Your problem is that the seat isn't wide enough and you're resting all your weight on the wrong place. Try a wide seat that supports your buttocks. It'll work wonders.
We already know what a comet or an asteroid is. So why not define a "moon" as an object that circles a planet, and a "planet" as an object that circles the sun? Man made objects are satellites, of course.
I suppose there will always be those who will argue that size matters.
.As soon as I saw the bio at the end, I realized why I had felt such discomfort reading the article. He was from Intel. The first processor manufacturer to deliberately try to stop overclockers. The first processor manufacturer to offer a CPU with no regard for what the consumer wants. I needn't go on. Argh...
All of the arguments were basically the party line: don't overclock. It's not good for your system, it's not effective, just buy a new processor (and whatever else is needed to make the "new" computer run). yeah, right.
I think he does raise some valid if incomplete points. The first is that MOST computer users do not need overclocking. What's the use of a 3 gigahertz CPU to handle word processing, where the input is usually much less than 50 words (perhaps 250 character) per minute? But he misses the point that to overclockers, it's a hobby or challenge can no more be stopped than the use of (let's say) drugs or sexual favors for money or caffeine.
Overclocking is usually done for a purpose. Gamers, for example, want performance, better performance than the latest out of the box equipment. So, they go to the internet and find the information (and that community of overclockers mentioned) to successfully push their CPU up a notch or two without killing reliability or introducing other glitches. With all the sites for mod-ing and overclocking out there, there's also notoriety.
Older computers should not be overclocked to avoid upgrading. That would be comparable to taking an engine with 150,000 miles on it, adding a turbocharger, and dropping it into a race car. It won't last long. There are enough uses for older computers (routers, mail servers, Linux workstations, etc.) that justify not upgrading.
I really look at overclocking like I still look at souping up cars - which incidentally, is as big if not bigger than ever. If you've got the money, honey, and you've got the time, it's your car. Or computer.
I think the big difference between him and me is that he's an engineer, I'm a computer user.
I think the U.S. is a little suspicious of a government that is only a dozen or so years old, a technology base that basically copies others, and an ecomonic base that almost always needs bailing out.
NASA may have lost more people in the space race (numerically) than the Russians, but we've always felt our basic safety standards were a lot higher.
And on the conspiracy theory side, there are those who think the Russians have lost many more cosmonauts than they're letting on they have.
I say we let private industry get into the fray, see what they can build...
Until puberty, that kid ain't gonna do nothing! Why should he/she, there's no motivation.
As a gifted child, I was ruined by the adult attention, separation in class to do advanced projects, and by having no mentors. It took me years to recover, and I wonder if I ever have. Do not separate a gifted child, leave them alone!!!
However, do take them aside privately and help them with dress, grooming, and simple conversational skills. And teach them how to dance. If there is one thing that will push them into the real world of social intercourse, it's being able to dance.
Three reasons: wind, weather, and airship structure.
The wind can be brutal at higher altitutdes, that's where the jet stream is.
And the weather has all sorts of things like rain, high and low air pressure, hail, lightning, hurricanes, typhoons, and worst of all, other aircraft speeding around.
I've read the website. While it seems logical, an airship twice the size of a 747 built like they describe makes me wonder about rigidity and strength and weight.
My only other concern was it seems the cockpit is between the pods and has lousy visibility. But, that's me...
I apologize -- last time I went to the DivX site trying to find and download the free codex was difficult.
However, the ads stop me from d/l it. It's the principal.
It's just not worth $19.99 or $49.99 to me (and don't get me started on the fact that it's "deceptive" to price it at $XX.99 -- why not just add the penny and be real?)...
I unfortunately rate doctors just behind lawyers who are just behind politicians who are just behind beauracrats as people who are necessary evils. Somewhere in there are the stupid and ignorant people, closed minded bigots, pessimistic negativists, and the gullible people who believe everything they read in the newspaper or see on TV. I could go on about GreenPeace, flaming liberals, professional activists, and social butterflies -- but I'll give it a rest. You seem to have made my point.
Haven't you been noticing the unemployment rate of CS people?
The point being that computers are changing, evolving, growing, melding, and messing up too fast for a CS to handle -- because CS gives you the basics, behind the scenes, digital crap that isn't real world.
Keep your hobby as computers and your profession as medicine -- we'll all be happier.
Is anyone leaving the company soon? Is anyone brash and vocal enough to be the spokesperson without being obnoxious? Put them in charge of presenting the gripes.
One question that MUST be asked to the IT group (by the spokesperson) is "DO YOU AGREE?" and "CAN ANYBODY ADD TO THAT?"
One more thing: everybody get together ahead of time and produce a written list of problems and corrections that can be handed to the VPs.
Remember that the whole tone of the bitch session MUST be how to improve the company.
Don't think Kodak's decision to go digital was a consumer response. It was all business.
Watch for the next step, which is trying to get those digital pictures into the Kodak camp --
repositories to hold all those pix taken,
software to manipulate photos,
cameras that build on the Kodak brand,
and other camera features that appeal to picture takers
This is a step to entrench Kodak ahead of digital's time, since the day of the 35mm is still not over.
However, I have found that after 4 or 5 days of NO caffeine your headache will go away.
If you're looking to stop being addicted -- but still able to enjoy the occasional cup of coffee and caffeinated soda -- then you'll have to either go cold turkey [the sudden stop] or taper off [the gradual less and less program] until you're "caffeine free".
Try substituting non-caffeine drinks like root beer or fruit juices or lots of water.
As a last resort, pretend you're diabetic and your life is at risk -- watch how fast your attitude and addiction to caffeine will change then.
Any good time traveler would know that to unravel Robby's mess it's just a matter of going back a few dozen months in time and changing a few details, so there must be more to this than that.
After all, the primary justification of a conspiracy is the lack of evidence.
But any healthy paranoia accumulated over time shouldn't be discounted, either.
I'm not proud, I collect pens & pencils from job fairs, county fairs, & fairly anyone who will give them away!
Any shape, any size, any length, any style, any color, any thickness, any logo.
I've also gotten key chains, letter openers, pencil sharpeners, rulers, paper clips, eyeglass chains, business card holders, hand wipes, & other gedunk, not to mention gobs of literature.
But as for writing implements, you can't be FREE as in PENCIL...
The DivX crew seems to feel that they can 'force' a "standard" as well as adopt some of the tactics of Real and M$.
Well, so did a lot of other outlaws of the old American west who thought they could 'force' themselves to success by pushing and grabbing and taking. They were surpplanted by ordinary and honest citizens who eventually vastly outnumbered, outgunned if necessary, and simply governmented the territories into peaceful states.
I think the original argument here was against DivS's tactics, not their niche or innovation. But, such lousy tactics will reflect adversly on thier niche and innovation.
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Your problem is that the seat isn't wide enough and you're resting all your weight on the wrong place. Try a wide seat that supports your buttocks. It'll work wonders.
I can see why you choose to be an "ANONYMOUS COWARD". How appropriate...
38 nm chips may be powerful, but I'm waiting for the .357 magnums to come out...
We already know what a comet or an asteroid is. So why not define a "moon" as an object that circles a planet, and a "planet" as an object that circles the sun? Man made objects are satellites, of course.
I suppose there will always be those who will argue that size matters.
All of the arguments were basically the party line: don't overclock. It's not good for your system, it's not effective, just buy a new processor (and whatever else is needed to make the "new" computer run). yeah, right.
I think he does raise some valid if incomplete points. The first is that MOST computer users do not need overclocking. What's the use of a 3 gigahertz CPU to handle word processing, where the input is usually much less than 50 words (perhaps 250 character) per minute? But he misses the point that to overclockers, it's a hobby or challenge can no more be stopped than the use of (let's say) drugs or sexual favors for money or caffeine.
Overclocking is usually done for a purpose. Gamers, for example, want performance, better performance than the latest out of the box equipment. So, they go to the internet and find the information (and that community of overclockers mentioned) to successfully push their CPU up a notch or two without killing reliability or introducing other glitches. With all the sites for mod-ing and overclocking out there, there's also notoriety.
Older computers should not be overclocked to avoid upgrading. That would be comparable to taking an engine with 150,000 miles on it, adding a turbocharger, and dropping it into a race car. It won't last long. There are enough uses for older computers (routers, mail servers, Linux workstations, etc.) that justify not upgrading.
I really look at overclocking like I still look at souping up cars - which incidentally, is as big if not bigger than ever. If you've got the money, honey, and you've got the time, it's your car. Or computer.
I think the big difference between him and me is that he's an engineer, I'm a computer user.
I think the U.S. is a little suspicious of a government that is only a dozen or so years old, a technology base that basically copies others, and an ecomonic base that almost always needs bailing out.
NASA may have lost more people in the space race (numerically) than the Russians, but we've always felt our basic safety standards were a lot higher.
And on the conspiracy theory side, there are those who think the Russians have lost many more cosmonauts than they're letting on they have.
I say we let private industry get into the fray, see what they can build...
Until puberty, that kid ain't gonna do nothing! Why should he/she, there's no motivation.
As a gifted child, I was ruined by the adult attention, separation in class to do advanced projects, and by having no mentors. It took me years to recover, and I wonder if I ever have. Do not separate a gifted child, leave them alone!!!
However, do take them aside privately and help them with dress, grooming, and simple conversational skills. And teach them how to dance. If there is one thing that will push them into the real world of social intercourse, it's being able to dance.
...I would change jobs.
I'm retired.
Three reasons: wind, weather, and airship structure.
The wind can be brutal at higher altitutdes, that's where the jet stream is.
And the weather has all sorts of things like rain, high and low air pressure, hail, lightning, hurricanes, typhoons, and worst of all, other aircraft speeding around.
I've read the website. While it seems logical, an airship twice the size of a 747 built like they describe makes me wonder about rigidity and strength and weight.
My only other concern was it seems the cockpit is between the pods and has lousy visibility. But, that's me...
I wonder if there's another inflatable dummy that the guys use inside...?
What does my brain care if its DNA is damaged, does that affect my thinking? Will i stop shaving with an electric razor? I dunno.
But, I guarantee I WILL stop shaving my genitals with an electric razor. No way do I want to damage any sperm swimming nearby.
so exactly what will be the "reduced functionality"?
i'd bet it will have something to do with hardware compatibility.
However, the ads stop me from d/l it. It's the principal.
It's just not worth $19.99 or $49.99 to me (and don't get me started on the fact that it's "deceptive" to price it at $XX.99 -- why not just add the penny and be real?)...
And the sites that offer "only" Real Audio streams is just about as frustrating. Who convinced those people the the consumer doesn't want choices?
Quick QUESTION: how about DIVX? same deal as Real Audio last I looked. In order to play that video you have to "buy" the codex. How sad...
I unfortunately rate doctors just behind lawyers who are just behind politicians who are just behind beauracrats as people who are necessary evils. Somewhere in there are the stupid and ignorant people, closed minded bigots, pessimistic negativists, and the gullible people who believe everything they read in the newspaper or see on TV. I could go on about GreenPeace, flaming liberals, professional activists, and social butterflies -- but I'll give it a rest. You seem to have made my point.
Haven't you been noticing the unemployment rate of CS people?
The point being that computers are changing, evolving, growing, melding, and messing up too fast for a CS to handle -- because CS gives you the basics, behind the scenes, digital crap that isn't real world.
Keep your hobby as computers and your profession as medicine -- we'll all be happier.
If he uses a computer it's only for playing solitaire.
One question that MUST be asked to the IT group (by the spokesperson) is "DO YOU AGREE?" and "CAN ANYBODY ADD TO THAT?"
One more thing: everybody get together ahead of time and produce a written list of problems and corrections that can be handed to the VPs.
Remember that the whole tone of the bitch session MUST be how to improve the company.
Watch for the next step, which is trying to get those digital pictures into the Kodak camp --
repositories to hold all those pix taken,
software to manipulate photos,
cameras that build on the Kodak brand,
and other camera features that appeal to picture takers
This is a step to entrench Kodak ahead of digital's time, since the day of the 35mm is still not over.
the way I remember they found leaks in old sci-fi stories was to inflate balloons with air and a gob of leak sealant and set them adrift.
sooner or later the airflow would pull the balloon right to the leak, pop! problem solved.
ain't physics wonderful...
However, I have found that after 4 or 5 days of NO caffeine your headache will go away.
If you're looking to stop being addicted -- but still able to enjoy the occasional cup of coffee and caffeinated soda -- then you'll have to either go cold turkey [the sudden stop] or taper off [the gradual less and less program] until you're "caffeine free".
Try substituting non-caffeine drinks like root beer or fruit juices or lots of water.
As a last resort, pretend you're diabetic and your life is at risk -- watch how fast your attitude and addiction to caffeine will change then.
Any good time traveler would know that to unravel Robby's mess it's just a matter of going back a few dozen months in time and changing a few details, so there must be more to this than that.
After all, the primary justification of a conspiracy is the lack of evidence.
But any healthy paranoia accumulated over time shouldn't be discounted, either.
We need a symbol...! I suggest the middle finger salute.
An official motto: Up yous, too...!
An official OS: Linux or maybe one of the BSD's.
An official enemy: Micorsoft/Bill Gates/DCMA/The Patriot Act.
And an official title: geek.
I'm not proud, I collect pens & pencils from job fairs, county fairs, & fairly anyone who will give them away!
Any shape, any size, any length, any style, any color, any thickness, any logo.
I've also gotten key chains, letter openers, pencil sharpeners, rulers, paper clips, eyeglass chains, business card holders, hand wipes, & other gedunk, not to mention gobs of literature.
But as for writing implements, you can't be FREE as in PENCIL...
The DivX crew seems to feel that they can 'force' a "standard" as well as adopt some of the tactics of Real and M$.
Well, so did a lot of other outlaws of the old American west who thought they could 'force' themselves to success by pushing and grabbing and taking. They were surpplanted by ordinary and honest citizens who eventually vastly outnumbered, outgunned if necessary, and simply governmented the territories into peaceful states.
I think the original argument here was against DivS's tactics, not their niche or innovation. But, such lousy tactics will reflect adversly on thier niche and innovation.