Actually, there's a pretty easy way to have the lights recognize more than one vehicle. Install multiple sensors down the lane. Come here to Sacramento and check out Truxel Road at Interstate 80. Since traffic can pile up so deeply coming off the highway going to wal-mart and home depot (which are right at the exit) the traffic going that way will get an extra turn in the middle of the normal light cycle if there's enough vehicles. I'm not exactly sure what enough is, but there's three protected left turn lanes that are about 15 car lengths deep, and they'll fill completely in under a minute.
But one thing to keep in mind -- while a person is a minor, there are no rights to privacy to speak of.
I disagree. Being a minor does not deny you rights to privacy, or any freedoms. The only rights a minor lacks are those that are specifically outlined by whatever state law applies to that child, and specifically reserves those rights to a person of majority. Privacy is not one of them.
Something similar happened to me when I had an asthma attack in the middle of a case of pneumonia. I ended up sending my brother some IMs via AIM telling him to get help for me. Even if I were coherent enough to talk on the phone, my lungs were at less than 10% of normal capacity, and I couldn't make any sounds anyway. It's a strange feeling to know that something from AOL actually saved my life.
Don't you think you're over reacting a bit? It's a bot generated letter. How about a simple email that says "No, we're not changing anything, we're well within the law." See how things go from there. It'll probably just be dropped.
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You try putting 50 each of those things in 800 stores and see how much money you save when you scrimp on something with a 1$ difference in price. IIRC they have 256 megs of RAM and no hard disk. For the record, they say beetle linux in some places when they boot, and redhat in others. I'm assuming a derivative of redhat for retail. I don't remember much else, it's been a while.
I've got a SanDisk Cruzer Micro 512 MB. Seems indestructable so far. I leave it on my key ring most of the time. It's been dropped down a few floors onto concrete; accidentally left it on the hood of my car, drove off, then drove over it; been through the wash. Still works just fine. One of the few with a small enough form factor to put two in stacked USB ports (USB flash drive RAID 0 =O).
Ars Technica has a pretty good review of USB 2.0 flash drives, for those curious about performance benchmarks.
Someone said something about pictures of the Cruzer Micro. SanDsik has easily available images of their products for press kits, even huge EPS files. Here's a nearly sane JPEG of the Cruzer Micro 512 MB
Not just drivers that are too agressive, but drivers that aren't agressive enough. People should make up their mind, then follow through. When someone takes 6 seconds to change lanes, and then decideds not to half way through, only to go ahead and change in 1 second a few moments later, I have no idea what the hell that driver is doing, or where they are going. When trying to merge onto the highway, either choose to pull ahead, or choose to drop in from behind and then go for it. Those are just two examples of which there's many more I'm sure we can all relate to. Second guesses are DEADLY.
All of the states I've driven in, where I had a chance to check (17 so far), require slow drivers to keep right in some form or another. "Left Lane For Passing Only" "Slow Traffic Keep Right" and other such regulations. While I don't know of any states that explicitly permit slow traffic in the leftmost lanes, it is possible that some states don't have any regulations about it.
Blu-Ray will be the format the PlayStation 3 uses. That's damn near an automatic success right there. Millions of twenty-somethings will all have inexpensive Blu-Ray players, many of whom will want the same format device in their computer for various reasons. When they upgrade to a real player with better quality than the one included in the PS3 they'll go for another Blu-Ray device, for compatibility reasons among other things.
Just for fun I went and got a 128 MB Cruzer Micro to test against my 512 MB unit. Just set the password in the new one to anything you want, and all the files from the old one can be decrypted. I'm glad I don't use the CruzerLock application that comes with it for encryption.
I too will voice out my opinions against AT&T and in favor of T-mobile. T-mobile really does have fantastic customer service. AT&T was so bad for me I just decided to break contract with them and pay the 250$ fee. Service problems, reception problems, customer service problems, billing problems; you name it, they screwed it up. With T-mobile it's nice to know I'll still be on my phone company's network when I go to the EU, and if I come across any problems they will be just as helpful as they are here...
Actually... a Model M is a good idea. Seeing as they're mostly metal and frequently so old that the plastic doesn't have it's own smell anymore, finding a used one might be one piece of equipment that would work for gtaylor. Longevity should be a goal here anyway. Case mods are cool, but does anyone want to look for a new metal/ceramic/whatever piece of equipment every few years?
For the record, my Model M will be old enough to vote next month, and smells like powerade. =)
I do use a dual-Xenon, but its been a chore to tame.
...than Win-XP on the dual-Xenon!
It's Xeon, not Xenon. I also find it odd that the first two (short) paragraphs carry a different voice than the rest of your post. Stop cutting and pasting other people's discussions to suit your needs.
While all this is high-end equipment, its worth noting that Linux on a athlon-1200 is much faster (upto 10x) than Win-XP on the dual-Xenon!
Linux on a 1.2 GHz Athlon vs. Windows XP on a Dual Xeon... Dual Xeon what? P3 Xeon 933 Mhz? P4 Xeon 2.8 GHz? Please, clarify so someone can either say "Yeah it might be faster." or "No way, a 1.2 GHz Athlon can't be faster than what you have."
I'm an ardent supporter of BSD, and AMD is my CPU vendor of choice right now, but it pains me to see attacks against Intel or Microsoft like this. They just don't help anybody. *sigh*
...then why should any person care? I like a Penzoil logo or a Toyo billboard in a racing game; it just makes sense. Heaven forbid Wilson has a spot in a tennis game. 7-up's dn-L and Honda's Element happen to be aimed at the same demographic that really does snowboard. I haven't played SSX 3 so I can't account for unrealistic placement of the physical ad within the game's maps.
It's when ads are totally out of the context of realism, or even something remotely similar to it, that I'll complain. Most people I know are the same way. McDonalds in The Sims? Not too far off the mark, really... healthier than real food? That kills the realism. It's also flawed from a game mechanics point of view. The easy stuff is supposed to suck. Work harder for a better reward.
Just so long as the ads look just like they do in real life, and product placement isn't totally ridiculous, I'm all for it. I'll gladly pay for the game, just so long as the ads are appropriate to the setting.
At least you have Cable internet. I'm in North Cali too, and it took me about a week to figure out if the cable company my complex uses even offered internet services. Nobody I called there even knew. I'm not exactly sure I would want to sign up with a company like that. However this has been a learning experience. My choice on where to live is now influenced by what cable provider is available.
Looks like those of us that want foreign character sets engraved on our colorful iPods will have to wait until the global launch this spring. The US Apple store will not take Kanji or accented characters. A call to the Apple store was of no help either as the rep really had no clue.
With everyone commenting on the great works of music in the Final Fantasy series, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the name of the man behind that music, Nobuo Uesmatsu. Many people believe FF6 to be his best work. Look for Tina's Theme or Aria Di Mezzo Carattere and compare to the movie of your choice.
With video games pulling in similar amounts of money to movies these days, and having similar budgets, it's only right for composers to work with performaing talent that can match their vision.
Unless they release a free server that players can connect to after they take their servers down, all they're getting from me is two middle fingers. Seriously, if I buy an online game, I expect to be able to play it online for several years at least, not taken down like the PSO1 servers.
That might be a valid arguement... if the Dreamcast PSO servers weren't still up. C Mode in particular is still as lively as it is on the Gamecube at times.
Incredible! Someone that actually shares my opinion! Honestly, I feel only one company even has the right to take Sega into their fold; Nintendo. I remember the fierce rivalry the two companies had, I remember how awesome it was to play the latest killer game for each system, I remember trying to convince my parents why I -needed- both systems. Microsoft, EA... bah! Should either of those companies purchase Sega, I will personally mail letters of apology to the entire Sonic Team staff. The combined talent of Sonic Team and E.A.D. is nothing short of awe inspiring.
Sega has always had vision, and business seems to have taken a bit of a backseat. Nintendo knows where to draw the lines between vision and business, and their conservative business style helps to keep things in check. I do believe Nintendo is the only place where all of the Sega teams can flourish. The benefits to Nintendo are obtaining some of the best developers out there, as well as a good sports franchise, and maybe even creating some new Phantasy Star (not online) games. Nintendo has no reason to throw away anything they would get from this deal.
As an afterthought, Sonic would be really cool in the next Smash Bros. game.
I do know that Philips Audio's current surveys include a question regarding the importance of OGG support for their devices. At least we know they're thinking about it. If enough of us/. geeks actually tell them that we want it, they may very well give it to us.
I have one of those old IBM keyboards, it's about 16 years old. You see, I really hate those quiet key and natural type keyboards. This old IBM is big, heavy, and almost 100% metal. It's what I call clicky. Even when I'm in the basement, my SO can hear me type when she's in the kitchen. It's so noisy and clicky, I just love it. This thing is so solid it will probably outlive me.
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Actually, there's a pretty easy way to have the lights recognize more than one vehicle. Install multiple sensors down the lane. Come here to Sacramento and check out Truxel Road at Interstate 80. Since traffic can pile up so deeply coming off the highway going to wal-mart and home depot (which are right at the exit) the traffic going that way will get an extra turn in the middle of the normal light cycle if there's enough vehicles. I'm not exactly sure what enough is, but there's three protected left turn lanes that are about 15 car lengths deep, and they'll fill completely in under a minute.
But one thing to keep in mind -- while a person is a minor, there are no rights to privacy to speak of.
I disagree. Being a minor does not deny you rights to privacy, or any freedoms. The only rights a minor lacks are those that are specifically outlined by whatever state law applies to that child, and specifically reserves those rights to a person of majority. Privacy is not one of them.
Something similar happened to me when I had an asthma attack in the middle of a case of pneumonia. I ended up sending my brother some IMs via AIM telling him to get help for me. Even if I were coherent enough to talk on the phone, my lungs were at less than 10% of normal capacity, and I couldn't make any sounds anyway. It's a strange feeling to know that something from AOL actually saved my life.
Don't you think you're over reacting a bit? It's a bot generated letter. How about a simple email that says "No, we're not changing anything, we're well within the law." See how things go from there. It'll probably just be dropped.
You try putting 50 each of those things in 800 stores and see how much money you save when you scrimp on something with a 1$ difference in price. IIRC they have 256 megs of RAM and no hard disk. For the record, they say beetle linux in some places when they boot, and redhat in others. I'm assuming a derivative of redhat for retail. I don't remember much else, it's been a while.
Ars Technica has a pretty good review of USB 2.0 flash drives, for those curious about performance benchmarks.
Someone said something about pictures of the Cruzer Micro. SanDsik has easily available images of their products for press kits, even huge EPS files. Here's a nearly sane JPEG of the Cruzer Micro 512 MB
It's Xeon, not Xenon. I also find it odd that the first two (short) paragraphs carry a different voice than the rest of your post. Stop cutting and pasting other people's discussions to suit your needs.
While all this is high-end equipment, its worth noting that Linux on a athlon-1200 is much faster (upto 10x) than Win-XP on the dual-Xenon!
Linux on a 1.2 GHz Athlon vs. Windows XP on a Dual Xeon... Dual Xeon what? P3 Xeon 933 Mhz? P4 Xeon 2.8 GHz? Please, clarify so someone can either say "Yeah it might be faster." or "No way, a 1.2 GHz Athlon can't be faster than what you have."
I'm an ardent supporter of BSD, and AMD is my CPU vendor of choice right now, but it pains me to see attacks against Intel or Microsoft like this. They just don't help anybody. *sigh*
The trick isn't going faster than a patrol car, it's going faster than the radio in a patrol car.
I can't afford to cosplay as anyone from Final Fantasy, so I'll just put on a /. t-shirt and cosplay as a geek.
At least you have Cable internet. I'm in North Cali too, and it took me about a week to figure out if the cable company my complex uses even offered internet services. Nobody I called there even knew. I'm not exactly sure I would want to sign up with a company like that. However this has been a learning experience. My choice on where to live is now influenced by what cable provider is available.
Looks like those of us that want foreign character sets engraved on our colorful iPods will have to wait until the global launch this spring. The US Apple store will not take Kanji or accented characters. A call to the Apple store was of no help either as the rep really had no clue.
I can't believe I missed the typo in my own post, I actually misspelled his name! I'm going to crawl into a corner and cry...
At least the title is spelled correctly. Go ahead and make fun of me now.
With everyone commenting on the great works of music in the Final Fantasy series, I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the name of the man behind that music, Nobuo Uesmatsu. Many people believe FF6 to be his best work. Look for Tina's Theme or Aria Di Mezzo Carattere and compare to the movie of your choice.
With video games pulling in similar amounts of money to movies these days, and having similar budgets, it's only right for composers to work with performaing talent that can match their vision.
Unless they release a free server that players can connect to after they take their servers down, all they're getting from me is two middle fingers. Seriously, if I buy an online game, I expect to be able to play it online for several years at least, not taken down like the PSO1 servers.
That might be a valid arguement... if the Dreamcast PSO servers weren't still up. C Mode in particular is still as lively as it is on the Gamecube at times.
For those of you interested in some pretty good surveys and studies that follow this, you may want to look here.
Incredible! Someone that actually shares my opinion! Honestly, I feel only one company even has the right to take Sega into their fold; Nintendo. I remember the fierce rivalry the two companies had, I remember how awesome it was to play the latest killer game for each system, I remember trying to convince my parents why I -needed- both systems. Microsoft, EA... bah! Should either of those companies purchase Sega, I will personally mail letters of apology to the entire Sonic Team staff. The combined talent of Sonic Team and E.A.D. is nothing short of awe inspiring.
Sega has always had vision, and business seems to have taken a bit of a backseat. Nintendo knows where to draw the lines between vision and business, and their conservative business style helps to keep things in check. I do believe Nintendo is the only place where all of the Sega teams can flourish. The benefits to Nintendo are obtaining some of the best developers out there, as well as a good sports franchise, and maybe even creating some new Phantasy Star (not online) games. Nintendo has no reason to throw away anything they would get from this deal.
As an afterthought, Sonic would be really cool in the next Smash Bros. game.
I do know that Philips Audio's current surveys include a question regarding the importance of OGG support for their devices. At least we know they're thinking about it. If enough of us /. geeks actually tell them that we want it, they may very well give it to us.
I have one of those old IBM keyboards, it's about 16 years old. You see, I really hate those quiet key and natural type keyboards. This old IBM is big, heavy, and almost 100% metal. It's what I call clicky. Even when I'm in the basement, my SO can hear me type when she's in the kitchen. It's so noisy and clicky, I just love it. This thing is so solid it will probably outlive me.