http://www.planomolding.com/
Simple, modular, and clear. Many models use real pivoting hinges rather than flexible plastic ones. They come in many sizes, the interior compartments are user-configureable, they are inexpensive, and carried by plenty of brick-and-mortar stores, so you can try before you buy.
How do you ensure that user installed application D cannot interfere with user installed applications A, B or C?
The operating system already protects users from other users, so it should protect applications from being knocked out by other applications, even if both are running as the same user. Negative example: the file extension wars between applications in Windows.
I see much benefit to each application only running in a limited-permission environment so the new app I installed can only do what I said it can do: modify files in this directory, modify it's own files, view these files. Give me a checkbox to turn on and off it's access to the network.
This sounds like a great idea, and I'm sure someone will chime in shortly with lists of systems that do this.:)
The biggest score Microsoft has had is convincing it's users that all of the rebooting and crashing and poorly-designed security features are to be expected in powerful software, and to expect to not only pay for such software, but buy extra software and pay consultants to work around these misfeatures.
I don't know if making "Redhat" a synonym of "Linux" is all MS's fault though.
A LED light like the CMG Infinity will run for 30-48 hours on an AA battery. The brighter CMG Infinity Ultra will run for 10-12 hours on the same battery. http://www.cmgequipment.com/Infinity_New.html
Since it's only used for a few minutes every night, batteries last for months. Check out the Avexa Swiss Light (link in my previous post) for a much more modern take on the solar-powered flashlight.
I worked with HP printers for the last three years. No name toner carts were a constant source of calls, mainly because they were recycled and either leaked toner or had scarred defects on the roller, making output ugly for regulatory review or recordkeeping or customer viewing.
The HP carts were roughly twice as much as the POS carts, yet even when we were sending back two carts per day for replacement before empty, and rarely an HP cart, the supply people could never see that they were wasting money: returned carts, cost for "service", lost productivity, ruined output.
And did they make output. One department had 8 printers running three shifts, and produced over 100,000 pages per printer per month. That's roughly 4 tons (3600 kg) of paper. Did I mention regulatory review?
Actually, in some places in the USA, it is not theft for me to take back possession of something illegally taken from me. I am however, not forgiven for any crimes I commit while recovering that property, nor does it protect me from prosecution if I 'recover' the wrong thing. I can take it back, but not steal it back.
For example, if you steal my CD player, I can take it back without offering you physical violence, or breaking into your home.
However, these are dealing with tangible property. I don't think I can take posession of illegal copies of copyrighted material, because the copies, while illegal, are not mine.
The link I offer quite completely explains how there are two factors affecting the service life of a Li-Ion battery:
1) The expiration of the battery to due simple calendar age.
2) The wear on the battery caused by the load pattern.
I never claimed that there was no fault by IBM. They could be drawing too much current from the battery, and forcing the cells into early voltage shutdown, or maybe equipped a low-end laptop with a crappy charging circuit. The link, written by someone much more knowledgeable than you or I, clearly describes acceptable and unacceptable usage conditions for Li-Ion cells in much more detail than the "Discharge the battery completely" and "Never use the battery" posts which I did read, and made up the majority of replies to this post.
You are welcome to contribute useful information as well. However, all you seem to offer is mockery and the inability to click on an informative link. Good day.
Older laptops had batteries made of Nickel-Cadmium cells. Then Nickle-metal-hydroxide cells were introduced with more charge density. Then Lithium-ion cells with even more charge density. Each of this chemistries has different charge, discharge, and longevity characteristics.
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-5.htm
The basic gist of it is this:
Lithium-ion has low maintenance, low self-discharge rate, and battery packs have built in circuitry to protect the pack from complete discharge and damage. I point you to the quote "Some capacity deterioration is noticeable after one year, whether the battery is in use or not."
I have recently replaced the battery in my Dell laptop after it's 1.5th birthday. Pricy, but all the research I did indicated that that's the lifetime of the pack, wether used or not.
Seriously, the (simple) replacement of a $100 part once a year for the life of a $1000-3000 device is part of the TCO.
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I live in MD and work in the DC area. We've had 10-digit (410-999-9999) dialing for a few years now. Any number we dial with 10 digits is garunteed to be "local". Any number we dial with 1+10 may be local, may be LD.
So I could call from my home in 410 to some 301 exchanges and it would be a local call. I can call from 301 and reach *some* 410 numbers locally. Some 703 (VA) numbers are local too. But from 410, some 410 numbers need 1+410 and may or may not be LD. Physical distance seems to be the best indicator of LD or not. I.E., 15-minute drive from 410 to 301, local. 45-minute drive from 410 to 410, long distance.
The 443 and 204 codes were recently overlaid on 410 and 301, respectively. I can dial adjacent 443 from 410 without the 1+.
So the basic rule seems to be that if there is no 1+area code, there is no long distance charge. But everyone I call is in my cellphone memory, and my dialing plan has free long distance.
Of course it's going to be late! True news would be, "Really neat toy to arrive on scheduled release date." May even arrive early, says manufacturer. Industry shocked, film at 11.
I think I can speak with a little experience, because I am right now in the transition from Windows 2000 to Debian Linux. I spent three years at a Windows-only shop, and am now working in a Linux-preferred, Mac-tolerant environment.
I get tired of doing all minor maintenance tasks in xterms. It seems the only reason I start X is to use a graphical web browser and open thirty xterms. I do enjoy the terse power of the commandline, but some tasks are just easier to accomplish when there is a picture to look at.
I don't want my Linux box to look like XP. I'd just like to see more lightweight GUI helper/frontends for some of the common commandline apps, mainly to have some graphical output, not dozens of hi-res icons.
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http://www.planomolding.com/ Simple, modular, and clear. Many models use real pivoting hinges rather than flexible plastic ones. They come in many sizes, the interior compartments are user-configureable, they are inexpensive, and carried by plenty of brick-and-mortar stores, so you can try before you buy.
I see much benefit to each application only running in a limited-permission environment so the new app I installed can only do what I said it can do: modify files in this directory, modify it's own files, view these files. Give me a checkbox to turn on and off it's access to the network.
This sounds like a great idea, and I'm sure someone will chime in shortly with lists of systems that do this. :)
of two hours each, rather than three movies of three plus each. I'd pay money so I don't have to run the risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis.
The biggest score Microsoft has had is convincing it's users that all of the rebooting and crashing and poorly-designed security features are to be expected in powerful software, and to expect to not only pay for such software, but buy extra software and pay consultants to work around these misfeatures.
I don't know if making "Redhat" a synonym of "Linux" is all MS's fault though.
A LED light like the CMG Infinity will run for 30-48 hours on an AA battery. The brighter CMG Infinity Ultra will run for 10-12 hours on the same battery.
http://www.cmgequipment.com/Infinity_New.html
Since it's only used for a few minutes every night, batteries last for months. Check out the Avexa Swiss Light (link in my previous post) for a much more modern take on the solar-powered flashlight.
The Free Light by Avexa-Swisslight.
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http://www.tadgear.com/x-treme%20gear/flashligh
Uses a rechargeable coin cell. 8 hours of sunlight = 2 hours of LED light.
This is a joke, right? Or a troll?
The HP carts were roughly twice as much as the POS carts, yet even when we were sending back two carts per day for replacement before empty, and rarely an HP cart, the supply people could never see that they were wasting money: returned carts, cost for "service", lost productivity, ruined output.
And did they make output. One department had 8 printers running three shifts, and produced over 100,000 pages per printer per month. That's roughly 4 tons (3600 kg) of paper. Did I mention regulatory review?
For example, if you steal my CD player, I can take it back without offering you physical violence, or breaking into your home.
However, these are dealing with tangible property. I don't think I can take posession of illegal copies of copyrighted material, because the copies, while illegal, are not mine.
Seriously. Educated managers who are competent understand that some unobvious tasks are work related.
I agree. The x86 version is a) $20 to download and b) not freely distributable. How is this "Non- commercial usage is available at no charge"?
1) The expiration of the battery to due simple calendar age.
2) The wear on the battery caused by the load pattern.
I never claimed that there was no fault by IBM. They could be drawing too much current from the battery, and forcing the cells into early voltage shutdown, or maybe equipped a low-end laptop with a crappy charging circuit. The link, written by someone much more knowledgeable than you or I, clearly describes acceptable and unacceptable usage conditions for Li-Ion cells in much more detail than the "Discharge the battery completely" and "Never use the battery" posts which I did read, and made up the majority of replies to this post.
You are welcome to contribute useful information as well. However, all you seem to offer is mockery and the inability to click on an informative link. Good day.
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-5.htm
The basic gist of it is this:
Lithium-ion has low maintenance, low self-discharge rate, and battery packs have built in circuitry to protect the pack from complete discharge and damage. I point you to the quote "Some capacity deterioration is noticeable after one year, whether the battery is in use or not."
I have recently replaced the battery in my Dell laptop after it's 1.5th birthday. Pricy, but all the research I did indicated that that's the lifetime of the pack, wether used or not.
Seriously, the (simple) replacement of a $100 part once a year for the life of a $1000-3000 device is part of the TCO.
http://agents.www.media.mit.edu/groups/el/projects /spacewar/
So I could call from my home in 410 to some 301 exchanges and it would be a local call. I can call from 301 and reach *some* 410 numbers locally. Some 703 (VA) numbers are local too. But from 410, some 410 numbers need 1+410 and may or may not be LD. Physical distance seems to be the best indicator of LD or not. I.E., 15-minute drive from 410 to 301, local. 45-minute drive from 410 to 410, long distance.
The 443 and 204 codes were recently overlaid on 410 and 301, respectively. I can dial adjacent 443 from 410 without the 1+.
So the basic rule seems to be that if there is no 1+area code, there is no long distance charge. But everyone I call is in my cellphone memory, and my dialing plan has free long distance.
Of course it's going to be late! True news would be, "Really neat toy to arrive on scheduled release date." May even arrive early, says manufacturer. Industry shocked, film at 11.
How is a Club user responsible for the theft of someone else's car? Isn't it the car thief's "antisocial" behavior at the root of this?
I think I can speak with a little experience, because I am right now in the transition from Windows 2000 to Debian Linux. I spent three years at a Windows-only shop, and am now working in a Linux-preferred, Mac-tolerant environment. I get tired of doing all minor maintenance tasks in xterms. It seems the only reason I start X is to use a graphical web browser and open thirty xterms. I do enjoy the terse power of the commandline, but some tasks are just easier to accomplish when there is a picture to look at. I don't want my Linux box to look like XP. I'd just like to see more lightweight GUI helper/frontends for some of the common commandline apps, mainly to have some graphical output, not dozens of hi-res icons.