They only make widescreen. So, no, it doesn't matter which ones you like better.
Personally, I find that widescreens take up too much space on small desks or in cramped areas and that I don't like the wider bag that I need to carry it in.
Initially, Solar Thermal only needs to replace the portion of the grid currently covered by fossil fuel plants. Of course that is 3/4 of the 2006 production but hey, it means we don't have to pave over Rhode Island.
Geeks talk about the size of the pipe to their house. Some Senator talks about the internet being a bunch of tubes that can fill up because of file sharing or video on demand or whatever. It's exactly the same metaphor the technocrats use. So exactly why was the guy wrong other than he's old and from the wrong party?
Just to put some perspective on this. Fulton County's entire population in 1996 was only 750,000. Anti-olympic sites list 30,000 displaced by the Atlanta olympics. That is 1/50th the number affected in China.
9/11 couldn't happen again because the airlines were forced to put locked doors on the cockpit. Let the hijackers try digging through the door with their box cutters. Airlines fought the requirement for years before 9/11 because it was too expensive. The executives and regulators should have been called to task for this.
The whole knife/scissors/sharp object prohibition is pointless for anything other than public relations.
Go green? Go get a refurbished laptop. They consume less power and come with a built in UPS. My Dell only has a 65 watt p/s. A used laptop has reduced environmental impact since no new raw materials must be mined or refined.
Get a refurbished one from the manufacturer's leasing outfit (say Dell dfsdirectsales.com) and you get a manufacturer's warranty. I have a couple Dell Latitudes. The port expanders use a little more juice (less than 90watts) but support two external monitors in addition to the internal LCD.
Do they really think American women and children wouldn't volunteer to help resist the
You're probably right but it is pretty depressing to thing that most cultures would take the mentally ill out of institutions, strap bombs on them and send them into markets to be blown up by remote control.
"To me, cutting cables seems like something some people in the U.S. government would do, testing its control over communications before invading a Muslim country."
Then it didn't work. The cables didnt' cut off communication via land lines and they didn't impact satellite networks. It can't be done for any extended period of time.
"I can tell you from personal experience that many Iranians are very good people."
What's your point. Its the system that has issues. People complain the US is a police state apparently have no frame of reference. The troops haven't closed the Washington Posts's office yet, unlike say the government of Iran. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/12/world/middleeast/12iran.html
"Another influence toward unbalance are Jews in the U.S."
Damn those Jews.
"A further unbalancing influence is many of those in the U.S. who call themselves evangelists; they believe they are superior to the rest of us"
Don't fundamentalist branches of all religions believe this? I thought that was the whole point of the "Caliphate" movement in Muslim countries. Iran is called a "Islamic Republic" and is controlled by the clerics. The US would have to become a lot more "unbalanced" to come even close to that. The election trends don't look like that is going to happen in the real world.
Look at the non-sanitized internal press in Iran. People complain that the US press has bias but are silent about virulent and racist press in Arab countries and Iran. Do they just assume that the cartoons and copy in those countries is some benign part of their culture?
The internet is an enemy weapons system that is already being used. Al-qaeda uses it as a vehicle for training, communications and propaganda. The chinese use it to attack US commercial and government sites. Criminals use it to attack legitimate businesses. The USG uses it to extend its culture that some want to block. (Something that Al-qaeda and the French have in common)
The parent's current current rating (0) shows the problem with the mod system:-( 20% insightful, 20% interesting and 40% troll. This must be one of those times when "troll" means "I really disagree with the comment so I'm modifying it down".
This is of course utter nonsense. Why did the legislature single out computer services but leave others untouched? It had nothing to do with fairness and everything to do with the size of the pot and the relatively disorganized nature of the opposition. They proposed a tax on auto repair and it was heavily lobbied against.
Maryland aggressively competes with Virginia for IT companies and IT jobs. Most of the good work is already in Virginia and this is just going to make it more so. It will pretty easy for the few decent (large) MD in-house and custom IT shops to move across the river. Its not like they have factories to move.
States elect the president and the vote determines the state's results. States could fix the "big block" problem with proportional allocation of electoral college votes. They don't do that because the party in power, say in California or New York, doesn't want to give up their safe votes. It's not the constitution that is the problem. Its the fact that neither political party wants to give up their advantages.
Mattel apologized because they were going to get cut off from their Chinese suppliers if they didn't. Mattel doesn't have alternative manufacturing sources so they kissed ass.
Why is lead pain so prevalent in China? They've been having lead paint recalls for years. Eventually the Chinese government is going to have to get it together with respect to environmental controls and product safety. They are going to get a black eye on a regular basis until they get serious about this type of thing.
Do you expect 100% connectivity? What about the theater parking garage or the building too thick for cell coverage? Does that make it unethical for you to go into those buildings knowing that you might not have coverage? Are you an asshole for going to those places knowing someone else's life could be at risk because of their inability to reach you?
I'd like to meet the quiet and responsible cell phone users. I know they aren't the people driving next to me on the interstate.
Blah blah blah. That's fine. I'm sure someone will talk about the drop in "whatever" but who cares. The country is growing faster than it can absorb already. I'm sure the millions that try and come in every year will pick up the slack.
The US hasn't changed any more than other countries when they think they have some threat to the state. You could even make the case that it has changed less than many countries, the UK for instance. Governments always try for more control because they think they can eliminate risk and surprises by doing so. Combine that with personal desire for control and you have the average government.
People ask why US citizens don't get more angry about things. Political anger comes from the underclass that feels like they or their neighbors have been personally wronged. There is a large poor group in the US but many feel like they still have a chance to move up. Look at the gigantic immigrant community for proof of this. The middle and upper classes are empowered and comfortable. Its hard to get angry when you have one of the highest living standards in the world, the most comfortable lifestyle unlimited food and good shelter.
The next election will completely turnover the government while leaving corporate (companies, trial lawyers...) interests in the driver seat. A government completely run by the Democratic party will be just as screwed as the previous one run by the Republican party. The liberals in my state talk about how they want a one party, Democratic, system but I fear what they want to do as much as I fear the Republicans.
Who moderated this insightful? The grand-parent post talked about the fact that Colbert had 1,000,000 "supporters" but of unknown voting status (country). The parent post then comes up some silly quip and it gets mod'd insightful? Funny maybe, troll maybe but insightful.
It doesn't look like either study takes into account (morbid) pension savings. I didn't see it in either of the article abstracts. Decreasing smoking increases the pension costs and removes the tobacco tax gravy train. It will be interesting to see how the government budget picture changes over the next 20 years because of the reduction in smoking combined with lower birth rates.
Are you two having the same conversation? We've got XP running on 2.4Ghz P4s here with 2GB of memory and two monitors that are 5 year old machines. The memory upgrades cost a lot less down time that moving users to new systems with new software and OS.
I'm trying to figure out what percentage of developers can't live on that type of machine. Most productivity issues are more directly tied to project management and corporate decision making processes than they are to outdated hardware.
Why would any self respecting geek work with the laptop closed in a docking station? That just reduces the number of screens you can have.
Dell D series latitude port expanders and docks have two external monitor ports that can operate in parallel with the built in screen. The port replicators can run under $30 on ebay and are compatible across all generations of d-series latitudes.
I worked for a place where every employee got a a dell d-series and an external monitor. Almost none of them realized they could have a dual head setup. They'd always come by and say "you can do that?"
Yet another example of someone misunderstanding the US. 48% of our fellow citizens believe the earth is 6000 years old. Only an idiot would think the earth is 3000 years old. There are calendars older than that!
I was involved with a guy who wanted to make this type of data years ago. It would have been a lot easier using google maps than the proprietary GIS mapping he was using at the time.
Actually, the project involved crime data, one of the types of information that home buyers find very interesting. The real estate companies thought it was a bad idea. It overlapped to tightly with income levels and social issues. They were concerned that that they would get in trouble for not telling buyers about information that was available and they were concerned that they would get in trouble for informing buyers. The police didn't like it for a whole different set of reasons. In the end, the project died because the police started delaying the release and quality of the crime data. That made the mappings harder and less timely.
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They only make widescreen. So, no, it doesn't matter which ones you like better. Personally, I find that widescreens take up too much space on small desks or in cramped areas and that I don't like the wider bag that I need to carry it in.
Initially, Solar Thermal only needs to replace the portion of the grid currently covered by fossil fuel plants. Of course that is 3/4 of the 2006 production but hey, it means we don't have to pave over Rhode Island.
Geeks talk about the size of the pipe to their house. Some Senator talks about the internet being a bunch of tubes that can fill up because of file sharing or video on demand or whatever. It's exactly the same metaphor the technocrats use. So exactly why was the guy wrong other than he's old and from the wrong party?
Just to put some perspective on this. Fulton County's entire population in 1996 was only 750,000. Anti-olympic sites list 30,000 displaced by the Atlanta olympics. That is 1/50th the number affected in China.
9/11 couldn't happen again because the airlines were forced to put locked doors on the cockpit. Let the hijackers try digging through the door with their box cutters. Airlines fought the requirement for years before 9/11 because it was too expensive. The executives and regulators should have been called to task for this. The whole knife/scissors/sharp object prohibition is pointless for anything other than public relations.
Go green? Go get a refurbished laptop. They consume less power and come with a built in UPS. My Dell only has a 65 watt p/s. A used laptop has reduced environmental impact since no new raw materials must be mined or refined. Get a refurbished one from the manufacturer's leasing outfit (say Dell dfsdirectsales.com) and you get a manufacturer's warranty. I have a couple Dell Latitudes. The port expanders use a little more juice (less than 90watts) but support two external monitors in addition to the internal LCD.
Look at the non-sanitized internal press in Iran. People complain that the US press has bias but are silent about virulent and racist press in Arab countries and Iran. Do they just assume that the cartoons and copy in those countries is some benign part of their culture?
The internet is an enemy weapons system that is already being used. Al-qaeda uses it as a vehicle for training, communications and propaganda. The chinese use it to attack US commercial and government sites. Criminals use it to attack legitimate businesses. The USG uses it to extend its culture that some want to block. (Something that Al-qaeda and the French have in common)
The parent's current current rating (0) shows the problem with the mod system :-( 20% insightful, 20% interesting and 40% troll. This must be one of those times when "troll" means "I really disagree with the comment so I'm modifying it down".
Maryland aggressively competes with Virginia for IT companies and IT jobs. Most of the good work is already in Virginia and this is just going to make it more so. It will pretty easy for the few decent (large) MD in-house and custom IT shops to move across the river. Its not like they have factories to move.
States elect the president and the vote determines the state's results. States could fix the "big block" problem with proportional allocation of electoral college votes. They don't do that because the party in power, say in California or New York, doesn't want to give up their safe votes. It's not the constitution that is the problem. Its the fact that neither political party wants to give up their advantages.
Why is lead pain so prevalent in China? They've been having lead paint recalls for years. Eventually the Chinese government is going to have to get it together with respect to environmental controls and product safety. They are going to get a black eye on a regular basis until they get serious about this type of thing.
I'd like to meet the quiet and responsible cell phone users. I know they aren't the people driving next to me on the interstate.
Your posting is one of the reasons I keep reading slashdot. Yet another posting I wish I had mod points for.
Blah blah blah. That's fine. I'm sure someone will talk about the drop in "whatever" but who cares. The country is growing faster than it can absorb already. I'm sure the millions that try and come in every year will pick up the slack. The US hasn't changed any more than other countries when they think they have some threat to the state. You could even make the case that it has changed less than many countries, the UK for instance. Governments always try for more control because they think they can eliminate risk and surprises by doing so. Combine that with personal desire for control and you have the average government. People ask why US citizens don't get more angry about things. Political anger comes from the underclass that feels like they or their neighbors have been personally wronged. There is a large poor group in the US but many feel like they still have a chance to move up. Look at the gigantic immigrant community for proof of this. The middle and upper classes are empowered and comfortable. Its hard to get angry when you have one of the highest living standards in the world, the most comfortable lifestyle unlimited food and good shelter. The next election will completely turnover the government while leaving corporate (companies, trial lawyers...) interests in the driver seat. A government completely run by the Democratic party will be just as screwed as the previous one run by the Republican party. The liberals in my state talk about how they want a one party, Democratic, system but I fear what they want to do as much as I fear the Republicans.
Who moderated this insightful? The grand-parent post talked about the fact that Colbert had 1,000,000 "supporters" but of unknown voting status (country). The parent post then comes up some silly quip and it gets mod'd insightful? Funny maybe, troll maybe but insightful.
I want my mod points back!
It doesn't look like either study takes into account (morbid) pension savings. I didn't see it in either of the article abstracts. Decreasing smoking increases the pension costs and removes the tobacco tax gravy train. It will be interesting to see how the government budget picture changes over the next 20 years because of the reduction in smoking combined with lower birth rates.
Are you two having the same conversation? We've got XP running on 2.4Ghz P4s here with 2GB of memory and two monitors that are 5 year old machines. The memory upgrades cost a lot less down time that moving users to new systems with new software and OS. I'm trying to figure out what percentage of developers can't live on that type of machine. Most productivity issues are more directly tied to project management and corporate decision making processes than they are to outdated hardware.
Why would any self respecting geek work with the laptop closed in a docking station? That just reduces the number of screens you can have. Dell D series latitude port expanders and docks have two external monitor ports that can operate in parallel with the built in screen. The port replicators can run under $30 on ebay and are compatible across all generations of d-series latitudes. I worked for a place where every employee got a a dell d-series and an external monitor. Almost none of them realized they could have a dual head setup. They'd always come by and say "you can do that?"
Yet another example of someone misunderstanding the US. 48% of our fellow citizens believe the earth is 6000 years old. Only an idiot would think the earth is 3000 years old. There are calendars older than that!
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I was involved with a guy who wanted to make this type of data years ago. It would have been a lot easier using google maps than the proprietary GIS mapping he was using at the time. Actually, the project involved crime data, one of the types of information that home buyers find very interesting. The real estate companies thought it was a bad idea. It overlapped to tightly with income levels and social issues. They were concerned that that they would get in trouble for not telling buyers about information that was available and they were concerned that they would get in trouble for informing buyers. The police didn't like it for a whole different set of reasons. In the end, the project died because the police started delaying the release and quality of the crime data. That made the mappings harder and less timely.