Short-chain hydrocarbons are fairly common in the universe, as has been stated above. Short-chain would be ethane, methane, propane. Basically any carbon chain that is lighter than air.
As for now, the only source of long-chain hydrocarbons, aka what we commonly consider oil (C20+) is earth.
The best way to send a letter to a U.S. representative is go to your representative's local office and hand-write a letter to them via their pre-printed forms. It will be delivered by their personal secretaries and such and not bound by the same snail-mail rules. I don't know how it works in every state, but that is the way it works in Indiana.
I did this with an issue I had a few years ago (3 or 4). I got a hand-signed personal response from my representative (Barren Hill) in about a week.
I followed Autopatcher pretty closely and the closest they had to seeking money was asking for donations via Paypal on their website. There were never any nags in their software, nor any reduced functionally if you didn't donate.
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That is bullshit, end of story.
I don't know how gigantic companies work, because I've never worked for one, but I know in the actual real-world, that people don't think like that. I know the owners or higher-ups of most of the businesses I've worked for and none think like that. I know it's fun to have the everyone is out to screw you mentality, but it's not the case. Not every business owner is a deviant psuedo-criminal looking to screw you and every other business first chance they get.
Quick example. There are two fairly large (for a completely local company that does worldwide business) competing companies in my area. One of them caught fire the other day and it burned around $12 million worth of stock and equipment. While the competing company could have jumped on the opportunity to take over the market, they helped out their competitor by letting them use their spare facilities (warehouse and equipment) for nothing more than the usage and maintenance cost until they can get back on their feet. With the knowledge that the company isn't going to go under now because of the fire, they are going to rebuild.
In the real-world, even business owners and managers are people too.
I didn't wreck my stuff because I wanted to keep my chem textbooks as a personal library, I have just seen how others treat their stuff.
Personally I have never tried a tablet pc, just seen how others have used them. During the last year of school someone came around campus and gave away copies of one note. I wanted to try it out, but didn't have the hardware to do so.
I did a quick ebay check for the M1400 and it looks like a solid machine, what was your impression of it? I have no intention of ever spending 4-digits on a notebook and for the specs, that looks pretty decent and since I might be heading to grad school here this summer, I'm on the prowl for handy hardware on the cheap.
Drop a book on the floor in a backpack and step on it. Do the same with a book. Which is likely to come out on top?
I agree nearly 100% with the original poster. I want durability and easy reading. A pda SUCKS for reading for more than a few mins. Lets take school for example, I was a chemistry major. I would have to have a big screen, with color, and I want to be able to draw on it. I wrote my books up like hell, and being that chemistry uses a lot of models and diagrams, being able to draw on the book is just as important as being able to read it.
This is why no one in my major used laptops during class. One guy with a tablet notebook did have his out for a few weeks, but ditched it for dead-trees.
When I worked at UPS, there was a 727 there that had been shot several times (5 or 6 times I think) when it was still a passenger aircraft (from about 35k ft with a 38; you could also find the patches if you knew where to look). It caused no problems other than freaking out the passengers. The plane didn't decompress and it landed safely.
Commercial aircraft are a little more durable than that. Ask any pilot.
If we hadn't spent that 1 trillion dollars on anything, we wouldn't be in debt as badly as we are.
We shouldn't spend money we don't have. Not for infrastructure, not for social programs, not for anything. Any money left over by a budget surplus should go directly to paying down the national debt.
The value of the dollar is almost directly related to the amount of debt we have, so the priority should be lowering said debt, not spending more.
Windows update is for updates, not for new software.
Windows, to the end user, is the same with out without those updates more-or-less. If I want new functionality (aka, a new program), I don't want to have wait for days for it download when I can drive down the road 15mins, purchase and install it.
I just got broadband a couple months ago, and to me, ANY program I had to download was worthless if it was more than just a few megs. I could hold off on updates until I could get a copy of Autopatcher given to me by a friend.
you can exchange money for goods and servies. I didn't realize it was that complicated.
when you print an endless amount of money, it becomes worthless, therefor not suitable in exchange for goods and servies.
think before posting please, and read up on inflation while you're at it.
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I know that, but why not different sized laptop bodies and such.
Why not have say, the itx version of the laptop body which has no optics and then the atx version which has room for all the bells and whistles, with a few options in between? I'm not saying a one-size fits all size laptop body.
There are all different sized desktop cases, why not a selection of like 5 or so different laptop body sizes? Every size has more or less room, size, options, etc.? Then you pick and choose your parts, screen size and do what you want?
Looks nice, but does it close back up?
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Thanks for the coral cache.
It all looks great, but he never shows it back together. Does the keyboard and palm rest actually fit back down on the computer correctly now?
Hacking a laptop is fine, but it should be useful as a laptop.
People have different needs and wants with desktops and you can build any way you want. Full atx down to itx, 15in screen, 21in, etc. Why not the same options with notebooks?
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It is, I was just making a point.
There is no real dividing line between between short-chain and long-chain.
Short-chain hydrocarbons are fairly common in the universe, as has been stated above. Short-chain would be ethane, methane, propane. Basically any carbon chain that is lighter than air.
As for now, the only source of long-chain hydrocarbons, aka what we commonly consider oil (C20+) is earth.
The best way to send a letter to a U.S. representative is go to your representative's local office and hand-write a letter to them via their pre-printed forms. It will be delivered by their personal secretaries and such and not bound by the same snail-mail rules. I don't know how it works in every state, but that is the way it works in Indiana.
I did this with an issue I had a few years ago (3 or 4). I got a hand-signed personal response from my representative (Barren Hill) in about a week.
I followed Autopatcher pretty closely and the closest they had to seeking money was asking for donations via Paypal on their website. There were never any nags in their software, nor any reduced functionally if you didn't donate.
That is bullshit, end of story.
I don't know how gigantic companies work, because I've never worked for one, but I know in the actual real-world, that people don't think like that. I know the owners or higher-ups of most of the businesses I've worked for and none think like that. I know it's fun to have the everyone is out to screw you mentality, but it's not the case. Not every business owner is a deviant psuedo-criminal looking to screw you and every other business first chance they get.
Quick example. There are two fairly large (for a completely local company that does worldwide business) competing companies in my area. One of them caught fire the other day and it burned around $12 million worth of stock and equipment. While the competing company could have jumped on the opportunity to take over the market, they helped out their competitor by letting them use their spare facilities (warehouse and equipment) for nothing more than the usage and maintenance cost until they can get back on their feet. With the knowledge that the company isn't going to go under now because of the fire, they are going to rebuild.
In the real-world, even business owners and managers are people too.
I didn't wreck my stuff because I wanted to keep my chem textbooks as a personal library, I have just seen how others treat their stuff.
Personally I have never tried a tablet pc, just seen how others have used them. During the last year of school someone came around campus and gave away copies of one note. I wanted to try it out, but didn't have the hardware to do so.
I did a quick ebay check for the M1400 and it looks like a solid machine, what was your impression of it? I have no intention of ever spending 4-digits on a notebook and for the specs, that looks pretty decent and since I might be heading to grad school here this summer, I'm on the prowl for handy hardware on the cheap.
Currently using an dell e1405 as my main machine.
Good catch. I proofread that 2 times and still missed it!
How about a more realistic situation?
Drop a book on the floor in a backpack and step on it. Do the same with a book. Which is likely to come out on top?
I agree nearly 100% with the original poster. I want durability and easy reading. A pda SUCKS for reading for more than a few mins. Lets take school for example, I was a chemistry major. I would have to have a big screen, with color, and I want to be able to draw on it. I wrote my books up like hell, and being that chemistry uses a lot of models and diagrams, being able to draw on the book is just as important as being able to read it.
This is why no one in my major used laptops during class. One guy with a tablet notebook did have his out for a few weeks, but ditched it for dead-trees.
When I worked at UPS, there was a 727 there that had been shot several times (5 or 6 times I think) when it was still a passenger aircraft (from about 35k ft with a 38; you could also find the patches if you knew where to look). It caused no problems other than freaking out the passengers. The plane didn't decompress and it landed safely.
Commercial aircraft are a little more durable than that. Ask any pilot.
It's Vitale dumbass, as in Dick Vitale.
If you going to talk sports on slashdot, you better know exactly what the hell you are talking about BAY-BEEEE!
If you know anything about economics, you know there are several schools of though, none of which is "right" or "wrong" scientifically.
If we hadn't spent that 1 trillion dollars on anything, we wouldn't be in debt as badly as we are.
We shouldn't spend money we don't have. Not for infrastructure, not for social programs, not for anything. Any money left over by a budget surplus should go directly to paying down the national debt.
The value of the dollar is almost directly related to the amount of debt we have, so the priority should be lowering said debt, not spending more.
Nor did I.
I don't watch TV or movies really, except for the local evening news.
Windows update is for updates, not for new software.
Windows, to the end user, is the same with out without those updates more-or-less. If I want new functionality (aka, a new program), I don't want to have wait for days for it download when I can drive down the road 15mins, purchase and install it.
I just got broadband a couple months ago, and to me, ANY program I had to download was worthless if it was more than just a few megs. I could hold off on updates until I could get a copy of Autopatcher given to me by a friend.
Sorry, it's just the same thing to dial-up users.
The act is the biological urge, not so much the end result.
There is a lot more sex for pleasure than for reproduction.
Naa. I have slashdot and espn side-by-side, with the superbowl on the tv.
Half-time sucks anyway, I watch it for the game.
you can exchange money for goods and servies. I didn't realize it was that complicated.
when you print an endless amount of money, it becomes worthless, therefor not suitable in exchange for goods and servies.
think before posting please, and read up on inflation while you're at it.
I know that, but why not different sized laptop bodies and such.
Why not have say, the itx version of the laptop body which has no optics and then the atx version which has room for all the bells and whistles, with a few options in between? I'm not saying a one-size fits all size laptop body.
There are all different sized desktop cases, why not a selection of like 5 or so different laptop body sizes? Every size has more or less room, size, options, etc.? Then you pick and choose your parts, screen size and do what you want?
Thanks for the coral cache.
It all looks great, but he never shows it back together. Does the keyboard and palm rest actually fit back down on the computer correctly now?
Hacking a laptop is fine, but it should be useful as a laptop.
Wouldn't that be the point?
People have different needs and wants with desktops and you can build any way you want. Full atx down to itx, 15in screen, 21in, etc. Why not the same options with notebooks?
Most do?
I don't anyone that does, including myself. Not all of us work in IT.
If ISP's didn't oversell bandwidth you would be paying $300/month for internet access.
Overselling isn't the problem. Way, way overselling is. Some things can be oversold without a problem, including bandwidth.
Yes.
From the department of redundancy department.
Sigh. Sorry about that.
The only person I know with one is a pharmacist I know. She said she loves it.
I don't many people with any phones running windows either. Most everyone has a regular (in the sense that it's not a touch screen) phone.