Every single gift given to an American president goes straight into a vault. So there's no point in giving anything really expensive.
Yes and no. Take a tour of a presidential library sometime. It's facinating to see what gifts other nations gave our presidents. I recently visited the Clinton library, and the gifts there ranged from unique pieces of art, to one of the bikes Lance Armstong rode in the Tour. Some gifts had little monetary value, others were of immesuarbale worth. But they all personified either the person that gave the gift or the people that person represented. Bush 43 would frequently give handmade cowboy boots with big "W"s on them. Rarely are state gifts about the recipient - they are about the giver, and are also symbolic of the relationship between the two parties. So if you think about it, a box set of DVDs is actually quite symbolic, and not necessarily in a negative way, as is the iPod. What's more American than a portable music player these days? And don't say "a failing bank kept afloat with public funds" -- the UK already has those.
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He FOUND chapter 11 (which is about FIND) useful. There's the pun. You had to read past the bit talking about the pun to get it.
I honetly think that it has more to do with the content than anything else. The last couple summer blockbuster seasons saw few movies that were all that spectacular. You can tell by the way the box office numbers were down. I'm not talking about 2008 mind you, but the movies that are now available on BR disc. Add in the massive about of reality TV programming (who wants to see that in HD?), and you're left with not a lot of quality content. Perhaps when movies like Iron Man and The Dark Knight become available you'll see a boost in the sales of players.
I've recently taken up cycling (both road and MTB). Not only is it good for your health, but it's also high in geek factor - carbon fiber, titanium, wireless computers...what's not to love?
I do a lot of long distance travel by motorcycle, both on and off road. In a typical year I'll log 12k on my bike, and be gone for weeks at a time. So somthing that weighs half as much as a traditional laptop, takes up less than half as much room, and is a little more rugged is a no-brainer. All I would need it to be able to do is check email, update my travel blog, download pictures from my camera and basic image editing. I'm currently waiting for the 901 to come out, as the 4/8Gs seem to waste a little too much potential screen space.
I'd hardly consider it an "obsolete" skill, as probably every mechanic school still teaches carburation to its students simply due to the fact that so many carburated motors are still out there in common use. I do this on a regular basis for my motorcycles, both of which are 2006 models. Nearly all off-road motorcycles today still use carbs.
The employee and assistant manager were more than willing to help, saying that it happens.
Yeah, I remember the time I purchased a laptop only to get home and find that the box really contained a faucet...
Joking aside, I'd understand if it had been the wrong size or speed of drive in the box, or something along those lines. THAT "happens", but bathroom tiles? I mean...come on!
I also believe that *most* of the MoAB exploits that have been reported are not because of holes in 3rd party software, not the OS itself. Someone correct me if I'm wrong (I dare you!).
Players will not fill the role they were designed for
If you were to put together a ranking system or some long-term reward for people that play NPC characters and give them specific tasks to perform, then I would imagine that it could increase the chance people would stick to those tasks.
1- A wider selection of accessories to choose from. The installed user base for iPods is so dominant that the selection of accessories dwarf all other players *combined*. 2- An intuitive, well-thought-out user interface that nearly anyone can use. 3- Syncing software that doesn't require the user to understand the ins-and-outs of software configuration to use. Just plug it in and it syncs right up. I know non-geeks that refuse to buy an iPod because they don't own an Apple computer, so they figure it won't be fully compatible. They go through player after player returning them because they can't get them to work right. I'll show them how they work, they don't get it, so I tell them to buy an iPod, and they go get something else.
I wandered in to Radio Shack the weekend before Thanksgiving, and the salesperson there was trying his best to push the Zune on me, even though I told him I already had an iPod and was looking at the iPod accessories. All he had to say positive about it though was that the audio quality was "pretty good".
I tend to take most things I read on Wikipedia that I'm not an expert on with a grain of salt, simply because I keep finding errors in articles that I am.
"Group Fights Politicizing Science and Engineering"
Isn't what they are doing exactly what the title says they are fighting against? Don't get me wrong, I'm for what they are doing, but shouldn't the title read more like "Group Fights Ignorance/Misuse of Science and Engineering in Politics"?
I've worked for several companies, ranging from small dot-com startups to Fortune 500 giants. The best ethical behaviour I've seen in my career was working for a billion-dollar financial investment firm. The worst ethics came from a start-up founded by former professors (humanities and engineering).
If we can buy a joystick that plugs into a tv and plays several old video games, how hard could it be to design a keyboard-form-factor device that plugs directly into a TV, has a basic ROM, and a small amount of internal flash storage? Give it a composite video out and a cheap internal speaker and sell it for $30. You could even put a CF reader in it, and sell educational programs online that can be loaded on a flash card and run on it.
The mainly low-income teens are more like to have the laptops sold / stolen then people who are better off and that may even more likely at times of the year when it is dark at 4:19 p.m.
Oh how I wish the admins would add a modifier for "-1 Gramatically Painful". Maybe Joe the Dragon should attend the Microsoft school.
This is what they always do. If they ship with the HDMI cable, then they have to also include the composite, since that's the lowest common denominator. More people would have to buy a downgrade cable if it came with HDMI, than have to buy an upgrade if it ships with comp, so the decision is easy. It may sound like they're being cheap by not shipping with both, but no other console that I'm aware of has ever shipped with > 1 type of interface cable, and since the units already ship at a loss...
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Yes and no. Take a tour of a presidential library sometime. It's facinating to see what gifts other nations gave our presidents. I recently visited the Clinton library, and the gifts there ranged from unique pieces of art, to one of the bikes Lance Armstong rode in the Tour. Some gifts had little monetary value, others were of immesuarbale worth. But they all personified either the person that gave the gift or the people that person represented. Bush 43 would frequently give handmade cowboy boots with big "W"s on them. Rarely are state gifts about the recipient - they are about the giver, and are also symbolic of the relationship between the two parties. So if you think about it, a box set of DVDs is actually quite symbolic, and not necessarily in a negative way, as is the iPod. What's more American than a portable music player these days? And don't say "a failing bank kept afloat with public funds" -- the UK already has those.
He FOUND chapter 11 (which is about FIND) useful. There's the pun. You had to read past the bit talking about the pun to get it.
I honetly think that it has more to do with the content than anything else. The last couple summer blockbuster seasons saw few movies that were all that spectacular. You can tell by the way the box office numbers were down. I'm not talking about 2008 mind you, but the movies that are now available on BR disc. Add in the massive about of reality TV programming (who wants to see that in HD?), and you're left with not a lot of quality content. Perhaps when movies like Iron Man and The Dark Knight become available you'll see a boost in the sales of players.
I've recently taken up cycling (both road and MTB). Not only is it good for your health, but it's also high in geek factor - carbon fiber, titanium, wireless computers...what's not to love?
I do a lot of long distance travel by motorcycle, both on and off road. In a typical year I'll log 12k on my bike, and be gone for weeks at a time. So somthing that weighs half as much as a traditional laptop, takes up less than half as much room, and is a little more rugged is a no-brainer. All I would need it to be able to do is check email, update my travel blog, download pictures from my camera and basic image editing. I'm currently waiting for the 901 to come out, as the 4/8Gs seem to waste a little too much potential screen space.
I'd hardly consider it an "obsolete" skill, as probably every mechanic school still teaches carburation to its students simply due to the fact that so many carburated motors are still out there in common use. I do this on a regular basis for my motorcycles, both of which are 2006 models. Nearly all off-road motorcycles today still use carbs.
Here is the magic formula for becoming a successful IT Manager:
1-Forget everything you know about IT
2-???
3-Profit!
Yeah, I remember the time I purchased a laptop only to get home and find that the box really contained a faucet...
Joking aside, I'd understand if it had been the wrong size or speed of drive in the box, or something along those lines. THAT "happens", but bathroom tiles? I mean...come on!
I also believe that *most* of the MoAB exploits that have been reported are not because of holes in 3rd party software, not the OS itself. Someone correct me if I'm wrong (I dare you!).
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If you were to put together a ranking system or some long-term reward for people that play NPC characters and give them specific tasks to perform, then I would imagine that it could increase the chance people would stick to those tasks.
Bleed Orange - ride KTM.
Is it just me, or does anyone else see this statement as just a little ironic?
What the iPod has over other music players -
1- A wider selection of accessories to choose from. The installed user base for iPods is so dominant that the selection of accessories dwarf all other players *combined*.
2- An intuitive, well-thought-out user interface that nearly anyone can use.
3- Syncing software that doesn't require the user to understand the ins-and-outs of software configuration to use. Just plug it in and it syncs right up. I know non-geeks that refuse to buy an iPod because they don't own an Apple computer, so they figure it won't be fully compatible. They go through player after player returning them because they can't get them to work right. I'll show them how they work, they don't get it, so I tell them to buy an iPod, and they go get something else.
I wandered in to Radio Shack the weekend before Thanksgiving, and the salesperson there was trying his best to push the Zune on me, even though I told him I already had an iPod and was looking at the iPod accessories. All he had to say positive about it though was that the audio quality was "pretty good".
I tend to take most things I read on Wikipedia that I'm not an expert on with a grain of salt, simply because I keep finding errors in articles that I am.
It was also determined that saliva (esp that of women who have borne children) can also be used as hair gel, facial cleanser and stain remover.
Is it just me or does this sound like testing for a disease or something? "Bad news. We got your blood tests back. You have Vista."
"Group Fights Politicizing Science and Engineering"
Isn't what they are doing exactly what the title says they are fighting against? Don't get me wrong, I'm for what they are doing, but shouldn't the title read more like "Group Fights Ignorance/Misuse of Science and Engineering in Politics"?
I've worked for several companies, ranging from small dot-com startups to Fortune 500 giants. The best ethical behaviour I've seen in my career was working for a billion-dollar financial investment firm. The worst ethics came from a start-up founded by former professors (humanities and engineering).
CmdrTaco had to post this article several times to get it approved by the editors.
If we can buy a joystick that plugs into a tv and plays several old video games, how hard could it be to design a keyboard-form-factor device that plugs directly into a TV, has a basic ROM, and a small amount of internal flash storage? Give it a composite video out and a cheap internal speaker and sell it for $30. You could even put a CF reader in it, and sell educational programs online that can be loaded on a flash card and run on it.
Does anyone know what is new in the 3rd edition? This is missing from the review.
Oh how I wish the admins would add a modifier for "-1 Gramatically Painful". Maybe Joe the Dragon should attend the Microsoft school.
What is this guy's real name? Major Major Major Major?
This is what they always do. If they ship with the HDMI cable, then they have to also include the composite, since that's the lowest common denominator. More people would have to buy a downgrade cable if it came with HDMI, than have to buy an upgrade if it ships with comp, so the decision is easy. It may sound like they're being cheap by not shipping with both, but no other console that I'm aware of has ever shipped with > 1 type of interface cable, and since the units already ship at a loss...