Isn't there a law of diminishing returns regarding RAM, something about more than 4 GB being a waste of money? I forget where I heard about this and it almost certainly is related to Windows machines only.
A major (big company-owned) Canadian auto-related site is similar. Every now and then a word (say, "Ford", for example) has a link attached to it. Where does the link go? To a page that the auto-related site has already setup so that you can buy a Ford through their pages. That's not informative to me but maybe the big marketing brains think that this sort of linking is useful for them.
On the other hand, said auto-related site features "women-oriented" stories on which colours are best when choosing a car.
Have you picked up a magazine lately? They're getting much, much worse.
Don't forget the "blow-in", bound-in or "drop cards" that are inserted[1] and automatically flop a magazine open to a certain page. Imagine how much worse it's going to get now that the Mobius strip has been solved!
[1] Would it be tinfoilhattish of me to speculate that "subscribe to this magazine" cards are placed according to advertisers that bid on their placement? Or that the "drop cards" are designed to catch the attention of people have a natural compulsion to pick up things they've "dropped"?
The Millennium was big for lower-end CAD graphics for awhile because it could do two screens with one card (IIRC). These days Matrox seems to cater to video work and big projects/companies that demand multi-monitor setups.
Kidding aside, I left Matrox after G450, they knew they couldn't compete in the consumer-priced 3D market (nVidia just spent too much money and ATI went chasing nVidia). It was sad to see them go.
They seem to know their market, it's just not you that's in it.
I'd been looking for a Tubes album for a couple of weeks and tried HMV and a few other stores. Most of these stores didn't even have a Tubes section, but I could special order only *some* of their discs (surprisingly, the price was only about $13, with a 6 week wait).
Eventually, on a lark, I dropped into a smaller store that I was sure wouldn't have it but I ending up getting what I wanted for seven bucks.
Oops, I figured that I should add this for the younger ones: The Tubes
After listening to the link provided, I can't help but think that Gates is just like the rest of us normal humans - far too much noise coming into the inbox as compared to the signal.
At least the piping, pumps and vessels won't have to be food-grade clean. I worked for a Montreal-based engineering firm a couple of years ago that was involved with this technology (I think there's a pilot plan, they would get involved for the commercial plant).
I notice that the brakes get a bit "grabby" but I have nothing to compare this to.
RE: helmet, there's not much in there worth saving anyway.:)
One fun part of biking was sort of hearing a bunch of cool guys in a truck-like thing yelling at me as they went by. I think they were saying something about them being homosexual and wanting to have intimate relations with their own mothers. I didn't catch all the details though, and I hope they eventually found what they were looking for.
These days you have to allow all types of people to have their say/lifestyles, and that's fine with me.
I'm new to the biking community and am a bit weirded-out by the stereotypical hard-core cycler type. They show up in the local bike shops in their spandex and seem to have an elitist attitude. Very bizarre.
My bike is an aluminum frame mountain but with road wheels, since I live downtown, disc brakes (are disc brakes good?).
I've bought a bunch of accessories that'll be installed tomorrow, what stuff do you recommend? I use my bike for trips for groceries mainly and I walk to work daily.
I discovered this feature only *after* cycling 20KM to a softball game the other night (I'm an overweight 44 year-old). The distance looked so small on the map and Google didn't inform me that it was uphill both ways. Bastards.
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This link explains the phenomenon, and includes the native use of 'fuck':
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_French_profan
Paul (ex-Montrealer)
"The Pond" usually refers to the Atlantic Ocean, at least for native English-speakers. Do you guys consider Chileans to be west coasters?
Maybe 1984 was a roadmap, not a cautionary tale. Or maybe Orwell was actually a historian from the future.
Isn't there a law of diminishing returns regarding RAM, something about more than 4 GB being a waste of money? I forget where I heard about this and it almost certainly is related to Windows machines only.
Maybe we need a Mobius Strip-based hard drive technology powered by Hidden Dark Energy. Could happen!
resorting to emotions
That tactic seems to work well these days. Hell, it worked in previous days as well.
UID 194 and you don't see the advantage of Slashdot's moderation system?
I don't read Ars Technica anymore (no time) but I agree with you about DansData - well worth reading but it's from a backwards country.
Insightful post.
A major (big company-owned) Canadian auto-related site is similar. Every now and then a word (say, "Ford", for example) has a link attached to it. Where does the link go? To a page that the auto-related site has already setup so that you can buy a Ford through their pages. That's not informative to me but maybe the big marketing brains think that this sort of linking is useful for them.
On the other hand, said auto-related site features "women-oriented" stories on which colours are best when choosing a car.
Have you picked up a magazine lately? They're getting much, much worse.
Don't forget the "blow-in", bound-in or "drop cards" that are inserted[1] and automatically flop a magazine open to a certain page. Imagine how much worse it's going to get now that the Mobius strip has been solved!
[1] Would it be tinfoilhattish of me to speculate that "subscribe to this magazine" cards are placed according to advertisers that bid on their placement? Or that the "drop cards" are designed to catch the attention of people have a natural compulsion to pick up things they've "dropped"?
He's still on TV with 'The Lab with Leo', but only in backwards countries like Canada and Australia. It's not live, though.
Didn't "social engineering" mean something else before it got adopted by the computer crowd?
First of all, it seems to me that...wait, is that a NewScientist link?
Sorry, nevermind.
The Millennium was big for lower-end CAD graphics for awhile because it could do two screens with one card (IIRC). These days Matrox seems to cater to video work and big projects/companies that demand multi-monitor setups.
I've got one of those, they're pretty useful. Many of my "powerbars" have blocked outlets.
I accidentally saw part of Jackass2 on cable last night. Maybe the original Warsteiner poster did too and wanted to clarify.
They're from Montreal, what did you expect?
Kidding aside, I left Matrox after G450, they knew they couldn't compete in the consumer-priced 3D market (nVidia just spent too much money and ATI went chasing nVidia). It was sad to see them go.
They seem to know their market, it's just not you that's in it.
I'd been looking for a Tubes album for a couple of weeks and tried HMV and a few other stores. Most of these stores didn't even have a Tubes section, but I could special order only *some* of their discs (surprisingly, the price was only about $13, with a 6 week wait).
Eventually, on a lark, I dropped into a smaller store that I was sure wouldn't have it but I ending up getting what I wanted for seven bucks.
Oops, I figured that I should add this for the younger ones: The Tubes
After listening to the link provided, I can't help but think that Gates is just like the rest of us normal humans - far too much noise coming into the inbox as compared to the signal.
At least the piping, pumps and vessels won't have to be food-grade clean. I worked for a Montreal-based engineering firm a couple of years ago that was involved with this technology (I think there's a pilot plan, they would get involved for the commercial plant).
Keep that up and I'll whack you with my cane.
I notice that the brakes get a bit "grabby" but I have nothing to compare this to.
:)
RE: helmet, there's not much in there worth saving anyway.
One fun part of biking was sort of hearing a bunch of cool guys in a truck-like thing yelling at me as they went by. I think they were saying something about them being homosexual and wanting to have intimate relations with their own mothers. I didn't catch all the details though, and I hope they eventually found what they were looking for.
These days you have to allow all types of people to have their say/lifestyles, and that's fine with me.
But that's a pretty impressive gun for such a small boat.
Supposedly we're buying a bunch of new fighter airplanes - I wonder if they'll come with maple syrup dispersion devices.
That does look interesting, thanks.
I'm new to the biking community and am a bit weirded-out by the stereotypical hard-core cycler type. They show up in the local bike shops in their spandex and seem to have an elitist attitude. Very bizarre.
My bike is an aluminum frame mountain but with road wheels, since I live downtown, disc brakes (are disc brakes good?).
I've bought a bunch of accessories that'll be installed tomorrow, what stuff do you recommend? I use my bike for trips for groceries mainly and I walk to work daily.
I discovered this feature only *after* cycling 20KM to a softball game the other night (I'm an overweight 44 year-old). The distance looked so small on the map and Google didn't inform me that it was uphill both ways. Bastards.