Might not be a monopoly, but certainly an oligopoly. Tucker introduced cars with headlights that turn with the two front wheels. This was back in the 40's back before he got screwed over by the big 3. I think about a year ago was the first time I saw this idea reintroduced, on a Lexus.
They also work just like any other light and are fully bright immediately.
Wrong, at least from my experiences. I don't know what specific type of CFL bulbs you have, but I bought a couple of the newer GE CFL bulbs last month. They do NOT reach full brightness immediately. In fact, it takes a couple seconds to go from off to about half power and about a minute longer to reach full brightness.
Seriously, I have one question for all of you people who are saying that CFLs turn on instantly and are just as bright if not brighter than incandescents while using less power: exactly what brand/type/model# bulbs are you talking about? As I said, the GE CFLs I bought were not what everyone is claiming CFLs to be so please let me know EXACTLY which ones I need to buy to see the true magic of CFLs for myself.
From the sign up site which I'm assuming you didn't look at:
You need to receive and enter a special invitation code in order to create an account. Currently, we are only sending these codes as text messages to mobile phones. So you will need to have a mobile phone with text message capabilities (most phones have this) and the invitation code itself.
One of the reasons we are offering this new way to sign up for Gmail is to help protect our users and combat abuse. Spam and abuse protection are two things we take very seriously, and our users have been very happy with the small amount of spam they've received in their Gmail accounts. We take many measures to ensure that spammers have a difficult time sending their spam messages, getting these messages delivered, or even obtaining a Gmail account (spammers will often use many different accounts to send spam). Sending invitation codes to mobile phones via SMS is one way to address this, as the number of accounts per phone number can be limited.
If you want to open an account a different way, you may want to ask a friend with a mobile phone to receive an invitation code for you or to ask someone you know who already has a Gmail account to email you an invitation.
Sucks if you don't have a cell phone or free text messaging, but I think this addresses your concerns regarding spam.
Everyone who has a driver's license is supposed to know that a red light means stop.
Is it a cop out to blame a driver when they see and ignore a red light and continue to drive through an intersection? Or is that the fault of the city?
While that is true, it will be hard to convince a lot of people, especially those in the lower income brackets such as myself, that using solar power and helping the environment is worth not eating anything but ramen for the next six years...
How dare a nation be taken away from one group of people and be given to another simply because we feel sorry for them! Why don't we just give France to all the descendants of American slaves while we're at it? Makes just as much sense as taking Israel away from Palestinians and giving it to holocaust survivors after WWII.
5. If you think you're better than the people 'your' job was outsourced to, prove it.
Uh... how exactly are you supposed to "prove" that you're better at your job after you've lost it to someone simply because they will do the same work for a fraction of the pay? I thought the entire point of outsourcing is simply because it saves corporations money, not because workers in foreign countries are more highly skilled.
Thats like assuming that a Windows based PC is obviously superior to a Mac simply because it is cheaper.
That really is amazing. I've been testing Vista on an AMD XP 1900+ with a shitty old ATI 7500 ALL-IN-WONDER with regular IDE hard drives and 1 gig of ram. I have the Aero shit disabled and the operating system is just as quick and responsive as a fresh XP install. Every system I've installed Vista on has worked fine. With all the people bitching about how slow Vista is I am beginning to wonder whether my experiences are really some kind of fluke or if everyone is just making shit up because they hate Microsoft and DRM.
"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation. "
-Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
It really would have been nice for Tom's Hardware to have included a link to where you could actually buy this card. The only version of this card that I can find for sale is the PCI-E and I'm not really looking to buy a new motherboard just so I can upgrade my video card.
An opportunity to use one of my favorite Simpsons quotes...
Mr. Burns: I've always felt that there's far too much hysteria these days about so-called cheating. If you can take advantage of a situation in some way, it's your duty as an American to do it. Why should the race always be to the swift or the jumble to the quick-witted? Should they be allowed to win merely because of the gifts God gave them? Well, I say cheating is the gift man gives himself!
Homer: Mr. Burns, I insist that we cheat.
Mr. Burns: Excellent.
I don't get it. Why do all the ISPs in the US use this same excuse to bend everyone over and screw their consumers right up the ass while in other countries people are getting connections with three times the speed at half the price? Something is obviously fucked up with the way the ISP business works in America since ISPs in other countries can offer better service for less money and still profit.
I think all publicly elected positions should have term limits, no one can hold any position for more than 8 years. I don't think being a representative or holding public office should be someone's main occupation. I almost think we'd be better off if instead of electing our officials we simply chose them in a manner similar to how people are selected for jury duty. Either way it is a crap shoot, but if it is completely random every time I think you have better chances of breaking the bipartisan stranglehold on the country.
No, the people who are complaining the most and trying to find software to break DRM protections are the people who don't want to pay for the latest CD they heard on the radio. That is all that this discussion is about.
That, and, you know, people that don't want to buy a copy of a song for each and every device they want to play it on. Or people who don't want to put up with all of this additional restrictive bullshit just so they can do something that used to be incredibly simple. Or maybe it has something to do with the fact that most people, myself included, don't like being told how we are allowed to listen to our music after we purchase it. I also don't like being treated like a theif, especially when I'm actually paying for my merchandise. I don't know, maybe that is just me.
No, the people who are complaining the most about people who complain about DRM are just morons who feel that musicians and record executives should be entitled millions upon millions of dollars and should be able to tell you when/how you can listen to music that you have payed money for and force you to watch advertisements and criminal warning labels on videos you have already payed money for.
Tobacco should be illegal by all intensive purposes under the same act that is used to classify most drugs as illegal: The Controlled Substances Act.
Schedule I drugs
Findings required:
(A) The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse.
(B) The drug or other substance has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.
(C) There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
Hm. Tobacco is "abused" by millions on a daily basis, has no accepted medical use in treatment in the US, and more than likely causes cancer. Can someone please remind me why harmless drugs like pot are illegal and demonized as a source of income for terrorists while big tobacco promoted slavery, targeted children with advertising, lied about being addictive, and has probably killed millions?
The ONLY reason I can think of is because of money. The tobacco companies have a lot of it, and the politicians have been getting down on their knees for centuries, begging for a taste.
If they made games no-one wanted, why are they being pirated?
I am so tired of hearing this argument. I'll give you an answer in one word: HYPE. Most video games are ridiculously and intentionally over hyped. When the next Doom or Quake or Halo comes out I can guarantee you that I'll be seeing commercials for it on TV and sometimes in movie theaters. I'll probably see ads in magazines or on billboards. Millions are spent on big name releases to make them look as appealing as possible, regardless of how horribly boring and buggy they might be in reality. Having been burned by advertising like this before I really like to test ANY game out before blowing $50 on what could be a piece of shit. Seeing as how there isn't really a way to rent games for the PC I really only have two options: I can take the gamble and just buy the game and have no way to take it back if I'm not satisfied or I can pirate it.
Do you remember when the demo of the game would be released BEFORE the actual product? I'm not talking about some shitty 30 second teaser video or a five minute run through one of the levels with no working sound or shitty textures. When was the last time someone actually released a decent playable demo BEFORE the final product was released? I can't remember because it has been so long.
Every possible method I have to ensure that a game is not a waste of my money before purchasing it has been systematically removed in order to prevent me from finding out if the game I'm interested is worth the money. Another issue that I will mention but not delve too deep into is system requirements. My machine meets and exceeds the minimum requirements for Oblivion. One would then believe that I'd be able to play the game at an enjoyable frame rate. WRONG. I downloaded Oblivion to see how it ran on my hardware before spending money and I'm glad I did. The game was so choppy and slow that it was impossible to play. I uninstalled it and deleted the image after spending three hours looking for tweaks that might have been able to raise my frame rate to an acceptable level. Had I run into these problems after purchasing the game I would be out $50 and have nothing to show for it.
That's odd. Southwest Research Institute is based in San Antonio and although they primarily do a lot of government funded research they have a lot of talented people working for them. There are also a large number of smaller technical companies based in San Antonio. I have a number of friends who still live there working in various tech jobs.
San Antonio is a great place to live if you don't mind the slow pace of the city. It is one of the few cities I've lived in where you can do pretty well for yourself making around $30k. There is also a lot of cultural diversity, and I'm not just talking about the hispanic influence.
I myself would have been happy to stay there after graduating but I just couldn't handle the slow pace that everyone lives at there. Also, the city itself is pretty poor and the roads are in horrible condition, there is a large gap between the rich all bundled away in Alamo Heights, Olmos Park, etc and the rest of the population. The crime there is also relatively high compared to what I've experienced while living in Houston and parts of Southern California. I've had my car broken into at least twice, witnessed a robbery at a gas station, and saw my friend get pistol whipped in the face and pulled out of the window of his car by would-be theives. So, if you're thinking about moving there, buy a gun and stay in well lit areas.
So what you're saying is that you are more inclined to believe in things like trolls, dwarves, elves, giant flesh eating spiders, teleportation, the ability to see the future, non-fatal giant fireballs, and fucking magic than someone surviving a gunshot wound or maybe having some kind of powerful armor?
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Might not be a monopoly, but certainly an oligopoly. Tucker introduced cars with headlights that turn with the two front wheels. This was back in the 40's back before he got screwed over by the big 3. I think about a year ago was the first time I saw this idea reintroduced, on a Lexus.
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They also work just like any other light and are fully bright immediately.
Wrong, at least from my experiences. I don't know what specific type of CFL bulbs you have, but I bought a couple of the newer GE CFL bulbs last month. They do NOT reach full brightness immediately. In fact, it takes a couple seconds to go from off to about half power and about a minute longer to reach full brightness.
Seriously, I have one question for all of you people who are saying that CFLs turn on instantly and are just as bright if not brighter than incandescents while using less power: exactly what brand/type/model# bulbs are you talking about? As I said, the GE CFLs I bought were not what everyone is claiming CFLs to be so please let me know EXACTLY which ones I need to buy to see the true magic of CFLs for myself.
Or we could just plant fewer humans...
Nonsense! We must immediately, and permanently shut down, dismantle and destroy all robots!
Everyone who has a driver's license is supposed to know that a red light means stop.
Is it a cop out to blame a driver when they see and ignore a red light and continue to drive through an intersection? Or is that the fault of the city?
That'd be huge with the number of $1s I carry for the vending machine.
Sure. "The Vending Machine". I think I've been there before, where lap dances only cost a dollar...
Do libraries carry rated R movies or have as large of a selection as Blockbuster, Netflix, or torrentspy?
There's more to life than money...
While that is true, it will be hard to convince a lot of people, especially those in the lower income brackets such as myself, that using solar power and helping the environment is worth not eating anything but ramen for the next six years...
How dare a nation be taken away from one group of people and be given to another simply because we feel sorry for them! Why don't we just give France to all the descendants of American slaves while we're at it? Makes just as much sense as taking Israel away from Palestinians and giving it to holocaust survivors after WWII.
5. If you think you're better than the people 'your' job was outsourced to, prove it.
Uh... how exactly are you supposed to "prove" that you're better at your job after you've lost it to someone simply because they will do the same work for a fraction of the pay? I thought the entire point of outsourcing is simply because it saves corporations money, not because workers in foreign countries are more highly skilled.
Thats like assuming that a Windows based PC is obviously superior to a Mac simply because it is cheaper.
That really is amazing. I've been testing Vista on an AMD XP 1900+ with a shitty old ATI 7500 ALL-IN-WONDER with regular IDE hard drives and 1 gig of ram. I have the Aero shit disabled and the operating system is just as quick and responsive as a fresh XP install. Every system I've installed Vista on has worked fine. With all the people bitching about how slow Vista is I am beginning to wonder whether my experiences are really some kind of fluke or if everyone is just making shit up because they hate Microsoft and DRM.
Lunch money? When I had jury duty the $6.00 they paid us was $0.50 more than the cost of parking at the Harris County courthouse...
"The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation. "
-Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
Best AGP Card For ~$175
Geforce 7600 GT
It really would have been nice for Tom's Hardware to have included a link to where you could actually buy this card. The only version of this card that I can find for sale is the PCI-E and I'm not really looking to buy a new motherboard just so I can upgrade my video card.
An opportunity to use one of my favorite Simpsons quotes...
Mr. Burns: I've always felt that there's far too much hysteria these days about so-called cheating. If you can take advantage of a situation in some way, it's your duty as an American to do it. Why should the race always be to the swift or the jumble to the quick-witted? Should they be allowed to win merely because of the gifts God gave them? Well, I say cheating is the gift man gives himself!
Homer: Mr. Burns, I insist that we cheat.
Mr. Burns: Excellent.
I don't get it. Why do all the ISPs in the US use this same excuse to bend everyone over and screw their consumers right up the ass while in other countries people are getting connections with three times the speed at half the price? Something is obviously fucked up with the way the ISP business works in America since ISPs in other countries can offer better service for less money and still profit.
I think all publicly elected positions should have term limits, no one can hold any position for more than 8 years. I don't think being a representative or holding public office should be someone's main occupation. I almost think we'd be better off if instead of electing our officials we simply chose them in a manner similar to how people are selected for jury duty. Either way it is a crap shoot, but if it is completely random every time I think you have better chances of breaking the bipartisan stranglehold on the country.
No, the people who are complaining the most and trying to find software to break DRM protections are the people who don't want to pay for the latest CD they heard on the radio. That is all that this discussion is about.
That, and, you know, people that don't want to buy a copy of a song for each and every device they want to play it on. Or people who don't want to put up with all of this additional restrictive bullshit just so they can do something that used to be incredibly simple. Or maybe it has something to do with the fact that most people, myself included, don't like being told how we are allowed to listen to our music after we purchase it. I also don't like being treated like a theif, especially when I'm actually paying for my merchandise. I don't know, maybe that is just me.
No, the people who are complaining the most about people who complain about DRM are just morons who feel that musicians and record executives should be entitled millions upon millions of dollars and should be able to tell you when/how you can listen to music that you have payed money for and force you to watch advertisements and criminal warning labels on videos you have already payed money for.
I know, I should have previewed what I wrote before submitting.
Hm. Tobacco is "abused" by millions on a daily basis, has no accepted medical use in treatment in the US, and more than likely causes cancer. Can someone please remind me why harmless drugs like pot are illegal and demonized as a source of income for terrorists while big tobacco promoted slavery, targeted children with advertising, lied about being addictive, and has probably killed millions?
The ONLY reason I can think of is because of money. The tobacco companies have a lot of it, and the politicians have been getting down on their knees for centuries, begging for a taste.
If they made games no-one wanted, why are they being pirated?
I am so tired of hearing this argument. I'll give you an answer in one word: HYPE. Most video games are ridiculously and intentionally over hyped. When the next Doom or Quake or Halo comes out I can guarantee you that I'll be seeing commercials for it on TV and sometimes in movie theaters. I'll probably see ads in magazines or on billboards. Millions are spent on big name releases to make them look as appealing as possible, regardless of how horribly boring and buggy they might be in reality. Having been burned by advertising like this before I really like to test ANY game out before blowing $50 on what could be a piece of shit. Seeing as how there isn't really a way to rent games for the PC I really only have two options: I can take the gamble and just buy the game and have no way to take it back if I'm not satisfied or I can pirate it.
Do you remember when the demo of the game would be released BEFORE the actual product? I'm not talking about some shitty 30 second teaser video or a five minute run through one of the levels with no working sound or shitty textures. When was the last time someone actually released a decent playable demo BEFORE the final product was released? I can't remember because it has been so long.
Every possible method I have to ensure that a game is not a waste of my money before purchasing it has been systematically removed in order to prevent me from finding out if the game I'm interested is worth the money. Another issue that I will mention but not delve too deep into is system requirements. My machine meets and exceeds the minimum requirements for Oblivion. One would then believe that I'd be able to play the game at an enjoyable frame rate. WRONG. I downloaded Oblivion to see how it ran on my hardware before spending money and I'm glad I did. The game was so choppy and slow that it was impossible to play. I uninstalled it and deleted the image after spending three hours looking for tweaks that might have been able to raise my frame rate to an acceptable level. Had I run into these problems after purchasing the game I would be out $50 and have nothing to show for it.
Funny how we never get mentioned though.
What did you expect? You're a slav^H^H^H grad student.
That's odd. Southwest Research Institute is based in San Antonio and although they primarily do a lot of government funded research they have a lot of talented people working for them. There are also a large number of smaller technical companies based in San Antonio. I have a number of friends who still live there working in various tech jobs.
San Antonio is a great place to live if you don't mind the slow pace of the city. It is one of the few cities I've lived in where you can do pretty well for yourself making around $30k. There is also a lot of cultural diversity, and I'm not just talking about the hispanic influence.
I myself would have been happy to stay there after graduating but I just couldn't handle the slow pace that everyone lives at there. Also, the city itself is pretty poor and the roads are in horrible condition, there is a large gap between the rich all bundled away in Alamo Heights, Olmos Park, etc and the rest of the population. The crime there is also relatively high compared to what I've experienced while living in Houston and parts of Southern California. I've had my car broken into at least twice, witnessed a robbery at a gas station, and saw my friend get pistol whipped in the face and pulled out of the window of his car by would-be theives. So, if you're thinking about moving there, buy a gun and stay in well lit areas.
So what you're saying is that you are more inclined to believe in things like trolls, dwarves, elves, giant flesh eating spiders, teleportation, the ability to see the future, non-fatal giant fireballs, and fucking magic than someone surviving a gunshot wound or maybe having some kind of powerful armor?