Laptops have upgradable graphics cards - look up the MXM slot or check out HP or Dell's offerings that have full-sized PCI-X slots (Dell's old 9800 Inspiron laptop had a full-sized AGP slot for graphics expansion, IIRC)
Shotgun pellets? Someone hasn't been turkey hunting before. Use a.370 Winchester, hit just below the neck, and it will upon impact shatter most of their cartilage in that region and paralyze them, leaving you (or your dog) able to finish the job with relative ease.
For those of us that grow and consume habaneros, unless it's purified capsaicin oil touching our skin/mucous membranes/eyes we won't be bothered. I've taken 25% capsaicin spray to the face and the worst it did was clear my sinuses and make my eyes water.
"As for Dell: most people forget that the recovery CDs from Dell/HP/Fujitsu do not contain the crapware that is preinstalled."
Bullshit. As a former HP Laptop technician, when we use a recovery disc, recovery partition, or GHOST/PRISM the image from our servers onto the laptop, you get all the crapware installed. FACTORY CONDITION.
Excuse me? Last I recalled the only opposition to Bush in the last election conceded. He wasn't elected, he WON BY DEFAULT. I don't call that an election, I call that handing the keys over to a drunk driver.
Windows 95 did not offer preemptive multitasking originally AFAIK, as it was just a GUI atop DOS. Only when DirectX 4 (original 95 version being 3) came about with the other enhancements did preemptive multitasking become a true Windows reality.
But I'm speaking from my own personal experience. When I compared 95 vs 98 side by side on identical machines, 98 ran multiple programs better, whereas on the 95 machine they ran horribly when loaded concurrently, so YMMV.
I wouldn't personally call Win95 the start of Microsoft's preemptive multitasking, nor 98. NT 3.51 was the REAL start of that, IMHO.
Marijuana with Kudzu. Get you high, grows anywhere, grows and spreads fast, produces seeds with high oil content, etc. etc.
You can kiss genetically modified corn adios if something like this were to happen. Marijuana is unofficially one of the largest cash crops of my state (Tennessee) and I also recall some geneticist that managed to modify oranges and make them produce THC, this was back in... 97 or 98.
GMO can have many drawbacks and advantages. We can't really selectively breed them all out, or even modify them all out.
Since when did the fucking law have any forceful control over anything NATURAL, asshole? Minus the racial and corporation-based illegality of marijuana, not ONE FUCKING BIT.
Were said company to try suing me, they'd be burned to the ground, and I'd take the charge. I doubt you with your big words have the fucking balls to do it. I have the balls, and I've got the criminal record to prove it. Too bad it's illegal to kill someone for being a douchebag, but hey, that probably wouldn't stop ME from knocking on your door to collect on your fat ass.
Please mod me flamebait, as it's FULLY intended to be.
The moment I connect to the internet, Windows (and whatever other programs are installed) call home - they're in effect being a server once theey start sending information (usage statistics, etc)
For example, I run Winamp. I allow the usage statistics. Therefore, I'm automatically a server, delivering requested information to another client from the moment I run Winamp to the moment I shut it down.
This would sound more like Comcast telling me what I can and cannot run on my own machine. Which is why I avoid them in the first place.
How about giving us an OS in it's entirety with a small footprint? Minuet seems to do the job, though I can imagine assembler programming to be a bitch. Damn Small Linux can be fully functional with a 250 meg install, just like Windows 98 had.
PSP plays OGG vorbis if you homebrew it. My car stereo supports OGG wonderfully but fails horribly at VBR MP3 file playback. Guitar Hero uses the OGG vorbis format for it's music files, so that means PS2/PS3/XBox/360 play it (maybe not natively but the game has the software for playback built-in)
Yup, OGG is certainly catching on, you're just not opening your eyes and looking for it hard enough.
It kinda depends upon the plastic really. Some of it just needs to get warm enough and it'll simply fuse with other plastics of the same type, requiring minimal heat and pressure. Other types need to be shredded down to be easily melted down and recycled. Glass, on the other hand, requires huge amounts of energy just in melting it. That says nothing about the added energy use of machines designed to handle such hot material.
Keep to the original game in which there is NO JUMPING.
That was half of the challenge of the game, right there. You can't jump, only use your bionic grappling arm to drag your metal-laden butt from skyscraper to skyscraper. I loved that concept so much that I ended up not touching Castlevania and Contra for months!
"Melting plastic requires significantly more energy than melting glass."
I hold in my hands a plastic bottle and a glass bottle, both used to have beer in them.
I take my butane lighter, spark it, and hold the flame to the bottom of the plastic. Within seconds, it's melting and burning. I do that to the glass bottle, and I'll burn thru that whole lighter's fuel supply (which is energy) before I even turn the glass red.
I'll say it probably takes more energy to melt glass rather than plastic.
STALKER doesn't work with Daemon Tools (either 32-bit or x64 versions) even after a direct bit for bit copy and all emulation options turned on. It pisses me off to no end.
I actually submitted that as a/. story a couple years back. Sucks that it didn't get accepted but nice to see someone else had the "Beowulf cluster" idea for those!
I've got 1920x1080 DivX of Naruto's 3rd movie. Total size - 2.2 gigs for 94 minutes of video and audio, with four different language subtitle choices. All on one DVD.
I'm glad I have a high-def DivX-capable standalone player. Screw these more expensive formats! Hooray compression technology!
Ban flash. Hell, ban all Adobe products - every bit of software they acquire seems to get revamped into crap, and minus photoshop all the software they develop is bloated and slow.
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I make basil tea - that could technically be called a coffee of sorts since you're basically extracting flavinoids with hot water.
Actually coffee should be listed as a type of tea, since the process is pretty much the same.
Laptops have upgradable graphics cards - look up the MXM slot or check out HP or Dell's offerings that have full-sized PCI-X slots (Dell's old 9800 Inspiron laptop had a full-sized AGP slot for graphics expansion, IIRC)
Shotgun pellets? Someone hasn't been turkey hunting before. Use a .370 Winchester, hit just below the neck, and it will upon impact shatter most of their cartilage in that region and paralyze them, leaving you (or your dog) able to finish the job with relative ease.
For those of us that grow and consume habaneros, unless it's purified capsaicin oil touching our skin/mucous membranes/eyes we won't be bothered. I've taken 25% capsaicin spray to the face and the worst it did was clear my sinuses and make my eyes water.
Camfrog Video Chat Server. 20 mbit upstream would barely cover 35 people looking at each other at the same time.
"As for Dell: most people forget that the recovery CDs from Dell/HP/Fujitsu do not contain the crapware that is preinstalled."
Bullshit. As a former HP Laptop technician, when we use a recovery disc, recovery partition, or GHOST/PRISM the image from our servers onto the laptop, you get all the crapware installed. FACTORY CONDITION.
"They elected Bush not once, but twice"
Excuse me? Last I recalled the only opposition to Bush in the last election conceded. He wasn't elected, he WON BY DEFAULT. I don't call that an election, I call that handing the keys over to a drunk driver.
Windows 95 did not offer preemptive multitasking originally AFAIK, as it was just a GUI atop DOS. Only when DirectX 4 (original 95 version being 3) came about with the other enhancements did preemptive multitasking become a true Windows reality.
But I'm speaking from my own personal experience. When I compared 95 vs 98 side by side on identical machines, 98 ran multiple programs better, whereas on the 95 machine they ran horribly when loaded concurrently, so YMMV.
I wouldn't personally call Win95 the start of Microsoft's preemptive multitasking, nor 98. NT 3.51 was the REAL start of that, IMHO.
Marijuana with Kudzu. Get you high, grows anywhere, grows and spreads fast, produces seeds with high oil content, etc. etc.
You can kiss genetically modified corn adios if something like this were to happen. Marijuana is unofficially one of the largest cash crops of my state (Tennessee) and I also recall some geneticist that managed to modify oranges and make them produce THC, this was back in... 97 or 98.
GMO can have many drawbacks and advantages. We can't really selectively breed them all out, or even modify them all out.
Since when did the fucking law have any forceful control over anything NATURAL, asshole? Minus the racial and corporation-based illegality of marijuana, not ONE FUCKING BIT. Were said company to try suing me, they'd be burned to the ground, and I'd take the charge. I doubt you with your big words have the fucking balls to do it. I have the balls, and I've got the criminal record to prove it. Too bad it's illegal to kill someone for being a douchebag, but hey, that probably wouldn't stop ME from knocking on your door to collect on your fat ass. Please mod me flamebait, as it's FULLY intended to be.
"And as we've learned, big dust storms risk freezing the electronics to death."
I thought most electronics would run better at extremely cold temperatures.
Did ya not see my mention of Minuet, which does fit and boot direct from a floppy? :) Pure Assembler.
The moment I connect to the internet, Windows (and whatever other programs are installed) call home - they're in effect being a server once theey start sending information (usage statistics, etc) For example, I run Winamp. I allow the usage statistics. Therefore, I'm automatically a server, delivering requested information to another client from the moment I run Winamp to the moment I shut it down. This would sound more like Comcast telling me what I can and cannot run on my own machine. Which is why I avoid them in the first place.
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How about giving us an OS in it's entirety with a small footprint? Minuet seems to do the job, though I can imagine assembler programming to be a bitch. Damn Small Linux can be fully functional with a 250 meg install, just like Windows 98 had.
PSP plays OGG vorbis if you homebrew it. My car stereo supports OGG wonderfully but fails horribly at VBR MP3 file playback. Guitar Hero uses the OGG vorbis format for it's music files, so that means PS2/PS3/XBox/360 play it (maybe not natively but the game has the software for playback built-in) Yup, OGG is certainly catching on, you're just not opening your eyes and looking for it hard enough.
You must be new here. :)
It kinda depends upon the plastic really. Some of it just needs to get warm enough and it'll simply fuse with other plastics of the same type, requiring minimal heat and pressure. Other types need to be shredded down to be easily melted down and recycled. Glass, on the other hand, requires huge amounts of energy just in melting it. That says nothing about the added energy use of machines designed to handle such hot material.
Keep to the original game in which there is NO JUMPING.
That was half of the challenge of the game, right there. You can't jump, only use your bionic grappling arm to drag your metal-laden butt from skyscraper to skyscraper. I loved that concept so much that I ended up not touching Castlevania and Contra for months!
"Melting plastic requires significantly more energy than melting glass."
I hold in my hands a plastic bottle and a glass bottle, both used to have beer in them.
I take my butane lighter, spark it, and hold the flame to the bottom of the plastic. Within seconds, it's melting and burning. I do that to the glass bottle, and I'll burn thru that whole lighter's fuel supply (which is energy) before I even turn the glass red.
I'll say it probably takes more energy to melt glass rather than plastic.
STALKER doesn't work with Daemon Tools (either 32-bit or x64 versions) even after a direct bit for bit copy and all emulation options turned on. It pisses me off to no end.
"How about the homeless build their own damn house?"
Well, the government would say no. Building code would likely say no as well. Also, how do the homeless pay property taxes?
I actually submitted that as a /. story a couple years back. Sucks that it didn't get accepted but nice to see someone else had the "Beowulf cluster" idea for those!
I've got 1920x1080 DivX of Naruto's 3rd movie. Total size - 2.2 gigs for 94 minutes of video and audio, with four different language subtitle choices. All on one DVD.
I'm glad I have a high-def DivX-capable standalone player. Screw these more expensive formats! Hooray compression technology!
Ban flash. Hell, ban all Adobe products - every bit of software they acquire seems to get revamped into crap, and minus photoshop all the software they develop is bloated and slow.