One in a billion odds means "something that happened to roughly six people". You mean there are six slashdotters out there with girlfriends.
We might have to change the odds on that one.
Damn this was going to be my April Fools prank for the year, make up a web page that looks like cnn saying that the RIAA had lobbied for a new law which would give them fool control of artist royalties.
Guess I was beaten to the punch on this one.
Have been using this system for awhile now, the worst thing is it keeps popping up the browser and opening German porn sites. Hate the think what the network admins here think.
Sorry you must be thinking about some other New Zealand, the offerings here are *worse* than in the US. Lower speeds, costlier, low caps. Most of the broadband offerings are ADSL, with 128kbps upstream, the downstream rate is limited by equipment and distance to the exchange, oh and the number of users on the same segment. Some areas have cable offerings, but of course you are paying for it.
Have a look at http://www.telecom.co.nz/chm/0,8763,203071-202449, 00.html?link=hpm for a list of pricing for the biggest broadband retailer in New Zealand.
I couldn't find details on what kind of lifetime to expect out of the batteries.
That would be 1 minute before the warranty expires.
But seriously, I completely agree with the parent. The battery lifetime would have to be the biggest killer in this design. After about 3 or 4 years of charge/discharge cycles on the battery (and we are talking about constant use) the batteries would need to be replaced. And I suspect they are a major cost in these products.
Yeah I had one power cable, where the pin-to-pin connection must have been bad, because one-time the computer just stop working. Autopsying it showed that one of the pins was almost completely burnt out, or at least looked that way.
All of that aside, we all need somebody to ridicule as yokels. It makes is feel better. Europe has Austria, Australia has New Zealand, and the US has Kansas. It's the natural order of things, and must not be disturbed.
Actually I pretty sure that is the other way around, New Zealand has Australia to ridcule. After all as a moderate despot once quipped, New Zealanders who move to Australia increase the IQ of both countries.
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Mozilla's way of massively load-testing their servers. Now damn it let me play!
very interesting.
well not at all.
I can't be the only person who saw the words, UK infection, Ministry of Defense and thought it was gonna be a Zombie invasion.
I vaguely remember them, and here I though they had gone out of business.
Sorry but i use CLISP for my shell.
I am so horny right now!
Damn this was going to be my April Fools prank for the year, make up a web page that looks like cnn saying that the RIAA had lobbied for a new law which would give them fool control of artist royalties. Guess I was beaten to the punch on this one.
Dugg Down for wailing on my main man "Disco Duck".
(And yes I know this isn't digg)
I still remember playing Odyssey CRPG on the Apple ][ and where in the world is Carmen Sandiego, good times, good times.
So where do I go to sign up for one of those consultants jobs then. I'm sure I could turn off SELinux just as well as anyone else.
Have been using this system for awhile now, the worst thing is it keeps popping up the browser and opening German porn sites. Hate the think what the network admins here think.
Sorry you must be thinking about some other New Zealand, the offerings here are *worse* than in the US. Lower speeds, costlier, low caps. Most of the broadband offerings are ADSL, with 128kbps upstream, the downstream rate is limited by equipment and distance to the exchange, oh and the number of users on the same segment. Some areas have cable offerings, but of course you are paying for it. Have a look at http://www.telecom.co.nz/chm/0,8763,203071-202449, 00.html?link=hpm for a list of pricing for the biggest broadband retailer in New Zealand.
Umm no, that isn't what you want at all, that would give you a pretty horrible periodic function.
Try something like this
if age<18: AgeHotnessAdjustment = 0
else: AgeHotnessAdjustment = 1/exp((Age-18)/20)
It was like a million fanboi voices cried out and were silenced
I couldn't find details on what kind of lifetime to expect out of the batteries.
That would be 1 minute before the warranty expires.
But seriously, I completely agree with the parent. The battery lifetime would have to be the biggest killer in this design. After about 3 or 4 years of charge/discharge cycles on the battery (and we are talking about constant use) the batteries would need to be replaced. And I suspect they are a major cost in these products.
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&wo rd1=tivo&word2=echostar
TiVo beats Echostar by an order of magnitude :)
We were supposed to have 100GB CD's 5 years ago.
Problem is that DRM happened....
40 main AQ40 raid during boring classes. Awesome.
Ahh, I think your missing "Kobayashi Maru" from your sig.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru/ For those who don't get it.
Yeah I had one power cable, where the pin-to-pin connection must have been bad, because one-time the computer just stop working. Autopsying it showed that one of the pins was almost completely burnt out, or at least looked that way.
My first thoughts when I read this, where that Vista is going to really raise the bar for running requirements. Reality then asserted itself.
All of that aside, we all need somebody to ridicule as yokels. It makes is feel better. Europe has Austria, Australia has New Zealand, and the US has Kansas. It's the natural order of things, and must not be disturbed.
Actually I pretty sure that is the other way around, New Zealand has Australia to ridcule. After all as a moderate despot once quipped, New Zealanders who move to Australia increase the IQ of both countries.
Telling someone to Microsoft for the answer just doesn't sound the same as googling for it...
I really honestly though you where swearing for a moment. Telling people to Microsoft for it.
When I read this, I really couldn't help it, somewhere finally to house the biggest pr0n collection in existence.
lol