The problem originally wasn't related to inflation, it was about how well the balls were scuffed or "broken in". Teams wanted to be able to do that themselves, so that they knew they would be easier to grip. The league set standards allowing the ball to be inflated between 12.5 and 13.5 PSI, which doesn't allow a lot of room for "preference".
Roger Goodell is pretty well known for loving the Patriots, so it's very hard to believe that he would hire a biased research firm to prove there was cheating.. If anything I'd expect him to hire a firm which would prove there wasn't cheating!
I've never actually used it, but HP's new Officejet Pro X Series of ink based printers actually seem like a very good product! They print faster than most laser printers, lower cost per page (or so they claim), and from what I've seen you don't need to worry about ink drying out. They have minimal moving parts as well. I'm someone who has avoided ink for along time (have two color laser printers at home), but this is something worth looking at. They apparently are exclusive to CDW for now (according to our CDW rep in Feb.). Find one here
Our rep claimed the following:
- The ink wont smudge or run due to rapid drying pigment ink
- It prints 70 pages per minute which is in the Guinness book of world records (didn’t know they had a category for that)
- The cartridges will last for 9000 pages (black) and 6600 pages (color)
- It saves on power consumption because it doesn’t need to heat up like laser printers
- It has less parts that you will have to replace
- The biggest difference is it doesn’t have the ink cartridge that flies back and forth printing on the page. It has little ports that don’t move that apply the ink to the page
Most of the comments are stupid, and it's understandable that the TSA wouldn't like them. There's one however that I don't fully understand the problem with:
An Atlanta passenger approached a flight attendant and asked her if she had ever been hijacked before.
I agree completely! When I put my Pi in my wallet, it makes sitting very uncomfortable! I really had to force the wallet to even close! I believe this truly is false advertising.
With WINE moving to an ARM architecture, it seems reasonable that it could be made to work on the Raspberry Pi as well. I understand that this wouldn't be able to run any resource intense programs, but being able to run some of the less hungry windows apps on a Pi could create some interesting possibilities! I would love to see more progress made in this direction!
How about turning off the lights of a house before the burglar or attacker invades? It could cause a lot more confusion and danger for the home owners.
My bad.. I'm usually better than that, but was distracted by the shiny video! (which I didn't listen to, since I try to stay muted at work).. Missed most of the summary. Thanks!
Should we also ban free speech, to keep it from inciting riots? Should be proactively ban the consumption of alcohol (again) because of so many alcohol related deaths? How about we ban the internet, since so much piracy and child pornography and other heinous crimes are committed there!
If you don't want to live in a free society, then maybe you should move somewhere that you won't have to worry about it.
This was the first thing that came to my mind as well. When the authoritarian government is requiring high speed internet access to every home, it can't just be for the public to have faster access to the censored internet. There has to be a bigger reason, and I'm sure it's more to do with upload speeds than download..
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The problem originally wasn't related to inflation, it was about how well the balls were scuffed or "broken in". Teams wanted to be able to do that themselves, so that they knew they would be easier to grip. The league set standards allowing the ball to be inflated between 12.5 and 13.5 PSI, which doesn't allow a lot of room for "preference".
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Roger Goodell is pretty well known for loving the Patriots, so it's very hard to believe that he would hire a biased research firm to prove there was cheating.. If anything I'd expect him to hire a firm which would prove there wasn't cheating!
Can we offer them California?
.. I can't show you my license because my battery died..
I've never actually used it, but HP's new Officejet Pro X Series of ink based printers actually seem like a very good product! They print faster than most laser printers, lower cost per page (or so they claim), and from what I've seen you don't need to worry about ink drying out. They have minimal moving parts as well. I'm someone who has avoided ink for along time (have two color laser printers at home), but this is something worth looking at. They apparently are exclusive to CDW for now (according to our CDW rep in Feb.). Find one here
Our rep claimed the following:
- The ink wont smudge or run due to rapid drying pigment ink
- It prints 70 pages per minute which is in the Guinness book of world records (didn’t know they had a category for that)
- The cartridges will last for 9000 pages (black) and 6600 pages (color)
- It saves on power consumption because it doesn’t need to heat up like laser printers
- It has less parts that you will have to replace
- The biggest difference is it doesn’t have the ink cartridge that flies back and forth printing on the page. It has little ports that don’t move that apply the ink to the page
Even if Valve incorporates media playback and streaming, it will take a long time for it to become as complete and extensible as XBMC!
We're from the government, and we're here to help
I can't get to the original story, but for anyone looking for the videos, click here
What's a CouchDB? This seems like a niche subject without any description..
Look at anything by gameloft!
That's also why cannibals are suggested to eat their meals well done.
Most of the comments are stupid, and it's understandable that the TSA wouldn't like them. There's one however that I don't fully understand the problem with:
An Atlanta passenger approached a flight attendant and asked her if she had ever been hijacked before.
Seems like a normal curious inquiry to me..
I agree completely! When I put my Pi in my wallet, it makes sitting very uncomfortable! I really had to force the wallet to even close! I believe this truly is false advertising.
Shouldn't SCALE '13 be coming up this year?
With WINE moving to an ARM architecture, it seems reasonable that it could be made to work on the Raspberry Pi as well. I understand that this wouldn't be able to run any resource intense programs, but being able to run some of the less hungry windows apps on a Pi could create some interesting possibilities! I would love to see more progress made in this direction!
How about turning off the lights of a house before the burglar or attacker invades? It could cause a lot more confusion and danger for the home owners.
My bad.. I'm usually better than that, but was distracted by the shiny video! (which I didn't listen to, since I try to stay muted at work).. Missed most of the summary. Thanks!
Your joke was already used by HowStuffWorks
How much does a Solo Wheel cost? I tried to check on their site, but it was slashdotted.
This is an outstanding post, with a great quote! I wish I hadn't squandered my mod points yesterday! Thanks for the link, much appreciated.
Windows 3.11 is still available for technet subscribers. Simple!
Should we also ban free speech, to keep it from inciting riots? Should be proactively ban the consumption of alcohol (again) because of so many alcohol related deaths? How about we ban the internet, since so much piracy and child pornography and other heinous crimes are committed there!
If you don't want to live in a free society, then maybe you should move somewhere that you won't have to worry about it.
This was the first thing that came to my mind as well. When the authoritarian government is requiring high speed internet access to every home, it can't just be for the public to have faster access to the censored internet. There has to be a bigger reason, and I'm sure it's more to do with upload speeds than download..