There's also the advantages of ease of breeding. Zebrafish are extremely prolific, laying hundreds of eggs at a time, and reaching sexual maturity in as little as 90 days. For experiments requiring chordates, they're unmatched.
I occasionally game on my unit, so now I'm running an XP/Vista dual-boot, but msot of my work time is in Vista these days. For my unit, it doesn't seem to be appreciably slower than XP was, (but to be fair, I'm not running Aero Glass since the integrated graphics don't support it) and some of the features work noticeably better.
For me specifically: - Handwriting Recognition is improved. (In both English, and Japanese.) - Searching was greatly improved. - Hibernation to file now restores properly every time.
System specs: Toshiba R15-s822 1.6GHz Pentium M 160GB HD 2GB RAM Vista Ultimate.
Would you tell me a bit more about your Vista experience? Specifically, was it the over-all experience that sent you running back to XP, or was it the tablet specific features?
Improved tablet functionality. I often work in Japanese, and I find that Vista's Kanji (and roman alphabet!) recognition routines are greatly improved over their XP tablet counterparts.
Including Media Center in home premium and ultimate was nice too. The horizontal interface was annoying at first till I saw it on a widescreen monitor and realized what they were trying to do with it.
That said, I still don't recommend the Vista upgrade to my clients. It's pretty nice if you've got new hardware that's got proper driver support, but the upgrade doesn't offer enough improvement over what XP SP2 already offers.
Basically, if you're gonna have to buy windows anyway, take it. If you've already bought windows, it's not worth your trouble.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but only the iPhone and iPod Touch have WIFI, correct? I'd be curious to see how their sales stacked up against say the new Archos wifi enabled units, or the latest Cowon players.
Actually, this is a pretty grey market definition. If the ipone qualifies for the mobile media handheld market, what about all those other phones that do wifi and video, like the WinMob phones, blackberries, or the Nokia Communicators? (And what other phones am I forgetting?)
Well, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and all that...
But to get back on topic, I'll hand it to you on the privacy one. There are some things that simply aren't practical to protect with arms. Data is one of them.
For that, I recommend encryption. (I'm preaching to the choir on this one, right?) And lawyers.
I honestly regard the whole issue of an armed insurgency in the US as purely theoretical and absurd. The whole idea is to keep it as such! That's how it's supposed to work. You keep enough arms out there, and enough "gun nuts" screaming and yelling and flashing a few AR's, and it makes the government, (ideally made up of sensible, less hotheaded folks) think twice about going too far overboard.
It's never supposed to ever actually get to the point of armed insurgency.
One would hope that any reasonable judge would be able to distinguish between a malfunctioning weapon that was not designed to fire more than one shell, and one that was deliberately modified to do such.
But it's not shotguns that get people all riled up.
More to the point, consider the respective populations.
Not to speak ill of Iraq, but it's is a country that has had most of its infrastructure removed or destroyed. There's very little homegrown industry, and the communications network is spotty at best. While a portion of the population is reasonably educated, many of the insurgents coming in from outside of the country lack anything beyond the most basic of madrasa-based instruction.
In comparison, here in the states, we've got plenty of industrial capacity (and retain the expertise to create more,) an extensive working transport infrastructure, and highly developed communications. For better or for worse, (and yeah, in many low income schools, it's often worse) we educate the entire population till the age of majority.
Anybody who really thinks that the U.S. couldn't produce a vicious and horrific insurgency should the situation require it is simply kidding themselves. Doubly so any of the higher ups in the military or political circles who I believe might overestimate the willingness of our armed forces to fire upon their fellow citizens.
How about 'automatic firearm'? Anything where you can hold down the trigger to hose down an area with bullets From the US Code: TITLE 26 Subtitle E CHAPTER 53 Subchapter B PART I
5845
"(b) Machinegun The term "machinegun" means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person. "
Machineguns are classified as Class III weapons. They're already heavily regulated and restricted. You don't get one if you are a felon, were a felon, have a history of mental health problems, or could be a national security risk.
In short, we're already policing these kind of weapons, what more do you want?
I think their is something very subtle corrupt about PRIVATE donations, when even a Morning Musume sketch knows it, you have to wonder why any sane society allows it. I'm not sure I'd trust Morning Musume to know anything about the corruption side of philanthropic donations or capitalism outside of any "pillow work".
That said, if you happen to have a link to the sketch in question, please share. I'm dying to see it!
So you put down another pin header on the MOBO, and plug a pigtail with a molex connector into it. Connect this to your power supply. Not pretty, but it'd take care of that pesky amperage issue.
Joe Average already plugs in a gas "cable" thicker than his wrist every time he fill up. Fistly, I've never seen a gas "cable" thicker than my wrist at a gas station. (At least not one that wasn't attached to a tanker servicing said station.)
Secondly, a gas "cable" thicked than my wrist is significantly lighter than a SOLID COPPER CABLE thicker than my wrist. I could probably do it. But mom would have to switch back to full-server.
Something like the upcoming Chevy Volt does it even better than the plug-in modded Priuses available now. It uses its gasoline motor only to charge the batteries, and thus runs far more efficiently than a motor that sometimes pushes the car." The term you're looking for is "Serial Hybrid."
What I've not yet seen addressed are a comparison of the effective losses in power for each method of locomtion. For example, the Prius uses a cute little 70 horsepower Atkinson Cycle engine, both for charging and motive power. Given that fixed power, what I wanna know is, could more locomotion be generated by charging the batteries and running electric motors, than would be generated by simply applying the same amount of power to a transmission to move the care.
I freely admit to not having the answer to this question. On the one hand, in a serial hybrid setup, you eliminate all those nasty fiction and various other mechanical losses that come with driving a car. On the other hand, adding batteries to a car is no insignificant amount of weight, and said batteries get no lighter even as their potential draws down. And while mechanical losses are minimized, there is still resistance to think of.
Can't say as to whether they're GM birds or not, but there are several chicken breeds available that can go from chick to market-sized bird in 45 days. I wish I could remember the name of the breed! Is there a farmer in the house?
Closer to the original comment, there are several "Giant" varieties of chicken available, including the Jersey Giant, whose weight can reach up to 10lbs(4.5kg).
I like your idea. It has promise. But how well does it short out box cutters?:-) Doubt it. But I'll bet it soaks the tee-shirts of nubile young co-eds quite nicely, and for that alone, the GP deserves a medal.:-)
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There's also the advantages of ease of breeding. Zebrafish are extremely prolific, laying hundreds of eggs at a time, and reaching sexual maturity in as little as 90 days. For experiments requiring chordates, they're unmatched.
WOO! At last, a chance to talk with FISH GEEKS. Are you afflicted with MTS, and if so, how far has it progressed?
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Finally, another tablet user!
I occasionally game on my unit, so now I'm running an XP/Vista dual-boot, but msot of my work time is in Vista these days. For my unit, it doesn't seem to be appreciably slower than XP was, (but to be fair, I'm not running Aero Glass since the integrated graphics don't support it) and some of the features work noticeably better.
For me specifically:
- Handwriting Recognition is improved. (In both English, and Japanese.)
- Searching was greatly improved.
- Hibernation to file now restores properly every time.
System specs:
Toshiba R15-s822
1.6GHz Pentium M
160GB HD
2GB RAM
Vista Ultimate.
Would you tell me a bit more about your Vista experience? Specifically, was it the over-all experience that sent you running back to XP, or was it the tablet specific features?
I'm a Vista fan, for two reasons.
Improved tablet functionality. I often work in Japanese, and I find that Vista's Kanji (and roman alphabet!) recognition routines are greatly improved over their XP tablet counterparts.
Including Media Center in home premium and ultimate was nice too. The horizontal interface was annoying at first till I saw it on a widescreen monitor and realized what they were trying to do with it.
That said, I still don't recommend the Vista upgrade to my clients. It's pretty nice if you've got new hardware that's got proper driver support, but the upgrade doesn't offer enough improvement over what XP SP2 already offers.
Basically, if you're gonna have to buy windows anyway, take it. If you've already bought windows, it's not worth your trouble.
Scratch what? They didn't give me a disc to scratch!
5 million iphones were shipped as of December 2007.
334 million mobile phones were shipped for the 2007 holiday season alone. and 99% of the WiFi mobile media handheld market, Couldn't find the numbers on this one. I'm not sure that I'd go with 99%, but I'll bet you're probably pretty close.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but only the iPhone and iPod Touch have WIFI, correct? I'd be curious to see how their sales stacked up against say the new Archos wifi enabled units, or the latest Cowon players.
Actually, this is a pretty grey market definition. If the ipone qualifies for the mobile media handheld market, what about all those other phones that do wifi and video, like the WinMob phones, blackberries, or the Nokia Communicators? (And what other phones am I forgetting?)
- or -
2 years AVG Internet Security: $70
So, 3 years of AVG Internet security is another $140.00. - total is $1,040.00 Free as in Speech and Beer.
Sounds perfectly reasonable. You've got my vote!
Well, life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and all that...
But to get back on topic, I'll hand it to you on the privacy one. There are some things that simply aren't practical to protect with arms. Data is one of them.
For that, I recommend encryption. (I'm preaching to the choir on this one, right?) And lawyers.
It's never supposed to ever actually get to the point of armed insurgency.
One would hope that any reasonable judge would be able to distinguish between a malfunctioning weapon that was not designed to fire more than one shell, and one that was deliberately modified to do such.
But it's not shotguns that get people all riled up.
More to the point, consider the respective populations.
Not to speak ill of Iraq, but it's is a country that has had most of its infrastructure removed or destroyed. There's very little homegrown industry, and the communications network is spotty at best. While a portion of the population is reasonably educated, many of the insurgents coming in from outside of the country lack anything beyond the most basic of madrasa-based instruction.
In comparison, here in the states, we've got plenty of industrial capacity (and retain the expertise to create more,) an extensive working transport infrastructure, and highly developed communications. For better or for worse, (and yeah, in many low income schools, it's often worse) we educate the entire population till the age of majority.
Anybody who really thinks that the U.S. couldn't produce a vicious and horrific insurgency should the situation require it is simply kidding themselves. Doubly so any of the higher ups in the military or political circles who I believe might overestimate the willingness of our armed forces to fire upon their fellow citizens.
I think the working theory is that as soon as they take away our rights to own guns that it becomes much, much easier to remove the remaining rights.
You know, take my data "over my cold dead hands" and all that...
A sure sign of Internet Disease.
Link to the code in question, since I was an idiot who didn't post it in the last post.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/26/stEch53.html
Would someone please define FGAS for the acronymically impaired?
TITLE 26
Subtitle E
CHAPTER 53
Subchapter B
PART I
5845
"(b) Machinegun
The term "machinegun" means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person. "
Machineguns are classified as Class III weapons. They're already heavily regulated and restricted. You don't get one if you are a felon, were a felon, have a history of mental health problems, or could be a national security risk.
In short, we're already policing these kind of weapons, what more do you want?
That said, if you happen to have a link to the sketch in question, please share. I'm dying to see it!
So you put down another pin header on the MOBO, and plug a pigtail with a molex connector into it. Connect this to your power supply. Not pretty, but it'd take care of that pesky amperage issue.
Secondly, a gas "cable" thicked than my wrist is significantly lighter than a SOLID COPPER CABLE thicker than my wrist. I could probably do it. But mom would have to switch back to full-server.
http://www.hybrid-vehicle.org/serial-hybrid.html
What I've not yet seen addressed are a comparison of the effective losses in power for each method of locomtion. For example, the Prius uses a cute little 70 horsepower Atkinson Cycle engine, both for charging and motive power. Given that fixed power, what I wanna know is, could more locomotion be generated by charging the batteries and running electric motors, than would be generated by simply applying the same amount of power to a transmission to move the care.
I freely admit to not having the answer to this question. On the one hand, in a serial hybrid setup, you eliminate all those nasty fiction and various other mechanical losses that come with driving a car. On the other hand, adding batteries to a car is no insignificant amount of weight, and said batteries get no lighter even as their potential draws down. And while mechanical losses are minimized, there is still resistance to think of.
Can't say as to whether they're GM birds or not, but there are several chicken breeds available that can go from chick to market-sized bird in 45 days. I wish I could remember the name of the breed! Is there a farmer in the house?
Closer to the original comment, there are several "Giant" varieties of chicken available, including the Jersey Giant, whose weight can reach up to 10lbs(4.5kg).
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/poultry/chickens/jerseygiant/index.htm