makes for a toasty interior in the winter though. Can't wait to see how surprised people get in the winter when they turn on the (electric) heater and run out of juice half way to work.
when their little messages or updates show up, there's a little "Options" link that pops up when you mouseover the item. Click on that, and there are "More about John" "Less about John" links. Click the Less link. Do it anytime you see something about them. It should only take one or two clicks, and you'll never see anything about them ever again, even though they're still in your Friend list.
yes, this can involve a heat pipe. Read the claims. (please whack that !heatpipe tag). your laptop has a heatpipe now. it efficiently gets heat from the source (IC) to the removal fluid (air). Now, they want a liquid loop in there, and this could involve a heat pipe. You'd have to do the system balance to see if the extra distance-from-source gained by the heatpipe offsets the cost and thermal impediment it imposes. Maybe it does, maybe not. Maybe the liquid should go right to the chip, maybe it can be better coupled to the heat by spreading it through a heatpipe first.
And anyway, putting in a liquid heat-acquisition loop doesn't remove the need to dump the heat to air eventually. the hope would just be that the more efficient acquisition and the increased freedom in designing your rejection-to-air create a net thermal benefit. Battery life would likely take a hit in any case.
ahh, but games are a different beast. they aren't a tool to be used and improved. they are a consumable product. something you sample for a little while, and then put away. you don't need sustainable development there. So, they may be the allowable exception to this software discussion.
What do you mean? I know a couple of bankers that managed to lose most of their invested money and still get a $700Billion gift. Seems they know exactly what they're doing.
But luckily the scheme is in place to prevent the "all my money for me" aspect. The point of SS is that the greater good is served by supporting those who can't afford to sufficiently save for retirement. hence the unambiguous name 'social' security. It's not about you achieving the best possible retirement. It's about trying to accept a minimally acceptable support for those who could significantly suffer after retirement otherwise.
Yes, it goes against 'survival of the fittest'. It's about recognition that public support of certain things may reduce overall efficiency, but the benefits gained outweigh holding back some of the peak performers.
Sure, we could go back to a situation with those who can afford to save enjoy a comfortable retirement while those who can't work until they die or end in the poorhouse even if they worked steadily for 50 years. But the people recognized that there are some places that social programs make sense. It's not the place of those that feel they don't need it to decide the one's who do can't have it.
well have no fear, the same program guarantees that other people will help pay for your disability or retirement in the event you need it, instead of having you just starve to death. And if you don't need it? great, glad to hear it. be thankful that the program would have supported you if you did.
if something from a smaller distribution becomes that 'must have', it will get worked into the more popular distro's. It's the OS version of evolutionary survival of the fittest.
depending on what you do, Paint.net is a decent low end alternative. I compare it to the slightly older versions of Paint Shop Pro, but they've supposedly added a lot of functionality in the last few versions, closing the Photoshop functionality gap a bit. It's native to windows, and having tested both GIMP and this, has a much less steep 'getting used to it' curve.
it's not a weight issue. it's a power issue. the Humvee can't just run one of these off it's alternator like it can with the air conditioning. It's a high power laser system, which needs a lot of back end support (cooling, etc). Probably not made for a HMMWV. Maybe one of the larger vehicles. Notice from the release that operation is "Continuous, as long as power and coolant are provided". So power's not internal, it has to be hooked to some sort of converter. That will likely be another box almost as big as the laser itself. Cooling will be a third box (that must be powered too) also about the same size. These are big.
maybe not in business, but as a college tool, I like Google Appsz's potential. The semester before it came out, I was working on a research report with in a 3 person group. We kept emailing snippets back and forth, renaming word docs to track versions, and additions, trying to keep track via track changes. It wasn't until the project was over that I really started looking for some collaborative, wiki-like document tool. I had seen writely, et al, but never had the chance to dive into one.
A year later I had another class with a small team. We had a semester project broken into small milestones. the first one was a concise 1 page plan. We made a private Google group for messages, posting PDF's of useful references, etc. We did that first assignment as a Google Doc. it worked fine for that, until we went to print it out. I can't recall what, but something just wouldn't come out right. Then, milestone two was a ~10 page report, we needed figures, references, and equations. Started a google doc, used it to make the outline. THen, very quickly, we all just took our respective sections and did them separately as word docs. One person compiled the parts, and we took turns doing separate editing. I.e., right back to where we were before. If either OO.o or Google Apps fit the collaborative useful tool bill, we would have stuck with it.
in addition, non-residential electrical customers typically have two factors that play into their utility costs: 1)Usage and 2)Peak Draw. They will actually pay more for not load-leveling their power usage. Doing things like shifting laundry services to the night shift, shifting non-critical high-load procedures (elective MRI) to lower peak times, overnight thermal energy storage for building thermal buffers, sometimes even shifting a load that results in more usage, but brings the daily peak draw down, all can drop the power bill significantly. Many similar things can be done in the home if you're on a metering plan with hourly variable pricing. The problem is how to unobtrusively get the instant price across to the home user. I saw something about a soft lighitng system that changes from green to yellow to red as the price goes up. Can't remember the name of it though.
coffee? no self-respecting macbook owner spills coffee on their laptop. If they spill anything its a Grande White Chocolate Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino Blended Creme. Try getting THAT out from between the keys.
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shush now. no need to spread that all over the nets.
makes for a toasty interior in the winter though. Can't wait to see how surprised people get in the winter when they turn on the (electric) heater and run out of juice half way to work.
we like massless frictionless spherical monkeys hanging from massless ropes attached to frictionless pullies, thankyouverymuch.
88mph baby!
and despite the complete lack of anything scientifically valid, it will stick. that's the sad state of politics in which we live.
Then the Emperor has already won.
when their little messages or updates show up, there's a little "Options" link that pops up when you mouseover the item. Click on that, and there are "More about John" "Less about John" links. Click the Less link. Do it anytime you see something about them. It should only take one or two clicks, and you'll never see anything about them ever again, even though they're still in your Friend list.
sure... 'cause currently I love waiting for the ads to load before the useful page elements are displayed. I wouldn't mind another 10 seconds.
yes, this can involve a heat pipe. Read the claims. (please whack that !heatpipe tag). your laptop has a heatpipe now. it efficiently gets heat from the source (IC) to the removal fluid (air). Now, they want a liquid loop in there, and this could involve a heat pipe. You'd have to do the system balance to see if the extra distance-from-source gained by the heatpipe offsets the cost and thermal impediment it imposes. Maybe it does, maybe not. Maybe the liquid should go right to the chip, maybe it can be better coupled to the heat by spreading it through a heatpipe first.
And anyway, putting in a liquid heat-acquisition loop doesn't remove the need to dump the heat to air eventually. the hope would just be that the more efficient acquisition and the increased freedom in designing your rejection-to-air create a net thermal benefit. Battery life would likely take a hit in any case.
no, it's a safety device. the leaking liquid will extinguish the fire caused by the cracked battery. Brilliant!
great. then we'll have to wait through some other "Apple" trademark dispute.
ahh, but games are a different beast. they aren't a tool to be used and improved. they are a consumable product. something you sample for a little while, and then put away. you don't need sustainable development there. So, they may be the allowable exception to this software discussion.
What do you mean? I know a couple of bankers that managed to lose most of their invested money and still get a $700Billion gift. Seems they know exactly what they're doing.
But luckily the scheme is in place to prevent the "all my money for me" aspect. The point of SS is that the greater good is served by supporting those who can't afford to sufficiently save for retirement. hence the unambiguous name 'social' security. It's not about you achieving the best possible retirement. It's about trying to accept a minimally acceptable support for those who could significantly suffer after retirement otherwise.
Yes, it goes against 'survival of the fittest'. It's about recognition that public support of certain things may reduce overall efficiency, but the benefits gained outweigh holding back some of the peak performers.
Sure, we could go back to a situation with those who can afford to save enjoy a comfortable retirement while those who can't work until they die or end in the poorhouse even if they worked steadily for 50 years. But the people recognized that there are some places that social programs make sense. It's not the place of those that feel they don't need it to decide the one's who do can't have it.
well have no fear, the same program guarantees that other people will help pay for your disability or retirement in the event you need it, instead of having you just starve to death. And if you don't need it? great, glad to hear it. be thankful that the program would have supported you if you did.
wow. the first post is the most Insightful one in the set. brings a tear to my eye.
if something from a smaller distribution becomes that 'must have', it will get worked into the more popular distro's. It's the OS version of evolutionary survival of the fittest.
depending on what you do, Paint.net is a decent low end alternative. I compare it to the slightly older versions of Paint Shop Pro, but they've supposedly added a lot of functionality in the last few versions, closing the Photoshop functionality gap a bit. It's native to windows, and having tested both GIMP and this, has a much less steep 'getting used to it' curve.
it's not a weight issue. it's a power issue. the Humvee can't just run one of these off it's alternator like it can with the air conditioning. It's a high power laser system, which needs a lot of back end support (cooling, etc). Probably not made for a HMMWV. Maybe one of the larger vehicles. Notice from the release that operation is "Continuous, as long as power and coolant are provided". So power's not internal, it has to be hooked to some sort of converter. That will likely be another box almost as big as the laser itself. Cooling will be a third box (that must be powered too) also about the same size. These are big.
maybe not in business, but as a college tool, I like Google Appsz's potential. The semester before it came out, I was working on a research report with in a 3 person group. We kept emailing snippets back and forth, renaming word docs to track versions, and additions, trying to keep track via track changes. It wasn't until the project was over that I really started looking for some collaborative, wiki-like document tool. I had seen writely, et al, but never had the chance to dive into one.
A year later I had another class with a small team. We had a semester project broken into small milestones. the first one was a concise 1 page plan. We made a private Google group for messages, posting PDF's of useful references, etc. We did that first assignment as a Google Doc. it worked fine for that, until we went to print it out. I can't recall what, but something just wouldn't come out right. Then, milestone two was a ~10 page report, we needed figures, references, and equations. Started a google doc, used it to make the outline. THen, very quickly, we all just took our respective sections and did them separately as word docs. One person compiled the parts, and we took turns doing separate editing. I.e., right back to where we were before. If either OO.o or Google Apps fit the collaborative useful tool bill, we would have stuck with it.
many homeplug devices employ some flavor of point-to-point encryption.
it's like ASCIIArt++. Look, curves! I would have at least hoped for an Ascii pedo-bear to get submitted.
a reporter? confusing a technology story? say it ain't so!!
in addition, non-residential electrical customers typically have two factors that play into their utility costs: 1)Usage and 2)Peak Draw. They will actually pay more for not load-leveling their power usage. Doing things like shifting laundry services to the night shift, shifting non-critical high-load procedures (elective MRI) to lower peak times, overnight thermal energy storage for building thermal buffers, sometimes even shifting a load that results in more usage, but brings the daily peak draw down, all can drop the power bill significantly. Many similar things can be done in the home if you're on a metering plan with hourly variable pricing. The problem is how to unobtrusively get the instant price across to the home user. I saw something about a soft lighitng system that changes from green to yellow to red as the price goes up. Can't remember the name of it though.
coffee? no self-respecting macbook owner spills coffee on their laptop. If they spill anything its a Grande White Chocolate Double Chocolaty Chip Frappuccino Blended Creme. Try getting THAT out from between the keys.