Comment Re:Interpol alert rescinded? (Score 1) 1425
not the sort of person they are supposed to be looking for?
Why? Is he a droid, and was the ghost of Sir Alec Guinness seen in the area of Interpol HQ?
not the sort of person they are supposed to be looking for?
Why? Is he a droid, and was the ghost of Sir Alec Guinness seen in the area of Interpol HQ?
McCain didn't choose her. Once they realized that the election was almost unwinnable, the Republicans picked her to finish throwing the election while at the same time gathering massive media attention.
I recently happened upon an old Popular Mechanics magazine from the 1950s. It dealt extensively with automotive topics. It struck me how much people had to know about their car's inner workings to properly maintain it. Today, you really don't have to know what kind of spark system your car has, or what kind of plugs it uses, or what kind of fuel delivery system it has. You don't have to clean varnish out of the carbuerator every year, or have the piston rings done at 60k miles. You don't have to replace the plugs and points every 10k miles. Just keep gas in it, make sure you change the oil, and take it somewhere for minor maintenance every year or two.
Cars have swung too far in that direction. More and more, they're getting to a "no user-serviceable parts" state. You're expected to bring the car to the expensive dealer for everything, or just replace the car when big maintenance is required. Recently, one of the headlights on my wife's car burned out. I checked the manual, it said to turn the steering wheel all the way to the opposite side, remove a couple clips, pull the fender liner back, and reach up and in to remove & replace the bulb.
I spent 30 minutes in the driveway attempting to follow those instructions, but the liner would not move far enough for me to get my arm in there. Finally I relented, spent 15 minutes putting it back together, and sent my wife to the dealer. It took the dealer 45 minutes to do, and they had to remove the wheel completely (the new bulb & labor were covered under warranty). IMO, this is a ridiculous amount of work required to replace a light bulb.
Chrysler PT Cruiser? The battery is buried behind the right front suspension. There's a couple terminals located under the hood if you have to jump the car, but good luck replacing the battery in the Sears parking lot.
Step 1: Migrate to DB2
Step 2: Migrate DB2 to non-mainframe hardware
Step 3: Scale back or eliminate mainframe expense due to lower usage requirements
Step 4: Maybe not profit, but at least you're spending less.
Just because something is popular & widespread, doesn't mean it's high-quality.
And just because something is not widespread, does not mean that it isn't high-quality.
There is a Verizon substation 2 blocks from my house - less than half a mile. FiOS isn't even "coming soon" - they won't even tell you that they're considering offering it.
Short of making sperm they are useless
So you don't need testosterone?
Try http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?type=C&cid=N00003288&newMem=N&cycle=2010 & http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cycle=2008&type=C&cid=N00003288&newMem=N
I linked to the default page, and indicated which options to select to get the results I saw.
How would this benefit Rep. Thompson's campaign & PAC funding? "Defense Electronics" firms are the #3 contributor to his campaign & leadership PAC for 2009-2010. "Computers/Internet" were #3 for the 2008 campaign.
http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00003288
In-dash screens have an interlock on them to prevent them from being used when the vehicle is in motion.
It's pretty easy to disable, especially the aftermarket ones.
The false sense of security you get with VSS is worse than having nothing at all.
Because they may have forgotten that we've been capable of doing it for 50 years?
The parts of a MacBook that get warmest are furthest from your nads when using it on your lap.
Subaru? A gentleman by the name of Ferdinand Porsche (perhaps you've heard of him) sold/licensed the original Boxer engine design to Subaru.
Alarm clock? I haven't needed an alarm clock for almost 4 years.
I'm sure it's merely a coincidence that my eldest child is almost 4 years old now.
The use of money is all the advantage there is to having money. -- B. Franklin
