1. Soda (coke, pepsi, etc.), when sold in bottles, is usually 2 liters. Wine and hard liquor is almost always sold in ml (750 ml being the most common). Beer and canned soda is usually in fluid ounces, but ml is printed on the label.
2. All cars have had speedometers in both Mph and Kph for 30 or so years now. We once had a push to have road signs in both, but now only a few States do that. Most have given up.
3. Most things that are purchased by weight have both pounds/ounces and kilograms/grams available.
In any case, your right to call British people and things 'quaint' is suspended until such a time as you stop measuring temperature in Fahrenheit.
Sure, right after you people stop measuring weight in "stone". And why does the BBC Weather give temperature measurement in both C and F? And don't you people still use "miles" for a distance measure?
Nothing new here. Ubuntu 7.10 32-bit -- the latest shipping version -- only supports 3.3 Gb or so. They haven't bothered to turn on BigMem in the kernel. I upgraded two desktops and one laptop last week, all to 4 Gb of RAM, and was seriously disappointed when the BIOS showed 4 Gb but Ubuntu did NOT.
They're talking about new sanctions, not engaging in warmongering.
Dude, it was France that refused to rule out a first strike in Iran. In addition...
In France, where the government of Nicolas Sarkozy, acting in coordination with Washington, has made vast efforts to enact separate European Union sanctions going beyond those of the UN Security Council, the report was characterized by an expert on nuclear proliferation as occasionally brushing close to the "hallucinatory."
As far as fear of their neighbors, Iran has publicly stated for years that their purpose was to export their Islamic Revolution and create a United Islamic Republic. This is a direct threat to the regimes of all of their neighbors. None of them want the Imams in charge.
Yes, they don't like and fear the U.S. However they fear a nuclear Iran even more.
Google the news on Iran and that latest CIA report that says Iran stopped pursuing nuclear weapons in 2003. Guess what you'll find -- the EU, France, Germany and others basically saying the U.S. intelligence is flawed and Iran is a much greater nuclear threat than that report states.
France and Germany are pushing for harsher sanctions than the U.N. ones. They want separate EU sanctions on Iran, and still call their nuclear program "a threat".
The Middle East nations all are fearful of Iran as is, and terrified of them having nuclear weapons. Arabs != Persians.
This guy is an idiot and I have no sympathy for him.
He has what is a small to medium business and wants the 900-pound gorilla of the consulting business to cater to him? Turn this around. What is wrong with all those small to medium consulting businesses? Are they too small for his company to pay attention to them?
Considering many systems are configured to latch on to the strongest unprotected wifi signal they see, I've piggy-backed several times without intent.
If you can't be bothered to set up even 40-bit WEP, then you have nothing to complain about. Hell, there are five signals that I can see from my house! Your RF is in my space! I should charge rent.
He calls it "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything", but it is based off of E8 mathematics --...a complex, eight-dimensional mathematical pattern with 248 points first found in 1887, but only fully understood by mathematicians this year after workings, that, if written out in tiny print, would cover an area the size of Manhattan.
He must be using a form of the word "Simple" that I am not familiar with.
Hell, if I had a nickel for every time some AC posted "You're a fag!" in response to an edit or post that they didn't like, I'd make Bill Gates look poor. The normal response is "Fuck off, AC!" or "No, YOU'RE a fag!".
These douchebags, however, decided to sue. Who do they think they are? Americans?
If OpenOffice.org, Sun (StarOffice), IBM (Lotus Symphony) and KDE (KOffice) all continue to support ODF, what difference does it make what the Foundation does or says?
My company just issued me a Lenovo T60 laptop *yesterday*. I installed Kubuntu 7.10 *last night*. Prior to that it has had Windows XP on it since it was purchased via a corporate sale from Lenovo. It is about 15 months old and the value in question looks like this:
That is 2,144,751 in case the lack of commas throws you. This is just a tad more than the 600,000 that was mentioned in the original bug report, so I don't know out of who's hat that number was pulled.
For completeness, here is the drive info.
Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.1 series Device Model: ST96023AS Serial Number: 3MG06BZ3 Firmware Version: 4.06
The battery life on the N800 and N810 are supposed to be the same, so whatever they did in the software was pretty good. The exact difference? I don't know. The system isn't 100% FOSS, so I'm not sure if you can get in the firmware to underclock it.
From what I understand, there are some parts of the hardware that were not used in the N770 and the N800. The hardware Java accelerator is one, and the 2D/3D graphics acceleration was another. While word is it will be a cold day in Hell before Nokia licenses the Java accelerator from ARM (Jazelle), I believe they have made better use of the graphics acceleration in the new software and that is a factor.
Sorry, no. Both use the 400 MHz version, but on the N800 it is underclocked to 330 MHz to save battery life. Improvements to the software in the updated OS will allow the N800 to be clocked back to 400 MHz. Supposedly, this will happen when the software is released as an update in mid-November.
Actually...it is the other way around. The N800 is underclocked because of battery life. The software running on the N810 will be available for the N800 in mid-November. Improvements in it allow the N800 to be clocked back to 400 MHz, which will supposedly happen with the update.
The latest incarnation of the Sony Reader plugs in to a USB host and shows up like a drive, to drag files over. It can handle.txt and.PDF as well as JPEG and MP3. Feel free to totally ignore installing their software and never using DRM. I have one and it is fantastic for taking with me when I travel.
Really? Then you don't read. The Sony Reader's screen is 100x better than an iPod for reading something like a book.
The Sony screen is 6.9" x 3.9", whereas the iPod Touch's is like 3.5" x 2.2" -- not even close. Add to that it is usable in full, direct sunlight and has an almost 180 degree viewing angle and much higher contrast ratio and for READING, not browsing, ePaper blows the iPod (and iPhone) out of the water.
Screw web content. Believe it or not there are people with attention spans not defined by MTV. Try a few of these on the iPod Touch and then the Sony, then get back to me.
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Just for comparison, in the U.S.:
1. Soda (coke, pepsi, etc.), when sold in bottles, is usually 2 liters. Wine and hard liquor is almost always sold in ml (750 ml being the most common). Beer and canned soda is usually in fluid ounces, but ml is printed on the label.
2. All cars have had speedometers in both Mph and Kph for 30 or so years now. We once had a push to have road signs in both, but now only a few States do that. Most have given up.
3. Most things that are purchased by weight have both pounds/ounces and kilograms/grams available.
4. Gasoline is still sold by the gallon.
In any case, your right to call British people and things 'quaint' is suspended until such a time as you stop measuring temperature in Fahrenheit.
Sure, right after you people stop measuring weight in "stone". And why does the BBC Weather give temperature measurement in both C and F? And don't you people still use "miles" for a distance measure?
Pot, meet kettle.
Nothing new here. Ubuntu 7.10 32-bit -- the latest shipping version -- only supports 3.3 Gb or so. They haven't bothered to turn on BigMem in the kernel. I upgraded two desktops and one laptop last week, all to 4 Gb of RAM, and was seriously disappointed when the BIOS showed 4 Gb but Ubuntu did NOT.
Names are registered with Registrars. Hosting is done at ISPs. Are you saying your now-defunct ISP where the site was hosted was also a Registrar?
If that was the case, when your site was registered was it in your name or the ISP's name? Who was Technical contact, you or the ISP?
If it was in the ISPs name and they went defunct and were bought, then you're screwed.
2000 called and they want their FUD back.
Trolltech released QT v2.2 under the GPL back in September 2000, after which RMS stopped complaining and granted forgiveness as they did what they wanted.
They're talking about new sanctions, not engaging in warmongering.
Dude, it was France that refused to rule out a first strike in Iran. In addition...
In France, where the government of Nicolas Sarkozy, acting in coordination with Washington, has made vast efforts to enact separate European Union sanctions going beyond those of the UN Security Council, the report was characterized by an expert on nuclear proliferation as occasionally brushing close to the "hallucinatory."
As far as fear of their neighbors, Iran has publicly stated for years that their purpose was to export their Islamic Revolution and create a United Islamic Republic. This is a direct threat to the regimes of all of their neighbors. None of them want the Imams in charge.
Yes, they don't like and fear the U.S. However they fear a nuclear Iran even more.
You are wrong.
Google the news on Iran and that latest CIA report that says Iran stopped pursuing nuclear weapons in 2003. Guess what you'll find -- the EU, France, Germany and others basically saying the U.S. intelligence is flawed and Iran is a much greater nuclear threat than that report states.
France and Germany are pushing for harsher sanctions than the U.N. ones. They want separate EU sanctions on Iran, and still call their nuclear program "a threat".
The Middle East nations all are fearful of Iran as is, and terrified of them having nuclear weapons. Arabs != Persians.
What is the Elvish word for "friend"?
This guy is an idiot and I have no sympathy for him.
He has what is a small to medium business and wants the 900-pound gorilla of the consulting business to cater to him? Turn this around. What is wrong with all those small to medium consulting businesses? Are they too small for his company to pay attention to them?
Hypocrite.
Considering many systems are configured to latch on to the strongest unprotected wifi signal they see, I've piggy-backed several times without intent.
If you can't be bothered to set up even 40-bit WEP, then you have nothing to complain about. Hell, there are five signals that I can see from my house! Your RF is in my space! I should charge rent.
He calls it "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything", but it is based off of E8 mathematics -- ...a complex, eight-dimensional mathematical pattern with 248 points first found in 1887, but only fully understood by mathematicians this year after workings, that, if written out in tiny print, would cover an area the size of Manhattan.
He must be using a form of the word "Simple" that I am not familiar with.
Hell, if I had a nickel for every time some AC posted "You're a fag!" in response to an edit or post that they didn't like, I'd make Bill Gates look poor. The normal response is "Fuck off, AC!" or "No, YOU'RE a fag!".
These douchebags, however, decided to sue. Who do they think they are? Americans?
If OpenOffice.org, Sun (StarOffice), IBM (Lotus Symphony) and KDE (KOffice) all continue to support ODF, what difference does it make what the Foundation does or says?
My company just issued me a Lenovo T60 laptop *yesterday*. I installed Kubuntu 7.10 *last night*. Prior to that it has had Windows XP on it since it was purchased via a corporate sale from Lenovo. It is about 15 months old and the value in question looks like this:
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 2144751
That is 2,144,751 in case the lack of commas throws you. This is just a tad more than the 600,000 that was mentioned in the original bug report, so I don't know out of who's hat that number was pulled.
For completeness, here is the drive info.
Model Family: Seagate Momentus 7200.1 series
Device Model: ST96023AS
Serial Number: 3MG06BZ3
Firmware Version: 4.06
The battery life on the N800 and N810 are supposed to be the same, so whatever they did in the software was pretty good. The exact difference? I don't know. The system isn't 100% FOSS, so I'm not sure if you can get in the firmware to underclock it.
From what I understand, there are some parts of the hardware that were not used in the N770 and the N800. The hardware Java accelerator is one, and the 2D/3D graphics acceleration was another. While word is it will be a cold day in Hell before Nokia licenses the Java accelerator from ARM (Jazelle), I believe they have made better use of the graphics acceleration in the new software and that is a factor.
Sorry, no. Both use the 400 MHz version, but on the N800 it is underclocked to 330 MHz to save battery life. Improvements to the software in the updated OS will allow the N800 to be clocked back to 400 MHz. Supposedly, this will happen when the software is released as an update in mid-November.
Actually...it is the other way around. The N800 is underclocked because of battery life. The software running on the N810 will be available for the N800 in mid-November. Improvements in it allow the N800 to be clocked back to 400 MHz, which will supposedly happen with the update.
I was amazed that they didn't find a way to screw this over in the end. The only thing I can think of is someone messed up. :-)
Anyway, Sony Music != Sony Electronics, but I understand your point.
You don't have to use Amazon's software at all and can simply purchase tracks thru a web browser.
Yes, but it costs a bit more.
The new model will show up as USB Mass Storage, so you can just plug it in and drag files across. No more Sony software.
The latest incarnation of the Sony Reader plugs in to a USB host and shows up like a drive, to drag files over. It can handle .txt and .PDF as well as JPEG and MP3. Feel free to totally ignore installing their software and never using DRM. I have one and it is fantastic for taking with me when I travel.
Really? Then you don't read. The Sony Reader's screen is 100x better than an iPod for reading something like a book.
The Sony screen is 6.9" x 3.9", whereas the iPod Touch's is like 3.5" x 2.2" -- not even close. Add to that it is usable in full, direct sunlight and has an almost 180 degree viewing angle and much higher contrast ratio and for READING, not browsing, ePaper blows the iPod (and iPhone) out of the water.
Screw web content. Believe it or not there are people with attention spans not defined by MTV. Try a few of these on the iPod Touch and then the Sony, then get back to me.
Totally different targets.
Yes, I understand that part. So we're at the base of the cycle. That means radio propagation is exceptionally GOOD or exceptionally POOR...?
Is this a GOOD thing or a BAD thing? Inquiring minds want to know.