I only get warranties for things that I know I'll ruin anymore, such as office chairs. (protip, tape the warranty to the underside of the chair) For anything under a grand or so, it's just not worth it. If it fails after the warranty period, chances are a similar piece of technology is much cheaper now. And think of all the money I saved by not getting the warranty after over my lifetime so far. So if I have to drop a couple hundred on a new gadget because the old one broke, it's not that big of a deal.
Not to mention what other people have mentioned, what are the chances I'll actually find the warranty and receipt when it's actually time to collect on the warranty. I'd like to get organized, but with a 1 year old--let's get realistic, I'm not.
Never knew about NO CARRIER but I remember +++ath0 could make some modems hang up, but you had to get the user on the other end to type it in to get the modem to hang it up. If they were running a linux machine, you could craft an icmp packet, or use sendmail or ftp to echo the string back to you.
I though the same thing, I was scanning headlines for interesting ones, I see BEDAZZLER, Hardware, Hack. I'm thinking really? Slashdot usually doesn't post stories on mechanical hardware hacks... especially ones from the 80's.
I can't believe someone named an LED Motion sickness thing the BEDAZZLER, maybe a tribute perhaps?
I'm pretty sure I was requested to install the "iphone configuration utility" not once, but twice. Enough for me to disable the apple software update task. What's bad? I don't have a iphone, itouch or any other apple hardware device, I don't even have itunes installed, just quicktime.
I've noticed this as well. I think it's actually loading all your on start programs that sit in the system tray before they show you the desktop, which is probably a good thing. I know to wait for the hard drive to stop crunching, but not everyone else does.
Heh, I rewrote it the exact same way--before I scrolled down to this comment. Of course the 8 space indents make it a bit wide, but really, who uses an 80 column display anymore?
Since I am downloading the game, why shouldn't I get a discounted price?
Not only do they not offer a discounted price for buying online, Valve traditionally charges more--see L4D, and pretty much any other game offered on Steam. Although after a period of time there's usually sales for the online store, but I'm pretty sure there's sales in real stores as well. Supposedly this is to make places like EB and Best Buy happy, so Valve doesn't seem to be directly competing against the retailers.
They need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back it was on the news this mroing a mother in ar who had kill her three kids . they are taking the three babby back to new york too lady to rest my pary are with the father who lost his chrilden ; i am truley sorry for your lots
Like seriously? Stumped by the question where babies come from? Maybe these parents should read slashdot because I'm sure 90% of us can answer all of these questions, although maybe that's too optimistic nowadays.
Seems crazy, but I really don't care about which search is more popular, macs or windows being more expensive. I want relevant hits on words that I type in. If you use quotes, you should only get hits for those exact words, which can be limiting.
Haha, spot on. Radio Shack, I mean RadioShack, I mean The Shack used to be the place to go to get specialty cables and all sorts of crazy gadgets and what not as a kid. Now I can't remember the last time I stepped foot in the store, I think it was when they wanted to charge me $30 for a super special gold plated component video cable. I left and went to WalMart and got the same thing for half the price.
No way, finding a floppy drive 9980 years from now will be around 10x harder than finding a dvd player 1000 years from now.:)
Seriously though, if the archival method catches on, then many places will have dvd players for many years to come to have access to old pictures, videos and what not. No one in their right mind uses floppy disks for permanent long term storage.
Although the did cut pirates off from IE7 when it first came out because it wasn't a critical update. Eventually they made it critical when adoptions rates dropped off.
Of course you realize the majority of websites that require IE6 only require IE6 because of a check against the user-agent string. If you change IE8's user-agent to IE6, I'd be willing to be you could get most sites to work.
Maybe everyone should change their user-agent to this: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0))
IE8 masquerading as IE6 masquerading as Netscape (pronounced Mozilla)
I wish retarded web programmers would stop checking user-agent strings already and just the test the damn javascript function you need instead.
Yeah, but TF2 was announced in 1998, what do you expect? Valve is famous for programming their games for the lowest common denominator. Counter Strike was and continues to be popular because it runs on all sorts of crazy old hardware.
Since Windows 7 is Vista with a new taskbar it should be ready to go. Seriously tho I'm running the RC on an IBM T60 laptop and it's pretty nice, with biometrics even built in and everything. But I'm also one of those freaks that thought Vista was ok as well. But I might feel differently if I worked for a big company...
I'm 6'5 185lbs and I drive a Ford Focus. Not the smallest car, but far from what most people would consider "roomy". A friend (who is bigger than I am) and I drove it from Ohio to Florida and back with no huge "cramping issues". I've been on many other trips with it as well. It's fine as long as you don't have any adults trying to ride in the back seat.:)
People just seem to want the biggest and best of everything when medium size is usually just fine.
Drive what you want, but you'll never catch me owning an SUV.
I've seen 3 or 4 PSUs fail and I don't even do hardware for a living. One computer of my dad's was on it's 3rd PSU, so that's 2 right there. I think a lot of it has to do the quality of power coming into it, and how well the PSU can cope with dirty power.
Another one was at a company I worked for, our fileserver stopped responding and a couple seconds later, we smelled smoke, the PSU took out pretty much all the hardware that was attached to it. From then on for personal use, I used external backup drives that I switch off whenever possible. Manually backing up my data once a week, or more often if I've done stuff I deem "important".
If cars are getting more efficient, then the tax just needs to be raised to go along with the increased average mpg for newer cars.
With that being said, it almost seems that cars aren't getting more fuel efficient. The original Insight got 51 mpg according to consumer reports, and the new one gets something only like 38mpg. I remember my Dad bragging about his '85 Toyota Camry getting 42 mpg on the highway, try getting that in a Camry now.
Cars are heavier now, better crash ratings, more safety features, more luxury items, the new Insight has a back seat, etc.
Of course these are just a few examples, overall the efficiency may have gone up with less gas guzzlers, but from my limited experience with the cars I've been around, it's seems to be the reverse.
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Last time I went around the neighborhood asking 30+ year old Dads to come out and play they all looked at me funny.
Nonsense--Matrix 2 and 3 were never made. Too bad, as The Matrix was such a good movie.
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I only get warranties for things that I know I'll ruin anymore, such as office chairs. (protip, tape the warranty to the underside of the chair) For anything under a grand or so, it's just not worth it. If it fails after the warranty period, chances are a similar piece of technology is much cheaper now. And think of all the money I saved by not getting the warranty after over my lifetime so far. So if I have to drop a couple hundred on a new gadget because the old one broke, it's not that big of a deal.
Not to mention what other people have mentioned, what are the chances I'll actually find the warranty and receipt when it's actually time to collect on the warranty. I'd like to get organized, but with a 1 year old--let's get realistic, I'm not.
Never knew about NO CARRIER but I remember +++ath0 could make some modems hang up, but you had to get the user on the other end to type it in to get the modem to hang it up. If they were running a linux machine, you could craft an icmp packet, or use sendmail or ftp to echo the string back to you.
Some modems fixed this by requiring a pause.
Hah, their premium bamboo shirt is €29.00 or $43.51!!
My suits cost that much... ok not really, but that's a damn expensive t-shirt.
Really, I don't even understand how two women can make love, unless they kind of scissor or something.
I though the same thing, I was scanning headlines for interesting ones, I see BEDAZZLER, Hardware, Hack. I'm thinking really? Slashdot usually doesn't post stories on mechanical hardware hacks... especially ones from the 80's.
I can't believe someone named an LED Motion sickness thing the BEDAZZLER, maybe a tribute perhaps?
I'm pretty sure I was requested to install the "iphone configuration utility" not once, but twice. Enough for me to disable the apple software update task. What's bad? I don't have a iphone, itouch or any other apple hardware device, I don't even have itunes installed, just quicktime.
I've noticed this as well. I think it's actually loading all your on start programs that sit in the system tray before they show you the desktop, which is probably a good thing. I know to wait for the hard drive to stop crunching, but not everyone else does.
Heh, I rewrote it the exact same way--before I scrolled down to this comment. Of course the 8 space indents make it a bit wide, but really, who uses an 80 column display anymore?
Since I am downloading the game, why shouldn't I get a discounted price?
Not only do they not offer a discounted price for buying online, Valve traditionally charges more--see L4D, and pretty much any other game offered on Steam. Although after a period of time there's usually sales for the online store, but I'm pretty sure there's sales in real stores as well. Supposedly this is to make places like EB and Best Buy happy, so Valve doesn't seem to be directly competing against the retailers.
They need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back it was on the news this mroing a mother in ar who had kill her three kids . they are taking the three babby back to new york too lady to rest my pary are with the father who lost his chrilden ; i am truley sorry for your lots
Like seriously? Stumped by the question where babies come from? Maybe these parents should read slashdot because I'm sure 90% of us can answer all of these questions, although maybe that's too optimistic nowadays.
Seems crazy, but I really don't care about which search is more popular, macs or windows being more expensive. I want relevant hits on words that I type in. If you use quotes, you should only get hits for those exact words, which can be limiting.
So true, Radio Shack was always the last place I'd go to look at computers and equipment, even back in the 80s and 90s.
Haha, spot on. Radio Shack, I mean RadioShack, I mean The Shack used to be the place to go to get specialty cables and all sorts of crazy gadgets and what not as a kid. Now I can't remember the last time I stepped foot in the store, I think it was when they wanted to charge me $30 for a super special gold plated component video cable. I left and went to WalMart and got the same thing for half the price.
No way, finding a floppy drive 9980 years from now will be around 10x harder than finding a dvd player 1000 years from now. :)
Seriously though, if the archival method catches on, then many places will have dvd players for many years to come to have access to old pictures, videos and what not. No one in their right mind uses floppy disks for permanent long term storage.
You mean something like 2017 or 2020 before they lobby to get another Mickey Mouse act pushed through congress?
Although the did cut pirates off from IE7 when it first came out because it wasn't a critical update. Eventually they made it critical when adoptions rates dropped off.
Of course you realize the majority of websites that require IE6 only require IE6 because of a check against the user-agent string. If you change IE8's user-agent to IE6, I'd be willing to be you could get most sites to work.
Maybe everyone should change their user-agent to this:
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0))
IE8 masquerading as IE6 masquerading as Netscape (pronounced Mozilla)
I wish retarded web programmers would stop checking user-agent strings already and just the test the damn javascript function you need instead.
Yeah, but TF2 was announced in 1998, what do you expect? Valve is famous for programming their games for the lowest common denominator. Counter Strike was and continues to be popular because it runs on all sorts of crazy old hardware.
Since Windows 7 is Vista with a new taskbar it should be ready to go. Seriously tho I'm running the RC on an IBM T60 laptop and it's pretty nice, with biometrics even built in and everything. But I'm also one of those freaks that thought Vista was ok as well. But I might feel differently if I worked for a big company...
I'm 6'5 185lbs and I drive a Ford Focus. Not the smallest car, but far from what most people would consider "roomy". A friend (who is bigger than I am) and I drove it from Ohio to Florida and back with no huge "cramping issues". I've been on many other trips with it as well. It's fine as long as you don't have any adults trying to ride in the back seat. :)
People just seem to want the biggest and best of everything when medium size is usually just fine.
Drive what you want, but you'll never catch me owning an SUV.
I've seen 3 or 4 PSUs fail and I don't even do hardware for a living. One computer of my dad's was on it's 3rd PSU, so that's 2 right there. I think a lot of it has to do the quality of power coming into it, and how well the PSU can cope with dirty power.
Another one was at a company I worked for, our fileserver stopped responding and a couple seconds later, we smelled smoke, the PSU took out pretty much all the hardware that was attached to it. From then on for personal use, I used external backup drives that I switch off whenever possible. Manually backing up my data once a week, or more often if I've done stuff I deem "important".
If cars are getting more efficient, then the tax just needs to be raised to go along with the increased average mpg for newer cars.
With that being said, it almost seems that cars aren't getting more fuel efficient. The original Insight got 51 mpg according to consumer reports, and the new one gets something only like 38mpg. I remember my Dad bragging about his '85 Toyota Camry getting 42 mpg on the highway, try getting that in a Camry now.
Cars are heavier now, better crash ratings, more safety features, more luxury items, the new Insight has a back seat, etc.
Of course these are just a few examples, overall the efficiency may have gone up with less gas guzzlers, but from my limited experience with the cars I've been around, it's seems to be the reverse.