Might as well have been a bare wire, for what we got out of it at the one house. Besides, without nit-pickers, we'd be up to our eyeballs in nits. Or something. Anyway, carry on;)
The few installations I've seen have used RG-6. Anyway, my guess is even with RG-59 they're using double- or quad-shielded cable in the studio. Cablecos and installers in general, on the other hand, can and do cut corners wherever possible, including using unshielded cable. Some years ago, I used to live about a block from a firehouse, and every time those guys hopped on the radio - which was quite regularly, obviously - channels 19-21 on the cable TV turned to complete shit. Guess what frequencies the fire department was using.;)
Which is not a bad idea, except that I suspect that most houses are wired with cheap-ass RG-59, which is extremely susceptible to interference. I have no idea about this MoCA scheme or the modulation of it, but my guess is that 270 megabits is going to be absolutely unattainable for most people.
They still have a fiduciary duty to the other shareholders, and given the explosion of shareholder lawsuits over the last few years, they'd be wise to care at least a bit - "I got mine so fuck you people" is not going to fly.
Not that I doubt you, but "settings" does not appear to be a clickable link here in FF, so perhaps it has issues beyond the layout for alternative browsers. Let's see....
Well, I can change settings in IE, naturally, and sure enough, changing the settings to UK English produces the hits you reported. I'll be damned. I guess it's nice that it tries to localize things a bit, but it would be nicer still if they didn't crowd out more global results - on the whole, MS may be a more likely target for "Windows" than British purveyors of double-glazed replacement panes, even for Britons. Perhaps if there were some way to improve the position of Microsoft while still presenting local results for you, that might actually be kind of useful. Work in progress, no doubt.
In which case, the next question is one of cost/benefit ratios - will they lose more money in sales than they gain from this deal with Intel? Obviously, they think not. They're probably right.
I assume it's a bit beefier than a model airplane engine.;)
Anyway, you can get a gas powered scooter with a 50cc two stroke single cylinder engine - those are good for 60-70 miles on a gallon of gas. Figure a gallon of gas is about 6 pounds (2.7 kilos), so six kilos gets you a gallon in the tank and a gallon to spare. Who knows what kind of mileage this thing gets, but it might be okay.
A 1,200 lb mule can carry up to 240 lbs of pack...
That's only 20% of its body weight, so by that measure, you get more bang for the buck - well, kilogram, anyway;) - with the robot, which can carry 30%. If the numbers in the article are close to correct, five of these things will weigh approximately the same as one mule, and be able to carry well over 400 pounds of equipment.
So how are you going to refuel the mechanical mule?
Same way you're resupplying ammo and food to the men it's with.
This robot would not survive an IED or landmine at all.
It's a robotic beast of burden, not some sort of battlemech, and it's not intended to withstand IEDs or landmines. It's intended to carry stuff over rough terrain with a platoon of dismounted infantrymen, who, if they find themselves in the middle of a minefield, will have bigger problems than worrying about the robot mule.
"The hydraulics are driven by a two-stroke single-cylinder petrol engine..."
It runs on gas - presumably the engine drives a generator for the electronics. The military is already going to be delivering gas in theater anyway, so what's the down side?
Reagent grade anhydrous alcohol is not intentionally denatured.
It certainly is, else one would have to pay excise taxes as a consumable product. Typical additives are methanol, gasoline, tert-butyl alcohol, methyl ethyl ketone, etc., etc.
Now, if you really think that the only difference between industrial anhydrous ethyl alcohol and food grade ethyl alcohol is the taste, I dare you to drink a sizable quantity. (I'm not seriously suggesting you do this, as you will go blind and then die)
That's because the industrial stuff is intentionally contaminated to make it undrinkable, which hardly shows that there's some material difference between 95% industrial ethanol and Everclear - you don't have to denature the industrial ethanol, after all.
It shouldn't cost all that much if you grow your own.
I don't think that's going to be realistic for...well, virtually everyone. If my back-of-the-envelope math is right, an acre of soybeans should yield about 37 gallons of oil. Even at 50 mpg, that's only 1850 miles of driving, or about two months' worth for the typical car/driver - conversely, it would take just over six acres of soybeans to fuel the typical car for a year. That sounds like a lot of fucking work, really;)
Someone with as much "real world experience" as you should know it doesn't work that way, sport. Call a couple of your local AERs and ask for quotes on the Desktop Package - the one with the core CAL, Winders upgrade license, and Office Pro CAL.
For 14 machines running XP, you are going to be lucky to get away with anything less then $10,000 USD.
WTF? I'm all for going with your preferred solution, but let's not just make shit up as a reason for doing so. You can get 200 academic licenses for XP Pro and Office Pro for under ten grand. I don't know who in the hell you're paying or what in the hell you're paying for, but you're not even in the ballpark for typical academic cases. Or you can get the 14 you need and spend the other $9500 or so on brand new machines for your licenses, and still come in under the price point you seem to think impossible.
The Berne Convention doesn't apply to organizations involved in criminal activities which refuse to comply with local laws.
Unless the law specifies copyright revocation as a penalty for criminal behavior, it's a violation of the Berne convention, which requires European countries to treat foreign copyrights and copyright-holders the same was as domestic ones are treated. No doubt you can point to the relevant portion of European law that specifies such a penalty, and give examples of when it's been imposed before.
Anyway, I understand, really - we don't like Microsoft. That does not, however, mean that we can simply make up any old extra-judicial punishment we like, whether it's revoking copyrights or public floggings, or whatever it is we imagine would satisfy our sense of moral outrage. And if the EU tries such a thing, this whole affair will get real ugly real fast.
All I'm suggesting is that there's enormous incentives on both sides not to let it get to that point. MS does not want to stop doing business in Europe, and Europe does not want it to appear as though the prosecution is politically motivated. Not least because if it's political over there, it becomes political over here, and no US administration is going to sit back and simply allow the EU to steamroller over US companies without at least appearing to be evenhanded about it all - not this administration, and not the next one either, regardless of who's in charge. Microsoft could, obviously, give a shit about European public opinion, but if it begins to look like piling on, they can and will appeal to the American public to pressure the US government to become involved. Which it will, to the detriment of all involved.
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Might as well have been a bare wire, for what we got out of it at the one house. Besides, without nit-pickers, we'd be up to our eyeballs in nits. Or something. Anyway, carry on ;)
The few installations I've seen have used RG-6. Anyway, my guess is even with RG-59 they're using double- or quad-shielded cable in the studio. Cablecos and installers in general, on the other hand, can and do cut corners wherever possible, including using unshielded cable. Some years ago, I used to live about a block from a firehouse, and every time those guys hopped on the radio - which was quite regularly, obviously - channels 19-21 on the cable TV turned to complete shit. Guess what frequencies the fire department was using. ;)
Which is not a bad idea, except that I suspect that most houses are wired with cheap-ass RG-59, which is extremely susceptible to interference. I have no idea about this MoCA scheme or the modulation of it, but my guess is that 270 megabits is going to be absolutely unattainable for most people.
They still have a fiduciary duty to the other shareholders, and given the explosion of shareholder lawsuits over the last few years, they'd be wise to care at least a bit - "I got mine so fuck you people" is not going to fly.
Well, I can change settings in IE, naturally, and sure enough, changing the settings to UK English produces the hits you reported. I'll be damned. I guess it's nice that it tries to localize things a bit, but it would be nicer still if they didn't crowd out more global results - on the whole, MS may be a more likely target for "Windows" than British purveyors of double-glazed replacement panes, even for Britons. Perhaps if there were some way to improve the position of Microsoft while still presenting local results for you, that might actually be kind of useful. Work in progress, no doubt.
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In which case, the next question is one of cost/benefit ratios - will they lose more money in sales than they gain from this deal with Intel? Obviously, they think not. They're probably right.
"Obviously"? It may be obvious to you, but you have yet to establish such a thing here. How do you know they'll lose sales as a result?
Granted by whom? Those who govern? I think not.
I didn't know when I bought my Dell that I might want to run iMovie someday. Maybe I should sue Apple for locking out my chosen platform.
Anyway, you can get a gas powered scooter with a 50cc two stroke single cylinder engine - those are good for 60-70 miles on a gallon of gas. Figure a gallon of gas is about 6 pounds (2.7 kilos), so six kilos gets you a gallon in the tank and a gallon to spare. Who knows what kind of mileage this thing gets, but it might be okay.
That's only 20% of its body weight, so by that measure, you get more bang for the buck - well, kilogram, anyway ;) - with the robot, which can carry 30%. If the numbers in the article are close to correct, five of these things will weigh approximately the same as one mule, and be able to carry well over 400 pounds of equipment.
So how are you going to refuel the mechanical mule?
Same way you're resupplying ammo and food to the men it's with.
It's a robotic beast of burden, not some sort of battlemech, and it's not intended to withstand IEDs or landmines. It's intended to carry stuff over rough terrain with a platoon of dismounted infantrymen, who, if they find themselves in the middle of a minefield, will have bigger problems than worrying about the robot mule.
"The hydraulics are driven by a two-stroke single-cylinder petrol engine..."
It runs on gas - presumably the engine drives a generator for the electronics. The military is already going to be delivering gas in theater anyway, so what's the down side?
"Where am I gonna find an asshole...around here...at this hour?"
It certainly is, else one would have to pay excise taxes as a consumable product. Typical additives are methanol, gasoline, tert-butyl alcohol, methyl ethyl ketone, etc., etc.
Or methanol. Either way, you're adding something extra, which, as you note, is likely to increase production costs at least somewhat.
That's because the industrial stuff is intentionally contaminated to make it undrinkable, which hardly shows that there's some material difference between 95% industrial ethanol and Everclear - you don't have to denature the industrial ethanol, after all.
I don't think that's going to be realistic for...well, virtually everyone. If my back-of-the-envelope math is right, an acre of soybeans should yield about 37 gallons of oil. Even at 50 mpg, that's only 1850 miles of driving, or about two months' worth for the typical car/driver - conversely, it would take just over six acres of soybeans to fuel the typical car for a year. That sounds like a lot of fucking work, really ;)
Someone with as much "real world experience" as you should know it doesn't work that way, sport. Call a couple of your local AERs and ask for quotes on the Desktop Package - the one with the core CAL, Winders upgrade license, and Office Pro CAL.
WTF? I'm all for going with your preferred solution, but let's not just make shit up as a reason for doing so. You can get 200 academic licenses for XP Pro and Office Pro for under ten grand. I don't know who in the hell you're paying or what in the hell you're paying for, but you're not even in the ballpark for typical academic cases. Or you can get the 14 you need and spend the other $9500 or so on brand new machines for your licenses, and still come in under the price point you seem to think impossible.
"No real world experience" - puhleeze.
Actually, it sounds like they still don't have one, just some ideas on how to make one someday.
Sound familiar? "All we need to make it work as advertised is a really slick compiler that doesn't actually exist yet..."
Unless the law specifies copyright revocation as a penalty for criminal behavior, it's a violation of the Berne convention, which requires European countries to treat foreign copyrights and copyright-holders the same was as domestic ones are treated. No doubt you can point to the relevant portion of European law that specifies such a penalty, and give examples of when it's been imposed before.
Anyway, I understand, really - we don't like Microsoft. That does not, however, mean that we can simply make up any old extra-judicial punishment we like, whether it's revoking copyrights or public floggings, or whatever it is we imagine would satisfy our sense of moral outrage. And if the EU tries such a thing, this whole affair will get real ugly real fast.
All I'm suggesting is that there's enormous incentives on both sides not to let it get to that point. MS does not want to stop doing business in Europe, and Europe does not want it to appear as though the prosecution is politically motivated. Not least because if it's political over there, it becomes political over here, and no US administration is going to sit back and simply allow the EU to steamroller over US companies without at least appearing to be evenhanded about it all - not this administration, and not the next one either, regardless of who's in charge. Microsoft could, obviously, give a shit about European public opinion, but if it begins to look like piling on, they can and will appeal to the American public to pressure the US government to become involved. Which it will, to the detriment of all involved.