> But if the tsunamis are really big, they still > might wash right over the smaller islands. Even a > really big wave will only travel a mile or so > inland, last I checked. YMMV
The 26 Dec Asian Tsunami is reported to have gone 6 km (~3.7 miles) inland in some places and was "only" about 10m (31ft) high, so I draw a different conclusion if the waves predicted here for the U.S. east coast are "20-50m" high.
I would also imagine the height/strength of the structures "softening" the impact plays a role - at 50m height there are much less obstacles which pose any challenge than at 10m.
I'm a Freevo user and fan (freevo.sf.net) and I agree. I've briefly used Windows Media Center and was impressed by the speed, ease of use, and the quality of the product.
While I'd never buy this product (out of ideological and financial reasons), I have to agree much of the criticism is unfairly harsh.
The only problem I see with this product is the price, and perhaps the fact that the average joe isn't ready to purchase a complete PC to attach to the TV, or watch TV primarily on his PC.
I must disagree. It's never been easier to do so and it's getting easier all the time with the Euro and some new laws regarding European payments.
I live in Belgium and now regularly purchase components in German mail order stores, as well as from eBay. Usually very quick delivery and easy payment (with international bank account numbers it doesn't even have to cost anything) - I am a happy international shopper!
Compare this to 5 years ago when a bank transfer of EUR500 would cost me over EUR50 plus the currency conversion fee!
I'm a bit surprised by the criticism you received on this point, and I can totally understand your point of view, being on the receiving end of crap like this.
I wonder in honesty how many laptops are really Fedexed all over the place for something which, given correct information (for example, by the ISP) could be solved in under twenty minutes, depending on the end-user. How some people expect "IT" solve problems when blindfolded with one arm behind their backs, and given dodgy descriptions of what is wrong fascinates me.
We were also informed once by our ISP that one of our 100-or so PC's was infected with "something" by a remote network admin, although our firewall logs and a subsequent remote-virus scan (machines already all equipped with AV) never brought anything up.
They're wasting our time sending us looking for alleged needles in supposed haystacks.
Right on. Despite already being outdated by the time I bought it, the reference book included with QuickBasic 4.5 is wonderful and easy to read. If you're shelling out money on BASIC you might as well buy this. No regrets.
Well, on the book anyway. I bought QuickBasic to compile and finish writing a Qbasic program I had been writing to keep track of football statistics. By the time the program was done, it was so big it wouldn't compile! The only way to run it was inside QuickBasic, although I later 'ported' it back to QBasic because that was much more common. Pretty daft. I still wonder if there is some way to compile that program... actually I wonder if I still have the source somewhere.
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> But if the tsunamis are really big, they still
> might wash right over the smaller islands. Even a
> really big wave will only travel a mile or so
> inland, last I checked. YMMV
The 26 Dec Asian Tsunami is reported to have gone 6 km (~3.7 miles) inland in some places and was "only" about 10m (31ft) high, so I draw a different conclusion if the waves predicted here for the U.S. east coast are "20-50m" high.
I would also imagine the height/strength of the structures "softening" the impact plays a role - at 50m height there are much less obstacles which pose any challenge than at 10m.
I'd be pretty scared.
I'm a Freevo user and fan (freevo.sf.net) and I agree. I've briefly used Windows Media Center and was impressed by the speed, ease of use, and the quality of the product.
While I'd never buy this product (out of ideological and financial reasons), I have to agree much of the criticism is unfairly harsh.
The only problem I see with this product is the price, and perhaps the fact that the average joe isn't ready to purchase a complete PC to attach to the TV, or watch TV primarily on his PC.
I must disagree. It's never been easier to do so and it's getting easier all the time with the Euro and some new laws regarding European payments.
I live in Belgium and now regularly purchase components in German mail order stores, as well as from eBay. Usually very quick delivery and easy payment (with international bank account numbers it doesn't even have to cost anything) - I am a happy international shopper!
Compare this to 5 years ago when a bank transfer of EUR500 would cost me over EUR50 plus the currency conversion fee!
I'm a bit surprised by the criticism you received on this point, and I can totally understand your point of view, being on the receiving end of crap like this.
I wonder in honesty how many laptops are really Fedexed all over the place for something which, given correct information (for example, by the ISP) could be solved in under twenty minutes, depending on the end-user.
How some people expect "IT" solve problems when blindfolded with one arm behind their backs, and given dodgy descriptions of what is wrong fascinates me.
We were also informed once by our ISP that one of our 100-or so PC's was infected with "something" by a remote network admin, although our firewall logs and a subsequent remote-virus scan (machines already all equipped with AV) never brought anything up.
They're wasting our time sending us looking for alleged needles in supposed haystacks.
Right on. Despite already being outdated by the time I bought it, the reference book included with QuickBasic 4.5 is wonderful and easy to read. If you're shelling out money on BASIC you might as well buy this.
No regrets.
Well, on the book anyway.
I bought QuickBasic to compile and finish writing a Qbasic program I had been writing to keep track of football statistics. By the time the program was done, it was so big it wouldn't compile! The only way to run it was inside QuickBasic, although I later 'ported' it back to QBasic because that was much more common. Pretty daft. I still wonder if there is some way to compile that program... actually I wonder if I still have the source somewhere.