RE: the Newt... come on. While it's true that the resolution is lower, the difference in screen resolution across more than a decade of display improvement is drastic. An OLPC has better resolution, better document format support, and real annotation support. And yes - I do annotate my documents, both electronic and on dead trees.
- Doesn't display PDFs natively. - Doesn't allow me to annotate on the page (or take pen input). - Can show web pages like wikipedia, yet doesn't allow me to browse. - Doesn't support WiFi hotspots. - 600x800x1bit pixel resolution is terrible.
Though battery life does look good. Still, my Newton ten year old 2100 has the same resolution, the same battery life, and many of the same restrictions. Lame.
his was deemed too small by the automatic upgrade, and for reasons that eluded me like an eel on crystal meth, every time I tried to free up space, the amount by which I fell short got larger.
It depends on how critical that data was to the client. If the drive failed, and the customer made no backups, then hiring a firm to extract data using a clean room or STM electron microscope might not be a bad idea.
Which doesn't excuse the incompetent who overcharge.
Hey. Good luck to you and your family. My father passed away from COPD in 2000, after a long illness. It's rough. I don't have any recommendations to offer. Sorry. There's nothing to recommend. Just some support.
I bought a launch PSP. Still have it, though the only use it gets is from homebrew. Unfortunately, I don't have time to waste lately, so it sits collecting dust. I honestly thought Sony would wake up to the demand for an unlocked PSP and/or at least public dev tools. No way.
So now that Apple is trying to force the same mess down it's customers' throats with the rolling incompatible iBrick updates, I'm pleased to have learned the lesson of the PSP: don't waste your money. It's just not worth the trouble.
When the first gen 5GB iPod was released (firewire) there was only one other 5GB player on the market and it was much too large. So, while the Rio MP300/500 had been released some three years prior, it didn't have the vast storage space of the iPod. And the iPod had a nice interface. And iTunes easily synced music to the iPod. And blah blah blah.
The latest gen of the iPod strikes me as a product that is searching for a new market. It does all sorts of cool stuff, but all I want is a music player. Even though I own a Macbook, were I to have to replace my 30GB oldgen iPod I'd probably choose a competitor right now. Perhaps that 8GB Flash Sandisk player.
I am not impressed with Apple's latest set of new releases. But - I must admit - a Macbook with OS X, Windows, and Linux partitions is still the easiest way for me to support all three operating systems at work. I do like my Macbook.
Where the fuck do you fly out from? I've never heard of even a small airport that will let someone take off without having first filed a flight plan. Even if you're just going up VFR for afternoon sightseeing.
He was departing from a private airstrip. Typically what's done in that case is to call the nearest commercial tower (airport) and put in a flight plan there. Or one could call the FAA I suppose. Usually flight plans have a destination, but if the pilot is just going up to collect flight hours or go sightseeing it's perfectly reasonable to say 'no destination' and give a heading. It's also a good idea to keep in contact with nearby controllers so they know you're in the area (especially if the small plane doesn't have a transponder).
He should have filed a flight plan. Every commercial airport in the country, small or large, wouldn't have let him take off without one.
IOW, just crash the damn airplane into a cornfield somewhere if you want to commit suicide. Leave a note first. nonononono... shotgun mouthwash. Why destroy a perfectly good airplane?:)
Which gives him a good shot at safely landing the plane in an emergency. Unfortunately, if he lands in the middle of the desert, he might have a very hard time getting back to civilization before his water runs out. Also: it doesn't matter how good a pilot he is, if there was serious mechanical failure on that plane during flight he would have had to bring it down. There is no option.
His biggest mistake: not filing that flight plan. Huge *huge* fuckup.
rms has quite the big mouth, but not even he has one large enough to take a bite out of Microsoft's legal department. I think he just picked a fight he can't win.
The lack of rumble on the ps3 controller really sucks. And I agree that the 360 controller fits my hands better than the dual-axis controller. But it's really about the games. The 360 has a tremendous advantage there. And by that I mean raw numbers of titles worth owning. Dead Rising, Command and Conquer, Gears, etc etc etc. Good stuff. But according to Microsoft it will take four to five weeks to repair my 360. So no fun games for me.
My 2nd 360 just died. First one shit the bed within 30 minutes of opening the box. Second one lasted about eight months of light use. This time it was the DVD-ROM drive that died.
I can recommend the 360 as an amazing game machine. But it's hard to recommend it as a piece of hardware. I also have a PS3, which I've used for almost nothing more than playing BD movies. Definitely a better hardware and case design. If I were a heavy gamer though, I'd still probably prefer the 360.
While true, I think this argument misses the point. No doubt that a meter squared of sunlight does not match the energy density of a centimeter cubed in volume of enriched uranium or plutonium. No doubt, per unit space nuclear wins. But your argument takes that fact and then extrapolates a straw man:
> "Most people don't want to live in a place that's covered in solar panels and windmills far as the eye can see..."
Which is not how photovolatic deployments are envisioned. The roof on my house - in Boston, certainly not in a prime solar latitude - could easily offset 30%-40% of household electric consumption, which would be produced during peak demand. Thus, it functions to offset consumption though doesn't completely replace commercial power generation.
So... the only issues are: initial investment, projected return, and the rate of return. When the numbers add up for Boston, I'll buy in. Renewables will be deployed in conjunction with traditional power generation, because in certain locations they will be cost effective.
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RE: the Newt... come on. While it's true that the resolution is lower, the difference in screen resolution across more than a decade of display improvement is drastic. An OLPC has better resolution, better document format support, and real annotation support. And yes - I do annotate my documents, both electronic and on dead trees.
- Doesn't display PDFs natively.
- Doesn't allow me to annotate on the page (or take pen input).
- Can show web pages like wikipedia, yet doesn't allow me to browse.
- Doesn't support WiFi hotspots.
- 600x800x1bit pixel resolution is terrible.
Though battery life does look good. Still, my Newton ten year old 2100 has the same resolution, the same battery life, and many of the same restrictions. Lame.
Not funny; not insightful; not even close to realistic.
I have a mortgage.
baaaaa. baaaaaa.
WTF!?!?!?
It depends on how critical that data was to the client. If the drive failed, and the customer made no backups, then hiring a firm to extract data using a clean room or STM electron microscope might not be a bad idea.
Which doesn't excuse the incompetent who overcharge.
Hey. Good luck to you and your family. My father passed away from COPD in 2000, after a long illness. It's rough. I don't have any recommendations to offer. Sorry. There's nothing to recommend. Just some support.
I bought a launch PSP. Still have it, though the only use it gets is from homebrew. Unfortunately, I don't have time to waste lately, so it sits collecting dust. I honestly thought Sony would wake up to the demand for an unlocked PSP and/or at least public dev tools. No way.
So now that Apple is trying to force the same mess down it's customers' throats with the rolling incompatible iBrick updates, I'm pleased to have learned the lesson of the PSP: don't waste your money. It's just not worth the trouble.
Some of us want to do work with the thing. Not even considering to buy until it serves a purpose.
When the first gen 5GB iPod was released (firewire) there was only one other 5GB player on the market and it was much too large. So, while the Rio MP300/500 had been released some three years prior, it didn't have the vast storage space of the iPod. And the iPod had a nice interface. And iTunes easily synced music to the iPod. And blah blah blah.
The latest gen of the iPod strikes me as a product that is searching for a new market. It does all sorts of cool stuff, but all I want is a music player. Even though I own a Macbook, were I to have to replace my 30GB oldgen iPod I'd probably choose a competitor right now. Perhaps that 8GB Flash Sandisk player.
I am not impressed with Apple's latest set of new releases. But - I must admit - a Macbook with OS X, Windows, and Linux partitions is still the easiest way for me to support all three operating systems at work. I do like my Macbook.
How does this technique compare with traditional interferometry?
there's no smaller peripheral data transfer program still in use!
Yeah. I fucked that up. My mistake.
Where the fuck do you fly out from? I've never heard of even a small airport that will let someone take off without having first filed a flight plan. Even if you're just going up VFR for afternoon sightseeing.
He was departing from a private airstrip. Typically what's done in that case is to call the nearest commercial tower (airport) and put in a flight plan there. Or one could call the FAA I suppose. Usually flight plans have a destination, but if the pilot is just going up to collect flight hours or go sightseeing it's perfectly reasonable to say 'no destination' and give a heading. It's also a good idea to keep in contact with nearby controllers so they know you're in the area (especially if the small plane doesn't have a transponder).
He should have filed a flight plan. Every commercial airport in the country, small or large, wouldn't have let him take off without one.
Yes. I made a mistake. Welcome to being human. Try it sometime.
Which gives him a good shot at safely landing the plane in an emergency. Unfortunately, if he lands in the middle of the desert, he might have a very hard time getting back to civilization before his water runs out. Also: it doesn't matter how good a pilot he is, if there was serious mechanical failure on that plane during flight he would have had to bring it down. There is no option.
His biggest mistake: not filing that flight plan. Huge *huge* fuckup.
rms has quite the big mouth, but not even he has one large enough to take a bite out of Microsoft's legal department. I think he just picked a fight he can't win.
The lack of rumble on the ps3 controller really sucks. And I agree that the 360 controller fits my hands better than the dual-axis controller. But it's really about the games. The 360 has a tremendous advantage there. And by that I mean raw numbers of titles worth owning. Dead Rising, Command and Conquer, Gears, etc etc etc. Good stuff. But according to Microsoft it will take four to five weeks to repair my 360. So no fun games for me.
:(
suck
The rich dude (Hearst) walked away with town and all its gold by rigging local elections. Unbelievable.
My 2nd 360 just died. First one shit the bed within 30 minutes of opening the box. Second one lasted about eight months of light use. This time it was the DVD-ROM drive that died.
I can recommend the 360 as an amazing game machine. But it's hard to recommend it as a piece of hardware. I also have a PS3, which I've used for almost nothing more than playing BD movies. Definitely a better hardware and case design. If I were a heavy gamer though, I'd still probably prefer the 360.
While true, I think this argument misses the point. No doubt that a meter squared of sunlight does not match the energy density of a centimeter cubed in volume of enriched uranium or plutonium. No doubt, per unit space nuclear wins. But your argument takes that fact and then extrapolates a straw man:
> "Most people don't want to live in a place that's covered in solar panels and windmills far as the eye can see..."
Which is not how photovolatic deployments are envisioned. The roof on my house - in Boston, certainly not in a prime solar latitude - could easily offset 30%-40% of household electric consumption, which would be produced during peak demand. Thus, it functions to offset consumption though doesn't completely replace commercial power generation.
So... the only issues are: initial investment, projected return, and the rate of return. When the numbers add up for Boston, I'll buy in. Renewables will be deployed in conjunction with traditional power generation, because in certain locations they will be cost effective.
See Engines of Creation.
I mean - think of the children!!!