Seconded. I've got one of these 30" behemoths paired with a 24" running 1920x1200. The 24" is great for displaying reference documents or text editing and the 30" is superb for schematics or waveform viewers when doing digital logic simulations.
Also, you can arrange 4 good-sized non-overlapping terminal windows pretty easily on a 30" screen.
The 16C is indeed superb for embedded system work, and I keep one in my work bag for all the same reasons you do. Unfortunately, the lack of trig and other scientific functions prevents it from completely replacing the much bulkier 48S I also keep at my desk.
Actually, these days I use a 48GX emulator on my iPad and iPhone more than anything else.
Nice site, but the magnets seem to be even more expensive. Maybe I didn't find the right thing, but to buy 216 3.0mm neodymium spheres (equivalent to one package of "buckyballs") would cost EUR 50 vs USD 35 for the "buckyballs"
LASIK only makes sense if you're eyes are stable and not still getting worse. I'm 38 but every couple of years my prescription gets updated to correct my ever-increasing nearsightedness.
I wish my eyes were stable, I'd get LASIK in a heartbeat if I had confidence that I wouldn't need to start wearing glasses again 2 to 3 years after the procedure.
Did you actually read the article and watch the example video? This was an example shown in the video, where bubblegum being popped by someone sitting next to the coach (who was being focused upon by the system) was clearly audible above the crowd noise during a heated moment. It wasn't so much desirable as a concrete example of its effectiveness.
Running new lines might be practical in a few shorter corridors, but it would be extremely difficult to get either the land or the money to buy such land for longer high-speed runs, such as cross-country. It would be difficult to repeat the massive government allocation of land that was done in the 19th century because this time much of it is already privately owned.
A couple of weeks ago The Economist had an interesting article about this: http://www.economist.com/node/16636101. It pointed out that upgrading America's railroads to handle high-speed (or even pseudo high-speed) traffic would have a negative economic impact on freight train service, which is among the best in the world. I had never seen America's train system called "the best" in anything before, but I do think this does point out the dangers of just focusing on the benefits in one specific area.
Take a close look at text printed on 600dpi and 1200dpi monochrome printers, and you can't tell the difference without the aid of a magnifier. Even text from a 300dpi printer will only be slightly less sharp.
But if you look at a grayscale (or color) image printed at those resolutions, absolutely you will see the difference. This is because the extra resolution has the effect of enabling more color levels through halftoning. The extra resolution is used to compensate for the low bit depth, not to add detail.
A printer has an inherent depth of only one bit: a drop is either there or it is not. Displays have much more bit depth and can get by with a lower resolution as a result.
I'm not making any claims about the retina display, I'm just pointing out why display and print resolutions aren't directly comparable.
To be fair, a lot of that is because printers have a much lower bit depth than a display. The extra resolution is used to add more dots to increase the number of color levels perceived by the human eye.
Like the other big test & measurement companies, they've lost a lot of their luster, but they still make good oscilloscopes. I bought an MSO 4054 from them two years ago, and have been pretty happy with it. Of course, it's more of a "disposable" scope than the classic analog scopes were.
Windows For Workgroups 3.11 is the only 16-bit Windows that has native TCP/IP networking support. So if anyone is seriously using a Windows 3.1 variant anymore, this is probably the version they are using.
Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it.
Actually, Palm's HotSync with iSync worked fine for me. For other file transfers, I just used Bluetooth File Exchange.
Well, I don't know about your company, but mine frowns upon people connecting their personal laptops to the corporate LAN to sync with the servers. PDAs are allowed to sync with certain limited data (such as contacts).
Except you don't seem to be the type that's in any rush to upgrade to current technology.
It's not wise to extrapolate from a single data point. Just because I like one device the way it is doesn't mean I don't like to update other tech gadgets. It depends on the risks and benefits.
I was considering upgrading to Snow Leopard this weekend, but decided to wait until I return from a trip I'm taking next week. I don't want to spend my last night at home frantically trying to restore a Leopard backup to my MacBook Pro if something went wrong with the upgrade. Now I'll probably wait even longer, to see if this issue is resolved.
If only 3 people are still using Palm OS devices, then they must all be in my work group. Several of us still use Treo smartphones. Just because new devices use a different OS is no reason to ditch a perfectly good device if it fits your needs well. I like my Treo 755p very much. My Treo was an easy way to keep my address book and calendar on my Mac synced with my Exchange data at work. This definitely would impact me if I upgraded to Snow Leopard.
I put together a Mac-Mini based HTPC using an EyeTV in February. The EB channels were broadcast in Clear QAM (I had already been able to receive them live with the QAM tuner in my TV for a couple of years). Three months later, shortly after turning off the analog feed for all EB channels, Comcast encrypted the digital EB channels. Now only the most basic of channels come over Clear QAM. Fortunately, Hulu picks up a lot of the slack. I think this move will simply erode cable market share in favor of distribution by the internet.
Actually, I think you mean Dune II, the first RTS from Westwood. It was released in 1992. And yes, it was a great game. It runs great on DOSBox, and once in a while I still play it.
I guess I was talking about the toddler version of Mega Bloks, which is what we have. At least, they are the same size as Duplo. They are still just called "Mega Bloks" on the tub, though.
I've never used the Lego-sized version of Mega Bloks, so I can't comment on them.
You're right about Duplo (and Lego) sticking together so solidly that they can be hard to take apart. I'd rather help my son with that part than have him frustrated by blocks that keep falling apart on their own when he's trying to build something, though.
Older Mega blocks are crap. Mega Blocks produced in recent years are just as mechanically good as Lego, and after this decision might start looking as good too.
We bought our Mega Bloks new two years ago. Unless they changed their materials very recently, I think they are still pretty bad.
We bought some Mega Bloks for our son, but the plastic they used (polypropylene?) is too soft to keep a good grip. Duplos are made out of ABS plastic that holds its shape much better, so the blocks stay locked and structures stay together. We can't even build a simple staircase out of Mega Bloks without frustration. Constructions have to have twice as many Mega Bloks as Duplos to have the same strength.
While though the Mega Bloks are cheaper, we'll probably stick to Duplo and Lego for the future.
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Seconded. I've got one of these 30" behemoths paired with a 24" running 1920x1200. The 24" is great for displaying reference documents or text editing and the 30" is superb for schematics or waveform viewers when doing digital logic simulations. Also, you can arrange 4 good-sized non-overlapping terminal windows pretty easily on a 30" screen.
The 16C is indeed superb for embedded system work, and I keep one in my work bag for all the same reasons you do. Unfortunately, the lack of trig and other scientific functions prevents it from completely replacing the much bulkier 48S I also keep at my desk. Actually, these days I use a 48GX emulator on my iPad and iPhone more than anything else.
Nice site, but the magnets seem to be even more expensive. Maybe I didn't find the right thing, but to buy 216 3.0mm neodymium spheres (equivalent to one package of "buckyballs") would cost EUR 50 vs USD 35 for the "buckyballs"
They could even book a flight in the victims name.
That's OK, the TSA's security is so good that the crackers could never actually do anything with the false booking.
Maybe the original poster was trying to say "have some scumbum company like Zynga copy the thing" and forgot that Slashdot isn't LaTeX.
LASIK only makes sense if you're eyes are stable and not still getting worse. I'm 38 but every couple of years my prescription gets updated to correct my ever-increasing nearsightedness.
I wish my eyes were stable, I'd get LASIK in a heartbeat if I had confidence that I wouldn't need to start wearing glasses again 2 to 3 years after the procedure.
Did you actually read the article and watch the example video? This was an example shown in the video, where bubblegum being popped by someone sitting next to the coach (who was being focused upon by the system) was clearly audible above the crowd noise during a heated moment. It wasn't so much desirable as a concrete example of its effectiveness.
Running new lines might be practical in a few shorter corridors, but it would be extremely difficult to get either the land or the money to buy such land for longer high-speed runs, such as cross-country. It would be difficult to repeat the massive government allocation of land that was done in the 19th century because this time much of it is already privately owned.
A couple of weeks ago The Economist had an interesting article about this: http://www.economist.com/node/16636101. It pointed out that upgrading America's railroads to handle high-speed (or even pseudo high-speed) traffic would have a negative economic impact on freight train service, which is among the best in the world. I had never seen America's train system called "the best" in anything before, but I do think this does point out the dangers of just focusing on the benefits in one specific area.
Take a close look at text printed on 600dpi and 1200dpi monochrome printers, and you can't tell the difference without the aid of a magnifier. Even text from a 300dpi printer will only be slightly less sharp.
But if you look at a grayscale (or color) image printed at those resolutions, absolutely you will see the difference. This is because the extra resolution has the effect of enabling more color levels through halftoning. The extra resolution is used to compensate for the low bit depth, not to add detail.
A printer has an inherent depth of only one bit: a drop is either there or it is not. Displays have much more bit depth and can get by with a lower resolution as a result.
I'm not making any claims about the retina display, I'm just pointing out why display and print resolutions aren't directly comparable.
To be fair, a lot of that is because printers have a much lower bit depth than a display. The extra resolution is used to add more dots to increase the number of color levels perceived by the human eye.
Yes, we call these "wafer probe cards" at my work place because they are used for probing circuits directly on wafers and die.
Duh. That would be the point, wouldn't it?
Like the other big test & measurement companies, they've lost a lot of their luster, but they still make good oscilloscopes. I bought an MSO 4054 from them two years ago, and have been pretty happy with it. Of course, it's more of a "disposable" scope than the classic analog scopes were.
Windows For Workgroups 3.11 is the only 16-bit Windows that has native TCP/IP networking support. So if anyone is seriously using a Windows 3.1 variant anymore, this is probably the version they are using.
Thanks for the tip. I'll look into it. Actually, Palm's HotSync with iSync worked fine for me. For other file transfers, I just used Bluetooth File Exchange.
Well, I don't know about your company, but mine frowns upon people connecting their personal laptops to the corporate LAN to sync with the servers. PDAs are allowed to sync with certain limited data (such as contacts).
Except you don't seem to be the type that's in any rush to upgrade to current technology.
It's not wise to extrapolate from a single data point. Just because I like one device the way it is doesn't mean I don't like to update other tech gadgets. It depends on the risks and benefits.
I was considering upgrading to Snow Leopard this weekend, but decided to wait until I return from a trip I'm taking next week. I don't want to spend my last night at home frantically trying to restore a Leopard backup to my MacBook Pro if something went wrong with the upgrade. Now I'll probably wait even longer, to see if this issue is resolved.
If only 3 people are still using Palm OS devices, then they must all be in my work group. Several of us still use Treo smartphones. Just because new devices use a different OS is no reason to ditch a perfectly good device if it fits your needs well. I like my Treo 755p very much.
My Treo was an easy way to keep my address book and calendar on my Mac synced with my Exchange data at work. This definitely would impact me if I upgraded to Snow Leopard.
I put together a Mac-Mini based HTPC using an EyeTV in February. The EB channels were broadcast in Clear QAM (I had already been able to receive them live with the QAM tuner in my TV for a couple of years). Three months later, shortly after turning off the analog feed for all EB channels, Comcast encrypted the digital EB channels. Now only the most basic of channels come over Clear QAM. Fortunately, Hulu picks up a lot of the slack. I think this move will simply erode cable market share in favor of distribution by the internet.
Actually, I think you mean Dune II, the first RTS from Westwood. It was released in 1992. And yes, it was a great game. It runs great on DOSBox, and once in a while I still play it.
Forget the 6 Million Dollar Man, does anyone else remember the 6 Dollar Man?
I guess I was talking about the toddler version of Mega Bloks, which is what we have. At least, they are the same size as Duplo. They are still just called "Mega Bloks" on the tub, though.
I've never used the Lego-sized version of Mega Bloks, so I can't comment on them.
You're right about Duplo (and Lego) sticking together so solidly that they can be hard to take apart. I'd rather help my son with that part than have him frustrated by blocks that keep falling apart on their own when he's trying to build something, though.
Older Mega blocks are crap. Mega Blocks produced in recent years are just as mechanically good as Lego, and after this decision might start looking as good too.
We bought our Mega Bloks new two years ago. Unless they changed their materials very recently, I think they are still pretty bad.
We bought some Mega Bloks for our son, but the plastic they used (polypropylene?) is too soft to keep a good grip. Duplos are made out of ABS plastic that holds its shape much better, so the blocks stay locked and structures stay together. We can't even build a simple staircase out of Mega Bloks without frustration. Constructions have to have twice as many Mega Bloks as Duplos to have the same strength.
While though the Mega Bloks are cheaper, we'll probably stick to Duplo and Lego for the future.