As an honest question (from someone who, not that it matters, runs both slackware at home and xp at work), what's with the obsession with boot time? Can anyone explain why the free software community is so obsessed with this metric? I understand that embedded devices are better when they boot immediately - nobody wants to have to wait to make toast - but to boot a computer? Don't most people just sleep or hibernate their computer these days anyway? I think that before yesterday, the last time I rebooted this machine was a couple months ago. I don't mean this as a slight - it's an honest question.
I thought the government was only supposed to provide services that the private sector can't or won't provide with reasonable cost and quality.
Which is exactly what's happening here - I'm sure if there was a private sector company that provided services to the bus companies like imposing draconian regulations onto carpoolers, the bus companies would never have needed to turn to the government to provide these services!
This technology is of great use even today in the lab, but will most likely take much longer to bring to your kitchen. Currently, the magnets required for the heat transfer need to be cooled to subzero temperatures anyhow.
Also keep in mind that the magnetic fields used in this cooling method requires several Teslas to efficiently transfer heat. Aside from being difficult to produce, shoddily made units could basically make all your other electronics inoperable.
Funny enough, in 1900, AT&T (majority owner of Western Union at the time) charged $0.30 per text message over the telegraph. 108 years later, they've shaved off 10 cents per message.
Except that according to the inflation calculator:
"What cost $.30 in 1900 would cost $7.38 in 2007."
(2007 was the latest year with data)
So really, they're charging $7.18 less! What a bargain!
Could someone explain, isn't it required by (most) states' laws that individuals pay sales tax on goods purchased? I mean, people like "neglecting" to pay it, because it's easy to avoid, but ideally doesn't the New York law just shift the burden from the taxpayer at tax time to the retailer at time of purchase?
I guess what I'm asking is: is this whole problem arising from the retailers' desire not to be burdened with the logistics of collecting tax, and the consumers' desire to evade the tax? Or is there something else I'm missing here?
That seems a bit like "Playboy on the Future of Potato Yields".
Which is to say, superficially interesting, but devoid of details that might confuse the magazines intended readership, and perhaps two juicy quotes from experts in the field, reduced down from a 10 minute interview. Because, let's get serious, Scientific American is not exactly a cutting edge source of accurate science developments, if it ever was. Oh well, at least it's not quite as bad as Pop. Sci.... yet.
But yet somehow the mainstream media will ignore this because the Olympics are patriotic or something.
My friend repeatedly tells me how sickening it is that people protest the torch, and how disgusted she is that world leaders would even consider boycotting the games. When asked why, she explains that the Olympics are about ignoring national disagreements, and coming together as a people to participate in a global event where we can celebrate Human achievement.
I usually refrain from pointing out that the Olympics is actually about product placement and advertising revenue. Somehow I don't think that would go over well.
If they wanted a knowledgeable jury, and an expedient trial, they should NOT have gone to Texas, one of the top ten worst legal environments in the country, but to Delaware, ranked best by the chamber of commerce for 7 years now.
Hell, even his home state of Nevada is ranked higher than Texas (albeit barely)!
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We're talking about New York here. This isn't a sin tax - this is a thinly-veiled money grab. In short, no, there will be no rebate.
*faster boot (i think)
As an honest question (from someone who, not that it matters, runs both slackware at home and xp at work), what's with the obsession with boot time? Can anyone explain why the free software community is so obsessed with this metric? I understand that embedded devices are better when they boot immediately - nobody wants to have to wait to make toast - but to boot a computer? Don't most people just sleep or hibernate their computer these days anyway? I think that before yesterday, the last time I rebooted this machine was a couple months ago. I don't mean this as a slight - it's an honest question.
That's easy! Just get the ones published by Fox News!
Does it run Antivirus 2009?
Yes, people do have to use an ounce of cation online.
I prefer to use an ounce of anion, but I guess I'm just a negative kind of guy.
Pardon my cynicism, but what the hell does the super bowl have to do with anything?
It was probably before he learned what the factory default combinations were :-)
Well, I'm sure you would be glad to know that you'd be in fine company. Feynman was deferred from the draft because the psychiatric tests indicated that he was insane.
...I unfortunately recycled about ten years of the magazine...
You're just taking after Discover's own example - the only difference is that you did it all at once, as opposed to one article at a time.
I thought the government was only supposed to provide services that the private sector can't or won't provide with reasonable cost and quality.
Which is exactly what's happening here - I'm sure if there was a private sector company that provided services to the bus companies like imposing draconian regulations onto carpoolers, the bus companies would never have needed to turn to the government to provide these services!
That would be HOT! (thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week)
This technology is of great use even today in the lab, but will most likely take much longer to bring to your kitchen. Currently, the magnets required for the heat transfer need to be cooled to subzero temperatures anyhow.
The Wikipedia article on Continuous Adiabatic Demagnetisation Refrigeration does a pretty good job of explaining this.
Also keep in mind that the magnetic fields used in this cooling method requires several Teslas to efficiently transfer heat. Aside from being difficult to produce, shoddily made units could basically make all your other electronics inoperable.
some kinda crocodile? Aw, here and I had this pegged for them to be the monster of the week on the SciFi late night "movie" "specials".
Oh, if you wanted "fair and balanced", you should have gone to Fox News!
It's called a tanning salon, and yes I do look down on them. Tanaholics are just creepy.
Funny enough, in 1900, AT&T (majority owner of Western Union at the time) charged $0.30 per text message over the telegraph. 108 years later, they've shaved off 10 cents per message.
Except that according to the inflation calculator:
"What cost $.30 in 1900 would cost $7.38 in 2007."
(2007 was the latest year with data)
So really, they're charging $7.18 less! What a bargain!
How do I mod +1 disgusting?
Could someone explain, isn't it required by (most) states' laws that individuals pay sales tax on goods purchased? I mean, people like "neglecting" to pay it, because it's easy to avoid, but ideally doesn't the New York law just shift the burden from the taxpayer at tax time to the retailer at time of purchase?
I guess what I'm asking is: is this whole problem arising from the retailers' desire not to be burdened with the logistics of collecting tax, and the consumers' desire to evade the tax? Or is there something else I'm missing here?
That seems a bit like "Playboy on the Future of Potato Yields".
Which is to say, superficially interesting, but devoid of details that might confuse the magazines intended readership, and perhaps two juicy quotes from experts in the field, reduced down from a 10 minute interview. Because, let's get serious, Scientific American is not exactly a cutting edge source of accurate science developments, if it ever was. Oh well, at least it's not quite as bad as Pop. Sci.... yet.
I think it has something to do with the price of wheat in Thailand
If only the summary had actually been what I read it as. I think we need more computers in Congress.
I mean, Heart was a bit of a stretch, but Hacking?
You can find the rest of his reviews here.
I would specifically recommend Smash Bros. Brawl. Hilarious.
But yet somehow the mainstream media will ignore this because the Olympics are patriotic or something.
My friend repeatedly tells me how sickening it is that people protest the torch, and how disgusted she is that world leaders would even consider boycotting the games. When asked why, she explains that the Olympics are about ignoring national disagreements, and coming together as a people to participate in a global event where we can celebrate Human achievement.
I usually refrain from pointing out that the Olympics is actually about product placement and advertising revenue. Somehow I don't think that would go over well.
If they wanted a knowledgeable jury, and an expedient trial, they should NOT have gone to Texas, one of the top ten worst legal environments in the country, but to Delaware, ranked best by the chamber of commerce for 7 years now.
Hell, even his home state of Nevada is ranked higher than Texas (albeit barely)!