The 3083 that IBM gave CMU (and which mostly idled) periodically leaked coolant, some sort of glycol, entailing an evacuation of the floor and/or building. ~1986.
Maybe they are now, but it was accepted wisdom as recently as a dozen years ago that most hardware failures happened at power transitions, and many of us got into the habit of leaving desktops on 24x7 to avoid those. Certainly the quality of power supplies and other components has on average increased since then, but there's a once-bitten / habit factor at play.
At one former employer, 1989-1992, I substantially decreased the failure rate of our Sun 3/50 and 3/60 workstations by moving the pizza boxes off the desktop and down below, leaned up against the wall. The intake fan was on the bottom, and this both minimized dust accumulation and made it easier for the users to brush the mesh fan cover off occasionally.
t, I also feel a certain amount of antipathy towards the developers, who a lot of the time seem to make things different from Photoshop just because they can.
And, in the vein of the next article, MS has insinuated what used to be the state university pervasively, so that their employees and employees' offspring dominate admissions, and the rest of us can't get in.
Microsoft puts an inordinate amount of money in the pockets of the inner party, ie. their direct hires. Their practices in fact are detrimental to the rest of us by massively inflating the cost of housing in the whole region.
Remember that *there is no state income tax* in Washington.
Microsoft also encourages a culture where their employees associate only with each other
| And yet they're doing it and there have been no riots on the streets
One of the key differences between humans and animals is that humans have a much more advanced ability to predict what will happen in the future and to make preparations to deal with that prediction
Never heard of New Orleans, have you?
I once got a 3.5" disk enclosure shipped from IIRC Andataco in a box that was about 5 ft^3. When I complained to them they answered that they had *one* size box that they used for everything.
I would think that bulk shippers like Amazon would also benefit from a limited number of carefully-sized boxes in that they pack well into the trucks going to the carrier -- fewer trucks and faster loading == cost savings.
Sometimes Amazon does a decent job of packing, sometimes they don't. I recently received a box of printer paper from them without any external packaging. It was beat to hell and falling apart, mind you.
I'm baffled why you'd spend that much on a VW knowing that their designs are goofy (ever try to replace the wipers on a New Beetle?), badly documented (New Beetle has a fuel filter despite documentation to the contrary) and miserably unreliable.
I paid all of $29 for my legit copy of Fusion and it runs beautifully, allowing me to use the screwy Java remote console with Sun's ILOM. Close enough to free
The usable mobile calendar is the killer app for me. Couldn't find anything else that would sync iCal and Addressbook properly.
I also don't want a hinge or slider that'll break in a few months.
... or many brick/stone buildings. I worked many moons ago in a remodeled firehose factory (yes, the home of Objective C) and wiring was a real hassle.... or places where one is a renter and not permitted to punch holes in the wall.
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Yet another Linux balkanization.
The 3083 that IBM gave CMU (and which mostly idled) periodically leaked coolant, some sort of glycol, entailing an evacuation of the floor and/or building. ~1986.
You should have gone FireWire instead.
The character is an emotionless cyborg. There aren't a lot of mannerisms to get right, and voice inflection is minimal as well
In that case, why not cast Emma Thompson?
Maybe they are now, but it was accepted wisdom as recently as a dozen years ago that most hardware failures happened at power transitions, and many of us got into the habit of leaving desktops on 24x7 to avoid those. Certainly the quality of power supplies and other components has on average increased since then, but there's a once-bitten / habit factor at play.
At one former employer, 1989-1992, I substantially decreased the failure rate of our Sun 3/50 and 3/60 workstations by moving the pizza boxes off the desktop and down below, leaned up against the wall. The intake fan was on the bottom, and this both minimized dust accumulation and made it easier for the users to brush the mesh fan cover off occasionally.
Ever see the documentary "McLibel"? People in England got reamed for telling the truth about McDonald's.
OK, show of hands: how many reading this support Amazon's continued practice of selling cock- and dog-fighting how-to materials?
There's pretty much no way to know whether a given device has an "up to date" controller.
0th: Enter the Dragon?
There are still some drive-ins operating, no?
You've never driven a date home (or to a scenic lookout) then turned the car off to talk / neck?
Hugh Grant knows of another situation too.
I'm vegan, yet somehow I'm alive and thriving despite your testosterone-laden rationalizations.
Too bad we can't sue TomTom for having a dumbass goofy name.
t, I also feel a certain amount of antipathy towards the developers, who a lot of the time seem to make things different from Photoshop just because they can.
Perhaps that's to sidestep patents?
And, in the vein of the next article, MS has insinuated what used to be the state university pervasively, so that their employees and employees' offspring dominate admissions, and the rest of us can't get in.
Microsoft puts an inordinate amount of money in the pockets of the inner party, ie. their direct hires. Their practices in fact are detrimental to the rest of us by massively inflating the cost of housing in the whole region.
Remember that *there is no state income tax* in Washington.
Microsoft also encourages a culture where their employees associate only with each other
| And yet they're doing it and there have been no riots on the streets
The proles will never awaken.
One of the key differences between humans and animals is that humans have a much more advanced ability to predict what will happen in the future and to make preparations to deal with that prediction Never heard of New Orleans, have you?
I once got a 3.5" disk enclosure shipped from IIRC Andataco in a box that was about 5 ft^3. When I complained to them they answered that they had *one* size box that they used for everything. I would think that bulk shippers like Amazon would also benefit from a limited number of carefully-sized boxes in that they pack well into the trucks going to the carrier -- fewer trucks and faster loading == cost savings. Sometimes Amazon does a decent job of packing, sometimes they don't. I recently received a box of printer paper from them without any external packaging. It was beat to hell and falling apart, mind you.
No, plaid!
I'm baffled why you'd spend that much on a VW knowing that their designs are goofy (ever try to replace the wipers on a New Beetle?), badly documented (New Beetle has a fuel filter despite documentation to the contrary) and miserably unreliable.
I paid all of $29 for my legit copy of Fusion and it runs beautifully, allowing me to use the screwy Java remote console with Sun's ILOM. Close enough to free
^old^most I've seen very little FW800 gear
The usable mobile calendar is the killer app for me. Couldn't find anything else that would sync iCal and Addressbook properly. I also don't want a hinge or slider that'll break in a few months.
... or many brick/stone buildings. I worked many moons ago in a remodeled firehose factory (yes, the home of Objective C) and wiring was a real hassle. ... or places where one is a renter and not permitted to punch holes in the wall.
One would naturally back them up on DAT tape. (you see, DAT stands for Digital Audio Tape, so ... oh nevermind)
I think you mean "do in", not "do". "Doing" one's colleague would be more in the vein of Danielle Steele.