although the caesarian scars are a direct consequence of childbearing, a 'traditional' feminine role (not like it can be considered traditionally masculine, I suppose:) So showing off their scars in that respect basically shows 'look, I'm fertile, I've borne children', and they're in a location that's easy to cover up.
Agreed; but I definitely remember that before (e.g. 10/15 years ago?) it was something that would be more likely to be covered up and that people would be surprised if it was shown. I commented on it because it's definitely something that has changed in that time so I think it's probalby a good sign.
Yes, you're right, it's a very good sign, considering the whole concept of childbirth was utterly taboo in 'polite' society not too long ago:) Good point!
Are they as carefree about appendectomy or kidney transplant scars, I wonder?
Not going into details but at least one comes under that category and another is a set of serious scars after various bone operations in places you'd rather not have bone operations;-).
Oooh, ouch. Well, good on 'em! It sounds like they're confident in themselves, no doubt assisted greatly by having the ready support of good friends such as yourself:)
Right or wrong, western society's focus on the female appearance often makes scarring to the face or chest much more traumatic than it is for men
Not disagreeing with you, but I've got some news; it's not just "western" society. Pretty much all cultures have fetishes and taboos regarding physical appearance, both of the male and female. Some are more commonly held than others. It's not about fairness or even double standards, it's just part of how humans are wired... so don't take it personally.
Yeah, you're right.
I guess it would have been clearer to say "Thanks to the generally revealing clothing standards and unrealistic and unhealthy body/beauty images fostered by the media and entertainment industries in western society...", but that's kind of a mouthful:) And yes, even these clarifications do apply to a broader scope than just the 'western' world, but that's where I have seen them in action.
I'm honestly quite touched to see you rushing to defend the honor of the wife of "Adult film producer (866485)"
Hmmm...it just pissed me off that, simply because she's a woman, her unnecessary injuries that were received in the line of duty are trivialized and summed up, in effect, as "w00t, show us yer bewbs"
I didn't really expect such a fallout, and the overall tone of it is...quite disturbing. It's like people don't think she deserves respect at all, because a) she's a woman, b) she's in a combat role, or c) her husband (might) work in the adult film industry. I know, a lot of the comments are being contributed by trolls who wouldn't be able to look a woman in the eye if they ever crawled out of their holes long enough to actually meet one, but still...
And people wonder why women on these forums usually avoid self-identifying as such.
I certainly did, and the only thing that's stopping that casing is that thin cotton t-shirt. The outer jacket would be subject the same, er, stresses as the flak jacket.
Spent cases are lightweight. They bounce easily off of a tee shirt.
Even a.50 cal casing, heaver than most, is not going to penetrate a tee shirt. It will just bounce off. Yet he posted she had to "reach down" to get the shell. Clearly out of uniform.
Now if she was rushed from her mess to a combat position due to a sudden attack by pickup trucks or armored vehicles in the middle of the night I might buy it (these guns aren't used against foot solders).
I'd still have to ask what the hell she was doing on the ejection side of a.50 cal with her shirt unbuttoned, but wearing armor.
He made it up.
Bounce off the shirt...off the inside of the armor...back off the shirt...back off the armor...see where I'm going with this? It doesn't have to penetrate the shirt to transfer heat to the skin beneath, it just has to be trapped against it by, oh, I don't know, some sort of stiff board-like substance pressed against her chest. And if it's trapped between the upper swell of her chest and the armor, how else would she get it out other than to 'reach down' the front of the armor?
The point is, the fact that she was wearing ill-fitting armor allowed the shell to bounce inside. It is probably a pretty uncommon occurrence, and it could even happen to a guy with big enough pecs (or moobs, I suppose). Perhaps she was wearing the jacket, or perhaps not (it is a desert, after all), but once that shell is inside the armor, it'd be a right pain to fish it out again, especially if one was otherwise occupied. She can't just stand up, hunch her shoulders and suck in her chest to let it fall through, like a typical guy could. Chances are, to keep the armor from sliding around and providing even less protection, it had to be cinched pretty darn tight.
I think you just like the idea of a d-cup woman with her shirt unbuttoned to her navel, in body armor, waving around a 50 cc gun...:-)
Really? So a 0.3 mm thick cotton shirt is supposed to disperse the heat from a recently ejected 50 cc shell...how exactly? Especially when it's trapped against the chest by what amounts to a stiff board?
How? By not letting the casing down there in the first place. Did you even LOOK at the jpg you included in your quote?
The direct quote was BETWEEN her breasts, not against a breast. There is no way this happens unless she violates combat regs and leaves the shirt off to show off her guns.
But again, given the posters name, Adult film producer, you have to assume the story is totally made up.
I certainly did, and the only thing that's stopping that casing is that thin cotton t-shirt. The outer jacket would be subject the same, er, stresses as the flak jacket.
I did interpret 'between' as 'across' her breasts, though. Basically, there's nowhere else for the shell to go, and every movement she makes to dislodge it just results in wedging it in tighter across her front. Does it really matter if the scarring is right in the valley, or on the upper slopes? That's being a bit pedantic, don't'cha think?
Oh, and why does everyone keep assuming that the OP's sig is literal? You've never created a sig that's tounge-in-cheek, or even wishful thinking? Although...checking his comment history, you may be right. Still, it is a plausible situation, and I'll give him the benefit of the doubt here.
She got scarred in a very personal place, as a direct result of serving her country,
She got scarred (if it happened at all) because she was flaunting her boobs instead of wearing a regulation Army uniform. All it takes to stop ejected brass is a tee shirt or buttoned collar. Body armor is not designed for this.
Really? So a 0.3 mm thick cotton shirt is supposed to disperse the heat from a recently ejected 50 cc shell...how exactly? Especially when it's trapped against the chest by what amounts to a stiff board?
All that heat has to go somewhere. Try holding a recently ejected cartridge against your ankle (equivalent in sensitivity, although not in texture) while wearing thin dress socks sometime . Oh, and hold it there nice and tight until it cools down.
For men, it's considered macho to have scars, for women, it's considered disfiguring. I didn't say that was fair, it's just the double standard that is in place.
I'm not so sure about that any more. Certainly my girl friends (american sense - not sexual sense) tend to show off their scars quite a bit; but that's more to do with shared extreme sport-accident culture and possibly cesarians etc. Girls in Europe definitely go in bikinis or topless on the beach after a cesarian no problem. Some of my friends are even pretty cool about some (pretty limited) facial damage up to and including slightly visible broken noses, though I bet anything ugly on the face would be a problem. I guess for "army girls" the situation would not be much different.
Good points all.
It's great to hear that some stereotypes are being overturned, although the caesarian scars are a direct consequence of childbearing, a 'traditional' feminine role (not like it can be considered traditionally masculine, I suppose:) So showing off their scars in that respect basically shows 'look, I'm fertile, I've borne children', and they're in a location that's easy to cover up. Are they as carefree about appendectomy or kidney transplant scars, I wonder?
You're right, though, that 'army girls' and participants in extreme sports / hazardous occupations are less likely to be self conscious of scars received during work / play. I'm guessing that scars on the breasts, however, are less often shown off, because for some reason we all get a bit goofy when it comes to breasts. They must be large, round, firm, symmetrical and flawless, or we're not up to (albeit ridiculous) societal standards. Hence the very lucrative 'cosmetic enhancement' industry, not to mention the (generally hideously uncomfortable) push-up bra industry. Victoria's real secret is that she's desperately trying not to pick her panties out of her ass on camera, you know.
Oh, and assuming that his tag reflects reality also implies that yours does...so am I talking to a wall here? Maybe I should be using smaller words?
There are no words small enough to get through the stupidity of the bottom end of Slashdot posters. Don't take it personally, just laugh at the failure to accept their sad lives that their bitterness implies. Nothing quite like getting the trolls replying on your post to show you hit home somewhere.
Yeah, I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, the irony of the situation just grabbed at me in this case...:)
Actually, that sounds hilarious. Even better that you americans are circumcised and would burn your dick even more.
Anyway, the guys name still hints at it being a not very personal space. Also, she can probably hid it behind her massive tits.
Now stop being whiteknight.
Wow...assume much?
a) not american b) not circumcised, mostly because I'm c) not male.
So yes, I know what I'm talking about, more than some teenage boy who never leaves his mama's basement (okay, that's my assumption re: the character of the AC).
Right or wrong, western society's focus on the female appearance often makes scarring to the face or chest much more traumatic than it is for men. For men, it's considered macho to have scars, for women, it's considered disfiguring. I didn't say that was fair, it's just the double standard that is in place.
Oh, and assuming that his tag reflects reality also implies that yours does...so am I talking to a wall here? Maybe I should be using smaller words?
Yeah, because I'm sure that Adult film producer (866485) would be very offended at the thought of women's breasts being considered sexual.
Really? That's what you took from his juvenile, knee-jerk comment? Would you say the same if he said his wife had to have a mastectomy?
She got scarred in a very personal place, as a direct result of serving her country, all for a reason that should have been addressed a decade or more ago. I really hope she's not self-conscious about it, but it surely must bother her a bit.
What would be your response if, instead, it was you wearing pants designed for women, and the fact that your little weenis pushed the front out far enough to let shells drop into the front of your pants resulted in scarring? Not so funny now, eh?
"People will be freed up for creative jobs, jobs that involve human intelligence which can't be done by machines."
This dogma over the last two decades or so has led us right to the edge of record-setting long unemployment and poverty.
What if there are no paying jobs that can't be done by machines? Because current trends seem to point to this being the case.
All those robots will need one thing: energy. So, put people to work on that: instead of solar farms, build pedal farms, with thousands of stationary bicycles / stair steppers / rowing machines / etc. tied in to mini generators, which in turn feed collector batteries. People could read / etc. while cycling enough watts to make their rent.
Yes, it would be mind-numbingly boring. Yes, it would not be terribly efficient. But at least it would be 'green' and could possibly provide a steady paycheck for those who can't re-train into alternate careers... I haven't crunched the numbers or anything, I'm just noodling around. The inefficiencies of such a system may indeed never make it viable, other than as a 'make work' project.
Oh, it's definitely 'pencil-pointy':) The body of the stylus feels somewhat like a thicker pen, but it tapers down to a nice, pressure-sensitive, replaceable point. It's not pin-pointy, so as not to scratch the tablet surface, but definitely nice and fine, and hard not rubbery. It is battery powered, but from all I've read, the single aaa battery lasts quite a long time:)
There are also some nice cases available on eBay. We ordered two different kinds, since we got these for the mother and mother in law as birthday presents (portable picture albums and email devices, mostly:). This one is nice and light, with all access to ports and stuff, but the triangle support is not as stable as one could like, it keeps sliding out flat when you're using it. This one is much more stable for use while propped up, although the one we got didn't rotate (can't quite find the exact model, but it was from seller bigeyestore). It also needed a bit of trimming to fully free up the SD card slot cover, but overall, I think this one is the better cover.
There are plenty of stylus available for touch screens of all sorts nowadays. No need to go fetch a new phone. Except for the fun of a new phone of course.
Yess...if you don't mind trying to use what amounts to a mini-marshmallow on the end of a stick as a 'stylus'.
Seriously, have you seen or tried to use one of those 'made for capacitive screens!' styluses (stylii?) they have out there? They're garbage, I can draw/sketch better with...well, my finger, which defeats the purpose of wanting a nice, fine-grained drawing implement.
It's not like I'm an 'arteest' or anything, but it's nice if the lines I try to draw actually go where I want them to go, and I can actually see what I'm drawing as I draw it, instead of having it hidden under a fat little nub. Just saying, they took a real step backwards in that department with the development of capacitive screens, and it's like they thought no one would ever notice...
Not the beefiest out there, but the pointy stylus is...sweet! And the ICS update is officially out, OTA update is painless (although unfortunately you lose root if you had rooted it, haven't seen the ICS root update come out yet). It even has a full-sized SD card slot, so want to show friends pics from your camera? No problem, just pop in the card...it also has a SIM card slot, but the model I bought doesn't have the modem installed. Apparently it's a pretty easy mod to pop it open and add one, though, and they sell the modems on Amazon for about $125 CAD...it's on my 'to try once it's out of warranty' list:)
I think they might be discontinuing them, though, since they're going on and off sale like crazy at online e-tailers in Canada.
*(Sorry about the canadian link, couldn't seem to find an american link to one on sale...weird, usually it's the other way round.)
Who want a phone that dies partway through the day? You would miss incoming calls.
Whaaat...you actually use your phone for calls? Wow, how very turn of the century...:)
OTOH, I'd agree that a smartphone is probably not the right choice for someone without access to electricity for at least part of their work day, be it at a desk or in a vehicle. I have my charger right beside my computer, so when I get back from meetings / site visits / etc. it gets plugged in. I thought it would be much more annoying than it actually is, now it's just habit.
Just look at the numbers...Samsung sold millions of the Galaxy Note in a few months.
To be fair, was that a result of the screen size or the pointy stylus?
To date that has been the most frustrating part of the whole touch revolution for me: the fact that we had to trade off precision and usability in cold weather for, basically, multi-touch capabilities. I don't have a Note, because they came out after I 'settled' for the S2X (which I do love, btw, just can't use it for scribbles or sketches), but once I'm ready to move on, it'll be a stylus-capable interface or nothing.
And yes, the bigger screen size is worth the slight drawbacks in battery time / pocket occupancy percentage. It still fits in the pocket of my jeans:) I see people squinting at their puny iPhones and laugh and laugh and laugh...
The first caution therefore is that because an API call is present in an app there is nothing whatsoever to indicate when or how it is being used, if it is being used at all. Therefore we are talking about possibilities and potentialialities, not facts.
Indeed. That is why this app is a good thing. If there are API calls in there that don't have any apparent relation to the app's purported function, then the developer had better be prepared to explain exactly why that call is in there, and what it is doing with the information. If they aren't doing anything with it, then they'd still better have an extremely good reason for pulling it, not "well, we might need it for future planned features". If they need the info in the future, then they adjust their permissions requests with the user's consent before pulling the info.
Transparency, it's not just for Saran Wrap anymore. (was going to say 'windows', but the irony in that statement just almost knocked me over...)
From a speech by Michael Crichton to congressional aides in 2006:
"Gene patents might have looked reasonable 20 years ago, but the field has changed since in ways nobody could have predicted. And we have plenty of evidence today that gene patents are bad practice, harmful, and dangerous. Gene patenting breaks all sorts of long-standing rules about what is protectable, and it does so with no countervailing benefit. "
I highly recommend reading the rest of his speech, as well as his novel on this very topic, called Next. For a fiction writer, he was a pretty smart cookie. Must have been the MD he earned from Harvard, or maybe the BA in biological anthropology, also from Harvard. I especially like how he includes bibliographical references in most of his novels, so people can read for themselves the articles that inspire his novels.
Rest in peace, sir, and know that you are mourned.
Chronological Age Shapes How People Perceive Temperature
"You just don't get the summers we used to get when I was a lad..."
Financial Circumstances Shape How People Perceive Temperature
"Almost froze my ass off last winter, didn't have enough newspapers stocked up since everybody's reading the bloody online bloody news these days..."
and
Number of Children / Grandchildren / Pets Shape How People Perceive Temperature
"Well, Susie has her skating class, then Molly has her hockey game, but Andy and Billy were invited to that Winter Festival / tobogganing birthday party at the same time...oh, and could you walk Rover when you get home?"
Face it, 'perception' of temperature is a pretty worthless measure overall. Stick with the measurements, assign a margin of error (note: not 'corrections') suitable for the technology / location, and go from there.
Good point but that doesn't mean much. Look at the bathroom or break-room at work. We all share that space but there's always 1 or 2 people who just don't give a shit.
It is as with kids - if t hey ask seemingly innocent question long enough they get an agreement not because we really agree but because we are tired of being asked the same question all t he time.
When my kids do this I tell them if they ask again it is going to be time to go sit in the the time out char and when they do ask it again they go right in.
...wow, you're not fooling around, are you? Re-purposed barbeque? Firepit? Inquiring minds want to know!:)
It cures them of that problem after only a couple of times.
Yeah, it is obvious the power company in intent on stealing secrets about your laundry habits rather than trying to balance infrastructure cost and capability.
If you think that information will stay with the power company, I've got some land to sell you in South Florida.
That data will be sold to everyone that wants it in the blink of an eye. Advertisers/marketers have no shame. And it will be subpoenaed by the authorities when when anyone in your block is under surveillance.
How's that? Do telephone companies do the same with your calling / texting history? Do you get random telemarketers calling up and saying 'We see you make a lot of calls to North Dakota during the daytime, would you like to switch to our company and subscribe to our long distance super-happiness-savings bundle?'
Utilities fall under much stricter ethical codes and privacy policies than does Facebook, thank goodness. Aggregate, anonymized data can be shared, but personally identifying information is not up for grabs (well, except by subpoena, I suppose). I'm not sure what advantage advertisers would glean from knowing that '90% of households in this neighborhood typically see a power usage spike around 7:00 pm on Thursdays'...
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although the caesarian scars are a direct consequence of childbearing, a 'traditional' feminine role (not like it can be considered traditionally masculine, I suppose :) So showing off their scars in that respect basically shows 'look, I'm fertile, I've borne children', and they're in a location that's easy to cover up.
Agreed; but I definitely remember that before (e.g. 10/15 years ago?) it was something that would be more likely to be covered up and that people would be surprised if it was shown. I commented on it because it's definitely something that has changed in that time so I think it's probalby a good sign.
Yes, you're right, it's a very good sign, considering the whole concept of childbirth was utterly taboo in 'polite' society not too long ago :) Good point!
Are they as carefree about appendectomy or kidney transplant scars, I wonder?
Not going into details but at least one comes under that category and another is a set of serious scars after various bone operations in places you'd rather not have bone operations ;-).
Oooh, ouch. Well, good on 'em! It sounds like they're confident in themselves, no doubt assisted greatly by having the ready support of good friends such as yourself :)
Right or wrong, western society's focus on the female appearance often makes scarring to the face or chest much more traumatic than it is for men
Not disagreeing with you, but I've got some news; it's not just "western" society. Pretty much all cultures have fetishes and taboos regarding physical appearance, both of the male and female. Some are more commonly held than others. It's not about fairness or even double standards, it's just part of how humans are wired... so don't take it personally.
Yeah, you're right.
I guess it would have been clearer to say "Thanks to the generally revealing clothing standards and unrealistic and unhealthy body/beauty images fostered by the media and entertainment industries in western society...", but that's kind of a mouthful :) And yes, even these clarifications do apply to a broader scope than just the 'western' world, but that's where I have seen them in action.
I'm honestly quite touched to see you rushing to defend the honor of the wife of "Adult film producer (866485)"
Hmmm...it just pissed me off that, simply because she's a woman, her unnecessary injuries that were received in the line of duty are trivialized and summed up, in effect, as "w00t, show us yer bewbs"
I didn't really expect such a fallout, and the overall tone of it is...quite disturbing. It's like people don't think she deserves respect at all, because a) she's a woman, b) she's in a combat role, or c) her husband (might) work in the adult film industry. I know, a lot of the comments are being contributed by trolls who wouldn't be able to look a woman in the eye if they ever crawled out of their holes long enough to actually meet one, but still...
And people wonder why women on these forums usually avoid self-identifying as such.
I think you just like the idea of a d-cup woman with her shirt unbuttoned to her navel, in body armor, waving around a 50 cc gun... :-)
...and that should read ".50 caliber gun"... unless you've got some really high velocity injections planned! *facepalm*
oh, for an edit button on /. ...
I certainly did, and the only thing that's stopping that casing is that thin cotton t-shirt. The outer jacket would be subject the same, er, stresses as the flak jacket.
Spent cases are lightweight. They bounce easily off of a tee shirt.
Even a .50 cal casing, heaver than most, is not going to penetrate a tee shirt. It will just bounce off. Yet he posted she had to "reach down" to get the shell. Clearly out of uniform.
Now if she was rushed from her mess to a combat position due to a sudden attack by pickup trucks or armored vehicles in the middle of the night I might buy it (these guns aren't used against foot solders).
I'd still have to ask what the hell she was doing on the ejection side of a .50 cal with her shirt unbuttoned, but wearing armor.
He made it up.
Bounce off the shirt...off the inside of the armor...back off the shirt...back off the armor...see where I'm going with this? It doesn't have to penetrate the shirt to transfer heat to the skin beneath, it just has to be trapped against it by, oh, I don't know, some sort of stiff board-like substance pressed against her chest. And if it's trapped between the upper swell of her chest and the armor, how else would she get it out other than to 'reach down' the front of the armor?
The point is, the fact that she was wearing ill-fitting armor allowed the shell to bounce inside. It is probably a pretty uncommon occurrence, and it could even happen to a guy with big enough pecs (or moobs, I suppose). Perhaps she was wearing the jacket, or perhaps not (it is a desert, after all), but once that shell is inside the armor, it'd be a right pain to fish it out again, especially if one was otherwise occupied. She can't just stand up, hunch her shoulders and suck in her chest to let it fall through, like a typical guy could. Chances are, to keep the armor from sliding around and providing even less protection, it had to be cinched pretty darn tight.
I think you just like the idea of a d-cup woman with her shirt unbuttoned to her navel, in body armor, waving around a 50 cc gun... :-)
Really? So a 0.3 mm thick cotton shirt is supposed to disperse the heat from a recently ejected 50 cc shell...how exactly? Especially when it's trapped against the chest by what amounts to a stiff board?
How? By not letting the casing down there in the first place.
Did you even LOOK at the jpg you included in your quote?
The direct quote was BETWEEN her breasts, not against a breast.
There is no way this happens unless she violates combat regs and leaves the shirt off to show off her guns.
But again, given the posters name, Adult film producer, you have to assume the story is totally made up.
I certainly did, and the only thing that's stopping that casing is that thin cotton t-shirt. The outer jacket would be subject the same, er, stresses as the flak jacket.
I did interpret 'between' as 'across' her breasts, though. Basically, there's nowhere else for the shell to go, and every movement she makes to dislodge it just results in wedging it in tighter across her front. Does it really matter if the scarring is right in the valley, or on the upper slopes? That's being a bit pedantic, don't'cha think?
Oh, and why does everyone keep assuming that the OP's sig is literal? You've never created a sig that's tounge-in-cheek, or even wishful thinking? Although...checking his comment history, you may be right. Still, it is a plausible situation, and I'll give him the benefit of the doubt here.
She got scarred in a very personal place, as a direct result of serving her country,
She got scarred (if it happened at all) because she was flaunting her boobs instead of wearing a regulation Army uniform.
All it takes to stop ejected brass is a tee shirt or buttoned collar. Body armor is not designed for this.
Take a look at the uniform for that region:
http://www.militaryclothing.com/img/DCU%20Quick%20Find.JPG
The story is apocryphal. A scam. And you bit.
Really? So a 0.3 mm thick cotton shirt is supposed to disperse the heat from a recently ejected 50 cc shell...how exactly? Especially when it's trapped against the chest by what amounts to a stiff board?
All that heat has to go somewhere. Try holding a recently ejected cartridge against your ankle (equivalent in sensitivity, although not in texture) while wearing thin dress socks sometime . Oh, and hold it there nice and tight until it cools down.
For men, it's considered macho to have scars, for women, it's considered disfiguring. I didn't say that was fair, it's just the double standard that is in place.
I'm not so sure about that any more. Certainly my girl friends (american sense - not sexual sense) tend to show off their scars quite a bit; but that's more to do with shared extreme sport-accident culture and possibly cesarians etc. Girls in Europe definitely go in bikinis or topless on the beach after a cesarian no problem. Some of my friends are even pretty cool about some (pretty limited) facial damage up to and including slightly visible broken noses, though I bet anything ugly on the face would be a problem. I guess for "army girls" the situation would not be much different.
Good points all.
It's great to hear that some stereotypes are being overturned, although the caesarian scars are a direct consequence of childbearing, a 'traditional' feminine role (not like it can be considered traditionally masculine, I suppose :) So showing off their scars in that respect basically shows 'look, I'm fertile, I've borne children', and they're in a location that's easy to cover up. Are they as carefree about appendectomy or kidney transplant scars, I wonder?
You're right, though, that 'army girls' and participants in extreme sports / hazardous occupations are less likely to be self conscious of scars received during work / play. I'm guessing that scars on the breasts, however, are less often shown off, because for some reason we all get a bit goofy when it comes to breasts. They must be large, round, firm, symmetrical and flawless, or we're not up to (albeit ridiculous) societal standards. Hence the very lucrative 'cosmetic enhancement' industry, not to mention the (generally hideously uncomfortable) push-up bra industry. Victoria's real secret is that she's desperately trying not to pick her panties out of her ass on camera, you know.
Oh, and assuming that his tag reflects reality also implies that yours does...so am I talking to a wall here? Maybe I should be using smaller words?
There are no words small enough to get through the stupidity of the bottom end of Slashdot posters. Don't take it personally, just laugh at the failure to accept their sad lives that their bitterness implies. Nothing quite like getting the trolls replying on your post to show you hit home somewhere.
Yeah, I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, the irony of the situation just grabbed at me in this case... :)
Actually, that sounds hilarious.
Even better that you americans are circumcised and would burn your dick even more.
Anyway, the guys name still hints at it being a not very personal space.
Also, she can probably hid it behind her massive tits.
Now stop being whiteknight.
Wow...assume much?
a) not american
b) not circumcised, mostly because I'm
c) not male.
So yes, I know what I'm talking about, more than some teenage boy who never leaves his mama's basement (okay, that's my assumption re: the character of the AC).
Right or wrong, western society's focus on the female appearance often makes scarring to the face or chest much more traumatic than it is for men. For men, it's considered macho to have scars, for women, it's considered disfiguring. I didn't say that was fair, it's just the double standard that is in place.
Oh, and assuming that his tag reflects reality also implies that yours does...so am I talking to a wall here? Maybe I should be using smaller words?
Yeah, because I'm sure that Adult film producer (866485) would be very offended at the thought of women's breasts being considered sexual.
Really? That's what you took from his juvenile, knee-jerk comment? Would you say the same if he said his wife had to have a mastectomy?
She got scarred in a very personal place, as a direct result of serving her country, all for a reason that should have been addressed a decade or more ago. I really hope she's not self-conscious about it, but it surely must bother her a bit.
What would be your response if, instead, it was you wearing pants designed for women, and the fact that your little weenis pushed the front out far enough to let shells drop into the front of your pants resulted in scarring? Not so funny now, eh?
pics or it didnt happen
Grow up and show some respect, asshole.
"People will be freed up for creative jobs, jobs that involve human intelligence which can't be done by machines."
This dogma over the last two decades or so has led us right to the edge of record-setting long unemployment and poverty.
What if there are no paying jobs that can't be done by machines? Because current trends seem to point to this being the case.
All those robots will need one thing: energy. So, put people to work on that: instead of solar farms, build pedal farms, with thousands of stationary bicycles / stair steppers / rowing machines / etc. tied in to mini generators, which in turn feed collector batteries. People could read / etc. while cycling enough watts to make their rent.
Yes, it would be mind-numbingly boring. Yes, it would not be terribly efficient. But at least it would be 'green' and could possibly provide a steady paycheck for those who can't re-train into alternate careers... I haven't crunched the numbers or anything, I'm just noodling around. The inefficiencies of such a system may indeed never make it viable, other than as a 'make work' project.
Oh, it's definitely 'pencil-pointy' :) The body of the stylus feels somewhat like a thicker pen, but it tapers down to a nice, pressure-sensitive, replaceable point. It's not pin-pointy, so as not to scratch the tablet surface, but definitely nice and fine, and hard not rubbery. It is battery powered, but from all I've read, the single aaa battery lasts quite a long time :)
There are also some nice cases available on eBay. We ordered two different kinds, since we got these for the mother and mother in law as birthday presents (portable picture albums and email devices, mostly :). This one is nice and light, with all access to ports and stuff, but the triangle support is not as stable as one could like, it keeps sliding out flat when you're using it. This one is much more stable for use while propped up, although the one we got didn't rotate (can't quite find the exact model, but it was from seller bigeyestore). It also needed a bit of trimming to fully free up the SD card slot cover, but overall, I think this one is the better cover.
Have fun! :-)
There are plenty of stylus available for touch screens of all sorts nowadays. No need to go fetch a new phone. Except for the fun of a new phone of course.
Yess...if you don't mind trying to use what amounts to a mini-marshmallow on the end of a stick as a 'stylus'.
Seriously, have you seen or tried to use one of those 'made for capacitive screens!' styluses (stylii?) they have out there? They're garbage, I can draw/sketch better with...well, my finger, which defeats the purpose of wanting a nice, fine-grained drawing implement.
It's not like I'm an 'arteest' or anything, but it's nice if the lines I try to draw actually go where I want them to go, and I can actually see what I'm drawing as I draw it, instead of having it hidden under a fat little nub. Just saying, they took a real step backwards in that department with the development of capacitive screens, and it's like they thought no one would ever notice...
I have the 10.1"Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet*.
Not the beefiest out there, but the pointy stylus is...sweet! And the ICS update is officially out, OTA update is painless (although unfortunately you lose root if you had rooted it, haven't seen the ICS root update come out yet). It even has a full-sized SD card slot, so want to show friends pics from your camera? No problem, just pop in the card...it also has a SIM card slot, but the model I bought doesn't have the modem installed. Apparently it's a pretty easy mod to pop it open and add one, though, and they sell the modems on Amazon for about $125 CAD...it's on my 'to try once it's out of warranty' list :)
I think they might be discontinuing them, though, since they're going on and off sale like crazy at online e-tailers in Canada.
*(Sorry about the canadian link, couldn't seem to find an american link to one on sale...weird, usually it's the other way round.)
Who want a phone that dies partway through the day? You would miss incoming calls.
Whaaat...you actually use your phone for calls? Wow, how very turn of the century... :)
OTOH, I'd agree that a smartphone is probably not the right choice for someone without access to electricity for at least part of their work day, be it at a desk or in a vehicle. I have my charger right beside my computer, so when I get back from meetings / site visits / etc. it gets plugged in. I thought it would be much more annoying than it actually is, now it's just habit.
Just look at the numbers...Samsung sold millions of the Galaxy Note in a few months.
To be fair, was that a result of the screen size or the pointy stylus?
To date that has been the most frustrating part of the whole touch revolution for me: the fact that we had to trade off precision and usability in cold weather for, basically, multi-touch capabilities. I don't have a Note, because they came out after I 'settled' for the S2X (which I do love, btw, just can't use it for scribbles or sketches), but once I'm ready to move on, it'll be a stylus-capable interface or nothing.
And yes, the bigger screen size is worth the slight drawbacks in battery time / pocket occupancy percentage. It still fits in the pocket of my jeans :) I see people squinting at their puny iPhones and laugh and laugh and laugh...
The first caution therefore is that because an API call is present in an app there is nothing whatsoever to indicate when or how it is being used, if it is being used at all. Therefore we are talking about possibilities and potentialialities, not facts.
Indeed. That is why this app is a good thing. If there are API calls in there that don't have any apparent relation to the app's purported function, then the developer had better be prepared to explain exactly why that call is in there, and what it is doing with the information. If they aren't doing anything with it, then they'd still better have an extremely good reason for pulling it, not "well, we might need it for future planned features". If they need the info in the future, then they adjust their permissions requests with the user's consent before pulling the info.
Transparency, it's not just for Saran Wrap anymore. (was going to say 'windows', but the irony in that statement just almost knocked me over...)
From a speech by Michael Crichton to congressional aides in 2006:
"Gene patents might have looked reasonable 20 years ago, but the field has changed since in ways nobody could have predicted. And we have plenty of evidence today that gene patents are bad practice, harmful, and dangerous. Gene patenting breaks all sorts of long-standing rules about what is protectable, and it does so with no countervailing benefit. "
I highly recommend reading the rest of his speech, as well as his novel on this very topic, called Next. For a fiction writer, he was a pretty smart cookie. Must have been the MD he earned from Harvard, or maybe the BA in biological anthropology, also from Harvard. I especially like how he includes bibliographical references in most of his novels, so people can read for themselves the articles that inspire his novels.
Rest in peace, sir, and know that you are mourned.
Chronological Age Shapes How People Perceive Temperature
"You just don't get the summers we used to get when I was a lad..."
Financial Circumstances Shape How People Perceive Temperature
"Almost froze my ass off last winter, didn't have enough newspapers stocked up since everybody's reading the bloody online bloody news these days..."
and
Number of Children / Grandchildren / Pets Shape How People Perceive Temperature
"Well, Susie has her skating class, then Molly has her hockey game, but Andy and Billy were invited to that Winter Festival / tobogganing birthday party at the same time...oh, and could you walk Rover when you get home?"
Face it, 'perception' of temperature is a pretty worthless measure overall. Stick with the measurements, assign a margin of error (note: not 'corrections') suitable for the technology / location, and go from there.
Do you realize that you can't play Duck Hunt on an LCD?
...except with a Wii, that is.
Good point but that doesn't mean much. Look at the bathroom or break-room at work. We all share that space but there's always 1 or 2 people who just don't give a shit.
Actually, they do. That's kinda the problem.
It is as with kids - if t hey ask seemingly innocent question long enough they get an agreement not because we really agree but because we are tired of being asked the same question all t he time.
When my kids do this I tell them if they ask again it is going to be time to go sit in the the time out char and when they do ask it again they go right in.
...wow, you're not fooling around, are you? Re-purposed barbeque? Firepit? Inquiring minds want to know! :)
It cures them of that problem after only a couple of times.
Once would be enough for me, I would think...
Yeah, it is obvious the power company in intent on stealing secrets about your laundry habits rather than trying to balance infrastructure cost and capability.
If you think that information will stay with the power company, I've got some land to sell you in South Florida.
That data will be sold to everyone that wants it in the blink of an eye. Advertisers/marketers have no shame. And it will be subpoenaed by the authorities when when anyone in your block is under surveillance.
How's that? Do telephone companies do the same with your calling / texting history? Do you get random telemarketers calling up and saying 'We see you make a lot of calls to North Dakota during the daytime, would you like to switch to our company and subscribe to our long distance super-happiness-savings bundle?'
Utilities fall under much stricter ethical codes and privacy policies than does Facebook, thank goodness. Aggregate, anonymized data can be shared, but personally identifying information is not up for grabs (well, except by subpoena, I suppose). I'm not sure what advantage advertisers would glean from knowing that '90% of households in this neighborhood typically see a power usage spike around 7:00 pm on Thursdays'...
The only way pinning can work well is if they reinvent the start menu, but disguise it as something else.
like the metro start screen?
http://ssk.aurality.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Metro-Start-Menu-All-Apps.png
Wow...the ugliness of it all just took my breath away...
Okay, Win 7 for the next ten years it is, then.