If you have a decent mover (never really know until you get your stuff back...) your stuff should be just fine if you pack it reasonably. A good mover will also pay attention to what you say is fragile and will treat it accordingly (you can also watch them stuff everything in the container to make sure).
Nevertheless, you always want a backup of your data going a different route. Create a backup and either FedEx it to the destination or take it with you.
Instead of facilitating the addition of millions of babies into poverty, perhaps a much greater emphasis should be placed on preventing their conception.
Still bog standard exhausts on those engines. I'm not convinced till they can show a stealthy exhaust. It's a dead giveaway that the book is all cover, no content.
That particular model would never be practical in India. It's too low to the ground and would get stuck everywhere. The roads in India are of questionable quality.
How many violent deaths are depicted in the Batman movie for entertainment purposes?
There is something oddly ironic and contradictory about the response of shocked horror to this massacre. A massacre in the midst of a hyper violent movie where violent and gruesome death is an unremarkable prop that nobody gives a second thought.
On your handheld of choice add a regional keyboard you are not familiar with. Say if you are American, use a French or German keyboard. If European vice versa. Type an e-mail or note. Note how you have no problem finding the keys unlike on a full size keyboard where you keep having to searching for the right keys.
Apparently at the touch screen handheld size, the keyboard is small enough to fit in your entire field of vision so that the actual placement of the keys is not critical.
It is possible that a physical keyboard layout at that size is important but for touch screens it seems to be irrelevant.
Everyone ranting about how they can't get any work done on anything short of a PC should stop and think about the other 99%. Sales clerks at stores, office secretaries, medical personnel, doctors, mechanics, bank clerks, government clerks, police officers, middle management practically everywhere, etc. (e.g. most professionals).
They do not need PCs, they do not enter copious amounts of unique data, they do not need full size keyboards and tablets will eventually serve them better. There is no full replacement for the current PC yet but tablets will be better for 80% of the PC's current uses.
Only a screaming minority of us are programmers, CAD designers, VFX designers, etc. We will keep our PCs - everyone else doesn't need them.
You are pointlessly belligerent and an AC to boot. I read the article and if this man can predict relative climate changes statistically(e.g. E(X days above 95 in 2020)=...) in 2041 he'd better be able to predict something similar for earlier years. If he can't.... well, then the mathematics are almost certainly against him. So I rather think you haven't the slightest idea of what you are commenting on.
Why not predict something verifiable* like say 2020? Or, given this astounding accuracy, 2014?
* verifiable during the career of the guy releasing this study. As it is now the results seem to be designed not to put the author's reputation on the line.
It's incredible they even end there. I can't imagine a local councilmen getting re-elected after deciding that an incompetent cook's job is more important than children's nutrition.
A lot of interesting things can come up when people are allowed to experiment freely. Better AI is a distinct possibility. Rockstar can just sit back and watch evolution take its course until something useful pops up - it can then learn something new or hire the developer. Win for everyone.
I do not see why a tablet device can't serve that purpose. There may not be any applications that do that at the moment (I don't know) but there is no reason there can't be.
Again, none of this is relevant to an elementary school or to the original question.
But I'll bite. A computer is a tool and kids need to start somewhere to learn how to use it. At this level, giving them a linux shell will drive them away while giving them a fun machine might tempt them to delve deeper while still teaching them the basics of using a computer.
I've been trying to avoid the car analogy but you leave me no choice:) To misquote:
"Which is exactly what's wrong with car education. That's not education at all, but training. I don't care you can drive to the 7-11. If you can't tell me how an intake manifold differs from an exhaust manifold, you haven't been educated about cars. Training only prepares you to do one thing... etc., etc., etc."
While it would be nice for everyone to be a mechanic, a doctor, a plumber, a software engineer and a dentist, it's just not practical or realistic.
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If you have a decent mover (never really know until you get your stuff back...) your stuff should be just fine if you pack it reasonably. A good mover will also pay attention to what you say is fragile and will treat it accordingly (you can also watch them stuff everything in the container to make sure).
Nevertheless, you always want a backup of your data going a different route. Create a backup and either FedEx it to the destination or take it with you.
I think the population explosion in poorer countries over the last 50 years pretty conclusively shows that to be false.
Instead of facilitating the addition of millions of babies into poverty, perhaps a much greater emphasis should be placed on preventing their conception.
Still bog standard exhausts on those engines. I'm not convinced till they can show a stealthy exhaust. It's a dead giveaway that the book is all cover, no content.
Because your vendors are Google or the Kremlin. I didn't create the choices.
I think I'd rather have my data go to Google rather than the Kremlin...
We need a /. poll about how many linux users switched to OS X.
That particular model would never be practical in India. It's too low to the ground and would get stuck everywhere. The roads in India are of questionable quality.
Yet, in actual combat Western planes have always prevailed.
I used CDE back in the day. It sucked.
Funny then that nobody build an iPhone-like smart phone until 2007.
How many violent deaths are depicted in the Batman movie for entertainment purposes?
There is something oddly ironic and contradictory about the response of shocked horror to this massacre. A massacre in the midst of a hyper violent movie where violent and gruesome death is an unremarkable prop that nobody gives a second thought.
You are either severely deluded or a troll.
Apple's market share in Australia was last measured at 84%
On your handheld of choice add a regional keyboard you are not familiar with. Say if you are American, use a French or German keyboard. If European vice versa.
Type an e-mail or note. Note how you have no problem finding the keys unlike on a full size keyboard where you keep having to searching for the right keys.
Apparently at the touch screen handheld size, the keyboard is small enough to fit in your entire field of vision so that the actual placement of the keys is not critical.
It is possible that a physical keyboard layout at that size is important but for touch screens it seems to be irrelevant.
Everyone ranting about how they can't get any work done on anything short of a PC should stop and think about the other 99%. Sales clerks at stores, office secretaries, medical personnel, doctors, mechanics, bank clerks, government clerks, police officers, middle management practically everywhere, etc. (e.g. most professionals).
They do not need PCs, they do not enter copious amounts of unique data, they do not need full size keyboards and tablets will eventually serve them better. There is no full replacement for the current PC yet but tablets will be better for 80% of the PC's current uses.
Only a screaming minority of us are programmers, CAD designers, VFX designers, etc. We will keep our PCs - everyone else doesn't need them.
That's right, 640KB RAM should be enough for everyone.
How does this relate to my question?
You are pointlessly belligerent and an AC to boot. I read the article and if this man can predict relative climate changes statistically(e.g. E(X days above 95 in 2020)=...) in 2041 he'd better be able to predict something similar for earlier years. If he can't.... well, then the mathematics are almost certainly against him. So I rather think you haven't the slightest idea of what you are commenting on.
Why not predict something verifiable* like say 2020? Or, given this astounding accuracy, 2014?
* verifiable during the career of the guy releasing this study. As it is now the results seem to be designed not to put the author's reputation on the line.
It's not chanting it but it has everyone beat on price.
It's incredible they even end there. I can't imagine a local councilmen getting re-elected after deciding that an incompetent cook's job is more important than children's nutrition.
Congrats on a relevant first post!
A lot of interesting things can come up when people are allowed to experiment freely. Better AI is a distinct possibility. Rockstar can just sit back and watch evolution take its course until something useful pops up - it can then learn something new or hire the developer. Win for everyone.
I agree with that.
I do not see why a tablet device can't serve that purpose. There may not be any applications that do that at the moment (I don't know) but there is no reason there can't be.
Again, none of this is relevant to an elementary school or to the original question.
But I'll bite. A computer is a tool and kids need to start somewhere to learn how to use it. At this level, giving them a linux shell will drive them away while giving them a fun machine might tempt them to delve deeper while still teaching them the basics of using a computer.
I've been trying to avoid the car analogy but you leave me no choice :) To misquote:
"Which is exactly what's wrong with car education. That's not education at all, but training. I don't care you can drive to the 7-11. If you can't tell me how an intake manifold differs from an exhaust manifold, you haven't been educated about cars. Training only prepares you to do one thing... etc., etc., etc."
While it would be nice for everyone to be a mechanic, a doctor, a plumber, a software engineer and a dentist, it's just not practical or realistic.
Out of curiosity, why?