I couldn't agree with the parent more. I bought a cheap wireless router from them when I moved into my current apartment, and about 3 months later it just stopped working altogether. I called tech support on it and got someone from India who didn't have the slightest clue what I was saying and didn't understand the fact that I was using vista and not XP. To say I had a frustrating experience with them is a gross understatement. The end result of this story: I will never buy anything from Belkin ever again. Seriously, what kind of company has to turn to fake user reviews to get people to buy their product. They might as well be selling it on TV and offering a free sham-wow with it or something. Although, I guess I shouldn't have expected more from a company who charges $30 dollars for a 10 foot cat5 cable or $50 for an fm transmitter that is white, so that it can work with an iPod.
It requires an oh-so-insecure ActiveX control, which then asks you to download a program from some company that I've never heard. I'm just hoping I don't have to de-virus my computer after this whole ordeal is done with.
That may be true about pressed CDs (i.e. CDs made in a factory by a process in which the pits are physically pressed into the media by a custom die), but for user-burnable media the bets are off. When you pop a CD into your drive and burn it, basically the laser causes chemicals to distort the shape of the media, which is a lot less reliable than the commercial process. As for me, I wouldn't trust a burned CD/DVD for more than 3 years in the best of conditions.
Conservation of momentum - the effect of a car traveling at 100mph hitting a child is not the same as a child traveling at 100mph hitting a car. If you can follow the unformatted math:
M_car * V_car = (~1000 kg)(44.7 m/s) ~= 44700 kg*m/s
M_child * V_child = (~20 kg)(44.7 m/s) ~= 894 kg*m/s
The fact that the child is a lot more *squishy* than the car has little to do with it. If you want a comparable situation, think of throwing a turkey at 100mph at a parked car. I guarantee you that car's not going to come out looking to good.
Give me daylight 14 hours per day, 6am - 8pm. Move them between hemispheres or to emergency locations as needed. Productivity goes up, which pays for the mirrors.
DST becomes unnecessary.
Meanwhile, animals everywhere slowly go from intrigued, to confused, to blind rage as there circadian rhythms are ripped away from them. You know, other than the whole possible destruction of society thing, this might be a good idea.
I agree with the parent. Overall, Chrome seemed to be more of a beta quality product, not a release version. It just seemed to lack some of the UI polishing that you're used to (for instance, the scrolling on long pages is incredibly jumpy and lacks the smoothness of IE and firefox). As for me, I used it maybe twice, and it hasn't been used much beyond that. I'll stick with firefox for now.
Honestly, though, there is a large group of people buying Apple computers because they are "pretty" and simple to use. The second you take away the pretty, never-fail machine, OSX doesn't have any ground to stand on. Even with the enterprise level software that runs on OSX, it's used because it works more or less flawlessly on a mac. When you take away the guaranteed hardware compatibility, you just have a pretty operating system with some brand new bugs that no one ever anticipated. I think this whole Psystar thing will blow over without much effect on apple's revenue.
Sorry to rain on your parade here, but about 90% of students who start out saying that their major is such-n-such end up doing something completely different. I, for instance, started out saying I was doing Chemical Engineering, because I liked chemistry, and I thought factories were kind of cool, plus it sounded cool. After taking the mandatory intro class, I realized it wasn't for me (AFAIKT, ChE's are glorified plumbers, but then again there are people who enjoy that). I also learned that I liked my high school chem teacher, and not necessarily chemistry (although I do still enjoy it, just not as much as I thought). About the time we started talking about quantum mechanics I realized that I don't like chemistry enough to do something like ChE.
And about the double major thing: If you plan on graduating within the next 4-5 years, don't put your plans in concrete. Now, don't let my comments change your mind. If you really want to, go ahead and double major, but for the most part employers only take a passing glance at what you actually did in college, and focus more on the fact that you have a degree. If you really want to stand out to an employer, get your bachelor done as soon as you can, and go on to a grad program.
Reminds of Gabriel's Horn in calculus. Basically, you rotate the area under y=1/x from 1 to infinity, creating something that looks much like a horn. I remember someone in my class mentioning that you could be holding and move it and be stabbing someone miles away (of course, it would be so small they wouldn't feel it). Also, it has finite volume, yet infinite surface area, so you could fill the horn with paint, but you could never paint the outside of it completely. Anyway, here's a link for more info.
Funny you mention the amount of energy it would require to recycle styrofoam. It turns out that the process used to recycle paper consumes so much energy, that the amount of woods products burned in power plants exceeds the amount salvaged by the recycling process. Note that I heard this from my high school calculus teacher, so it might not be exactly reliable, but it makes you think.
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So... they've resurrected the CueCat?
Micro fridge, eh? Well now I just need to get some micro brew and we'll have a micro-rave.
This company should be avoided where possible.
I couldn't agree with the parent more. I bought a cheap wireless router from them when I moved into my current apartment, and about 3 months later it just stopped working altogether. I called tech support on it and got someone from India who didn't have the slightest clue what I was saying and didn't understand the fact that I was using vista and not XP. To say I had a frustrating experience with them is a gross understatement. The end result of this story: I will never buy anything from Belkin ever again. Seriously, what kind of company has to turn to fake user reviews to get people to buy their product. They might as well be selling it on TV and offering a free sham-wow with it or something. Although, I guess I shouldn't have expected more from a company who charges $30 dollars for a 10 foot cat5 cable or $50 for an fm transmitter that is white, so that it can work with an iPod.
It requires an oh-so-insecure ActiveX control, which then asks you to download a program from some company that I've never heard. I'm just hoping I don't have to de-virus my computer after this whole ordeal is done with.
1,100 megawatts, eh? Why, that's almost 1.21 gigawatts! Now we just need to come up with a flux capacitor and find an old Delorian!
That may be true about pressed CDs (i.e. CDs made in a factory by a process in which the pits are physically pressed into the media by a custom die), but for user-burnable media the bets are off. When you pop a CD into your drive and burn it, basically the laser causes chemicals to distort the shape of the media, which is a lot less reliable than the commercial process. As for me, I wouldn't trust a burned CD/DVD for more than 3 years in the best of conditions.
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
Ibuprofen
Aleve (Naproxen)
They're not the same thing. Although certain OTC varieties might contain ibuprofen, it is not the active ingredient.
Conservation of momentum - the effect of a car traveling at 100mph hitting a child is not the same as a child traveling at 100mph hitting a car. If you can follow the unformatted math:
M_car * V_car = (~1000 kg)(44.7 m/s) ~= 44700 kg*m/s
M_child * V_child = (~20 kg)(44.7 m/s) ~= 894 kg*m/s
The fact that the child is a lot more *squishy* than the car has little to do with it. If you want a comparable situation, think of throwing a turkey at 100mph at a parked car. I guarantee you that car's not going to come out looking to good.
Who would have thought? "Free Software" in a Slashdot title, and all of a sudden codeweavers isn't responding.
Who knows, it might include some pretty intense "hunting accident" scenes.
Actually, "gynormous" is the way they spelled it in TFA. Blame MSNBC.
Yes, sunlight is free... unless, of course, you live in Springfield
Give me daylight 14 hours per day, 6am - 8pm. Move them between hemispheres or to emergency locations as needed. Productivity goes up, which pays for the mirrors. DST becomes unnecessary.
Meanwhile, animals everywhere slowly go from intrigued, to confused, to blind rage as there circadian rhythms are ripped away from them. You know, other than the whole possible destruction of society thing, this might be a good idea.
I agree with the parent. Overall, Chrome seemed to be more of a beta quality product, not a release version. It just seemed to lack some of the UI polishing that you're used to (for instance, the scrolling on long pages is incredibly jumpy and lacks the smoothness of IE and firefox). As for me, I used it maybe twice, and it hasn't been used much beyond that. I'll stick with firefox for now.
So that's what happened to that kid in kindergarten eating paste!
Actually, spelt is an acceptable alternative to spelled, as is dreamt to dreamed.
I'm pretty sure the world has a center... but it'd be a heck of a feat trying to cool that server farm.
Honestly, though, there is a large group of people buying Apple computers because they are "pretty" and simple to use. The second you take away the pretty, never-fail machine, OSX doesn't have any ground to stand on. Even with the enterprise level software that runs on OSX, it's used because it works more or less flawlessly on a mac. When you take away the guaranteed hardware compatibility, you just have a pretty operating system with some brand new bugs that no one ever anticipated. I think this whole Psystar thing will blow over without much effect on apple's revenue.
Sorry to rain on your parade here, but about 90% of students who start out saying that their major is such-n-such end up doing something completely different. I, for instance, started out saying I was doing Chemical Engineering, because I liked chemistry, and I thought factories were kind of cool, plus it sounded cool. After taking the mandatory intro class, I realized it wasn't for me (AFAIKT, ChE's are glorified plumbers, but then again there are people who enjoy that). I also learned that I liked my high school chem teacher, and not necessarily chemistry (although I do still enjoy it, just not as much as I thought). About the time we started talking about quantum mechanics I realized that I don't like chemistry enough to do something like ChE.
And about the double major thing: If you plan on graduating within the next 4-5 years, don't put your plans in concrete. Now, don't let my comments change your mind. If you really want to, go ahead and double major, but for the most part employers only take a passing glance at what you actually did in college, and focus more on the fact that you have a degree. If you really want to stand out to an employer, get your bachelor done as soon as you can, and go on to a grad program.
Reminds of Gabriel's Horn in calculus. Basically, you rotate the area under y=1/x from 1 to infinity, creating something that looks much like a horn. I remember someone in my class mentioning that you could be holding and move it and be stabbing someone miles away (of course, it would be so small they wouldn't feel it). Also, it has finite volume, yet infinite surface area, so you could fill the horn with paint, but you could never paint the outside of it completely. Anyway, here's a link for more info.
If anybody didn't catch the reference, it's referring to Real Ultimate Power.
In firefox:
View >> Text Size >> Increase
Or Ctrl + + if your are loath to move your hands from the keyboard.
Ever heard of a place called "Canada"? Pretty much the same situation as you have just described.
Funny you mention the amount of energy it would require to recycle styrofoam. It turns out that the process used to recycle paper consumes so much energy, that the amount of woods products burned in power plants exceeds the amount salvaged by the recycling process. Note that I heard this from my high school calculus teacher, so it might not be exactly reliable, but it makes you think.