I'm not an electronics expert so tell me if you've heard of this question before. Is "capacitance" the reason the screen image improved when I touched the "rabbit ear" antennas of my old analog TV? Now that Digital TV is here this question loses its relevance, but its old question I never had an answer for.
"Focused Ultrasound" is a medical term every one should know, along with chemo, stroke, diet, pregency. Its a technology easier and much less invasive than surgery. I wonder if Health Insurance companies would disapprove this treatment because of cost? Thanks for the link. If I had MOD points I would have modded you to a Five.
Suppose there is a spill within the production plant, can it be cleaned up? Can a spill harm the environment for 100's of years? No one else is asking the questions, please help me understand with some reasonable answers. Thanks in advance.
I'm a computer geek so only know a little bit of law. What prevents the other party from issuing a countersuit? Are the rules different under Tort law? Civil law? Criminal law? If someone could expand on this topic it would be great.
The case of Apple vs Microsoft comes to mind. It lasted ten years until Apple decided to accept a settlement for an undisclosed amount. That was during the time Microsoft was at its peak. What is Psystar really trying to do? Do they think they have snowball chance in hell of some success? Are there any lawyers in the house, cause this topic is too far fetched to be believable.
The first post speculates a future with planes crashing into futuristic buildings, lets talk about a better future via science fiction. The article reminds me of the movie "Blade Runner". That's all I wanted to say.
MIT found some material for new and cheaper catalytic converters. Platinum is the so called "best" option today but its expensive. I think it can be a breakthrough if it can be applied to battery tech. Source of the MIT annoucement:
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19785/1066/
I first noticed the problem while in a A+ training / job development program http://perscholas.org/ in NY). The instructor told us to install this and other basic sets of software on the Lab PCs that pertained to our course work. The lab PCs were COMPAQ PCs circa 1999 - 2004. After installing AVG on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, take a look at the VM usage of AVG in Task manager ( click PROCESSES tab then click VIEW menu, select Columns... Virtual Memory size). On the older PCs after a few minutes (Pentium III or older) the VM will grow 40, 60, 80, 120MB!!! This behaviour also appears on Pentium 4 PCs with Vista. Half of my classmates were noobs and couldn't explain why their PCs were so slow. I stopped using AVG since then.
Same here. Although I can only remember a small portion of a dream that causes me to wake up or if something disturbed my sleep session ( ie alarm clock ringing, loud construction noises next door). If I make an effort to get out of bed in 10 seconds I could write down what the dream was about but after 30 seconds I go completely blank. Its wierd, not much more I can add to that.
Everything I ever wanted to know in life, I learned from Star Wars. If you could remember the experience of watching it for the very first time, you probably didn't notice the audience reaction. If you did notice, the parent's topic is confirmation. Star Wars, nuff said. May you have a very pleasant day!:))
The closest thing to it is the new Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime). Its not an OS but the concept is similar to JAVA, write once and run anywhere (Adobe calls it cross-operating system runtime). You create an application that works in AIR, and AIR can run on different Operating Systems. Look at the demo video at: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/videos/apollo_demo07/index.html
The Cookie monster BEGGED anybody a for cookie and was a little greedy when it landed in his hands. Bert broke out into sighs many times because he would stop himself from cursing out Ernie. Grover was more inventive than Wyle E Coyote but become so sad when his little schemes fail. Oscar the Grouch was dirty, rude and impolite but did you notice alot of viewers loved him anyway.
I noticed one thing about the difference between the early years and the current form of the show. The concept of the show was so new, they were inventing and improvising as they went along. Long before Child Psychiatrists were involved in read-through meetings and Early Child Dev. specialists added their two cents, the writers and actors did what they thought was best. And you know what? I'm thankful for that. You could consider the muppet's behavior in those early years to be more Jr High than 2nd grader. Maybe thats what grab my attention span at time (1975 I was seven). It didn't screw up my developing brain as far as I can tell. I'm putting the DVDs on my Xmas list. If you want to take a happy nostalgia trip if only for a few moments, you should get the DVDs too.
The thought just hit me! If this post is true, some insider was carrying around model number
enter first batch model number here
without securing it. The OLPC is designed with security so that the child (i.e. designated owner) types in a password to activate it. The purpose is to minimize any incentive toward theif of the device. Isn't it ironic? Only those who work inside the OLPC project could have access to this device. Some one forget to use the most important feature? Wouldn't he/she know better?
Will Rogers quote "If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"
I was amazed by the fact that it took 25 years to reach one billion
PCs. That number will change to two
billion by 2008 according to Gartner Dataquest.
You know what this is leading toward. Without a nation wide effort
of recycling its a slow and steady progression of these PCs ending up in
closests, storage facilities and land fills. This subject doesn't
grab the media's attention like such subjects as Global warming or dirty
bombs, but considering the toxic materials PC are made with it should at
least raise some questions. The picture in my mind references a tv
PSA of long ago. I see a decades worth of computers tossed back and
marked as obsolete, while an Native american looks toward you and sheds
a tear (ok so he wasn't really an Indian but its sentiment that I wanted
you to remember),
There is something the parent posted that's been on my mind. The US media paints the stem cell cloning debate as this or that, black or white. Discussions beyond the main issue of human cloning and debates regarding the other implications are also needed but ignored. Its kind of like the current issues of declining world oil supplies and global warming. I'll consider myself lucky to see a PBS documentary about any of these subjects, but I don't expect much more due to today's mind set. (Written by pessimistic slashdot reader of seven years.)
Does any one know how much nuclear waste is needed to make it weapons grade? All the news reports never mention it and don't go beyond the basic head line "IRAN determine to go Nuclear".
The barometer no one mentioned on/. so far is how many PCs were sold?
In 25 years we hit 1 billion by 2002. And
2 billion by 2008. I wonder what are the numbers of cars, tvs, stereos sold compared PCs?
Don't they all eventually end up at the dump/junkyard?
I haven't seen a process killer using quake. AFAIK, I know only one using DOOM. If you know of one using Quake please post the link here!!!
The DOOM version is located at:
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/
For those/. readers that are not Star Trek fans (hey, its possible), this is the scoop. The TNN network purchased the sole rights to broadcast Star Trek TNG. They also bought the rights to Deep Space 9 for 2004 and Voyager for 2006.
Cisco provides a demo of their CCNA course. It looks like a combination of the First and Second year of the Cisco Netacademy which I'm taking now. About $800 per semester (total of four) gets you an 8 hour class on Sunday for 10 weeks (same course provided to High Schools that participate but for free). I get a chance to work hands-on with routers so I think its worth the price so far, but waking up 7:00am on Sunday is a bitch.
Scientific American magazine devoted a large article to just such a device ("Optical computer"). Don't know when exactly but it was in the early 1990's. Are there any Computer Engineer's in the house? BTW: this is my 1st post.
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I'm not an electronics expert so tell me if you've heard of this question before. Is "capacitance" the reason the screen image improved when I touched the "rabbit ear" antennas of my old analog TV? Now that Digital TV is here this question loses its relevance, but its old question I never had an answer for.
"Focused Ultrasound" is a medical term every one should know, along with chemo, stroke, diet, pregency. Its a technology easier and much less invasive than surgery. I wonder if Health Insurance companies would disapprove this treatment because of cost? Thanks for the link. If I had MOD points I would have modded you to a Five.
Suppose there is a spill within the production plant, can it be cleaned up? Can a spill harm the environment for 100's of years? No one else is asking the questions, please help me understand with some reasonable answers. Thanks in advance.
I'm a computer geek so only know a little bit of law. What prevents the other party from issuing a countersuit? Are the rules different under Tort law? Civil law? Criminal law? If someone could expand on this topic it would be great.
The case of Apple vs Microsoft comes to mind. It lasted ten years until Apple decided to accept a settlement for an undisclosed amount. That was during the time Microsoft was at its peak. What is Psystar really trying to do? Do they think they have snowball chance in hell of some success? Are there any lawyers in the house, cause this topic is too far fetched to be believable.
The first post speculates a future with planes crashing into futuristic buildings, lets talk about a better future via science fiction. The article reminds me of the movie "Blade Runner". That's all I wanted to say.
MIT found some material for new and cheaper catalytic converters. Platinum is the so called "best" option today but its expensive. I think it can be a breakthrough if it can be applied to battery tech. Source of the MIT annoucement: http://www.itwire.com/content/view/19785/1066/
I first noticed the problem while in a A+ training / job development program http://perscholas.org/ in NY). The instructor told us to install this and other basic sets of software on the Lab PCs that pertained to our course work. The lab PCs were COMPAQ PCs circa 1999 - 2004. After installing AVG on Windows 2000 or Windows XP, take a look at the VM usage of AVG in Task manager ( click PROCESSES tab then click VIEW menu, select Columns... Virtual Memory size). On the older PCs after a few minutes (Pentium III or older) the VM will grow 40, 60, 80, 120MB!!! This behaviour also appears on Pentium 4 PCs with Vista. Half of my classmates were noobs and couldn't explain why their PCs were so slow. I stopped using AVG since then.
Same here. Although I can only remember a small portion of a dream that causes me to wake up or if something disturbed my sleep session ( ie alarm clock ringing, loud construction noises next door). If I make an effort to get out of bed in 10 seconds I could write down what the dream was about but after 30 seconds I go completely blank. Its wierd, not much more I can add to that.
Everything I ever wanted to know in life, I learned from Star Wars. If you could remember the experience of watching it for the very first time, you probably didn't notice the audience reaction. If you did notice, the parent's topic is confirmation. Star Wars, nuff said. May you have a very pleasant day! :))
The closest thing to it is the new Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime). Its not an OS but the concept is similar to JAVA, write once and run anywhere (Adobe calls it cross-operating system runtime). You create an application that works in AIR, and AIR can run on different Operating Systems. Look at the demo video at: http://www.adobe.com/devnet/videos/apollo_demo07/index.html
The Cookie monster BEGGED anybody a for cookie and was a little greedy when it landed in his hands. Bert broke out into sighs many times because he would stop himself from cursing out Ernie. Grover was more inventive than Wyle E Coyote but become so sad when his little schemes fail. Oscar the Grouch was dirty, rude and impolite but did you notice alot of viewers loved him anyway.
I noticed one thing about the difference between the early years and the current form of the show. The concept of the show was so new, they were inventing and improvising as they went along. Long before Child Psychiatrists were involved in read-through meetings and Early Child Dev. specialists added their two cents, the writers and actors did what they thought was best. And you know what? I'm thankful for that. You could consider the muppet's behavior in those early years to be more Jr High than 2nd grader. Maybe thats what grab my attention span at time (1975 I was seven). It didn't screw up my developing brain as far as I can tell. I'm putting the DVDs on my Xmas list. If you want to take a happy nostalgia trip if only for a few moments, you should get the DVDs too.
- enter first batch model number here
without securing it. The OLPC is designed with security so that the child (i.e. designated owner) types in a password to activate it. The purpose is to minimize any incentive toward theif of the device. Isn't it ironic? Only those who work inside the OLPC project could have access to this device. Some one forget to use the most important feature? Wouldn't he/she know better?Will Rogers quote "If Stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?"
I was amazed by the fact that it took 25 years to reach one billion PCs. That number will change to two billion by 2008 according to Gartner Dataquest.
You know what this is leading toward. Without a nation wide effort of recycling its a slow and steady progression of these PCs ending up in closests, storage facilities and land fills. This subject doesn't grab the media's attention like such subjects as Global warming or dirty bombs, but considering the toxic materials PC are made with it should at least raise some questions. The picture in my mind references a tv PSA of long ago. I see a decades worth of computers tossed back and marked as obsolete, while an Native american looks toward you and sheds a tear (ok so he wasn't really an Indian but its sentiment that I wanted you to remember),
There is something the parent posted that's been on my mind. The US media paints the stem cell cloning debate as this or that, black or white. Discussions beyond the main issue of human cloning and debates regarding the other implications are also needed but ignored. Its kind of like the current issues of declining world oil supplies and global warming. I'll consider myself lucky to see a PBS documentary about any of these subjects, but I don't expect much more due to today's mind set. (Written by pessimistic slashdot reader of seven years.)
Does any one know how much nuclear waste is needed to make it weapons grade? All the news reports never mention it and don't go beyond the basic head line "IRAN determine to go Nuclear".
The barometer no one mentioned on /. so far is how many PCs were sold?
In 25 years we hit 1 billion by 2002. And
2 billion by 2008.
I wonder what are the numbers of cars, tvs, stereos sold compared PCs? Don't they all eventually end up at the dump/junkyard?
I haven't seen a process killer using quake. AFAIK, I know only one using DOOM. If you know of one using Quake please post the link here!!! The DOOM version is located at: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/
For those /. readers that are not Star Trek fans (hey, its possible), this is the scoop. The TNN network purchased the sole rights to broadcast Star Trek TNG. They also bought the rights to Deep Space 9 for 2004 and Voyager for 2006.
Cisco provides a demo of their CCNA course.
It looks like a combination of the First and Second year of the Cisco Netacademy which I'm taking now. About $800 per semester (total of four) gets you an 8 hour class on Sunday for 10 weeks (same course provided to High Schools that participate but for free). I get a chance to work hands-on with routers so I think its worth the price so far, but waking up 7:00am on Sunday is a bitch.
Posted on Slashdot last year. A Mac Plus that runs at 1Ghz.
Maybe those old Macs still have a life after all?
the link.
Slashdot may also mention the annoucement in its archive.
Hey now, [Hey now] (background singers) Hey now, [Hey now] Wacko, Wacko, Why a... Jackomo free Hu oh nanay, Jackomo free nanay! The good, the bad, the 80's. I could'nt resist.
Scientific American magazine devoted a large article to just such a device ("Optical computer"). Don't know when exactly but it was in the early 1990's. Are there any Computer Engineer's in the house? BTW: this is my 1st post.