Real ale is typically served at celar temperature, (below room tempererature), so it's refreshing. It is typically served a few degrees warmer than a block of ice because there's no need to numb your taste buds unlike certain "beers" which if you could taste you wouldn't drink.
The original Mini was designed by Alex Issigonis in the 1950's. It was built by BMC as a Morris Mini. BMC became British Leyland which then became Rover which was bought by BAe who sold it to BMW.
The BMW version of the Mini is known as Mini not BMW. The original mini was a brilliant design for its time and effectively killed off the bubble cars imported from Germany as it was intended to do.
The new (BMW) Mini is still built in the UK but is larger, faster, safer and nore comfortable - after all, expectations have increased after 55 years
" Describing your merchandise as "shit" is an interesting sales technique!"
Salvador Dali sold his own excrement (shit) in wooden boxes with signature or certificate or whatever. So, he actually sold shit as art.
Either he was taking the piss (having a laugh) or he was off his scone. Either his customers believed they were buying a unique piece of shit in a wooden box or they bought into the idea that it was high art. High is about right...Whew!!!
If you put the time in, you can create fairly useful though basic 3 D plans in Word. There's more to it than meets the eye. Therein lies the problem though.
Jack of all trades master of none sells to the masses. If theres a better way to do something, the average PC user doesn't seem to know about it. Heck, loads of PC users have probably never heard of other word processing software or formats other than *.doc (e.g., WordPerfect or RTF).
How many damn fonts do we need??? Half of them are just plain unuseable in a professional environment. Doesn't stop some people using 12 different fonts in the same paragraph...
Some days I miss simple Amstrad and Cannon Word Processors. They get the job done and don't take 3 weeks to start up and close down.
Ever tried editing Word docs over dial-up..... Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Its just too easy to create 50 Mb Word docs when 1.5 Mb RTF would do...
Think what all that extra data is doing to networks..
Thursday News. Clippy was burned in an accident. Investigators are looking for a pissed off dog with a grudge. A corporate spokesman reports that new desktop assistant has been auditioned. Crispy will be issued with SP3.
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As a further benefit, our intellectual protection package will ensure that your young tit sucker's ideas will never fall into the hands of enscrupulous (note the en..) parties and will be safe in our creativity vault.
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No! What he is trying to explain here is that a Linux cluster using "standard" hardware, (eg x86 based), suffers from the usual PCI related bottlenecks that standard hardware has. Therefore it cannot be as efficient as a system specifically designed for supercomputing which has no PCI bottlenecks.
If you read the article you would note that Cray is promoting their new LINUX BASED SUPERCOMPUTER....
There are some interesting and valid arguments in the article. However, just because certain frequncies appear to be underutilised doesn't mean that they are suitable.
I'm always wary of simplified arguments that fail to present practical realities. The RF spectrum extends from DC to light. AM broadcasts on the long and medium wave bands require large antennas and relatively high power outputs, (say 10KW for a metropolitan area and 100KW for a regional area such as a state or a small country). Much higher frequencies in the millimetric part of the spectrum are, (as the article says), subject to precipitation and physical obstructions. The higher in frequency you go, the more expensive the technology but the bandwidth is much better. This is why 3G has to use higher frequecies than normal cellular services.
Frequencies from dc to a few hundred MHz are subject to various propagation effects. CB and Ham radio enthusiasts will be familiar with skip, fading, aurora, etc.,
Unfortunately there seems to have been a migration in licensing authorities from technical knowledge to plain old bean counting. This has led to a number of unfortunate blunders - licensing car central locking remotes on frequencies already in use for example (a few people couldn't get into their cars).
On the other hand technology like DAB is really good, making efficient use of a tiny chunk of the RF spectrum. So I would hope that technological solutions are employed which enable the best compromise between useability and useage rather than simply spreading over the range of frequencies which are presumed to be available.
When I clicked on "Read More..." there was no posting viewable for this article, just a message which read " Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."
The Hillman Imp had self-untapping screws according to an article I read in some article.
Apparantly DC10's would jetison cargo all by them selves. Nobody undid any screws, locks or retainers. Although on a DC10 I was on, a stewardess noticed that the exit door was open, as we were taking off...
Some engines have self-adjusting tappets.
Imagine that you had to argue a case with an intelligent fastner to convince it that it was very important that it let you remove it...
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Exactly! Quality versus quantity.
Taste versus big bucks advertising.
Discerning drinkers versus "me-too" brand exploitees.
"Twas ever thus" - Bugs Bunny
Thats quite funny.
Reality check:
Real ale is typically served at celar temperature, (below room tempererature), so it's refreshing. It is typically served a few degrees warmer than a block of ice because there's no need to numb your taste buds unlike certain "beers" which
if you could taste you wouldn't drink.
"You are all going to.."
:-)
buffering 1%
Where is buffering?
I hope not!!!
:-((
Look at what we've got!
But you can't have it!
Well much as I drool over the Zaurus range, if they won't get their fucking marketing plan together they may as well fold it all up.
All you can get is grey fucking imports!
ARGH!!!!
Perhaps I should just give up and get a vintage Psion
The original Mini was designed by Alex Issigonis in the 1950's. It was built by BMC as a Morris Mini. BMC became British Leyland which then became Rover which was bought by BAe who sold it to BMW.
The BMW version of the Mini is known as Mini not BMW. The original mini was a brilliant design for its time and effectively killed off the bubble cars imported from Germany as it was intended to do.
The new (BMW) Mini is still built in the UK but is larger, faster, safer and nore comfortable - after all, expectations have increased after 55 years
" Describing your merchandise as "shit" is an interesting sales technique!"
Salvador Dali sold his own excrement (shit) in wooden boxes with signature or certificate or whatever. So, he actually sold shit as art.
Either he was taking the piss (having a laugh) or he was off his scone. Either his customers believed they were buying a unique piece of shit in a wooden box or they bought into the idea that it was high art. High is about right...Whew!!!
If your laptop can take it you could try adding more ram.
Bloody port scanners!!!
Its only a matter of time before someone tries to overclock the hamsters...
If you put the time in, you can create fairly useful though basic 3 D plans in Word. There's more to it than meets the eye. Therein lies the problem though.
Jack of all trades master of none sells to the masses. If theres a better way to do something, the average PC user doesn't seem to know about it. Heck, loads of PC users have probably never heard of other word processing software or formats other than *.doc (e.g., WordPerfect or RTF).
How many damn fonts do we need??? Half of them are just plain unuseable in a professional environment. Doesn't stop some people using 12 different fonts in the same paragraph...
Some days I miss simple Amstrad and Cannon Word Processors. They get the job done and don't take 3 weeks to start up and close down.
Ever tried editing Word docs over dial-up.....
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Its just too easy to create 50 Mb Word docs when 1.5 Mb RTF would do...
Think what all that extra data is doing to networks..
Thursday News. Clippy was burned in an accident. Investigators are looking for a pissed off dog with a grudge. A corporate spokesman reports that new desktop assistant has been auditioned. Crispy will be issued with SP3.
Is that customer support? Hi!
My hard HDD candle has gone out. Is that a critical failure or a feature?
My local corner shop has run out of tea candles, can you please advise me where to get some so I can continue downloading SP2?
on the birth of your child. We know that bringing an infant up in the 21st century is a daunting business. Thats why we have designed especially for you a completely free licensing policy agreement that will safeguard young (enter name) from the burden of facing a bleak future without a licensed, activated copy of our latest (enter name) operating system or proprietary value added software.
As a further benefit, our intellectual protection package will ensure that your young tit sucker's ideas will never fall into the hands of enscrupulous (note the en..) parties and will be safe in our creativity vault.
Just sign the punch out card below with (name)'s new citizen number and we will do the rest. Just think how (name) will thank you. (snicker snicker..)
(small print: nyk nyk nyk! All your intellect is belong to us! Wahhhah hah!)
so have you told your friends that "God Mode" and the various hacks won't work in real life battlefield action? ;-)
No! What he is trying to explain here is that a Linux cluster using "standard" hardware, (eg x86 based), suffers from the usual PCI related bottlenecks that standard hardware has. Therefore it cannot be as efficient as a system specifically designed for supercomputing which has no PCI bottlenecks.
If you read the article you would note that Cray is promoting their new LINUX BASED SUPERCOMPUTER....
Doesn't UV damage CD's and DVD's? Or have these guys come up with a new material?
No PAL yet? I thought NTSC and PAL were easily provided for no extra cost on new TV/Video boxes these days. Its only a decoder, right?
There are some interesting and valid arguments in the article. However, just because certain frequncies appear to be underutilised doesn't mean that they are suitable.
I'm always wary of simplified arguments that fail to present practical realities. The RF spectrum extends from DC to light. AM broadcasts on the long and medium wave bands require large antennas and relatively high power outputs, (say 10KW for a metropolitan area and 100KW for a regional area such as a state or a small country). Much higher frequencies in the millimetric part of the spectrum are, (as the article says), subject to precipitation and physical obstructions. The higher in frequency you go, the more expensive the technology but the bandwidth is much better. This is why 3G has to use higher frequecies than normal cellular services.
Frequencies from dc to a few hundred MHz are subject to various propagation effects. CB and Ham
radio enthusiasts will be familiar with skip, fading, aurora, etc.,
Unfortunately there seems to have been a migration in licensing authorities from technical knowledge to plain old bean counting. This has led to a number of unfortunate blunders - licensing car central locking remotes on frequencies already in use for example (a few people couldn't get into their cars).
On the other hand technology like DAB is really good, making efficient use of a tiny chunk of the RF spectrum. So I would hope that technological solutions are employed which enable the best compromise between useability and useage rather than simply spreading over the range of frequencies which are presumed to be available.
When I clicked on "Read More..." there was no posting viewable for this article, just a message which read " Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."
Does this happen often?
Nothing for you to see here. Please move along.
Guess I was too early.
The Hillman Imp had self-untapping screws according to an article I read in some article.
Apparantly DC10's would jetison cargo all by them selves. Nobody undid any screws, locks or retainers.
Although on a DC10 I was on, a stewardess noticed that the exit door was open, as we were taking off...
Some engines have self-adjusting tappets.
Imagine that you had to argue a case with an intelligent fastner to convince it that it was very important that it let you remove it...
Well I guessed all the frauds. Then again I guessed that the MSN and Paypal e-mails were frauds.....
"Hello. Is that Fred's Autorepair Centre?"
" Yes sir."
"My Cavalier is constipated"
"!"
Instead of an "oh shit" expression, how about building cars that crap solid blocks of waste instead of polluting the air?
Then pass legislation to make the owners pick their cars crap up and put it in a bin?
http://www.goggle.com/ is a website for Spy Bouncer