You don't know how qualified these people are. Many times there isn't included enough information in the little blurb provided. I have spotted many times, where a user has put a one star review, and posted how something didn't work, and I can pretty much guess what they did wrong. However this also depends on YOU knowing what the hell is being talked about at all. If you don't you will have a hard time spotting anything. I would suggest many times people don't know, which is why they are checking out reviews... so beware.
Exactly. You have to be able to read between lines, and either know something about the product, or be able to read up on background information
Fictitious example: I want to buy a trendlink XL wireless IP camera.
Review 1:
One Star. Although the manufacturer claims to support Linux, live stream requires the Microsoft ballatonga protocol which is only supported by IE 4.0 and even when...
Review 2: One Star. Their totaly asshats. This produce is udder garbadge. DO NOT BYE!! I tried everything but...
Review 3: Five stars. Gr8 looking and totally does what I expected. Case update on new model now matches apple look. LEDs are blue and amber, very cool.
Of course, I would only take Review 1 seriously. Especially if googling "trendlink XL ballatonga" brings up 20 more similar experiences on Linux help sites.
I suspect a few people here with a little time on their hands will be able to prior-art their way to having the patent completely invalidated.
Would be good if these people had some legal expertise as well and knew what they are doing.
- Like, let's say, a really good paralegal.
One could even come up with a website were people could contribute and one dedicated blogger/admin would sort it all out.
Oh wait, isn't there a site that does that already?
Nevermind, there isn't. But there was. Before it became clear that no conversation on the Internet is safe.
That might not be important for you. But other aspects of the system could be. E.g. take an A3, you can put two A4 pages exactly on it. Also, you can blow up an A4 page,...
While serious/.-ers share their Libertarian insights about fixing the gahve'ment all you can do is talking about blowing stuff up???
Newegg. Usually has the most honest reviews and manufacture responses if it's because of an RMA or a neg review.
Newegg reviews are usually written by 13 year olds. Usually just 2 sentences at most, with one of the sentences being "Newegg rocks!!!"
But by reading closely and by paying attention to what kind of reasons the reviewers give one can usually get a good idea of how qualified the reviews are and what criticism of a product one should take into consideration.
I'm guessing my typing and mouse useage habits change significantly when I get pissed off
Now that's an idea for anti-troll bot!
1. No matter what your user ID is, if you get identified as a past troll, you get flagged.
2. If your typing habits resemble those of angry people your post gets down-modded.
I've actually had the most luck with refurbished drives. If you find a brand on Newegg that's fairly new, you eliminate the re-furbs that failed due to wear and tear. The ones that are left are DOA drives that got sent back because of common manufacturing flaws.
Or re-stocked drives that have been abused but haven't failed (yet).
The two things I don't buy refurbished are hard-drives and toilet paper.
And underwear. Ok, the three things I don't buy refurbished are hard-drives, toilet paper, and underwear.
Oh and waffle cones. The four things I dont buy refurbis
Yeah. Before this, no one knew that Mark Zuckerberg was a liar and not to be trusted. I'm sure glad this happened so we could finally see him for what he really is.
Yep. How more obvious can you make it?
To answer my own rhetorical question: He could get a nice white Siamese cat and stroke it while giving interviews.
Mine only closed about a year ago. It was replaced by a nice restaurant.
Watch out when they give you a styrofoam box for the leftovers. If you don't return that box within a week, the late fees will be higher than the price of your entire meal.
It's silly because most weapons have wide applicability
I think, that's the point....
It's also kind of silly to require NSF grants to demonstrate how they are in the National interest, when results from science research have a wide applicability - often not known to the original researcher and often discovered years or decades later. The only thing that is known, is that prohibiting research that doesn't immediately lead to well defined new products is definitely not in the national interest and really kind of silly. So silly, only people who made their career by marketing their views about things they don't know could come up with it.
It doesn't matter if it is an "exclusive" journal or one that is open access. If a scientist submits fake data to a publication, shouldn't the scientific community take the time to verify his results?
Yes, once it's published. That means, BS in a "reputable traditional" journal will cause that, BS in an unknown open access journal will just be ignored.
But that's the case for published papers. Submitted papers are just vetted by a couple reviewers. And they might get paid the same for open access or traditional: zilch. The difference: Traditional has better connections to experts in the field. Who will reject anything that is out of the ordinary (either flawed or just against standing assumptions.)
How can they be exciting? It already costs more in power bills than you make mining and you have to have specialist hardware (unless you're stealing cycles elsewhere or are a retard when it comes to money).
Parents are paying the electricity bills and buying the computers.
Plus, if you're heating with electricity you could replace your baseboard heaters with "mining equipment"
The passwords are like the key to the office. You have to return them.
I think they are more like the pin code you would use to let yourself into the building.
In which case as a honest employee you would disable your code before leaving the company...:)
I've been using gmail with imap for quite a while, and there really isn't a problem at all.
When you use IMAP, those labels are translated into folders. If you used multiple labels for a message, most clients will create multiple copies, and trying to keep things in sync is tricky.
It hurts when you do this? Well, don't do it then. The problem is not with gmail here. Gmail labels simply don't translate to imap. Decide whether you want to use multiple labels with gmail, or stay with your imap client and use one label only. You can do copies for other folders, or use your email client's labeling system.
It would be nice to have a client that recognizes all the labels and then lets you choose which label should correspond to a certain folder, a certain color, etc.. - but that's the client's problem
You guys all seem to be missing the point. He wants to repurpose old hardware without spending anything.
Did that. But if you do the math and look at the electricity costs for running an old laptop 24/7, it is better do buy something new that's arm based, re-flashable, and uses 5W.
(Unless of course your parents pay for electricity or you live in Alaska and would need an electric heater anyhow.)
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We boycott any store that puts up "Christmas Sale" signs before Thanksgiving.
And I don't go Christmas shopping in stores that are open on Thanksgiving.
You don't know how qualified these people are. Many times there isn't included enough information in the little blurb provided. I have spotted many times, where a user has put a one star review, and posted how something didn't work, and I can pretty much guess what they did wrong. However this also depends on YOU knowing what the hell is being talked about at all. If you don't you will have a hard time spotting anything. I would suggest many times people don't know, which is why they are checking out reviews... so beware.
Exactly. You have to be able to read between lines, and either know something about the product, or be able to read up on background information
Fictitious example: I want to buy a trendlink XL wireless IP camera. ... ...
Review 1:
One Star. Although the manufacturer claims to support Linux, live stream requires the Microsoft ballatonga protocol which is only supported by IE 4.0 and even when
Review 2:
One Star. Their totaly asshats. This produce is udder garbadge. DO NOT BYE!! I tried everything but
Review 3:
Five stars. Gr8 looking and totally does what I expected. Case update on new model now matches apple look. LEDs are blue and amber, very cool.
Of course, I would only take Review 1 seriously. Especially if googling "trendlink XL ballatonga" brings up 20 more similar experiences on Linux help sites.
I suspect a few people here with a little time on their hands will be able to prior-art their way to having the patent completely invalidated.
Would be good if these people had some legal expertise as well and knew what they are doing.
- Like, let's say, a really good paralegal.
One could even come up with a website were people could contribute and one dedicated blogger/admin would sort it all out.
Oh wait, isn't there a site that does that already?
Nevermind, there isn't.
But there was. Before it became clear that no conversation on the Internet is safe.
That might not be important for you. But other aspects of the system could be. E.g. take an A3, you can put two A4 pages exactly on it. Also, you can blow up an A4 page,...
While serious /.-ers share their Libertarian insights about fixing the gahve'ment all you can do is talking about blowing stuff up???
If you spend your time dealing with sex offenders, and your rants are about Arial, is it possible that you might have your priorities in poor order?
Writing a letter in a Sans-serif doesn't make you a sex-offender, just a sociopath.
Newegg. Usually has the most honest reviews and manufacture responses if it's because of an RMA or a neg review.
Newegg reviews are usually written by 13 year olds. Usually just 2 sentences at most, with one of the sentences being "Newegg rocks!!!"
But by reading closely and by paying attention to what kind of reasons the reviewers give one can usually get a good idea of how qualified the reviews are and what criticism of a product one should take into consideration.
Newegg rocks!!!
I'm guessing my typing and mouse useage habits change significantly when I get pissed off
Now that's an idea for anti-troll bot!
1. No matter what your user ID is, if you get identified as a past troll, you get flagged.
2. If your typing habits resemble those of angry people your post gets down-modded.
What could possibly go wrong ?!
I've actually had the most luck with refurbished drives. If you find a brand on Newegg that's fairly new, you eliminate the re-furbs that failed due to wear and tear. The ones that are left are DOA drives that got sent back because of common manufacturing flaws.
Or re-stocked drives that have been abused but haven't failed (yet).
The two things I don't buy refurbished are hard-drives and toilet paper.
And underwear. Ok, the three things I don't buy refurbished are hard-drives, toilet paper, and underwear.
Oh and waffle cones. The four things I dont buy refurbis
Yeah. Before this, no one knew that Mark Zuckerberg was a liar and not to be trusted. I'm sure glad this happened so we could finally see him for what he really is.
Yep. How more obvious can you make it?
To answer my own rhetorical question: He could get a nice white Siamese cat and stroke it while giving interviews.
Like
Clearly they're on to our plan to invade the US and reclaim Maine and the Alaska panhandle....
What about places outside Maine or Alaska?
Do you take petitions? Is there a sign-up sheet?
...that AT&T couldn't refuse.
Even if AT&T were inclined to say No Thanks, does anyone believe that answer would be accepted?
That would be helping pedophiles.
Mine only closed about a year ago. It was replaced by a nice restaurant.
Watch out when they give you a styrofoam box for the leftovers.
If you don't return that box within a week, the late fees will be higher than the price of your entire meal.
It's silly because most weapons have wide applicability
I think, that's the point....
It's also kind of silly to require NSF grants to demonstrate how they are in the National interest, when results from science research have a wide applicability - often not known to the original researcher and often discovered years or decades later. The only thing that is known, is that prohibiting research that doesn't immediately lead to well defined new products is definitely not in the national interest and really kind of silly. So silly, only people who made their career by marketing their views about things they don't know could come up with it.
> Hint, dude: /argumentum ad dudam/ fallacy. Therefore you're wrong!
Ah, the
- And by excluding dudettes also gender biased. OP is probably some bible humping Southern rascist, not open-minded like you and me.
This is a "slippery slope argument" and therefore invalid.
Calling all slippery slope arguments invalid is a very slippery slope that inevitably leads to fascism.
So you have a door lock where only the custodian can give out new pins by first typing in his own. And then you fire the custodian.
You apparently didn't live in Appalachia at the time. India at least has electricity and most of the country can read.
But they don't have bluegrass. Just bollywood theme songs.
It doesn't matter if it is an "exclusive" journal or one that is open access. If a scientist submits fake data to a publication, shouldn't the scientific community take the time to verify his results?
Yes, once it's published. That means, BS in a "reputable traditional" journal will cause that, BS in an unknown open access journal will just be ignored.
But that's the case for published papers. Submitted papers are just vetted by a couple reviewers. And they might get paid the same for open access or traditional: zilch. The difference: Traditional has better connections to experts in the field. Who will reject anything that is out of the ordinary (either flawed or just against standing assumptions.)
How can they be exciting? It already costs more in power bills than you make mining and you have to have specialist hardware (unless you're stealing cycles elsewhere or are a retard when it comes to money).
Parents are paying the electricity bills and buying the computers.
Plus, if you're heating with electricity you could replace your baseboard heaters with "mining equipment"
The passwords are like the key to the office. You have to return them.
I think they are more like the pin code you would use to let yourself into the building. In which case as a honest employee you would disable your code before leaving the company ... :)
I've been using gmail with imap for quite a while, and there really isn't a problem at all.
When you use IMAP, those labels are translated into folders. If you used multiple labels for a message, most clients will create multiple copies, and trying to keep things in sync is tricky.
It hurts when you do this? Well, don't do it then. The problem is not with gmail here. Gmail labels simply don't translate to imap. Decide whether you want to use multiple labels with gmail, or stay with your imap client and use one label only. You can do copies for other folders, or use your email client's labeling system. It would be nice to have a client that recognizes all the labels and then lets you choose which label should correspond to a certain folder, a certain color, etc.. - but that's the client's problem
Of course Team Austria won.
But if you are not from a country filled with Kangaroos and Deserts, solar is just not a viable option.
You guys all seem to be missing the point. He wants to repurpose old hardware without spending anything.
Did that. But if you do the math and look at the electricity costs for running an old laptop 24/7, it is better do buy something new that's arm based, re-flashable, and uses 5W.
(Unless of course your parents pay for electricity or you live in Alaska and would need an electric heater anyhow.)
Till they fixed this problem I certainly will stay away from any Nvidia product.