which does not get transmitted.
So properly focusing it does make a difference.
Re:Lighting your office
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It is done. I recall seeing an artile several years ago about how some Japanese company came up with a system that mounted on the roof of an apartment or office building. They would run fibers down to the units to provide some natural sunlight. They still needed regular lights because there just wasn't enough to go around, but bringing some natural sunlight into a breakroom gave it a little warmer feel. This device was inspiered by a study that suggests that exposure (or lack thereof) to sunlight can affect one's moods.
Slashdot Mirror
How soon before Tommy Hilfiger makes a shirt that has a spinning or flaming logo on it?
How long before Tommy lets you download your own images to the shirt?
How soon before that system is cracked and you're walking down the street with a picture of a guy f%^king a chicken on your back?
It should be an interesting ride on the subway in a few years.
Another error (from the Simpsons)...
Error #59: Aye! No es bueno!
Also know as Puerto Rico. I would consider moving there rather than some desolate wasteland. Besides, learning to code in spanish may prove interesting.
ent main( ent argc, car argv[] )
{
impresionf( "Hola el Mundo!" );
regresa NUL;
}
I thought it amusing that the team found a roll of mylar in the trunk of some junker when they were building an airship.
It seemsed to me that the teams would submit an idea prior to being cast. Once a team was selected, they already knew what they were going to build, and the basics were then planted around the junkyard.
I'm just waiting for the team that submits an idea involving a Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan. Yep, that's over there next to the '82 Fiat.
Lawyer tells Search King that Google is here to see them.
Google : Mr. Simpson?
Search King: You don't look so rich...
Google: Don't let the haircut fool you, I am exceedingly wealthy.
Search King: [quietly to the lawyer] Get a load of the bowl-job!
Google: Your Internet ad was brought to my attention, but I can't figure out what, if anything, Search King does, so rather than risk competing with you, I've decided simply to buy you out.
Search King and their Lawyer quietly discuss this proposal.
Search King: I reluctantly accept your proposal!
Google: Well everyone always does. Buy 'em out, boys!
[Googles' lackeys trash the room.]
Search King: Hey, what the hell's going on!
Google: Oh, I didn't get rich by writing a lot of checks! [insane laughter]
So that's what the Maryland Sniper is all about.
I'd say if it is built-in, it's not optional.
The article says it is optional, but not built in. I guess the poster wanted to embellish a bit on the feature set.
So how do you know if your estimates are conservative? One in a trillion sounds like a "conservative" number, but it may turn out that one in a trillion is optimistic. We just don't know, and we are not likely to know for some time.
The Drake equation is a well thought out guess, but it is still a guess.
If you need some help with the $20k, let me know. I am almost sure you can raise it by asking 1000 /.'ers for $20 each.. I know I'll be more than happy to help!
This sounds like a pyramid scheme. Why not just use direct mail instead? At least that way you have a more uninformed audience willing to bite.
It may not be lack of confidence, but rather economics.
On a drive with a three year warranty, you could cause a drive failure and send it in. The drive company would then send you a replacement. However, since your drive is three years old, they do not have them in stock anymore and instead give you the smallest one they have - which is twice as large as the one they are replacing.
The end result is that every drive warrantied for three years might as well be advertised as "Free upgrade in three years". This slogan gives the bean-counters fits.
"Whoa, I'm in over my head. Here's the number to tech-support."
I have a pair of glasses that are "scratch proof". Part of the sales pitch was the hardness index of the material was listed as being higher than sand.
.050 micron layer of toughness. Left to natual forces, the sand would not scratch it. But left to a 1 year old child, the lenses were scratched on a carpet within seconds.
The problem is that a grain of sand, a hundred or so microns across, is much larger than the
This glass will scratch, and those scratches will hold onto dirt. So don't fire your maid.
The moral of the story : Don't let your kids play with your Ray-Bans.
I assume that since you know the answer to your own question that you meant for the original post to be a joke. The person replying probably did not "get it". No need to get hostile.
Update: 09/12 14:22 GMT by T: Actually, the Register story overstates things a bit, it seems...
I continue to wonder why people read that publication. Its like the Enquirer for the tech industry. Many of the articles are full of half truths and exaggerations. I think I can get more reliable information down at the pub.
Why not just use LinuxBIOS? A minimal footprint system should fit onto a reasonable (32MB) flash part.
Most BIOSes are designed to fit onto 128k or 256k parts. No real reason for this limit other than fact that these parts in volume are pretty cheap and they do the job required.
A company I used to work for made some embedded devices where we put the BIOS, OS and applications all on a 32MB flash part. It was basically an i386 platform with some custom hardware and software. Heck it could even run Win9x off a disk drive.
And here's the FAQ link
m l#3.3
http://www.mozilla.org/start/1.0/faq/mail-news.ht
A "big cross in the box" would not be counted. You are supposed to completely fill in the box (or circle). Your vote would have been rejected.
But I understand your point. Furthermore, the paper ballot makes recounts a possibility so corrupted data can be verified.
Why change? Perhaps the drive quality is going down??
People are just realizing that they can break their drive a couple weeks before the warranty is up and get a free upgrade. It works like this...
1) Buy drive
2) Use drive for 2 years and ten months
3) Zap drive with a stun gun or lift a chip pin with a soldering iron.
4) Send drive back to Maxtor.
5) Maxtor will send you their smallest drive (which is probably twice as large as the one you are returning) because they no longer have any of your 2 1/2 year old drives in stock.
The drives are probably as good or better than they have ever been. But the razor thin margins in that business won't tolerate too much abuse. With the one year warranty, at least they will be able to swap out an equivalant drive.
He could work for the FBI. He just could not be an "agent". He could easily fill the role as a civilian contractor.
"It's pretty cool," Mr. Roman said. "Whoever made this is a genius. A guy in the store can make a mistake or give you a hard time, but not the machine. I definitely prefer the machine to a person."
At least I can complain to the guy in the store. It is much better than calling some 800 number and waiting several weeks.
When you submit your article, submit it several times. Chances are that one of the editors will not be aware of what is going on and post it. In essence, slashdot the submission page.
There should be a multi-tool suite that you can look at to compare numbers. Something like...
Office Apps
- office suite
- image software
Game Engines
- Quake, etc.
Development
- popular compiled and interpreted languages
Server Apps
- see how the thing handles IP traffic
Engineering Apps
- FEA and simulation
Then what you do is go through the list and see which scores you are interested in. The big houses could do an aggregate score, but they would also have to publish the individual scores so that people could make sense of the numbers.
Having a barrage of tests will keep vendors honest and prevent them from tweaking their hardware/drivers for one specific test.
Yup, 640k was a design limitation of the PC architecture, not DOS. The 8086 processors had a 20 bit address space and it was decided that the memory map for peripherals would be in the upper 384k of memory. This is where the option ROMs were supposed to be located for video and IO cards. Modern BIOSes still scan this area to look for these ROM images and load them if nessecary.
That's why all the SCSI cards with the ROM's would work without drivers, while the ones without (generally) needed drivers. The ROMs contained code that would extend the BIOS and allow DOS to "see" the SCSI drives through the BIOS function calls.
The total amount of radiation will be affected by whether it is is focused properly.
Light that is properly focused onto the fiber will be transmitted with high efficiency, say 90%.
If the light is not focused on the fiber, then the transmission will be much lower because only a portion of the total radiation is transmitted into the fiber. The rest of it falls on the sheath, which does not get transmitted.
So properly focusing it does make a difference.
It is done. I recall seeing an artile several years ago about how some Japanese company came up with a system that mounted on the roof of an apartment or office building. They would run fibers down to the units to provide some natural sunlight. They still needed regular lights because there just wasn't enough to go around, but bringing some natural sunlight into a breakroom gave it a little warmer feel. This device was inspiered by a study that suggests that exposure (or lack thereof) to sunlight can affect one's moods.
I just wish I had some links.