A) You're forgetting that momentum = velocity * mass. The segway adds 70 pounds to the equation.
B) I take it you haven't run on a treadmill recently... A 4.13 MPH walk is very fast. It's doable, but unless you're 6'10, I really doubt that that's a comfortable walk. Secondly, you don't jog anywhere near 12.5 MPH. That's 4:53 minute mile.
Tweaking isn't a replacement for buying new hardware, you're right. However, that's not the point. People tweak to optimize their existing hardware - to make their current hardware run as fast as possible. While a tweaked out GeForce2 MX will always be slower than a GeForce4 Ti, a tweaked GeForce2 MX will (hopefully) be faster than an untweaked one.
Take overclocking, for example. It's not uncommon to hear stories about Northwood 1.6 GHz P4 being overclocked to speeds around 2.4 GHz. That is quite a signficant performance boost. While a brand new 3 GHz P4 will obviously be faster, the point is that compared to the original system without any tweaks, you get more speed without spending additional money.
Considering that they claim that LimeWire is MacOS only, Kazaa is available for both MacOS and Windows, and AudioGalaxy is Windows only... I think I'll take this with a grain of salt.
At my high school, FAIS (also in California) there is a very open computer policy. There is the computer lab, where there are about 30 computers dedicated to doing homework, watching flash movies, listening to MP3s, etc. (headphones or low volume sound only) Basically, anything other than playing games.
However, there are also about 5 computers in the multipurpose room (the lunch room), which are essentially designated gaming computers. So every day during lunch, we play Quake 3.:) It's actually a very efficient system. The computer lab is kept quiet and orderly so you can concentrate on your essay, or whatever you're doing, and the multipurpose room is noisy anyway, so no one gets disturbed.
I still can't get over how open this is considering at my middle school, MCDS, we weren't even allowed to use the many high end computers to browse the internet!! Let alone play a first person shooter... What a waste:(
I used to have a touch screen calculator watch six or so years ago. Sadly I lost it somewhere in Yosemite.:( Anyways, my watch had a calculator and an address book. Pretty much the same feature set as those huge casio watches, but since you pressed buttons that appeared right on the screen instead of a little keypad thing, it wasn't absurdly bulky.
So, touch screen watches aren't that new. However, I guess watches that combine a barometer, thermometer, etc. plus an ad campaign involving nude men and women are novel.;)
The last time some little twerp at the office started randomly shooting rubber bands at me while I was trying to concentrate on debugging some really fugly code...
Yeah, I guess you could call his bruises "artistic". I'd personally choose the word "incapacitating" though.
The zip includes the platform specific files for irix, linux, solaris, unix, windows, and even rhapsody!@ Yet there's not a glimmer of MacOS code, either for X or classic.
I'm guessing this is because ID software didn't port it to Mac, rather Logicware did the classic port and OmniGroup did the OS X port. However, this doesn't explain why the code for so many other OS' is included... Did ID Software actually port Q2 to rhapsody, for example?
Oh well, it would be really nice if Logicware or (more probably) the OmniGroup could donate their mac specific code. Do either of the above two companies actually own their Mac specific source code? Is this why ID Software is hesitant to include it in this package?
Oh well, I have no idea, I'm just thinking out loud.
"the breakthrough that boosted the capacity of hard-drives from a few gigabytes to 100 gigabytes and more--came from chance observation, basic research and a vast, painstaking search for the right materials."
In summary, the guys at IBM ran out of HD space for their um, 'special files'?;)
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A couple things:
A) You're forgetting that momentum = velocity * mass. The segway adds 70 pounds to the equation.
B) I take it you haven't run on a treadmill recently... A 4.13 MPH walk is very fast. It's doable, but unless you're 6'10, I really doubt that that's a comfortable walk. Secondly, you don't jog anywhere near 12.5 MPH. That's 4:53 minute mile.
"and water is deadly to them! (Signs)"
Ouch... Hadn't seen that movie yet. Oh well.
Tweaking isn't a replacement for buying new hardware, you're right. However, that's not the point. People tweak to optimize their existing hardware - to make their current hardware run as fast as possible. While a tweaked out GeForce2 MX will always be slower than a GeForce4 Ti, a tweaked GeForce2 MX will (hopefully) be faster than an untweaked one.
Take overclocking, for example. It's not uncommon to hear stories about Northwood 1.6 GHz P4 being overclocked to speeds around 2.4 GHz. That is quite a signficant performance boost. While a brand new 3 GHz P4 will obviously be faster, the point is that compared to the original system without any tweaks, you get more speed without spending additional money.
Considering that they claim that LimeWire is MacOS only, Kazaa is available for both MacOS and Windows, and AudioGalaxy is Windows only... I think I'll take this with a grain of salt.
At my high school, FAIS (also in California) there is a very open computer policy. There is the computer lab, where there are about 30 computers dedicated to doing homework, watching flash movies, listening to MP3s, etc. (headphones or low volume sound only) Basically, anything other than playing games.
:) It's actually a very efficient system. The computer lab is kept quiet and orderly so you can concentrate on your essay, or whatever you're doing, and the multipurpose room is noisy anyway, so no one gets disturbed.
:(
However, there are also about 5 computers in the multipurpose room (the lunch room), which are essentially designated gaming computers. So every day during lunch, we play Quake 3.
I still can't get over how open this is considering at my middle school, MCDS, we weren't even allowed to use the many high end computers to browse the internet!! Let alone play a first person shooter... What a waste
"Decent wristwatch: $60"
:)
A $60 touchscreen wristwatch no less
I think I'll stick with my 1990 touchscreen VDB-1000. ;)
I used to have a touch screen calculator watch six or so years ago. Sadly I lost it somewhere in Yosemite. :( Anyways, my watch had a calculator and an address book. Pretty much the same feature set as those huge casio watches, but since you pressed buttons that appeared right on the screen instead of a little keypad thing, it wasn't absurdly bulky.
;)
So, touch screen watches aren't that new. However, I guess watches that combine a barometer, thermometer, etc. plus an ad campaign involving nude men and women are novel.
I take it you work at Google or something?
The last time some little twerp at the office started randomly shooting rubber bands at me while I was trying to concentrate on debugging some really fugly code...
Yeah, I guess you could call his bruises "artistic". I'd personally choose the word "incapacitating" though.
1) Remove Windows from computer
2) Remove windows from computer room
The zip includes the platform specific files for irix, linux, solaris, unix, windows, and even rhapsody!@ Yet there's not a glimmer of MacOS code, either for X or classic.
I'm guessing this is because ID software didn't port it to Mac, rather Logicware did the classic port and OmniGroup did the OS X port. However, this doesn't explain why the code for so many other OS' is included... Did ID Software actually port Q2 to rhapsody, for example?
Oh well, it would be really nice if Logicware or (more probably) the OmniGroup could donate their mac specific code. Do either of the above two companies actually own their Mac specific source code? Is this why ID Software is hesitant to include it in this package?
Oh well, I have no idea, I'm just thinking out loud.
It's kind of funny how SourceForge and NewsForge were linked to... But the site that I've never even HEARD of before was completely omitted.
SCHOOLFORGE
"the breakthrough that boosted the capacity of hard-drives from a few gigabytes to 100 gigabytes and more--came from chance observation, basic research and a vast, painstaking search for the right materials."
;)
In summary, the guys at IBM ran out of HD space for their um, 'special files'?
"Despite a year with a record number of space walks..."
Um, how many space walks have there been this year?
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing scheme? I thought they only talked about that sort of thing from prison...
First tree in history to be slashdotted?