What happens to modern society when bacteria, fungus, and other assorted critters evolve the ability to break down plastics?
Probably something similar to what would happen if bacteria, mold, insects, et. al. suddenly started being able to eat wood!! Look around at all the things that are made of wood or use wood in their construction. Civilization would surely fall if that were to ever happen. Maybe if we're really lucky it will never happen. Or maybe, just maybe, we'd learn to deal with it.
More likely they would instruct the driver to go into "crap quality" mode. Then they could point to the lousy print you get with 3rd party ink and say "See! Those other ink cartriges aren't as good as ours! Look how much better the print is when you use genuine Lexmark brand ink cartriges!"
At least, that's what I would do if I was a sleazy, money-grubbing corporation....
Let's follow this analogy to its conclusion. If I have $20 dollars, let you "borrow" $20, but still have my original $20, well... Yes. I would have no problem with you "borrowing" my $20. I wouldn't need it back, because I still had the one $20 I started with.
Not that I necessarily agree with the parent, but if you are going to pick an analogy, at least pick one that makes sense.
You could always get him a Leatherman tool... though if he is over 16 and doesn't already have one, he may not be much of a geek.
Somthing that is sure to appeal to geeky/gadgety guys is a high power LED flashlight. (I have one of the FT-3C models, and I love it.)
Something a little less gadgety, but still appealing to the average geek: Get him a boomerang. Lots of fun, and a good excuse to drag him away from his computer for a while to get some excercise.
A problem with this "proof" occurred to me immediately: Since evil is negative, the square root of evil must be imaginary, which would mean that money is imaginary, and therefore, by definition, so is time.
Then I realized that, in my life at least, that's pretty much true.
Check out this place. They also have re-labled élotouch dislays (actually UN-labled élotouch displays) for about 50-70% of the cost of Allen Bradley touchscreens. They are primarily an OEM supplier but will sell onesies... at least they have to me. They've got displays from 6.4" up to 21.3" in touch and nontouch models. I've bought several touchscreens from here to install in industrial control systems and they are indistinguishable from the Allen Bradley screens (which I've also bought) I know, I sound like a commercial, but I have no connection to this site other than offering some constructive critcism of their website, which used to be truly horrible and is now merely annoying.
This guy is also the supplier of touchscreens to Automation Direct. Sorry, no direct link, Look under Operator Interfaces-->industrial monitors. (Warning, very "busy" site with lots of frames and redirection)
Where exactly does it say that used the most commonly used versions of the software? As I recall, the article said: " we took an in-depth look at four of the major NOSes on the market: Microsoft's Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Novell's NetWare 5.1, Red Hat Software's Linux 6.1 and The Santa Cruz Operation's (SCO) UnixWare 7.1.1. " I doubt if many people run Win2000 Advanced Server, any Novell NOS or SCO Unixware on their desktop. RedHat 6.1 is, to the best of my knowledge, a general purpose distro. While it is quite capable when used as a server it is not specifically tuned/optimized to be one. In light of this, I find RedHats performance to be even more impressive.
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Probably something similar to what would happen if bacteria, mold, insects, et. al. suddenly started being able to eat wood!! Look around at all the things that are made of wood or use wood in their construction. Civilization would surely fall if that were to ever happen. Maybe if we're really lucky it will never happen. Or maybe, just maybe, we'd learn to deal with it.
I think what you need is a gas turbine powered motorcycle. 320 HP, 425 foot pounds of torque, 500 lb. curb weight. 0-200mph in 19 seconds.
Some which amused me:
THINKGEEK HAS FOOLS TOP
and
THINKGEEK HAS FOOL POST
not to mention
AH! FOOL POSTS THINKGEEK
More likely they would instruct the driver to go into "crap quality" mode. Then they could point to the lousy print you get with 3rd party ink and say "See! Those other ink cartriges aren't as good as ours! Look how much better the print is when you use genuine Lexmark brand ink cartriges!"
At least, that's what I would do if I was a sleazy, money-grubbing corporation....
Let's follow this analogy to its conclusion. If I have $20 dollars, let you "borrow" $20, but still have my original $20, well... Yes. I would have no problem with you "borrowing" my $20. I wouldn't need it back, because I still had the one $20 I started with.
Not that I necessarily agree with the parent, but if you are going to pick an analogy, at least pick one that makes sense.
You could always get him a Leatherman tool... though if he is over 16 and doesn't already have one, he may not be much of a geek.
Somthing that is sure to appeal to geeky/gadgety guys is a high power LED flashlight. (I have one of the FT-3C models, and I love it.)
Something a little less gadgety, but still appealing to the average geek: Get him a boomerang. Lots of fun, and a good excuse to drag him away from his computer for a while to get some excercise.
I think you're looking for the StarTech Screw Kit, available lots of places. Actually, Gateway has it for pretty cheap, oddly enough.
A problem with this "proof" occurred to me immediately: Since evil is
negative, the square root of evil must be imaginary, which would mean that
money is imaginary, and therefore, by definition, so is time.
Then I realized that, in my life at least, that's pretty much true.
I've bought several touchscreens from here to install in industrial control systems and they are indistinguishable from the Allen Bradley screens (which I've also bought)
I know, I sound like a commercial, but I have no connection to this site other than offering some constructive critcism of their website, which used to be truly horrible and is now merely annoying.
This guy is also the supplier of touchscreens to Automation Direct. Sorry, no direct link, Look under Operator Interfaces-->industrial monitors. (Warning, very "busy" site with lots of frames and redirection)
Where exactly does it say that used the most commonly used versions of the software? As I recall, the article said:
" we took an in-depth look at four of the major NOSes on the market: Microsoft's Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Novell's NetWare 5.1, Red Hat Software's Linux 6.1 and The Santa Cruz Operation's (SCO) UnixWare 7.1.1. "
I doubt if many people run Win2000 Advanced Server, any Novell NOS or SCO Unixware on their desktop. RedHat 6.1 is, to the best of my knowledge, a general purpose distro. While it is quite capable when used as a server it is not specifically tuned/optimized to be one. In light of this, I find RedHats performance to be even more impressive.
Steve Schulze