Make sure that your power brick is capable of 90-230V.
I can't tell you the amount of visitors from the US I have had wander up to me and ask to borrow a UK PSU
It's because they just changed the power lead to the PSU and didn't spot that it was rated at 90-120V.
Once the magic smoke escapes, there's no other option than to buy a new one.
"Transport for London (TfL), which will today announce a six-month trial of ISA, estimates that, if two thirds of London drivers used the devices, the number of road casualties in the capital could be reduced by 10 per cent."
Most cars in London don't actually move fast enough to get to 20Mph, so how exactly would this system save lives?
Most UK private cars have had their speedometer set 10% fast anyway (reads 33 when doing 30 and 77 when doing 70) in an effort to both slow you down and remove te vehicle manufacturer from any possible law suits regarding speeding fines.
There was a study into dyslexia a few years ago which noted that sufferers read more accurately with a pure blue background and bright yellow text.
The study also confirmed black on white or white on black as the worst configuration.
Blue Ray players that don't play Blue Ray discs, and HD-DVD players that now are only good as boat anchors.
At least the HD-DVD players will play HD-DVD disks. That's what you get for having a ratified standard before you start production.
While Blu-Ray still doesn't have a standard, this will continue to happen.
Actually, there IS no Blu-ray standard, as it's in a constant state of development.
HD-DVD has had a predefined standard since day one, however.
That alone, makes it a better option then Blu-Ray for exactly the reason this thread exists. Old players will always need either updating or replacing as Sony add more to the Blu-ray specification.
I'm not really using them for any kind of processing. I upgraded the hard disks in them (if they needed it) and use them mainly as a clustered file repository
The whole project is just a way to relieve the boredom in between jobs anyway... I'm not using them for anything work related and it IS putting the old hardware to good use (well, I think so. My boss may have another view)
...and I know i may get flamed for this, but, I have about 25 'old' laptops, stacked in a few piles, in the corner of my office... They ARE my Beowulf cluster
None of them are particularly speedy, and half of them have cracked LCDs, but for what I'm using them for, they're fine
Of course, the original Star Trek, way back in the sixties, was cancled by the moneymen because not enough people were watching it... It didn't really kick back into life until they noticed that a LOT of people were watching the reruns
Then they made a film, which, although it had outstanding (for the time) special FX, sucked from a plot point of view
Things were a lot better when we just had TOS and TNG... Of course, would Roddenbery have approved of the following series if he were around to be consulted? He may have had a hand in the general look and feel of DS9, but was long gone when Voyager rehashed all those old stories
I think he would have approved of Enterprise, though...
As the article said, the cast and crew of SG-1 seem pretty chuffed with the site, even praising it at SG-1 conventions.
It would seem, to me anyway, that it's the distributors (MGM) who are being overly stupid here and not the actual producers of the show. Like it says, it has been PROVED that links from the site have led to over $100,000 worth of DVD sales in the US alone. Shutting him down seems more and more like an act of lunacy
This has meant that files downloaded from one online music service or prepared for one player may not transfer to another.
This final quote from the BBC article confuses me, somewhat...
Why would somebody have two players, which use different formats...? I mean, you can only listen to one at a time, and it strikes me, that, so far as DRM is concerned, NOT being able to transfer the music onto another device is a GOOD thing.
It's wrong... and there's NO point in linking to one of your own comments as proof
One of the reasons for the apollo missions was to see the far side (AKA. the "Dark" side) of the moon
This is because the moon rotates at the same rate as it orbits the Earth, thus, it only ever presents one hemisphere towards us
That hemisphere goes light and dark because of it's orbit around the Earth, so you can assume, that the other one does the same
I suggest that you either return to the book, you read when you were 14, and make sure it does really say what you claim, or, better still, get your browser over to NASA.com and check out the kiddies section
Dell still do offer a RedHat solution here in the UK, but, only for the server market. You cannot get Linux on a desktop, however, they have recently started shipping desktops with FreeDOS, so you don't HAVE to buy Windows
It was before NexGen used it. The legalities of their case prevented the use of "586", by anyone in the processor market, until the case had been resolved, one way or the other.
Once they lost the case, the world was free to use "586".
Would re-wiring the nerves properly be THAT important in allowing the eye to send information to the Brain?
The brain has astounded scientists in it's ability to reconfigure itself so as to perform the same tasks, but using a different region
For example, I remember a story about a boy who had a hemisperectomy. Doctors expected him to wake up paralysed down one side of his body, but, when he did wake up, he could do everything he could before. Which, IMO, amazing.
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erm... no. I tried that on my Galaxy Sii and the wife's S wearing my polaroids... There's no polarised filter on either of those devices.
Make sure that your power brick is capable of 90-230V. I can't tell you the amount of visitors from the US I have had wander up to me and ask to borrow a UK PSU It's because they just changed the power lead to the PSU and didn't spot that it was rated at 90-120V. Once the magic smoke escapes, there's no other option than to buy a new one.
They've spent millions teaching a computer how to destroy furnature and shit in your shoes.
"Transport for London (TfL), which will today announce a six-month trial of ISA, estimates that, if two thirds of London drivers used the devices, the number of road casualties in the capital could be reduced by 10 per cent." Most cars in London don't actually move fast enough to get to 20Mph, so how exactly would this system save lives? Most UK private cars have had their speedometer set 10% fast anyway (reads 33 when doing 30 and 77 when doing 70) in an effort to both slow you down and remove te vehicle manufacturer from any possible law suits regarding speeding fines.
There was a study into dyslexia a few years ago which noted that sufferers read more accurately with a pure blue background and bright yellow text. The study also confirmed black on white or white on black as the worst configuration.
Blue Ray players that don't play Blue Ray discs, and HD-DVD players that now are only good as boat anchors. At least the HD-DVD players will play HD-DVD disks. That's what you get for having a ratified standard before you start production. While Blu-Ray still doesn't have a standard, this will continue to happen.
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I'm not really using them for any kind of processing. I upgraded the hard disks in them (if they needed it) and use them mainly as a clustered file repository
The whole project is just a way to relieve the boredom in between jobs anyway... I'm not using them for anything work related and it IS putting the old hardware to good use (well, I think so. My boss may have another view)
...and I know i may get flamed for this, but, I have about 25 'old' laptops, stacked in a few piles, in the corner of my office... They ARE my Beowulf cluster
None of them are particularly speedy, and half of them have cracked LCDs, but for what I'm using them for, they're fine
Of course, the original Star Trek, way back in the sixties, was cancled by the moneymen because not enough people were watching it... It didn't really kick back into life until they noticed that a LOT of people were watching the reruns
Then they made a film, which, although it had outstanding (for the time) special FX, sucked from a plot point of view
Things were a lot better when we just had TOS and TNG... Of course, would Roddenbery have approved of the following series if he were around to be consulted? He may have had a hand in the general look and feel of DS9, but was long gone when Voyager rehashed all those old stories
I think he would have approved of Enterprise, though...
Imagine a RAID array of these babies... Attached to my Beowulf cluster...
:-)
Shouldn't that be No, we are not British ???
That's how Queen Victoria would have said it and you can't get any more British than the Queen
As the article said, the cast and crew of SG-1 seem pretty chuffed with the site, even praising it at SG-1 conventions.
It would seem, to me anyway, that it's the distributors (MGM) who are being overly stupid here and not the actual producers of the show. Like it says, it has been PROVED that links from the site have led to over $100,000 worth of DVD sales in the US alone. Shutting him down seems more and more like an act of lunacy
I really can't see what all the fuss is aboot
This final quote from the BBC article confuses me, somewhat...
Why would somebody have two players, which use different formats...? I mean, you can only listen to one at a time, and it strikes me, that, so far as DRM is concerned, NOT being able to transfer the music onto another device is a GOOD thing.
Does this mean I'm Dwayne Dibbley?
It's wrong... and there's NO point in linking to one of your own comments as proof
One of the reasons for the apollo missions was to see the far side (AKA. the "Dark" side) of the moon
This is because the moon rotates at the same rate as it orbits the Earth, thus, it only ever presents one hemisphere towards us
That hemisphere goes light and dark because of it's orbit around the Earth, so you can assume, that the other one does the same
I suggest that you either return to the book, you read when you were 14, and make sure it does really say what you claim, or, better still, get your browser over to NASA.com and check out the kiddies section
Although, as you can't even get them outside the US, it seems unlikely...
Did you hear the one about the dyslexic, agnostic, insomniac...?
He used to sit up all night, wondering if there really was a Dog.
:-)
Dell still do offer a RedHat solution here in the UK, but, only for the server market. You cannot get Linux on a desktop, however, they have recently started shipping desktops with FreeDOS, so you don't HAVE to buy Windows
It was before NexGen used it. The legalities of their case prevented the use of "586", by anyone in the processor market, until the case had been resolved, one way or the other.
Once they lost the case, the world was free to use "586".
I was under the impression that Intel tried to copyright "586" and lost the case
They then decided to call it by a name that they could copyright.
Would re-wiring the nerves properly be THAT important in allowing the eye to send information to the Brain?
The brain has astounded scientists in it's ability to reconfigure itself so as to perform the same tasks, but using a different region
For example, I remember a story about a boy who had a hemisperectomy. Doctors expected him to wake up paralysed down one side of his body, but, when he did wake up, he could do everything he could before. Which, IMO, amazing.
Like DNF? We have no choice but to wait, then...
Looks like, in a few years, India might be outsourcing it's IT to America
:-)