And you could compile your non-gui code with VC++!
Um, you can build non-GUI applications using existing versions of Windows and Visual Studio. NT has had a console mode (no, not DOS - it's own CLI environment) all the way back to NT3.1.
If it's too hot to live where you are in the summer, the right answer might be 'don't live there' rather than 'turn up the A/C'.
Well, places that don't get hot in the summer tend to be cold in the winter. If you know of a place where the temperature is between 15C and 25C all year round, that's big enough for the whole world to live there, please let us know, mmm-kay?
One of the things I think environmentalist groups often miss is that, while nuclear waste is undoubtedly toxic, it also does not come in large quantities. I'd much rather have 1kg of incredibly toxic stuff in a sealed container than 10,000,000kg of fossil fuel residues in the air I have to breathe.
What "incredibly toxic stuff"? Fuel for fusion is hydrogen. Its byproducts are really horrible stuff like helium.
At the risk of being redundant... there is no risk of a fusion plant going "Chernobyl". A fusion plant requires active control in order to maintain the reaction. Meanwhile, a fission plant requires active control to suppress the reaction from getting out of control. In other words, a fusion plant cannot experience a runaway reaction; it is "fail-safe".
According to the EPA, the official fuel economy for a Chevrolet Avalanche 2WD is 14/18 City/Highway. Also from the EPA, a 1993 Toyota Tercel gets between 26/29 and 32/36 depending on the exact model. That difference adds up.
Hypothetically, this is offset by the fact that a large SUV can carry more people/stuff than a Tercel. Of course, in practice, you get soccer moms driving by themselves to the tennis club in their Navigators...
And there's a 1440x960 17" on mine. Aside from the laptop market, it is extremely difficult to find anything other than the following size/resolution combos:
Actually, even in the laptop market, it's seemingly impossible to find 15" 1600x1200 panels anymore. The closest I've been able to find are 14" or 15" 1400x1050 displays. Which is a shame, 'cause I loooove the 15" 16x12 displays on my home and work laptops, to the point that I'm reluctant to upgrade. (I don't want one of those WUXGA panels - makes the machine just too damn big.)
I was in Illinois once, and a station attendant actually got on the PA and said "Pump 4, you must stay within sight of the pump." When they didn't, she cut the flow to that pump.
Damn, does stuff like that make me mad. It's one of the reasons that "full-serve" (yeah, as if) is mandatory in lots of places including, yup, the town where I happen to live.
Bill Gates bought a very expensive Porsche, but for whatever reason, was not legal to import into the US. What do you do when you own the most powerful corporation in the US? Why you change the laws to suit your whims. Here is a very detailed and articulate post on another site dealing with this topic (read the reply to the original post)
Uh, huh. And, of course, the issue of importing the Porsche 959 (total worldwide production ca. a whopping 220, and entirely capable of meeting the requirements which were cited as the reason for not allowing importation in the first place) is an earth-shattering issue that strikes at the very foundation of society, and which will have far-reaching implications for generations to come.
Every single thing the US is doing now to try and fix everything (Ba'ath minions brought back, etc etc) was suggested by the Brits a year ago.
In fact, the entire invasion of Iraq was suggested by the Brits back in 1918. One might even suggest that the present mess is in no small part the Brits' fault.
So before we were doing a poor job teaching the metric system to kids and encouraging them to use the English System (Until late in high-school, where the courses are elective).
Uh...? Every science course I ever had except one (an intro to mechanics course in college) used SI units exclusively.
Unfortunately, we may all get a chance in a few years to see what happens when the US has to make big cuts in its spending habits. The US consumer "engine" appears to be driven by debt, both public and private, and the situation will have to change.
I dunno... there's an old saying, along the lines of: "Borrow a dollar, and the bank owns you. Borrow a million dollars, and you own the bank." The more US debt is owned by foreign nations, the more interested those nations will be in seeing the US succeed economically.
(except strangely the US govt which has an unusually horrifying attitude to executions, which is the main reason verry few outside the US takes america seriously when they talk human rights. ie get em for your people, before talkin to us about our people)
As far as I'm concerned, the death penalty (as practiced in the US) is not a human rights issue. The death penalty is only given for capital crimes like (premeditated) murder (as opposed to, say, daring to show your bare ankles in public, or not walking ten feet behind your husband), and IMO anyone who is so depraved and antisocial as to commit such a crime, has essentially forfeited any "human rights" he might have laid claim to. Such a person no longer deserves any chance of living among decent, civilized people.
That said, the only reason I'm against the death penalty is a pedestrian, mundane one - which is simply that you can't appeal a death sentence (once it's been executed), and there's always the possibility that you're executing an innocent person.
All cars manufactured for sale in the United States during that time, regardless of performance, were legally required to have speedometers that only reach 85MPH and also highlight the speed of 55, which was the national maximum speed limit.
Yup. I remember going with my parents, when I was a kid (ca. late '70s?), to a VW/Audi/Porsche dealership (we were looking for a used Bug - <sigh>) and of course I was all google-eyed over the 911s. The dealer had a good laugh when I ran over to them and asked why a 911 can only do 85 mph...
Even if a lot of quality of the songs are improved a bit of authenticity of the songs is lost. The cracks and the spikes in a song can give it a certain charm.
Why, do you think the singer's voice cracked and popped like that when he sang in the recording studio? How do distortions and degradations of the original performance increase "authenticity"?
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And you could compile your non-gui code with VC++!
Um, you can build non-GUI applications using existing versions of Windows and Visual Studio. NT has had a console mode (no, not DOS - it's own CLI environment) all the way back to NT3.1.
If it's too hot to live where you are in the summer, the right answer might be 'don't live there' rather than 'turn up the A/C'.
Well, places that don't get hot in the summer tend to be cold in the winter. If you know of a place where the temperature is between 15C and 25C all year round, that's big enough for the whole world to live there, please let us know, mmm-kay?
One of the things I think environmentalist groups often miss is that, while nuclear waste is undoubtedly toxic, it also does not come in large quantities. I'd much rather have 1kg of incredibly toxic stuff in a sealed container than 10,000,000kg of fossil fuel residues in the air I have to breathe.
What "incredibly toxic stuff"? Fuel for fusion is hydrogen. Its byproducts are really horrible stuff like helium.
Well, considering the risk for a Chernobyl
At the risk of being redundant... there is no risk of a fusion plant going "Chernobyl". A fusion plant requires active control in order to maintain the reaction. Meanwhile, a fission plant requires active control to suppress the reaction from getting out of control. In other words, a fusion plant cannot experience a runaway reaction; it is "fail-safe".
On Wall Street, we called this technology "BOHICA": Bend Over, Here It Comes Again.
LOL, sweet memories - the student newspaper at my alma mater was called "The Bohican".
According to the EPA, the official fuel economy for a Chevrolet Avalanche 2WD is 14/18 City/Highway. Also from the EPA, a 1993 Toyota Tercel gets between 26/29 and 32/36 depending on the exact model. That difference adds up.
Hypothetically, this is offset by the fact that a large SUV can carry more people/stuff than a Tercel. Of course, in practice, you get soccer moms driving by themselves to the tennis club in their Navigators...
And there's a 1440x960 17" on mine. Aside from the laptop market, it is extremely difficult to find anything other than the following size/resolution combos:
Actually, even in the laptop market, it's seemingly impossible to find 15" 1600x1200 panels anymore. The closest I've been able to find are 14" or 15" 1400x1050 displays. Which is a shame, 'cause I loooove the 15" 16x12 displays on my home and work laptops, to the point that I'm reluctant to upgrade. (I don't want one of those WUXGA panels - makes the machine just too damn big.)
You dare defy the assembled wisdom of Slashdot? Heretic! Fool! Death by mogambo!
I was in Illinois once, and a station attendant actually got on the PA and said "Pump 4, you must stay within sight of the pump." When they didn't, she cut the flow to that pump.
Damn, does stuff like that make me mad. It's one of the reasons that "full-serve" (yeah, as if) is mandatory in lots of places including, yup, the town where I happen to live.
I even have an Ethernet adaptor for it.
Ooh! Ooh! Where'd you get it? I looked for one (preferably wireless) but couldn't find one.
Bill Gates bought a very expensive Porsche, but for whatever reason, was not legal to import into the US. What do you do when you own the most powerful corporation in the US? Why you change the laws to suit your whims. Here is a very detailed and articulate post on another site dealing with this topic (read the reply to the original post)
Uh, huh. And, of course, the issue of importing the Porsche 959 (total worldwide production ca. a whopping 220, and entirely capable of meeting the requirements which were cited as the reason for not allowing importation in the first place) is an earth-shattering issue that strikes at the very foundation of society, and which will have far-reaching implications for generations to come.
Hey, I take offence. I'm an American, and I am GOD you insensitive clod!
OK, first of all, I'm God, not you. And second, although I am American, that's not why I'm God.
Every single thing the US is doing now to try and fix everything (Ba'ath minions brought back, etc etc) was suggested by the Brits a year ago.
In fact, the entire invasion of Iraq was suggested by the Brits back in 1918 . One might even suggest that the present mess is in no small part the Brits' fault.
"Pot reefer"? "Keeps your pot cool"? Um... is it 4:20 yet?
My cube-neighbor here at work just picked up his Honda Accord.. He's doing some city, some highway, and he's getting about 55mpg.
Um, 55 mpg from an Accord? Wha'd he do, tear out the engine and cut a pair of holes in the floorboards for his feet, Flintstone-style?
So before we were doing a poor job teaching the metric system to kids and encouraging them to use the English System (Until late in high-school, where the courses are elective).
Uh...? Every science course I ever had except one (an intro to mechanics course in college) used SI units exclusively.
Unfortunately, we may all get a chance in a few years to see what happens when the US has to make big cuts in its spending habits. The US consumer "engine" appears to be driven by debt, both public and private, and the situation will have to change.
I dunno... there's an old saying, along the lines of: "Borrow a dollar, and the bank owns you. Borrow a million dollars, and you own the bank." The more US debt is owned by foreign nations, the more interested those nations will be in seeing the US succeed economically.
And I'm sure you're prepared to back up this assertion with a citation, such as an AP or Reuters article?
Maybe it's not AP, but how about this?
(except strangely the US govt which has an unusually horrifying attitude to executions, which is the main reason verry few outside the US takes america seriously when they talk human rights. ie get em for your people, before talkin to us about our people)
As far as I'm concerned, the death penalty (as practiced in the US) is not a human rights issue. The death penalty is only given for capital crimes like (premeditated) murder (as opposed to, say, daring to show your bare ankles in public, or not walking ten feet behind your husband), and IMO anyone who is so depraved and antisocial as to commit such a crime, has essentially forfeited any "human rights" he might have laid claim to. Such a person no longer deserves any chance of living among decent, civilized people.
That said, the only reason I'm against the death penalty is a pedestrian, mundane one - which is simply that you can't appeal a death sentence (once it's been executed), and there's always the possibility that you're executing an innocent person.
due to arrive in 2005 - Shouldn't that be Pentium MMV?
If so, then the Pentium MMX was way before its time.
the WRX puts out around 230 horsepower whereas the STi puts out either 276 or 300, depending on where in the world you are.
Actually, AIUI, it makes the same hp everywhere, but in Japan it's only reported as 276hp for legal reasons.
<father-guido-sarducci-voice> For-a just-a ten dollars, you too can discover Atlantis! </f-g-s-v>
...NASA is preparing a deep-space mission to the planet Magrathea, to take pictures of Slartibartfast.
All cars manufactured for sale in the United States during that time, regardless of performance, were legally required to have speedometers that only reach 85MPH and also highlight the speed of 55, which was the national maximum speed limit.
Yup. I remember going with my parents, when I was a kid (ca. late '70s?), to a VW/Audi/Porsche dealership (we were looking for a used Bug - <sigh>) and of course I was all google-eyed over the 911s. The dealer had a good laugh when I ran over to them and asked why a 911 can only do 85 mph...
Even if a lot of quality of the songs are improved a bit of authenticity of the songs is lost. The cracks and the spikes in a song can give it a certain charm.
Why, do you think the singer's voice cracked and popped like that when he sang in the recording studio? How do distortions and degradations of the original performance increase "authenticity"?