but the iris never changes from the eighth month of gestation until death.
So, does this mean that folks suffering from death (which is common and can manifest initially through pigment changes in the iris), etc... will have to go through a bigger hassle than the other passengers when traveling?
While it shouldn't be a problem for the dead guy (he has a bigger problem than getting past airport security), it could be a problem if you gouge out someone else's eye to try to get past a scan.
I'll never figure out why we'll use a bomb which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to snipe someone... when a 10 cent bullet would do the trick just fine.
The bullet is cheaper (not 10 cents, but I'd think it'd be $5 or less)...but getting a sniper into position to fire it can be nearly as expensive as dropping a bomb. It's definitely more dangerous (for the sniper, anyway) if he's caught before he can complete his mission.
Apple doesn't have DRM? uhhh... ok... Then why can't I download iTunes music from any OS, burn it with any software, and play it with any player?
I guess I must've been imagining things when I was playing iTunes downloads on my Palm with AeroPlayer (after having converted them from AAC to Ogg Vorbis). Stop spreading FUD.
Perhaps it was your critique of books you haven't read. This is also known as pre-judgment or prejudice.
That wouldn't happen to be anything at all like what your buddies are doing here, would it? I figured the reviews on a site that sells books would be from people who've actually read the book. I haven't read it yet myself (it arrived here Tuesday, but I'm still working on this), but you don't see me posting reviews just to move the overall rating up. Besides, there's plenty of material on which to come to an informed opinion about Al Franken without having to further line his already-bulging wallet. (Finding said material is left as an exercise for the reader. Google is your friend.)
Yes it does. Of course it does. Intel is the 800 lb. gorialla, and everyone watches intently to see where it will sit.
Case in point: InfiniBand
Counterpoint: AMD64. Intel has been pushing a non-backward-compatible 64-bit architecture for years now. More recently, AMD decided to extend the x86 instruction set to 64 bits in more or less the same way the 386 extended it to 32. The market reacted favorably (if I'm not mistaken, more Opteron servers have already sold since its introduction than Itanic servers have sold ever), and now it looks like Intel will release a processor in the next few months that supports AMD64 (or something similar). While Linux might be available on both AMD64 and IA64, Microsoft has already said it will do only one 64-bit Windows, and that 64-bit Windows will be for AMD64 (you can get the beta here).
Yes, Intel is a big company, but I wouldn't be too sure that the rest of the industry will necessarily follow Intel over the cliff.
I think the next time I have to re-activate DVDXcopy because I've upgraded my hardware (again), I'm just going to "activate it myself".
Why bother paying for what you can get for free? DVD Decrypter, DVDStripper, and DVD Shrink will edit out unwanted material and squeeze any movie down to where it'll fit on a DVD-R, and they're all free (as in beer, anyway, which is more than you can say for DVDXcopy).
As surely as the sun rises in the east every morning, going against Slashbot groupthink in YRO is the surest way to get modded down. What's the matter, you cowardly moderators--don't have the chops to take what you dish out? 1984 called...it wants its Minitrue staff back.
Don't know where you got that nugget, as there are engines >360 ci that are small-block engines (the Olds 403 comes to mind as an example...the 400, 425, and 455 Oldses are big-block engines, but not the 403).
Ever hear of books-on-tape? I've never bought them, and I'd definitely never buy one by that arrogant blowhard Franken, but I can envision many an ill-educated left-winger opting for this particular book-on-tape. They could get their Two Minutes Hate fix without having to puzzle over the squiggly marks on paper.
What they want to do is convert Coca-Cola addicts (like me) to Pepsi addicts. This is a back-handed bribe for me to switch from Coke to Pepsi for a month.
iTunes codes are also in the Big Gulp cups (but not the other sizes) at 7-Eleven. They're rolled into the lip of the cup...cut the lip and unroll it to see if you have a winner. Fill it with Coke (or Diet Coke) and you have a chance at getting free music without putting up with that Pepsi swill. Free music and a chance to fsck over Pepsi...what could be better?:-)
This is slightly OT, but I've found one of the best ways to test (as opposed diagnose) hardware is to install FreeBSD then run "make buildworld" on it...
If you're worried about system stability or processor-cooling effectiveness, a couple of good stress tests are Prime95 (it has a "torture-test" mode) and cpuburn. Somebody complained that the Shuttle SFF boxes tend to overheat and flake out. I built one (with three hard drives...it was for a DVR setup), set it up outside in Las Vegas' summer heat, and fired up cpuburn. It ran without so much as a hiccup.
I believe the ending to Episode III is available on DVD already. It's called Episode IV - A New Hope.
Since when have Episodes IV-VI become available on DVD? (A local Sam's Club was using a laserdisc-to-DVD transfer of Return of the Jedi as a demo disc, but that doesn't count. I'm fairly sure Fox doesn't distribute movies on DVD+Rs with hand-scribbled labels.)
But 32-bit processors can, using the exact same tricks to pass around 64-bit data, address more than 4GB of memory.
At best, they can only see a 4GB "window" into memory. In the end, it's not too different than the bank-switching my Apple IIe used to access more than 64K (it started with 128K and was expanded to 1MB), and it'll impose many of the same limitations. If you need to work with >4GB of code and/or data, the flat address space a 64-bit processor offers is far preferable to trying to shoehorn everything into running on a 32-bit processor.
My personal opinion is the end result of 64-bits will be an efficiency improvement, but not a performance one.
There can't help but be a performance improvement, even if it's just a small one. Being able to just load a register from any memory location has to be faster than making sure you're looking in the right place first and then calculating an offset into the currently-active chunk of memory. It's one operation vs. more than one operation.
Palm probably started designing their new system around.Net, activex, ms access/outlook, visual studio and other technologies that nail them to Microsoft.
Given that their developer tools appear to be migrating away from CodeWarrior and toward Eclipse/gcc/etc. (not Visual Studio), that doesn't seem likely. (Go here and scan down to "PalmSource Offers New Software Development Tools" for more info. They don't yet have it available for download, though, or I would've already snagged it.)
Even other Italian companies did Ferrari in handily- the Detomaso is a perfect example. Near identical construction, nice Italian design...but a huge 5.7l big-block chevy V8 in back.
Minor nitpick: the Chevy 350 is a small-block (and so are other GM divisions' 350s, for that matter). The 396 and 427 were small-block engines as well...you have to go up to the 454 to get a big-block Chevy.
I'm using HP IPaq 1940. There is no "draconian DRM" associated with contacts appointments or music, however the platform definitely feels closed:
I can only sync using ActiveSync(TM), which is proprietary and only runs on Windows.
Contacts & calendar only sync with Outlook(TM).
The SDK, albeit free (beer) only runs on Windows(TM).
Sounds like a win for Palm OS...it syncs with Mac OS (X or classic) and Linux, and you can use gcc under Win32 or Linux to build Palm OS apps. (Mac OS X might be supported this way as well, but I think you're stuck buying CodeWarrior to build under older versions.)
I suppose WinCE might be OK if you're an all-Microsoft shop. I know someone who swears by his iPaq. Palm OS plays better with others, though. I've been using different versions for the past six or seven years (currently use a Tungsten T and still have the Palm III I used before that) and don't see a compelling reason to switch anytime soon.
Grafitti 0wnz j00. Grafitti 2, though, blows chunks if you're used to the original.
(With Grafitti, nearly all letters were drawn with one stroke (the only exception is X). Xerox got a court to decide that Grafitti infringed one of its patents, though, so Grafitti 2 was introduced. With more two-stroke characters and no backward compatibility, Grafitti 2 can't help but be slower than the original.)
Some people buy a new technology not knowing, yet, what they expect out of it. These are the inspired thinkers to come up with new uses. They are often disappointed with proprietary systems, finding that someone else is dictating the boundaries of use differently than they, such as draconian DRM.
And what "draconian DRM" is associated with the data I synced out of my Palm the other day? Bugger-all, that's what. There's nothing keeping me away from my contacts, appointments, or music (in MP3 or Ogg Vorbis). If you're going to bitch about FUD when Microsoft spreads it, at least be consistent and call it out when Free Software zealots pile it on just as high and deep. FUD is FUD, no matter who's responsible for it.
Is that "Double Data Rate" or "Dance Dance Revolution"?
Not sure if this was an attempt at humor or an honest question...if it was the latter, it means Deutsche Demokratische Republik. It's what East Germany called itself. (It was hardly an accurate self-description, but then communists tend to be rather, um, imaginative with the truth.)
I was once ticketed for having headphones on even though I had not committed any traffic/moving violations.
They were right to issue a ticket for that...headphones impede hearing of outside noises (especially if they're closed "cans" or noise-canceling headphones). An emergency vehicle could've come up behind you, and you might not have heard it.
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While it shouldn't be a problem for the dead guy (he has a bigger problem than getting past airport security), it could be a problem if you gouge out someone else's eye to try to get past a scan.
The bullet is cheaper (not 10 cents, but I'd think it'd be $5 or less)...but getting a sniper into position to fire it can be nearly as expensive as dropping a bomb. It's definitely more dangerous (for the sniper, anyway) if he's caught before he can complete his mission.
I guess I must've been imagining things when I was playing iTunes downloads on my Palm with AeroPlayer (after having converted them from AAC to Ogg Vorbis). Stop spreading FUD.
It's easily stripped off with QTFairUse (you'll need to stick with iTunes 4.1 to use it, though). All of my iTMS downloads have been "fixed" with it.
That wouldn't happen to be anything at all like what your buddies are doing here, would it? I figured the reviews on a site that sells books would be from people who've actually read the book. I haven't read it yet myself (it arrived here Tuesday, but I'm still working on this), but you don't see me posting reviews just to move the overall rating up. Besides, there's plenty of material on which to come to an informed opinion about Al Franken without having to further line his already-bulging wallet. (Finding said material is left as an exercise for the reader. Google is your friend.)
Counterpoint: AMD64. Intel has been pushing a non-backward-compatible 64-bit architecture for years now. More recently, AMD decided to extend the x86 instruction set to 64 bits in more or less the same way the 386 extended it to 32. The market reacted favorably (if I'm not mistaken, more Opteron servers have already sold since its introduction than Itanic servers have sold ever), and now it looks like Intel will release a processor in the next few months that supports AMD64 (or something similar). While Linux might be available on both AMD64 and IA64, Microsoft has already said it will do only one 64-bit Windows, and that 64-bit Windows will be for AMD64 (you can get the beta here).
Yes, Intel is a big company, but I wouldn't be too sure that the rest of the industry will necessarily follow Intel over the cliff.
Why bother paying for what you can get for free? DVD Decrypter, DVDStripper, and DVD Shrink will edit out unwanted material and squeeze any movie down to where it'll fit on a DVD-R, and they're all free (as in beer, anyway, which is more than you can say for DVDXcopy).
As surely as the sun rises in the east every morning, going against Slashbot groupthink in YRO is the surest way to get modded down. What's the matter, you cowardly moderators--don't have the chops to take what you dish out? 1984 called...it wants its Minitrue staff back.
Don't know where you got that nugget, as there are engines >360 ci that are small-block engines (the Olds 403 comes to mind as an example...the 400, 425, and 455 Oldses are big-block engines, but not the 403).
It's a reasonable extrapolation from what I have read about him elsewhere. Hell, his own book titles are illuminating in this regard.
Ever hear of books-on-tape? I've never bought them, and I'd definitely never buy one by that arrogant blowhard Franken, but I can envision many an ill-educated left-winger opting for this particular book-on-tape. They could get their Two Minutes Hate fix without having to puzzle over the squiggly marks on paper.
iTunes codes are also in the Big Gulp cups (but not the other sizes) at 7-Eleven. They're rolled into the lip of the cup...cut the lip and unroll it to see if you have a winner. Fill it with Coke (or Diet Coke) and you have a chance at getting free music without putting up with that Pepsi swill. Free music and a chance to fsck over Pepsi...what could be better? :-)
If you're worried about system stability or processor-cooling effectiveness, a couple of good stress tests are Prime95 (it has a "torture-test" mode) and cpuburn. Somebody complained that the Shuttle SFF boxes tend to overheat and flake out. I built one (with three hard drives...it was for a DVR setup), set it up outside in Las Vegas' summer heat, and fired up cpuburn. It ran without so much as a hiccup.
Since when have Episodes IV-VI become available on DVD? (A local Sam's Club was using a laserdisc-to-DVD transfer of Return of the Jedi as a demo disc, but that doesn't count. I'm fairly sure Fox doesn't distribute movies on DVD+Rs with hand-scribbled labels.)
At best, they can only see a 4GB "window" into memory. In the end, it's not too different than the bank-switching my Apple IIe used to access more than 64K (it started with 128K and was expanded to 1MB), and it'll impose many of the same limitations. If you need to work with >4GB of code and/or data, the flat address space a 64-bit processor offers is far preferable to trying to shoehorn everything into running on a 32-bit processor.
There can't help but be a performance improvement, even if it's just a small one. Being able to just load a register from any memory location has to be faster than making sure you're looking in the right place first and then calculating an offset into the currently-active chunk of memory. It's one operation vs. more than one operation.
That wouldn't happen to include Hell, would it?
Given that their developer tools appear to be migrating away from CodeWarrior and toward Eclipse/gcc/etc. (not Visual Studio), that doesn't seem likely. (Go here and scan down to "PalmSource Offers New Software Development Tools" for more info. They don't yet have it available for download, though, or I would've already snagged it.)
Minor nitpick: the Chevy 350 is a small-block (and so are other GM divisions' 350s, for that matter). The 396 and 427 were small-block engines as well...you have to go up to the 454 to get a big-block Chevy.
Sounds like a win for Palm OS...it syncs with Mac OS (X or classic) and Linux, and you can use gcc under Win32 or Linux to build Palm OS apps. (Mac OS X might be supported this way as well, but I think you're stuck buying CodeWarrior to build under older versions.)
I suppose WinCE might be OK if you're an all-Microsoft shop. I know someone who swears by his iPaq. Palm OS plays better with others, though. I've been using different versions for the past six or seven years (currently use a Tungsten T and still have the Palm III I used before that) and don't see a compelling reason to switch anytime soon.
Grafitti 0wnz j00. Grafitti 2, though, blows chunks if you're used to the original.
(With Grafitti, nearly all letters were drawn with one stroke (the only exception is X). Xerox got a court to decide that Grafitti infringed one of its patents, though, so Grafitti 2 was introduced. With more two-stroke characters and no backward compatibility, Grafitti 2 can't help but be slower than the original.)
And what "draconian DRM" is associated with the data I synced out of my Palm the other day? Bugger-all, that's what. There's nothing keeping me away from my contacts, appointments, or music (in MP3 or Ogg Vorbis). If you're going to bitch about FUD when Microsoft spreads it, at least be consistent and call it out when Free Software zealots pile it on just as high and deep. FUD is FUD, no matter who's responsible for it.
Not sure if this was an attempt at humor or an honest question...if it was the latter, it means Deutsche Demokratische Republik. It's what East Germany called itself. (It was hardly an accurate self-description, but then communists tend to be rather, um, imaginative with the truth.)
They were right to issue a ticket for that...headphones impede hearing of outside noises (especially if they're closed "cans" or noise-canceling headphones). An emergency vehicle could've come up behind you, and you might not have heard it.
Using the phrase "incompetent HR staff" implies the existence of competent HR staff, somewhere. Are you sure you want to make that implication?
Overrated (the favorite tool of the modbomber) isn't subject to M2. (Neither is Underrated, for that matter.)