I had a 98 Contour with a chipped key (PATS for Ford) and when the lock cylinder broke and I saw the prices: $30 for a non PATS and $130 for a PATS, I took the $30 one.
There's a plastic ring around the cylinder with the reader in it, I broke the head off the old key, taped it to the sensor and put the sensor out of the way. It worked fine for the year or so I had it after that and im assuming is still fine.
GPS is a cell phone tower requirement, for CDMA anyway, not sure about GSM networks.
All the large towers (again CDMA for sure, not sure about GSM) have GPS coords programmed into them or have a GPS receiver. Cell phones usually work off of several towers at once. Knowing the exact distance difference lets the system compensate for the time delay of one tower being closer than the other. Also it's how A-GPS works....so ya it's probably the same for GSM networks.
I agree, I was always a firm believe in the KB/mouse combo for FPS games, but having played things like Call of Duty and Halo at friends' houses more and more I finally bought my own xbox and have been hooked and actually like the controller. I do agree that a RTS would be a little tougher on a console though.
Completely agree with you. I'm actually surprised XP is as stable as it i though because I ran it through nlite pretty fast and probably pulled some stuff it would have liked to have, but it's still stable, I think I had it freeze up one time and it was related to the front end software. The cheap lcd and all the components even survived storage in Minnesota winter in an unheated shed.
I'm a photographer do I have to pay the tax on my blank memory cards since they will be holding my copyrighted work. So will this be on hard drives too. Hey if it's on printers then why not monitors, after all they're also displaying copyrighted materials and let's not forget speakers. What good is stolen music if we can't hear it, where does it actually end.
On the private WLAN idea my buddy was telling me about the setup they're using in their dorm. They're all hooked up to the school's 100meg LAN but have a gigabit switch ducttaped above somebody's door and cat6 running to a bunch of the rooms in their area which they call LAN2 and use is pretty much specifically for file sharing.
Yes, online rebates is definately the answer. Just like the two I didn't get from Tigerdirect. I bought stuff and there were 3 rebates to enter. I entered all 3 on there onrebate.com website. I received one and the other two came back saying something about the address information not matching. Funny, because I filled ALL 3 OUT THE SAME and got one back. I kept emailing them, getting very pissed and they just wouldnt do anything about it. Just the other day I got a card from Pioneer for a $20 rebate on a DVD burner saying in was invalid due to invalid purchase location (bought this at best buy) When I go to the website to check the status it say's it's in the final stages and will be sent off soon. Fuck MIR's.
I know it's not viable in all areas. While a datacenter is in a small area, if you have a large office building you have alot of space for solar panels (thought they can be costly) again, if you're in the right area in a lesser metro area with lots of open fields and a windy area, wind may be viable. This is of course not the only power source, this would be in addition to standard power lines. No wind or cloudy day? You pull everything off the grid. Grid down? You make a small amount, the rest of which is made up for by the generators most large datacenters most likely have for that purpose and of course UPS. Again, this would not be the sole power source, it would help cut the monthly bill to the grid.
It's not necessarily cutting power consumption, but will reduce monthly bills and is eco-friendly. I'm thinking like solar or wind assist (depending on your geographical location)
Honestly, when are developers going to get back to innovation instead of throwing more raw power at everything. It always seems like the answer is throw more at it. They should be looking into more power efficent performance chips that will actually run on a 4-500 watt power supply instead of just throwing more processors and ram on an even bigger PCB. It is getting ridiculous, although the thought of the machine's power makes me wet. Alright then, end rant.
Hell, i got two accounts from last year that work, but I lost the pass for one and two from this year. It's basically for educational use, never actually read if its supposed to be removed, but its not crippled software in any way.
Me too: MSDN Academic Alliance through SCC in Minnesota.
I get several versions of XP (different service packs), 2000 and 2003 server, access, visio, and most of the other microsoft products except office.
Well, there's the possibility the lab can get sued. We've had some questionable ones we've printed. If we don't think we can prove it we let it go, if we can we don't print it. (My favorites are the ones from Olan Mills that they scan themselves and try to get prints - Olan Mills has a golden insignia on the front of their prints)
The instant kiosks are just inkjets. What you want is the Fuji Aladdin kiosks, an AGFA e-box/imagebox, lucidiom's kiosks (I work at a lab and that's what we us), or another kiosk that is only for ordering. Then the files are stored on a server until a worker picks the order from a list and tells the printer to print the order. They're then printed with a laser (newer ones use LED's) onto silver halide processed paper. In fact your film is really put through some digital processing before it's printed and it's printed using a laser too. The printer scans the neg's, and allows for color correction on screen and then queues them up to print. I'm basing this on the knowledge of an AGFA D.lab 3, i'm assuming Fuji frontiers and Noritsu's are pretty much the same (I know the laser and silver halide paper part is). The brand of printer doesn't really matter as long as it's maintained well. We balance everything on our printer daily. Our output is professional quality (provided we get good files/film) and we have some local pros do their medium format stuff here. So as far as I'm concerned inkjets are worthless.
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Game over man, game over!
Bah...I somehow skipped reading "in a bear suit" out of your post.
They already do. The opening credits have had him in EVERY episode since super best friends, he's small, but he's there.
I had a 98 Contour with a chipped key (PATS for Ford) and when the lock cylinder broke and I saw the prices: $30 for a non PATS and $130 for a PATS, I took the $30 one. There's a plastic ring around the cylinder with the reader in it, I broke the head off the old key, taped it to the sensor and put the sensor out of the way. It worked fine for the year or so I had it after that and im assuming is still fine.
GPS is a cell phone tower requirement, for CDMA anyway, not sure about GSM networks. All the large towers (again CDMA for sure, not sure about GSM) have GPS coords programmed into them or have a GPS receiver. Cell phones usually work off of several towers at once. Knowing the exact distance difference lets the system compensate for the time delay of one tower being closer than the other. Also it's how A-GPS works....so ya it's probably the same for GSM networks.
My brother's house is 5ish years old and had cat5 run to the phone jacks, BUT they still daisy chained the jacks instead of star topology.
Monster's gonna sue...
I didn't RTFA but if it's the same reason for discoloration the SNES and Norstar phones usually get pretty yellow.
I agree, I was always a firm believe in the KB/mouse combo for FPS games, but having played things like Call of Duty and Halo at friends' houses more and more I finally bought my own xbox and have been hooked and actually like the controller. I do agree that a RTS would be a little tougher on a console though.
Completely agree with you. I'm actually surprised XP is as stable as it i though because I ran it through nlite pretty fast and probably pulled some stuff it would have liked to have, but it's still stable, I think I had it freeze up one time and it was related to the front end software. The cheap lcd and all the components even survived storage in Minnesota winter in an unheated shed.
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I'm a photographer do I have to pay the tax on my blank memory cards since they will be holding my copyrighted work. So will this be on hard drives too. Hey if it's on printers then why not monitors, after all they're also displaying copyrighted materials and let's not forget speakers. What good is stolen music if we can't hear it, where does it actually end.
On the private WLAN idea my buddy was telling me about the setup they're using in their dorm. They're all hooked up to the school's 100meg LAN but have a gigabit switch ducttaped above somebody's door and cat6 running to a bunch of the rooms in their area which they call LAN2 and use is pretty much specifically for file sharing.
In Soviet America country rule people
Yes, online rebates is definately the answer. Just like the two I didn't get from Tigerdirect. I bought stuff and there were 3 rebates to enter. I entered all 3 on there onrebate.com website. I received one and the other two came back saying something about the address information not matching. Funny, because I filled ALL 3 OUT THE SAME and got one back. I kept emailing them, getting very pissed and they just wouldnt do anything about it. Just the other day I got a card from Pioneer for a $20 rebate on a DVD burner saying in was invalid due to invalid purchase location (bought this at best buy) When I go to the website to check the status it say's it's in the final stages and will be sent off soon. Fuck MIR's.
I know it's not viable in all areas. While a datacenter is in a small area, if you have a large office building you have alot of space for solar panels (thought they can be costly) again, if you're in the right area in a lesser metro area with lots of open fields and a windy area, wind may be viable. This is of course not the only power source, this would be in addition to standard power lines. No wind or cloudy day? You pull everything off the grid. Grid down? You make a small amount, the rest of which is made up for by the generators most large datacenters most likely have for that purpose and of course UPS. Again, this would not be the sole power source, it would help cut the monthly bill to the grid.
It's not necessarily cutting power consumption, but will reduce monthly bills and is eco-friendly. I'm thinking like solar or wind assist (depending on your geographical location)
Honestly, when are developers going to get back to innovation instead of throwing more raw power at everything. It always seems like the answer is throw more at it. They should be looking into more power efficent performance chips that will actually run on a 4-500 watt power supply instead of just throwing more processors and ram on an even bigger PCB. It is getting ridiculous, although the thought of the machine's power makes me wet. Alright then, end rant.
Here's a file a for you. No it's not a virus LOL.
Hell, i got two accounts from last year that work, but I lost the pass for one and two from this year. It's basically for educational use, never actually read if its supposed to be removed, but its not crippled software in any way.
Me too: MSDN Academic Alliance through SCC in Minnesota. I get several versions of XP (different service packs), 2000 and 2003 server, access, visio, and most of the other microsoft products except office.
Well, ain't that a bitch. One more reason I'm glad I bought the Rebel XT over the D70s.
Actually Canon manufactures the CMOS for the slr cameras in house.
Well, there's the possibility the lab can get sued. We've had some questionable ones we've printed. If we don't think we can prove it we let it go, if we can we don't print it. (My favorites are the ones from Olan Mills that they scan themselves and try to get prints - Olan Mills has a golden insignia on the front of their prints)
The instant kiosks are just inkjets. What you want is the Fuji Aladdin kiosks, an AGFA e-box/imagebox, lucidiom's kiosks (I work at a lab and that's what we us), or another kiosk that is only for ordering. Then the files are stored on a server until a worker picks the order from a list and tells the printer to print the order. They're then printed with a laser (newer ones use LED's) onto silver halide processed paper. In fact your film is really put through some digital processing before it's printed and it's printed using a laser too. The printer scans the neg's, and allows for color correction on screen and then queues them up to print. I'm basing this on the knowledge of an AGFA D.lab 3, i'm assuming Fuji frontiers and Noritsu's are pretty much the same (I know the laser and silver halide paper part is). The brand of printer doesn't really matter as long as it's maintained well. We balance everything on our printer daily. Our output is professional quality (provided we get good files/film) and we have some local pros do their medium format stuff here. So as far as I'm concerned inkjets are worthless.