I used to have a winbox, a linuxbox and now I have an Apple powerbook.
I don't recall great difficulties playing divx-files under any of these systems.
You are playing divx avis natively on your Powerbook? How? Only way I've found is that kludge called MPlayer. But I got what I paid for, I suppose.
The difference here is that the person's userid is just that and not much more. I'm sure a large portion of/. posters are pretty darn smart, as are the parent posters. But it does create a requirement for constant proof.
Especially when the boasts are repeated in their sig, and they end the sig with a preposition.
Thank you, you are very kind. After all of the insults I got here on Slashdot just because I am a woman, your complement was a very nice surprise indeed.
And, as everyone around you can see, Mensa still doesn't measure common sense.
Don't call him a "pirate," unless he was proven guilty of abordage! Otherwise we just sound silly, claiming that Dimitry was not a pirate, but Orrin Hatch suddenly is. Please don't be so inconsistent. Pirate is a pirate. A person guilty of copyright infringement is a person guilty of copyright infringement. Please don't use incorrect meanings of words, at least on Slashdot.
You're not a Mensa member, are you?
Oh, wait, you are. It should have been obvious to me.
Is the purpose of DVD Audio for 5.1+ surround sound? Or do they mostly have extra content?
Yes, 5.1 surround on the DVDAudio discs. It's essentially audio masturbation for audiphiles and fans of the group. It doesn't improve the music at all.
IANATD, but I think the one thing I'd be worried about as a truck driver is getting some sleep, moreso than getting online.
Actually, with the federally mandated downtime, you can end up with quite a bit of time (dozens of hours) on your hands nowhere near home. If you're in a tractor you've spent over $150,000 on, it's gonna be cheaper and more comfortable to stay in your own rig. More secure, too.
$62.50... duno if that was to fill up both tanks or not.
That would barely fill the fuel lines. He might have been buying just enough to get a free shower.
Standard tanks on interstate rigs hold 150 gallons each. $362.50 would probably be the average fillup.
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Only on the receiving end.
No, both ends. Negative==negative==negative==negative, all over the vehicle.
The negative terminal of the battery is directly connected to the chassis/engine/etc.
Sending end, receiving end, doesn't make any difference.
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Only problem is, there is no 'remote negative terminal',
Yes there is. It's called 'the chassis', or anything with a metal-to-metal connection to the chassis (the motor, the radiator, the bumper). Anywhere you can get a connection to bare metal will be your negative terminal.
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Higher voltage system allows lighter gauge wire to carry the same amount of current (weight savings).
Power, not current.
I'm a blockhead.
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Higher voltage system allows lighter gauge wire to carry the same amount of current (weight savings).
Higher voltage systems are less affected by corroded contacts and connections.
Higher voltage systems allow physically smaller fuses for the same power handling.
All of these allow cheaper cabling, connectors, fusing, etc.
Everyone's immediate reaction to MacWhispers is always negative.
"Oh, I'll believe it when I see it."
The man behind MacWhispers has proven himself to be unworthy of the trust of most intelligent humans. You see, MacWhispers is just a hobby of Jack's. His real "job" is heading up a pyramid scheme that sells black box "energy solution systems" to unsuspecting factory and mall owners. It's a 'company' known as Envestco.
And no I'm not rude when I ask this, but I have asked this of many non-techie folks and gotten this answer. The marketing has led them to believe that these things are wireless modems.
Oh, I agree with you conpletely there. It's the same kind of marketing that makes the common folk think that Windows is secure and easy to use.
No, I explain to her that in order for her to get on the Internet with her wireless network card, she'll have to be someplace where a wireless network is available. So we call the hotel. No, they don't have wireless internet access. They don't have internet access at all.
What's frustrating is that we've gone through this several times, and she still doesn't get it. Really, I'm not joking. I've given her the exact above explaination and she still comes back to me with the same question.
See, that's nothing like what you said originally:
Every time my boss goes out of town, she asks me to make sure that her Airport works correctly so she can get on the Internet from her hotel. And everytime, I have to explain to her that she has a wireless network card, not a wireless Internet card.
Maybe you can see where I might get my assumptions from, eh?
Is it unreasonable for her to ask you to call ahead and see if internet access is available? New systems are going online every day, and it's always possible she's just trying to plan ahead. Speaking the language is irrelevant. That's what you get paid for.
And, no, I don't call her dickhead, because she isn't one. I call you dickhead, because you are a dickhead. Oh, and thanks for assuming I treat my friends/boss like shit and that I'm some sort of condesending asshole LAN nazi.
No I understand her just fine. I know exactly what she means, and she doesn't know what she's talking about.
Sounds like she knows exactly what she's talking about: She wants to get on the Internet from her hotel room. She wants your assistance. Sounds like she gets a lecture instead.
I'm not stupid. Thanks for assuming that I am, dickhead.
Thanks for making it so easy, dickhead.
BTW, do you call her 'dickhead', also, or do you have better names for her when she asks for your assistance?
Every time my boss goes out of town, she asks me to make sure that her Airport works correctly so she can get on the Internet from her hotel. And everytime, I have to explain to her that she has a wireless network card, not a wireless Internet card.
I get on the internet with my Airport [card] from my hotel room when I'm travelling. I'll bet when she calls the hotel, the lowly bellman even knows what 'wireless internet access' means.
Is there something about her request that you don't understand? Do you insist that she call the 'gas pedal' an 'accelerator pedal', or maybe a 'remote air/fuel mixture control'?
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Some people still do. They call them MPEGS.
None to be found anywhere.
Certainly no links to be found about Mac CAD.
What a shame.
Oh, wait, you are. It should have been obvious to me.
Mine is a white collie.
Same sterility, in the case of Steely Dan.
Standard tanks on interstate rigs hold 150 gallons each. $362.50 would probably be the average fillup.
The negative terminal of the battery is directly connected to the chassis/engine/etc.
Sending end, receiving end, doesn't make any difference.
I'm a blockhead.
Higher voltage systems are less affected by corroded contacts and connections.
Higher voltage systems allow physically smaller fuses for the same power handling.
All of these allow cheaper cabling, connectors, fusing, etc.
Is it unreasonable for her to ask you to call ahead and see if internet access is available? New systems are going online every day, and it's always possible she's just trying to plan ahead. Speaking the language is irrelevant. That's what you get paid for.
Like I said, an easy assumption to make, really.BTW, do you call her 'dickhead', also, or do you have better names for her when she asks for your assistance?
Is there something about her request that you don't understand? Do you insist that she call the 'gas pedal' an 'accelerator pedal', or maybe a 'remote air/fuel mixture control'?