Proprietary or not, MP3 is THE audio format to play. Give an ogg file to most people, they are almost certainly not going to be able to play it without some hass.e Most audio devices don't play ogg files, while most audio file player devices can play MP3.
The old 15k RPM drives that I have are pretty quiet as they are (I have 18 & 36GB ones, nothing newer), so it wouldn't be that surprising if you manage to make them sub-audible. In my experience, it's the 10k RPM drives that you need to watch out for, those are traditionally louder, with the exception of the Savvio and Velociraptor drives, which are among the quieter drives that can be bought.
That app would probably work on jailbroken phones, which is probably the closest analogy I can think of to that political revolution.
Apple does hold the keys to their app store, it seems silly to me to port a major app like that knowing full well what the contract is with respect to getting onto that app store.
That is why you don't want GSM anywhere near audio equipment, or at least, turn it off. I've seen it trip up podcasters that forget to turn their GSM phone off when recording.
I haven't had that kind of interference from my CDMA phones, though I don't understand why.
It depends. The problem is human, not only is the physician human, the patient is too.
I think it can be a good way to diffuse a potentially tense situation. There is a recognized problem where sometimes parents bring their children in for sniffles and demanding antibiotics. Parents, being overzealous, ignorant or just plain adamant, don't think their children are getting proper attention if they aren't getting antibiotics, but giving out antibiotics when it isn't merited, or cause more problems. Excessive antibiotic use is what has given rise to antibiotic resistant bacteria. Antibiotics aren't even effective against a virus, which is what a cold is. If the case is where the patient or guardian is unwilling to listen, then I have no problem with the physician relenting in the form of prescribing a placebo.
I don't yet see it as cynically as you do, though maybe the cynicism is warranted.
Mainframe metaphor or not, this "cloud" concept makes the location of the mainframe less relevant, and that location might change without the user needing it. I think it also makes the location of the user less relevant, if they can access these resources from wherever they are.
What you want may well be impossible. There are no magical materials right now to do what you want. Cosmic rays in the range TeV can't be stopped with a box that can be affordably launched, much less fit into the satellite. It's easier to use chips that are designed to handle them.
NASA already has a backup computer, on which are two independent circuits to do the same thing. Side "B" that is on the Hubble right now is handling things right now, after side "A" quit working.
NASA is putting the last of their spare parts on the Hubble right now, after which, there are no more short of restarting production, which isn't going to happen affordably. They made a lot of replacement parts which were gradually used as there were servicing missions.
I thought the major companies offer a way to evaluate them before committing to buying one. I am pretty sure Tek has such a program. I would look into that first.
I think it was an unreasonable expectation. I don't even know how one can make a game about natural selection / evolution. Once you put interactivity into it, either by changing the environment or changing the creature, it plays right into the hands of the principles of ID.
But TVs have been around for a lot longer than computers have, and couchpotatoing isn't a new thing. People cooking isn't a new thing, that should already be factored in. 7pm seems to be the tail end of cooking activity.
Even the newer TVs shouldn't represent much added demand. A current large panel TV generally only consumes the power of a CRT of half its diagonal. A person that had a 25" CRT from ten years ago might now have a 50" TV that consumes roughly the same power.
The biggest problem I see with this person's claim is that panspermia doesn't really work well when applied to reality.
There was an experiment discussed on Science Friday where an experimenter said cosmic radiation does a good number on genetic material based on tests with actual genetic material. I think they showed that in about 80,000 years, genetic material is just broken up into a bunch of tiny, useless snippets, especially if it's on a rock passing between stars, there is much less protection against radiation than there is within a star's heliopause. Panspermia might be a workable idea for passing organisms and code between planets in one solar system, but not for interstellar travel.
I don't see why you brush off the ads so quickly. Users use the system in exchange for being exposed to ads, and exposing recipients to ads. If it weren't for those users, Yahoo wouldn't be able to sell ads.
Even if it doesn't, relying on a free service to keep ANY of your data probably makes you one.
There is a big difference between being an ass and being stupid or careless.
I'm not going to blame Airbus or their quality control yet. These investigations need to finish.
Personally, I'm more of a fan of Boeing's craft, but last I looked, maybe a year ago, Airbus has a similar safety record as Boeing on a per-passenger-mile bases. Maybe my memory is off, but both were about one death per 12 million passenger miles. I actually have a friend that's oddly afraid of Airbus craft (but not Boeing, despite similar records), and for some reason, is not afraid of driving, I think automobiles are about 10x more dangerous.
Why can't people get past the whole pro vs. anti-Microsoft thing? I may be ranting here (apologies in advance), but railing on MS for their past business practices (which I don't condone, BTW) is pointless.
It's not pointless if they are continuing some ugly business practices. Not only is it enough of a track record to merit keeping a suspicious eye on them, they seem to be continuing it. It's enough that they highjacked the ISO standardization practices by stacking the votes or trying to throw procedures and votes out the door to get their Office format standardized, but they are trying to take control of the Open Office format as well.
A lot of countries have debts greater than a year's GDP. I think that even less than a year's GDP is a problem, as you suggest. If the economy is growing, we can afford to pay for today's stuff next year, but what happens when the growth turns out to be unsustainable?
In the US, it's a problem of reigning in entitlements, as well as reigning in stuff like military spending, and the same for pork barrel spending, but there aren't enough courageous legislators that are willing to do all that, and the same goes for voters that are willing to give up things like that in order to pay down the debt. I am worried that there will come a time when habits like that simply can't continue and there would be a pretty hard crash as a result. A little bitter medicine now might prevent utter calamity later, but as a society where so many are acclimated to debt and having everything now won't understand that until it's too late.
From what I've heard, it's not hard to get lots and lots of mailing addresses. When you give out your mailing address to anyone, you lose control of how that address is used. If you give to a campaign $10 or more, your address is documented. If you list a domain, without bribing your registrar for the protection services, your address is posted on WHOIS. A lot of things that might be advertised on TV, back section of a magazine or on the internet might be getting extra money by selling your name and address to mailing list companies.
I've seen that DVD as an insert to the Sunday paper. It generated quite an uproar. I didn't actually watch it.
One thing to keep in mind in all of this is that it is usually people and groups not actually involved in or under the control of the respective campaigns that are doing the sleaziest stuff.
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Proprietary or not, MP3 is THE audio format to play. Give an ogg file to most people, they are almost certainly not going to be able to play it without some hass.e Most audio devices don't play ogg files, while most audio file player devices can play MP3.
Products can be copied without having outsourced them in the first place.
The old 15k RPM drives that I have are pretty quiet as they are (I have 18 & 36GB ones, nothing newer), so it wouldn't be that surprising if you manage to make them sub-audible. In my experience, it's the 10k RPM drives that you need to watch out for, those are traditionally louder, with the exception of the Savvio and Velociraptor drives, which are among the quieter drives that can be bought.
Does that really apply?
That app would probably work on jailbroken phones, which is probably the closest analogy I can think of to that political revolution.
Apple does hold the keys to their app store, it seems silly to me to port a major app like that knowing full well what the contract is with respect to getting onto that app store.
So the lesson is to get your victim into an X-ray machine and make a key using the photo print.
That is why you don't want GSM anywhere near audio equipment, or at least, turn it off. I've seen it trip up podcasters that forget to turn their GSM phone off when recording.
I haven't had that kind of interference from my CDMA phones, though I don't understand why.
There is a replacement for BIOS, the problem is, most companies don't use it, and it seems most don't offer it.
I think the problem with your pause issue is that I think a quick boot is more important for every boot than the occasional need to enter BIOS.
It depends. The problem is human, not only is the physician human, the patient is too.
I think it can be a good way to diffuse a potentially tense situation. There is a recognized problem where sometimes parents bring their children in for sniffles and demanding antibiotics. Parents, being overzealous, ignorant or just plain adamant, don't think their children are getting proper attention if they aren't getting antibiotics, but giving out antibiotics when it isn't merited, or cause more problems. Excessive antibiotic use is what has given rise to antibiotic resistant bacteria. Antibiotics aren't even effective against a virus, which is what a cold is. If the case is where the patient or guardian is unwilling to listen, then I have no problem with the physician relenting in the form of prescribing a placebo.
I don't yet see it as cynically as you do, though maybe the cynicism is warranted.
Mainframe metaphor or not, this "cloud" concept makes the location of the mainframe less relevant, and that location might change without the user needing it. I think it also makes the location of the user less relevant, if they can access these resources from wherever they are.
What you want may well be impossible. There are no magical materials right now to do what you want. Cosmic rays in the range TeV can't be stopped with a box that can be affordably launched, much less fit into the satellite. It's easier to use chips that are designed to handle them.
NASA already has a backup computer, on which are two independent circuits to do the same thing. Side "B" that is on the Hubble right now is handling things right now, after side "A" quit working.
NASA is putting the last of their spare parts on the Hubble right now, after which, there are no more short of restarting production, which isn't going to happen affordably. They made a lot of replacement parts which were gradually used as there were servicing missions.
I thought the major companies offer a way to evaluate them before committing to buying one. I am pretty sure Tek has such a program. I would look into that first.
I think it was an unreasonable expectation. I don't even know how one can make a game about natural selection / evolution. Once you put interactivity into it, either by changing the environment or changing the creature, it plays right into the hands of the principles of ID.
Exactly what is this MMO doing that needs to transfer hundreds of megabytes a night? What is the typical transfer from a typical two hour WoW session?
But TVs have been around for a lot longer than computers have, and couchpotatoing isn't a new thing. People cooking isn't a new thing, that should already be factored in. 7pm seems to be the tail end of cooking activity.
Even the newer TVs shouldn't represent much added demand. A current large panel TV generally only consumes the power of a CRT of half its diagonal. A person that had a 25" CRT from ten years ago might now have a 50" TV that consumes roughly the same power.
The biggest problem I see with this person's claim is that panspermia doesn't really work well when applied to reality.
There was an experiment discussed on Science Friday where an experimenter said cosmic radiation does a good number on genetic material based on tests with actual genetic material. I think they showed that in about 80,000 years, genetic material is just broken up into a bunch of tiny, useless snippets, especially if it's on a rock passing between stars, there is much less protection against radiation than there is within a star's heliopause. Panspermia might be a workable idea for passing organisms and code between planets in one solar system, but not for interstellar travel.
If someone can't hold a line, they probably aren't going to be able to land or taxi properly and consistently either.
Lawsuits do cost a lot of money to deal with in court. It's in both company's interests to negotiate before it hits the court's docket.
I don't see why you brush off the ads so quickly. Users use the system in exchange for being exposed to ads, and exposing recipients to ads. If it weren't for those users, Yahoo wouldn't be able to sell ads.
Even if it doesn't, relying on a free service to keep ANY of your data probably makes you one.
There is a big difference between being an ass and being stupid or careless.
I'm not going to blame Airbus or their quality control yet. These investigations need to finish.
Personally, I'm more of a fan of Boeing's craft, but last I looked, maybe a year ago, Airbus has a similar safety record as Boeing on a per-passenger-mile bases. Maybe my memory is off, but both were about one death per 12 million passenger miles. I actually have a friend that's oddly afraid of Airbus craft (but not Boeing, despite similar records), and for some reason, is not afraid of driving, I think automobiles are about 10x more dangerous.
It's not 50 years. People have been watching sunspots since Galileo discovered them in his time, which is around 400 years now.
Why can't people get past the whole pro vs. anti-Microsoft thing? I may be ranting here (apologies in advance), but railing on MS for their past business practices (which I don't condone, BTW) is pointless.
It's not pointless if they are continuing some ugly business practices. Not only is it enough of a track record to merit keeping a suspicious eye on them, they seem to be continuing it. It's enough that they highjacked the ISO standardization practices by stacking the votes or trying to throw procedures and votes out the door to get their Office format standardized, but they are trying to take control of the Open Office format as well.
A lot of countries have debts greater than a year's GDP. I think that even less than a year's GDP is a problem, as you suggest. If the economy is growing, we can afford to pay for today's stuff next year, but what happens when the growth turns out to be unsustainable?
In the US, it's a problem of reigning in entitlements, as well as reigning in stuff like military spending, and the same for pork barrel spending, but there aren't enough courageous legislators that are willing to do all that, and the same goes for voters that are willing to give up things like that in order to pay down the debt. I am worried that there will come a time when habits like that simply can't continue and there would be a pretty hard crash as a result. A little bitter medicine now might prevent utter calamity later, but as a society where so many are acclimated to debt and having everything now won't understand that until it's too late.
Taxes are running around 17% of GDP and governments expenditures at 20% of GDP... I'd like to see those both around 10% or less.
Is there an empirical basis for your 10% figure, or do you like it because it sounds good?
Given that there are hundreds of news stories every week, are you suggesting that it's realistic to keep track and remember them all without reminder?
From what I've heard, it's not hard to get lots and lots of mailing addresses. When you give out your mailing address to anyone, you lose control of how that address is used. If you give to a campaign $10 or more, your address is documented. If you list a domain, without bribing your registrar for the protection services, your address is posted on WHOIS. A lot of things that might be advertised on TV, back section of a magazine or on the internet might be getting extra money by selling your name and address to mailing list companies.
I've seen that DVD as an insert to the Sunday paper. It generated quite an uproar. I didn't actually watch it.
One thing to keep in mind in all of this is that it is usually people and groups not actually involved in or under the control of the respective campaigns that are doing the sleaziest stuff.