Funny. Switched to a safety razor with one blade, after using the 3 blade cartridges for years. Saves just as well and am not getting shaving bumps/skin irritation like I used to.
Exactly! No one buys a tablet for use; just too look cool as they ride along on their penny farthing bicycles, twirling their handlebar mustaches with glee as they think how much cooler they are then the poor techs who can't afford crApple crApp.
Of course not. All Apple sales are due entirely to marketing. All Apple customers are brainless zombies (with more money than techies) whose only concern is how cool they look; they associate the Apple logo with pennyfarthing bikes, handlebar mustaches, Gucci bags and Calvin Klein jeans. Most of them never even use their Apple swag; they just go around showing off the logo because that's all they care about.
Yup, we're finding that our IT ticket system's mobile client only works on BB's with keyboards. The touch screen ones don't let you toggle stuff on the system. 'course, this ticket system only has a web front end and it's heavy Flash interface. Kinda sucks balls.
Actually the BES is their strong point. Rim should transition to enterprise mobile management and set up their.bes to monitor/control all platforms' mobile devices.
'Course, MS is hoping to get their foot in the door, mobile wi, by leveraging their enterprise management tie ins.
Yup, same here. GG turned daughter (11) on to Steampunk cosplay too. A couple weeks ago she was Steampunk Miss Martian at ACE. They also have the GG stories in print books, which provides a bit more background info than the comics.
Larklight by Phillip Reeve is another good one for kids; it's the 1890's and a brother and sister, who live in a house orbiting the moon, have their parents snatched by giant spiders that live in the rings of Saturn. There are space pirates, Venusian trees, a Martian princess (married to Sir Richard Burton), the Royal Space Navy, etc. Is a really good read and wife and I enjoyed them (is an illustrated trilogy of course) as well.
My daughter (11) was not a reader but enjoyed us reading stories to her. What finally got her going, around 8 years old, was Star Wars and Doctor Who comics. From there, she graduated to Star Wars (scholastic has some for grade school kids) and Doctor Who books, and now she's working her way through Hunger Games and Golden Compass.
She's also hooked on web comics; Girl Genius, Darths and Droids, Gunnerkrig Court, and Irregular Web Comic. The last is a Lego comic and that appeals to kids. Darths and Droids is a reselling of the Star Wars films, as if they were an ongoing tabletop RPG. Having a 10 year old involved really explains the weirdness of EP. I.
Yup, my daughter's (11 yr old) also into Lego robotics and starting middle school next year. She's learning welding, helping to tear down a big block Chevy, and video editing this summer. She already has the "I'm a geek and don't care what you think" attitude so hopefully, will stay on her current tech/science track.
This is how I'm supplementing my daughter's public school education; lots of questions and them tips on how to approach problems. It's really just a different mode of thinking.
I see this same problem in techs coming in to our help desk. I provide documentation and training materials and it's pretty obvious who are problem solvers and who are script followers. For some people, they literally do not think in a decent problem solving way. Reminds me of Black Adder trying to teach Baldric how to do maths;
If I take 2 beans and add 2 more beans, what do I have?
Really? From what I've seen Americans are great at talking. It's getting them to shut up that's the problem. Now, are Americans stupid? I can see that being argued successfully.
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Which candidate is supported by the banking industry?
Uh... This is slasgdot.
Don't forget your Brilliant Pebbles to tune your room.
Funny. Switched to a safety razor with one blade, after using the 3 blade cartridges for years. Saves just as well and am not getting shaving bumps/skin irritation like I used to.
Exactly! No one buys a tablet for use; just too look cool as they ride along on their penny farthing bicycles, twirling their handlebar mustaches with glee as they think how much cooler they are then the poor techs who can't afford crApple crApp.
Isn't MS bringing Office for iPad out this Novembre?
Work on a really cool Sailor Moon or Wonder Woman cosplay outfit. It could come in handy in college.
Of course not. All Apple sales are due entirely to marketing. All Apple customers are brainless zombies (with more money than techies) whose only concern is how cool they look; they associate the Apple logo with pennyfarthing bikes, handlebar mustaches, Gucci bags and Calvin Klein jeans. Most of them never even use their Apple swag; they just go around showing off the logo because that's all they care about.
*golf clap*
Yup, we're finding that our IT ticket system's mobile client only works on BB's with keyboards. The touch screen ones don't let you toggle stuff on the system. 'course, this ticket system only has a web front end and it's heavy Flash interface. Kinda sucks balls.
Some tech guy once said "It's better to cannibalize our own sales then let someone else do it." or something to that end.
Actually the BES is their strong point. Rim should transition to enterprise mobile management and set up their .bes to monitor/control all platforms' mobile devices.
'Course, MS is hoping to get their foot in the door, mobile wi, by leveraging their enterprise management tie ins.
Here's the author looking back on Larklight and how it came about.
Yup, same here. GG turned daughter (11) on to Steampunk cosplay too. A couple weeks ago she was Steampunk Miss Martian at ACE. They also have the GG stories in print books, which provides a bit more background info than the comics.
What about Goodnight Keith Moon?
Larklight by Phillip Reeve is another good one for kids; it's the 1890's and a brother and sister, who live in a house orbiting the moon, have their parents snatched by giant spiders that live in the rings of Saturn. There are space pirates, Venusian trees, a Martian princess (married to Sir Richard Burton), the Royal Space Navy, etc. Is a really good read and wife and I enjoyed them (is an illustrated trilogy of course) as well.
My daughter (11) was not a reader but enjoyed us reading stories to her. What finally got her going, around 8 years old, was Star Wars and Doctor Who comics. From there, she graduated to Star Wars (scholastic has some for grade school kids) and Doctor Who books, and now she's working her way through Hunger Games and Golden Compass.
She's also hooked on web comics; Girl Genius, Darths and Droids, Gunnerkrig Court, and Irregular Web Comic. The last is a Lego comic and that appeals to kids. Darths and Droids is a reselling of the Star Wars films, as if they were an ongoing tabletop RPG. Having a 10 year old involved really explains the weirdness of EP. I.
THIS!
SMAC-X ROCKS!
I just spent an hour on google trying to figure out how to SCP into a Windows system. What kind of half-arsed OS doesn't run standard services?!!!
Yup, my daughter's (11 yr old) also into Lego robotics and starting middle school next year. She's learning welding, helping to tear down a big block Chevy, and video editing this summer. She already has the "I'm a geek and don't care what you think" attitude so hopefully, will stay on her current tech/science track.
Your write!
Vi vs eMacs; steal gauge match!
This is how I'm supplementing my daughter's public school education; lots of questions and them tips on how to approach problems. It's really just a different mode of thinking.
I see this same problem in techs coming in to our help desk. I provide documentation and training materials and it's pretty obvious who are problem solvers and who are script followers. For some people, they literally do not think in a decent problem solving way. Reminds me of Black Adder trying to teach Baldric how to do maths;
If I take 2 beans and add 2 more beans, what do I have?
A very small dinner.
Americans are dumb.
Really? From what I've seen Americans are great at talking. It's getting them to shut up that's the problem. Now, are Americans stupid? I can see that being argued successfully.
Don't suppose there's a WP online emulator, so folks can try out the layout and GUI?
There's been adverts for Windows Phone? It's been released?
I thought it was due out this November.