The problem with forcibly retaining your customers like this is that it makes them mad, and it doesn't really stop them. They're just going to call your technical support, which costs you money. Is making a couple bucks a year worth the support center time? Especially when you probably have made them more determined to leave? Its not a great way to run a business, and very short sighted.
What is really bugging me is that computers are great at counting and adding. ITS WHAT THEY DO! The fact that nobody can come up with a believable voting machine tells me something really rotten is going on. I could understand if they were having troubles with advanced CFD code making or some other complex process where the real-world results are not completely understood, but these machines are basically taking $NumVotesCast +1 many many times.
You can't break the laws of physics. If you want a bright image you need to draw a lot of power. Even if you go with very efficient LEDs, the battery life on these things is going to be terrible.
Theres a reason only a very small amount of people use the services of Rentacenter (furnature rental place) and others. Its more expensive in the long run and people would rather own their own stuff. Just because something is "on teh internet!" doesn't mean the economics should be different.
My father is an immigration inspector on the Canadian border. Apparently this is not uncommon and people are usually surprised when he asks them if they have had any recent medical tests. The only news here is that it was a cat this time.
The detectors are very sensitive. Aparently the steel in many shipping containers built in China sets it off because the chinese are recycling a lot of the steel that was in now-decommissioned nuclear reactors.
That kit is pretty overpriced. The circuit is basically just a ladder of capacitors, with terminals at the appropriate points. You can get the circuit diagram on the web, but you may not even need that with some knowledge of capacitors. I built one about a year ago- not for tinkering with ionic breeze but for shocking the heck out of people. If you ground one side (aluminum foil on your shoe) and stick the other electrode to your body, you shock anyone who touches you.
Cookie Monster is the only creature I know that binges and purges at the same time. Clearly this is some new, more vile form of eating disorder that must be studied.
The only thing that makes any sense is that world news gets low ratings, and therefore gets shoved aside or canceled. News is all about ratings now, since ratings mean more money for the commercials. The real question is why do bullshit stories like cats stuck in trees, Paris Hilton, etc matter more to Americans than world news? The other thing to keep in mind is that if there is no video of something, it doesn't exist as far as the 24/7 news networks are concerned.
I work reasonably closely with manufacturers of all sorts of marine equipment. Lifeboat davits, cranes, winches, diesel engines, etc. The most common thing they do when they can't source a part is change the design. This encourages innovation, and usually the new design is safer than the old one anyway. If you're waiting on a part for 2+ years for a crane, are you going to wait and see if someone else starts manufacturing them? No. You're going to change that design (maybe 6 months, probably less) and build it.
Nuclear engineering may be a lot different since everyone wants to stick with what has worked in the past, but can't getting the parts to build something usually results in a new design in my experience.
Call me paranoid, but calling most of their products "beta" seems to me like an sneaky way of avoiding any sort of liability whatsoever for any problems that might arise. I'm not saying Google *should* be liable, but I think these beta tags have more to do with legal reasons than technical ones.
This sounds a lot like a retooled vacuum tube system. While these were very popular years ago, they have gone out of style aside from banks and other niche markets because the number of tubes can easilly get out of control, and the infrastructure is costly compared to other solutions.
This is why police generally don't stop people for speeding on Houston freeways. It backs up 4+ lanes of traffic for miles. People have to stop and see what the fuss is about. The only times I have seen people pulled over is for something very serious. The suspects usually have their hands on their heads and are sitting on the sidewalk.
I'd rather have an extra brake light on my car (possibly yellow) that indicated "Engine Braking" or "Car in neutral". People can't seem understand that a small sports car is likely to have a manual transmission, and that I'll be using that instead of braking.
I no longer use credit cards for small transactions. Usually, my small transactions are at places where the employees are paid poorly and the manager is somewhere else at the moment and doesn't care anyway. This includes restaurants where the waitor takes your card out of your sight. I don't want my cards stolen just because I didn't tip enough or Romero can't make rent.
Larger transactions are usually a little more safer. The merchants are usually more careful who they hire or care more about employees stealing cards. Additionally, if the the services or goods are no good then you can have the credit card issuer help you out.
Two of my friends have had card numbers stolen. both of them suspect a resaurant or bar. In both cases, the items purchased were Wal Mart money orders (and $500 worth of fireworks in one case). Forcing Walmart not to enable buying of money orders with cards would be a great help. The US Post office already has this policy.
Most electrical power companies are doing everything they can to reduce consumption. Many have efforts promoting CCFL's, notices encourageing people to turn off the lights, etc. Why? Because at the rate our electrical usage is increasing, the power companies are having a hard time keeping up with demand. Sure, they have more income, but building out generation infrastrcture isn't cheap or easy. There are many places in the US you can't build a power station anymore because of all the NIMBY people. Nevermind that it lowers their electrical bill. Increased demand is one of the last things the electrical industry wants. Its hard enough replacing all the old plants and meeting current emissions standards.
The fact that a large proportion of power engineers are reaching retirement age isn't helping either.
Mod parent up. I saw some benchmarks a year or so ago showing a puny little Via processor completing an SSL benchmark 20 times faster (or something equally amazing) than the top end Pentium chip. Hardware acceleration makes all the difference!
The EU recently raided several Classification Societies belonging to IACS for the same reason. Could they be flexing their muscles? How long has this agency been active?
This assumes that the chips are small enough that there are never 2 or more defects per wafer. It may be possible that a bigger chip that would have 2 defects is split into 2 chips each with one defect each. Thus, the yield increases in a somewhat, but not completely linear fashion.
My father is a Customs and Border Protection inspector at the Canadian border. As I understand it, if you are a US citizen living in the US they cannot refuse you unless there are exceptional circumstances- things like a huge bag of explosives, drugs, or smuggling of persons. In most of these cases you would be arrested.
Canadian persons with felony convictions are not normally allowed in, and vice versa. If you're a US felon you aren't going to be allowed elsewhere unless the other country is very lax or other circumstances (French Foreign Legion for example).
I may be missing an obscure loophole (like the movie Terminal), but in no circumstances should you be caught between countries with nowhere to go. Your citizenship country should always take you back, no matter who you are, and if you are into illegal activities you will be accepted somewhere and placed in jail.
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The problem with forcibly retaining your customers like this is that it makes them mad, and it doesn't really stop them. They're just going to call your technical support, which costs you money. Is making a couple bucks a year worth the support center time? Especially when you probably have made them more determined to leave? Its not a great way to run a business, and very short sighted.
What is really bugging me is that computers are great at counting and adding. ITS WHAT THEY DO! The fact that nobody can come up with a believable voting machine tells me something really rotten is going on. I could understand if they were having troubles with advanced CFD code making or some other complex process where the real-world results are not completely understood, but these machines are basically taking $NumVotesCast +1 many many times.
I'm glad this headline specified "World of Warcraft", because I've seen some headlines that said "violent video games". And that just isn't true.
Thats about $8.50 per person if we guess 350 million people (I haven't been keeping up)
The sound chips for those rear 5.1 outputs are often lower quality than the front on many 5.1 sound cards. Something to think about.
You can't break the laws of physics. If you want a bright image you need to draw a lot of power. Even if you go with very efficient LEDs, the battery life on these things is going to be terrible.
I work in a Class Society. Tommorow I will be handing out various work packets filled with drawings of the Bismarck. They're bring it back into class.
Theres a reason only a very small amount of people use the services of Rentacenter (furnature rental place) and others. Its more expensive in the long run and people would rather own their own stuff. Just because something is "on teh internet!" doesn't mean the economics should be different.
My father is an immigration inspector on the Canadian border. Apparently this is not uncommon and people are usually surprised when he asks them if they have had any recent medical tests. The only news here is that it was a cat this time.
The detectors are very sensitive. Aparently the steel in many shipping containers built in China sets it off because the chinese are recycling a lot of the steel that was in now-decommissioned nuclear reactors.
That kit is pretty overpriced. The circuit is basically just a ladder of capacitors, with terminals at the appropriate points. You can get the circuit diagram on the web, but you may not even need that with some knowledge of capacitors. I built one about a year ago- not for tinkering with ionic breeze but for shocking the heck out of people. If you ground one side (aluminum foil on your shoe) and stick the other electrode to your body, you shock anyone who touches you.
Cookie Monster is the only creature I know that binges and purges at the same time. Clearly this is some new, more vile form of eating disorder that must be studied.
The only thing that makes any sense is that world news gets low ratings, and therefore gets shoved aside or canceled. News is all about ratings now, since ratings mean more money for the commercials. The real question is why do bullshit stories like cats stuck in trees, Paris Hilton, etc matter more to Americans than world news? The other thing to keep in mind is that if there is no video of something, it doesn't exist as far as the 24/7 news networks are concerned.
I work reasonably closely with manufacturers of all sorts of marine equipment. Lifeboat davits, cranes, winches, diesel engines, etc. The most common thing they do when they can't source a part is change the design. This encourages innovation, and usually the new design is safer than the old one anyway. If you're waiting on a part for 2+ years for a crane, are you going to wait and see if someone else starts manufacturing them? No. You're going to change that design (maybe 6 months, probably less) and build it.
Nuclear engineering may be a lot different since everyone wants to stick with what has worked in the past, but can't getting the parts to build something usually results in a new design in my experience.
Call me paranoid, but calling most of their products "beta" seems to me like an sneaky way of avoiding any sort of liability whatsoever for any problems that might arise. I'm not saying Google *should* be liable, but I think these beta tags have more to do with legal reasons than technical ones.
But shouldn't these figures be some more convenient power of 2? Like 64GB (rounded) or 128GB?
This sounds a lot like a retooled vacuum tube system. While these were very popular years ago, they have gone out of style aside from banks and other niche markets because the number of tubes can easilly get out of control, and the infrastructure is costly compared to other solutions.
This is why police generally don't stop people for speeding on Houston freeways. It backs up 4+ lanes of traffic for miles. People have to stop and see what the fuss is about. The only times I have seen people pulled over is for something very serious. The suspects usually have their hands on their heads and are sitting on the sidewalk.
I'd rather have an extra brake light on my car (possibly yellow) that indicated "Engine Braking" or "Car in neutral". People can't seem understand that a small sports car is likely to have a manual transmission, and that I'll be using that instead of braking.
I no longer use credit cards for small transactions. Usually, my small transactions are at places where the employees are paid poorly and the manager is somewhere else at the moment and doesn't care anyway. This includes restaurants where the waitor takes your card out of your sight. I don't want my cards stolen just because I didn't tip enough or Romero can't make rent.
Larger transactions are usually a little more safer. The merchants are usually more careful who they hire or care more about employees stealing cards. Additionally, if the the services or goods are no good then you can have the credit card issuer help you out.
Two of my friends have had card numbers stolen. both of them suspect a resaurant or bar. In both cases, the items purchased were Wal Mart money orders (and $500 worth of fireworks in one case). Forcing Walmart not to enable buying of money orders with cards would be a great help. The US Post office already has this policy.
Its a FAKE!
Most electrical power companies are doing everything they can to reduce consumption. Many have efforts promoting CCFL's, notices encourageing people to turn off the lights, etc. Why? Because at the rate our electrical usage is increasing, the power companies are having a hard time keeping up with demand. Sure, they have more income, but building out generation infrastrcture isn't cheap or easy. There are many places in the US you can't build a power station anymore because of all the NIMBY people. Nevermind that it lowers their electrical bill. Increased demand is one of the last things the electrical industry wants. Its hard enough replacing all the old plants and meeting current emissions standards.
The fact that a large proportion of power engineers are reaching retirement age isn't helping either.
Mod parent up. I saw some benchmarks a year or so ago showing a puny little Via processor completing an SSL benchmark 20 times faster (or something equally amazing) than the top end Pentium chip. Hardware acceleration makes all the difference!
The EU recently raided several Classification Societies belonging to IACS for the same reason. Could they be flexing their muscles? How long has this agency been active?
This assumes that the chips are small enough that there are never 2 or more defects per wafer. It may be possible that a bigger chip that would have 2 defects is split into 2 chips each with one defect each. Thus, the yield increases in a somewhat, but not completely linear fashion.
My father is a Customs and Border Protection inspector at the Canadian border. As I understand it, if you are a US citizen living in the US they cannot refuse you unless there are exceptional circumstances- things like a huge bag of explosives, drugs, or smuggling of persons. In most of these cases you would be arrested.
Canadian persons with felony convictions are not normally allowed in, and vice versa. If you're a US felon you aren't going to be allowed elsewhere unless the other country is very lax or other circumstances (French Foreign Legion for example).
I may be missing an obscure loophole (like the movie Terminal), but in no circumstances should you be caught between countries with nowhere to go. Your citizenship country should always take you back, no matter who you are, and if you are into illegal activities you will be accepted somewhere and placed in jail.