You build an extremely precise little box out of highly refined metals, circuit boards and PCBs, manufactured from parts made all around the world before being shipped thousands of miles to your local Staples, and you're worried about the half ounce of INK!?!?!
You didn't read the parent, or if you did you didn't actually understand the question. INK DOES NOT EQUAL TONER. Get it through your head. One would expect someone reading Slashdot to know this, but apparently that's what I get for assuming. Toner cartridges for laser printers print thousands of sheets if not tens of thousands of sheets per refill. Quickest way to have an office budget go haywire is to have all printing done on inkjet, which is why it isn't done in the business world. Also toner cartridges, while relatively precise, are not all that complex and are generally extremely reliable, unlike their ink-filled counterparts.
Want to go green? Use CFLs
Of course, use CFLs. The same CFLs that contain large amounts of mercury. The same CFLs that cost an environmental cleanup crew $2000 to clean up if you break one and follow proper procedure. Mercury that one broken bulb can raise airborne mercury levels in your house to above safe levels. No thanks, I'll stick to incandescent and halogen until LED bulbs are consumer-ready.
Replace your shower heads
Depends highly on where you are and who you are. If you're in a dry place or have only people with short hair, low-flow or ultra-low-flow shower heads can be a great idea. But if you live in a wet area (Minnesota here, we have to work to keep the water out of our houses) or have long hair (rinsing out shampoo takes FOREVER without enough water flow) then it's probably not worth it.
The rest of your points are relatively good, though the trees on the south side of the building will only help you in the summer, so only practical in temperate no-winter areas.
RTFA, and think about your green-ness. Insulate your house more, that will help with both heating and cooling. Replace your old single-pane windows with low-e argon-filled high-R double pane windows. Install a pellet or other bio fuel furnace, though I wouldn't recommend corn since it's a food product whereas pellets and other options are industrial waste products. Or even better, install a geo-exchange system that will help both your heating and cooling. Ride a bike or drive a scooter. The point is, with anything look at the impact and difference you're making either way.
He never really was a villain IMHO. He's egotistical, extremely competitive, power hungry, and has an intense rivalry with Seaton & Crane, but he's certainly not a villain in the classic sense. I see him as more of an opposing force. He believes that he should be emperor of the universe and he takes the steps he feels necessary to get there. Seaton has very different opinions on the ruling and governing of the universe and therefore they form diametrically opposed forces. DuQuesne doesn't HATE Seaton, on the contrary they both express a great deal of admiration and respect for each other over the series. But Seaton represents the (pretty much only) block to DuQuesne realizing his ambitions therefore logically needs to be removed.
Even in the first book, he starts out as shown to be capable of evil and violence, but also quite capable of mercy, teamwork, and building alliances when the situation calls for it.
I grew up heavily reading Doc Smith and Heinlein in my formative years. I still think Kimball Kinnison and Lazarus Long were the two greatest humans to never exist!
There was talk of this back when I was in Boston in 2001, it's great news it's finally coming to fruition! My only concern is for the overall turbine design and aging repair costs associated with a salt water environment. Other than that I'm looking forward to seeing this go up!
Someone please mod this up. This is exactly the type of points that need to be calculated and emphasized. I've been in this same position, more or less, and ended up determining that this is the REAL value of IT expertise and preventative maintenance to a company.
Exactly what I was gonna say (but you beat me to it). $65 cables just to transfer to my PC? No thanks! And picture mail at $$$$/apiece? What's the point? I would actually like it if I had a phone with a decent camera that I could transfer via USB, but the cell companies see the extras as a profit center so they lock down everything and charge for it. Sad...
I'm not sure either but it's wonderful that they did. Honestly though I'd LOVE to see a Blizzard-produced Star Control 4, even with in-game advertising it'd still be t3h 4w3s0m3!!
And exact same here also. My PS2 was going strong but I got the PS3 when the price cut came because I knew I wanted one. After getting it, I've been kind of saving pennies that I'd be spending on new games. So I've been using it to play the 2 PS3 games I own and a ton of PS2 stuff. I agree, the PS2 games look great upscaled and smoothed. Still mad I can't play Guitar Hero 1/2/80's though...
It's more along the lines of the components and overall construction isn't as solid any more. We've seen a lot of them go down for stuff that used to be a no-worry occurrence. For instance, I've seen T4x's dropped more times than I can remember. Generally speaking, you pick them up and they keep going just fine. We've already had 3 T60's in that went boom the first time something bad at all happened. The thing is we only have 20 T60's in here yet and they've only been here for about 3 months, vs. 300+ T4x that have been here for years. One particular T60P was actually in a laptop bag that was dropped about 2 ft. or so. HD was toast and had to replace motherboard because the power connection was bad.
The new Thinkpads from Lenovo are nothing like the old Thinkpads. True enough, up to the T42/T43 series they were great, but those series were still designed and made under IBM management. We've started to get in the new T60/T60P's here and I can tell you straight up they're flaky, cheaply built, and very disposed to failure. For instance, they've changed the HD mount to being simply two rubber boots stretched over the edges of the drive, which will do next to nothing to protect against shock or jarring.
Makes baby Jebus sad.
(Disclaimer: I work for said Big Blue) (Further Disclaimer: I'm a complete ass and everything I say is my own damn opinion)
If I were Microsoft, I'd have someone replace the guy's machine in person and quietly send along an electrician to check the voltage and line quality at this guy's house. It sounds expensive, but it's much less cost than the cost of fixing bad publicity...
A friend of mine had to send his Wii back just a week after getting it also. His was overheating really bad and damaged the internal components. He's since gotten it back and is Wii'ing along with himself quite merrily now =)
I used to work at Western Digital in their support area and we saw the same thing happen to a tiny minority of users. I'm not excusing Microsoft for it, but for some reason it seems to happen to every company. We'd have someone have a head crash, 2 DOA's, 1 week working then dead, etc. It was strange but there was really nothing we could do about it. 99% of our replacement orders went out and worked flawlessly with no hiccups in the process but for whatever reason there's a certain percentage that are doomed for multiple failures.
The real tragedy here is that Microsoft management didn't catch this case long before this and flag it as a priority fix case - send him a new machine, have someone deliver it to his house, whatever it takes to get the problem fixed. The cost of doing that is FAR less than the cost of fixing the amount of bad publicity this will generate.
I had the most insanely high scores at Number & Word Munchers. I so totally miss those games. We should start an open source project to recreate them in all their 8-bit glory =)
Most likely your rollers are bad, being that age. Also you probably have a screw or 2 loose inside that holds parts in the paper path together. They're actually relatively simple to repair, but the first thing I'd do is pull the rollers and clean them all with alcohol, then take the printer outside and blow it out with canned air/air compressor. That'll go a long way to making it reliable again.:)
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You are obviously an idiot. Allow me dissect:
You build an extremely precise little box out of highly refined metals, circuit boards and PCBs, manufactured from parts made all around the world before being shipped thousands of miles to your local Staples, and you're worried about the half ounce of INK!?!?!
You didn't read the parent, or if you did you didn't actually understand the question. INK DOES NOT EQUAL TONER. Get it through your head. One would expect someone reading Slashdot to know this, but apparently that's what I get for assuming. Toner cartridges for laser printers print thousands of sheets if not tens of thousands of sheets per refill. Quickest way to have an office budget go haywire is to have all printing done on inkjet, which is why it isn't done in the business world. Also toner cartridges, while relatively precise, are not all that complex and are generally extremely reliable, unlike their ink-filled counterparts.
Want to go green? Use CFLs
Of course, use CFLs. The same CFLs that contain large amounts of mercury. The same CFLs that cost an environmental cleanup crew $2000 to clean up if you break one and follow proper procedure. Mercury that one broken bulb can raise airborne mercury levels in your house to above safe levels. No thanks, I'll stick to incandescent and halogen until LED bulbs are consumer-ready.
Replace your shower heads
Depends highly on where you are and who you are. If you're in a dry place or have only people with short hair, low-flow or ultra-low-flow shower heads can be a great idea. But if you live in a wet area (Minnesota here, we have to work to keep the water out of our houses) or have long hair (rinsing out shampoo takes FOREVER without enough water flow) then it's probably not worth it.
The rest of your points are relatively good, though the trees on the south side of the building will only help you in the summer, so only practical in temperate no-winter areas.
RTFA, and think about your green-ness. Insulate your house more, that will help with both heating and cooling. Replace your old single-pane windows with low-e argon-filled high-R double pane windows. Install a pellet or other bio fuel furnace, though I wouldn't recommend corn since it's a food product whereas pellets and other options are industrial waste products. Or even better, install a geo-exchange system that will help both your heating and cooling. Ride a bike or drive a scooter. The point is, with anything look at the impact and difference you're making either way.
This is a myth that was already busted :\
But I want a DIGITAL Kelly LeBrock!
Oh wait I can just download her online now can't I? :\
You mean we can't!?
Dammit guess I'll stop my nightly reactor core exposure sessions...:(
My one hope for not dying a virgin geek...crushed like a grape under a giant anthromorphic fighting robot's foot. I'm doomed...
Guess I'll have to go with my backup plan to hack into a government mainframe and accidentally create Kelly LeBrock during a lightning storm. ;)
He never really was a villain IMHO. He's egotistical, extremely competitive, power hungry, and has an intense rivalry with Seaton & Crane, but he's certainly not a villain in the classic sense. I see him as more of an opposing force. He believes that he should be emperor of the universe and he takes the steps he feels necessary to get there. Seaton has very different opinions on the ruling and governing of the universe and therefore they form diametrically opposed forces. DuQuesne doesn't HATE Seaton, on the contrary they both express a great deal of admiration and respect for each other over the series. But Seaton represents the (pretty much only) block to DuQuesne realizing his ambitions therefore logically needs to be removed.
Even in the first book, he starts out as shown to be capable of evil and violence, but also quite capable of mercy, teamwork, and building alliances when the situation calls for it.
I grew up heavily reading Doc Smith and Heinlein in my formative years. I still think Kimball Kinnison and Lazarus Long were the two greatest humans to never exist!
There was talk of this back when I was in Boston in 2001, it's great news it's finally coming to fruition! My only concern is for the overall turbine design and aging repair costs associated with a salt water environment. Other than that I'm looking forward to seeing this go up!
Camping at the office is a time-honored tradition here in Minnesota, and now that the offices have internet access it's WAY more fun! ;)
Someone please mod this up. This is exactly the type of points that need to be calculated and emphasized. I've been in this same position, more or less, and ended up determining that this is the REAL value of IT expertise and preventative maintenance to a company.
Exactly what I was gonna say (but you beat me to it). $65 cables just to transfer to my PC? No thanks! And picture mail at $$$$/apiece? What's the point? I would actually like it if I had a phone with a decent camera that I could transfer via USB, but the cell companies see the extras as a profit center so they lock down everything and charge for it. Sad...
I just have to say that your signature made me happy and planted the spores in my brain which have filled me with Juffo-Wup. This pleases us. :D
I'm not sure either but it's wonderful that they did. Honestly though I'd LOVE to see a Blizzard-produced Star Control 4, even with in-game advertising it'd still be t3h 4w3s0m3!!
+10 for the Toys For Bob and Star Control 2 references!!
I still pine for the day they'll be bringing out Star Control 4...maybe a new Blizzard project? ;)
Or if it's dealers..."Drop your stash..."
8)
C'mon, no "Drop you weapon, you have 15 seconds to comply"??
...which was more like an interactive movie with occasional times when you could play... ;)
And exact same here also. My PS2 was going strong but I got the PS3 when the price cut came because I knew I wanted one. After getting it, I've been kind of saving pennies that I'd be spending on new games. So I've been using it to play the 2 PS3 games I own and a ton of PS2 stuff. I agree, the PS2 games look great upscaled and smoothed. Still mad I can't play Guitar Hero 1/2/80's though...
It's more along the lines of the components and overall construction isn't as solid any more. We've seen a lot of them go down for stuff that used to be a no-worry occurrence. For instance, I've seen T4x's dropped more times than I can remember. Generally speaking, you pick them up and they keep going just fine. We've already had 3 T60's in that went boom the first time something bad at all happened. The thing is we only have 20 T60's in here yet and they've only been here for about 3 months, vs. 300+ T4x that have been here for years. One particular T60P was actually in a laptop bag that was dropped about 2 ft. or so. HD was toast and had to replace motherboard because the power connection was bad.
:(
Still makes baby Jebus sad.
The new Thinkpads from Lenovo are nothing like the old Thinkpads. True enough, up to the T42/T43 series they were great, but those series were still designed and made under IBM management. We've started to get in the new T60/T60P's here and I can tell you straight up they're flaky, cheaply built, and very disposed to failure. For instance, they've changed the HD mount to being simply two rubber boots stretched over the edges of the drive, which will do next to nothing to protect against shock or jarring.
Makes baby Jebus sad.
(Disclaimer: I work for said Big Blue)
(Further Disclaimer: I'm a complete ass and everything I say is my own damn opinion)
If I were Microsoft, I'd have someone replace the guy's machine in person and quietly send along an electrician to check the voltage and line quality at this guy's house. It sounds expensive, but it's much less cost than the cost of fixing bad publicity...
A friend of mine had to send his Wii back just a week after getting it also. His was overheating really bad and damaged the internal components. He's since gotten it back and is Wii'ing along with himself quite merrily now =)
I used to work at Western Digital in their support area and we saw the same thing happen to a tiny minority of users. I'm not excusing Microsoft for it, but for some reason it seems to happen to every company. We'd have someone have a head crash, 2 DOA's, 1 week working then dead, etc. It was strange but there was really nothing we could do about it. 99% of our replacement orders went out and worked flawlessly with no hiccups in the process but for whatever reason there's a certain percentage that are doomed for multiple failures.
The real tragedy here is that Microsoft management didn't catch this case long before this and flag it as a priority fix case - send him a new machine, have someone deliver it to his house, whatever it takes to get the problem fixed. The cost of doing that is FAR less than the cost of fixing the amount of bad publicity this will generate.
I had the most insanely high scores at Number & Word Munchers. I so totally miss those games. We should start an open source project to recreate them in all their 8-bit glory =)
Most likely your rollers are bad, being that age. Also you probably have a screw or 2 loose inside that holds parts in the paper path together. They're actually relatively simple to repair, but the first thing I'd do is pull the rollers and clean them all with alcohol, then take the printer outside and blow it out with canned air/air compressor. That'll go a long way to making it reliable again. :)