I had one almost as bad. About 1 year ago, I ordered a storage Fotochute for $99.99. I had a $20 off of $100 coupon and so I padded the bill with a roll of transparent tape at $0.98. Howwever, the Fotochute was permanently of out of stock so that only thing that was shipped was the roll of tape $0.98 - $0.19 discount = $0.79 with free shipping. That is understandable, but what wasn't was the fact that it came in a 1' x 1.5' x 2' box full of styrofoam peanuts.
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I repeat: 1 roll of scotch tape in an huge box full of peanuts. Shipping was free.
P.S. I have have the receipt but not a picture of the box as it was in 2006.
Oddly enough, despite what may seem like a breakthrough in HIV research, the word "Ceragenin" brings up ZERO hits in Google. If this was really hot or big, you think it should bring up lots of hits.
*scratches head*... oh now I see. The name is definitely the solution to this seemingly odd, but elegantly simple puzzle. I need to get some dice soon so I can tort^h^h^h^h play with someone.
When we have a UN that is inept (various massacre/genocide issues) and corrupt (Oil for food) and cannot handle the "mission" that they set out to do. Do we really want to give them more oversight responsibility? 'nough said.
Soma is not too inappropriate of a name. This med can be addicting even though it is supposed to be a muscle relaxant. I rarely prescribe it for that reason.
I am not that familiar with Canadian laws. However, one thing is still very true in these days. Data, once created, is very difficult to completely eradicate despite the use of legal means to deal with it. A case in point is CSS/DeCSS. I believe that the only way data will ever go away is if it is completely undesireable. Maybe one alternate to combatting this sort of data mining is to seed it with ludicrously false info so as to make the database worthless.
Since they are not a Canadian enitiy, they are not bound by Canadian laws. As such, they are not accountable to any but likely much less strict Indian laws. So how does one deal with this? Either 1) Make whomever uses the service (in Canada) be liable, 2) enact international laws via UN or such, or 3) stick head in ground and hope problems go away. This is another problem that comes with being a global community.
Semi-true. In many newer processors, if the fan gives out, the CPU on-die heat sensor throttles back power consumption to prevent overheating.
However, with a HS+fan, there is only one point of failure, the fan. With watercooling (which I have thought long and hard about), the fan can fail, the tubes can crack/leak/break, the connectors and fail, the pump can fail, corrosion can block the waterblock, etc. These are not just hypothetical situation - they have happened. The scariest part is if the water leaks and shorts out something expensive - esp. the CPU and graphics card (which is usually sitting directly below the CPU). I would be upset if the cooling system caused a fire, but would be even more so if insurance decided not to cover it because of my modifications.
The major hangup I have about watercooling systems is fault tolerance. How the the whole system handle
1) pump failure, 2) water leak, 3) coolant loss, etc without destroying the PC, or worse, starting a fire.
Funny thing is that I have thought about designing one years ago. However, the fact that these batteries are very high voltage (can be 100's of volts), very low current batteries limited their appeal to me. I still wonder how efficient they can be at powering small devices, which are usually run on very little voltage.
Tritium is a good source, as can be any beta or alpha emitter with a short half-life and if its decay products are not radioactive.
I can believe that we have allowed ourselves to sink this low. Here we are, arguably the most powerful nation on earth (at present), and we ask outsiders to help up elect our top leader. I understand that the rationale is to have a "disinterested" 3rd party to mediate disputes, but I am worried that is another step to a global government.
I hope that this does not happen because that much power concentrated in a few people can only mean trouble.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I'm not a 100% sure, but the technique involves phase shift. As light of a single frequency passes though an medium, its phase is altered and light propagation is delayed. If you can computationally filter out all out of phase shift information caused by fog, for example, you can "see" what the hidden object looked like. This process is quite CPU intensive. It seemed that about a grayscale SVGA sized image (0.41 mp) took 1.5 secs on a PIV 2.4GHz to calculate. This should improve with algorith tweaking and using FPGAs.
This may also have medical applications in terms of optical imaging - see through the patient (arms and legs only, probably). Shine a bright light at the patient. Capture the ealiest photos that emerge (the ones that had a direct path to the camera). Ignore slow photons (ones that were absorbed and release or bounced around). Voila, instant imaging without x-rays. IIRC, this was in development years ago.
Since they know that traditional long distance is not like to survive in the face of 1) cheap phone cards and 2) VOIP, this is their (very late) strategy to get in. Because of its size, they are probaby trying to muscle their way in. Time will tell how successful that they are. The bigger question is whether any new offering will just steal away from its own customers rather than lure new ones.
I may be oversimplifying the problem, but why don't they go to OSS. Afterall, don't their software needs boil down to 1) relational database, 2) (small size) digital photography, 3) some internet connectivity to share info with the main database, and 4) word processing with mail-merge? OSS should have good software for all 4 functions. I don't see anything that they need that the rank-and-file can't run on a hardened linux variant. Once the system is setup properly, they can lock it down to prevent tampering - easier to do than on windows. The only downside I see is that they may miss MS Solitare and other PC games - maybe that's the holdup;)
Copyright is a monopoly on use/distribution for a _limited_ time so as to grant the authors/creators some time to recoup their expenses. Afterward, it is meant to go into the public domain so as to benefit all of mankind. Most of our great works of literature and songs are in the public domain, which allows anyone to create derivative works without being unduly hampered by fees and such. If you can't make an adequate return on an investment in 50 years, it is safe to say that it was a flop. A copyright extension does nothing to change that!
These greedy pigs ought to be slapped down.
An interesting sidenote is this: remember when copying a chord (dunno how many notes that was) of song was considered infringement? I wonder what would happen if someone went out and made a pseudosong with every possible combination of a chord. Then they could sue every new song as being "infringing." The whole notion is ridiculous
Everything is eventually motivated by money: MS figures that this calculated move will cause 1) fence-walkers to take the plunge and upgrade to XP and/or 2) allow them to focus their efforts on IE on one platform only.
However, there still are many corporations that are trying to hold back due to the time and expense needed to upgrade. For most people, this is a way to get alternative browsers like the recently released Firefox 1.0pr in the door. As long as Firefox remains popular, the OSS community won't abandon it - one leg up that it has on MS.
All we need to de is bide our time and wait for the masses to come onboard.
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Meh. Most parties are boring. :)
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I repeat: 1 roll of scotch tape in an huge box full of peanuts. Shipping was free.
P.S. I have have the receipt but not a picture of the box as it was in 2006.
Oddly enough, despite what may seem like a breakthrough in HIV research, the word "Ceragenin" brings up ZERO hits in Google. If this was really hot or big, you think it should bring up lots of hits.
*scratches head* ... oh now I see. The name is definitely the solution to this seemingly odd, but elegantly simple puzzle. I need to get some dice soon so I can tort^h^h^h^h play with someone.
When we have a UN that is inept (various massacre/genocide issues) and corrupt (Oil for food) and cannot handle the "mission" that they set out to do. Do we really want to give them more oversight responsibility? 'nough said.
Soma is not too inappropriate of a name. This med can be addicting even though it is supposed to be a muscle relaxant. I rarely prescribe it for that reason.
Zantrex is the fake ("herbal"). Phenteramine isn't available anymore. I'm not a pharmacist, just a doc :)
I am not that familiar with Canadian laws. However, one thing is still very true in these days. Data, once created, is very difficult to completely eradicate despite the use of legal means to deal with it. A case in point is CSS/DeCSS. I believe that the only way data will ever go away is if it is completely undesireable. Maybe one alternate to combatting this sort of data mining is to seed it with ludicrously false info so as to make the database worthless.
Since they are not a Canadian enitiy, they are not bound by Canadian laws. As such, they are not accountable to any but likely much less strict Indian laws. So how does one deal with this? Either 1) Make whomever uses the service (in Canada) be liable, 2) enact international laws via UN or such, or 3) stick head in ground and hope problems go away. This is another problem that comes with being a global community.
I haven't played games in a while, but the requirements for CPU/hardware get stiffer and the download size is ballooning as time passes. 199MB?
Semi-true. In many newer processors, if the fan gives out, the CPU on-die heat sensor throttles back power consumption to prevent overheating. However, with a HS+fan, there is only one point of failure, the fan. With watercooling (which I have thought long and hard about), the fan can fail, the tubes can crack/leak/break, the connectors and fail, the pump can fail, corrosion can block the waterblock, etc. These are not just hypothetical situation - they have happened. The scariest part is if the water leaks and shorts out something expensive - esp. the CPU and graphics card (which is usually sitting directly below the CPU). I would be upset if the cooling system caused a fire, but would be even more so if insurance decided not to cover it because of my modifications.
The major hangup I have about watercooling systems is fault tolerance. How the the whole system handle 1) pump failure, 2) water leak, 3) coolant loss, etc without destroying the PC, or worse, starting a fire.
Tritium is a good source, as can be any beta or alpha emitter with a short half-life and if its decay products are not radioactive.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.
This may also have medical applications in terms of optical imaging - see through the patient (arms and legs only, probably). Shine a bright light at the patient. Capture the ealiest photos that emerge (the ones that had a direct path to the camera). Ignore slow photons (ones that were absorbed and release or bounced around). Voila, instant imaging without x-rays. IIRC, this was in development years ago.
1) Monoculture is bad in containing viral spread (good for other operating systems)
2) Since viruses cannot be totally eliminated, a virus resistant host is important (good for most other OSes)
3) Effective antivirus/vaccination efforts should be made (most open source OSes are intrinsically resistant to attack)
4) Public education to help prevent risky behaviors (open OS users are generally much more computer adept)
See a pattern here?
Since they know that traditional long distance is not like to survive in the face of 1) cheap phone cards and 2) VOIP, this is their (very late) strategy to get in. Because of its size, they are probaby trying to muscle their way in. Time will tell how successful that they are. The bigger question is whether any new offering will just steal away from its own customers rather than lure new ones.
I may be oversimplifying the problem, but why don't they go to OSS. Afterall, don't their software needs boil down to 1) relational database, 2) (small size) digital photography, 3) some internet connectivity to share info with the main database, and 4) word processing with mail-merge? OSS should have good software for all 4 functions. I don't see anything that they need that the rank-and-file can't run on a hardened linux variant. Once the system is setup properly, they can lock it down to prevent tampering - easier to do than on windows. The only downside I see is that they may miss MS Solitare and other PC games - maybe that's the holdup ;)
An interesting sidenote is this: remember when copying a chord (dunno how many notes that was) of song was considered infringement? I wonder what would happen if someone went out and made a pseudosong with every possible combination of a chord. Then they could sue every new song as being "infringing." The whole notion is ridiculous
Everything is eventually motivated by money: MS figures that this calculated move will cause 1) fence-walkers to take the plunge and upgrade to XP and/or 2) allow them to focus their efforts on IE on one platform only. However, there still are many corporations that are trying to hold back due to the time and expense needed to upgrade. For most people, this is a way to get alternative browsers like the recently released Firefox 1.0pr in the door. As long as Firefox remains popular, the OSS community won't abandon it - one leg up that it has on MS. All we need to de is bide our time and wait for the masses to come onboard.