Although I never had a 12C, I did get a 48G back in '91 or '92. RPN is only unconventional if you haven't used it. After mastering it and the stack on the 48G, its simple to store countless values right there in memory and do lots of number crunching must faster than traditional calcs.
It's too bad HP seemed to destroy all value in their calculator lines shortly after the mid 90s or so. Luckily these things are tanks that will last a very long time.
Yes, we'll call it the OAT (Obese American Tax) the new IRS forms will have a sheet for BMI calculations to determine your share of the costs of public services.
I'm just speculating here, but a possible reason for the lack of a Blu-Ray drive in the Macbooks is that it would completely eliminate the ability to burn DVD and CD. Unless you got a Blu-Ray recorder drive which would raise the price of the system considerably (I assume a Blu-Ray burner can do DVD and CD as well).
My experience with Best Buy is a simple "no" gets them off my case. The defunct cesspool that was Circuit City was much worse when it came to pushing extended warranties and protection plans.
Exactly! I generally use the ATMs for cash withdrawals, but it's always a pleasant experience to go into a bank branch and have a little eye candy while waiting and then have a pleasant conversation with the teller.
This is the problem with a group calling themselves Anonymous and having no membership requirements. Any random person in the world could do an attack like this one against Sony then say "I'm Anonymous" and they then ARE Anonymous.
Regardless of what Anon has done in the past, because they are a loose-knit organization, small groups of haxxors can split off under the same name and start doing much more nefarious activities. And at the same time, this splinter group has the authorities looking for the founding/more influential members of Anonymous and can escape the heat.
I'm not saying this is what happened, but if I were to do some sort of system breech like this, I'd be damn certain to leave some sort of "evidence" saying that I was Anonymous.
Everyone knows the Malaysian ambassador is a real piece of work, be as frank as you want about him.
Seriously though, if there weren't so many scandals and coverups, Pfc Manning would not have felt the need to leak the data. Then there wouldn't have been any military and terrorism intel leaked.
The point people are trying to make is that departments can communicate freely, and there isn't an increased risk of leaks, unless they are conspiring in shenanigans. No Shenanigans, and Pfc Manning probably wouldn't have leaked any info.
I wouldn't be shocked in the least bit to find out that the orders from on high were to take him in dead and dead only. News reports of this event are a morale boost to the US military and to a lot of the American public. A captured Bin Laden would only lead to internal strife about what to do to with him, where it should occur, why is the trial taking so long, etc.
but we aren't China's biggest competitor, we are their biggest customer sending them dollars like there's no tomorrow. And if China ever gets the kind of international influence the US has, they will most likely become a target of Al Queda as well. The "imperialism" or whatever they call it of the US is currently the lowest hanging fruit for Al Queda and other terrorists to target. As China's influence grows and the US influence wanes, China will definitely become a target of anger and terror. I doubt they would want a terrorist Disneyland Pakistan right next door.
Unfortunately, I believe the history of the area and the fractured tribal nature of Afghanistan will make it a very long process to ever get the country stabilized enough to walk away without it immediately collapsing into a power struggle.
I would argue that drugs being big business would make it easier to dissuade people from entering that trade. If it truly is run like a business, an entrepreneur would weigh the costs of being the target of the war on drugs vs. potential profit.
What we call the war on terror, is actually an ideological war as seen from the other side. It is very difficult if not impossible to dissuade people from their beliefs even in the face of imminent death.
To muddy up the issue further, the operation in Afghanistan is basically a joint war on terror/drugs due to the amount of opium poppies grown there.
numbers do make it faster to determine which version is newer, but it isn't that difficult to put two names in alphabetical order to determine which is newer.
You foolishly believe that a US company would do something that would not be of benefit to their US users. Regardless of potential international profits, including the US = more profits.
I doubt this data is very useful for highway speeding tickets. A cop can sit on ANY highway and bring in all the tickets he wants. I think it's more useful for the block that has people going 50+MPH in a congested area of town with a lot of side streets. Maintaining a car at highway speeds is trivial for most people. Reacting to sudden changes like people turning out in front of you or pedestrians jumping into the road at excessive speed is a different story.
If only we could get robbers and murderers to carry around an electronic device that logs all their crimes. Then we would have good data on where to send the cops.
seriously, what are you suggesting? Speed limits are on the honor system? I think the data backs up the idea that excessive speed and distracted driving causes an increase in accidents. Speeding tickets may be abused to bring money into local coffers, but police enforcing those limits actually are protecting people and saving some amount of lives. I don't buy your concept that people traveling at excessive speed != harming others.
I think it has a better shot than posting on/. Local elected officials aren't nearly as ingrained into political nothingness as national ones. And unless you are trying to raise the highway maximum speed limit to 90MPH, speed limits are a local issue.
I see the Apple issue as more serious. Even though they are not giving away that data. A Car GPS system like TomTom is used by a small fraction of the population as compared to iPhones or other smart phones. A lot of those people use TomTom because they don't know where they are, implying that they just moved or are on a trip. I don't care if data is given away about where I drove when I visited (insert city here), but the idea of it being logged about where I am all the time is worse. To be fair, I don't see the Apple data logging issue as being that serious to begin with though.
With jokers like that are you sure they even changed the oil? Another good reason why I change my own. It's cheaper and I'm certain that it gets done correctly.
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Although I never had a 12C, I did get a 48G back in '91 or '92. RPN is only unconventional if you haven't used it. After mastering it and the stack on the 48G, its simple to store countless values right there in memory and do lots of number crunching must faster than traditional calcs.
It's too bad HP seemed to destroy all value in their calculator lines shortly after the mid 90s or so. Luckily these things are tanks that will last a very long time.
Yes, we'll call it the OAT (Obese American Tax) the new IRS forms will have a sheet for BMI calculations to determine your share of the costs of public services.
I'm just speculating here, but a possible reason for the lack of a Blu-Ray drive in the Macbooks is that it would completely eliminate the ability to burn DVD and CD. Unless you got a Blu-Ray recorder drive which would raise the price of the system considerably (I assume a Blu-Ray burner can do DVD and CD as well).
My experience with Best Buy is a simple "no" gets them off my case. The defunct cesspool that was Circuit City was much worse when it came to pushing extended warranties and protection plans.
Exactly! I generally use the ATMs for cash withdrawals, but it's always a pleasant experience to go into a bank branch and have a little eye candy while waiting and then have a pleasant conversation with the teller.
I gotta love the "demonstration" of a van exploding in a street.
This is the problem with a group calling themselves Anonymous and having no membership requirements. Any random person in the world could do an attack like this one against Sony then say "I'm Anonymous" and they then ARE Anonymous.
Regardless of what Anon has done in the past, because they are a loose-knit organization, small groups of haxxors can split off under the same name and start doing much more nefarious activities. And at the same time, this splinter group has the authorities looking for the founding/more influential members of Anonymous and can escape the heat.
I'm not saying this is what happened, but if I were to do some sort of system breech like this, I'd be damn certain to leave some sort of "evidence" saying that I was Anonymous.
Everyone knows the Malaysian ambassador is a real piece of work, be as frank as you want about him.
Seriously though, if there weren't so many scandals and coverups, Pfc Manning would not have felt the need to leak the data. Then there wouldn't have been any military and terrorism intel leaked.
The point people are trying to make is that departments can communicate freely, and there isn't an increased risk of leaks, unless they are conspiring in shenanigans. No Shenanigans, and Pfc Manning probably wouldn't have leaked any info.
The 68000 had a 16-bit ALU, but from the 68020 onward the series had a 32-bit ALU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68000_family
I wouldn't be shocked in the least bit to find out that the orders from on high were to take him in dead and dead only. News reports of this event are a morale boost to the US military and to a lot of the American public. A captured Bin Laden would only lead to internal strife about what to do to with him, where it should occur, why is the trial taking so long, etc.
but we aren't China's biggest competitor, we are their biggest customer sending them dollars like there's no tomorrow. And if China ever gets the kind of international influence the US has, they will most likely become a target of Al Queda as well. The "imperialism" or whatever they call it of the US is currently the lowest hanging fruit for Al Queda and other terrorists to target. As China's influence grows and the US influence wanes, China will definitely become a target of anger and terror. I doubt they would want a terrorist Disneyland Pakistan right next door.
Unfortunately, I believe the history of the area and the fractured tribal nature of Afghanistan will make it a very long process to ever get the country stabilized enough to walk away without it immediately collapsing into a power struggle.
I would argue that drugs being big business would make it easier to dissuade people from entering that trade. If it truly is run like a business, an entrepreneur would weigh the costs of being the target of the war on drugs vs. potential profit.
What we call the war on terror, is actually an ideological war as seen from the other side. It is very difficult if not impossible to dissuade people from their beliefs even in the face of imminent death.
To muddy up the issue further, the operation in Afghanistan is basically a joint war on terror/drugs due to the amount of opium poppies grown there.
numbers do make it faster to determine which version is newer, but it isn't that difficult to put two names in alphabetical order to determine which is newer.
Ironically one of the reasons for a no-knock warrant is because they are concerned with someone sending lead back at them.
Considering the UKs involvement in the Iraq war I would say yes.
You foolishly believe that a US company would do something that would not be of benefit to their US users. Regardless of potential international profits, including the US = more profits.
We'll see if that continues when T-mobile is officially swallowed up by AT&T. Then it will just be AT&T rates.
I don't think he's criticizing them. I think it was a sarcastic comment on all the hyperbole surrounding Apple products.
I doubt this data is very useful for highway speeding tickets. A cop can sit on ANY highway and bring in all the tickets he wants. I think it's more useful for the block that has people going 50+MPH in a congested area of town with a lot of side streets. Maintaining a car at highway speeds is trivial for most people. Reacting to sudden changes like people turning out in front of you or pedestrians jumping into the road at excessive speed is a different story.
If only we could get robbers and murderers to carry around an electronic device that logs all their crimes. Then we would have good data on where to send the cops.
seriously, what are you suggesting? Speed limits are on the honor system? I think the data backs up the idea that excessive speed and distracted driving causes an increase in accidents. Speeding tickets may be abused to bring money into local coffers, but police enforcing those limits actually are protecting people and saving some amount of lives. I don't buy your concept that people traveling at excessive speed != harming others.
I think it has a better shot than posting on /. Local elected officials aren't nearly as ingrained into political nothingness as national ones. And unless you are trying to raise the highway maximum speed limit to 90MPH, speed limits are a local issue.
I see the Apple issue as more serious. Even though they are not giving away that data. A Car GPS system like TomTom is used by a small fraction of the population as compared to iPhones or other smart phones. A lot of those people use TomTom because they don't know where they are, implying that they just moved or are on a trip. I don't care if data is given away about where I drove when I visited (insert city here), but the idea of it being logged about where I am all the time is worse. To be fair, I don't see the Apple data logging issue as being that serious to begin with though.
Well I hope that Microsoft doesn't win this case, but this is really a non story.
News flash! People on both sides of a legal case have their differing opinions.
With jokers like that are you sure they even changed the oil? Another good reason why I change my own. It's cheaper and I'm certain that it gets done correctly.