Why reinvent the wheel? It's not a problem with punch cards. It's operator error. A small sign to the effect, "clean your chads or your vote won't count" solves the once in a blue moon problem with them.
Let's get on to more serious issues like desegregation in the dairy section...
"We're working on making the presence of a TV set in our living room as unobtrusive as possible." sez Keith
Suggestion 1)No TV, this is my preference but compromise is the key to a long marraige so... 2)13" all in one CRT type with tape and DVD for $149. It fits nicely on the oven when not in use. 3)Buy my 1000 surplus 10.2" 640x480 dual scan, 7mm thick LCD panels for $10k and make your wall into a TV (black and white though:-)
Three phones, three numbers First incoming minute free. 2000min/mo. + 3500 off peak (N/C) + 1500 cell to cell (N/C) and it works in every city I visit, and no LD charge, for $120/month!
Sure, I'll settle for the company with a lower 'quality' score. They still get the job done leaving more money for other stuff.
Lame, dated, hardware. For 40 bux more there're 24bit/18bit codec audio boxes with LVDS video in finer aspect SFF case. But wait 6 months and you'll get full 24bit I/O 96kHz audio along with another cycle of cabinet refinement and less cooling associated noise...
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All I need is the temp/humidity spec. Why should I have to pay 3X the price just to have a notebook that will work in what is the 'normal' environment of tropical and summer temperate zones?
It's worth noting that not one response related a comparison site. Perhaps there isn't one.
Humid air is less dense than dry air. So, you need more of it to sink the same heat. I don't require all the other 'rugged' features of the panasonic toughbooks, etc. Just something that will work in outdoor, summer and tropical climate.
If your water supply is cool grab yourself some heat exchangers (auto radiators will do the trick) and some fans. mount the radiators in the bottom of your racks, hose them up, and the rack fans will pull the air through the radiators and cool the racks. You may need some additional exhaust fans on top of the racks to compensate for the restriction intruduced by the radiators. No racks? Corrugated board and duct tape! Run your 'waste' water back to the drain. Some valves and thermometers you'll be able to adjust the flow to minimize water usage. If anyone else needs 'field expedient' solutions, write.
-----Blatant Plug follows-----
I do this for a living:-) RF, networking, communications, site planning and contract negotiation, specializing in tropical and tropical-marine environments. Culturally acclimated to Pacific, Asia, India. Skilled in electrical, electronics, electro-mechanical, mechanical, geodetics, RF propagation analysis and planning, antennas marine and land based. Field project expedition! -WG
If you are not paying it and then you are, it's a NEW tax.
In most states, 'sales tax' is short form
for 'sales and use' tax. These taxes are
collected from larger business who purchase
from vendors outside their home state and
are collected on big ticket items that can
identified. i.e. car, boat, airplane.
There's not any infrastructure to enforce collection from individuals on small
purchases and this is what's being addressed.
Reporting will be a burden on small businesses and the tax will likely be hidden in the price like your VAT (BTW, Hawaii has a GET,
general excise tax, which is kind of like a VAT/sales tax hybrid and for the most part hidden).
Like all those other hidden tqaxes, people are much less likely to complain about 'tax' when prices increase than they are to complain about the 'price'. Less troublesome for big brother...
Interrupted conversations?
Do you have any idea how much time people
spend either taking about TV and how much
TV content has become part of the language?
DO you have any idea how culturally insensitive
TV watchers are?
When someone says, "I don't watch TV", they are
politely letting you know that they lack the
context to understand WTF you are talking about!
This should be easy.
One sound card per yard sale radio.
I know of one station that maintains
a week of archives. 128k mp3. and it sounds
great because it's the stuff prior to processing
for broadcast. Wish they all did this. Would
list but they'll be/.ed for sure...
Why would anyone want to look at their keyboard? The stuff typed is on the screen. The keys don't move around. There's never anything new to read there?
Now this would be a trick. Change the letters corresponding to each key, at random, and try to type fast enough to keep up. Kind of like that video game the kids dance to.
Has anyone hacked a musical scale to go with the keys? Each key plays a note. If the wrong key is hit... (for beginning typists)... an Eastern scale would be nice...
Ah ha! morse code. Improve typing and learn morse at the same time... Another project to add to the list...
Slashdot Mirror
Why reinvent the wheel?
It's not a problem with punch cards. It's operator error. A small sign to the effect, "clean your chads or your vote won't count" solves the once in a blue moon problem with them.
Let's get on to more serious issues like desegregation in the dairy section...
"We're working on making the presence of a TV set in our living room as unobtrusive as possible." sez Keith
:-)
Suggestion
1)No TV, this is my preference but compromise is the key to a long marraige so...
2)13" all in one CRT type with tape and DVD for $149. It fits nicely on the oven when not in use.
3)Buy my 1000 surplus 10.2" 640x480 dual scan, 7mm thick LCD panels for $10k and make your wall into a TV (black and white though
Three phones, three numbers
First incoming minute free.
2000min/mo. +
3500 off peak (N/C) +
1500 cell to cell (N/C)
and it works in every city I visit,
and no LD charge,
for $120/month!
Sure, I'll settle for the company with a lower
'quality' score. They still get the job done leaving more money for other stuff.
Lame, dated, hardware.
For 40 bux more there're 24bit/18bit codec audio boxes with LVDS video in finer aspect SFF case.
But wait 6 months and you'll get full 24bit I/O
96kHz audio along with another cycle of cabinet
refinement and less cooling associated noise...
A million bucks won't buy much advertising, but a suit will buy a lot of publicity.
Young quick guys, stiking first, can keep the old slow guys very busy...
When has the game you've been watching EVER turned out to be the game they were playing in the biz arena?
W.G.
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14 some.machine.at.slashdot
IBM spec for temp is 88F (31C) degrees. :-)
Their experience with cooling shows in
not making unrealistic claims
But it's overkill.
All I need is the temp/humidity spec.
Why should I have to pay 3X the price just to
have a notebook that will work in what is the
'normal' environment of tropical and summer temperate zones?
It's worth noting that not one response related a comparison site. Perhaps there isn't one.
Humid air is less dense than dry air. So, you need more of it to sink the same heat. I don't require all the other 'rugged' features of the panasonic toughbooks, etc. Just something that will work in outdoor, summer and tropical climate.
If your water supply is cool grab yourself some heat exchangers (auto radiators will do the trick) and some fans. mount the radiators in the bottom of your racks, hose them up, and the rack fans will pull the air through the radiators and cool the racks. You may need some additional exhaust fans on top of the racks to compensate for the restriction intruduced by the radiators. No racks? Corrugated board and duct tape! Run your 'waste' water back to the drain. Some valves and thermometers you'll be able to adjust the flow to minimize water usage. If anyone else needs 'field expedient' solutions, write.
:-) RF, networking, communications, site planning and contract negotiation, specializing in tropical and tropical-marine environments. Culturally acclimated to Pacific, Asia, India. Skilled in electrical, electronics, electro-mechanical, mechanical, geodetics, RF propagation analysis and planning, antennas marine and land based. Field project expedition! -WG
-----Blatant Plug follows-----
I do this for a living
If you are not paying it and then you are, it's a NEW tax.
In most states, 'sales tax' is short form
for 'sales and use' tax. These taxes are
collected from larger business who purchase
from vendors outside their home state and
are collected on big ticket items that can
identified. i.e. car, boat, airplane.
There's not any infrastructure to enforce
collection from individuals on small
purchases and this is what's being addressed.
Reporting will be a burden on small businesses and
the tax will likely be hidden in the price like
your VAT (BTW, Hawaii has a GET, general excise tax, which is kind of like a
VAT/sales tax hybrid and for the most part hidden).
Like all those other hidden tqaxes, people are much
less likely to complain about 'tax' when prices
increase than they are to complain about the 'price'.
Less troublesome for big brother...
Interrupted conversations?
Do you have any idea how much time people
spend either taking about TV and how much
TV content has become part of the language?
DO you have any idea how culturally insensitive
TV watchers are?
When someone says, "I don't watch TV", they are
politely letting you know that they lack the
context to understand WTF you are talking about!
This should be easy. One sound card per yard sale radio. I know of one station that maintains a week of archives. 128k mp3. and it sounds great because it's the stuff prior to processing for broadcast. Wish they all did this. Would list but they'll be /.ed for sure...
A PeeCee will be an appliance and a computer will run ...ix
There will be enough demand for both...
http://www.mbl.edu/publications/Loligo/squid/skin. 0.html
what mind expanding activities are available at club fed? do they have kosher meals? prison have 'a clockwork orange' in the library?
Why would anyone want to look at their keyboard?
... (for beginning typists) ... an Eastern scale would be nice ...
The stuff typed is on the screen.
The keys don't move around.
There's never anything new to read there?
Now this would be a trick.
Change the letters corresponding to each key,
at random, and try to type fast enough to keep up.
Kind of like that video game the kids dance to.
Has anyone hacked a musical scale to go with the
keys? Each key plays a note. If the wrong key is
hit
Ah ha! morse code. Improve typing and learn morse
at the same time...
Another project to add to the list...