If you actually compare like to like, Dell is charging $608 for the following Linux machine vs. $669 if you buy with Vista installed. Now, the windows version comes with works, but the ubuntu version either comes with OO.org or it's just an apt-get away (or applications|add/remove).
Granted, you could get OO.org for he windows version too, but that presumes that Works, which can read some Office documents and writes.. rtf (only, I think) has value. Also, it appears that "no monitor" and Intel Celeron processor are not options offered with ubuntu, for what that's worth.
Dell Inspiron 530 PROCESSOR
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad processor Q6600 (8MB L2, 2.4GHz, 1066FSB) OPERATING SYSTEM
Ubuntu 8.04 with DVD Playback WARRANTY AND SERVICE
1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis MONITORS
20 inch E207WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel â" Now Save $50 MEMORY
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 2DIMMs HARD DRIVE
320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache(TM) OPTICAL DRIVE
16x DVD+/-RW Drive VIDEO CARD
Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 SOUND
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio KEYBOARD & MOUSE
Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse FLOPPY & MEDIA READER
No Floppy Drive Included
Was their plan to sell non-apple laptops with otherwise legitimate copies of OSX, or just to copy it a bunch of times over? "Pre-loaded" is a very suspicious software term.
Legislators love specific exceptions much more than just getting he law right generally in the first place. This is because they measure their output by quantity. They seem to think that the job of a good congressman is to pass a lot of bills, or better yet introduce a lot of bills that get passed. It's a miracle that anything gets voted down *at all*.
It's not entirely their fault though. IMO, the ideal congressman sits on his ass all day because nothing needs changing. How many voters really feel the same way.
Well, it's all pretty black and white there... is the university paying you? Does the check say "Harvard University" or does it say "HRUMPTHING Project, LLC?"
A lot of grad student work is paid for through grants (especially research, but also more mundane work). That includes the coursework and stipend, and is set up through the financial aid department.
So, the University's name could be on the check even though they're actually the doing opposite of paying the student: They're being paid themselves as part of the grant.
"Mistakes in math crash systems and cause bridges to fall"
So, too, do mistakes in grammar and syntax. Language, in a sense, is a subset of math. It's definitely worth trying to get right.
The fragment, "passed elementary school," has some rather unfortunate interpretations which do not quite fit with the first part of the sentence. Unfortunately, once you think it, you can't un-think it.
Yeah, but all that mouse-twiddling and artificial network activity might be considered tampering with evidence.
In your scenario, imagine a room full of black-suit-and-tie-wearing drones doing nothing but furiously shaking mice, mashing the keyboard, and refreshing the google home page...forensically, of course.
Don't know why banning the strike and busting the union led to the shortages of pilots, technicians and even air traffic controllers we see today? Then why are you commenting on economics?
I don't know about today, specifically, but about five years ago, the problem was that there weren't enough spaces at the ATC training facilities to accommodate all the people who wanted to go into that line of work, and even though some of the slack could be taken up by other institutions of learning, the requirement that everyone go through the official program kept them from seeing the increased labor pool that outside education would provide.
They were advertising jobs they needed to fill, but had something like a two year waiting list just to get considered for the program.
How did busting the unions keep the training capacity from expanding?
What if they drive off with the nozzle attached, leave the cap off, or get in a crash that damages the tank, as seems to happen a lot with cars that are out there today.
what if they just fail to get he tank visually and/or hydrostatically tested at the proper intervals? These things are going to go through a lot more cycles in a year than your typical scuba tank.
We don't really know what Blix was convinced of, because he tried to play statesman instead of.. you know.. impartially doing his job.
For most of the Clinton administration, it went like this: If Iraq (and the vaunted UN weapons inspectors) was out of the news for a while, all of a sudden Saddam was being uncooperative and suspicious. If it looked like actual military action was approaching imminence, then "no evidence was found."
I have a Samsung DTB-H260F receiver, which is a reasonably good unit.
If adding an amplifier improves reception, then this statement is incorrect: You have a unit with poor sensitivity. Either that, or your feed line is way too long, or "leaky." Check for impedance mismatch, crimps, or switch to something that's more appropriate for weak signal work. Also, if you insist on using cheap coax, make sure that it's properly grounded.
twisted pair (noise cancels) > coax (noise attenuated) > ladder line (well.. it's cheap. it's fine for transmitting)
Most receivers have a built-in pre-amp *anyway* so adding an additional amplifier is like putting V-Tech stickers and a giant spoiler on your cheap imported sedan.
As for multipath, ditch your omindirectional antenna and get something a little more steerable.
He didn't get TOO ripped off, I think, unless the car guide sites are showing inflated values. The dealer margins are big, but not far from 10% of the invoice price*, at least in the "budget" car regime.
*Yes, I know about dealer incentives. Tack on another 5-10%, depending on where in the model year you are. It's still not, percentage-wise, nearly as much markup as, say, that $5 foot-long at subway.
Maybe, but if they shot films at a higher speed, they'd also be more grainy. And most films are about as grainy as I can stand, already. (CG being the exception, of course.)
Keep in mind that a signal amplifier amplifies the noise just as much (sometimes more) as the signal you're interested in. You don't really need one if you're not splitting the signal downstream.
Uh.. is a cell-phone data network, that you share with other users in your cell, as fast as the 802.11(x) connection your iPod Touch uses? 'Cause the iPhone doesn't have WiFi.
Would you approve, then, of he vigilante justice that someone would surely take upon themselves to administer if a high-profile case like this went entirely un-prosecuted?
If Ms. Drew has any sense, she'll pursue any appeals very half-assedly.
It saddens me that he law does not appear to be able to address this issue without damage to itself or justice. This woman committed loathsome actions which unintentionally, perhaps, but also rather unsurprisingly resulted in the death of a human being. We really need to examine the laws and make sure that this can't happen again without just prosecution.
put a rectenna in the base of the car, and charge by induction from underneath the pavement (pick a frequency that meat doesn't absorb very well). As an added bonus, if your electricity is cheap enough, you can design highways to deliver wireless power so the cars only need batteries with 30 miles or so of capacity.
Billing and activation based on transponder identification, of course.
Budget deficits (if you're doing it right) invariably involve the differences of large numbers. Change either one by a tiny percent an you get wild swings in the difference.
So.. how about some context information for that $15 billion.
RI, for instance has a budget deficit of half a billion. But how does their economy compare to CA?
Normally, I'm incensed by euroweenies claiming superiority for some reason or another.
but, you're right about he hybrid nonsense. people apparently ARE that stupid.
not as stupid as the writers for knight rider, though. I've got to stop watching that nonsense. Their big plan this week was to break down top secret documents with "enzymes" so they wouldn't have to incinerate them. It was claimed that this produces methane, and their solution to that was to burn the methane for heat.
Every time they stick that green peacock up there I am reminded that NBC's parent company is GE, so they're not exactly unbiased about the whole "green economy" thing.
Nah, try changing the text-size in firefox and see how long it takes to reflow. (try it on/. after loading *all* the comments for a story)
Render speed is still relevant.
Although i've noticed that there seems to be a signifcant amount of cycles dedicated to the javascript and ads portions of the page during the render time. Ditch either or both and you cut out bandwidth AND cpu bottlenecks. Ad companies should take note and offer less costly ads. I might pay for the product, but the ad sure as hell shouldn't cost me anything but the eye-time to view it (and the portion of the product's price that the seller paid for the ad, of course).
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If you actually compare like to like, Dell is charging $608 for the following Linux machine vs. $669 if you buy with Vista installed. Now, the windows version comes with works, but the ubuntu version either comes with OO.org or it's just an apt-get away (or applications|add/remove).
Granted, you could get OO.org for he windows version too, but that presumes that Works, which can read some Office documents and writes.. rtf (only, I think) has value. Also, it appears that "no monitor" and Intel Celeron processor are not options offered with ubuntu, for what that's worth.
Here ya go, buddy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Was their plan to sell non-apple laptops with otherwise legitimate copies of OSX, or just to copy it a bunch of times over? "Pre-loaded" is a very suspicious software term.
Legislators love specific exceptions much more than just getting he law right generally in the first place. This is because they measure their output by quantity. They seem to think that the job of a good congressman is to pass a lot of bills, or better yet introduce a lot of bills that get passed. It's a miracle that anything gets voted down *at all*.
It's not entirely their fault though. IMO, the ideal congressman sits on his ass all day because nothing needs changing. How many voters really feel the same way.
A lot of grad student work is paid for through grants (especially research, but also more mundane work). That includes the coursework and stipend, and is set up through the financial aid department.
So, the University's name could be on the check even though they're actually the doing opposite of paying the student: They're being paid themselves as part of the grant.
"Mistakes in math crash systems and cause bridges to fall"
So, too, do mistakes in grammar and syntax. Language, in a sense, is a subset of math. It's definitely worth trying to get right.
The fragment, "passed elementary school," has some rather unfortunate interpretations which do not quite fit with the first part of the sentence. Unfortunately, once you think it, you can't un-think it.
The movie that movie got that from has a remake coming out in December, and it doesn't have any "Plan 9" overtones whatsoever.
Don't the md5s come from he same place as the packages? I'm sure the black hats would never think of spoofing the hash in addition to the source.
If it's not signed, it's not signed.
Yeah, but all that mouse-twiddling and artificial network activity might be considered tampering with evidence.
In your scenario, imagine a room full of black-suit-and-tie-wearing drones doing nothing but furiously shaking mice, mashing the keyboard, and refreshing the google home page...forensically, of course.
I don't know about today, specifically, but about five years ago, the problem was that there weren't enough spaces at the ATC training facilities to accommodate all the people who wanted to go into that line of work, and even though some of the slack could be taken up by other institutions of learning, the requirement that everyone go through the official program kept them from seeing the increased labor pool that outside education would provide.
They were advertising jobs they needed to fill, but had something like a two year waiting list just to get considered for the program.
How did busting the unions keep the training capacity from expanding?
what if they just fail to get he tank visually and/or hydrostatically tested at the proper intervals? These things are going to go through a lot more cycles in a year than your typical scuba tank.
We don't really know what Blix was convinced of, because he tried to play statesman instead of .. you know.. impartially doing his job.
For most of the Clinton administration, it went like this: If Iraq (and the vaunted UN weapons inspectors) was out of the news for a while, all of a sudden Saddam was being uncooperative and suspicious. If it looked like actual military action was approaching imminence, then "no evidence was found."
You can't just depower your amp, It'll become an attenuator. Try buying the version of your antenna that doesn't have an amp.
And ground it. Use your plumbing if you absolutely must, not your home electrical supply's earth ground. You have no idea how much this helps.
I have a Samsung DTB-H260F receiver, which is a reasonably good unit.
If adding an amplifier improves reception, then this statement is incorrect: You have a unit with poor sensitivity. Either that, or your feed line is way too long, or "leaky." Check for impedance mismatch, crimps, or switch to something that's more appropriate for weak signal work. Also, if you insist on using cheap coax, make sure that it's properly grounded.
twisted pair (noise cancels) > coax (noise attenuated) > ladder line (well.. it's cheap. it's fine for transmitting)
Most receivers have a built-in pre-amp *anyway* so adding an additional amplifier is like putting V-Tech stickers and a giant spoiler on your cheap imported sedan.
As for multipath, ditch your omindirectional antenna and get something a little more steerable.
He didn't get TOO ripped off, I think, unless the car guide sites are showing inflated values. The dealer margins are big, but not far from 10% of the invoice price*, at least in the "budget" car regime.
*Yes, I know about dealer incentives. Tack on another 5-10%, depending on where in the model year you are. It's still not, percentage-wise, nearly as much markup as, say, that $5 foot-long at subway.
There's another quote that sheds some light on your quote. I don't remember who by:
The existence of something is irrefutable proof of its possibility.
Maybe, but if they shot films at a higher speed, they'd also be more grainy. And most films are about as grainy as I can stand, already. (CG being the exception, of course.)
Only if you have more than one TV.
Keep in mind that a signal amplifier amplifies the noise just as much (sometimes more) as the signal you're interested in. You don't really need one if you're not splitting the signal downstream.
Uh.. is a cell-phone data network, that you share with other users in your cell, as fast as the 802.11(x) connection your iPod Touch uses? 'Cause the iPhone doesn't have WiFi.
Would you approve, then, of he vigilante justice that someone would surely take upon themselves to administer if a high-profile case like this went entirely un-prosecuted?
If Ms. Drew has any sense, she'll pursue any appeals very half-assedly.
It saddens me that he law does not appear to be able to address this issue without damage to itself or justice. This woman committed loathsome actions which unintentionally, perhaps, but also rather unsurprisingly resulted in the death of a human being. We really need to examine the laws and make sure that this can't happen again without just prosecution.
put a rectenna in the base of the car, and charge by induction from underneath the pavement (pick a frequency that meat doesn't absorb very well). As an added bonus, if your electricity is cheap enough, you can design highways to deliver wireless power so the cars only need batteries with 30 miles or so of capacity.
Billing and activation based on transponder identification, of course.
Budget deficits (if you're doing it right) invariably involve the differences of large numbers. Change either one by a tiny percent an you get wild swings in the difference.
So.. how about some context information for that $15 billion.
RI, for instance has a budget deficit of half a billion. But how does their economy compare to CA?
Normally, I'm incensed by euroweenies claiming superiority for some reason or another.
but, you're right about he hybrid nonsense. people apparently ARE that stupid.
not as stupid as the writers for knight rider, though. I've got to stop watching that nonsense. Their big plan this week was to break down top secret documents with "enzymes" so they wouldn't have to incinerate them. It was claimed that this produces methane, and their solution to that was to burn the methane for heat.
Every time they stick that green peacock up there I am reminded that NBC's parent company is GE, so they're not exactly unbiased about the whole "green economy" thing.
Mac mini is still sold in apple stores, so Apple doesn't think they're obsolete.
Nah, try changing the text-size in firefox and see how long it takes to reflow. (try it on /. after loading *all* the comments for a story)
Render speed is still relevant.
Although i've noticed that there seems to be a signifcant amount of cycles dedicated to the javascript and ads portions of the page during the render time. Ditch either or both and you cut out bandwidth AND cpu bottlenecks. Ad companies should take note and offer less costly ads. I might pay for the product, but the ad sure as hell shouldn't cost me anything but the eye-time to view it (and the portion of the product's price that the seller paid for the ad, of course).