I initially looked for a backpack designed to hold a notebook, but I couldn't find any that would accomodate my rather "normal" size notebook (its a 15" Toshiba). So I had to go with laptop bag from Targus which just fits snugly.
Judging from the Drivers page and README, it seems they haven't yet addressed the problem of the computer not able to go into sleep/suspend while the driver is loaded. A bit of a nuicance for notebook users...
[X]Digital camera - stick to brand name if you don't know what you are doing. Sony, Kodak, HP, etc. Make sure it uses CompactFlash cards and uses regular AA sized batteries if possible. One that uses those mini-CDs would also be cool (but is a little on the costly side.)
I'd advise against mini-CDr for digital camera medium. The file-write time is rather slow compared to CompactFlash..and in many cases, speed counts when taking pictures. Plus you're running into the reliability issues of cd-rws. A friend of mine has a Mavica CD cam, on occasion he'd have some difficulty retreiving the photos.
If anyone's shopping for a camera to give to a 'non-photographer' I'd recommend the Canon A80: AA batteries, CF card, swivel&tilt LCD. Plus it's got manual controls (Tv,Av,M) so it's a camera someone could grow into.
Lisa: Wow, Dad, you're surfing like a pro! Homer: Oh, yeah! I'm betting on Jai-alai in the Cayman Islands, I invested in
something called "News Corp"-- Lisa: Dad, that's Fox! Homer: [shrieks] Undo! Undo! [hits key, sighs]
All you do is get into the car, close the door and Windows Car will automatically configure the car to suit the driver. It will adjust the seats, climate control, and select a radio station. Our driver is... (BSOD on dash)... Uh Oh
uuhh...moving right along...
Bill Gates: So this must be why we're not shipping Windows Car yet.
Absolutely!
What's so hard about using a sharpie to fill in a (relatively large) bubble next to the canidate you want to vote for? Then use any computer technology you want to count the bubbles. Sounds cheaper to me. The paper trail is there, and only what needs to be automated (counting) is.
Maybe setup a few touchscreen kiosks for those who really need it. For the rest of us, I want my pen and paper.
If it's anything like Nokia's keypad lock, if the sequence 9-1-1 is entered while lock is on, its automatically entered onto the screen and a SND button away from dialing..
So it's not exactly related to the story but:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/Downl oadableAssets/AMD_Trailer_Ver2.wmv...I need a higher framerate......I got fragged..
from the producers who brought you such collosal hits as AMD Athlon XP and AMD Opteron..image a world where desktop and mobile pcs had all the computing power they needed...and more.
Prepare yourself for AMD Athlon 64..now playing in desktop and mobile pcs everywhere.
This processor has been rated FX
I'm going to guess that you built your Linux machine yourself. I have a notebook so that option wasn't exactly feasible for me. Whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly, I wouldn't be too suprised to find out they've been doing some anti-competitive practices such as strict contracts with OEMS.
I know this gets mentioned a lot, but go try to buy an 'out-of-the-box' PC/x86 computer the same way as 'typical users' would which either:
1.) Does not have an operating system pre-installed that you don't intend to use.
2.) Comes with an operating system pre-installed, WITH real install CDs (not "system-restore" images) and a full license that does not bind the OS to the computer to which it was pre-installed.
I've got a "copy"(restore CDs) of Win-XP that came with my computer sitting in my closet. Legally, according to the EULA, I can't sell it to anyone who could put it to good use. I also can't install it on another computer if someone else wanted it.
I understand that the OEM computer manufactures need to cater to the mainstream..which is fine, but it'd be nice if they at least did Option #2. As it stands now...people to pay the so called Microsoft tax.
I recently got the privledge to try out the Tech International's CellSensor (http://www.techintlcorp.com/cellsensor.htm).
It measures Cellular radiation (range:.1-10 mW/cm2) and EMF radiation (range: 1-50 milliGauss). I measured a Nokia 3360 of emitting ~8 mW/cm2 Cellular radiation and over 50 milliGauss EMF (outside the sensor's range). What else gives off 50+ milliGauss? 5.1 receiver, microwave in operation. Refrigerator gives off ~35 milliGauss and a table fan gives off ~40 milliGauss.
I didn't have a Wi-Fi device to measure, but yea, why don't they sue Pioneer, Panasonic, Whirlpool, Kenmore, et al while their at it. And if they're genuinely concerned, there's a number of things they should get out of their homes.
Why are people so afraid of 'em? You get some slips in the mail, you copy the numbers over onto the forms, do a little math, and presto, you get some money back.
You're forgetting that this is America. More than half of the shops around here would shutdown if their calculators/computers stopped working (let's ignore the inventory control here). True story told by a (calculus II) professor of mine: he and his wife went to a movie theater and was about to pay for tickets when told by the clerk it's free today. Later, he goes and buys popcorn and drinks..they were given free also. He asks why the tickets and food were free today, the clerk says "our machines are down, so we can't charge any money."
I think they're getting slick too. Cingular called my home and started out saying "this is a courtesy call...." instead of right off the bat "we have an excellent deal..."
1) People treat battery low as "still works under all conditions" as they might if it were a gas tank. But the battery is unable to deliver the instantaneous power needed to go over certian obstacles when partially discharged.
Well, you know how people like to challenge the gauge and "go below the slash...."
Actually, it seems they're selling the support that comes with the computer...and from working at a University help desk their service is pretty good. (quick RMAs)
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I initially looked for a backpack designed to hold a notebook, but I couldn't find any that would accomodate my rather "normal" size notebook (its a 15" Toshiba). So I had to go with laptop bag from Targus which just fits snugly.
Judging from the Drivers page and README, it seems they haven't yet addressed the problem of the computer not able to go into sleep/suspend while the driver is loaded. A bit of a nuicance for notebook users...
does MS Solitare count? It has survived (pretty much unchanged) through Win3.x, 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP.
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What makes your geek a better lover? vi or emacs..the debate of the century!
[X]Digital camera - stick to brand name if you don't know what you are doing. Sony, Kodak, HP, etc. Make sure it uses CompactFlash cards and uses regular AA sized batteries if possible. One that uses those mini-CDs would also be cool (but is a little on the costly side.)
I'd advise against mini-CDr for digital camera medium. The file-write time is rather slow compared to CompactFlash..and in many cases, speed counts when taking pictures. Plus you're running into the reliability issues of cd-rws. A friend of mine has a Mavica CD cam, on occasion he'd have some difficulty retreiving the photos.
If anyone's shopping for a camera to give to a 'non-photographer' I'd recommend the Canon A80: AA batteries, CF card, swivel&tilt LCD. Plus it's got manual controls (Tv,Av,M) so it's a camera someone could grow into.
they must be beta testing them as webservers today...
http://gphoto.sourceforge.net/proj/libgphoto2/supp ort.php
nice big list of cameras that you can just plug in.
You want to try to install win-xp on a Pentium II 266MHz, 64MB RAM?
Of course, Linux would run a bit slow, but IMO still better than trying to run XP on it.
Lisa: Wow, Dad, you're surfing like a pro!
Homer: Oh, yeah! I'm betting on Jai-alai in the Cayman Islands, I invested in
something called "News Corp"--
Lisa: Dad, that's Fox!
Homer: [shrieks] Undo! Undo! [hits key, sighs]
That'd be sweet. Finally I can use my collection of re-formatted AOL floppy disks on an AOL computer! ...too bad they don't use CDRWs today.
All you do is get into the car, close the door and Windows Car will automatically configure the car to suit the driver. It will adjust the seats, climate control, and select a radio station. Our driver is... (BSOD on dash) ... Uh Oh
uuhh...moving right along...
Bill Gates: So this must be why we're not shipping Windows Car yet.
Absolutely!
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What's so hard about using a sharpie to fill in a (relatively large) bubble next to the canidate you want to vote for? Then use any computer technology you want to count the bubbles. Sounds cheaper to me. The paper trail is there, and only what needs to be automated (counting) is.
Maybe setup a few touchscreen kiosks for those who really need it. For the rest of us, I want my pen and paper.
What's worse about the guest account is that while it can be disabled, it cannot be removed.
If it's anything like Nokia's keypad lock, if the sequence 9-1-1 is entered while lock is on, its automatically entered onto the screen and a SND button away from dialing..
So it's not exactly related to the story but: http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/Downl oadableAssets/AMD_Trailer_Ver2.wmv ...I need a higher framerate... ...I got fragged..
from the producers who brought you such collosal hits as AMD Athlon XP and AMD Opteron ..image a world where desktop and mobile pcs had all the computing power they needed...and more.
Prepare yourself for AMD Athlon 64..now playing in desktop and mobile pcs everywhere.
This processor has been rated FX
I'm going to guess that you built your Linux machine yourself. I have a notebook so that option wasn't exactly feasible for me. Whether or not Microsoft is a monopoly, I wouldn't be too suprised to find out they've been doing some anti-competitive practices such as strict contracts with OEMS.
I know this gets mentioned a lot, but go try to buy an 'out-of-the-box' PC/x86 computer the same way as 'typical users' would which either:
1.) Does not have an operating system pre-installed that you don't intend to use.
2.) Comes with an operating system pre-installed, WITH real install CDs (not "system-restore" images) and a full license that does not bind the OS to the computer to which it was pre-installed.
I've got a "copy"(restore CDs) of Win-XP that came with my computer sitting in my closet. Legally, according to the EULA, I can't sell it to anyone who could put it to good use. I also can't install it on another computer if someone else wanted it.
I understand that the OEM computer manufactures need to cater to the mainstream..which is fine, but it'd be nice if they at least did Option #2. As it stands now...people to pay the so called Microsoft tax.
when they pry it off my cold, dead arms.
We studied the traffic patterns and found that drivers move the fastest through yellow lights. So now, we just have the red and yellow lights.
So THIS is why they stopped sending out those invoices.
I recently got the privledge to try out the Tech International's CellSensor (http://www.techintlcorp.com/cellsensor.htm).
.1-10 mW/cm2) and EMF radiation (range: 1-50 milliGauss).
It measures Cellular radiation (range:
I measured a Nokia 3360 of emitting ~8 mW/cm2 Cellular radiation and over 50 milliGauss EMF (outside the sensor's range). What else gives off 50+ milliGauss? 5.1 receiver, microwave in operation. Refrigerator gives off ~35 milliGauss and a table fan gives off ~40 milliGauss.
I didn't have a Wi-Fi device to measure, but yea, why don't they sue Pioneer, Panasonic, Whirlpool, Kenmore, et al while their at it. And if they're genuinely concerned, there's a number of things they should get out of their homes.
Why are people so afraid of 'em? You get some slips in the mail, you copy the numbers over onto the forms, do a little math, and presto, you get some money back.
You're forgetting that this is America. More than half of the shops around here would shutdown if their calculators/computers stopped working (let's ignore the inventory control here). True story told by a (calculus II) professor of mine: he and his wife went to a movie theater and was about to pay for tickets when told by the clerk it's free today. Later, he goes and buys popcorn and drinks..they were given free also. He asks why the tickets and food were free today, the clerk says "our machines are down, so we can't charge any money."
I think they're getting slick too. Cingular called my home and started out saying "this is a courtesy call...." instead of right off the bat "we have an excellent deal..."
Guess who I just canceled my service with....
1) People treat battery low as "still works under all conditions" as they might if it were a gas tank. But the battery is unable to deliver the instantaneous power needed to go over certian obstacles when partially discharged. Well, you know how people like to challenge the gauge and "go below the slash...."
Actually, it seems they're selling the support that comes with the computer. ..and from working at a University help desk their service is pretty good. (quick RMAs)