It doesn't say the government can't give faith based groups money for programs like soup kitchens.
Bush attempted to target money specifically at faith-based groups via a 'faith-based initiative.' Non-religious groups could not get money under this plan. How is this anything but a violation of the first amendment?
A software glitch of this type (if that's what it was) has never happened in aviation history. Certainly not in the 10 year history of the 777, with more than 500 of them flying around the world, but not to any other type either.
It's certainly not without precedent. No case of air/fuel mixture explosion was found in 747's until TWA 800 in 1996, and 1,396 of those were built since the 747 started flying commercially in 1970.
While your argument makes sense prima facie, it's unrealistic for your $15/mo connection to provide you 5MB/s downstream 24/7, at least for residential clients.
Since that's exactly what they're advertising, it's a violation of trade laws if it doesn't.
Uh, no. Read up on 85th percentile speed limits and tell me that I can "choose" to speed. The speed limits are designed so that 15% of all drivers are always considered "speeding." This is regardless of what speed everybody travels.
Yes, and many people are killed in accidents involving changing the radio dial and listening to passengers. Let's outlaw radios and isolate the driver's compartment from the rest of the passengers.
Why pick on such a tiny segment? Especially when speed limits are specifically set so that 15-20% of all drivers are automatically "speeding"?
Hate to flame, but you deserve it. Hey, asshole. Do me a favor and stop driving the speed limit. For most cars built today, peak mileage is at 45-50 mph, not that 65 mph you've been traveling. Also, your stopping distance at 65 mph is almost double that at 45 mph. How can you look in the mirror each morning knowing that you're burning all that extra gas and endangering other people on the road?
Car and Driver took a Camaro Z-28 across Montana a few years ago (1994-ish). They achieved 27 mpg travelling through the state at 100 mph. That's higher than EPA (55 mph) rated mileage.
The best speed for fuel efficiency is that at which the manufacturer gears the car for the engine's efficiency sweet spot. On most cars, that's 45-50 mph, but on a 1994ish Z-28 with the six speed manual, that's obviously much higher than 55.
The best thing the EPA could do to increase fleet average is to actually test the cars at 65 or 70 mph. Car makers would change gearing to make the car most efficient at that speed.
Exactly. My Macbook Pro has been tweaked every which direction, and now the LCD doesn't sit flush when closed, and part of the case above the F12 key bows outward. I don't know how an even thinner laptop would handle travel duties.
Maybe it needs to be approached like this: The utility offers, free of charge, "upgrades" to thermostats and other switches, that allows the utility to send out these "pages" to start rationing.
I believe they're planning to do it like they do for industry. You install this rationing thermostat, and they give you a lower rate in exchange for the ability to turn up/off your A/C when the grid is critical.
I worked for a Nestle warehouse that had this exact setup. PG&E had the option to automatically force the entire plant to their generators when the grid was critical, and in exchange, they paid lower rates. In fact, PG&E even installed a printer that would print out warnings when a blackout was probable so nobody was surprised by it.
If it was your grandmother, she died. Air conditioning is a comfort thing when it's 80 outside, but it's a necessity when it's 107. Guess when it puts the most strain on the grid? Hint: it's not when it's 80.
Exactly. My dad "bought" Vista Home Basic with his new Dell desktop. After verifying driver availability on their site, we went to Newegg and bought the XP Pro System Builder package, which arrived the same day as the machine.
Even with the extra XP purchase, the machine was hundreds cheaper than buying the same machine (with XP Pro) from their small business line.
And it's not deprecated a year after you install it. After getting marooned on FC4 months after I installed it (FC5 came out a couple of weeks later, and they killed off FC4 support when FC6 rolled out.)
Conversely, CentOS 4 is being supported with bugfixes until February 2012, despite the fact that it was released nearly 3 years ago.
2) Soundproof & insulate that wall or your office will be noisy & 65 degrees F year round.
This is absolutely the most important part. I had an office in a server room for a year, and the hearing damage and stress caused by server noise is not worth it.
Also, separate the A/C controls completely. Run your office off the building common supply, and purchase separate units for the server room.
Can you tell me what software you used? I have an APE cable, but didn't buy any software. I'm looking for a way to connect the 1050 to my PC to rip my old floppies, and then emulation software like what you're using to run off my 800XL. Thanks.
And a pretty convenient one at that. They probably prefer printed, pre-sorted, barcoded identical envelopes to the kind of crap that regular people put in the mail--even if one does jam occasionally. (We get letters at my company that not only required hand-sorting, but probably handwriting experts to decode.)
I guess the first question is, do you need to upgrade? Windows 2000 has free hotfix support through March 31, 2010. By then, not only will Vista be stable, but Windows 7 might be out and stable as well.
If not, I think I would recommend XP. We have a terminal server running for specific finance apps, and it tends to bog down in the middle of the day. If any portion of your current desktop clients start doing intensive computing at the same time, I could forsee some speed issues, even on a dual quad core server. HP and Dell have cheap managed business desktops (capable of running Vista later) with XP Pro preinstalled for well under $1,000, so even a hardware upgrade on the desktop side would be cheaper than a server beefy enough to handle 20 moderately heavy desktop users.
I think Microsoft's suits need to just suck it up and keep selling Vista quietly, and give the engineers time to get the code right. The hardware will catch up to Vista, and the engineers will get the bugs sorted out. In a couple of years XP will be old hat.
Better yet, stop selling new versions of Windows.
What sucks about Windows Vista is that we sat with a stagnant Windows XP for FIVE FREAKING YEARS, and then we're given the chance to pay "only" $400 for what? An incremental upgrade to XP?
Sell me an update license for $25/year. For that $25, I want the option to install all of the cool new features Microsoft is coming up with: WinFS, DX10, "Ultimate Extras", on my existing machine. It takes the pressure off of MS to trump up a new version of the OS every two years. It takes the pressure off of hardware and software vendors to rush into out-of-cycle upgrades. It takes the pressure off of IT departments to install features they don't want, or to upgrade equipment unnecessarily, or to have to wipe and reinstall thousands of machines when all they want is continued security updates.
You're not the only one. A well-known wireless carrier still uses 2000 (with a special support contract from MS for security updates) on the majority of their business machines. The only thing XP offered them (that wasn't already covered by third-party apps) was very good WiFi capabilities, and they don't support WiFi for their users.
Prettier seems to be a huge reason for most of the end user business customers I've known.
Depends on how sophisticated your users are. When I install XP for my users, I crank it down to the 95/98/2000 Start Menu and desktop theme. Most of my users appreciate that things haven't moved around or changed much since the 95 days, and those who prefer the XP theme can easily switch it back.
When we switch to Vista (or Windows 7 at the current rate), I will do exactly the same thing.
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Bush attempted to target money specifically at faith-based groups via a 'faith-based initiative.' Non-religious groups could not get money under this plan. How is this anything but a violation of the first amendment?
It's certainly not without precedent. No case of air/fuel mixture explosion was found in 747's until TWA 800 in 1996, and 1,396 of those were built since the 747 started flying commercially in 1970.
No kidding. Now the sight of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man stepping on that church causes me to hyperventilate.
Since that's exactly what they're advertising, it's a violation of trade laws if it doesn't.
60GB a month is something like 870kbits/sec averaged over a month. How much do you pay for this again?
Uh, no. Read up on 85th percentile speed limits and tell me that I can "choose" to speed. The speed limits are designed so that 15% of all drivers are always considered "speeding." This is regardless of what speed everybody travels.
Why pick on such a tiny segment? Especially when speed limits are specifically set so that 15-20% of all drivers are automatically "speeding"?
Hate to flame, but you deserve it. Hey, asshole. Do me a favor and stop driving the speed limit. For most cars built today, peak mileage is at 45-50 mph, not that 65 mph you've been traveling. Also, your stopping distance at 65 mph is almost double that at 45 mph. How can you look in the mirror each morning knowing that you're burning all that extra gas and endangering other people on the road?
The best speed for fuel efficiency is that at which the manufacturer gears the car for the engine's efficiency sweet spot. On most cars, that's 45-50 mph, but on a 1994ish Z-28 with the six speed manual, that's obviously much higher than 55.
The best thing the EPA could do to increase fleet average is to actually test the cars at 65 or 70 mph. Car makers would change gearing to make the car most efficient at that speed.
Actually, last time I checked, most people are killed in accidents where speeding isn't involved. Most often it's alcohol or driver inattention.
Exactly. My Macbook Pro has been tweaked every which direction, and now the LCD doesn't sit flush when closed, and part of the case above the F12 key bows outward. I don't know how an even thinner laptop would handle travel duties.
I believe they're planning to do it like they do for industry. You install this rationing thermostat, and they give you a lower rate in exchange for the ability to turn up/off your A/C when the grid is critical.
I worked for a Nestle warehouse that had this exact setup. PG&E had the option to automatically force the entire plant to their generators when the grid was critical, and in exchange, they paid lower rates. In fact, PG&E even installed a printer that would print out warnings when a blackout was probable so nobody was surprised by it.
If it was your grandmother, she died. Air conditioning is a comfort thing when it's 80 outside, but it's a necessity when it's 107. Guess when it puts the most strain on the grid? Hint: it's not when it's 80.
The 800's keyboard really was fantastic, though... although that damn BREAK key was still in a bad place.
Even with the extra XP purchase, the machine was hundreds cheaper than buying the same machine (with XP Pro) from their small business line.
Conversely, CentOS 4 is being supported with bugfixes until February 2012, despite the fact that it was released nearly 3 years ago.
Absolutely. I'd take a cube over a desk in a server room any day.
This is absolutely the most important part. I had an office in a server room for a year, and the hearing damage and stress caused by server noise is not worth it.
Also, separate the A/C controls completely. Run your office off the building common supply, and purchase separate units for the server room.
Can you tell me what software you used? I have an APE cable, but didn't buy any software. I'm looking for a way to connect the 1050 to my PC to rip my old floppies, and then emulation software like what you're using to run off my 800XL. Thanks.
And a pretty convenient one at that. They probably prefer printed, pre-sorted, barcoded identical envelopes to the kind of crap that regular people put in the mail--even if one does jam occasionally. (We get letters at my company that not only required hand-sorting, but probably handwriting experts to decode.)
"Looks like Bunny's got today's balls balls."
If not, I think I would recommend XP. We have a terminal server running for specific finance apps, and it tends to bog down in the middle of the day. If any portion of your current desktop clients start doing intensive computing at the same time, I could forsee some speed issues, even on a dual quad core server. HP and Dell have cheap managed business desktops (capable of running Vista later) with XP Pro preinstalled for well under $1,000, so even a hardware upgrade on the desktop side would be cheaper than a server beefy enough to handle 20 moderately heavy desktop users.
Better yet, stop selling new versions of Windows.
What sucks about Windows Vista is that we sat with a stagnant Windows XP for FIVE FREAKING YEARS, and then we're given the chance to pay "only" $400 for what? An incremental upgrade to XP?
Sell me an update license for $25/year. For that $25, I want the option to install all of the cool new features Microsoft is coming up with: WinFS, DX10, "Ultimate Extras", on my existing machine. It takes the pressure off of MS to trump up a new version of the OS every two years. It takes the pressure off of hardware and software vendors to rush into out-of-cycle upgrades. It takes the pressure off of IT departments to install features they don't want, or to upgrade equipment unnecessarily, or to have to wipe and reinstall thousands of machines when all they want is continued security updates.
You're not the only one. A well-known wireless carrier still uses 2000 (with a special support contract from MS for security updates) on the majority of their business machines. The only thing XP offered them (that wasn't already covered by third-party apps) was very good WiFi capabilities, and they don't support WiFi for their users.
Depends on how sophisticated your users are. When I install XP for my users, I crank it down to the 95/98/2000 Start Menu and desktop theme. Most of my users appreciate that things haven't moved around or changed much since the 95 days, and those who prefer the XP theme can easily switch it back.
When we switch to Vista (or Windows 7 at the current rate), I will do exactly the same thing.