As seen here the Palmyra Atoll is nothing more then an inhabited ring of island a thousand miles south of Hawaii. There is no population, no government, no money, and very likely no eProvisia. The site is a complete farce, and is probably run by spammers collecting email addresses and names.
Apple had a very long and painful 68k to PowerPC transition...
I'm not sure that you really know what you're talking about. I worked exclusively on Macs (or their Clones) durring that transition, and it went exceptionally smoothly, especially compared to the Win3.1 to Win98 fiasco. I can also recall a recent RedHat update that left a good number of people unhappy.
Regarding the current move to 64bit, there are far more G4 based Macs both with customers, and on Apple's product page. It makes much more sense to make them the primary concern when doing an OS update, especially one so soon after several new product releases and updates. Wait for the next one to be a good bit further along in the 64bit transition.
As for running the Opterons under 64bit Linux, wouldn't that have given them a very unfair advantage? Mac bashers everywhere always complain that Macs are getting the advantage because of something or other, but things can just as easily go the other way. Besides, when was the last time you were able to run Aftereffects, Bryce, Cinebench, Photoshop, UT2003, and Quake 3, all natively under Linux?
I think that's Canadian money they're talking about. I dunno what the exchange rate is, but it always seems like people in Canada are always getting ripped off.
I've found that a cross-over adapter created out of a wall-mount plug attached to regualar cat-5 works really well. All you need to do is plug the existing cable into the female wallmount plug, and the other end of the adapter into the computer.
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I'm pretty sure the Pacific Northwest is the Beer-Drinking Meca of the US. I know of Pubs with more then 50 beers on tap, and none of them are mainstream (ie Bud, Miller...). It's been said that no where else on earth can you go to a safeway and see an entire esile taken up by Micro Brews. And Yes, always Drink beer from either a Tap or a non-screw top Bottle. Leave that canned stuff alone.
Go drink some Micro-Brews! Support your local Breweries! They make the best beer on earth!
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There is something so very wrong, but still so very right about that page.
I think my neighbour has a turbo in his car... I wonder if he'd miss it?
My guess would be an air compressor, but it's not on the rocket car page. By the time I got to the site, the server had already been/.ed, but I'm willing to bet there would be more information to be had on the page linked to near the top.
We did something simillar when I was in middle school; we made rockets out of 2-liter soda bottles, filled them to about 30-50% with water, then using a custom laucher made by one of the teachers, put over 100psi in them and fired them down the football field. You'd be surprised how fast some jocks can run when 20-30 2-liter bottls are flying at them!
Actually, I've seen and heard of many Germans saying that some of our wonderfull Pacific Northwest Microbrews are as good or better then many German beers. Not to mention that around here, the're much cheaper then pretty much any liquid from Germany.
"Perhaps the PocketPC can do better the things that these people do with their newtons?"
Yeah, like the way it simulates a windows enviroment...
"Perhaps there's some fatal flaw or incompatibility in the newton?"
Yep. The batteries run out sometimes.
"Perhaps you believe the speed of the Newton is insufficient for their needs?"
Cause 160MHz is so much slower then the Palm's 32MHz.
"Is there some reason why they would benefit more from using the same platform as a larger customer base such as Palm has?"
This is the only one I've had to put some thought to, and so this is the only serious answer. I own a both a Palm M505 and a MessagePad 2000. I use them both, but recently have been using the Palm more often. Since I have to do much of my work in a windows enviroment, syncing to the palm is very easy. I still very much prefer the Newton, and would use it daily but for the issue of easily syncing data. The Newton is more capable, faster, and uses a far more intuitive UI. The only advantages the Palm has over the Newton is the easy sync and Manufacturer support. At this point, Apple doesn't even seem to want to acknowledge the Newtons ever exisited, even though they were the first and could have been by far the best PDA ever put on the market.
To Update your list:
Volvo Safety Concept Car - Volvo is owned by Ford
Saab 9-3 - Saab is owned by General Motors
Honda Civic GX - I'm pretty sure that Honda has a design studio in California (Honda has some ties with GM)
Honda FCX - See above
Cadillac XLR - Owned by General Motors
Audi A8
Mercedes-Benz SL500
Fiat Stilo (Owned by GM)
Chevrolet Trailblazer - Owned by General Motors
Toyota Prius (Toyota has some very strong ties to GM, the Matrix and Pontiac Vibe are the same car, several others were platformed shared, older MR2s were the same as the Pontiac LeMans).
You're absoluytely correct, but then so is the original poster. 3000Mhz is the same as 3Ghz, and 3Ghz, let say it all together now, is 3 billion cycles per second!
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I hate to use such a common statement, but "Or else what?"
Actually, 3000 MegaHertz is 3GigaHertz... or 3 Billion Cycles per second. If he'd said 3000 Billion Cycles per second, then your statement would be true. But in this case, you're the one who's not reading what he wrote correctly. And calling someone stupid and a dumbass is rather childish and immature, don't you think?
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This is the same one that ousted M$ some time go, isn't it? I like that government... at least on the outside.
It's available, I know it is, I've seen many cars running on it, from a VW TDI, to even a Drag car. Those are the car's I've seen in person, not the one's I've read about. Like a version of the Speedster that Opal managed to get to 155mph using a diesel powerplant that averaged almost 95mpg for a couple hundred miles?
Hydrogen has some very significant prospects, but at present, it's to far off, diesel, and biodiesel are far more likely short-term replacements for Gasoline. The only problem with both is the public's long-standing dislike of diesel engines (they make a lot of noise, they make a lot of smoke...), and the current price of biodiesel (about 75% more then diesel in the US). Public awareness can be repaired (modern diesel engines are quiet, efficient, and reletively vibration-free), but it takes time and money. And since regular oil prices are going up very quickly, the second problem will reslove it's self in the next few years automatically.
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As seen here the Palmyra Atoll is nothing more then an inhabited ring of island a thousand miles south of Hawaii. There is no population, no government, no money, and very likely no eProvisia. The site is a complete farce, and is probably run by spammers collecting email addresses and names.
Yeah, I know, but 2 out of 6 does not make for a very complete or accurate comparison.
Apple had a very long and painful 68k to PowerPC transition...
I'm not sure that you really know what you're talking about. I worked exclusively on Macs (or their Clones) durring that transition, and it went exceptionally smoothly, especially compared to the Win3.1 to Win98 fiasco. I can also recall a recent RedHat update that left a good number of people unhappy.
Regarding the current move to 64bit, there are far more G4 based Macs both with customers, and on Apple's product page. It makes much more sense to make them the primary concern when doing an OS update, especially one so soon after several new product releases and updates. Wait for the next one to be a good bit further along in the 64bit transition.
As for running the Opterons under 64bit Linux, wouldn't that have given them a very unfair advantage? Mac bashers everywhere always complain that Macs are getting the advantage because of something or other, but things can just as easily go the other way. Besides, when was the last time you were able to run Aftereffects, Bryce, Cinebench, Photoshop, UT2003, and Quake 3, all natively under Linux?
I think that's Canadian money they're talking about. I dunno what the exchange rate is, but it always seems like people in Canada are always getting ripped off.
Plus you get nailed for the full price on the sales tax.
Sales tax isn't quite the problem that you seem to think it to be... At least, it's not here in Oregon.
They mentioned VisiCalc, but not Apple, the only widely available platform it ran on?
I've found that a cross-over adapter created out of a wall-mount plug attached to regualar cat-5 works really well. All you need to do is plug the existing cable into the female wallmount plug, and the other end of the adapter into the computer.
I'm pretty sure the Pacific Northwest is the Beer-Drinking Meca of the US. I know of Pubs with more then 50 beers on tap, and none of them are mainstream (ie Bud, Miller...). It's been said that no where else on earth can you go to a safeway and see an entire esile taken up by Micro Brews. And Yes, always Drink beer from either a Tap or a non-screw top Bottle. Leave that canned stuff alone.
Go drink some Micro-Brews! Support your local Breweries! They make the best beer on earth!
There is something so very wrong, but still so very right about that page.
I think my neighbour has a turbo in his car... I wonder if he'd miss it?
No, MOL only runs on PPC based Linux distros. It's simillar to Vmware or Wine on Intel/AMD boxes.
The Iranians I've met are light years away from being terrorists.
Perhaps this explains the need for Klingon translators, it's for pacifing the terrorists who litterally are from light years away.
Yet one more reason why I love this state.
My guess would be an air compressor, but it's not on the rocket car page. By the time I got to the site, the server had already been /.ed, but I'm willing to bet there would be more information to be had on the page linked to near the top.
We did something simillar when I was in middle school; we made rockets out of 2-liter soda bottles, filled them to about 30-50% with water, then using a custom laucher made by one of the teachers, put over 100psi in them and fired them down the football field. You'd be surprised how fast some jocks can run when 20-30 2-liter bottls are flying at them!
I bet you just broke copyright.
Actually, I've seen and heard of many Germans saying that some of our wonderfull Pacific Northwest Microbrews are as good or better then many German beers. Not to mention that around here, the're much cheaper then pretty much any liquid from Germany.
Why not use the cameras in so many to provide live video feeds too?
"Perhaps the PocketPC can do better the things that these people do with their newtons?"
Yeah, like the way it simulates a windows enviroment...
"Perhaps there's some fatal flaw or incompatibility in the newton?"
Yep. The batteries run out sometimes.
"Perhaps you believe the speed of the Newton is insufficient for their needs?"
Cause 160MHz is so much slower then the Palm's 32MHz.
"Is there some reason why they would benefit more from using the same platform as a larger customer base such as Palm has?"
This is the only one I've had to put some thought to, and so this is the only serious answer. I own a both a Palm M505 and a MessagePad 2000. I use them both, but recently have been using the Palm more often. Since I have to do much of my work in a windows enviroment, syncing to the palm is very easy. I still very much prefer the Newton, and would use it daily but for the issue of easily syncing data. The Newton is more capable, faster, and uses a far more intuitive UI. The only advantages the Palm has over the Newton is the easy sync and Manufacturer support. At this point, Apple doesn't even seem to want to acknowledge the Newtons ever exisited, even though they were the first and could have been by far the best PDA ever put on the market.
To Update your list: Volvo Safety Concept Car - Volvo is owned by Ford
Saab 9-3 - Saab is owned by General Motors
Honda Civic GX - I'm pretty sure that Honda has a design studio in California (Honda has some ties with GM)
Honda FCX - See above
Cadillac XLR - Owned by General Motors
Audi A8
Mercedes-Benz SL500
Fiat Stilo (Owned by GM)
Chevrolet Trailblazer - Owned by General Motors
Toyota Prius (Toyota has some very strong ties to GM, the Matrix and Pontiac Vibe are the same car, several others were platformed shared, older MR2s were the same as the Pontiac LeMans).
You're absoluytely correct, but then so is the original poster. 3000Mhz is the same as 3Ghz, and 3Ghz, let say it all together now, is 3 billion cycles per second!
I hate to use such a common statement, but "Or else what?"
Actually, 3000 MegaHertz is 3GigaHertz... or 3 Billion Cycles per second. If he'd said 3000 Billion Cycles per second, then your statement would be true. But in this case, you're the one who's not reading what he wrote correctly. And calling someone stupid and a dumbass is rather childish and immature, don't you think?
This is the same one that ousted M$ some time go, isn't it? I like that government... at least on the outside.
Terrorist take over the United States Navy, w/o Wires!
It's available, I know it is, I've seen many cars running on it, from a VW TDI, to even a Drag car. Those are the car's I've seen in person, not the one's I've read about. Like a version of the Speedster that Opal managed to get to 155mph using a diesel powerplant that averaged almost 95mpg for a couple hundred miles?
Hydrogen has some very significant prospects, but at present, it's to far off, diesel, and biodiesel are far more likely short-term replacements for Gasoline. The only problem with both is the public's long-standing dislike of diesel engines (they make a lot of noise, they make a lot of smoke...), and the current price of biodiesel (about 75% more then diesel in the US). Public awareness can be repaired (modern diesel engines are quiet, efficient, and reletively vibration-free), but it takes time and money. And since regular oil prices are going up very quickly, the second problem will reslove it's self in the next few years automatically.
Don't give John any more ideas... I've been waiting long enough for DoomIII as it is already...
Though, someday he will get probably just bored again and take a half-hour to do it...
Now those guys who can go 150mph downhill will be able to go 200mph...
If that doesn't change your life for the better, I don't know what else would...