A used computer maybe? (but then again, you can get a pretty powerful "full computer" out of the dumpsters nowadays - you can still do a lot with something like a P4).
The reason why "large" cars have gone the way of the dodo is because large cars have been replaced by even larger trucks and SUVs. That left the car market to those that prefer smaller vehicles. Of course, a lot of larger "mid-size" cars now are comparable to the larger cars from the 80's in dimensions and especially weight. It just doesn't seem like it since interiors haven't seemed to have really grown in size, thanks to things like huge center consoles that intrude into interior space and gunslit windows that make the whole inside seem claustrophobic.
Pretty easy to miss if you only paid attention to TNG casually. That only showed up in the first season, and if I remember right, only the first few episodes at that.
One thing that would be cheap and effective in my mind would be to take the yellow time multiplied by the speed limit, and paint a line on the road that distance away from the light. That would take some of the guesswork out of yellow lights. That is, if you are driving the speed limit and the light turns yellow - if you past the line you can proceed through the intersection, and if you are behind the line you need to stop. No having to make a quick judgment of your speed and your distance from the light and guessing of the length of the yellow. This would have a secondary benefit that once the line is in place, it would make it tougher for them to arbitrarily change the yellow light time because then they would have to send a crew out to repaint the line on the road.
The really sad part is if they were really clever they would shorten the yellow 1/2 a second but keep the whole intersection red for a 1/2 a second. That way they could rip off Floridians without killing them.
Around here they do the "all directions momentarily red" thing. Result seemed to be that people figured they can just cruise through a freshly red right since the other direction is still red, so nowadays it's pretty common for 1-3 cars to go through a red light when the signal changes.. Of course, not all lights are like that so sometimes hilarity ensues.
The problem is ultimately how expensive college has gotten. If it was like in decades past, it wouldn't be a huge deal if you wanted to take a few years off to study history or English literature. Sure, after you get out you may end up getting a job in something completely different than what you studied, but without the crushing loan payments it wouldn't matter as much. This also leads to the overeducated workforce - people figure that for the money they have to spend, they better put it towards a degree that will land them a job. So you end up with a large proportion of people in business and engineering degrees and less into the hard sciences and liberal arts.
The first problem with that I have run into is that you need time to make improvements like that. Of course, in the long term the improvements will save time, but in the short term all you're doing is putting out fires and cramming in new features at the last minute, you'll never have time to improve the code. The other problem is that you may well introduce bugs. If the code is a terrible mess but more or less works (such as the NTFS code, apparently), you can have a hard time justifying your "improvements" to the code if all they see is new bugs that crept in. Of course, if there was proper testing going on, that wouldn't be such a big deal, but some organizations are dysfunctional enough that it can be tough to get someone to look at what the changes that were supposed to be put into the code. Any additional changes made in the name of "general improvements" may very well go straight from the developer's desk to production.
They are also a huge buyer of pop-up/pop-under ads. Yes, I know everyone around here uses a pop-up blocker, but that doesn't change the fact that Netflix thinks it's perfectly okay to harass users with pop-ups.
Well, we have to put up with the guys who think they deserve all kinds of recognition and praise heaped on them for "staying late" and still being in the office at 7PM when in fact they came wandering in a noon. So it all evens out.
Well, the version you'd have to worry the most about breaking in future OS's is the OSX version thanks to Apple, and you're prohibited from running OSX in a virtual machine, once again thanks to Apple.
If you want to keep using CS6 for the long haul I'd suggest Windows.
Well, when I was at school even the "general use" computers in the labs in the campus library were pretty well equipped software-wise. Yes, that included software like PhotoShop. I suspect because the school got a lot of that software either heavily discounted, perhaps even free, or had negotiated a pretty good deal on a site license. So 1,630 computers at a larger school with Adobe's Creative Suite may not be unreasonable. Though if Adobe is going to jack up the price, then maybe schools ought to consider more carefully which computers get things like PhotoShop.
Why should people be expected to train themselves on their on time with their own money to land a job? Why should universities focus on teaching skills to students that will be out of date in 5 years and obsolete in 15 years instead of teaching people how to think and solve problems? If you want someone who knows how to use Visual Studio, why don't you train them in? It's not like it's that difficult. If some is smart and was able to complete their assignments in Scheme or Lisp, they'll be able to pick up the basics in a couple of days,.and will be pretty proficient in a few weeks. Requiring 3-5 years experience in [insert list of industry tools here] just to land an entry-level job is getting ridiculous.
Or more like, don't want navigation? Then you are stuck with the base engine, can't get any of the metallic paint colors, and no adaptive cruise control for you!
Well, that and survivor bias. I have several P3 systems that have been extremely reliable despite being well over a decade at this point. However, the P3 systems that were junk got recycled years ago, and only the better ones have survived.
The reason the units cost so much is because of non standardization Because each manufacturer is different, and none of them are cross compatible, no one can build in volume to gain economies of scale, so the prices remain astronomical for even the simplest devices. You couldn't ask for a better example of how standardization is good for the consumer, and the lack thereof is bad.
It's not about economies of scale. Popular vehicle models sell hundreds of thousands of units a year. It's just that they mark them up high because they can get away with it.
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You mean other than the solid-color window frames that look even crappier than Windows 7 with Aero turned off?
That's true for a version of Windows that's almost old enough to vote. Maybe you ought to get with the times.
A used computer maybe? (but then again, you can get a pretty powerful "full computer" out of the dumpsters nowadays - you can still do a lot with something like a P4).
Why not? Besides being durable, they are relatively roomy, easy to maintain, and repair, readily available, and most importantly cheap.
The reason why "large" cars have gone the way of the dodo is because large cars have been replaced by even larger trucks and SUVs. That left the car market to those that prefer smaller vehicles. Of course, a lot of larger "mid-size" cars now are comparable to the larger cars from the 80's in dimensions and especially weight. It just doesn't seem like it since interiors haven't seemed to have really grown in size, thanks to things like huge center consoles that intrude into interior space and gunslit windows that make the whole inside seem claustrophobic.
Or you just rent one the 1-2 times a year you need a car that can travel long distances in a short amount of time.
Pretty easy to miss if you only paid attention to TNG casually. That only showed up in the first season, and if I remember right, only the first few episodes at that.
My fridge?
One thing that would be cheap and effective in my mind would be to take the yellow time multiplied by the speed limit, and paint a line on the road that distance away from the light. That would take some of the guesswork out of yellow lights. That is, if you are driving the speed limit and the light turns yellow - if you past the line you can proceed through the intersection, and if you are behind the line you need to stop. No having to make a quick judgment of your speed and your distance from the light and guessing of the length of the yellow. This would have a secondary benefit that once the line is in place, it would make it tougher for them to arbitrarily change the yellow light time because then they would have to send a crew out to repaint the line on the road.
Around here they do the "all directions momentarily red" thing. Result seemed to be that people figured they can just cruise through a freshly red right since the other direction is still red, so nowadays it's pretty common for 1-3 cars to go through a red light when the signal changes.. Of course, not all lights are like that so sometimes hilarity ensues.
The problem is ultimately how expensive college has gotten. If it was like in decades past, it wouldn't be a huge deal if you wanted to take a few years off to study history or English literature. Sure, after you get out you may end up getting a job in something completely different than what you studied, but without the crushing loan payments it wouldn't matter as much. This also leads to the overeducated workforce - people figure that for the money they have to spend, they better put it towards a degree that will land them a job. So you end up with a large proportion of people in business and engineering degrees and less into the hard sciences and liberal arts.
The first problem with that I have run into is that you need time to make improvements like that. Of course, in the long term the improvements will save time, but in the short term all you're doing is putting out fires and cramming in new features at the last minute, you'll never have time to improve the code. The other problem is that you may well introduce bugs. If the code is a terrible mess but more or less works (such as the NTFS code, apparently), you can have a hard time justifying your "improvements" to the code if all they see is new bugs that crept in. Of course, if there was proper testing going on, that wouldn't be such a big deal, but some organizations are dysfunctional enough that it can be tough to get someone to look at what the changes that were supposed to be put into the code. Any additional changes made in the name of "general improvements" may very well go straight from the developer's desk to production.
I've seen that, but it's usually short for "million years". Such as "50 million years" can be shortened as "50my".
I have to assume a "megayear" is 1,048,576 years.
They are also a huge buyer of pop-up/pop-under ads. Yes, I know everyone around here uses a pop-up blocker, but that doesn't change the fact that Netflix thinks it's perfectly okay to harass users with pop-ups.
Well, we have to put up with the guys who think they deserve all kinds of recognition and praise heaped on them for "staying late" and still being in the office at 7PM when in fact they came wandering in a noon. So it all evens out.
Well, the version you'd have to worry the most about breaking in future OS's is the OSX version thanks to Apple, and you're prohibited from running OSX in a virtual machine, once again thanks to Apple.
If you want to keep using CS6 for the long haul I'd suggest Windows.
And built-in support for USB mass storage devices in ME, another must have feature.
That's pretty much correct. Maybe it should be a distro failure list?
And I suppose the ones from Microsoft are the ISOs that have the activation cracked?
Well, when I was at school even the "general use" computers in the labs in the campus library were pretty well equipped software-wise. Yes, that included software like PhotoShop. I suspect because the school got a lot of that software either heavily discounted, perhaps even free, or had negotiated a pretty good deal on a site license. So 1,630 computers at a larger school with Adobe's Creative Suite may not be unreasonable. Though if Adobe is going to jack up the price, then maybe schools ought to consider more carefully which computers get things like PhotoShop.
Why should people be expected to train themselves on their on time with their own money to land a job? Why should universities focus on teaching skills to students that will be out of date in 5 years and obsolete in 15 years instead of teaching people how to think and solve problems? If you want someone who knows how to use Visual Studio, why don't you train them in? It's not like it's that difficult. If some is smart and was able to complete their assignments in Scheme or Lisp, they'll be able to pick up the basics in a couple of days,.and will be pretty proficient in a few weeks. Requiring 3-5 years experience in [insert list of industry tools here] just to land an entry-level job is getting ridiculous.
Or more like, don't want navigation? Then you are stuck with the base engine, can't get any of the metallic paint colors, and no adaptive cruise control for you!
Getting creamed by an out of control BMW?
Well, that and survivor bias. I have several P3 systems that have been extremely reliable despite being well over a decade at this point. However, the P3 systems that were junk got recycled years ago, and only the better ones have survived.
It's not about economies of scale. Popular vehicle models sell hundreds of thousands of units a year. It's just that they mark them up high because they can get away with it.