The economy of the Cessna looks even better when you consider it can take the shortest route (staying VFR and barring airspace restrictions)
I've found the shortest route is usually IFR, even in VMC. You can usually go direct, or near direct, and just cancel when you have the destination in sight. Takes care of expeditious routing through those pesky class B's and allows you to cruise above 180 if you have the gear and the inclination.
which means that all of us who buy Compaq are likely to have to look for an alternative vendor once again
Isn't it better to look for the best machine rather than the best vendor?
If you're just looking for desktops, why go with a branded vendor? Their whole motivation is to put together boxes with the cheapest working components they can find and sell them to you for a premium because of the logo on the box. That conflict of interest is part of the relationship.
I have friends with vendor-branded computers, and I hear more complaints from them about compatibility, interoperability and extensibility than I do from friends who buy best of breed mobos, cases, hard drives and DVDRW drives and bolt those 4 pieces together on their own.
With mobos doing everything nowadays from gigabit ethernet to SATA RAID to video to audio and beyond, I really don't get why more corps don't just stock mobos, hard drives, cases and DVDRW drives in their desktop systems group, and build/maintain as required. It's cheaper, they're crazy-fast to assemble, and you don't spend a premium just to buy into a vendor's conflict of interest.
Speaking for at least this computer science professional, I can say that when I can find work, I tend to be able to afford a decent standard of living. Mom's basement? Maybe the 13 year olds.
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Well for one, with Pascal, you have to declare variables before they are used, rather than on-the-fly, so you only need a one-pass compiler to compile it. So on a modern processor, compilation is like *instant* compared to languages like C++ and Java. I remember prototyping in Delphi and hitting a key combo to compile/launch and the app would literally compile AND launch before the skin of my fingers left the key combo. This is a really nice feature if you don't want your train of thought broken during an exciting/fun/intense programming session.
It's a prototyper's dream.
This would be a good opportunity to pimp "Stickies", a free Windows program to have post-its on your desktop. Includes a lot of features that real postits don't have. I've been using it now for about 2 months and I love it.
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Indeed! So you could set up an NP complete problem, say a routing problem, as a superposition of all solution sets, and as long as you set things up so that the only state that survives is the shortest/best/whatever route, you'd be doing NP complete problems in linear time (albeit with a lot of quantum "memory").
This means you could have a chess/go machine that played a perfect game with no heuristics necessary. Telephone routing would be perfect, business routing (airlines, FAA airways, mail, whatever) would be routed with perfect efficiency, etc.
Cool.
And if you want to listen to the horror that is an airplane crash, you can get your fill of last minute talk and screaming here: http://www.airdisaster.com/cvr/cvrwav.shtml
Also, the fact that quantum computers can factor large integers efficiently necessarily implies that they can do other NP-complete problems efficiently, such as the traveling salesman problem.
Faster, perhaps, but you chose the word efficiently and that means something different to me. What is unique about a quantum computer that would allow it to solve NP complete problems efficiently, in comparison to existing hardware?
You know, I really like the look of IPCop, but one thing I didn't see when I looked at the manual and screenshots is support for outbound traffic rules. I like to deny all outbound traffic by default, and then enable particular services from particular boxes (such as POP to my ISP's mail server, HTTP/S from my LAN Squid box, etc.)
For the life of me, I can't see where you'd codify that in IPCop. It seems to assume that the only traffic that needs to be regulated is inbound traffic. Prove me wrong and I'll gladly invest the time in putting together and experimenting with an IPCop box.
Jesus jumped-up Christ on a friggin' CROSS, people! When the bleeding HELL did we start viewing our lives as a deathmarch for an employer? Half the problem I see is that we're all looking around at eachother like lemmings trying to figure out how we can be more productive for the employer for no material gain. If you're in a business that demands more time than you wish to give, or doesn't compensate you for your time, then QUIT. The more of you who ruminate over the feasibility of working arduous hours, or whether it's good for us or the business, the more we are saddled with deathmarch companies and deathmarch bosses. REJECT IT. Stop pondering over it. QUIT.
You know, these aren't very funny. I got one of these. It sounds really serious.
Thing is, I don't think mine came directly from the MPAA. Instead, it seems to have come from some sort of legal agency representing them. According to their lawyer, they are in a screwed-up situation. They have twenty million dollars, but it is in an offshore bank and they are compelling me to assist in moving the funds into an American bank. I just need to set up a bank account for the transfer and I'll get 15% of the funds (I'm thinking I can up this to 20% through negotiation).
And don't forget the best part... when they let your ass go for not working 80 hours a week for 20 hours pay, you'll be stranded in bumblefu&% nowhere, where the only company that employs anyone at more than fruitpicker wages is the one that just fired you!
Aye, English. Will ye break fast with us? We have no economy, but by golly damn we have "values"!
In addition, these turbines will probably use something a smidge cleaner than gasoline. Even kerosine is better, but ethanol would probably rank the cleanest.
And, interestingly enough, jet fuel IS kerosene. Jet fuel is sold as "JET-A", and it's essentially kerosene like you would put in a kerosene heater. Any traveler who has walked out onto an airport tarmac to board a flight has smelled the exhaust from the jets, and it smells just like a kerosene heater.
I can tell you from experience, then - don't ever try tobacco in any form. Tobacco addiction has been described by heroin addicts as worse than heroin addiction, and it is waaaaay worse than caffeine addiction. Coffee and cigarettes together would impact you so strongly that you'd give neither of them up before you died (young and diseased).
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I've found the shortest route is usually IFR, even in VMC. You can usually go direct, or near direct, and just cancel when you have the destination in sight. Takes care of expeditious routing through those pesky class B's and allows you to cruise above 180 if you have the gear and the inclination.
But for a 20 mile hop, you're right - VFR.
Another way of putting this is: "Occupants of a hot air balloon in a wind storm perceive only calm air."
Isn't it better to look for the best machine rather than the best vendor?
If you're just looking for desktops, why go with a branded vendor? Their whole motivation is to put together boxes with the cheapest working components they can find and sell them to you for a premium because of the logo on the box. That conflict of interest is part of the relationship.
I have friends with vendor-branded computers, and I hear more complaints from them about compatibility, interoperability and extensibility than I do from friends who buy best of breed mobos, cases, hard drives and DVDRW drives and bolt those 4 pieces together on their own.
With mobos doing everything nowadays from gigabit ethernet to SATA RAID to video to audio and beyond, I really don't get why more corps don't just stock mobos, hard drives, cases and DVDRW drives in their desktop systems group, and build/maintain as required. It's cheaper, they're crazy-fast to assemble, and you don't spend a premium just to buy into a vendor's conflict of interest.
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You misspelled "terrorists."
This guy wasn't.
Dude! It's more like "Plumber comes in, offers to pray with the lady for her everlasting soul. She is saved. Jesus is Lord."
Well for one, with Pascal, you have to declare variables before they are used, rather than on-the-fly, so you only need a one-pass compiler to compile it. So on a modern processor, compilation is like *instant* compared to languages like C++ and Java. I remember prototyping in Delphi and hitting a key combo to compile/launch and the app would literally compile AND launch before the skin of my fingers left the key combo. This is a really nice feature if you don't want your train of thought broken during an exciting/fun/intense programming session. It's a prototyper's dream.
How about this series of devices: http://www.digitone.com/
I've been using one now for several years with great results! It lets me do the following:
And all for around 100 bucks!
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- Americans now spend most of their waking hours at work.
- At work, we don't have freedom of speech.
- Therefore, Americans now spend most of their waking hours without freedom of speech.
That's not an America I want to live in. By hook or by crook, I will have freedom of speech.That's work ethic? I thought work ethic was when you worked 60 hours a week for 40 hours pay.
Indeed! So you could set up an NP complete problem, say a routing problem, as a superposition of all solution sets, and as long as you set things up so that the only state that survives is the shortest/best/whatever route, you'd be doing NP complete problems in linear time (albeit with a lot of quantum "memory"). This means you could have a chess/go machine that played a perfect game with no heuristics necessary. Telephone routing would be perfect, business routing (airlines, FAA airways, mail, whatever) would be routed with perfect efficiency, etc. Cool.
And if you want to listen to the horror that is an airplane crash, you can get your fill of last minute talk and screaming here: http://www.airdisaster.com/cvr/cvrwav.shtml
Faster, perhaps, but you chose the word efficiently and that means something different to me. What is unique about a quantum computer that would allow it to solve NP complete problems efficiently, in comparison to existing hardware?
Where you been for the last 4 years? ANY ship, person, vehicle or sovereign country can be confiscated and searched by US authorities. :-)
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For the life of me, I can't see where you'd codify that in IPCop. It seems to assume that the only traffic that needs to be regulated is inbound traffic. Prove me wrong and I'll gladly invest the time in putting together and experimenting with an IPCop box.
Jesus jumped-up Christ on a friggin' CROSS, people! When the bleeding HELL did we start viewing our lives as a deathmarch for an employer? Half the problem I see is that we're all looking around at eachother like lemmings trying to figure out how we can be more productive for the employer for no material gain. If you're in a business that demands more time than you wish to give, or doesn't compensate you for your time, then QUIT. The more of you who ruminate over the feasibility of working arduous hours, or whether it's good for us or the business, the more we are saddled with deathmarch companies and deathmarch bosses. REJECT IT. Stop pondering over it. QUIT.
Thing is, I don't think mine came directly from the MPAA. Instead, it seems to have come from some sort of legal agency representing them. According to their lawyer, they are in a screwed-up situation. They have twenty million dollars, but it is in an offshore bank and they are compelling me to assist in moving the funds into an American bank. I just need to set up a bank account for the transfer and I'll get 15% of the funds (I'm thinking I can up this to 20% through negotiation).
Thoughts?
Aye, English. Will ye break fast with us? We have no economy, but by golly damn we have "values"!
And, interestingly enough, jet fuel IS kerosene. Jet fuel is sold as "JET-A", and it's essentially kerosene like you would put in a kerosene heater. Any traveler who has walked out onto an airport tarmac to board a flight has smelled the exhaust from the jets, and it smells just like a kerosene heater.
I can tell you from experience, then - don't ever try tobacco in any form. Tobacco addiction has been described by heroin addicts as worse than heroin addiction, and it is waaaaay worse than caffeine addiction. Coffee and cigarettes together would impact you so strongly that you'd give neither of them up before you died (young and diseased).