I guess you forgot the part where the poster said he had kids and did not want to get a sitter? Then again alcohol could quiet the kids well enough as well.
Complaining about gas prices and watching cars go around in circles seems somewhat counter productive. The problem is availability. Once a comfortable, economical, 100mpg car hits the market the people will buy it.
Boycott NASCAR if you are concerned about fuel prices.
Javascript still has its quirks because it works its magic client side. I am moving to use it as little as possible and never as a required piece of the site. PHP and other server side languages can do many of the things javascript can but with better support and accessibility.
I agree. Stupidity is tolerated too much nowadays and now we have to have warnings that coffee is hot, winter is cold, and not to fold up the baby carriage with the child still inside. A little natural section can be good thing especially in a democratic society who is letting themselves be taken advantage of. However getting ripped off and humiliated by these scam artists is punishment enough . . . at least for now.
Education is key. Start with our education system so people learn critical thinking skills and common sense. Then task representatives as information gathers to bring the information to their constituents so they can make an informed decision and have the representative represent that decision. There is still the chance of manipulation but it is lessened by a better more critically thinking base of voters.
One does not necessarily need a good grasp of the science as long as they have some common sense.
However just looking at some of the stupid safety warnings we have to put on things makes me think a little natural selection might be a good thing.
My school system also offered "advanced" classes which allowed a good portion of students go above and beyond the normal battery of schoolwork. Add in some fantastic teachers and our little public school did an amazing job with a good number of students. However one program I was involved in, the "Gifted and Talented" program, would of allowed some of us to take college courses while still in high school. Their budget was sadly cut and "special" students got more attention, their own room and equipment etc. Yes I am still bitter in some ways but I feel there needs to be a balance between helping everybody and letting a little bit of natural selection advance us as a species. I feel that the tax money spent on these "special" kids and later adults is much better spent on prevention.
True, the first one was not. This new one however likely is subsidized because of the low price and requirement of contract.
$600 is a lot to pay for a phone for average person outside of the slashdot community who does not have a tech job. I have worked for retailers that have sold phones in Maine. We've only seen a lot of PDA phones go out until they reached the $50-100 mark with contract. The price of oil and tough winters here do not leave many nest eggs left.
At the Rocky Mountain Institute they are researching new manufacturing processes to use carbon composites instead of steel for car frames. The results is something as strong, if not stronger, and much much lighter.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/car/open/clip-scen-lola-01.html
I recommend watching the Nova episode "Car of the Future" for more information on the RMI "hypercar"
It is more like a car loan when you buy a car. Rarely people have the money to buy a phone up front. So cell phone companies check your credit and finance about $200 over the course of the wireless contract. This is why early termination fees exist since if you leave the contact they have to recover the cost of the phone. This is why the contract prices of phones are discounted about $200, even more for phones that really need expensive data plans.
That is why the first iPhone was such a huge rip-off because you were paying outright for the phone and both Apple & AT&T were pocketing the extra $200 over the course of the contract. This time they are following the model of financing you the phone with the contract. A buyout option would understandably be $200+ higher but the lack of that option is grounds for people to be upset.
Yes you own the phone but just like when a bank has a lean on your car through a loan they can require certain things like collision insurance etc.
I have had Dell support go either way on the spectrum. When I first purchased a Dell Inspiron 5150 in college it was missing rubber feet. I sent an email and their automated system identified my request, requested a confirmation, and mailed me replacements at no charge.
About 2 years into the 3 year warranty the laptop died and after 5 repair attempts they replaced what was a $1600 laptop at new with a new E1505 which I priced at $2000 online when I received it.
The screen of that E1505 replacement however died after only about a year. However the original 3 year warranty on the original laptop was expired. The state of Maine however has a 5 year expressed warranty that can not be disclaimed.
I attempted to contact Dell based on that state law and was stonewalled by both tech support and customer service. The only information I could be given was the snail mail address and long distance fax number for their legal department.
I ended up fixing the laptop myself with the aid of the service manual and a $25 part bought off Ebay.
Also another sticking point is the battery. I understand under normal use they only usually hold up for about a year. However mine was primarily plugged in. I speculate that with companies advertising duty cycles that even while plugged in the startup of the machine counts against that the chip shuts off the battery after the expected number of duty cycles is met. Searching around on the internet has found other people who have noted this behavior with their batteries. This in combination with the outrageous prices for the battery replacements I bet will lead to more legal trouble with Dell.
As internet TV like Joost get more popular you are going to see big bandwidth increases.
Also web hosts advertise monthly bandwidth all the time but end up dividing it equally among the number of days in a month and will cut you off if you are over the resulting daily limit. Comcast might be sneaky and impose a 8GB daily limit which means burst usage will force many to upgrade.
Good. Education and common sense have taken too much of a back seat in recent years because everybody now-a-days is allowed a crutch to get past them.
Spammers are also using humans to crack captchas so eliminating robot programs only slows the problem.
The solution is harsh punishment for spammers in order to make spamming just not worth it anymore.
I agree wholeheartedly. With just one of those new $150 GeForce 9600gt cards I am able to play modern games at high quality and at high resolutions just fine.
A lot of high end MMO games are notorious for memory leaks and when you are playing for several hours plus running voice communications, internet browsing etc I have seen my pagefile hit 1.5 GB before. Microsoft actually recommends 4GB.
Best practices for partitioning a hard disk http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/tulloch_partition.mspx
I also do a lot of multi-tasking and photoshop work so the pagefile does get up there.
Anyhow for those still sticking with XP the above link and this one are good starters for increasing performance.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1590&page=1
Actually letting windows "adjust for best performance" causes thrashing because it adjusts on the fly the size of the cache. If windows is working the page file hard, almost all the case on these underpowered machines, then it is almost constantly adjusting the size of the page file more than actually using it.
The best configuration to set the page file so it is static. This is done by setting the min and max to twice your physical RAM.
On desktops having it on a second hard drive increases hard performance even more.
If you are setting a system up from scratch then having a separate FAT32 partition at the beginning of that second drive is excellent.
I honestly feel like 9/11 and it's aftermath has *something* to do with how several sectors of our country are tripping over themselves to implement unnecessary, bloated, counterproductive measures in the name of 'security'. People will spend just about anything to "feel" safe. Just look at air safety and the billions being spent there. All that money and inconveniences and yet more people die from lightning strikes than during air travel.
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I guess you forgot the part where the poster said he had kids and did not want to get a sitter? Then again alcohol could quiet the kids well enough as well.
No, Plasma does and it has a better viewing angle but you'll need to darken the area. Plus the don't burn out like they use to.
Able to use Adobe Creative Suite 3 & Play Spore > Uptime preen length
Lets see how many mod points I get for my post subject.
http://www.privateairdaily.com/magazine/article/12796.html
Complaining about gas prices and watching cars go around in circles seems somewhat counter productive. The problem is availability. Once a comfortable, economical, 100mpg car hits the market the people will buy it. Boycott NASCAR if you are concerned about fuel prices.
Javascript still has its quirks because it works its magic client side. I am moving to use it as little as possible and never as a required piece of the site. PHP and other server side languages can do many of the things javascript can but with better support and accessibility.
I agree. Stupidity is tolerated too much nowadays and now we have to have warnings that coffee is hot, winter is cold, and not to fold up the baby carriage with the child still inside. A little natural section can be good thing especially in a democratic society who is letting themselves be taken advantage of. However getting ripped off and humiliated by these scam artists is punishment enough . . . at least for now.
Education is key. Start with our education system so people learn critical thinking skills and common sense. Then task representatives as information gathers to bring the information to their constituents so they can make an informed decision and have the representative represent that decision. There is still the chance of manipulation but it is lessened by a better more critically thinking base of voters.
One does not necessarily need a good grasp of the science as long as they have some common sense. However just looking at some of the stupid safety warnings we have to put on things makes me think a little natural selection might be a good thing.
My school system also offered "advanced" classes which allowed a good portion of students go above and beyond the normal battery of schoolwork. Add in some fantastic teachers and our little public school did an amazing job with a good number of students. However one program I was involved in, the "Gifted and Talented" program, would of allowed some of us to take college courses while still in high school. Their budget was sadly cut and "special" students got more attention, their own room and equipment etc. Yes I am still bitter in some ways but I feel there needs to be a balance between helping everybody and letting a little bit of natural selection advance us as a species. I feel that the tax money spent on these "special" kids and later adults is much better spent on prevention.
True, the first one was not. This new one however likely is subsidized because of the low price and requirement of contract. $600 is a lot to pay for a phone for average person outside of the slashdot community who does not have a tech job. I have worked for retailers that have sold phones in Maine. We've only seen a lot of PDA phones go out until they reached the $50-100 mark with contract. The price of oil and tough winters here do not leave many nest eggs left.
At the Rocky Mountain Institute they are researching new manufacturing processes to use carbon composites instead of steel for car frames. The results is something as strong, if not stronger, and much much lighter. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/car/open/clip-scen-lola-01.html I recommend watching the Nova episode "Car of the Future" for more information on the RMI "hypercar"
It is more like a car loan when you buy a car. Rarely people have the money to buy a phone up front. So cell phone companies check your credit and finance about $200 over the course of the wireless contract. This is why early termination fees exist since if you leave the contact they have to recover the cost of the phone. This is why the contract prices of phones are discounted about $200, even more for phones that really need expensive data plans. That is why the first iPhone was such a huge rip-off because you were paying outright for the phone and both Apple & AT&T were pocketing the extra $200 over the course of the contract. This time they are following the model of financing you the phone with the contract. A buyout option would understandably be $200+ higher but the lack of that option is grounds for people to be upset. Yes you own the phone but just like when a bank has a lean on your car through a loan they can require certain things like collision insurance etc.
I have had Dell support go either way on the spectrum. When I first purchased a Dell Inspiron 5150 in college it was missing rubber feet. I sent an email and their automated system identified my request, requested a confirmation, and mailed me replacements at no charge.
About 2 years into the 3 year warranty the laptop died and after 5 repair attempts they replaced what was a $1600 laptop at new with a new E1505 which I priced at $2000 online when I received it.
The screen of that E1505 replacement however died after only about a year. However the original 3 year warranty on the original laptop was expired. The state of Maine however has a 5 year expressed warranty that can not be disclaimed.
I attempted to contact Dell based on that state law and was stonewalled by both tech support and customer service. The only information I could be given was the snail mail address and long distance fax number for their legal department.
I ended up fixing the laptop myself with the aid of the service manual and a $25 part bought off Ebay.
Also another sticking point is the battery. I understand under normal use they only usually hold up for about a year. However mine was primarily plugged in. I speculate that with companies advertising duty cycles that even while plugged in the startup of the machine counts against that the chip shuts off the battery after the expected number of duty cycles is met. Searching around on the internet has found other people who have noted this behavior with their batteries. This in combination with the outrageous prices for the battery replacements I bet will lead to more legal trouble with Dell.
As internet TV like Joost get more popular you are going to see big bandwidth increases. Also web hosts advertise monthly bandwidth all the time but end up dividing it equally among the number of days in a month and will cut you off if you are over the resulting daily limit. Comcast might be sneaky and impose a 8GB daily limit which means burst usage will force many to upgrade.
Because genetic manipulation is a moral sin. http://www.catholic.org/featured/headline.php?ID=5429 I feel bad for the Catholics that have to take insulin . . . .
Good. Education and common sense have taken too much of a back seat in recent years because everybody now-a-days is allowed a crutch to get past them. Spammers are also using humans to crack captchas so eliminating robot programs only slows the problem. The solution is harsh punishment for spammers in order to make spamming just not worth it anymore.
I agree wholeheartedly. With just one of those new $150 GeForce 9600gt cards I am able to play modern games at high quality and at high resolutions just fine.
It takes a lot of time for the current administration to censor, twist, and edit science news before it reaches congress and the public.
Because the super delegates are coming to the realization that they should vote with the public instead of shooting themselves in the foot.
A lot of high end MMO games are notorious for memory leaks and when you are playing for several hours plus running voice communications, internet browsing etc I have seen my pagefile hit 1.5 GB before. Microsoft actually recommends 4GB. Best practices for partitioning a hard disk http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/expert/tulloch_partition.mspx I also do a lot of multi-tasking and photoshop work so the pagefile does get up there. Anyhow for those still sticking with XP the above link and this one are good starters for increasing performance. http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1590&page=1
Actually letting windows "adjust for best performance" causes thrashing because it adjusts on the fly the size of the cache. If windows is working the page file hard, almost all the case on these underpowered machines, then it is almost constantly adjusting the size of the page file more than actually using it. The best configuration to set the page file so it is static. This is done by setting the min and max to twice your physical RAM. On desktops having it on a second hard drive increases hard performance even more. If you are setting a system up from scratch then having a separate FAT32 partition at the beginning of that second drive is excellent.
Does this guy know the program he made created one of the worst sappers of computer processor and hard drive performance seen in the anti-virus market? http://www.thepcspy.com/read/what_really_slows_windows_down/5