In my experience people who feel strongly about facebook are usually mindless cock-jockeys who use the site for feuding and other time wasting exercises.
Knowing that these backward under-educated shit-kickers are all in one place frees up the interweb for more productive tasks such as pr0n, (pr0n) movie downloads and (pr0n) picture sharing.
They aren't hurting but it's not a major profit center either the way hardware is.
The appstore is the greatest asset to the iOS based devices. Without the appstore they would be nothing.
Keeping the store running is integral to the continued success so breaking even is great, making a small loss is acceptable. Making any form of profit - even a small profit? That is the icing on the cake.
I don't agree or disagree with the post but I do think that the abundance of automatic drive cars are to blame. Cruise control is a bad idea too.
Of course, automatic drive cars are pretty much a necessity in countries where people generally travel long distances to work. In the UK travelling more than 30 minutes to work is unacceptable for most. A car journey is short enough that having a manual gearbox is not a problem. I would guess that manual shift is more suitable to the narrow roads with corners, hills and the like.
If you think that a 'glut' of two roundabouts is dangerous don't ever go to Swindon. Not because of the roundabout - just because it's Swindon. Dreadful place...
Large roundabouts work well when controlled by traffic lights. This sounds counter intuitive but it allows the roundabouts to have 4 lanes which can be useful for motorway (freeway) junctions. Free-flowing roundabouts become unmanagable with more then 3 lanes.
The most common problem is approaching a roundabout too fast as this interrupts the flow of traffic. If everyone approached the roundabout at the appropriate speed, which varies dependings upon the size of the roundabout, then all is well.
Similarly, it is important to maintain the appropriate speed whilst on the roundabout. In practice you feel as though you are holding everyone up but in reality a slow speed allows others to enter the roundabout ahead of you without holding you up.
In the 70s and 80s there was a public information film which demonstrated how to use a roundabout. It was rather informative as the more you studied it the more it began to make sense. I see Minnesota have there own: Woo! Look at the cars!
Fortunately Capcom games are basically a various on 3 or 4 themes. If you own a previous version just keep replaying that one for the same experience.
"Wow, look at the difference between Streetfighter XXV and Streetfighter XXVI - Chun Lei now has brown heeled shoes rather than black heeled shoes. However I preferred SF XIV when she wore stripper heels..Those were the days!"
Microsoft truly doesn't understand why non-deterministic behavior is bad in UIs. You can go all the way back to Office's "smart" menus...
It's all very well poking holes in the golden veneer of MS but that particular 'hole' was plugged by the innovative and emminently likeable 'clippy'.
Quite often I have forgotten what I was doing and clippy has set me on the right track. My consultant is still trying to work out why I always forget what I'm doing when I am 'trying to write a letter' (thanks clippy!). If only my consultant had his own clippy to assist!
I've been using transdroid for a while and didn't even realise their was a barcode scanner function. I just tried it on the nearest code but the 'Kellogg's Special K red berry cereal bar' was not found in the database.
I've got to say that transdroid is excellent. I was talking about an old film from 1992 "Man Bites Dog" - a grisly French serial killer faux-documentary film. I have it in storage on VHS and thought to search on transdroid. I added one of the results and it was ready to watch when I returned from work. Had the VHS been to hand I could have sanned the bar code I guess.
I completely understand how such functionality can be used for copyright infringment and, on balance, it should be removed if it threatens the continuance of support/availability of the main app.
Perhaps vendors can display their own QR codes which re-directs to the distributor for a fee-paid digital download . The vendor could get a referral fee as you would with 'pay per click*'?
As least with that method the vendor would get the old-school physical media market and obtain tracking details on digital downloads which is a valuable tool for future business planning.
Surely the TV would have one button (on/suspend) and be permanently tuned to Apple TV?>
"ATV: your favourite resource for owners of Apple products who are in the market to buy Apple products that are new or are a slight variation on the item that was purchased last week but which is now outdated as the prematurely introduced replacement has advanced shiny, shiny technology (r) bonded to its aircraft grade auminum skin which is now 10% thinner and only 50% more expensive!"
For reference, I am ambivalent about Apple products. Apart from the unexplainably expensive ones. My iPod nano is great though although that was a gift...
The US government system is so large, it is impossible for change to come from within as the number of people required to stick their heads above the parapet could not be organised in one cohesive movement.
The best form of bringing about a change is a war.
My recommendation: the US should go to war with itself - after all, it's given every other country a bash.
It would probably be the one war that would build bridges with the Middle East and forge a better future for us all.
Well said. The parent poster did however say ""There have been plenty of anecdotal associations between gaming and obesity" so weight gain is relevant in the circumstances.
You should have used _you're_ rather than _your_ by the way. Good use of the word _asinine_ though - if slightly hyperbolous. 6/10.
I recall the switch from ISDN to broadband (DSL) in the UK around 10 years ago. It was the difference between using a torch to find your way around a dark house until finding the main light switch. And that was only 512k.
It's almost too difficult to comprehend that my first experience of the internet was at a speed of a basic fax machine. Dark, dark times....
I guess it depends upon which zombie film you deem to be 'most true to life'. I love zombie films but 'historcial accuracy' does not even feature in my judgment criteria.
It's odd that there are comments relating to the dwinding numbers of uninfected people which become an easier target for the every-growing mass of zombies. Physical geography would determine how far a contagion spreads. Notwithstanding this point, it is fair to say that zombies could not last forever in their zombie state without food.
In *films* they rarely, if ever, stop at a water fountain or stock up on bottles of evian (unless these scenes did not make the final cut) and we all know that the body can survive without food for longer than without water. Common sense would suggest that without a food source, zombies would die out in a few days as they always seem to be preoccupied with the quest for braiiinnns than a a soda ("hold the ice, I have sensitive teeth").
Still, listen to be trying to make sense of the subject...
Computers, games consoles, televisions - all contribute to a sedentary lifestyle.
Eating more calories that you expend will contribute to obesity and sitting on your motionless arse will burn very few calories. It's not brain science. Or rocket surgery.
I heard on the grapevine that Sony were working on an incredibly secure method of reactiviation. Once patched, you can play games on the PS3 as normal but - this is the clever bit - without connecting it to the interweb.
The details are sketchy but the machine must use some form of *artificial intelligence* (crazy, I know!) to *replace* characters that would otherwise be controlled by humans.
I feel privileged to be part of a world that is advancing at such a phenonmenal rate that these things are not just probable but *possible*!
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It's not just beauty queens who can't be trusted. I asked Stephen Hawking to teach my nephew to skateboard. Epic fail.
In my experience people who feel strongly about facebook are usually mindless cock-jockeys who use the site for feuding and other time wasting exercises.
Knowing that these backward under-educated shit-kickers are all in one place frees up the interweb for more productive tasks such as pr0n, (pr0n) movie downloads and (pr0n) picture sharing.
All of this has been covered in this documentary series
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That's no way to speak to your brother. You apologise this instant!
She's on CNN. (My wife is unfortunately an addict of that damnable show).
Perhaps you can ween her off CNN with heroin. More expensive? Yes. Less harmful? Absolutely.
I'll bet you're one of those folks that thinks that the muslim brotherhood is a secular organization that isn't hell bent on imposing sharia law
Eveyone knows that the muslim brotherhood is a basketball team. Isn't it?
They aren't hurting but it's not a major profit center either the way hardware is.
The appstore is the greatest asset to the iOS based devices. Without the appstore they would be nothing.
Keeping the store running is integral to the continued success so breaking even is great, making a small loss is acceptable. Making any form of profit - even a small profit? That is the icing on the cake.
I don't agree or disagree with the post but I do think that the abundance of automatic drive cars are to blame. Cruise control is a bad idea too.
Of course, automatic drive cars are pretty much a necessity in countries where people generally travel long distances to work. In the UK travelling more than 30 minutes to work is unacceptable for most. A car journey is short enough that having a manual gearbox is not a problem. I would guess that manual shift is more suitable to the narrow roads with corners, hills and the like.
If you think that a 'glut' of two roundabouts is dangerous don't ever go to Swindon. Not because of the roundabout - just because it's Swindon. Dreadful place...
MDK
Large roundabouts work well when controlled by traffic lights. This sounds counter intuitive but it allows the roundabouts to have 4 lanes which can be useful for motorway (freeway) junctions. Free-flowing roundabouts become unmanagable with more then 3 lanes.
The most common problem is approaching a roundabout too fast as this interrupts the flow of traffic. If everyone approached the roundabout at the appropriate speed, which varies dependings upon the size of the roundabout, then all is well.
Similarly, it is important to maintain the appropriate speed whilst on the roundabout. In practice you feel as though you are holding everyone up but in reality a slow speed allows others to enter the roundabout ahead of you without holding you up.
In the 70s and 80s there was a public information film which demonstrated how to use a roundabout. It was rather informative as the more you studied it the more it began to make sense. I see Minnesota have there own: Woo! Look at the cars!
Fortunately Capcom games are basically a various on 3 or 4 themes. If you own a previous version just keep replaying that one for the same experience.
"Wow, look at the difference between Streetfighter XXV and Streetfighter XXVI - Chun Lei now has brown heeled shoes rather than black heeled shoes. However I preferred SF XIV when she wore stripper heels..Those were the days!"
Microsoft truly doesn't understand why non-deterministic behavior is bad in UIs. You can go all the way back to Office's "smart" menus...
It's all very well poking holes in the golden veneer of MS but that particular 'hole' was plugged by the innovative and emminently likeable 'clippy'.
Quite often I have forgotten what I was doing and clippy has set me on the right track. My consultant is still trying to work out why I always forget what I'm doing when I am 'trying to write a letter' (thanks clippy!). If only my consultant had his own clippy to assist!
Pinball may/may not be an option.
I've been using transdroid for a while and didn't even realise their was a barcode scanner function. I just tried it on the nearest code but the 'Kellogg's Special K red berry cereal bar' was not found in the database.
I've got to say that transdroid is excellent. I was talking about an old film from 1992 "Man Bites Dog" - a grisly French serial killer faux-documentary film. I have it in storage on VHS and thought to search on transdroid. I added one of the results and it was ready to watch when I returned from work. Had the VHS been to hand I could have sanned the bar code I guess.
I completely understand how such functionality can be used for copyright infringment and, on balance, it should be removed if it threatens the continuance of support/availability of the main app.
Perhaps vendors can display their own QR codes which re-directs to the distributor for a fee-paid digital download . The vendor could get a referral fee as you would with 'pay per click*'?
As least with that method the vendor would get the old-school physical media market and obtain tracking details on digital downloads which is a valuable tool for future business planning.
*(note: other referral methods are available).
Surely the TV would have one button (on/suspend) and be permanently tuned to Apple TV?>
"ATV: your favourite resource for owners of Apple products who are in the market to buy Apple products that are new or are a slight variation on the item that was purchased last week but which is now outdated as the prematurely introduced replacement has advanced shiny, shiny technology (r) bonded to its aircraft grade auminum skin which is now 10% thinner and only 50% more expensive!"
For reference, I am ambivalent about Apple products. Apart from the unexplainably expensive ones. My iPod nano is great though although that was a gift...
The US government system is so large, it is impossible for change to come from within as the number of people required to stick their heads above the parapet could not be organised in one cohesive movement.
The best form of bringing about a change is a war.
My recommendation: the US should go to war with itself - after all, it's given every other country a bash.
It would probably be the one war that would build bridges with the Middle East and forge a better future for us all.
Well said. The parent poster did however say ""There have been plenty of anecdotal associations between gaming and obesity" so weight gain is relevant in the circumstances.
You should have used _you're_ rather than _your_ by the way. Good use of the word _asinine_ though - if slightly hyperbolous. 6/10.
Not to worry, they use grade averaging when the exam ends unexpectedly.
I recall the switch from ISDN to broadband (DSL) in the UK around 10 years ago. It was the difference between using a torch to find your way around a dark house until finding the main light switch. And that was only 512k.
It's almost too difficult to comprehend that my first experience of the internet was at a speed of a basic fax machine. Dark, dark times....
I guess it depends upon which zombie film you deem to be 'most true to life'. I love zombie films but 'historcial accuracy' does not even feature in my judgment criteria.
It's odd that there are comments relating to the dwinding numbers of uninfected people which become an easier target for the every-growing mass of zombies. Physical geography would determine how far a contagion spreads. Notwithstanding this point, it is fair to say that zombies could not last forever in their zombie state without food.
In *films* they rarely, if ever, stop at a water fountain or stock up on bottles of evian (unless these scenes did not make the final cut) and we all know that the body can survive without food for longer than without water. Common sense would suggest that without a food source, zombies would die out in a few days as they always seem to be preoccupied with the quest for braiiinnns than a a soda ("hold the ice, I have sensitive teeth").
Still, listen to be trying to make sense of the subject...
Computers, games consoles, televisions - all contribute to a sedentary lifestyle.
Eating more calories that you expend will contribute to obesity and sitting on your motionless arse will burn very few calories. It's not brain science. Or rocket surgery.
I doubt there will be much take-up for 'Perverted Peodophile' (or 'Pedophile' for you chaps across the pond).
I heard on the grapevine that Sony were working on an incredibly secure method of reactiviation. Once patched, you can play games on the PS3 as normal but - this is the clever bit - without connecting it to the interweb.
The details are sketchy but the machine must use some form of *artificial intelligence* (crazy, I know!) to *replace* characters that would otherwise be controlled by humans.
I feel privileged to be part of a world that is advancing at such a phenonmenal rate that these things are not just probable but *possible*!
How about *more* angry birds. And make them angrier. Angry x 64 = spitting feathers.