I think they do that on purpose, to remind you that your highbeams are also annoying everyone else on the road and so that you don't just leave them on all the time. Though it does suck if your in the middle of nowhere on a dark night, no other cars around but plenty of wildlife you need to watch out for. Atleast my older car uses a small incandescant with a blue lens (not very bright overall) so it's not nearly as obnoxious as a newer car with the blue LED.
All the ones I have seen have all the markings and numbers blue, with only the needle being red. I guess if you were good you could gauge your speed by looking at the angle of the needle, but that seems to be a lousy solution overall.
If I see someone coming up on me faster when I'm passing people, I'll make an effort to get over when I can and let them by. But if they insist on being a dick by riding my bumper and flashing their lights until I can get over, then I'll just stay in the left lane and let them stew a while.
Hence the "market" aspect of it. It would be a gamble, but not really any different than something like penny stocks. Buy into enough "futures" at the right price, and you'll end up ahead even after the occasional loss.
I think that he meant that a "low end" office PC has more than enough power to do what it need to do. Your comment might have been insightful 5 years ago when a 7 year old PC was hopelessly outclassed by newer computers.
A lot of kids got fingerprinted back in elementary school "for their own protection" or "in case of kidnapping" by the police. Who knows what actually happened to all those prints, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they were in the hands of the FBI or part of some huge database now.
Actually, the Japanese tend to use a P2P called "Winny", which is loosely based off of the now defunct WinMX program. I haven't seen many of them on any of the other P2P programs much.
The big problem with harddrives is that we tend to bolt them directly to the case, so the vibrations transfer into the case and cause a humming noise. If you want them to make less noise, mount them with rubber grommets to prevent the vibrations from getting into the case. The drive will still hum a bit obviously, but it will be buried in the case where you won't hear it, atleast not over the fan(s) which are not buried inside the case.
However, the idea is to have a supercomputer under your desk. If you want to go that route, why not put the whole thing in the basement and use a thin client?
He was talking about installation. Most Linux installs nowadays is pretty easy, distrobutions like Ubuntu pretty much just expand a disk image to your harddrive, and you can browse the internet or do whatever while the installer does its thing. Installing OSX on the same hardware was a bitch. You had to hack it just to get it to install, and then once again to get it to boot. Once it was done installing it didn't even recognize things like my sound and ethernet card!
As a product that was initially tied to the Macintosh, which was had a low single digit marketshare back in 2001, I would say that predicting very few sales was a pretty safe bet.
Windows 95 can be pretty secure, it's so old nothing really is made to attack it anymore and unlike default 2000/XP installs, it listens on very few ports. It's possible they don't even have IE installed.
Considering how hard it is to find a Wolfdale CPU nowadays, I might end up finding a Bloomfield before I find a Wolfdale for sale. Though likely, I'll just keep waiting until this Sempron 3000 no longer suits my needs them buy whatever is available then.
After January 31, 2009, the least resource-intensive version of the Windows operating system that continues to be available from Microsoft to the public will be Windows Vista, and I doubt that using Windows Vista on a subnotebook will become economic by that date. How many of these computers can Asus and its partners ship by the end of January of next year?
You're forgetting both Windows CE and Windows Mobile, both of which could be used on a stripped down ultraportable. Heck, some of the Windows mobile devices are practically there, all they need is a bigger keyboard and screen.
If economies are cyclical, why is it that the bad economic policies always precede the down cycles? Wouldn't they mistime it and hit an up cycle once in a while?
Because the people writing the history books take a look at the economic policy, then a look at what happened, then go "Hmm... that one was bad"?
I don't buy that at all. So what if she wins the big states? States like California, Massachusetts, and New York are voting Democrat in the general election no matter what. Texas is voting Republican no matter what. The fact that can do well in those states is essentially meaningless in the general election. The big deal that I see is that Obama can pick up many of the smaller "red" states that went to Bush in 2000 and 2004, states that I don't see Hilary as able to pick up (save for Arkansas).
Modding it redundant still seems appropiate. Of course she has more delegates than she did before the vote in Texas. It's not like anyone was expecting her to get totally shut out. Even if your interpretation is correct, the comment still adds nothing to the discussion.
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I think they do that on purpose, to remind you that your highbeams are also annoying everyone else on the road and so that you don't just leave them on all the time. Though it does suck if your in the middle of nowhere on a dark night, no other cars around but plenty of wildlife you need to watch out for. Atleast my older car uses a small incandescant with a blue lens (not very bright overall) so it's not nearly as obnoxious as a newer car with the blue LED.
All the ones I have seen have all the markings and numbers blue, with only the needle being red. I guess if you were good you could gauge your speed by looking at the angle of the needle, but that seems to be a lousy solution overall.
If I see someone coming up on me faster when I'm passing people, I'll make an effort to get over when I can and let them by. But if they insist on being a dick by riding my bumper and flashing their lights until I can get over, then I'll just stay in the left lane and let them stew a while.
Hence the "market" aspect of it. It would be a gamble, but not really any different than something like penny stocks. Buy into enough "futures" at the right price, and you'll end up ahead even after the occasional loss.
Give Microsoft a break here. Clearly that code was written for Windows 95 and never got updated.
I like how the title of the first result on your search is "NVIDIA Forums -> Nv4_disp.dll Infinite Loop Finaly FIXED!".
I think that he meant that a "low end" office PC has more than enough power to do what it need to do. Your comment might have been insightful 5 years ago when a 7 year old PC was hopelessly outclassed by newer computers.
A lot of kids got fingerprinted back in elementary school "for their own protection" or "in case of kidnapping" by the police. Who knows what actually happened to all those prints, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they were in the hands of the FBI or part of some huge database now.
I mean really - that George Bush could be considered a viable candidate indicates that way too many knuckledragging retards live there.
And that makes Tony Blair...?
Actually, the Japanese tend to use a P2P called "Winny", which is loosely based off of the now defunct WinMX program. I haven't seen many of them on any of the other P2P programs much.
You've obviously never used a G4 "Windtunnel" Mac.
The big problem with harddrives is that we tend to bolt them directly to the case, so the vibrations transfer into the case and cause a humming noise. If you want them to make less noise, mount them with rubber grommets to prevent the vibrations from getting into the case. The drive will still hum a bit obviously, but it will be buried in the case where you won't hear it, atleast not over the fan(s) which are not buried inside the case.
However, the idea is to have a supercomputer under your desk. If you want to go that route, why not put the whole thing in the basement and use a thin client?
He was talking about installation. Most Linux installs nowadays is pretty easy, distrobutions like Ubuntu pretty much just expand a disk image to your harddrive, and you can browse the internet or do whatever while the installer does its thing. Installing OSX on the same hardware was a bitch. You had to hack it just to get it to install, and then once again to get it to boot. Once it was done installing it didn't even recognize things like my sound and ethernet card!
Oh yeah, well guess what page is now the top hit for "Now you guys have gone and broke the interwebs"? Yeah, what do you think of that!?!
As a product that was initially tied to the Macintosh, which was had a low single digit marketshare back in 2001, I would say that predicting very few sales was a pretty safe bet.
Windows 95 can be pretty secure, it's so old nothing really is made to attack it anymore and unlike default 2000/XP installs, it listens on very few ports. It's possible they don't even have IE installed.
Well, just remove the computer parts and fill with explosives. They did X-Ray it and noted that it had no harddrive.
And not having to deal with the major airlines and the TSA's bullshit... Priceless.
That's the main reason I see for flying general aviation versus flying commercial. For most people, it's totally worth it.
Considering how hard it is to find a Wolfdale CPU nowadays, I might end up finding a Bloomfield before I find a Wolfdale for sale. Though likely, I'll just keep waiting until this Sempron 3000 no longer suits my needs them buy whatever is available then.
I remember DVD/VHS combo players, so it's very plausible - especially since the mechanisms would be essentially the same (as opposed to VHS and DVD).
After January 31, 2009, the least resource-intensive version of the Windows operating system that continues to be available from Microsoft to the public will be Windows Vista, and I doubt that using Windows Vista on a subnotebook will become economic by that date. How many of these computers can Asus and its partners ship by the end of January of next year?
You're forgetting both Windows CE and Windows Mobile, both of which could be used on a stripped down ultraportable. Heck, some of the Windows mobile devices are practically there, all they need is a bigger keyboard and screen.
If economies are cyclical, why is it that the bad economic policies always precede the down cycles? Wouldn't they mistime it and hit an up cycle once in a while?
Because the people writing the history books take a look at the economic policy, then a look at what happened, then go "Hmm... that one was bad"?
I don't buy that at all. So what if she wins the big states? States like California, Massachusetts, and New York are voting Democrat in the general election no matter what. Texas is voting Republican no matter what. The fact that can do well in those states is essentially meaningless in the general election. The big deal that I see is that Obama can pick up many of the smaller "red" states that went to Bush in 2000 and 2004, states that I don't see Hilary as able to pick up (save for Arkansas).
Modding it redundant still seems appropiate. Of course she has more delegates than she did before the vote in Texas. It's not like anyone was expecting her to get totally shut out. Even if your interpretation is correct, the comment still adds nothing to the discussion.