I suppose it's more descriptive, but the point is, that's no longer what it's called. If the idea is to get less tech-savvy people using the system, they're equally unlikely to know either name -- so use the one it currently goes by. Unless these are all Rhode Islanders who are used to going by "What used to be..." As in road directions: "Go by what used to be Caldor, take a left at what used to be Apex...."
Dang, you beat me to it -- I was going to recommend Bone myself. It's an excellent graphic novel that's both lighthearted and funny at points, yet still full of great action sequences and epic battles.
Slightly off-topic, now you've got me reminiscing about being back in the 90s and waiting for each new trade paperback to come out...
Llyod Alexander is another excellent choice. I read the Chronicles of Prydain when I was in either fourth or fifth grade, and it was a great introduction to fantasy.
Another author to consider, though he's more horror than sci-fi or fantasy, is Jonathan Bellairs. He wrote some excellent stuff for younger readers and pre-teens, such as The House With A Clock in its Walls. Plenty of plucky 1950's-style action, with a young protagonist who your kids will likely identify with.
I see some people have mentioned Ray Bradbury, but I didn't spot Something Wicked This Way Comes up there. Again, it's more horror than s/f, but still an excellent read and will get them interested in the other stuff he wrote as well.
Timothy Zahn is another great sci-fi author. He's done Star Wars novelizations, but I personally think his best work is his original stuff, such as Manta's Gift, The Icarus Hunt, and Angelmass. Have your kids check out his Dragonback series as well -- even I'm still reading it to see what happens.
If I think of more while I'm at work, I'll post a new reply;)
From TFA, it sounds like it's responding more to your small muscle movements than actual neural control. It's not as though you picture yourself running, and Gordon Freeman jogs across the screen. In that regard, there's a long way to go to true neural control.
Agreed. I know if I had pulled some stupid shit like that, there's no way my parents would bail my ass out.
As for the posters who say "Oh, it doesn't matter, not like you learn anything in the US schools, hur hur hur," guess what? Read the fucking paper. I do, and I read the stories right around this time every year about the valedictorians and salutorians who have excelled in every class and are on their way to impressive schools with a lot of money in scholarships -- you think they haven't learned anything? They've put in the time and the effort to master the subjects, above and beyond what a lot of other students do. For someone like this to try and get credit without the subsequent effort cheapens what they've done.
Another thing is the AP exams -- I'd wager that's why they're being so harsh on him. You sign a boatload of contracts when you take those tests; they're very serious about security for them. And guess what? They cost a fair amount of money besides, nearly 90 dollars apiece. I took five of them in high school, and got four 5's and a 4. Again, when someone else tries to cheat the system, when I've busted my ass to earn those, it undermines the rest of the system.
Now yes, 38 years is excessive when compared to other crimes. But again, he knew the consequences and he's an adult. For those complaining about taxes -- did your taxes magically jump 0.003 percent when this story broke? No? Then guess what -- you've already paid for him, or someone else to take that same spot. It's not like the prison is going to knock on your door and demand an extra grand or so each month from you.
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Well, this was my first thought too. But consider that now they can tell you how not to do it as well. Experience and all that, you know.
That's true in the Rhode Island and Southern Mass area too. Though, really, the only show I actually watch on the telly now is Lost, and they've not protected that one yet. For everything else, the public library is your best friend.
Firstly, most of these people are titled, e.g. they've been awarded that status by the monarchy. Knight of the British Empire and that sort of thing. Secondly, they're not self-appointed. Did you even read the above comments before posting?
Gotta agree with you there. My family owns a '99 Chevy Tahoe. Yes, the mileage isn't even as good as my '95 Cutlass, but guess what? It's paid off. Putting gas in the tank each week is far less than payments on a new car.
Another issue is that we own a camper (caravan for you Brits out there) and need something to tow it with. There's no way a little 4-cylinder speck is doing that.
Personally I've not experienced these practices the article speaks of. My video card died on my Latitude D630 about a month ago, and it took me all of 30 minutes to speak with a technical support staffer on the Dell website and schedule someone to come out the next day. Maybe this is a case of "you get what you pay for," since I've got the next-day service contract -- maybe people with lesser maintenance contracts and whatnot get the runaround. Just my perspective.
That's not happened to me, on either Windows or Ubuntu 7.10 or 8.04. I think there's something else influencing you there -- have you checked your add-ons? Are you using the 'nightly builds?'
Ironically, the reason I asked is because a flash drive of mine -- one of the thumb-sized ones -- did go through the wash, and while it still worked afterwards I was curious what I could have done if it hadn't.
...but are flash drives prone to the same sort of catastrophic failures disc drives are? And are the same recovery techniques workable with both? My gut tells me it's not nearly that simple.
Actually, Massachusetts is a Commonwealth, while little Rhody is technically "Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations." And if you think RI is boring, you obviously haven't lived here.;)
Well I for one welcome our new ASCII-advertising overlords.
No, but seriously, I'd rather have passive text ads rather than Flash monstrosities. Especially those damn "You've been selected..." ones that make noise every time.
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I suppose it's more descriptive, but the point is, that's no longer what it's called. If the idea is to get less tech-savvy people using the system, they're equally unlikely to know either name -- so use the one it currently goes by. Unless these are all Rhode Islanders who are used to going by "What used to be..." As in road directions: "Go by what used to be Caldor, take a left at what used to be Apex...."
Dang, you beat me to it -- I was going to recommend Bone myself. It's an excellent graphic novel that's both lighthearted and funny at points, yet still full of great action sequences and epic battles.
Slightly off-topic, now you've got me reminiscing about being back in the 90s and waiting for each new trade paperback to come out...
Llyod Alexander is another excellent choice. I read the Chronicles of Prydain when I was in either fourth or fifth grade, and it was a great introduction to fantasy.
Another author to consider, though he's more horror than sci-fi or fantasy, is Jonathan Bellairs. He wrote some excellent stuff for younger readers and pre-teens, such as The House With A Clock in its Walls. Plenty of plucky 1950's-style action, with a young protagonist who your kids will likely identify with.
I see some people have mentioned Ray Bradbury, but I didn't spot Something Wicked This Way Comes up there. Again, it's more horror than s/f, but still an excellent read and will get them interested in the other stuff he wrote as well.
Timothy Zahn is another great sci-fi author. He's done Star Wars novelizations, but I personally think his best work is his original stuff, such as Manta's Gift, The Icarus Hunt, and Angelmass. Have your kids check out his Dragonback series as well -- even I'm still reading it to see what happens.
If I think of more while I'm at work, I'll post a new reply ;)
It's been known as Pidgin for over a year now, Best Buy. Get with the program...no pun intended.
You insensitive clod, for me it still is the Command and Conquer days!
From TFA, it sounds like it's responding more to your small muscle movements than actual neural control. It's not as though you picture yourself running, and Gordon Freeman jogs across the screen. In that regard, there's a long way to go to true neural control.
Agreed. I know if I had pulled some stupid shit like that, there's no way my parents would bail my ass out.
As for the posters who say "Oh, it doesn't matter, not like you learn anything in the US schools, hur hur hur," guess what? Read the fucking paper. I do, and I read the stories right around this time every year about the valedictorians and salutorians who have excelled in every class and are on their way to impressive schools with a lot of money in scholarships -- you think they haven't learned anything? They've put in the time and the effort to master the subjects, above and beyond what a lot of other students do. For someone like this to try and get credit without the subsequent effort cheapens what they've done.
Another thing is the AP exams -- I'd wager that's why they're being so harsh on him. You sign a boatload of contracts when you take those tests; they're very serious about security for them. And guess what? They cost a fair amount of money besides, nearly 90 dollars apiece. I took five of them in high school, and got four 5's and a 4. Again, when someone else tries to cheat the system, when I've busted my ass to earn those, it undermines the rest of the system.
Now yes, 38 years is excessive when compared to other crimes. But again, he knew the consequences and he's an adult. For those complaining about taxes -- did your taxes magically jump 0.003 percent when this story broke? No? Then guess what -- you've already paid for him, or someone else to take that same spot. It's not like the prison is going to knock on your door and demand an extra grand or so each month from you.
Well, this was my first thought too. But consider that now they can tell you how not to do it as well. Experience and all that, you know.
That's true in the Rhode Island and Southern Mass area too. Though, really, the only show I actually watch on the telly now is Lost, and they've not protected that one yet. For everything else, the public library is your best friend.
The Boston Red Sox.
Firstly, most of these people are titled, e.g. they've been awarded that status by the monarchy. Knight of the British Empire and that sort of thing. Secondly, they're not self-appointed. Did you even read the above comments before posting?
Also, when your account info went into the test chamber, it....sorta got swiss cheesed.
>P.S. Anybody know the conversion factor from parsecs to hours?
Seeing as parsecs are distance units, not time....no. :P
Key words: diesel engine.
Gotta agree with you there. My family owns a '99 Chevy Tahoe. Yes, the mileage isn't even as good as my '95 Cutlass, but guess what? It's paid off. Putting gas in the tank each week is far less than payments on a new car.
Another issue is that we own a camper (caravan for you Brits out there) and need something to tow it with. There's no way a little 4-cylinder speck is doing that.
At least I haven't seen any car analogies yet.
Yeah, but it's not a core function of the program. And I believe originally you needed to hit Ctrl-Alt-Shift-A or something esoteric like that.
The real question is whether or not the flight sim easter egg is still included. :D
Personally I've not experienced these practices the article speaks of. My video card died on my Latitude D630 about a month ago, and it took me all of 30 minutes to speak with a technical support staffer on the Dell website and schedule someone to come out the next day. Maybe this is a case of "you get what you pay for," since I've got the next-day service contract -- maybe people with lesser maintenance contracts and whatnot get the runaround. Just my perspective.
That's not happened to me, on either Windows or Ubuntu 7.10 or 8.04. I think there's something else influencing you there -- have you checked your add-ons? Are you using the 'nightly builds?'
Ironically, the reason I asked is because a flash drive of mine -- one of the thumb-sized ones -- did go through the wash, and while it still worked afterwards I was curious what I could have done if it hadn't.
All right, thanks for the info mate. :D
...but are flash drives prone to the same sort of catastrophic failures disc drives are? And are the same recovery techniques workable with both? My gut tells me it's not nearly that simple.
Actually, Massachusetts is a Commonwealth, while little Rhody is technically "Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations." And if you think RI is boring, you obviously haven't lived here. ;)
Well I for one welcome our new ASCII-advertising overlords. No, but seriously, I'd rather have passive text ads rather than Flash monstrosities. Especially those damn "You've been selected..." ones that make noise every time.
Bah. I use a specially prepared chemical compound to prevent topical radiation burns from occurring.
You might have heard of it as 'sunscreen.'