I'm interested why you bash nokia as features-driven and ignoring user experience. Got any justification for that?
I've only ever owned cheap, pre-paid nokias but they have well designed user interfaces. That's not just subjective analysis, that's based on the objective analysis techniques from my Human Computer Interaction subject at uni.
The menus almost always start on the function you want to access, or it's one up/down away. Buttons act consistently (they don't have different modes).
Any large enough group of people will have politics, cliques, mob mentality and an us versus them attitude towards outsiders. These attitudes are by no means the exclusive property of religious groups.
It sucks that you were on the receiving end of it.
I understand that state governments and lower have the right develop their own kill switches for their portion of the internet.
However, I don't think any government should have the power to turn off their section of the internet. Can you imagine the chaos if state governments had kill switches and used them during perceived emergencies?
I'd say it was the French revolution which led to the rise of secularism. This was purely for political reasons. The church sided with the monarchy and they became an enemy of the revolutionaries. In the republic the Catholic church was marginalised and the rhetoric and ideas became anti-religious. The French revolution had a huge impact on "Western" thought.
Koala bears is just what uninformed American tourists call them. Aussies call them Koalas because we know they're not bears.
Back on the galaxy definition issue, having a standard definition will improve science. With a common definition you could pick up any paper and read the word galaxy and know exactly what the author is talking about. At present you're just guessing what they mean by the term if it isn't defined in the paper. Worse still is if you're reading two different papers and they define galaxy differently. How do you then compare their results?
The Geni Coefficient is increasing in the USA and has been since the 1970s. The poor aren't getting any wealthier but the rich certainly are.
Also there are plenty of stable, Western democracies which have much lower Gini Coefficients and therefore less of a gap between rich and poor. Some of these have bad economies but most don't. What seems to work best is a blend of a mostly capitalist system with some some socialism.
Banned games will soon be a thing of the past in Australia. An R 18+ rating is almost certain to come in later this year. The only reason games were banned was because there wasn't an 18+ category and excessive sex or violence didn't fit the previous highest category of 15+.
The lack of the 18+ category isn't a slippery slope. We started without the category when the ratings system was extended to cover computer games. If anything freedoms are increasing with what games you play, not shrinking.
Poor spelling doesn't just hamper communication on internet forums. I wish some of my co-workers would take the time to proofread. Their comments on our issue tracker can at times be impossible to decipher.
You know it's not the government as in elected representatives and senators that wrote this document. "The Government" in TFS/TFA is a group of unelected public servants who authored it and will be implementing it. If you representative even gives you an answer it will be along the lines of don't care because it wasn't their decision and doesn't affect them or you.
The real issue is rule of law. Why can a bureaucrat overrule what a judge says? Saying "it's a recommendation" is semantics and misses the point. Judges should be the ones making justice related decisions, such as type of imprisonment. Faceless office drones shouldn't be able to reverse these because they think they know better.
Lot's daughters didn't found any of the tribes of Israel. The 12 tribes of Israel come from the twelve sons of Jacob (later renamed to Israel).
The offspring from Lot's daughters form other nations which are repeatedly referred to as wicked in the old testament. The usual command for the Israelites is to have nothing to do with them.
Mod this one up. I read the article and it's what was in there. PIs being hired to investigate people who are taking only a few days off. Maybe the employees in question have a habit of taking lots of sick leave, but TFA doesn't mention it if they do.
Written English is different. I find the native speakers tend to be lax with spelling or punctuation or not even know the rules. The people who learnt it as a second language have a much better grasp of grammar. Their writing has much more clarity.
I thought lasguns were the equivalent of the heatgun. They have a moderate warming effect on the target. Apart from that they are completely ineffectual.
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Starbucks. There's your first problem! /coffeesnobbery
If you're doing illegal stuff you have to talk like a gangster. Duh!
Mod parent up for "crotchfruit" :D
I'm interested why you bash nokia as features-driven and ignoring user experience. Got any justification for that?
I've only ever owned cheap, pre-paid nokias but they have well designed user interfaces. That's not just subjective analysis, that's based on the objective analysis techniques from my Human Computer Interaction subject at uni.
The menus almost always start on the function you want to access, or it's one up/down away. Buttons act consistently (they don't have different modes).
Sorry to burst your bubble but that isn't a cruise missile. It's a 9mm.
Mod this AC up (never thought I'd say that).
Any large enough group of people will have politics, cliques, mob mentality and an us versus them attitude towards outsiders. These attitudes are by no means the exclusive property of religious groups.
It sucks that you were on the receiving end of it.
I understand that state governments and lower have the right develop their own kill switches for their portion of the internet.
However, I don't think any government should have the power to turn off their section of the internet. Can you imagine the chaos if state governments had kill switches and used them during perceived emergencies?
I'd say it was the French revolution which led to the rise of secularism. This was purely for political reasons. The church sided with the monarchy and they became an enemy of the revolutionaries. In the republic the Catholic church was marginalised and the rhetoric and ideas became anti-religious. The French revolution had a huge impact on "Western" thought.
Koala bears is just what uninformed American tourists call them. Aussies call them Koalas because we know they're not bears.
Back on the galaxy definition issue, having a standard definition will improve science. With a common definition you could pick up any paper and read the word galaxy and know exactly what the author is talking about. At present you're just guessing what they mean by the term if it isn't defined in the paper. Worse still is if you're reading two different papers and they define galaxy differently. How do you then compare their results?
What surprises me most about that Craigslist shutdown is that prostitution is still illegal in most of the USA.
The Geni Coefficient is increasing in the USA and has been since the 1970s. The poor aren't getting any wealthier but the rich certainly are.
Also there are plenty of stable, Western democracies which have much lower Gini Coefficients and therefore less of a gap between rich and poor. Some of these have bad economies but most don't. What seems to work best is a blend of a mostly capitalist system with some some socialism.
Sydney airport was on the outskirts of the city when it opened in the 1920s. Sydney is *much* larger these days (around 10 times the population).
Banned games will soon be a thing of the past in Australia. An R 18+ rating is almost certain to come in later this year. The only reason games were banned was because there wasn't an 18+ category and excessive sex or violence didn't fit the previous highest category of 15+.
The lack of the 18+ category isn't a slippery slope. We started without the category when the ratings system was extended to cover computer games. If anything freedoms are increasing with what games you play, not shrinking.
Poor spelling doesn't just hamper communication on internet forums. I wish some of my co-workers would take the time to proofread. Their comments on our issue tracker can at times be impossible to decipher.
TFA is about Australia which is not a republic. It's government is a representative democracy, however, so you get 1/2 marks for your rant.
You know it's not the government as in elected representatives and senators that wrote this document. "The Government" in TFS/TFA is a group of unelected public servants who authored it and will be implementing it. If you representative even gives you an answer it will be along the lines of don't care because it wasn't their decision and doesn't affect them or you.
The real issue is rule of law. Why can a bureaucrat overrule what a judge says? Saying "it's a recommendation" is semantics and misses the point. Judges should be the ones making justice related decisions, such as type of imprisonment. Faceless office drones shouldn't be able to reverse these because they think they know better.
Lot's daughters didn't found any of the tribes of Israel. The 12 tribes of Israel come from the twelve sons of Jacob (later renamed to Israel). The offspring from Lot's daughters form other nations which are repeatedly referred to as wicked in the old testament. The usual command for the Israelites is to have nothing to do with them.
What's the other half of the reason???
Mod this one up. I read the article and it's what was in there. PIs being hired to investigate people who are taking only a few days off. Maybe the employees in question have a habit of taking lots of sick leave, but TFA doesn't mention it if they do.
That list is annual leave. This article is about sick leave.
Written English is different. I find the native speakers tend to be lax with spelling or punctuation or not even know the rules. The people who learnt it as a second language have a much better grasp of grammar. Their writing has much more clarity.
I didn't lol. My inner monologue groaned.
I thought lasguns were the equivalent of the heatgun. They have a moderate warming effect on the target. Apart from that they are completely ineffectual.