It's really annoying when a single word no longer means anything, and concise communication becomes impossible.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=disinte re sted
Usage Note: In traditional usage, disinterested can only mean having no stake in an outcome, as in Since the judge stands to profit from the sale of the company, she cannot be considered a disinterested party in the dispute. But despite critical disapproval, disinterested has come to be widely used by many educated writers to mean uninterested or having lost interest as in Since she discovered skiing, she is disinterested in her schoolwork.
Oddly enough, not interested is the oldest sense of the word, going back to the 17th century. This sense became outmoded in the 18th century but underwent a revival in the first quarter of the early 20th. Despite its resuscitation, this usage is widely considered an error.
In a 1988 survey, 89 percent of the Usage Panel rejected the sentence His unwillingness to give five minutes of his time proves that he is disinterested in finding a solution to the problem. This is not a significantly different proportion from the 93 percent who disapproved of the same usage in 1980.
Yeah fastmail's great, except when it's not, like, say, right now.
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http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gamut # A complete range or extent
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gambit # A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage. # A remark intended to open a conversation.
Playing with numbers: Imagine an American city with houehold income $280,470, 100x your Indian example.
Would this city spend $6500 on an educational system for the ENTIRE community. Of course! Why,
Because it's INSANELY CHEAP.
65 families chipping in 0.05% of each houeshold's income to purchase as receiver for all-day educational programming. That's a bargain.
This is a low-cost access to a valuable resource, and I can't think of any reason to trash it besides knee-jerk superiority and ignorance, coupled with a lack of comprehension of basic mathematics.
I suppose I can understand the lack of comprehension of mathematics, if you have an American education, and not, say, and Indian education.:-p
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/faxing/ "S ending a fax When you choose to print a document from an application, the Print Panel now includes a Fax button that lets you send the document as a fax using your computer's built-in modem. You can choose cover page options from a pop-up menu in the Print panel. The Address field automatically fills in addresses using fax numbers from your Address Book or you can enter a fax number manually. It shows only contacts with a fax number."
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Correction: The iBook Comes with AirPort Extreme (802.11g card: $80 "value"), not AirPort Expresss (802.11g repeater: $130 "value").
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How do you handle filenames with spaces? On my system, find/xargs breaks on files like "two words"
mod Funny? This is so true.
That's how I do it. stuff1, stuff2. If it gets too big, disc1, disc2. It's all junk, though.
mirror down. that was quick. mod parent down today, up tomorrow.
plurality
most
Unfortunately, then the ads are being shown to a self-selected bunch of cheapskates who don't buy stuff.
Not very useful for marketing.
Unfortunately, then the ads are being shown to a self-selected bunch of cheapskates who don't buy stuff.
Not very useful for markting.
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=disint
your idea gets my vote.
Dunno who should pay to count it, though.
I have a system that fits on my laps; where can I get a kneetop system?
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# A complete range or extent
u reshow/dammitjanet.htm
You ran a gambit when you posted
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gamut
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gambit
# A maneuver, stratagem, or ploy, especially one used at an initial stage.
# A remark intended to open a conversation.
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Playing with numbers:
:-p
Imagine an American city with houehold income $280,470, 100x your Indian example.
Would this city spend $6500 on an educational system for the ENTIRE community. Of course! Why,
Because it's INSANELY CHEAP.
65 families chipping in 0.05% of each houeshold's income to purchase as receiver for all-day educational programming. That's a bargain.
This is a low-cost access to a valuable resource, and I can't think of any reason to trash it besides knee-jerk superiority and ignorance, coupled with a lack of comprehension of basic mathematics.
I suppose I can understand the lack of comprehension of mathematics, if you have an American education, and not, say, and Indian education.
Fortunately, stress is proving a boon to the health care industry, motivating $600M in additional revenue!
Einstein was a patent examiner.... in Switzerland.
t ei n-bio.html
http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1921/eins
No crashing, quiet fan, deep sleep and instant wake-up at the touch of a button...
Sounds like or this or this or this, running a system like this?
Uh, mods, this post is "funny", not "insightful".
Well, I hope it is, anyway.
Can someone post a link to a real article on the topic? An article with... content?
Editors, please stop posting Press Releases.
Are you joking? It happened last week, as it does every year:
icfpcontest.org
It's the most duplicated story on Slashdot: slashdot.org
Most coders have stopped participating in "unplanned death marches" by the time they are responsible enough to start a family.
The better to enjoy the familial unplanned death marches...
Typical cross-promotional marketing crap. ...
Some of us gave Apple $30 for a Quicktime Pro license specifically to get access to full-screen Quicktime movies.
Just another reminder why deciding to pay any company for a license instead of a product is a pathetic leap of faith.
The article shows a G3 in a Powermac-style mini case, not a G5 in an iMac. An impressive hardware hack, but not a G5.
What is the LWV smoking? That position paper make zero sense.
In what sense is Address Book XML-ey ?
S ending a fax
It is, however, faxy.
From the page you linked:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/faxing/
"
When you choose to print a document from an application, the Print Panel now includes a Fax button that lets you send the document as a fax using your computer's built-in modem. You can choose cover page options from a pop-up menu in the Print panel. The Address field automatically fills in addresses using fax numbers from your Address Book or you can enter a fax number manually. It shows only contacts with a fax number."