The Scrolls are possibly the most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century.
Atlantis was discovered hundreds of times during the 20th Century. Surely that adds up to more than a single discovery of some scrolls.
On a serious note, I'm skeptical of the claim anyway. We discovered entire civilizations we never previously knew existed, and a great number of unknown texts, entire unknown languages and writing systems, etc.
Back up your claims with links, otherwise this is a humor post.
He said 1% of computers that were used to play Guild Wars gave wrong answers. Gaming PCs are more likely to be overclocked too far, have under-dimensioned power supplies or overheating issues than the average PC. 1% doesn't sound unrealistically high to me.
guild wars runs okay on a crappy netbook, let alone anyones PC, If you need to OC to play Guild Wars then you are using a Pentium III.
Just saying.
I've fixed a lot of PC. In fact, i pride myself on the fact that I can usually figure out what is wrong with a computer, software or hardware. And I've seen some funky hardware in my time. And lost a lot of hardware going bad.
I bet more then 1% of computers are problemmatic and the owners don't know it. The last chunk of memory could be bad, but if they don't use all the memory, might never find that out. (or if they test it). They might dismissed random shutdowns without understanding there is a problem.
In my experience, there is a lot of computer hardware out there that is crappily made and shouldn't be sold, let alone in someone's computer.
"Personally I keep a list of the top 10 applications I launch (Chrome, Visual Studio, a screen capture utility, etc) right at the very top level of the "Start" menu so I can get to them quickly"
So put them on the metro page. Functions in a similar way: press the windows key and you'll see all your pinned apps for quick and easy access as well as be able to just type the name of any given app you may want.
Prior to the release of Win8, I was highly, highly critical. Thought it was the dumbest thing MS had ever done. As someone who went through the pain of WinME, that's saying a lot. But I've gotten used to it. Still spend almost all my time in the desktop, but I've grown to like the metro apps for things like easy access for my kids. I still think MS made a mistake by not at least making a full-desktop-mode option, but I can live with Metro and find it beneficial in some ways. I certainly haven'y been hampered by it at all.
Well, aren't you special? You are happy because the Metro UI makes your computer easier for your kids to use. And you are okay with it because you are used to it now. Seriously? Your post makes me think that the UI is really dumbed down, which is cool, because it fits your IQ better.
You are probably not aware that Windows 8 supports the full range of Windows 7 desktop features and allows you to run as many programs as you wish and configure their windows as you see fit. The only thing missing is the start menu and I don't know anyone who used the start menu for anything but search and shut down. The fact that desktop users (or even all users) may not like Metro apps does not matter at all since you don't need to use them.
Don't care. I do not need to upgrade to Windows 8, just like everyone else out there. Windows 7 works great, Windows 8 is NOT needed.
And I have a better idea, why doesn't MS work to make sure their OS is the best ever, instead of making new versions to confuse the public with? Mainly so quick after the release of the last OS.
The trouble with 'warning signs' when it comes to events like this is we are talking about a FP/TP ratio of possibility millions to one... meaning that as indicators of mass shootings, they are completely useless.
Now, they might have utility in getting people help that would increase their quality of life or of that around them.. but more likely they would just be used to crack down on people who are already having trouble...
Well, it doesn't stop them when it's terrorist, and terrorist must do more damage then people who shoot up schools based on all the laws that have been change to protect us from Terrorist.
These crackpots do have some entertainment value though, my employer is throwing a party as a result on that day. But other than that, the usual: Stupidity, self-aggrandizement,... . Human scum at work. I think if the right 5% died, this planet could be a peaceful paradise.
It has nothing to do with being tech savvy, smart, or old. This is the sort of news that people do NOT like hearing. You tell them their computer is infected and they get defensive because they don't want to hear they did something wrong. Even though we know it's very easy to get infected if you aren't paying attention and there are a lot of traps out there to get you, but most people do not know that.
And when you tell someone something they don't want to hear, what do they usually do? Yes, lash out at you in anger. Not unlike what the article person did, tried to turn it around and blame their friend.
Back in the early 90's, there was this local person that I did a bit a computer business with, so we knew each other decently. This one time I got a disk from him, and it was infected with the Stoned virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoned_(computer_virus). Well, it took me a bit to figure out what was going on, and that i infected a few other of my boot disks in the process (it was my first virus, how we never forget out first!). When i figured it all out and told him that I got a virus from him, he wigged out and swore that he never gave me a virus and blah blah blah. I was just warning him so he could check his disks, i wasn't blaming him for anything, yet his first reaction is to deny it happened.
You find this happens for most everything when there is a chance someone did something wrong.
I have a pretty good experience with PDFs on my Kindle. I'm reading a book in PDF right now and I didn't notice any problems with rendering speed. The text is easy to read, as usual.
Some PDF's are just images (usually jpegs) of pages, those are slow as hell on Kindles. PDF's that are text, not images are a lot faster.
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Sounds like what happened in Television from the 50's to the 80's. Nothing but crap for years on end.
If this had been a good idea, then there'd be no need for the government to get involved. Individuals having free choice would have spent this money in a way that better fits their individual needs, most likely stimulating more decentralized, less censorship-prone means of delivering a high-speed connection. Even though there are private companies involved, this is nonetheless socialism (fascism). Once government is involved, restrictions (ex. "Net Neutrality") are sure to follow and spread. Trading freedom for useless extra bandwidth (that like 99% of people don't need) is never a good thing.
you paid for the city government to lay dark fiber for years, then they are handing it off to a private company who will gouge you to flicker lights at the ends of it?
yes I know there is more to it than flickering lights, but I also know the ISP is not going to provide this service for operating cost + small percentage, they will run with it, charge as much as every other fiber service and you footed the bill for their infrastructure, that is "on lease" at a deep discount for might as well be life.
i've been sitting in seattle, well, since forever... and this is at least the third try at this. comcast the evil monopoly that holds seattle in its death-grip will try everything that was successful at shutting this down and then-some before letting this through. they will start with "incentives" (building computer labs in the schools for example), then move to bribes (there's a hot mayor race coming up. watch if one candidate suddenly gets a zillion in outside funding. "but that's illegal!!" yeah... right), then legal threats like suing for restraint of trade (which have turned the trick before). they may also get federal, using a bribed federal regulatory agency to shut down the endeavor. so as much as i'd love to see this, and might even directly benefit, this ain't going to go down smoothly. this is a fairly fidgety "David" against an massively monetized Goliath.
You do know that comcast only covers parts of Seattle, right? I part of where i live, Capital Hill and Beacon Hill don't have Comcast, they have a different cable provider. I tried to find a map of what Comcast covers, but that seems impossible. I did find a map of Fiber Optics in Washtington, from last year and you can see a big void in Seattle: http://www.uptun.org/2011/08/29/fiber-optic-coverage-in-seattle/
Seems to me that Comcast should have no say. They had their chance and they didn't do anything.
I hope he doesn't mean ending the free-ridership zone downtown...
I'm going to point out that the main part, that is, the business part of downtown Seattle is barely a mile long and about 6 blocks wide. And the free bus ride was pretty much only for that area (it was a little bigger). So if you used the free bus ride a lot, pay up, or stop being lazy.
I'm also going to point out the people that will miss the free bus ride the most are the people who would get on the bus with no money and expect a free ride when it got out of the downtown area. So if that is you, HAHA!!!
I think it is awesome that they are trying to get fiber through out the city but 55,000 is a really really small number. From the math in the article it is going to cost them $3636.37 per residence/business they connect to the network. Any idea how that compares to google's plans in Kansas city cost wise?
Seeing as I live in one of those areas, and all i can get it either crappy DSL, evil Comcast Cable, or stupid wifi thingy, I'm pretty cool with this. At least till i see what it's going to cost me monthly. I'm signed up and debating on if i should get involved to get the word out to my neighborhood to sign up to show interest.
While this may not be enough for you, it's a start.
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then it is their intention to sell photos or do whatever they can with them to make money.
If it wasn't there intention to do that, then there would be no need to have the TOS termed like it is.
The Scrolls are possibly the most important archaeological discovery of the 20th century.
Atlantis was discovered hundreds of times during the 20th Century. Surely that adds up to more than a single discovery of some scrolls.
On a serious note, I'm skeptical of the claim anyway. We discovered entire civilizations we never previously knew existed, and a great number of unknown texts, entire unknown languages and writing systems, etc.
Back up your claims with links, otherwise this is a humor post.
Are you two done yet?
Gramps, you forgot, Get off my lawn.
Gen-Y'r, you don't have to care, but this is history, regardless of it's religious value to some religions.
otherwise, Happy Holidays.
He said 1% of computers that were used to play Guild Wars gave wrong answers. Gaming PCs are more likely to be overclocked too far, have under-dimensioned power supplies or overheating issues than the average PC. 1% doesn't sound unrealistically high to me.
guild wars runs okay on a crappy netbook, let alone anyones PC, If you need to OC to play Guild Wars then you are using a Pentium III.
Just saying.
I've fixed a lot of PC. In fact, i pride myself on the fact that I can usually figure out what is wrong with a computer, software or hardware. And I've seen some funky hardware in my time. And lost a lot of hardware going bad.
I bet more then 1% of computers are problemmatic and the owners don't know it. The last chunk of memory could be bad, but if they don't use all the memory, might never find that out. (or if they test it). They might dismissed random shutdowns without understanding there is a problem.
In my experience, there is a lot of computer hardware out there that is crappily made and shouldn't be sold, let alone in someone's computer.
The excuses just get better and better:
Any accounts set up under fake names will be removed from the site when discovered in order to keep the community safe, according to Facebook.
How does this keep community safe? Facebook is not a dating site.
They mean safe for them to use the data to make money.
"Personally I keep a list of the top 10 applications I launch (Chrome, Visual Studio, a screen capture utility, etc) right at the very top level of the "Start" menu so I can get to them quickly"
So put them on the metro page. Functions in a similar way: press the windows key and you'll see all your pinned apps for quick and easy access as well as be able to just type the name of any given app you may want.
Prior to the release of Win8, I was highly, highly critical. Thought it was the dumbest thing MS had ever done. As someone who went through the pain of WinME, that's saying a lot. But I've gotten used to it. Still spend almost all my time in the desktop, but I've grown to like the metro apps for things like easy access for my kids. I still think MS made a mistake by not at least making a full-desktop-mode option, but I can live with Metro and find it beneficial in some ways. I certainly haven'y been hampered by it at all.
Well, aren't you special? You are happy because the Metro UI makes your computer easier for your kids to use. And you are okay with it because you are used to it now. Seriously? Your post makes me think that the UI is really dumbed down, which is cool, because it fits your IQ better.
You are probably not aware that Windows 8 supports the full range of Windows 7 desktop features and allows you to run as many programs as you wish and configure their windows as you see fit. The only thing missing is the start menu and I don't know anyone who used the start menu for anything but search and shut down. The fact that desktop users (or even all users) may not like Metro apps does not matter at all since you don't need to use them.
Don't care. I do not need to upgrade to Windows 8, just like everyone else out there. Windows 7 works great, Windows 8 is NOT needed.
And I have a better idea, why doesn't MS work to make sure their OS is the best ever, instead of making new versions to confuse the public with? Mainly so quick after the release of the last OS.
The trouble with 'warning signs' when it comes to events like this is we are talking about a FP/TP ratio of possibility millions to one... meaning that as indicators of mass shootings, they are completely useless.
Now, they might have utility in getting people help that would increase their quality of life or of that around them.. but more likely they would just be used to crack down on people who are already having trouble...
Well, it doesn't stop them when it's terrorist, and terrorist must do more damage then people who shoot up schools based on all the laws that have been change to protect us from Terrorist.
... You never know when the Soviet or McCarthy era abuses will begin again.
You mean like instead of being a communist, they call you a terrorist when they don't like you?
BTV is our airport code and a common shorthand for Burlington, Vermont. It's used as the hashtag on Twitter for our city, for example.
No one 'cept people from Burlington care, and they probably already know this.
These crackpots do have some entertainment value though, my employer is throwing a party as a result on that day. But other than that, the usual: Stupidity, self-aggrandizement,... . Human scum at work. I think if the right 5% died, this planet could be a peaceful paradise.
ya, if the top 1% was in the 5%.
need more usb ports 2 is way to few
They can get rid of one of the ethernet ports, 2 on a laptop is not needed.
You get what you pay for.
Will Dell go the way Noika has? Time will tell.
As I've said for years, friends (family) doesn't let friends (family) buy Dell.
It has nothing to do with being tech savvy, smart, or old. This is the sort of news that people do NOT like hearing. You tell them their computer is infected and they get defensive because they don't want to hear they did something wrong. Even though we know it's very easy to get infected if you aren't paying attention and there are a lot of traps out there to get you, but most people do not know that.
And when you tell someone something they don't want to hear, what do they usually do? Yes, lash out at you in anger. Not unlike what the article person did, tried to turn it around and blame their friend.
Back in the early 90's, there was this local person that I did a bit a computer business with, so we knew each other decently. This one time I got a disk from him, and it was infected with the Stoned virus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoned_(computer_virus). Well, it took me a bit to figure out what was going on, and that i infected a few other of my boot disks in the process (it was my first virus, how we never forget out first!). When i figured it all out and told him that I got a virus from him, he wigged out and swore that he never gave me a virus and blah blah blah. I was just warning him so he could check his disks, i wasn't blaming him for anything, yet his first reaction is to deny it happened.
You find this happens for most everything when there is a chance someone did something wrong.
it's been raining here.
I have a pretty good experience with PDFs on my Kindle. I'm reading a book in PDF right now and I didn't notice any problems with rendering speed. The text is easy to read, as usual.
Some PDF's are just images (usually jpegs) of pages, those are slow as hell on Kindles. PDF's that are text, not images are a lot faster.
Sounds like what happened in Television from the 50's to the 80's. Nothing but crap for years on end.
Still nothing but crap on TV.
I believe you.
And you should because I posted it on the interwebs.
will believe anything on the interwebs.
If this had been a good idea, then there'd be no need for the government to get involved. Individuals having free choice would have spent this money in a way that better fits their individual needs, most likely stimulating more decentralized, less censorship-prone means of delivering a high-speed connection. Even though there are private companies involved, this is nonetheless socialism (fascism). Once government is involved, restrictions (ex. "Net Neutrality") are sure to follow and spread. Trading freedom for useless extra bandwidth (that like 99% of people don't need) is never a good thing.
--libman
Okay Comcast shill.
you paid for the city government to lay dark fiber for years, then they are handing it off to a private company who will gouge you to flicker lights at the ends of it?
yes I know there is more to it than flickering lights, but I also know the ISP is not going to provide this service for operating cost + small percentage, they will run with it, charge as much as every other fiber service and you footed the bill for their infrastructure, that is "on lease" at a deep discount for might as well be life.
So what is your solution? We use dial up modems?
i've been sitting in seattle, well, since forever... and this is at least the third try at this. comcast the evil monopoly that holds seattle in its death-grip will try everything that was successful at shutting this down and then-some before letting this through. they will start with "incentives" (building computer labs in the schools for example), then move to bribes (there's a hot mayor race coming up. watch if one candidate suddenly gets a zillion in outside funding. "but that's illegal!!" yeah... right), then legal threats like suing for restraint of trade (which have turned the trick before). they may also get federal, using a bribed federal regulatory agency to shut down the endeavor. so as much as i'd love to see this, and might even directly benefit, this ain't going to go down smoothly. this is a fairly fidgety "David" against an massively monetized Goliath.
You do know that comcast only covers parts of Seattle, right? I part of where i live, Capital Hill and Beacon Hill don't have Comcast, they have a different cable provider. I tried to find a map of what Comcast covers, but that seems impossible. I did find a map of Fiber Optics in Washtington, from last year and you can see a big void in Seattle:
http://www.uptun.org/2011/08/29/fiber-optic-coverage-in-seattle/
Seems to me that Comcast should have no say. They had their chance and they didn't do anything.
I hope he doesn't mean ending the free-ridership zone downtown...
I'm going to point out that the main part, that is, the business part of downtown Seattle is barely a mile long and about 6 blocks wide. And the free bus ride was pretty much only for that area (it was a little bigger). So if you used the free bus ride a lot, pay up, or stop being lazy.
I'm also going to point out the people that will miss the free bus ride the most are the people who would get on the bus with no money and expect a free ride when it got out of the downtown area. So if that is you, HAHA!!!
I think it is awesome that they are trying to get fiber through out the city but 55,000 is a really really small number. From the math in the article it is going to cost them $3636.37 per residence/business they connect to the network. Any idea how that compares to google's plans in Kansas city cost wise?
Seeing as I live in one of those areas, and all i can get it either crappy DSL, evil Comcast Cable, or stupid wifi thingy, I'm pretty cool with this. At least till i see what it's going to cost me monthly. I'm signed up and debating on if i should get involved to get the word out to my neighborhood to sign up to show interest.
While this may not be enough for you, it's a start.