Firewire has better latency than USB2 and is better able to sustain it's specced data rate. That is why it is still used in professional video and audio applications.
Oh, and we also use eSATA for the same reason. (Yes, I work in that industry.)
Other than that, I think you're pretty much right on.
Maybe you've heard of Joomla! ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joomla
which was basically my point. Today, if you think "Free CMS" you'll probably think "Joomla!" long before you think of Mambo, who mishandled the open-sourciness of an open/closed joint project.
Yet another reason why private healthcare must be stopped. Curing people doesn't come into it - it's about keeping them sick enough to stay profitable.
What? Do you realize this story takes place in Canada? (The land of public health.) This story has nothing to do with healthcare. She won't have her "healthcare" cut off... It's her "income replacement" payments that were cut off. She could end up destitute in a cardboard box, but the medical system will still take care of her health.
You don't have to die waiting for surgery in countries with socialised health care..... The option to pay outright for the medical procedure is, I believe, always available.
Not in Canada. The only way you can pay for healthcare in Canada is to travel to the US. (Which is commonly done by people who can afford it... and some who can't.)
Nice selective quoting there. Yes, it works for me. That means, it _can_ work. Now, what flavour of kernel is he running... it's an attempt to HELP, not just "dude, it works for me, you must be doing something wrong." Perhaps he doesn't want it to work. Perhaps he has an axe to grind with Ubuntu. I can't help that.
Hey, since you're so smart, can you help me get my LS-20 scanner working on my Windows XP box?
Hmmm... I've been using the b43 driver since Ubuntu 8.04 came out. It works here. Which flavour of kernel are you using? Sometimes alternate flavours bring out bugs in newer device drivers. For the record, i'm using the plain old boring -386 flavour.
I completely agree with the premise of the summary of the article. (No, of course I didn't read the article) A few years ago, i dug out my old Nikon Coolscan II LS-20 slide scanner. The last windows driver for this device was for Windows 95, so I had an old P233MMX machine dedicated to running it. After a year of storage, windows would no longer operate the scanner. It would report some error that didn't really get me anywhere on Google. I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver a few times. On a lark, I installed Debian 3.0 on a second partition on the machine. I figured it might be a bit of work, but Windows 95 was frustrating me. Much to my surprise, when i opened "The GIMP", and selected Acquire, my Nikon scanner was listed -- and it WORKED!
Sure. I used to work at Radio Shack and we had a battery recycling bin by the till. Every couple of weeks our manager would dump the contents into the trash. I protested, but he said that as long as people thought they were recycling, they felt good and they would come in and buy stuff.
Slight correction: in MPEG, the keyframes are called I-Frames. The delta frames are B and P frames. Most MPEG2 encoders that I have used default to a 15 frame GOP.
Don't forget: Lime (The Calcium Hydroxide variety) is also an important ingredient in Masa. (corn tortilla dough) In the right concentration, or after reacting with something else, it can be perfectly safe.
(for that matter, take carefully measured solutions of hydrochloric acid and lye, mix them, and they're perfectly safe to drink unless you suffer from high blood pressure)
The US HAD TO invade Iraq for financial reasons. The US dollar is no longer backed by any resource. The United States is a net importer and doesn't have enough natural resources to back up the number of US dollars in circulation. The only thing propping up the dollar is the fact that oil is traded worldwide in USD. (If you want to buy oil, you must first buy US dollars.) The word is that Saddam was preparing to trade oil in Euros. If the United States allowed that to happen, the US dollar would collapse and inflation would soar out of control. Of course, the average American wouldn't understand a bit of this, so it's much easier to cook up some WMDs or other abstract threat.
And, yes, I used the same unit in both, so comparison is useful.
Regarding "point of an SUV", see my other comment regarding winter, which seems to happen every year here.
Also, for my work, I often move biggish boxes. I once tried fitting some boxes into my Tempo while my Isuzu pickup was in the shop, and realized that a small car simply won't work for me.
I keep hearing about the high rollover rate of SUVs, but I have never firsthand met someone who rolled theirs. Maybe it's because our roads here are so long and straight.
Well, I've driven a 65MGB, an 82 Thunderbird, a 78 Lebaron Wagon, a 74 LTD, a 75 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup, an 85 tempo, a 95 cougar, two Isuzu pickups (89 and 92, both 2wd), a 91 Voyager LE AWD, a 95 Voyager LE AWD, and a 2001 Jimmy in bad weather. The AWD minivans came close, but the Jimmy beats everything on packed snow and ice. The Lebaron wasn't bad. The Cougar and the Tempo were probably the worst. The cougar is way overpowered for ice, and the tempo... well, that my have been my lack of experience with FWD.
I still have a hard time believing a small car with 14" rims, but with AWD can outperform a heavier truck with bigger tires in deep snow on top of ice. If they would re-issue the Eagle Wagon AWD, I'd consider buying one, but for now, my Jimmy keeps me alive in winter.
Oh, a friend of mine drives an Audi A6 AWD, and that thing sticks to ice like glue. Don't ask me how they did it, but it's a bit out of my price range. I have no idea what his gas milage is.
Excuse me? My 1974 Ford LTD weighed 5700kg, had a 460ci engine (about 230hp) and got between 4 and 14mpg depending on the weather and city/highway. That's a "somewhat sporty/family 2-door car." Nothing really special.
My 2001 Jimmy "gas guzzling SUV" is substantially lighter, has a 4.3l engine (262ci), still has somewhere around 230hp, and gets 22 to 27 mpg.
Vehicles ARE getting smaller, lighter, and more fuel efficient.
While we continue to think like this, cars will continue to get bigger, more powerful and more wasteful and energy efficiency etc will continue to decline.
The facts don't back this statement up, though. Cars HAVE become smaller, less powerful, and more energy efficient! My second car was a 2-door that weighed over 5700 pounds, had a 460ci (7.5l) V8, and got 4mpg in the city in winter, 8mpg in summer, and 14 to 17mpg on the highway when conditions were perfect. My current "gas guzzling SUV" weighs 4800 pounds, has a 4.3l (262ci) V6, and regularly gets 27 mpg on the highway. (and the difference isn't as much for city/winter driving) Remember, that's a completely different category of vehicle! If I were to buy a nice 2-door family car, I'm sure I could do much better.
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Firewire has better latency than USB2 and is better able to sustain it's specced data rate. That is why it is still used in professional video and audio applications. Oh, and we also use eSATA for the same reason. (Yes, I work in that industry.) Other than that, I think you're pretty much right on.
Maybe you've heard of Joomla! ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joomla which was basically my point. Today, if you think "Free CMS" you'll probably think "Joomla!" long before you think of Mambo, who mishandled the open-sourciness of an open/closed joint project.
Hmmm... does anyone remember Mambo?
You could just buy all the same socks. Then you'll never notice when a sock goes missing. (at least until you start running low)
Why would heavy metal bands be making legal judgements?!?
Yet another reason why private healthcare must be stopped. Curing people doesn't come into it - it's about keeping them sick enough to stay profitable.
What? Do you realize this story takes place in Canada? (The land of public health.) This story has nothing to do with healthcare. She won't have her "healthcare" cut off... It's her "income replacement" payments that were cut off. She could end up destitute in a cardboard box, but the medical system will still take care of her health.
So, that's why Mambo has such a huge mindshare in the CMS world?
You don't have to die waiting for surgery in countries with socialised health care. .... The option to pay outright for the medical procedure is, I believe, always available.
Not in Canada. The only way you can pay for healthcare in Canada is to travel to the US. (Which is commonly done by people who can afford it... and some who can't.)
Too late. Mars already has several copies of VxWorks in use or recently decommissioned.
Nice selective quoting there. Yes, it works for me. That means, it _can_ work. Now, what flavour of kernel is he running... it's an attempt to HELP, not just "dude, it works for me, you must be doing something wrong." Perhaps he doesn't want it to work. Perhaps he has an axe to grind with Ubuntu. I can't help that.
Hey, since you're so smart, can you help me get my LS-20 scanner working on my Windows XP box?
Hmmm... I've been using the b43 driver since Ubuntu 8.04 came out. It works here. Which flavour of kernel are you using? Sometimes alternate flavours bring out bugs in newer device drivers. For the record, i'm using the plain old boring -386 flavour.
I completely agree with the premise of the summary of the article. (No, of course I didn't read the article) A few years ago, i dug out my old Nikon Coolscan II LS-20 slide scanner. The last windows driver for this device was for Windows 95, so I had an old P233MMX machine dedicated to running it. After a year of storage, windows would no longer operate the scanner. It would report some error that didn't really get me anywhere on Google. I uninstalled and reinstalled the driver a few times. On a lark, I installed Debian 3.0 on a second partition on the machine. I figured it might be a bit of work, but Windows 95 was frustrating me. Much to my surprise, when i opened "The GIMP", and selected Acquire, my Nikon scanner was listed -- and it WORKED!
"This time?"
Ah, I see you've never read "Song of Songs"
Sorry, but you're wrong. It was all Canadians at that store! (And, to be fair, it was only the manager that approved.)
Sure. I used to work at Radio Shack and we had a battery recycling bin by the till. Every couple of weeks our manager would dump the contents into the trash. I protested, but he said that as long as people thought they were recycling, they felt good and they would come in and buy stuff.
Oh how I hated that job.
Slight correction: in MPEG, the keyframes are called I-Frames. The delta frames are B and P frames. Most MPEG2 encoders that I have used default to a 15 frame GOP.
Yes. Alton Brown did a nice bit about this on his "Tortillas" episode of Good Eats.
Don't forget: Lime (The Calcium Hydroxide variety) is also an important ingredient in Masa. (corn tortilla dough) In the right concentration, or after reacting with something else, it can be perfectly safe.
(for that matter, take carefully measured solutions of hydrochloric acid and lye, mix them, and they're perfectly safe to drink unless you suffer from high blood pressure)
Really not trying to be a pedantic jerk, but you misspelt EEPROM every time. (EPROMs were erased with UV light. EEPROMs are "Electrically Erasable")
The US HAD TO invade Iraq for financial reasons. The US dollar is no longer backed by any resource. The United States is a net importer and doesn't have enough natural resources to back up the number of US dollars in circulation. The only thing propping up the dollar is the fact that oil is traded worldwide in USD. (If you want to buy oil, you must first buy US dollars.) The word is that Saddam was preparing to trade oil in Euros. If the United States allowed that to happen, the US dollar would collapse and inflation would soar out of control. Of course, the average American wouldn't understand a bit of this, so it's much easier to cook up some WMDs or other abstract threat.
r _vs_euro.html
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Iraq/Iraq_dolla
In Canada, a gallon is 25% larger than in the US.
And, yes, I used the same unit in both, so comparison is useful.
Regarding "point of an SUV", see my other comment regarding winter, which seems to happen every year here.
Also, for my work, I often move biggish boxes. I once tried fitting some boxes into my Tempo while my Isuzu pickup was in the shop, and realized that a small car simply won't work for me.
I keep hearing about the high rollover rate of SUVs, but I have never firsthand met someone who rolled theirs. Maybe it's because our roads here are so long and straight.
Well, I've driven a 65MGB, an 82 Thunderbird, a 78 Lebaron Wagon, a 74 LTD, a 75 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup, an 85 tempo, a 95 cougar, two Isuzu pickups (89 and 92, both 2wd), a 91 Voyager LE AWD, a 95 Voyager LE AWD, and a 2001 Jimmy in bad weather. The AWD minivans came close, but the Jimmy beats everything on packed snow and ice. The Lebaron wasn't bad. The Cougar and the Tempo were probably the worst. The cougar is way overpowered for ice, and the tempo... well, that my have been my lack of experience with FWD.
I still have a hard time believing a small car with 14" rims, but with AWD can outperform a heavier truck with bigger tires in deep snow on top of ice. If they would re-issue the Eagle Wagon AWD, I'd consider buying one, but for now, my Jimmy keeps me alive in winter.
Oh, a friend of mine drives an Audi A6 AWD, and that thing sticks to ice like glue. Don't ask me how they did it, but it's a bit out of my price range. I have no idea what his gas milage is.
Damn... that was pounds.
But yes, the curb weight was over 5700 pounds.
And they get me home safely after a blizzard when my roomate with his Festiva was stranded.
J w s/20070110/storm_weather_070110/20070110?hub=Canad a (more were found dead later)
6 people died near here in February.
Don't tell me what kind of vehicle I don't need.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYs7AP8UPic
http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/556944959vklPk
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNe
Excuse me? My 1974 Ford LTD weighed 5700kg, had a 460ci engine (about 230hp) and got between 4 and 14mpg depending on the weather and city/highway. That's a "somewhat sporty/family 2-door car." Nothing really special.
My 2001 Jimmy "gas guzzling SUV" is substantially lighter, has a 4.3l engine (262ci), still has somewhere around 230hp, and gets 22 to 27 mpg.
Vehicles ARE getting smaller, lighter, and more fuel efficient.
The facts don't back this statement up, though. Cars HAVE become smaller, less powerful, and more energy efficient! My second car was a 2-door that weighed over 5700 pounds, had a 460ci (7.5l) V8, and got 4mpg in the city in winter, 8mpg in summer, and 14 to 17mpg on the highway when conditions were perfect. My current "gas guzzling SUV" weighs 4800 pounds, has a 4.3l (262ci) V6, and regularly gets 27 mpg on the highway. (and the difference isn't as much for city/winter driving) Remember, that's a completely different category of vehicle! If I were to buy a nice 2-door family car, I'm sure I could do much better.