Unless we accept DOS-level software as a modern OS, I don't think the cost of entry is very trivial. Then there are other obstacles like MS's marketshare making it unlikely that your platform gets third-party apps. Mac has a respectable chunk of marketshare now, and Linux has been slowly gaining ground over the past 15 years, but projects like RISC OS and Haiku would have died ages ago if they were commercial endeavors.
Good, if you disqualify my because of an opinion I have is different to yours I didn't want to work for you anyways! Really, who wants to work for close minded yes men?
The idiot disqualifying you may be some person in HR that you will never meet over the course of your employment, and is doing so before the people you will work with/under have a chance to look over the candidates.
In a word: No
Objects in orbit don't really change direction in radically unpredictable ways.
Consider the asteroid 99942 Apophis. There was some concern that it would hit Earth in 2029, but it has been determined that it will not. However, we also know that it will hit Earth in 2036 if (in 2029) it passes through a specific area a little under 2000 feet wide.
If we can calculate the probability of a specific asteroid hitting Earth 20-30 years from now, surely we can do it with one that is much closer?
Good idea, but if the percentage is set at 10% of the parent's mass, you will still have people complaining that their discovery's 9.4% ratio didn't make the cut.
Everyone knows companies hire foreigners on H1B's because they generally work for less money....Would you kindly explain to me where the balancing point is?
Mandate equal wages? Maybe even above average wages?
These visas are being requested on the presumption that there is a shortage of qualified people here. Surely if the company actually needs 'em they won't hesitate to pay a little extra?
A beta of the site will be released in the next few months.
Surely this transition of ownership has been negotiated for some time now?
They can plan and build a website long before they own the domain. Why didn't they?
Projectors have this nasty habit of shining blindingly intense light in your eyes if you want to face your audience, and casts shadows. This has all the advantages of a SmartBoard and none of SmartBoard's greatest weaknesses.
I just bought a DVD burner from Newegg for <$25. One can rip the ISOs and convert the videos to suitable formats. (or in the case of VLC, play the ISO directly)
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# There are few barriers to entry and exit.
Unless we accept DOS-level software as a modern OS, I don't think the cost of entry is very trivial. Then there are other obstacles like MS's marketshare making it unlikely that your platform gets third-party apps. Mac has a respectable chunk of marketshare now, and Linux has been slowly gaining ground over the past 15 years, but projects like RISC OS and Haiku would have died ages ago if they were commercial endeavors.
The government used regulation (i.e. constantly lowering interest rates) to create a humongous bubble.
Don't interest rates fall under the purview of the Federal Reserve? (a non-government entity)
Methinks they need more oxygen if we are going to burn it.
Good, if you disqualify my because of an opinion I have is different to yours I didn't want to work for you anyways! Really, who wants to work for close minded yes men?
The idiot disqualifying you may be some person in HR that you will never meet over the course of your employment, and is doing so before the people you will work with/under have a chance to look over the candidates.
Obviously the poor souls who found it got their brains eaten.
In a word: No
Objects in orbit don't really change direction in radically unpredictable ways.
Consider the asteroid 99942 Apophis. There was some concern that it would hit Earth in 2029, but it has been determined that it will not. However, we also know that it will hit Earth in 2036 if (in 2029) it passes through a specific area a little under 2000 feet wide.
If we can calculate the probability of a specific asteroid hitting Earth 20-30 years from now, surely we can do it with one that is much closer?
Now that would be ironic, considering that it's proper English name is The Moon. (I checked "Luna". Turns out to be the Latin name)
You'd think the thing they'd feel guilty about is
I agree. They, of all people, should know to call it Sol.~
Schools are not known for updating their textbooks very frequently. It could easily be many years before even half of them adjust.
So you use a percentage size of the parent body.
Good idea, but if the percentage is set at 10% of the parent's mass, you will still have people complaining that their discovery's 9.4% ratio didn't make the cut.
No joke. If not for my friends and family (primarily the former) I'd already be in Canada....
Hmm. Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Everyone knows companies hire foreigners on H1B's because they generally work for less money....Would you kindly explain to me where the balancing point is?
Mandate equal wages? Maybe even above average wages?
These visas are being requested on the presumption that there is a shortage of qualified people here. Surely if the company actually needs 'em they won't hesitate to pay a little extra?
High cost and low quality are not mutually exclusive.
See: thedailywtf.com, and Monster cables
I have such a counterexample: French President vs. a brick.
A beta of the site will be released in the next few months.
Surely this transition of ownership has been negotiated for some time now?
They can plan and build a website long before they own the domain. Why didn't they?
Topping the list? linux.org (followed by ubuntu.com and Linux's Wikipedia entry)
Not to linux.org, I hope. It would need a major overhaul first.
My use of Linux was delayed many months thanks to that site.
For those that are relatively New Here, would you care to elaborate?
They were highly educated, with degrees in management...
So that's our plan for destroying the world!
DO you think a computer will be less expensive then hiring extra accountants, ever?
But a computer cannot serve as a drop-in replacement for accountants (at least not effectively).
Projectors have this nasty habit of shining blindingly intense light in your eyes if you want to face your audience, and casts shadows. This has all the advantages of a SmartBoard and none of SmartBoard's greatest weaknesses.
It's pretty much a guarentee those are as close to bulletproof as we can make hardware.
The ATM at my local WalMart was out-of-order a few weeks ago. It was showing a Windows 2000 desktop.
Is there any way he could take credit for Clippy the dancing paperclip?
He is smart enough to realize that he won't enjoy the money very long before the assassination.
I had 2 screws leftover which is kinda bad considering I only pulled about 10 screws out.
Use various colors of permanent marker. Works well for CRT iMacs, eMacs, and *Books.
I just bought a DVD burner from Newegg for <$25. One can rip the ISOs and convert the videos to suitable formats. (or in the case of VLC, play the ISO directly)