Yeah, they probably don't actually use MSG in all the restaurants over there.
Of course, you do know that Doritios has more glutamate than you'll find in any Chinese restaurant? Lipton soups, progresso soups, McD's chicken sandwiches, KFC, all of these have enough glutamate to trigger reactions for those sensitive to MSG. But of course, none of these products say they contain MSG. More info here.
Of course, MSG is used pretty freely in China and Japan; if you want something without MSG, you'd better ask, since it's pretty much in everything.
First thing that crossed my mind was that ol' Wile E. would buy one of these, integrated into a helmet to allow him to run through tunnels painted on walls and allow him to walk through the air and catch the elusive RR...
Dang it, why is it so hard to find an MP3 player with a decent AM radio built in? I keep my portable AM radio in my pocket right next to my mp3 player and it has no problem with interference when the MP3 part is turned off. I use it to listen to baseball games... would be nice to have it all on one device.
FM radio can use the headphone wire as an antenna. AM requires a completely different antenna, one that would double the size of these devices and still have crappy reception.
I'd like the AM radio for traffic and weather, but as you say it's rare to find AM in any device nowadays.
eBay is a swoop and grab. It's the only way to "win". You stake out your desired item and hold off on bidding till the last possible seconds and hope your bid gets applied and is the highest.
Sniping is easily preventable; just bid high enough at the beginning of the auction. Bid the maxiumum you're willing to pay; if you get outbid, then don't complain about sniping. I win items all the time by setting my maximum bid early on, and laugh at the snipers uselessly trying to penny me out in the last few seconds. If I want something bad enough, I'll pay. If I get outbid, then I wasn't willing to up the money. Plain and simple, live with it.
Word Perfect used to be the defacto standard word processor for law firms. Glad to see that they are actually sticking with WP and not running to Word just because everyone else is.
Sadly, it's no longer the case. With most clients nowadays using Word, we've been phasing out support for WP; we haven't upgraded WP in two generations of images and are definitely not going to on our next rev. It's unfortunate since I think it's a superior product, but it doesn't make much financial sense if you have thousands of clients who need word compatibility, and only a few dozen who use WP.
More so today; it used to be that if a client wanted a document, we'd print it out and fedex it. Today, we send it as an attachment to email, thus it's even more important to use the same document format.
In the long run, it's hard to say. Large law firms will move with the trends of large corporations; if the large corporations switch to Linux on the desktop and OO, then we'll see large firms switching to OO; large firms have the resources to do so. Smaller firms on the other hand may stick with MS Office, since the vast majority of clients, small businesses, will probably stick with MS on their systems.
The review and the website compare it to using a mouse. But keyboards with integrated touchpads that do exactly the same thing have been out for years. The question isn't whether the rollermouse better than a mouse, but is better than a touchpad? Especially if they're trying to say the movement of the arm from the keyboard to the mouse is causing stress, then they need to address how they are better than a product that already exists in that space, a product that costs 1/4 the price.
I sit at the computer no less than 40 hours per week, sometimes 12 hours in a day. I use the mouse very frequently and have never had any of these problems. Are they trying to create a market where none exists, or do some people really get a sore wrist from mousing?
It really depends on the ergonomics of the desk. Me, I've got my seat adjusted low enough so my forearms just lay on the desk surface; with my elbows on the desk, the shoulders are comfortably at ease since there's no weight on them. When I move my mouse, the only thing that moves is my wrist so there's no shoulder strain.
I see others with their chairs really high or desks low so their arms are basically hanging all day, or those who use those retractable keyboard racks under their desks; they have to hold their arms at a certain level all day, I can see where they might develop strains and aches.
This technology dates back a ways to an 1878 invention, and devices such as the Webster wire recorder of the 1940s and these models from WWII.
Heh heh... some KGB agent probably bought this info from a CIA agent pretending to be a military engineer, sold as the latest development in US communications technology back in the 80s, and they've been wasting time with it ever since.
Wouldn't it be easier to just look at the MAC address on the NIC. It is completely unique and the internet is just a gigantic network.
MAC addresses can easily be changed or spoofed. MAC addresses also do not get sent beyond the local segment, so you won't find a computer's MAC address on any packets beyond the first router.
Actually when I worked at a grocery store we were told that ice creams sells best during the winter months.
Well, it's different for a store and an ice cream shop. I go to an ice cream shop during the summer, but wouldn't think of walking into one in the winter. On the other hand, since I'm home more often in the winter, I'll pick up a quart of ice cream to eat while watching a movie, something I don't do too much of during the summer.
I have a hard time believing that there are actually programs or movies being created that are patently offensive to a majority (or even a sizable minority) of the population. Such programs would not be watched and would thereby lose either their commerical sponsorship, or the revenue from paid subscribers.
Really? One of the biggest money makers out there, porn, is pretty offensive to a large group of people. Most women I know are offended by it, and many men say the same. And this in liberal NY, I can't imagine what they think in the bible belt. Still it's one sector that always makes a profit.
Not to say the government should legislate morality, but there's a lot of stuff out there that many people would find offensive.
The world is already teaming with nanoparticles of all sorts. Specks of dust, tiny flakes of rock or mineral material, all sorts of plant spores, bits of soot from car emissions...we've always been surrounded by nanomaterials.
And most of them are harmful to the body. Tiny flakes of rock or minerals like asbestos cause mesophelioma, plant spores cause allergies and some even cause death, soot causes asthma and other breathing difficulties. It's reckless to say nano structures will have no adverse affects without testing. It's better to lay down guidelines for testing to ensure the risks are studied before these things make their way into the world.
Why would a board approve a purchase for less money than a competing offer?
Under-the-table payments to board members is the only plausible reason that comes to mind. Are there other explanations?
Whatever the explanation is, I have a hard time seeing how "increasing shareholder value" comes in to it...
One of the things they look at is their own security; is the new company going to purge the board and replace them? Another is what they plan to do with the company; are they going to gut it and sell off the parts, making your options worthless? There's a lot more to a deal than just stock price. Maybe the board just doesn't like the attitude of the higher bidder. Money isn't *always* everything.
I know MCI is not a local phone company (at least they weren't when I had them as my long distance carrier), but that would make Verizon huge (even more so than they are now).
MCI is more than just a "phone" company... they own a major chunk of the internet backbone. Nobody pays $6.7B for a midsized phone company. I wonder if Verizon really cares about the long distance phone company aspect? What they are after are the massive pipes over which they can now send data at less cost, and now charge others to do the same.
When the PS3 arrives 1 year later, the Xbox 2 will be (much?) cheaper, have a nice line of games, a larger base of players etc. Sure, the PS3 will have slightly better specs, but what will you pick when you're presented with the choice between a 699 machine and a 349 machine? Where everything else (eventually) points to the 349-machine..
Of course, a $699 price tag isn't all that much to Sony's target audience, the Japanese gamer who has a lot more disposable cash than the average American gamer. Then too, the $699 machine may just be for the Japanese market, with all the bells and whistles the Japanese want, while a lower priced base console would probably appear in the US.
Like the bigger version of these Desktop R/C Mini-Rovers with optional wireless video cam?
The difference being the tank camera is mounted on the gun barrel and can be moved up and down, giving you a little more field of vision. The rotating turrent is nice as well since you can pan around without having to move the vehicle itself.
Oh well, so much for the insurance company not finding out about that ticket in that little town in Texas.
Maybe not. Most of these tickets (at least from what people say) are for minor infractions which don't get points on your license, just local cops making money off tourists. Yeah, it's annoying but well you were actually speeding so well most of us just write it off.
The reason we just pay it is because it's cheaper than flying back down to fight it. We pay because we know it won't show up on our record. What would happen if the databases were linked, and those tickets would show up? More people would be willing to fly back and contest the ticket, more people would hire lawyers to fight the ticket. Even if the majority lost, it would still take up the courts time, require the police officers to be away from their jobs and in court.
So it would behoove the local police to write tickets which don't show up on your record... which is what most do anyway. Speeding turns into broken tail lights and other minor infractions which are too minor to be entered into the big brother database but just added to the local coffers.
On the other hand, if you've got 10 convictions for DUI in another state, I hope they all show up on every database everywhere.
It sounds like it was a bad translation from another language. Maybe from a 3rd world country that's much more conservative and/or religious, where computers are new things and bearing a sign of the "devil" might not sit well with the suits?
Funny how it is, generally speaking, the same group of people who berate the US for our dependence on mideast oil, while at the same time vehemently protesting any movement down any path that might actually allow us to realistically release ourselves from some of that dependence, e.g., new nuclear plants. But no: must... be... scared... of... anything..."nuclear" (including things like Cassini...)
Insightful? How is nuclear power going to replace oil? Nuclear plants produce electricty; over half our electricity comes from coal, yes coal, powered plants. The largest use for mideast oil is transportation. Since there's no economical way to power cars and trucks by nuclear fission, nuclear power isn't going to do anything to help our "energy" crisis.
And no, the people protesting nuclear energy are not generally the same as those protesting against oil; the first are environmentalists, the second are political activits and conservationists. They're related, sometimes the same, but not all the same.
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Yeah, they probably don't actually use MSG in all the restaurants over there.
Of course, you do know that Doritios has more glutamate than you'll find in any Chinese restaurant? Lipton soups, progresso soups, McD's chicken sandwiches, KFC, all of these have enough glutamate to trigger reactions for those sensitive to MSG. But of course, none of these products say they contain MSG. More info here.
Of course, MSG is used pretty freely in China and Japan; if you want something without MSG, you'd better ask, since it's pretty much in everything.
Forgive my inexperience, but how does anyone get the Suicide Bomber class past level 1?
Must be those crazy 3rd ed. rules. Back in my day the suicide bomber would start at level 0 and level 1 would be the highest they could ever attain.
First thing that crossed my mind was that ol' Wile E. would buy one of these, integrated into a helmet to allow him to run through tunnels painted on walls and allow him to walk through the air and catch the elusive RR...
Dang it, why is it so hard to find an MP3 player with a decent AM radio built in? I keep my portable AM radio in my pocket right next to my mp3 player and it has no problem with interference when the MP3 part is turned off. I use it to listen to baseball games... would be nice to have it all on one device.
FM radio can use the headphone wire as an antenna. AM requires a completely different antenna, one that would double the size of these devices and still have crappy reception.
I'd like the AM radio for traffic and weather, but as you say it's rare to find AM in any device nowadays.
eBay is a swoop and grab. It's the only way to "win". You stake out your desired item and hold off on bidding till the last possible seconds and hope your bid gets applied and is the highest.
Sniping is easily preventable; just bid high enough at the beginning of the auction. Bid the maxiumum you're willing to pay; if you get outbid, then don't complain about sniping. I win items all the time by setting my maximum bid early on, and laugh at the snipers uselessly trying to penny me out in the last few seconds. If I want something bad enough, I'll pay. If I get outbid, then I wasn't willing to up the money. Plain and simple, live with it.
Word Perfect used to be the defacto standard word processor for law firms. Glad to see that they are actually sticking with WP and not running to Word just because everyone else is.
Sadly, it's no longer the case. With most clients nowadays using Word, we've been phasing out support for WP; we haven't upgraded WP in two generations of images and are definitely not going to on our next rev. It's unfortunate since I think it's a superior product, but it doesn't make much financial sense if you have thousands of clients who need word compatibility, and only a few dozen who use WP.
More so today; it used to be that if a client wanted a document, we'd print it out and fedex it. Today, we send it as an attachment to email, thus it's even more important to use the same document format.
In the long run, it's hard to say. Large law firms will move with the trends of large corporations; if the large corporations switch to Linux on the desktop and OO, then we'll see large firms switching to OO; large firms have the resources to do so. Smaller firms on the other hand may stick with MS Office, since the vast majority of clients, small businesses, will probably stick with MS on their systems.
The review and the website compare it to using a mouse. But keyboards with integrated touchpads that do exactly the same thing have been out for years. The question isn't whether the rollermouse better than a mouse, but is better than a touchpad? Especially if they're trying to say the movement of the arm from the keyboard to the mouse is causing stress, then they need to address how they are better than a product that already exists in that space, a product that costs 1/4 the price.
I sit at the computer no less than 40 hours per week, sometimes 12 hours in a day. I use the mouse very frequently and have never had any of these problems. Are they trying to create a market where none exists, or do some people really get a sore wrist from mousing?
It really depends on the ergonomics of the desk. Me, I've got my seat adjusted low enough so my forearms just lay on the desk surface; with my elbows on the desk, the shoulders are comfortably at ease since there's no weight on them. When I move my mouse, the only thing that moves is my wrist so there's no shoulder strain.
I see others with their chairs really high or desks low so their arms are basically hanging all day, or those who use those retractable keyboard racks under their desks; they have to hold their arms at a certain level all day, I can see where they might develop strains and aches.
This technology dates back a ways to an 1878 invention, and devices such as the Webster wire recorder of the 1940s and these models from WWII.
Heh heh... some KGB agent probably bought this info from a CIA agent pretending to be a military engineer, sold as the latest development in US communications technology back in the 80s, and they've been wasting time with it ever since.
is that there isn't much need for Astronauts in our new service-based economy, so they're gonna have a hell of a time finding a new job.
They could get jobs at Space Camp, you know, inspire kids to reach for the stars and end up like themselves...
Wouldn't it be easier to just look at the MAC address on the NIC. It is completely unique and the internet is just a gigantic network.
MAC addresses can easily be changed or spoofed. MAC addresses also do not get sent beyond the local segment, so you won't find a computer's MAC address on any packets beyond the first router.
Actually when I worked at a grocery store we were told that ice creams sells best during the winter months.
Well, it's different for a store and an ice cream shop. I go to an ice cream shop during the summer, but wouldn't think of walking into one in the winter. On the other hand, since I'm home more often in the winter, I'll pick up a quart of ice cream to eat while watching a movie, something I don't do too much of during the summer.
I have a hard time believing that there are actually programs or movies being created that are patently offensive to a majority (or even a sizable minority) of the population. Such programs would not be watched and would thereby lose either their commerical sponsorship, or the revenue from paid subscribers.
Really? One of the biggest money makers out there, porn, is pretty offensive to a large group of people. Most women I know are offended by it, and many men say the same. And this in liberal NY, I can't imagine what they think in the bible belt. Still it's one sector that always makes a profit.
Not to say the government should legislate morality, but there's a lot of stuff out there that many people would find offensive.
The world is already teaming with nanoparticles of all sorts. Specks of dust, tiny flakes of rock or mineral material, all sorts of plant spores, bits of soot from car emissions...we've always been surrounded by nanomaterials.
And most of them are harmful to the body. Tiny flakes of rock or minerals like asbestos cause mesophelioma, plant spores cause allergies and some even cause death, soot causes asthma and other breathing difficulties. It's reckless to say nano structures will have no adverse affects without testing. It's better to lay down guidelines for testing to ensure the risks are studied before these things make their way into the world.
Why would a board approve a purchase for less money than a competing offer? Under-the-table payments to board members is the only plausible reason that comes to mind. Are there other explanations? Whatever the explanation is, I have a hard time seeing how "increasing shareholder value" comes in to it...
One of the things they look at is their own security; is the new company going to purge the board and replace them? Another is what they plan to do with the company; are they going to gut it and sell off the parts, making your options worthless? There's a lot more to a deal than just stock price. Maybe the board just doesn't like the attitude of the higher bidder. Money isn't *always* everything.
I know MCI is not a local phone company (at least they weren't when I had them as my long distance carrier), but that would make Verizon huge (even more so than they are now).
MCI is more than just a "phone" company... they own a major chunk of the internet backbone. Nobody pays $6.7B for a midsized phone company. I wonder if Verizon really cares about the long distance phone company aspect? What they are after are the massive pipes over which they can now send data at less cost, and now charge others to do the same.
Yeah, dead people are really lousy performers
Yeah, but you can still record new albums with old material, like the Nat King / Natalie album, which was "recorded" long after his death.
Come on, when a dead guy nearly sweeps the awards (regardless of the fact that Ray was talented), truly this an industry running out of options.
But he was still alive when it was recorded, which does make a difference. Otherwise I agree with you.
When the PS3 arrives 1 year later, the Xbox 2 will be (much?) cheaper, have a nice line of games, a larger base of players etc. Sure, the PS3 will have slightly better specs, but what will you pick when you're presented with the choice between a 699 machine and a 349 machine? Where everything else (eventually) points to the 349-machine..
Of course, a $699 price tag isn't all that much to Sony's target audience, the Japanese gamer who has a lot more disposable cash than the average American gamer. Then too, the $699 machine may just be for the Japanese market, with all the bells and whistles the Japanese want, while a lower priced base console would probably appear in the US.
Crap... now I gotta go change all my passwords.
Like the bigger version of these Desktop R/C Mini-Rovers with optional wireless video cam?
The difference being the tank camera is mounted on the gun barrel and can be moved up and down, giving you a little more field of vision. The rotating turrent is nice as well since you can pan around without having to move the vehicle itself.
It looks like he was almost eaten by a grue.
Oh well, so much for the insurance company not finding out about that ticket in that little town in Texas.
Maybe not. Most of these tickets (at least from what people say) are for minor infractions which don't get points on your license, just local cops making money off tourists. Yeah, it's annoying but well you were actually speeding so well most of us just write it off.
The reason we just pay it is because it's cheaper than flying back down to fight it. We pay because we know it won't show up on our record. What would happen if the databases were linked, and those tickets would show up? More people would be willing to fly back and contest the ticket, more people would hire lawyers to fight the ticket. Even if the majority lost, it would still take up the courts time, require the police officers to be away from their jobs and in court.
So it would behoove the local police to write tickets which don't show up on your record... which is what most do anyway. Speeding turns into broken tail lights and other minor infractions which are too minor to be entered into the big brother database but just added to the local coffers.
On the other hand, if you've got 10 convictions for DUI in another state, I hope they all show up on every database everywhere.
It sounds like it was a bad translation from another language. Maybe from a 3rd world country that's much more conservative and/or religious, where computers are new things and bearing a sign of the "devil" might not sit well with the suits?
Funny how it is, generally speaking, the same group of people who berate the US for our dependence on mideast oil, while at the same time vehemently protesting any movement down any path that might actually allow us to realistically release ourselves from some of that dependence, e.g., new nuclear plants. But no: must ... be ... scared ... of ... anything ..."nuclear" (including things like Cassini...)
Insightful? How is nuclear power going to replace oil? Nuclear plants produce electricty; over half our electricity comes from coal, yes coal, powered plants. The largest use for mideast oil is transportation. Since there's no economical way to power cars and trucks by nuclear fission, nuclear power isn't going to do anything to help our "energy" crisis.
And no, the people protesting nuclear energy are not generally the same as those protesting against oil; the first are environmentalists, the second are political activits and conservationists. They're related, sometimes the same, but not all the same.