I can imagine I'm not the only person who buys games, but won't waste $20-$50 until I'm certain it's something I will get several hours out of.
You're absolutely right. Honestly for me the reason I "try before buying" is to make sure it will work with my current hardware, or if I need to budget for an upgrade. I will probably get flamed for daring to have a 2 year old video card, but honestly I have more important things to spend money on than this month's new hotness in gaming hardware.
Odd. My government has an (in percent of the GDP) much bigger spending amount on social, teaching, public transport and so on, and yet we make ends meet (well, mostly, at least better than the US does).
Maaaaybe one of the reasons is that we don't spend half our GDP on military.
Well, you don't have to, when the US and their allies have your back.
Another school jumps on the tablet bandwagon. For fun, take an article like this, replace "iPad" with "laptop", and like magic you have an article that could have been written 7 years ago. And just how much did all those laptops help?
And that was with a more powerful platform that could run full-blown apps, like Illustrator, Photoshop, and Office.
The fact that something like a dozen law firms are already trying to get involved the second this happened shows lawyers are opportunistic bastards that would sue their own mother if they thought she'd settle.
My theory is, is that since so many Apple products are used in post-production and graphic design, that the writers/filmmakers just use what they know. Look at how many sitcoms and movies use thinly-veiled Apple tech (one of the shows my kids watch make them "Pear" devices...PearPhone, PearPod, etc).
I know what you're talking about. Evidently Toyota was a sponsor on Bones a few seasons back, for like 6 episodes the characters starting going on about their Sienna minivan, and how the Prius dodges oncoming traffic. Like most people I don't mind so much when it's weaved into the story fairly unobtrusively, but this was way over the top.
It's been my experience (working for a subsidiary of an international bank) that the opposite is true. "Oh we should do what the consultants say, they do this all the time."
I was thinking of this just this morning. It seems we hear more and more about damn *stupid* security breaches. SQL Injection, etc... heck, didn't the CitiBank credit card cracker simply modify the URL to scrape thousands of card numbers? Given what we know about outsourcing (not necessarily offshoring, but simply farming out the latest "Web 2.0!!!" design to companies like Accenture) it's hard to believe that a lot of these faulty web sites were designed by one of a few companies.
It left me wondering, "Why hire these people if they churn out insecure code like this?" I think it's partially the fact that no one will admit publicly what company provided the faulty code, but more the parent's post... "We here at MegaTelcoBank are secure, none of *our* employees would churn out crap code like that!!"
Do you have a VPN to securely access your environment?
The iPad can't do that.
To be fair, there *is* a Cisco AnyConnect VPN client for iOS devices. I use it on my iPod Touch from time to time. There's also an integrated IPSEC client.
In essence, I find it hard to understand what added value AirBNB provides over either Craigslist (pay) or Couch Surfing (free, reputation-based).
Bingo. Heck, I'm just an ignorant techno-redneck from Alabama, not nearly as enlightened as my betters in San Fran, and there's no way IN HELL I'd pay to use a service like this. What exactly is their angle?
Can't speak to the parent's credit union, but at my small CU - yes, the funds are immediately available. I can have a $100 balance, deposit a $500 check, and walk right outside and withdraw $300 from the ATM.
It wasn't *my* post, I was jumping in with a citation, as requested. No, I don't condemn the entire judicial system on one case, but to say it's entirely impossible for judges to get kickbacks from privately-run prisons is putting more faith in humanity than I'm comfortable doing.
Such a "privacy violation" and even the risk of incorrect recording is well-worth the protection I would have against people who take no personal responsibility for their actions when an accident occurs.
What kind of protection does a black box give you against a hit-and-run? Or against someone that hits you and then tells the cop "Sorry, man, I don't have insurance..."?
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ur mum's face's just silly.
start your own telecommunications company. lay your own wires. launch your own satellites. it's a free country.
you're an idiot.
NASA the FCC and the FAA might have something to say about that whole "launch your own satellite" business.
I can imagine I'm not the only person who buys games, but won't waste $20-$50 until I'm certain it's something I will get several hours out of.
You're absolutely right. Honestly for me the reason I "try before buying" is to make sure it will work with my current hardware, or if I need to budget for an upgrade. I will probably get flamed for daring to have a 2 year old video card, but honestly I have more important things to spend money on than this month's new hotness in gaming hardware.
Odd. My government has an (in percent of the GDP) much bigger spending amount on social, teaching, public transport and so on, and yet we make ends meet (well, mostly, at least better than the US does).
Maaaaybe one of the reasons is that we don't spend half our GDP on military.
Well, you don't have to, when the US and their allies have your back.
Another school jumps on the tablet bandwagon. For fun, take an article like this, replace "iPad" with "laptop", and like magic you have an article that could have been written 7 years ago. And just how much did all those laptops help?
And that was with a more powerful platform that could run full-blown apps, like Illustrator, Photoshop, and Office.
I'll trust in the justice system to square this away, rather than trial by random underinformed disinterested strangers.
Isn't that what the "justice" system is - "trial by random underinformed disinterested strangers"?
This statement presumes that our votes actually mean *anything*.
The fact that something like a dozen law firms are already trying to get involved the second this happened shows lawyers are opportunistic bastards that would sue their own mother if they thought she'd settle.
There, FTFY.
If anyone knows about organized crime, it would be the gangster from Chicago... "The Land of the Voting Dead".
You are assuming said real-world testing. Where people hold the phone wrong.
So, did Google write a check or just put it on their Amex?
A lot of times the "source" hosts their downloads on these type sites.
So how *is* Greece these days?
My theory is, is that since so many Apple products are used in post-production and graphic design, that the writers/filmmakers just use what they know. Look at how many sitcoms and movies use thinly-veiled Apple tech (one of the shows my kids watch make them "Pear" devices...PearPhone, PearPod, etc).
I know what you're talking about. Evidently Toyota was a sponsor on Bones a few seasons back, for like 6 episodes the characters starting going on about their Sienna minivan, and how the Prius dodges oncoming traffic. Like most people I don't mind so much when it's weaved into the story fairly unobtrusively, but this was way over the top.
It's been my experience (working for a subsidiary of an international bank) that the opposite is true. "Oh we should do what the consultants say, they do this all the time."
I was thinking of this just this morning. It seems we hear more and more about damn *stupid* security breaches. SQL Injection, etc... heck, didn't the CitiBank credit card cracker simply modify the URL to scrape thousands of card numbers? Given what we know about outsourcing (not necessarily offshoring, but simply farming out the latest "Web 2.0!!!" design to companies like Accenture) it's hard to believe that a lot of these faulty web sites were designed by one of a few companies.
It left me wondering, "Why hire these people if they churn out insecure code like this?" I think it's partially the fact that no one will admit publicly what company provided the faulty code, but more the parent's post... "We here at MegaTelcoBank are secure, none of *our* employees would churn out crap code like that!!"
Do you have a VPN to securely access your environment?
The iPad can't do that.
To be fair, there *is* a Cisco AnyConnect VPN client for iOS devices. I use it on my iPod Touch from time to time. There's also an integrated IPSEC client.
In essence, I find it hard to understand what added value AirBNB provides over either Craigslist (pay) or Couch Surfing (free, reputation-based).
Bingo. Heck, I'm just an ignorant techno-redneck from Alabama, not nearly as enlightened as my betters in San Fran, and there's no way IN HELL I'd pay to use a service like this. What exactly is their angle?
I'm pretty sure it was Sergey or Larry that came up with it...so yeah, I'd say they've been pretty well compensated for it.
Can't speak to the parent's credit union, but at my small CU - yes, the funds are immediately available. I can have a $100 balance, deposit a $500 check, and walk right outside and withdraw $300 from the ATM.
Also, doesn't "well regulated militia" imply the government's authority to regulate militias?
No. "Regulate" does not mean now what it meant when the document was written.
It wasn't *my* post, I was jumping in with a citation, as requested. No, I don't condemn the entire judicial system on one case, but to say it's entirely impossible for judges to get kickbacks from privately-run prisons is putting more faith in humanity than I'm comfortable doing.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20034694-504083.html
That's the first one that comes to mind, although I'm certain it happens elsewhere, but hasn't seen the light of public scrutiny.
Such a "privacy violation" and even the risk of incorrect recording is well-worth the protection I would have against people who take no personal responsibility for their actions when an accident occurs.
What kind of protection does a black box give you against a hit-and-run? Or against someone that hits you and then tells the cop "Sorry, man, I don't have insurance..."?
License? You can learn enough from Flight Sims and online reading to get a plane in the air...which is all they would be after.