Goldeneye was one of the better Bonds in recent years. This isn't saying much but it's a cut above Quantum of Suck and Casino Royale, and is better than The World is Not Enough. It's the best of the Brosnan Bond movies.
I think if a similar thing were to be introduced in Australia no one would care. I suspect very few people make use of their local library. I've read or heard arguments about how much money is wasted on public libraries (fact: it's not much) and that we should get rid of them. The stupidity of the complainers made me cry a little inside.
I've played against people who have hacked to reach level 70 & top prestige. Without exception they are terrible at the game, so it doesn't bother me too much.
What does annoy me are the people using aimbots. They ruin the game you just joined. I've also seen people griefing by team-killing in modes where friendly fire is on.
Just to correct a misconception - the web standards body (W3C) takes input from all the major browsers including IE. If Microsoft don't like the standards they should have worked harder to have something they do like declared as the standard.
They must get a lot of prank calls in the UK to carry on with all that screening.
I live in Australia. I've phoned the cops once. They asked what I was calling about and got the details of the crime. After I'd finished telling them everything they asked for my name and I said I'd prefer to remain Anonymous and hung up.
Don't bother calling 000 for an Ambulance though, they've ignored calls by people lost in the Bush and kept asking for a street address & suburb (which he obviously couldn't give). They also gave some sarcastic reply to the first caller who rang up when a train derailed in 2005.
I agree with you entirely. I rarely read the opinion pieces. I only read them if they cover an issue I am interested in that wasn't covered elsewhere in the paper. I also know which opinion writers to avoid, and do so.
In defence of opinion writers, a good opinion writer can argue eloquently for why they have their opinions and provide some justification and facts to back up their argument. They sometimes also provide a different perspective on an issue or even on occasion cover issues that have largely gone unnoticed by the media. I will read good opinion writers that I know have different ideology to myself to broaden my understanding and see a new angle on a particular issue.
The bad opinion writers have extremist opinions and offer no justification for why they think that way. They spout doctrine mindlessly. If no critical thought went into writing the article, I won't be able to think critically about the topic after reading it, so it's just not worth my time.
They still don't need a warrant. They get their buddies in the UK intelligence agencies to spy on US citizens of interest and the NSA spies on UK citizens of interest. Then through their intelligence sharing agreements they swap intel with each other.
No, people don't use vacuum to mean something that sucks air. I could say "Space is a Vacuum" in normal conversation and people wouldn't think I meant it sucks air.
If the kindle is to be banned on this basis, then this must apply to other eBook readers too, and other electronic media, such as the use of web/internet-based sites as resources.
Sorry folks, all professors with a "class web page" must now turn these off, since blind and quadroplegic folken [sic] can't surf the web anyways.
Blind people can surf the web just fine. Ever heard of a screen reader?
The complaint against the Kindle was because use of the Kindle was required at these universities and although some effort was made by the developers in the area of accessibility, it still isn't good enough. The books have text to speech but the menus and everything else do not, so a blind person needs a sighted person to help them navigate to the book they want to listen to. You'd feel pretty stupid too if you had to constantly ask the person next to you to find the right book and the right page to read.
Maybe there aren't that many blind people at public universities, and dumbing down education for everyone just to make things more convenient for a small fraction of the population, is unreasonable?
I fail to see how this is "dumbing down". What can you do with a kindle that you can't with dead tree books, or resources on the net? I got through uni just fine by looking up journal articles & lecture slides on a computer and buying the readings booklets form the campus bookstore for the subjects that had a lot of reading.
How come cycling is at an all time high in Australia? (source: Sydney Morning Herald a couple of weeks ago)
I guess making helmets compulsory hasn't put people off cycling in the long term.
Mind and body and emotions (and soul if you believe in that) are all linked. This isn't new, although at some point the West has decided to try and separate them all (I'm thinking this idea arose during the Renaissance or Enlightenment but I might be wrong). What is new is re-discovering things like a bit of exercise makes you feel better about yourself.
I only want to watch most films once. Here are the two easiest and cheapest ways I can watch movies: 1. Walk up to the DVD shop on the corner and rent it for $2. 2. Download from bit torrent.
Either way the studios make nothing from me watching their content (I'm assuming the DVD rentals place pays once for each DVD in the store). I'd buy a DVD or get a legit download if it were a similarly easy to obtain and a similar price (say $5 at most). Where I live $10 is the bargain bin stuff you wonder why they bothered to make and good DVDs are more like $20 to $30.
If you're being interviewed then it's acceptable to be overdressed. I turned up in a suit & tie to the interview for my current job. The people interviewing me were wearing jeans & polo shirts. If anything you were under-dressed for a job interview. Always wear a suit (or at least shirt & tie), even if you know that you'd never wear one if you were working there.
All those formats you mention are in the standard.NET libraries. I can't remember doing date manipulation in java, but I suspect it has all that figured out too.
I think America becoming a superpower has more to do with their economy not getting destroyed by WWI than ascribing libertarian fantasies to government from that era.
I know I'm invoking Godwin, but the Weimar Republic in Germany in the 20s governed very ineffectively (i.e. governed least) and look what happened there...
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Goldeneye was one of the better Bonds in recent years. This isn't saying much but it's a cut above Quantum of Suck and Casino Royale, and is better than The World is Not Enough. It's the best of the Brosnan Bond movies.
That's Orangutan you insensitive clod.
I think if a similar thing were to be introduced in Australia no one would care. I suspect very few people make use of their local library. I've read or heard arguments about how much money is wasted on public libraries (fact: it's not much) and that we should get rid of them. The stupidity of the complainers made me cry a little inside.
I thought razor scooters are powered the old fashioned way - one foot planted on the thing and the other pushing off the ground.
I've played against people who have hacked to reach level 70 & top prestige. Without exception they are terrible at the game, so it doesn't bother me too much.
What does annoy me are the people using aimbots. They ruin the game you just joined. I've also seen people griefing by team-killing in modes where friendly fire is on.
Just to correct a misconception - the web standards body (W3C) takes input from all the major browsers including IE. If Microsoft don't like the standards they should have worked harder to have something they do like declared as the standard.
Cop: He's praising the terrorists. Get him!
They must get a lot of prank calls in the UK to carry on with all that screening.
I live in Australia. I've phoned the cops once. They asked what I was calling about and got the details of the crime. After I'd finished telling them everything they asked for my name and I said I'd prefer to remain Anonymous and hung up.
Don't bother calling 000 for an Ambulance though, they've ignored calls by people lost in the Bush and kept asking for a street address & suburb (which he obviously couldn't give). They also gave some sarcastic reply to the first caller who rang up when a train derailed in 2005.
I agree with you entirely. I rarely read the opinion pieces. I only read them if they cover an issue I am interested in that wasn't covered elsewhere in the paper. I also know which opinion writers to avoid, and do so.
In defence of opinion writers, a good opinion writer can argue eloquently for why they have their opinions and provide some justification and facts to back up their argument. They sometimes also provide a different perspective on an issue or even on occasion cover issues that have largely gone unnoticed by the media. I will read good opinion writers that I know have different ideology to myself to broaden my understanding and see a new angle on a particular issue.
The bad opinion writers have extremist opinions and offer no justification for why they think that way. They spout doctrine mindlessly. If no critical thought went into writing the article, I won't be able to think critically about the topic after reading it, so it's just not worth my time.
They still don't need a warrant. They get their buddies in the UK intelligence agencies to spy on US citizens of interest and the NSA spies on UK citizens of interest. Then through their intelligence sharing agreements they swap intel with each other.
My easy way is to use google is to make google search the home page. That way I just open a new tab and away I go if I need to search for something.
In other words, the name is apt?
That's where Perl comes to your rescue!
No, he's complaining that there's no need to turn a perfectly good noun into a verb. Corporate-speak is disgusting.
No, people don't use vacuum to mean something that sucks air. I could say "Space is a Vacuum" in normal conversation and people wouldn't think I meant it sucks air.
Blind people can surf the web just fine. Ever heard of a screen reader?
The complaint against the Kindle was because use of the Kindle was required at these universities and although some effort was made by the developers in the area of accessibility, it still isn't good enough. The books have text to speech but the menus and everything else do not, so a blind person needs a sighted person to help them navigate to the book they want to listen to. You'd feel pretty stupid too if you had to constantly ask the person next to you to find the right book and the right page to read.
I fail to see how this is "dumbing down". What can you do with a kindle that you can't with dead tree books, or resources on the net? I got through uni just fine by looking up journal articles & lecture slides on a computer and buying the readings booklets form the campus bookstore for the subjects that had a lot of reading.
How come cycling is at an all time high in Australia? (source: Sydney Morning Herald a couple of weeks ago) I guess making helmets compulsory hasn't put people off cycling in the long term.
Mind and body and emotions (and soul if you believe in that) are all linked. This isn't new, although at some point the West has decided to try and separate them all (I'm thinking this idea arose during the Renaissance or Enlightenment but I might be wrong). What is new is re-discovering things like a bit of exercise makes you feel better about yourself.
I only want to watch most films once. Here are the two easiest and cheapest ways I can watch movies:
1. Walk up to the DVD shop on the corner and rent it for $2.
2. Download from bit torrent.
Either way the studios make nothing from me watching their content (I'm assuming the DVD rentals place pays once for each DVD in the store). I'd buy a DVD or get a legit download if it were a similarly easy to obtain and a similar price (say $5 at most). Where I live $10 is the bargain bin stuff you wonder why they bothered to make and good DVDs are more like $20 to $30.
If you're being interviewed then it's acceptable to be overdressed. I turned up in a suit & tie to the interview for my current job. The people interviewing me were wearing jeans & polo shirts. If anything you were under-dressed for a job interview. Always wear a suit (or at least shirt & tie), even if you know that you'd never wear one if you were working there.
Hey AC, this type of thing didn't start recently. Ever hear of the parable of the Prodigal Son?
All those formats you mention are in the standard .NET libraries. I can't remember doing date manipulation in java, but I suspect it has all that figured out too.
I think America becoming a superpower has more to do with their economy not getting destroyed by WWI than ascribing libertarian fantasies to government from that era.
I know I'm invoking Godwin, but the Weimar Republic in Germany in the 20s governed very ineffectively (i.e. governed least) and look what happened there...
You weren't on the clock but you were on the job? You really shouldn't work so much unpaid overtime.
I think you mean a token gesture. A token jester is the middle manager who came up with replacing jobs with perks the remaining employees don't want.