The people of Houston are up in arms about not getting a Shuttle. Considering we are the city that did that to the Saturn V, which needed private money to save it, I don't know what they're complaining about. We don't want to spend a dime on anything here -- we cut the fat, then continue on to the bone.
Someone pointed out already that the way they tested is with apps that use the browser engine available to apps. As the second link says in the main story (probably, I'm too lazy to RTFA, I read others already), the iOS browser engine doesn't use the Nitro javascript engine.
I found one link that discusses it, but I'm sure there are better ones:
A neighbor who works for NASA told me the story of when they went to Star City many years back (I'm guessing late 80s early 90s?). He said the first time they went, a room cost $6 a night no matter how many stayed in the room. The second time, it was $6 per person. The next time it was $30 per person. I think the Russians understand capitalism pretty well by now.
Exactly. Some of the worst health care there is. I've been to both, have had friends in both with medical problems, and they're terrible. Add in the fact that "free" health care costs consumers more than free market health care, and you've got a sinking ship. Government's solution to the terrible "free" health care problem: more money!
Not true at all. The US spends more on healthcare as a share of our GDP and we're less healthy as a whole than Western Europe and Canada.
Pass. This is why service in Europe sucks - the wait staff are paid a set rate, regardless of their ability or the service you get.
That's just a myth.
However, I read an article recently in the NYTimes that the waitstaff really likes tipping. They have the possibility of getting a monster tip if they perform really well even though nearly all people just leave the same amount regardless.
"You guys make it sound like everyone in the scientific community is totally convinced that we're gonna burn and sorry, but that's just not the way things are."
So what is the way things are? Is that what the "scientific community" is saying or is that just what you're reading on Slashdot? From your original post, I don't the impression that you've looked at the specific problem and the data too closely.
You don't seem to want to delve into the nuances of the real global warming data and possible outcomes so you just write it all off as fear-mongering. There are all kinds of bad outcomes between here and "we're gonna burn."
I really love George Carlin's routine on the environment. He make a single statement that really brings it all into focus. Are humans so arrogant that we think we can destory the earth let alone save it?
What we can do is make the earth incompatible with human life.
You seem very rooted in the concrete. "Scientists" invent a TV -- you can see it so it must be real. Scientists give you data and conclusions with nuances and you can't process it. Politicians and the media come in and dumb it down, giving you license to brush it aside as "Politically pushed and motivated science."
CFC's are man-made. CFC's destroy lots of ozone. CFC's travel into the stratosphere. Forget logic. Let's just wait a billion years or so until we have more data points to do something.
Shooting your mouth off is really easy if you take no time to do any research.
In the $50-60 range you will see 80GB and 40GB drives intermixed.
Manufacturers also tend to stop making drives no one buys like a 10GB internal drive. The price on a hypothetical 10GB drive would probably be so close to $50 that no sane person would buy one unless they had some capatibility problem.
There is a great article on the caucus in Iowa that basically decided the Democratic candidate with quotes from a lot of the people involved including Kerry, Dean, and Trippi.
Quick summary: Dean lost way before "the scream." His campaign was disorganized, dysfunctional, and too inexperienced.
The phone company, power company, etc. asked for mine when I moved to a new city so they could run a credit check. How would they do that without a SSN?
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Not only did Houston NOT get a Shuttle for the Johnson Space Center, we lose our trainer too.
The people of Houston are up in arms about not getting a Shuttle. Considering we are the city that did that to the Saturn V, which needed private money to save it, I don't know what they're complaining about. We don't want to spend a dime on anything here -- we cut the fat, then continue on to the bone.
Someone pointed out already that the way they tested is with apps that use the browser engine available to apps. As the second link says in the main story (probably, I'm too lazy to RTFA, I read others already), the iOS browser engine doesn't use the Nitro javascript engine.
I found one link that discusses it, but I'm sure there are better ones:
http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal-tech/smart-phones/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=229301178
A neighbor who works for NASA told me the story of when they went to Star City many years back (I'm guessing late 80s early 90s?). He said the first time they went, a room cost $6 a night no matter how many stayed in the room. The second time, it was $6 per person. The next time it was $30 per person. I think the Russians understand capitalism pretty well by now.
To all the fellas out there with ladies to impress, it's easy to do just follow these steps:
1. Cut a hole in a box
2. Put your wave in that box
3. Make her open the box
At first I thought ... "that doesn't affect me..."
This is a very common attitude that is degrading our lives in all areas in my opinion. To me, it's like playing chess and looking just one move ahead.
And I'm quite happy without Flash, TYVM.
I'm not.
At least here in North America, our general aversion to unions is entirely rational. Unions here do not foster creativity - they foster group think.
There are creative professions that also have unions. Remember the writers strike a few years ago?
In this case it worked because the network is a black box as far as end users are concerned.
As with any advice, you have to know when to apply it.
Not true at all. The US spends more on healthcare as a share of our GDP and we're less healthy as a whole than Western Europe and Canada.
This is the best link I could find on short notice: http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0505/p02s01-uspo.ht
The free market is the panacea that you believe.
How played out is that joke?
Yeah. New Orleans has nothing to do with commerce in the rest of the country. Same with San Francisco or any other major city.
This might interest you:
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http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/arti
It's really damn hard to tell without the original article which they helpfully neglected to cite.
That's just a myth.
However, I read an article recently in the NYTimes that the waitstaff really likes tipping. They have the possibility of getting a monster tip if they perform really well even though nearly all people just leave the same amount regardless.
I was with you until you went off into the realm of hyperbole.
"You guys make it sound like everyone in the scientific community is totally convinced that we're gonna burn and sorry, but that's just not the way things are."
So what is the way things are? Is that what the "scientific community" is saying or is that just what you're reading on Slashdot? From your original post, I don't the impression that you've looked at the specific problem and the data too closely.
You don't seem to want to delve into the nuances of the real global warming data and possible outcomes so you just write it all off as fear-mongering. There are all kinds of bad outcomes between here and "we're gonna burn."
You seem very rooted in the concrete. "Scientists" invent a TV -- you can see it so it must be real. Scientists give you data and conclusions with nuances and you can't process it. Politicians and the media come in and dumb it down, giving you license to brush it aside as "Politically pushed and motivated science."
CFC's are man-made. CFC's destroy lots of ozone. CFC's travel into the stratosphere. Forget logic. Let's just wait a billion years or so until we have more data points to do something.
Shooting your mouth off is really easy if you take no time to do any research.
And that dirty hippy Ronald Reagan gave into those scare mongers.
http://www.epa.gov/history/topics/montreal/01.htm
What he meant is that hard drive prices have a floor. Cost per megabyte does go down, but overhead for manufacturing a hard drive doesn't.
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Using Newegg as an example, we have a WD 40GB internal HD for $51.00.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N8
And a WD 80GB internal HD for $51.50.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N8
In the $50-60 range you will see 80GB and 40GB drives intermixed.
Manufacturers also tend to stop making drives no one buys like a 10GB internal drive. The price on a hypothetical 10GB drive would probably be so close to $50 that no sane person would buy one unless they had some capatibility problem.
Cynical? Maybe. Simplistic? Definitely.
There is a great article on the caucus in Iowa that basically decided the Democratic candidate with quotes from a lot of the people involved including Kerry, Dean, and Trippi.
Quick summary: Dean lost way before "the scream." His campaign was disorganized, dysfunctional, and too inexperienced.
The phone company, power company, etc. asked for mine when I moved to a new city so they could run a credit check. How would they do that without a SSN?
I guess our standards have sunk so low that we call fraud "abusing the system." Long live Enron!