The X61s, however, is about 150% as thick, and weighs 2.7 pounds. As close as I could get it to the MacBook Air, I couldn't get it over $1300.
Then again, it'll have less than half the battery life for a machine with identical specs. I get 4 hours out of my X61 Tablet (essentially a tablet version of the X61s,) and I have the 8-cell. The 2.7 pound weight is with the SLIMLINE 4-cell, which has less than half the battery life of the 8-cell.
Granted, IIRC, even with the 8-cell, the X61s is right around 3 pounds. And has a 2.5" HDD, user-replaceable RAM, an easily replaceable battery, etc., etc.
LED backlighting does, however, give you better battery life, it will last longer than CCFLs, and it has zero warm-up time. (Yes, I can notice a CCFL-backlit screen warming up. It doesn't take long, but it still happens.
The Mercedes also does better in crash tests, many of them DO haul ass in a straight line, they have decent handling considering their size, and they're considerably more luxurious than most Hondas. And, Hondas are driven mostly by riceboys that live their lives 1/4 mile at a time.;) (Yes, I know, IHBT, IHL, HAND.)
And I'm the one that usually supports smaller cars in arguments like these!
I simply tell it to download updates, but not install them. It creates a yellow alert in Windows Security Center, IIRC, but not one that brings up anything in the taskbar. And, it won't automatically reboot unless you install the updates - which you can tell it to do when shutting down, or do before you were going to restart anyway.
There's also a local proxy server out there that in turn connects to a proxy requiring NTLM authentication for you...
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I can buy that, although it does have the identifiable OS (your cheap phones don't advertise that they run TRON or some other OS, but the iPhone is sold as running OS X.)
However, that means that the instant the SDK comes out, every iPhone goes from being a regular phone to a smartphone as soon as it's updated.;)
I once had an IBM keyboard that had the feel of the Type M, but the size of a small modern keyboard. Sadly, I spilled soda on it, gave it to a friend to clean it for me, and he wound up accidentally throwing it away. I was devastated... At least I still have my cache of a half-dozen Type M keyboards. You're thinking of the IBM Model M2.
Be careful, though, because there were two M2s. One was buckling spring, and the other looked identical but was rubber dome.
There was also a rubber dome Model M, too, for that matter. From what I hear, it was damn good for a rubber dome keyboard, but... it was still a rubber dome keyboard, and not buckling spring.
A better way is to promote alternative content, and go against DRM-infected content. Don't pirate it, but instead promote AGAINST it, and promote alternatives.
There are movie studios that aren't MPAA members, and some even don't want DRM.
Actually, not even GM has had a single fuel injector (throttle body injection) for a few years now in North America.
It's all port injection. Either that, or gasoline direct injection, which is more complex than a diesel, because you've got to do everything the diesel has to do (except babysit the turbo - and many gasoline direct injection engines DO have turbos), AND maintain the mixture even fuel mixture even tighter than the diesel, AND run the ignition system (which the diesel doesn't have.)
But, I was just trying to think of ways OTHER than buffer overflows that a Word document could exploit the system, and before Word 6.0, it wasn't really all that POSSIBLE - Word macros were much less powerful before VBA.
Or Windows Server 2003 32-bit - the only reason why you can't access RAM above 4 GiB (but below 16 GiB) in PAE-enabled versions of XP32 and Vista32 is because of an artificial limitation set by Microsoft.
Running a 64-bit OS, you can access the board's maximum (there aren't any boards that can max out the 40 or 48-bit address space of existing EM64T/AMD64 CPUs) memory.
Running a 32-bit non-Windows OS with PAE enabled, you can access up to 16 GiB (2^36 bytes) of physical RAM.
Running a 32-bit Windows server OS with PAE enabled, you can also access up to 16 GiB of RAM.
However, even with PAE enabled, Windows XP and Vista 32-bit won't let you access anything past 4 GiB, because of some legacy hardware that could barf if it were handed an address higher than 4 GiB.
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The X61s, however, is about 150% as thick, and weighs 2.7 pounds. As close as I could get it to the MacBook Air, I couldn't get it over $1300.
Then again, it'll have less than half the battery life for a machine with identical specs. I get 4 hours out of my X61 Tablet (essentially a tablet version of the X61s,) and I have the 8-cell. The 2.7 pound weight is with the SLIMLINE 4-cell, which has less than half the battery life of the 8-cell.
Granted, IIRC, even with the 8-cell, the X61s is right around 3 pounds. And has a 2.5" HDD, user-replaceable RAM, an easily replaceable battery, etc., etc.
Not OLED. LED backlighting.
LED backlighting does, however, give you better battery life, it will last longer than CCFLs, and it has zero warm-up time. (Yes, I can notice a CCFL-backlit screen warming up. It doesn't take long, but it still happens.
Slashdot? Girlfriend? You must be new here.
The Mercedes also does better in crash tests, many of them DO haul ass in a straight line, they have decent handling considering their size, and they're considerably more luxurious than most Hondas. And, Hondas are driven mostly by riceboys that live their lives 1/4 mile at a time. ;) (Yes, I know, IHBT, IHL, HAND.)
And I'm the one that usually supports smaller cars in arguments like these!
It's not a real Apple if it doesn't have eight slots. :P
Myself, I use ThinkVantage Access Connections, but that only works on ThinkPads.
Or, even, use static IPs.
There's apps out there that assign different settings based on which network you're on, if you go between networks.
I simply tell it to download updates, but not install them. It creates a yellow alert in Windows Security Center, IIRC, but not one that brings up anything in the taskbar. And, it won't automatically reboot unless you install the updates - which you can tell it to do when shutting down, or do before you were going to restart anyway.
There's also a local proxy server out there that in turn connects to a proxy requiring NTLM authentication for you...
I can buy that, although it does have the identifiable OS (your cheap phones don't advertise that they run TRON or some other OS, but the iPhone is sold as running OS X.)
;)
However, that means that the instant the SDK comes out, every iPhone goes from being a regular phone to a smartphone as soon as it's updated.
Sprint?
1xRTT phones get it at $7.50/mo, EVDO phones get it at $15/mo.
Worse in this list is better.
(10 is better than 9. 1 is the worst. The PCjr keyboard is their worst keyboard.)
Be careful, though, because there were two M2s. One was buckling spring, and the other looked identical but was rubber dome.
There was also a rubber dome Model M, too, for that matter. From what I hear, it was damn good for a rubber dome keyboard, but... it was still a rubber dome keyboard, and not buckling spring.
Just tested it in Word 2003, and it turns off caps lock after the first word, forget about the first sentence.
It looks... intentional... though.
;)
Godwin's Law has an exception for intentional invocations of Godwin's Law.
A better way is to promote alternative content, and go against DRM-infected content. Don't pirate it, but instead promote AGAINST it, and promote alternatives.
There are movie studios that aren't MPAA members, and some even don't want DRM.
Actually, not even GM has had a single fuel injector (throttle body injection) for a few years now in North America.
It's all port injection. Either that, or gasoline direct injection, which is more complex than a diesel, because you've got to do everything the diesel has to do (except babysit the turbo - and many gasoline direct injection engines DO have turbos), AND maintain the mixture even fuel mixture even tighter than the diesel, AND run the ignition system (which the diesel doesn't have.)
A 1980's diesel. Modern diesels have just as much electronics as modern gasoline engines.
Exactly. :)
But, I was just trying to think of ways OTHER than buffer overflows that a Word document could exploit the system, and before Word 6.0, it wasn't really all that POSSIBLE - Word macros were much less powerful before VBA.
Unless it's buffer overflows...
But, the first macro viruses were on Word 6.0, which is allowed!
Or Windows Server 2003 32-bit - the only reason why you can't access RAM above 4 GiB (but below 16 GiB) in PAE-enabled versions of XP32 and Vista32 is because of an artificial limitation set by Microsoft.
Uh, what?
Running a 64-bit OS, you can access the board's maximum (there aren't any boards that can max out the 40 or 48-bit address space of existing EM64T/AMD64 CPUs) memory.
Running a 32-bit non-Windows OS with PAE enabled, you can access up to 16 GiB (2^36 bytes) of physical RAM.
Running a 32-bit Windows server OS with PAE enabled, you can also access up to 16 GiB of RAM.
However, even with PAE enabled, Windows XP and Vista 32-bit won't let you access anything past 4 GiB, because of some legacy hardware that could barf if it were handed an address higher than 4 GiB.
I'm going to get modded off-topic, but...
I got an exitstitial popup when I clicked that link.
A FUCKING POPUP ON SLASHDOT.
And, I'm running Opera 9.23 on a fully updated XP system, with IE not even running. (Opera did block the popup.)
Here's the URL for the exitstital: http://amch.questionmarket.com/adscgen/invite.php?survey_num=367992&site=51&code=369773&pic=gif&creativename=opinion2-350x300-1l-eng-nul&secs_up=36000&type=4
Make the laser a wear item, or even make a cartridge that calculates laser power used, and at a certain point, cuts power to the laser.