I was roughly 20/400 before the surgery, but 20/20 with glasses. I guess I should have paid closer attention to the risks before, as I now have terrible night vision, with starbursts, halos and ghosting. It is particularly bad when I look at LED's. I get the starbursts in a lit room on those. They also look a bit "smeared". I would not recommend lasik to anyone that can get 20/20 with glasses or contacts. It's almost unsafe for me to drive at night now. Also, I'm sure someone's probably mentioned this already, but you can check out surgicaleyes.org and lasikdisaster.com for some real horror stories. Beware of the "20/20 or it's free" ads, because they define my vision as 20/20...
"Does the caps lock key serve any purpose any more..."
JUST ASK MY ASIAN BOSS. I DOUBT HE COULD FUNCTION WITHOUT IT!
Everytime I finish a system he installed software on all the user names and passwords are all caps! He refuses to acknowledge my warning that people will think you're either illiterate or under the age of twelve if you use all caps.
For many years, navy submarines have been able to identify surface ships by the sounds of their props. Not just the type, but the exact ship. Why couldn't this be applied to keyboards, especially if you monitor the particular typist for a while?
At the risk of being labeled off-topic, let me get this straight. Are you saying that "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" can be objectively limited to "automatic assault rifles with clips that hold over ten rounds"?? It's amazing how broadly liberals define the first amendment and how narrowly they define the second one...I really don't see how anyone who supports strict gun control can also wish to publish H-bomb info. It seems sort of hypocritical.
One, the main bottleneck in HD's is not the external transfer, but the internal transfer. Even the best current IDE drives only transfer data at about 60-70 mb/sec, making ATA 100 mare than sufficient. Two, the only drive he used in this test was a Maxtor, which is far slower than that (they do about 52-54 mb/sec.) Maxtor is the only major current supporter of the 133 standard, and there may be a reason for that. Try putting the 133 Maxtor up against the Western Digital WD1200JB (currently the fastest IDE HD on the market due to 8mb cache) and see how it fares.
Slashdot rant aside, he does raise a valid point, and it goes further than just tech journalism. It seems the object of modern journalists is not to present an unbiased report, but rather one that seems unbiased. Consider this: After the 1992 presidential election, journalists were polled regarding their voting preference. 92% responded that they voted for Bill Clinton. Now think about the ramifications of such an overwhelming preference for one candidate. All of the issues surrounding that political faction (abortion, religion, taxes, social programs, government spending, etc...)are now extremely lopsided. This effect is passed on to joe sixpack, who gets his ideas and beliefs from the screen that he stares at for 2-3 hours per day...The results of this can be seen in such events as the OJ trial, the government budget shutdown a few years back, and the total media circus of this past election...
We have three 4600's in my office (I am in charge of computer purchases) and the only problem in the last three months was one cdburner wouldn't burn, though it would read fine...
Slashdot Mirror
You have successfully taken a vintage Fender guitar amp and shoved a digital effects processor inside it. Sheesh!
I was roughly 20/400 before the surgery, but 20/20 with glasses. I guess I should have paid closer attention to the risks before, as I now have terrible night vision, with starbursts, halos and ghosting. It is particularly bad when I look at LED's. I get the starbursts in a lit room on those. They also look a bit "smeared". I would not recommend lasik to anyone that can get 20/20 with glasses or contacts. It's almost unsafe for me to drive at night now. Also, I'm sure someone's probably mentioned this already, but you can check out surgicaleyes.org and lasikdisaster.com for some real horror stories. Beware of the "20/20 or it's free" ads, because they define my vision as 20/20...
That Suse will now look fresh and tasty on the box, but the actual product you get will be sort of stale, brown and wilted?
I seem to recall Michael Douglas going ballistic over this in a movie once...
"Does the caps lock key serve any purpose any more..."
JUST ASK MY ASIAN BOSS. I DOUBT HE COULD FUNCTION WITHOUT IT!
Everytime I finish a system he installed software on all the user names and passwords are all caps! He refuses to acknowledge my warning that people will think you're either illiterate or under the age of twelve if you use all caps.
For many years, navy submarines have been able to identify surface ships by the sounds of their props. Not just the type, but the exact ship. Why couldn't this be applied to keyboards, especially if you monitor the particular typist for a while?
"...Elements cost bellow $100 ..."
Those bellows sure are cheap these days!
LINSUED!
At the risk of being labeled off-topic, let me get this straight. Are you saying that "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" can be objectively limited to "automatic assault rifles with clips that hold over ten rounds"?? It's amazing how broadly liberals define the first amendment and how narrowly they define the second one...I really don't see how anyone who supports strict gun control can also wish to publish H-bomb info. It seems sort of hypocritical.
"We are doing exactly the same thing that every other infringer is doing."
One, the main bottleneck in HD's is not the external transfer, but the internal transfer. Even the best current IDE drives only transfer data at about 60-70 mb/sec, making ATA 100 mare than sufficient. Two, the only drive he used in this test was a Maxtor, which is far slower than that (they do about 52-54 mb/sec.) Maxtor is the only major current supporter of the 133 standard, and there may be a reason for that. Try putting the 133 Maxtor up against the Western Digital WD1200JB (currently the fastest IDE HD on the market due to 8mb cache) and see how it fares.
Slashdot rant aside, he does raise a valid point, and it goes further than just tech journalism. It seems the object of modern journalists is not to present an unbiased report, but rather one that seems unbiased. Consider this: After the 1992 presidential election, journalists were polled regarding their voting preference. 92% responded that they voted for Bill Clinton. Now think about the ramifications of such an overwhelming preference for one candidate. All of the issues surrounding that political faction (abortion, religion, taxes, social programs, government spending, etc...)are now extremely lopsided. This effect is passed on to joe sixpack, who gets his ideas and beliefs from the screen that he stares at for 2-3 hours per day...The results of this can be seen in such events as the OJ trial, the government budget shutdown a few years back, and the total media circus of this past election...
We have three 4600's in my office (I am in charge of computer purchases) and the only problem in the last three months was one cdburner wouldn't burn, though it would read fine...
EBAY!
If your using a K7V, then you don't have a KT133 chipset, you have a KX133...
FYI: If it matters, United Way funds Planned Parenthood, home of the fetus vacuum...they'll never get a dime from me...