Hardly. While they weren't super computers, they wern't overly slow for their day (late 80s). They were used for tasks such as 3D rendering (The liquid metal T2 was done on a LISPM). There isn't any environment that comes even close to giving the kind of access they did. You could change kernel code WHILE THE SYSTEM WAS RUNNING, if you wanted to, or any other code for that matter.
1. You can't (simply) transform DC voltage to a different voltage. This can be done very efficiently with AC. The 120v to 5V (or whatever) in your power supply is done before the AC is rectified to DC.
Time record is way longer, over a month. Done by a couple of crazy guys out in the desert in a Cessna. They refuled by passing up cans of gas from a car speeding along the runway.
I disagree. One key element of radio broadcasts if that they are timely. Usually live. Often a show is scehedule on a repeated basis. Most podcasts meet at least some of these criteria. A bit of prerecorded verbiage meets NONE of them.
Or to put it another way, would you consider an audiobook "basically the same" as a radio broadcast? Of course not, and for the same reasons!
ANYONE who claims everything works perfectly is a lying sack of shit. It's as simple as that. The only way to come anywhere close to being able to make that claim would be to heavily qualify it, e.g., With Database X on OS Y, version Z, and library versions A, B, C, on hardware platform D. Anything more broad than that is just not a valid claim.
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Because for most general computing tasks, floating point doesn't matter.
Except what has Apple done that's really all that restrictive? Get real...
That's just a *huge* market isn't it?
Oh, come on, that turd was unplayable on the XBOX ;)
Uh, you mean it IS true.
Over a given run of wire, you'll get less of a voltage drop with copper.
Urm, are you blind? The graphics were decent, nothing more. A Geforce 3 is more powerful...
Suggestion: Use gnumeric. It sucks considerably less. Not gonna say it's GOOD (but then I wouldn't say Excel is either) but it definatly sucks less.
Well, EVE has it's own problem...that those who started when it went live are so far ahead of someone starting today that it's not even competitive.
Anyone who'd played WoW for more than 30 seconds would know that you NEED a keyboard.
Uh, yea. Idiot. Power oversteer? Traction limits?
Oh sure in some soft rich boy benz you might find it easy to control, but a real high powered sports car is anything but.
Hardly. While they weren't super computers, they wern't overly slow for their day (late 80s). They were used for tasks such as 3D rendering (The liquid metal T2 was done on a LISPM). There isn't any environment that comes even close to giving the kind of access they did. You could change kernel code WHILE THE SYSTEM WAS RUNNING, if you wanted to, or any other code for that matter.
Apple does not make money on iTMS.
Apple DOES make money on iPods.
Yes, but what you CAN'T do with it is take several hundred books on the plane, on vacation, on the subway, etc, etc, etc.
DC will make your muscles contract....and STAY contracted. So you're quite likely to get a (literal) death grip on whatever is shocking you.
1. You can't (simply) transform DC voltage to a different voltage. This can be done very efficiently with AC. The 120v to 5V (or whatever) in your power supply is done before the AC is rectified to DC.
2. Low voltage == High losses, esp. with DC.
Ya know what? USB2 is a whole hell of a lot faster than even 5Mbit cable.
The reason for that is the tires. Have to go to a Z-Rated tire above 155, which not only rides harsher, but is considerably more expensive.
Time record is way longer, over a month. Done by a couple of crazy guys out in the desert in a Cessna. They refuled by passing up cans of gas from a car speeding along the runway.
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Oh, they're quite "consumer" level. It's just that the "consumer" are industrial designers. The price is quite reasonable for what they do.
Be great for students too. I've bought many books where the class has never gotten into the 2nd half (or some times last 2/3rds) of the book at all.
Not so fast. I find on my iBook at least, the bottleneck is the slow laptop disks. The powerbooks are a bit faster, but not THAT much.
Is it too much to ask that names have an OBVIOUS pronunciation, and frankly, don't look *weird*? I mean "Kopete", "Xine", "GkRellm"?
I disagree. One key element of radio broadcasts if that they are timely. Usually live. Often a show is scehedule on a repeated basis. Most podcasts meet at least some of these criteria. A bit of prerecorded verbiage meets NONE of them.
Or to put it another way, would you consider an audiobook "basically the same" as a radio broadcast? Of course not, and for the same reasons!
ANYONE who claims everything works perfectly is a lying sack of shit. It's as simple as that. The only way to come anywhere close to being able to make that claim would be to heavily qualify it, e.g., With Database X on OS Y, version Z, and library versions A, B, C, on hardware platform D. Anything more broad than that is just not a valid claim.