ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pcinstitute/psref/tabook.pdf

If you want to buy an ibm laptop you should only look at tabook.pdf

--timball

tabook.pdf

For at least six years, as I've become increasingly frustrated by the Bush administration's repeated betrayal of constitutional -- and conservative -- principles, I have defended Vice President Cheney, a man I've known for decades and with whom I served and made common cause in Congress. No longer.

I do not blame Dick Cheney for George W. Bush's transgressions; the president needs no prompting to wrap himself in the cloak of a modern-day king. Nor do I believe that the vice president so enthusiastically supports the Iraq war out of a loyalty to the oil industry that his former employer serves. By all accounts, Cheney's belief in "the military option" and the principle of president-as-decider predates his affiliation with Halliburton.

What, then, is the straw that causes me to finally consign a man I served with in the House Republican leadership to the category of "those about whom we should be greatly concerned"?

Mickey Edwards (fmr R-OK 6th district) was in the house leadership w/ VP cheney back in the day. The best quote from the article:

It is Cheney's all-too-revealing conversation this week with ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz. On Wednesday, reminded of the public's disapproval of the war in Iraq, now five years old, the vice president shrugged off that fact (and thus, the people themselves) with a one-word answer: "So?"

"So," Mr. Vice President?

Policy, Cheney went on to say, should not be tailored to fit fluctuations in the public attitudes. If there is one thing public attitudes have not been doing, however, it is fluctuating: Resistance to the Bush administration's Iraq policy has been widespread, entrenched and consistent. Whether public opinion is right or wrong, it is not to be cavalierly dismissed.

Just read the thing.

--timball

Mickey Edwards - Dick Cheney's Error - washingtonpost.com

13-GHz Bandwidth, upgradeable to 13 GHz

* 4 analog channels
* Up to 40 GSa/s sample rate
* Standard 512 kpts memory with optional 2 Mpts memory (64 Mpts at 4 GSa/s) optional 2 Mpts memory
* XGA display with 256 levels of intensity grading

Industry Leading Signal Integrity

* Noise floor: 419 uV @5 mV/div
* Trigger jitter < 500 fs (rms)
* Lowest hardware vertical sensitivity: 5 mV/div
* Industry´s only noise reduction option (opt 005)

Largest Selection of Application Solutions

* Complete set of jitter analysis packages Complete set of jitter analysis
* Complete set of customization packages including User Defined Functions, link to MatLab� Complete set of customization packages
* Compliance solutions for many serial standards like FBD, Certified Wireless USB, PCI Express II and more Compliance solutions

InfiniiMax Probing Solutions (1.5 GHz - 12 GHz)

* Industry´s lowest noise floor probing system
* Highest signal fidelity InfiniiMax II probing system
* Interchangeable probe heads
* Industry´s only RoHS compliance solder-in probing solution

The canuck band the Bare Naked Ladies used to sing about what they would do w/ a million dollars... If I had a million dollars I'd buy 10 of these things (and kraft dinners).

--timball

Agilent | DSO81304B 80000B Series Infiniium High Performance Oscilloscope: 13 GHz

Friday March 21st in Atlanta.

Outerz0ne 4 | This might be habit forming...

I love arxiv. This is a blog that sort of treats arxiv like a journal club.

--timball

the physics arXiv blog

AOYUE 968
Microprocessor Controlled ESD safe unit

* Three in One repairing station the combines Hot Air Rework Gun with a Soldering Iron and a Smoke Absorber for a health environment.

* Maintains a constant set temperature when the set and the value is reached.

* All Digital display of actual and set temperature with touch control on the front panel.

* Built in Air Flow gauge and knob adjustment for the air flow

* Programmed with error reporting function that detects any problem with the station and alerts the user.

* Soldering Iron has typical knob temperature adjustment for ease of use.

* Auto cool-off process that leaves the blower on until the nozzle is cool, this prolongs life of the heating element and to ensure safety.

* Built-in smoke extractor that absorbs fumes right at the source, eliminating the need for space consuming exhaust fans.
bullet Compatible with many nozzle types and soldering tips.

I just bought a new soldering station... No, it's not over the top. SRA is the US reseller. AOYUE's 968 webpage.

--timball

AOYUE 968

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself.

zotero is the better bookmarking system for anyone doing research. If you're a grad student or academic you should install this plug-in now.

--timball

Zotero: The Next-Generation Research Tool

What is EOL?

Welcome to the first release of the Encyclopedia of Life portal. This is the very beginning of our exciting journey to document all species of life on Earth.

Comprehensive, collaborative, ever-growing, and personalized, the Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Our goals are to:

* Create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike.
* Transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating virtually all known data about every living species.
* Engage a wide audience of schoolchildren, educators, citizen scientists, academics and those who are just curious about Earth s species.
* Increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.

Yeah this is nifty.

--timball

Encyclopedia of Life

Welcome to the original bartender's guide. This book was first written and published by Jerry Thomas (1825-1885) in 1862. This the original guide on mixed drinks and bartenders reference. This book is a vast resource for making drinks, at least in the 1800's. However, many of the methods and cocktails are as valuable today as they were back then.

This book is over 118 years old and the copyright have long since expired. This means it can be legally published without any legal encumberment. This is such a valuable resource for bartenders that it should be publicly available, since finding original copies is very difficult.

The online version of this book has been divided into 84 pages. A full index of the book is currently being developed, but the book can be browsed using the links on the left hand side or by the back and next links on each page. Each page has a four to eight drinks, so the links do not describe every drink on every page. Please refer to the Index.

In the future a fully searchable version of this book will be published. Please feel free to browse this book and share it with anyone who would be interested. Or, if you are looking for modern cocktails, mixed drinks or commentary on the latest spirit, please visit the Art of Drink weblog.

Public Domain Mix-o-logy. The Jerry Thomas was the definitive bar book of it's time. Be sure to check out his recipes for various flips.

--timball

Jerry Thomas :: How to Mix Drinks (A Bartender's Guide)

General

* Myths related to bit budget
* Special codes for captions and descriptions

Speed

* Bitrates
* How fast can subpictures be displayed?

Subpictures

* Run-length encoding; subpicture data size
* Encoded picture lines
* Screen area
* Colour
* Aspect ratios

Audio
Nothing as yet. Mostly covered in Speed.

This is a long webpage about the finer parts of dvd authoring. Quick summary: "It's not easy."

--timball

Finer points in DVD accessibility capabilities (Joe Clark: Media Access)