They might do, except that from the thinkgeek article, it's apparent that only the rim of the mouse pad lights up - it's a bit like those lame-o neon strips that boy racers attach to the bottom of their cars..
Surprised nobody mentioned this before, but this would be the best tour bus for bands that were worried about plummeting off clifftop roads into the sea while on tour...
I recommend Canon printers with the seperate color cartridges. I laugh at my friend who saved 50$ on his printer, but has already thrown out 2 good tanks of red/blue because his yellow ran out.
I was impressed with the article until I got to the comment "I mean, what do I care about what Windows losers get scammed out of?". Now I like Linux much as the next geek but thats just going to aliante people.
Depends on how you choose to read it. Their software is targeted at Windows, and the people most likely to fall for their campaign could be considered 'losers', or 'less tech savvy', if you're feeling generous.
Unlike Aluminium it [Francium] does not easily oxidise and rust, although there have been some other issues when it has been exposed to water.
Such as? Occasional tendency to explode and / or disintegrate?
..over 4 times as efficient as a typical SUV
Over 4 times as efficient as a typical SUV??? I find it difficult to think of many things that are less than 4 times as efficient as a typical SUV.
Did you write this post to slashdot on a book or a computer?
Understand?
I don't. What are you trying to say here? The article is about a database that Microsoft engineers are working on in which they hope to store all of life's experience. As the previous poster pointed out, books, admittedly in a more limited form, already perform that function.
Did you write your post using a database? I doubt it. So, if you're going to try making some sort of comparison between books and databases as storage media, at least do it properly.
There's a big difference between a database and the computer used to access it, in much the same way as there's a difference between the substance of a book and the paper that it's written on. Yes, you can also use a computer to post to slashdot, but paper has other uses too.
To recap, what was the point you were trying to make? It's not exactly obvious.
Well, if the invading force was somewhat honourable, and were low on resources, surrendering en-masse and forcing them to take care of you might be considered an offensive tactic, maybe..
If you have a slow CPU you don't have to worry. Being an experimentalist by training, I just tested it out on a 350 MHz Pentium II. I ran the CPU for an hour under two conditions: 100% usage with F@H, and at 5% usage. There was absolutely no difference to the CPU temperature (39 C) over that time.
I think you're drawing the wrong conclusion there. What you've described only proves that your processor cooling method was capable of maintaining a stable temperature irrespective of load.
Try repeating your test with the heatsink disconnected, and post the results if your PC is still working afterwards:-)
Andrew
It means that the car can lose wheels and continue to operate normally.
You think this is a benefit?? Is this car intended for deep space use far from garages or tyre shops? Back in my day, we used to carry a spare in the trunk.
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Well, the staff car that we have parked downstairs (a Nissan Maxima) has one built into the dash. The display is normally used for things like the radio station and external temperature, but when the car is put into reverse it displays a colour image from a camera pointing backwards. It's a production car (not concept) and costs less than $300k too.
An interesting point is made by a News Corporation technologist - "music lovers already have gotten out of the habit of paying for records, which means an end to big profits and thus an end to big record companies", and he goes on to say that within five years the music industry will be a cottage industry.
Is this really such a bad thing? Part of the reason why MP3 distribution has become so widespread is the general feeling of poor value-for-money associated with buying CDs. It's difficult to feel particularly guilty about copyright infringement when details of how the money you pay gets distributed are publicly available.
Personally, I'd prefer to pay money directly to a band that I like for their material, rather than line the pockets of record companies and distributors. While historically they might have served a useful purpose in increasing consumer awareness of the bands on their label, and in introducing them to wider markets, that function has been obsoleted by file sharing.
Media companies should just resign themselves to the fact that the days of large profits are waning, and instead concentrate on ways of inducing people to buy, rather than copy material - lower prices would help, for a start, but also bonus materials. By including, for example, printed material, with DVDs or CDs, it becomes more difficult for someone to obtain more than a partial copy of the work in question, so people would be more likely to buy (assuming the lower price was in effect also).
Smart people for sure don't play the Lottery (pretty much by definition).
That's a very broad, and also incorrect statement. There are different reasons for playing the lottery, and it is possible to play the lottery with a realistic expectation of your chance to win (ie. negligible at best).
Think of this - If there's a large pot to be won, I can buy a ticket and spend the intervening time until the draw daydreaming about all of the cool things I could do with the money. I *KNOW* that the chance of me winning is so small that I won't get my hopes up, but all the same I can still dream - it's almost like buying a cinema ticket to go and watch something that is far removed from your regular day-to-day life, only cheaper. I can't daydream of winning the lottery if I hadn't bought a ticket, and since for most of us, it's the only readily apparent way we'll get a large amount of money for free (however long the odds), why not indulge once in a while?
Of course, buying a lottery ticket every week, or even buying several, is a pretty dumb thing to do, and it's that which makes the lottery a tax on the stupid.
I'd say that smart people don't play the lottery with the expectation of winning, rather than saying that they don't play it at all.
PS. I don't think that the definition of either 'Smart People' or 'Lottery' even mentions the other.
For me, it boils down to this: I think piracy is somewhat justified when a person would not have access to the software without pirating it. It's totally unethical when a person pirates because they do not feel like paying for the software, even though they have the means to.
There's no way I'd pay the kind of money that Autocad or 3D Studio typically costs in order to be able to tinker with it at home. It's a pity there isn't some easy & foolproof way to distinguish between commercial and non-commercial use (aside from crippleware type stuff). For someone to profit financially from something, they should be prepared to pay for it, though.
..but PacMan is so much more than a mere thriller - it's a soaring roller-coaster of a tale, encompassing addcition, persecution, vengeance, struggle against almost overwhelming odds and even romance (in the form of Mrs. PacMan)
With the right director, writer and cast, this could be next years' 'Beautiful Mind'
Maybe the virtual keyboard could be projected onto a blank 'actual' keyboard, satisfying tactile feedback requirements and language switching requirements in one go...
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They might do, except that from the thinkgeek article, it's apparent that only the rim of the mouse pad lights up - it's a bit like those lame-o neon strips that boy racers attach to the bottom of their cars..
..but mode 8 does auto-shift between the 7 colours. (Still a piece of crap, if you ask me though)
It's interpolation, not extrapolation. They're infering detail between data points, not extending beyond them. :-)
Surprised nobody mentioned this before, but this would be the best tour bus for bands that were worried about plummeting off clifftop roads into the sea while on tour...
Big Simpsons fan, is he?
Depends on how you choose to read it. Their software is targeted at Windows, and the people most likely to fall for their campaign could be considered 'losers', or 'less tech savvy', if you're feeling generous.
Such as? Occasional tendency to explode and / or disintegrate?
Over 4 times as efficient as a typical SUV??? I find it difficult to think of many things that are less than 4 times as efficient as a typical SUV.
Understand?
I don't. What are you trying to say here? The article is about a database that Microsoft engineers are working on in which they hope to store all of life's experience. As the previous poster pointed out, books, admittedly in a more limited form, already perform that function.
Did you write your post using a database? I doubt it. So, if you're going to try making some sort of comparison between books and databases as storage media, at least do it properly.
There's a big difference between a database and the computer used to access it, in much the same way as there's a difference between the substance of a book and the paper that it's written on. Yes, you can also use a computer to post to slashdot, but paper has other uses too.
To recap, what was the point you were trying to make? It's not exactly obvious.
Well, if the invading force was somewhat honourable, and were low on resources, surrendering en-masse and forcing them to take care of you might be considered an offensive tactic, maybe..
I think you're drawing the wrong conclusion there. What you've described only proves that your processor cooling method was capable of maintaining a stable temperature irrespective of load. Try repeating your test with the heatsink disconnected, and post the results if your PC is still working afterwards :-)
Andrew
You think this is a benefit?? Is this car intended for deep space use far from garages or tyre shops?
Back in my day, we used to carry a spare in the trunk.
Well, the staff car that we have parked downstairs (a Nissan Maxima) has one built into the dash. The display is normally used for things like the radio station and external temperature, but when the car is put into reverse it displays a colour image from a camera pointing backwards. It's a production car (not concept) and costs less than $300k too.
Some of this stuff will find its way to ibiblio or some other online archive..
I think that Ludicrous Areal MagnetoResistance (LAMR) is the way to go - I'll store my L33t Haxx0rin6 toolz on one of those babies :-)
An interesting point is made by a News Corporation technologist - "music lovers already have gotten out of the habit of paying for records, which means an end to big profits and thus an end to big record companies", and he goes on to say that within five years the music industry will be a cottage industry. Is this really such a bad thing? Part of the reason why MP3 distribution has become so widespread is the general feeling of poor value-for-money associated with buying CDs. It's difficult to feel particularly guilty about copyright infringement when details of how the money you pay gets distributed are publicly available.
Personally, I'd prefer to pay money directly to a band that I like for their material, rather than line the pockets of record companies and distributors. While historically they might have served a useful purpose in increasing consumer awareness of the bands on their label, and in introducing them to wider markets, that function has been obsoleted by file sharing.
Media companies should just resign themselves to the fact that the days of large profits are waning, and instead concentrate on ways of inducing people to buy, rather than copy material - lower prices would help, for a start, but also bonus materials. By including, for example, printed material, with DVDs or CDs, it becomes more difficult for someone to obtain more than a partial copy of the work in question, so people would be more likely to buy (assuming the lower price was in effect also).
Imagine the whole thing with Back street boys as the only human actors plus gazillions of animated JJs ... brrrrrrr ...
In that case I'll wait for the FPS game based on the movie, and hope it has a chainsaw option...
That's a very broad, and also incorrect statement. There are different reasons for playing the lottery, and it is possible to play the lottery with a realistic expectation of your chance to win (ie. negligible at best).
Think of this - If there's a large pot to be won, I can buy a ticket and spend the intervening time until the draw daydreaming about all of the cool things I could do with the money. I *KNOW* that the chance of me winning is so small that I won't get my hopes up, but all the same I can still dream - it's almost like buying a cinema ticket to go and watch something that is far removed from your regular day-to-day life, only cheaper. I can't daydream of winning the lottery if I hadn't bought a ticket, and since for most of us, it's the only readily apparent way we'll get a large amount of money for free (however long the odds), why not indulge once in a while?
Of course, buying a lottery ticket every week, or even buying several, is a pretty dumb thing to do, and it's that which makes the lottery a tax on the stupid.
I'd say that smart people don't play the lottery with the expectation of winning, rather than saying that they don't play it at all.
PS. I don't think that the definition of either 'Smart People' or 'Lottery' even mentions the other.
Just because it's the Size of a mountain, that doesn't mean it has the Mass of a mountain.
There's no way I'd pay the kind of money that Autocad or 3D Studio typically costs in order to be able to tinker with it at home. It's a pity there isn't some easy & foolproof way to distinguish between commercial and non-commercial use (aside from crippleware type stuff). For someone to profit financially from something, they should be prepared to pay for it, though.
..but PacMan is so much more than a mere thriller - it's a soaring roller-coaster of a tale, encompassing addcition, persecution, vengeance, struggle against almost overwhelming odds and even romance (in the form of Mrs. PacMan) With the right director, writer and cast, this could be next years' 'Beautiful Mind'
Maybe the virtual keyboard could be projected onto a blank 'actual' keyboard, satisfying tactile feedback requirements and language switching requirements in one go...