Yeah, so what. I was interested in volcanoes as a kid growing up in the Northwest and surviving Mt. St. Helens. Doesn't mean I did a damned thing remotely related to volcanoes since.
Seems to be a few new studies that simply find that women want to talk, not communicate.
Need proof? Compare minutes on a man versus a woman's cell phone. Or sit for 35 minutes waiting for a haircut and listen to the stupid woman gab on her cell phone the entire time you are waiting.
A hyphen is used to, uhhh, 'hyphenate' compound words and between series of numbers (not dates though, keep reading). An en-dash is the width of the letter N in the same font family and is used pretty much only between range of dates. I got my tech-writer job based not only on the quality of my experience on my resume (put little lines above the e's for me), but also because I used En-dashes in my date ranges;-)
Em-dashes are the width of an M and are used when most people would incorrectly use a semi-colon or a colon (although you could successfully use a semi-colon, most people don't, and I could have used em-dashes here where I'm typing between parentheses but I can't figure out how to type them on a PC using HTML, even though the post above states how to, or I could have just used --...sheesh).
So you don't count years of Medical School and practicing medicine as dedicating an entire career to science???? Al Gore is a politician. He has dedicated "his whole career" to getting votes.
Yeah, that's why I carefully stated my thoughts and included the phrase "reversal". If you'd like to argue what I said, and not what you think I'm trying to avoid, that's another issue.
Hear me out, because this is serious and not intended as flamebait.
I'd get him a 20" Intel-based Apple iMac computer installed with the last version of Office (not the newest one, but one before). That way, Bill could at least see that a decent-spec'd, moderately priced yet still well-designed computer CAN actually be a pleasant experience for the overwhelming majority of normal computer users. Maybe then Bill can realize that sometimes less is more and that a long laundry list of half-assed features is no good compared to a shorter list of features that work well.
Why are people so willingly ignorant to issues that could easily come to the end result of the extinction of our species?
1. Because that is ridiculous hyperbole.
2. Even if we are the main contributing force behind climate change, no amount of conservation will cause a reversal in the current climate change trends, short of shutting down nearly every energy source on the planet, shutting down all factories and eradicating all internal combustion engines...notice, that's a BIG if.
I'm not sure how people can have such strong opinions and think things like the constitution is at risk when they don't even know the facts about the situation.
Ahh, as bit of an ad and layout expert myself, they didn't look at the ads because the page wasn't designed correctly. Any good designer can design pages with ads that NO HUMAN BEING can ignore!
Yes, no reason to discuss a contentious topic when "Anonymous Coward" already knows the truth...
Let's look at the motives of either side and see what's really going on. The Al Gores of the world have a personality order commonly referred to as "Chicken Little" and are so full of self-importance they feel the need to save the world. The idiots on the opposite extreme hate to be bothered by facts and science (hey, if it ain't in the Bible...), so they regurgitate a bunch of phony old-wives-tales they heard on Rush Limbaugh. The truth is somewhere in the middle, and thus is worthy of discussion.
I hope it all melts so we can see if Al Gore's doomsday prediction of Manhattan being 10 feet under water holds true or not. We need more "sky falling" incidents to show the "sky is falling" crowd that it isn't always as bad as they think (cough, hope).
I didn't shoot my own argument in the foot, because it isn't my argument that soldiers always "blinkeredly follow orders". Perhaps you responded/quoted the wrong post, but if you read the thread, you'll clearly see that my stance is that soldiers DO NOT blindly follow orders. They do, however, follow their training, and NO training says to indiscriminately lay down suppressive fire and take out innocent women and children in doing so as the ignorant fool here claims we do.
Start button is labeled "start" because that's where you want users to go first.
Good examples except for that one. The Start button does more things NOT related to Staring something than it does, well, starting something. It could quite possibly be the worst interface design decision ever in the modern OS era.
Ok, summary. "I'm so f'ing sick of everything from Microsoft and 3d parties on Windows that I'm looking for an out. IF, and a BIG if, Apple stuff all works like [Safari], then I want to be part of that. Obviously someone gets it."
So yeah, that's what he said. For anyone else to belittle that decision is pretty stupid if you ask me. Good thing it is HIS money and not yours. Of course there are other events in play here, such as him constantly hearing us office Mac users talking about our overt LACK of Winbox issues and such. His interest was piqued, his first experience with Apple was Safari on PC and he is going to switch. Score one for the Apple business model and their concerted efforts to get switchers based on high-quality halo-effect products such as iPods/iPhones and Windows software.
Frankly, I think Safari on the PC kinda sucks (or at least it feels weird trying to be all mac-like on a winbox), but it IS clean and fast, which is all this guy is looking for.
Actually, to me, this actually strengthens Obama's position. It shows he's willing to break from the expected stance, based on party affiliations. If Obama can run with common sense because of issues of National Security, I am comfortable voting for him (his Iraq policy being his only weakness in my book).
I'll kiss your ass as soon as you stop talking about shit you have no idea about. Nowhere in any doctrine/manual/classroom/training exercise does it state the best reaction to an IED ambush is to start shooting blindly at non-combatants. So, yeah, STFU already.
That's not flamebait at all. Soldiers are TRAINED to not think for themsleves from the minute they get to bootcamp until they reach their MOS. Not true at all. I was an Army Instructor (Intel) for 7 years. We threw out any and all "old-school" courseware that didn't allow for soldiers to think for themselves. Now ALL of the courseware is exactly that. This isn't a WWII Army anymore, and soldiers DO think for themselves--especially the csenior NCO ranks.
Ok, so my example was a bit far-fetched, but the point is that it is ok to call something mainstream by its proper name and fully expect someone to at least understand the basics of it. "Gimme that word file you typed" is perfectly acceptable in my circles. We don't walk around saying, "gimme that mystical collection of type-written characters you entered into the magic-box".
Media players and the associated codecs are far more complex and out of reach of the common computer user, on the other hand. That's all I'm saying.
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Yeah, so what. I was interested in volcanoes as a kid growing up in the Northwest and surviving Mt. St. Helens. Doesn't mean I did a damned thing remotely related to volcanoes since.
Seems to be a few new studies that simply find that women want to talk, not communicate.
Need proof? Compare minutes on a man versus a woman's cell phone. Or sit for 35 minutes waiting for a haircut and listen to the stupid woman gab on her cell phone the entire time you are waiting.
Em-dashes are the width of an M and are used when most people would incorrectly use a semi-colon or a colon (although you could successfully use a semi-colon, most people don't, and I could have used em-dashes here where I'm typing between parentheses but I can't figure out how to type them on a PC using HTML, even though the post above states how to, or I could have just used --...sheesh).
So you don't count years of Medical School and practicing medicine as dedicating an entire career to science???? Al Gore is a politician. He has dedicated "his whole career" to getting votes.
Yeah, that's why I carefully stated my thoughts and included the phrase "reversal". If you'd like to argue what I said, and not what you think I'm trying to avoid, that's another issue.
Less space than a Nomad...
I'd get him a 20" Intel-based Apple iMac computer installed with the last version of Office (not the newest one, but one before). That way, Bill could at least see that a decent-spec'd, moderately priced yet still well-designed computer CAN actually be a pleasant experience for the overwhelming majority of normal computer users. Maybe then Bill can realize that sometimes less is more and that a long laundry list of half-assed features is no good compared to a shorter list of features that work well.
Why are people so willingly ignorant to issues that could easily come to the end result of the extinction of our species?
1. Because that is ridiculous hyperbole.
2. Even if we are the main contributing force behind climate change, no amount of conservation will cause a reversal in the current climate change trends, short of shutting down nearly every energy source on the planet, shutting down all factories and eradicating all internal combustion engines...notice, that's a BIG if.
Actually, he doesn't use PowerPoint, he uses the Apple product "Keynote".
I'm not sure how people can have such strong opinions and think things like the constitution is at risk when they don't even know the facts about the situation.
You must be new here. Excellent post, btw.
Ahh, as bit of an ad and layout expert myself, they didn't look at the ads because the page wasn't designed correctly. Any good designer can design pages with ads that NO HUMAN BEING can ignore!
Let's look at the motives of either side and see what's really going on. The Al Gores of the world have a personality order commonly referred to as "Chicken Little" and are so full of self-importance they feel the need to save the world. The idiots on the opposite extreme hate to be bothered by facts and science (hey, if it ain't in the Bible...), so they regurgitate a bunch of phony old-wives-tales they heard on Rush Limbaugh. The truth is somewhere in the middle, and thus is worthy of discussion.
Not according to "An Inconvenient Truth". North pole ice melt will drown downtown Manhattan! I'm super serial!
I don't call a plumber when I'm sick; I don't ask an M.D.'s opinion on climate change.
Then please, please tell me why anyone thinks Al Gore is remotely relevant on the issue of climate change!!!
I hope it all melts so we can see if Al Gore's doomsday prediction of Manhattan being 10 feet under water holds true or not. We need more "sky falling" incidents to show the "sky is falling" crowd that it isn't always as bad as they think (cough, hope).
I didn't shoot my own argument in the foot, because it isn't my argument that soldiers always "blinkeredly follow orders". Perhaps you responded/quoted the wrong post, but if you read the thread, you'll clearly see that my stance is that soldiers DO NOT blindly follow orders. They do, however, follow their training, and NO training says to indiscriminately lay down suppressive fire and take out innocent women and children in doing so as the ignorant fool here claims we do.
Start button is labeled "start" because that's where you want users to go first.
Good examples except for that one. The Start button does more things NOT related to Staring something than it does, well, starting something. It could quite possibly be the worst interface design decision ever in the modern OS era.
Ok, summary. "I'm so f'ing sick of everything from Microsoft and 3d parties on Windows that I'm looking for an out. IF, and a BIG if, Apple stuff all works like [Safari], then I want to be part of that. Obviously someone gets it."
So yeah, that's what he said. For anyone else to belittle that decision is pretty stupid if you ask me. Good thing it is HIS money and not yours. Of course there are other events in play here, such as him constantly hearing us office Mac users talking about our overt LACK of Winbox issues and such. His interest was piqued, his first experience with Apple was Safari on PC and he is going to switch. Score one for the Apple business model and their concerted efforts to get switchers based on high-quality halo-effect products such as iPods/iPhones and Windows software.
Frankly, I think Safari on the PC kinda sucks (or at least it feels weird trying to be all mac-like on a winbox), but it IS clean and fast, which is all this guy is looking for.
I'm so glad I left the Southeast 10 years ago. I'm glad to see nothing has changed and ignorant moralists are still running the place.
Actually, to me, this actually strengthens Obama's position. It shows he's willing to break from the expected stance, based on party affiliations. If Obama can run with common sense because of issues of National Security, I am comfortable voting for him (his Iraq policy being his only weakness in my book).
I'll kiss your ass as soon as you stop talking about shit you have no idea about. Nowhere in any doctrine/manual/classroom/training exercise does it state the best reaction to an IED ambush is to start shooting blindly at non-combatants. So, yeah, STFU already.
They forgot to run the BIT test on the ATM machines to verify the PIN numbers.
A better question is, have YOU ever been hit by a roadside bomb? What's that? No? Oh, then why don't you just STFU already?
Media players and the associated codecs are far more complex and out of reach of the common computer user, on the other hand. That's all I'm saying.