>We used to use flash for embedded systems but the annual replacement of >flash drives got excessive.
err... you have got to be doing something wrong... like running in rw... i've got heavily used systems that are running 5+ years, and these early ones are not wear levelled.
>Damn cheap-assed capacitors leaked on the motherboard...
yeh... i feel for ya there... i've got caught with a significant number of units with those wonderful crap caps in 'em.
they're moving fest UP a week? blech! we'll have an entire week of shitty hot humid weather instead of the beginning of the week hot and humid, with saturday and sunday cooling off.
but fest is much more family friendly than BM... seriously... i will bring my son to fest, but he will go nowhere near BM (note that i didnt say the I wont go to BM)....
I do understand the bongo (non) ban, drumming at 4 in the morning would tend to piss me off... almost as much as The Ghetto did.
Your story, is pretty friggin funny, though...
Others in my camp have convinced me and my wife to try Spring Gulch next year... it sounds much more family oriented than 'fest, more spread out, and you have actual toilets and showers. That will be the test to see if i can do a toddler at a festival.
btw - i'm on the parking commmitte. my most entertaining story is the guy who showed up Thursday morning dead drunk and made us dodge him.
that, and the cranky lesbians when working the point.
its also a different vibe... no percussion instruments are allowed... and walking around in bondage gear is kindof frowned uipon, as this is considerred a family-friendly affair.
ah yes, the annual political battle at the Old Poole farm in Shwhenksville.
Here is how the Conversation goes: Folkfest: "we're going to do it again this year" Residents: "No you arent, we cant stand the hippies" Folkfest: "Fine, then the poole family is going to sell the farmland to low-income housing deveolpers." Residents: "Dont be so hasty... we'll just ignore you for the weekend"
The only reason that section of shwenksville is country-like is because of the poole farm. if that goes, it will be just another horrible suburbia.
i've been a volunteer there the last 5 years, but had to miss this year, as i've got a 7 month old...
the funniest thing, is the amount of "high level" people; CEO's and such that go there to get funky once a year.
how is the United States healthcare system, ?cheaper? than a single payer system? We spend by far the most per capita, almost double the next closest, and we dont cover almost 20% of the citizens.
Exactly how is more per capita, and less coverage, "cheaper"?
The other bit about EU unemployment rates, is thta they measure UE differently than the US. We generally report the U3 numbers, while they report the equivalent of our U6 numbers.
employees do well in france. even if their laid off, companies pay a large penalty to their UE insurance, plus corporations dont get to threaten health and survival, as the social safety net is much stronger than the US's, as they have socialized medicine, and good UE benefits.
As a worker, I would love to have France's labor laws working for me.
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>We used to use flash for embedded systems but the annual replacement of
>flash drives got excessive.
err... you have got to be doing something wrong... like running in rw... i've got heavily used systems that are running 5+ years, and these early ones are not wear levelled.
>Damn cheap-assed capacitors leaked on the motherboard...
yeh... i feel for ya there... i've got caught with a significant number of units with those wonderful crap caps in 'em.
i honestly dont know of a manufacturer that isnt doing wear-levelling these days.
although, i have seen some specs that only say 400k writes MTBF.
but, whatever - you aint gonna hit the limit...
the only console sold at a "loss" was the XBox, Sony makes money on their PS lineup.
thats why its "gross profit margin". everything else is counter as OpEx.
the most amazing thing about X is that the thing works... at all... ever...
You know what the solution is? Get a lawyer. Have him read any emplyment contract before you sign.
seriously, if you have bought a house, you absolutely, positively need a family lawyer. everyone you deal with has one, so should you.
the fact that banks use them, and trust them.
they're moving fest UP a week? blech! we'll have an entire week of shitty hot humid weather instead of the beginning of the week hot and humid, with saturday and sunday cooling off.
but fest is much more family friendly than BM... seriously... i will bring my son to fest, but he will go nowhere near BM (note that i didnt say the I wont go to BM)....
I do understand the bongo (non) ban, drumming at 4 in the morning would tend to piss me off... almost as much as The Ghetto did.
Your story, is pretty friggin funny, though...
Others in my camp have convinced me and my wife to try Spring Gulch next year... it sounds much more family oriented than 'fest, more spread out, and you have actual toilets and showers. That will be the test to see if i can do a toddler at a festival.
btw - i'm on the parking commmitte. my most entertaining story is the guy who showed up Thursday morning dead drunk and made us dodge him.
that, and the cranky lesbians when working the point.
fest is the same week as the burn...
its also a different vibe... no percussion instruments are allowed... and walking around in bondage gear is kindof frowned uipon, as this is considerred a family-friendly affair.
'Fest is great. The one time a year when waking up, smoking a joint and having a shot of tequila is the right thing to do.
and the music - even if you dont like folk music. is great.
ah yes, the annual political battle at the Old Poole farm in Shwhenksville.
Here is how the Conversation goes:
Folkfest: "we're going to do it again this year"
Residents: "No you arent, we cant stand the hippies"
Folkfest: "Fine, then the poole family is going to sell the farmland to low-income housing deveolpers."
Residents: "Dont be so hasty... we'll just ignore you for the weekend"
The only reason that section of shwenksville is country-like is because of the poole farm. if that goes, it will be just another horrible suburbia.
i've been a volunteer there the last 5 years, but had to miss this year, as i've got a 7 month old...
the funniest thing, is the amount of "high level" people; CEO's and such that go there to get funky once a year.
hell, why dont we just take the non-productive members of society, and stick them in gas chambers and them burn them in gigantic ovens.
all for the betterment of the human race.
how is the United States healthcare system, ?cheaper? than a single payer system? We spend by far the most per capita, almost double the next closest, and we dont cover almost 20% of the citizens.
Exactly how is more per capita, and less coverage, "cheaper"?
The other bit about EU unemployment rates, is thta they measure UE differently than the US. We generally report the U3 numbers, while they report the equivalent of our U6 numbers.
Currently, the US U6 numbers are 8.9%
Suddenly, we look a lot more like Europe.
employees do well in france. even if their laid off, companies pay a large penalty to their UE insurance, plus corporations dont get to threaten health and survival, as the social safety net is much stronger than the US's, as they have socialized medicine, and good UE benefits.
As a worker, I would love to have France's labor laws working for me.
carly trimmed lots of fat.
they gotta be cutting muscle by now, just to survive.
you are a disgusting piece of shit. how the fuck do you sleep at night?
you're prancinc aroudn like this is some type of fucking game, and that you've "won".
yay! you're politics cause death and destruction... GOOO TEAM!!! woooo!!!!
the government failed at its main job; to keep the populace safe. it failed.
> The people you endorse to replace FEMA have no
>credentials. I'm sorry, I'll have to defer to FEMA.
Yes, because that experience as a horse show judge obviously qualified "Brownie" to do a heckuva job in NO.
I'll take my chances with the hippies, dickwad. I've been to hippie fests, and at least they know that people need food water and shelter.
the mayor did fine with the evacuation. he got 80% out, and the projections thought that only 50-60% would leave on a mandatory evacuation.
obviously, he didnt raise enough money for Bush.
what the fuck does it take to get fired in this administration?
i mean really... do you have to eat a live baby on the whitehouse lawn?
freedom of the press.
freedom of speech.
these american citizens have every right to set up their own radio station.
WalMart runs the worlds biggest Exchange install. They and msft are quite proud of it, actually...
The Navy maywant to take a page out of walmarts book, if they're having that much trouble.
good lord, we already do this in the western half of the US... Hoover dam? Control of the Colorado.
We've got a million+ people living in the middle of the arizona desert, drinking water from the diverted colorado.
we have an adult playground in Las Vegas, in the middle of the fricking desert. and it consumes a ridiculous amount of water.
so... why couldnt we do a "national system"? half the country drinks the colorado, anyway...
If walmart adopts it fully, expect RFID's cost to plummet.
WalMart will demand the cost reductions, and due to its massive purcahsing power, will force everyone to realize these reductions.