They were simply trying to use up their spare parts inventory and string the customers along until they were out of warranty service contract. That's dishonest.
Yes, it was dishonest. But for what it's worth to you, the GX270 was a popular model for the time. Many large enterprises used Dell exclusively and either purchased extended warranties or lease the boxes. In any case, their inventory would eventually be depleted. I would imagine that happened fairly quickly. Question is, did they get replaced with a batch containing an updated product revision from factory? I'm not sure, but I would hope they did.
Exactly. Someone once said before that drilling for oil is a lot like sticking a straw into a wet sponge, not a Capri Sun. It's a good analogy, I like it.
Electronic throttle bodies are replacing standard cabled ones. Eventually, driving at the speed limit will be enforced depending on the zone you're in. This will be determined by GPS. So keep a lead foot all you want, it'll be reduced to an on/off switched with restricted acceleration times. Alternately, the throttle is left unrestricted but you will get a bill automatically mailed for going over with GPS coordinates and time-stamping printing right on it.
The Honda's ULEV is one such example. But now that CO2 is classified as a pollutant, politically the engine is very dirty. Which is sad really. The H2O and CO2 emessions are practically the only thing released. You could drink the condensed water vapor it's that safe.
Pretty much. Android is the mobile PC platform complete with the same pros and cons. Minus the user building their own phone from spare parts of course.
I know it sounds lame, but with all the different specs of hardware and OS revisions out there, Google should create Market filters to be used by default. That is to say, depending on your Android, only apps that are knows to work with your specific OS and hardware will be viewable. Unless that the end user absolutely has to have that application, non-tested or developer certified apps will be hidden from view. In the end, application support and choices by the end user should be as simple and straight forward as possible like it is from the iPhone.
I'm sure Assange knew all that before embarking on this selfless and valiant act. Right? Or did he expect to be greeted like some world super hero and win the Nobel Peace Prize unscathed?
Next time I fly, I'm going to swallow lots of Viagra. If they're going to frisk me, they'll have to accept that I don't have a 3rd leg. I'm sure those bright minds will figure it out eventually.
Sorry to hold up the line folks. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do...:)
Every super power requires. No, demands accountability. When the finger pointing starts, don't think it will be all civil like some High School debate team. Diplomacy is full of dirt/underhanded tactics and political karma.
We already have western nations holding each other by the throat over global economic policies. Do you really think that if a bomb causes substantial damage to a city, that it will be shrugged off like a CAT 4 hurricane? Despite the fact mother nature causes more damage? You're delusional if you think that.
Ya well, those people need to be slapped silly. At first, I agreed with the idea of a TSA in 2001. I guess Bush thought it would be like the Israel system. Now, it's just a cluster of epic proportions. All hindsite 20/20 of course.
Fellow Republicans created this, now I call on them to Slay The Beast ASAP! It's not what we thought it would be, nor will it ever. At least in America. Nasty!
Gamers in Canada are fucked! That's right, filtering hardware will be over-subscribed for their network. At least at first. Then, your monthly bill is going to go up to pay for all that hardware and bureaucracy.
And the best part. American politicians are CRYING because they do not have that kind of POWER....yet. That's right, they're jealous of what Canada now has.
If true, Russia and China are playing a very dangerous game with themselves. Their nations are not the most stable to begin with. And yes, they would also help Iran if only to thumb the eye of the Americans. But, once they have the bomb, what's to stop them from handing them over to Islamic terror cells? Both Russia and China may find one of those fuckers transported inside their borders only for a city to fall soon afterward. And not just them, it could be any nation including our own.
This. *THIS* is how WWIII will get started IMHO. We will go from DEFCON 5 to 1 in a hurry!
No, that shit will get outsourced to India. Far cheaper. Hey, they might even take on managing those servers too as a bonus. Nothing like an Indian managed service provider at the helm to run things now. They can also perform maintenance and reboot servers while Corporate America is sleeping. Everyone wins, right?
Basically, we can only calculate based on our own local observations and infer "real time" in theory - at best. However, I'm perfectly fine with saying it happened 50 millions some odd years ago rather than the delay of an event propagating through space toward us as the frame of reference.
And I only got 1 of 2 simple request fulfilled so far. Honestly, the more I think about GT5, the more I find myself all pissed of and shit. I love a good quality game, and not a rush job. But this is pushing it way too far.
Well, CPU L2 or L3 cache can be quite large and more than adequate to store and run machine code. In theory at least. Also, modern NIC processors in servers are pretty intelligent too. The Broadcom NetExtreme series come to mind.
If I were to develop malware and a SPAM botnet, I would be coding for both the CPU and NIC to inject and/or communicate directly through its own TCP/IP stack out over the Internet.
Current software exploits are based on specific OS, Apps, and/or a combination of the two. Add in different versions and quick patching can put out the malware fires rather quickly. With hardware, there's less permutations and revisions in comparison to software.
While it's possible to patch hardware flaws with firmware and microcode updates, it's not something that happens automatically by the end user. In theory, running malware at the hardware level opens up a huge potential homogeneous field to play in.
The military was off in a foreign country busy slaughtering the natives for oil, rather than being prepared for actually dealing with domestic problems.
The US military is made up of many divisions. Louisiana didn't need the Marine Corp (unless martial law were ever to declared), they needed the Army Core of Engineers plus additional grunt work. And that's exactly what they got. From what I understand, there was no shortage of help here.
Aside from that, the Federal government completely failed at preparing the area for disaster beforehand, such as by having better levies
That's a STATE issue, *not* Federal. In fact, Louisiana has a special levee board (created long before Katrina) that's further broken down into regions with fund allocated to their maintenance. They had a funding an procedural system in place. All of this could have been avoided with proper planning by the state.
And yes, I used to live in that state. Please learn a thing or two about it before you start slinging the political talking points around. You're spreading FUD when you do.
As for Katrina, that was Bush's fiasco. The Federal government is supposed to help deal with large emergencies, and they utterly and completely failed at it.
Politically, sure. He didn't answer to the public in a timely fashion like he should have. He even admitted as much. It's just a feel-good measure any POTUS should engage in. Leadership (even if empty) is part of the job.
Policy wise. He did nothing wrong. It was legal and by the book. For him to provide aid without the state asking first would be unconstitutional. No ifs ands or buts about it.
To blame Bush for Katrina is a straw man argument.
From a historical and cultural perspective, I love New Orleans. But you guys really need to clean up the local politics. The level corruption and incompetency in office takes a large toll on the rest of the nation. Katrina being a perfect example. I hope everyone here has learned a valuable lesson from that fiasco.
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Yes, it was dishonest. But for what it's worth to you, the GX270 was a popular model for the time. Many large enterprises used Dell exclusively and either purchased extended warranties or lease the boxes. In any case, their inventory would eventually be depleted. I would imagine that happened fairly quickly. Question is, did they get replaced with a batch containing an updated product revision from factory? I'm not sure, but I would hope they did.
Exactly. Someone once said before that drilling for oil is a lot like sticking a straw into a wet sponge, not a Capri Sun. It's a good analogy, I like it.
Oh that's easy. You just need lots and lots of unobtainium. No problem.
Electronic throttle bodies are replacing standard cabled ones. Eventually, driving at the speed limit will be enforced depending on the zone you're in. This will be determined by GPS. So keep a lead foot all you want, it'll be reduced to an on/off switched with restricted acceleration times. Alternately, the throttle is left unrestricted but you will get a bill automatically mailed for going over with GPS coordinates and time-stamping printing right on it.
Welcome to the future. Welcome to Johnny Cab!
The Honda's ULEV is one such example. But now that CO2 is classified as a pollutant, politically the engine is very dirty. Which is sad really. The H2O and CO2 emessions are practically the only thing released. You could drink the condensed water vapor it's that safe.
Pretty much. Android is the mobile PC platform complete with the same pros and cons. Minus the user building their own phone from spare parts of course.
I know it sounds lame, but with all the different specs of hardware and OS revisions out there, Google should create Market filters to be used by default. That is to say, depending on your Android, only apps that are knows to work with your specific OS and hardware will be viewable. Unless that the end user absolutely has to have that application, non-tested or developer certified apps will be hidden from view. In the end, application support and choices by the end user should be as simple and straight forward as possible like it is from the iPhone.
You play in the mud, expect to get dirty.
I'm sure Assange knew all that before embarking on this selfless and valiant act. Right? Or did he expect to be greeted like some world super hero and win the Nobel Peace Prize unscathed?
Yes, yes he did.
Alternate hypothetical:
Proportional displacement. Gravity is a push, not a pull on matter. Think Casimir Effect on a huge scale.
Brilliant
Next time I fly, I'm going to swallow lots of Viagra. If they're going to frisk me, they'll have to accept that I don't have a 3rd leg. I'm sure those bright minds will figure it out eventually.
Sorry to hold up the line folks. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do... :)
Every super power requires. No, demands accountability. When the finger pointing starts, don't think it will be all civil like some High School debate team. Diplomacy is full of dirt/underhanded tactics and political karma.
We already have western nations holding each other by the throat over global economic policies. Do you really think that if a bomb causes substantial damage to a city, that it will be shrugged off like a CAT 4 hurricane? Despite the fact mother nature causes more damage? You're delusional if you think that.
Ya well, those people need to be slapped silly. At first, I agreed with the idea of a TSA in 2001. I guess Bush thought it would be like the Israel system. Now, it's just a cluster of epic proportions. All hindsite 20/20 of course.
Fellow Republicans created this, now I call on them to Slay The Beast ASAP! It's not what we thought it would be, nor will it ever. At least in America. Nasty!
And it takes being an asshole to ascend through the ranks for ballot placement come next election. Who the hell is surprised by that? Not me.
Gamers in Canada are fucked! That's right, filtering hardware will be over-subscribed for their network. At least at first. Then, your monthly bill is going to go up to pay for all that hardware and bureaucracy.
And the best part. American politicians are CRYING because they do not have that kind of POWER....yet. That's right, they're jealous of what Canada now has.
If true, Russia and China are playing a very dangerous game with themselves. Their nations are not the most stable to begin with. And yes, they would also help Iran if only to thumb the eye of the Americans. But, once they have the bomb, what's to stop them from handing them over to Islamic terror cells? Both Russia and China may find one of those fuckers transported inside their borders only for a city to fall soon afterward. And not just them, it could be any nation including our own.
This. *THIS* is how WWIII will get started IMHO. We will go from DEFCON 5 to 1 in a hurry!
No, that shit will get outsourced to India. Far cheaper. Hey, they might even take on managing those servers too as a bonus. Nothing like an Indian managed service provider at the helm to run things now. They can also perform maintenance and reboot servers while Corporate America is sleeping. Everyone wins, right?
Create jobs you say. Hah, not for you. Sucker!
Basically, we can only calculate based on our own local observations and infer "real time" in theory - at best. However, I'm perfectly fine with saying it happened 50 millions some odd years ago rather than the delay of an event propagating through space toward us as the frame of reference.
I bought my PS3 for two specific reasons.
1. Cheap/Best blu-ray player for the time.
2. GT5
And I only got 1 of 2 simple request fulfilled so far. Honestly, the more I think about GT5, the more I find myself all pissed of and shit. I love a good quality game, and not a rush job. But this is pushing it way too far.
This ranks right up there with jumping off the roof -with a cape- hoping to fly.
Well, CPU L2 or L3 cache can be quite large and more than adequate to store and run machine code. In theory at least. Also, modern NIC processors in servers are pretty intelligent too. The Broadcom NetExtreme series come to mind.
If I were to develop malware and a SPAM botnet, I would be coding for both the CPU and NIC to inject and/or communicate directly through its own TCP/IP stack out over the Internet.
Current software exploits are based on specific OS, Apps, and/or a combination of the two. Add in different versions and quick patching can put out the malware fires rather quickly. With hardware, there's less permutations and revisions in comparison to software.
While it's possible to patch hardware flaws with firmware and microcode updates, it's not something that happens automatically by the end user. In theory, running malware at the hardware level opens up a huge potential homogeneous field to play in.
The military was off in a foreign country busy slaughtering the natives for oil, rather than being prepared for actually dealing with domestic problems.
The US military is made up of many divisions. Louisiana didn't need the Marine Corp (unless martial law were ever to declared), they needed the Army Core of Engineers plus additional grunt work. And that's exactly what they got. From what I understand, there was no shortage of help here.
Aside from that, the Federal government completely failed at preparing the area for disaster beforehand, such as by having better levies
That's a STATE issue, *not* Federal. In fact, Louisiana has a special levee board (created long before Katrina) that's further broken down into regions with fund allocated to their maintenance. They had a funding an procedural system in place. All of this could have been avoided with proper planning by the state.
I direct you to http://pdfcast.org/pdf/chart-of-accounts-louisiana-local-government
And yes, I used to live in that state. Please learn a thing or two about it before you start slinging the political talking points around. You're spreading FUD when you do.
As for Katrina, that was Bush's fiasco. The Federal government is supposed to help deal with large emergencies, and they utterly and completely failed at it.
Politically, sure. He didn't answer to the public in a timely fashion like he should have. He even admitted as much. It's just a feel-good measure any POTUS should engage in. Leadership (even if empty) is part of the job.
Policy wise. He did nothing wrong. It was legal and by the book. For him to provide aid without the state asking first would be unconstitutional. No ifs ands or buts about it.
To blame Bush for Katrina is a straw man argument.
From a historical and cultural perspective, I love New Orleans. But you guys really need to clean up the local politics. The level corruption and incompetency in office takes a large toll on the rest of the nation. Katrina being a perfect example. I hope everyone here has learned a valuable lesson from that fiasco.