I'd far rather someone knew how to program, than knew the specifics of a given language. Languages can be learnt as needed fairly easily; the skills required to design and implement good software are a lot harder to pick up, they're foundation that you build on top of.
Courses that spend more time teaching you how to program than teaching you how to program in a given language seem like rather a good thing to me, especially given the language du jour is going to keep changing.
Most of the world was using GSM long before the US started, we're all used to international roaming. Including bits of Africa.
The band issue may still be relevant, although my last three phones have all be tri-band, so included the bands the US uses; most phones in the UK were dual band at one point, no idea if they still are.
O.K., as far as I know, is the older form, dating for 1839; whereas "okay" dates from the 1890s. The initialism "O.K." seems to have been replaced by the "OK" form in the 1970s, even though it's still pronounced as an initialism, rather than an acronym.
It's in the OED with the earliest cited usage dated from 1948:
1948 Amer. N. & Q. May 26/2 To simulcast, to broadcast by radio and television simultaneously. 1948 N.Y. Herald Tribune 15 June 16/6 A press agent at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia has rather timorously launched the verb 'simulcast' into the uneasy seas of the English language.
You know, if it wasn't for the fact that it was never really publicised, let alone hyped, I'd probably have put Windows XP 64-bit Edition on the list before Vista. I have nothing but bad memories of not being able to find compatible drivers for that; Vista at least all my hardware is supported. This is possibly more by luck than anything else though.
Combining cameras with a gun stock is nothing new; various manufacturers make something which either looks like a gun stock or basically is one. They're quite popular for wildlife photography because they make it easier to track and shoot at the same time.
The KGB used something similar for covert photography in the 1930 and 40s, iirc. Come to think of it I've seen pictures of, I think, US troops using something similar.
Mine stays running 24x7 because I need to be able to access it when I'm at home.
I'd rather other people left their workstations on overnight as well, at least once a week; the scheduled virus scan is set to run overnight and the WOL option never seems to work. The only other option is to set the task to re-run if missed, which means it will run the next time the machine is booted; that results in people complaining about it slowing their machine down.
I had to work on a deck in the the apex of a factory roof with blow moulding machines on the floor bellow. To say it was hot was a bit of an understatement - I lost track of how much water I got through and how many times I had to retreat to the air conditioned break rooms.
They already tried to remake it; they did a pilot - with Terry Farrell as the cat - and it tanked. It gets shown at UK Red Dwarf conventions as a sort of "look at the Americans screwing it up" thing.
Film and digital photography both have a place; I enjoy doing both. My digital camera is just a Canon EOS 10D, so hardly cutting edge. My film camera - I can't even remember what it is; it's my father's old one which cost him about £300 in the early 70s.
Heh, I've had that argument many a time. I find it's easier to nod and smile; trying to explain why the number of mega pixels they have isn't really relevant just gets tedious. Pixel density, sensor size and quality of glass are just alien things to them.
I'd like to second the desire for copy-and-paste; it's the thing that has really been bugging me since I got an iPhone.
Being able to sync with Thunderbird, without having to do the "Thunderbird sync to Google, iPod sync to Google" thing would be nice. If they could add support for syncing calendars with Sunbird at the same time, that would be spiffing.
I think they need to get the Writers' Guild head and the head of an Actors' Guild to have a discussion on how he thinks TTS could possibly replace the nuanced delivery of a skilled narrator.
I'm only picking actors because, ime, the best audio books are read by actors. Of course when they author is also an actor, it's nice, e.g. Stephen Fry. I love his audio books.
It was because the ship only carried one size of shot that he theorized the canon were identical in the first place. On any other wreck he would have expected to find lots of different sized shot.
The musket they found on the ship, when replicated, also punched through a sheet of steel the thickness of a contemporary breast plate, which a modern 9mm handgun couldn't get through (the round just mushroomed over and dented the plate).
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I'd far rather someone knew how to program, than knew the specifics of a given language. Languages can be learnt as needed fairly easily; the skills required to design and implement good software are a lot harder to pick up, they're foundation that you build on top of.
Courses that spend more time teaching you how to program than teaching you how to program in a given language seem like rather a good thing to me, especially given the language du jour is going to keep changing.
Most of the world was using GSM long before the US started, we're all used to international roaming. Including bits of Africa.
The band issue may still be relevant, although my last three phones have all be tri-band, so included the bands the US uses; most phones in the UK were dual band at one point, no idea if they still are.
O.K., as far as I know, is the older form, dating for 1839; whereas "okay" dates from the 1890s. The initialism "O.K." seems to have been replaced by the "OK" form in the 1970s, even though it's still pronounced as an initialism, rather than an acronym.
Also, "know-nothing", "every" and "bringing".
Heh, mine do that lot. It can lead to many amusing and interesting statements.
Old Republic...unless there's another Star Wars MMO in the pipeline I haven't heard about yet.
See, now you even know who to blame.
Pretty much anyone in the UK would ken what they meant, it's a common expression here.
(And I freely admit I did that on purpose)
You're lucky then; I've heard the system referred to as "HDD" or "CPU" frequently.
It always throws me when I hear those terms used to refer to the entire system; I expect them to actually be talking about that item.
You know, if it wasn't for the fact that it was never really publicised, let alone hyped, I'd probably have put Windows XP 64-bit Edition on the list before Vista. I have nothing but bad memories of not being able to find compatible drivers for that; Vista at least all my hardware is supported. This is possibly more by luck than anything else though.
How is saying that the Zune and Vista suck product placement? It's more like anti-placement.
Combining cameras with a gun stock is nothing new; various manufacturers make something which either looks like a gun stock or basically is one. They're quite popular for wildlife photography because they make it easier to track and shoot at the same time.
The KGB used something similar for covert photography in the 1930 and 40s, iirc. Come to think of it I've seen pictures of, I think, US troops using something similar.
Mine stays running 24x7 because I need to be able to access it when I'm at home.
I'd rather other people left their workstations on overnight as well, at least once a week; the scheduled virus scan is set to run overnight and the WOL option never seems to work. The only other option is to set the task to re-run if missed, which means it will run the next time the machine is booted; that results in people complaining about it slowing their machine down.
I had to work on a deck in the the apex of a factory roof with blow moulding machines on the floor bellow. To say it was hot was a bit of an understatement - I lost track of how much water I got through and how many times I had to retreat to the air conditioned break rooms.
They already tried to remake it; they did a pilot - with Terry Farrell as the cat - and it tanked. It gets shown at UK Red Dwarf conventions as a sort of "look at the Americans screwing it up" thing.
Continuity has never really been one of Red Dwarf's strong points. It doesn't suffer from it either
My DSLR lets me do that...
Film and digital photography both have a place; I enjoy doing both. My digital camera is just a Canon EOS 10D, so hardly cutting edge. My film camera - I can't even remember what it is; it's my father's old one which cost him about £300 in the early 70s.
Need to get some b/w film at some point.
Heh, I've had that argument many a time. I find it's easier to nod and smile; trying to explain why the number of mega pixels they have isn't really relevant just gets tedious. Pixel density, sensor size and quality of glass are just alien things to them.
I'd like to second the desire for copy-and-paste; it's the thing that has really been bugging me since I got an iPhone.
Being able to sync with Thunderbird, without having to do the "Thunderbird sync to Google, iPod sync to Google" thing would be nice. If they could add support for syncing calendars with Sunbird at the same time, that would be spiffing.
Illegal in Dubai as well, iirc. They earn far too much money from international calls to allow anyone to bypass their 'phone system.
Although that rule doesn't apply to everyone...
Symbiont. And the "chick's" name was Jadzia Dax; Jadzia being her name and Dax being the name of the symbiont.
I think they need to get the Writers' Guild head and the head of an Actors' Guild to have a discussion on how he thinks TTS could possibly replace the nuanced delivery of a skilled narrator.
I'm only picking actors because, ime, the best audio books are read by actors. Of course when they author is also an actor, it's nice, e.g. Stephen Fry. I love his audio books.
I dunno why you're saying sorry, he also subscribed to that group, iirc. I think he was about as fond of Wesley as everyone else was.
Ahh; I was unfortunately in and out of the room trying to cook dinner when it was on - missed exactly which gun it was.
It was because the ship only carried one size of shot that he theorized the canon were identical in the first place. On any other wreck he would have expected to find lots of different sized shot.
The musket they found on the ship, when replicated, also punched through a sheet of steel the thickness of a contemporary breast plate, which a modern 9mm handgun couldn't get through (the round just mushroomed over and dented the plate).