Shame Amazon are still making a handsome profit on all the items in the wishlists. How about they chip in by agreeing to send double what has been bought?
I've bought them a CD and one of those cool 20 Questions things. Unfortunately, I tend to agree that the majority of Slashdotters are cheapskates - just look at the number of posts in this thread where people have been karma whoring "funny" mods.
Most people over 40 can't focus at distances close to their face, so they do get eye strain.
I find it remarkably easy to put movies on my phone - Pocket DVD Studio will rip a DVD and compress it to an XVid file, and then it's just a matter of copying it to the phone's memory card.
Mine will handle a 320x240 video encoded at 450kb/s with no problem whatsoever.
...which effectively proves that it's a con. From the Wikipedia article:
"When captured by a proton to form a hydrogen atom, this two-dimensional electron deforms into a sphere, called the orbitsphere, composed of a spherically-uniform, continuous distribution of current loops and achieves a stable radius through force balance between the coulombic field of the proton and the outward centrifugal force of the moving current on the surface of the sphere."
Centrifugal force? Every high school student knows that it doesn't exist. Another crackpot theory accidentally advertised- I'm sorry, published, on Slashdot.
That's how I did it when I wanted a gory image of my arm to x-ray to friends. Get an expensive piece of bright white glossy paper, and put it on top of the x-ray. Problem solved.
However, asking your radiology department is easier, as I discovered afterwards that they'd have emailed the digital original to me if I'd asked.
The reason LED lights appear blue is because we're used to white light (ie, from the sun) being slightly yellow, and correct it automatically. If you lived for a few weeks under LEDs alone, you'd quickly discover that they are in fact pure white light.
Of course, they also do a pretty good job of playing games too. Quake, Quake II, Quake 3 (still just a tech demo though), plenty of third party games, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is coming in the next few months. More details at http://www.pocketgamer.org/
I used to think British broadband was terrible, but in the last year it has leapt ahead. Cable services now average 2-3Mbit, and will climb to 10mbit by the end of the year. ADSL is currently offered at 1, 2, or 8mbits, with 20mbits available soon. I have 2mbit cable, and pay ~$40 a month for it.
Exactly - I always swore I'd never use pop-ups or untargetted ads on my website. While I have (sadly) needed to add a leaderboard and skyscraper banner to PocketGamer to cover the hosting costs, the only adverts allowed on there are pre-approved ones that advertise Pocket PC games.
Yes, they're animated, but they also work better than Google ones, and bring in more revenue. I wish they weren't animated, but they're carefully designed, don't flash (sorry), and advertise quality games. We get ~1% CTR on our ads, which makes up for people blocking them, and just about covers the hosting bill.
I don't mind if people block the ads; chances are they'd have warezed the games anyway, and I'm planning to allow members to turn off the larger ads if they want to. (Membership is, and always will be, free.)
So, by and by, I'm largely happy with the way things are going. Things will always change, and I guess the only thing to do is try to go with the flow.;-)
Is anyone else considering the possibility that this asteroid actually is on a collision course with Earth, and they don't want to panic us? Paranoia hats on, everyone.
Also, if you have your rack of pizza box servers running from the same power supply, and something very big goes very wrong with the PSU, you might end up frying a lot of servers.
Nothin' like the smell of charred components in the morning...;-)
I can't remember where I quoted my last comment from (think it was Red Dwarf), but then again England does need fewer patriotic and nationalistic wankers like you.
It's kind of embarrassing really, I keep needing to apologise for my nationality more and more lately. I meet Germans and feel the need to apologise for MY nation's conduct in the war...
If you want to wire it like this, my advice would be to obtain a separate consumer unit and treat the output of the UPS into it as you would the normal phase in. Bear in mind the power limitations - if your UPS is rated at a maximum, of, say, 2500W, then you can only have just over 10 amps on it.
Depending on the power requirements of your computers (think about getting TFT monitors, for example), you could perhaps five sockets each of two amps, (about 450W/socket, easily enough for most PCs and an attached monitor).
Put the sockets on RCDs. It's not strictly necessary, but if you're as inept at wiring as you sound, it might just save your life.
So, you run new sockets from your new consumer unit, marking them red or something. You DO NOT want to wire things in the way you describe. Not only is it dangerous, but I think that if you inspect your breaker cabinet you'll find it quite difficult to do.;-)
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Shame Amazon are still making a handsome profit on all the items in the wishlists. How about they chip in by agreeing to send double what has been bought?
I've bought them a CD and one of those cool 20 Questions things. Unfortunately, I tend to agree that the majority of Slashdotters are cheapskates - just look at the number of posts in this thread where people have been karma whoring "funny" mods.
I'm trying really hard not to get into a spin about all this, but it blows all the competition away.
But there's a dark side to everything...
Most people over 40 can't focus at distances close to their face, so they do get eye strain.
I find it remarkably easy to put movies on my phone - Pocket DVD Studio will rip a DVD and compress it to an XVid file, and then it's just a matter of copying it to the phone's memory card.
Mine will handle a 320x240 video encoded at 450kb/s with no problem whatsoever.
...which effectively proves that it's a con. From the Wikipedia article:
"When captured by a proton to form a hydrogen atom, this two-dimensional electron deforms into a sphere, called the orbitsphere, composed of a spherically-uniform, continuous distribution of current loops and achieves a stable radius through force balance between the coulombic field of the proton and the outward centrifugal force of the moving current on the surface of the sphere."
Centrifugal force? Every high school student knows that it doesn't exist. Another crackpot theory accidentally advertised- I'm sorry, published, on Slashdot.
That's how I did it when I wanted a gory image of my arm to x-ray to friends. Get an expensive piece of bright white glossy paper, and put it on top of the x-ray. Problem solved.
However, asking your radiology department is easier, as I discovered afterwards that they'd have emailed the digital original to me if I'd asked.
It'll just about be able to handle Windows Vista... :-)
The reason LED lights appear blue is because we're used to white light (ie, from the sun) being slightly yellow, and correct it automatically. If you lived for a few weeks under LEDs alone, you'd quickly discover that they are in fact pure white light.
Of course, they also do a pretty good job of playing games too. Quake, Quake II, Quake 3 (still just a tech demo though), plenty of third party games, and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 is coming in the next few months. More details at http://www.pocketgamer.org/
(Yes, that was a shameless plug. Sorry.)
I used to think British broadband was terrible, but in the last year it has leapt ahead. Cable services now average 2-3Mbit, and will climb to 10mbit by the end of the year. ADSL is currently offered at 1, 2, or 8mbits, with 20mbits available soon. I have 2mbit cable, and pay ~$40 a month for it.
...can you imagine a Beowulf cluster of these?
"Thank you ladies and gentlemen, I'll be here all week. OK, who threw the brick??!!"
Exactly - I always swore I'd never use pop-ups or untargetted ads on my website. While I have (sadly) needed to add a leaderboard and skyscraper banner to PocketGamer to cover the hosting costs, the only adverts allowed on there are pre-approved ones that advertise Pocket PC games.
;-)
Yes, they're animated, but they also work better than Google ones, and bring in more revenue. I wish they weren't animated, but they're carefully designed, don't flash (sorry), and advertise quality games. We get ~1% CTR on our ads, which makes up for people blocking them, and just about covers the hosting bill.
I don't mind if people block the ads; chances are they'd have warezed the games anyway, and I'm planning to allow members to turn off the larger ads if they want to. (Membership is, and always will be, free.)
So, by and by, I'm largely happy with the way things are going. Things will always change, and I guess the only thing to do is try to go with the flow.
Can someone call Google and ask them to hurry up indexing the world's information, specifically, my bedroom. I need my socks...
A theory... that you only tell your relatives. ;)
I'd feel more sympathy if Norton Internet Security 2005 didn't break everything it touched.
The 90 or 120 warranties only apply in the US, as in most of Europe they have to provide a 1 to 3 year warranty by law.
Well, they do they that they're the dog's bollocks... ;-)
[Note - this joke will only make sense to UK readers. Americans, please mod it funny and continue]
Sorry, I agree with the article. Gmail is the best web-based mail package hands down. I forward all my email to my Gmail account now.
Is anyone else considering the possibility that this asteroid actually is on a collision course with Earth, and they don't want to panic us? Paranoia hats on, everyone.
It's still in warranty, but you have to return it to the shop before you get your refund....
Also, if you have your rack of pizza box servers running from the same power supply, and something very big goes very wrong with the PSU, you might end up frying a lot of servers.
;-)
Nothin' like the smell of charred components in the morning...
You find it tough to take a joke, don't you?
I can't remember where I quoted my last comment from (think it was Red Dwarf), but then again England does need fewer patriotic and nationalistic wankers like you.
Sorry, I'm British.
It's kind of embarrassing really, I keep needing to apologise for my nationality more and more lately. I meet Germans and feel the need to apologise for MY nation's conduct in the war...
If you want to wire it like this, my advice would be to obtain a separate consumer unit and treat the output of the UPS into it as you would the normal phase in. Bear in mind the power limitations - if your UPS is rated at a maximum, of, say, 2500W, then you can only have just over 10 amps on it.
;-)
Depending on the power requirements of your computers (think about getting TFT monitors, for example), you could perhaps five sockets each of two amps, (about 450W/socket, easily enough for most PCs and an attached monitor).
Put the sockets on RCDs. It's not strictly necessary, but if you're as inept at wiring as you sound, it might just save your life.
So, you run new sockets from your new consumer unit, marking them red or something. You DO NOT want to wire things in the way you describe. Not only is it dangerous, but I think that if you inspect your breaker cabinet you'll find it quite difficult to do.