I actually looked around and there were absolutely NO Portuguese classes whatsoever around here.
Plus I was only there for a week, I didn't need to be an expert. I did the Pimsleur thing and it actually worked pretty well for me. Well, that and watching Brazilian Sesame Street.
I knew I didn't speak/much/ Portuguese, and I did realise -- before I went over -- just how little it was. Still, I managed to communicate with people so it wasn't that bad.
I'm pretty sure that the insurance companies would say it does, and it'd take an act of government to force them to pay out with the taxpayers footing a lot of the bill. They might mandate Superhero Insurance for people who live in superhero-prone areas, just like they do for floodplains now.
Then again Superman can probably just crush a bunch of coal into diamonds and pay for it all.
Well that explains why I had trouble speaking Portuguese while I was in Brazil, since I was constantly being reminded of home! I mean they had all the same things as we do: trees, people... uh... stores. Yeah, it definitely wasn't because learning it in theory wasn't the same as speaking it in practice and it certainly wasn't MY fault. Hell, I tried speaking slower and louder and even THAT didn't help!
The sad thing here is I've actually been bringing an empty water bottle and filling it up past security. From the free water fountains. Sure, that's where they put the mind-control drugs, but hey.
Why don't you just put the laptop off to the side and put the big monitor in front of you?
Definitely use a real keyboard and mouse, too. If your laptop can do a docking station, get one of those (some laptops only have VGA-out on the laptop, but have HDMI on the docking station).
I/almost/ agree with you. I severely regret getting my current phone (Galaxy Nexus) because it has no SD slot and only 16gb of space. And I filled that up real fast.
However, it looks like SD slots are pretty much going away, and these phones Do come with 32 or 64gb of space which should be plenty for the next couple of years.
That's my main complaint against the Nexus 4, and the reason I won't get one. The max space on that thing is 16GB which is just ridiculous.
I want HTC to build a Nexus phone again. The Nexus One was (relatively speaking) the best Nexus phone made, in my opinion. The Samsung Nexus phones were/are OK (I have a Galaxy Nexus now) but they were never the absolute top of the line phones. The Nexus 4 is a nice piece of hardware but has some serious flaws (low, non-expandable memory being the show-stopper for me).
I might have to just give up on Nexus phones and hope for good Cyanogenmod support for this guy. But I'll see what Google brings out in May.
I've had zero problems using the desktop version on my mobile devices, especially my tablet. Now I get a popup to deal with everytime. Seriously, the regular site is fine. I appreciate the effort but it's not necessary. Honestly I'd rather you guys spent time fixing bugs in the RSS feeds that perhaps someone reported months ago and go ignored.
Hah! Well, I got to take some courses after school, which WERE kind of fun, but we weren't really the kind of family where you got stuff. Hey, you're a GENIUS, you don't need THINGS! I definitely didn't get anything educational. I had to BEG to get my first computer, and when that went obsolete I didn't get another one till I could buy it myself.
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> Any chance the WiiU has secret Mac lineage to complete this?
MacOS X is a FreeBSD-derivitive.
I actually looked around and there were absolutely NO Portuguese classes whatsoever around here.
Plus I was only there for a week, I didn't need to be an expert. I did the Pimsleur thing and it actually worked pretty well for me. Well, that and watching Brazilian Sesame Street.
Actually that was fairly easy, wasn't it? (;
I knew I didn't speak /much/ Portuguese, and I did realise -- before I went over -- just how little it was. Still, I managed to communicate with people so it wasn't that bad.
I'm pretty sure that the insurance companies would say it does, and it'd take an act of government to force them to pay out with the taxpayers footing a lot of the bill. They might mandate Superhero Insurance for people who live in superhero-prone areas, just like they do for floodplains now.
Then again Superman can probably just crush a bunch of coal into diamonds and pay for it all.
(yes I know economics don't work that way)
Well that explains why I had trouble speaking Portuguese while I was in Brazil, since I was constantly being reminded of home! I mean they had all the same things as we do: trees, people... uh... stores. Yeah, it definitely wasn't because learning it in theory wasn't the same as speaking it in practice and it certainly wasn't MY fault. Hell, I tried speaking slower and louder and even THAT didn't help!
I enjoyed it, but I fear I may be getting old - a lot of the time I was thinking "Oh god, sooooooo much property damage...."
Some of it did seem gratuitous. And there were some "WTH" plot-holes... but it was a fun movie and I think pretty well made.
Thank you ONCE AGAIN internet for broadening our horizons, whether we like it or not.
It'd be kinda weird to do it alone!
If you think that looks like cartoon swears, you should see old Sendmail configuration files...
Not when one of them is visual and the other is aural! (:
I actually enjoy Perl.
Here's some vicariousness for you, I was just on skype with my dad and he practically forced me to watch a bunch of youtube videos. Ah, technology.
I still speak perl occasionally, and since I still have parents I do occasionally have to experience Hebrew.
The lyrics are entirely Hebrew, the text on the screen is entirely perl?...
That's actually pretty good. I've never been happier that I speak Hebrew. And perl.
Yeah, that's what I do, too, but you know. Still ridiculous.
You know, I would kinda love to have someone who's not me try that.
The sad thing here is I've actually been bringing an empty water bottle and filling it up past security. From the free water fountains. Sure, that's where they put the mind-control drugs, but hey.
Or any liquid in a larger than super-tiny container?
I still remember going through airport security with a leatherman on my belt and not even setting off the metal detector.
Why don't you just put the laptop off to the side and put the big monitor in front of you?
Definitely use a real keyboard and mouse, too. If your laptop can do a docking station, get one of those (some laptops only have VGA-out on the laptop, but have HDMI on the docking station).
> Sense alone will stop be from buying any other HTC phone. It is slow as sh!t...
See I don't care about that kind of stuff, since any phone I get HAS to have CyanogenMod support. GOOD CyanogenMod support!
I /almost/ agree with you. I severely regret getting my current phone (Galaxy Nexus) because it has no SD slot and only 16gb of space. And I filled that up real fast.
However, it looks like SD slots are pretty much going away, and these phones Do come with 32 or 64gb of space which should be plenty for the next couple of years.
That's my main complaint against the Nexus 4, and the reason I won't get one. The max space on that thing is 16GB which is just ridiculous.
I want HTC to build a Nexus phone again. The Nexus One was (relatively speaking) the best Nexus phone made, in my opinion. The Samsung Nexus phones were/are OK (I have a Galaxy Nexus now) but they were never the absolute top of the line phones. The Nexus 4 is a nice piece of hardware but has some serious flaws (low, non-expandable memory being the show-stopper for me).
I might have to just give up on Nexus phones and hope for good Cyanogenmod support for this guy. But I'll see what Google brings out in May.
I've had zero problems using the desktop version on my mobile devices, especially my tablet. Now I get a popup to deal with everytime. Seriously, the regular site is fine. I appreciate the effort but it's not necessary. Honestly I'd rather you guys spent time fixing bugs in the RSS feeds that perhaps someone reported months ago and go ignored.
I came here to make this exact comment. Well, not so much Hannah Montana, but there's a bunch of embarrassing stuff up there...
Hah! Well, I got to take some courses after school, which WERE kind of fun, but we weren't really the kind of family where you got stuff. Hey, you're a GENIUS, you don't need THINGS! I definitely didn't get anything educational. I had to BEG to get my first computer, and when that went obsolete I didn't get another one till I could buy it myself.