Cool, thanks for the info. I was looking at the Pixma 3000 as the replacement, and didn't check the 4000 or 5000. I think the i860 was in the $149 MSRP when I bought it, which would be the same as the 4000 anyway.
It doesn't matter to me too much though -- the printer is still doing great a year after purchase, so I have no plans to upgrade currently.
I've used them all and like Canon the best. The dual black inks (one an ink, the other a pigment for photos) is a really nice feature, especially if you print a lot of text. Unfortunately, Canon no longer seems to be supporting this feature in their current line of printers, all of which seem to be strictly photo printers. Bummer. You can still find the i860 on their site, but you have to search for it.
Don't underestimate the culture shock of losing the nipple. My gf has an old trackpad Compaq Armada and using a trackpoad just sucks.
And trust me, after using the Armada, or a work Dell, nothing in the world feels as sturdy and well built as an R40!
Other than total unpredictability about behavior when switching between an external monitor @ 1280 x 1024 and the internal at 1024 x 768 (sometimes the LCD will try to do a virtual screen, sometimes it won't, sometimes when put back in the doc it will remember to go with the larger size, sometimes it won't), and maybe like 3 BSOD in the past 18 months (including one failure to return from Hibernation requiring a restart), my r40 has been flawless.
(Unless you're trying to play videos through PowerPoint. Then you need to download an obscure Italian codec or nothing will work right.)
This pretty much nails it. Any core gamer is going to have his purchase decision made 90% before he even reads a review. A non-core gamer is not going to read the review (because they don't read game magazines) and will just buy on word of mouth or what's at the store.
Great, now it implies Steve Fosset was the pilot of Voyager. The pilots of the record-breaking flight, according to wikipedia were (Burt's brother) Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager.
But no dorks actually speak 1337 anymore. It's used exclusively to make fun of something that is no longer done by *anyone* -- except that most of the people ironically using 1337 would be unironically using 1337 if it were possible. So maybe by posing as an unironic 1337 speaker, or sp34k3r, he was actually taking the whole thing into a meta-irony that most people can only barely fathom.
And MLB! In 2005 XM will have every major league baseball game broadcast. Oh, and, though mentioning it will reveal me to the blue state elites as a red state knuckle-dragger, it's got a 24 hour NACAR channel which is awesome. I just wish it covered all American motorsports, like champ car, Indy, and ALMS.
This continues to kill me. People will listen to tinny, compressed, MP3s all day long and then recoil in horror at the lossyness of a *gasp* analog-to-digital conversion.
Yeah, it may be a 1x process, but who is out there who will be able to do this and already doesn't already have most of their music digitally anyway. XM is awesome, but I don't usually hear tracks I've never heard before, or old tunes that I simply *must* have. I'd probably only want to grab a couple tracks here and there anyway.
Further proof that the 60's generation was a bunch of hypocritical creeps. As Phil Ochs said in the 60s, of the "liberal": "10 degrees to the left of center most times, 10 degrees to the right of center when it affects them personally."
The article implies her parents knew she was bitten. Her parents should have known it was dangerous. That's what kills me. How can you *not* know you need a rabies shot if you're bitten by a bat! All I ever heard about growing up in the Great Lakes region was "rabid bat this" and "rabid bat that."
Why? Because you're trying to get in. When I entered the work force in the pre-Internet days, I worked for three months for FREE as an intern, doing exactly the same work the dude next to me was getting the princely sum of $18K/year for. Why did I let them "exploit" me like that? Because I wanted a job. And eventually, they put me on the payroll and I was "in," building the friendships and connections that (among other benefits) led to every subsequent job I've ever had.
If I'd insisted on being paid at the start, I'd still be at MacTemps.
After praying, the family should have taken her to a doctor for a rabies shot . Usually, rabies is fatal because kids are afraid to admit they were playing with a sick bat/racoon/etc, not because they copped to it and their parents didn't get them a shot. WTF?
Get bit by a wild animal? Get a rabies shot. Doing anything else is totally stupid.
Oh crap I forgot. Of course, remember to save the $$ you'll need to pay for your taxes! I did a large contract once with another guy, and I saved (of course) like 50% of the contract to pay for taxes at the end of the year (I should have filed a quarterly thing, but just blew it off). My friend didn't and he was fsck0rzed at tax time.
You need to pay attention to these things, but it also seems like they are looking to hire your on full time, it's just easier to get a contractor req. than an employment req. (for them). They probably want to see how you work out before they go to the hassle (for them) of hiring you on as an employee.
If that's the case -- and you need to be the judge of this -- you may want to make their lives easier by being pretty easy going about it all.
I've been on the hiring side of this, and contractors -- to avoid being burned, or because they've been burned -- can be pretty mercenary. We're way more likely to hire someone on full time who basically doesn't *act* like a contractor (who will stay late without charging for each minute, etc.). (This assumes it's an hourly contract, not a per-work contract.) That said, my company is pretty fair and cool place to work. There are a lot of places that *will* take advantage of you.
If you think there's a reasonable chance of being hired on as an employee, I would not sweat the retirement planning unless your contracting phase goes over 6 months. You'll have to pay double for medicare and social security taxes, so you'll need say 20% - 40% over the "hourly" rate you'd want as a salaried employee. The advantage is that you will be able to deduct EVERYTHING. (Talk to an accountant or tax prepare to learn the correct way to do this.)
Part of what was so hardcore about the Declaration of Independence was that they did sign their names; they knew they were basically signing their death warrents if the whole Independence thing didn't work out. That's what also made John Hancock such a badass, because he signed his name so big and so clearly.
I guess I support the right to anonymous political flyers, but I also think there's something to be said for having the courage of your convictions and using your name. A child poster below mentions countries with out the freedoms we enjoy here in the USA, and I admit my opinions are biased by knowing that "they" can never really come after you unless you're advocating sedition...
Defeating the measures would probably be as simple as photocopying with a slight change in brightness / contrast, or using a traditional printing press. The dot gain would probably screw up any really slight digital signaturing.
I think most gamers -- hardcore and casual -- rely on word of mouth. And their planned purchase decisions seem based on previews rather than reviews. There doesn't seem to be any real relationship between reviews in fan magazines/sites and sales at all.
I find it hard to think of a situation in which I would print anonymously. Usually I print so that I can distribute information to others(if it's just for me, I tend to leave it on my computer). Maybe anonymous political flyers? I'm not trying to be a troll here, but seriously trying to come up with a good scenario where you'd ever want to print anonymously.
People in small states drive *really* slow and have different notions of distance. I'm always meeting Rhode Islanders who when I describe something else in Rhode Island are like "That? Oh that's way too far away, we never go there." And I'm like... my COUNTY is bigger than your entire STATE, wtf? And then they're like "what does 'wtf' mean" and I'm like "uh, nothing, go drink your coffee-milk."
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It doesn't matter to me too much though -- the printer is still doing great a year after purchase, so I have no plans to upgrade currently.
I've used them all and like Canon the best. The dual black inks (one an ink, the other a pigment for photos) is a really nice feature, especially if you print a lot of text. Unfortunately, Canon no longer seems to be supporting this feature in their current line of printers, all of which seem to be strictly photo printers. Bummer. You can still find the i860 on their site, but you have to search for it.
Yeah, so I'd rather take the chance of long-term damage and be able to walk, versus being super safe and in a wheelchair...
And trust me, after using the Armada, or a work Dell, nothing in the world feels as sturdy and well built as an R40!
Other than total unpredictability about behavior when switching between an external monitor @ 1280 x 1024 and the internal at 1024 x 768 (sometimes the LCD will try to do a virtual screen, sometimes it won't, sometimes when put back in the doc it will remember to go with the larger size, sometimes it won't), and maybe like 3 BSOD in the past 18 months (including one failure to return from Hibernation requiring a restart), my r40 has been flawless.
(Unless you're trying to play videos through PowerPoint. Then you need to download an obscure Italian codec or nothing will work right.)
Yes, I am the most pedantic member of the slashdot community ever.
Reviews, therefore, are mostly useless.
You forgot someone: Jeanna Yeager who also piloted the Voyager. (No, she was not just the flight attendant.)
(referring to the original, updated, article -- which is still incorrect -- not the rewrite)
Wh1ch 15 teh ub3r.
And MLB! In 2005 XM will have every major league baseball game broadcast. Oh, and, though mentioning it will reveal me to the blue state elites as a red state knuckle-dragger, it's got a 24 hour NACAR channel which is awesome. I just wish it covered all American motorsports, like champ car, Indy, and ALMS.
Yeah, it may be a 1x process, but who is out there who will be able to do this and already doesn't already have most of their music digitally anyway. XM is awesome, but I don't usually hear tracks I've never heard before, or old tunes that I simply *must* have. I'd probably only want to grab a couple tracks here and there anyway.
...and that's why I'm a ThinkPad loyalist. For non-Mac OS machine, anything other than a ThinkPad is a compromise in quality.
Further proof that the 60's generation was a bunch of hypocritical creeps. As Phil Ochs said in the 60s, of the "liberal": "10 degrees to the left of center most times, 10 degrees to the right of center when it affects them personally."
The article implies her parents knew she was bitten. Her parents should have known it was dangerous. That's what kills me. How can you *not* know you need a rabies shot if you're bitten by a bat! All I ever heard about growing up in the Great Lakes region was "rabid bat this" and "rabid bat that."
If I'd insisted on being paid at the start, I'd still be at MacTemps.
Get bit by a wild animal? Get a rabies shot. Doing anything else is totally stupid.
Oh crap I forgot. Of course, remember to save the $$ you'll need to pay for your taxes! I did a large contract once with another guy, and I saved (of course) like 50% of the contract to pay for taxes at the end of the year (I should have filed a quarterly thing, but just blew it off). My friend didn't and he was fsck0rzed at tax time.
If that's the case -- and you need to be the judge of this -- you may want to make their lives easier by being pretty easy going about it all.
I've been on the hiring side of this, and contractors -- to avoid being burned, or because they've been burned -- can be pretty mercenary. We're way more likely to hire someone on full time who basically doesn't *act* like a contractor (who will stay late without charging for each minute, etc.). (This assumes it's an hourly contract, not a per-work contract.) That said, my company is pretty fair and cool place to work. There are a lot of places that *will* take advantage of you.
If you think there's a reasonable chance of being hired on as an employee, I would not sweat the retirement planning unless your contracting phase goes over 6 months. You'll have to pay double for medicare and social security taxes, so you'll need say 20% - 40% over the "hourly" rate you'd want as a salaried employee. The advantage is that you will be able to deduct EVERYTHING. (Talk to an accountant or tax prepare to learn the correct way to do this.)
Good luck!
I guess I support the right to anonymous political flyers, but I also think there's something to be said for having the courage of your convictions and using your name. A child poster below mentions countries with out the freedoms we enjoy here in the USA, and I admit my opinions are biased by knowing that "they" can never really come after you unless you're advocating sedition...
Defeating the measures would probably be as simple as photocopying with a slight change in brightness / contrast, or using a traditional printing press. The dot gain would probably screw up any really slight digital signaturing.
I think most gamers -- hardcore and casual -- rely on word of mouth. And their planned purchase decisions seem based on previews rather than reviews. There doesn't seem to be any real relationship between reviews in fan magazines/sites and sales at all.
I find it hard to think of a situation in which I would print anonymously. Usually I print so that I can distribute information to others(if it's just for me, I tend to leave it on my computer). Maybe anonymous political flyers? I'm not trying to be a troll here, but seriously trying to come up with a good scenario where you'd ever want to print anonymously.
I get it now. I actually need to do a lot of that and have been doing it by hand. Can anyone recommend a good book on Pivot Tables?
People in small states drive *really* slow and have different notions of distance. I'm always meeting Rhode Islanders who when I describe something else in Rhode Island are like "That? Oh that's way too far away, we never go there." And I'm like... my COUNTY is bigger than your entire STATE, wtf? And then they're like "what does 'wtf' mean" and I'm like "uh, nothing, go drink your coffee-milk."
True! I still have 9 years to go before the horror of discovering that my son's clothes, music, and friends all totally suck...