Because someone on here always has to one-up someone else's post of why something is useful. For instance, I could post that my motorcycle I bought has fuel injection. Then someone would come along and state "WELL, MINE HAS HAD THAT FOR YEARS GET WITH THE TIMES". That's what douches do.
Consider my el-cheapo work Blackberry. The power cable for it has "UP" written on one side of the mini USB connector used to charge the phone. However, the connector on the phone is upside down compared to every other mini usb device I've ever seen when facing up on a table.
So if I use the Blackberry charger on my HTC, "UP" has to face down. Nice one, eh?
Texting can be done when no data connection is available to a smartphone. I've been in situations where I'm unable to successfully connect to the data "stream" - but sending a text still works. This is one reason why email will not replace text messages.
I have a co-worker who drives a Dodge Caravan. I was looking at the BMW mini, thinking that it would be a neat small car to drive around in. He proceeds to call it a death trap. This mentality will always erode the mindset for smaller more efficient cars in the US.
I was recently in Germany and was amazed at the differences in cars between the US and there. A lot of common-class cars (not luxury) are 2.0l or less turbodiesels. Partly due to the higher cost of petrol/gas/diesel. They're still not bad to drive, and everyone (with the select few) drive appropriately. In fact, for pulling campers and such - most people there use cars. I saw a total of two "trucks" - and that was up closer to Amsterdam.
If I'm not mistaken, most of the heavy duty diesels available on the market now are turbocharged. Granted, mildly different than a supercharger in how they work/help, but they're there.
Torque is king with pulling; diesel engines are handy for that.
There's actually no need to return to the starting one however, as it is already mowed. The goal would be to mow every node in the most efficient path possible. Start and end node could vary depending on speed of solution to problem.
Even in the midwest (Central Ohio here) where the heat has been getting up to 90+ with humidity in the 90s; I know first hand that this is MISERABLE without AC.
I bought a house with almost non-functional AC. I was trying to be cheap by not fixing it right away - turns out it just needed to be leak tested and filled. The two summers that I didn't do that had me and my friends (roomates) sweating like mad as the humidity was so high.
And this coming from people who lived in a similar climate in Pennsylvania for most of their early lives with no AC. Must have been less humid there, either that or we have the rose-colored glasses effect.
Slashdot - fix your site; I'm just trying to reply; what good does it do to force the reply part down off the screen every time I click in the box (and my cursor out of the box while you're at it?)
I have an iPad - and having to plug the thing into a PC to "sync" it to move files is ridiculous given that it has wifi. Granted, it would be a little more of a task for Apple to do wireless synching - perhaps even just having the host PC turned on and listening to broadcasts - but it could be done.
Mine actually caved when I attempted to take out a small snowdrift a few years ago. Since it's plastic, it just pops back to shape. Sure, the paint is cracked and chipped all along where the force was applied, but I really don't care what the paint looks like on a 12 year old car. Just had to reach behind with my hand and "pop" it back out to it's normal pre-impact state. I'm betting I could sand it down and repaint it if I really cared; but the rest of the car's paint is starting to show it's age.
Oh, there's no need for anyone to accept it. But - as gas prices spike higher and higher, I GUARANTEE you that most people will accept that. Others have enough money not to care if gas hits $10 a gallon.
That's kind of my point. People will ultimately need to accept that they're not getting a 200hp 2.4l 4cyl "small to midsize sedan" anymore. Everyone's performance will be more anemic - but that's not to say it would be terrible. Again, look at the European cars (which I had the opportunity to drive about 2 weeks ago) - they do just fine with what they have.
See - and that's part of the problem right there. If we can manage to make the cars somewhat lighter, 99hp wouldn't be a bad engine at all to have in a car. In fact, if everyone had 99hp cars (let's face it, we'll never get there because of the luxury market) then it wouldn't be a problem. But you just can't market it here in the US for that.
I received a core 2 quad 2.4ghz running @ 3ghz about 8 months ago due to a co-worker upgrading his system to a sandy bridge capable chip. All that was involved was helping him put the pieces together; he didn't have a need for the machine anymore. Oh yeah, he also threw in one of his gtx 280 cards - he was running SLI but gave the other card to another friend who needed a graphics bump.
Coming from a core 2 duo @ 2.4ghz (couldn't overclock worth a damn) it has been a hell of an improvement for recoding videos and game playing. I don't see anything wrong with this machine and hope to get another 2-3 years out of it unless something WAY better comes along.
I had a dead pixel in the dead center of an NEC 21" monitor back in my early PC support days. Company wouldn't replace it for me because it was still "good" - but it annoyed the crap out of me.
The problem here is just like most other problems in the real world: Do you cover 90% of the cases for 10% of the "100% case" cost; or do you go higher?
And even then, the 100% case doesn't exist but on paper.
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Because someone on here always has to one-up someone else's post of why something is useful. For instance, I could post that my motorcycle I bought has fuel injection. Then someone would come along and state "WELL, MINE HAS HAD THAT FOR YEARS GET WITH THE TIMES". That's what douches do.
Have sex with my wife whenever they want? Wow, I'll have to see how they do that. Even I can't pull that off.
Consider my el-cheapo work Blackberry. The power cable for it has "UP" written on one side of the mini USB connector used to charge the phone. However, the connector on the phone is upside down compared to every other mini usb device I've ever seen when facing up on a table.
So if I use the Blackberry charger on my HTC, "UP" has to face down. Nice one, eh?
Have had the phone for 2 years, no problem here. Not saying it doesn't happen, but for some it doesn't.
Does this only work if you're on the same layer 2 network as the unknown boxes?
Couldn't you copy one letter at a time to make "copy"?
Texting can be done when no data connection is available to a smartphone. I've been in situations where I'm unable to successfully connect to the data "stream" - but sending a text still works. This is one reason why email will not replace text messages.
My ATM makes me use the touchscreen after entering the PIN on the number pad; so I guess I'm screwed.
I don't know, but I use my PIN number at the ATM machine all the time now!
I have a co-worker who drives a Dodge Caravan. I was looking at the BMW mini, thinking that it would be a neat small car to drive around in. He proceeds to call it a death trap. This mentality will always erode the mindset for smaller more efficient cars in the US.
I was recently in Germany and was amazed at the differences in cars between the US and there. A lot of common-class cars (not luxury) are 2.0l or less turbodiesels. Partly due to the higher cost of petrol/gas/diesel. They're still not bad to drive, and everyone (with the select few) drive appropriately. In fact, for pulling campers and such - most people there use cars. I saw a total of two "trucks" - and that was up closer to Amsterdam.
If I'm not mistaken, most of the heavy duty diesels available on the market now are turbocharged. Granted, mildly different than a supercharger in how they work/help, but they're there.
Torque is king with pulling; diesel engines are handy for that.
There's actually no need to return to the starting one however, as it is already mowed. The goal would be to mow every node in the most efficient path possible. Start and end node could vary depending on speed of solution to problem.
Even in the midwest (Central Ohio here) where the heat has been getting up to 90+ with humidity in the 90s; I know first hand that this is MISERABLE without AC.
I bought a house with almost non-functional AC. I was trying to be cheap by not fixing it right away - turns out it just needed to be leak tested and filled. The two summers that I didn't do that had me and my friends (roomates) sweating like mad as the humidity was so high.
And this coming from people who lived in a similar climate in Pennsylvania for most of their early lives with no AC. Must have been less humid there, either that or we have the rose-colored glasses effect.
Cool; learn something new every day.
Slashdot - fix your site; I'm just trying to reply; what good does it do to force the reply part down off the screen every time I click in the box (and my cursor out of the box while you're at it?)
I have an iPad - and having to plug the thing into a PC to "sync" it to move files is ridiculous given that it has wifi. Granted, it would be a little more of a task for Apple to do wireless synching - perhaps even just having the host PC turned on and listening to broadcasts - but it could be done.
Mine actually caved when I attempted to take out a small snowdrift a few years ago. Since it's plastic, it just pops back to shape. Sure, the paint is cracked and chipped all along where the force was applied, but I really don't care what the paint looks like on a 12 year old car. Just had to reach behind with my hand and "pop" it back out to it's normal pre-impact state. I'm betting I could sand it down and repaint it if I really cared; but the rest of the car's paint is starting to show it's age.
Oh, there's no need for anyone to accept it. But - as gas prices spike higher and higher, I GUARANTEE you that most people will accept that. Others have enough money not to care if gas hits $10 a gallon.
That's kind of my point. People will ultimately need to accept that they're not getting a 200hp 2.4l 4cyl "small to midsize sedan" anymore. Everyone's performance will be more anemic - but that's not to say it would be terrible. Again, look at the European cars (which I had the opportunity to drive about 2 weeks ago) - they do just fine with what they have.
See - and that's part of the problem right there. If we can manage to make the cars somewhat lighter, 99hp wouldn't be a bad engine at all to have in a car. In fact, if everyone had 99hp cars (let's face it, we'll never get there because of the luxury market) then it wouldn't be a problem. But you just can't market it here in the US for that.
I received a core 2 quad 2.4ghz running @ 3ghz about 8 months ago due to a co-worker upgrading his system to a sandy bridge capable chip. All that was involved was helping him put the pieces together; he didn't have a need for the machine anymore. Oh yeah, he also threw in one of his gtx 280 cards - he was running SLI but gave the other card to another friend who needed a graphics bump.
Coming from a core 2 duo @ 2.4ghz (couldn't overclock worth a damn) it has been a hell of an improvement for recoding videos and game playing. I don't see anything wrong with this machine and hope to get another 2-3 years out of it unless something WAY better comes along.
I had a dead pixel in the dead center of an NEC 21" monitor back in my early PC support days. Company wouldn't replace it for me because it was still "good" - but it annoyed the crap out of me.
The problem here is just like most other problems in the real world: Do you cover 90% of the cases for 10% of the "100% case" cost; or do you go higher?
And even then, the 100% case doesn't exist but on paper.
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Or more AWESOME.
Emo Philips rocks.