The other option would be to multiply the length of the yellow light by the speed limit, which would provide you with the distance before the intersection at which a car traveling the speed limit would run the red light if they didn't stop. Then paint the line there. If the location of the line is tied directly to the length of the yellow light by law, this would have the advantage that the city couldn't just tinker with the yellow light times without sending a crew out to repaint the lines on the road.
Probably the insanely cheap LCD and plasma TVs. They just don't last very long - maybe 3-5 years before they die, whereas the CRT TVs they replaced seem to last forever. Of course, those are the cheap $300 Walmart specials. The higher end models are much better built, but I still don't see them lasting 20+ years either.
Because the analog tuner in the VCR isn't able to tune into the digital signal coming from the cable company*. So you have to use the cable company's cable box to decode the signal, and then the VCR can record the analog output from the cable box. This requires that the cable box be powered up and tuned to the right channel when the VCR is to record whatever you want to record. To accommodate this, many cable/satellite boxes have a VCR scheduling feature that automatically turns on the tuner and sets it to the right channel at a certain time so the VCR can do its thing. Comcast decided to remove this feature, presumably to stick it to the VCR users in an attempt to force them to buy their DVR service, hence the story.
*some of the VCRs still on the market have digital tuners, so if you get your shows over the air then it will work much like it did 15 years ago, but this won't help you if you have cable TV
I'm going to go with the AC here. I don't have any experience with Chrome, but neither Firefox or Opera take anywhere near that amount of memory if they have just been launched and have just one tab open.
The only other exception to the no display except the clock radio rule is that the check engine light should have a display that is blank unless there is a problem. In that case it should display a human readable/understandable description of the problem with an error code. It might be too tempting for designers to use that display for something other than displaying error codes though. You DON'T want any displays you have to read to access funtionality of your car. accessing your car's functionality is otherwise known as driving, and that is dangerous when texting.
Actually, that display nicely could double up as the odometer under normal driving.
It's not a good thing at all. It sets a precedent that large enough companies can break the law without fear of punishment or repercussions. This completely removes the teeth from government agencies like the FDA which is supposed to protect the people. This is bad, very bad.
Well, in the US that's not how the program ended up working. There was no minimum age requirement, and I believe the average age of the vehicles turned in was 11 years, so over half of them were from 1996 or newer. One of the big problems with these programs is that generally to get the rebate, a new car must be purchased. That means the cars that are turned in are cars that belonged to people who could afford a new car. The worst polluting cars generally stay on the road, because those belong to people who can't afford a new car (even with the subsidy). An unintended consequence is that some of these cars may even stay on the road even longer, since the government mandated destruction of the turned in vehicles reduces the pool of inexpensive used vehicles that poor people rely upon.
I don't see how that would be necessary. Older vehicles are going to eventually wear out and need replacement, and if fuel-efficient vehicles are all that's available then that's what they would have to be replaced with. All that a "clunkers" program does is pull these replacements forward a few years at great cost to the taxpayer, for a very dubious environmental benefit once the environmental costs of scrapping the old, still functional vehicles and replacing them with new ones is taken into account.
Besides, the "Clunkers" program actually did very little to change people's behavior anyway. The average MPG of vehicles sold when the months the program was active was less than 1MPG higher the months when the program wasn't active. People are already buying more efficient cars.
Which is entirely pointless, as vehicles similar to the ones being targeted for removal are being sold new. What's the point in destroying a perfectly good 10-year-old truck when someone else is buying a brand new one that is no safer, gets no better mileage and has no cleaner emissions? It's nothing more than a waste of money and resources. I say severely limit the sale of new large vehicles, and let the people who still want to have such vehicles fight over them in the used market. As a start, the government could make it so 'light trucks' have to meet the same standards as passenger cars - if truck and SUV drivers had to pay the true costs for the type of vehicle they want to drive, then maybe more of them would choose something else.
It was sold in the US as the Ford Contour, though I'm pretty sure the US didn't get the diesel version. If you want to go back to 1980's technology, I know that it's predecessor the Ford Tempo did have a diesel version available, but it's a pretty rare vehicle.
What does a washing machine even need a standby current for? Are they remote controlled now or something? My top loader, about the same age as yours, has a mechanical switch and uses precisely zero energy when it's not running.
You have to remember that a write on a SSD is actually a two step process. First, the block must be erased, then the new data can be written to the block. If the failure occurs on the first step, then you could still have your old data. But if it occurs on the second step then you have some useless blank areas that can't be written to. The problem I see is in almost all cases you're writing a whole lot of blocks, and chances are most of them would still be working with only a few that failed, leaving you with an incomplete, corrupted file unless you verify all your writes.
This is all assuming the media is what gives up the ghost. I haven't had an SSD fail on me yet, but all the failures of my USB flash drives seem to be with the controller/interface chip and not the flash itself, leaving a completely dead drive with little hope of recovery (at least cheaply).
The newest Sempron for Socket AM3 has virtualization support. I think the only reason why the Sempron didn't for a while is because it was based off an older design.
I have to disagree about the resource usage. I tried Avira on an old 1Ghz P3 512MB running Windows 2000, and it nearly ground the computer to a halt. I took Avira off and put AVG on the computer, and the computer was usable again. Granted, on modern hardware you'd probably not notice the difference.
I interpreted "hostile neighborhood" as there was just some fundamental problem that makes the galaxy non-conductive towards sentient life. A hostile yet reclusive species would require a galaxy that is conductive for long term sentient life (otherwise, the reclusive species could not exist - at least for long), yet, could also allow for an apparent empty galaxy.
You might want to consider what theaters have to compete with. A quality home theater setup is cheaper now than it has ever been in the past, and that's in absolute dollar amounts. Ditto once you factor in inflation and the improvements in the technology.
Apple never wanted Fairplay. It was a requirement to get the music industry to sign on. Jobs made that clear, and after just a few years, he got all DRM dropped from all tunes on the iTMS. This is not RDF, it's fact.
Then why did Steve Jobs force music from independent labels and artists to have DRM on them, even when these labels and artists requested that their music be DRM-free? I really don't care what Steve Jobs says, as his actions directly contradicts his words. Maybe you should step out of the RDF?
Americans aren't really so much opposed to public healthcare, as they are opposed to the particular implementation that is being proposed. Quite frankly, it stinks.
How about there exists some other species that is rather xenophobic and not interested in colonizing the galaxy, but at the same time realizes that letting some other species colonize the galaxy and become immensely powerful could threaten their existence? Therefore, they periodically sweep the galaxy and wipe out any potential competitors before they take hold.
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The other option would be to multiply the length of the yellow light by the speed limit, which would provide you with the distance before the intersection at which a car traveling the speed limit would run the red light if they didn't stop. Then paint the line there. If the location of the line is tied directly to the length of the yellow light by law, this would have the advantage that the city couldn't just tinker with the yellow light times without sending a crew out to repaint the lines on the road.
Just throw a polarizer on the lens. Sure, the copy will only be 2D, but given the quality of the average cam it would be good enough.
Probably the insanely cheap LCD and plasma TVs. They just don't last very long - maybe 3-5 years before they die, whereas the CRT TVs they replaced seem to last forever. Of course, those are the cheap $300 Walmart specials. The higher end models are much better built, but I still don't see them lasting 20+ years either.
Because the analog tuner in the VCR isn't able to tune into the digital signal coming from the cable company*. So you have to use the cable company's cable box to decode the signal, and then the VCR can record the analog output from the cable box. This requires that the cable box be powered up and tuned to the right channel when the VCR is to record whatever you want to record. To accommodate this, many cable/satellite boxes have a VCR scheduling feature that automatically turns on the tuner and sets it to the right channel at a certain time so the VCR can do its thing. Comcast decided to remove this feature, presumably to stick it to the VCR users in an attempt to force them to buy their DVR service, hence the story.
*some of the VCRs still on the market have digital tuners, so if you get your shows over the air then it will work much like it did 15 years ago, but this won't help you if you have cable TV
I'm going to go with the AC here. I don't have any experience with Chrome, but neither Firefox or Opera take anywhere near that amount of memory if they have just been launched and have just one tab open.
AFAIK, there is no such thing as an automatic hybrid either. Every one I am aware of uses a CVT.
Actually, that display nicely could double up as the odometer under normal driving.
It's not a good thing at all. It sets a precedent that large enough companies can break the law without fear of punishment or repercussions. This completely removes the teeth from government agencies like the FDA which is supposed to protect the people. This is bad, very bad.
I disagree. People really want their McDonalds.
Well, in the US that's not how the program ended up working. There was no minimum age requirement, and I believe the average age of the vehicles turned in was 11 years, so over half of them were from 1996 or newer. One of the big problems with these programs is that generally to get the rebate, a new car must be purchased. That means the cars that are turned in are cars that belonged to people who could afford a new car. The worst polluting cars generally stay on the road, because those belong to people who can't afford a new car (even with the subsidy). An unintended consequence is that some of these cars may even stay on the road even longer, since the government mandated destruction of the turned in vehicles reduces the pool of inexpensive used vehicles that poor people rely upon.
I don't see how that would be necessary. Older vehicles are going to eventually wear out and need replacement, and if fuel-efficient vehicles are all that's available then that's what they would have to be replaced with. All that a "clunkers" program does is pull these replacements forward a few years at great cost to the taxpayer, for a very dubious environmental benefit once the environmental costs of scrapping the old, still functional vehicles and replacing them with new ones is taken into account.
Besides, the "Clunkers" program actually did very little to change people's behavior anyway. The average MPG of vehicles sold when the months the program was active was less than 1MPG higher the months when the program wasn't active. People are already buying more efficient cars.
Which is entirely pointless, as vehicles similar to the ones being targeted for removal are being sold new. What's the point in destroying a perfectly good 10-year-old truck when someone else is buying a brand new one that is no safer, gets no better mileage and has no cleaner emissions? It's nothing more than a waste of money and resources. I say severely limit the sale of new large vehicles, and let the people who still want to have such vehicles fight over them in the used market. As a start, the government could make it so 'light trucks' have to meet the same standards as passenger cars - if truck and SUV drivers had to pay the true costs for the type of vehicle they want to drive, then maybe more of them would choose something else.
Hell, a stock Honda Odyssey can post comparable times to a Porsche 356 on the track:
http://grassrootsmotorsports.com/articles/soccer-moms-revenge/
Is there really any reason why a family car needs that kind of power?
Maybe they should bring back the Chevy Prism?
It was sold in the US as the Ford Contour, though I'm pretty sure the US didn't get the diesel version. If you want to go back to 1980's technology, I know that it's predecessor the Ford Tempo did have a diesel version available, but it's a pretty rare vehicle.
Mine runs at about 2009 Mhz, according to CPU-Z. However, it was marketed as a 3000+ CPU, but that's another issue entirely.
What does a washing machine even need a standby current for? Are they remote controlled now or something? My top loader, about the same age as yours, has a mechanical switch and uses precisely zero energy when it's not running.
You have to remember that a write on a SSD is actually a two step process. First, the block must be erased, then the new data can be written to the block. If the failure occurs on the first step, then you could still have your old data. But if it occurs on the second step then you have some useless blank areas that can't be written to. The problem I see is in almost all cases you're writing a whole lot of blocks, and chances are most of them would still be working with only a few that failed, leaving you with an incomplete, corrupted file unless you verify all your writes.
This is all assuming the media is what gives up the ghost. I haven't had an SSD fail on me yet, but all the failures of my USB flash drives seem to be with the controller/interface chip and not the flash itself, leaving a completely dead drive with little hope of recovery (at least cheaply).
The newest Sempron for Socket AM3 has virtualization support. I think the only reason why the Sempron didn't for a while is because it was based off an older design.
I have to disagree about the resource usage. I tried Avira on an old 1Ghz P3 512MB running Windows 2000, and it nearly ground the computer to a halt. I took Avira off and put AVG on the computer, and the computer was usable again. Granted, on modern hardware you'd probably not notice the difference.
I interpreted "hostile neighborhood" as there was just some fundamental problem that makes the galaxy non-conductive towards sentient life. A hostile yet reclusive species would require a galaxy that is conductive for long term sentient life (otherwise, the reclusive species could not exist - at least for long), yet, could also allow for an apparent empty galaxy.
You might want to consider what theaters have to compete with. A quality home theater setup is cheaper now than it has ever been in the past, and that's in absolute dollar amounts. Ditto once you factor in inflation and the improvements in the technology.
Then why did Steve Jobs force music from independent labels and artists to have DRM on them, even when these labels and artists requested that their music be DRM-free? I really don't care what Steve Jobs says, as his actions directly contradicts his words. Maybe you should step out of the RDF?
Americans aren't really so much opposed to public healthcare, as they are opposed to the particular implementation that is being proposed. Quite frankly, it stinks.
How about there exists some other species that is rather xenophobic and not interested in colonizing the galaxy, but at the same time realizes that letting some other species colonize the galaxy and become immensely powerful could threaten their existence? Therefore, they periodically sweep the galaxy and wipe out any potential competitors before they take hold.