Do keep in mind that, yes, certain acids *can* etch GaAs, the process is absurdly slow. Drop a wafer of GaAs into a beaker of even the best etching solution, and you won't be able to tell by eye what's been etched off in a day. Also, even if you completely disassociated all the Arsenic in an LED, there is so little in it, it wouldn't be a major problem.
Not to mention that LEDs are usually encased in plastic and would require really significant effort to break them open. Or someone will put them in the microwave or something equally foolish.
Out of curiosity, which lab? There are only a handful of MBE labs around...
Let's try making an HP dv9500t laptop... Hmmm, without a few minor downgrades I can get a laptop for $1720. Let me see if I can put my math degree to work here... thats $1080 less than the laptop the article was talking about! To be fair, here are the things that had to be changed:
2.2 Ghz processor instead of 2.4Ghz: Really, that a bit excessive unless you plan to running 17 instances of Supreme Commander at a time anyhow. Being that Macs are not the paragon of gaming, not much need for that anyways. None the less, not work the thousand to upgrade
Cant's tell if the HP has gigabit ethernet: Again, unless you're in a corporate environment, or have a fairly extensive home network, no need. If this is your one computer, absolutely no need. 100 will do just fine.
I'm not going to get into the other arguments about PC vs. Mac, but this argument is bogus.
Well, there actually *is* another Sam and Max game coming out. I dunno how good it is, and it is in 3D, but here are the links so you can look it up yourself. It's coming out in fall too! Sam and Max by Telltale Games
I know I certainly will buy this as soon as it comes out!
First of all, I have worked in QA for a summer, and I'm going back to Activision in about a week for this whole summer. It's an erxcellent job! And no, not just because I'm "playing" computer games; 9$ an hour is good pay for something that requires no experience and no education and can be done over a summer; in short an excellent college job. Perhaps Activision is better than the rest, but working conditions were not that bad. The worst I had to deal with was being stuck with the "Duke" X-box controller or being moved to the n00bcube. Our bosses were just testers themeselves, certainly not oppresive. As for it being a path into the industry, it's better than nothing! If nothing else, you're working side-to-side with people who do have thier foot in the door; know them, make a few friends, and your job app will be looked much more favorably.
GURPS is wonderful, my system of choice, bu i just can't justify making all my 3rd Ed. "crunchy" rulebooks obsolete. I just about about have every crunchy rulebook! Now, my question is, do you know if 4th edition is that much of a leap and a bound above 3rd with GULLIVER thrown in?
It depends on why you are switching to Linux. Gentoo was my first experience with Linux AT ALL, not even so much as looked at a Linux command line before that. Yes, it took me about 3 or 4 tries before I got everyhting set up correctly, but I learned about what I did in the process. Just because it isn't right for everybody doesn't mean that is isn't right for some people.
Not true, all of the public schools I attended at least allowed games and often encouraged them! In elementary school we had Oregon trail and the original Sim City which we went to the labs to play, in middle we had a teacher who would open his classroom at lunch to play TRS-80 and Apple 2 games, and im high school the math classes had to go play a game called green globs as part of class. (Well, to be fair, green globs was a really horrible game...) None of these schools had any problem with installing games to play on off-hours as long as the techer was OK with it.
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Hey! I'm a radio astronomer, and you'll pry that spectrum from our cold, dead hands! In fact, I'm actually working that specific frequency.
Do keep in mind that, yes, certain acids *can* etch GaAs, the process is absurdly slow. Drop a wafer of GaAs into a beaker of even the best etching solution, and you won't be able to tell by eye what's been etched off in a day. Also, even if you completely disassociated all the Arsenic in an LED, there is so little in it, it wouldn't be a major problem.
Not to mention that LEDs are usually encased in plastic and would require really significant effort to break them open. Or someone will put them in the microwave or something equally foolish.
Out of curiosity, which lab? There are only a handful of MBE labs around...
Let's try making an HP dv9500t laptop... Hmmm, without a few minor downgrades I can get a laptop for $1720. Let me see if I can put my math degree to work here... thats $1080 less than the laptop the article was talking about! To be fair, here are the things that had to be changed:
2.2 Ghz processor instead of 2.4Ghz: Really, that a bit excessive unless you plan to running 17 instances of Supreme Commander at a time anyhow. Being that Macs are not the paragon of gaming, not much need for that anyways. None the less, not work the thousand to upgrade
Cant's tell if the HP has gigabit ethernet: Again, unless you're in a corporate environment, or have a fairly extensive home network, no need. If this is your one computer, absolutely no need. 100 will do just fine.
I'm not going to get into the other arguments about PC vs. Mac, but this argument is bogus.
I know I certainly will buy this as soon as it comes out!
First of all, I have worked in QA for a summer, and I'm going back to Activision in about a week for this whole summer. It's an erxcellent job! And no, not just because I'm "playing" computer games; 9$ an hour is good pay for something that requires no experience and no education and can be done over a summer; in short an excellent college job. Perhaps Activision is better than the rest, but working conditions were not that bad. The worst I had to deal with was being stuck with the "Duke" X-box controller or being moved to the n00bcube. Our bosses were just testers themeselves, certainly not oppresive. As for it being a path into the industry, it's better than nothing! If nothing else, you're working side-to-side with people who do have thier foot in the door; know them, make a few friends, and your job app will be looked much more favorably.
GURPS is wonderful, my system of choice, bu i just can't justify making all my 3rd Ed. "crunchy" rulebooks obsolete. I just about about have every crunchy rulebook! Now, my question is, do you know if 4th edition is that much of a leap and a bound above 3rd with GULLIVER thrown in?
It depends on why you are switching to Linux. Gentoo was my first experience with Linux AT ALL, not even so much as looked at a Linux command line before that. Yes, it took me about 3 or 4 tries before I got everyhting set up correctly, but I learned about what I did in the process. Just because it isn't right for everybody doesn't mean that is isn't right for some people.
And from Caid, likewise.
What, are ya in the SCA? Seriously though, I'm curious, who else calls their practice "fighter practice" other than us in the SCA?
Not true, all of the public schools I attended at least allowed games and often encouraged them! In elementary school we had Oregon trail and the original Sim City which we went to the labs to play, in middle we had a teacher who would open his classroom at lunch to play TRS-80 and Apple 2 games, and im high school the math classes had to go play a game called green globs as part of class. (Well, to be fair, green globs was a really horrible game...) None of these schools had any problem with installing games to play on off-hours as long as the techer was OK with it.