Yea my Toshiba Satellite has an intake fan on the bottom, and output fan on the left side (next to the disk drive and pcmci slot). I hate the location of the intake fan - now I utilize an aluminum platform that has two fans on the bottom, and a 4 port usb 2.0 hub (also works as a docking station). When on the road I have a vegetable chop block:)
In all seriousness - i have a nice aluminum heat dissipater. It has two fans, can be run from the wall outlet, or via USB 2.0 connect (it also comes with a nice 4 port USB 2.0 hub, which makes this my personal docking station since my Toshiba does not have a docking station).
When I travel, I literally have a vegetable chop block that I keep in my backpack. Originally this was used because the intake fan on my laptop is on the bottom (why I have NO idea) and placing the laptop on my bed prevented it from getting air circulation; eventually it became obvious that keeping my laptop on my legs, while not burning me, was getting quite warm.
You could always find out what chat room she is in, come on in, and bluntly hit on her and watch the other IRC members oogle at your bravado:)
good for you on meeting your wife this way - things like that (open-mindedness) make me feel that there is hope for our world:)
There are obvious advantages to meeting in person - body interactions, voice inflections, etc. I agree that it is easier to read people in person (and sometimes damn near impossible to read people online). Thank you for saying I may be a nice person...I like to think that I am. (my name is Avi).
I do meet many people face - face, I utilize a blend of both online and offline. Everyone needs to find the niche that works for them.
My problem comes around when people assume that online engagements are sub-par.
Good luck to you, and enjoy a good room temperature beer for me:)
Really, and the person you meet at a bar, park, restaurant, club, etc.. cannot be a paedophile? The fact that there is no presence makes the interaction safer. You can chat with the person for months, and then chat with the person on the phone, and if you continue to proceed to meet the person face to face, you are better off (much better) then if you just randomly met the person on the "street." At least, utilizing the Internet method, you have some time you can attempt to get to know the person - on the street, if the person is psychotic, you may have very little warning. To assume psychopaths only proliferate on the internet is naive and wrong.
Your example is sorely lacking. And your statement about being "genuine" lacks evidence. In fact, people are more blunt on the Internet because they have a certain sense of protection - hence people are more willing to speak their mind. While some people cannot control their emotions and decide to lash out, many people utilize this form of communication as a way to voice their, legitimate opinions, without feeling pressured due to society rules. That is VERY genuine.
Thats kind of a blanket statement that seems to be purely biased, and lacking some heavy proof. To imply that people who utilize the Internet for social interaction as lacking a life is also a very blanket statement - that is again, purely unfounded and lacking proof.
I hang on the Internet for social interaction (as well as informational purposes). Some of the social interaction comes from playing online games which I prefer to non-online games; I also go to clubs, bars, park, movies, coffee shops, beach, vacations, etc. So do I lack a life or do I have a life?
Your statements, unfortunately, are totally ignorant. I do not claim to be an "expert" on many topics - but this one I can claim a lot of knowledge on, especially since I have spent many qualified research hours (including studies) with regards to Internet social interactions (Communications major).
Then again, you do have valid - reliable evidence stating that most people on the internet social groups are the equivelant of Trabant owners and complain incessantly about not having a Mercedes?
Why not? It is just another medium to meet people. In fact it can sometimes be better. You might get to know the person, and like the person so that you would want to meet the person. This does not have to be for romance, but could be for friends.
Back in the day when local BBS' were big - we would have get-to-gethers. I never did it to try and go out with a girl, but it was nice to meet the people I would play MUD's with.
I have met a number of people from the web. Some nice, some not so nice. Some extremely hot, some extremely not:)
I think it is a new medium - nothing wrong with it. People use newspaper ads, bars, clubs, parks, restaurants. Others may not have the time (i have been in this position) to go and hang out at these places all the time.
Was Plato there? How does he know about Atlantis? If there was an Atlantean civilization during his era, why is his writings the first? You would think some king would have had a writing about it.
And the final question: Do we really want to attempt to resurrect a civilization that Posiden (sp?) decided to sink? I mean come on - the dudes a God for crying out loud. We've seen the previews for "the day after tomorrow" now I know most of us don't want to see the movie - do we really want to see it enacted LIVE? Anyone? Anyone? (ok that was a few more questions):)
One or two days of delaying people their money results in more interest that the bank makes because it is holding onto the money (float time).
So the bank might show a profit.
On behalf of the United States, I would like to appologize to anyone who was offended by the moronic poster who decided to insult our Northern neighbor, as well as assume that Canada is smaller then Texas.
To the insulting poster - buy a globe, buy a hammer. Study the globe, and smash your keyboard so you can't type anymore.
Years ago (about 4-5) i had an IDE scanner. When scanning the document my computer would be almost useless. My girlfriend (at the time) had a SCSI card and scsi scanner - she never had that problem. Other then the scsi card/scanner, her computer was slower then mine (pen 500 mgthz, gateway computer) vs my Pent 800 mghtz home brewed. (This was prior to the pent 800 getting upgraded to scsi)
My primary systems run on 10k rpm 147gb drives, but they outperform everything else in the shop. Reason? Multiple layers of control logic, and lots of cache:)
I know SCSI has been used for a long time - i am not downing it - in fact I love it. But it is more complex then IDE.
Given that everything is the same except for an IDE drive vs a SCSI drive...the scsi will out-perform. While there are ways of making IDE faster (lots of cache, multiple layers of control logic) these methods are not exclusive to IDE are they?
I'm curious. Why do you say that is SCSI fickle?
Probably just my lack of experience, but I have a friend who helped me with the install, and he is definitly experienced - but it just was tricky to get it working. Don't get me wrong, I love it - and even though the HD is only 17 GIG, I plan on taking all my SCSI equipment with me to a new computer. The SCSI is about 4 years old
Agreed. My Pent III 800 mghtz, SCSI computer (scsi hard drive, dvd player, cd rom) with 512 ram, Hercules 64 Meg video card runs games like Diablo II MUCH MUCH Faster then my 2.2 ghtz laptop with 512 ram, a better video card (Nvida GForce 4 Go card), "faster" IDE dvd rom.
A better test. When I upgraded from IDE to SCSI I performed a DOS level copy. The screen would scroll and periodically pause when reading from the IDE drive. The IDE drive was 7600 RPM, the SCSI HD is 15k. When it would write to the SCSI drive, it FLEW! Never once did it pause.
WHile scsi is expensive, runs extremely hot (meaning you need more fans), and is fickle at best - when it works it does WONDERS.... For those people who like to have a RAID system - SCSI is still faster as it reads & writes faster... but again it is more expensive (usually about double - triple)
-A
What about employing retinal scan devices. They can be produced cheaply. My credit card company provides me with a credit card with smart chip and they provided me (free) the smart card reader. They also can provide one-time usage credit card numbers. So if I wish to make a purchase I can get this number, plug it in - it works and is then disabeled...
Now another bank that i use SS# and 4 digit pin - freaky --- luckily i do not have much money there and online bill payment is disabeled.
Do you also own the copy of MS Office that you may have? Assuming you paid for it (not insinuating that you didn't) what legal issues would you face if you openly admitted to, say MS lawyers, that you decided to reverse engineer it so you could inspect the "inside" of your owned copy of the program? What kind of legal ramifications would you suffer if you showed this code to people (who could 100% prove) who owned the exact same version of this program?
Yea you may have have cd, the box. Yes you can sell it on eBay - but until you can twist it inside out and upside down *legally* do you really own it?
I can trick out my car, and with the exception of some modifications (i.e. 5% tints, under carriage lights) I have committed no crime. If I tried opening the "hood" of many of my proggies, I will suffer some legal ramifications
This has always been the case, even before computer chips hit cars. Car manufacturers generally create proprietary components, which in and of themselves can be easily acquired after market -BUT require special tools to install. So the private mom & pop garage have to shell out a couple hundred bucks for a special tool - guess who pays for it?
The only difference now is that they are using this proprietary information on computer chips.
I know it is TOTALLY way off topic, and I do admit that the post was interesting - but cursing eight times in a 293 word post....just seemed a bit excessive to me.
Anyone agree?
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Isn't Perl that thing that's created in a shell, is connected with strings, and then sold on the market? ;)
Prays to the Plug and Play gods --- viola :)
hmmm. obfuscating, discutable, decommoditizing... lots of big words, this person smarter then I am.
Yea my Toshiba Satellite has an intake fan on the bottom, and output fan on the left side (next to the disk drive and pcmci slot). I hate the location of the intake fan - now I utilize an aluminum platform that has two fans on the bottom, and a 4 port usb 2.0 hub (also works as a docking station). When on the road I have a vegetable chop block :)
How else is a geek supposed to get a tan?
In all seriousness - i have a nice aluminum heat dissipater. It has two fans, can be run from the wall outlet, or via USB 2.0 connect (it also comes with a nice 4 port USB 2.0 hub, which makes this my personal docking station since my Toshiba does not have a docking station).
When I travel, I literally have a vegetable chop block that I keep in my backpack. Originally this was used because the intake fan on my laptop is on the bottom (why I have NO idea) and placing the laptop on my bed prevented it from getting air circulation; eventually it became obvious that keeping my laptop on my legs, while not burning me, was getting quite warm.
You could always find out what chat room she is in, come on in, and bluntly hit on her and watch the other IRC members oogle at your bravado :)
good for you on meeting your wife this way - things like that (open-mindedness) make me feel that there is hope for our world :)
There are obvious advantages to meeting in person - body interactions, voice inflections, etc. I agree that it is easier to read people in person (and sometimes damn near impossible to read people online). Thank you for saying I may be a nice person...I like to think that I am. (my name is Avi). I do meet many people face - face, I utilize a blend of both online and offline. Everyone needs to find the niche that works for them. My problem comes around when people assume that online engagements are sub-par. Good luck to you, and enjoy a good room temperature beer for me :)
Really, and the person you meet at a bar, park, restaurant, club, etc.. cannot be a paedophile? The fact that there is no presence makes the interaction safer. You can chat with the person for months, and then chat with the person on the phone, and if you continue to proceed to meet the person face to face, you are better off (much better) then if you just randomly met the person on the "street." At least, utilizing the Internet method, you have some time you can attempt to get to know the person - on the street, if the person is psychotic, you may have very little warning. To assume psychopaths only proliferate on the internet is naive and wrong. Your example is sorely lacking. And your statement about being "genuine" lacks evidence. In fact, people are more blunt on the Internet because they have a certain sense of protection - hence people are more willing to speak their mind. While some people cannot control their emotions and decide to lash out, many people utilize this form of communication as a way to voice their, legitimate opinions, without feeling pressured due to society rules. That is VERY genuine.
Thats kind of a blanket statement that seems to be purely biased, and lacking some heavy proof. To imply that people who utilize the Internet for social interaction as lacking a life is also a very blanket statement - that is again, purely unfounded and lacking proof. I hang on the Internet for social interaction (as well as informational purposes). Some of the social interaction comes from playing online games which I prefer to non-online games; I also go to clubs, bars, park, movies, coffee shops, beach, vacations, etc. So do I lack a life or do I have a life? Your statements, unfortunately, are totally ignorant. I do not claim to be an "expert" on many topics - but this one I can claim a lot of knowledge on, especially since I have spent many qualified research hours (including studies) with regards to Internet social interactions (Communications major). Then again, you do have valid - reliable evidence stating that most people on the internet social groups are the equivelant of Trabant owners and complain incessantly about not having a Mercedes?
Why not? It is just another medium to meet people. In fact it can sometimes be better. You might get to know the person, and like the person so that you would want to meet the person. This does not have to be for romance, but could be for friends. Back in the day when local BBS' were big - we would have get-to-gethers. I never did it to try and go out with a girl, but it was nice to meet the people I would play MUD's with. I have met a number of people from the web. Some nice, some not so nice. Some extremely hot, some extremely not :)
I think it is a new medium - nothing wrong with it. People use newspaper ads, bars, clubs, parks, restaurants. Others may not have the time (i have been in this position) to go and hang out at these places all the time.
Was Plato there? How does he know about Atlantis? If there was an Atlantean civilization during his era, why is his writings the first? You would think some king would have had a writing about it. And the final question: Do we really want to attempt to resurrect a civilization that Posiden (sp?) decided to sink? I mean come on - the dudes a God for crying out loud. We've seen the previews for "the day after tomorrow" now I know most of us don't want to see the movie - do we really want to see it enacted LIVE? Anyone? Anyone? (ok that was a few more questions) :)
One or two days of delaying people their money results in more interest that the bank makes because it is holding onto the money (float time). So the bank might show a profit.
On behalf of the United States, I would like to appologize to anyone who was offended by the moronic poster who decided to insult our Northern neighbor, as well as assume that Canada is smaller then Texas. To the insulting poster - buy a globe, buy a hammer. Study the globe, and smash your keyboard so you can't type anymore.
Years ago (about 4-5) i had an IDE scanner. When scanning the document my computer would be almost useless. My girlfriend (at the time) had a SCSI card and scsi scanner - she never had that problem. Other then the scsi card/scanner, her computer was slower then mine (pen 500 mgthz, gateway computer) vs my Pent 800 mghtz home brewed. (This was prior to the pent 800 getting upgraded to scsi)
My primary systems run on 10k rpm 147gb drives, but they outperform everything else in the shop. Reason? Multiple layers of control logic, and lots of cache :)
I know SCSI has been used for a long time - i am not downing it - in fact I love it. But it is more complex then IDE.
Given that everything is the same except for an IDE drive vs a SCSI drive...the scsi will out-perform. While there are ways of making IDE faster (lots of cache, multiple layers of control logic) these methods are not exclusive to IDE are they?
I'm curious. Why do you say that is SCSI fickle? Probably just my lack of experience, but I have a friend who helped me with the install, and he is definitly experienced - but it just was tricky to get it working. Don't get me wrong, I love it - and even though the HD is only 17 GIG, I plan on taking all my SCSI equipment with me to a new computer. The SCSI is about 4 years old
Agreed. My Pent III 800 mghtz, SCSI computer (scsi hard drive, dvd player, cd rom) with 512 ram, Hercules 64 Meg video card runs games like Diablo II MUCH MUCH Faster then my 2.2 ghtz laptop with 512 ram, a better video card (Nvida GForce 4 Go card), "faster" IDE dvd rom. A better test. When I upgraded from IDE to SCSI I performed a DOS level copy. The screen would scroll and periodically pause when reading from the IDE drive. The IDE drive was 7600 RPM, the SCSI HD is 15k. When it would write to the SCSI drive, it FLEW! Never once did it pause. WHile scsi is expensive, runs extremely hot (meaning you need more fans), and is fickle at best - when it works it does WONDERS.... For those people who like to have a RAID system - SCSI is still faster as it reads & writes faster... but again it is more expensive (usually about double - triple) -A
What about employing retinal scan devices. They can be produced cheaply. My credit card company provides me with a credit card with smart chip and they provided me (free) the smart card reader. They also can provide one-time usage credit card numbers. So if I wish to make a purchase I can get this number, plug it in - it works and is then disabeled... Now another bank that i use SS# and 4 digit pin - freaky --- luckily i do not have much money there and online bill payment is disabeled.
Do you also own the copy of MS Office that you may have? Assuming you paid for it (not insinuating that you didn't) what legal issues would you face if you openly admitted to, say MS lawyers, that you decided to reverse engineer it so you could inspect the "inside" of your owned copy of the program? What kind of legal ramifications would you suffer if you showed this code to people (who could 100% prove) who owned the exact same version of this program? Yea you may have have cd, the box. Yes you can sell it on eBay - but until you can twist it inside out and upside down *legally* do you really own it? I can trick out my car, and with the exception of some modifications (i.e. 5% tints, under carriage lights) I have committed no crime. If I tried opening the "hood" of many of my proggies, I will suffer some legal ramifications
This has always been the case, even before computer chips hit cars. Car manufacturers generally create proprietary components, which in and of themselves can be easily acquired after market -BUT require special tools to install. So the private mom & pop garage have to shell out a couple hundred bucks for a special tool - guess who pays for it? The only difference now is that they are using this proprietary information on computer chips.
Here is a neat device.. It is cheap, and supposedly works on cars of 1996 and up! http://www.davisnet.com/drive/products/carchip.asp
You also own your car (unless leased) where most console games are not "owned" but licensed, or some such crap. :)
I know it is TOTALLY way off topic, and I do admit that the post was interesting - but cursing eight times in a 293 word post....just seemed a bit excessive to me. Anyone agree?
At least fast food restaurants can now claim that their grease is good for something other then heart attacks.
I would get sick of smelling all those fries... Sides how does used oil clean fuel injectors?