many server-class motherboards still require IDE optical drives, and with some chipsets an optical drive can't be used on SATA because the SATA RAID chipset is only for hard drives, unless you switch them to JBOD/IDE/AHCI mode rather than RAID. Now, I'll give you that in an ideal world one would be using a hardware RAID controller (SAS or SATA, anything but fakeRAID) but the reality is that bean counters often won't pay the small premium for that upgrade.
IDE should die but it's going to be around for a while longer.
Right, and now because of consumers and PHBs saying "why do I need this old port on my laptop" it is becoming very difficult to find a decent laptop with a serial port for less than $3K, and they're usually just the workstation-class notebooks; not lightweight models. Fine, I prefer the portable workstations, but sometimes it'd nice to be able to bring a nice compact lightweight netbook-size device on a job instead of a 7 to 9 lbs oversized behemoth.
Right. Routers, switches, but elsewhere you will find them on every point of sale system, cctv equipment (so CCTV can capture POS data), GPS, and medical equipment. Implementing and debugging systems integrating with those devices with a USB-Serial converter doesn't always work so well. And, as others have mentioned, USB-Serial converters often don't work with RS485 (and RS422) converters.
I'd rather not see serial die, actually; unlike USB, serial Just Works(tm); even the lowliest of the lowest operating system kernels, DOS, works with serial ports out of the box without any additional software. It's really hard to fudge up serial connections (once it's up and running). Keeping the KISS principle, why replace serial with USB for very low-bandwidth but mission-critical items? If anything, replace serial with RS485 or RS422 (which is basically serial with support for multiple devices, over longer distances).
By the way, you'll find "console" ports on enterprise-level server PCs, practically every proprietary *nix box in existence, and practically every smart switch. Why? It's a way to give administrators the ability to take control of a system back even if it's been rooted and the password changed. It's a way for a dumb terminal to be set up to monitor a system's status. It's a simple way for logging/reporting printers to be hung off of a machine. It enables remote terminals to navigate even bootstrap/POST sequences in the event that a reboot is required and a system doesn't come up properly. There are probably a gazillion different current uses for RS-232, and you shouldn't say "RS232 needs to die!" just because you never encounter a use for it.
And, unfortunately, it's such short-sighted thinking that complicates the lives of those of us who have to debug serial devices out in the field; with laptops with serial ports being nearly nonexistent, and with serial devices not working properly with USB->serial converters (well, it's the converter not functioning properly, not the device), it becomes very difficult to isolate the cause of communications issues (i.e., is this appliance really sending the data? That the USB->serial converter doesn't receive it doesn't mean it's not being sent).
That wasn't the problem: the problem is fiat currency to begin with. Banks create money via the fractional-reserve banking system. This can work okay (the fact that the US dollar is actually debt, not wealth put aside for sake of argument) if you have good risks. The problem is with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guaranteed riskier loans, some banks were required to lend to people who had no means to pay it back, and others jumped on the bandwagon as it was a good way to make a quick buck; show some strong "gains" for a few quarters, the execs can take their fat bonuses and let the next generation deal with the fallout when it collapses.
Banks for a long time were responsible in how they created money through lending; they took acceptable risks, and it was relatively problem free for decades. The currency created proved to be creditworthy, by and large. It was when banks got greedy that the system failed, making it hard for even good risks to get credit for a while.
This affected me; I had to get a loan and I had a heck of a time. I don't have bad credit, the problem was I only used credit when I needed it, and hadn't used credit in years. So, I could not get financing until trying for weeks, and found a local credit union willing to work with me (and I got a pretty good rate). One of the lenders had told me that although I have good credit, I don't have "enough" credit. Well, two deadbeats use them for financing on cars, and when I mentioned them by name and said "so-and-so and so-and-so have had multiple cars repossessed and you financed them each time" (both of them had at least one car repossessed and financed again through the same bank - WTF?) - the response was "Well, they have recent credit." WTF? The system was completely broken, and is still somewhat broken at this point. How the heck is really bad recent credit worse than limited but good credit? I learned my lesson; always keep at least one credit card open and use credit regularly even when you do not need it.
This is why having a colocated server or a VPS (virtual private server) is so important; you can create backup scripts and run them via crond, and use scp to pull down your backups regularly. That way, if your hosting provider does go under or fudges up in a major way, you can have your sites back up and running in a matter of a couple of hours on a new host. Depending on how you configure your own custom backup scripts, worst case you might lose a few hours' worth of data (and possibly the server, but the value of that is nil compared to the data) rather than losing everything.
They have accomplished in making a wonderfully efficient go-cart that has no hope of meeting crash tests, emission tests, nor lighting or other safety requirements. Once they add that 2,000lbs worth of equipment and the 60 or so hp it needs to make it to minimum speeds allowed on the interstate highways, they'll be down to 20-40mpg.
But, achieving higher average mileage doesn't raise the Prius driver's smug levels as much as peak mileage does.:)
Seriously though I hate that too. I've driven my Saab (it's a 2.0t, not an Aero) conservatively (read: not hypermiling, just keeping the boost gauge at the halfway point or lower) and achieved 43mpg driving from Cape Cod (Bourne) to Cambridge, which is about a 65 mile drive. I've achieved full tank averages of 36mpg, and I deal with quite a bit of city traffic. My typical full-tank average is a bit less than friends who also own Saabs - My usual full-tank average is 26mpg, because I like acceleration - most of my friends average 28-29. My worst tank to date in the Saab was 24mpg, which is pretty bad for a 2.0L four cylinder. You on the other hand can achieve very good fuel mileage in cars which are often thought of as "gas guzzlers" - I'd regularly achive 33mpg on long trips (mostly highway) in my ZR-1 Corvette, and full-tank averages of 26-27mpg (stock EPROM in the ECM), with my more typical average being 23mpg (stock EPROM in the ECM). With a custom-programmed performance EPROM I averaged 18mpg. My average drive in that car was 75% highway, if you want to call Route 128 and Route 93 during rush hour "highway driving" - it's more like a parking lot, and 25% city. My average driving in my Saab is about 33% city, 66% highway.
What's my point? You can have a "gas guzzler" and achieve excellent gas mileage. You can get a really economical car and get really "bad" (relatively speaking) economy. It all comes down to driving habits and proper maintenance. As far as peak efficiency is concerned - yeah, it's fun to watch the trip computer or ScanGauge and see 99mpg coasting down a hill, but is it worth it when you have to hit the gas when you get to the bottom of the hill, and having pissed off all the drivers behind you? When I drive I like to just stay away from the idiots who are texting, who can't talk on the phone and keep their cars straight, and the ones who are reading books while they drive. I don't want to become one of "those" drivers who can't maintain a decent steady traveling speed. When I am driving, my task is to get from point A to point B, not turn the drive into a video game by manipulating mpg readouts.
I'm not down on hybrids either - in fact I hope the next-generation Saab 9-3 xwd will include full hybrid options. But, I hope the hybrid option will be a system similar to the Highlander's, where it will increase performance when accelerating as well as improve economy around town. But, a hybrid isn't the be-all-end-all answer to fuel economy. Maintenance and driving habits are - and I admit that about 3/4 of the time my driving habits off the line are not for economy if the road in front of me is open, regardless of whether of which of my cars I'm driving.:)
By the time you federalize it so it can reach at least 65mph (80mph is a more realistic requirement), add in the wiring and lighting equipment, build up the body (or fairings) to hold head and tail lamps at the required height levels, not to mention make it crashworthy, you'll have easily increased the weight to well over 2000 lbs, unless you go all composite like the Consulier GTP (now the Mosler MT900).
I hope the parents of the affected kids get a million bucks apiece from the district,
Honestly, I hope that they get a lot more than that, that any elected officials who were aware of the situation and didn't work to prevent it are impeached and convicted (and given serious prison time as well as any government benefits including pensions revoked), and the school administration officials receive the same - and the district be blocked from "making up" for the "losses" through taxes. Tax increases should be outlawed in that district and if it means the schools must declare bankruptcy, it should be chalked up as a learning experience.
This is a serious constitutional issue. It is a violation of the fourth amendment rights, at minimum, not to mention violation of video surveillance laws (i.e., reasonable expectation of privacy - this is why lavatories, changing rooms, etc. do not have video surveillance in place) and wiretapping laws. This is a serious, serious issues and the fucks behind this hare-brained idea need to be made an example of. I'd be all for tar and feathering them, but then, I'm a proponent of wild west-style frontier law since it works. Sadly, today that kind of thing is politically incorrect and is considered "cruel and unusual punishment."
However, if this is overlooked, the district pays out some money to the families affected, and is allowed to increase taxes to make up for any shortfalls, it will appear as a "win" on the side of fascism, where "patriot act" style spying/monitoring activities are deemed worth the cost of doing business, just as Microsoft looks at a few million dollar "antitrust" fine to be the cost of doing business. There need to be dire consequences for knowingly and willingly violating constitutional rights of citizens regardless of the level of government someone resides in, from the President at the top all the way down to the lowliest of low janitors at public schools, street cops, receptionists at colleges, and everyone in between. The Constitution is not in place to "grant" the people rights, the Constitution is in place to limit what the government is allowed to do. Sadly, this has long since been forgotten, and the very fact that we are a Constitutional Republic and not a Democracy has long since been forgotten as well, and it's to our own pain as the difference is key to our system of checks and balances.
But, apathy will reign here. There is some sign of the people awaking from the slumber with the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts (did you think you would ever see this uber-liberal state vote for a real conservative?!) but let's hope that it's a sweeping change across the nation. I for one am sick to death of both moonbat liberals and neo-con Republicans - who claim to have different platforms, but really, both extremes are so far apart from what their party platforms used to stand for that the end result shows that they are simply the same horse painted different colors. What we need is more centrist, true conservatives, and what I mean by that is people who understand that words mean things, and the Constitution in this country really is the supreme law of the land, and needs to be followed rather than paid lip service.
On the other hand, slavery has not been existence in the USA for the last three generations. Anyone who "owned" a slave has been dead for a century now - so your "point" is moot.
Oh, in addition, now that Windows Server (Core) has a real GUI-less mode and Powershell and UNIX environment shells on Windows finally have usable interfaces, shell prompts are becoming even more relevant even in large Window shops. So, even Microsoft has acknowledged that the UNIX-y way of doing things is key for automation and uptime in an enterprise environment. Now, most PCs won't boot with output to the serial port, but some enterprise server boards do have such options.
A GUI is great for basic tasks, but for repetitive tasks a command shell and scripting environment are key for efficiency, and reliable automation. VBS/Windows Scripting Host was an "acceptable" workaround for a while but in the past many Windows administrative tools required the box to not be headless, the workstation unlocked and the windows open for the GUI to be accessible for scripting - and even then it was iffy because not all GUI elements are accessible (especially third-party tools with custom controls).
The terminal is not irrelevant. If your Cisco router is ever compromised (it happens) or if IOS becomes corrupt (or if you have an IOS install with a nasty bug where the password does not save correctly, or when an IOS upgrade goes badly) or someone fudges the configuration up, the only way you can recover it is often through the serial port. Serial ports are also very handy for integrating video surveillance with point-of-sales systems that are not IP-aware (or worse, antiquated DVR appliances which can't do POS integration over IP), for some smart switches, *NIX boxes that have been rooted (I've rescued a Solaris box through a serial connection in an enterprise environment where reinstall was not possible due to poor timing - week of finals - and backups were sabotaged by a disgruntled gradute student and logins through IP and at the console were blocked), and so forth. However, I'd rather see RS-485 or RS-422 take RS232's place, since RS-485 and RS-422 can work over much longer distances and you can hang multiple serial devices off of a single bus.
RS-232 might be absent from a lot of consumer motherboards, but it is far from dead and certainly not irrelevant, even now in 2010.
, or myspace, creating fake profiles impersonating each other and posting crap to people chess classmates. "Bullying" has changed to embrace technology.
It's all about cap-and-trade. First alarmists were preaching global cooling, then global warming, and now that global warming is proving to be a farce and the numbers are skewed, it's "global climate change." Last time I checked, global climate has been changing since before hominids walked upright.
I've got a boss who prints crap out all the time. Just random junk. Instead of forwarding an email to me, he'll print it out and hand it to me. And those random bits of junk get thrown away pretty quickly.
Have you been forgetting to put cover sheets on your TPS reports again? Didn't you get the memo? I'll go ahead and get you a copy of the memo.
Like the saying where one can't see the forest through the trees, the record execs cannot see the OBSCENELY HUGE profits through their greed. They have a fixed idea stuck in their head, kind of like an autistic child who also has OCD, and cannot grasp the potential of making a couple of small changes and conceding a couple of points.
P2P results in a net gain of market share because it provides for free advertising. Pandora results in a net gain of market share because it provides for almost-free advertising, but the advertising becomes a surgical strike, and you know with absolute certainty what your potential customers' musical interests are. If nothing else, at least you are creating "buzz" and ever-expanding the potential customer base.
Or, you assholes at Time Warner, etc. can continue down the path you're heading, and a lot of us will just say "no" to listening to pop radio, continue to not buy CDs, and continue to not participate in P2P networks (because redistributing your product helps promote its popularity).
So, go ahead and yank your content from Pandora. You've been suicidal for a while, so why not shutter the doors now while you're at it? Someone else will take your place on Pandora and earn the revenue that can come of it.
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many server-class motherboards still require IDE optical drives, and with some chipsets an optical drive can't be used on SATA because the SATA RAID chipset is only for hard drives, unless you switch them to JBOD/IDE/AHCI mode rather than RAID. Now, I'll give you that in an ideal world one would be using a hardware RAID controller (SAS or SATA, anything but fakeRAID) but the reality is that bean counters often won't pay the small premium for that upgrade.
IDE should die but it's going to be around for a while longer.
Right, and now because of consumers and PHBs saying "why do I need this old port on my laptop" it is becoming very difficult to find a decent laptop with a serial port for less than $3K, and they're usually just the workstation-class notebooks; not lightweight models. Fine, I prefer the portable workstations, but sometimes it'd nice to be able to bring a nice compact lightweight netbook-size device on a job instead of a 7 to 9 lbs oversized behemoth.
Right. Routers, switches, but elsewhere you will find them on every point of sale system, cctv equipment (so CCTV can capture POS data), GPS, and medical equipment. Implementing and debugging systems integrating with those devices with a USB-Serial converter doesn't always work so well. And, as others have mentioned, USB-Serial converters often don't work with RS485 (and RS422) converters.
I'd rather not see serial die, actually; unlike USB, serial Just Works(tm); even the lowliest of the lowest operating system kernels, DOS, works with serial ports out of the box without any additional software. It's really hard to fudge up serial connections (once it's up and running). Keeping the KISS principle, why replace serial with USB for very low-bandwidth but mission-critical items? If anything, replace serial with RS485 or RS422 (which is basically serial with support for multiple devices, over longer distances).
By the way, you'll find "console" ports on enterprise-level server PCs, practically every proprietary *nix box in existence, and practically every smart switch. Why? It's a way to give administrators the ability to take control of a system back even if it's been rooted and the password changed. It's a way for a dumb terminal to be set up to monitor a system's status. It's a simple way for logging/reporting printers to be hung off of a machine. It enables remote terminals to navigate even bootstrap/POST sequences in the event that a reboot is required and a system doesn't come up properly. There are probably a gazillion different current uses for RS-232, and you shouldn't say "RS232 needs to die!" just because you never encounter a use for it.
And, unfortunately, it's such short-sighted thinking that complicates the lives of those of us who have to debug serial devices out in the field; with laptops with serial ports being nearly nonexistent, and with serial devices not working properly with USB->serial converters (well, it's the converter not functioning properly, not the device), it becomes very difficult to isolate the cause of communications issues (i.e., is this appliance really sending the data? That the USB->serial converter doesn't receive it doesn't mean it's not being sent).
Oh, this kind of thread comes up periodically, compounding the pun-ishment, as though it were an elemental aspect of /.
I wonder what the koala pope has to say about Koalas' promiscuous behavior!
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That wasn't the problem: the problem is fiat currency to begin with. Banks create money via the fractional-reserve banking system. This can work okay (the fact that the US dollar is actually debt, not wealth put aside for sake of argument) if you have good risks. The problem is with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guaranteed riskier loans, some banks were required to lend to people who had no means to pay it back, and others jumped on the bandwagon as it was a good way to make a quick buck; show some strong "gains" for a few quarters, the execs can take their fat bonuses and let the next generation deal with the fallout when it collapses.
Banks for a long time were responsible in how they created money through lending; they took acceptable risks, and it was relatively problem free for decades. The currency created proved to be creditworthy, by and large. It was when banks got greedy that the system failed, making it hard for even good risks to get credit for a while.
This affected me; I had to get a loan and I had a heck of a time. I don't have bad credit, the problem was I only used credit when I needed it, and hadn't used credit in years. So, I could not get financing until trying for weeks, and found a local credit union willing to work with me (and I got a pretty good rate). One of the lenders had told me that although I have good credit, I don't have "enough" credit. Well, two deadbeats use them for financing on cars, and when I mentioned them by name and said "so-and-so and so-and-so have had multiple cars repossessed and you financed them each time" (both of them had at least one car repossessed and financed again through the same bank - WTF?) - the response was "Well, they have recent credit." WTF? The system was completely broken, and is still somewhat broken at this point. How the heck is really bad recent credit worse than limited but good credit? I learned my lesson; always keep at least one credit card open and use credit regularly even when you do not need it.
This is why having a colocated server or a VPS (virtual private server) is so important; you can create backup scripts and run them via crond, and use scp to pull down your backups regularly. That way, if your hosting provider does go under or fudges up in a major way, you can have your sites back up and running in a matter of a couple of hours on a new host. Depending on how you configure your own custom backup scripts, worst case you might lose a few hours' worth of data (and possibly the server, but the value of that is nil compared to the data) rather than losing everything.
They have accomplished in making a wonderfully efficient go-cart that has no hope of meeting crash tests, emission tests, nor lighting or other safety requirements. Once they add that 2,000lbs worth of equipment and the 60 or so hp it needs to make it to minimum speeds allowed on the interstate highways, they'll be down to 20-40mpg.
But, achieving higher average mileage doesn't raise the Prius driver's smug levels as much as peak mileage does. :)
Seriously though I hate that too. I've driven my Saab (it's a 2.0t, not an Aero) conservatively (read: not hypermiling, just keeping the boost gauge at the halfway point or lower) and achieved 43mpg driving from Cape Cod (Bourne) to Cambridge, which is about a 65 mile drive. I've achieved full tank averages of 36mpg, and I deal with quite a bit of city traffic. My typical full-tank average is a bit less than friends who also own Saabs - My usual full-tank average is 26mpg, because I like acceleration - most of my friends average 28-29. My worst tank to date in the Saab was 24mpg, which is pretty bad for a 2.0L four cylinder. You on the other hand can achieve very good fuel mileage in cars which are often thought of as "gas guzzlers" - I'd regularly achive 33mpg on long trips (mostly highway) in my ZR-1 Corvette, and full-tank averages of 26-27mpg (stock EPROM in the ECM), with my more typical average being 23mpg (stock EPROM in the ECM). With a custom-programmed performance EPROM I averaged 18mpg. My average drive in that car was 75% highway, if you want to call Route 128 and Route 93 during rush hour "highway driving" - it's more like a parking lot, and 25% city. My average driving in my Saab is about 33% city, 66% highway.
What's my point? You can have a "gas guzzler" and achieve excellent gas mileage. You can get a really economical car and get really "bad" (relatively speaking) economy. It all comes down to driving habits and proper maintenance. As far as peak efficiency is concerned - yeah, it's fun to watch the trip computer or ScanGauge and see 99mpg coasting down a hill, but is it worth it when you have to hit the gas when you get to the bottom of the hill, and having pissed off all the drivers behind you? When I drive I like to just stay away from the idiots who are texting, who can't talk on the phone and keep their cars straight, and the ones who are reading books while they drive. I don't want to become one of "those" drivers who can't maintain a decent steady traveling speed. When I am driving, my task is to get from point A to point B, not turn the drive into a video game by manipulating mpg readouts.
I'm not down on hybrids either - in fact I hope the next-generation Saab 9-3 xwd will include full hybrid options. But, I hope the hybrid option will be a system similar to the Highlander's, where it will increase performance when accelerating as well as improve economy around town. But, a hybrid isn't the be-all-end-all answer to fuel economy. Maintenance and driving habits are - and I admit that about 3/4 of the time my driving habits off the line are not for economy if the road in front of me is open, regardless of whether of which of my cars I'm driving. :)
By the time you federalize it so it can reach at least 65mph (80mph is a more realistic requirement), add in the wiring and lighting equipment, build up the body (or fairings) to hold head and tail lamps at the required height levels, not to mention make it crashworthy, you'll have easily increased the weight to well over 2000 lbs, unless you go all composite like the Consulier GTP (now the Mosler MT900).
Honestly, I hope that they get a lot more than that, that any elected officials who were aware of the situation and didn't work to prevent it are impeached and convicted (and given serious prison time as well as any government benefits including pensions revoked), and the school administration officials receive the same - and the district be blocked from "making up" for the "losses" through taxes. Tax increases should be outlawed in that district and if it means the schools must declare bankruptcy, it should be chalked up as a learning experience.
This is a serious constitutional issue. It is a violation of the fourth amendment rights, at minimum, not to mention violation of video surveillance laws (i.e., reasonable expectation of privacy - this is why lavatories, changing rooms, etc. do not have video surveillance in place) and wiretapping laws. This is a serious, serious issues and the fucks behind this hare-brained idea need to be made an example of. I'd be all for tar and feathering them, but then, I'm a proponent of wild west-style frontier law since it works. Sadly, today that kind of thing is politically incorrect and is considered "cruel and unusual punishment."
However, if this is overlooked, the district pays out some money to the families affected, and is allowed to increase taxes to make up for any shortfalls, it will appear as a "win" on the side of fascism, where "patriot act" style spying/monitoring activities are deemed worth the cost of doing business, just as Microsoft looks at a few million dollar "antitrust" fine to be the cost of doing business. There need to be dire consequences for knowingly and willingly violating constitutional rights of citizens regardless of the level of government someone resides in, from the President at the top all the way down to the lowliest of low janitors at public schools, street cops, receptionists at colleges, and everyone in between. The Constitution is not in place to "grant" the people rights, the Constitution is in place to limit what the government is allowed to do . Sadly, this has long since been forgotten, and the very fact that we are a Constitutional Republic and not a Democracy has long since been forgotten as well, and it's to our own pain as the difference is key to our system of checks and balances.
But, apathy will reign here. There is some sign of the people awaking from the slumber with the election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts (did you think you would ever see this uber-liberal state vote for a real conservative?!) but let's hope that it's a sweeping change across the nation. I for one am sick to death of both moonbat liberals and neo-con Republicans - who claim to have different platforms, but really, both extremes are so far apart from what their party platforms used to stand for that the end result shows that they are simply the same horse painted different colors. What we need is more centrist, true conservatives, and what I mean by that is people who understand that words mean things, and the Constitution in this country really is the supreme law of the land, and needs to be followed rather than paid lip service.
Great. Thanks for giving douchebags ideas.
On the other hand, slavery has not been existence in the USA for the last three generations. Anyone who "owned" a slave has been dead for a century now - so your "point" is moot.
What isn't green about propane?
Oh, in addition, now that Windows Server (Core) has a real GUI-less mode and Powershell and UNIX environment shells on Windows finally have usable interfaces, shell prompts are becoming even more relevant even in large Window shops. So, even Microsoft has acknowledged that the UNIX-y way of doing things is key for automation and uptime in an enterprise environment. Now, most PCs won't boot with output to the serial port, but some enterprise server boards do have such options.
A GUI is great for basic tasks, but for repetitive tasks a command shell and scripting environment are key for efficiency, and reliable automation. VBS/Windows Scripting Host was an "acceptable" workaround for a while but in the past many Windows administrative tools required the box to not be headless, the workstation unlocked and the windows open for the GUI to be accessible for scripting - and even then it was iffy because not all GUI elements are accessible (especially third-party tools with custom controls).
The terminal is not irrelevant. If your Cisco router is ever compromised (it happens) or if IOS becomes corrupt (or if you have an IOS install with a nasty bug where the password does not save correctly, or when an IOS upgrade goes badly) or someone fudges the configuration up, the only way you can recover it is often through the serial port. Serial ports are also very handy for integrating video surveillance with point-of-sales systems that are not IP-aware (or worse, antiquated DVR appliances which can't do POS integration over IP), for some smart switches, *NIX boxes that have been rooted (I've rescued a Solaris box through a serial connection in an enterprise environment where reinstall was not possible due to poor timing - week of finals - and backups were sabotaged by a disgruntled gradute student and logins through IP and at the console were blocked), and so forth. However, I'd rather see RS-485 or RS-422 take RS232's place, since RS-485 and RS-422 can work over much longer distances and you can hang multiple serial devices off of a single bus.
RS-232 might be absent from a lot of consumer motherboards, but it is far from dead and certainly not irrelevant, even now in 2010.
, or myspace, creating fake profiles impersonating each other and posting crap to people chess classmates. "Bullying" has changed to embrace technology.
It's all about cap-and-trade. First alarmists were preaching global cooling, then global warming, and now that global warming is proving to be a farce and the numbers are skewed, it's "global climate change." Last time I checked, global climate has been changing since before hominids walked upright.
So the hunt for manbearpig continues?
Have you been forgetting to put cover sheets on your TPS reports again? Didn't you get the memo? I'll go ahead and get you a copy of the memo.
So, this means no manual transmissions?
4) how much does it cost to train the shark and maintain the shark pool?
Don't forget the minor details! :)
Like the saying where one can't see the forest through the trees, the record execs cannot see the OBSCENELY HUGE profits through their greed. They have a fixed idea stuck in their head, kind of like an autistic child who also has OCD, and cannot grasp the potential of making a couple of small changes and conceding a couple of points.
P2P results in a net gain of market share because it provides for free advertising.
Pandora results in a net gain of market share because it provides for almost-free advertising, but the advertising becomes a surgical strike, and you know with absolute certainty what your potential customers' musical interests are. If nothing else, at least you are creating "buzz" and ever-expanding the potential customer base.
Or, you assholes at Time Warner, etc. can continue down the path you're heading, and a lot of us will just say "no" to listening to pop radio, continue to not buy CDs, and continue to not participate in P2P networks (because redistributing your product helps promote its popularity).
So, go ahead and yank your content from Pandora. You've been suicidal for a while, so why not shutter the doors now while you're at it? Someone else will take your place on Pandora and earn the revenue that can come of it.
Nothing wrong with clippy!
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