I believe that Cisco owns the trademark for "iPhone". I find it hypocritical that Apple appropriated this trademark for their own product without compensation and then turns around and sues their own fanbois for copying their cute icons.
It's really dangerous to use spreadsheets for anything more than small, trivial tables. You should use a database which has tools to ensure data integrity and SQL is a much more flexible and audit-able method to process data.
I cringe whenever I hear some spreadsheet jockey bragging about the size of his spreadsheet... you know it is just chock full of crap data and calculation errors.
It's a shame that you've spent 15 years stuck on spreadsheets. Spend some time to learn a database.
The NSLU does not attempt to restart after power-off. You have to manually start it. This prevents it from trying to restart drives with odd power fluctuations and will prevent damage from power fluctuations. Your drives probably died from some other cause. The NSLU doesn't have recovery from power-off so it couldn't have caused the damage.
BTW, there is a hardware mod you can do which will restart after power off... this requires solder iron and extra parts... did you do this mod?
I know it's a drag to introduce facts to the cult of the Apple fanboi but if you are considering the quality of the AirPort you may want to look at these recent "bugs" that were fixed:
The AirPort Express Firmware Updater addresses reliability and resolves issues with AirTunes, AirPort compatibility, and issues with some third party Routers.
-Resolves issue with Audio dropout when playing to AirPort Express with AirTunes
-Resolves issue with Wireless Disabled mode for AirPort Express
-Resolves issue with AirPort Extreme LAN Performance
-Resolves issue when enabling AOL Parental Controls
-Resolves issue with vulnerability to Denial of Service Attacks (bonk)
-Resolves issue with wireless internet access through AirPort via some PPPoA DSL Routers
-Improved reliability when printing through AirPort base stations
-Improved support for RADIUS servers
-Improved support for Network Time Servers (NTP) for AirPort when using an IP addresses
Also, there seems to be a new issue with AirPort process hogging CPU with VPN present.
However, it is a closed system. As long as it does what you need (and you don't want a web server), it should be fine but the Linksys NSLU2 is an open system that can be customized to do whatever you want.
BTW, the Linksys WRT54G WiFi router also is open source and people have added an amazing range of capabilities. there are about five different open source projects customizing it.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G
The Linksys NSLU2 network storage link is a handy little unit (less than $100) that will share USB drives and serve web pages. It's open source so of course it runs Linux http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Main/HomePage and an amazing number of applications have been ported to it.
Good point about "no military = no coup". Unfortunately, the military in most countries is used to keep the domestic population under control.
I'm not sure that US protection is guaranteed, however. It probably depends on who is doing the threatening. If Costa Rica had a left wing government (such as Venezuela) and was invaded by a right wing country, the US might just ignore the situation to ensure that a more friendly government was installed.
Farmers and industry already use large amounts of anhydrous ammonia (farmers for fertilizer, industry for refrigeration and as a chemical component). The sale, storage, and use of this chemical is common and your home use of this chemical should present no regulatory problems.
I think you are right that HD and wide screen will become (or may already have become) the norm. As such, they will be adopted as people replace equipment.
However, I don't know that many people are rushing out to buy HD equipment. They are buying flat screen TVs (but a lot of these aren't HD) as a new bigger, brighter TV set. They aren't buying HD DVD players, though.
I would submit that your friends are ninnies, and that you draw your conclusions from too little data.
You're right. I don't have many geek friends. My data is also anecdotal, limited, and probably biased. However, my point is that most "average" people are clueless about HD. I am skeptical that there is a "market" for HD. (I am also usually wrong about "consumers" and "markets".)
Most of my friends who have the new wide screen HD TVs don't have HD service. Furthermore, they stretch standard TV to fill their wide screen which makes everyone look fat. They end up with a low quality distorted picture but they are really impressed with their new "media experience". This is the real HD experience. I doubt there is any real demand for true HD.
I don't expect peer reviewed leading edge science from SA but I do expect high quality review articles by experts.
I'm sorry but Bill Gates may be a wonderful person in many respects but he is not an expert on robots by any stretch of the imagination. This is clearly a corporate puff-piece and most likely was ghost written. Hopefully, it is well written and does not contain too many errors or distortions.
This is about science (fact), not faith (religion). The article is about not looking stupid by saying things that are not true.
Science is not religion. It is based on observable (repeatable) fact.
Religion is not observable, provable fact, it is faith. If you observe a god acting to cure disease, end famine and war, etc. then you could call it science. However, if all you can do is hope that god will cure disease, end famine and war, etc. then you call it faith and it is a religion.
I gave up on Scientific American many years ago... it's too much like "popular science" with this type of superficial "gee whiz" type articles and short on rigorous review articles. This Bill Gates article is typical... it's just marketing hype.
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Roomba's are poor quality (but expensive) toys. They don't last. I burned through three until the warranty ran out and I gave up.
Also, they require constant tending unless you design your house for them... (i.e. they get stuck under furniture, caught on throw rugs, wires, chair legs, heater registers, and just about anything that makes a bump in the floor.)
The other key factor is that corporations have no conscience. The individuals who make up the corporation abdicate moral responsibility. Each individual is not responsible for the corporation so therefore nobody is responsible.
This psychopathic behavior is key to understanding corporations.
Most of the plugs designs that I have encountered (US and EU plugs) that have an earth connector make this longer so it contacts first... a good design.
The shutters are also good in theory but I have run across a lot of these that are broken, stuck, etc. so this mostly becomes a pain and leads to dangerous actions like sticking some tool into the socket to pry open.
As far as stepping on plugs... I guess it must be a cultural thing to unplug items not in use and leave the plugs on the floor as spiked traps. In the US, we usually just leave things plugged in (and the circuit is live... we don't have those little switches on the sockets that you have in the UK)... of course, 110v is less of a hazard than 220v (but still lethal, etc.).
BTW, I just pulled out a South Africa plug adapter that I have and it is much bigger than even the UK plug... this thing could handle some serious current... enough to jump start Frankenstein!
I've often wondered about those huge UK plugs (which have spread to most of the former colonies where I encounter them). They seem like they could easily handle several hundred amps of current when any reasonable design would only need to handle 10 or 20 amps (like the "tiny" US or European plugs).
I am wondering if this "over-engineered" plug is the result of very conservative design or a fundamental misunderstanding of electricity). Either way, it's a pain to have to carry these huge plugs when traveling.
The situation is similar to that of our elected officials accepting gifts and campaign contributions from big corps (and small-time hustlers) and then voting for legislation to help the contributors.
They claim that they were not influenced by the gifts but we all know they are lying.
I wonder about your credibility when you don't even know that Calc has "basic graphing facilities". (These are, IMHO, better than those in MS Excel... but what do I know... I just use the software.)
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I believe that Cisco owns the trademark for "iPhone". I find it hypocritical that Apple appropriated this trademark for their own product without compensation and then turns around and sues their own fanbois for copying their cute icons.
I cringe whenever I hear some spreadsheet jockey bragging about the size of his spreadsheet... you know it is just chock full of crap data and calculation errors.
It's a shame that you've spent 15 years stuck on spreadsheets. Spend some time to learn a database.
BTW, there is a hardware mod you can do which will restart after power off... this requires solder iron and extra parts... did you do this mod?
The AirPort Express Firmware Updater addresses reliability and resolves issues with AirTunes, AirPort compatibility, and issues with some third party Routers.
-Resolves issue with Audio dropout when playing to AirPort Express with AirTunes -Resolves issue with Wireless Disabled mode for AirPort Express -Resolves issue with AirPort Extreme LAN Performance -Resolves issue when enabling AOL Parental Controls -Resolves issue with vulnerability to Denial of Service Attacks (bonk) -Resolves issue with wireless internet access through AirPort via some PPPoA DSL Routers -Improved reliability when printing through AirPort base stations -Improved support for RADIUS servers -Improved support for Network Time Servers (NTP) for AirPort when using an IP addresses
Also, there seems to be a new issue with AirPort process hogging CPU with VPN present.
Choose your turds wisely.
Which part of "The observers chose the "high fertility" subject nearly 60% more of the time than would be expected by chance" don't you understand?
However, it is a closed system. As long as it does what you need (and you don't want a web server), it should be fine but the Linksys NSLU2 is an open system that can be customized to do whatever you want.
BTW, the Linksys WRT54G WiFi router also is open source and people have added an amazing range of capabilities. there are about five different open source projects customizing it.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G
The Linksys NSLU2 network storage link is a handy little unit (less than $100) that will share USB drives and serve web pages. It's open source so of course it runs Linux http://www.nslu2-linux.org/wiki/Main/HomePage and an amazing number of applications have been ported to it.
You've probably been using the wrong tools.
Obligatory Wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_Un ited_States#Manufacturing
I'm not sure that US protection is guaranteed, however. It probably depends on who is doing the threatening. If Costa Rica had a left wing government (such as Venezuela) and was invaded by a right wing country, the US might just ignore the situation to ensure that a more friendly government was installed.
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos /cs.html#Military
Farmers and industry already use large amounts of anhydrous ammonia (farmers for fertilizer, industry for refrigeration and as a chemical component). The sale, storage, and use of this chemical is common and your home use of this chemical should present no regulatory problems.
However, I don't know that many people are rushing out to buy HD equipment. They are buying flat screen TVs (but a lot of these aren't HD) as a new bigger, brighter TV set. They aren't buying HD DVD players, though.
An interesting side note on formats...
Most of my friends who have the new wide screen HD TVs don't have HD service. Furthermore, they stretch standard TV to fill their wide screen which makes everyone look fat. They end up with a low quality distorted picture but they are really impressed with their new "media experience". This is the real HD experience. I doubt there is any real demand for true HD.
I'm sorry but Bill Gates may be a wonderful person in many respects but he is not an expert on robots by any stretch of the imagination. This is clearly a corporate puff-piece and most likely was ghost written. Hopefully, it is well written and does not contain too many errors or distortions.
Science is not religion. It is based on observable (repeatable) fact.
Religion is not observable, provable fact, it is faith. If you observe a god acting to cure disease, end famine and war, etc. then you could call it science. However, if all you can do is hope that god will cure disease, end famine and war, etc. then you call it faith and it is a religion.
Science is not a religion.
I gave up on Scientific American many years ago... it's too much like "popular science" with this type of superficial "gee whiz" type articles and short on rigorous review articles. This Bill Gates article is typical... it's just marketing hype.
Also, they require constant tending unless you design your house for them... (i.e. they get stuck under furniture, caught on throw rugs, wires, chair legs, heater registers, and just about anything that makes a bump in the floor.)
This psychopathic behavior is key to understanding corporations.
The shutters are also good in theory but I have run across a lot of these that are broken, stuck, etc. so this mostly becomes a pain and leads to dangerous actions like sticking some tool into the socket to pry open.
As far as stepping on plugs... I guess it must be a cultural thing to unplug items not in use and leave the plugs on the floor as spiked traps. In the US, we usually just leave things plugged in (and the circuit is live... we don't have those little switches on the sockets that you have in the UK)... of course, 110v is less of a hazard than 220v (but still lethal, etc.).
BTW, I just pulled out a South Africa plug adapter that I have and it is much bigger than even the UK plug... this thing could handle some serious current... enough to jump start Frankenstein!
... but does it run Linux?
I am wondering if this "over-engineered" plug is the result of very conservative design or a fundamental misunderstanding of electricity). Either way, it's a pain to have to carry these huge plugs when traveling.
They claim that they were not influenced by the gifts but we all know they are lying.
I wonder about your credibility when you don't even know that Calc has "basic graphing facilities". (These are, IMHO, better than those in MS Excel... but what do I know... I just use the software.)