They probably have no idea what 3000 Kelvins is.

So they open a new tab, move to the little search thingy in the top right of their browser screen, type in "wiki kelvin", hit the first link and learn something new/remember physics class from when they were 14.

Really, do we have to dumb everything down?

I feel the same way about what you have to say here. For the most part, I only use three fingers on each hand. (pinky and ring finger kind of float. I never use the ring finger for anything, but the pinkies are used for shift, ctrl, alt, enter, etc.) I spend a lot of time typing and have never had any kind of stress-related damage as a result. I tend to average around 90wpm - 140wpm with this technique depending on my level of intoxication.

I just took a typing test using the standard way of typing and only netted a score of about 45wpm. I taught myself to type before typing was offered in schools, so it is a bit odd.

Use a credit card.

How to chose a computer is a different question.

All new systems have all there bugs yet to be discovered.
But an older system for which you can search the internet for finding out any issues it may have, is the trade of of getting nearer to obsolete status.

For basic computing including internet usage, there are plenty of older systems, often free if you just look for toss outs. But then that is not buying and does noty qualify for a response to the question.

After a very long time (near twenty years) of using nothing but toss outs, I bought a new laptop. I knew what in needed it to do and i have found out it doesn't do it as well as I'd have expected of it. I suspect buying a not so old desktop refurb might have produced better results in some applications.

ultimately it comes down to a bit of a gamble regarding the buying of a new systems, no matter how much you research.

> > Of course, make sure you have a safe word when playing so you can stop.

red = stop right now
yellow = not feeling comfy with things
AHHH....OUUUUUCHH!!! = go!

There...fixed it for 'ya. ;-)

there is about 1000000 websites out there that will answer this better then /.

Home water purification, solar, wind turbines, micro CHP, biomass, dry toilets, satellite, wireless. All exist and most are even more "green" than the conventional system, though they may not meet your standards.

What subsidies do is destroy the market for these products. This is the primary use of subsidy; to make your competitors uneconomic.
 

Hardly any Macs have integrated Intel graphics. They used Intel graphics in the first Intel MacBook line, in the very lowest-end machine only, and by now that has already been retired.

The Mac OS itself uses 3D graphics throughout the interface. OpenGL is a part of everyday work on a Mac. Please use your head.

The quickest solution is to put another disk in your Mac Pro and get him working off that. Just put in another disk, move the files over there, and then only share that disk. Then you can work off the other disk(s). A Mac Pro has 4 hot-plug slots that take standard SATA drives and a pop-open door. We are talking about possibly 5 minutes work and even a small disk may do.

The best solution is to make a server, that is less than 1 hour of work, no I-T help is required.

Cheapest way is to use an old Mac. Aren't there any old Macs around? Every Mac in the 21st century except MacBook Air has Gigabit Ethernet, and all Mac Pro can take 4 disks, and all PowerMac could take 3. How hard is it to put Leopard on an old Mac and put the files on there? In many places I have worked, the Mac Pros get demoted down to file servers. If there aren't any around, you can get a used one for almost nothing, and all you have to do is install Leopard on it and it's ready to go. Again, no I-T hours are required.

Or, Apple's AirPort base station runs OS X and all you have to do to turn it into a file server is plug on a USB disk. The files are available over Gigabit Ethernet or Wi-Fi.

Conclusive report:

An outlet for non destructive violence makes kids non violent in real life. News at 11

Now there's a TV blurb you're never going to see because no one would tune in at 11

Last I checked Firefox doesn't pass the Acid3 test either though - 94/100...

Which brings me to this question: Secretary of State William Cohen once claimed in a briefing that "[Some countries] are engaging even in an eco- type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves." Anyone around here know if this is this even remotely possible?

Would that be The People's Front of Judea?

Monsignor Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître was a Belgian Roman Catholic priest, honorary prelate, professor of physics and astronomer at the Catholic University of Leuven. He sometimes used the title Abbé or Monseigneur.
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Lemaître proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory of the origin of the Universe, which he called his 'hypothesis of the primeval atom'.

No reasons why faith & science can't co exist

And a "trial" antivirus that the user will A) think is the real deal and be completely unprotected after ~30 days until their windows machine is yet another zombie, or B) Try to rip out and hose the system, since the OEMs never seem to bundle "well-behaved" AV software.