The store changed hands so it's either Sir Speedy or Kinkos. The map I had printed is this one. My dimensions were wrong, its about 31"x22". I bought it a year ago so I don't remember the exact price but I know it was in the $50 range. I gave it to my father as a present otherwise I would show pictures of the final result. I bought a standard 3'x2' frame with a simple black backing and I'm positive the whole thing was <$80. I put the print in the frame myself.
I would definately do it again. The archival quality image that I downloaded printed with incredible clarity. YMMV.
The best thing to do is call one of the national chains that's local and ask what file formats they support and whether or not they can handle large size prints. You should be able to get an estimate over the phone.
I downloaded an archival quality (200Meg) image of a map from the Library of Congress that I wanted printed. Since the Library of Congress charges $200-$300 to print the maps I called the local Kinko's, or maybe it was Sir Speedy. Anyway, I asked them how large of a print they could do and the guy told me the largest he had done was something like 20+ ft by 20+ ft. They printed the map on thick, almost vinyl, paper and it came out to something like 4ft by 3ft. Not only did it look amazing, but it cost me less than $50.
I'd bet any decent frame shop could frame a very large image. I'd guess they'd charge you several hundred dollars for the custom frame though.
Beier, who runs a 30-server render farm, says he hasn't heard from SCO, but the idea of being asked to pay for Linux makes him furious. "That just sends me right up. If I had explosives, I'd be in Salt Lake City,"...
I'm guessing that Thaddeus isn't serious but I would love to know what makes Darl, et al, continue on with the lawsuit and accusations knowing there are so many people that utterly despise them for it. It can't just be money, can it?
I did RTFAs. That was the only way I could figure out exactly what was going on. If I were new here I'd be surprised by your immature response to criticism.
The real problem is that you bought a card reader based on price, not performance. As you stated, you were expecting the Belkin reader to outperform the $14 reader simply because the average user would never spend $99 on a card reader. You should have done your homework.
If the card reader wasn't meeting the advertised data rate, you'd have a story. Since that doesn't seem to be the case and Belkin is looking into it, this shouldn't have made the front page no matter how much you whine about it.
Yeah, the text of the submission is poorly written. It seems Belkin sells a media reader that plugs into the iPod and allows you to transfer digitial photos (for example) from your camera to the iPod. Evidently, the media reader costs $99-$109 but the data rate is extremely slow over (even though it's over the fire wire port). Also, Belkin is looking into the issue.
"We'll probably try to avoid (selling to the public) if it may cause problems in the future," said Pregler, whose company is named Vision Aerodynamics.
So what are they going to do, wait until ambulances or fire trucks can't get to their destinations before making a determined effort not to sell to the public? It's a little late at that point, no?
As Carmack said ""The game tic simulation, including player movement, runs at 60hz, so if it rendered any faster, it would just be rendering identical frames."
It seems with DOOM, you can't get any benefit from higher fps since the inbetween frames are identical. Maybe what you notice has more to do with the difference between the refresh rate of your monitor and the fps of the game?
I think where this will suck the most if for those of us who are happy with 40fps but don't have the hardware to run Doom at 60fps.
Appreciation of a good or well thought out product is one thing. Blind zealotry is quite another and I see entirely too much of that in the Apple world.
So which products are you referring to? Which products has Apple released that sucked but Apple zealots loved?
I'm not a long time Mac "zealot" but the only product I'm not happy with is Apple Works ( so I'm using MS Office v. X ). Could it be that Apple products get favorable reviews because they're much better than similar offerings on Windows? You don't find it telling that the best jukebox and music store for Windows is made by Apple?
Besides, Jobs wouldn't try and sell something like the iShit because Gates already did that and called it Windows ME.:)
I've been doing RF hardware design for 7 years. I recently got my Continuing Education certification in Unix C/C++ programming from WPI. I didn't do the CE program because I thought it would be nice to have on my resume. I did it because I really wanted to learn it.
Having said that, it has helped my resume stand out. Although programming and RF are at opposite ends of the spectrum, employers like the fact that I can help bridge the gap between analog engineers and software engineers. They're not expecting me to write code but it benefits my employer if I can more effectively communicate with the software engineer who writes the driver/firmware for my board.
I'd like to see the number of different codes for wireless key entry. A buddy of mine and I were walking out to his car one night. When he used the wireless key to unlock his car, it also unlocked another car two to three spots over. We looked around thinking the other owner must be nearby and the two just happened to to unlock the car at the same time. But no one else was in the lot. We sat there for the next minute or so locking and unlocking both cars with one remote.
We thought it was kind of funny until we realized that the owner of the other car could do the same thing.
"the world's largest provider of outsourced accounts receivable management services."
They are most definately looking to either collect debt from him personally, or from whomever they have on record for his phone number.
In college I worked at the collections department for a utilities company and they had automated phone systems to call people who were delinquent.
...call management systems composed of predictive dialers...
They seem to be debt collectors. If that were the case, they would be correct in stating that they are not soliciting you.
Next time they call get the telemarketer's name (Mary). Ask Mary to tell you the nature of the call. If she refuses to specify without you first giving out personal info, let her know that as soon as you hang up, you will be contacting the FTC and the Attorney General office ( in case it is the NCO Group, contact the PA Attorney General where they are incorporated ) to file a complaint that includes her name and the date and time of the call.
If they are trying to collect debt they should specify that on the phone when you call. They obviously can't tell you what they're trying to collect on without some sort of info from you but they should tell you the nature of the call.
While it has never produced a hit or an arrest, police spokesman Sgt. Max Hayden said it performed well in controlled tests and may be a deterrent to criminals. Signs along the boardwalk inform visitors of its use.
They didn't have any positive identifications but do they know for certain that the crimials they were looking for passed in front of the camera? Were criminals aware of the cameras and simply avoiding them?
First off, the article is very uninformative and contradictory. Its more of a rant than a news article. Look at the first paragraph. It states they've been selling Linux PCs for a while but then asks the question: "Are they really selling it?"
I'll assume that what the author is asking is: "Are they really trying their best to educate the public about the advantages of Linux?" Why even ask that question when you already know that their staff is technically incompetent?
They are immediately telling you that the machine is no good.
Or what they're saying is: No one here is tech savy enough to go into the details of why Linux will do most of the things Windows will do but we have these cheap PCs that came with some weird Linux distro. If you have no idea what Linux is, yeah we'll throw Windows on it but you'll have to pay us to do it.
I'm not trying to defend Fry's (I've never been in one) nor am I saying Windows is the best OS ( I use OS X on my Mac and Debian on my laptop ). But what was the author expecting?
Well, two licenses. Look at SCO's Form 10-Q report for the quarter ending April 30th (search for Microsoft pg21). Emphasis mine.
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This effort resulted in the execution of two license agreements during the April30, 2003 quarter. The first of these licenses was with a long-time licensee of the UNIX source code which is a major participant in the UNIX industry and was a "clean-up" license to cover items that were outside the scope of the initial license. The second license was to Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft"), and covers Microsoft's UNIX compatibility products, subject to certain specified limitations.
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The
two licensing agreements signed by us to date resulted in revenue of $8,250,000 during the April30, 2003 quarter and provide for an aggregate of an additional $5,000,000 to be paid to us over the next three quarters. These contracts do not provide for any payments beyond 2003, except that Microsoft was granted the option to acquire expanded licensing rights, at its election, that would result in additional payments to us if exercised.
Is Sun the other licensee? Is there anyway to figure out how much of that $8.25 million came from Microsoft?
For people who aren't aware, H.R. Giger came up with the ideas for the alien monster. The reference to the face hugger modeled after a vagina is probably very true.
I picked up a book of some of his work in the bargin bin. It's kind of odd to see Alien type artwork mixed with nudity (or even pornography).
Power doesn't cause interference. You get constructive/destructive interference when there are multiple signals with the same frequency.
Some CableTV companies run video channels (52MHz to say 750MHz) and power (90V 60Hz AC) down the same coax. They use a diplexer (frequency splitter) to separate the AC from the video. Unless there is noise in the video bandwidth present with the AC, there shouldn't be any interference contributed by the AC.
The big difference with Cable TV is that the coax they use can handle a lot more current than say cat5.
Why would you assume that you and your group of friends make up the majority opinion on slashdot? This isn't a sight just for IT. I personally don't care about Domino or Oracle. You could just block articles about Apple.
New versions of Apache, Linux distro's what have you, get posted as well.
Besides, FCP isn't just "some consumer level video editing program". It's an Emmy Award-winning application used by director Steven Soderbergh ( who did âoeTraffic,â âoeErin Brockovichâ and âoeOceanâ(TM)s 11â ), by Rodney Charters director of photography for "24" to name a few.
I tend to get most of my "reliable" news from NPR(National Public Radio). My local NPR station also broadcasts PRI (Public Radio International) in the afternoon.
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I would definately do it again. The archival quality image that I downloaded printed with incredible clarity. YMMV. The best thing to do is call one of the national chains that's local and ask what file formats they support and whether or not they can handle large size prints. You should be able to get an estimate over the phone.
I'd bet any decent frame shop could frame a very large image. I'd guess they'd charge you several hundred dollars for the custom frame though.
Actually, this is how they plan on combating piracy.
The real problem is that you bought a card reader based on price, not performance. As you stated, you were expecting the Belkin reader to outperform the $14 reader simply because the average user would never spend $99 on a card reader. You should have done your homework.
If the card reader wasn't meeting the advertised data rate, you'd have a story. Since that doesn't seem to be the case and Belkin is looking into it, this shouldn't have made the front page no matter how much you whine about it.
I have no idea why this is news either.
Keep in mind they're paying the fees associated with the filing and maintanence of the patent.
It seems with DOOM, you can't get any benefit from higher fps since the inbetween frames are identical. Maybe what you notice has more to do with the difference between the refresh rate of your monitor and the fps of the game?
I think where this will suck the most if for those of us who are happy with 40fps but don't have the hardware to run Doom at 60fps.
So which products are you referring to? Which products has Apple released that sucked but Apple zealots loved?
I'm not a long time Mac "zealot" but the only product I'm not happy with is Apple Works ( so I'm using MS Office v. X ). Could it be that Apple products get favorable reviews because they're much better than similar offerings on Windows? You don't find it telling that the best jukebox and music store for Windows is made by Apple?
Besides, Jobs wouldn't try and sell something like the iShit because Gates already did that and called it Windows ME. :)
I've been doing RF hardware design for 7 years. I recently got my Continuing Education certification in Unix C/C++ programming from WPI. I didn't do the CE program because I thought it would be nice to have on my resume. I did it because I really wanted to learn it.
Having said that, it has helped my resume stand out. Although programming and RF are at opposite ends of the spectrum, employers like the fact that I can help bridge the gap between analog engineers and software engineers. They're not expecting me to write code but it benefits my employer if I can more effectively communicate with the software engineer who writes the driver/firmware for my board.
We thought it was kind of funny until we realized that the owner of the other car could do the same thing.
True, but the NCO Group is
They are most definately looking to either collect debt from him personally, or from whomever they have on record for his phone number. In college I worked at the collections department for a utilities company and they had automated phone systems to call people who were delinquent.Do you think it's these guys: NCO Group? There's a Yahoo profile where they talk about:
They seem to be debt collectors. If that were the case, they would be correct in stating that they are not soliciting you.
Next time they call get the telemarketer's name (Mary). Ask Mary to tell you the nature of the call. If she refuses to specify without you first giving out personal info, let her know that as soon as you hang up, you will be contacting the FTC and the Attorney General office ( in case it is the NCO Group, contact the PA Attorney General where they are incorporated ) to file a complaint that includes her name and the date and time of the call.
If they are trying to collect debt they should specify that on the phone when you call. They obviously can't tell you what they're trying to collect on without some sort of info from you but they should tell you the nature of the call.
They should write a letter to the Delaware Attorny General (according to the SEC web page Dell is incorporated in Delaware) and the Better Business Bureau.
Let them know the customer service manager at Dell told you to lie and accept the conditions of a legal document that they refuse to send you.They didn't have any positive identifications but do they know for certain that the crimials they were looking for passed in front of the camera? Were criminals aware of the cameras and simply avoiding them?
This guy doesn't own a fortune 500 company, does he?
First off, the article is very uninformative and contradictory. Its more of a rant than a news article. Look at the first paragraph. It states they've been selling Linux PCs for a while but then asks the question: "Are they really selling it?"
I'll assume that what the author is asking is: "Are they really trying their best to educate the public about the advantages of Linux?" Why even ask that question when you already know that their staff is technically incompetent?
Or what they're saying is: No one here is tech savy enough to go into the details of why Linux will do most of the things Windows will do but we have these cheap PCs that came with some weird Linux distro. If you have no idea what Linux is, yeah we'll throw Windows on it but you'll have to pay us to do it.
I'm not trying to defend Fry's (I've never been in one) nor am I saying Windows is the best OS ( I use OS X on my Mac and Debian on my laptop ). But what was the author expecting?
Well, two licenses. Look at SCO's Form 10-Q report for the quarter ending April 30th (search for Microsoft pg21). Emphasis mine.
Is Sun the other licensee? Is there anyway to figure out how much of that $8.25 million came from Microsoft?For people who aren't aware, H.R. Giger came up with the ideas for the alien monster. The reference to the face hugger modeled after a vagina is probably very true.
I picked up a book of some of his work in the bargin bin. It's kind of odd to see Alien type artwork mixed with nudity (or even pornography).
...that they bothered to blur out her vagina. Was she to modest for full frontal nudity?
Power doesn't cause interference. You get constructive/destructive interference when there are multiple signals with the same frequency.
Some CableTV companies run video channels (52MHz to say 750MHz) and power (90V 60Hz AC) down the same coax. They use a diplexer (frequency splitter) to separate the AC from the video. Unless there is noise in the video bandwidth present with the AC, there shouldn't be any interference contributed by the AC.
The big difference with Cable TV is that the coax they use can handle a lot more current than say cat5.
Why would you assume that you and your group of friends make up the majority opinion on slashdot? This isn't a sight just for IT. I personally don't care about Domino or Oracle. You could just block articles about Apple.
New versions of Apache, Linux distro's what have you, get posted as well.
Besides, FCP isn't just "some consumer level video editing program". It's an Emmy Award-winning application used by director Steven Soderbergh ( who did âoeTraffic,â âoeErin Brockovichâ and âoeOceanâ(TM)s 11â ), by Rodney Charters director of photography for "24" to name a few.
I tend to get most of my "reliable" news from NPR(National Public Radio). My local NPR station also broadcasts PRI (Public Radio International) in the afternoon.