Yeah, that plastic tab breaks off too easily. I have a few cables with a protective cover over the end, so it doesn't get snagged on anything. I think this goes a long way to preventing breakage. But it's silly to use a connector with such a fragile part that will fail at some point, since the plastic can't keep bending like that forever.
I'm trying to figure out what stereographic sound is. I think it's sound, but the graphic makes me thing maybe it's graphics. Or is this a joke? I'm really confused.
It's good to have at least one backup monitor in case your primary fails. That way you don't have to get a replacement immediately, so you can look around for the best deal. I keep an old 15" CRT around for that purpose, as it's not too big. Or maybe you've got a closet computer and would like a monitor to turn on occasionally. They just don't make sense for continuous use, due to the cost of electricity. Having recently finally gotten an LCD, I was quite impressed at the quality, especially over VGA. Maybe others are like I was, thinking LCDs won't look as good.
My LCD already has VGA, DVI, and HDMI inputs. Do we really need yet another freaking input type? This is getting quite absurd. I guess in a couple of years we'll have the new connector that also delivers power in addition to everything else. Then a few years later, one that delivers cold water as well (for the ice dispenser on the TV, of course). Who knows what after that.
If it's a wireless router, disable the wireless and keep it around as a backup router in case another fails, or as one to deploy at friends/family when they need to share a connection with multiple computers.
I had an old Linksys 802.11b access point whose wireless didn't work. I opened it up, removed the handy WiFi PCMCIA card, and use it as a router. Removing the non-working WiFi card reduced power usage by about one watt.
I also wonder how you control the mode. I'm just not seeing anything that explains it. The Wired article just says "at the press of a button". WHICH BUTTON? One you add? Or some kind of software control?
Why is it okay to discriminate against people in such an expensive way? That's like taxing tampons or pads because they know that 50% of people need them.
I can understand the tampons, but pads? I'm sure an Apple fanboy would say he needs his iPad, but I doubt he really needs it.
To make this profit, though, Sony had to cut a few features from consoles (retroactively for already-sold ones as well, unfortunately):
* Linux can't be used anymore (we already know about this one) * Blu-ray playback now includes commercials every 15 minutes * When connected to the Internet, you must allow it to be a node in a botnet, or online play will be disabled * To save cost, gaphics are now displayed as in The Matrix, but they say you'll quickly be able to see everything in 3D with some practice
Hope this guy doesn't realize that vocal communication is also digital (discrete). What you put in is exactly what you get out, assuming sufficiently low noise. That ain't analog.
Because it's too expensive and time consuming to remove the word "beta" from the website?
Duh, when they removed the word "beta", it was a change that could break the site, so they had to test that changed version. Now, when testing, they need to add the word "beta" so you know it's being tested. Rinse, repeat. If you watch the page closely, every few months the word "beta" is missing for about half an hour.
Indeed, the sheer audacity of the industry giants behaviour has increased over the years and is becoming more and more visible.
Oh come on, there's nothing audacious about calling YouTube a criminal enterprise that intentionally uses consumers and children as human shields to deter the enforcement of federal rights and drive law-abiding competitors out of the market by using mass piracy as 'start up capital for their product, nothing at all.
This will be great for backup solutions. Since this is USB 2.0/3 this will be really fast. I can't wait to test one of these out.
That's the great thing: it'll take you so long just to fill it up, even if doing it constantly, that it'll fail due to age before you are able to do so.
Maybe we'll evolve to a day where even a minor problem with a car that might cause one death in its lifetime will be cause for not allowing it on the road. I actually look forward to this carless day.
"Suppose that Mr. Smith has two children, at least one of whom is a son. What is the probability both children are boys?"
Four cases for someone with two kids, each 1/4 probability for someone who has two kids:
boy boy
boy girl
girl boy
girl girl
Let's count the number for which the problem statement applies, and for which the answer is yes:
boy boy: applies, answer is yes
boy girl: applies, answer is no
girl boy: applies, answer is no
girl girl: doesn't apply
Three "applies", one for which the answer is yes. Therefore, the probability is 1/3 that Mr. Smith's other child is a boy. That is, if we chose people at random until we found one with two kids, at least one of which was a boy, we'd find that in 1/3 of the cases the second child would also be a boy.
A more intuitive explanation is that the probability that either is a boy is 3/4, and that both are is 1/4. Since the question only applies to that 3/4, the 1/4 is one 1/3 of that.
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Yeah, that plastic tab breaks off too easily. I have a few cables with a protective cover over the end, so it doesn't get snagged on anything. I think this goes a long way to preventing breakage. But it's silly to use a connector with such a fragile part that will fail at some point, since the plastic can't keep bending like that forever.
I'm trying to figure out what stereographic sound is. I think it's sound, but the graphic makes me thing maybe it's graphics. Or is this a joke? I'm really confused.
It's good to have at least one backup monitor in case your primary fails. That way you don't have to get a replacement immediately, so you can look around for the best deal. I keep an old 15" CRT around for that purpose, as it's not too big. Or maybe you've got a closet computer and would like a monitor to turn on occasionally. They just don't make sense for continuous use, due to the cost of electricity. Having recently finally gotten an LCD, I was quite impressed at the quality, especially over VGA. Maybe others are like I was, thinking LCDs won't look as good.
My LCD already has VGA, DVI, and HDMI inputs. Do we really need yet another freaking input type? This is getting quite absurd. I guess in a couple of years we'll have the new connector that also delivers power in addition to everything else. Then a few years later, one that delivers cold water as well (for the ice dispenser on the TV, of course). Who knows what after that.
I had an old Linksys 802.11b access point whose wireless didn't work. I opened it up, removed the handy WiFi PCMCIA card, and use it as a router. Removing the non-working WiFi card reduced power usage by about one watt.
Craigslist also has a section for free items.
He's writing the current comment for me. So, don't mod this beyond a C (Score 3) or I'll have to pay.
Why do you think Mr. Kavoosi even wrote anything that's signed in his name? Cheaper to just have his writers do it.
I also wonder how you control the mode. I'm just not seeing anything that explains it. The Wired article just says "at the press of a button". WHICH BUTTON? One you add? Or some kind of software control?
What keeps happening to the word "of" in the phrase "couple of"? Constantly I see this word left out. Did I miss the memo?
Three's a crowd: me, myself, and I
After getting one of these cycles, pick up a Tron suit and you'll be really hot with the babes, honest.
I can understand the tampons, but pads? I'm sure an Apple fanboy would say he needs his iPad, but I doubt he really needs it.
They were doing all this to blend in. If they actually took security seriously, they would have been very obvious and suspect.
To make this profit, though, Sony had to cut a few features from consoles (retroactively for already-sold ones as well, unfortunately):
* Linux can't be used anymore (we already know about this one)
* Blu-ray playback now includes commercials every 15 minutes
* When connected to the Internet, you must allow it to be a node in a botnet, or online play will be disabled
* To save cost, gaphics are now displayed as in The Matrix, but they say you'll quickly be able to see everything in 3D with some practice
There, fixed that for you. Don't encourage misuse of language when there exists a verb form already.
Hope this guy doesn't realize that vocal communication is also digital (discrete). What you put in is exactly what you get out, assuming sufficiently low noise. That ain't analog.
Duh, when they removed the word "beta", it was a change that could break the site, so they had to test that changed version. Now, when testing, they need to add the word "beta" so you know it's being tested. Rinse, repeat. If you watch the page closely, every few months the word "beta" is missing for about half an hour.
Or rather, "you're supposed to touch the front, not the back, sheesh!"
Oh come on, there's nothing audacious about calling YouTube a criminal enterprise that intentionally uses consumers and children as human shields to deter the enforcement of federal rights and drive law-abiding competitors out of the market by using mass piracy as 'start up capital for their product, nothing at all.
If he generates enough excitement over what it might be, and then announces that it was nothing, that might be kind of shaking.
That's the great thing: it'll take you so long just to fill it up, even if doing it constantly, that it'll fail due to age before you are able to do so.
Maybe we'll evolve to a day where even a minor problem with a car that might cause one death in its lifetime will be cause for not allowing it on the road. I actually look forward to this carless day.
Everyone knows that 78.49% of statistics are made up.
"Suppose that Mr. Smith has two children, at least one of whom is a son. What is the probability both children are boys?"
Four cases for someone with two kids, each 1/4 probability for someone who has two kids:
boy boy
boy girl
girl boy
girl girl
Let's count the number for which the problem statement applies, and for which the answer is yes:
boy boy: applies, answer is yes
boy girl: applies, answer is no
girl boy: applies, answer is no
girl girl: doesn't apply
Three "applies", one for which the answer is yes. Therefore, the probability is 1/3 that Mr. Smith's other child is a boy. That is, if we chose people at random until we found one with two kids, at least one of which was a boy, we'd find that in 1/3 of the cases the second child would also be a boy.
A more intuitive explanation is that the probability that either is a boy is 3/4, and that both are is 1/4. Since the question only applies to that 3/4, the 1/4 is one 1/3 of that.