Only fools believe in Aliens! There's simply no such thing!
The beings which visit me regularly are from an invisible underwater colony called B'ngruk. They say they're not planning to take over earth; I don't believe them. (but the voices in my head do!)
Yet another reason not to discard old or unused computer hardware.
Give it to a charity for a tax write-off, or sell it on ebay - someone, somewhere probably wants it.
Same goes for used batteries. Dont donate or sell these, but please don't throw them away! Collect them in a box or something and take them to a recycling center.
How many people bitching about toxic chemicals here even know where their local recycling center is?
The semiconductor business is a filthy one. As mentioned, a LOT of toxic substances are required to produce the computers that we enjoy. I don't like that fact one bit, but...
This is certainly the most effective & least expensive method to produce these things. Would you pay $129 for a piece of memory that claimed to be manufactured in an environmentaly friendly way, when the "regular" memory of the same type and size was only $59? I didn't think so. Do you think that corporations or government would pay a much higher price for what amounts to the same product? Doubt it. The key would be to produce "clean" computer components in a cost effective way. If someone could pull this off, I think that it could signal the beginning of government mandates and corporate policies requiring that all procured components come from "clean" manufacturers. But that isnt going to happen any time soon.
I'm not advocating the filthy practices, just viewing them from a practical point of view. It would take some serious R&D to come up with a cost effective and "clean" chip fab facility.
VW and Audi have a history of catering to the "tinkerer". There was recent news about congress mandating the auto makers to release their computer fault code information (GM in particular was enjoying their monopoly on service). VW and Audi have always released this information to the public. In addition, there is a $200 product from ross-tech.com that allows you complete access to all the onboard computer's functions - absolutely everything that the dealer's diagnostic computers can do. And it's a read-write device, so you can change onboard computer settings too! Couple that with the VW/Audi 1.8T engine which began as a 150 hp model - tuners have bumped this baby up to 350+ hp with just bolt-on components and software changes!! No internal engine modifications whatsoever! Gotta love those wacky Germans for making the best cars on this earth.
I think there are tangible benefits to come of such regulations, however there are also potential drawbacks.
I do All my own maintenance and repairs on my 18 year old Audi, and on my GF's 19 year old Audi. I would definitely NOT trust Joe mechanic at the corner gas station or auto shop to fix it. If there is a task that needs completing, and I find that it's too cold outside, or I don't have time - I take it exclusively to my local independant VW/Audi Mechanic. The guy has no education or certifications to speak of, but he's been working on these cars for 25+ years out of passion for these brands. He knows more about them than any "certified" mechanic I've ever meet or heard of. Point being that a certification is not needed to produce a competant technical worker.
On the other hand, I used to work with a guy who has an MCSE (no I'm not bashing all MCSE's here) who didn't know a screw driver from a bus driver. I mean, this guy couldn't even create a simple DOS batch file, was unable to successfully implement a 2-node microsoft cluster in 2 months time, and was clueless about settings in IIS. I also knew a fellow that was an aspiring auto mechanic. Despite having 8 different industry certifications, he was an awful mechanic - and he admitted it. Point here is that a certification definitely does not equal competancy.
I think however that industry regulations would definitely weed out some of the wannabe's, though if it is an expensive or lengthy ordeal, it may deter potential talent.
I remember demos by groups such as "Future Crew" that had awesome real-time 3D graphics that displayed beautifully on my 386 and 486 computers. Man I miss the old demo scene!
It's not at all a matter of courtesy and common sense. It's a technical matter. There's quite a difference.
To reiterate my point - if said hobbist puts up a web page for just his buddies, he should have tweaked his web server to allow no more than, say, four concurrent connections. Even four is probably overkill. Will it still be inaccessible when thousands of/.ers all try to hit it at once? Yes. But it will not crash Joe Hobbyist's server, and it won't rack up a high bandwidth bill for him either.
If a dance club doesn't want more than a 100 people in their club at a time, what do they do? They have the bouncer count heads and once capacity reaches 100, only admit one person for every person that exits. It's quite simple really. Does the club manager care if 50,000 people want to get into his club? No! Because he know's there is the 100 person limit in effect. If the club manager doesn't limit the capacity, it's his own damn fault when 600 people pack themselves into a club that only has room for 100 and a riot ensues.
The same goes for a web server. If you don't want to pay for 3 terabytes of bandwidth - set your server settings accordingly.
There is no good solution at the moment. But a good solution could possibly involve some sort of adaptive bandwidth throttling done on the server side to avoid getting a huge over-bandwidth charge.
Agreed about the guns and rioters, but viewing web pages (even by hordes of geeky/.ers) for (mostly) educational purposes is hardly criminal - It's a technological problem with no perfect immediate solution.
What for? And what were the "enthusiasts" supposed to take note of from the article?
I have a lian li PC60usb and it works great. The price was decent, and I don't know what the author of the article was smoking when he said it's too cramped inside. FWIW I have a *watercooled* Dual athlon with SCSI raid array (& FULL length 64 bit pci scsi raid card), DVD, CDR and I'm using ALL the pci slots. And it fits fine in a pc60.
I think the author of the article was just biased against lian-li for some reason. who knows.
Your correct! No, they are not the ones responsible.
Guns don't kill people - people kill people.
And tell me why I am a non-smoker when I've been exposed to all the same tobacco advertising and peer-pressure that everyone else has?
Because I am responsible for my own actions. Thats why.
Blaming tobacco companies for smoking and gun manufacturers for gun related violence is a wimpy escape for weak minded sheep who have no sense of personal accountability.
I suppose you also think that Mac Donalds is responsible for all the fat-assed Americans being so fat? And maybe the rope manufactueres are responsible for all the suicides commited by hanging ones self?
It is preposterous to expect slashdot to be responsible for linking to someone else's site. By putting content on the WWW, you are explicitly allowing others to visit your site.
The site operators are the ones who are liable for their own content and their own bandwidth usage. If they don't want more than a certain number of people visiting their site, they should tweak their web server accordingly. Not everyone has bandwidth that is metered.
Just because I'm a firm believer in capitalism doesn't mean I agree with the WAY overinflated compensation packages of US based CEO's and assorted other upper management...
This guy is a useless TROLL bitch. Trolling4dollars needs to get a freakin clue. Perhaps we'll get lucky and some day this foolish liberal swine will be put out of his misery.
Perhaps some day you will see the light and realize that this great man works to expose the lies and half-truths of ineffectual limp-dick liberals everywhere.
What kind of a Moron are you??? Moussaoui was already in custody on unrelated (immigration) charges in August - the month BEFORE the attack.
He was just another illegal alien at the time - I'm sure he didn't come out and tell them "Oh, BTW I'm a terrorist". It wasn't until Sept 11th that the FBI and CIA took interest in him, and of course they already had his possessions (including said laptop) confiscated by then.
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Would that be Iraq or North Korea? ;-)
Yet Another Reason Clinton Was a Buffoon.
He also appointed Judge CKK who BTW gave M$ that completely useless "settlement".
Yes. Just to enjoy the transient pleasure of tasting their flesh. Got a problem with that? Mmmmm... Bacon is good!
What happened to the ball? I thought it was supposed to be a black and white sphere? And what are the helmets for?
Only fools believe in Aliens! There's simply no such thing!
The beings which visit me regularly are from an invisible underwater colony called B'ngruk. They say they're not planning to take over earth; I don't believe them. (but the voices in my head do!)
Space Aliens... ha!
Yet another reason not to discard old or unused computer hardware.
Give it to a charity for a tax write-off, or sell it on ebay - someone, somewhere probably wants it.
Same goes for used batteries. Dont donate or sell these, but please don't throw them away! Collect them in a box or something and take them to a recycling center.
How many people bitching about toxic chemicals here even know where their local recycling center is?
The semiconductor business is a filthy one. As mentioned, a LOT of toxic substances are required to produce the computers that we enjoy. I don't like that fact one bit, but...
This is certainly the most effective & least expensive method to produce these things. Would you pay $129 for a piece of memory that claimed to be manufactured in an environmentaly friendly way, when the "regular" memory of the same type and size was only $59? I didn't think so. Do you think that corporations or government would pay a much higher price for what amounts to the same product? Doubt it. The key would be to produce "clean" computer components in a cost effective way. If someone could pull this off, I think that it could signal the beginning of government mandates and corporate policies requiring that all procured components come from "clean" manufacturers. But that isnt going to happen any time soon.
I'm not advocating the filthy practices, just viewing them from a practical point of view. It would take some serious R&D to come up with a cost effective and "clean" chip fab facility.
Just my 2 cents.
VW and Audi have a history of catering to the "tinkerer". There was recent news about congress mandating the auto makers to release their computer fault code information (GM in particular was enjoying their monopoly on service). VW and Audi have always released this information to the public. In addition, there is a $200 product from ross-tech.com that allows you complete access to all the onboard computer's functions - absolutely everything that the dealer's diagnostic computers can do. And it's a read-write device, so you can change onboard computer settings too! Couple that with the VW/Audi 1.8T engine which began as a 150 hp model - tuners have bumped this baby up to 350+ hp with just bolt-on components and software changes!! No internal engine modifications whatsoever! Gotta love those wacky Germans for making the best cars on this earth.
This sounds like the installation manual for the generic-brand motherboard I just bought ;-)
Have you read "x86 Assembly Language for Dummies"?
agreed
I think there are tangible benefits to come of such regulations, however there are also potential drawbacks.
I do All my own maintenance and repairs on my 18 year old Audi, and on my GF's 19 year old Audi. I would definitely NOT trust Joe mechanic at the corner gas station or auto shop to fix it. If there is a task that needs completing, and I find that it's too cold outside, or I don't have time - I take it exclusively to my local independant VW/Audi Mechanic. The guy has no education or certifications to speak of, but he's been working on these cars for 25+ years out of passion for these brands. He knows more about them than any "certified" mechanic I've ever meet or heard of. Point being that a certification is not needed to produce a competant technical worker.
On the other hand, I used to work with a guy who has an MCSE (no I'm not bashing all MCSE's here) who didn't know a screw driver from a bus driver. I mean, this guy couldn't even create a simple DOS batch file, was unable to successfully implement a 2-node microsoft cluster in 2 months time, and was clueless about settings in IIS. I also knew a fellow that was an aspiring auto mechanic. Despite having 8 different industry certifications, he was an awful mechanic - and he admitted it. Point here is that a certification definitely does not equal competancy.
I think however that industry regulations would definitely weed out some of the wannabe's, though if it is an expensive or lengthy ordeal, it may deter potential talent.
Just my 2 cents.
I remember demos by groups such as "Future Crew" that had awesome real-time 3D graphics that displayed beautifully on my 386 and 486 computers. Man I miss the old demo scene!
It's not at all a matter of courtesy and common sense. It's a technical matter. There's quite a difference.
/.ers all try to hit it at once? Yes. But it will not crash Joe Hobbyist's server, and it won't rack up a high bandwidth bill for him either.
To reiterate my point - if said hobbist puts up a web page for just his buddies, he should have tweaked his web server to allow no more than, say, four concurrent connections. Even four is probably overkill. Will it still be inaccessible when thousands of
If a dance club doesn't want more than a 100 people in their club at a time, what do they do? They have the bouncer count heads and once capacity reaches 100, only admit one person for every person that exits. It's quite simple really. Does the club manager care if 50,000 people want to get into his club? No! Because he know's there is the 100 person limit in effect. If the club manager doesn't limit the capacity, it's his own damn fault when 600 people pack themselves into a club that only has room for 100 and a riot ensues.
The same goes for a web server. If you don't want to pay for 3 terabytes of bandwidth - set your server settings accordingly.
Thanks for YOUR troll though.
I agree 100%.
/.ers) for (mostly) educational purposes is hardly criminal - It's a technological problem with no perfect immediate solution.
There is no good solution at the moment. But a good solution could possibly involve some sort of adaptive bandwidth throttling done on the server side to avoid getting a huge over-bandwidth charge.
Agreed about the guns and rioters, but viewing web pages (even by hordes of geeky
What for? And what were the "enthusiasts" supposed to take note of from the article?
I have a lian li PC60usb and it works great. The price was decent, and I don't know what the author of the article was smoking when he said it's too cramped inside. FWIW I have a *watercooled* Dual athlon with SCSI raid array (& FULL length 64 bit pci scsi raid card), DVD, CDR and I'm using ALL the pci slots. And it fits fine in a pc60.
I think the author of the article was just biased against lian-li for some reason. who knows.
Your correct! No, they are not the ones responsible.
Guns don't kill people - people kill people.
And tell me why I am a non-smoker when I've been exposed to all the same tobacco advertising and peer-pressure that everyone else has?
Because I am responsible for my own actions. Thats why.
Blaming tobacco companies for smoking and gun manufacturers for gun related violence is a wimpy escape for weak minded sheep who have no sense of personal accountability.
I suppose you also think that Mac Donalds is responsible for all the fat-assed Americans being so fat? And maybe the rope manufactueres are responsible for all the suicides commited by hanging ones self?
It is preposterous to expect slashdot to be responsible for linking to someone else's site. By putting content on the WWW, you are explicitly allowing others to visit your site.
The site operators are the ones who are liable for their own content and their own bandwidth usage. If they don't want more than a certain number of people visiting their site, they should tweak their web server accordingly. Not everyone has bandwidth that is metered.
just my 2 cents.
Just because I'm a firm believer in capitalism doesn't mean I agree with the WAY overinflated compensation packages of US based CEO's and assorted other upper management...
losing my job?
This guy is a useless TROLL bitch. Trolling4dollars needs to get a freakin clue. Perhaps we'll get lucky and some day this foolish liberal swine will be put out of his misery.
Wassup, TROLL!
Did I mention... your now an uber troll? hahahahaha
Perhaps some day you will see the light and realize that this great man works to expose the lies and half-truths of ineffectual limp-dick liberals everywhere.
Until then, piss off.
What kind of a Moron are you??? Moussaoui was already in custody on unrelated (immigration) charges in August - the month BEFORE the attack.
He was just another illegal alien at the time - I'm sure he didn't come out and tell them "Oh, BTW I'm a terrorist". It wasn't until Sept 11th that the FBI and CIA took interest in him, and of course they already had his possessions (including said laptop) confiscated by then.
Do a bit of homework before posting, will ya?
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