I've been thinking about investing in a good one. One interesting piece of trivia I found is that Oliver North used an Intimus 007 to shred the Iran-Contra stuff back in 1987. The current incarnation of this model appears to be the Intimus 0077 SX. This thing cuts pieces down to 1/32" x 1/2". A quick search on Froogle says it goes for around $4500!!
They make some much cheaper models ($200-300), but the Olie model would be pretty cool to have.
I'm surprised no one has brought up the fact that Carly Fiorina, HP CEO and stupid bitch, is the reason HP's current calculator lineup is so pathetic.
The vintage, pre-Carly HP calculators currently fetch $$$ on eBay. The few new ones, such as the 49G and this 'high-end' one, look like crappy TI knockoffs.
I recently upgraded my box with 'quiet' components and it wasn't too difficult or expensive. I took off the stock AMD Athlon heatsink/fan combo and installed a ThermalRight SLK-800 ($40) heatsink and an Pabst 8412N ($17) 80 mm fan. I also took off the rear 80 mm fan on my case and replaced it with a Pabst (another $17). For the power supply, I put in a Nexus NX-3000 ($75).
For around $150 total, the improvement was pretty dramatic. The only sound I hear from my box now is the hard drive, and if that ever starts to become an annoyance, there are options.
So exactly how do we all keep screwing up by saying "Gig" instead of "Jig" when we probably heard it right most of our lives?
This is an interesting piece of computer related pronunication trivia. The word 'gigabyte' (think 'gigantic') is apparently correctly pronounced with the 'j' sound. I've never, ever heard anybody actually say 'jiggabyte' though..
I hope this doesn't come off as too 'Jon Katzy,' but the internet has made irrelevant this common practice of premiering something in one country and delaying it's release (often for marketing purposes) in other countries. For example, 28 Days Later was released in the UK on Nov 1, 2002, but they waited until June 27, 2003 before the US release. The DVD-R of this title has literally been floating around the internet for months. Who wants to wait?
The Harry Potter publishers were naive to think this wouldn't happen.
I love Plextor too, but their DVD burners are kind of disappointing when compared to the Plex CD burners. They use the so-so NEC drives with a slightly modified firmware, and currently only support DVD+R/RW. I think Sony is much more innovative in the DVD burner arena, especially with their new external 4x DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, combo firewire/USB 2.0 drive.
I upgraded 5 boxes in my office today to SP4. I skipped the the Windows Update page and used the direct download available from the beast here. I have not had any problems yet.
I know this is slashdot, but I have been very impressed with Win2k. It's fast, stable, and reliable. I've flirted with XP a couple times, but I always end up reinstalling 2k.
Katherine Albrecht of CASPIAN also has another very informative site on RFID. It's pretty scary stuff. Also, check out her appearance last week on Rense. Link to streaming MP3.
Or is it only rich and famous Hollywood stars whose homes are covered by "privacy" acts.
Yes, exactly right. For example, in the freely available property tax database for central Texas, Sandra Bullock's place is listed as "NOT AVAILABLE." Yet the name (and often spouse info) of every other person on her block is listed.
This looks like something this place would sell. They have all sorts of cool import notebooks and gadgets. The stuff might seem
expensive, but just remember all these electronics are going to help you get laid.
And the DVD comes out July 15! I've been waiting a long time for this one.
Here's the IMDB summary:
An NYPD cop is 'killed' in an accident. The death is faked, and he is inducted into the organization CURE, dedicated to preserving the constitution by working outside of it. Remo is to become the enforcement wing (assassin) of CURE, and learns an ancient Korean martial art from Chiun, the Master of Sinanju. Based on the popular pulp series "The Destroyer," by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy.
A copy-protected CD broke my CD changer recently. It had difficulty reading the disc's table of contents, then it jumped to a random track and played for a minute or two. After that, I had problems playing *any* CD. Luckily, the changer was under warranty and I got it fixed for free.
Fat Chuck's maintains a list of copy-protected. Be careful!!
Mel Gibson's working on "Passion," a movie based on the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus. It is in Latin and Aramaic (the language Jesus spoke), and will not be subtitled!
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I think I'm going to put a Sybian on top of my vanilla Antec case. Perhaps have a spill pan underneath that feeds into my liquid cooling system.
They make some much cheaper models ($200-300), but the Olie model would be pretty cool to have.
The vintage, pre-Carly HP calculators currently fetch $$$ on eBay. The few new ones, such as the 49G and this 'high-end' one, look like crappy TI knockoffs.
N-Gram is/was also the name of William Orbit's label.
For around $150 total, the improvement was pretty dramatic. The only sound I hear from my box now is the hard drive, and if that ever starts to become an annoyance, there are options.
I hate MS, but man, Win2k is a great operating system.
No love for OpenBSD? It's arguably the best OS for security and firewalls.
This is an interesting piece of computer related pronunication trivia. The word 'gigabyte' (think 'gigantic') is apparently correctly pronounced with the 'j' sound. I've never, ever heard anybody actually say 'jiggabyte' though..
The Harry Potter publishers were naive to think this wouldn't happen.
I love Plextor too, but their DVD burners are kind of disappointing when compared to the Plex CD burners. They use the so-so NEC drives with a slightly modified firmware, and currently only support DVD+R/RW. I think Sony is much more innovative in the DVD burner arena, especially with their new external 4x DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, combo firewire/USB 2.0 drive.
I know this is slashdot, but I have been very impressed with Win2k. It's fast, stable, and reliable. I've flirted with XP a couple times, but I always end up reinstalling 2k.
Katherine Albrecht of CASPIAN also has another very informative site on RFID. It's pretty scary stuff. Also, check out her appearance last week on Rense. Link to streaming MP3.
This one is my favorite. Grab your clean up rags, gentlemen.
This page has some interesting info on Ritalin and ADHD.
Yes, exactly right. For example, in the freely available property tax database for central Texas, Sandra Bullock's place is listed as "NOT AVAILABLE." Yet the name (and often spouse info) of every other person on her block is listed.
What's the big deal? Did you forget that in the US, the rich control the lawmakers?
This looks like something this place would sell. They have all sorts of cool import notebooks and gadgets. The stuff might seem expensive, but just remember all these electronics are going to help you get laid.
This seems familiar.
How many more TCP/IP header stories before bedtime tonight?
Here's the IMDB summary: An NYPD cop is 'killed' in an accident. The death is faked, and he is inducted into the organization CURE, dedicated to preserving the constitution by working outside of it. Remo is to become the enforcement wing (assassin) of CURE, and learns an ancient Korean martial art from Chiun, the Master of Sinanju. Based on the popular pulp series "The Destroyer," by Richard Sapir and Warren Murphy.
Fat Chuck's maintains a list of copy-protected. Be careful!!
He suggests that going with the Itanium instead of x86 will curtail piracy.
Here is more info.
The article doesn't say. Hollywood likes to turn comics, etc. into movies with live action stars.
It looks like it's actually the T600 replacement.