My current desktop machine that I do development on is more than 9 years old, sub-1 GHz. I've upgraded the OS to XP at some point, and it runs just fine. The only thing I've noticed being slow are some flash movies.
Although for some adult ages the percentage of gamers may be growing, e.g. they stop for a while and then when their kids are old enough to play they get back into gaming, so there may be a bunch of 40-somethings who had video games as kids, and are now getting back into it with their kids.
Painful hot is about 110F. Water heaters are not supposed to come set at over 125F from the factory. You'd have 3rd degree burns after 30 seconds at 130F, so 140 is definitely not lukewarm.
I've seen the first happen to someone at the race track, I think the ABS sensor moved far enough away from the axle it didn't see movement, so thought the wheels were locked up and kept the brakes off.
There are a couple bits around Cleveland where the road has a bit of a washboard surface approaching traffic lights that cause the ABS to act funny. I think it's a resonance that as the tires bounce and get light they partially lock, the ABS pulses, and when it reapplies they are on the next bounce and lock again.
You can look at Africa, with a growing population that strips the forest, turning more of the continent to desert, shrinking food production per capita, serious water shortages. You end up with an AIDS epidemic, constant warring, and water and/or food shortages causing some very low life-expectancies.
While the problem is population density, it is in terms of the amount of land needed to provide food, water, fuel etc for a person. While having high-density cities surrounded by low-density farm-land may work best, the quality of life is best when the population density is far below the maximum point, allowing for the inevitable ups and downs in nature.
Arizona and New Mexico can't support as large a population density as areas with better climate and terrain. A world wide negative population growth would be a huge positive.
I studied software engineering at Birmingham about 20 years ago, which was definitely a worthwhile experience. There appear to be a few different levels of computer learning, and you would need to find out what you want to do, and if a particular course matches. The pure computer science is about understanding how the computer works, the algorithms, and knowing what a computer can and can't do. The other end are the people who understand what users want, and the way they reach that goal may or may not be efficient, secure, or meet other criteria as they don't have that understanding. There is still plenty of room in the middle for the person who understands enough CS to use the right tool, but maybe not create the tools themselves.
So will that make it more difficult as a customer to figure out what you are buying, and what the default settings are? Personally I'd prefer to buy the computer without various additional plugins, toolbars, alternative browsers and media players, and definitely not have them be the default. Hopefully Dell and the other computer builders will be clear about what software they have added, removed, and what the defaults are.
Why not just swap batteries at the filling station for a full one, like they do with propane tanks? Then the filling station can recharge at a more leisurely pace.
The reason branding generally works is consistency. Going into McDonalds you know what you are going to get, pretty much no matter what town you are in. If you go to the mom and pop diner you don't know, until you've eaten there a few times.
If that quality is allowed to drop then they may make greater profits for a while, until people realize. It may take a several bad experiences to overcome a history of quality, but I know I've now bought enough Sony to avoid it.
People knew what an IBM notebook was going to be, but they don't know if Lenovo is going to stick with the same formula.
I use Readerware for the same issue. Use a barcode scanner to grab the ISBN/UPC code. The software organizes by looking up the book in various places, e.g. Amazon, Library of Congress to get the title, picture of book cover etc.
Saving the catalog to a file to carry in a PDA while at the bookstore is also possible.
I mean, suppose I start writing a comic called "Fazookle-Man!" and further suppose that I label this publication a "superhero comic". Will that make Spider Man and the Green Lantern vanish in a puff of logic? I think not.
That is really the question though, would a consumer seeing a "superhero comic" make any assumptions as to who created it, and expect the same quality as other comics labelled as "superhero comics".
Me. I'm not happy my car doesn't have a tape/cd unit as I have a lot of tapes I'd like to listen to, and spending several thousands of dollars to replace with CDs doesn't appeal.
The better question is where did Google come up with that trade dress for their mini, as Thunderstone's search appliance was white on blue long before the Google Mini was launched.
Also being in Cleveland looking for qualified developers we will often get several hundred responses to a posting, and I'd say finding 3 people we'd like to talk to would be pretty good.
My car has both analog and digital speed display. When compared to GPS the analog is about 1MPH high, and the digital is an additional 1MPH higher than the analog. That seems to be a simple addition, as it is impossible to get the digital display to show 1MPH, it jumps from 0 to 2.
For some of the search feeds there is a More Info link that points to the description document. However NYTimes as an example only lets a9 access the search feed.
Since Word etc allow you to hide or show the toolbars, and assign your own shortcuts to the commands what is the problem? That they allow toolbars for people who do like them?
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My current desktop machine that I do development on is more than 9 years old, sub-1 GHz. I've upgraded the OS to XP at some point, and it runs just fine. The only thing I've noticed being slow are some flash movies.
Although for some adult ages the percentage of gamers may be growing, e.g. they stop for a while and then when their kids are old enough to play they get back into gaming, so there may be a bunch of 40-somethings who had video games as kids, and are now getting back into it with their kids.
No, just as you can't expect to take a bath in water at 140F. Coffee may be best brewed at 200 and served at 160. Baths are best around 100-103.
Painful hot is about 110F. Water heaters are not supposed to come set at over 125F from the factory. You'd have 3rd degree burns after 30 seconds at 130F, so 140 is definitely not lukewarm.
I've seen the first happen to someone at the race track, I think the ABS sensor moved far enough away from the axle it didn't see movement, so thought the wheels were locked up and kept the brakes off.
There are a couple bits around Cleveland where the road has a bit of a washboard surface approaching traffic lights that cause the ABS to act funny. I think it's a resonance that as the tires bounce and get light they partially lock, the ABS pulses, and when it reapplies they are on the next bounce and lock again.
How about a joke analogy:
Man in a diner: I'd like a coffee with no cream.
Waitress: Sorry, we don't have cream, you'll have to have it without milk.
You can look at Africa, with a growing population that strips the forest, turning more of the continent to desert, shrinking food production per capita, serious water shortages. You end up with an AIDS epidemic, constant warring, and water and/or food shortages causing some very low life-expectancies.
The population tends to grow to the point of exhausting resources, whether it be land, water or energy. This gets corrected by war, disease or famine.
While the problem is population density, it is in terms of the amount of land needed to provide food, water, fuel etc for a person. While having high-density cities surrounded by low-density farm-land may work best, the quality of life is best when the population density is far below the maximum point, allowing for the inevitable ups and downs in nature. Arizona and New Mexico can't support as large a population density as areas with better climate and terrain. A world wide negative population growth would be a huge positive.
Katadyn is a Swiss company, and the Swiss are known for quality products.
I studied software engineering at Birmingham about 20 years ago, which was definitely a worthwhile experience. There appear to be a few different levels of computer learning, and you would need to find out what you want to do, and if a particular course matches. The pure computer science is about understanding how the computer works, the algorithms, and knowing what a computer can and can't do. The other end are the people who understand what users want, and the way they reach that goal may or may not be efficient, secure, or meet other criteria as they don't have that understanding. There is still plenty of room in the middle for the person who understands enough CS to use the right tool, but maybe not create the tools themselves.
You don't really need to do echo cancellation, just voice recognition on the output stream as well, and if it matches the input stream ignore.
And how big a battery?
So will that make it more difficult as a customer to figure out what you are buying, and what the default settings are? Personally I'd prefer to buy the computer without various additional plugins, toolbars, alternative browsers and media players, and definitely not have them be the default. Hopefully Dell and the other computer builders will be clear about what software they have added, removed, and what the defaults are.
Why not just swap batteries at the filling station for a full one, like they do with propane tanks? Then the filling station can recharge at a more leisurely pace.
The reason branding generally works is consistency. Going into McDonalds you know what you are going to get, pretty much no matter what town you are in. If you go to the mom and pop diner you don't know, until you've eaten there a few times. If that quality is allowed to drop then they may make greater profits for a while, until people realize. It may take a several bad experiences to overcome a history of quality, but I know I've now bought enough Sony to avoid it. People knew what an IBM notebook was going to be, but they don't know if Lenovo is going to stick with the same formula.
I use Readerware for the same issue. Use a barcode scanner to grab the ISBN/UPC code. The software organizes by looking up the book in various places, e.g. Amazon, Library of Congress to get the title, picture of book cover etc. Saving the catalog to a file to carry in a PDA while at the bookstore is also possible.
That is really the question though, would a consumer seeing a "superhero comic" make any assumptions as to who created it, and expect the same quality as other comics labelled as "superhero comics".
Me. I'm not happy my car doesn't have a tape/cd unit as I have a lot of tapes I'd like to listen to, and spending several thousands of dollars to replace with CDs doesn't appeal.
They call dough or batter dough or batter.
The better question is where did Google come up with that trade dress for their mini, as Thunderstone's search appliance was white on blue long before the Google Mini was launched.
Also being in Cleveland looking for qualified developers we will often get several hundred responses to a posting, and I'd say finding 3 people we'd like to talk to would be pretty good.
My car has both analog and digital speed display. When compared to GPS the analog is about 1MPH high, and the digital is an additional 1MPH higher than the analog. That seems to be a simple addition, as it is impossible to get the digital display to show 1MPH, it jumps from 0 to 2.
For some of the search feeds there is a More Info link that points to the description document. However NYTimes as an example only lets a9 access the search feed.
Since Word etc allow you to hide or show the toolbars, and assign your own shortcuts to the commands what is the problem? That they allow toolbars for people who do like them?