I'm glad the states are taking the lead on this, but I don't think they can succeed alone because there are open borders between states. The needy will simply flock to whichever state has the best health care. The same could be somewhat true on a national level, but only somewhat... you can't be "deported" from Kansas to Arkansas.
Come on, who'd buy a first-gen iPod without checking to see if it would work with their XP box? Or a Newton without checking to see if it could data transfer with Windows 3.1?
I'm surprised to hear that the iPhone needs a computer at all. Why would it? The thing is a computer... the "real internet" on your phone. Especially if it's locked to a single provider (AT&T) anyways, it ought to be able to connect to that provider to activate itself without a computer.
Don't assume that charging more = more profit. It's entirely possible a new format with reasonably priced ink would be very popular and thus more profitable.
Me, I've gone back to a B&W laser printer at home and only print photos at a store - when I do it at all, which is extremely rare. For the hassle of finding the right kind of cartrige, and then paying through the nose for it, it's just not worth it to me. WalMart seems to be in a stronger position to negotiate toner prices with Kodak than I am.
Oh yes it does. Most route errors result from roads that connect in the database but not in reality, missing one-way tags, misplaced exits, address on the wrong stretch of the road, etc, etc. Different algorithms may find different length routes, but if the route is actually not driveable, it's probably because of the map data, not the algorithm. I don't think most people know or care if the route chosen is a bit sub-optimal - how would they know? Otherwise they wouldn't need the GPS. But when your route takes you straight through a corn field, you know it.
My experience with my Garmin GPS is that you cannot rely on precise locations - especially of addresses, though also offramps at times. The best strategy I've found is to get the basic route (such as "now head east on US 89") from the GPS, but then use the signs on the road to do that, rather than looking too closely at the GPS.
Now, my solution is pretty, but you could probably find a decent older p3 or p4 box and stick a pvr350 on it.
It's possible. (Heck I did it years ago and still use it). But the Internet is not going to be a widely adopted platform for delivering video until people can buy something that works out of the box and plug it into their TV. It just amazes me how long it's taking for that to happen. Why haven't TiVo and Netflix teamed up and just made it happen? Or maybe Blockbuster, don't they have the clout to push out a branded PVR that can deliver content without a trip to the store?
The guy can make a good album singlehandedly, if need be - playing all the instruments, vocals, and producing it. At least in that sense, he is objectively superior to these clowns who can't even get their lip-synching and synchronized dancing down.
Listen to Purple Rain lately? It doesn't even sound dated, because it wasn't just a tweak on whatever else was in the top 40 at the time.
It's particularly hilarious that this call came from Yahoo!, a company which first based itself on manual classification of web pages to categories, like a big yellow pages. It failed, and content-based searching now rules the day. (Some would argue pagerank is based more on links rather than content, but the point is, the system still relies on information - including links - made for the consumption of people).
1. Business commuter trains (starting time) 7:15-8:45 and 17:15-18:45 97% downlink packet loss, totally unuseable. Looks like the BB is actually prioritised versus any other traffic
I think prioritizing the blackberry, or at least text, isn't such a horrible idea. 1 jpg = 50 emails. Remember before video, before audio, it was static images that were going to come along and create the great "world wide wait." I guess long-range wireless is still at that point. Better to grant 50 people email access than websurfing to 1.
Seems odd to me, too. If Microsoft is going to subsidize loss-leader PCs to make sure Windows preinstalls are the norm in India like they are here, why not just bribe the OEMs who sell there to preinstall Windows?
The whole point was for it to look like something we just might be able to pull off so that the Soviet Union would have no choice but to try to copy it and bankrupt themselves in the process
But of course both sides were playing that game: see for instance the (fictitious) missile gap that prompted an ICBM buildup by us (and therefore afterwards by them). Maybe we felt the need to "psych" the USSR with Star Wars (by wasting billions of dollars) because we fell for their ploy of appearing to be a worthy adversary, when in fact their economy was already circling the bowl. Of course this works out for certain parties on both sides; defense contractors get lots of money and the President gets an external enemy to rally the subjects. It's just like a couple of bullfrogs inflating themselves to scare off enemies and attract mates.
The problem is, A) it's wasteful, and B) it's risky; brinksmanship can lead to actual conflict.
It worked. It broke the economy of the Soviet Union.
What a convenient post-hoc rationalization for a monumental waste of money that is. I guess that may have accelerated the fall of the Soviet Union by a month or two, at a cost of billions, but I'll bet the ROI from giving Stingers to the Afghanis was at least a million times better. (Just imagine how things would be in Iraq now if the insurgents had more than RPGs and light machine guns to bring down our helicopters and airplanes).
Aren't lift and drag fundamentally the same? You want a wing with the maximum vertical yet minimum longitudinal "drag." Once you achieve that ratio, reducing the required vertical drag would seem the obvious way of reducing the unwanted longitudinal drag.
Typically, fatigue cracking has been the limiting factor in aircraft structures, and has caused numerous crashes.
That is the issue. It doesn't really matter whether the wings can bend until they touch when they are brand new. What matters is whether they will hold up after billions of tiny deflections, especially if there is a defect deep inside or as they get chipped, etc.
A family *is* a collective effort. It's simply a matter of which group you choose to identify with most closely. If you give more than just your professional life to your employer, then there's less of you remaining to share with other people, such as sharing meals with them. The "live at work" arrangements are probably great for people with co-workers as their primary social contacts, and I can see why an employer would encourage that. But for me, it's family - before, during, and after any particular job that I hold. So I prefer perks like flexible work hours, solid family health plan, telecommuting (especially if I have to work late), or, yes, extra cash to take a trip or whatever.
That said, a job is much more than perks and benefits, and google sounds great in the areas of creativity and productivity (based on the number of new products they are always releasing).
Do you, by any chance, fit the "college kid" demographic referred to in the article?
I am a family man. The idea of eating 3 meals per day at work doesn't fit at all. Dentistry at work? Interesting, but I'd prefer a traditional plan, because I personally am only 1/6 (less, actually) of the dental needs that I am responsible for. Am I making sense? It seems like the benefits are all based on the employee/company relationship, but most of those needs are already met by my other relationships, and maintaining those is a higher priority for me. Instead of a gourmet meal for myself at work, I'd rather have the cash towards some hamburgers I can eat at home with my family.
of how long you'll live. Why? The skew caused by child mortality. According to UNICEF child mortality statistics, a child born in Kenya is over 3 times more likely to die before five years old than one born in China,
I don't know why you consider child mortality a "skew"; personally I'm very glad I didn't die as a child, and very glad that none of my children has died. In fact, if life expectancy had to be 55 years, I think it would be better if it were the young that were living, since the quality of life is less when your body is old and broken down by untreated diseases.
How many of these are "real world"? Well, medical and CFD applications are significant, but hardly what you'd call mainstream, and the raytracing may have been used in Titanic on a smaller scale, but IMAX is under no threat at this time.
Quit thinking so hard! People everywhere are setting up data centers that do nothing but serve huge numbers of clients over the Internet simultaneously. Now IBM can fit 4096 cores into a single 6 foot rack. I'd think any garden variety server farm could save a bundle. IBM big iron isn't cheap, but compared to an entire warehouse and the power for it, and all the manpower to rig up a couple thousand PC's, the IBM solution starts to sound pretty good.
In fact, I wonder if google is still using warehouses full of normal PC hardware?
I know the Slashdot set is rife with conspiracy theories but Apple and AT&T simply want to avoid the nightmare that other phones cause
You can't make something false just by calling it a conspiracy. Think about it: limited voice, unlimited data. Why would somebody not install some software to circumvent this arbitrary distinction if they could? Apple already has more than a little experience selling devices that accept 3rd party applications - I seem to recall they got their start in personal computers:)
I guess I read "mechanization" more broadly, like in "rage against the machine." The hippy concept of "the machine" or "the system" is all the rules and expectations that we have to follow to be considered normal. The drive for increased efficiency does progressively tighten the screws on all of us to follow the script ever more closely. Instead of unstructured play, kids today attend courses in everything from music to martial arts, while their parents both hold jobs and work long hours, and carefully maintain the credit records that follow them almost from birth to death.
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I'm glad the states are taking the lead on this, but I don't think they can succeed alone because there are open borders between states. The needy will simply flock to whichever state has the best health care. The same could be somewhat true on a national level, but only somewhat... you can't be "deported" from Kansas to Arkansas.
Me, I've gone back to a B&W laser printer at home and only print photos at a store - when I do it at all, which is extremely rare. For the hassle of finding the right kind of cartrige, and then paying through the nose for it, it's just not worth it to me. WalMart seems to be in a stronger position to negotiate toner prices with Kodak than I am.
My experience with my Garmin GPS is that you cannot rely on precise locations - especially of addresses, though also offramps at times. The best strategy I've found is to get the basic route (such as "now head east on US 89") from the GPS, but then use the signs on the road to do that, rather than looking too closely at the GPS.
I was afraid somebody would say that. I went to a roller-skating rink for the first time in 15 years lately and the music really sucked :)
I have a feeling the truth is more nuanced than what you said. Got a reputable cite?
And all the other music distribution cartels are free to pick up the slack. Oh, wait...
The guy can make a good album singlehandedly, if need be - playing all the instruments, vocals, and producing it. At least in that sense, he is objectively superior to these clowns who can't even get their lip-synching and synchronized dancing down.
Listen to Purple Rain lately? It doesn't even sound dated, because it wasn't just a tweak on whatever else was in the top 40 at the time.
It's particularly hilarious that this call came from Yahoo!, a company which first based itself on manual classification of web pages to categories, like a big yellow pages. It failed, and content-based searching now rules the day. (Some would argue pagerank is based more on links rather than content, but the point is, the system still relies on information - including links - made for the consumption of people).
IMHO VMWare took a huge chunk out of the open source alternatives when they released the Player and Server for free (as in beer).
Seems odd to me, too. If Microsoft is going to subsidize loss-leader PCs to make sure Windows preinstalls are the norm in India like they are here, why not just bribe the OEMs who sell there to preinstall Windows?
The problem is, A) it's wasteful, and B) it's risky; brinksmanship can lead to actual conflict.
Aren't lift and drag fundamentally the same? You want a wing with the maximum vertical yet minimum longitudinal "drag." Once you achieve that ratio, reducing the required vertical drag would seem the obvious way of reducing the unwanted longitudinal drag.
That said, a job is much more than perks and benefits, and google sounds great in the areas of creativity and productivity (based on the number of new products they are always releasing).
I am a family man. The idea of eating 3 meals per day at work doesn't fit at all. Dentistry at work? Interesting, but I'd prefer a traditional plan, because I personally am only 1/6 (less, actually) of the dental needs that I am responsible for. Am I making sense? It seems like the benefits are all based on the employee/company relationship, but most of those needs are already met by my other relationships, and maintaining those is a higher priority for me. Instead of a gourmet meal for myself at work, I'd rather have the cash towards some hamburgers I can eat at home with my family.
In fact, I wonder if google is still using warehouses full of normal PC hardware?
I guess I read "mechanization" more broadly, like in "rage against the machine." The hippy concept of "the machine" or "the system" is all the rules and expectations that we have to follow to be considered normal. The drive for increased efficiency does progressively tighten the screws on all of us to follow the script ever more closely. Instead of unstructured play, kids today attend courses in everything from music to martial arts, while their parents both hold jobs and work long hours, and carefully maintain the credit records that follow them almost from birth to death.