It's small, light and silent, and it even comes with a decent remote and HDMI cable. I paid under AUD150 for mine, and I swear by it. You can install a hard drive if you like, or attach USB dries, but I just go straight off the network (ethernet). It does also have wireless, but I don't recommend it.
Just to open them; the fetching was a side-benefit. Unfortunately, the last company that made the old-fashioned cans Gallegher favoured stopped production shortly thereafter.
Suppose you decide at some time in the future that you'd like to take a few courses? What special arrangements will the examiners have to make to keep you from cheating? Flay you?
The timing is exquisite. I've just been looking for a decent 17" laptop with similar resolution to my present Dell XPS M1710. I can't find 1200p for love or money, and it's hard even to find a 1080p display. WTF? I'm a developer, so I need screen real estate. And I don't want to have to sit at a desk all the damn time when I'm working at home. SHOW ME THE PIXELS!
While I agree that Java is a little over-engineered for some purposes, I'm frankly getting a wee bit tired of all these weakly-typed languages that people are using for Web development. I'll take C# or Java any time rather than all this duck-typing crud. You can take Ruby, Python, PHP and all their ilk and stick them where the sun don't shine. People tend to excuse using these scripting toys by saying "it's only a little website", but these things tend to grow and, growing, to become unmanageable messes. You might be able to get things done, but there are a lot of risks in that approach. I'll take a more rigorous approach any day, and I speak as one who has spent decades working with ill-disciplined languages.
You've got my vote. For that matter, a pure mathematician isn't likely to be happy hacking code. Take somebody who has done well in maths to a given level, and that person probably has the logical skills that a programmer needs. Among other important factors, of course. A wizard coder who can't communicate, or who won't follow instructions, or who can't organise his/her time, or who smells because s/he doesn't wash, or... well, you get the drift. A talent for maths is part of what makes a good programmer, but by no means is it the only part, or even the most important part.
Seriously, there are just so many more fraud opportunities dues to sheer bloody laziness on the part of the banks and their customers. Identity theft? Couldn't happen so readily if the banks would only make you come in there with your driver's license or passport before they go issuing credit cards. The same goes for government institutions. This idea sounds like it'd make it easy to copy a cheque, Photoshop it and bank it. You wouldn't even need to steal it. Just snap a quick shot with your iPhone and then slip it back. Just make sure you get it in before the owner and you're done.
You've got my vote. I can't think of a single good reason why you can't do this using a file on disk rather than an actual disk. Seriously, if the OP wants an answer to such an obscure questions, shouldn't he tell us why he thinks he needs to do this?
It's actually not that hard to get a new Australian passport issued, especially if you have as good a reason as these people. It's not even slightly analogous to the American SSN. The big problem here is that the relevant authorities simply didn't think to cancel and re-issue before publishing the details to the world.
Instead of robbing them, go to where they are right now and give 'em a good, hard slap. Oh, OK. You can rob them first. But they won't learn anything either way.
What if you're a 53YO programmer who doesn't want to be an architect or designer. (Hint: That would be me) I don't mind doing some design work, requirements gathering, and what-not. But the code speaks to me, and I can't ignore its siren song.
Java has the advantage of running in sandbox, and security is serious issue for something as connected and pervasive as a smartphone. I also means that Google only need to provide a single API, hence fast turnaround of new releases.
And it must be said that coding in Java beats the hell out of writing Objective C on a Mac, which is the only supported environment for the iPhone.
My point is that anybody who has access to the white pages data can find out where you live from your 'phone number. It's a simple matter of indexing the data by 'phone number, which the Sensis service does not permit for privacy reasons.
To be honest, I'd prefer that the phone book was not up for grabs. What happens is that people will take it and index it and then you get debt collectors and private investigators calling you and asking and asking questions about your neighbours. Illegal? Yes, but it happens. And anybody who knows your phone number can find out where you live. A win for common sense? Maybe, but also a loss for privacy. And the suckers actually charge you extra not to list your number. Can't we have just a little bit of privacy? Sheesh!
Bingo. But I'd rather go back than buy into all the Singularity/Nanotech stuff we're seeing these days. Showing my age, I guess. Give me some good old Zelazny - Lord of Light and This Immortal. Ender's Game (but not the sequelae). The Stars My Destination. And yes, Miles is fertile ground, and very popular; I'd love a movie of A Civil Campaign. And please, don't try to bring everything into the present/future. I'd love to see some old Heinlein stories set in their original backgrounds. No compromises.
While I loathe them with a passion, I feel I should point out that money going to Nigerian scammers is "freely given" as well. The difference being that it's given in the anticipation of wildly unrealistic, usually illicit profits. Stupid, greedy people trying to profit from the misfortunes of others, but who instead end up contributing to the profits of slightly less stupid, arguably even greedier people. It's hard to see the moral high ground here.
Interesting. I don't believe that advertising is allowed for prescription drugs here in Australia, except inside actual pharmacies, and antibiotics are pharmacy-only medications. Nevertheless, antibiotic use is still high, and staph is a major problem in our hospitals. I think that it's still a case of patient expectations, even absent the advertising pressures.
All of that and more. The Java APIs are so deeply mired in complex, circular design patterns that it can be a Sisyphean task just to find your way around. Compare XML handling in.Net to the mess that is the Java equivalent. And even that mess didn't actually become remotely useable until 1.5.
Or look at the Swing libraries as compared to the.Net visual class library. Try doing something useful with a JTable. Feel that pain? I know it well.
Other things? Web services are just so easy to write in.Net. And the.Net web controls are so easy to use, though far from perfect - they sometimes feel like a beta product, but better than anything provided by Sun.
I'm a long-time Java programmer, but C# has been winning me over for some time now. Now, I'll only develop in Java if I really, really want non-windows platform support.
Bingo. But remember what happened to most of the other clients of that particular insurance company/cryo facility? Even the protagonist was lucky to get out with his life.
I'm also thinking of Niven's World out of Time. Odds were even longer.
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It's small, light and silent, and it even comes with a decent remote and HDMI cable. I paid under AUD150 for mine, and I swear by it.
You can install a hard drive if you like, or attach USB dries, but I just go straight off the network (ethernet). It does also have wireless, but I don't recommend it.
I understand the A C Ryan Playon! might be even better...
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Just to open them; the fetching was a side-benefit. Unfortunately, the last company that made the old-fashioned cans Gallegher favoured stopped production shortly thereafter.
Suppose you decide at some time in the future that you'd like to take a few courses? What special arrangements will the examiners have to make to keep you from cheating? Flay you?
Welcome our new, blue-screened robot overlords.
Nope. No way have Microsoft ever applied common sense. You'll never make money from that patent.
The timing is exquisite. I've just been looking for a decent 17" laptop with similar resolution to my present Dell XPS M1710. I can't find 1200p for love or money, and it's hard even to find a 1080p display. WTF?
I'm a developer, so I need screen real estate. And I don't want to have to sit at a desk all the damn time when I'm working at home. SHOW ME THE PIXELS!
While I agree that Java is a little over-engineered for some purposes, I'm frankly getting a wee bit tired of all these weakly-typed languages that people are using for Web development. I'll take C# or Java any time rather than all this duck-typing crud. You can take Ruby, Python, PHP and all their ilk and stick them where the sun don't shine.
People tend to excuse using these scripting toys by saying "it's only a little website", but these things tend to grow and, growing, to become unmanageable messes. You might be able to get things done, but there are a lot of risks in that approach. I'll take a more rigorous approach any day, and I speak as one who has spent decades working with ill-disciplined languages.
You've got my vote. For that matter, a pure mathematician isn't likely to be happy hacking code. Take somebody who has done well in maths to a given level, and that person probably has the logical skills that a programmer needs. Among other important factors, of course. A wizard coder who can't communicate, or who won't follow instructions, or who can't organise his/her time, or who smells because s/he doesn't wash, or... well, you get the drift.
A talent for maths is part of what makes a good programmer, but by no means is it the only part, or even the most important part.
Seriously, there are just so many more fraud opportunities dues to sheer bloody laziness on the part of the banks and their customers. Identity theft? Couldn't happen so readily if the banks would only make you come in there with your driver's license or passport before they go issuing credit cards. The same goes for government institutions.
This idea sounds like it'd make it easy to copy a cheque, Photoshop it and bank it. You wouldn't even need to steal it. Just snap a quick shot with your iPhone and then slip it back. Just make sure you get it in before the owner and you're done.
You've got my vote. I can't think of a single good reason why you can't do this using a file on disk rather than an actual disk.
Seriously, if the OP wants an answer to such an obscure questions, shouldn't he tell us why he thinks he needs to do this?
It's actually not that hard to get a new Australian passport issued, especially if you have as good a reason as these people. It's not even slightly analogous to the American SSN.
The big problem here is that the relevant authorities simply didn't think to cancel and re-issue before publishing the details to the world.
Instead of robbing them, go to where they are right now and give 'em a good, hard slap.
Oh, OK. You can rob them first. But they won't learn anything either way.
What if you're a 53YO programmer who doesn't want to be an architect or designer. (Hint: That would be me)
I don't mind doing some design work, requirements gathering, and what-not. But the code speaks to me, and I can't ignore its siren song.
Java has the advantage of running in sandbox, and security is serious issue for something as connected and pervasive as a smartphone. I also means that Google only need to provide a single API, hence fast turnaround of new releases.
And it must be said that coding in Java beats the hell out of writing Objective C on a Mac, which is the only supported environment for the iPhone.
And don't forget the frikkin' lasers this time, dammit!
My point is that anybody who has access to the white pages data can find out where you live from your 'phone number. It's a simple matter of indexing the data by 'phone number, which the Sensis service does not permit for privacy reasons.
To be honest, I'd prefer that the phone book was not up for grabs. What happens is that people will take it and index it and then you get debt collectors and private investigators calling you and asking and asking questions about your neighbours. Illegal? Yes, but it happens. And anybody who knows your phone number can find out where you live. A win for common sense? Maybe, but also a loss for privacy.
And the suckers actually charge you extra not to list your number. Can't we have just a little bit of privacy? Sheesh!
Bingo. But I'd rather go back than buy into all the Singularity/Nanotech stuff we're seeing these days. Showing my age, I guess.
Give me some good old Zelazny - Lord of Light and This Immortal. Ender's Game (but not the sequelae). The Stars My Destination. And yes, Miles is fertile ground, and very popular; I'd love a movie of A Civil Campaign.
And please, don't try to bring everything into the present/future. I'd love to see some old Heinlein stories set in their original backgrounds. No compromises.
...a "first post" post.
While I loathe them with a passion, I feel I should point out that money going to Nigerian scammers is "freely given" as well. The difference being that it's given in the anticipation of wildly unrealistic, usually illicit profits. Stupid, greedy people trying to profit from the misfortunes of others, but who instead end up contributing to the profits of slightly less stupid, arguably even greedier people.
It's hard to see the moral high ground here.
Interesting. I don't believe that advertising is allowed for prescription drugs here in Australia, except inside actual pharmacies, and antibiotics are pharmacy-only medications. Nevertheless, antibiotic use is still high, and staph is a major problem in our hospitals.
I think that it's still a case of patient expectations, even absent the advertising pressures.
Film at eleven.
All of that and more. The Java APIs are so deeply mired in complex, circular design patterns that it can be a Sisyphean task just to find your way around. Compare XML handling in .Net to the mess that is the Java equivalent. And even that mess didn't actually become remotely useable until 1.5.
Or look at the Swing libraries as compared to the .Net visual class library. Try doing something useful with a JTable. Feel that pain? I know it well.
Other things? Web services are just so easy to write in .Net. And the .Net web controls are so easy to use, though far from perfect - they sometimes feel like a beta product, but better than anything provided by Sun.
I'm a long-time Java programmer, but C# has been winning me over for some time now. Now, I'll only develop in Java if I really, really want non-windows platform support.
Nope, sorry. I don't think there are any. It's just kids all the way down.
Bingo. But remember what happened to most of the other clients of that particular insurance company/cryo facility? Even the protagonist was lucky to get out with his life.
I'm also thinking of Niven's World out of Time. Odds were even longer.