Most products don't have such small traces and such small amounts of solder - they have much larger wires secured by larger blobs of solder. And other products in the same situation from nuclear power plants to satellites have problems with "cat's whiskers," which was why lead was added to solder in the first place..
Well, technically the definition is someone who, by their stupidity, removes themselves from the gene pool. Unless she has a twin sister, her genes are history.
Nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way. They are self-selected examples of the dangers inherent in a lack of common sense, and all human races, cultures, and socioeconomic groups are eligible to compete. Actual winners must meet the following criteria:
Reproduction
Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile.
Excellence
Astounding misapplication of judgment.
Self-Selection
Cause one's own demise.
Maturity
Capable of sound judgment.
Veracity
The event must be true.
Nowhere does is say that they can't already have kids. Putting a loaded gun where your kid can get it is incredibly dumb, and this dummy won't continue to pass their genes along. Natural selection means that eventually, as gun-totin' mamas produce fewer offspring before dying, they will be out-competed (natural selection at work).
Keeping the population busy
With stupid fights they're all a'tizzy.
It's enough to make you dizzy.
Used to be angels on a pin
And who is hit by original sin,
Or the immorality of Huck Finn.
And all the other "sins" we've seen of late
If you're not the chosen, then infidels you hate,
Your martyr's death, and paradise await.
Better to tackle the extremists problem all over,
'Cuz while zealots are fools, we still run for cover.
These haters will turn son against mother.
This argument about whether god does exit,
I look at priorities, it's far, far down the list.
We exist, therefore we are,
As for the rest, be it near or far,
Whether they exist or not proves nothing you see,
It's just speculative clickbait to lure you and me.
Again, I exist, therefore I am,
Now please enjoy your green eggs and spam.
Burma Shave
Oh, and Happy new year in a bit
For those who celebrate that sort of ____
Just restrict the intake air flow - they'll get plenty hotter than 104F - hot enough to melt if you're not careful. I found that out one day while drying my dog. There was enough loose fur got into the intake to make it partially melt.
I dont think telling people you can fix a mac book by baking it will end well. So perhaps a disclaimer saying NOT to do this would be in order?
It's been done for years with HP notebooks that had the nVidia chip come unsoldered
People have even done this without removing any parts before baking it. However, it's so easy to remove the battery (both the main battery and the motherboard battery) and hard drive(s), so why take the chance with those parts?
You know, there's this newish invention called the Internet, with plenty of sites that allow authors to publish and list their eBooks, set their own price, allow limited previews before downloading, limited-time giveaways, free previews to industry, to generate buzz:-)
Saying that "the percentage of the market taken by device X has risen/dropped" is meaningless. You can have less of a market share and still have great growth in absolute terms. Article is Dice click-bait.
Was it mentioned if an author has to put ALL of their books into this service? I can't tell you how many times a friend loaned me the first book in a series and I bought the rest. If you put 1/3rd of your catalog into a service like this and people are exposed to your work, then they may buy the stuff that isn't in this service. It's just another form of advertising, only this one pays you instead of the other way around.
The problem with that is the same one as the crippleware model. You try a few levels of a crippleware game, reach the point where you need to fork out $$$ to continue, and instead just grab another of the many crippleware games out there. Amazon does what's best for Amazon.
It's not a question of crap / not-crap, it's a question of read / did-not-read. 10% is enough that you're committed to paying for the book. You don't get to read 10% in a bookstore.
But you do with different publishing models, where you can set the amount that can be "previewed" for free to whatever you want.
That's why this model will fail. Technical books have a guaranteed market, even if it is niche. So do top-selling authors and those who have a reputation in a particular genre. None of these have a reason to join a "pool" of profits, so what's left over is the left-overs.
Things are worth what people will pay for them. Top-selling authors won't allow their books to be offered this way, and neither will specialty authors, who have a small but guaranteed niche market. So what's left? The drek.
The real shock is going to be the death of the PC. With the advent of higher resolution virtual displays and augmented reality glasses, the need for a physical screen will finally wane and the PC will be replaced by a bluetooth keyboard and mouse talking to that virtual hardware.
That's not going to happen. Too many people end up with eye strain, etc., and the resulting lawsuits will kill it. Also, look at how the 3d tv fad went from boom to bust in just a couple of years.
If HP manages to release their memristor technology (and their "The Machine"), some companies in the storage area risk to be shaken. I'm thinking of Seagate, EMC,...
That's going to be a game-changer, for sure. And yet it's not on anyone's radar.
The problem still persists - good reads should be able to fetch more (and more per page) than bad reads. Having them all paid from a "pool" subsidizes the crappier ones, no matter how you look at it.
How many books have you read, how many tv shows and movies have you watched, that started out good but then didn't live up to their hype or initial promise, but you continued reading / viewing for a while in the hope it gets better because you had already invested time into it before finally throwing in the towel? 10% is too low a minimum. I'd venture that anyone who gives up half way is saying the book is crap.
And walking around with it gets you arrested and held for psychiatric evaluation. Why bother when your phone can already do this? Seriously, does anyone want to look more like a geek?
So, the crappy authors ride on the back of the good ones, because readers have no disincentive to check what's crap and what's not before downloading, just as people download anything and anything from torrent networks "because it's free," even if they've seen it before.
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Most products don't have such small traces and such small amounts of solder - they have much larger wires secured by larger blobs of solder. And other products in the same situation from nuclear power plants to satellites have problems with "cat's whiskers," which was why lead was added to solder in the first place..
Or, as a php dev would say, "Over 20% are secure. We're making progress, folks"
Well, technically the definition is someone who, by their stupidity, removes themselves from the gene pool. Unless she has a twin sister, her genes are history.
Nominees significantly improve the gene pool by eliminating themselves from the human race in an obviously stupid way. They are self-selected examples of the dangers inherent in a lack of common sense, and all human races, cultures, and socioeconomic groups are eligible to compete. Actual winners must meet the following criteria:
Reproduction Out of the gene pool: dead or sterile.
Excellence Astounding misapplication of judgment.
Self-Selection Cause one's own demise.
Maturity Capable of sound judgment.
Veracity The event must be true.
Nowhere does is say that they can't already have kids. Putting a loaded gun where your kid can get it is incredibly dumb, and this dummy won't continue to pass their genes along. Natural selection means that eventually, as gun-totin' mamas produce fewer offspring before dying, they will be out-competed (natural selection at work).
So, she can take her place among the other people of Walmart
Keeping the population busy
With stupid fights they're all a'tizzy.
It's enough to make you dizzy.
Used to be angels on a pin
And who is hit by original sin,
Or the immorality of Huck Finn.
And all the other "sins" we've seen of late
If you're not the chosen, then infidels you hate,
Your martyr's death, and paradise await.
Better to tackle the extremists problem all over,
'Cuz while zealots are fools, we still run for cover.
These haters will turn son against mother.
This argument about whether god does exit,
I look at priorities, it's far, far down the list.
We exist, therefore we are,
As for the rest, be it near or far,
Whether they exist or not proves nothing you see,
It's just speculative clickbait to lure you and me.
Again, I exist, therefore I am,
Now please enjoy your green eggs and spam.
Burma Shave
Oh, and Happy new year in a bit
For those who celebrate that sort of ____
First, the CIA says UFOs are theirs. Next the NSA. Bunch of buzz-kills. Was this someone making good on some sort of New Years resolution?
Just restrict the intake air flow - they'll get plenty hotter than 104F - hot enough to melt if you're not careful. I found that out one day while drying my dog. There was enough loose fur got into the intake to make it partially melt.
I'm skeptical about aliens in UFOs, but I'm also skeptical that U2 aircraft were responsible.
Two blow dryers will work better than 1 heat gun. Just plug them into different circuits.
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Or better yet apply enough solder correctly the first time.
This is because of the move to lead-free solder. It has nothing to do with not using enough solder,
I dont think telling people you can fix a mac book by baking it will end well. So perhaps a disclaimer saying NOT to do this would be in order?
It's been done for years with HP notebooks that had the nVidia chip come unsoldered People have even done this without removing any parts before baking it. However, it's so easy to remove the battery (both the main battery and the motherboard battery) and hard drive(s), so why take the chance with those parts?
You know, there's this newish invention called the Internet, with plenty of sites that allow authors to publish and list their eBooks, set their own price, allow limited previews before downloading, limited-time giveaways, free previews to industry, to generate buzz :-)
"Show me the numbers!"
Was it mentioned if an author has to put ALL of their books into this service? I can't tell you how many times a friend loaned me the first book in a series and I bought the rest. If you put 1/3rd of your catalog into a service like this and people are exposed to your work, then they may buy the stuff that isn't in this service. It's just another form of advertising, only this one pays you instead of the other way around.
The problem with that is the same one as the crippleware model. You try a few levels of a crippleware game, reach the point where you need to fork out $$$ to continue, and instead just grab another of the many crippleware games out there. Amazon does what's best for Amazon.
It's not a question of crap / not-crap, it's a question of read / did-not-read. 10% is enough that you're committed to paying for the book. You don't get to read 10% in a bookstore.
But you do with different publishing models, where you can set the amount that can be "previewed" for free to whatever you want.
That's why this model will fail. Technical books have a guaranteed market, even if it is niche. So do top-selling authors and those who have a reputation in a particular genre. None of these have a reason to join a "pool" of profits, so what's left over is the left-overs.
I would categorize Keith Laumer's Bolo tank stories as military sci-fi, and they're pretty good. Then there's the Hammer's Slammers stories.
Things are worth what people will pay for them. Top-selling authors won't allow their books to be offered this way, and neither will specialty authors, who have a small but guaranteed niche market. So what's left? The drek.
Cheap plastic disposable junk laptops are not suitable for professionals,
Sure they are. Nobody except apple fans cares about what type of laptop you're using, as long as it gets the job done.
The real shock is going to be the death of the PC. With the advent of higher resolution virtual displays and augmented reality glasses, the need for a physical screen will finally wane and the PC will be replaced by a bluetooth keyboard and mouse talking to that virtual hardware.
That's not going to happen. Too many people end up with eye strain, etc., and the resulting lawsuits will kill it. Also, look at how the 3d tv fad went from boom to bust in just a couple of years.
If HP manages to release their memristor technology (and their "The Machine"), some companies in the storage area risk to be shaken. I'm thinking of Seagate, EMC, ...
That's going to be a game-changer, for sure. And yet it's not on anyone's radar.
Good military sci-fi (don't judge)
Who on /. hates good sci-fi? Fantasy, on the other hand ...
The problem still persists - good reads should be able to fetch more (and more per page) than bad reads. Having them all paid from a "pool" subsidizes the crappier ones, no matter how you look at it.
How many books have you read, how many tv shows and movies have you watched, that started out good but then didn't live up to their hype or initial promise, but you continued reading / viewing for a while in the hope it gets better because you had already invested time into it before finally throwing in the towel? 10% is too low a minimum. I'd venture that anyone who gives up half way is saying the book is crap.
And walking around with it gets you arrested and held for psychiatric evaluation. Why bother when your phone can already do this? Seriously, does anyone want to look more like a geek?
So, the crappy authors ride on the back of the good ones, because readers have no disincentive to check what's crap and what's not before downloading, just as people download anything and anything from torrent networks "because it's free," even if they've seen it before.