That's consistent with what the poster suggested. If the situation you want to avoid is anywhere in front of you, swerving to the left (in the US) puts the passenger side of the car between the driver and the situation. I would guess that British drivers would tend to swerve to the right, given that the driver sits on the right side of the car.
Even so, a functional gieger counter will still tell you if something is hot (though not so good at telling you if something is not hot, in the case of gamma emitters). If you have a good idea of what the background radiation is in the area you are in, you can put a pretty good estimate on the minimum amount of radiation something is putting out, just by counting the clicks.
And how much does the anti-virus program cost on your Mac? Though Macs users haven't had to worry about virus the past few years thanks to their obscurity, it may be a bit much to assume you won't need anti-virus for the next three years.
Actually, the Space Shuttle would be well suited for a mission like this, as it was designed around the idea of going up and servicing satellites and other equipment. Which actually brings up the question, why is there no talk of using the Shuttle to attempt a repair?
I also seem to remember reading that solar panels are pretty vulnerable to EMP effects in orbit; maybe a reactor is less so?
It would make sense. Your solar panels would look like big wire loops to an EMP blast. On the other hand, you could put your reactor into a metal sheilded container so that the EMP would have a minimal effect on it.
Actually, you can remove iTunes and Quicktime from your Apple OS without impacting on the running state of the OS in any way... unless you wanted to use those programs, so it isn't like IE at all. It's exactly like IE. You can delete iexplore.exe and it won't affect Windows, but all the underlying framework will still be in place. Same with Quicktime.
In a truly libertarian system, they wouldn't dare do that, because then nobody would use their services; furthermore, they'd be afraid of retaliation. That would work great if some providers did it and some didn't, and that a consumer was able to educate themselves enough to be able to tell them apart, and enough people were voting with their wallets to make atleast some the companies take notice. Quite a few assumptions if you ask me.
Pricepoint? The 90's called and they want their buzzword back. Gezzus, just say fucking "price". The amount something is for sale at is its price. Period. Sheesh. Except that Apple is all about their carefully chosen price points, in case you haven't noticed.
It's an example of Apple pandering to big corporate CEOs while pissing on the little guy, which is something the original poster was quick to jump onto Microsoft for doing.
That's because the CEO of Apple wrote and published an open letter on their website expressing his desire to rid their music store of DRM, and the CEO of Microsoft has done no such thing, instead integrating DRM support into their entire audio and video driver stack. (To the detriment of the stability and functionality of the rest of the OS, I might add...) Please, please, let me know when Microsoft (or a major figurehead thereof) takes an official position against DRM. I'll be waiting eagerly.
Remember, that's the same CEO that refused to remove the DRM off of non-RIAA tracks, even at the request of the copyright holders, until he had colluded with major labels to design iTunes Plus. Double standard indeed.
For instance, the new MacBook Air can network boot off a CD/DVD disc mounted on another computer...wirelessly (I believe). I'm sure this would be an insurmountable task in BIOS.
PCs have been able to boot off of a wired network connection for years now, it wouldn't be that hard of a stretch to extend that to a wireless network connection. Actually, I could do it right now using a wireless bridge to the ethernet port, but that would be cheating.
As much the DRM laden threat as Microsoft? Hardly. There are no DRM APIs in OS X. In fact, the only DRM I've seen on OS X is in iTunes. (And remember, they had to agree to DRM to get contracts with the labels.) Compare that to MS's pandering to DRM loving CEOs and including it in Vista! And, really DRM is much more an application specific problem so far and has little to do with any OS besides Vista.
You have to love the double standards here. Apple includes DRM to satisfy the RIAA, and the fanboys claim they were forced by the labels. Microsoft includes DRM to satisfy the MPAA, and the fanboys claim that Microsoft panders to DRM loving CEOs.
I don't see how that would work for a position that involves contact with customers or suppliers, who might arrive between when you leave and when your shift would otherwise leave.
That depends. For something like customer support, a business can cover a larger range of hours by having some representatives come in earlier, and having others come in later. And if you primarly deal with people on another continent, having 'strange' hours can often be beneficial.
For instance I have a friend who owns a plumbing company with a fleet of trucks used by his employees. Exactly how do you "car-pool" a truck full of tools and supplies?
I don't see how it is a problem. Either he keeps the trucks at some depot, and the workers have to commute there to start their day and could just as easily carpool like anyone else. Or they could let the workers keep the company vehicle and tools at home, in which case they could just drive directly to their first job instead of having to commute to the office, then drive the company vehicle straight home in the evening.
Opera's 'tabs' have always worked this way. (actually, Opera uses a MDI interface, where each page is it's own seperate window in the main program window).
Well, that LCD only has a limited lifespan too, so you'll be replacing that LCD sooner if you buy it now versus buying it further down the line. Besides, LED-based LCDs are right around the corner (they already exist but right now they are first generation models and expensive). So if you wait a bit, soon you'll have a chance to replace that CRT with an even more environmentally screen than a CCFL-based LCD.
1. Solder is VERY strong when applied properly. Now, the X360 is Rohs compliant which means it uses AgTn solder instead of TnPb, and that leads to more failures in all modern electronics, I digress.
Heat will eventually kill solder joints though. One of the most common failures for CRTs in the first few years of use* was for the solder joints for the back of the picture tube to go bad causing one of the colors to flicker in and out or to simply disappear. Though granted, while I know that both 360's and the rear of picture tubes both get pretty hot, I don't know how they really compare to each other.
*After several years of use it was typically the picture tube or the HV power supplies.
Actually, it's a smart move by Lenovo, if you ask me, as it is geared towards the types that are already more likely to by a Thinkpad to begin with. Apple's already got the sleek/hipster market all tied up, so why not chase after another set of users? So instead of competing head to head with Apple, Lenovo is targetting the more practical users, the ones that want a tool with the features they need to get stuff done, rather than some form-over-function fashion accessory like the Macbook Air.
Besides, if you ask me, the Thinkpads look far nicer than the Apple laptops anyway, which to me are ugly bland slabs with a giant Apple logo plastered on the back. But that's more a matter of opinion.
Funny how the word "easily" gets redefined around here. On most laptops all I need is my finger to press the latch to pop the battery out. That's 5 seconds, maybe 10 if you count the time to flip the laptop over. Now that's what I call easily, not messing around with screwdrivers, taking the bottom off, and quite possibly voiding your warranty.
OTOH, when you start getting SMART errors you know it's time to backup right the hell now, wheras the normal failure mode for a drive that's turned on and off (again in my experience) is it not being mountable at all when you turn the machine on.
I've found SMART to be somewhat unreliable. Yes, when SMART starts spewing out errors you should definently back up and replace immediately. However, most of my drive failures other than DOA have been when the drive starts having trouble spinning up or makes noise when the computer is powered on (for those computers I regularly power down, for the ones that don't get powered down much the drive is pretty much toast when this happens). My ears have caught those, SMART typically says the drive is fine.
Do you have a source for that? Because it runs directly contrary to my personal experience.
As always, YMMV. I've found that server drives (as in SCSI) are very reliable when on 24/7 (or for that matter if you like to turn them on and off too). It's the drives in your typical cheap PC that doesn't like to be left on all the time. It could be a matter of things outside the drive too in that case - inadequate cooling, cheap power supplies, no UPS, etc.
Also, for the love of god, get an LCD. Modern LCDs are leaps and bounds better than CRTs in every way, especially power consumption. And they're dirt cheap too.
So long as that CRT still works, it's better for the environment just to keep using it. The added electricity usage is far less than the energy and environmental costs of properly disposing of that CRT monitor, not to mention the environmental and energy costs of producing the replacement LCD.
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That's consistent with what the poster suggested. If the situation you want to avoid is anywhere in front of you, swerving to the left (in the US) puts the passenger side of the car between the driver and the situation. I would guess that British drivers would tend to swerve to the right, given that the driver sits on the right side of the car.
Even so, a functional gieger counter will still tell you if something is hot (though not so good at telling you if something is not hot, in the case of gamma emitters). If you have a good idea of what the background radiation is in the area you are in, you can put a pretty good estimate on the minimum amount of radiation something is putting out, just by counting the clicks.
The Apple is cheaper over 3 or more years.
And how much does the anti-virus program cost on your Mac? Though Macs users haven't had to worry about virus the past few years thanks to their obscurity, it may be a bit much to assume you won't need anti-virus for the next three years.
Actually, the Space Shuttle would be well suited for a mission like this, as it was designed around the idea of going up and servicing satellites and other equipment. Which actually brings up the question, why is there no talk of using the Shuttle to attempt a repair?
I also seem to remember reading that solar panels are pretty vulnerable to EMP effects in orbit; maybe a reactor is less so?
It would make sense. Your solar panels would look like big wire loops to an EMP blast. On the other hand, you could put your reactor into a metal sheilded container so that the EMP would have a minimal effect on it.
You don't see any unix based os having so much cruft and other problems as windows has.
Really? Because there are a lot of things in Unix-based OSes that date back before even MS-DOS, let alone Windows.
No matter what, it's the user's fault. Apple is infallible. Easy to understand, no?
It's an example of Apple pandering to big corporate CEOs while pissing on the little guy, which is something the original poster was quick to jump onto Microsoft for doing.
That's because the CEO of Apple wrote and published an open letter on their website expressing his desire to rid their music store of DRM, and the CEO of Microsoft has done no such thing, instead integrating DRM support into their entire audio and video driver stack. (To the detriment of the stability and functionality of the rest of the OS, I might add...) Please, please, let me know when Microsoft (or a major figurehead thereof) takes an official position against DRM. I'll be waiting eagerly.
Remember, that's the same CEO that refused to remove the DRM off of non-RIAA tracks, even at the request of the copyright holders, until he had colluded with major labels to design iTunes Plus. Double standard indeed.
For instance, the new MacBook Air can network boot off a CD/DVD disc mounted on another computer...wirelessly (I believe). I'm sure this would be an insurmountable task in BIOS.
PCs have been able to boot off of a wired network connection for years now, it wouldn't be that hard of a stretch to extend that to a wireless network connection. Actually, I could do it right now using a wireless bridge to the ethernet port, but that would be cheating.
As much the DRM laden threat as Microsoft? Hardly. There are no DRM APIs in OS X. In fact, the only DRM I've seen on OS X is in iTunes. (And remember, they had to agree to DRM to get contracts with the labels.) Compare that to MS's pandering to DRM loving CEOs and including it in Vista! And, really DRM is much more an application specific problem so far and has little to do with any OS besides Vista.
You have to love the double standards here. Apple includes DRM to satisfy the RIAA, and the fanboys claim they were forced by the labels. Microsoft includes DRM to satisfy the MPAA, and the fanboys claim that Microsoft panders to DRM loving CEOs.
Hey, where'd you get your car? I'd like a free one too. Cost, maintenance, and possibly storage would drive your 55 cents up a bit.
That assumes that the only reason he has a car is to drive it to and from work.
I don't see how that would work for a position that involves contact with customers or suppliers, who might arrive between when you leave and when your shift would otherwise leave.
That depends. For something like customer support, a business can cover a larger range of hours by having some representatives come in earlier, and having others come in later. And if you primarly deal with people on another continent, having 'strange' hours can often be beneficial.
For instance I have a friend who owns a plumbing company with a fleet of trucks used by his employees. Exactly how do you "car-pool" a truck full of tools and supplies?
I don't see how it is a problem. Either he keeps the trucks at some depot, and the workers have to commute there to start their day and could just as easily carpool like anyone else. Or they could let the workers keep the company vehicle and tools at home, in which case they could just drive directly to their first job instead of having to commute to the office, then drive the company vehicle straight home in the evening.
Opera's 'tabs' have always worked this way. (actually, Opera uses a MDI interface, where each page is it's own seperate window in the main program window).
Or they are bog standard corporate PCs, that don't have anything installed other than IE6, and the users can't change if they wanted to.
Well, that LCD only has a limited lifespan too, so you'll be replacing that LCD sooner if you buy it now versus buying it further down the line. Besides, LED-based LCDs are right around the corner (they already exist but right now they are first generation models and expensive). So if you wait a bit, soon you'll have a chance to replace that CRT with an even more environmentally screen than a CCFL-based LCD.
1. Solder is VERY strong when applied properly. Now, the X360 is Rohs compliant which means it uses AgTn solder instead of TnPb, and that leads to more failures in all modern electronics, I digress.
Heat will eventually kill solder joints though. One of the most common failures for CRTs in the first few years of use* was for the solder joints for the back of the picture tube to go bad causing one of the colors to flicker in and out or to simply disappear. Though granted, while I know that both 360's and the rear of picture tubes both get pretty hot, I don't know how they really compare to each other.
*After several years of use it was typically the picture tube or the HV power supplies.
Actually, it's a smart move by Lenovo, if you ask me, as it is geared towards the types that are already more likely to by a Thinkpad to begin with. Apple's already got the sleek/hipster market all tied up, so why not chase after another set of users? So instead of competing head to head with Apple, Lenovo is targetting the more practical users, the ones that want a tool with the features they need to get stuff done, rather than some form-over-function fashion accessory like the Macbook Air.
Besides, if you ask me, the Thinkpads look far nicer than the Apple laptops anyway, which to me are ugly bland slabs with a giant Apple logo plastered on the back. But that's more a matter of opinion.
Funny how the word "easily" gets redefined around here. On most laptops all I need is my finger to press the latch to pop the battery out. That's 5 seconds, maybe 10 if you count the time to flip the laptop over. Now that's what I call easily, not messing around with screwdrivers, taking the bottom off, and quite possibly voiding your warranty.
OTOH, when you start getting SMART errors you know it's time to backup right the hell now, wheras the normal failure mode for a drive that's turned on and off (again in my experience) is it not being mountable at all when you turn the machine on.
I've found SMART to be somewhat unreliable. Yes, when SMART starts spewing out errors you should definently back up and replace immediately. However, most of my drive failures other than DOA have been when the drive starts having trouble spinning up or makes noise when the computer is powered on (for those computers I regularly power down, for the ones that don't get powered down much the drive is pretty much toast when this happens). My ears have caught those, SMART typically says the drive is fine.
Do you have a source for that? Because it runs directly contrary to my personal experience.
As always, YMMV. I've found that server drives (as in SCSI) are very reliable when on 24/7 (or for that matter if you like to turn them on and off too). It's the drives in your typical cheap PC that doesn't like to be left on all the time. It could be a matter of things outside the drive too in that case - inadequate cooling, cheap power supplies, no UPS, etc.
Also, for the love of god, get an LCD. Modern LCDs are leaps and bounds better than CRTs in every way, especially power consumption. And they're dirt cheap too.
So long as that CRT still works, it's better for the environment just to keep using it. The added electricity usage is far less than the energy and environmental costs of properly disposing of that CRT monitor, not to mention the environmental and energy costs of producing the replacement LCD.