I must be weird. I have 2x 1920x1200 resoluton monitors at home, and feel worthlessly cramped at work with a 1440x900 and 1280x800 (laptop) setup at work.
But then again I do have 20/10 vision, so that may help. I remember about 10 years ago when I had a 19" 1600x1200 monitor. And it died about 4 years ago, and took me about 2 years after that to replace it for something with similar resolution.
AND WHY THE FUCK DON'T LAPTOPS COME WITH BETTER RESOLUTION?
Oh and the Zune is a much better MEDIA PLAYER, than the iPod. Sound is better, bundled headphones are not CRAPTASTISTIC, and the controls are better (no you can't tell me that wheel is something special, it is a up/down arrow combo). I personally HATE iTunes (and well the Zune software isn't that much better) and I don't buy music online (paying for a lossy encoding of a song, fuck that). Granted all the Zune does is play media, no externall HDD WTF!
And no the iTouch, and iPhone are not media players. They are internet tablets, and phones.
Yeah like the time I went into the Apple store to buy a $80 power cord. Because the piece of shit cord about the size of a headphone cord broke. I didn't have time to fix the cord, or order one online because I was going on a trip early the next morning. I got blown off by 3 individual people, before tracking down a manager, by walking into the back (ok so I took a step in and looked around), before I could get raped up the as purchasing it. All the other people cared about were selling iPhones, and PowerBooks. And my girlfriend (the Apple owener) was so put off by the expierence she is buying a PC next. The cost, and maintenance cost of her Apple is also a significant factor. But I can buy some standard AC adapter and plug in my PC.
I hate blanket statements like apple staff are helpful MSFT ones CAN"T BE. They don't push for quality, you cant charge 2k+ for a slow C2D, you have to sell the faster ones. AAPL is all about Form OVER Function.
And don't get me started about pushing Vista. Apple people are way more fanatical about Snow Leapord or Domestic House Cat, or what ever feline OS is coming out next. Vista IS NOT BAD (after SP1, and it was more annoying, extreemly annoying, before SP1 than outright bad) IF you have the hardware. XP is OLD, it is time to move on. And this forced upgrading argument is lost when you are comparing to AAPL.
Now I am not saying all AAPL store emploies are bad. But you can't say they are all good. And how is MSFT poaching the 'good' ones going to all of the sudden make them bad?
I have used AAPL, MSFT, and Linux boxes. They all have their niceities. But if you are half-way savy they all do the same stuff. Except games.
I had a TI-83 in high school. I wrote tons of programs (although they all just used TI Basic) to do various math functions. I also made a "Memory Cleared" program. I hated clearing all my programs ever 3 weeks when a test came around.
I didn't use pre-made programs during my tests, I did make programs during the tests to do repeat processes. But I got to keep my Drug Wars and Indycar racer games, along with all my other math programs after the test.
I find that ReCapcha is MUCH easier than standard ones to decipher. I mean I have 10s of years deciphering text on the curve of a book, with cheap printing. Versus the made hard to read on purpose ones.
But a few of the ReCapchas are just miss printed and would require someone to read the sentance to figure out what sholud go there.
Well for starters I really don't see how Spore would teach anything. It is a sort of mindless game.
That being said Civilization is NOT a mindless game. There is no overt math, or whatnot. But there is a good bit of history in the Civilopedia. And to play the game at a somewhat difficult level requires massive amounts of 'rough' easy mental addition. In combat you have to calculate defensive bonuses. In laying out city 'carpet' you need spacial recognition, not to mention planning. Moving units properly requires decent pathing calculations (if you don't use goto, which messes up a lot anyway). Not to mention the good planning skills that such a long turn based strategy game can help devolp.
Now I could have played Civ all day long in 6th grade. But I think (my neighbors included) didn't get the drive. I think some people being forced to play Civ will be just as hard and painful as regular school.
Also Civ is a game. And you can straight up game it. There are ways to bypass all that and just mindlessly build units and take over (assuming low difficulty). Having goto and auto functions would also prevent a lot of the calculations needed. I personally think a Geogrophy/History class in 6th grade could use Civ as a base. Talking deeply into city management could provide prediction skills, and reenforce basic math skills. I don't think 6th graders are up to probability and stats but battles in Civ are all about these two subjects.
Basically at 6th grade some basic math, with writing, reading, and basic problem solving, using Civ as a base would probably work. I would probably want to tweak the game a bit. And honestly basic problem solving is probably more valuable to a 6th grader than most of the stuff I learned. Math and Reading probably would win out, but after that...
Well actually meaning smooth on the inside such that when flow is present there are no voids or stagnant areas present. And that it can drain down given the oppurtunity. That and made of materials that wont leach nasty stuff into the water.
The problem isn't showers, but rather stagnant water alowing stuff to grow.
Which tells me that the shower head people should design a sanitary head. Outside you should clean, inside shouldn't have places that have stagnant water and harbor growth. The water is chlorinated so if you run it everyday you should be good.
Mod parent up. I hate the blind 'best in the world' shit.
If you add up all the people that can't get heathcare, or have heathcare that doesn't treat what they get as Zero I am sure we would be far below most industrialized nations. Even if you only count the people that get treatement I bet we don't come out on top. Not to mention that per capitia (including all the people with NO coverage) we spend almost double the next country in heathcare costs.
If the US government gave me heathcare, my company would have to spend over $600 less a month on my health insurance, which could be paid to me.
No Apple does not have a interest in you being able to tether. They get a cut of your $40 a month tethering plan. That is why this is disabled for ALL CARRIERS that are not APPLE partners. You can't do it unless they get a cut. Even if you have an unlocked phone, you CAN'T tether on a non Apple partner network.
In the US no network (to my knowledge) allows 'free' tethering from devices, that costs extra. So your 'as long as your carries supports it' still sort of works, but if T-Mobile decided to start supporting tethering tomorrow your iPhone WILL NOT be able to do it.
But I still have my free tethering, so no big deal.
I wish I had mod points. This is the type of thing that future web pages can NOT do. Because you can't assume that Google won't go after you. At least Microsoft puts out Covenents Not to Sue, when they patent crap.
I hate this, just because a company is publicly traded does NOT mean it's only obligation is to make profit for the shareholders. In fact there is no real obligation to do so.
Granted that is not the current state in the US. But is what causes Enron like colapsese.
All companies have documents that state what their existance is. And really it is normally to make money, which is fine. But the company makes money for ITSELF, by being a stockholder, and therefore part owner you will also benifit.
A company only has to do well for itself. Stockholders benifit if this happens. This is the way it sohuld work. Becides companies have very little control over their stock price. They can however control dividends.
Except the three stripes were origionally a technical part of football boots. The helped stiffen the sides around the arch of the football. Because all of his shoes had this feature, it was then addopted as the Trademark and logo of the brand. Copa Mundials still have this feature.
No not even that. You personally would be able to make duck sounds on a competitors amphibous vehicle tour ride. The competitors company would not be allowed to promote the use of duck sounds on its own rides. This is an almost perfect example of what Trademarks are for. The competitor is attempting to decieve customers into thinking they are the same as the origional tour group.
I understand this, but wouldn't it be better to charge when filing the papers? I mean court==expensive, what about adding a few cents a page to file the work, so getting it later is free.
Yeah but as a repeat purchaser of unlocked mobile phones it doesn't pay off. You typically are told you have to sign a contract anyway (you have to call up corporate to get that fixed) and you still pay the inflated prices subsudizing your non-existant phone.
Damn my internet addiction or I would still have a prepaid (in cash, of course) account, and my unlocked phone. But I have succumbed to having internet on my phone, and add on the fact that I get calls from work, that would suck to expense every week.
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I must be weird. I have 2x 1920x1200 resoluton monitors at home, and feel worthlessly cramped at work with a 1440x900 and 1280x800 (laptop) setup at work.
But then again I do have 20/10 vision, so that may help. I remember about 10 years ago when I had a 19" 1600x1200 monitor. And it died about 4 years ago, and took me about 2 years after that to replace it for something with similar resolution.
AND WHY THE FUCK DON'T LAPTOPS COME WITH BETTER RESOLUTION?
Oh and the Zune is a much better MEDIA PLAYER, than the iPod. Sound is better, bundled headphones are not CRAPTASTISTIC, and the controls are better (no you can't tell me that wheel is something special, it is a up/down arrow combo). I personally HATE iTunes (and well the Zune software isn't that much better) and I don't buy music online (paying for a lossy encoding of a song, fuck that). Granted all the Zune does is play media, no externall HDD WTF!
And no the iTouch, and iPhone are not media players. They are internet tablets, and phones.
Yeah like the time I went into the Apple store to buy a $80 power cord. Because the piece of shit cord about the size of a headphone cord broke. I didn't have time to fix the cord, or order one online because I was going on a trip early the next morning. I got blown off by 3 individual people, before tracking down a manager, by walking into the back (ok so I took a step in and looked around), before I could get raped up the as purchasing it. All the other people cared about were selling iPhones, and PowerBooks. And my girlfriend (the Apple owener) was so put off by the expierence she is buying a PC next. The cost, and maintenance cost of her Apple is also a significant factor. But I can buy some standard AC adapter and plug in my PC.
I hate blanket statements like apple staff are helpful MSFT ones CAN"T BE. They don't push for quality, you cant charge 2k+ for a slow C2D, you have to sell the faster ones. AAPL is all about Form OVER Function.
And don't get me started about pushing Vista. Apple people are way more fanatical about Snow Leapord or Domestic House Cat, or what ever feline OS is coming out next. Vista IS NOT BAD (after SP1, and it was more annoying, extreemly annoying, before SP1 than outright bad) IF you have the hardware. XP is OLD, it is time to move on. And this forced upgrading argument is lost when you are comparing to AAPL.
Now I am not saying all AAPL store emploies are bad. But you can't say they are all good. And how is MSFT poaching the 'good' ones going to all of the sudden make them bad?
I have used AAPL, MSFT, and Linux boxes. They all have their niceities. But if you are half-way savy they all do the same stuff. Except games.
++ for the HP50g.
RPN FTW!
I had a TI-83 in high school. I wrote tons of programs (although they all just used TI Basic) to do various math functions. I also made a "Memory Cleared" program. I hated clearing all my programs ever 3 weeks when a test came around.
I didn't use pre-made programs during my tests, I did make programs during the tests to do repeat processes. But I got to keep my Drug Wars and Indycar racer games, along with all my other math programs after the test.
I find that ReCapcha is MUCH easier than standard ones to decipher. I mean I have 10s of years deciphering text on the curve of a book, with cheap printing. Versus the made hard to read on purpose ones.
But a few of the ReCapchas are just miss printed and would require someone to read the sentance to figure out what sholud go there.
Well for starters I really don't see how Spore would teach anything. It is a sort of mindless game.
That being said Civilization is NOT a mindless game. There is no overt math, or whatnot. But there is a good bit of history in the Civilopedia. And to play the game at a somewhat difficult level requires massive amounts of 'rough' easy mental addition. In combat you have to calculate defensive bonuses. In laying out city 'carpet' you need spacial recognition, not to mention planning. Moving units properly requires decent pathing calculations (if you don't use goto, which messes up a lot anyway). Not to mention the good planning skills that such a long turn based strategy game can help devolp.
Now I could have played Civ all day long in 6th grade. But I think (my neighbors included) didn't get the drive. I think some people being forced to play Civ will be just as hard and painful as regular school.
Also Civ is a game. And you can straight up game it. There are ways to bypass all that and just mindlessly build units and take over (assuming low difficulty). Having goto and auto functions would also prevent a lot of the calculations needed. I personally think a Geogrophy/History class in 6th grade could use Civ as a base. Talking deeply into city management could provide prediction skills, and reenforce basic math skills. I don't think 6th graders are up to probability and stats but battles in Civ are all about these two subjects.
Basically at 6th grade some basic math, with writing, reading, and basic problem solving, using Civ as a base would probably work. I would probably want to tweak the game a bit. And honestly basic problem solving is probably more valuable to a 6th grader than most of the stuff I learned. Math and Reading probably would win out, but after that...
Yeah cell phones arn't utilities. They reap (or rape) absurdly high profit margins from us in the US.
I wish they were, along with internet conncetions, but alas they are not.
Well actually meaning smooth on the inside such that when flow is present there are no voids or stagnant areas present. And that it can drain down given the oppurtunity. That and made of materials that wont leach nasty stuff into the water.
The problem isn't showers, but rather stagnant water alowing stuff to grow.
Which tells me that the shower head people should design a sanitary head. Outside you should clean, inside shouldn't have places that have stagnant water and harbor growth. The water is chlorinated so if you run it everyday you should be good.
If that PC and software combined are an order of magnitude cheaper and just as as effective than a purpose built 'Medical Device' then yes.
Mod parent up. I hate the blind 'best in the world' shit.
If you add up all the people that can't get heathcare, or have heathcare that doesn't treat what they get as Zero I am sure we would be far below most industrialized nations. Even if you only count the people that get treatement I bet we don't come out on top. Not to mention that per capitia (including all the people with NO coverage) we spend almost double the next country in heathcare costs.
If the US government gave me heathcare, my company would have to spend over $600 less a month on my health insurance, which could be paid to me.
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/services/serviceDetails.jsp?catId=cat1360001&skuId=sku2940233
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/mobilebroadband/?page=products_connect
Yeah no one supports tethering!!! Looks like half (the much larger half) of the US market does support tethering! You're supposed to pay extra!
Win 7 is already SP2. Vista SP2 to be exact.
Win7 Verison 6.5....
No Apple does not have a interest in you being able to tether. They get a cut of your $40 a month tethering plan. That is why this is disabled for ALL CARRIERS that are not APPLE partners. You can't do it unless they get a cut. Even if you have an unlocked phone, you CAN'T tether on a non Apple partner network.
In the US no network (to my knowledge) allows 'free' tethering from devices, that costs extra. So your 'as long as your carries supports it' still sort of works, but if T-Mobile decided to start supporting tethering tomorrow your iPhone WILL NOT be able to do it.
But I still have my free tethering, so no big deal.
I wish I had mod points. This is the type of thing that future web pages can NOT do. Because you can't assume that Google won't go after you. At least Microsoft puts out Covenents Not to Sue, when they patent crap.
I hate this, just because a company is publicly traded does NOT mean it's only obligation is to make profit for the shareholders. In fact there is no real obligation to do so.
Granted that is not the current state in the US. But is what causes Enron like colapsese.
All companies have documents that state what their existance is. And really it is normally to make money, which is fine. But the company makes money for ITSELF, by being a stockholder, and therefore part owner you will also benifit.
A company only has to do well for itself. Stockholders benifit if this happens. This is the way it sohuld work. Becides companies have very little control over their stock price. They can however control dividends.
Except the three stripes were origionally a technical part of football boots. The helped stiffen the sides around the arch of the football. Because all of his shoes had this feature, it was then addopted as the Trademark and logo of the brand. Copa Mundials still have this feature.
No not even that. You personally would be able to make duck sounds on a competitors amphibous vehicle tour ride. The competitors company would not be allowed to promote the use of duck sounds on its own rides. This is an almost perfect example of what Trademarks are for. The competitor is attempting to decieve customers into thinking they are the same as the origional tour group.
There are too few of us. Even on slashdot.
Exactly! Sony isn't using a rootkit anymore, they are using the almost as good Google Chrome.
Google started really scaring me about a year after GMail started up, and I have been trying to get away.
I understand this, but wouldn't it be better to charge when filing the papers? I mean court==expensive, what about adding a few cents a page to file the work, so getting it later is free.
Yeah but as a repeat purchaser of unlocked mobile phones it doesn't pay off. You typically are told you have to sign a contract anyway (you have to call up corporate to get that fixed) and you still pay the inflated prices subsudizing your non-existant phone.
Damn my internet addiction or I would still have a prepaid (in cash, of course) account, and my unlocked phone. But I have succumbed to having internet on my phone, and add on the fact that I get calls from work, that would suck to expense every week.
Whoops accidently modded the wrong thing.
They had Pabst Blue Ribbon doing that too for a while. At least on 90.1 WABE in Atlanta.