It seems pretty obvious to me that that is exactly what this device is designed for. The other uses that people have come up with are great in theory, but the only practical use that I can see for this is for advertising. That and it's neat to show off at trade shows.
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Oh, and it's so difficult to go to the corner store and buy a pack of AA alkalines. Please.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't DVD the same resolution as EDTV, 480p? The wikipedia article on enhanced-definition television says that DVD is at the lower end because it isn't capable of a 60 Hz frame rate (480p60). So you're basically saying that 480p is the "sweet spot". I beg to differ.
I suppose that depends on what you're doing with it. First of all, not all laptops have slow hard drives. Secondly, if you're using a laptop as a developer, it's pretty easy to eat up 2GB of RAM. Especially if you're running Oracle, SQL Server, and several instances of various pieces of server software. I was surprised when I recently discovered that when SQL Server is doing a lot of stuff, it will continue to allocate memory until you have 4-10 *MB* left. That is, unless you find the advanced option to cap the memory usage.
By your reasoning almost every driver (except those programmed/blessed by the hardware vendor) in Linux would be considered "third party addons". I can't really follow that reasoning.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it doesn't always work that way. I speak from personal experience. Something about "we already packed your baggage and it's behind everything else".
That may be, but this paragraph makes me think that it has been updated:
In addition, these batteries may have also been provided in response to service calls. The batteries were shipped to customers between April 1, 2004 and July 18, 2006. The words "DELL" and "Made in Japan" or "Made in China" or "Battery cell made in Japan, Assembled in China" are printed on the back of the batteries. If your battery does not reflect one of these markings it is not part of this recall, and you may exit the site.
I know this is Slashdot, but please RTFA before whining too much. From the article: "So where does this leave Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics? They were a narrative device, and were never actually meant to work in the real world, says Dr Whitby. Quite apart from the fact that the laws require the robot to have some form of human-like intelligence, which robots still lack, the laws themselves don't actually work very well. Indeed, Asimov repeatedly knocked them down in his robot stories, showing time and again how these seemingly watertight rules could produce unintended consequences."
What annoys me most about these stories is the constant complaining about misapplication of the Laws of Robotics.
I seem to recall it as a noun in PSYCH101. Merriam-Webster Online defines it as "the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes".
It seems clear to me that Sony's goal is to make Blu-Ray the next big thing, and what better way to help that along than by selling "several million units" capable of playing Blu-Ray discs? This seems perfectly logical given the goal of making Blu-Ray the next big thing, not that I'm defending Sony's choice of goals.
What, you mean like this text in the second paragraph? "...the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code."
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It seems pretty obvious to me that that is exactly what this device is designed for. The other uses that people have come up with are great in theory, but the only practical use that I can see for this is for advertising. That and it's neat to show off at trade shows.
Oh, and it's so difficult to go to the corner store and buy a pack of AA alkalines. Please.
Given the summary, shouldn't the title be "Big Tobacco Funded Anti-Anti-Global Warming Messages"?
I believe the comment was that ghostscript is free and annoying, not foxit.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't DVD the same resolution as EDTV, 480p? The wikipedia article on enhanced-definition television says that DVD is at the lower end because it isn't capable of a 60 Hz frame rate (480p60). So you're basically saying that 480p is the "sweet spot". I beg to differ.
I suppose that depends on what you're doing with it. First of all, not all laptops have slow hard drives. Secondly, if you're using a laptop as a developer, it's pretty easy to eat up 2GB of RAM. Especially if you're running Oracle, SQL Server, and several instances of various pieces of server software. I was surprised when I recently discovered that when SQL Server is doing a lot of stuff, it will continue to allocate memory until you have 4-10 *MB* left. That is, unless you find the advanced option to cap the memory usage.
By your reasoning almost every driver (except those programmed/blessed by the hardware vendor) in Linux would be considered "third party addons". I can't really follow that reasoning.
That sounds absolutely correct to me.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it doesn't always work that way. I speak from personal experience. Something about "we already packed your baggage and it's behind everything else".
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Dell has set up a website at http://www.dellbatteryprogram.com to check your laptop model.
Also (un)interesting:
+ in+imperial+gallons&btnG=Search
+ in+hogsheads&btnG=Search
+ in+cubic+cubits&btnG=Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=1+bushel
1 US bushel = 7.75150897 Imperial gallons
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=1+bushel
1 US bushel = 0.147764729 hogsheads
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=1+bushel
1 US bushel = 0.368727728 cubic cubits
Also: Don't connect your computer to the Internet.
Shhh... he's trying to show off his big brain.
On the next Slashback: Backslash Backlash on Slashdot.
I believe that what was said was "Note that he doesn't claim A is true, just that A could be true."
...but they're really more properly thought of as "Automatons"...
We've already lost the war on "data", but I'm not going to give up on "automata" without a fight! Other than that, I'm with you.
I know this is Slashdot, but please RTFA before whining too much. From the article: "So where does this leave Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics? They were a narrative device, and were never actually meant to work in the real world, says Dr Whitby. Quite apart from the fact that the laws require the robot to have some form of human-like intelligence, which robots still lack, the laws themselves don't actually work very well. Indeed, Asimov repeatedly knocked them down in his robot stories, showing time and again how these seemingly watertight rules could produce unintended consequences."
What annoys me most about these stories is the constant complaining about misapplication of the Laws of Robotics.
I seem to recall it as a noun in PSYCH101. Merriam-Webster Online defines it as "the conscious subjective aspect of an emotion considered apart from bodily changes".
And none of this is funded with tax dollars collected from the general public?
Cold fusion results in a ball of flame?
It seems clear to me that Sony's goal is to make Blu-Ray the next big thing, and what better way to help that along than by selling "several million units" capable of playing Blu-Ray discs? This seems perfectly logical given the goal of making Blu-Ray the next big thing, not that I'm defending Sony's choice of goals.
What, you mean like this text in the second paragraph? "...the Company and its U.S. subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code."
Well, would you look at that! Together, you both found both ends of the Internet!
Whose head?!
Also, people that are not from the United States don't know how big an average American car is.