A Latina family live near me. Mom, Dad, & a couple of pre-high school boys. They peridocally come through the neighborhood selling fresh, homemade tamales. I always buy (they're delicious) and have even given them a few things, like an unabridged english dictionary for the kids in school.
These folks are just trying to make a living & put their kids through school so they can have a better life. I guess I'm the only person in the USA who doesn't recognize that to be the horrible crime it is.
It's not the first time I've been wrong but sometimes I like being wrong. Just ask my ex-wives about that.
I want my computer to do nothing until I *tell* it to mount the floppy (or whatever) device. I want it to obey my subsequent commands and then unmount the floppy (or whatever) device *only* when I tell it to.
The Polaroid SX70 was the first "instant picture" camera to produce the sealed photographs everyone today thinks of when you mention that type of camera. Prior to that model, the print ejected from the camera had to be wiped with chemicals to fix & preserve the image.
When the Polaroid SX70 was introduced there was quite a fuss raised (at least in photography magazines) about the many new technologies used in the new camera. The film, of course; chrome plated plastic; the manufacturing method for the lens assemblies; and the battery.
The battery was flat & made of layers, was thin enough to be included in every film pack, and was flexible.
There were many predictions at the time of this new battery type being adapted to new uses and devices, but I never saw this technology used anywhere else. Perhaps someone here knows more about it.
Horseshit. You don't "Google someone to see if they're a Nazi..." or any other specific search. You Google someone to see what you can find out about them - anything & everything.
And it's exactly this type of fishing expedition & the possibly inappropriate use of some of the info which these folks are objecting to.
Sci-Fi captures imaginations, so pick something from that - let's say a light-sabre from Star Wars.
Have them build one, explain why it can't be done yet, and demonstrate some current technologies which will probably evolve into the Sci-Fi device. Calculate the battery capacity such a device would require, the power output required to cut through a 2 centimeter thick steel plate, etc.
I think most dog owners feel the same way i do. I wouldn't take a million dollars for my dog, but I also wouldn't give you twenty-five cents for another just like her.
Tell me why throwing computers at the students will educate them "better" than having a professor standing at the front of the room moving a magnet along a glowing glass tube filled with argon showing them how the magnetic field "collapses" the light into a ribbon, with the students first entranced and then eagerly scribbling notes. And then in the next class having the students find the flaw in a mathematical proof covering two blackboards which "proves" that 2+2=5.
Stop thinking about computers & start thinking of the students.
You have a man with a rifle in his hands, two pistols in his pockets, and a backpack full of ammunition & explosives - and you want to cut off his internet access?
This is an awful lot of technology just to avoid the fact that all one needs is an old fashioned tactile keypad with real buttons in order to do the same thing.
It was originally about IBM, but Microsoft works better now...
Three women are talking about their husbands & sex. Woman one says, "My husband is a policeman. He's very aggressive in bed & he likes to handcuff me". Woman two says, "My husband is an acrobat. We do it in all kinds of positions". The third woman says, "My husband works for Microsoft. He just sits on the side of the bed & tells me how good it's going to be when I finally get it".
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I can't remember where I first read this definition...
Professional:
Someone who can do his very best work, even when he doesn't feel like it.
I don't block the ads on Google, and I've even clicked on a few.
There's a clue in there somewhere.
A Latina family live near me. Mom, Dad, & a couple of pre-high school boys. They peridocally come through the neighborhood selling fresh, homemade tamales. I always buy (they're delicious) and have even given them a few things, like an unabridged english dictionary for the kids in school.
These folks are just trying to make a living & put their kids through school so they can have a better life. I guess I'm the only person in the USA who doesn't recognize that to be the horrible crime it is.
It's not the first time I've been wrong but sometimes I like being wrong. Just ask my ex-wives about that.
Panic, unlike influenza, can be "spread" only to those who willingly accept it.
You say that as if it's a bad thing.
I want my computer to do nothing until I *tell* it to mount the floppy (or whatever) device. I want it to obey my subsequent commands and then unmount the floppy (or whatever) device *only* when I tell it to.
The Polaroid SX70 was the first "instant picture" camera to produce the sealed photographs everyone today thinks of when you mention that type of camera. Prior to that model, the print ejected from the camera had to be wiped with chemicals to fix & preserve the image.
When the Polaroid SX70 was introduced there was quite a fuss raised (at least in photography magazines) about the many new technologies used in the new camera. The film, of course; chrome plated plastic; the manufacturing method for the lens assemblies; and the battery.
The battery was flat & made of layers, was thin enough to be included in every film pack, and was flexible.
There were many predictions at the time of this new battery type being adapted to new uses and devices, but I never saw this technology used anywhere else. Perhaps someone here knows more about it.
To run this story without a photo of the "female Canadian scientist". An outrage, indeed.
Google is my next stop...
For my sixteen grand I want it in a nice wooden cabinet, or to look like the bridge of the Enterprise, or... *anything* but an off-the-shelf case.
Horseshit. You don't "Google someone to see if they're a Nazi..." or any other specific search. You Google someone to see what you can find out about them - anything & everything. And it's exactly this type of fishing expedition & the possibly inappropriate use of some of the info which these folks are objecting to.
Sci-Fi captures imaginations, so pick something from that - let's say a light-sabre from Star Wars.
Have them build one, explain why it can't be done yet, and demonstrate some current technologies which will probably evolve into the Sci-Fi device. Calculate the battery capacity such a device would require, the power output required to cut through a 2 centimeter thick steel plate, etc.
I think most dog owners feel the same way i do. I wouldn't take a million dollars for my dog, but I also wouldn't give you twenty-five cents for another just like her.
And a clone? No, thanks.
Tell me why throwing computers at the students will educate them "better" than having a professor standing at the front of the room moving a magnet along a glowing glass tube filled with argon showing them how the magnetic field "collapses" the light into a ribbon, with the students first entranced and then eagerly scribbling notes. And then in the next class having the students find the flaw in a mathematical proof covering two blackboards which "proves" that 2+2=5.
Stop thinking about computers & start thinking of the students.
Isn't that something like "Best Mexican wine"?
...let's go through that list of "illegal" downloads & find what percentage are not available for "legal" purchase/download.
In other words, how much of that music is not available from any "legal" source?
WARNING: Excessive exposure to violent video games and other violent media has been linked to aggressive behavior.
So if I can get a couple of hot chicks to play a video game for..
I need a more precise definition of "excessive exposure", please.
You have a man with a rifle in his hands, two pistols in his pockets, and a backpack full of ammunition & explosives - and you want to cut off his internet access?
Let me get back to you on this one...
This is an awful lot of technology just to avoid the fact that all one needs is an old fashioned tactile keypad with real buttons in order to do the same thing.
Like this baby.
I own two Motorola GSM telephones & judging by their performance I was under the impression Motorola had no engineers left.
The Soul of a New Machine. I'm not the only one who liked it - he won a Pulitzer prize for it.
Whatever his motivations, a bunch of bad guys were caught thanks to Mr. Felt. I'd still buy him a beer for that.
If your company/corporation cannot survive the loss of one person then you are doing something, probably several things, woefully wrong.
...is M.U.L.E. This game was a true landmark.
It was originally about IBM, but Microsoft works better now...
Three women are talking about their husbands & sex. Woman one says, "My husband is a policeman. He's very aggressive in bed & he likes to handcuff me". Woman two says, "My husband is an acrobat. We do it in all kinds of positions". The third woman says, "My husband works for Microsoft. He just sits on the side of the bed & tells me how good it's going to be when I finally get it".