TRS-80...the old big grey one, 4k with 2k usable. Mine had everything!
My home system now has a color printer, scanner, external storage, modem and network. The only thing my TRS-80 didn't have was networking. I had a 110 baud modem that I ran a 'nighttime only' news bbs on for friends, a 4-color pen-type plotter on 4 inch roll paper, a barcode scanner that required 3 scans for every read for accuracy control, an external cassette drive and a floppy drive. That thing was HOT, man! I upgraded to the white 64k CoCo2 just after they came out and didn't find it necessary to upgrade the modem!
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Cube House: I read this thinking he decorated is house like a Rubik's cube. It's a nice-looking project, but not exactly what I expected either.
From Decatur, TX to individual universities, I don't consider these to be large markets.
A new tower/transmitter was built after another ice storm, this one occurring on Easter Sunday in 1978 at the original location which took the station to 5-million watts, the maximum allowable power.
In 1992, a new 850 foot tower/transmitter was constructed, enabling KRSC-TV to increase broadcast power to 2.75 million watts. KRSC-TV reaches a broadcast audience of 1.2 million viewers in northeastern Oklahoma and southern Kansas...
Do a google search on 'broadcast million watts tower.' You may find interesting results.
It doesn't matter how far the tablet needs to broadcast. It doesn't have the bandwidth. Boosting power does not increase bandwidth. If it did, we would have a power outlet on our ethernet cards.
TV broadcasts are going through you 120 different ways right now because of literally millions of watts of sending power. Even small markets use 2.5 million watt towers. That's too expensive for desktop computers; can we agree on that? Of course I've seen TV, but thanks for the troll.
The TV-out that you speak of is, again, high in bandwidth, otherwise we would see wireless options like we do radio tuners for iPods and the like.
If the unit sends 'click 160,30,' and that's it, you have a wireless tablet. You have essentially said nothing.
Better use of bandwidth won't help. Imagine a simple and tiny 640x480 display at only 16 bit color with an eye-bleedingly low refresh of 60Hz.
640 horizontal bits x 480 vertical bits = 307200 ordered bits of information needed for a full screen. 307200 x 16 color bits per pixel = 4915200 bits, adding color. 4915200 x 60 times a second = 294912000 bits per second (295 Mbps, approx.) needed for fair, artifact-free viewing.
This is only rough math to tell me that this is nowhere close to being a desktop replacement. I know they don't want it to be, necessarily, but a 5 year old laptop kills these specs and costs way, way less.
Erno Rubik didn't solve his 1st cube in over a month, and didn't know if it was possible until then. The best averages I've ever heard of are in the low 17's. 12 seconds is outrageous and would surely be a lucky case, where the last layer was coincidentally solved. Blindfolded cubers that I've read of have a 15 minute study time. Many people can solve a 20x20x20 cube (like the one at oinkleburger, but even some of the fastest people in the world (like Chris )take hours and hours to do it. The world's fastest one handed cuber has a video (see last link, Chris) of his world record solve with one hand. God's algorithm is available online...you painstakingly input your cube's current orientation and it comes back with the turns to solve it. if the cube will take 18 or more turns (which is rare), you'll be letting your machine churn overnight, it does every possible turn! My name is skinny and I'm a cubaholic!
Voltage and current like that require good insulation against ground-shorting. I suggest doing the work in rollerskates or inline skates with a high-quality polyurethane wheel. Old clay or steel wheels will not do. Avoid the 'clip-over-your-shoes' type.
Easily fixed...choose tools, options, edit tab, bottom button in right column.
I'm not trying to sound condescending, but your problem is easily fixed. Of the more than 70 customization options available in Word on managing your document, I challenge you to find more than half of them that annoy you by default. ~All options off~ is a condition I suggest you will find much more annoying. I have unchecked and changed more than 10 default settings in Word, and many more in Excel because I know how to use the applications. You would probably like the way I have them configured, from 'do NOT check spelling as you type' to 'when selecting, do NOT select entire word' to 'do NOT provide feedback with animation.' It only takes a minute.
Customization is often at the heart of good software, imho, and you are always free to learn the products you use, or use an alternate. If your employer mandates these applications, you might be able to learn them on company time.
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Nice TRS-80 setup.
I had the same plotter and floppy drive and my 110 baud modem looked like his 300. I had a barcode scanner and my cassette drive looked different.
TRS-80...the old big grey one, 4k with 2k usable. Mine had everything!
My home system now has a color printer, scanner, external storage, modem and network. The only thing my TRS-80 didn't have was networking. I had a 110 baud modem that I ran a 'nighttime only' news bbs on for friends, a 4-color pen-type plotter on 4 inch roll paper, a barcode scanner that required 3 scans for every read for accuracy control, an external cassette drive and a floppy drive. That thing was HOT, man! I upgraded to the white 64k CoCo2 just after they came out and didn't find it necessary to upgrade the modem!
Cube House: I read this thinking he decorated is house like a Rubik's cube. It's a nice-looking project, but not exactly what I expected either.
Porn is not illegal. I think that makes your 90% more like 30%.
From Decatur, TX to individual universities, I don't consider these to be large markets.
A new tower/transmitter was built after another ice storm, this one occurring on Easter Sunday in 1978 at the original location which took the station to 5-million watts, the maximum allowable power.
In 1992, a new 850 foot tower/transmitter was constructed, enabling KRSC-TV to increase broadcast power to 2.75 million watts. KRSC-TV reaches a broadcast audience of 1.2 million viewers in northeastern Oklahoma and southern Kansas...
Do a google search on 'broadcast million watts tower.' You may find interesting results.
It doesn't matter how far the tablet needs to broadcast. It doesn't have the bandwidth. Boosting power does not increase bandwidth. If it did, we would have a power outlet on our ethernet cards.
TV broadcasts are going through you 120 different ways right now because of literally millions of watts of sending power. Even small markets use 2.5 million watt towers. That's too expensive for desktop computers; can we agree on that? Of course I've seen TV, but thanks for the troll.
The TV-out that you speak of is, again, high in bandwidth, otherwise we would see wireless options like we do radio tuners for iPods and the like.
If the unit sends 'click 160,30,' and that's it, you have a wireless tablet. You have essentially said nothing.
Better use of bandwidth won't help. Imagine a simple and tiny 640x480 display at only 16 bit color with an eye-bleedingly low refresh of 60Hz.
640 horizontal bits x 480 vertical bits = 307200 ordered bits of information needed for a full screen.
307200 x 16 color bits per pixel = 4915200 bits, adding color.
4915200 x 60 times a second = 294912000 bits per second (295 Mbps, approx.) needed for fair, artifact-free viewing.
This is only rough math to tell me that this is nowhere close to being a desktop replacement. I know they don't want it to be, necessarily, but a 5 year old laptop kills these specs and costs way, way less.
Erno Rubik didn't solve his 1st cube in over a month, and didn't know if it was possible until then.
The best averages I've ever heard of are in the low 17's. 12 seconds is outrageous and would surely be a lucky case, where the last layer was coincidentally solved.
Blindfolded cubers that I've read of have a 15 minute study time.
Many people can solve a 20x20x20 cube (like the one at oinkleburger, but even some of the fastest people in the world (like Chris )take hours and hours to do it.
The world's fastest one handed cuber has a video (see last link, Chris) of his world record solve with one hand.
God's algorithm is available online...you painstakingly input your cube's current orientation and it comes back with the turns to solve it. if the cube will take 18 or more turns (which is rare), you'll be letting your machine churn overnight, it does every possible turn!
My name is skinny and I'm a cubaholic!
Voltage and current like that require good insulation against ground-shorting. I suggest doing the work in rollerskates or inline skates with a high-quality polyurethane wheel. Old clay or steel wheels will not do. Avoid the 'clip-over-your-shoes' type.
G5s start shipping? I know this is in error--shipping has been around a LOT longer than the G5s. I think shipping was invented by FedEx in the 80s.
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Easily fixed...choose tools, options, edit tab, bottom button in right column.
I'm not trying to sound condescending, but your problem is easily fixed. Of the more than 70 customization options available in Word on managing your document, I challenge you to find more than half of them that annoy you by default. ~All options off~ is a condition I suggest you will find much more annoying. I have unchecked and changed more than 10 default settings in Word, and many more in Excel because I know how to use the applications. You would probably like the way I have them configured, from 'do NOT check spelling as you type' to 'when selecting, do NOT select entire word' to 'do NOT provide feedback with animation.' It only takes a minute.
Customization is often at the heart of good software, imho, and you are always free to learn the products you use, or use an alternate. If your employer mandates these applications, you might be able to learn them on company time.
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