They say in the FA that the fabric is "highly flexible and strong". But they only have samples roughly 10 microns large at this point, and the article doesn't really give any indication how well this will scale up. What I really want to know is if this stuff is airtight, or even watertight. If it is, I wonder if it would have any use in creating an ultralight spaceship?
My hoard of Napster 1.0 music files aren't going anywhere soon. Sure, they are redundant with other stuff I have downloaded, and many I haven't listened to in years. But going through them would take time, and I never know when I might need that 'Men Without Hats' track. Besides, harddrive space is incredibly cheap, the whole collection is probably taking up less than $5.00 worth of disk drive.
I believe another reason megapixels is pushed so much is that higher megapixel cameras create bigger pictures that results in more sales of memory cards. Just a theory though.
They've already done this in a way with the P4 Extreme Edition with its huge cache. However, due to the fact they are really expensive, they haven't caught on.
Well, a very nicely equipped PC could probably run OS X 80% as fast as a low end G3. If that's what you meant.
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Multi-desktops don't do a thing for me. What is the use of a graphical application running in a window I can't see? Multi-desktops with a useable preview window might be worthwhile, but the way it's done in KDE/Gnome right now is worthless.
For people that basically have every application always maximized, multiple desktops really don't do anything useful. It's most useful if you have several windows open at once. Say one desktop has IM - the client and several conversations. The next has several file system windows open so you can drag and drop files with ease. The next desktop might have several system monitoring tools open. So for instance, you can bring up all your monitoring windows with one click, instead of several clicks to bring up each individual window to the foreground. It's handy. But hardly nessecary.
Years ago, people did not "get" technologies like the computer. I mean, what good was an unreliable, hugely expensive machine that took up a rather large room? Who would want buy one, and for what purpose could they use it for? But look at where we are now, some 60 years after the first computer. Even if you can't think of any good that will come out of space exploration, just remember you do things everyday with computers that no one even imagined 50 years ago in their wildest dreams.
College students are no smarter than anyone else when it comes to computers. Not even the ones in computer science. Probably the reason the number is so low is that computer labs are probably locked down pretty well. And I'm sure they didn't count student computers in the dorms.
The thing I don't get with Ogg support is that it's free. If you're building a player, supporting mp3 has licensing costs. Supporting AAC has licensing costs. Supporting WMA has licensing costs. ATRAC is going to cost you too. But Ogg has no licensing costs. So why not include Ogg support?
How does this work, exactly? Does your camera automatically copy pictures to the iRiver's drive? Would I need some fancy digital camera to do this?
The USB hosting means that you can plug in USB devices and use them. I'm guessing he just used one of those $20 memory card readers. I'm unsure if devices like mice or keyboards also work.
Most of the people I know who got an iPod wanted an iPod despite the fact they had never ever touched one. It was all about marketing, and ignorance of other options out there. Most people aren't like the Slashdot crowd who go out and research all the options before plonking down $400 on a fancy music player. Basically, it's iPod = MP3 player in the same way as Internet Explorer = The Internet for these people.
It's worked fine for us, and we have only had the servers go down twice in eight years - once when we moved offices, and once when the T1 provider's power went out.
I can second that, Miranda is a great little program. I initially found it when looking for a lightweight ICQ replacement for an old Pentium running Windows 95, now I use it on all my Windows machines. Really surprises me that no one seems to know about it.
I don't understand why phones don't have a "go to vibrate for x hours" or a "go sleep for x hours mode". You could go in the theatre, tell it to sleep for 2 hours, and it will turn itself back on about the time the movie is over. Problem solved.
Actually, it doesn't surprise me cell phones don't do this. Cell phone companies seem too preoccupied with things like games, blinkenlights, ringtones, and color screens - rather than building a better phone.
Solar? Right now, solar is about the most toxic power supply there is. They take huge energy to make, oftentimes fail to generate that much energy over their lives, and the chemicals involved in the lithography are spectacularly toxic. I don't want to see large-scale solar operations, not with our current level of solar tech.
Depends on what kind of solar you are talking about. Most people think of the solar cells that are found on calculators - those are toxic and usually produce less energy than it takes to make them. The other kind of solar - using mirrors to focus sunlight to heat water - is very clean, cheap, and safe, though pretty unreliable.
So, you support taking down a website that was designed to warn people about these scams and had posted a sample email to show people what to watch out for? You don't make any sense.
Those articles are really only valid if you are stuck between buying an Apple and a Dell. And who wants a Dell?
When it comes to the high end, they may compare. Apple is certainly very competitive in laptops. But when it comes to what I can build myself out of components in the PC world vs. Apple, the Apples _are_ really expensive. The cheapest eMac runs about $800 - for that amount of money I can piece together a pretty nice PC system that's going to be far better than that eMac. Even better, that PC system is going to be exactly how I want it, unlike that eMac which would need a ram upgrade and a new mouse right away.
Just the other day, I was adding together what it would cost for a reasonable AMD64 based system. I think I ended up with a 3200+, Gigabyte motherboard, 1GB of Crucial memory, 250GB harddrive, and an ATI 9600 video card for about $1250 without the monitor. And that was with a nice case, CPU cooler, and an Antec power supply (I was trying to make it low noise too.) Apple simply doesn't anything like that for that price.
Actually, for me anyway, it's more like: if (democratic_majority(mystate) == likely) vote(bush) else vote(badnarik) I'm not fond of bush, but there's no way in hell I'm voting for Kerry - or anyone else in favor of raising taxes and/or banning my guns. Posted anonymously due to socialistdot moderators
Why not vote for Cobb? Because they say a vote for the Green Party is a vote for Bush. Or something like that.
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They say in the FA that the fabric is "highly flexible and strong". But they only have samples roughly 10 microns large at this point, and the article doesn't really give any indication how well this will scale up. What I really want to know is if this stuff is airtight, or even watertight. If it is, I wonder if it would have any use in creating an ultralight spaceship?
My hoard of Napster 1.0 music files aren't going anywhere soon. Sure, they are redundant with other stuff I have downloaded, and many I haven't listened to in years. But going through them would take time, and I never know when I might need that 'Men Without Hats' track. Besides, harddrive space is incredibly cheap, the whole collection is probably taking up less than $5.00 worth of disk drive.
Why does my car tell me to "Press the Brake to Go"?
Isn't that pretty much true for every car nowadays with an automatic transmission?
I believe another reason megapixels is pushed so much is that higher megapixel cameras create bigger pictures that results in more sales of memory cards. Just a theory though.
They've already done this in a way with the P4 Extreme Edition with its huge cache. However, due to the fact they are really expensive, they haven't caught on.
the trackpoint is by FAR the most inaccurate and flakey piece of crap ever invented.
Spoken by someone who has obviously never used a touchpad. Even the trackball found on ancient 486 laptops are better.
Can PearPC run OS X at 80% speed?
Well, a very nicely equipped PC could probably run OS X 80% as fast as a low end G3. If that's what you meant.
Multi-desktops don't do a thing for me. What is the use of a graphical application running in a window I can't see? Multi-desktops with a useable preview window might be worthwhile, but the way it's done in KDE/Gnome right now is worthless.
For people that basically have every application always maximized, multiple desktops really don't do anything useful. It's most useful if you have several windows open at once. Say one desktop has IM - the client and several conversations. The next has several file system windows open so you can drag and drop files with ease. The next desktop might have several system monitoring tools open. So for instance, you can bring up all your monitoring windows with one click, instead of several clicks to bring up each individual window to the foreground. It's handy. But hardly nessecary.
Years ago, people did not "get" technologies like the computer. I mean, what good was an unreliable, hugely expensive machine that took up a rather large room? Who would want buy one, and for what purpose could they use it for? But look at where we are now, some 60 years after the first computer. Even if you can't think of any good that will come out of space exploration, just remember you do things everyday with computers that no one even imagined 50 years ago in their wildest dreams.
College students are no smarter than anyone else when it comes to computers. Not even the ones in computer science. Probably the reason the number is so low is that computer labs are probably locked down pretty well. And I'm sure they didn't count student computers in the dorms.
Anyone care to explain how 'half an inch' converts to ounces?
It's easy. All you need to know is the linear mass density of an iPod. From there, it's a simple calculation.
The thing I don't get with Ogg support is that it's free. If you're building a player, supporting mp3 has licensing costs. Supporting AAC has licensing costs. Supporting WMA has licensing costs. ATRAC is going to cost you too. But Ogg has no licensing costs. So why not include Ogg support?
3.5GHz CPU for $100.
Damn.
Yeah, it may be 3.5Ghz, but it's still just a Celeron.
Why did you buy an entirely new PC and not just a new motherboard?
Even a bigger question, why a Compaq?
Both those chips are P4's right? The number of transistors surely didn't change much from 3.06Ghz to 3.6Ghz.
Microsoft Works could solve a problem that OOo couldn't. So what does my anecdote prove?
That sometimes, 'Microsoft Works' is not an oxymoron?
How does this work, exactly? Does your camera automatically copy pictures to the iRiver's drive? Would I need some fancy digital camera to do this?
The USB hosting means that you can plug in USB devices and use them. I'm guessing he just used one of those $20 memory card readers. I'm unsure if devices like mice or keyboards also work.
Most of the people I know who got an iPod wanted an iPod despite the fact they had never ever touched one. It was all about marketing, and ignorance of other options out there. Most people aren't like the Slashdot crowd who go out and research all the options before plonking down $400 on a fancy music player. Basically, it's iPod = MP3 player in the same way as Internet Explorer = The Internet for these people.
It's worked fine for us, and we have only had the servers go down twice in eight years - once when we moved offices, and once when the T1 provider's power went out.
Wow, where did you find those G5's 8 years ago?
I can second that, Miranda is a great little program. I initially found it when looking for a lightweight ICQ replacement for an old Pentium running Windows 95, now I use it on all my Windows machines. Really surprises me that no one seems to know about it.
I don't understand why phones don't have a "go to vibrate for x hours" or a "go sleep for x hours mode". You could go in the theatre, tell it to sleep for 2 hours, and it will turn itself back on about the time the movie is over. Problem solved.
Actually, it doesn't surprise me cell phones don't do this. Cell phone companies seem too preoccupied with things like games, blinkenlights, ringtones, and color screens - rather than building a better phone.
Solar? Right now, solar is about the most toxic power supply there is. They take huge energy to make, oftentimes fail to generate that much energy over their lives, and the chemicals involved in the lithography are spectacularly toxic. I don't want to see large-scale solar operations, not with our current level of solar tech.
Depends on what kind of solar you are talking about. Most people think of the solar cells that are found on calculators - those are toxic and usually produce less energy than it takes to make them. The other kind of solar - using mirrors to focus sunlight to heat water - is very clean, cheap, and safe, though pretty unreliable.
So, you support taking down a website that was designed to warn people about these scams and had posted a sample email to show people what to watch out for? You don't make any sense.
Those articles are really only valid if you are stuck between buying an Apple and a Dell. And who wants a Dell?
When it comes to the high end, they may compare. Apple is certainly very competitive in laptops. But when it comes to what I can build myself out of components in the PC world vs. Apple, the Apples _are_ really expensive. The cheapest eMac runs about $800 - for that amount of money I can piece together a pretty nice PC system that's going to be far better than that eMac. Even better, that PC system is going to be exactly how I want it, unlike that eMac which would need a ram upgrade and a new mouse right away.
Just the other day, I was adding together what it would cost for a reasonable AMD64 based system. I think I ended up with a 3200+, Gigabyte motherboard, 1GB of Crucial memory, 250GB harddrive, and an ATI 9600 video card for about $1250 without the monitor. And that was with a nice case, CPU cooler, and an Antec power supply (I was trying to make it low noise too.) Apple simply doesn't anything like that for that price.
Actually, for me anyway, it's more like: if (democratic_majority(mystate) == likely) vote(bush) else vote(badnarik) I'm not fond of bush, but there's no way in hell I'm voting for Kerry - or anyone else in favor of raising taxes and/or banning my guns. Posted anonymously due to socialistdot moderators
Why not vote for Cobb? Because they say a vote for the Green Party is a vote for Bush. Or something like that.