My Scangauge http://www.scangauge.com/ will show something like 30-40 MPG while coasting in neutral, but shows 999 MPG when in gear, engine braking, since the fuel injectors have been shut off.
Our CEO refuses to have an IT department. While it can temporarily detract from normal job duties, it does force you to learn how to do IT work. Every employee learns how manage their Linux workstation with very little hand-holding. The primary benefit seems to be that if one finds a problem, there is no waiting for someone else to fix it, you roll up your sleeves and get it done yourself.
Having a "go-to" Linux guru that many cite at/. is an alien concept here.
Before the 2k's there was 90's dance music. PC's were barely capable of handling multiple audio streams and musicians had minimal computer skills. Dedicated hardware was quite common, samplers, effects, recorders. Even analog equipment was still around and highly sought after, such as the old Roland x0x series, TB-303, TR-909, TR-808. The late 90's generation of hardware was pretty much aimed at re-creating vintage analog sounds with companies such as Novation, Access, Waldorf, and Clavia. Vinyl was quite common in the 90's and we heard the same stories about the resurgence of vinyl. We even had three or four local stores that primarily sold newly pressed vinyl.
Something that has not changed for the past 30+ years is the design of the Technics SL-1200. Some would call this the best turntable ever.
Selling hardware at a loss but make the software profitable? Don't we curse other industries for this type of razor and blades business model? Wasn't there just a Printers and ink article?
Really, it's appalling that teachers aren't some of our most highly-paid professionals.
An industry that is known not to pay well will generally only attract people that love it and want to do it. Imagine an education system where the workers are there just for the money.
The drive platters looked like CD recordable media in a plastic case about the size of a large pizza. Two machines would write out the data and when full the platters went into one of the jukeboxes (readers). Not a bad system, a bit slow. 90's tech.
While there may be a one time expense to switch to Linux, the cost of not switching to Linux grows every year with higher licensing fees to Microsoft.
Also, the impact/cost of switching can be controlled, No one requires that everyone switch at once. We run a mixed house and new employees get ubuntu or suse. The "cost" of bringing these employees up to speed on Linux is no higher than doing the same on Windows.
Yes, some, but all the hybrids are imports. Part of my morning bike ride takes be by Jaxport, where Southeast Toyota brings in all the imports for, well, the Southeast. There are hybrids lined up bumper to bumper every day.
An SBU falling vertically through the air will accelerate at an amazing rate of 32 feet per second per second until it reaches its terminal velocity of 193MPH. (We do not recommend traveling this fast.) On level ground and full charge we say it can go 10MPH depending on riders guts (mentally and physically).
I think you are missing the point, removing anything from an authentic replication in the name of fear. Is the US better off in that it is legal to fly a confederate flag? Oh, wait, I guess that has nothing to do with "real" history.
In addition many items have a "luxury tax" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_tax] which is essentially a higher sales tax with another name. That adds another touch of progression.
I would think that the hundreds of developers/companies that write applications (plugins) for the iPhone would disagree with you. How about the hundreds (thousands?) that write closed/open source kernel modules for Linux? Aren't these considered plugins? Apache dynamic modules? SMNP modules?
One of our project managers just received his beta login this week and he showed it to me and I have to say it is pretty amazing. He is totally a non-techie type but in one day he had custom ISO's made and deployed (something he had been trying to get another engineer to do for month's). Heck, he even had non-RPM'd tarballs stuffed in there (good for those things you don't quite want to go through learning RPM spec files, but still a temp solution for him).
I thought about these issues and ended up just buying a Panasonic bluetooth capable home phone:
http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/telephones_central/bluetooth_phones/default.asp
I paid about 100 USD.
When the cell phone is in range the base acts just like a headset but relay's the call to any of the three cordless phone handsets around the house. My wife has even grown accustomed to it but there are a couple drawbacks. Weak bluetooth signal drains the battery, fast. No voicemail alert.
I west so far as to port my land number to wireless and just leave the extra cell phone plugged in the charger near the base-station. I can't even see the cell or the base-station, just have the threee handset strategically placed around the house.
that everyone has a social security number. There is no requirement to have one. I love the stunned looks I get when I reply "I don't have one". I actually have one, but they don't need to know that either.
It not enough to obscure the password. I don't want anyone even knowing what my login is on any site. Simply knowing the user name is most of the battle in being able to connect on-line activity with a particular individual.
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My Scangauge http://www.scangauge.com/ will show something like 30-40 MPG while coasting in neutral, but shows 999 MPG when in gear, engine braking, since the fuel injectors have been shut off.
"what are these cars doing with such massive embedded systems in them?"
They must be running Microsoft software:
http://www.microsoft.com/auto/default.mspx
I am pretty sure millions of lines code also include navigation, radio and other non-critical systems.
From the WD website:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=763
Capacity 1 TB
User Sectors Per Drive 1,953,525,169
That would be 1 TB / 1,953,525,169 = 512. I tried to verify with the spec sheet but the model's pdf is password protected.
Our CEO refuses to have an IT department. While it can temporarily detract from normal job duties, it does force you to learn how to do IT work. Every employee learns how manage their Linux workstation with very little hand-holding. The primary benefit seems to be that if one finds a problem, there is no waiting for someone else to fix it, you roll up your sleeves and get it done yourself.
Having a "go-to" Linux guru that many cite at /. is an alien concept here.
Before the 2k's there was 90's dance music. PC's were barely capable of handling multiple audio streams and musicians had minimal computer skills. Dedicated hardware was quite common, samplers, effects, recorders. Even analog equipment was still around and highly sought after, such as the old Roland x0x series, TB-303, TR-909, TR-808. The late 90's generation of hardware was pretty much aimed at re-creating vintage analog sounds with companies such as Novation, Access, Waldorf, and Clavia. Vinyl was quite common in the 90's and we heard the same stories about the resurgence of vinyl. We even had three or four local stores that primarily sold newly pressed vinyl.
Something that has not changed for the past 30+ years is the design of the Technics SL-1200. Some would call this the best turntable ever.
Selling hardware at a loss but make the software profitable? Don't we curse other industries for this type of razor and blades business model? Wasn't there just a Printers and ink article?
Doesn't NBC partly own Hulu? Isn't Comcast's Cable system in competition with Hulu?
the weight of the porn it carries.
Really, it's appalling that teachers aren't some of our most highly-paid professionals.
An industry that is known not to pay well will generally only attract people that love it and want to do it. Imagine an education system where the workers are there just for the money.
When I worked at fortune 500 company we had these Write Once Ream Many dive systems to record images of contracts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_Once_Read_Many
The drive platters looked like CD recordable media in a plastic case about the size of a large pizza. Two machines would write out the data and when full the platters went into one of the jukeboxes (readers). Not a bad system, a bit slow. 90's tech.
I hear congress is going to pass a law to correct this...
I think there should be a Drift czar appointed, or does fall under Border Czar, Water Czar, Climate Czar, or Science Czar? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._executive_branch_czars
While there may be a one time expense to switch to Linux, the cost of not switching to Linux grows every year with higher licensing fees to Microsoft.
Also, the impact/cost of switching can be controlled, No one requires that everyone switch at once. We run a mixed house and new employees get ubuntu or suse. The "cost" of bringing these employees up to speed on Linux is no higher than doing the same on Windows.
I wonder if this is going to affect ezpass toll systems, which use battery powered RFID transponders: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-ZPass
Even non-tech companies are cashing in. I cringed every time I see the Amex "open" series commercials.
> But, Toyota makes cars in the US...
Yes, some, but all the hybrids are imports. Part of my morning bike ride takes be by Jaxport, where Southeast Toyota brings in all the imports for, well, the Southeast. There are hybrids lined up bumper to bumper every day.
Obligatory xkcd reference:
http://xkcd.com/378/
"percolating down to the mass market."
Where have I heard that before? "Trickle down economics"
Just read the FAQ: http://focusdesigns.com/faq/
How fast does it go?
An SBU falling vertically through the air will accelerate at an amazing rate of 32 feet per second per second until it reaches its terminal velocity of 193MPH. (We do not recommend traveling this fast.) On level ground and full charge we say it can go 10MPH depending on riders guts (mentally and physically).
I think you are missing the point, removing anything from an authentic replication in the name of fear. Is the US better off in that it is legal to fly a confederate flag? Oh, wait, I guess that has nothing to do with "real" history.
In addition many items have a "luxury tax" [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_tax] which is essentially a higher sales tax with another name. That adds another touch of progression.
I would think that the hundreds of developers/companies that write applications (plugins) for the iPhone would disagree with you. How about the hundreds (thousands?) that write closed/open source kernel modules for Linux? Aren't these considered plugins? Apache dynamic modules? SMNP modules?
One of our project managers just received his beta login this week and he showed it to me and I have to say it is pretty amazing. He is totally a non-techie type but in one day he had custom ISO's made and deployed (something he had been trying to get another engineer to do for month's). Heck, he even had non-RPM'd tarballs stuffed in there (good for those things you don't quite want to go through learning RPM spec files, but still a temp solution for him).
I thought about these issues and ended up just buying a Panasonic bluetooth capable home phone: http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/telephones_central/bluetooth_phones/default.asp
I paid about 100 USD.
When the cell phone is in range the base acts just like a headset but relay's the call to any of the three cordless phone handsets around the house. My wife has even grown accustomed to it but there are a couple drawbacks. Weak bluetooth signal drains the battery, fast. No voicemail alert.
I west so far as to port my land number to wireless and just leave the extra cell phone plugged in the charger near the base-station. I can't even see the cell or the base-station, just have the threee handset strategically placed around the house.
that everyone has a social security number. There is no requirement to have one. I love the stunned looks I get when I reply "I don't have one". I actually have one, but they don't need to know that either.
It not enough to obscure the password. I don't want anyone even knowing what my login is on any site. Simply knowing the user name is most of the battle in being able to connect on-line activity with a particular individual.