And to stay on topic - Microsoft plays catch up in a lot of areas, but from what I hear their research divisions still put out some pretty neat stuff, some of which actually making it into their future products. Unfortunately (for the really neat stuff) most of their products are still encumbered by these giant backwards-compatibility or easy marketability things, or at the very least the illusion of them. These are also coincidently a large part of why so many people and companies still buy and use their products - compatibility with the status quo plus incremental upgrades.
Their developer tools tend to be less encumbered by this don't-disturb-the-status-quo thing, which is why they tend to rock - but these have another downside - then you generally end up tied to Microsoft platforms, which allows them to preserve keep selling their software and your software to continue to run in backwards-compatible mode on everyone's desktop without as much as being recompiled for a decade or so. Funny, huh?
My Dell D820 consistently gets around 4-5 hours with the 9 cell battery. When I add the 6-cell media bay battery in place of the DVD writer I usually get 6:30 to 7:30 hours.
To add to this, you should also schedule work on the riskiest parts (time- and resource-wise) of the project first (at least where this makes sense). That way if something comes up that might affect the release, you and the client will know sooner rather than later and be able to deal with it more effectively.
Yes, it is very possible that procrastination will allow you to get stuff done faster. Not other stuff, but the thing you are procrastinating about. See The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking for the details...
I do not dispute that Mexican some towns and cities or even regions may individually be having economic problems when a large percentage of their population decides to pull up roots and move (usually) to the US where they can earn higher wages. However, this is not necessarily the case for Mexico as a whole—comparing the figure given for total remittances sent back to Mexico by Mexican immigrants to the US in 2004 here, and the figure for Mexico's estimated GDP in 2004 given here, you can see that more than 1% of Mexico's GDP comes directly from remittances sent from Mexican immigrants living in the US. This is not an insignificant figure, and I would be surprised if the Mexican (national) government did not at least ignore illegal immigration to the US, if not encourage it (though discreetly, so they don't anger their greatest economic partner), because of this. Evidence of this last statement includes the brochure I linked to in my previous post.
From the parent:
"FWIW, the Mexician government doesn't like its citizens coming up to the US any more than the US governemnt does; they are losing potiential workforce and it just looks bad for them."
They may be a little pricy, but the MicroGB+ (USB and FireWire 400) or the ComboGB (USB, FireWire 400, and FireWire 800) are likely to be the smallest enclosures for 2.5-inch drives that have the features you're looking for.
Even better: If you want the best possible response (in terms of number of hams there, etc.) to something like this, you might want to try the Dayton Hamvention, the biggest amateur radio gathering (I think) in the world. It's from May 20-22 this year, and Flea Market spaces are available for reservation until April 1. One Flea Market space (9' by 17') costs $70. If you really want to sell your stuff (and not do it on Ebay) this might be your best bet.
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Correction: Two parties will not willingly engage in a trade unless each party thinks their party is better off afterwords than they were before. Economics is not what you learned in school.
For anyone that's interested in the actual Boeing presentation materials, NASA put copies up on their accident investigation website about a month and a half ago.
Actually, the mantle length refers to the length of the internal boney plate that cephalopods have. Six meters sounds about right for the body length of a squid with a two meter mantle. The squid's total length (including it's tentacles, but leaving out it's two arms), on the other hand, can probably reach 22 meters or so.
Here's a nice picture for those of you needing a diagram.
I think the oddity here is that it appears to be spinning counter to the direction its arms are swept, although its rotation could possibly be explained by a collision or combination with another galaxy.
no, not Super Mario Brothers (although I was at one time...)
rather, SUPER MONKEY BALL!!!
I've currently beaten the Basic, Basic Extra, Advanced, and Expert levels, but I don't think I'll be able to kick the addiction until I at least beat Advanced Extra and Expert Extra, maybe even Master. (Hopefully I won't then have to move on to the mini games)
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Kids these days...
And to stay on topic - Microsoft plays catch up in a lot of areas, but from what I hear their research divisions still put out some pretty neat stuff, some of which actually making it into their future products. Unfortunately (for the really neat stuff) most of their products are still encumbered by these giant backwards-compatibility or easy marketability things, or at the very least the illusion of them. These are also coincidently a large part of why so many people and companies still buy and use their products - compatibility with the status quo plus incremental upgrades.
Their developer tools tend to be less encumbered by this don't-disturb-the-status-quo thing, which is why they tend to rock - but these have another downside - then you generally end up tied to Microsoft platforms, which allows them to preserve keep selling their software and your software to continue to run in backwards-compatible mode on everyone's desktop without as much as being recompiled for a decade or so. Funny, huh?
And who keeps databases using local times? Seriously. UTC exists for a reason.
My Dell D820 consistently gets around 4-5 hours with the 9 cell battery. When I add the 6-cell media bay battery in place of the DVD writer I usually get 6:30 to 7:30 hours.
To add to this, you should also schedule work on the riskiest parts (time- and resource-wise) of the project first (at least where this makes sense). That way if something comes up that might affect the release, you and the client will know sooner rather than later and be able to deal with it more effectively.
My voice is my passport, verify me.
Yes, it is very possible that procrastination will allow you to get stuff done faster. Not other stuff, but the thing you are procrastinating about. See The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking for the details...
I do not dispute that Mexican some towns and cities or even regions may individually be having economic problems when a large percentage of their population decides to pull up roots and move (usually) to the US where they can earn higher wages. However, this is not necessarily the case for Mexico as a whole—comparing the figure given for total remittances sent back to Mexico by Mexican immigrants to the US in 2004 here, and the figure for Mexico's estimated GDP in 2004 given here, you can see that more than 1% of Mexico's GDP comes directly from remittances sent from Mexican immigrants living in the US. This is not an insignificant figure, and I would be surprised if the Mexican (national) government did not at least ignore illegal immigration to the US, if not encourage it (though discreetly, so they don't anger their greatest economic partner), because of this. Evidence of this last statement includes the brochure I linked to in my previous post.
From the parent:
"FWIW, the Mexician government doesn't like its citizens coming up to the US any more than the US governemnt does; they are losing potiential workforce and it just looks bad for them."
Really?
They may be a little pricy, but the MicroGB+ (USB and FireWire 400) or the ComboGB (USB, FireWire 400, and FireWire 800) are likely to be the smallest enclosures for 2.5-inch drives that have the features you're looking for.
Even better: If you want the best possible response (in terms of number of hams there, etc.) to something like this, you might want to try the Dayton Hamvention, the biggest amateur radio gathering (I think) in the world. It's from May 20-22 this year, and Flea Market spaces are available for reservation until April 1. One Flea Market space (9' by 17') costs $70. If you really want to sell your stuff (and not do it on Ebay) this might be your best bet.
Correction: Two parties will not willingly engage in a trade unless each party thinks their party is better off afterwords than they were before. Economics is not what you learned in school.
Here's a link that works.
Holy crap batman, you're right!
It may not be the shortest, but it's the fastest...
Hereford, OR to Timbuktu, OR
Yahoo:
434.6 miles
MapQuest:
397.28 miles, 7 hours 45 minutes
MSN:
370.0 miles, 8 hours 8 minutes
But it is/was better. We live in the real world, and Utopia is something we can only strive for, not achieve.
Oh, and here are some previous TPS Reports thrown in for good measure.
Sorry, I claim prior art on x^n. ;)
Here's a nice picture for those of you needing a diagram.
89-character Malbolge "Hello World"
Windows 95 supported USB in OSR2 and later releases.
Hmm... Maybe this is what Kamen was reffering to when he said cities will be designed around them,
I think the oddity here is that it appears to be spinning counter to the direction its arms are swept, although its rotation could possibly be explained by a collision or combination with another galaxy.
If you want something really crazy, try Somari - Sonic the Hedgehog with characters from Super Mario Brothers on the NES.
Beat Expert and Expert Extra in without continues. (You get Expert Extra by going through Expert without continues.)
no, not Super Mario Brothers (although I was at one time...) rather, SUPER MONKEY BALL!!! I've currently beaten the Basic, Basic Extra, Advanced, and Expert levels, but I don't think I'll be able to kick the addiction until I at least beat Advanced Extra and Expert Extra, maybe even Master. (Hopefully I won't then have to move on to the mini games)