I couldn't agree more. I don't mind paying an initial premium if they last, bu tthey don't. My experience is I am having 20% failure rate within the first 6 months. I am a light user, on/off cycle is minumum, bulbs are not within enclosures, etc. It is less expensive for me to remain with incandescant bulbs as long as the failure rates are still high on CFL. Any energy savings is way offset by early replacement of the CFLs.
The surge had a very small impact, it's a nice sound bite for the politicians, but the majority of the turnaround in the country had been due to the Awakening and Sadr ordering his men to stand down.
You do have to get implied permission to enter the mall. I imagine there are some fine print on the doors etc, but you do have to follow their rules. The only method they can enforce their rules is to ask you to leave their "private" property. The police will not enforce rules that a proprty owner sets out, but the police will enforce the property owner asking you to leavebeicse you woudl not play by their rules.
The same rules apply when enering a Best Buy/Fry's type store that asks to look in your shopping bag. This is an internal policy which you do not have to obey, but they are entitled to ask you to leave their store if you do not want to play by their rules.
The only recourse anyone realy has it not to frequent these establishments.
I was under the impression reprocessing generates more fuel than what was started with and it is even more radioactive. At some point we start having a surplus of fuel that will need to be disposed of.
It's a trade-off in some ways. The old method was easier to work on, but the new way is more reliable by a factor of 4 or whatever. I prefer to have my car down once a year for repairs instead of 4 times a year.
Obvously, then I am missing soemthing. From what I can tell, there will be one variation, The State Id number will be in the same place, the ID itself will be created exactly the same, no need to figure out if one state laminates, another on embosses, another one uses a different style of picture, some states use dates in differing formats. Just carding for underage people in bars is tough enough trying to decode every license outside your loca state. Each state still controls who owns the ID number, the feds need to be able to query the state in regards to confirming that states ID number, but that is no different than today.
I do not see where it is a national ID, what I see is where each state will have to have a standard "design" for their ID, typically a drivers license. In Illinois we already have the new style and it is tied to the state's Driver's License number. I understand why it needs to be a standard, little Suzie sales clerk may be able to spot a forged drivers license from Illinois, but would have no way to know if a drivers license from Utah was real or not if it was not standardized somehow. It is not a national ID number!!!
Excuse me... the studio released less than 50 title, wouldn't one think they would pick the ones that would show thr best. What a stupid thing to say that some just don't show well due to the way they are filmed. Maybe in a few years when thousands of titles are out and you find them some in the $5 bin.
I've been a mainframe systems programmer for 20 years now. Definately a "fun" and secure job. We code in Assembler, C, Java, multiple scriping languages, REXX, Perl, run Websphere and the such. I have not touched COBOL for 15 years, nver used PL/I and I am seing a increase of students coming out of college wanting to start back in the Mainframe arena. I am seeing some of the mindset of Mainframes being archaic finally getting past what the Windows/UNIX "trade" rags have been preaching. I concede the fact it is easy for someone to "Play" on a Windows/UNIX machine in their home as most people don't have a Mainframe in their bsmt. Intersting thing I have seen over the last few years, the physical size of the mainframes are now smaller than the Unix/Windows machines and use less environmentals... funny how that has come around.
OK I have seen this recommended time and time again. If one is not in a Windows Domain scenario, just what is the extra benefit of XP PRO vs. Home?
Dell, Best Buy and others all market to the home user that PRO is better, but never give a reason why, obviously a higher profit margin.
Why convert to PRO when Home would suffice and save the $$$$$?
Why do I keep having Java applications that require a specific JVM level. Not just a minimal level but an exact level. I am running 3 different JVMs on my workstation because of this. Is this just sloppy programming on someone's part or what.
How do you know what someone tells you really is free of this crap?
I would imagine unscrupulous code writers would be happy to tell you they are clean.
Not sure about other companies, but where I work I would be hard pressed to have a week off from work to learn from books and the Internet. Formal training gets you out of the office and away from day-to-day interruptions.
I agree with additions, consolidating 100 Linux systems and needing fewer sysadmins in a shop that already has a z infrastructure can save a lot $$$$$.
The $600-700 tool from Snapon and others do not access the proprietary code. It will show you the codes, but the manufacturer has not passed what the code means onto Snapon. Only the standard manufacturer codes will be generated.
Unfortunately, current cars use and ODB II interface which is most cars after 1995. I do appreciate the fact that manufacturers have standardized on an interface. The reader is over $200 with some smarts, but one has to continually pay for code upgrades. Many codes are standardized, but each manufacturer has its own propriety codes also which are not published. The days when one could count a flashing LED on their onboard computer are gone.
Actually I do get sad when I get in my car with a proprietary computer under the hood. I enjoy "tinkering" and doing minor maintenance to my car, but something as simple as an oxygen sensor now requires a $50 trip to the dealer to tell me this is the reason why my check engine light is on.
For cost of a manned landing, we could send 100 probes. With a 50% loss ratio we could have 50 probes operating collecting information from all over the planet.
A manned landing is only useful for political consumption on Earth.
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I couldn't agree more. I don't mind paying an initial premium if they last, bu tthey don't. My experience is I am having 20% failure rate within the first 6 months. I am a light user, on/off cycle is minumum, bulbs are not within enclosures, etc. It is less expensive for me to remain with incandescant bulbs as long as the failure rates are still high on CFL. Any energy savings is way offset by early replacement of the CFLs.
GE have not been good to me. I will buy an 8-pack, one will be DOA, 2 will fail within 4 months.
And that relates to surge how?
The surge had a very small impact, it's a nice sound bite for the politicians, but the majority of the turnaround in the country had been due to the Awakening and Sadr ordering his men to stand down.
Wow, we have come so far since the discovery in Roswell!!!!!!
You do have to get implied permission to enter the mall. I imagine there are some fine print on the doors etc, but you do have to follow their rules. The only method they can enforce their rules is to ask you to leave their "private" property. The police will not enforce rules that a proprty owner sets out, but the police will enforce the property owner asking you to leavebeicse you woudl not play by their rules.
The same rules apply when enering a Best Buy/Fry's type store that asks to look in your shopping bag. This is an internal policy which you do not have to obey, but they are entitled to ask you to leave their store if you do not want to play by their rules.
The only recourse anyone realy has it not to frequent these establishments.
I was under the impression reprocessing generates more fuel than what was started with and it is even more radioactive. At some point we start having a surplus of fuel that will need to be disposed of.
It's a trade-off in some ways. The old method was easier to work on, but the new way is more reliable by a factor of 4 or whatever. I prefer to have my car down once a year for repairs instead of 4 times a year.
Obvously, then I am missing soemthing. From what I can tell, there will be one variation, The State Id number will be in the same place, the ID itself will be created exactly the same, no need to figure out if one state laminates, another on embosses, another one uses a different style of picture, some states use dates in differing formats. Just carding for underage people in bars is tough enough trying to decode every license outside your loca state. Each state still controls who owns the ID number, the feds need to be able to query the state in regards to confirming that states ID number, but that is no different than today.
I do not see where it is a national ID, what I see is where each state will have to have a standard "design" for their ID, typically a drivers license. In Illinois we already have the new style and it is tied to the state's Driver's License number. I understand why it needs to be a standard, little Suzie sales clerk may be able to spot a forged drivers license from Illinois, but would have no way to know if a drivers license from Utah was real or not if it was not standardized somehow. It is not a national ID number!!!
Excuse me ... the studio released less than 50 title, wouldn't one think they would pick the ones that would show thr best. What a stupid thing to say that some just don't show well due to the way they are filmed. Maybe in a few years when thousands of titles are out and you find them some in the $5 bin.
I've been a mainframe systems programmer for 20 years now. Definately a "fun" and secure job. We code in Assembler, C, Java, multiple scriping languages, REXX, Perl, run Websphere and the such. I have not touched COBOL for 15 years, nver used PL/I and I am seing a increase of students coming out of college wanting to start back in the Mainframe arena. I am seeing some of the mindset of Mainframes being archaic finally getting past what the Windows/UNIX "trade" rags have been preaching. I concede the fact it is easy for someone to "Play" on a Windows/UNIX machine in their home as most people don't have a Mainframe in their bsmt. Intersting thing I have seen over the last few years, the physical size of the mainframes are now smaller than the Unix/Windows machines and use less environmentals ... funny how that has come around.
OK I have seen this recommended time and time again. If one is not in a Windows Domain scenario, just what is the extra benefit of XP PRO vs. Home? Dell, Best Buy and others all market to the home user that PRO is better, but never give a reason why, obviously a higher profit margin. Why convert to PRO when Home would suffice and save the $$$$$?
Why do I keep having Java applications that require a specific JVM level. Not just a minimal level but an exact level. I am running 3 different JVMs on my workstation because of this. Is this just sloppy programming on someone's part or what.
I have to chuckle, we have had this "feature" on the IBM mainframes for over 30 years. I enjoy watching you youngters re-invent the wheel.
I guess the power switch can be marketed as virus protection!!!!
How do you know what someone tells you really is free of this crap? I would imagine unscrupulous code writers would be happy to tell you they are clean.
Not sure about other companies, but where I work I would be hard pressed to have a week off from work to learn from books and the Internet. Formal training gets you out of the office and away from day-to-day interruptions.
I agree with additions, consolidating 100 Linux systems and needing fewer sysadmins in a shop that already has a z infrastructure can save a lot $$$$$.
I disagree. At least the American people can change things, the fact that the people want to be ignorant and not change things is their choice.
The $600-700 tool from Snapon and others do not access the proprietary code. It will show you the codes, but the manufacturer has not passed what the code means onto Snapon. Only the standard manufacturer codes will be generated.
Unfortunately, current cars use and ODB II interface which is most cars after 1995. I do appreciate the fact that manufacturers have standardized on an interface. The reader is over $200 with some smarts, but one has to continually pay for code upgrades. Many codes are standardized, but each manufacturer has its own propriety codes also which are not published. The days when one could count a flashing LED on their onboard computer are gone.
Actually I do get sad when I get in my car with a proprietary computer under the hood. I enjoy "tinkering" and doing minor maintenance to my car, but something as simple as an oxygen sensor now requires a $50 trip to the dealer to tell me this is the reason why my check engine light is on.
Now if SCO was pumping oil ......
For cost of a manned landing, we could send 100 probes. With a 50% loss ratio we could have 50 probes operating collecting information from all over the planet. A manned landing is only useful for political consumption on Earth.