I've always loved the Model M. Several years ago I bought one from Unicomp with the "Linux" layout. It's actually more like Sun's old layout with the Ctrl key on the home row and the Esc key accessable from the home row. I type these keys quite often and my left wrist is grateful for this keyboard.
"Wi-Lan said it continues to license TV makers participating in the U.S. government's converter coupon program, which will distribute up to 33 million US$40 coupons to assist American TV owners when analogue broadcast signals are discontinued in February 2009"
Was this just a Ron Paul ad disguised as a story? It's sad that using the words "privacy" and "presidential candidate" in a question is grounds for getting it dismissed as "just a Ron Paul ad".
Then why does America still have such close ties to China?
The US could care less if a country is Communist as long as it allows Americans to own and exploit the resources within its borders. However, when the country tries to nationalize (seize) the privately held plantations, oil fields, mines, or etc. it is viewed as an act of war. China is a different beast since their resource (an almost limitless supply of Walmart plastic shit production plants) were already nationalized before the US entered into the market for them.
Also, don't forget that Putin's approval ratings are pretty high even if you disbelieve the official statistics from the Kremlin... Arresting everyone who speaks out against you tends to have that effect on approval ratings.
In that place the seven rich Dzhenkoul brothers in those days pastured a reindeer herd of 600-700 head. The brothers were rich. 1) how is the brothers' wealth relevant to this story in any way? 2) how rich were they?
The price of corn went up thanks to all these 'green' autos. Now the price of sugar is going to go up because of personal audio devices!
I'm not sure where you got that idea about corn prices. It would actually be nice if the demand for corn DID go up so we could end some of the subsidies here in the US.
Currently the only way it's at all profitable to grow corn is if the USDA pays you to do it. The USDA also pays farmers NOT to grow corn because we produce too much of it.
We stopped growing corn on our beef farm in the early 90's since it was cheaper to just buy corn and
make only hay.
Anyway, back on topic, I think the major benefit of these batteries is no more heavy metals in the groundwater. The source of the sugar used is pretty irrelevant.
... why Brazilian sugarcane isn't being imported into the US. US sugarecane farmers, centered around Lake Okeechobee, FL, hold a lot of political clout.
Actually, I think it's more complicated than that. Most of the sugar we use in the US is not cane sugar at all. The primary sugar in processed foods here is made from corn (high fructose corn syrup) which is the main reason why our soda tastes like crap compared to soda bottled in Mexico where they use cane.
However replacing sugar with corn syrup is a relatively new phenomenon. Before this, and the reason that cane sugar is largely absent from our diet in the US, is that the sugar beet industry lobbied to legislate it that way. What most Americans identify as "sugar" is actually made from beets.
Really, honestly, if a customer bought something, then brought it back broken, 11 FREAKING TIMES in a row, do you really think most retailers would keep accepting it back, over and over again?
Yes, I do, because the warranty says they have to.
Also, Microsoft is not primarily a retailer, especially in this case (AFAIK you can't even buy one directly from Microsoft.) They're a manufacturer.
I guess it all depends on the text of the warranty. For instance, General Motors warranties it's diesel truck motors for a respectable 100,000 miles. They are very good about replacing the motors when they fail. However, when the brand new replacement motor is defective and fails a few thousand miles later, they tell you "tough luck, buy a new one".
One of his points was that the presence of Lockheed-Martin's defense facility in Denver influenced the Columbine murderers. He specifically called it a WMD plant. But LMart only builds rockets to launch communications satellites. When confronted of this, MM points to the fact that the rockets have USAF logos to say that they do, in fact, make WMD's.
I have not seen the movie nor read about this particular controversy, but I'm forced to wonder:
If this plant did indeed make ICBMs would they admit to it? Isn't the location of such manufacturing facilities supposed to be kept secret?
Two out of six computers in a reduntant system cannot be rebooted. From TFA:
The station's Russian segment has a network of six primary computers, three for guidance and navigation and three for command and control, any one of which can handle the duties of its counterparts, Suffredini said, adding that only two were online early Wednesday. Big difference!
I interpret this to mean the following:
There is 1 active guidance and navigation computer and 2 spares.
There is 1 active command and control computer and 2 spares.
Nobody has dared to try to bring up one of the spares yet because of the sudden
simultaneous failure of BOTH active computers.
I've been a baseball fan for a long time, but becoming less of one as it becomes harder to watch video of the games.
I live in MN, but I'm a Brewers fan. This is quite unfortunate since it makes it IMPOSSIBLE for me to watch Brewers games. My satellite provider will only let me watch Twins games (something i would have to pay extra for), but MLB has my MN zip code in the "blackout area" for the Brewers and Twins, so I can't watch games online through mlb.tv either.
Last year I paid ~$200 for something called MLB Season Ticket just to watch brewers games on satellite. This year it's not available.
I wrote an email to blackout@mlb.com explaining the situation, but the response was essentially "too bad, you're blacked out".
I think this strategy of milking advertising pennies is only hurting MLB in the long run since I doubt they will maintain younger fans now that its so hard to get their video content. Turning down my money and alienating fans like me probably isn't that wise for the short-run either.
In fact, my server is still running 10.2 and Patrick has released a patch for that version as well, and probably a few others.
Pat is currently putting out security/maintenance patches for all releases 8.1 through 11.0. I still have one 9.0 server so I'm very thankful for the timely security updates it gets.
That was a bona fide use of "memento". The grandparent was simply making the de facto statement that using Latin in modern language is still the status quo and he used the word ad hoc.
It seems like all of the anti-vinyl comments here are neglecting a very important point: people are using these vinyl recordings to listen to music. It's not like they're advocating doing your taxes on a mechanical calculator. It's all about how people want to enjoy the experience of listening to music.
Those arguing that listening to music on CD is better that vinyl on technical grounds may want to consider
the following questions:
Is perfectly proportioned ethanol and water more enjoyable than a 12 year old whiskey?
Are omelettes cooked on teflon pans more enjoyable than those cooked on cast iron?
Is nicotine gum more enjoyable than a cuban cigar?
By any technical measure, the first in each example is always superior, but anyone with experience in both will probably choose the latter.
IMHO, listening to music on vinyl is a much more enjoyable experience simply because you have to be more involved in the process. It leaves you with a feeling of being somehow involved in production of the music since the act of playing the record takes so much of your focus.
I'm no audiophile. I listen to mp3/ogg in my car and on my computer, but if I want to really listen to music, I fire up the turntable.
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But then again, why not hook your old computer to your tv
HDMI, 1080p, noise, and power consumption.
This device would make a perfect MythTV frontend/backend machine. If it's for real, I want one just for a HD frontend.
I've always loved the Model M. Several years ago I bought one from Unicomp with the "Linux" layout. It's actually more like Sun's old layout with the Ctrl key on the home row and the Esc key accessable from the home row. I type these keys quite often and my left wrist is grateful for this keyboard.
Looks like the ISS occupants got their new toilet parts just in the nick of time.
Ssh.. they might hear you, then we'll all be in trouble... Relax! It turns out that women are the exact opposite of a minority.
Yes, according to wikipedia:
"Wi-Lan said it continues to license TV makers participating in the U.S. government's converter coupon program, which will distribute up to 33 million US$40 coupons to assist American TV owners when analogue broadcast signals are discontinued in February 2009"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-chip
I sense your sarcasm, but apperantly some 15% of parents (myself excluded) actually say that they use V-Chip.
Then why does America still have such close ties to China?
The US could care less if a country is Communist as long as it allows Americans to own and exploit the resources within its borders. However, when the country tries to nationalize (seize) the privately held plantations, oil fields, mines, or etc. it is viewed as an act of war. China is a different beast since their resource (an almost limitless supply of Walmart plastic shit production plants) were already nationalized before the US entered into the market for them.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Anthony_Falls
2) how rich were they?
I'm not sure where you got that idea about corn prices. It would actually be nice if the demand for corn DID go up so we could end some of the subsidies here in the US.
Currently the only way it's at all profitable to grow corn is if the USDA pays you to do it. The USDA also pays farmers NOT to grow corn because we produce too much of it.
We stopped growing corn on our beef farm in the early 90's since it was cheaper to just buy corn and make only hay.
Anyway, back on topic, I think the major benefit of these batteries is no more heavy metals in the groundwater. The source of the sugar used is pretty irrelevant.
the broken house fallacy?
... why Brazilian sugarcane isn't being imported into the US. US sugarecane farmers, centered around Lake Okeechobee, FL, hold a lot of political clout.Actually, I think it's more complicated than that. Most of the sugar we use in the US is not cane sugar at all. The primary sugar in processed foods here is made from corn (high fructose corn syrup) which is the main reason why our soda tastes like crap compared to soda bottled in Mexico where they use cane.
However replacing sugar with corn syrup is a relatively new phenomenon. Before this, and the reason that cane sugar is largely absent from our diet in the US, is that the sugar beet industry lobbied to legislate it that way. What most Americans identify as "sugar" is actually made from beets.
Yes, I do, because the warranty says they have to.
Also, Microsoft is not primarily a retailer, especially in this case (AFAIK you can't even buy one directly from Microsoft.) They're a manufacturer.
I guess it all depends on the text of the warranty. For instance, General Motors warranties it's diesel truck motors for a respectable 100,000 miles. They are very good about replacing the motors when they fail. However, when the brand new replacement motor is defective and fails a few thousand miles later, they tell you "tough luck, buy a new one".I have not seen the movie nor read about this particular controversy, but I'm forced to wonder:
If this plant did indeed make ICBMs would they admit to it? Isn't the location of such manufacturing facilities supposed to be kept secret?
I interpret this to mean the following:
I've been a baseball fan for a long time, but becoming less of one as it becomes harder to watch video of the games.
I live in MN, but I'm a Brewers fan. This is quite unfortunate since it makes it IMPOSSIBLE for me to watch Brewers games. My satellite provider will only let me watch Twins games (something i would have to pay extra for), but MLB has my MN zip code in the "blackout area" for the Brewers and Twins, so I can't watch games online through mlb.tv either.
Last year I paid ~$200 for something called MLB Season Ticket just to watch brewers games on satellite. This year it's not available.
I wrote an email to blackout@mlb.com explaining the situation, but the response was essentially "too bad, you're blacked out".
I think this strategy of milking advertising pennies is only hurting MLB in the long run since I doubt they will maintain younger fans now that its so hard to get their video content. Turning down my money and alienating fans like me probably isn't that wise for the short-run either.
Pat is currently putting out security/maintenance patches for all releases 8.1 through 11.0. I still have one 9.0 server so I'm very thankful for the timely security updates it gets.
File: ANNOUNCE.8_1 9 KB 06/19/2002 12:00:00 AMIt's also nice to get the descriptive email notification of each patch from the slackware-security email list
I'm not an expert on pthreads by any means, but I think what you're looking for is pthread_cond_timedwait().
http://www.googlesightseeing.com/index.php?s=cater pillar
Although this one has been erased in the name of housing development.
Cabinet posts do not require any confirmation.
That was a bona fide use of "memento". The grandparent was simply making the de facto statement that using Latin in modern language is still the status quo and he used the word ad hoc.
Is that an ad hominem attack per se?
The think I like best about the Christian Science Monitor is its name. It reminds me of what Voltaire said about the Holy Roman Empire.
This is a very good point.
It seems like all of the anti-vinyl comments here are neglecting a very important point: people are using these vinyl recordings to listen to music. It's not like they're advocating doing your taxes on a mechanical calculator. It's all about how people want to enjoy the experience of listening to music.
Those arguing that listening to music on CD is better that vinyl on technical grounds may want to consider the following questions:
By any technical measure, the first in each example is always superior, but anyone with experience in both will probably choose the latter.
IMHO, listening to music on vinyl is a much more enjoyable experience simply because you have to be more involved in the process. It leaves you with a feeling of being somehow involved in production of the music since the act of playing the record takes so much of your focus.
I'm no audiophile. I listen to mp3/ogg in my car and on my computer, but if I want to really listen to music, I fire up the turntable.