I second the motion. I spent some time at NASA, (paid visit to look at ideas), and the astronauts accept the risk. Engineers minimize the risk. But citizens don't seem to like the risk at all, they want it 100% safe
My good friend just bought the 8. VERY highly recommended, and the mileage isn't toio shoddy either. He gets about 22-24, shifts normally at 6000 and always gets up and goes...
I use Gnome/Gentoo... and it's easier to use than WinXP. If youu have a problem with something in WinXP, often the ONLY way to fix it is a reinstall, which you now have to CALL MS customer service and talk to them for 25-35 mis, just to activate it, so they don't think you are stealing. I set my girlfriend up on gentoo, and she was happily punching away at things after a few minutes. She ran into a problem, looked it up in the forums, and fixed the problems. Her dad has to ask me to fix their Windows box about once a week, something goes wrong. And it takes me forever for some problems. Still trying to figure out why NWN Plat won't pass SoU interlude.... may have to reinstall... and why the sound card doesn't put out more than 25% of volume before last reinstall... may have to reinstall...
Anyways... moral of the story is, my BLONDE girlfriend picked up using Linux in about 5 mins with Gnome. She's learning to admin it. I'm still learning to admin WinXP, and I've admined GENTOO for about 3 yrs.
The new Durango has AWD... so you can get that on an SUV, too. They also have a stability (anti-roll) controller, too. It makes it very stable, and actually less likely to roll that most minivans, and even some cars. SUV's are getting there. And the Hybrid Escape gets about 30-35 real-world MPG. So the mileage is there too.
Sorry for the OT, but Just because some are bad doesn't mean all are. For the record, I wouldn't drive an SUV, I like fast cars with poor gas mileage better.:-)
As much as I love my Gentoo (2 boxes + 1 server running it flawlessly) I think that the setup would be quite scary for them. Though if it was all on the same type of computer, you could make 1 setup, and just copy it from box to box.
But I think Debian or SuSe is more of what they are looking for. Any of the linuxes should be impressive, though, if they are used to Windows:-)
Just helped move 2 of my friends boxes into these... the aren't really hard at all. They stay pretty cool too, not bad at all. Now I'm considering switching my server over...
The best thing is how little room they take... and you can stack them on top of each other...
Hrm... if we stole it, why was it called the Louisana PURCHASE??? And as far as giving me nightmare about you coming to take it back... when was the last time France won a war against someone other than the French?
... about the prices. You could have a ompany make the oil and refine it, built on / near an old landfill (lots of free/cheap materials) have the trash companies still come and PAY to drop off the trash (better than free) and then put gas pumps in an expanding range around the landfill (now a refinery) and sell the gas for a reasonable profit. Then let the dollar decide. If people in the are want to support cleaning up thier land, they will buy the gas. Add this to the relatively short transport distance, and the possibility of a tax break due to the fact that the city no longer has to pay for the landfills, and you could probably be close enough to competitive that I for one would be willing to spend the difference, if not actually make it cheaper.
Anywhere around Austin, Tx you can get 5 mbit down (not sure on upload, server is installing gentoo at the moment), for $30/mo for a year, $50/mo after that (You can get another 6mos @ $30 if you complain). I regularly get 600-620 KB/S downloads, and I'm well outside city limits.
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Watch for Penguins, they eat Apples and throw rocks at Windows
That's exactly my point. You don't NEED it to do what you want... But it is a status symbol that people want. Something they can point to and say "That baby is top of the line" not realizing that something so much less could fit their nees. As long as America is trying to beat the Jones's, they will always go with the most powerful that they can.
Not many people exceed 100 mph, or corner a 1g+, but they still buy sports cars... If they make it, people will buy it, if for no other reaon than to say "I have a 4Cell HP Pavilion, and you only have a 2Cell."
You seem to have forgotten that as a race, humans are egomaniacs...
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it is when the joke is "informative"
Naaa, thats the LAPD's
Guess I need to write an ascii-based perl script of a tetris game...
I second the motion. I spent some time at NASA, (paid visit to look at ideas), and the astronauts accept the risk. Engineers minimize the risk. But citizens don't seem to like the risk at all, they want it 100% safe
My good friend just bought the 8. VERY highly recommended, and the mileage isn't toio shoddy either. He gets about 22-24, shifts normally at 6000 and always gets up and goes...
f) Activate webcam for high profits
I use Gnome/Gentoo... and it's easier to use than WinXP. If youu have a problem with something in WinXP, often the ONLY way to fix it is a reinstall, which you now have to CALL MS customer service and talk to them for 25-35 mis, just to activate it, so they don't think you are stealing. I set my girlfriend up on gentoo, and she was happily punching away at things after a few minutes. She ran into a problem, looked it up in the forums, and fixed the problems. Her dad has to ask me to fix their Windows box about once a week, something goes wrong. And it takes me forever for some problems. Still trying to figure out why NWN Plat won't pass SoU interlude.... may have to reinstall... and why the sound card doesn't put out more than 25% of volume before last reinstall... may have to reinstall...
Anyways... moral of the story is, my BLONDE girlfriend picked up using Linux in about 5 mins with Gnome. She's learning to admin it. I'm still learning to admin WinXP, and I've admined GENTOO for about 3 yrs.
Chances are they use gnome, and they follow what they want, thus they are user centric... just not centered around the majority of users. :-)
especially while driving...
The new Durango has AWD... so you can get that on an SUV, too. They also have a stability (anti-roll) controller, too. It makes it very stable, and actually less likely to roll that most minivans, and even some cars. SUV's are getting there. And the Hybrid Escape gets about 30-35 real-world MPG. So the mileage is there too.
:-)
Sorry for the OT, but Just because some are bad doesn't mean all are. For the record, I wouldn't drive an SUV, I like fast cars with poor gas mileage better.
But you but the license? Hmm... the RIAA will have a field day
That worked great in the dark ages, with the serfs under the lords...
And building Firefox was faster that loading up IE in windows?
Wait, don't answer that...
As much as I love my Gentoo (2 boxes + 1 server running it flawlessly) I think that the setup would be quite scary for them. Though if it was all on the same type of computer, you could make 1 setup, and just copy it from box to box.
But I think Debian or SuSe is more of what they are looking for. Any of the linuxes should be impressive, though, if they are used to Windows:-)
FYI: The US tried to use the UN against Iraq for years. All they did was warn and sanction, which hurt the commoners but not the gov't.
Sorry for the OT, but it had to be said.
Just helped move 2 of my friends boxes into these... the aren't really hard at all. They stay pretty cool too, not bad at all. Now I'm considering switching my server over...
The best thing is how little room they take... and you can stack them on top of each other...
Maybe we shoould leave them to dig their own way out this time...
Hrm... if we stole it, why was it called the Louisana PURCHASE??? And as far as giving me nightmare about you coming to take it back... when was the last time France won a war against someone other than the French?
Majority vs. Minority
we're being judged by the scale of our majority
But if the gov't stopped smothering it's people, they might have to get jobs, and drop unemployment below 20%. ^_-
I speak American, not English,and I come from Texas so I am also fluent in Texan too. These are (at least to me) their own languages. ^_^
... about the prices. You could have a ompany make the oil and refine it, built on / near an old landfill (lots of free/cheap materials) have the trash companies still come and PAY to drop off the trash (better than free) and then put gas pumps in an expanding range around the landfill (now a refinery) and sell the gas for a reasonable profit. Then let the dollar decide. If people in the are want to support cleaning up thier land, they will buy the gas. Add this to the relatively short transport distance, and the possibility of a tax break due to the fact that the city no longer has to pay for the landfills, and you could probably be close enough to competitive that I for one would be willing to spend the difference, if not actually make it cheaper.
Anywhere around Austin, Tx you can get 5 mbit down (not sure on upload, server is installing gentoo at the moment), for $30/mo for a year, $50/mo after that (You can get another 6mos @ $30 if you complain). I regularly get 600-620 KB/S downloads, and I'm well outside city limits.
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Watch for Penguins, they eat Apples and throw rocks at Windows
That's exactly my point. You don't NEED it to do what you want... But it is a status symbol that people want. Something they can point to and say "That baby is top of the line" not realizing that something so much less could fit their nees. As long as America is trying to beat the Jones's, they will always go with the most powerful that they can.
Not many people exceed 100 mph, or corner a 1g+, but they still buy sports cars... If they make it, people will buy it, if for no other reaon than to say "I have a 4Cell HP Pavilion, and you only have a 2Cell."
You seem to have forgotten that as a race, humans are egomaniacs...