I still prefer a car to not have ABS. I happen to be quite good at threshold braking, and have had abs get me into trouble before. I actually hit a car due to the ABS in our Maxima not allowing the tires to slide. There was a thin layer of snow on top of the road, and as I hit the brakes it was literally like I was on ice, due to the fact the tire kept rolling rather than pushing the snow out of the way and sliding on pavement.
I am still a strong believer in ABS for 99% of the population though. I just dont like it.
I agree completely. Luckily I managed to pick up a second identical monitor used for my dual head setup. But even though they are both identical model 19" trinitrons, they still have colour/clarity differences. My one is slightly clearer, but the other makes better black (the clearer one is slightly red). So I think you'd really have to pick both up at the exact same time, to hope for same batch monitors.
Thank you
Its hard to find people with reasonable opinions on the subject. People generally seem to think it is some huge risk, right up there with crack or something, or think its benificial and 'heals you' or some other supid hippy bullshit.
Smoking anything is bad for you.
If you are going to do something bad for your health (ie. drive in a car) there better be a benifit (ie. arriving at destination sooner than by horse).
Now lets apply this to the point I was making.. Still with me?
Smoking marijuana is bad, but the risk has been found to be minimal (but its still bad) and you get high (deemd good by the user).
Smoking tobacco is bad, and generally much worse than Marijuana due to the amount smoked*, yet my friends and I see no upside. (looking cool? yeah right.)
The only upside I can think of is that once youre addicted, it feels good to feed the addiction. I still choose to pass.
Hopefully this was straightforward enough, if you really think I'm a big idiot, and smoking marijuana leads to crack and baby raping, and that is kills you slow^h^h^h instantly like so many seem to think, post back and I'll find some sources to back up what I'm saying.
* 30 cigs/day avg according to this site. vs 1/10 each time one gets high. If you go to look up amount of MJ smoked to get high, read a drug users' site instead of a medical site. The medical marijuana provided in most locations is notoriously low quality.
The world sure seems simple from up there eh?
How is "if you can afford x, then obviously you can afford y" ever a valid argument (while x
If you can afford a ($30) book then you can obviously afford (one or more) $100 computer(s)?
Right now I could spend $30. I couldn't spend $100, and that makes sense, because 100 > 30.. or perhaps I'm just too stupid comprehend money like you...
Though to the grandparent, if you are helpful enough to people with computers, they will generally give their old ones to you. I get them pretty often, and generally redonate them to others who want simple boxen.
10 old PCs will only last you 3 years?
So thats 3.6 months per pc. I'm not sure what you're doing to them to get that kind of lifespan, but I doubt they were designed for it:P.
My mom just got rid of her pentium 200mmx that she's been using since it was top-of-the-line (actually it was a 133 at the start of its life). It passed its 3 year lifespan your 3.6 month afer-life estimate loooong ago. It still works great, except that its completely useless now.
My aunt is into this. I love browsing the nikken website. Its hilarious.
Not only do they offer a device which is
The only water system with microfine ultrafiltration, magnetic and pi technologies!
But they also offer the same, filtered and purified (AND MAGNETIZED?!@!one!) water in the form of CONCENTRATE
I'm serious. Filtered water concentrate... just add water. You couldn't make this up. (Well I guess someone did.)
>(PS. how common is it to have a "home office" to put your PC in, instead of >putting it in the living room where everyone can use it?)
Quite, I think. In fact, I can only think of one person I know with a computer in their Family Room. We used to back in the day, but mostly due to a lack of room for an 'office'. I think this is caused by all the periphreals,etc everyone has now. Who wants the scanners, printers, ipod dock, digicam, 19" monitor, etc, etc in their living room?
his number was, say 555^H^H^H505-1234
but the number 1-(555^H^H^H505)-123-4000 is valid.
If you forget to dial the one on the second number, how could the phone company possibly know that you meant to dial a one? Itll just route you through to the first number, and youll dial 000 as it rings.
there is no possible way that what you say is true
his number was, say 555-1234
but the number 1-(555)-123-4000 is valid.
If you forget to dial the one on the second number, how could the phone company possibly know that you meant to dial a one? Itll just route you through to the first number, and youll dial 000 as it rings.
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I am still a strong believer in ABS for 99% of the population though. I just dont like it.
I agree completely. Luckily I managed to pick up a second identical monitor used for my dual head setup. But even though they are both identical model 19" trinitrons, they still have colour/clarity differences. My one is slightly clearer, but the other makes better black (the clearer one is slightly red). So I think you'd really have to pick both up at the exact same time, to hope for same batch monitors.
I would have clicked the ac button on that one. heh. embarassing ;)
Yes.
no
wtf?
Power supply company did, yes. Plus all other components are built to engineered spec
yep.
anything else, or do I just have to drop my computer before it becomes as good as a mac? (please respond with height required.)
So if the Macs aren't built for profit margin, why do they make them? Shits and giggles?
uh. then don't install this software?
Its hard to find people with reasonable opinions on the subject. People generally seem to think it is some huge risk, right up there with crack or something, or think its benificial and 'heals you' or some other supid hippy bullshit.
Smoking anything is bad for you.
If you are going to do something bad for your health (ie. drive in a car) there better be a benifit (ie. arriving at destination sooner than by horse).
Now lets apply this to the point I was making.. Still with me?
Smoking marijuana is bad, but the risk has been found to be minimal (but its still bad) and you get high (deemd good by the user).
Smoking tobacco is bad, and generally much worse than Marijuana due to the amount smoked*, yet my friends and I see no upside. (looking cool? yeah right.)
The only upside I can think of is that once youre addicted, it feels good to feed the addiction. I still choose to pass.
Hopefully this was straightforward enough, if you really think I'm a big idiot, and smoking marijuana leads to crack and baby raping, and that is kills you slow^h^h^h instantly like so many seem to think, post back and I'll find some sources to back up what I'm saying.
* 30 cigs/day avg according to this site. vs 1/10 each time one gets high. If you go to look up amount of MJ smoked to get high, read a drug users' site instead of a medical site. The medical marijuana provided in most locations is notoriously low quality.
Basically we recognise the dangers of smoking, and cant figure out the benifits of smoking tobacco.
The world sure seems simple from up there eh?
How is "if you can afford x, then obviously you can afford y" ever a valid argument (while x If you can afford a ($30) book then you can obviously afford (one or more) $100 computer(s)?
Right now I could spend $30. I couldn't spend $100, and that makes sense, because 100 > 30.. or perhaps I'm just too stupid comprehend money like you...
Though to the grandparent, if you are helpful enough to people with computers, they will generally give their old ones to you. I get them pretty often, and generally redonate them to others who want simple boxen.
10 old PCs will only last you 3 years? :P.
So thats 3.6 months per pc. I'm not sure what you're doing to them to get that kind of lifespan, but I doubt they were designed for it
My mom just got rid of her pentium 200mmx that she's been using since it was top-of-the-line (actually it was a 133 at the start of its life). It passed its 3 year lifespan your 3.6 month afer-life estimate loooong ago. It still works great, except that its completely useless now.
Yeah screw them. I'll make my own console, with blackjack and hookers... on second thought, forget the console... and the blackjack
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftut tle-ok.gov%2F&charset=iso-8859-1&doctype=Inline
Not only do they offer a device which is
But they also offer the same, filtered and purified (AND MAGNETIZED?!@!one!) water in the form of CONCENTRATE
I'm serious. Filtered water concentrate... just add water. You couldn't make this up. (Well I guess someone did.)
Well, the animals are partying it up in the exclusion zone..
Won't someone please think of the relevent ads?!
(how could they read your mail if it was encrypted?)
Others may disagree.
Quite, I think. In fact, I can only think of one person I know with a computer in their Family Room. We used to back in the day, but mostly due to a lack of room for an 'office'. I think this is caused by all the periphreals,etc everyone has now. Who wants the scanners, printers, ipod dock, digicam, 19" monitor, etc, etc in their living room?
his number was, say 555^H^H^H505-1234
but the number 1-(555^H^H^H505)-123-4000 is valid.
If you forget to dial the one on the second number, how could the phone company possibly know that you meant to dial a one? Itll just route you through to the first number, and youll dial 000 as it rings.
yeah, sorry. I replied to myself to clarify I was only thinking POTS, and youre completely right for cell.
Who is the crazy one again?
The only downside of that route is that you can't use Live.
his number was, say 555-1234
but the number 1-(555)-123-4000 is valid.
If you forget to dial the one on the second number, how could the phone company possibly know that you meant to dial a one? Itll just route you through to the first number, and youll dial 000 as it rings.
haha. *after
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