I don't find it hard to believe. The Stanza would get in the mid-upper 20's, and I can easily believe that the 240SX with the exact same engine could easily manage 30MPG powering a smaller, lighter car.
Well, at least reducing the number of cars on the road would mean having to build less new highways and less expansion of current highways. That would offset some of the costs. Though my guess is that large trucks would still be the primary cause of wear and tear on the roads, even if bus traffic was significantly higher than it is now.
I was under $1.00 for a while where I live. I still remember how awesome it was to fill my tank, grab some snacks, hand the cashier a $20 and get change back.
That's not what is meant. Units "based on real world criteria" are units based upon something common or handy, or based upon something that people are familiar with. Like, "How tall is this horse? I know, I'll measure it in hand-lengths." or "How should I tell people how much salt to add to the stew? I know, I'll use teaspoons since everyone probably has one in their kitchen." On the other hand, if you asked someone to show you one ten-millionth the distance between the poles you'd get widely different answers as most people would have no idea what that distance is, unless they happened to know it's the basis of the meter.
The problem with Apple is that I would have to buy that BMW to get the features I want. Apple picks its price points carefully, and since their machines are lot less upgradeable you have to pay for everything you might want to do upfront instead of leaving if off now and adding it later if need be. Granted, their computers may come with a lot of features, but I can put together a PC that does what I want for a fraction of the price of the Mac.
The last Microsoft mouse I bought had an incredibly annoying delay on the middle click (wheel) button. Granted, the delay was a fraction of a second but irritated me to no end. A shame too, because the mouse otherwise felt solid and well built, and it's hard to find a well built quality mouse that's not some ridiculous gamer mouse nowadays.
Well, imaging a world where the only general purpose computers are like the Raspberry Pi. Computers made for hobbyists running older and underpowered hardware, with little to no games or commercial software available. All the high end powerful hardware is locked down and will only boot approved operating systems and run approved software. What will really suck is the day they decide that only "secure" operating systems can connect to the internet, knocking your Raspberry Pi offline.
On the other hand, if you have 10 weak certifications (CCNA, MCSE, A+, Security+, etc.) and you list them all, that's a big negative. Huge.
That's crazy. With the way that HR plays buzzword bingo before passing resumes to hiring managers, anyone who has those certificates would be absolutely nuts to not list them. Now, I can see a black mark against someone who pursues certificates just to pad their resume, but without talking to them, how do you know they didn't get those certificates as part of their job?
I don't see why you couldn't use Celsius temperature along with English units, or for that matter Fahrenheit along with Metric units. Both scales are pretty arbitrary as it is.
The thing with Avatar is that the first time I watched it, I was focused on the movie itself and the 3D wasn't that distracting. The second time I watched it I was more interested in some of the details in the backgrounds and 'looking around' and that's when the 3D effect got annoying.
Well, technically just because they provide you with a free copy doesn't mean that you have the right to distribute it. They could say something like you are allowed to download a copy from them but they retain all rights on the work. Though if they choose to distribute it via torrent then that would make the whole thing kind of a grey area.
Because even if they are cheap and you have backups, replacing a bad hard drive is a pain in the ass, even more so when it's the system drive? (unless you also use RAID, I suppose).
I wouldn't ignore it. While SMART saying everything is okay doesn't mean much, SMART telling you that there is a problem is a definite reason for concern.
There are other considerations. If they use more than 32k of ram in their Z80 calculators they have to use ram paging, which when they did it on the TI-86 made for a noticeably slower calculator versus the older TI-85. That could be part of reason why they are reluctant to give the memory a bump.
The sun was also cooler back then, which meant that the "living zone" was closer to the sun back then. By the way, the sun is still slowly getting hotter, and in a billion years or so Earth will no longer be in the living zone and the oceans will boil off.
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Assuming that the older car is reasonably well maintained, it probably gets comparable or even better mileage than today's heavy, overpowered cars.
I don't find it hard to believe. The Stanza would get in the mid-upper 20's, and I can easily believe that the 240SX with the exact same engine could easily manage 30MPG powering a smaller, lighter car.
Well, at least reducing the number of cars on the road would mean having to build less new highways and less expansion of current highways. That would offset some of the costs. Though my guess is that large trucks would still be the primary cause of wear and tear on the roads, even if bus traffic was significantly higher than it is now.
I was under $1.00 for a while where I live. I still remember how awesome it was to fill my tank, grab some snacks, hand the cashier a $20 and get change back.
That's not what is meant. Units "based on real world criteria" are units based upon something common or handy, or based upon something that people are familiar with. Like, "How tall is this horse? I know, I'll measure it in hand-lengths." or "How should I tell people how much salt to add to the stew? I know, I'll use teaspoons since everyone probably has one in their kitchen." On the other hand, if you asked someone to show you one ten-millionth the distance between the poles you'd get widely different answers as most people would have no idea what that distance is, unless they happened to know it's the basis of the meter.
The problem with Apple is that I would have to buy that BMW to get the features I want. Apple picks its price points carefully, and since their machines are lot less upgradeable you have to pay for everything you might want to do upfront instead of leaving if off now and adding it later if need be. Granted, their computers may come with a lot of features, but I can put together a PC that does what I want for a fraction of the price of the Mac.
There's a big difference between not designed to run Linux, and designed to not run Linux.
The last Microsoft mouse I bought had an incredibly annoying delay on the middle click (wheel) button. Granted, the delay was a fraction of a second but irritated me to no end. A shame too, because the mouse otherwise felt solid and well built, and it's hard to find a well built quality mouse that's not some ridiculous gamer mouse nowadays.
Well, imaging a world where the only general purpose computers are like the Raspberry Pi. Computers made for hobbyists running older and underpowered hardware, with little to no games or commercial software available. All the high end powerful hardware is locked down and will only boot approved operating systems and run approved software. What will really suck is the day they decide that only "secure" operating systems can connect to the internet, knocking your Raspberry Pi offline.
Wha? Virtually every computer I have ever come across that supports WOL has it on by default.
Though whether it actually works is often another story...
Is this the latest talking point from Fox News or something? I've seen this posted all over the place the last few days.
That's crazy. With the way that HR plays buzzword bingo before passing resumes to hiring managers, anyone who has those certificates would be absolutely nuts to not list them. Now, I can see a black mark against someone who pursues certificates just to pad their resume, but without talking to them, how do you know they didn't get those certificates as part of their job?
I don't see why you couldn't use Celsius temperature along with English units, or for that matter Fahrenheit along with Metric units. Both scales are pretty arbitrary as it is.
The thing with Avatar is that the first time I watched it, I was focused on the movie itself and the 3D wasn't that distracting. The second time I watched it I was more interested in some of the details in the backgrounds and 'looking around' and that's when the 3D effect got annoying.
Well, technically just because they provide you with a free copy doesn't mean that you have the right to distribute it. They could say something like you are allowed to download a copy from them but they retain all rights on the work. Though if they choose to distribute it via torrent then that would make the whole thing kind of a grey area.
No it doesn't. Stop intentionally spreading misinformation.
Scrap it? I say sail it out during a storm via remote control and see if it survives. It would make a great episode of Mythbusters.
And obviously if they get into any trouble, Scotty can beam them out of there, right?
Anyone who cares about reliability? Probably why they would also test the drives before doing anything important with them.
Because even if they are cheap and you have backups, replacing a bad hard drive is a pain in the ass, even more so when it's the system drive? (unless you also use RAID, I suppose).
I wouldn't ignore it. While SMART saying everything is okay doesn't mean much, SMART telling you that there is a problem is a definite reason for concern.
It's simple. We need a giant computer programmed with the Three Laws that can run everything!
You want a citation for what? That most crashes aren't intentional?
There are other considerations. If they use more than 32k of ram in their Z80 calculators they have to use ram paging, which when they did it on the TI-86 made for a noticeably slower calculator versus the older TI-85. That could be part of reason why they are reluctant to give the memory a bump.
The sun was also cooler back then, which meant that the "living zone" was closer to the sun back then. By the way, the sun is still slowly getting hotter, and in a billion years or so Earth will no longer be in the living zone and the oceans will boil off.