Capitalism is the BEST thing we got. Not perfect but it is what works and makes our society prosper. Capitalism has rules to follow and the government is there to enforce most of the rules of the game. Capitalist DOES NOT dump toxic waste or work people to death. The alternative is socialism/communism and that ideology no doubt killed more people in the twentieth century than all wars put together.
Where are my fellow ham radio nerds chiming in on this subject? This peak of the solar cycle definatly was not the best for DX as I heard from elmers of the past....
73s, KB9JZK
Every time I go to the Shack - there is ALWAYS a dumb/lame consumer asking the local geek for advice. The Shack prays on these folks and makes GREAT money at it. I like it for the fast instant gratification of obtaining electronic components.
I bought the Everex for $600 @ BB. Less than 4 lbs. Has optical DVD-R drive.
Kinda made real cheap. But if it breaks not that big of a whoop.
Very portable and so far has been durable for my limmited travels.
ArcNet - Proprietary(DataPoint) 1Mbps - token passing protocol via bus topology on coax
Token Ring - IEEE 802.5 - 4/16 Mbps - token passing protocol on star wired ring topology on SPT/UTP
Ethernet - IEEE 802.3 - CSMA/CD - 10Base5 Thicknet(500 meters) - 10Base2 thinnet (185meters) 4 repeater rule - 10Bt, 100Bt, 1000Bt (100m)
FDDI - ANSI X3T9.5 - Token passing protocol - ring topology on fiber - Supported UTP
ATM - ATM Forum - SONET physical layer - Ring/Star topology - uses OC-X speeds and feeds - 25mbps copper spec
And the LAN winner is Ethernet because of simplicity, scalability, installed base and cost.
Other technologies such as ATM were so much more superior and elegant but too complex and costly for most IT shops.
Don't forget the cost of DSLAMs, ATM aggregators, Operational support systems, engineering, marketing, fiber deployment, union salaries, advertising and then equipment goes manufacture discontinued (MD) and the whole thing starts all over again. Not much profit and not forever!!!!!
I had 8 macs before I was force to switch to PC. Back then, there were things Macs could do that PCs could not....Now, that is not the case. PCs can do and do well everything the Mac can do.
Pet Peev.... I like Win/Linux ability to do FULL screen and switch between full screens. The MAC desktop does not go full screen when you click on the maximize button. It only fills part of it, page size.
I also DON'T like iPhoto. It gets bogged when you get too many photos. Uses clugy db and you need to export pics for other uses.....
I'm a hobbie digital photobug. I print about 200 pics per month. I have a Canon i960 - Still the best vs the PIXMA line(on sale @ tigerDirect for $98)...28 sec for an lab quality 4x6. 6 color, 2 pico-liter droplet technology. The new PIXMAs are mostly 4 color and slower. The PIXMA 5000 is 1 pico-liter tehcnology and 9600 dpi. That is one too see...Anyway, tried many third party ink refills(did not color match) and found that alotofthings.com had the BEST quality inks and great price. Plain old Epson glossy paper turns out to be the best per $$$ paper on the planet. For objective photo printer reviews, check out steves-digicams.com
From what I read on the net, Epson uses pigments and Canon uses dyes. Molecularly, dyes are smaller and therefor Canon can get the 1-2 pico-liter droplet and fine resolution. Epson can not get as fine but pigments tend to have the BEST archival properties.
When I was on Vaca last month, I alway take my laptop. Good for the kiddies to watch DVDs in the car. But I wanted to watch the end of the Olympics on TV. This device would have been perfect!!!
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Capitalism is the BEST thing we got. Not perfect but it is what works and makes our society prosper. Capitalism has rules to follow and the government is there to enforce most of the rules of the game. Capitalist DOES NOT dump toxic waste or work people to death. The alternative is socialism/communism and that ideology no doubt killed more people in the twentieth century than all wars put together.
Upvote!! Totally agree - non existent tablet users
That cracked me up.....
Where are my fellow ham radio nerds chiming in on this subject? This peak of the solar cycle definatly was not the best for DX as I heard from elmers of the past.... 73s, KB9JZK
Now that was FUNNY!!!!
WTF are you talking about??????
Its not string theory anymore - Its evovled to M theory and a bunch of brains.....
Now your talkin brother...Good info and clarification.
Every time I go to the Shack - there is ALWAYS a dumb/lame consumer asking the local geek for advice. The Shack prays on these folks and makes GREAT money at it. I like it for the fast instant gratification of obtaining electronic components.
Definately need to get rid of css - more posters pls - this sucks and slowwwwwwww
I have to say that is briliant!!!!
I bought the Everex for $600 @ BB. Less than 4 lbs. Has optical DVD-R drive. Kinda made real cheap. But if it breaks not that big of a whoop. Very portable and so far has been durable for my limmited travels.
ArcNet - Proprietary(DataPoint) 1Mbps - token passing protocol via bus topology on coax
Token Ring - IEEE 802.5 - 4/16 Mbps - token passing protocol on star wired ring topology on SPT/UTP
Ethernet - IEEE 802.3 - CSMA/CD - 10Base5 Thicknet(500 meters) - 10Base2 thinnet (185meters) 4 repeater rule - 10Bt, 100Bt, 1000Bt (100m)
FDDI - ANSI X3T9.5 - Token passing protocol - ring topology on fiber - Supported UTP
ATM - ATM Forum - SONET physical layer - Ring/Star topology - uses OC-X speeds and feeds - 25mbps copper spec
And the LAN winner is Ethernet because of simplicity, scalability, installed base and cost. Other technologies such as ATM were so much more superior and elegant but too complex and costly for most IT shops.
Don't forget the cost of DSLAMs, ATM aggregators, Operational support systems, engineering, marketing, fiber deployment, union salaries, advertising and then equipment goes manufacture discontinued (MD) and the whole thing starts all over again. Not much profit and not forever!!!!!
// processing - Where is the Cluster Joke????
The Downers Grove store closed and a sign on the door said go to the Skokie Store.......
Ya but you could put a wall wort at the desk in those "special" situations when you have 1000BT.
I had 8 macs before I was force to switch to PC. Back then, there were things Macs could do that PCs could not....Now, that is not the case. PCs can do and do well everything the Mac can do.
Pet Peev....
I like Win/Linux ability to do FULL screen and switch between full screens. The MAC desktop does not go full screen when you click on the maximize button. It only fills part of it, page size.
I also DON'T like iPhoto. It gets bogged when you get too many photos. Uses clugy db and you need to export pics for other uses.....
OS-X is NOT all that........
I'm a hobbie digital photobug. I print about 200 pics per month. I have a Canon i960 - Still the best vs the PIXMA line(on sale @ tigerDirect for $98)...28 sec for an lab quality 4x6. 6 color, 2 pico-liter droplet technology. The new PIXMAs are mostly 4 color and slower. The PIXMA 5000 is 1 pico-liter tehcnology and 9600 dpi. That is one too see...Anyway, tried many third party ink refills(did not color match) and found that alotofthings.com had the BEST quality inks and great price. Plain old Epson glossy paper turns out to be the best per $$$ paper on the planet. For objective photo printer reviews, check out steves-digicams.com
From what I read on the net, Epson uses pigments and Canon uses dyes. Molecularly, dyes are smaller and therefor Canon can get the 1-2 pico-liter droplet and fine resolution. Epson can not get as fine but pigments tend to have the BEST archival properties.
When I was on Vaca last month, I alway take my laptop. Good for the kiddies to watch DVDs in the car. But I wanted to watch the end of the Olympics on TV. This device would have been perfect!!!
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa milyID=019139c0-16ff-4de5-bba3-7e2515f0f7a9&Displa yLang=en
Why is it that things are SO stringent in Australia....12 million people on the entire rock..who gives a shit!!!!