I try to avoid being seen with my iPod. I actually like it, use it and want to keep it, and not being seen with it reduces the chance of being mugged for it.
I know burning fossil fuels generates some radioactive waste, but more than nuclear power? To be honest, I'd like to see a source. While I understand that Chernobyl's exact mishap is unlikely to happen in the West because of fundemental design differences, the radiation it released was far more harmful to a lot more people than just simple resperatory illnesses.
Radioactive elements don't split into other elements? They don't split neatly into any single different element, but once an atom is split, it often becomes two atoms of lighter elements.
I know this means nothing in the grand scheme, but I know a guy that lives in the US but travels several times a year. One thing he's found is that he can drink European milk but American milk gives him problems, I think he said it was due to something in the US pasteurization methods.
I agree. If people looked at the cost of the car and how much they have to work to buy a new car rather than keep what they have for a few years longer, would they buy it?
I doubt people would buy cars nearly so much without the absurd financing offers they get. Would someone really want to work full-time for half a year just to buy a new car? That's about what it works out to be when you look at the actual cost. I don't know about other people, but I'd rather take that half year off rather than get a new car!
I don't know, but IIRC, the number of households in the US without some sort of cable/video subscription only amounts to around 5%. I forget where I got that from but at the time I thought it was a reliable source.
If you had watched any Disney / Beuna Vista DVD made in the last three or so years, you'd know that it only takes a press of the menu to bypass the trailers, they aren't "locked out".
They only did that lockout on a few DVDs, got hit with an angry backlash then never did it that way again. I guess bad information takes years to die, even if it was fixed in a few months, IIRC.
Um, wow. That's pretty dumb. Also a time that people really don't look at their screen, unless it POSTS really slow, or in this case, could be delayed just to show you an ad, because the backlight or the tube takes a bit to turn on.
Other BIOSs do allow users to insert custom startup images, the difference here is that a remote entity could do it.
I fully understand that reasoning. My question is, why not have the maker put a custom version of Linux on it and lock that down? I don't see the need to require the Microsoft tax on something that needs to be as inexpensive as possible, especially considering the target demographic.
The difference is, that without the marketing muscle and mindshare, a free Linux distribution doesn't really matter. Fedora may be Redhat with just a different development model, but because Redhat changed the name, there is no mindshare weight.
Dell's cheapest server is on special right now, for $309. This is without an OS.
You are right that it is cheaper. I thought there was an annual fee for RHEL, which is where the cost really stabs.
W2k3 Small Business: $499, Premium Edition $1299. RH: $349 for one year, $799 for three years.
I think they should check out SuSe's enterprise Linux, and they still offer a standard branded distribution too. The sooner they get people away from thinking Red Hat == Linux, the better, in my opinion.
I think you are saying one thing, and meaning something slightly different.
The problem is that students need to learn things that might not seen necessary, practical or relevant to them but will turn useful on the job or in some other important aspect in life.
For example, proper grammar and spelling doesn't seem practical to those that use IM-lingo.
CS-ers don't think that documentation is practical and don't get in the habit of doing it, then find out that it really is important.
Of course, there's a flashblock extension for Firefox for the occasional site that gives no alternatives, and is a lot less tedious than renaming a file somewhere. Just click the item you want to play.
I know there are some equivalents for AIEEEE but I don't know what they are, I only use IE for sites that only serve up pages for IE, Engenius was one of them.
I agree. The reason I block stuff is because they are needlessly intrusive.
I know advertisers and sites will try to get around this as much as possible, now that Firefox has enough of a user base to start paying attention. I know that most advertisers won't take a clue, and rather than backing off so they don't alienate their reader base, they will get more intrusive and alienate even more people.
I think it's funny that they have a "file an FCC complaint" button right on their web site. If you make it easy for your groupies to file complaints, then I imagine that they would rise a lot, disproportionately so versus those that don't use their site.
I also think it is also unfair to the programming to judge every TV show on the basis of whether or not it may be suitable for children, even if children aren't the target audience.
I agree with others - for the parents that object to TV content, there have been V-chips in most TVs sold for five years now, USE IT! Don't complain that children are watching, and don't try to screw up other people's favorite shows just prevent it from entering your house. Don't try to protect other people's children, unless there is abuse, that is not your business.
That's debateable. I know the spectrum has to be paid for, but $10 a month for little better than modem speed internet? $3 for a picture or a ring tone?
I'd like to see what Japan and Korea are doing right in regards to cell phone networking and see if that can apply to the US.
If it works, I think it stands to benefit anyone that buys a computer based on this technology. I think IBM licences a lot of their technology. Because of their research, their patent portfolio is very large and I think growing by dozens if not hundreds per month.
If they manage to licence this out, it can pay back that research quite handsomely, and we benefit when it is incorporated into the Pentium, Athlon and PPC chips if it increases cache capacity, maybe bandwidth & latency too, while still increasing yield such that it lowers their cost to us.
I imagine that it allows them to put more cache into the chips used in Blue Gene while still saving more power.
I'm kind of curious where exactly it is any of their business, legally. Unless you are getting into the level of libel or slander against the school or anyone in it, then I can understand.
And I realized I forgot to include the obligatory anti-Roland Papsmear rant. Too bad there's no checkbox based on article submitter rather than "editor".
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I try to avoid being seen with my iPod. I actually like it, use it and want to keep it, and not being seen with it reduces the chance of being mugged for it.
I know burning fossil fuels generates some radioactive waste, but more than nuclear power? To be honest, I'd like to see a source. While I understand that Chernobyl's exact mishap is unlikely to happen in the West because of fundemental design differences, the radiation it released was far more harmful to a lot more people than just simple resperatory illnesses.
Radioactive elements don't split into other elements? They don't split neatly into any single different element, but once an atom is split, it often becomes two atoms of lighter elements.
I know this means nothing in the grand scheme, but I know a guy that lives in the US but travels several times a year. One thing he's found is that he can drink European milk but American milk gives him problems, I think he said it was due to something in the US pasteurization methods.
Maybe you should fix the computer, first by removing the leafblower and fix the reason that it was put there in the first place?
You suggested getting a headset, so the computer can still get a clear feed on the user's belches, uhhhs and ummms?
I agree. If people looked at the cost of the car and how much they have to work to buy a new car rather than keep what they have for a few years longer, would they buy it?
I doubt people would buy cars nearly so much without the absurd financing offers they get. Would someone really want to work full-time for half a year just to buy a new car? That's about what it works out to be when you look at the actual cost. I don't know about other people, but I'd rather take that half year off rather than get a new car!
I don't know, but IIRC, the number of households in the US without some sort of cable/video subscription only amounts to around 5%. I forget where I got that from but at the time I thought it was a reliable source.
1080i has 6 times more active pixels than DVD.
There are already digital tuners that can downconvert to the crappy 480i TVs. And that picture quality will be better than current analog broadcasts.
If you had watched any Disney / Beuna Vista DVD made in the last three or so years, you'd know that it only takes a press of the menu to bypass the trailers, they aren't "locked out".
They only did that lockout on a few DVDs, got hit with an angry backlash then never did it that way again. I guess bad information takes years to die, even if it was fixed in a few months, IIRC.
I really have never been hit with it.
Um, wow. That's pretty dumb. Also a time that people really don't look at their screen, unless it POSTS really slow, or in this case, could be delayed just to show you an ad, because the backlight or the tube takes a bit to turn on.
Other BIOSs do allow users to insert custom startup images, the difference here is that a remote entity could do it.
I fully understand that reasoning. My question is, why not have the maker put a custom version of Linux on it and lock that down? I don't see the need to require the Microsoft tax on something that needs to be as inexpensive as possible, especially considering the target demographic.
I've always been wary of mail, online and other remote education programs. Unjustly so? Possibly. Just that it seems too easy to cheat on both sides.
The difference is, that without the marketing muscle and mindshare, a free Linux distribution doesn't really matter. Fedora may be Redhat with just a different development model, but because Redhat changed the name, there is no mindshare weight.
Dell's cheapest server is on special right now, for $309. This is without an OS.
You are right that it is cheaper. I thought there was an annual fee for RHEL, which is where the cost really stabs.
W2k3 Small Business: $499, Premium Edition $1299.
RH: $349 for one year, $799 for three years.
I think they should check out SuSe's enterprise Linux, and they still offer a standard branded distribution too. The sooner they get people away from thinking Red Hat == Linux, the better, in my opinion.
I think you are saying one thing, and meaning something slightly different.
The problem is that students need to learn things that might not seen necessary, practical or relevant to them but will turn useful on the job or in some other important aspect in life.
For example, proper grammar and spelling doesn't seem practical to those that use IM-lingo.
CS-ers don't think that documentation is practical and don't get in the habit of doing it, then find out that it really is important.
I think what you mean is inspiring.
Of course, there's a flashblock extension for Firefox for the occasional site that gives no alternatives, and is a lot less tedious than renaming a file somewhere. Just click the item you want to play.
I know there are some equivalents for AIEEEE but I don't know what they are, I only use IE for sites that only serve up pages for IE, Engenius was one of them.
I agree. The reason I block stuff is because they are needlessly intrusive.
I know advertisers and sites will try to get around this as much as possible, now that Firefox has enough of a user base to start paying attention. I know that most advertisers won't take a clue, and rather than backing off so they don't alienate their reader base, they will get more intrusive and alienate even more people.
I think it's funny that they have a "file an FCC complaint" button right on their web site. If you make it easy for your groupies to file complaints, then I imagine that they would rise a lot, disproportionately so versus those that don't use their site.
I also think it is also unfair to the programming to judge every TV show on the basis of whether or not it may be suitable for children, even if children aren't the target audience.
I agree with others - for the parents that object to TV content, there have been V-chips in most TVs sold for five years now, USE IT! Don't complain that children are watching, and don't try to screw up other people's favorite shows just prevent it from entering your house. Don't try to protect other people's children, unless there is abuse, that is not your business.
That's debateable. I know the spectrum has to be paid for, but $10 a month for little better than modem speed internet? $3 for a picture or a ring tone?
I'd like to see what Japan and Korea are doing right in regards to cell phone networking and see if that can apply to the US.
If it works, I think it stands to benefit anyone that buys a computer based on this technology. I think IBM licences a lot of their technology. Because of their research, their patent portfolio is very large and I think growing by dozens if not hundreds per month.
If they manage to licence this out, it can pay back that research quite handsomely, and we benefit when it is incorporated into the Pentium, Athlon and PPC chips if it increases cache capacity, maybe bandwidth & latency too, while still increasing yield such that it lowers their cost to us.
I imagine that it allows them to put more cache into the chips used in Blue Gene while still saving more power.
IBM makes a lot of its own Power and PPC chips, I imagine they make their own chipsets too, although I suppose they could use Motorola chipsets.
...if they still charge too much for the content.
I'm talking $3 for a 125x125 background picture, only allow people to keep it for three months and that kind of crap.
I'm not paying $10 a month for slow internet service to same phone with 125 resolution either.
I'm kind of curious where exactly it is any of their business, legally. Unless you are getting into the level of libel or slander against the school or anyone in it, then I can understand.
And I realized I forgot to include the obligatory anti-Roland Papsmear rant. Too bad there's no checkbox based on article submitter rather than "editor".