Well, seriously, I have **never** had problems with Gateway for computers. I bought my first computer from them back when I was 12. As a child with non-technical parents, any "problem" we had was software-related (read Windows) and they were more than helpful in fixing that too. Recently, my hard-drive from a 4-year old computer died and they sent a new one after one call.
Last year, I bought a laptop from them. ALL their hardware is 100% non-proprietary (i.e. not their own; Pentium M, IPW2200 Wireless, etc). That means I can run Ubuntu Linux on it pretty much out of the box (had to configure volume keys etc.) That for me was a great plus.
I suppose this isn't really a "pro list" but is just my positive experience.
I tried Netflix a couple of years ago and hated the service. Then I discovered my local library. They have a plethora of movies and for $1 a pop, its not bad. They don't even mind if you take your laptop over and watch the movie in the library for free.
Let's see... an egg is, oh, say 50 grams. So it takes 50 calories to raise the temp of the egg by 1C.
Not necessarily. 1 calorie is defined to be the amount of energy it takes to raise 1 gram of WATER 1C, not an egg. Sorry, but it's true. I agree with your point nonetheless. The bloody article is 100% pure BS.
If it is, I didn't trust either of them in the old-days of Windows XP. Both are bloatware that take up too much memory and processing power. And as recent news has demonstrated, Symantec doesn't have a good track record in terms of actually fending off against viruses. They seem more in the interest of keeping themselves alive than doing any good. (Ghost debacle with SpyBot?)
Are you suggesting that since humans are animals, we stop introducing genetic variation? Are you questioning whether we as a species should improve our genetic quality?
Do you really think that someone in India will even want to participate in this? The average middle-class Indian family can't afford to buy a DVD for pete's sake -- let alone offer to serve up their oh so precious bandwidth on a slow dialup connection. Why do you think piracy is so rampant in India?
Now the fact that that's all genetic data, that's amazing considering a human is only ~1GB so 22,000 humans worth.
What's more amazing is that a human has 1 GB on all of his/her non-sex cells. Considering the amount of cells in a human body, I doubt that all of that would fit on 12U worth of rack space.
But doesn't "making predictions" sort of lead technology in a particular direction? If the article talks about replacement organs being available by 2020, wouldn't it make some scientist think to perhaps research that possibility?
"I seriously doubt that the same caliber of individual who falls for the Nigerian e-mail scam will somehow be immune to the siren call of the "penny stock" scam--which, incidentally, has been around for years."
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Well, seriously, I have **never** had problems with Gateway for computers. I bought my first computer from them back when I was 12. As a child with non-technical parents, any "problem" we had was software-related (read Windows) and they were more than helpful in fixing that too. Recently, my hard-drive from a 4-year old computer died and they sent a new one after one call.
Last year, I bought a laptop from them. ALL their hardware is 100% non-proprietary (i.e. not their own; Pentium M, IPW2200 Wireless, etc). That means I can run Ubuntu Linux on it pretty much out of the box (had to configure volume keys etc.) That for me was a great plus.
I suppose this isn't really a "pro list" but is just my positive experience.
I tried Netflix a couple of years ago and hated the service. Then I discovered my local library. They have a plethora of movies and for $1 a pop, its not bad. They don't even mind if you take your laptop over and watch the movie in the library for free.
Let's see ... an egg is, oh, say 50 grams. So it takes 50 calories to raise the temp of the egg by 1C.
Not necessarily. 1 calorie is defined to be the amount of energy it takes to raise 1 gram of WATER 1C, not an egg. Sorry, but it's true. I agree with your point nonetheless. The bloody article is 100% pure BS.
A tale,
told by an idiot, full of sound and fury
signifying nothing.
-- Macbeth
will it be digitally signed?
Yes?!? WHOA!
a bundling of Symantec's Systemworks and Symantec's Internet Security?
If it is, I didn't trust either of them in the old-days of Windows XP. Both are bloatware that take up too much memory and processing power. And as recent news has demonstrated, Symantec doesn't have a good track record in terms of actually fending off against viruses. They seem more in the interest of keeping themselves alive than doing any good. (Ghost debacle with SpyBot?)
Mac is kOOL.
Oh, btw, you got my age wrong. I'm 18.
What's funnier is that the image for bot checking has the word "teenage."
Is it valid to [...] make human-animal hybrids?
Are you suggesting that since humans are animals, we stop introducing genetic variation? Are you questioning whether we as a species should improve our genetic quality?
Do you really think that someone in India will even want to participate in this? The average middle-class Indian family can't afford to buy a DVD for pete's sake -- let alone offer to serve up their oh so precious bandwidth on a slow dialup connection. Why do you think piracy is so rampant in India?
Now the fact that that's all genetic data, that's amazing considering a human is only ~1GB so 22,000 humans worth.
What's more amazing is that a human has 1 GB on all of his/her non-sex cells. Considering the amount of cells in a human body, I doubt that all of that would fit on 12U worth of rack space.
"Can I have some money now?"
Sure, why don't you patent it and sue the company that actually invents it?
But doesn't "making predictions" sort of lead technology in a particular direction? If the article talks about replacement organs being available by 2020, wouldn't it make some scientist think to perhaps research that possibility?
From the Microsoft (tm) site, it can't play DRM restricted files.
"if wikipedia is correct"
that's a big if
How many trees do these quantum chips require?
"I seriously doubt that the same caliber of individual who falls for the Nigerian e-mail scam will somehow be immune to the siren call of the "penny stock" scam--which, incidentally, has been around for years."
I fell for both you insensitive clod!
1. Sell a free product to the U.S. Government for huge sums of money.
2. ???
3. Profit!
It had to be that he wasn't wearing his pirate outfit!