(relatively) Inexpensive...not cheap. I know some guys who used to work at Static Control (the company in question). They are not a "drill and fill" operation. They know what they are doing, and do things the proper way (quailty toner, replcing the drum/wiper where appropriate, testing the final refurb, etc.).
But you couldn't pay me to get in front of a CRT anymore. My eyes won't take it.
In gerneral, I'll agree with you, but the color correction kills me for digital photography work, so I bought a Lacie ElectronBlue 22. It's really not bad at all, even up close. But then again, the machine I stare at all day has 2 decent LCD's attached to it, and I wouldn't give that up for anything.
Ask yourself: how many people in the world still have milk delivered to their front doors?
If the service were availabe in my area at a reasonable price, I would.
How many people still have their gas pumped by an attendant?
Everyone getting gas in the state of New Jersey, and me, whenever I am getting gas while dressed well, when it's cold out, etc., etc.
I just don't get your point....HTPC's blow for non-techies in their current state.
Most overlooked points past shitty UIs and complicated setup: you need a remote control....oh yeah, that's right, every one availabe for PCs sucks ass. High quality SVIDEO output still isn't there at a reasonable price. And not-so-expensive PCs tend to be noisy. And hot. And not shaped like the rest of my stereo/tv components.
I deal with IT all day. When I come home and want to watch TV, that's what I want to do. Preiod. Not screw with some HTPC, or ssh into my hacked TiVo because the cron job to grab the listings failed.
As plenty of people on/. do, I also understand the technology. My point wasn't to be technically literal, it was to illustrate a point.
As other responders have already mentioned (in a way that leads me to belive I wasn't clear enough to begin with), multi-core processors and the like are already in development. Which prove the point I was originally trying to make.
Without a major breakthrough, which isn't something I'd bet on, I'll agree that we are very close to the limits of silicon based CPUs.
Remember when 9600 baud was close to the limit of copper? Then 33.6. Then they changed how the pair was used, and made 128K ISDN. Then they changed it again and we're getting 7-10 MB DSL....sometimes even faster depending.
I find it hard to say the we're close to the limits of any technology in the computer/telecom field. Someone always seems to find a new way around it.
Am I the only one who read this and actually thought "damn...I can write in cursive....I think...I should give that a try." And then shivered at the though of the nuns who toughit it to me, ruler-in-hand, readh to smack my knuckles with it if I screwed up.
Anyway, I watch Full Metal Jacket and it reminds me of Catholic school. To continue my rabmle, how many people who actually went to catholic school aren't curretly aethiest? I'm guessing not too many.
And some of us just log everything that passes and then read all your e-mails, store all your passwords and a credit card number or two. But, it's the price you pay for connecting to a network you should not...
But some of us that use linksys as our ISP have the optional "Cisco VPN client default gateway back to the office" option.
I'm no GPS expert, so I'll have to believe you. Although, I use a Trimble unit that does WAAS correction and its sub-meter accurate (used for placing fire hydrants and other important features on maps for the fire department).
Can you explain exactly why you would need rovers to accomplish this, when one sub-$3k unit does it already? Or are these units for some highly specialized sub-centimeter application? Or to compensate for locations where your unit wouldn't have a view of enough sattelites or WAAS signals to get an accurate fix?
I wonder if it would be possible to cluster 3 units together using the bluetooth or WiFi, then using the GPS on each one to use the differential algorithms to triangulate the position like more expensive professional GPS products do.
Um.....that's NOT how to more expensive units do it. They use WAAS. Getting three low-resolution positions and sharing them is hardly going to make for an overall more accutate position. Some math guy please do corret me if I'm wrong, but that should serve to make your calculated position even WORSE.
Since I grew up where camping meant chopping up a dead tree to make fire in order to boil water so it was clean, the notion that this was even called "camping" bothered me.
I own an RV....a travel trailer, to be exact. I also don't consider it to be camping, and I really dislike when people call it that. Watching sattelite tv while I eat microwave popcorn is hardly camping. I don't know what it is...but I enjoy it. But its definitely not camping.
Not knowing much more about the guts of how theis type of post-processing works, I'd say that type of thing would be a minimum requirement....it might not even really be enough for high quality processing.
Based on being a user of several pieces of raw image processing software, I can tell you that choosing event eh wrong camera type (even if its int he correct family) produces crappy results. Also, different raw post-processing engines give different results (some better, some worse, some depending on the raw file). Based on those observations, I'm going to have to guess that any raw processing engine is going to need to know quite a bit about the camera in order to actually be any good.....so even if the file format is standard, I'd say that you'll still need some data about the camera the file came from. And probably a whole lot more than what woudl be reasonable to put in the file itself.
Because TIFF doesn't do the job. This isn't another direct display format. It's a raw format. For example, the raw files from my Nikon equipment require processing before they can be displayed (FWIW, Photoshop CS already supports the nikon raw format -.NEF). Raw format files are nothing more than the the CCD saw....it doesn't take into account the dot screen or any filtering that is integral to the CCD...your processing software (whether it's in the camera or 3rd party like Nikon View, Bibble, or something else) needs to apply color correction and actually interpolate the sensors on the CCD into the correct colors.
Don't forget Cisco certified standard equipment cables....
It's a standard power cable with a notch cut above it.
WRONG I'm not going to defend Cisco at all for things they've actually DONE, but try to learn something before spouting off on things about which you clearly have no knowledge.
The power cable plug you are most likely referring to is a C15. It looks like a C13 with a notch in it. But it's not. A C15 is rated for more amperage and higer temperatures.
Dalmations. Too bad they're so terribly overbred that the chances of getting a healthy and well-adjusted one are pretty slim unless you know something about dog breeding.
If your billable rate is that high, I would hope it would only take you an hour or so to re-install windows........
What are you tlaking about? Even at a box-busting bench tech's average billable rate....about $65, 10.5 hours still far exceeds the value of the machine in question.
This kid died a hero. He lost his life as a test pilot, and in a vehicle design that is the very image of progess and green compliance.
No disrespect meant to this kid, but no....he's not a hero. I've grown tired of the post-9/11 overuse of this word.
heron.
1. In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits, and favored by the gods.
2. A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life: soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war.
3. A person noted for special achievement in a particular field: the heroes of medicine. See Synonyms at celebrity.
4. The principal male character in a novel, poem, or dramatic presentation.
5. Chiefly New York City. See submarine. See Regional Note at submarine.
Let's review:
1. As far as I know, he's not mentioned in mythology.
2. Feats of courage? Not really. Nobility of purpose? OK....but not in the terms that this word means. We're talking about nobility of purpose as in their example...."soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war"
3. Noted for special achievment in his field? Not that I've heard.
4. Again....not that I've heard.
5. He is definitely not a sandwich.
I've gotten this hero crap thrown at me multiple times...I've been a firefighter for over 12 years. People....I'm doing my JOB. I'm trained for it. That doesn't make me a hero. Nor does the tragic loss of the life of a student researcher make him a hero.
AC, that's quite an uninformed statement. While it might be true in some districts, the bulk of the firefigters in this country (and probably the world) are not, and are not required to be, EMTs.
Why would there be a non-flowing? Turbines don't usually have an off cycle.
No..he's right. When you take a BP, the systolic is when the blood flow stops (you know how they pump that cuff up when you're at the doctor's office?). But that might be a moot point, as your BP would be a function of the turbine (see me earlier post....LCD screen?) than anythign else....why get an indirect reading when you can get it from the source. And the "systolic" on a continuous flow pump might not be accurate....something seems wrong about it. Maybe not.
I'm done rambling now. Sorry. Havnen't finished my coffee yet.
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(relatively) Inexpensive...not cheap. I know some guys who used to work at Static Control (the company in question). They are not a "drill and fill" operation. They know what they are doing, and do things the proper way (quailty toner, replcing the drum/wiper where appropriate, testing the final refurb, etc.).
Under the "Discouraging Occurances" section:
8. While standing in the dumpster, feeling some part of your body getting wet by something....
But you couldn't pay me to get in front of a CRT anymore. My eyes won't take it.
In gerneral, I'll agree with you, but the color correction kills me for digital photography work, so I bought a Lacie ElectronBlue 22. It's really not bad at all, even up close. But then again, the machine I stare at all day has 2 decent LCD's attached to it, and I wouldn't give that up for anything.
Ask yourself: how many people in the world still have milk delivered to their front doors?
If the service were availabe in my area at a reasonable price, I would.
How many people still have their gas pumped by an attendant?
Everyone getting gas in the state of New Jersey, and me, whenever I am getting gas while dressed well, when it's cold out, etc., etc.
I just don't get your point....HTPC's blow for non-techies in their current state.
Most overlooked points past shitty UIs and complicated setup: you need a remote control....oh yeah, that's right, every one availabe for PCs sucks ass. High quality SVIDEO output still isn't there at a reasonable price. And not-so-expensive PCs tend to be noisy. And hot. And not shaped like the rest of my stereo/tv components.
I deal with IT all day. When I come home and want to watch TV, that's what I want to do. Preiod. Not screw with some HTPC, or ssh into my hacked TiVo because the cron job to grab the listings failed.
Was your point that people are trying alternative approaches to make systems faster? Because that point was made in the article.
/. Not articles.
I read
As plenty of people on /. do, I also understand the technology. My point wasn't to be technically literal, it was to illustrate a point.
As other responders have already mentioned (in a way that leads me to belive I wasn't clear enough to begin with), multi-core processors and the like are already in development. Which prove the point I was originally trying to make.
Without a major breakthrough, which isn't something I'd bet on, I'll agree that we are very close to the limits of silicon based CPUs.
Remember when 9600 baud was close to the limit of copper? Then 33.6. Then they changed how the pair was used, and made 128K ISDN. Then they changed it again and we're getting 7-10 MB DSL....sometimes even faster depending.
I find it hard to say the we're close to the limits of any technology in the computer/telecom field. Someone always seems to find a new way around it.
It ends at $499.99 and 9/10s of a cent.
Yeah...you got the meangin just fine. It's marketspeak.
Its specs mention a 1.5 hour battery lifetime. How's that compare to other recent laptops?
Pretty bad.
Am I the only one who read this and actually thought "damn...I can write in cursive....I think...I should give that a try." And then shivered at the though of the nuns who toughit it to me, ruler-in-hand, readh to smack my knuckles with it if I screwed up.
Anyway, I watch Full Metal Jacket and it reminds me of Catholic school. To continue my rabmle, how many people who actually went to catholic school aren't curretly aethiest? I'm guessing not too many.
Here...let me help you out, mods:
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And some of us just log everything that passes and then read all your e-mails, store all your passwords and a credit card number or two. But, it's the price you pay for connecting to a network you should not...
But some of us that use linksys as our ISP have the optional "Cisco VPN client default gateway back to the office" option.
You insensitive clod! What if i'm on a 300 baud acoustic coupler?
Then stop typing so loud or you'll dis...##$kzdERRLGK
With all due respect you are completely wrong!
I'm no GPS expert, so I'll have to believe you. Although, I use a Trimble unit that does WAAS correction and its sub-meter accurate (used for placing fire hydrants and other important features on maps for the fire department).
Can you explain exactly why you would need rovers to accomplish this, when one sub-$3k unit does it already? Or are these units for some highly specialized sub-centimeter application? Or to compensate for locations where your unit wouldn't have a view of enough sattelites or WAAS signals to get an accurate fix?
I wonder if it would be possible to cluster 3 units together using the bluetooth or WiFi, then using the GPS on each one to use the differential algorithms to triangulate the position like more expensive professional GPS products do.
Um.....that's NOT how to more expensive units do it. They use WAAS. Getting three low-resolution positions and sharing them is hardly going to make for an overall more accutate position. Some math guy please do corret me if I'm wrong, but that should serve to make your calculated position even WORSE.
Since I grew up where camping meant chopping up a dead tree to make fire in order to boil water so it was clean, the notion that this was even called "camping" bothered me.
I own an RV....a travel trailer, to be exact. I also don't consider it to be camping, and I really dislike when people call it that. Watching sattelite tv while I eat microwave popcorn is hardly camping. I don't know what it is...but I enjoy it. But its definitely not camping.
Not knowing much more about the guts of how theis type of post-processing works, I'd say that type of thing would be a minimum requirement....it might not even really be enough for high quality processing.
Based on being a user of several pieces of raw image processing software, I can tell you that choosing event eh wrong camera type (even if its int he correct family) produces crappy results. Also, different raw post-processing engines give different results (some better, some worse, some depending on the raw file). Based on those observations, I'm going to have to guess that any raw processing engine is going to need to know quite a bit about the camera in order to actually be any good.....so even if the file format is standard, I'd say that you'll still need some data about the camera the file came from. And probably a whole lot more than what woudl be reasonable to put in the file itself.
Because TIFF doesn't do the job. This isn't another direct display format. It's a raw format. For example, the raw files from my Nikon equipment require processing before they can be displayed (FWIW, Photoshop CS already supports the nikon raw format - .NEF). Raw format files are nothing more than the the CCD saw....it doesn't take into account the dot screen or any filtering that is integral to the CCD...your processing software (whether it's in the camera or 3rd party like Nikon View, Bibble, or something else) needs to apply color correction and actually interpolate the sensors on the CCD into the correct colors.
Don't forget Cisco certified standard equipment cables....
It's a standard power cable with a notch cut above it.
WRONG I'm not going to defend Cisco at all for things they've actually DONE, but try to learn something before spouting off on things about which you clearly have no knowledge.
The power cable plug you are most likely referring to is a C15. It looks like a C13 with a notch in it. But it's not. A C15 is rated for more amperage and higer temperatures.
Dalmations. Too bad they're so terribly overbred that the chances of getting a healthy and well-adjusted one are pretty slim unless you know something about dog breeding.
If your billable rate is that high, I would hope it would only take you an hour or so to re-install windows........
What are you tlaking about? Even at a box-busting bench tech's average billable rate....about $65, 10.5 hours still far exceeds the value of the machine in question.
This kid died a hero. He lost his life as a test pilot, and in a vehicle design that is the very image of progess and green compliance.
No disrespect meant to this kid, but no....he's not a hero. I've grown tired of the post-9/11 overuse of this word.
hero n.
1. In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits, and favored by the gods.
2. A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life: soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war.
3. A person noted for special achievement in a particular field: the heroes of medicine. See Synonyms at celebrity.
4. The principal male character in a novel, poem, or dramatic presentation.
5. Chiefly New York City. See submarine. See Regional Note at submarine.
Let's review:
1. As far as I know, he's not mentioned in mythology.
2. Feats of courage? Not really. Nobility of purpose? OK....but not in the terms that this word means. We're talking about nobility of purpose as in their example...."soldiers and nurses who were heroes in an unpopular war"
3. Noted for special achievment in his field? Not that I've heard.
4. Again....not that I've heard.
5. He is definitely not a sandwich.
I've gotten this hero crap thrown at me multiple times...I've been a firefighter for over 12 years. People....I'm doing my JOB. I'm trained for it. That doesn't make me a hero. Nor does the tragic loss of the life of a student researcher make him a hero.
AC, that's quite an uninformed statement. While it might be true in some districts, the bulk of the firefigters in this country (and probably the world) are not, and are not required to be, EMTs.
Why would there be a non-flowing? Turbines don't usually have an off cycle.
No..he's right. When you take a BP, the systolic is when the blood flow stops (you know how they pump that cuff up when you're at the doctor's office?). But that might be a moot point, as your BP would be a function of the turbine (see me earlier post....LCD screen?) than anythign else....why get an indirect reading when you can get it from the source. And the "systolic" on a continuous flow pump might not be accurate....something seems wrong about it. Maybe not.
I'm done rambling now. Sorry. Havnen't finished my coffee yet.
In its heyday, cap refill was actually part of the Trauma Score during most of the 1980s
;)
My cert has been out since about 1996. Which probably explains why the first thing I think of is cap refill