Ah - yes, in 1991. But we're OK with that. And the US invaded France in 1944. Also OK. But the 2003 war on Iraq is about as popular as the 1812 war on Canada. What was it then? Beavers of mass destruction? (They hadn't even found oil in Alberta back then.)
WTF is this? Its driving me mad. Something from an old TV show? An advertisement?
Yeah I googled - a zillion references and no explanation. Please someone explain this idiom for us non-merkins.
You should have a second machine sniff packets in promiscuous mode while your EEE attaches Why a second machine? Just use tcpdump on the EEE and avoid all the worries over switches.
A USB dongle is not the same as a genuine RS-232 port. You are right. A REAL RS232 port needs a genuine 8-bit 4.77 MHz ISA bus. None of this new-fangled junk.
But why put rs-232 on the motherboard!? The few who want it can get a $5 USB dongle. Same with PS/2 - if you really want to use that old keyboard and mouse, its $2.xx delivered!
but no bluetooth! The iTouch is a lovely device, until you get out of wifi range.
Since it has no bluetooth, it cannot connect to your cellphone to get an internet connection, which means its nothing but a cute iPod. When the 3G iPhone comes out, that may be a real option.
See also the Nokia n800 -similiar, no built-in keyboard or GPS, but much cheaper and takes SDHC cards. The Nokias also runs Doom, (not doom2?). Can even run VoIP over your 3G cellphone. The webbrowser and screen is much better than any phone or PDA, but its not much bigger. If thats still not good enough, I'll second the IBM X40 (used).
> Check out a Palm T/X. It has a 480x320 screen, will display...
Meh. Does it run Linux? The Nokia N800 / N810 run Linux, do all the above (well, 800x480 actually), And the N800 is cheaper than the TX. Of course, the TX is a better PDA , but I think the Nokia wins as an eBook reader - e.g. with FBreader program.
IBM-compatibles used a special floppy interface - the controller is on the motherboard. Only for "recent" models. Earlier PC/XT and clones had an ISA card for the floppy controller.
IBM considered the floppy drive as optional, which made the base price lower. (Did anybody ever buy the tape drive instead?)
What will they do with nuclear weapons? Pass them on to terrorists? Not a likely scenario. It is easy to determine where nuclear materials originate, even after a detonation, from the isotope compositon.
Use them as deterrence? Push their will on the rest of the region, which is cowering in terror under the nuclear shadow? Not quite. The nukes are not a direct threat to neighbors. It might, for example, allow them to launch a limited war without fear of massive retaliation. Just like the existing nuclear powers now.
If Saddam had had nukes, he still would have got booted out of Kuwait, but he would have been safe from invasion.
Iran having nukes will make them harder to work with, True, but hardly an excuse to start a war.
I don't understand: Iran has every right to develop nukes. All they need do is withdraw from the non-proliferation treaty. Unlike Iraq, (or the US) they have no recent history of aggression.
It would be much easier to believe the nukes are only for deterrence, that the silly stories currently used to justify the nuclear program.
$1.5 a LITRE. that's about $6.6 USD/gal. Except the US has defined its own gallon as only 3.8L, much smaller than a regular gallon.
So far, the only thing about the litre they have changed is the spelling:-)
No, gmail STMP does NOT need a password for sending to gmail accounts. You only need to authenticate if it is relaying to other servers, for obvious reasons.
Of course, the allegedly dumb programmer might not have known that. Or he knew it, but wanted plausible stupidity. And when those emails are leaked, he can say somebody else read them.
Without a pasword, he would have to use SMTP, which would be obvious to a packet sniffer. With a password, he can use the existing encrypted IMAP session to upload to his own mailbox.... whats that? He DOES use SMTP anyway!? When the user isn't even connecting to google? Well bugger me - there is no sane explanation. It ain't subtle.
uh! you missed my point entirely. I'm comparing questions, not the answers. How is astrology not religion? Why would scientists date a christian or hindu, but not an astrology believer? Its true - people find astrological belief more offensive than mainstream religion. Why?
Perhaps they expect the astrologer to be more gullible and less intelligent? What do you think is the predudice here?
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Foundation series is good. :-)
Just make sure they haven't read anything about chaos theory and the butterfly effect first
For younger kids "A wrinkle in Time" by Madeleine L'Engle is one of the greats.
> Did the US ever invade Kuwait?
Ah - yes, in 1991. But we're OK with that.
And the US invaded France in 1944. Also OK.
But the 2003 war on Iraq is about as popular as the 1812 war on Canada.
What was it then? Beavers of mass destruction? (They hadn't even found oil in Alberta back then.)
Now get off my lawn, you damn kids!
WTF is this? Its driving me mad. Something from an old TV show? An advertisement?
Yeah I googled - a zillion references and no explanation. Please someone explain this idiom for us non-merkins.
How is it every single petrol station, no matter which company they claim to be, all have identical prices?
Where is that? Maybe they copy each other.
Here in WA its certainly not true. That is prevented by the fuelwatch scheme:
http://www.fuelwatch.wa.gov.au/
But why put rs-232 on the motherboard!?
:-)
The few who want it can get a $5 USB dongle.
Same with PS/2 - if you really want to use that old keyboard and mouse, its $2.xx delivered!
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.1440
So friggin' cheap I haven't even bothered appending a referral code
but no bluetooth!
The iTouch is a lovely device, until you get out of wifi range.
Since it has no bluetooth, it cannot connect to your cellphone to get an internet connection, which means its nothing but a cute iPod. When the 3G iPhone comes out, that may be a real option.
See also the Nokia n800 -similiar, no built-in keyboard or GPS, but much cheaper and takes SDHC cards.
The Nokias also runs Doom, (not doom2?).
Can even run VoIP over your 3G cellphone.
The webbrowser and screen is much better than any phone or PDA, but its not much bigger.
If thats still not good enough, I'll second the IBM X40 (used).
> Check out a Palm T/X. It has a 480x320 screen, will display ...
Meh. Does it run Linux? The Nokia N800 / N810 run Linux, do all the above (well, 800x480 actually),
And the N800 is cheaper than the TX. Of course, the TX is a better PDA ,
but I think the Nokia wins as an eBook reader - e.g. with FBreader program.
And did I mention? it runs Linux.
IBM considered the floppy drive as optional, which made the base price lower. (Did anybody ever buy the tape drive instead?)
> a $4 million dollar spacecraft
So what's a square dollar worth these days?
(this _is_ news for nerds)
And the Chinese have never really worried about foreigners with VPNs. Its the locals that need to be kept in control.
I think this senator got his information from the same reliable sources that found proof for Iraqi WMDs.
If Saddam had had nukes, he still would have got booted out of Kuwait, but he would have been safe from invasion.
Iran having nukes will make them harder to work with, True, but hardly an excuse to start a war.It would be much easier to believe the nukes are only for deterrence, that the silly stories currently used to justify the nuclear program.
You don't need a whole spare laptop. Just swap the hard-drive, and courier the sensitive one.
> it's illegal for a child under the age of 14 to be out of sight of adult supervision outside the home.
That's kind of hard to believe. Where do you live - Saudi Arabia?
> You name one government service that has ever worked as advertised or worked well.
The Italian railways, 1943-1945.
why? have you heard of the "world series" baseball?
No, gmail STMP does NOT need a password for sending to gmail accounts.
You only need to authenticate if it is relaying to other servers, for obvious reasons.
Of course, the allegedly dumb programmer might not have known that.
Or he knew it, but wanted plausible stupidity.
And when those emails are leaked, he can say somebody else read them.
Without a pasword, he would have to use SMTP, which would be obvious to a packet sniffer. ... whats that? He DOES use SMTP anyway!? When the user isn't even connecting to google?
With a password, he can use the existing encrypted IMAP session to upload to his own mailbox.
Well bugger me - there is no sane explanation. It ain't subtle.
uh! you missed my point entirely.
I'm comparing questions, not the answers. How is astrology not religion?
Why would scientists date a christian or hindu, but not an astrology believer?
Its true - people find astrological belief more offensive than mainstream
religion. Why?
Perhaps they expect the astrologer to be more gullible and less intelligent?
What do you think is the predudice here?
> Are you sure we aren't talking about religions here?
Is there a difference?
"Should Scientists date people who believe in God?"
What is the difference?
I think the hidden assumption is that astrology is even sillier than other religious beliefs. I don't see why.
Didn't you get the memo?
Its now "Land of the Incarcerated" .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_the_United_States