So we can grow sweet potato like produce that will turn us into aggressive, violent, homophobic, psychopathic "protectors" one we grow past breeding age?
Chances are if you have to worry about that kind of static discharge from objects not connected the power grid or decently strong batteries in such a storm, you won't have to worry about it, or anything else for that matter, ever again.
You may not be eager, but for me, I am just sad that this '2 years for humans' probably means more like 10-15 for use on the large/public scale. I could really use this.
I'd second Reynolds. I was business trip, and stopped in a book store and picked up a copy of Galactic North... Been hooked ever since.
I'd add Bob Mayer as well. He's a bit faster paced then Reynolds, and very good at telling a story. He can take a seemingly boring premise and turn it into a good story, and with a good premise...
Actually, I would initially argue Google as well as MS, however aside from Hype, there is one thing, which at first glance can look like a bad thing, but can also be turned into a case of 'turning your weaknesses into your strengths'.
Apple has much less variety in product lines than Google or MS in terms of the small-form-factor mobile market (cell phones, int the case of Google, tablets), or MS in terms of the notebook/desktop market. One reason I wouldn't get a MacBook - I'd have to pay a premium for things I don't give a damn about, while still missing things that are important to me.
How does Apple turn this weakness into a strength? Several things, some good, some, IMO, underhanded. 1) More time for QA - since the products are tied together, and their is a smaller variance, Apple can spend more time on QA per product, while still spending a lot less money on QA. I wouldn't argue they are any more stable than a good MS or Google product, but they certainly are less quirky than all but the very best MS or Google alternatives, and they are more polished in most regards, than any of the competing products. 2) Marketing - Apple can get by the lack of options by convincing the market they want what Apple is selling, rather than selling what the market wants. Often promoting hackish/clunky workarounds as acceptable. The caveat, is these tend to also primarily affect smaller groups in the market. 3) Less confusion - users won't get option overload, which easily happens for a user not fairly well knowledgeable in a subject where there are many options.
It's not that they are clueless. I've seen some young kids (16-18 or so) able to rebuild computers, car engines, do almost any arbitrary house work, etc.
I'm 30, I'll rebuild computers, and wire a house. Aside from that, my manual skills are, admittedly, limited. The rest doesn't interest me, and I know people I can call for help to get the job done better than a handy man, and with less time than it would take me to do it myself - I'll learn a bit along the way as well, to help with doing the smaller repairs. And my friends get excellent cooking and/or money. Everyone wins. Some of them instead of taking food or money, get assistance from me in computer related stuff, tutoring their kids or themselves in a mathematical, computer or scientific subject, etc.
If you don't have the interest, and don't need to do it, there really isn't a good reason to worry about it beyond a modest familiarity. Could you live your lifestyle, having built everything you own, from the ground up? Probably not, you don't have the time. The point is to be good at at least a few things, and then know who to talk to, to get the rest done effectively, and if possible, know enough of the basics to shave off some diagnostic time.
I've had them on notebook computers in the past 10 years, and my first mobile phone, as well as all my recent non-cordless phones have had them - except it was a slider instead of a wheel.
Don't care about it on desk phones, but for mobile phones and computers, it's nice when you go some place, need to turn the device on, but need it to be quiet (but, for example, didn't realize you would need this last time you shut down/hibernated the machine)
I find the move to everything-touch-screen to be stupid. The slight out keyboard, especially on a smaller phone, is nice. No killed screen space for the keyboard.
And there are plenty of small phones.
I just wish they had a smart phone (or laptop for that matter), where you could adjust the volume while it was off, like with those old volume sliders/rollers/dials.
I don't know, I like 3-4" phones. You can do quite a bit more with the screen real estate, ESPECIALLY if it has an on-screen keyboard. However, I'd be even more happy if the phones were twice as thick, and 3-4 times as heavy, if the space/weight were effectively spent on improving battery life and recepetion.
Not just that, but for rubber-hose methods - have your victim go through the login a couple times, if you can access a remote login - record. Or even over the shoulder recording of a couple logins (well placed security cam) to get the desired sequence?
Seems like this has quite a few flaws.
As for the music lyrics, add quotes from movies/books and poems, and you have an even nicer space to go through. Especially if you can think of (to you) sensible and regular mutilations of the words.
Actually, unless at least a little occurs, there tends to be telomerase shortening and some epigenetic issues - if anything the cloned horse should be less healthy/sturdy than the original. I'm guessing they've made strides to fix this issue. Still, having a cloned horse, to me, says that your groups ability to breed horses is not being tested - so really, everyone should have a cloned horse, all from the same source. Otherwise, if breeding ability is being tested, nobody should have a cloned horse.
It seems to me, that by making all the horses a clone of the same original horse (i.e. no clones-of-clones), then the variables will be reduced to the ability of the individual to play, as well as raise/train the horses - more in line with the Olympics, I think, than breeding abilities.
Then again, if they want it to be a test of horse breeding too, then cloning shouldn't be allowed. I guess, what I'm getting at, all competing horses should be cloned from the same original horse (no clones of clones), OR no clones should be allowed.
Selling the sizzle usually indicates that the product isn't really significantly better - you just generate hype about it. So, I'd agree with that part of your statement.
As far as comparing types of steak - it's more like a 6oz bacon wrapped fillet from Apple for $60, while the high end competition offers 5-7 ounce fillets for $40-$50, just usually with marginally less bacon. If you really like bacon, then the Apple might be fore you - but otherwise, it's probably not worth the hype (sizzle).
OK. I've never owned an iPhone (I tend to like WiMo7 or Android a lot better), but iPhones tend to have upper end hardware - not the best out, but typically the phone with better hardware are rarely more than a couple months older than the iPhones - for when they are released, the iPhones do then to have upper end, though not quite bleeding-edge hardware.
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So we can grow sweet potato like produce that will turn us into aggressive, violent, homophobic, psychopathic "protectors" one we grow past breeding age?
The question is moot. It's a fusion reactor. There will be unification when it's running!
[disclaimer: it isn't a fusion reactor, this was just a bad joke]
Chances are if you have to worry about that kind of static discharge from objects not connected the power grid or decently strong batteries in such a storm, you won't have to worry about it, or anything else for that matter, ever again.
Flush him! Before he thinks it's a chair!
You may not be eager, but for me, I am just sad that this '2 years for humans' probably means more like 10-15 for use on the large/public scale. I could really use this.
I'd second Reynolds. I was business trip, and stopped in a book store and picked up a copy of Galactic North... Been hooked ever since.
I'd add Bob Mayer as well. He's a bit faster paced then Reynolds, and very good at telling a story. He can take a seemingly boring premise and turn it into a good story, and with a good premise...
Or in this case, hypowned.
Actually, I would initially argue Google as well as MS, however aside from Hype, there is one thing, which at first glance can look like a bad thing, but can also be turned into a case of 'turning your weaknesses into your strengths'.
Apple has much less variety in product lines than Google or MS in terms of the small-form-factor mobile market (cell phones, int the case of Google, tablets), or MS in terms of the notebook/desktop market. One reason I wouldn't get a MacBook - I'd have to pay a premium for things I don't give a damn about, while still missing things that are important to me.
How does Apple turn this weakness into a strength? Several things, some good, some, IMO, underhanded.
1) More time for QA - since the products are tied together, and their is a smaller variance, Apple can spend more time on QA per product, while still spending a lot less money on QA. I wouldn't argue they are any more stable than a good MS or Google product, but they certainly are less quirky than all but the very best MS or Google alternatives, and they are more polished in most regards, than any of the competing products.
2) Marketing - Apple can get by the lack of options by convincing the market they want what Apple is selling, rather than selling what the market wants. Often promoting hackish/clunky workarounds as acceptable. The caveat, is these tend to also primarily affect smaller groups in the market.
3) Less confusion - users won't get option overload, which easily happens for a user not fairly well knowledgeable in a subject where there are many options.
It's not that they are clueless. I've seen some young kids (16-18 or so) able to rebuild computers, car engines, do almost any arbitrary house work, etc.
I'm 30, I'll rebuild computers, and wire a house. Aside from that, my manual skills are, admittedly, limited. The rest doesn't interest me, and I know people I can call for help to get the job done better than a handy man, and with less time than it would take me to do it myself - I'll learn a bit along the way as well, to help with doing the smaller repairs. And my friends get excellent cooking and/or money. Everyone wins. Some of them instead of taking food or money, get assistance from me in computer related stuff, tutoring their kids or themselves in a mathematical, computer or scientific subject, etc.
If you don't have the interest, and don't need to do it, there really isn't a good reason to worry about it beyond a modest familiarity. Could you live your lifestyle, having built everything you own, from the ground up? Probably not, you don't have the time. The point is to be good at at least a few things, and then know who to talk to, to get the rest done effectively, and if possible, know enough of the basics to shave off some diagnostic time.
This all seems familiar, but $5000 doesn't seem dirt cheap...
I've had them on notebook computers in the past 10 years, and my first mobile phone, as well as all my recent non-cordless phones have had them - except it was a slider instead of a wheel.
Don't care about it on desk phones, but for mobile phones and computers, it's nice when you go some place, need to turn the device on, but need it to be quiet (but, for example, didn't realize you would need this last time you shut down/hibernated the machine)
Not just the screen being off, the POWER being off .
I find the move to everything-touch-screen to be stupid. The slight out keyboard, especially on a smaller phone, is nice. No killed screen space for the keyboard.
And there are plenty of small phones.
I just wish they had a smart phone (or laptop for that matter), where you could adjust the volume while it was off, like with those old volume sliders/rollers/dials.
I don't know, I like 3-4" phones. You can do quite a bit more with the screen real estate, ESPECIALLY if it has an on-screen keyboard. However, I'd be even more happy if the phones were twice as thick, and 3-4 times as heavy, if the space/weight were effectively spent on improving battery life and recepetion.
Not just that, but for rubber-hose methods - have your victim go through the login a couple times, if you can access a remote login - record. Or even over the shoulder recording of a couple logins (well placed security cam) to get the desired sequence?
Seems like this has quite a few flaws.
As for the music lyrics, add quotes from movies/books and poems, and you have an even nicer space to go through. Especially if you can think of (to you) sensible and regular mutilations of the words.
:-(
So I have to delete my music player on Android to please vegetarians and PETA?
But they are Linux Kernel developers, it is the only place they'll see big boobs without paying for it. Now they are being deprived.
3rd option - storage that also acts as insulation.
yes, seamstresses, hem-hem...
Except the jockeys are the human factor - what the race is about. The horses are just a tool for the competitors.
Actually, unless at least a little occurs, there tends to be telomerase shortening and some epigenetic issues - if anything the cloned horse should be less healthy/sturdy than the original. I'm guessing they've made strides to fix this issue. Still, having a cloned horse, to me, says that your groups ability to breed horses is not being tested - so really, everyone should have a cloned horse, all from the same source. Otherwise, if breeding ability is being tested, nobody should have a cloned horse.
It seems to me, that by making all the horses a clone of the same original horse (i.e. no clones-of-clones), then the variables will be reduced to the ability of the individual to play, as well as raise/train the horses - more in line with the Olympics, I think, than breeding abilities.
Then again, if they want it to be a test of horse breeding too, then cloning shouldn't be allowed. I guess, what I'm getting at, all competing horses should be cloned from the same original horse (no clones of clones), OR no clones should be allowed.
Selling the sizzle usually indicates that the product isn't really significantly better - you just generate hype about it. So, I'd agree with that part of your statement.
As far as comparing types of steak - it's more like a 6oz bacon wrapped fillet from Apple for $60, while the high end competition offers 5-7 ounce fillets for $40-$50, just usually with marginally less bacon. If you really like bacon, then the Apple might be fore you - but otherwise, it's probably not worth the hype (sizzle).
OK. I've never owned an iPhone (I tend to like WiMo7 or Android a lot better), but iPhones tend to have upper end hardware - not the best out, but typically the phone with better hardware are rarely more than a couple months older than the iPhones - for when they are released, the iPhones do then to have upper end, though not quite bleeding-edge hardware.
Depending on the size of the library, it can still require enough extra work to not be worth the effort.
I've seen (I believe g++?) still mangle the function names in the final library output...