Re: Momentus
"Pray". 'Prey' is what animals do to the other creatures that they eat to survive,
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I bought a sub-£350 laptop just after Xmas 2011. It has a very similar spec to this machine (Core i3, 4GB RAM, Windows 7 Home Premium, DVD rewriter, big feck-off hard disk, USB 3 port, HDMI). It is an utter JOY to use and has replaced my previous XP-based desktop completely.
Windows 7 was a pleasant surprise, particularly when I plugged in my HP all-in-one printer / scanner and it just grabbed the drivers via Microsoft.
The most demanding tasks I use it for include video transcoding for an iPod Touch and running Propellerhead Reason. Both tasks piss all over the old machine. Transcoding takes a fraction of the time and Reason rarely climbs above 20% CPU usage, even with loads of tracks and modules running simultaneously.
I also use it as an HD video player over HDMI and it never breaks up or skips frames.
It's STUNNING what you can get for your money these days. Cheap Vista machines just weren't up to the job in hardware terms, but yer average entry-level Windows 7 box in 2012 gives you a pretty slick user experience.
"OTOH, it's also a bit reassuring to check on their location if they're late and just find out they're en route, just held up. People missing their scheduled rendezvous tends to make people worry."
Or you could just, you know, phone them and ask where they are.
What does your post even mean?
UK shoe sizes start at Child's 4. Goes up to adult 13. SNR = 4:13
US shoe sizes start at Child's 5. Goes up to adult 13. SNR = 5:13
Euro shoe sizes start at 22. Goes up to around 49. SNR = 22:49
Sounds like pretty good content on an internet forum.
"That's huge. That's a game-changer; it creates a system whereby the marketplace of ideas suddenly is vastly larger than it was, and a person with a good idea but not a lot of money now has the ability to reach an audience."
Personal Blogs allowed the "person with a good idea" to reach an audience. The marketplace of ideas is /already/ vastly larger than it was.
Oh, wait...
Sometimes, barriers to entry are a blessing for the consumer.