Darn those blasted SUVs! I have a little bumper sticker that says; Draft SUV drivers first! That's a capital idea. I save lots of gas by drafting SUVs on the highway. There's nothing quite like a 4 ton brick traveling 70 mph to cut the air for my little Honda.
It's been more than 5 years since they got my money. No CD's, No DVD's, and I don't got to the movie theater anymore either. I almost caved for Spiderman3 but I didn't. You didn't miss anything. Spiderman 3 was rubbish, and I'm sorry I paid for me and my fiancee to see it.
But the biggest problems I have with it is that I've had mine repaired twice in one year, there is no VPN software that does not cause it to reboot spontaneously, and the Linux that runs for it has no wireless support (of any kind). Other than that, it's been pretty handy for me. I hate the fact that Palm has all but stopped development on the platform and hasn't come out with their new Linux-based platform yet. I would really like to be able to run something like Octave or Python or Kismet.
I have an HP 49G+ that I bought to replace my aging HP 48G. It's not perfect, but if you upgrade the ROM, I've found that it suits my needs very well. The early ROMs had a problem with key debounce being overzealous. It also took a while to get used to the ENTER key being in the bottom right corner instead of the usual place.
It's nice that it supports all the old HP 48 commands, too. I ended up making printed/bound copies of the manuals myself, since they don't sell them.
The USB cable interface and the SD card slot are nice, too. I use it primarily for statistics and electromagnetics and whenever I don't feel like whipping out Matlab.
I have to disagree for the most part. I can't count the number of times motorcycles have been able to come up behind my car on the highway without me hearing them. These were not quiet bikes either: they were modded Harleys with big engines and straight pipes.
With the direction of the exhaust pipes on bikes going straight behind them, nearly all their noise is projected back and to the sides, especially at highway speeds. Plus, when they're cruising or decelerating they put out much less noise than at wide-open throttle.
Ergo, I still get the "Holy shit, where did he come from?" effect when they go by me, unless I first saw them in my mirrors. So I think the "safety" reasoning for the noise is erroneous.
A penguin is a lot more recognized than a gnu. Most people in the world have seen penguins in their lives (they're at almost every zoo now). And they've been featured in COUNTLESS documentaries, comic strips, cartoons, and in other pop culture venues.
When is the last time you saw a documentary about gnu's, or saw a gnu exhibit at a zoo, or saw a cartoon about a gnu? Most people in the world have no fucking clue what a gnu even is.
2) 1.5 GB a week is a lot. The limit is actually now 2.0 GB a week, and there are plenty of ways to make things not count against you. I don't feel like I should have to cheat the system to download a 4 GB iso file. I can't tell you how many hours I spent in the computer lab downloading an.iso that wasn't on the Linux mirror, only to have it fail to burn to a dvd or fail to copy to my portable hard drive. Sure, there are tricks to get around it (like SSH into the Linux cluster, download file to/var and then SCP to copy locally), but why should I have to do that?
3) Do you even know why that bandwidth cap was instated? Back in the days of the original Napster (not the subscription Napster (which is free at Penn State), there was a group of 8 students that were using up the bandwidth for the entire University. Fair enough, but they have a pretty fat pipe now. Why should they continue to limit it as they do TEN YEARS LATER?
4) Draconian policies? You mean "Don't download illegal materials?" That's pretty draconian, let me tell ya. You know, your cable line has the same policy on it.
Not being able to run a server at all is quite draconian enough for me. With their firewall, I can't even sync my Palm over the network, login to my machine remotely via VNC or SSH, or just FTP some personal documents. Useless.
It's a good thing I moved off campus, because their IT policies infested even grad-student housing. People couldn't even use X programs through a server on the other side of campus. There were constant complaints about this sort of thing.
Oh, and since nobody actually downloads copyrighted material, just those linux.isos everyone uses as their defense of BitTorrent, there's an on-campus linux mirror with a few different distros. That bandwidth doesn't count. Yeah, like it's completely illegitimate to download a TV show that I missed because my MythTV server wasn't working.
I think that all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary, decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not, but I'm sick and tired of being told that I am!
Console launches are becoming more and more like IPOs than anything else. Except that you can't do as much with stock certificates. But then again, stock certificates don't spontaneously overheat and combust.
They avoid paying taxes, they brainwash themselves and others, they use pyramid schemes to make their money, they suppress freedom of thought and action that doesn't benefit the church
Wait, so how does this differ from Christianity/Judaism/Islam?
Simple: Judaism doesn't require its believers to convert others. Actually, they discourage it.
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You can run Linux on it, too.
But the biggest problems I have with it is that I've had mine repaired twice in one year, there is no VPN software that does not cause it to reboot spontaneously, and the Linux that runs for it has no wireless support (of any kind). Other than that, it's been pretty handy for me. I hate the fact that Palm has all but stopped development on the platform and hasn't come out with their new Linux-based platform yet. I would really like to be able to run something like Octave or Python or Kismet.
I have an HP 49G+ that I bought to replace my aging HP 48G. It's not perfect, but if you upgrade the ROM, I've found that it suits my needs very well. The early ROMs had a problem with key debounce being overzealous. It also took a while to get used to the ENTER key being in the bottom right corner instead of the usual place.
It's nice that it supports all the old HP 48 commands, too. I ended up making printed/bound copies of the manuals myself, since they don't sell them.
The USB cable interface and the SD card slot are nice, too. I use it primarily for statistics and electromagnetics and whenever I don't feel like whipping out Matlab.
I have to disagree for the most part. I can't count the number of times motorcycles have been able to come up behind my car on the highway without me hearing them. These were not quiet bikes either: they were modded Harleys with big engines and straight pipes.
With the direction of the exhaust pipes on bikes going straight behind them, nearly all their noise is projected back and to the sides, especially at highway speeds. Plus, when they're cruising or decelerating they put out much less noise than at wide-open throttle.
Ergo, I still get the "Holy shit, where did he come from?" effect when they go by me, unless I first saw them in my mirrors. So I think the "safety" reasoning for the noise is erroneous.
Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?
I agree. Just posting to undo a mis-mod.
Depends on the drug
Anyway, who really cares who Google accepts for advertising - its what they index that really matters.
It also depends on the weapon. And the kind of prostitution.
You mean the BSOD? I thought they took that out of Windows Vista and XP...
I hope you like physics, though. The chart of nuclides can be a bit confusing at first.
Is anyone else wondering how they managed to get 21,171 e-mail address responses when they had only 21,165 respondents to the survey?
Seems like some restaurant math to me.
How many people out there miss the IBM Thinkpad 701C keyboard?
When is the last time you saw a documentary about gnu's, or saw a gnu exhibit at a zoo, or saw a cartoon about a gnu? Most people in the world have no fucking clue what a gnu even is.
I suppose it's been a while, but there was a show that had one. As I recall, he did the gnews.Apparently, you can't spell 'counseling' either.
I think that link is slashdotted. I tried to update my paypal security info, but the site seems to be down. Anyone got a cached link???
(My karma's gonna burn for this...)
I don't feel like I should have to cheat the system to download a 4 GB iso file. I can't tell you how many hours I spent in the computer lab downloading an
Sure, there are tricks to get around it (like SSH into the Linux cluster, download file to
Not being able to run a server at all is quite draconian enough for me. With their firewall, I can't even sync my Palm over the network, login to my machine remotely via VNC or SSH, or just FTP some personal documents. Useless. It's a good thing I moved off campus, because their IT policies infested even grad-student housing. People couldn't even use X programs through a server on the other side of campus. There were constant complaints about this sort of thing. Oh, and since nobody actually downloads copyrighted material, just those linux
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America/
Don't worry: we'll have it fixed in a jiffy!
Thanks for the summary. You must be new here.
That's correct.
I think that all right-thinking people in this country are sick and tired of being told that ordinary, decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I'm certainly not, but I'm sick and tired of being told that I am!
It looks like you're trying to dress for a formal event.
Would you like me to:
Console launches are becoming more and more like IPOs than anything else. Except that you can't do as much with stock certificates. But then again, stock certificates don't spontaneously overheat and combust.
Simple: Judaism doesn't require its believers to convert others. Actually, they discourage it.