Aircraft certificated in the Normal category by the FAA are required to withstand at least +3.8g and -1.52g. What you felt was just a steep turn. Just because the airplane is normally maneuvered to keep passengers comfortable doesn't mean that it's not capable of a lot more. I doubt you were feeling much more than 1.4g (which is all you pull in a coordinated 45banked turn).
The airplane's compressors have enough reserve capacity to pressurize the plane even with a small hole in the skin. There would be air blowing out through the hole, but that's about it.
The AirPort/iBook was the first widely available and popular WiFi router/laptop combination, released in 1999. Cisco soon followed with their Linksys routers, and then took over the market. But Apple did first introduce it to a large audience in an easy to use, accessible way. Remember when PC laptops needed a PCMCIA card just to use WiFi?
Let's say that the camera phone is banned. Easy solution to that - bring in a camera phone. Leave it in your pocket. Whip it out and snap that picture.
If you have bad people, you're not going to stop them with a policy. However, you are going to stop the good people from getting work done.
Because you have some 90% of your population within about 100 miles of the US border. It's the "clumpiness" of the population that counts, not the average density.
I fully agree. The exorbitant money spent on internet in every classroom could go to hire better teachers or purchase better books. Unfortunately, people don't seem to understand that a computer is a tool to let you do what you know more efficiently, rather than a device to do your work for you. The same people allow little kids to learn arithmetic with a calculator.
And then you get none of the foreign investment that allows you to continue the American lifestyle. Freezing assets because you don't like something is thuggish at best.
If we could opt not to pay for public schools when homeschooling children, you'd be right. However, that's not the way it works, so the government would love it. They'd still keep all the tax revenue, but wouldn't have to spend it except on their own salaries.
The TGV doesn't have to carry its energy supply around with it. So yes, there's a reason the TGV is electric. And no, that reason doesn't apply to cars.
What you're missing is that you represent a very small market segment of computer saavy people without money to spend. The vast majority of consumers do not care about graphics cards and expandability - they replace computers when they're old and use them like appliances. Most software developers and engineer types who use their computer daily don't find $2500 expensive for a tool they use daily.
I'm not saying that you don't represent a valid market - just that a company can't target every single market. You have to pick and choose, or you lose focus on your core business areas.
The use of Google Apps will not create a monopoly. Rather, it will precede a shift to real open formats (i.e., not Microsoft's XML implementations) which are application agnostic. Interfaces, rather than applications, are what must be open to truly benefit consumers.
Should you be found guilty of treason because you're advocating suspension of the First Amendment when talking about the Constitution? Gonzales can say whatever he wants. It's the court system's interpretation of the Constitution that actually counts.
And that's the sad part of the FDA approval process. On the off chance that there might be some unpredictable side effect, it will likely take years after the synthesis of the drug before you can get it. Who are they protecting in these types of scenarios?
I've been holding off on a phone purchase in anticipation of an Apple phone. Why? Because I know they will nail the human interface and Mac integration. I wouldn't be surprised if they manage to get the phone size way down and do something clever about input as well.
The Nokia Series 60 phones are pretty good and are the only other alternative for me, but we only get the E62 here in the US. If, for some reason, Apple disappoints, that will be the route I take.
The election of 2000 illustrated the stupidity of the populace and the problem in not _defining_ a vote before the election. It does not show an inherent flaw in any voting system. The fact is, absolutely any system will be plagued with "problems" once the vote comes down to 0.009% of the total. To blame the vote casting system is yet another knee-jerk reaction.
Problem: People can't understand how to make a hole with a stick to mark their candidate. Solution: Maybe they'll understand how to use a computer instead! Give me a break.
A simple, inexpesnive, secure, effective voting machine which is auditable could have two components.
1) A pen.
2) A paper ballot.
Another similar machine would also have two components and be equally effective.
1) A stylus.
2) A cardboard ballot.
This whole thing with insecure computerized voting is an absurd solution looking for a problem.
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Exactly. It's just like the 70's "energy crisis". Why is so hard about understanding supply and demand?
Unfortunately, Ron Paul doesn't stand a chance. Do you really think any other candidate wouldn't go along with this?
Except that you can't easily get electricity from Morocco to Europe. Transmission of electricity isn't lossless or free.
Aircraft certificated in the Normal category by the FAA are required to withstand at least +3.8g and -1.52g. What you felt was just a steep turn. Just because the airplane is normally maneuvered to keep passengers comfortable doesn't mean that it's not capable of a lot more. I doubt you were feeling much more than 1.4g (which is all you pull in a coordinated 45banked turn).
The airplane's compressors have enough reserve capacity to pressurize the plane even with a small hole in the skin. There would be air blowing out through the hole, but that's about it.
I have successfully made a warranty claim on a Maxtor OEM drive directly with Maxtor. At least in my case, it was possible.
But they haven't done it. They claim they will do it. That makes it highly unimpressive.
Of course, this doesn't include OS X users forced to set the user agent as Windows/MSIE to use crappy web sites that reject Safari out of hand
The AirPort/iBook was the first widely available and popular WiFi router/laptop combination, released in 1999. Cisco soon followed with their Linksys routers, and then took over the market. But Apple did first introduce it to a large audience in an easy to use, accessible way.
Remember when PC laptops needed a PCMCIA card just to use WiFi?
Let's say that the camera phone is banned. Easy solution to that - bring in a camera phone. Leave it in your pocket. Whip it out and snap that picture. If you have bad people, you're not going to stop them with a policy. However, you are going to stop the good people from getting work done.
Because you have some 90% of your population within about 100 miles of the US border. It's the "clumpiness" of the population that counts, not the average density.
PithHelment (www.culater.net/software/PithHelmet/PithHelmet.ph p) blocks ads very nicely in Safari.
Which is why "features" are not necessarily a good thing, and platform independent code is.
I fully agree. The exorbitant money spent on internet in every classroom could go to hire better teachers or purchase better books. Unfortunately, people don't seem to understand that a computer is a tool to let you do what you know more efficiently, rather than a device to do your work for you. The same people allow little kids to learn arithmetic with a calculator.
And then you get none of the foreign investment that allows you to continue the American lifestyle. Freezing assets because you don't like something is thuggish at best.
If we could opt not to pay for public schools when homeschooling children, you'd be right. However, that's not the way it works, so the government would love it. They'd still keep all the tax revenue, but wouldn't have to spend it except on their own salaries.
The TGV doesn't have to carry its energy supply around with it. So yes, there's a reason the TGV is electric. And no, that reason doesn't apply to cars.
What you're missing is that you represent a very small market segment of computer saavy people without money to spend. The vast majority of consumers do not care about graphics cards and expandability - they replace computers when they're old and use them like appliances. Most software developers and engineer types who use their computer daily don't find $2500 expensive for a tool they use daily. I'm not saying that you don't represent a valid market - just that a company can't target every single market. You have to pick and choose, or you lose focus on your core business areas.
The use of Google Apps will not create a monopoly. Rather, it will precede a shift to real open formats (i.e., not Microsoft's XML implementations) which are application agnostic. Interfaces, rather than applications, are what must be open to truly benefit consumers.
OS X requires no keys, not even a serial number.
Should you be found guilty of treason because you're advocating suspension of the First Amendment when talking about the Constitution?
Gonzales can say whatever he wants. It's the court system's interpretation of the Constitution that actually counts.
And that's the sad part of the FDA approval process. On the off chance that there might be some unpredictable side effect, it will likely take years after the synthesis of the drug before you can get it. Who are they protecting in these types of scenarios?
I've been holding off on a phone purchase in anticipation of an Apple phone. Why? Because I know they will nail the human interface and Mac integration. I wouldn't be surprised if they manage to get the phone size way down and do something clever about input as well. The Nokia Series 60 phones are pretty good and are the only other alternative for me, but we only get the E62 here in the US. If, for some reason, Apple disappoints, that will be the route I take.
The election of 2000 illustrated the stupidity of the populace and the problem in not _defining_ a vote before the election. It does not show an inherent flaw in any voting system. The fact is, absolutely any system will be plagued with "problems" once the vote comes down to 0.009% of the total. To blame the vote casting system is yet another knee-jerk reaction.
Problem: People can't understand how to make a hole with a stick to mark their candidate.
Solution: Maybe they'll understand how to use a computer instead!
Give me a break.
A simple, inexpesnive, secure, effective voting machine which is auditable could have two components. 1) A pen. 2) A paper ballot. Another similar machine would also have two components and be equally effective. 1) A stylus. 2) A cardboard ballot. This whole thing with insecure computerized voting is an absurd solution looking for a problem.