"We also do our own trend watching. Honesty of materials was one trend that factored into the design. People want to know that the cold feel of metal in your hand is the real thing, so we chose to go with anodized aluminum, which gave us the strength and rigidity we needed." -Dell
Oh boy, now that I've read that, I'm jonesing for a bulletproof, Cast-Iron MP3 player. You know, for those times when I'm walking down the street, listening to music, and I see a stray nail that needs pounding.
Neither did Einstein. He didn't accept parts of it, anyway, which is why he pretty much wasted the last decades of his life searching for a GUT that would never work.
I work on an SEM with EDX and WDS capability, and sample damage is always a concern. Electrons and X-Rays are energy. Any time you concentrate energy on a non-conductive surface, you run the risk of damage.
Fortunately, the damage area is usually only a few hundred or thousand square microns. Then again, we're not examining priceless artifacts.
I would assume the people put in charge of this project are more than aware of the risks involved.
When I was in 4th grade, I did a book report on the book Mastering Pac-Man by Blackjack card-counting author Ken Uston, who was mysteriously found dead years later. Most likely due to his connection to the world of Vegas Blackjack rather than his connection to Pac-Man. Then again, maybe Midway really did have him killed.
I work with two scanning electron microscopes with WDS detectors which require liquid nitrogen for cooling of the detectors (for noise reducation). Being a liquid, it's much easier to work with than I imagine dry ice is. Just dispense and pour (while wearing gloves and goggles, of course).
Of course LN2 is not nearly as easy to come by as dry ice, it's MUCH colder, at -320F vs -109F for dry ice.
Of couse, I don't forsee a time when LN2 will EVER be easily available, but that shouldn't stop geeks that DO have access to it from experimenting a little...
"When you run a Windows XP SP2-based virtual machine, it will perform slowly compared to a Windows XP SP1-based virtual machine."
My 1.25 Ghz G4 takes 25 seconds to open a webpage in Firefox in WinXP SP2 though VPC.
Time to do an upgrade that is actually a downgrade to SP1.
I guess it's not the first time that two products made by Microsoft did not play will with EACH OTHER.
Unlike children from the same parents who get along with each other, Microsoft apps sometimes act like distant cousins who only see each other at during the holidays and who end up tearing at each others' hair before the presents are even opened.
All this talk about "point releases" is just semantics. I know most Slashdotters aren't zoologists, but all significant OS X upgrades are SPECIES updates.
Jumping over to Family Canidae from Family Felidae, would you upgrade from a Chihuahua that shits on your keyboard to a Golden Retriever that fetches beer and Hot Pockets? I sure would.
That's about the difference that Tiger is going to be over 10.0 (Cheetah).
"That the masses cannot be allowed to make their own choices, because their choices might include Microsoft?"
South Americans are used to having choices taken away from them, whether it be from Microsoft, or the US Government:
"I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves." -Henry Kissinger
Still, Microsoft has not given up just yet. The company, which declined to make an executive available for an interview, said in a statement that it was still "working with the PC Conectado project to see if there's a way Microsoft can help...
"...to further consolidate our Monopoly. Oops? DId I say that out loud? You can edit that, right. Thanks."
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It's gonna be strange eating something that never had parents, but hey, if it tastes good...
Tell me why I'm supposed to take ANYTHING seriously from someone who publishes a rant in Comic Sans.
(or a font that looks a lot like it)
It's really sad that an obviously bright kid would waste his time on Microsoft certification.
That's kinda like a musical prodigy that chose to write a 40-minute Polka as his first major work.
"That way, we can at least be a strong number two."
-Sim Wong Hoo, Creative Technology Ltd.
I KNOW I'm not the only Slashdotter who was tittering about that line.
Pew!!
"We also do our own trend watching. Honesty of materials was one trend that factored into the design. People want to know that the cold feel of metal in your hand is the real thing, so we chose to go with anodized aluminum, which gave us the strength and rigidity we needed."
-Dell
Oh boy, now that I've read that, I'm jonesing for a bulletproof, Cast-Iron MP3 player. You know, for those times when I'm walking down the street, listening to music, and I see a stray nail that needs pounding.
You really can use any browser for these sites.
It's just depends on what your dfinition os "use" is.
Getting dead link even counts as use. You're just limited to their 404 page.
"Microsoft confirmed the claims of Mohanty, but sought to downplay it saying, "It represents very little threat."
Brings to mind an image of the captain of the "unsinkable" Titanic warning his passengers that the ship has bumped into a very little ice cube.
"Mama always said User Agents was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you gonna git."
The interface?
By that logic, the iPod shuffle, having NO interface, should have flopped.
There's obviously something else at play here, though the white color no doubt plays an important part.
It's a little known fact that every Stormtrooper uniform has an iPod mounted on the back armor plate that plays the Imperial March over and over.
This guy works as a computer programmer. I rest mycase.
The developers at Apple might consider a presicription of Detrol.
That stops untimely leakage, at least it does for my grandfather.
Since it had no visible engines and no solar sails, we can only surmise that they launched it from a giant baseball-pitching machine.
Neither did Einstein. He didn't accept parts of it, anyway, which is why he pretty much wasted the last decades of his life searching for a GUT that would never work.
The technique being used sounds like an Electron Probe, or Wavelength Dispersive Spectroscopy. Here is a nice Java application demonstrating Bragg's Law, on which the techniques are based.
I work on an SEM with EDX and WDS capability, and sample damage is always a concern. Electrons and X-Rays are energy. Any time you concentrate energy on a non-conductive surface, you run the risk of damage.
Fortunately, the damage area is usually only a few hundred or thousand square microns. Then again, we're not examining priceless artifacts.
I would assume the people put in charge of this project are more than aware of the risks involved.
When I was in 4th grade, I did a book report on the book Mastering Pac-Man by Blackjack card-counting author Ken Uston, who was mysteriously found dead years later. Most likely due to his connection to the world of Vegas Blackjack rather than his connection to Pac-Man. Then again, maybe Midway really did have him killed.
I work with two scanning electron microscopes with WDS detectors which require liquid nitrogen for cooling of the detectors (for noise reducation). Being a liquid, it's much easier to work with than I imagine dry ice is. Just dispense and pour (while wearing gloves and goggles, of course). Of course LN2 is not nearly as easy to come by as dry ice, it's MUCH colder, at -320F vs -109F for dry ice. Of couse, I don't forsee a time when LN2 will EVER be easily available, but that shouldn't stop geeks that DO have access to it from experimenting a little...
It's the same reason every ship in the galaxy is flying along the same imaginary horizon.
An oversimplification that sacrifices accuracy for easier visual digestion.
I'm an avid Mac fan and also and avid listener of industrial music, but I hate NIN.
What annoys me more is people who know I love Macs and Industial music automatically assume I MUST be a NIN fan.
It will take more than a free song and a reminder that he uses Macs to change me into a NINny.
"When you run a Windows XP SP2-based virtual machine, it will perform slowly compared to a Windows XP SP1-based virtual machine."
My 1.25 Ghz G4 takes 25 seconds to open a webpage in Firefox in WinXP SP2 though VPC.
Time to do an upgrade that is actually a downgrade to SP1.
I guess it's not the first time that two products made by Microsoft did not play will with EACH OTHER.
Unlike children from the same parents who get along with each other, Microsoft apps sometimes act like distant cousins who only see each other at during the holidays and who end up tearing at each others' hair before the presents are even opened.
I suppose now they could use the time to finally make it down to Toshi's station to pick up some power converters.
Martha Stewart was beaten in a holiday decoration contest by some other inmates while she was in prison.
What's next? Gary Kasparov beaten at Chess by a NASCAR fan?
All this talk about "point releases" is just semantics. I know most Slashdotters aren't zoologists, but all significant OS X upgrades are SPECIES updates.
Jumping over to Family Canidae from Family Felidae, would you upgrade from a Chihuahua that shits on your keyboard to a Golden Retriever that fetches beer and Hot Pockets? I sure would.
That's about the difference that Tiger is going to be over 10.0 (Cheetah).
"That the masses cannot be allowed to make their own choices, because their choices might include Microsoft?"
South Americans are used to having choices taken away from them, whether it be from Microsoft, or the US Government:
"I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves."
-Henry Kissinger
Still, Microsoft has not given up just yet. The company, which declined to make an executive available for an interview, said in a statement that it was still "working with the PC Conectado project to see if there's a way Microsoft can help... "...to further consolidate our Monopoly. Oops? DId I say that out loud? You can edit that, right. Thanks."