There I was thinking the post was advertising a new search engine called Unwise where you could search for murder methods used successfully in the past...
I agree. I also think the bureaucracy of the FAA is much to blame for the slow development of technology. Glass cockpits that offer a digital display instead of traditional instruments have just recently become a reality.
The FAA is extremely slow to approve any kind of new technology, and they seem very reluctant to force upgrades of old tech and old rules (like the "No radio" requirement in certain not-very-busy airspace classes). It's like Microsoft's upgrade from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 where they left all the old code there "just in case" since they weren't willing to break compatibility.
The same argument might be made for other things as well -- processor architectures, operating systems...how many things could be vastly improved if we could start from scratch, forget compatibility, and design something from the ground up using what we know now?
I believe you are missing the point entirely. The hard drive manufacturers (and other makers of storage) changed to this 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes measurement because they could sell less storage for the same money by misleading people.
It doesn't matter what the SI prefix means, because in the computer world, 1 MB = 1,048,576 bytes. That's the end of the argument. Go make a 1,000,000 byte file and see what your OS says the size is. It's not 1 MB.
I'm an American, and I can't say that the people I associate with are actually like this. I can see it happening though; there are a lot of assholes here.
Your phone experiences sound like something straight out of a movie where people don't say "hi" or "bye," which always seemed strange to me. I just figured it was a movie thing, and people didn't actually act like that. Apparently I shouldn't be so optimistic;)
That annoying occasional buzzing seems to only come from GSM phones, like ones from Cingular and T-Mobile, and not from CDMA phones like the ones Verizon uses. This is an interesting point, even though the range of that buzzing is usually only a few feet from the phone.
I'd love to see the data on what everyone paid. Just a big list of dollar amounts in a text file. It'd be interesting just to histogram it and see how many people paid each price. I'd bet on a big spike around 5 GBP, but I wonder how many paid more than $100?
Heck it is a pretty recent phenomena that developers have stopped supporting Windows ME for games, and some still do. Why? Enough people still used it.
I wouldn't really say two people is enough...
Am I the only one who thinks this is an outrageous amount of time to test a GPS system and install it in a bunch of planes? I know the FAA is slow at doing things, but this seems excessive.
You open a copy of Windows Explorer under Windows 95 with a floppy in the drive, 2 networked drives mapped and a cdrom in the drive...
For whatever reason, Windows has an obsession with not displaying ANYTHING until it can spin up the CD-ROM drive. I absolutely hate this "feature," and I really wish someone would create a way to turn it off, because there's no reason I should need to wait 5 seconds for the CD to spin up before I can choose a location to SAVE a file.
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There I was thinking the post was advertising a new search engine called Unwise where you could search for murder methods used successfully in the past...
Scientology Phone: Costs $2000 and doesn't actually do anything
I accidentally a whole shampoo bottle.
Am I the only one who interpreted 'stellar' to mean 'really awesome'? As in 'Some really awesome, talented seismologists Record Music From Stars'?
Man, that was confusing.
CUTCO is already taken. And so is Vector Marketing. And also, the seat to the right of Satan.
Not entirely true, since Dell bought EqualLogic a little while back.
Let's call it a modem! This is a great idea. You and me man, we're gonna change the world.
I have developed a cure for cancer! It won't turn you into a zombie I promise.
Who needs gas when you can power your car with exploding batteries? Hmm? That's right, no one. And now our energy problems are forever solved.
I agree. I also think the bureaucracy of the FAA is much to blame for the slow development of technology. Glass cockpits that offer a digital display instead of traditional instruments have just recently become a reality.
The FAA is extremely slow to approve any kind of new technology, and they seem very reluctant to force upgrades of old tech and old rules (like the "No radio" requirement in certain not-very-busy airspace classes). It's like Microsoft's upgrade from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 where they left all the old code there "just in case" since they weren't willing to break compatibility.
The same argument might be made for other things as well -- processor architectures, operating systems...how many things could be vastly improved if we could start from scratch, forget compatibility, and design something from the ground up using what we know now?
I believe you are missing the point entirely. The hard drive manufacturers (and other makers of storage) changed to this 1 MB = 1,000,000 bytes measurement because they could sell less storage for the same money by misleading people.
It doesn't matter what the SI prefix means, because in the computer world, 1 MB = 1,048,576 bytes. That's the end of the argument. Go make a 1,000,000 byte file and see what your OS says the size is. It's not 1 MB.
I'm an American, and I can't say that the people I associate with are actually like this. I can see it happening though; there are a lot of assholes here.
;)
Your phone experiences sound like something straight out of a movie where people don't say "hi" or "bye," which always seemed strange to me. I just figured it was a movie thing, and people didn't actually act like that. Apparently I shouldn't be so optimistic
That can't be true, because look at Counter-Strike and TF2...those games got bett-- oh wait.
I always thought it was, "fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again."
That annoying occasional buzzing seems to only come from GSM phones, like ones from Cingular and T-Mobile, and not from CDMA phones like the ones Verizon uses. This is an interesting point, even though the range of that buzzing is usually only a few feet from the phone.
I think you might've learned from a guy who's made a lot of mistakes like that.
I'd love to see the data on what everyone paid. Just a big list of dollar amounts in a text file. It'd be interesting just to histogram it and see how many people paid each price. I'd bet on a big spike around 5 GBP, but I wonder how many paid more than $100?
I think your post fell into a spelling tornado on the way here.
i know which i'd pick.
Does it start with "prostitute your body" and end with "AIDS"?
Heck it is a pretty recent phenomena that developers have stopped supporting Windows ME for games, and some still do. Why? Enough people still used it. I wouldn't really say two people is enough...
Badonkadonk Land Cruiser Tank?
But there is no effective screening method for that, so we'll pretend that little problem doesn't exist.
Or, "nobody has succeeded in blowing anything up that way yet, so we haven't thought of it."
What the hell?
Am I the only one who thinks this is an outrageous amount of time to test a GPS system and install it in a bunch of planes? I know the FAA is slow at doing things, but this seems excessive.
People can quickly search for lower prices. ALL vendors HATE that.
Fixed that for you.
You open a copy of Windows Explorer under Windows 95 with a floppy in the drive, 2 networked drives mapped and a cdrom in the drive...
For whatever reason, Windows has an obsession with not displaying ANYTHING until it can spin up the CD-ROM drive. I absolutely hate this "feature," and I really wish someone would create a way to turn it off, because there's no reason I should need to wait 5 seconds for the CD to spin up before I can choose a location to SAVE a file.