An excellent point; I hadn't considered part time contract work at all - even though I used to do a lot of it. =)
This is especially true if you work multiple simultaneous contracts - since the logical assumption is that the $455 a week is per employer (or, if you like, per contract).
Speed isn't everything, anyway. Take a top fuel dragster, for instance - almost nothing is as fast in a straight line, but a VW Golf (or a dozen other cars) would beat the pants off of one on a skidpad.
A PC laptop might be faster than my Powerbook, but the Powerbook handles better (read, better response under load).
This strongly depends on the quality and length of the album in question, IMO. Some albums need to be listened to in order (Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, Led Zeppelin I, and Hybrid's Wide Angle all come immediately to mind)
I'd expand that to nearly every Pink Floyd album ever. I hadn't considered Led Zeppelin I, thanks for the tip - but thinking about it I'd have to include Led Zeppelin II as well. And don't forget The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed or the dozen or so other 70's rock albums that are escaping me at the moment.
I like that iTunes/iPod can actually handle these albums gracefully, even on track shuffle - select all the tracks before ripping, select join tracks, and have at it. You can shuffle your entire collection by track and never run the risk of NOT following Heartbreaker with Living Loving Maid.
induce downforce under the car to hold it down to the road at high speeds
Sorry to be a pedant, but what skirting ("ground effects") does is induce a partial vacuum, or at least a lower pressure area, within the enclosed underside. The rest of the bodywork produces high pressure over the top of the vehicle, skirting produces low pressure beneath, and Bernoulli does the rest.
The result of all this is increased downforce. FYI, skirting is now prohibited in F1 racing.
My solution to that little conundrum was to put my phone on vibrate the moment I powered it on the first time, and I haven't changed the setting since. I've never heard it ring. I do realize that solution doesn't work for everyone, but my phone is always with me.
Anyway, I know a lot of people who set back and forth between ring/silent several times a day, and perhaps they just forgot which mode it's in. Could check, though, I suppose...
Last I checked, rounded IDE cables were still half the price of SATA cables. Since they're available, arguing for SATA because of its cable design is rather a moot point.
4000 MPH = 5867 fps. Bullets are routinely accellerated to that velocity
Not exactly. The 220 Swift was, until recently, the highest muzzle velocity available in a factory round at just over 4000 fps. 220 Swifts have a habit of destroying the rifling of the barrels they use, which tends to make them rather a specialty round, and hardly common. So "routinely" is inaccurate.
The highest muzzle velocity rifles routinely reach is about 3000 fps, and we're looking at nearly double that speed, for some orders of magnitude more mass, for the moon impact.
That's physics for you; the joules on the moon strike would absolutely dwarf a bullet impact.
Acceptance of interference is indeed a requirement of the communication device class cell phones fall into. However, if you'd read the text of Part 15 that is relevant, you'd note that it also prohibits operating an intentional radiator that causes such interference. (Section 15.5).
The article notes this: The Federal Communications Commission points specifically to the Federal Communications Act of 1934, which says that "no person shall willfully or maliciously interfere with or cause interference to any radio communications" licensed by the government.
The moon is not rich in materials. It's largely dust and rock, not easily mineable metals etc. There is Helium-3 to be had, but (currently) we don't need that for anything.
One of the reasons we haven't been back to the moon since Apollo is that we didn't find what we were looking for - raw materials.
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I just went to real.com. Two clicks to download the free version of their 10.0 player.
My laptop is in need of renewal - its a 1Ghz Dell.
Why? What can't it do that a 3GHz can? I'm not trying to pick a fight or anything, I'm honestly just curious. I have a 1GHz Powerbook, and the comments about it being "slow" or "underpowered" are met by me with either wordless grins or just indifference. It does what I need it to, and quickly.
Since you're sure you'll be unsatisfied with the new, "faster" machine soon, why not save the cash?
The parent poster is right, though. The power and pleasure that comes from using a Powerbook is worth more than any cost difference there might be (and there isn't much of one anymore, as you note - in fact, I had a very hard time finding a laptop that competed for features on my 15" Aluminum at -any- price).
I was indifferent to Mac OS for my entire computing experience; until my girlfriend wanted to run iPhoto. She needed to upgrade to OS X to get it, so I bought it for her, and put it on her iBook.
And 6 months later, after watching her work with OS X and helping her learn it, I bought a Powerbook.
Also, when you buy whole albums via iTMS, they typically cost
It's a decent deal no matter which way you look at it; individual song library obviating album purchases for songs you don't want/need, OR buying whole albums when you like.
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This is especially true if you work multiple simultaneous contracts - since the logical assumption is that the $455 a week is per employer (or, if you like, per contract).
$455 a week is $23,660 yearly.
$27.63 an hour is $57,470 yearly, which is already close to Federal overtime exemption (if not hitting it exactly, I don't recall the current figure).
So, why the $34,000 discrepancy?
Just so. I agree completely. It's called a "character arc", Mr. Lucas, and in the original version of the film, a meaningful one.
Good deal.
A PC laptop might be faster than my Powerbook, but the Powerbook handles better (read, better response under load).
The resale value on Macs (Powerbooks especially) lets me upgrade the whole thing for less than I could do with an equivalent PC notebook.
I'd expand that to nearly every Pink Floyd album ever. I hadn't considered Led Zeppelin I, thanks for the tip - but thinking about it I'd have to include Led Zeppelin II as well. And don't forget The Moody Blues Days of Future Passed or the dozen or so other 70's rock albums that are escaping me at the moment.
I like that iTunes/iPod can actually handle these albums gracefully, even on track shuffle - select all the tracks before ripping, select join tracks, and have at it. You can shuffle your entire collection by track and never run the risk of NOT following Heartbreaker with Living Loving Maid.
Sorry to be a pedant, but what skirting ("ground effects") does is induce a partial vacuum, or at least a lower pressure area, within the enclosed underside. The rest of the bodywork produces high pressure over the top of the vehicle, skirting produces low pressure beneath, and Bernoulli does the rest.
The result of all this is increased downforce. FYI, skirting is now prohibited in F1 racing.
(I keed! I keed...)
I've been accused of not even having a cell phone, since nobody's ever heard mine ring, and I'm rarely if ever obtrusive with its use.
My solution to that little conundrum was to put my phone on vibrate the moment I powered it on the first time, and I haven't changed the setting since. I've never heard it ring. I do realize that solution doesn't work for everyone, but my phone is always with me.
Anyway, I know a lot of people who set back and forth between ring/silent several times a day, and perhaps they just forgot which mode it's in. Could check, though, I suppose...
Last I checked, rounded IDE cables were still half the price of SATA cables. Since they're available, arguing for SATA because of its cable design is rather a moot point.
Not exactly. The 220 Swift was, until recently, the highest muzzle velocity available in a factory round at just over 4000 fps. 220 Swifts have a habit of destroying the rifling of the barrels they use, which tends to make them rather a specialty round, and hardly common. So "routinely" is inaccurate.
The highest muzzle velocity rifles routinely reach is about 3000 fps, and we're looking at nearly double that speed, for some orders of magnitude more mass, for the moon impact.
That's physics for you; the joules on the moon strike would absolutely dwarf a bullet impact.
The article notes this: The Federal Communications Commission points specifically to the Federal Communications Act of 1934, which says that "no person shall willfully or maliciously interfere with or cause interference to any radio communications" licensed by the government.
Technically, "The Hobbit" is a prequel.
The moon is not rich in materials. It's largely dust and rock, not easily mineable metals etc. There is Helium-3 to be had, but (currently) we don't need that for anything.
One of the reasons we haven't been back to the moon since Apollo is that we didn't find what we were looking for - raw materials.
I'd say that's a LOT easier than it used to be.
Why? What can't it do that a 3GHz can? I'm not trying to pick a fight or anything, I'm honestly just curious. I have a 1GHz Powerbook, and the comments about it being "slow" or "underpowered" are met by me with either wordless grins or just indifference. It does what I need it to, and quickly.
Since you're sure you'll be unsatisfied with the new, "faster" machine soon, why not save the cash?
Jail time for the executives responsible for the decisions that led to the behaviour?
I was indifferent to Mac OS for my entire computing experience; until my girlfriend wanted to run iPhoto. She needed to upgrade to OS X to get it, so I bought it for her, and put it on her iBook.
And 6 months later, after watching her work with OS X and helping her learn it, I bought a Powerbook.
And I'll never go back.
(I keed! I keed!)
Also, when you buy whole albums via iTMS, they typically cost It's a decent deal no matter which way you look at it; individual song library obviating album purchases for songs you don't want/need, OR buying whole albums when you like.
When there's a reason to.
Oh, I don't know. I'd say Britney's "Toxic" is worth just about a buck.