Yeah, from what I remember it's basically a faster clocked P3 with four times the L2 cache, additional instruction sets, and the ability to use DDR memory. (Plus some advanced power-saving stuff, like only needing energy for the cache being used.)
Or rather, their cells don't respond well enough to insulin.
Type II diabetes can be treated with drugs that increase insulin release (sulfonylureas such as glyburide), drugs that reduce insulin resistance (the biguanide metformin and the new thiazolidinediones* such as rosiglitazone), and drugs that slow the breakdown of carbohydrates (acarbose).
The drugs that increase insulin release can be very effective at first, but tend to become less so. These are the ones associated with weight gain. They also can cause hypoglycemia which can be dangerous.
Metformin is old, cheap (generic), effective, and safe(r). It actually can cause some weight loss, and its main disadvantage is that it often causes dose-related diarrhea.
Rosiglitazone is new, expensive, and very effective, though it can sometimes affect the liver. It causes some weight gain, but this is due to increased plasma volume (fluid retention).
Acarbose has fairly modest benefits, but can be effective in people who get high glucose levels after a meal, but have low fasting levels, since it smooths out the spike in blood sugar.
In Type II diabetics, the beta cells usually work overtime to produce enough insulin to have an effect on the resistant tissues and eventually fail - advanced cases may require insulin injections. If this drug does stimulate beta-cell division, it might delay or prevent this eventual impairment.
*OK, I admit, I had to check the spelling on that.
Well, that's quite a bit higher than my PC's hard drive - if it is also measured over 2 milliseconds. Of course, it could be anything, but I'd guess that they must be fairly sturdy - I've heard complaints about the batteries dying but not the hard drives. Still, some sort of reference to, say, how high above a concrete street/carpeted floor it could be dropped without damaging it might be more helpful.
AC is correct... it is the 20" and above desktop LCDs that are 1600x1200. Personally, I don't mind having a 19" 1280x1024... while it's possible in theory to change font sizes and stuff, this doesn't seem to work for all programs. I like the fact that the pixels on my screen are big enough to read.
So, where do they get vitamin B12? Presumably from pills or foods that have been artificially fortified - plant food alone isn't enough, and would lead to irreversible neurological damage outside of a technologically advanced society.
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Of course, and its a sad comment on the state of computing today that this is a unique case. Human viruses are thoughtfully provided with their source code - exceeding even the requirements of the GPL - so they can be compiled by your cells.
The Fujitsu 5020D has similar specs - 10.27" x 7.80" x 1.55" (though only certain models have 512 megs ram), and the IBM X series is also thin and light, though a little wider. Unfortunately, the lousy computer stores near me have none of these three - just massive 10kg desktop replacements that produce levels of heat and noise comparable to a blowdryer.
A lot of Canadas laws are a lot less harsh than those in the USA. We have copyright obviously, but stuff like sharing music is legal. My friends can borrow my cd's and burn them, I can download from P2P networks, etc. All legally.
True, though Telus doesn't mind sending looking up your name from your IP and sending you an e-mail:
"We are writing to inform you that TELUS has received a complaint that alleges that your TELUS Internet Service account has been involved in copyright infringement. This complaint was traced back to your account based on the IP address used at the time of this activity.
Please note that TELUS has not provided any of your personal account information to the complainant. It is TELUS' policy to disclose such information to a complainant only if ordered to do so by a court of law, which has not happened to date.
...
Below is an excerpt from the complaint that we received regarding your account. We include it in this notice in an effort to help you identify the activity that is in question.
Personally, I don't really like the stuff and rarely even notice it in stores. Maybe its more of an Eastern thing. Regular bacon and pancakes with real maple syrup on them is a much nicer breakfast.
Don't employers have to pay you overtime if you work more than 40 hours a week? Personally, I've restricted mine to 32 hours (4 days a week), but I'm not in IT...
I'm no Randite, and I've never even read the book, but I remembered this quote:
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt."
Well, gee, if the law didn't deny fair use rights and treat 95% of the population as criminals, maybe people might actually respect it.
And why the heck would copyright be repealed? What a ridiculous straw man. It's even in the U.S. constitution: "Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;". How about making copyright laws constitutional and enforcing that "limited times" aspect?
Hmm... I dunno, I think I might find even the minimal noise and vibration from the fan and hard drive of a Pentium M (or other efficient proc) system to be distracting. Then again, I do a lot of reading on the nice Samsung LCD of my quiet desktop system. But what about battery life? The few tablets I've seen had estimated battery lives of a couple hours at best, though I'm not sure about the ones you mentioned
That's the new one, isn't it? I have an SJ33, and was thinking about upgrading (mainly for the bigger screen), but the one I tried in the store had some really screwed up data entry system. Is it possible to use the old Graffiti system with that? What do you use?
Yes, I miss mine - I upgraded after it was smashed by a truck (still worked, only half the display was cracked and unreadable). I did find it annoying that it had less contrast than the lower-res Palms, but with the backlight it worked okay.
That's a pretty bizarre chart. While I know the Athlon 64 is much, much better than the Prescott, some of the numbers just don't make sense - a Barton 2500+ moves up just one degree when going from idle to 100%?
Does anyone have a comparison chart with wattages?
Anyone know where to get them for less than this? A motherboard with more slots would also be nice.
While I had considered a Pentium M for my quiet system, I ended up getting a nice Socket 370 motherboard with AGP on sale and putting a 1.3GHz Celeron in it for much, much less money.
I couldn't access the New Scientist one, but the latter site merely mentioned parabens (Drysol just contains an aluminum salt, like normal antiperspirants, but stronger), and using antiperspirants on skin that has been recently shaved. (I'm guessing there's a joke there about slashdotters and hairy palms...)
To give an example of how this kind of thing might be handy... I'd guess that my PDA has the dead tree equivalent of my weight in medical references (plus a few novels) stored on its memory card.
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Yeah, from what I remember it's basically a faster clocked P3 with four times the L2 cache, additional instruction sets, and the ability to use DDR memory. (Plus some advanced power-saving stuff, like only needing energy for the cache being used.)
RTF? WTF?
Type II diabetes can be treated with drugs that increase insulin release (sulfonylureas such as glyburide), drugs that reduce insulin resistance (the biguanide metformin and the new thiazolidinediones* such as rosiglitazone), and drugs that slow the breakdown of carbohydrates (acarbose).
The drugs that increase insulin release can be very effective at first, but tend to become less so. These are the ones associated with weight gain. They also can cause hypoglycemia which can be dangerous.
Metformin is old, cheap (generic), effective, and safe(r). It actually can cause some weight loss, and its main disadvantage is that it often causes dose-related diarrhea.
Rosiglitazone is new, expensive, and very effective, though it can sometimes affect the liver. It causes some weight gain, but this is due to increased plasma volume (fluid retention).
Acarbose has fairly modest benefits, but can be effective in people who get high glucose levels after a meal, but have low fasting levels, since it smooths out the spike in blood sugar.
In Type II diabetics, the beta cells usually work overtime to produce enough insulin to have an effect on the resistant tissues and eventually fail - advanced cases may require insulin injections. If this drug does stimulate beta-cell division, it might delay or prevent this eventual impairment.
*OK, I admit, I had to check the spelling on that.
Well, that's quite a bit higher than my PC's hard drive - if it is also measured over 2 milliseconds. Of course, it could be anything, but I'd guess that they must be fairly sturdy - I've heard complaints about the batteries dying but not the hard drives. Still, some sort of reference to, say, how high above a concrete street/carpeted floor it could be dropped without damaging it might be more helpful.
So, what do they think of Indiana Jones?
AC is correct... it is the 20" and above desktop LCDs that are 1600x1200. Personally, I don't mind having a 19" 1280x1024... while it's possible in theory to change font sizes and stuff, this doesn't seem to work for all programs. I like the fact that the pixels on my screen are big enough to read.
So, where do they get vitamin B12? Presumably from pills or foods that have been artificially fortified - plant food alone isn't enough, and would lead to irreversible neurological damage outside of a technologically advanced society.
Yay for Free Software! (Achoo!)
The Fujitsu 5020D has similar specs - 10.27" x 7.80" x 1.55" (though only certain models have 512 megs ram), and the IBM X series is also thin and light, though a little wider. Unfortunately, the lousy computer stores near me have none of these three - just massive 10kg desktop replacements that produce levels of heat and noise comparable to a blowdryer.
True, though Telus doesn't mind sending looking up your name from your IP and sending you an e-mail:
"We are writing to inform you that TELUS has received a complaint that alleges that your TELUS Internet Service account has been involved in copyright infringement. This complaint was traced back to your account based on the IP address used at the time of this activity.
Please note that TELUS has not provided any of your personal account information to the complainant. It is TELUS' policy to disclose such information to a complainant only if ordered to do so by a court of law, which has not happened to date.
Below is an excerpt from the complaint that we received regarding your account. We include it in this notice in an effort to help you identify the activity that is in question.
Personally, I don't really like the stuff and rarely even notice it in stores. Maybe its more of an Eastern thing. Regular bacon and pancakes with real maple syrup on them is a much nicer breakfast.
Don't employers have to pay you overtime if you work more than 40 hours a week? Personally, I've restricted mine to 32 hours (4 days a week), but I'm not in IT...
"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of law-breakers - and then you cash in on guilt."
- _Atlas Shrugged_
And why the heck would copyright be repealed? What a ridiculous straw man. It's even in the U.S. constitution: "Clause 8: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;". How about making copyright laws constitutional and enforcing that "limited times" aspect?
Hmm... I dunno, I think I might find even the minimal noise and vibration from the fan and hard drive of a Pentium M (or other efficient proc) system to be distracting. Then again, I do a lot of reading on the nice Samsung LCD of my quiet desktop system. But what about battery life? The few tablets I've seen had estimated battery lives of a couple hours at best, though I'm not sure about the ones you mentioned
That's the new one, isn't it? I have an SJ33, and was thinking about upgrading (mainly for the bigger screen), but the one I tried in the store had some really screwed up data entry system. Is it possible to use the old Graffiti system with that? What do you use?
Yes, I miss mine - I upgraded after it was smashed by a truck (still worked, only half the display was cracked and unreadable). I did find it annoying that it had less contrast than the lower-res Palms, but with the backlight it worked okay.
Actually, you can. But you have to hold it sideways, there's no keyboard, and I've heard that getting it to work well in landscape mode is a pain.
Does anyone have a comparison chart with wattages?
That's scheduled for Tuesday. (Also, Friday.) ;)
While I had considered a Pentium M for my quiet system, I ended up getting a nice Socket 370 motherboard with AGP on sale and putting a 1.3GHz Celeron in it for much, much less money.
I only tried it out briefly though, as I use a lot of medical software that wouldn't have a version for it.
I couldn't access the New Scientist one, but the latter site merely mentioned parabens (Drysol just contains an aluminum salt, like normal antiperspirants, but stronger), and using antiperspirants on skin that has been recently shaved. (I'm guessing there's a joke there about slashdotters and hairy palms...)
Isn't that called a BA?
To give an example of how this kind of thing might be handy... I'd guess that my PDA has the dead tree equivalent of my weight in medical references (plus a few novels) stored on its memory card.