I won't debate the math on that, but from my own personal experience shopping at Target, each transaction takes about 3 minutes on average. Sometimes you have that person that's only buying one or two things; typically 1 minute from being greeted by the clerk to being handed the receipt and goods. Other times, I've been stuck behind someone with a cart of 30+ items. That person then proceeds to fumble paying with cash and putting the rest of credit cards. That lasted about 6 minutes.
I've built PCs for people in the past, not anymore. It's not worth their time, and mine. So far, I've told my parents, neighbor, and a co-worker that if you're looking to replace your XP or Win7 box, get a Mac Mini instead for $599. If they still want to hold onto XP or Win7 (assuming it's not an OEM copy - non-transferable), I can do a P2V and roll it up in VMWare Fusion along with adding in some extra RAM. The later will require them to purchase food or beer. Though I'm up for a nice bottle of wine too. In any case, they get a nice machine that backups their unit and VMs via Time Machine. Plus they're now into the world of the App Store and iCloud connectivity for their other iDevices. Oh, and Win8 can take a long very long walk of a short pier.
Done and Done. If they have any other problems, they can contact Apple. They will be more than happy to help. No, really, Apple support is just a good as Dell Pro support for the PC. Plus, they speak American!!! Not some guy in India over a broken VOIP connection.
Look on the bright side. Hopefully this whole fiasco will force Congress to repeal the ACA. Do we go full socialized medicine or back to business as before? Whatever, either direction would have to be better than this bullshit.
GPS will be used to determine if you're speeding in an area you're not supposed to be. There will be a thermal printer attached to the dash. Should you break the law, the printer will cite you a ticket right then and there. If you're lucky, it will automatically schedule your arraignment for you. How nice!
And no, the drive-by-wire throttle-body (governor) will not automatically slow you down. It's "unsafe" and the cities want a cash cow.
Demolition Man. I thought that shit was fiction. Even the Chinese live underground these days...
A program capable of self improvement. The better it gets, the better it can make itsself, which means it can thus get even better. A positive feedback loop that potentially leads to something far beyond human capabilities or understanding. Until ultimately it commits suicide to complete one last task; reaching nirvana! The one true answer is to not have the question to begin with in the first place. It's a bit nihilistic IMHO.
The next version still might use accelerometers. I'm going to guess the extra head tracking is to prevent orientation "float" (drift) that would happen otherwise. If you're looking north or south, you want to ensure that calibration is updated often with the accelerometers smoothing out the transition in realtime while in motion.
Perhaps it's not just a simple matter of the democratic voice pushing back on a single "warlord". It could be that Gates is simply not getting any level of coherent discussion with either branch due to DC being so dysfunctional. The later is far worse as it speaks volumes for our systemic problems of infighting and putting self interests before the good of a nation.
Hydrogen can be used in an IC. The problem long-term is a process known as hydrogen embrittlement. The effects on some metals is not good. Valves for example would chip like glass over time.
Those are not internal combustion engines. Just because they're piston based does not automatically make them so. No, an IC requires fuel to ignite in the cylinder.
The US is also extremely multi-cultural. So if we collectively sound schizophrenic, it's because we are. Notice how some Euro nations and the Japanese don't have these problem? Now you know. "When in Rome, do as the Romans"
Here in the US, my wife came over on a K1 visa. Form I-134 was just one of many required to be processed to apply for the K1. Anyways, I-134 states that my wife can't depend on food stamps or other forms of goverment assistance being I'm her official financial sponsor (I think for 10 years). The running joke is that had she just crossed over illegally from south of the boarder, it would have been easer and she would soon be able to vote (amnesty). Benefits and all. See what happens when you play by the rules? You get fucked, that's what!!!
With what energy? Short of fission or fusion, how exactly do you plan on smelting ore in space (let alone forge it)?! Perhaps fusion in zero-G might make it easier, but who knows at this point. It's not being done now.
No. Long-term effect is that productivity plummets around the world as there's a collective "shut up and take my money" (from myself included). I want, yesterday!!!
She told the doctor she had no idea why there was coke in her system. If she's telling the truth (doubt it), ok, fine. But if she lied or is in denial, that's totally on her.
Eventually, all engines suffer some form of carbon build-up that effects both engine compression and the internal exhaust pathways. For example; the exhaust valve pathways and EGR. Even with modern engines, proper fuel metering, and modern additives (polyetheramine), crap and crud still builds up over time.
Depends on the client: but more often than not, clients rarely reconnect to an AP with stronger signal. Not unless they get dropped first. It makes "roaming" a miserable experience, packet loss and all.
There are managed AP solutions that employ nothing short of voodoo to make WiFi clients roam properly, but such solutions are EXPENSIVE!
In this case, you're paying for the radio transceiver technology along with an embedded computer. And if anything home-brew router related holds true, it's a quality transceiver that's the most important aspect when ensuring good WiFi coverage and stability.
Sure. As someone else pointed out, VMWare also has it's own MAC addresses that it assigns to virtual adapters. I can also clone or assign MAC address manually in Windows XP and 7. So while the firmware of a NIC may include a MAC, it's certainly not required.
That's not what happens. MAC addresses are assigned to vendors that implement products with network hardware, not just the development and manufacture. For example: I can look up any MAC address and see it belonging to Dell, Apple, Linksys, DLink, Netgear, and so on. The first two don't design and fab their own NICs. They use Broadcom, Intel, Marvell, and Realtek chips.
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I won't debate the math on that, but from my own personal experience shopping at Target, each transaction takes about 3 minutes on average. Sometimes you have that person that's only buying one or two things; typically 1 minute from being greeted by the clerk to being handed the receipt and goods. Other times, I've been stuck behind someone with a cart of 30+ items. That person then proceeds to fumble paying with cash and putting the rest of credit cards. That lasted about 6 minutes.
I've built PCs for people in the past, not anymore. It's not worth their time, and mine. So far, I've told my parents, neighbor, and a co-worker that if you're looking to replace your XP or Win7 box, get a Mac Mini instead for $599. If they still want to hold onto XP or Win7 (assuming it's not an OEM copy - non-transferable), I can do a P2V and roll it up in VMWare Fusion along with adding in some extra RAM. The later will require them to purchase food or beer. Though I'm up for a nice bottle of wine too. In any case, they get a nice machine that backups their unit and VMs via Time Machine. Plus they're now into the world of the App Store and iCloud connectivity for their other iDevices. Oh, and Win8 can take a long very long walk of a short pier.
Done and Done. If they have any other problems, they can contact Apple. They will be more than happy to help. No, really, Apple support is just a good as Dell Pro support for the PC. Plus, they speak American!!! Not some guy in India over a broken VOIP connection.
Look on the bright side. Hopefully this whole fiasco will force Congress to repeal the ACA. Do we go full socialized medicine or back to business as before? Whatever, either direction would have to be better than this bullshit.
GPS will be used to determine if you're speeding in an area you're not supposed to be. There will be a thermal printer attached to the dash. Should you break the law, the printer will cite you a ticket right then and there. If you're lucky, it will automatically schedule your arraignment for you. How nice!
And no, the drive-by-wire throttle-body (governor) will not automatically slow you down. It's "unsafe" and the cities want a cash cow.
Demolition Man. I thought that shit was fiction. Even the Chinese live underground these days...
A program capable of self improvement. The better it gets, the better it can make itsself, which means it can thus get even better. A positive feedback loop that potentially leads to something far beyond human capabilities or understanding. Until ultimately it commits suicide to complete one last task; reaching nirvana! The one true answer is to not have the question to begin with in the first place. It's a bit nihilistic IMHO.
The next version still might use accelerometers. I'm going to guess the extra head tracking is to prevent orientation "float" (drift) that would happen otherwise. If you're looking north or south, you want to ensure that calibration is updated often with the accelerometers smoothing out the transition in realtime while in motion.
I like your thinking. Nice!
Perhaps it's not just a simple matter of the democratic voice pushing back on a single "warlord". It could be that Gates is simply not getting any level of coherent discussion with either branch due to DC being so dysfunctional. The later is far worse as it speaks volumes for our systemic problems of infighting and putting self interests before the good of a nation.
Hydrogen can be used in an IC. The problem long-term is a process known as hydrogen embrittlement. The effects on some metals is not good. Valves for example would chip like glass over time.
Those are not internal combustion engines. Just because they're piston based does not automatically make them so. No, an IC requires fuel to ignite in the cylinder.
Oh, but society does pay for it, in inflation; hyper-inflation in some cases.
The US is also extremely multi-cultural. So if we collectively sound schizophrenic, it's because we are. Notice how some Euro nations and the Japanese don't have these problem? Now you know. "When in Rome, do as the Romans"
Here in the US, my wife came over on a K1 visa. Form I-134 was just one of many required to be processed to apply for the K1. Anyways, I-134 states that my wife can't depend on food stamps or other forms of goverment assistance being I'm her official financial sponsor (I think for 10 years). The running joke is that had she just crossed over illegally from south of the boarder, it would have been easer and she would soon be able to vote (amnesty). Benefits and all. See what happens when you play by the rules? You get fucked, that's what!!!
An ASIC of Minecraft? Brilliant!!!
With what energy? Short of fission or fusion, how exactly do you plan on smelting ore in space (let alone forge it)?! Perhaps fusion in zero-G might make it easier, but who knows at this point. It's not being done now.
No. Long-term effect is that productivity plummets around the world as there's a collective "shut up and take my money" (from myself included). I want, yesterday!!!
She told the doctor she had no idea why there was coke in her system. If she's telling the truth (doubt it), ok, fine. But if she lied or is in denial, that's totally on her.
The Flintstone's car. It'll make a comeback.
Carbon build-up.
Eventually, all engines suffer some form of carbon build-up that effects both engine compression and the internal exhaust pathways. For example; the exhaust valve pathways and EGR. Even with modern engines, proper fuel metering, and modern additives (polyetheramine), crap and crud still builds up over time.
Depends on the client: but more often than not, clients rarely reconnect to an AP with stronger signal. Not unless they get dropped first. It makes "roaming" a miserable experience, packet loss and all.
There are managed AP solutions that employ nothing short of voodoo to make WiFi clients roam properly, but such solutions are EXPENSIVE!
In this case, you're paying for the radio transceiver technology along with an embedded computer. And if anything home-brew router related holds true, it's a quality transceiver that's the most important aspect when ensuring good WiFi coverage and stability.
Sure. As someone else pointed out, VMWare also has it's own MAC addresses that it assigns to virtual adapters. I can also clone or assign MAC address manually in Windows XP and 7. So while the firmware of a NIC may include a MAC, it's certainly not required.
That's not what happens. MAC addresses are assigned to vendors that implement products with network hardware, not just the development and manufacture. For example: I can look up any MAC address and see it belonging to Dell, Apple, Linksys, DLink, Netgear, and so on. The first two don't design and fab their own NICs. They use Broadcom, Intel, Marvell, and Realtek chips.
Oh hell no! I trust no one. Not even my own ISP or others I might choose. So I'm pretty much fucked right there. Oh well, carry on then.
You want me to get an electric car?! Ok, when do you plan on buying me one with your own money Mr. Moneybags?