I think EVERY is an understatement. The stats come out to over 81 applications on AVERAGE per computer. Huh? Even counting the Acrobat reader which always screams for an update and says it may not be able to open a file just before it does so, i can't imagine what that covers.
Also have to agree with comment below...The security conscious/paranoid are not going to install a 3rd party app that reports their vulnerabilities back to said 3rd party!
If it is worth $40 B to possibly save a few hundred lives then you support changing the speed limits down to 50 mph? I'll bet that would save thousands but there is probably a similiar hit to the economy.
How about free replacements for cars without airbags? It's only money and every life is precious.
How about providing a parachute for each airline passenger while we are at it?
There must be a thousand ways better than a system that MIGHT prevent an attack that MIGHT occur SOMEDAY. The tests are simulated anyway, not like they will fire live rockets at an American Airlines plane to actually test the darn thing. Even then there is the question of 2 missiles, etc....
Natural born pack-rat ?!?...Seriously, you should see my mom's doll collection...it is stored on PALLETS;)
I too buy them now especially when i can buy by the lot on ebay for $1 or less apiece delievered. The best/nearest library is downtown, i don't know if they have free parking but it kinda awkward parking there none the less (pointed the wrong way when leaving), plus i spend the first $1 just getting there. Add in my time and it seems to work for me.
Besides i get some interesting surprises i would not have read otherwise.
The lot on the way at the moment has quite a few hardback books from a library sale. So i supported the library albeit indirectly which is probably better than going;) And as someone else said i too tend to be a library for friends and family (or gift shop..) Also when we travel some of the Rv parks have a trade a book shelf for swapping.
I have internet, music (that packrat thing again), and games at home.
All that said i don't suppose it would hurt to poke my nose in there more than once a decade;)
Personally i just used godaddy since i had no clue who is good or not. Searched for the names and hit the buy button. Even added a couple of good suggested ones. Had not heard about this stuff but a gut feeling said to just buy em, 6.99 or whatever wasn't gonna break me.
Now to actually use them for something useful one of these days. Can't believe i got my old MMORPG char name tho. 5 letter pronounceable.com names seemed pretty rare.
"2. If you always played the Wii rather than the 360, you'd increase your caloric burn for a given WEEK by 2%."
Based on how much gaming? If it was using the 15 min a day like they tested that seems ok for under a couple hours of indoor play. Like others said it beats nothing or worse like sitting and eating in front of TV.
I wonder how my steering wheel and pedals do for my 20 hrs of racing a week;) Luckily, I've gained closer to.2 lbs/yr than 2 lbs:) Kinda sad to see a younger friend gain closer 10/yr tho. By my age he will be the size of my couch.
Nervous fidgeting: $0 Nintendo Wii: $250 Fitting into high school clothes at 20yr reunion: $Priceless
The comment above about even sitting on floor vs a couch for TV by someone was interesting. I have almost always done that.
i only have one problem lately since my email is down to about nothing.
Search engine results that are another frickin search engine or consolidation site that may or may not even have what i was looking for. Here we go round in circles...
At least i instinctively avoid the ebay links that have whatever i searched for...even when they don't:/
Well that and news sites that link to a blog....hint hint
How much more energy does it take to make a CFL? Lots of parts and a twisty little tube plus some toxic chemicals and a plastic housing seems like a lot. I Presume standard bulbs are pretty simple to make if they can sell them for next to nothing nowdays. They could stand a little work on life span instead of be made to be replaced.
Car analogy time: Is it like saying replace my SUV with a new efficient car (much less a hybrid)? How much energy does it take to make me a new car that gets 10mpg more than my midsized SUV? How long to recoup it since i drive less than 3000 miles per year?!? Even if energy is saved eventually, I lose big time on interest and cost to buy said car and I never come out ahead.
The station i usually listen to has no DJ. Thus NEVER gives a title. Seems kinda odd since the tagline is "70's 80's and whatever" The whatever started out as 60's and 90's and has turned into meaning whatever the hit of the month is being pushed. Even if i wanted one of the new songs i would not know who to look for. I imagine most listening to a 70's/80's station probably are NOT there for new music.....
This is of course to diferenciate themselves from the other 2 stations in same genre that play the lastest hit of the month with some oldies mixed in............ altho 1 does announce song titles i believe.
Our original one is over 682000 pages with one fuser replacement and a roller or two. Even the ebay unit that was dropped and arrived in 27 pieces still printed ok.
I absolutely hate my cheap HP inkjet at home. It sounds like it will self-destruct any second and always has. The old epson C64 inkjet it replaced was so much better but i couldn't revive it:( Reminds me that ii need to buy some ink or another printer, it is almost a toss up:/
Sometimes i feel like this site is a contest for the worst summary one can get posted......
With the specs given one could replace it with my pocket calculator:(
We did run our minicomputer from 1982 til 1997 with no changes. Current 'server' is hopelessly outdated at half that age but was 1000 times better value:(
hehe, i checked out of curiousity since none of us really use the web access.
Our cheesy email provider is on 1.4.9a. Horde is the other choice and a newer version than when i last tried to use the web interface, looks confusing for any of our users now.
How would one set up their own email server with something like this? Would i want to since this only cost $150/year? Just use outlook that will come with the small biusiness server next year?
and what internet line would be needed for 8 lines?
and will a regular (high speed) fax machine work on them?
Interesting timing, i am writing up instructions for installing one of our vintage (read analog that no vendor will touch) PBX in a remote office. Curious if the internet line + phones needed + learning to setup is cheaper than POTS lines and my $100 ! PBX system;)
"If you have friends over, how many keyboards and how many mice can you connect to your PC and let them use?"
You can usually hook up several keyboards, mice may vary. Of course you may only have one game on one screen so several people playing at the same time gets rough on said keyboards trying to out control the others......just don't expect to set many high scores:O
Actually that was more fun once to try than some games....
They will come and discover that we develop lots of technology and then disable half of it ourselves with something called DRM. We would be looked at as about the level of a dog chasing its tail...
On the other hand, hopefully they would figure we are too stupid to get near them and we are in a ghetto system anyways:(
"Sorry we are unable to verify the license on your hyperdrive's software...please try again later or follow this link to purchase a new license"
I think we might be able to process somethings quicker for a short period of time. Reading flashing numbers may or may not be one of those things however. I would suspect if you can't see it you simply can't see it. Can they read more numbers flashed slower, maybe they could add them together quicker..that type of thing. Much more likely tho is process something related to the action taking place quicker. Reading flashing numbers seems pretty far from reactions one might expect to improve. Perhaps if you throw great big flashing numbers AT them...
So totally not applicable and lame but...
Even just playing a race game. If i really focus i can see and hit most every spot and have plenty of time to plot my course. But i can only do a couple races like that and i start to slip. Someone teasing or challenging me beforehand can pump me up enough to easily kick their butt the next run. Sometimes it feels like i am just cruising along when it is really barely under control skipping from one bump to the next. I don't see why a serious event couldn't do the same to more serious reactions. And i would bet different people could well respond in varying degrees.
The ATV incident mentioned by someone. The fact you saw the other guy slip and can feel the ATV going over gives a second to pump you up before the reaction was required. Your system probably cuts out unneeded stimuli/thoughts so you can focus. Were you thinking of whats for lunch or whether to mount your trophy or such things during the fall;)
There may need to be a relationship. Not sure you could race faster while falling down a hill or i could avoid a object coming at me while i was racing....
A little better...
Hmm now that i think about it i can remember the whole maneuver one time i avoided a major wreck. The fact the tires squealled on all 3 points of the turn, where the other car stopped, how far i went into the other lane. Must have been a whole 2 seconds of my life. I can't think of any other 2 second period where i recall several details....
The guy behind me pulling over and asking where i learned to drive like that i'll remember too but probably for other reasons;)))
The problem is almost all processors also charge $.05 or.10 per transaction on top of the 2-4 %
IF it was really 5% they might not have one or you had very little CC business. CC processing sucks, there are 29 different classes of CC with like 8 different % on our statement describing ONLY visa/MC (no discover or AmExp)
FYI. Ours came to 2.53% overall (includes $.05 per) on 10k
Try to spend $1 and $10 and $100 (our ave is $50+)
Plan A costs $.05 and $.50 and $5 Plan B costs $.07 and $.30 and $2.55
easy to see why they push up the $ per purchase, if you do millions that difference of 2.45% gets kinda important;)
How do i have a copy of Bing Crosby's White Christmas with a 2006 copyright?!?
Can the studio remix or rerelease or something forever? DO they get another 50 years tacked on? Would one have to research every song to see if the date is real or can they really go on forever?
back on topic
As for the article, very little seemed to be in the suit that related to the summary:( They claim they are in MP3 to share them online. It seems they downloaded 11 songs from him and want an assumption of 43 more. Another victim that does not look very innocent.
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I think EVERY is an understatement. The stats come out to over 81 applications on AVERAGE per computer. Huh? Even counting the Acrobat reader which always screams for an update and says it may not be able to open a file just before it does so, i can't imagine what that covers.
Also have to agree with comment below...The security conscious/paranoid are not going to install a 3rd party app that reports their vulnerabilities back to said 3rd party!
No, I want a flying car. Noone said they want anyone else to have one ;)
;/
Would a flying car be required to have airbags in the roof and floor?
I think we are safe for a while yet. Nothing that passes car requirements could get off the ground reasonably.
Back to point:
I don't want a computer running my car...hell i am not sure i want a computer running my computer anymore
"Where are the bowling alleys, the video game systems, the parasailing, etc?"
:(
They ran out of money after the Football stadiums, the Baseball stadiums , the Basketball arenas and the boat launch !!
If it is worth $40 B to possibly save a few hundred lives then you support changing the speed limits down to 50 mph? I'll bet that would save thousands but there is probably a similiar hit to the economy.
How about free replacements for cars without airbags? It's only money and every life is precious.
How about providing a parachute for each airline passenger while we are at it?
There must be a thousand ways better than a system that MIGHT prevent an attack that MIGHT occur SOMEDAY. The tests are simulated anyway, not like they will fire live rockets at an American Airlines plane to actually test the darn thing. Even then there is the question of 2 missiles, etc....
Natural born pack-rat ?!? ...Seriously, you should see my mom's doll collection...it is stored on PALLETS ;)
;) And as someone else said i too tend to be a library for friends and family (or gift shop..) Also when we travel some of the Rv parks have a trade a book shelf for swapping.
;)
I too buy them now especially when i can buy by the lot on ebay for $1 or less apiece delievered. The best/nearest library is downtown, i don't know if they have free parking but it kinda awkward parking there none the less (pointed the wrong way when leaving), plus i spend the first $1 just getting there. Add in my time and it seems to work for me.
Besides i get some interesting surprises i would not have read otherwise.
The lot on the way at the moment has quite a few hardback books from a library sale. So i supported the library albeit indirectly which is probably better than going
I have internet, music (that packrat thing again), and games at home.
All that said i don't suppose it would hurt to poke my nose in there more than once a decade
SO repeat your searches 31 days later?
.com names seemed pretty rare.
Personally i just used godaddy since i had no clue who is good or not. Searched for the names and hit the buy button. Even added a couple of good suggested ones. Had not heard about this stuff but a gut feeling said to just buy em, 6.99 or whatever wasn't gonna break me.
Now to actually use them for something useful one of these days. Can't believe i got my old MMORPG char name tho. 5 letter pronounceable
"Jesus christ, do we have 10 year olds running the headlines now?"
So they just had birthdays recently?
Headline and summaries don't seem to be a strong point here...oh wait...!
And i think it actually means: 36.4% of users willing to have an unknown online entity scan their HD use Limewire....
"2. If you always played the Wii rather than the 360, you'd increase your caloric burn for a given WEEK by 2%."
;) Luckily, I've gained closer to .2 lbs/yr than 2 lbs :) Kinda sad to see a younger friend gain closer 10/yr tho. By my age he will be the size of my couch.
Based on how much gaming? If it was using the 15 min a day like they tested that seems ok for under a couple hours of indoor play. Like others said it beats nothing or worse like sitting and eating in front of TV.
I wonder how my steering wheel and pedals do for my 20 hrs of racing a week
Nervous fidgeting: $0
Nintendo Wii: $250
Fitting into high school clothes at 20yr reunion: $Priceless
The comment above about even sitting on floor vs a couch for TV by someone was interesting. I have almost always done that.
i only have one problem lately since my email is down to about nothing.
:/
Search engine results that are another frickin search engine or consolidation site that may or may not even have what i was looking for. Here we go round in circles...
At least i instinctively avoid the ebay links that have whatever i searched for...even when they don't
Well that and news sites that link to a blog....hint hint
That is what i was wondering.
How much more energy does it take to make a CFL? Lots of parts and a twisty little tube plus some toxic chemicals and a plastic housing seems like a lot. I Presume standard bulbs are pretty simple to make if they can sell them for next to nothing nowdays. They could stand a little work on life span instead of be made to be replaced.
Car analogy time:
Is it like saying replace my SUV with a new efficient car (much less a hybrid)? How much energy does it take to make me a new car that gets 10mpg more than my midsized SUV? How long to recoup it since i drive less than 3000 miles per year?!? Even if energy is saved eventually, I lose big time on interest and cost to buy said car and I never come out ahead.
College maybe...
;)
The station i usually listen to has no DJ. Thus NEVER gives a title. Seems kinda odd since the tagline is "70's 80's and whatever" The whatever started out as 60's and 90's and has turned into meaning whatever the hit of the month is being pushed. Even if i wanted one of the new songs i would not know who to look for. I imagine most listening to a 70's/80's station probably are NOT there for new music.....
This is of course to diferenciate themselves from the other 2 stations in same genre that play the lastest hit of the month with some oldies mixed in............ altho 1 does announce song titles i believe.
sigh
maybe i should just get a jukebox
Or he saved twice that much if he didn't have to take off work to meet the plumber !!
hehe, laserjet 5 is all i buy for our office :)
:( Reminds me that ii need to buy some ink or another printer, it is almost a toss up :/
Our original one is over 682000 pages with one fuser replacement and a roller or two. Even the ebay unit that was dropped and arrived in 27 pieces still printed ok.
I absolutely hate my cheap HP inkjet at home. It sounds like it will self-destruct any second and always has. The old epson C64 inkjet it replaced was so much better but i couldn't revive it
yup
:(
:(
Sometimes i feel like this site is a contest for the worst summary one can get posted......
With the specs given one could replace it with my pocket calculator
We did run our minicomputer from 1982 til 1997 with no changes. Current 'server' is hopelessly outdated at half that age but was 1000 times better value
hehe, i checked out of curiousity since none of us really use the web access.
Our cheesy email provider is on 1.4.9a.
Horde is the other choice and a newer version than when i last tried to use the web interface, looks confusing for any of our users now.
How would one set up their own email server with something like this? Would i want to since this only cost $150/year? Just use outlook that will come with the small biusiness server next year?
So there's the guy with the other AC1 account.....
C'mon was anyone really expecting new sega hardware
exact thing here
;)
and what internet line would be needed for 8 lines?
and will a regular (high speed) fax machine work on them?
Interesting timing, i am writing up instructions for installing one of our vintage (read analog that no vendor will touch) PBX in a remote office. Curious if the internet line + phones needed + learning to setup is cheaper than POTS lines and my $100 ! PBX system
"I dunno, must've thought it was a wastebasket or something"
:(
Hmm, now i know my next mod.......
Wish i could see the one we are supposed to be talking about
"If you have friends over, how many keyboards and how many mice can you connect to your PC and let them use?"
:O
You can usually hook up several keyboards, mice may vary. Of course you may only have one game on one screen so several people playing at the same time gets rough on said keyboards trying to out control the others......just don't expect to set many high scores
Actually that was more fun once to try than some games....
"I like the bit in the article that said that when this thing hits the masses it will reboot your machine three nights in a row to handle the update."
:( lol, I guess Vista is only for city folk...
That is after the 3 days it takes to download on a slow connection, right?
From article it is 460 MB...damn i miss the days when my computer was 460MB not a patch for one program
Still 115% XP at work thank goodness (3 XP machines still in the box...)
They will come and discover that we develop lots of technology and then disable half of it ourselves with something called DRM. We would be looked at as about the level of a dog chasing its tail...
:(
On the other hand, hopefully they would figure we are too stupid to get near them and we are in a ghetto system anyways
"Sorry we are unable to verify the license on your hyperdrive's software...please try again later or follow this link to purchase a new license"
As a follow-up note...
:(
That is indeed the copyright date (50 years or so after the recording) listed for the song itself and lists a record company
The entire CD has separate 2007 copyright notices. Compilation and cover art are new presumably.
I think we might be able to process somethings quicker for a short period of time. Reading flashing numbers may or may not be one of those things however. I would suspect if you can't see it you simply can't see it. Can they read more numbers flashed slower, maybe they could add them together quicker..that type of thing. Much more likely tho is process something related to the action taking place quicker. Reading flashing numbers seems pretty far from reactions one might expect to improve. Perhaps if you throw great big flashing numbers AT them...
;)
;)))
So totally not applicable and lame but...
Even just playing a race game. If i really focus i can see and hit most every spot and have plenty of time to plot my course. But i can only do a couple races like that and i start to slip. Someone teasing or challenging me beforehand can pump me up enough to easily kick their butt the next run. Sometimes it feels like i am just cruising along when it is really barely under control skipping from one bump to the next. I don't see why a serious event couldn't do the same to more serious reactions. And i would bet different people could well respond in varying degrees.
The ATV incident mentioned by someone. The fact you saw the other guy slip and can feel the ATV going over gives a second to pump you up before the reaction was required. Your system probably cuts out unneeded stimuli/thoughts so you can focus. Were you thinking of whats for lunch or whether to mount your trophy or such things during the fall
There may need to be a relationship. Not sure you could race faster while falling down a hill or i could avoid a object coming at me while i was racing....
A little better...
Hmm now that i think about it i can remember the whole maneuver one time i avoided a major wreck. The fact the tires squealled on all 3 points of the turn, where the other car stopped, how far i went into the other lane. Must have been a whole 2 seconds of my life. I can't think of any other 2 second period where i recall several details....
The guy behind me pulling over and asking where i learned to drive like that i'll remember too but probably for other reasons
The problem is almost all processors also charge $.05 or .10 per transaction on top of the 2-4 %
;)
IF it was really 5% they might not have one or you had very little CC business. CC processing sucks, there are 29 different classes of CC with like 8 different % on our statement describing ONLY visa/MC (no discover or AmExp)
FYI. Ours came to 2.53% overall (includes $.05 per) on 10k
Try to spend $1 and $10 and $100 (our ave is $50+)
Plan A costs $.05 and $.50 and $5
Plan B costs $.07 and $.30 and $2.55
easy to see why they push up the $ per purchase, if you do millions that difference of 2.45% gets kinda important
How do i have a copy of Bing Crosby's White Christmas with a 2006 copyright?!?
:( They claim they are in MP3 to share them online. It seems they downloaded 11 songs from him and want an assumption of 43 more. Another victim that does not look very innocent.
Can the studio remix or rerelease or something forever? DO they get another 50 years tacked on? Would one have to research every song to see if the date is real or can they really go on forever?
back on topic
As for the article, very little seemed to be in the suit that related to the summary