As I was flying Nor'ward
'tween Cork and Kerry airports
I saw the dash go dim,
and me passengers did scream out,
"You better land this plane, man
or the Devil, he may take ye"
Whack fol my daddy-o,
Whack fol my daddy-o,
there's whisky in the jar
I switch to my cell phone,
for my cell phone never fail'd me.
But, the Devil take that cell phone,
for when I called the tower,
that damn'd thing went and dropped me!
If anyone can aid me,
it's controller in the Tower.
Send forth me text message
and direct me to the runway!
I recommend smcFanControl. I use it all the time on my MacBook Pro.
It really helps manage the temperature and also tells you what the current cpu temps are. It also has multiple profiles, allowing you to setup one for when you're plugged in, another on battery.
I'm impressed that you can do that math in your head. Back in junior high, I might have been able to do it, but now I rarely do math unless I have to so it would take awhile for the mental gears to turn.
I think a lot of people have trouble with this math in their head because they are intimidated by the problem. Think of it this way: 20000 and 60 have common factors. All you have to do is find and eliminate them until you're left with either the answer or a more manageable number.
In this case, 20000 = 2*2*5*1000 and 60 = 2*2*5*3. This leaves you with 1000/3, which is pretty straight forward.
Some numbers are a little more difficult, but you can round them to make numbers that are easier. For example, 2085/7 isn't easy, but 2100/7 should be.
A couple of math shortcuts can really go a long way.
My user number may not indicate so, but I do remember GEnie, Prodigy, and CompuServe. I spent most of my time on Prodigy and BBS services. It was one of the few ways to get internet access in Alaska for a reasonable price (until I got to the university).
I still miss the forums.
Of course some people do have a natural ability that also gives them a benefit. So I doubt a really short person could ever be competitive in a world class basketball - unless there was a league for really short people.
I used to favor HP, until Vista came along and they didn't bother releasing a driver for any of their older (but still fairly recent) models. Seems that they preferred to have everyone buy a new printer. Which I did, and none were HPs.
They may have more support for Linux than other manufacturers, but they're no friend of the consumer. Especially considering that debacle with the ink refills a while back.
My father just got a new computer with Vista on it. He kept his old HP DJ 832C. It prints fine.
But we are a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. You must be new here.
We've got 3 elitist presidential candidates, corporate copyrights running roughshod over the people, and cities like Philadelphia that are run by the mob or union interests.
We're nothing of the sort.
I've got an HT Omega Striker. It works perfectly for me under both Ubuntu 7.04 and Windows XP. I'm not sure about Vista, since I'm not going near that OS until the dust settles.
I had a problem with my onboard audio playing Portal one day. I couldn't bring myself to buy a Creative card after all the bad reviews and such. Now that the Omega is installed, I haven't had a single problem with it and I couldn't be happier. Also from an electrical point of view, it seems like a very well-engineered card with good signal isolation.
That's why Blackle is a total waste of time (500,000 watt hours saved over all of its users? We're talking $50 in electricity at $0.10/kWH...).
Blackle is a waste of time to anyone who uses an LCD screen. LCD monitors don't change their output energy when the screen is black. Liquid crystal merely blocks the transmission of light from the backlight to the outside of the screen. Backlight output is maintained by your brightness settings.
I like the hard drive noises too, for the same reason.
Maybe vendors could do what car manufacturers did when they went to solid state relays for turn signals. The Ford Focus has a piezo electric speaker that clicks when the turn signal is on to mimic the old relays.
I suppose PC manufacturers could play random clicks through the laptop's speakers when the drive is being read.
The Big E's reactors were originally designed for destroyers. Since carriers required more steam, they just put in more reactors. Admiral Rickover wanted the whole fleet to go nuclear and, the Enterprise being the first of its kind, just used what was available to get it out the door. Hence, it's a little overpowered and no longer uses all its reactors.
Also, the reactor plants provide steam to the catapults, which are a major power pulse. When running all 4 catapults, it's handy to have some extra juice.
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Democracy for some, tiny American flags for others!
I have about a million items
wrong with microsoft software products
that could use some design review.
Not sure why it didn't happen the
first time, but maybe Bill has some
time on his hands now.
Burma Shave.
I don't know what GI Joe cartoons you watched as a kid, but precision was never part of any battle I saw.
They were very precise. They consistently missed the target by the same amount every time.
Precision means diddly squat if you aren't accurate.
Anything much over 10 hours and the user is going to run out of juice long before the laptop does.
Not me. This user comes with 24-packs of Capri Sun.
... and it was built on rock and roll.
I think you mean 6.28.318
'tween Cork and Kerry airports
I saw the dash go dim,
and me passengers did scream out,
"You better land this plane, man
or the Devil, he may take ye"
Whack fol my daddy-o,
Whack fol my daddy-o,
there's whisky in the jar
I switch to my cell phone,
for my cell phone never fail'd me.
But, the Devil take that cell phone,
for when I called the tower,
that damn'd thing went and dropped me!
If anyone can aid me,
it's controller in the Tower.
Send forth me text message
and direct me to the runway!
"Suicide", eh?
Yep, shot himself in the back of the head.
It was a brain hemmorage.
A 9mm brain hemmorage.
It really helps manage the temperature and also tells you what the current cpu temps are. It also has multiple profiles, allowing you to setup one for when you're plugged in, another on battery.
I'm impressed that you can do that math in your head. Back in junior high, I might have been able to do it, but now I rarely do math unless I have to so it would take awhile for the mental gears to turn.
I think a lot of people have trouble with this math in their head because they are intimidated by the problem. Think of it this way: 20000 and 60 have common factors. All you have to do is find and eliminate them until you're left with either the answer or a more manageable number.
In this case, 20000 = 2*2*5*1000 and 60 = 2*2*5*3. This leaves you with 1000/3, which is pretty straight forward.
Some numbers are a little more difficult, but you can round them to make numbers that are easier. For example, 2085/7 isn't easy, but 2100/7 should be.
A couple of math shortcuts can really go a long way.
My user number may not indicate so, but I do remember GEnie, Prodigy, and CompuServe. I spent most of my time on Prodigy and BBS services. It was one of the few ways to get internet access in Alaska for a reasonable price (until I got to the university). I still miss the forums.
Of course some people do have a natural ability that also gives them a benefit. So I doubt a really short person could ever be competitive in a world class basketball - unless there was a league for really short people.
Spud Webb disagrees.
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Arecibo's dish has been used to image asteroids. Don't be so quick to shut it down if that's what you want to look for.
I used to favor HP, until Vista came along and they didn't bother releasing a driver for any of their older (but still fairly recent) models. Seems that they preferred to have everyone buy a new printer. Which I did, and none were HPs.
They may have more support for Linux than other manufacturers, but they're no friend of the consumer. Especially considering that debacle with the ink refills a while back.
My father just got a new computer with Vista on it. He kept his old HP DJ 832C. It prints fine.Ah, the file system that pawns your files, then retrieves them by hiring thugs and friends to track them to the casino where they reside?
We've got 3 elitist presidential candidates, corporate copyrights running roughshod over the people, and cities like Philadelphia that are run by the mob or union interests.
We're nothing of the sort.
I had a problem with my onboard audio playing Portal one day. I couldn't bring myself to buy a Creative card after all the bad reviews and such. Now that the Omega is installed, I haven't had a single problem with it and I couldn't be happier. Also from an electrical point of view, it seems like a very well-engineered card with good signal isolation.
Blackle is a waste of time to anyone who uses an LCD screen. LCD monitors don't change their output energy when the screen is black. Liquid crystal merely blocks the transmission of light from the backlight to the outside of the screen. Backlight output is maintained by your brightness settings.
--Death, Mort, Terry Pratchett
Yes! We should start creating FORTRAN on Rails right away.
I like the hard drive noises too, for the same reason. Maybe vendors could do what car manufacturers did when they went to solid state relays for turn signals. The Ford Focus has a piezo electric speaker that clicks when the turn signal is on to mimic the old relays. I suppose PC manufacturers could play random clicks through the laptop's speakers when the drive is being read.
I never had a problem with Cmd-W, Cmd-Q or Tab/Spacebar.
The Big E's reactors were originally designed for destroyers. Since carriers required more steam, they just put in more reactors. Admiral Rickover wanted the whole fleet to go nuclear and, the Enterprise being the first of its kind, just used what was available to get it out the door. Hence, it's a little overpowered and no longer uses all its reactors.
Also, the reactor plants provide steam to the catapults, which are a major power pulse. When running all 4 catapults, it's handy to have some extra juice.