Personally Mythbusters lost all credibility with me when one of the myths they "busted", the Archimedes Death Ray, was later proved by MIT to be possible (see http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/lectures/10_Archimede sResult.html).
For a show that boldly claims to "bust" myths, the fact that they were wrong about something due to their own incompetence just makes the whole thing somewhat pointless.
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>> While the Apple 2 was by no means a failure, it was hardly a huge cash cow either.
The Apple// was a HUGE cash cow! It allowed Apple to become the fastest growing company in history in terms of revenue back then, and for a long time it financed Mac development because Macs didn't sell in large numbers initially and was very expensive to develop and build.
I was working at GeoWorks at the time, and I wrote Blackjack and Poker for the Zoomer (part of the Quick Shuffle Game Pack). Developing software for it, like that for any GEOS application at the time, was funky - you develop it on a Sun workstation connected to a PC. I never had access to a Zoomer during development. My programs were developed completely on the PC and they just ran on the Zoomer. And everything had to be written in assembly (although GeoWorks did manage to create a C development solution after a lot of delays, on which the spreadsheet was written in).
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We're obliged to those readers who sent us the breathless news that today's Der Spiegel says crows have been fingered as the culprits. Apparently the crow pecks a small hole in the toad to get at the liver. The toad begins to inflate itself - its normal defence mechanism - but because there is no separation between lung cavity and abdomen, the poor blighter keeps on expanding until it goes pop. That's the gist of it, at least. We're going to conclude by noting that if you tried to make this up, your friends would probably advise you to seek professional help.
Sorry, you are very confused.
The skidpad ratings you are quoting are done ON A SKIDPAD with a small radius (most magazines use 300ft), at not-very-high speeds.
F1 and Indy cars routinely do > 2Gs in highspeed turns, and up to 5Gs when braking.
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This discussion is about flat panels, not projection TVs. You bought a projection TV.
The Mail application is missing most of its icons.
But remember, when Steve Jobs bought it it was just a small special effects shop, certainly not the Pixar we know today.
Your friend is right. But with dial-up you can still get infected. Why don't you not get online instead? That way you will be 100% safe.
Personally Mythbusters lost all credibility with me when one of the myths they "busted", the Archimedes Death Ray, was later proved by MIT to be possible (see http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/lectures/10_Archimede sResult.html).
For a show that boldly claims to "bust" myths, the fact that they were wrong about something due to their own incompetence just makes the whole thing somewhat pointless.
>> While the Apple 2 was by no means a failure, it was hardly a huge cash cow either.
// was a HUGE cash cow! It allowed Apple to become the fastest growing company in history in terms of revenue back then, and for a long time it financed Mac development because Macs didn't sell in large numbers initially and was very expensive to develop and build.
The Apple
I was working at GeoWorks at the time, and I wrote Blackjack and Poker for the Zoomer (part of the Quick Shuffle Game Pack). Developing software for it, like that for any GEOS application at the time, was funky - you develop it on a Sun workstation connected to a PC. I never had access to a Zoomer during development. My programs were developed completely on the PC and they just ran on the Zoomer. And everything had to be written in assembly (although GeoWorks did manage to create a C development solution after a lot of delays, on which the spreadsheet was written in).
We're obliged to those readers who sent us the breathless news that today's Der Spiegel says crows have been fingered as the culprits. Apparently the crow pecks a small hole in the toad to get at the liver. The toad begins to inflate itself - its normal defence mechanism - but because there is no separation between lung cavity and abdomen, the poor blighter keeps on expanding until it goes pop. That's the gist of it, at least. We're going to conclude by noting that if you tried to make this up, your friends would probably advise you to seek professional help.
They are for projectors or projection TVs.
So that when the computer becomes obsolete, you can still use it as a plain old LCD monitor.
Or plug in your laptop and use it as a monitor.
Sorry, you are very confused. The skidpad ratings you are quoting are done ON A SKIDPAD with a small radius (most magazines use 300ft), at not-very-high speeds. F1 and Indy cars routinely do > 2Gs in highspeed turns, and up to 5Gs when braking.
Actually Indy and F1 cars only need to travel at about 200mph for the downforce to be > weight of the car, and travel upside down.