"But if you saving money on labor, how about the customer saves money too?"
This is why I love my business and run it EXACTLY like that. Not only can I pass on the savings but my product helps save even more money during its usable lifespan. And my stuff isn't made in a large sweatshop, it's made by a bunch of specialized engineers who maintain constant communications with me, so while there is a small price to pay it's well worth it for the quality of product and savings down the line. My equipment pays for itself in the first year of operation.
Quit using swamp coolers, which ALWAYS lose out during humid periods of weather, and get yourself a real window unit with an actual radiator and drip pan.
As if those are ever accurate. Get a passport, take your ass to China, see for yourself that Apple products are made in the same sweatshops under the same conditions, and that they're only switching suppliers around to try to stay ahead of the human rights people.
Some of us actually go to China to check our suppliers, you know. It's called face-to-face verification. And while you're there, they're more than happy to show you the LARGE companies that are their customers, like Apple, Microsoft, Qualcomm, etc. to entice you to stick with them.
"When were Jews forced to receive a phyiscal marking in order to perform commerce?"
Around 1938. A big yellow star with 'Juden' on it, identifying you as a Jew. Suddenly with that star you couldn't do business in some places and were forced to go to Juden-catering places (which were often shut down as Germany went forward with the ethnic cleansing.)
Citation needed for being stoned on weed making you a worse driver, please.
It was a drunk driver that fucked me over, and now I smoke pot all day just to be able to get up, walk, and take my ass to the car to get groceries from the store (thank you, California.) I still drive better than 99% of the population, and I've never had an accident in my decade of motor vehicle operation.
Hell the current strongest medical-quality bud barely gives me a buzz.
Knowing the difference between a 1,000 pound warhead of shit gunpowder versus a 1,000 pound warhead of higher-power plastique. My grandfather was Lt. Col. USMC and I learned EVERYTHING about weaponry from him, I've also had many guided informative tours around Parris Island.
And I know that a VC-style 1,000 pound black powder bomb isn't going to be nearly as powerful as the high-grade explosives used in a typical 1,000 pound cruise missile warhead.
My father also worked on Harpoon cruise missiles, specifically the Radar guidance system, and he's got pictures of tests on goddamned DESTROYER BATTLESHIPS. Cruise missiles make *FUCKING HUGE* explosions.
"Unlocking cores that the manufacturer deems to be flawed - um, yeah."
Why not? I turned an AGP 6800NX into better than a full-powered PCI-E 6800 Ultra by unlocking the other pixel pipelines (before nVidia went to laser-locking the chips, and the AGP version had 16 pipelines where the PCI-E version was stuck at 12.) I took a 100 dollar card and cranked it up to its 250 dollar counterpart's performance without any issues.
Not everything is locked because it's bad, maybe it just underperforms to the degree to warrant being placed in a lower bin. Usually a microcode fix can be applied to work around the non-functional sections and still make use of the functional silicon.
It's actually a very common practice in IC microfab.
No, it's about the size of the missile. The warhead is always listed in pounds but the potential is always listed in kinetic energy.
For example, the BrahMos has 32 times the kinetic energy of the Tomahawk, despite having a warhead 3/5 the size. It is by far much more destructive than our Tomahawk because of its higher mass and higher velocity capability.
okay, hang on. Here's a crappy homemade 1,000 pound bomb
You're saying a military-grade 1,000lb warhead is going to make a smaller explosion when its sole purpose is to completely destroy anything within a LARGE radius? You think two meters away is going to be a 'miss' with an explosion of that caliber?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the typical use for a cruise missile is as a ship killer, dam buster, basically to wipe out anything FAR LARGER than a mere pussy 60 ton tank even if it hit the furthest point from center-structure. An impact a couple of meters away even without detonation would be like a meteor impacting, that tank would get knocked over. Even our light-in-comparison Tomahawks are pretty lethal, I know the Harpoons are.
It's more than the plants it's what the potential product could weigh out to after harvest as well, and that fell clearly within federal drug trafficking laws.
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"But if you saving money on labor, how about the customer saves money too?"
This is why I love my business and run it EXACTLY like that. Not only can I pass on the savings but my product helps save even more money during its usable lifespan. And my stuff isn't made in a large sweatshop, it's made by a bunch of specialized engineers who maintain constant communications with me, so while there is a small price to pay it's well worth it for the quality of product and savings down the line. My equipment pays for itself in the first year of operation.
Quit using swamp coolers, which ALWAYS lose out during humid periods of weather, and get yourself a real window unit with an actual radiator and drip pan.
"If you read the articles linked on Slashdot"
As if those are ever accurate. Get a passport, take your ass to China, see for yourself that Apple products are made in the same sweatshops under the same conditions, and that they're only switching suppliers around to try to stay ahead of the human rights people.
Some of us actually go to China to check our suppliers, you know. It's called face-to-face verification. And while you're there, they're more than happy to show you the LARGE companies that are their customers, like Apple, Microsoft, Qualcomm, etc. to entice you to stick with them.
"Hell, maybe they'll surpass us, and we will one day again be the backward place that needs better working conditions."
Too late.
Will to Work State.
"When were Jews forced to receive a phyiscal marking in order to perform commerce?"
Around 1938. A big yellow star with 'Juden' on it, identifying you as a Jew. Suddenly with that star you couldn't do business in some places and were forced to go to Juden-catering places (which were often shut down as Germany went forward with the ethnic cleansing.)
Citation needed for being stoned on weed making you a worse driver, please.
It was a drunk driver that fucked me over, and now I smoke pot all day just to be able to get up, walk, and take my ass to the car to get groceries from the store (thank you, California.) I still drive better than 99% of the population, and I've never had an accident in my decade of motor vehicle operation.
Hell the current strongest medical-quality bud barely gives me a buzz.
"So uh, anyone know how to disable McAfee completely?"
Wipe Windows completely and reinstall from a fresh disc without all the crapware added.
Vimeo is a great site. They had real HD before Youtube, and better features that made it worth paying for.
That reminds me, I need to renew my plus subscription.
It's like Baron Realms Elite, Trader Wars, and Ultima all mashed together.
What a waste.
This isn't off-topic, fools. The topic is Roger Ebert, my comment is about Mr. Ebert.
Learn how to moderate. If anything, it's flamebait or trolling, maybe insightful at its best.
Most cruise missiles use radar guidance. Moving targets are nothing.
Knowing the difference between a 1,000 pound warhead of shit gunpowder versus a 1,000 pound warhead of higher-power plastique. My grandfather was Lt. Col. USMC and I learned EVERYTHING about weaponry from him, I've also had many guided informative tours around Parris Island.
And I know that a VC-style 1,000 pound black powder bomb isn't going to be nearly as powerful as the high-grade explosives used in a typical 1,000 pound cruise missile warhead.
My father also worked on Harpoon cruise missiles, specifically the Radar guidance system, and he's got pictures of tests on goddamned DESTROYER BATTLESHIPS. Cruise missiles make *FUCKING HUGE* explosions.
"Unlocking cores that the manufacturer deems to be flawed - um, yeah."
Why not? I turned an AGP 6800NX into better than a full-powered PCI-E 6800 Ultra by unlocking the other pixel pipelines (before nVidia went to laser-locking the chips, and the AGP version had 16 pipelines where the PCI-E version was stuck at 12.) I took a 100 dollar card and cranked it up to its 250 dollar counterpart's performance without any issues.
Not everything is locked because it's bad, maybe it just underperforms to the degree to warrant being placed in a lower bin. Usually a microcode fix can be applied to work around the non-functional sections and still make use of the functional silicon.
It's actually a very common practice in IC microfab.
I should note this does not apply to nuclear warheads, in which case it is all about the size.
No, it's about the size of the missile. The warhead is always listed in pounds but the potential is always listed in kinetic energy.
For example, the BrahMos has 32 times the kinetic energy of the Tomahawk, despite having a warhead 3/5 the size. It is by far much more destructive than our Tomahawk because of its higher mass and higher velocity capability.
Oh what the hell, it didn't post my link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LptXaQ4Wkjw
okay, hang on.
Here's a crappy homemade 1,000 pound bomb
You're saying a military-grade 1,000lb warhead is going to make a smaller explosion when its sole purpose is to completely destroy anything within a LARGE radius? You think two meters away is going to be a 'miss' with an explosion of that caliber?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the typical use for a cruise missile is as a ship killer, dam buster, basically to wipe out anything FAR LARGER than a mere pussy 60 ton tank even if it hit the furthest point from center-structure. An impact a couple of meters away even without detonation would be like a meteor impacting, that tank would get knocked over. Even our light-in-comparison Tomahawks are pretty lethal, I know the Harpoons are.
"they can tell what is and isn't plagiarized"
There is a problem with that; there's programming languages where many particular things can only be accomplished in one particular manner.
His narrow definition of 'art' is precisely why art schools have such poor reputation. What a stupid fuckwit.
"Would this flag me as a cheater?"
Yes, simply because they're using automated software which is 100% incapable of critical thinking like what you just demonstrated.
And apparently, the professors are just as incapable of those thought processes.
This is why I left the IT field and went with horticulture - less bullshit from "professionals" with no common sense.
"This is what happened with Spore,"
No, that is not what happened with Spore/EA.
I sued EA and they backed off.
I want full access to their houses and buildings to make sure they're not infringing upon any of MY copyrights, patents, or trademarks.
It's more than the plants it's what the potential product could weigh out to after harvest as well, and that fell clearly within federal drug trafficking laws.
It can sound like BS to you but a third grader just fucking owned the system. Even AOL wasn't THAT easy.