Couldn't they solve the alignment problem with a tongue-and-groove type arrangement to keep chips from moving relative to each other? I knew all my experience playing with Legos would come in handy some day... now I can snap together my own computer!
ou figure it'll be available for 'normal public' within 5 to 10 years time, maybe... ? Sure, to any members of the 'normal public' that have 10 to 20 million dollars burning a hole in their back pocket... better start that internet porn site now!
What about the statement [eweek.com] from Blake Stowell of SCO that, "Contrary to the speculation of Eric Raymond, Microsoft did not orchestrate or participate in the BayStar transaction."? What did you expect from a man whose initials are "BS"?
Gee, what would give me the impression that he was in a mental institution? Perhaps this quote from reading the actual article: "Two days later, the Danielsons got a call from a mental health facility 90 miles away in Riverside County, California." Not from a jail, from a "mental health facility". Again, unless he was charged with a crime (the article doesn't say) there was no arrest.
Ask for their lawyer referral service. In Oregon, it's $30 for an initial half-hour consultation (which usually last longer, but they still only charge you $30). But they're usually going to send you to the lawyers that aren't currently busy, either because they are new to the profession, or not very good at what they do.
In California, statute 5150 enables them to put anybody into a mental facilty against their will for 72 hours for observation. This is NOT the same as an arrest. Arrested people go to jail. Committed people go to mental institutions. This kid was in a mental institution. Unfortunately, I beleive the legal requirements for locking somebody up for mental illness are much less stringent then for being criminals -- pretty much just the cop's judgement. They don't have a case for "false arrest" unless he was actually charged with a crime.
This is essentially a Trojan Horse. Take it down to your local Starbucks, half the customers will connect to it instead of the expected Access Point... and then feed it their username and password. Voila! You now have free access!
How is this a win over, say, just running 802.11b in Adhoc mode? Whenever I want to do large file transfers between 2 computers, it is faster to switch both to Adhoc, do the transfer, and switch them back then to simply do the transfer through the Access Point... who is it that thinks having this backpack receive and retransmit every packet is a GOOD thing for round trip time?
How exactly did the statisticians determine which of the people not buying albums were downloaders? Or which of the downloaders were not buying albums? If there are 32% fewer downloaders, then could that result in downloaders spending 32% less? Apparently there are lies, damn lies, statistics... and then there are BPI claims.
Ford should be coming out with a hybrid SUV in 2005. Yes, a hybrid minivan is a great idea. I beleive Toyota is considering hybrid options for all their vehicles, so hybrid whatevers should eventually be available.
Oh, and a Civic Hybrid works fine for taking 3 kids to the grocery store, although I usually use the Subaru for trips to Costco (slightly more cargo space.)
You are correct, saving energy in the long run costs you more up front. And if you are towing trailers or boats, you actually need a vehicle that gets poor mileage. Let's do a quick survey -- what percentage of huge SUVs even have a tow ball mounted in the back? 10%? 20%? 95% of the SUVs I see are being driven daily to work by a single person, not towing or carrying 7 passengers. Oh, I have a Honda Civic Hybrid which gets over 50MPG, and a Subaru Forester which gets about 25MPG. They are both useless for towing. The Civic is more comfortable to drive (rear seat passengers may be more comfortable in an SUV). (I bought the Forester back when I needed to get up a quarter mile poorly maintained gravel road.) There is only one non-hybrid that gets simular mileage to a Honda or Toyota hybrid -- the Volkswagen GTI diesel. I haven't driven one, but I suspect the experience isn't too much fun. Driving the Honda hybrid is indistinguishable from driving a regular Honda (except that it shuts the engine off when you take it out of gear, which takes some getting used to).
No, I don't have a chest refrigerator with outside coils, because the house (or at least the kitchen) would need to be designed around it. I have considered building one in when designing my own house, but I'll probably never get around to actually doing it. Oh, and you use counterbalances to make lifting the lid easy enough for anyone.
Ground source heat pumps are not for everyone. If done correctly they also require a non-trivial amount of acreage to use as a heat sink, and at least $10,000 to drill the wells. Unfortunately, your "6 times the cost" and "must stay in house for 20 years to be cost effective" analysis is pretty accurate. Nevertheless, I am considering it as an option when I build my house (if I can afford it).
I've often wondered this myself. Why are refrigerator coils mounted on the back of the refrigerator, instead of outside? Why do we use upright refrigerators instead of chest style, which don't get filled with hot air everytime you open the door? Why do people drive SUVs that get 16MPG and are less safe (due to their higher center of gravity) than a hybrid which costs less and gets 50MPG? Why doesn't anybody install ground source thermal heating/air conditioning, instead of using outside air as a heat sink (ground stays at about 68 degrees year round, outside air is always hotter when you want to cool and cooler when you want to heat.)
The only answer I can think of is that the average consumer is an idiot! Most people would rather save $1 today than $10 over the next 20 years. (Oh, and if you installed the refrigerator coils outside, you would have to pay to have it installed by an A/C professional.)
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Bill Gates lost $45 Billion, and he's still alive and kicking... paper profits/losses don't really count.
Couldn't they solve the alignment problem with a tongue-and-groove type arrangement to keep chips from moving relative to each other? I knew all my experience playing with Legos would come in handy some day... now I can snap together my own computer!
Strangely enough, that is exactly the tactic that my wife uses... wait a minute, I'm not a difficult person, am i?
Even the most uneducated peasant in the middle of nowhere, has no problem using his remote. You've obviously never met my wife...
ou figure it'll be available for 'normal public' within 5 to 10 years time, maybe ... ? Sure, to any members of the 'normal public' that have 10 to 20 million dollars burning a hole in their back pocket... better start that internet porn site now!
money for nothin, but does he get the chicks for free? Yes, but being a Mormon, he has to marry them first...
What about the statement [eweek.com] from Blake Stowell of SCO that, "Contrary to the speculation of Eric Raymond, Microsoft did not orchestrate or participate in the BayStar transaction."? What did you expect from a man whose initials are "BS"?
why do I need a mouse pad for my optical mouse?
Gee, what would give me the impression that he was in a mental institution? Perhaps this quote from reading the actual article: "Two days later, the Danielsons got a call from a mental health facility 90 miles away in Riverside County, California." Not from a jail, from a "mental health facility". Again, unless he was charged with a crime (the article doesn't say) there was no arrest.
Ask for their lawyer referral service.
In Oregon, it's $30 for an initial half-hour consultation (which usually last longer, but they still only charge you $30). But they're usually going to send you to the lawyers that aren't currently busy, either because they are new to the profession, or not very good at what they do.
In California, statute 5150 enables them to put anybody into a mental facilty against their will for 72 hours for observation. This is NOT the same as an arrest. Arrested people go to jail. Committed people go to mental institutions. This kid was in a mental institution. Unfortunately, I beleive the legal requirements for locking somebody up for mental illness are much less stringent then for being criminals -- pretty much just the cop's judgement. They don't have a case for "false arrest" unless he was actually charged with a crime.
This is essentially a Trojan Horse. Take it down to your local Starbucks, half the customers will connect to it instead of the expected Access Point... and then feed it their username and password. Voila! You now have free access!
How is this a win over, say, just running 802.11b in Adhoc mode? Whenever I want to do large file transfers between 2 computers, it is faster to switch both to Adhoc, do the transfer, and switch them back then to simply do the transfer through the Access Point... who is it that thinks having this backpack receive and retransmit every packet is a GOOD thing for round trip time?
Anybody running Windows & IE is already gambling every time they go online!
when are they setting up a live web cam?
Maybe next we can go after the tons of gold dissolved in seawater. You may be better off using bacteria for that.
The 500 books is on an optional 512MByte memory stick, not on the built-in 10MByte memory.
Hmm... put an 802.11b interface on this thing, and it won't matter that it has a trivially small amount of memory...
How exactly did the statisticians determine which of the people not buying albums were downloaders? Or which of the downloaders were not buying albums? If there are 32% fewer downloaders, then could that result in downloaders spending 32% less? Apparently there are lies, damn lies, statistics... and then there are BPI claims.
After all, who knows more about goofs than Steve "Tech stocks, including Microsoft, are overvalued!" Balmer!
Ford should be coming out with a hybrid SUV in 2005. Yes, a hybrid minivan is a great idea. I beleive Toyota is considering hybrid options for all their vehicles, so hybrid whatevers should eventually be available.
Oh, and a Civic Hybrid works fine for taking 3 kids to the grocery store, although I usually use the Subaru for trips to Costco (slightly more cargo space.)
You are correct, saving energy in the long run costs you more up front. And if you are towing trailers or boats, you actually need a vehicle that gets poor mileage. Let's do a quick survey -- what percentage of huge SUVs even have a tow ball mounted in the back? 10%? 20%? 95% of the SUVs I see are being driven daily to work by a single person, not towing or carrying 7 passengers. Oh, I have a Honda Civic Hybrid which gets over 50MPG, and a Subaru Forester which gets about 25MPG. They are both useless for towing. The Civic is more comfortable to drive (rear seat passengers may be more comfortable in an SUV). (I bought the Forester back when I needed to get up a quarter mile poorly maintained gravel road.) There is only one non-hybrid that gets simular mileage to a Honda or Toyota hybrid -- the Volkswagen GTI diesel. I haven't driven one, but I suspect the experience isn't too much fun. Driving the Honda hybrid is indistinguishable from driving a regular Honda (except that it shuts the engine off when you take it out of gear, which takes some getting used to).
No, I don't have a chest refrigerator with outside coils, because the house (or at least the kitchen) would need to be designed around it. I have considered building one in when designing my own house, but I'll probably never get around to actually doing it. Oh, and you use counterbalances to make lifting the lid easy enough for anyone.
Ground source heat pumps are not for everyone. If done correctly they also require a non-trivial amount of acreage to use as a heat sink, and at least $10,000 to drill the wells. Unfortunately, your "6 times the cost" and "must stay in house for 20 years to be cost effective" analysis is pretty accurate. Nevertheless, I am considering it as an option when I build my house (if I can afford it).
I've often wondered this myself. Why are refrigerator coils mounted on the back of the refrigerator, instead of outside? Why do we use upright refrigerators instead of chest style, which don't get filled with hot air everytime you open the door? Why do people drive SUVs that get 16MPG and are less safe (due to their higher center of gravity) than a hybrid which costs less and gets 50MPG? Why doesn't anybody install ground source thermal heating/air conditioning, instead of using outside air as a heat sink (ground stays at about 68 degrees year round, outside air is always hotter when you want to cool and cooler when you want to heat.)
The only answer I can think of is that the average consumer is an idiot! Most people would rather save $1 today than $10 over the next 20 years. (Oh, and if you installed the refrigerator coils outside, you would have to pay to have it installed by an A/C professional.)
So, why did MSFT stock go up instead of down today?
Fined $613 million, and yet their stock price is up -- what gives? Were stock traders expecting an even bigger fine?