some models will take 4Gb, but the processor will only support 3.25 Gb, so that 4th Gb is money down the tubes
This should only happen on a 32-bit operating system. If your T60p has a 64-bit CPU, you can install the full 4Gigs and use them all, provided you install a 64-bit operating system. From my own experience the maximum used on a 32-bit system ranges from 3.2GB to 3.7GB.
Do not misunderstand me... I find it great that he does that. However, I fear, he's going to have to stick to his current laptop. There is no was to get a computer that isn't manufactured at least partially in China.
Where exactly do you think the other laptop manufacturers make their gear? A hint: "Designed in California, Made in China", and that is just one of the favourites around here on slashdot.
I didn't get the joke, and I admitted it in a reply in this thread.
Vista is NT version 6.0, just like WinXP is NT version 5.1 and Windows 2000 is NT version 5.0... The kernel has not been completely rewritten as it is based on Windows 2003 Server and that is... (wait for it!)... NT version 5.2...
We remember how the Win9X upgrade fiascoes resulted in so many new breakages that ultimately MS pulled the plug and went completely with the NT code base for Windows.
Revisionist history. The 9x line was scheduled for death long before that...
Windows 9x = 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition.;-)
They have a tough road ahead to make Vista live up to Win98.
*blink* Vista may be bad, but I cannot imagine that it's worse than a 9x based operating system. Live up to the rest of the NT line? Yes... Live up to the 9x line? It already does only by being part of the NT family. The two are worlds apart.
I said it was in semantics. You don't get the money in the end. It just irks me that everyone says it's tax, because technically it's not. That's what happens if you're the son of an economist;-)
I'm still surprised you need an extra insurance. My wife was hospitalized in the beginning for this year. The grand total I paid for her stay was 70€ (okay, a bit more, we "rented" TV and Phone, but you don't have to). Haven't seen a bill, don't expect a bill.
Pensions: true, we don't know... and I do have a pension account. But frankly, what that's going to pay off is never going to be enough to live off. So, either way, I'm screwed.
Same here about the raise. Well aware of that.... Usually they say double, even in Belgium, not 3x or 4x.
Your buying power in real estate is less but your booze, sigarettes and petrol are way cheaper than here;-)
Oh, yes, that one... Luckily you put a smilie there, or I'd be very pissed. You see, booze is a funny thing. Sometimes you see people stocking up on stuff like Porto. It isn't worth it on that kind of products. Forget, wine or beer too. The money you're going to save (if any), you're going to waste by driving back. Unless it's stuff like whiskey, gin, etc... you don't get much advantage at all. I don't drink that: wine and beer already screws me up more than enough.
As for ciggies... Sure, I made quite some money back at Unversity smuggling cigarettes and reselling them. However, this is really unimportant for people that don't smoke. I enjoy the occasional cigar, but I don't need a pack of Laramies a day.
Gas is the one that is really important, and we frankly need to raise the prices even more in Luxembourg. You see, stuff like Kyoto ratings are calculated on the amount of gas sold in the country. How do you think that works for us, eh? I am for a uniform tax structure on gas and diesel in the EU. Won't happen, but I want my gas to be more expensive even tough I drive an Audi TT. (Yup, shouldn't have bought it and saved up for a house instead... But, I didn't expect to get married back then, you know...)
In the last 10 years, the difference between Belgium and Luxembourgs gas prices has narrowed a lot. In the case of Diesel it really isn't much difference. Gas a bit more, but I don't bother anymore and if I have to fill up in Belgium (an Audi TT has a range of about 550 to 600km, which is enough for a round-trip Antwerp, but don't drive around much then), I just do it and shut up.
Please take a look at the diesel prices: LU= 0.971€/l, versus BE = 1.101€/l. BE - LU = 0.13€/l. Just take an average fillup of an average car, which is probably around 50l. You save a whopping 6.5€.... The price of a very cheap meal... There were times where to difference was much greater, but these days, I fear not. Worth a detour on your trip to Southern France, sure, worth filling up in Lux if you commute Arlon - Lux... evidently. Driving 100km to fill your car up, which was often done back in the day... Hell no!
Now a sidenote that I should have written before: you mention the 3000€ gross. Sounds reasonable, but do you have a company car? If yes, remove another 700€ from my gross to compare. That's why I would have to sacrifice to get a company car. Nothing fancy even, a bland Audi A3 or a BMW 120i (Working for a German company, they don't do french cars that would end up being cheaper). It is one factor I always forget when comparing wages. The guy I mentioned above with kids, and house has a company car.
That are alot of taxes imo... and I doubt you pay that much.
Common Belgian logic:-) That is not all taxes. It includes paying your social security, your pension, etc.... True, you don't get the money, but it's not all taxes. Semantics, yes, I know.
Alas, I can't compare because I'm married but have no children. One child doesn't make much difference though, AFAIK.... Two does make a big difference. From my 4100€, I get to keep 3300€. However, I know people in Belgium (Antwerp province to be specific, after all I was born there and have most of my family there) that can afford a house and two kids with a salary like yours. Sure, his wife also works, but she earns less. Anyway, my wife earns more (as a kindergartner!) than I do, and buying a house is out. It is absolutely infeasible...
That was my main point, I may earn more, pay less taxes, but in the end my buying power is much lower because of my geographical situation. No, I don't want to leave Luxemburg.... It's nice here, but don't think it's paradise.
Here in Europe, an average 30-year-old IT worker could expect to be making about 3000 euros before taxes every month (i.e. 36,000 a year).
Luxembourg here, I am 30 and an IT worker. My gross salary is 4100€/month (49200€/year)... No company car. I'm not extremely well paid in the sector, though. Mostly average.... Oh, and before you say anything. Contrary to popular belief be *do* pay income taxes.
That said the cost of living is outrageous in Luxembourg, especially real estate. That, however, is no surprise. Many people live in Belgium, Germany or France and drive up to 300km a day to reach their workplace. Lower living costs + higher salary, but less quality of life.
That's the funny thing with my comment: I specifically said "large herbivorous dinosaurs" because the parent poster said "all dinosaurs might have had feathers". Yet, people keep talking about the carnivorous, bipedal dinosaurs. Not that I'm complaining, but I can imagine those easily with feathers. There's artists impressions all over the place.
However, I'd like to know how I should picture, for example a Apatosaurus with feathers...
Huh? On what base do you say that? A 7 year old machine would be constructed in 2000, and as such be a P-III class machine. I know, I still have my P-III 800MHz with 768Meg RAM. Sure, it doesn't run Windows anymore, but it's rock stable and runs my parents network.
My last laptop was a P-III 600MHz with 512Meg RAM... It ran Windows XP SP2 just fine, and most the the productivity applications I needed. Sure, no (new) games, but OpenOffice 2.x, iTunes, The GIMP, Firefox 1.5.x, Thunderbird 1.5.x, Eclipse 3.0, etc ran perfectly fine on it.... I replaced it this year in January. Why did I replace it? Not because I actually needed more power, but only because I mistreated that machine so much that it was physically falling apart.
P-III class machines with enough memory are fine productivity machines.
I have a really hard time imagining the large herbivorous dinosaurs with feathers.... Not that that means anything, just that I have sucky imagination;-)
"Styles and formatting" (F11) in Writer. What version did you try? I just tried on OpenOffice.org 2.0 on Windows XP and I didn't find how to dock it. Yes, I'll try 2.3 as soon as I can.
No, you're not the only one... However, the language settings are part of the "Character format". Which makes sense... Include it in your styles (e.g. "Body Text French", "Body Text English" and it becomes way easier than in Microsoft Office... Where it really seems to be document-bound (Tool->Languages->Set Language).
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some models will take 4Gb, but the processor will only support 3.25 Gb, so that 4th Gb is money down the tubes
This should only happen on a 32-bit operating system. If your T60p has a 64-bit CPU, you can install the full 4Gigs and use them all, provided you install a 64-bit operating system. From my own experience the maximum used on a 32-bit system ranges from 3.2GB to 3.7GB.
Do not misunderstand me... I find it great that he does that. However, I fear, he's going to have to stick to his current laptop. There is no was to get a computer that isn't manufactured at least partially in China.
Where exactly do you think the other laptop manufacturers make their gear? A hint: "Designed in California, Made in China", and that is just one of the favourites around here on slashdot.
I'll bookmark it for future reference...
Don't give them ideas please...
Aaah, I though I heard that whoosching sound before... (Sorry, didn't get it)
We remember how the Win9X upgrade fiascoes resulted in so many new breakages that ultimately MS pulled the plug and went completely with the NT code base for Windows.
Revisionist history. The 9x line was scheduled for death long before that...
Windows 9x = 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that can't stand 1 bit of competition. ;-)
Just hope she doesn't use hotmail or some other email service that removes anything that looks remotely like an executable.
They have a tough road ahead to make Vista live up to Win98.
*blink* Vista may be bad, but I cannot imagine that it's worse than a 9x based operating system. Live up to the rest of the NT line? Yes... Live up to the 9x line? It already does only by being part of the NT family. The two are worlds apart.
I'd rather decide myself what to do with my money than what some pimp-ass government official thinks it is good for
In that case, you really have only one option: emigrate to the US.
Nice bike :-)
I said it was in semantics. You don't get the money in the end. It just irks me that everyone says it's tax, because technically it's not. That's what happens if you're the son of an economist ;-)
I'm still surprised you need an extra insurance. My wife was hospitalized in the beginning for this year. The grand total I paid for her stay was 70€ (okay, a bit more, we "rented" TV and Phone, but you don't have to). Haven't seen a bill, don't expect a bill.
Pensions: true, we don't know... and I do have a pension account. But frankly, what that's going to pay off is never going to be enough to live off. So, either way, I'm screwed.
Same here about the raise. Well aware of that.... Usually they say double, even in Belgium, not 3x or 4x.
Your buying power in real estate is less but your booze, sigarettes and petrol are way cheaper than here ;-)
Oh, yes, that one... Luckily you put a smilie there, or I'd be very pissed. You see, booze is a funny thing. Sometimes you see people stocking up on stuff like Porto. It isn't worth it on that kind of products. Forget, wine or beer too. The money you're going to save (if any), you're going to waste by driving back. Unless it's stuff like whiskey, gin, etc... you don't get much advantage at all. I don't drink that: wine and beer already screws me up more than enough.
As for ciggies... Sure, I made quite some money back at Unversity smuggling cigarettes and reselling them. However, this is really unimportant for people that don't smoke. I enjoy the occasional cigar, but I don't need a pack of Laramies a day.
Gas is the one that is really important, and we frankly need to raise the prices even more in Luxembourg. You see, stuff like Kyoto ratings are calculated on the amount of gas sold in the country. How do you think that works for us, eh? I am for a uniform tax structure on gas and diesel in the EU. Won't happen, but I want my gas to be more expensive even tough I drive an Audi TT. (Yup, shouldn't have bought it and saved up for a house instead... But, I didn't expect to get married back then, you know...)
In the last 10 years, the difference between Belgium and Luxembourgs gas prices has narrowed a lot. In the case of Diesel it really isn't much difference. Gas a bit more, but I don't bother anymore and if I have to fill up in Belgium (an Audi TT has a range of about 550 to 600km, which is enough for a round-trip Antwerp, but don't drive around much then), I just do it and shut up.
Please take a look at the diesel prices: LU= 0.971€/l, versus BE = 1.101€/l. BE - LU = 0.13€/l. Just take an average fillup of an average car, which is probably around 50l. You save a whopping 6.5€.... The price of a very cheap meal... There were times where to difference was much greater, but these days, I fear not. Worth a detour on your trip to Southern France, sure, worth filling up in Lux if you commute Arlon - Lux... evidently. Driving 100km to fill your car up, which was often done back in the day... Hell no!
Now a sidenote that I should have written before: you mention the 3000€ gross. Sounds reasonable, but do you have a company car? If yes, remove another 700€ from my gross to compare. That's why I would have to sacrifice to get a company car. Nothing fancy even, a bland Audi A3 or a BMW 120i (Working for a German company, they don't do french cars that would end up being cheaper). It is one factor I always forget when comparing wages. The guy I mentioned above with kids, and house has a company car.
If I were working in Tokyo, as a bilingual engineer if I were inclined to work in the financial sector I could name my price.
With "bilingual", I assume you mean Japanese and English because otherwise, I move right now! ;-) I speak 4 languages fluently, but not Japanese...
(no keys for Pound symbol on my keyboard, another symbol of yankee supremacy)
HTML entities are good for you...
That are alot of taxes imo... and I doubt you pay that much.
Common Belgian logic :-) That is not all taxes. It includes paying your social security, your pension, etc.... True, you don't get the money, but it's not all taxes. Semantics, yes, I know.
Alas, I can't compare because I'm married but have no children. One child doesn't make much difference though, AFAIK.... Two does make a big difference. From my 4100€, I get to keep 3300€. However, I know people in Belgium (Antwerp province to be specific, after all I was born there and have most of my family there) that can afford a house and two kids with a salary like yours. Sure, his wife also works, but she earns less. Anyway, my wife earns more (as a kindergartner!) than I do, and buying a house is out. It is absolutely infeasible...
That was my main point, I may earn more, pay less taxes, but in the end my buying power is much lower because of my geographical situation. No, I don't want to leave Luxemburg.... It's nice here, but don't think it's paradise.
Here in Europe, an average 30-year-old IT worker could expect to be making about 3000 euros before taxes every month (i.e. 36,000 a year).
Luxembourg here, I am 30 and an IT worker. My gross salary is 4100€/month (49200€/year)... No company car. I'm not extremely well paid in the sector, though. Mostly average.... Oh, and before you say anything. Contrary to popular belief be *do* pay income taxes.
That said the cost of living is outrageous in Luxembourg, especially real estate. That, however, is no surprise. Many people live in Belgium, Germany or France and drive up to 300km a day to reach their workplace. Lower living costs + higher salary, but less quality of life.
That's the funny thing with my comment: I specifically said "large herbivorous dinosaurs" because the parent poster said "all dinosaurs might have had feathers". Yet, people keep talking about the carnivorous, bipedal dinosaurs. Not that I'm complaining, but I can imagine those easily with feathers. There's artists impressions all over the place.
However, I'd like to know how I should picture, for example a Apatosaurus with feathers...
No reason to keep 7 years old systems around.
Huh? On what base do you say that? A 7 year old machine would be constructed in 2000, and as such be a P-III class machine. I know, I still have my P-III 800MHz with 768Meg RAM. Sure, it doesn't run Windows anymore, but it's rock stable and runs my parents network.
My last laptop was a P-III 600MHz with 512Meg RAM... It ran Windows XP SP2 just fine, and most the the productivity applications I needed. Sure, no (new) games, but OpenOffice 2.x, iTunes, The GIMP, Firefox 1.5.x, Thunderbird 1.5.x, Eclipse 3.0, etc ran perfectly fine on it.... I replaced it this year in January. Why did I replace it? Not because I actually needed more power, but only because I mistreated that machine so much that it was physically falling apart.
P-III class machines with enough memory are fine productivity machines.
I have a really hard time imagining the large herbivorous dinosaurs with feathers.... Not that that means anything, just that I have sucky imagination ;-)
We'll always need REALLY fast links like PCIe or dedicated ones like DVI. But when it comes to busses
You do realise that PCIe is a bus, right? (I think DVI is also a bus, but I'm not 100% sure if it matches the traditional definition of a bus)
True, but I understand it's for throwing around... In that case IKEA is most likely to be more cost-effective ;-)
I really should buy stock in IKEA....
Interesting... The Ctrl-double click thing works in 2.0 Thanks for explaining :-)
"Styles and formatting" (F11) in Writer. What version did you try? I just tried on OpenOffice.org 2.0 on Windows XP and I didn't find how to dock it. Yes, I'll try 2.3 as soon as I can.
No, you're not the only one... However, the language settings are part of the "Character format". Which makes sense... Include it in your styles (e.g. "Body Text French", "Body Text English" and it becomes way easier than in Microsoft Office... Where it really seems to be document-bound (Tool->Languages->Set Language).