Wow! A 40 decibel increase in your fan noise and you don't take drastic measures? The decibel scale is logarithmic so a 40dB would mean your fans began making 10^40 times more noise.
My Dad has a PC that my sister and I used to use for our homework assignments. One night, I was writing a paper on it, when all of a sudden it went berserk, the screen started flashing, and the whole paper just disappeared. All of it. And it was a good paper! I had to cram and rewrite it really quickly. Needless to say, my rushed paper wasn't nearly as good, and I blame that PC for the grade I got.
I'm happy to report that my sister and I now share an Apple PowerBook. It's a lot nicer to work on than my dad's PC was, it hasn't let me down once, and my grades have all been really good.
In all my experiences with math, 105>75. Take another example: Windows vs. Linux. Windows is at 2003, Mandrake and Slackware are at 9.1. Windows is better. QED
I was, like, working on this lawsuit on my, like, computer. Then suddenly, it was like beep, beep, and all my evidence was gone. It was, like, a very good lawsuit
I know, you could spend your eternally lasting life travelling around the Universe insulting people! Just to make it more interesting, why not give it a go in alphabetic order! That's what I would do.
It is official; Skynet now confirms: Telstar 4 is dying. One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered sattellite community when Skynet confirmed that Skynet 4 downlink has dropped yet again, now to ZERO PERCENT of all broadcasts. Coming on the heels of a recent Skynet release which plainly states that Telstar 4 was to be replaced by a newer satellite, Telstar 8. This news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Telstar is collapsing in complete disarray.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amazingkreskin.com] to predict Telstar 4's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Telstar faces a bleak, orbit decaying future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Telstar 4 because Telstar 4 is dying. Things are looking very bad for Telstar. As many of us are already aware, Telstar 4 continues to lose market share.
Telstar 4 is the most endangered satellite of them all, having lost 100% of its rebroadcast ability. The TVs are bare, static flows like a river of blood. There can no longer be any doubt: Telstar 4 is dying.
All major surveys show that Telstar 4 has steadily declined in quality. Telstar 4 is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Telstar is to survive at all it will be among satellite dilettante dabblers who care not for the One True Satellite: Telstar 8. Telstar 4's orbit continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Telstar 4 is dead.
Note to parent: NEVER use the words "confirms" and "dead" in the same sentence
It is official; Netcraft now confirms: Cursive is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered handwriting community when IAMPETH confirmed that the cursive market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all children. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that cursive has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Cursive is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in a recent comprehensive literary test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amazingkreskin.com] to predict cursive's future. The hand writing (printed) is on the wall: cursive faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for cursive because cursive is dying. Things are looking very bad for cursive. As many of us are already aware, cursive continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
Calligraphy is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core penmen. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time calligraphers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: calligraphy is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
Handwriting leader Theo states that there are 7000 literate people. How many users of cursive are there? Let's see. The number of literate versus cursive posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 cursive users. Cursive posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of printed posts. Therefore there are only about 700 users of cursive. A recent article put cursive at about 80 percent of the cursive market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 cursive writers. This is consistent with the number of Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, Cursive Handwriting Lessons went out of business and was taken over by Write Cursive Good, who sell another troubled writing style. Now WCG is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that cursive has steadily declined in market share. cursive is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If cursive is to survive at all it will be among writing dilettante dabblers. cursive continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, cursive is dead.
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They came, they carried, they conquered.
IT may not matter, but it's still better than dealing with the airlines.
What are they trying to sell?
Tiny Flying Robots
I would like to point out that 1/2 of the inductees have never existed as real robots, and also that at least 1/4 are actually midgets in a trashcan.
The sad thing is, you've just committed a felony. Don't worry, the FBI will be there shortly.
Wow! A 40 decibel increase in your fan noise and you don't take drastic measures? The decibel scale is logarithmic so a 40dB would mean your fans began making 10^40 times more noise.
He's using Google's MentalPlex search technology. Come on, get with the times.
I'm writing to share a tragic little story.
My Dad has a PC that my sister and I used to use for our homework assignments. One night, I was writing a paper on it, when all of a sudden it went berserk, the screen started flashing, and the whole paper just disappeared. All of it. And it was a good paper! I had to cram and rewrite it really quickly. Needless to say, my rushed paper wasn't nearly as good, and I blame that PC for the grade I got.
I'm happy to report that my sister and I now share an Apple PowerBook. It's a lot nicer to work on than my dad's PC was, it hasn't let me down once, and my grades have all been really good.
Thanks, Apple.
Ellen Feiss
'K' is better than 'i'? Please.
'K'==75
'i'==105
In all my experiences with math, 105>75. Take another example: Windows vs. Linux. Windows is at 2003, Mandrake and Slackware are at 9.1. Windows is better. QED
Can you hear me now?
*BOOM*
I build my own program that does this. I got the results back, too! It was really fast.
3.141
>Repeat found. The number "1" has been repeated.
What's 81.9% of 0?
"That's no moon, It's a space station!"
I was, like, working on this lawsuit on my, like, computer. Then suddenly, it was like beep, beep, and all my evidence was gone. It was, like, a very good lawsuit
My name's Darl McBride and I'm a CEO
I know, you could spend your eternally lasting life travelling around the Universe insulting people! Just to make it more interesting, why not give it a go in alphabetic order! That's what I would do.
It is official; Skynet now confirms: Telstar 4 is dying.
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered sattellite community when Skynet confirmed that Skynet 4 downlink has dropped yet again, now to ZERO PERCENT of all broadcasts. Coming on the heels of a recent Skynet release which plainly states that Telstar 4 was to be replaced by a newer satellite, Telstar 8. This news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Telstar is collapsing in complete disarray.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amazingkreskin.com] to predict Telstar 4's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Telstar faces a bleak, orbit decaying future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Telstar 4 because Telstar 4 is dying. Things are looking very bad for Telstar. As many of us are already aware, Telstar 4 continues to lose market share.
Telstar 4 is the most endangered satellite of them all, having lost 100% of its rebroadcast ability. The TVs are bare, static flows like a river of blood. There can no longer be any doubt: Telstar 4 is dying.
All major surveys show that Telstar 4 has steadily declined in quality. Telstar 4 is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Telstar is to survive at all it will be among satellite dilettante dabblers who care not for the One True Satellite: Telstar 8. Telstar 4's orbit continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Telstar 4 is dead.
Note to parent: NEVER use the words "confirms" and "dead" in the same sentence
On what planet do you live that you have 6 month years? Here on Earth 18 months is 1 1/2 years
He was speaking in terms of metric years.
Close, but not quite. Quantum Physics both exists and does not exist at the same time. That is, until you observe it, then it is just confusing.
It is official; Netcraft now confirms: Cursive is dying
One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered handwriting community when IAMPETH confirmed that the cursive market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all children. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that cursive has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Cursive is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in a recent comprehensive literary test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin [amazingkreskin.com] to predict cursive's future. The hand writing (printed) is on the wall: cursive faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for cursive because cursive is dying. Things are looking very bad for cursive. As many of us are already aware, cursive continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
Calligraphy is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core penmen. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time calligraphers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: calligraphy is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
Handwriting leader Theo states that there are 7000 literate people. How many users of cursive are there? Let's see. The number of literate versus cursive posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 cursive users. Cursive posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of printed posts. Therefore there are only about 700 users of cursive. A recent article put cursive at about 80 percent of the cursive market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 cursive writers. This is consistent with the number of Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, Cursive Handwriting Lessons went out of business and was taken over by Write Cursive Good, who sell another troubled writing style. Now WCG is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that cursive has steadily declined in market share. cursive is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If cursive is to survive at all it will be among writing dilettante dabblers. cursive continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, cursive is dead.
Fact: cursive is dying
WARNING: Condition is always true in function slashdot.readStory(64137);
Yes, I can see it now... "method and device for transmitting power by means of inductive coupling".
No, no, no. It'll be for a "method and device for transmitting power by means of inductive coupling on the web"
First post...
2 1/2 hours after the story was shown? I feel strangely alone.
it runs win2k just fine, which has many BSD elements in it
Shouldn't that be BSOD elements?
The only tool that I use for debugging is cout. What more could you possibly need. :)
* I am Alan Ralsky, you insensitive clod!