Ah, I didn't realize there was a 64-bit version of Windows XP, but it turns out that there is one. So I guess I'm not confused at the OP's initial comment on why people would ditch WinXP when moving to 64-bit architectures.
Keeping a permanent copy of every bad web site made by every bored teen is not actually useful, any more than keeping every grocery list, or to do list, or every piece of homework you ever did as a child.
I agree that such extremes are not good for the individual or society today, but they would be a boon for histories.
Yes, 99.999% of those to do lists would be of zero interest, but what historian wouldn't want access to all of, say, Abraham Lincoln's to do lists and diary entries?
his will become especially true if and when 32-bit systems disappear. In the mean time Microsoft is going to realse at least one more version of Windows and likely more.
You mean like the 16-bit or 8-bit support disappeared? You do realize that even the latest x86/AMD64 processors still support the original 80086 processor modes, right? That that is their _default_ state of running when power is applied?
Perhaps what the OP meant is the limitations imposed by 32-bit systems, thereby prompting decision makers to choose a 64-bit system when upgrading the hardware? Say the new workstations being purchased have 4 or 8 or 16 GB of memory and here we have Windows XP, which can only see and use 2 GB. Time to roll in a 64-bit OS!
I hope you don't think we've hit the bottom of the real-estate market. Fine wines maybe? Collectables? Seems much safer to just buy interest rate derivitives, at least that way your losses are limited to 100%.
I wager he's talking real estate. Probably been snatching up lower end homes to rent out to the previously home owning subprime market. That would be my guess. I really hope he hasn't gone into debt to buy collectibles or fine wines!
Speaking of real estate, here's an interesting aerial photograph from a Florida subdivision that was built during the 1970s land boom. No houses were ever built, just sold lots. Today, trees are growing between cracks in the roads.
On your sig: A 121K debt per taxpayer sounds like a lot until you think about paying that off over a 30-40 year working lifetime. Plus, you know that's going to be heavily reduced by inflation. 2015-2025 we're probably going to have 10-15% inflation per year, which will turn that into only 46K or less in today's dollars. Over a 40 year working life, that's like 1K extra in taxes per year. Call me when it hits 10K in extra taxes per year.
121K debt per taxpayer is what the national debt is right now. Your whole formula presupposes that the debt won't rise another penny from now through the next 30-40 years. Is that at all likely? The GAO estimates Social Security and Medicare obligations alone will cost us roughly 12 TRILLION in borrowed dollars (in total) between now and 2040 (not adjusted for inflation). And have you seen the proposal for the upcoming fiscal year? We'll be running a $1.6 TRILLION dollar deficit.
We have reason to be worried about the US deficit and debt. There will certainly be a day of reckoning in our lifetimes.
remember, young Roland was in possession of the horn in the reset that occurs at the end of the final book. It gives the reader hope that the outcome may be different on the subsequent attempt.
Maybe, but probably not. It seems like after a second or two he had already forgotten about the events that had just transpired and was back to the narrative of The Gunslinger.
Have you seen the movie Triangle? If you liked the ending you may like that movie.
"The Stand" was brilliantly done, and while there were a few creative licenses taken, stuck extremely close to the brilliant novel he had written.
Really? I agree that the adaptation wasn't bad, but I thought the acting and soundtrack left a lot to be desired. And the casting decisions were questionable, especially having Kareem Abdul-Jabar and King himself making cameos. Also, they never were able to really connect the viewer - emotionally or visually - to the wasteland of the world after the plague. I agree it would be hard to do on the small or big screen, as those aren't as impressive as one's imagination, but given that several of King's books have translated excellently to the big screen, I was disappointed by this mini-series. But perhaps that's what one is to expect from a TV production, at least one back in the 90s.
I thought IT was a better small screen adaptation - much better acting.
The main problem with King's novels, in my opinion, is that he spends all this time in character development and setting up the plot, then rushes headfirst into the conclusion. The Stand, for instance, should have been 2,000 pages. Having the whole thing wrap up in the last 100 pages or so was a travesty. (Likewise for IT.)
but the intent of that provision was that you couldn't criminalize something and then try someone for committing the crime prior to it being a law
I'm sure that was one of the intents, but are you certain that another intent wasn't to stop, say, the government passing a tax law and then saying, "Oh yeah, and you owe taxes for the past 10 years on this new law." Not being a Constitutional scholar, I don't know what the Founders intent was, but the wording is very succinct and to the point - "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." - there are no qualifiers referring to criminal law or certain types of laws.
I knew someone that was in an accident and went to one of those lawyers. They told him to rack up a few thousand dollars in medical expenses and then call them back. Never hire a lawyer who advertises.
Any lawyer who is working on contingency - whether she advertises or not - is going to have this same sentiment, because in a civil suit the judgment cannot exceed your damages. If you have an accident and need no medical attention, you were not damaged.
Now, if this person you knew said, "I will put you on retainer and pay you hourly and start with a $1,000 deposit," I'm sure the lawyer would take the case immediately.
Sure, but sites that sell ads on a CPM usually have unsold inventory, meaning that they have more impressions (e.g., page views) than advertisers willing to spend the money on them. That's why you see in-house ads and such show up. Point being, the increased traffic unlikely impacted the bottom line UNLESS the ads are CPC or CPA (and the increased traffic led to increased click-throughs and sign ups).
This is exactly the reason we need mandatory military service. If everyone - men and women -had to serve in the army then everyone would have a vested interest in how the military is being deployed. Everyone would know someone - a friend, neighbor, or family member - who was currently enlisted and whose life would be on the line in whatever military action was taken. The electorate would be very vocal with its elected leaders should they propose deploying the military, unless the cause was just and important.
Just think of how many lives could be saved around the world if the US adopted a mandatory military service...
If they are told rather that it's their "Personal Online Banking Disc", and are then given instructions to walk them through the process, most people will happily buy into it. Most people wouldn't hesitate to install an app for this purpose, so the Live CD just needs to be marketed properly.
You'll have them until you tell them they have to shut down their web browser, email client, and IM application and wait 30-60 seconds to boot up to do their online banking, not to mention another 30-60 seconds of wait time after they finish their transaction.
Not so sure about your "no chemicals" claim, but that's probably because I live in the City of Los Angeles, and tap water is nigh undrinkable.
Hrm, your opinions run counter to a water taste test in 2008, where the LA tap water won first place. From L.A. water tops national taste test:
Though they might not believe it, Los Angeles residents have the nation's tastiest tap water, according to the judges of a national competition. The 18th Annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting was held Saturday, with more than 120 waters competing for top honors.... The entries were judged by ten journalists and food critics. The contest is known as the world's largest and longest-running water tasting. The title for Best Municipal Water in 2008 is shared by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which serves Los Angeles, and Clearbrook, British Columbia. "It's not the first time Los Angeles has won, they've won a number of times over the years," said event producer Jill Klein Rone.
Subsidizing corn, soy, wheat, and other high calorie, easily stored and non-perishable foodstuff is responsible government policy. It's a precautionary measure, just like how the government maintains reserves of oil and gas. These reserves are in place to cushion the effects of some catastrophe that would impact our food supply (drought, mass famine, some sort of biological or nuclear incident, etc.). If spinach were high calorie and could be easily stored for years then the government would be subsidizing its production instead/as well.
Did you even read my comment? I said "To be fair, Microsoft has made a big push into opening their source code and helping spearhead community-led projects."
No where did I say that Microsoft was using OSI-compliant licenses or that they were even working on open source projects. Just that they were opening their source code (making it available) and helping and encouraging community-led projects. Those are two undeniable facts, regardless of whether you're a "Micropologist" or "Microhater."
Granted, the first one isn't a true open source project in that they don't accept patches from the community, but I think that if you compare today's Microsoft and their culture toward sharing source code with the community is quite a bit different from what it was, say, 5 years ago.
There was some founding father who said something like, "Those who will sacrifice a little liberty for temporary safety are very cautious people and will live a long and peaceful life." Or something like that.
As to which is faster, then it is going to be the truck, on the condition you ignore the time to do the paper work, driver breaks, loading and unloading, so on and so forth.
As others have noted, the truck will be WAY faster, and could take an hour break every 5 minutes and still win hands down. Heck, a person with a small rig attached to a bicycle could beat the T1.
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Well color me stupid. Thanks for the info. You can tell I've (luckily) not had to think or know anything about WinXP for many years now.
Ah, I didn't realize there was a 64-bit version of Windows XP, but it turns out that there is one. So I guess I'm not confused at the OP's initial comment on why people would ditch WinXP when moving to 64-bit architectures.
Keeping a permanent copy of every bad web site made by every bored teen is not actually useful, any more than keeping every grocery list, or to do list, or every piece of homework you ever did as a child.
I agree that such extremes are not good for the individual or society today, but they would be a boon for histories.
Yes, 99.999% of those to do lists would be of zero interest, but what historian wouldn't want access to all of, say, Abraham Lincoln's to do lists and diary entries?
You mean like the 16-bit or 8-bit support disappeared? You do realize that even the latest x86/AMD64 processors still support the original 80086 processor modes, right? That that is their _default_ state of running when power is applied?
Perhaps what the OP meant is the limitations imposed by 32-bit systems, thereby prompting decision makers to choose a 64-bit system when upgrading the hardware? Say the new workstations being purchased have 4 or 8 or 16 GB of memory and here we have Windows XP, which can only see and use 2 GB. Time to roll in a 64-bit OS!
I hope you don't think we've hit the bottom of the real-estate market. Fine wines maybe? Collectables? Seems much safer to just buy interest rate derivitives, at least that way your losses are limited to 100%.
I wager he's talking real estate. Probably been snatching up lower end homes to rent out to the previously home owning subprime market. That would be my guess. I really hope he hasn't gone into debt to buy collectibles or fine wines!
Speaking of real estate, here's an interesting aerial photograph from a Florida subdivision that was built during the 1970s land boom. No houses were ever built, just sold lots. Today, trees are growing between cracks in the roads.
Not gold, but yes, borrowed a lot to buy assets that have held a historically 'fixed' price relative to inflation.
And those assets would be...
There will absolutely be a reckoning, and it will involve massive inflation, for which I am personally well positioned.
Care to elaborate? Did you borrow a lot of money at a locked in rate to buy gold, per chance?
On your sig: A 121K debt per taxpayer sounds like a lot until you think about paying that off over a 30-40 year working lifetime. Plus, you know that's going to be heavily reduced by inflation. 2015-2025 we're probably going to have 10-15% inflation per year, which will turn that into only 46K or less in today's dollars. Over a 40 year working life, that's like 1K extra in taxes per year. Call me when it hits 10K in extra taxes per year.
121K debt per taxpayer is what the national debt is right now. Your whole formula presupposes that the debt won't rise another penny from now through the next 30-40 years. Is that at all likely? The GAO estimates Social Security and Medicare obligations alone will cost us roughly 12 TRILLION in borrowed dollars (in total) between now and 2040 (not adjusted for inflation). And have you seen the proposal for the upcoming fiscal year? We'll be running a $1.6 TRILLION dollar deficit.
We have reason to be worried about the US deficit and debt. There will certainly be a day of reckoning in our lifetimes.
You may not realize it, but you've seen glimpses of the DT universe through most of King's books.
You could say that.
remember, young Roland was in possession of the horn in the reset that occurs at the end of the final book. It gives the reader hope that the outcome may be different on the subsequent attempt.
Maybe, but probably not. It seems like after a second or two he had already forgotten about the events that had just transpired and was back to the narrative of The Gunslinger.
Have you seen the movie Triangle? If you liked the ending you may like that movie.
It's kind of hard to find since the DVD is out of production (with good reason)...
If you don't mind wasting two spots in your queue, you can the two-disc mini-series from Netflix.
"The Stand" was brilliantly done, and while there were a few creative licenses taken, stuck extremely close to the brilliant novel he had written.
Really? I agree that the adaptation wasn't bad, but I thought the acting and soundtrack left a lot to be desired. And the casting decisions were questionable, especially having Kareem Abdul-Jabar and King himself making cameos. Also, they never were able to really connect the viewer - emotionally or visually - to the wasteland of the world after the plague. I agree it would be hard to do on the small or big screen, as those aren't as impressive as one's imagination, but given that several of King's books have translated excellently to the big screen, I was disappointed by this mini-series. But perhaps that's what one is to expect from a TV production, at least one back in the 90s.
I thought IT was a better small screen adaptation - much better acting.
The main problem with King's novels, in my opinion, is that he spends all this time in character development and setting up the plot, then rushes headfirst into the conclusion. The Stand, for instance, should have been 2,000 pages. Having the whole thing wrap up in the last 100 pages or so was a travesty. (Likewise for IT.)
but the intent of that provision was that you couldn't criminalize something and then try someone for committing the crime prior to it being a law
I'm sure that was one of the intents, but are you certain that another intent wasn't to stop, say, the government passing a tax law and then saying, "Oh yeah, and you owe taxes for the past 10 years on this new law." Not being a Constitutional scholar, I don't know what the Founders intent was, but the wording is very succinct and to the point - "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed." - there are no qualifiers referring to criminal law or certain types of laws.
I knew someone that was in an accident and went to one of those lawyers. They told him to rack up a few thousand dollars in medical expenses and then call them back. Never hire a lawyer who advertises.
Any lawyer who is working on contingency - whether she advertises or not - is going to have this same sentiment, because in a civil suit the judgment cannot exceed your damages. If you have an accident and need no medical attention, you were not damaged.
Now, if this person you knew said, "I will put you on retainer and pay you hourly and start with a $1,000 deposit," I'm sure the lawyer would take the case immediately.
Sure, but sites that sell ads on a CPM usually have unsold inventory, meaning that they have more impressions (e.g., page views) than advertisers willing to spend the money on them. That's why you see in-house ads and such show up. Point being, the increased traffic unlikely impacted the bottom line UNLESS the ads are CPC or CPA (and the increased traffic led to increased click-throughs and sign ups).
This is exactly the reason we need mandatory military service. If everyone - men and women -had to serve in the army then everyone would have a vested interest in how the military is being deployed. Everyone would know someone - a friend, neighbor, or family member - who was currently enlisted and whose life would be on the line in whatever military action was taken. The electorate would be very vocal with its elected leaders should they propose deploying the military, unless the cause was just and important.
Just think of how many lives could be saved around the world if the US adopted a mandatory military service...
If they are told rather that it's their "Personal Online Banking Disc", and are then given instructions to walk them through the process, most people will happily buy into it. Most people wouldn't hesitate to install an app for this purpose, so the Live CD just needs to be marketed properly.
You'll have them until you tell them they have to shut down their web browser, email client, and IM application and wait 30-60 seconds to boot up to do their online banking, not to mention another 30-60 seconds of wait time after they finish their transaction.
You mean Joe Average doesn't have an SSD boot drive yet? What is this, 2006!?
Not so sure about your "no chemicals" claim, but that's probably because I live in the City of Los Angeles, and tap water is nigh undrinkable.
Hrm, your opinions run counter to a water taste test in 2008, where the LA tap water won first place. From L.A. water tops national taste test:
Subsidizing corn, soy, wheat, and other high calorie, easily stored and non-perishable foodstuff is responsible government policy. It's a precautionary measure, just like how the government maintains reserves of oil and gas. These reserves are in place to cushion the effects of some catastrophe that would impact our food supply (drought, mass famine, some sort of biological or nuclear incident, etc.). If spinach were high calorie and could be easily stored for years then the government would be subsidizing its production instead/as well.
Have you even READ the shared source licenses?
Did you even read my comment? I said "To be fair, Microsoft has made a big push into opening their source code and helping spearhead community-led projects."
No where did I say that Microsoft was using OSI-compliant licenses or that they were even working on open source projects. Just that they were opening their source code (making it available) and helping and encouraging community-led projects. Those are two undeniable facts, regardless of whether you're a "Micropologist" or "Microhater."
Granted, the first one isn't a true open source project in that they don't accept patches from the community
There's nothing about open source that says that the original maintainers have to accept patches from outside the initial group.
True. Although I prefer Jeff Atwood's definition of open source:
To be fair, Microsoft has made a big push into opening their source code and helping spearhead community-led projects. Two examples:
Granted, the first one isn't a true open source project in that they don't accept patches from the community, but I think that if you compare today's Microsoft and their culture toward sharing source code with the community is quite a bit different from what it was, say, 5 years ago.
There was some founding father who said something like, "Those who will sacrifice a little liberty for temporary safety are very cautious people and will live a long and peaceful life." Or something like that.
As to which is faster, then it is going to be the truck, on the condition you ignore the time to do the paper work, driver breaks, loading and unloading, so on and so forth.
As others have noted, the truck will be WAY faster, and could take an hour break every 5 minutes and still win hands down. Heck, a person with a small rig attached to a bicycle could beat the T1.