IIRC, they took the initials HAL, as in the company that made the HAL9000 computer series, and just advanced all the letters by one, to make it seem like they were better, or one step ahead, or something like that. Not sure what HAL stood for in the first place.
I have a Kyocera CD player I bought in 1989 (not the first one I bought, but one that I still use) that sounds very good. Probably better than most available today. It has real wood sides. Do they still make things like that?
I bought my first CD player, a Sony Discman, in 1984, and I had to buy a disc to listen to on it, since I had none. I still have that CD, a sampler of mostly classical pieces from Telarc, and it still sounds good, unlike cassettes from that long ago. I do wonder if the CDs I have burned myself will last as long.
I remember sitting on a plane going to a conference in SF in 1993 or so with a guy who was reading a book about the new standard for CD-ROMs. I think he may have worked for Microsoft. I was amazed at the thought of putting that much data on a disc.
Based on the data I collected from the responses in this thread, the correlation is 0.0808 (almost no correlation), and the slight correlation that exists shows lower UIDs are younger not older.
Sorry for replying to myself, but I guess the answer is that they didn't have an image of the actual chair, so they found some other picture to use for comic effect.
Well, I've used them and I'd say they can be quite useful at times.
Let's say I've got a couple of machines that make widgets and each machine has multiple programs for making widgets and multiple operators and there are three shifts and four different kinds of widgets and you collect dimensional data on every widget produced. Pivot tables easily let you see the dimensional data as a function of shift, operator, program, widget type, etc. So, you could find the average length of all type 3 widgets made on machine #2 during the day shift, swing shift and graveyard shift and compare it with machine #1 for each shift, etc. You can easily see what factors are significant.
It's a lot like an informal DOE, without the statistics, with the convenience of being able to drag and drop which variables you look at.
Why the deliberate misspelling? It doesn't seem deliberate: it's not like a pun or a double entendre or anything. It seems more like an ignorant deletion of a letter.
Have you actually "done the math" on that scenario: i.e. figured out how many kW-hrs you can get if your entire car were covered in the most efficient solar cells available today, assuming some typical solar irradiance for your location, etc. compared with how many kWh it takes you to drive home? I have a suspicion it's not nearly enough.
Hmmm...my karma is excellent, has been for a long time, yet my comments start at +1. Is there higher karma level than excellent? Is there another reason why he sees +2, like his settings? I know that one can have settings that automatically add or subtract points to certain comments, like -1 for new/recent userIDs, etc.
Thanks for the info. I'm more than old enough, but I was primarily a Mac user at the time when that virus came out, it turns out.
Interestingly, the link you gave describes it as KOH, not KoH, and even calls it "the potassium hydroxide program"!
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Good idea in theory, but apparently kids don't play outside anymore...
Just as insightful as parent post. Thanks.
of the ratio of the company in question ...and I'm not one of 'em. Specialty chemical company, so no reason to have a lot of IT staff.
IIRC, they took the initials HAL, as in the company that made the HAL9000 computer series, and just advanced all the letters by one, to make it seem like they were better, or one step ahead, or something like that. Not sure what HAL stood for in the first place.
I have a Kyocera CD player I bought in 1989 (not the first one I bought, but one that I still use) that sounds very good. Probably better than most available today. It has real wood sides. Do they still make things like that?
I bought my first CD player, a Sony Discman, in 1984, and I had to buy a disc to listen to on it, since I had none. I still have that CD, a sampler of mostly classical pieces from Telarc, and it still sounds good, unlike cassettes from that long ago. I do wonder if the CDs I have burned myself will last as long.
I remember sitting on a plane going to a conference in SF in 1993 or so with a guy who was reading a book about the new standard for CD-ROMs. I think he may have worked for Microsoft. I was amazed at the thought of putting that much data on a disc.
Please review the Rankine cycle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankine_cycle.
Yah, too much time-wasting.
You forgot 5318008.
I'll be 42 in a few weeks, to offer more counter-evidence of age-UID correlation.
Well, if it was wrong last week, it's probably still wrong.
Sorry for replying to myself, but I guess the answer is that they didn't have an image of the actual chair, so they found some other picture to use for comic effect.
Doesn't look like an office chair.Looks like a recliner. Never seen those in an office, but maybe I've not been in the right offices.
I'll have to look at it again. I thought she looked quite natural. Maybe at higher resolution or larger image size there'd be a problem.
Well, I've used them and I'd say they can be quite useful at times. Let's say I've got a couple of machines that make widgets and each machine has multiple programs for making widgets and multiple operators and there are three shifts and four different kinds of widgets and you collect dimensional data on every widget produced. Pivot tables easily let you see the dimensional data as a function of shift, operator, program, widget type, etc. So, you could find the average length of all type 3 widgets made on machine #2 during the day shift, swing shift and graveyard shift and compare it with machine #1 for each shift, etc. You can easily see what factors are significant. It's a lot like an informal DOE, without the statistics, with the convenience of being able to drag and drop which variables you look at.
Why the deliberate misspelling? It doesn't seem deliberate: it's not like a pun or a double entendre or anything. It seems more like an ignorant deletion of a letter.
That would be called "the empty set". OK, not really, but that's the expected value.
Have you actually "done the math" on that scenario: i.e. figured out how many kW-hrs you can get if your entire car were covered in the most efficient solar cells available today, assuming some typical solar irradiance for your location, etc. compared with how many kWh it takes you to drive home? I have a suspicion it's not nearly enough.
Hmmm...my karma is excellent, has been for a long time, yet my comments start at +1. Is there higher karma level than excellent?
Is there another reason why he sees +2, like his settings? I know that one can have settings that automatically add or subtract points to certain comments, like -1 for new/recent userIDs, etc.
I just love reproducible anecdotes.
My guess is he had to , since he wanted cold shit.
So if there's a three second pause in the conversation, music starts playing to let you know that "someone needs to start talking again, now"!
According to this info, the earlier /. story about Nvidia that was linked to in the summary was flat out wrong.
That is true, unless "delay", "interfere", "stop", "prevent", or "uninstall" also appear in the sentence!
Sometimes people GET PAID to teach things to other people. You should check into it.
Thanks for the info. I'm more than old enough, but I was primarily a Mac user at the time when that virus came out, it turns out. Interestingly, the link you gave describes it as KOH, not KoH, and even calls it "the potassium hydroxide program"!