What happens if the power goes down on your entire block? That means your cable distribution box outside your building will be down too... phone lines usualy run all the way to the CO.
Anyway, if the power goes down at my place I just read a book. Or go pester my friends.
Not true. I have a radar detector that is very sensitive and I get a lot of false alarms. This only makes me look around, trying to spot the cops, instead of watching the traffic. Also, the detector is not 100% reliable so you're looking for police cars anyway. I guess the answer has something to do with detector owners being more aware of their surroundings...
Most of these reviewers test new equipment that's not yet (widely) available. Besides, buying it is more expensive than getting it for free, isn't it?:)
They are already starting to do this. Here in New Jersey they started to introduce Video on Demand for some channels (most notably HBO, Showtime, Cinemax and such). The thing works pretty much like a PVR with some restrictions. You can ff, rew, freeze frame and stop the program at any time, however there is a 2-3 seconds delay between the button press on the remote and the actual response. Unfortunately not all the shows are there yet, but still, it's worth it. The thing costs $5/mo per VoD channel, but the tranquility and happines that come with the wife watching the entire season of Sex and the City in one shot is priceless:). The cable provider I have is Cablevision (hint: best residential internet access ever), but I recently heard commercials on the radio for VoD on Comcast.
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I seriously doubt that. Even if Intel already has those 64bit extensions ready in Prescott, I believe they are compatible with AMD's. I think it is too late for Intel to come out with another incompatible set of 64 bit instructions, since the major operating systems on Intel platform (Windows and Linux) are already supporting AMD's 64 bit instructions. A better move on their part would be to come up with a compatible processor and then rely on brand name, market share and better production efficiency (0.9 microns, larger waffers) to outcompete AMD.
As a matter of fact I actually tried #1. The address is slashdot@hates.ms. I posted it in a comment a few months ago. Results were a bit dissapointing, spam started to arrive only recently, and only 1-2 a day. Well, maybe it needs a booster shot...
Yes it is simpler. Simpler circuitry, although at much higher speed. Less components, thus lower costs. Less wires, thus lower cross-interference. Smaller size, easier to fit into smaller devices. None of these taken separately would be enough, but when you put them together they're hard to beat.
Well, all buggy programs operate according to the instructions of the programmers. The thing is, the instructions are incorrect. For any bug, if you go deep inside, you're going to find a human error, be it in the actual source code, compiler, libraries, OS or even hardware.
Same thing with Hal. It was instructed to tell the truth, but on the other hand to lie about the true purpose of the mission. Thus the conflict and the solution.
Yeah, try to create an open source DVD player for Linux. Ever heard of DeCSS? Fact is in real life, the big corporations will sue your ass if you ever try this. Even if you're in the right, do you have the money for legal defense?
My ISP (Optimum Online) allows 5 email addresses per account. Long time ago I created an address and then forgot about it. I did not use it for ANYTHING. A year later I re-discovered it and lo and behold, it had about 50-60 spams in it. I guess it was kind of a brute force spam attack, cuz they couldn't have gotten it from a dictionary... Or another possibility is that the ISP sells it's user list.
Anyway I was wondering what's the effect of posting one's address in a forum such as slashdot. Well, let's give it a try, here it is: slashdot@hates.ms
It's probably A. I think IBM knows they can stomp SCO anytime they want, but why bother until it comes to court. Meanwhile SCO is bleeding cash, cuz I don't know why ANYONE would want to do business with them EVER. As time passes, SCO's position only weakens while IBM's gets stronger.
If this ever comes to court, I believe we'll witness the most impressive legal ass whooping in the history of IP trials... and I suspect SCO knows this.
I'm wondering what radar band they use... my V1 radar detector emits enough false positives as it is, I don't need a herd of radar emmiting hondas driving around me... on the other hand this will probably not interfere with police radar so we might be fine...
Mine shows a "nVidia PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller" along with the two OHCIs. IIRC you have to install some drivers to enable USB 2.0 functionality. I have a rev 2.00 hardware though...
You know what? I would gladly pay $100 for a decent, reliable 1 meg up/down connection that won't restrict my usage in any way... problem is I don't know where to get it.
Disk throughput depends directly on the rpm and data density, so at the same density you get a higher throughput with a higher rpm. If you add 5.2ms average seek time, 8 MB buffer and an optimized firmware you will see some serious performace improvement.
Dunno about you, but I could really feel the jump in performance when switching from 5400 to 7200...
Ummm... have you ever heard of car reposessions? If you BUY a car with money loaned from a bank, they have a lien over the title. When you're done paying for it, you get full ownership for the car. If you fail to pay, you WILL get you car taken by the dealer (or bank or whoever loaned you the money).
Well, the H1B workers live here and spend at least some money here. And besides, they pay into Social Security while at the same time cannot benefit from it. So you might say THEY get ripped by the US society than vice-versa.
OK, I'm a redhead and I want to do my duty in saving the redhead genotype... can I have your sister's phone number? For the sake of science and biological diversity, of course:)
As far as I know, the mathematical model for a warp drive was described, problem is it requires insane amounts of energy to bend the space-time continuum.
But anyway, even within Einstein's relativity limits, we could probably colonize the galaxy in a few milion years, which compared to the age of the universe is a blink of an eye. Question is why nobody did just that yet.
I have a slightly different policy. Blocked caller IDs get rejected by the phone company. "Out of area" calls go to the answering machine. Funny, NONE of the "out of area" callers ever leave a message. If I get a caller ID, then I pick up and if it's a telemarketer (happens 2-3 times a year) I give him/her the "put me on the do not call list" speech.
Now what I would really like would be phone set that directs all the "out of area" calls to the answering machine immediately, so I don't have to hear the phone ringing, especially when I'm sleeping
The first minute is free with all cellular networks I know of. 60 seconds should be enough to realize that a telemarketer is calling you and to press that little red button. This is also usefull when somebody calls you by mistake.
Plus I've had cell phones in US for more than 2 years and I've never received a single telemarketing call.
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Yes, until the one they're looking for is a terrorist, whatever the definition of the word is these days. Remember Patriot Act?
What happens if the power goes down on your entire block? That means your cable distribution box outside your building will be down too... phone lines usualy run all the way to the CO.
Anyway, if the power goes down at my place I just read a book. Or go pester my friends.
I use to do that. However, this doesn't work when there isn't enough traffic ahead, or the other guys just drive too slowly.
Not true. I have a radar detector that is very sensitive and I get a lot of false alarms. This only makes me look around, trying to spot the cops, instead of watching the traffic. Also, the detector is not 100% reliable so you're looking for police cars anyway. I guess the answer has something to do with detector owners being more aware of their surroundings...
Most of these reviewers test new equipment that's not yet (widely) available. Besides, buying it is more expensive than getting it for free, isn't it?:)
They are already starting to do this. Here in New Jersey they started to introduce Video on Demand for some channels (most notably HBO, Showtime, Cinemax and such). The thing works pretty much like a PVR with some restrictions. You can ff, rew, freeze frame and stop the program at any time, however there is a 2-3 seconds delay between the button press on the remote and the actual response. Unfortunately not all the shows are there yet, but still, it's worth it. The thing costs $5/mo per VoD channel, but the tranquility and happines that come with the wife watching the entire season of Sex and the City in one shot is priceless:). The cable provider I have is Cablevision (hint: best residential internet access ever), but I recently heard commercials on the radio for VoD on Comcast.
I seriously doubt that. Even if Intel already has those 64bit extensions ready in Prescott, I believe they are compatible with AMD's. I think it is too late for Intel to come out with another incompatible set of 64 bit instructions, since the major operating systems on Intel platform (Windows and Linux) are already supporting AMD's 64 bit instructions. A better move on their part would be to come up with a compatible processor and then rely on brand name, market share and better production efficiency (0.9 microns, larger waffers) to outcompete AMD.
As a matter of fact I actually tried #1. The address is slashdot@hates.ms. I posted it in a comment a few months ago. Results were a bit dissapointing, spam started to arrive only recently, and only 1-2 a day. Well, maybe it needs a booster shot...
Yes it is simpler. Simpler circuitry, although at much higher speed. Less components, thus lower costs. Less wires, thus lower cross-interference. Smaller size, easier to fit into smaller devices. None of these taken separately would be enough, but when you put them together they're hard to beat.
Cheap, inteligent labor...
Well, all buggy programs operate according to the instructions of the programmers. The thing is, the instructions are incorrect. For any bug, if you go deep inside, you're going to find a human error, be it in the actual source code, compiler, libraries, OS or even hardware.
Same thing with Hal. It was instructed to tell the truth, but on the other hand to lie about the true purpose of the mission. Thus the conflict and the solution.
Yeah, try to create an open source DVD player for Linux. Ever heard of DeCSS? Fact is in real life, the big corporations will sue your ass if you ever try this. Even if you're in the right, do you have the money for legal defense?
My ISP (Optimum Online) allows 5 email addresses per account. Long time ago I created an address and then forgot about it. I did not use it for ANYTHING. A year later I re-discovered it and lo and behold, it had about 50-60 spams in it. I guess it was kind of a brute force spam attack, cuz they couldn't have gotten it from a dictionary... Or another possibility is that the ISP sells it's user list.
Anyway I was wondering what's the effect of posting one's address in a forum such as slashdot. Well, let's give it a try, here it is: slashdot@hates.ms
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It's probably A. I think IBM knows they can stomp SCO anytime they want, but why bother until it comes to court. Meanwhile SCO is bleeding cash, cuz I don't know why ANYONE would want to do business with them EVER. As time passes, SCO's position only weakens while IBM's gets stronger.
If this ever comes to court, I believe we'll witness the most impressive legal ass whooping in the history of IP trials... and I suspect SCO knows this.
I'm wondering what radar band they use... my V1 radar detector emits enough false positives as it is, I don't need a herd of radar emmiting hondas driving around me... on the other hand this will probably not interfere with police radar so we might be fine...
Mine shows a "nVidia PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller" along with the two OHCIs. IIRC you have to install some drivers to enable USB 2.0 functionality. I have a rev 2.00 hardware though...
You know what? I would gladly pay $100 for a decent, reliable 1 meg up/down connection that won't restrict my usage in any way... problem is I don't know where to get it.
5400 -> 7200 = 33% increase
7200 -> 10000 = 38% increase.
Disk throughput depends directly on the rpm and data density, so at the same density you get a higher throughput with a higher rpm. If you add 5.2ms average seek time, 8 MB buffer and an optimized firmware you will see some serious performace improvement.
Dunno about you, but I could really feel the jump in performance when switching from 5400 to 7200...
Ummm... have you ever heard of car reposessions? If you BUY a car with money loaned from a bank, they have a lien over the title. When you're done paying for it, you get full ownership for the car. If you fail to pay, you WILL get you car taken by the dealer (or bank or whoever loaned you the money).
Well, the H1B workers live here and spend at least some money here. And besides, they pay into Social Security while at the same time cannot benefit from it. So you might say THEY get ripped by the US society than vice-versa.
No good, most CC issuers will be happy to accept the transaction just to charge you over the limit fees.
OK, I'm a redhead and I want to do my duty in saving the redhead genotype... can I have your sister's phone number? For the sake of science and biological diversity, of course :)
As far as I know, the mathematical model for a warp drive was described, problem is it requires insane amounts of energy to bend the space-time continuum.
But anyway, even within Einstein's relativity limits, we could probably colonize the galaxy in a few milion years, which compared to the age of the universe is a blink of an eye. Question is why nobody did just that yet.
I have a slightly different policy. Blocked caller IDs get rejected by the phone company. "Out of area" calls go to the answering machine. Funny, NONE of the "out of area" callers ever leave a message. If I get a caller ID, then I pick up and if it's a telemarketer (happens 2-3 times a year) I give him/her the "put me on the do not call list" speech.
Now what I would really like would be phone set that directs all the "out of area" calls to the answering machine immediately, so I don't have to hear the phone ringing, especially when I'm sleeping
The first minute is free with all cellular networks I know of. 60 seconds should be enough to realize that a telemarketer is calling you and to press that little red button. This is also usefull when somebody calls you by mistake.
Plus I've had cell phones in US for more than 2 years and I've never received a single telemarketing call.