I won't deny that e-ink is superior for hardcore reading, but a good quality LCD screen with an adjustable backlight can make for an enjoyable experience even for hours at a time. Of course, it's much more suited for indoors and low-light situations than e-ink, but that happens to be where 95% of my reading takes place anyway - so I'm able to read from an LCD for longer durations than from e-ink. They're two different technologies aimed at two different usage cases. Sure, a Hyundai Accent can do many of the same duties as an F-150, but each has some that the other is really horrible for; however, there is still a large market for each.
eBook readers are less of a fad and more of an intermediary step between books and tablets. I have a Nook Color, which further blurs the line between the two (it's more of a tablet optimized for reading books and magazines).
No, but it will be a judge on Martian Idol. The best part is the thin atmosphere prevents any of the contestants from "singing" very loudly in the few seconds before they pass out from lack of oxygen.
I use a wardrobe (as in the Lion, the Witch, etc) with different clothes separated on different shelves, folded and stacked. I grab a shirt and pants from the top of their respective stacks. If I don't like the combination, I put the shirt back and take the next one. The laundry randomizes which clothes are in which order each week, keeping pairings fresh. Every few weeks, if I have a pile of something (IE: t-shirts) that I never get to the bottom of, I'll flip the whole stack upside down.
And your computer is made to crunch numbers, stop getting on Slashdot with it.
When you buy a multi-function device, you expect all of its advertised functions to work as close to expected as possible. And the camera is one of the iPhone's big advertised functions. If you want a phone to be a phone, get the $20 Tracfone special. If you want a multifunction device that includes a phone, then you get a smartphone.
No, it's Toyota reclaiming your car because you drove to a bar and you *might* not be of drinking age in *some* places. Regardless of whether or not you're of age where you are.
We in NY feel your pain, but in reverse. A chunk of NY larger than several nearby states is designated "Forever Wild" and is the largest state park in the Lower 48. Several townships near where I grew up measure population density in fractions of a person per square mile.
Go re-read my post. Windows handles it flawlessly and 3rd party software adds in even more features to account for my fairly non-standard setup of different size monitors with different resolutions that are not on a flat surface.
Windows XP did multi-monitors fairly well. Windows 7 handles it excellently. I have five monitors and when replacing one of the video cards, I changed which monitors were plugged into which card. As soon as Windows 7 booted, it automatically corrected for switching the cables around so that the monitors were all exactly as they were when I powered down the system in spite of every monitor being plugged into a different card and port.
Not to say Win7 isn't lacking some features, but nothing free or cheap software like Ultramon doesn't fix (IE: fine-tuning relative positions, multi-monitor wallpaper, taskbar across all monitors), but the essential parts of multi-monitors are handled very well.
And here Windows 7 handles five monitors using three different resolutions flawlessly. Thanks to Ultramon, they line up seamlessly in spite of also being different sizes and being at different physical elevations. It's one of the more major things that has kept me on Windows - I look forward to Linux being able to do the same.
1) "Wherever Possible" means that they know FOSS doesn't have a solution to every little problem. However, if it comes down to word processors, databases, web browsers, etc then there are numerous FOSS alternatives.
2) Visual Studio is great for MS languages like VB.NET but I find it lacking for C++ or PHP, which I use different IDEs for. It's like saying a full-size pickup truck is the absolute best vehicle out there. Sure, it's great for a lot of tasks but I wouldn't want to use it for long distance commutes, cross-country travel, navigating narrow city streets...
I think Aero just took a while to get used to. When I first started using Win7, I disabled it. It wasn't until I got some hardware with enough power that Aero's extra resources were negligible that I gave it a chance; I still don't love it, but I don't mind having it on. Whenever Windows does the next big UI change, people will probably wonder why they can't stick with the Win8 design.
And then selected the wrong keyboard and language settings, and then chose the wrong partitions to format and then selected the wrong packages to install...
Police say that they suspect a member of the radical Penguinite cult is behind it. Other devices belonging to government officials are being inspected for Linux installations. Suspected devices include laptops, tablets, automobiles, toasters and those sneakers with flashing lights in the heel.
And it takes a lot longer for the air in them to warm up than it does for the tire itself to.
Anecdote: My recommended tire pressure is 32psi. I had a trip of about 150 miles at 80mph (NYS Thruway). When I left, all four tires were about 28psi. When I got to my destination and went to inflate them as soon as I arrived, none of them had made it up to 32psi.
I just added air to all of my tires about two hours ago. Pressure drops by about 1 PSI per 10 degrees Fahrenheit temperature change and it was 50 degrees cooler last night than it was three weeks ago.
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They've made up a few excuses, such as you need X% in a major poll where X is always > whatever they've been polled at.
It's a little sad when you have to write police raids into your disaster recovery policy. Especially when it's one of the more likely disasters.
I won't deny that e-ink is superior for hardcore reading, but a good quality LCD screen with an adjustable backlight can make for an enjoyable experience even for hours at a time. Of course, it's much more suited for indoors and low-light situations than e-ink, but that happens to be where 95% of my reading takes place anyway - so I'm able to read from an LCD for longer durations than from e-ink. They're two different technologies aimed at two different usage cases. Sure, a Hyundai Accent can do many of the same duties as an F-150, but each has some that the other is really horrible for; however, there is still a large market for each.
Or possibly the system that Firefly takes place in. That also had four stars.
eBook readers are less of a fad and more of an intermediary step between books and tablets. I have a Nook Color, which further blurs the line between the two (it's more of a tablet optimized for reading books and magazines).
Does this have any bearing on cryogenics or would that preserve the DNA?
No, but it will be a judge on Martian Idol. The best part is the thin atmosphere prevents any of the contestants from "singing" very loudly in the few seconds before they pass out from lack of oxygen.
I use a wardrobe (as in the Lion, the Witch, etc) with different clothes separated on different shelves, folded and stacked. I grab a shirt and pants from the top of their respective stacks. If I don't like the combination, I put the shirt back and take the next one. The laundry randomizes which clothes are in which order each week, keeping pairings fresh. Every few weeks, if I have a pile of something (IE: t-shirts) that I never get to the bottom of, I'll flip the whole stack upside down.
Until they add no returns to their standard EULA, right below not using it to run a nuclear power plant or manufacture biological or chemical weapons.
And your computer is made to crunch numbers, stop getting on Slashdot with it.
When you buy a multi-function device, you expect all of its advertised functions to work as close to expected as possible. And the camera is one of the iPhone's big advertised functions. If you want a phone to be a phone, get the $20 Tracfone special. If you want a multifunction device that includes a phone, then you get a smartphone.
I just assumed it was a billion with an imaginary middle.
No, it's Toyota reclaiming your car because you drove to a bar and you *might* not be of drinking age in *some* places. Regardless of whether or not you're of age where you are.
We in NY feel your pain, but in reverse. A chunk of NY larger than several nearby states is designated "Forever Wild" and is the largest state park in the Lower 48. Several townships near where I grew up measure population density in fractions of a person per square mile.
Go re-read my post. Windows handles it flawlessly and 3rd party software adds in even more features to account for my fairly non-standard setup of different size monitors with different resolutions that are not on a flat surface.
Windows XP did multi-monitors fairly well. Windows 7 handles it excellently. I have five monitors and when replacing one of the video cards, I changed which monitors were plugged into which card. As soon as Windows 7 booted, it automatically corrected for switching the cables around so that the monitors were all exactly as they were when I powered down the system in spite of every monitor being plugged into a different card and port.
Not to say Win7 isn't lacking some features, but nothing free or cheap software like Ultramon doesn't fix (IE: fine-tuning relative positions, multi-monitor wallpaper, taskbar across all monitors), but the essential parts of multi-monitors are handled very well.
And here Windows 7 handles five monitors using three different resolutions flawlessly. Thanks to Ultramon, they line up seamlessly in spite of also being different sizes and being at different physical elevations. It's one of the more major things that has kept me on Windows - I look forward to Linux being able to do the same.
In order I began using them. I still use most of them depending on the task. Not including distros that I only use as LiveCD recovery environments
Ubuntu -> Debian -> CentOS -> Debian -> Mint -> Debian -> ClarkConnect/ClearOS -> Debian -> Fedora -> Debian -> TurnKey -> Debian
Two things:
1) "Wherever Possible" means that they know FOSS doesn't have a solution to every little problem. However, if it comes down to word processors, databases, web browsers, etc then there are numerous FOSS alternatives.
2) Visual Studio is great for MS languages like VB.NET but I find it lacking for C++ or PHP, which I use different IDEs for. It's like saying a full-size pickup truck is the absolute best vehicle out there. Sure, it's great for a lot of tasks but I wouldn't want to use it for long distance commutes, cross-country travel, navigating narrow city streets...
I think Aero just took a while to get used to. When I first started using Win7, I disabled it. It wasn't until I got some hardware with enough power that Aero's extra resources were negligible that I gave it a chance; I still don't love it, but I don't mind having it on. Whenever Windows does the next big UI change, people will probably wonder why they can't stick with the Win8 design.
I sensed an air of laziness. If he were useful, he would be a standing, running, jogging or working congressman, not just a sitting one.
And then selected the wrong keyboard and language settings, and then chose the wrong partitions to format and then selected the wrong packages to install...
Police say that they suspect a member of the radical Penguinite cult is behind it. Other devices belonging to government officials are being inspected for Linux installations. Suspected devices include laptops, tablets, automobiles, toasters and those sneakers with flashing lights in the heel.
And it takes a lot longer for the air in them to warm up than it does for the tire itself to.
Anecdote: My recommended tire pressure is 32psi. I had a trip of about 150 miles at 80mph (NYS Thruway). When I left, all four tires were about 28psi. When I got to my destination and went to inflate them as soon as I arrived, none of them had made it up to 32psi.
I just added air to all of my tires about two hours ago. Pressure drops by about 1 PSI per 10 degrees Fahrenheit temperature change and it was 50 degrees cooler last night than it was three weeks ago.
I never said most of the US *population* - just most of the US, as in geographic area. It's pretty obvious that the majority of people live in cities.