I actually just put some in (I got them for free) but I'm unconvinced they won't be flickering like mad after a couple of months of use. In my bathroom I have two CFLs and two incandescents, in my living room I have a CFL (my primary monitor is a 24" LCD, so no flicker at all), and that's my test. I'll be measuring the light output of a CFL @ 1 meter tonight with my light meter.
I hate fluorescent lights because I'm prone to migraines and the constant flickering irritates me. I can tolerate 72hz or 75hz CRT monitors but can still see the flickering. I find 60hz CRT monitors downright painful after a few minutes - but have no problem with televisions. The reason I don't have problems with televisions is that they likely use a higher-persistence phosphor than computer monitors, plus I typically do not typically sit 18" from a television.
I can compare them (60W incandescent to 15W fluorescent) back to back with a light meter tonight. I've been wanting to do it for a while but haven't bothered bringing the meter home, this is a convenient excuse to do so.:) I've been wanting to measure light output at power on, 30 seconds, and five minutes anyhow.
One thing that pisses me off about this proposed legislation though: I hate fluorescent lamps, especially when I have a migraine coming on or am sitting at a CRT. Every lamp in our office is incandescent and we leave the overhead fluorescent pieces of crap off all the time. Sure, it costs more, but we pay our electric bill and it is far more comfortable than flickering fluorescent tubes.
I saw the ad. It went beepbeepbeepbeepbeep and then I was like, huh? It was a bit of. . . a bummer. Then I had to watch it again. It was a really weird commercial.
Will be one which appears to "upgrade" hardware more than twice to the OS by marking device drivers as having been upgraded, resulting in activation being voided and owners being notified that they exceeded allowed number of device upgrades. This will quickly bring one of Windows' licensing defects to notice by Joe Sixpack and mainstream media, and they will realize that Microsoft is abusing their monopoly position by effectively revoking your right of first sale.
Then inform them that the "audit" is complete, unless they wish to discuss PDAs, which are purely commodity goods containing firmware which is not easily/readily pirated or counterfeited.
File and authentication Servers? Choose Samba over Windows. Email/Groupware? Choose Scalix, Zimbra, Qmail, or even sendmail or postfix Databases? Postgresql, Mysql, etc.
It has been possible to punt Microsoft for a long time now, and it has even become downright convenient in recent years.
Marriage is a religious construct, e.g., a contract between a man and a woman and "God." Government should have NO say whatsoever where it comes to say who can or cannot marry whom because it is infringing on freedom of worship. Leave it up to the churches/temples/mosques/synagogues/etc. to decide who can and who cannot marry.
This solves the problem of the "marriage penalty" - and as far as benefits, insurance, etc. are concerned? Choose companies which honor the type of "marriage" or "contract" or "partnership" you have.
Tax breaks for dependents? Eliminate them. If you have dependents, you are using more public resources than single folks or "married" people who have no children. If anything, you should pay MORE taxes, rather than relying on those who use few resources to give you a free ride on your children's education. Better yet, send your children to private schools; provide a higher-quality education for them, and leach less off of public resources.
Not a presidential candidate. They have almost no domestic power; they can't make law, and they can't do a whole lot to stop law from passing unless it was marginal in the first place.
Someone else already pointed out signing statements, but I wanted to take an opportunity to point out another issue you missed:
Executive orders
They're unconstitutional as Hell but Congress and SCOTUS are not doing a thing about it, and we aren't either, because we're not using the power of the vote to correct the matter. We keep reelecting the same bastards into office time and again. We need a revolution, and the revolution should be this: vote out the old guard, and vote in candidates who actually care about long-term survival of our nation as a FREE country.
As far as Hillary is concerned: I do not for one moment she is a proponent of personal liberty and privacy. Isn't she the author of "It Takes a Village" where it is implies that parents should rely on government services to teach their children morality? Based on that, she is for removing parental rights and invading privacy when it comes to family life.
About the same as the number of users who run out to buy XP after having bought sub-$800 PCs which did not come with XP reinstall (or even restore) media after hard drive crashes or major spyware infestations.
It's quite obvious to distinguish from copyrighted material to web cam material.
How so? Your post is automatically copyrighted since it was posted to an American site. I copied part of it (the statement above) in accordance with the Fair Use clause of Copyright Law. Do not confuse Copyright with professionalism. Hell, even that idiotic bigot Fred Phelps' material is copyrighted, even though he produces the most idiotic, incorrect, and unprofessional tripe on the planet on a daily basis.
Also: lassegg's material on youtube may have an amateurish feel, as does Kevin Smith's 1994 cult classic "Clerks" however their works are actually very well put together (given budget and time constraints), and although they may not have the slick, polished feel of a Disney or Dreamworks flick, the material is very enjoyable to watch and enables the underlying talent of those involved in those budget productions to shine through, despite the use of commodity, consumer-level equipment.
Again: Copyright != professional
Every written, audio, and video work produced in America is automatically protected by Copyright, unless it is explicitly disclaimed or is released into the public domain.
Apple has shot themselves in the foot at every possible turn when it comes to the iPhone. Two weeks ago I was disappointed I didn't hold out for it, now I'm GLAD I bought a new PocketPC rather than their impressive-yet-crippled iPhone which WOULD have been a superior PDA compared to the PocketPC were they not so shortsighted and tight-fisted.
Fixing the google bomb problem should also help to fix search engine spam resulting from doorway pages and linkfarms. Ever search for a howto article and end up going to a page full of nonsense, then getting redirected to a product page, or even worse, a completely irrelevant page? If so, you have experienced a huge drawback to Google's algorithm which made it possible for blackhat SEO scumbags (such as Traffic Power/1P First Place, or whatever the hell those assholes are calling themselves today) to easily manipulate search results. Sure, Google will ban offending sites when they are reported, but there were several problems with that:
- When searching for "How do $foo my $widget" in Google, you will find the howto you needed on page 20 after all the search engine spam, rather than on page 1 where natural search results would lead it were it not for this flaw
- Often site owners were unaware that the "SEO" company in question was intentionally violating Google's guidelines
- Site owners often had to change hosts and domain names, and in some instances their company names due to Traffic Power's business practices
- Traffic Power owners keep changing their corporate identity (dissolve and reform the company under a new name) to escape litigation
- The innocent but not-web-savvy small business owners are fucked over in the process (see third point above)
- It takes a proactive approach from users who give a shit to report these sites. I only bother if it is a howto or a spec sheet I really needed, and alternate search engines (Yahoo, etc.) come up dry as well, because Google does not pay me to report blackhat scum.
1. Announce incredibly capable device with a rich API and excellent display which would attract even those who despise convergence due to planned obsolescence 2. The day after announcing product and upon garnering huge press coverage and generating buzz on sites such as slashdot and seeing that PocketPC and smartphone users will consider switching to your product and possibly developing for it, announce that third party applications WILL NOT RUN nor will such support be allowed 3. Two weeks later, announce that you will not allow your exclusive distributor to subsidize or otherwise discount your product offering 4. Get passed by, by the open source Linux phone projects 5. ????????????? 6. Profit (for your open-model-supporting competitors)
Many people do not realize that the Federal Reserve, the IRS, and the Mint are all privately-owned companies, and NOT government organizations.
The Federal Reserve is controlled in large part by foreign entities, who benefit when the Reserve issues more funds, which devalues the US dollar relative to other currencies. Decisions are known behind closed doors for some time before any announcements of increased allotments are announced, which enables those parties to invest in other currencies or make other transactions which benefits them for the long haul. It is to their great benefit that we remain OFF the gold/silver standard and stay on the artificial Fiat Currency system because they manipulate currency values well in advance so that they can improve their own net worth. The Fiat system also gives the Federal Reserve a reason to remain in existence, because if we went back to the gold standard, with paper currency being actual gold and silver notes, there would be no reason for the Federal Reserve to exist. Citizens would be in direct control of their own GNP.
The Mint always wants to be producing more money, but because they want a hefty profit margin, they want the cost of materials to remain low. If a penny can cost a HALF-cent to produce, they can mark it up 100%. If it costs 1.5 cents to make, they can probably charge the US government full 2.5 cents for it, but more taxpayers will eventually grow wise to it and force their elected officials to fix the mess.
The IRS profits by making the tax code as complicated as humanly possible, because then they can catch taxpayers "cheating" (read: making honest mistakes due to the convoluted tax code) and fine them for their inconvenience. Congress cares very little about eliminating the IRS in favor of a flat tax because most legislators are litigators by career, and many still own at least a small interest in legal firms. It is to their direct financial benefit that tax code remain as complicated as possible and becomes even more so (look at the alternative minimum tax; most people here have to do the work for BOTH codes and pay whichever is higher. How fucking fair is that?). Congress will NOT fix the tax situation here in America, ever, unless we as a whole elect to exercise our God-given, constitutionally-protected right to bear arms and beat tyranny back down.
Given that they cannot honor that agreement, it's clear that:
- Internal politics run amok
- They lack integrity
- It is unclear that your position won't change to include "phone grunt" or "gofer" responsibilities once you get there
[. ..] Since they can't be washed hot or ironed, i want to kill off the bacteria in a cool way. [. ..]Then i wash them at 30 Celsius and all the smell is gone.
If you're going to wash them anyhow, why not use the the lukewarm water, non-chlorine bleach, and detergent, and wash them by hand? The bacteria should be killed, and the odor should be removed. Does ordinary washing not remove the odor? Pick a different detergent, or use antibacterial soap like liquid Dial or antibacterial dish detergent.
The waste water will likely be ionized, which will generally result in a boiling temperature of greater than 100*C at sea level.
I've been sterilizing sponges using the microwave for years now; it was obvious before I even started doing this that it should first be wet. More recently I've been putting them in boiling water on the stove instead, and add a few drops of bleach after I turn the burner off and it cools down a little bit.
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I thought the Escalade is the Cadillac of hybrid vehicles? ;)
OK, I'm afraid now.
I actually just put some in (I got them for free) but I'm unconvinced they won't be flickering like mad after a couple of months of use. In my bathroom I have two CFLs and two incandescents, in my living room I have a CFL (my primary monitor is a 24" LCD, so no flicker at all), and that's my test. I'll be measuring the light output of a CFL @ 1 meter tonight with my light meter.
*raises hand*
I hate fluorescent lights because I'm prone to migraines and the constant flickering irritates me. I can tolerate 72hz or 75hz CRT monitors but can still see the flickering. I find 60hz CRT monitors downright painful after a few minutes - but have no problem with televisions. The reason I don't have problems with televisions is that they likely use a higher-persistence phosphor than computer monitors, plus I typically do not typically sit 18" from a television.
I can compare them (60W incandescent to 15W fluorescent) back to back with a light meter tonight. I've been wanting to do it for a while but haven't bothered bringing the meter home, this is a convenient excuse to do so. :) I've been wanting to measure light output at power on, 30 seconds, and five minutes anyhow.
One thing that pisses me off about this proposed legislation though: I hate fluorescent lamps, especially when I have a migraine coming on or am sitting at a CRT. Every lamp in our office is incandescent and we leave the overhead fluorescent pieces of crap off all the time. Sure, it costs more, but we pay our electric bill and it is far more comfortable than flickering fluorescent tubes.
I saw the ad. It went beepbeepbeepbeepbeep and then I was like, huh?
It was a bit of. . . a bummer.
Then I had to watch it again. It was a really weird commercial.
Will be one which appears to "upgrade" hardware more than twice to the OS by marking device drivers as having been upgraded, resulting in activation being voided and owners being notified that they exceeded allowed number of device upgrades. This will quickly bring one of Windows' licensing defects to notice by Joe Sixpack and mainstream media, and they will realize that Microsoft is abusing their monopoly position by effectively revoking your right of first sale.
But. . . but. . . where would SCO be were it not for Darl's vision? ;)
Sure they could, then you just print out the contents of the following:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt
Along with:
http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html
And:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_license
Then inform them that the "audit" is complete, unless they wish to discuss PDAs, which are purely commodity goods containing firmware which is not easily/readily pirated or counterfeited.
File and authentication Servers? Choose Samba over Windows.
Email/Groupware? Choose Scalix, Zimbra, Qmail, or even sendmail or postfix
Databases? Postgresql, Mysql, etc.
It has been possible to punt Microsoft for a long time now, and it has even become downright convenient in recent years.
Well on the marriage topic:
Marriage is a religious construct, e.g., a contract between a man and a woman and "God." Government should have NO say whatsoever where it comes to say who can or cannot marry whom because it is infringing on freedom of worship. Leave it up to the churches/temples/mosques/synagogues/etc. to decide who can and who cannot marry.
This solves the problem of the "marriage penalty" - and as far as benefits, insurance, etc. are concerned? Choose companies which honor the type of "marriage" or "contract" or "partnership" you have.
Tax breaks for dependents? Eliminate them. If you have dependents, you are using more public resources than single folks or "married" people who have no children. If anything, you should pay MORE taxes, rather than relying on those who use few resources to give you a free ride on your children's education. Better yet, send your children to private schools; provide a higher-quality education for them, and leach less off of public resources.
Executive orders
They're unconstitutional as Hell but Congress and SCOTUS are not doing a thing about it, and we aren't either, because we're not using the power of the vote to correct the matter. We keep reelecting the same bastards into office time and again. We need a revolution, and the revolution should be this: vote out the old guard, and vote in candidates who actually care about long-term survival of our nation as a FREE country.
As far as Hillary is concerned: I do not for one moment she is a proponent of personal liberty and privacy. Isn't she the author of "It Takes a Village" where it is implies that parents should rely on government services to teach their children morality? Based on that, she is for removing parental rights and invading privacy when it comes to family life.
About the same as the number of users who run out to buy XP after having bought sub-$800 PCs which did not come with XP reinstall (or even restore) media after hard drive crashes or major spyware infestations.
I do not understand that unit of measurement. How much is that in terms of station wagons?
"Their native quad core 65nm processors"
I take it AMD is releasing actual quad-core processors rather than simply calling two dual-core processors stuck on a motherboard quad core?
It's about time! But, why not drop the word "native" and admit they were engaging in deceptive advertising up to this point?
Also: lassegg's material on youtube may have an amateurish feel, as does Kevin Smith's 1994 cult classic "Clerks" however their works are actually very well put together (given budget and time constraints), and although they may not have the slick, polished feel of a Disney or Dreamworks flick, the material is very enjoyable to watch and enables the underlying talent of those involved in those budget productions to shine through, despite the use of commodity, consumer-level equipment.
Again: Copyright != professional
Every written, audio, and video work produced in America is automatically protected by Copyright, unless it is explicitly disclaimed or is released into the public domain.
and how is THAT a troll?
Apple has shot themselves in the foot at every possible turn when it comes to the iPhone. Two weeks ago I was disappointed I didn't hold out for it, now I'm GLAD I bought a new PocketPC rather than their impressive-yet-crippled iPhone which WOULD have been a superior PDA compared to the PocketPC were they not so shortsighted and tight-fisted.
Fixing the google bomb problem should also help to fix search engine spam resulting from doorway pages and linkfarms. Ever search for a howto article and end up going to a page full of nonsense, then getting redirected to a product page, or even worse, a completely irrelevant page? If so, you have experienced a huge drawback to Google's algorithm which made it possible for blackhat SEO scumbags (such as Traffic Power/1P First Place, or whatever the hell those assholes are calling themselves today) to easily manipulate search results. Sure, Google will ban offending sites when they are reported, but there were several problems with that:
- When searching for "How do $foo my $widget" in Google, you will find the howto you needed on page 20 after all the search engine spam, rather than on page 1 where natural search results would lead it were it not for this flaw
- Often site owners were unaware that the "SEO" company in question was intentionally violating Google's guidelines
- Site owners often had to change hosts and domain names, and in some instances their company names due to Traffic Power's business practices
- Traffic Power owners keep changing their corporate identity (dissolve and reform the company under a new name) to escape litigation
- The innocent but not-web-savvy small business owners are fucked over in the process (see third point above)
- It takes a proactive approach from users who give a shit to report these sites. I only bother if it is a howto or a spec sheet I really needed, and alternate search engines (Yahoo, etc.) come up dry as well, because Google does not pay me to report blackhat scum.
1. Announce incredibly capable device with a rich API and excellent display which would attract even those who despise convergence due to planned obsolescence
2. The day after announcing product and upon garnering huge press coverage and generating buzz on sites such as slashdot and seeing that PocketPC and smartphone users will consider switching to your product and possibly developing for it, announce that third party applications WILL NOT RUN nor will such support be allowed
3. Two weeks later, announce that you will not allow your exclusive distributor to subsidize or otherwise discount your product offering
4. Get passed by, by the open source Linux phone projects
5. ?????????????
6. Profit (for your open-model-supporting competitors)
Many people do not realize that the Federal Reserve, the IRS, and the Mint are all privately-owned companies, and NOT government organizations.
The Federal Reserve is controlled in large part by foreign entities, who benefit when the Reserve issues more funds, which devalues the US dollar relative to other currencies. Decisions are known behind closed doors for some time before any announcements of increased allotments are announced, which enables those parties to invest in other currencies or make other transactions which benefits them for the long haul. It is to their great benefit that we remain OFF the gold/silver standard and stay on the artificial Fiat Currency system because they manipulate currency values well in advance so that they can improve their own net worth. The Fiat system also gives the Federal Reserve a reason to remain in existence, because if we went back to the gold standard, with paper currency being actual gold and silver notes, there would be no reason for the Federal Reserve to exist. Citizens would be in direct control of their own GNP.
The Mint always wants to be producing more money, but because they want a hefty profit margin, they want the cost of materials to remain low. If a penny can cost a HALF-cent to produce, they can mark it up 100%. If it costs 1.5 cents to make, they can probably charge the US government full 2.5 cents for it, but more taxpayers will eventually grow wise to it and force their elected officials to fix the mess.
The IRS profits by making the tax code as complicated as humanly possible, because then they can catch taxpayers "cheating" (read: making honest mistakes due to the convoluted tax code) and fine them for their inconvenience. Congress cares very little about eliminating the IRS in favor of a flat tax because most legislators are litigators by career, and many still own at least a small interest in legal firms. It is to their direct financial benefit that tax code remain as complicated as possible and becomes even more so (look at the alternative minimum tax; most people here have to do the work for BOTH codes and pay whichever is higher. How fucking fair is that?). Congress will NOT fix the tax situation here in America, ever, unless we as a whole elect to exercise our God-given, constitutionally-protected right to bear arms and beat tyranny back down.
Consumer units are already low-power setups which will not interfere with properly-installed avionics packages.
There is another option:
Build up a nest egg sufficiently large enough to buy a farm and live off the grid, and tell the corporate world at large to FO
The downside is that it takes a large amount of money to get to that point.
I wouldn't call that a perk, I would call it a necessity.
Tell them to take their job and shovel it.
Given that they cannot honor that agreement, it's clear that:
- Internal politics run amok
- They lack integrity
- It is unclear that your position won't change to include "phone grunt" or "gofer" responsibilities once you get there
[. . .] Since they can't be washed hot or ironed, i want to kill off the bacteria in a cool way. [. . .]Then i wash them at 30 Celsius and all the smell is gone.
If you're going to wash them anyhow, why not use the the lukewarm water, non-chlorine bleach, and detergent, and wash them by hand? The bacteria should be killed, and the odor should be removed. Does ordinary washing not remove the odor? Pick a different detergent, or use antibacterial soap like liquid Dial or antibacterial dish detergent.
The waste water will likely be ionized, which will generally result in a boiling temperature of greater than 100*C at sea level.
I've been sterilizing sponges using the microwave for years now; it was obvious before I even started doing this that it should first be wet. More recently I've been putting them in boiling water on the stove instead, and add a few drops of bleach after I turn the burner off and it cools down a little bit.