[I used to work in the jewelry industry.] It largely depends on what you consider 'jewelry grade'. I used to have a nice little quote from whoever the head of Kay Jewelers was at the time saying that he was stuck with a bad investment of diamonds once. The industrial side didn't want them, since you could get higher quality at a lower price, and they weren't nearly good enough to be gem-grade. So... he made a discount line out of them, which took off. Real diamonds, quality that was frankly absolutely crap, but the public snapped them up.
Hmm. I actually like the look of the Surface far more than that of the Nexus 7 and, if it actually comes in at 200$, with the keyboard-cover, that's quite the deal! Thanks for the heads-up about how low the pricing might dip on that.
Try looking up 4 Chords, by The Axis of Awesome. They go through quite a few songs that all use Pachelbel's Canon. Would post a link, but my mobile sucks with that...
If the complaint about how "rise of run isn't a formal definition of slope" is indicative of the kinds of errors in his lectures, then I'd say Khan is right that the naysayers are just being picky.
I agree.
Hell, I've picked up my bachelor's a few years ago and it wasn't until a few weeks ago, reading *manga* that I actually learned just why 1 isn't a prime number. And that was with having hit that question in middle/high school before. The answer that comes back is usually just 'That's how it is.' or something like that.
"The game is 'pronounced' as "Naaviah Draap" (without the t). People pronounce dratp many ways: rhymes with 1- tap, rap, map. 2- top, mop, pop. 3 tape, gape, grape. BUT if you want to pronounce it as the Japanese which sounds much cooler, try this: Navuia Dorappu (Nah-vwee-ah Doe-rah-poo) or just from the official instructions: (nah-vee-ah drap)"...Yeah, I'll go back to playing chess. O_o
Operating under the assumption of 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year [vacation time, right?], that's 2000 hours a year, or 50$/hr.
That's 10 months at 10 cents an hour to equal that rate, plus you'll need to make back the amount you "lost" over the next month or so, so say it's 11 months to break even, at which point your earnings surpass the salary and really start taking off.
The main problem I see with the latter is that it pretty much guarantees you won't be working there for much more than a year, and certainly not after two. (800k an hour?) Having said that, if you can manage to stay in for at least a year and a half at 40 hours a week, you're probably set for the rest of your life. I'd also like a comparison of benefits and legal concerns-- some places have different regulations and tax requirements for salaried and hourly employees, and that could potentially make a big difference.
Between a WP7 phone, a WebOS tablet and an Android tablet, the interface for Android places last for me.
The tile system works out quite well, assuming you only have a few apps you use on a regular basis. (I use 16 rows, with 8 rows visible at once, so it's pretty much a top/bottom deal. As it is, one is redundant [camera, when I have a perfectly servicable camera button on the side], two are currently empty since I erased the associated programs and two more are programs I'm developing, so it's really more only 12 rows in use.) The regular polling for updates is also a nice bonus, though I believe you're limited to an update every 30 minutes at most, so if you're trying to monitor multiple things at once from the base screen, that may not work out so well.
I definitely agree with the application menu-- I have about four times the screen height in entries, and the search function is frankly useless. Collapsible folders to organize things would make plenty of sense and also get rid of clutter.
I've got my computer booted before. Then I got hauled into the security office about ten minutes later when I realized that they rushed me out of there so fast that I never got the power cable for my laptop back, and they didn't believe me since the room they checked it in was supposedly out of use.
Scribblenauts was originally for the DS, but that's largely irrelevant; there's Avadon: The Black Fortress which is sort of retro-RPGish that was available in the Humble Android Bundle 2 for however much you wanted to pay. Mobility on that one is questionable, since I believe it requires a minimum resolution beyond most phones, but I regularly carry around and use a tablet, so it works for me. Interface is pretty much the same as its computer original, with your finger replacing a mouse.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with appropriate [subjective, I know] advertising in games. A quick glance at real life baseball shows ads plastered all over the place. Ads in baseball games, as long as it's in a similar manner, is perfectly fine. Extra points if they blend in well as a parody. Nuka-Cola? Who didn't see that as a direct analogue to Coca-Cola?
I actually kind of like the typeface used in the new Windows stuff. While I think it's being overused and the capitalization (or lackthereof) bugs me, it isn't inherently horrible. *coughComicSans*
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It's cameras all the way down?
Okay, now those guys are just plain creepy and surreal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lego-minifigs-old.jpg
Lies: http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/because-every-country-is-the-best-at-something/
Not if the lottery only has ten possible results. More or less than that? Yep!
While I don't pinch my laptop or desktops, I do certainly zoom in and out of things depending on how much visibility I need for a given page...
[I used to work in the jewelry industry.] It largely depends on what you consider 'jewelry grade'. I used to have a nice little quote from whoever the head of Kay Jewelers was at the time saying that he was stuck with a bad investment of diamonds once. The industrial side didn't want them, since you could get higher quality at a lower price, and they weren't nearly good enough to be gem-grade. So... he made a discount line out of them, which took off. Real diamonds, quality that was frankly absolutely crap, but the public snapped them up.
Hmm. I actually like the look of the Surface far more than that of the Nexus 7 and, if it actually comes in at 200$, with the keyboard-cover, that's quite the deal! Thanks for the heads-up about how low the pricing might dip on that.
No. I forgot I had ceramic knives in a bag of cookies in my laptop bag when brought it on an international flight to Taiwan a few months back.
Try looking up 4 Chords, by The Axis of Awesome. They go through quite a few songs that all use Pachelbel's Canon. Would post a link, but my mobile sucks with that...
As may be simulated planetside by strapping a piece of buttered toast to the back of a cat...
Not a fan of martinis then?
If the complaint about how "rise of run isn't a formal definition of slope" is indicative of the kinds of errors in his lectures, then I'd say Khan is right that the naysayers are just being picky.
I agree.
Hell, I've picked up my bachelor's a few years ago and it wasn't until a few weeks ago, reading *manga* that I actually learned just why 1 isn't a prime number. And that was with having hit that question in middle/high school before. The answer that comes back is usually just 'That's how it is.' or something like that.
"The game is 'pronounced' as "Naaviah Draap" (without the t). People pronounce dratp many ways: rhymes with 1- tap, rap, map. 2- top, mop, pop. 3 tape, gape, grape. BUT if you want to pronounce it as the Japanese which sounds much cooler, try this: Navuia Dorappu (Nah-vwee-ah Doe-rah-poo) or just from the official instructions: (nah-vee-ah drap)" ...Yeah, I'll go back to playing chess. O_o
Operating under the assumption of 40 hours a week, 50 weeks a year [vacation time, right?], that's 2000 hours a year, or 50$/hr.
That's 10 months at 10 cents an hour to equal that rate, plus you'll need to make back the amount you "lost" over the next month or so, so say it's 11 months to break even, at which point your earnings surpass the salary and really start taking off.
The main problem I see with the latter is that it pretty much guarantees you won't be working there for much more than a year, and certainly not after two. (800k an hour?) Having said that, if you can manage to stay in for at least a year and a half at 40 hours a week, you're probably set for the rest of your life. I'd also like a comparison of benefits and legal concerns-- some places have different regulations and tax requirements for salaried and hourly employees, and that could potentially make a big difference.
Between a WP7 phone, a WebOS tablet and an Android tablet, the interface for Android places last for me.
The tile system works out quite well, assuming you only have a few apps you use on a regular basis. (I use 16 rows, with 8 rows visible at once, so it's pretty much a top/bottom deal. As it is, one is redundant [camera, when I have a perfectly servicable camera button on the side], two are currently empty since I erased the associated programs and two more are programs I'm developing, so it's really more only 12 rows in use.) The regular polling for updates is also a nice bonus, though I believe you're limited to an update every 30 minutes at most, so if you're trying to monitor multiple things at once from the base screen, that may not work out so well.
I definitely agree with the application menu-- I have about four times the screen height in entries, and the search function is frankly useless. Collapsible folders to organize things would make plenty of sense and also get rid of clutter.
Yes for traps: "We're the Southland Skeet Shooting/Golf club. Which division would you prefer?"
Golf: Long walks punctuated by hitting things with a stick.
What's not to love?
The last oracle I spoke to said: "For a good time engrave `Elbereth'."
So, in either case, we're still getting wiped out. Good to know!
Hmm. I was going to weaponize it in a much more mundane fashion: Balance it on a windowsill.
I've got my computer booted before. Then I got hauled into the security office about ten minutes later when I realized that they rushed me out of there so fast that I never got the power cable for my laptop back, and they didn't believe me since the room they checked it in was supposedly out of use.
Scribblenauts was originally for the DS, but that's largely irrelevant; there's Avadon: The Black Fortress which is sort of retro-RPGish that was available in the Humble Android Bundle 2 for however much you wanted to pay. Mobility on that one is questionable, since I believe it requires a minimum resolution beyond most phones, but I regularly carry around and use a tablet, so it works for me. Interface is pretty much the same as its computer original, with your finger replacing a mouse.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with appropriate [subjective, I know] advertising in games. A quick glance at real life baseball shows ads plastered all over the place. Ads in baseball games, as long as it's in a similar manner, is perfectly fine. Extra points if they blend in well as a parody. Nuka-Cola? Who didn't see that as a direct analogue to Coca-Cola?
Not if there're male and female hunters in the group...
I actually kind of like the typeface used in the new Windows stuff. While I think it's being overused and the capitalization (or lackthereof) bugs me, it isn't inherently horrible. *coughComicSans*