Only if the product was a complete 3D modeling program that he was writing himself, and had no clue as to how to write a program, and if he wanted to put together a Beowulf cluster of Playstation 2's to do it, and if he wanted to steganographically encode pirated MP3's into the 3d models produced by the program, and if he wanted to run Linux on a hacked X-Box to control the cluster, and if he wanted to port some utilities for the application from the obviously dying FreeBSD, and if he then wanted to organize the tasks for the project on some super-cool PDA that those fuckers in Japan will just sit on and never release in the U.S.
Just because it's fan-riddled doesn't mean he knows fuck-all about proper PC cooling, and your statements tend to point towards the conclusion that a: you're got such a hardon for your tissue-paper-dispenser-turned-computer that you automatically slag PC's out of habit, and b:your friend needs to read some basics on cooling, lest he have more of his buddies slag off an entire chip manufacturer because he's a fucking knuckledragger.
If I was thirteen, I probably wouldn't want to touch the controller after I figured out Dad was playing adult games and surfing for naughty stuff with the family game console.
I live in the bottom floor of an apartment building (my apt is actually half underground). I looked at the side of it and said, "Hey. Look at those six runs of 1.5" PVC running down the side of the building for HVAC drainage." I just bought another length of the same color and size PVC, used some brackets to bolt it to the side of the building, and put a 2m 5/8" wave and a multiband vertical VHF dipole in the top.
I was out chatting with my landlord and watched her stare straight in that direction and not even think about it.
Using stylesheets people specific font sizes, specific spacings etc.
If you're a bad coder (mark-upper?). If you do px specifications, yes, you're making a mistake. If you're using medium, x-large, xx-small, etc. then compliant browsers will scale everything up and down properly.
except this only works for s and not for text using style sheets, since the by using style sheets one specifically specify a specify font size (or 99% of web people do).
So, they're bad authors. Don't blame the technology.
So from where I sit: Don't use the damn things on webpages, they make them unreadable!
Blaming the technology for the content author's faults is like telling every audio producer out there that reverb sucks and makes music unlistenable, just because a few people out there overuse it and/or use it incorrectly.
One of the dimmer sigs that I've seen on Slashdot, to be sure.
You also forgot to mention that they are genderless
D'oh! That's another strong point, and although that was in my head, I completely forgot to post in there. Helps when you need to do some really funky emergency wiring setups.:)
1/4" audio - Big and ugly, until you get used to it. Then you get 18 hours on a modular synth and learn to love them.
RCA - What, like 100 years old or something? Classic, and easy to use.
XLR - Good idea, bulky, but positive contact, locking, and keyed. Pro shops use this for a reason.
UHF (PL-259 / SO-239) - Ancient, gives an impedance spike on the line, fucking impossible to solder with anything less than a 150 watt iron.
BNC - Beautiful. Love this one. I'm converting all RF gear in my shop to BNC, bit by bit. Power handling isn't quite up there, but you can go N for that.
N - Tough, reliable, smooth (impedance-wise), and dead simple to install once you get the hang of it.
F - KILL THIS FUCKING CONNECTOR. Yes, I know it costs you $0.03 per unit, but it's annoying and the inherent 'center conductor IS the pin' is remarkably irresponsible. I'd feel so much better if that cable TV jack on the wall was a BNC.
I love connectors. I love sticking wires into a DB25 to make my TI82 talk to my PC. I love crimping RJ45's (nothing beats that satisfying perfect crimp). I love squishing down a 50 pin IDC with a pair of visegrips (or a vise, if I'm lucky:)). Maybe it sounds trivial, but there's just something about connectors and interfaces that makes me smile. Yes, I am insane.
Might as well plug my favorite DC power connectors, Andersen Powerpoles Modular, color-coded, genderless, super-easy to assemble, safe, positive click on connect, etc. Emergency services are quickly adopting them as the standard for all 13.8v (12v nominal) gear for their setups. Perhaps a few cents more than the cheap barrel connectors or Molexes, but they're definitely worth it. I've driven over 12-year-old Powerpole connectors and they're none the worse for wear.
(no connection between me and andersen besides happy customer status, btw.)
Craftsman screwdrivers (large, medium, small, in flathead, Phillips and Torx)
Hex wrench set
Gerber multi-plier (flat-nose)
Craftsman diagonal cutters, end cutters, straight needle nose and bent needle nose pliers
Quality jeweler's screw driver set
Requisite Altoids tin or film canister full of screws, jumpers, etc.
Weller pencil iron (you may not need it for a HD swap, but when you're doing a watercool job or fanbus it's critical) with silver (small diameter) and rosin-core (larger diameter) solder
DMM - even a $30 eBay special can test continuity, LED's, ground paths and PSU voltages.
RJ45 crimpers (quality) with an assortment of RJ45 and RJ11 ends
2AA Mag Light with extra batteries
Medium size (8 inch) vise-grips (Please, get the name brand.:))
Shrink tube in 1/2", 3/8" and 3/16" (preshrunk sizes)
Cable ties (4", 6" and 8")
Canned air (cleaning, and if you turn it upside down you can use it as freeze spray and isolate components that are having heat-related failures)
Bonus points for a TP cable tester, signal tracer, heatsink compound, Loctite, Dremel with bits, and super-glue (to counteract the previous Dremeling:)).
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Only if the product was a complete 3D modeling program that he was writing himself, and had no clue as to how to write a program, and if he wanted to put together a Beowulf cluster of Playstation 2's to do it, and if he wanted to steganographically encode pirated MP3's into the 3d models produced by the program, and if he wanted to run Linux on a hacked X-Box to control the cluster, and if he wanted to port some utilities for the application from the obviously dying FreeBSD, and if he then wanted to organize the tasks for the project on some super-cool PDA that those fuckers in Japan will just sit on and never release in the U.S.
Then it'd be the perfect Slashdot troll.
Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these? We could replace the military!
We've got Crays, SGI's, hell, even TiBooks, and you want this lump of shit to be our technological legacy? :D
Just because it's fan-riddled doesn't mean he knows fuck-all about proper PC cooling, and your statements tend to point towards the conclusion that a: you're got such a hardon for your tissue-paper-dispenser-turned-computer that you automatically slag PC's out of habit, and b:your friend needs to read some basics on cooling, lest he have more of his buddies slag off an entire chip manufacturer because he's a fucking knuckledragger.
How do we know it wasn't just a giant flaming ice block?
Your very existence is pointless, dickslap.
You WASTED TIME to tell me that. Jesus. Go fuck your cat.
maybe if white people would get off their fat asses and do some real work for a change, they wouldn't be hiring illegal immigrants for two and change.
they do the work we're too fucking lazy to do.
If I was thirteen, I probably wouldn't want to touch the controller after I figured out Dad was playing adult games and surfing for naughty stuff with the family game console.
Too bad it's for a dead operating system. :D
2m, 3m (i use it to listen to FM broadcast on my IC-2SRA) and 6M. :)
I live in the bottom floor of an apartment building (my apt is actually half underground). I looked at the side of it and said, "Hey. Look at those six runs of 1.5" PVC running down the side of the building for HVAC drainage." I just bought another length of the same color and size PVC, used some brackets to bolt it to the side of the building, and put a 2m 5/8" wave and a multiband vertical VHF dipole in the top.
:D
I was out chatting with my landlord and watched her stare straight in that direction and not even think about it.
Keep it QRP, though.
Bah!
;)
Just run some AWG 32 between the terminals!
AWG 16 make for a good ~30A fuse.
YHBT. YHL. HAND.
I heard that they don't actually recover your data - they just fill it up with really bad poetry.
But that could be a rumor.
Considering this is Slashdot, par for the course.
...scientists also have discovered a 100 million year old penis (two, actually)
*ahem*
Mr. Thurmond, that's very nice, but PLEASE put your pants back on.
Last time I checked, 'the' was a valid word and the highlighted section reflected a grammar, not a spelling error, you tedious motherfucker.
Using stylesheets people specific font sizes, specific spacings etc.
If you're a bad coder (mark-upper?). If you do px specifications, yes, you're making a mistake. If you're using medium, x-large, xx-small, etc. then compliant browsers will scale everything up and down properly.
except this only works for s and not for text using style sheets, since the by using style sheets one specifically specify a specify font size (or 99% of web people do).
So, they're bad authors. Don't blame the technology.
So from where I sit: Don't use the damn things on webpages, they make them unreadable!
Blaming the technology for the content author's faults is like telling every audio producer out there that reverb sucks and makes music unlistenable, just because a few people out there overuse it and/or use it incorrectly.
One of the dimmer sigs that I've seen on Slashdot, to be sure.
No, here is Slashdot's first asshole.
In loving remembrance of good ol' WIPO.
Tis an old KFC monitor, too. I'd have hated to have lost it
Extra Tasty Crispy, or Original Recipe?
:D
The truth hurts.
But hey, what's a chuckle among forums?
You also forgot to mention that they are genderless
:)
D'oh! That's another strong point, and although that was in my head, I completely forgot to post in there. Helps when you need to do some really funky emergency wiring setups.
73 de kc4ylv/5
And I'll take the RF and audio side. :)
1/8" stereo audio - Cute, impossible to insert incorrectly, noisy (electrically), easily broken.
1/4" audio - Big and ugly, until you get used to it. Then you get 18 hours on a modular synth and learn to love them.
RCA - What, like 100 years old or something? Classic, and easy to use.
XLR - Good idea, bulky, but positive contact, locking, and keyed. Pro shops use this for a reason.
UHF (PL-259 / SO-239) - Ancient, gives an impedance spike on the line, fucking impossible to solder with anything less than a 150 watt iron.
BNC - Beautiful. Love this one. I'm converting all RF gear in my shop to BNC, bit by bit. Power handling isn't quite up there, but you can go N for that.
N - Tough, reliable, smooth (impedance-wise), and dead simple to install once you get the hang of it.
F - KILL THIS FUCKING CONNECTOR. Yes, I know it costs you $0.03 per unit, but it's annoying and the inherent 'center conductor IS the pin' is remarkably irresponsible. I'd feel so much better if that cable TV jack on the wall was a BNC.
I love connectors. I love sticking wires into a DB25 to make my TI82 talk to my PC. I love crimping RJ45's (nothing beats that satisfying perfect crimp). I love squishing down a 50 pin IDC with a pair of visegrips (or a vise, if I'm lucky :)). Maybe it sounds trivial, but there's just something about connectors and interfaces that makes me smile. Yes, I am insane.
Might as well plug my favorite DC power connectors, Andersen Powerpoles Modular, color-coded, genderless, super-easy to assemble, safe, positive click on connect, etc. Emergency services are quickly adopting them as the standard for all 13.8v (12v nominal) gear for their setups. Perhaps a few cents more than the cheap barrel connectors or Molexes, but they're definitely worth it. I've driven over 12-year-old Powerpole connectors and they're none the worse for wear.
(no connection between me and andersen besides happy customer status, btw.)