Mac's going Intel was the selling point to put them all over the office at work. A handful of people (myself included) have to run Windows -- for accounting software (which I chose). There's the corner -- just boxed myself into it I guess (?)
Most of the employees here have -0- use for Windows (and don't run it accordingly). Once in a blue moon we'll hit a website for a bid, to collect money, whatever... that absolutely REQUIRES Internet Explorer (not Edge thankfully).
Just forget about lights all together. Damn *American's. It's called a roundabout. There's a couple in the Chicago area suburbs. Only a couple. 30-50% more traffic through the "intersection" with no stopping. What a concept.
They were talking about a continuous flow intersection on a busy corner where I used to live. The idea died and the intersection has gone from bad to worse. I moved.
I have to run Windows. It was my choice -- accounting software. It is really the ONLY reason Windows is in the office anymore...
Sadly Word / Excel work better on Windows IMHO; too many keyboard shortcuts missing in Office for Mac...
I hate ribbons too. Won't use them.
So I prefer Office XP which runs just fine on Windows 7 which run just fine virtualized running as a process on a Mac server.
Windows has no business talking to the Internet (so it can't) which removes a whole bunch of security issues. I can run like this indefinitely. So... fuck you Microsoft.
Had one -- and for me, it was worth the $200. I was buying into the form factor myself. Loved it. And compared to "normal" computers -- it was silent.
Of course I beat the hell out of it. And heat WAS a issue. Ended up putting two blower fans on the back of it to force a ton of air through it to keep it cool. A SSD today would go a long way, but CPU heat was a issue too. It wasn't so silent any more...
I'll pay extra for the form factor -- love my stealth.com system I use today for my Linux box. I could have gotten about the same thing for a 1/3rd of the cost, but it would be your normal big computer box. I can stick the stealth in the ceiling and just use it...
The Cube's motherboard finally gave out altogether. Gutted it and stuck a light in it for the stairwell...
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. It's my understanding / recollection (I remember the one in '79) that you can stare right the eclipse bare eyed no problem (except the damage you're doing); it won't hurt one bit at the moment.
So... I ordered #14 welding goggles months ago [Amazon]. I got the email telling me NOT TO USE THEM. Yet they are certified / stamped 14 [NASA recommended].
Been there, did that -- but the problem happened @me. I still use the @mac.com address (myname@) for iTunes only. I've ignored @me, @icloud, etc otherwise.
For those accounts auto created and/or you get the confirmation email -- take control of the account. Close it and delete it. Pay attention along the way. I know how much he made and where from H&R Block. Garnished his @gmail account as he set the recovery email to me. Closed it.
Eventually he set his recovery email on one of the accounts somewhere (about to be deleted) to one he actually used. Now I had a way to contact him.
Emailed him maybe twice -- letting him know the @me address is, has been, and will continue to me mine. Stop trying to get into it @Apple too -- it locks the account and only I can unlock it (so far:). He set up a new account someplace and used it again, I email him, close the account, and moved on.
This is actually kind of cool (being a geek myself:). And it will probably save ME a lot of TIME and MONEY. If Linus gives it a thumbs up, and it is something I'm in the market for... guess what I'm going to buy / try FIRST.
I agree, but what's the point here? I think we can all agree Windows in general is a hot mess. I personally gave up on Microsoft with Windows 2000. With the promise of "ringed memory" I was excited to pop the CD in and install. Upon installation it took me minutes how to hack my normal account right up to admin level ring 0. It hasn't gotten much better IMHO. Do what I did -- format and install Linux.
And then I bought I Mac. Never looked back.
Un*x runs my office and household. Windows are for looking through and simply not allowed otherwise. It is a very pleasurable world to be Microsoft free...
I drive a car with level 1 automation [speed control only].
Two weeks after I bought the car it paid for itself IMHO -- driving at dusk on two lane 50mph packed road; we were all doing 50mph (rare). I saw and was ready to take any action to a car (maybe two) pulling out making a right in front of me. I never saw the Jeep making a left into traffic behind the guy making a right. And then just didn't GO. The car slammed on the brakes for me before I even saw the new car. I was more reacting to my car and what the hell is it doing... "OH, now I see the Jeep". If I was driving I would have plowed into his ass end.
Two months later I was rear ended. Not bad; I do love that HEMI.:) The car's adaptive cruise control started the hard brake and the emergency braking system finished it off. The car won't stop itself 100%, but it will take you from 100mph to 10mph in short time / distance. Traffic hard stopped from 70mph in the left lane on a highway. I could see traffic stopping; let the car do it's thing better than I could. Otherwise I'd be further back giving myself for distance / time. The computer doesn't need it.
The guy behind me was way too far back and waiting far too long to HARD brake (more than I did IMHO). Unfortunately the car behind him wasn't ready and pushed his ass right into mine. My car stopped just short enough that after being pushed forward I was still 1' away from the car in front of me... who at that moment pulled away as traffic was moving forward again. 1 second is all I needed.
Anyway -- wouldn't it be cool if my car could've communicated to the car that caused the accident (two back) and have its system start a nice slow brake to the stopping / stopped traffic. Re-adjust speed from 70mph to 35mph and maintain would've done it for the next group of cars...
> Think of the amount of data you could store in a single copper BB if the atoms could be used as memory. Holy fuck.
> Ten million Libraries of Congress? 100 million? A billion?
Well -- copper BB's are usually copper coated. Let's assume it is SOLID copper... BB's weigh 5.28 grains at ~6mm; but that is copper coated. I don't remember my density formula at the moment. Let's call it 5 grains.
Copper has a molar mass of ~63.5 g/mol. One mole of an element is defined as 6.022 x 10^23 -- so there's that many atoms in 63.5g of copper. That will give us 9.5 x 10^21 atoms in ONE g of Cu.
Your copper BB storage device would hold roughly: 47,500,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes. That's 40 zettabytes or 40 sextillion bytes.
Radio Shack, of old, has long been missed. They were dust in the 90's for me. Forget all the up-selling batteries, phones, what's your ZIP? marketing annoyances... I mean the STUFF Radio Shack of the 70's and 80's had. By the 90's it was all gone, too much cell phone, and too much MADE IN CHINA crap that broke too easily.
I just remember way back when. First place I saw a TRS-80. I still use an alarm clock I bought there in '79 I think. I even remember how COOL it was. Compact. Almost LED'ish, and a auto-light sensing dimmer. That didn't make it quite dark enough for me.
Back to Radio Shack. Get some wire. I want a push button double toggle switch -- to cut full power +/- to the display circuit only. Grab a bit - cut a hole, and wire it up. I still push that button to this day. It's probably why it has lasted so long -- the display is usually off...and hasn't faded either.
Synthesizers, drum-pad sets, ah the music you could make there! Bought my first keyboard there. I wouldn't have if I couldn't play with it, in the store, for months -- until I could save up enough to one day finally be able to walk in and buy it.
And what happened to those 100 in one, 150 in one, or the holy grail (for me:) 500 in one electronics sets you could wire up. It had resistors, meters, light sensor, tons of various wire lengths with a great big 11x14 book of schematics and instructions on how to wire cool projects up? It's what got me into electronics, computers, et al. It's the reason the garage door light triggers a circuit and rings the house doorbell today. And why I can change my lights to any color and control them from anywhere on the planet. I was doing that in the 90's -- and sadly Radio Shack never had the parts I needed.
That Radio Shack has, sadly, long since been gone.
Good. I'm glad she's dead. Stupid is what stupid does. One less drunk on the road that could kill me sober. Why not blame those who made the alcohol? They're more to blame IMHO. Dumb ass lawsuit.
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jane ate spaghetti with dick.
Now .. what does that mean?
So that means that I can eat and/or kill 99.98% of the non-humans around me? Cool.
So, does this mean I can't buy any??
Amen brother. Did the same thing myself -- 15 acres of forest and only LTE was a viable option. DSL about to get "disconnected" -- it's always down.
But the privacy. OMG.
I'm with you ... and THEN what???
Mac's going Intel was the selling point to put them all over the office at work. A handful of people (myself included) have to run Windows -- for accounting software (which I chose). There's the corner -- just boxed myself into it I guess (?)
Most of the employees here have -0- use for Windows (and don't run it accordingly). Once in a blue moon we'll hit a website for a bid, to collect money, whatever ... that absolutely REQUIRES Internet Explorer (not Edge thankfully).
Fuck.
Just forget about lights all together. Damn *American's. It's called a roundabout. There's a couple in the Chicago area suburbs. Only a couple. 30-50% more traffic through the "intersection" with no stopping. What a concept.
They were talking about a continuous flow intersection on a busy corner where I used to live. The idea died and the intersection has gone from bad to worse. I moved.
* I am an American myself. Born and raised. :)
I have to run Windows. It was my choice -- accounting software. It is really the ONLY reason Windows is in the office anymore...
Sadly Word / Excel work better on Windows IMHO; too many keyboard shortcuts missing in Office for Mac...
I hate ribbons too. Won't use them.
So I prefer Office XP which runs just fine on Windows 7 which run just fine virtualized running as a process on a Mac server.
Windows has no business talking to the Internet (so it can't) which removes a whole bunch of security issues. I can run like this indefinitely. So ... fuck you Microsoft.
I went to Mars.
Here's a link to a copy of the original 72M version:
https://mega.nz/#!dgRUgLhS!OcP...
But I have 36 tabs open right now.
Without fact checking your numbers...
1) my computer would come to a crawl
2) I walk away for a day and it'll cost me $15/day...
Had one -- and for me, it was worth the $200.
I was buying into the form factor myself. Loved it.
And compared to "normal" computers -- it was silent.
Of course I beat the hell out of it. And heat WAS a issue. Ended up putting two blower fans on the back of it to force a ton of air through it to keep it cool. A SSD today would go a long way, but CPU heat was a issue too. It wasn't so silent any more...
I'll pay extra for the form factor -- love my stealth.com system I use today for my Linux box. I could have gotten about the same thing for a 1/3rd of the cost, but it would be your normal big computer box. I can stick the stealth in the ceiling and just use it...
The Cube's motherboard finally gave out altogether. Gutted it and stuck a light in it for the stairwell...
...and then he gets mugged...
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. It's my understanding / recollection (I remember the one in '79) that you can stare right the eclipse bare eyed no problem (except the damage you're doing); it won't hurt one bit at the moment.
So ... I ordered #14 welding goggles months ago [Amazon]. I got the email telling me NOT TO USE THEM. Yet they are certified / stamped 14 [NASA recommended].
Now what the fuck do I do?
What happens? Absolutely nothing.
If you hit a speed bump AT SPEED it is the same as if you slow way down for it (the intended goal).
If you slow down a bit, but not enough -- then you REALLY feel it (and I suppose you could do damage).
My philosophy for speed bumps has always been to SPEED UP. You won't feel them...
I'm starting ANOTHER new ripUoffCurrency.
K Coin now available! Just send you CASH to PO BOX 7184
That's how this works, right? :)
Been there, did that -- but the problem happened @me. I still use the @mac.com address (myname@) for iTunes only. I've ignored @me, @icloud, etc otherwise.
For those accounts auto created and/or you get the confirmation email -- take control of the account. Close it and delete it. Pay attention along the way. I know how much he made and where from H&R Block. Garnished his @gmail account as he set the recovery email to me. Closed it.
Eventually he set his recovery email on one of the accounts somewhere (about to be deleted) to one he actually used. Now I had a way to contact him.
Emailed him maybe twice -- letting him know the @me address is, has been, and will continue to me mine. Stop trying to get into it @Apple too -- it locks the account and only I can unlock it (so far :). He set up a new account someplace and used it again, I email him, close the account, and moved on.
The problem quickly disappeared.
This is actually kind of cool (being a geek myself :). ... guess what I'm going to buy / try FIRST.
And it will probably save ME a lot of TIME and MONEY.
If Linus gives it a thumbs up, and it is something I'm in the market for
I agree, but what's the point here? I think we can all agree Windows in general is a hot mess. I personally gave up on Microsoft with Windows 2000. With the promise of "ringed memory" I was excited to pop the CD in and install. Upon installation it took me minutes how to hack my normal account right up to admin level ring 0. It hasn't gotten much better IMHO. Do what I did -- format and install Linux.
And then I bought I Mac. Never looked back.
Un*x runs my office and household. Windows are for looking through and simply not allowed otherwise. It is a very pleasurable world to be Microsoft free...
I drive a car with level 1 automation [speed control only].
Two weeks after I bought the car it paid for itself IMHO -- driving at dusk on two lane 50mph packed road; we were all doing 50mph (rare). I saw and was ready to take any action to a car (maybe two) pulling out making a right in front of me. I never saw the Jeep making a left into traffic behind the guy making a right. And then just didn't GO. ... "OH, now I see the Jeep". If I was driving I would have plowed into his ass end.
The car slammed on the brakes for me before I even saw the new car. I was more reacting to my car and what the hell is it doing
Two months later I was rear ended. Not bad; I do love that HEMI. :) The car's adaptive cruise control started the hard brake and the emergency braking system finished it off. The car won't stop itself 100%, but it will take you from 100mph to 10mph in short time / distance. Traffic hard stopped from 70mph in the left lane on a highway. I could see traffic stopping; let the car do it's thing better than I could. Otherwise I'd be further back giving myself for distance / time. The computer doesn't need it.
The guy behind me was way too far back and waiting far too long to HARD brake (more than I did IMHO). Unfortunately the car behind him wasn't ready and pushed his ass right into mine. My car stopped just short enough that after being pushed forward I was still 1' away from the car in front of me ... who at that moment pulled away as traffic was moving forward again. 1 second is all I needed.
Anyway -- wouldn't it be cool if my car could've communicated to the car that caused the accident (two back) and have its system start a nice slow brake to the stopping / stopped traffic. Re-adjust speed from 70mph to 35mph and maintain would've done it for the next group of cars...
In Russia 160 Terabytes * IS * you. Yet, so true.
> Think of the amount of data you could store in a single copper BB if the atoms could be used as memory. Holy fuck.
> Ten million Libraries of Congress? 100 million? A billion?
Well -- copper BB's are usually copper coated. Let's assume it is SOLID copper... BB's weigh 5.28 grains at ~6mm; but that is copper coated. I don't remember my density formula at the moment. Let's call it 5 grains.
Copper has a molar mass of ~63.5 g/mol. One mole of an element is defined as 6.022 x 10^23 -- so there's that many atoms in 63.5g of copper. That will give us 9.5 x 10^21 atoms in ONE g of Cu.
Your copper BB storage device would hold roughly:
47,500,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes.
That's 40 zettabytes or 40 sextillion bytes.
Roughly. :)
Radio Shack, of old, has long been missed. They were dust in the 90's for me. Forget all the up-selling batteries, phones, what's your ZIP? marketing annoyances... I mean the STUFF Radio Shack of the 70's and 80's had. By the 90's it was all gone, too much cell phone, and too much MADE IN CHINA crap that broke too easily.
:) 500 in one electronics sets you could wire up. It had resistors, meters, light sensor, tons of various wire lengths with a great big 11x14 book of schematics and instructions on how to wire cool projects up? It's what got me into electronics, computers, et al. It's the reason the garage door light triggers a circuit and rings the house doorbell today. And why I can change my lights to any color and control them from anywhere on the planet. I was doing that in the 90's -- and sadly Radio Shack never had the parts I needed.
I just remember way back when. First place I saw a TRS-80. I still use an alarm clock I bought there in '79 I think. I even remember how COOL it was. Compact. Almost LED'ish, and a auto-light sensing dimmer. That didn't make it quite dark enough for me.
Back to Radio Shack. Get some wire. I want a push button double toggle switch -- to cut full power +/- to the display circuit only. Grab a bit - cut a hole, and wire it up. I still push that button to this day. It's probably why it has lasted so long -- the display is usually off...and hasn't faded either.
Synthesizers, drum-pad sets, ah the music you could make there! Bought my first keyboard there. I wouldn't have if I couldn't play with it, in the store, for months -- until I could save up enough to one day finally be able to walk in and buy it.
And what happened to those 100 in one, 150 in one, or the holy grail (for me
That Radio Shack has, sadly, long since been gone.
I found it a whole lot easier to just turn Windows off.
> I don't care if it was a Pinto and she was going 80MPH in reverse when she hit the tree causing it to burst into flames.
I would pay to watch that.
Good. I'm glad she's dead. Stupid is what stupid does.
One less drunk on the road that could kill me sober.
Why not blame those who made the alcohol? They're more to blame IMHO. Dumb ass lawsuit.