you need to replace the paper, whatever you are printing is a different format than what you have paper for... I work for a multinational company and get this whenever I try to print an A4 sized print and only have standard 8.5 x 11 loaded. there is some way to bypass it, but it probably depends on the printer. Same thing might show up if you ran out, but I'm not sure.
remember that the fluid bearing motor itself is sealed within the drive, hopefully this seal is robust enough that the fluid bearing is contained within the motor... all the same, it is relatively common (as in: its still unlikely for it to ever happen to you) for the sealed fluid bearing to leak and contaminate a drive. now the lubricant on the disc itself can be a problem more similar to what you describe, but I am not in a position to know if its actual evaporation or cast offs from any kind of head/disc interference, I suppose both are possible and can lead to certain issues (think of a head landing in a puddle of lubricant)
according to a quick search on google (google search) there is a huge benefit, put forth by the Bush administration, for outrageously large vehicle. Read about it here and here.
I have found digital zoom to be useful in odd lighting situations when I wanted to get the right aperture for a distant object. Think far away monkey in a tree with a bright background, if I click away, I won't see monky, I will see a dark outline of a tree. with the digital zoom it sets the light balance accordingly for the area in question. from there i could either lock the aperture, and zoom back out or just snap away and suffer the inadequacies of digital zoom. I suppose there are other ways to do it, but digi zoom is the quickest for me.
Also Sonys new cameras have and "intelligent" digitial zoom where it will automatically crop a higher resolution pic down to the lower resolution that you are using (say you are taking a pic a 2 MP, it would automatically zoom in to the 5MP picture it just took and give you that portion of the picture), which may not be perfect, but handy on large trips where capacity becomes and issue.
Another common misconception I, and many others, had was that you could just take a color pic and converrt it to black and white on my computer. I tested this multiple times in a darker setting and the original black and whites came out tons better than the colors that had been sampled back to black and white. I don't know if this is because the CCD is put in a more 'sensitized' mode of some sort, or if the cameras algorithms for dealing with dark situations is better with black and white, but there was no denying the difference.
You think they sent that sucker through 600 macs without having the tape come off the spool or some other tragic incident analagous to that piece of crap tape deck you had in the '82 pontiac that had a nasty tendency to eat tapes?
I'm no expert in the arena, but I don't think firewalls will protect you from the RIAA giving a search warrant connecting your IP address during a certain period of time that you might have been using it and you, and the connections that IP address might have had. and I don't think a firewall would do anything about that. some kind of spoofing or re-directs maybe, but not a conventional firewall.
the competition to see who had the earliest/smallest bit of technology:
"I had a [sinclair, 128k mac, apple, amiga] with a [subtract one unit from previous post]k hard drive, even after I doubled it in size with [crappy software] I wish I still had it, I'd set it up to run a [web server, distributed computing ap] but for now I guess I will have to be satisfied with running it in emulation mode with my [DR-DOS, OS2, BeOS, DOS 3.1] box!
if it were a knoppix like boot cd, how would the average user update it? right now its as easy as applying a patch, but if it were a cd based distro, how would that work? almost all games are requiring a zillion updates, both for fixes and teasers to keep people playing the game (I am thinking specifically of new maps for BF1942) and updates to add-on systems like desert combat or punkbusters.
also a lack of support for winmodems, a lot of on-line games still use modems, and converting to linux would require a new modem or some other on-line access.
On the whole, Like most of the commenters here, I would switch to linux if I could have my games as well. Hell, if the BF1942 series went to linux I would switch! odd that they have linux servers but not clients, i guess its all abotu directx..
you are correct (my mistake) on the cam... but its still the (and the stroke of the pistons) relative position to the spark (as you say) that determines the amount that the fuel/air mixture is compressed which is directly relevant to the amount of power which is produced... which leads me to my next point, I hope i did not imply that higher octane fuel has more energy... simply put, that energy can be harnessed more effectively by allowing greater compression before combustion. Hence in a tuned engine (chipped) greater power can be made from the same amount of fuel, though the potential energy of it had never changed. you might have gone from burning it with a 78% efficiency instead of a 74% efficiency for example, but I really have no idea what the real numbers would be.
"retard=> later ignition"... you're changing the point at which the cam opens the valves in relation to the piston movement, and via the computer no less.
and almost all chips require the use of a higher octane rating and take advantage of the extra power it gives you. (via the retard on the cam)
you sound book smart but experience short.
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I will agree with you that they are as 'clean' as gasoline engines, at least in the way that the government rates cleanliness, and in respect to the environment, but the end result of the larger particles that you speak of is a more visible exhaust... if you have a diesel engine, this is a compromise you should be willing to make.
as i noted in another post, not all chips are just going to throw more fuel in... there are increased efficiencies to be found in higher octane fuel (a requirement of most chips) higher compression through valve timing and increased turbo/supercharger pressure. Most chipped cars will pass emissions tests just fine, and are even legal, as many car mods (straight pipes instead of cats for example) are not.
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"you'll pretty much need more fuel from *somewhere*."
that "somewhere" is actually pretty easily found... the most obvious is that greater compression leads to increased efficiency, and re-mapping the chip will lead more compression (by opening valves earlier) this requires you to use a higher octane fuel, but most performance minded people do this anyway... while people might get on the gas more often, overall the engine is more efficient and many chipped cars actually see their mileage improving, though not dramatically. (mine included)
Keep in mind that most perfomrance mods are about improving efficiency, though not always fuel economy...
LPG injection is a way to boost power in diesels, but like other forms of injection (Nitrous for example) it needs to be tightly controlled and can be a big hassle.
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the guy who made that comment was an idiot. he's drivign a diesel and he's complaining about smoke??! and it is rare for anyone to notice a substantial reduction in MPG... usually there is little or no difference and most likely its a placebo in this guys case. (ie he just *thinks* hes getting worse mileage)
the reason that no reasonable car company would support it is that, being code, it is quite easy to hide the fact that someone has been inside... so when someone violates the warranty, they could just shove the original code back in and return it to and suddennly the car company is paying for a new engine.
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they aren't actually changing the bulk of the code that would or would not make the car more reliable... primarily they are changing the amount af retardation on the cam to allow more or less fuel to optimise the mixture... the default is essentially a lowest common denominator and doesn't take into account simple things like using higher quality gasoline (higher octane) and such.
"then SCO is no longer the big Goliath"... they never were, they aren't now, and they never will be. i would more likely liken them to a small chihuahua with a really deep bark.
really, I have to re-install windows about once every omnth or month and a half (maybe I could stretch it out a little bit longer, but with increasing issues and difficulties) I have long since abandoned my PC as a platform for any kind of critical information. If someone wants to use it, fine, go ahead. I prefer it if no one were malicious, but hey, i'd just be re-installing anyway. What about my bandwidth you say? have at that too. I'm not using it all anyway. I might be a little peeved when I am playing games, but its not going to kill me (well it might when I am in a game, but not in real life) These are the reasons I love knoppix... a nice clean start every time!
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you need to replace the paper, whatever you are printing is a different format than what you have paper for... I work for a multinational company and get this whenever I try to print an A4 sized print and only have standard 8.5 x 11 loaded. there is some way to bypass it, but it probably depends on the printer. Same thing might show up if you ran out, but I'm not sure.
remember that the fluid bearing motor itself is sealed within the drive, hopefully this seal is robust enough that the fluid bearing is contained within the motor... all the same, it is relatively common (as in: its still unlikely for it to ever happen to you) for the sealed fluid bearing to leak and contaminate a drive. now the lubricant on the disc itself can be a problem more similar to what you describe, but I am not in a position to know if its actual evaporation or cast offs from any kind of head/disc interference, I suppose both are possible and can lead to certain issues (think of a head landing in a puddle of lubricant)
according to a quick search on google (google search) there is a huge benefit, put forth by the Bush administration, for outrageously large vehicle. Read about it here and here.
a lot of spyware already 'informs you'... its just that the average public just clicks right through all of the legal stuff anyway.
just as an FYI:
I have found digital zoom to be useful in odd lighting situations when I wanted to get the right aperture for a distant object. Think far away monkey in a tree with a bright background, if I click away, I won't see monky, I will see a dark outline of a tree. with the digital zoom it sets the light balance accordingly for the area in question. from there i could either lock the aperture, and zoom back out or just snap away and suffer the inadequacies of digital zoom. I suppose there are other ways to do it, but digi zoom is the quickest for me.
Also Sonys new cameras have and "intelligent" digitial zoom where it will automatically crop a higher resolution pic down to the lower resolution that you are using (say you are taking a pic a 2 MP, it would automatically zoom in to the 5MP picture it just took and give you that portion of the picture), which may not be perfect, but handy on large trips where capacity becomes and issue.
Another common misconception I, and many others, had was that you could just take a color pic and converrt it to black and white on my computer. I tested this multiple times in a darker setting and the original black and whites came out tons better than the colors that had been sampled back to black and white. I don't know if this is because the CCD is put in a more 'sensitized' mode of some sort, or if the cameras algorithms for dealing with dark situations is better with black and white, but there was no denying the difference.
don't bother with the trailer, it has got to be the lamest trailer possible...
o riginal version.
here, let me sum it up for you:
original.
uncut.
undubbed.
uncensored.
All of this is in big bold white letters on a black screen. exciting huh?
you would think that since they've had to footage for fifty years they might be able to come up with something a little more creative!
I dunno, a little "self contact" always helps me to relax!
You think they sent that sucker through 600 macs without having the tape come off the spool or some other tragic incident analagous to that piece of crap tape deck you had in the '82 pontiac that had a nasty tendency to eat tapes?
I don't think so.
Lest ye forget, he did say he was a student working for a professor.
His time is not worth a whole lot in this case!
I'm no expert in the arena, but I don't think firewalls will protect you from the RIAA giving a search warrant connecting your IP address during a certain period of time that you might have been using it and you, and the connections that IP address might have had. and I don't think a firewall would do anything about that. some kind of spoofing or re-directs maybe, but not a conventional firewall.
the competition to see who had the earliest/smallest bit of technology:
"I had a [sinclair, 128k mac, apple, amiga] with a [subtract one unit from previous post]k hard drive, even after I doubled it in size with [crappy software] I wish I still had it, I'd set it up to run a [web server, distributed computing ap] but for now I guess I will have to be satisfied with running it in emulation mode with my [DR-DOS, OS2, BeOS, DOS 3.1] box!
if it were a knoppix like boot cd, how would the average user update it? right now its as easy as applying a patch, but if it were a cd based distro, how would that work? almost all games are requiring a zillion updates, both for fixes and teasers to keep people playing the game (I am thinking specifically of new maps for BF1942) and updates to add-on systems like desert combat or punkbusters.
also a lack of support for winmodems, a lot of on-line games still use modems, and converting to linux would require a new modem or some other on-line access.
On the whole, Like most of the commenters here, I would switch to linux if I could have my games as well. Hell, if the BF1942 series went to linux I would switch! odd that they have linux servers but not clients, i guess its all abotu directx..
you are correct (my mistake) on the cam... but its still the (and the stroke of the pistons) relative position to the spark (as you say) that determines the amount that the fuel/air mixture is compressed which is directly relevant to the amount of power which is produced... which leads me to my next point, I hope i did not imply that higher octane fuel has more energy... simply put, that energy can be harnessed more effectively by allowing greater compression before combustion. Hence in a tuned engine (chipped) greater power can be made from the same amount of fuel, though the potential energy of it had never changed. you might have gone from burning it with a 78% efficiency instead of a 74% efficiency for example, but I really have no idea what the real numbers would be.
Gibberish eh?
"retard=> later ignition"... you're changing the point at which the cam opens the valves in relation to the piston movement, and via the computer no less.
and almost all chips require the use of a higher octane rating and take advantage of the extra power it gives you. (via the retard on the cam)
you sound book smart but experience short.
I will agree with you that they are as 'clean' as gasoline engines, at least in the way that the government rates cleanliness, and in respect to the environment, but the end result of the larger particles that you speak of is a more visible exhaust... if you have a diesel engine, this is a compromise you should be willing to make.
as i noted in another post, not all chips are just going to throw more fuel in... there are increased efficiencies to be found in higher octane fuel (a requirement of most chips) higher compression through valve timing and increased turbo/supercharger pressure. Most chipped cars will pass emissions tests just fine, and are even legal, as many car mods (straight pipes instead of cats for example) are not.
"you'll pretty much need more fuel from *somewhere*."
that "somewhere" is actually pretty easily found... the most obvious is that greater compression leads to increased efficiency, and re-mapping the chip will lead more compression (by opening valves earlier) this requires you to use a higher octane fuel, but most performance minded people do this anyway... while people might get on the gas more often, overall the engine is more efficient and many chipped cars actually see their mileage improving, though not dramatically. (mine included)
Keep in mind that most perfomrance mods are about improving efficiency, though not always fuel economy...
LPG injection is a way to boost power in diesels, but like other forms of injection (Nitrous for example) it needs to be tightly controlled and can be a big hassle.
the guy who made that comment was an idiot. he's drivign a diesel and he's complaining about smoke??! and it is rare for anyone to notice a substantial reduction in MPG... usually there is little or no difference and most likely its a placebo in this guys case. (ie he just *thinks* hes getting worse mileage)
the reason that no reasonable car company would support it is that, being code, it is quite easy to hide the fact that someone has been inside... so when someone violates the warranty, they could just shove the original code back in and return it to and suddennly the car company is paying for a new engine.
they aren't actually changing the bulk of the code that would or would not make the car more reliable... primarily they are changing the amount af retardation on the cam to allow more or less fuel to optimise the mixture... the default is essentially a lowest common denominator and doesn't take into account simple things like using higher quality gasoline (higher octane) and such.
not worth the effort unless its on a turbo or supercharged engine, and you will violate your warranty.
"then SCO is no longer the big Goliath"... they never were, they aren't now, and they never will be. i would more likely liken them to a small chihuahua with a really deep bark.
A region free player yesterday. yesterday. I hope all you slashdotters give me credit for causing this to happen.
remember though: kilometers are kind of like canadian dollars.
Brings new meaning to the term 'syn flood'
really, I have to re-install windows about once every omnth or month and a half (maybe I could stretch it out a little bit longer, but with increasing issues and difficulties) I have long since abandoned my PC as a platform for any kind of critical information. If someone wants to use it, fine, go ahead. I prefer it if no one were malicious, but hey, i'd just be re-installing anyway. What about my bandwidth you say? have at that too. I'm not using it all anyway. I might be a little peeved when I am playing games, but its not going to kill me (well it might when I am in a game, but not in real life) These are the reasons I love knoppix... a nice clean start every time!