I wonder when they implement this into the Weasley's family "clock" from Harry Potter if there will be customizable locales like "at his Mistress's". Of course most of us here will need only three locations: in front of the computer, in the bathroom, and in bed.
For me the deal breaker is the lack of CYMK support. I can't understand how they can charge $500 for a photo editing program without it. This seems less like a full-fledged photo editor than a cut down version that you'd get bundled free with a graphics tablet or digital camera.
I'll be spending the weekend tuning my trebuchet. It currently can chuck a golfball about 300' but I think it can do another 50'.
Since I live in a small house, it's a small one, only about a meter tall with a forty pounds of counterweight. I'd love to build a full-sized one someday. I suspect if I had a neighbor who ticked me off enough I would.;)
since I used to work at an OEM shop in the valley. We used to overclock the old ceramic-cased 486-33s to ridiculous speeds, sometimes as high as 80Mhz by replacing the clock crystal and modifying the MB.
Now we had a good customer who somehow had dropped one of the tested good 486s and broken the ceramic case so that a corner with three pins had come completely detached. My boss decided to be nice and replace it. I asked for and received the broken CPU.
After four or five attempts I managed to solder and JBWeld the CPU together and it served me well for about three years.
It was an ancient (about 10 yr old) off brand CRT that squealed horribly and put out vast amounts of heat near the end of its' life. I haven't missed it for a minute and my power bill did noticeably decrease.
by switching from energy guzzling CRTs to cool power efficient flat screens. I went from a 19" CRT at 350w to a 19" flat screen at 50w quite painlessly.
I doubt you could achieve that kind of savings no matter how power efficient you made the PS.
The reason you don't see more people installing solar cells to power their homes is that the cost per kWh is about ten times that of power from the grid.
Once you take into consideration the expense of the large battery system required and the replacement of those batteries every few years, it's a lot less inviting. The batteries are made in large quantities now for use in golf carts and other electric vehicles. The cost for them is not going to decrease with economies of scale. They also are extremely heavy, requiring substantial energy resources to move them to and from the site.
Even if the solar panels themselves were free, this wouldn't change the total cost radically.
I would guess that the vast mobs of AOLers and their ilk have never even heard of Verisign or SCO, nor care particularly. As long as they can fumble their way to whatever site they like, it doesn't matter to them.
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I wonder when they implement this into the Weasley's family "clock" from Harry Potter if there will be customizable locales like "at his Mistress's". Of course most of us here will need only three locations: in front of the computer, in the bathroom, and in bed.
Oooooh, if only you had spelled "grammar" correctly. That would have been sweet.
For me the deal breaker is the lack of CYMK support. I can't understand how they can charge $500 for a photo editing program without it. This seems less like a full-fledged photo editor than a cut down version that you'd get bundled free with a graphics tablet or digital camera.
I'll be spending the weekend tuning my trebuchet. It currently can chuck a golfball about 300' but I think it can do another 50'.
;)
Since I live in a small house, it's a small one, only about a meter tall with a forty pounds of counterweight. I'd love to build a full-sized one someday.
I suspect if I had a neighbor who ticked me off enough I would.
Agreed. (or ironic)
Remember when you vote that the current job market is Clinton's fault. ;)
since I used to work at an OEM shop in the valley. We used to overclock the old ceramic-cased 486-33s to ridiculous speeds, sometimes as high as 80Mhz by replacing the clock crystal and modifying the MB.
Now we had a good customer who somehow had dropped one of the tested good 486s and broken the ceramic case so that a corner with three pins had come completely detached. My boss decided to be nice and replace it. I asked for and received the broken CPU.
After four or five attempts I managed to solder and JBWeld the CPU together and it served me well for about three years.
It was an ancient (about 10 yr old) off brand CRT that squealed horribly and put out vast amounts of heat near the end of its' life. I haven't missed it for a minute and my power bill did noticeably decrease.
by switching from energy guzzling CRTs to cool power efficient flat screens. I went from a 19" CRT at 350w to a 19" flat screen at 50w quite painlessly.
I doubt you could achieve that kind of savings no matter how power efficient you made the PS.
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Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things!
The reason you don't see more people installing solar cells to power their homes is that the cost per kWh is about ten times that of power from the grid.
Once you take into consideration the expense of the large battery system required and the replacement of those batteries every few years, it's a lot less inviting. The batteries are made in large quantities now for use in golf carts and other electric vehicles. The cost for them is not going to decrease with economies of scale. They also are extremely heavy, requiring substantial energy resources to move them to and from the site.
Even if the solar panels themselves were free, this wouldn't change the total cost radically.
That's a joke, son!! Any of this gettin' through to ya, son?
Sure, but now we have thought of funnier things to say about it.
Uh, how about "The Princess Bride"?
I would guess that the vast mobs of AOLers and their ilk have never even heard of Verisign or SCO, nor care particularly. As long as they can fumble their way to whatever site they like, it doesn't matter to them.