But how well would it work for people with prescription eye glasses?...(snip)...3D movies are ruined for folks with glasses - try stuffing two sets of glasses on your head for a couple of hours - it flat out sucks.
3D movies still have never delivered on their promise for anyone. It's just not a comfortable format for film.
There's nothing that suggests men are treated differently than women in that interviewing process. It's probably as off-putting to many male interviewees as to the women.
Eventually the ransomware people will get patient and encrypt your files but allow access for 3-6 months before telling you.
That isn't quite how this ransomware works. It isn't encrypting and decrypting your files on the fly, it encrypts your files so you can't use them. What you're suggesting is much more complex and opens up many more opportunities for defeating the malware--for instance, the decryption key would have to be stored on the infected machine.
Nothing good can come of this for Sony. All it will do is further harm the brand and, by proxy, all the honest Joes already screwed over by the breach. It's pathetic how badly that company needs a coherent PR strategy.
I don't know. Maybe I'm still in the sweet spot of Nethack enjoyment. I've dabbled for ~15 years and have yet to ascend (because I'll binge play it then put it down for months or years). The jumble of fantasy and other popular culture elements is still refreshing, and reminds me of early text adventures like Zork or Adventure/Colossal Cave. If there are no real visuals, to speak of, then I appreciate that I am being asked to imagine something other than straight up Tolkien-esque fantasy.
All that said, Brogue is the most enjoyable RL I've ever played and the one I'd recommend to beginners.
So they are cowards who were dumb enough to think this wasn't genuinely dangerous?
You have a very strange definition of 'coward.' I'm guessing they're more concerned with the delays this will pile onto the already delayed commercial flights.
in perpetuity as a standard contract of their employment. I view such heavy handed contracts quite dimly as a result of unbalanced employment negotiation.
Linux is free because it is open source, but that can have its own associated restrictions (associated with the time input required to it to a certain level of functionality, depending on your Linux expertise.)
The difference between your XPS is the Black Macbook is that the guy was still using the macbook for daily tasks. Your XPS is probably on a shelf somewhere.
I guess my comment was a bit misleading in one way: I don't think Macbooks are necessarily a bad value or were a bad value circa 2006. But let me clarify:
1) My 2006 Dell XPS M1210 is my daily driver. It started life with XP and has exclusively run Ubuntu the last 3 years.
2) I had to replace the power adapter and disc drive under warranty, and upgraded from the original 80GB hard drive to a 500GB hard drive three or four years ago.
3) Otherwise, I can't remember replacing anything on it. The rubber feet on the bottom have fallen off and the left-click button on the trackpad is mushy. I'm convinced it's just some crumbs in the cracks, but I'm too lazy to fix it and have been content to just tap the touchpad to click.
4) I'm still using the original 9-cell battery it shipped with. The 6-cell I bought at the same time died, but the 9-cell is still barely usable, providing maybe 40 minutes' usage. Not great but not bad for 8 years old.
5) Again--I'm not trying to say that Macbooks are a bad buy, but my wife's 2007 15" Macbook has had far more expensive problems (to be fair, it's still with us too).
A better idea is to tax wealth. That will encourage people to spend, and drive the economy forward.
Which will ensure the lower and middle class are never able to save up for a house, car, or other investment. Because savings will automatically dwindle by virtue of being there.
The two statements about the more expensive the wedding the greater the chance of divorce and that the larger the ceremony you have the less likely you are to end up divorced seem mutually exclusive to me.
How expensive? Many churches offer an essentially free venue to members. $4/ head for a taco man, get over feeling like you need to get everyone drunk, and all you have left are fixed costs. Our 225-person wedding set us and some family members back in the neighborhood of $8-9k. And we splurged on some things, in our opinion. $4k is not unreasonable.
I didn't say noise was unmeasurable. That's absurd. But the level of acceptable noise will vary widely by environment and by the personalities of your coworkers (to say nothing of home use), and since many people value audible feedback when typing, saying quieter is always better is arbitrary. Same with force. Surely some springs are too stiff, but others are too light and the keys wouldn't reset fast enough for a skilled typist.
1) Key activation force. You have to push quite hard to activate those key switches. That is unergonomic and contributes to developing RSI in many individuals. A good keyboard should have a light key activation.... (snip)
3) The noise. Those springs are loud. Makes it very annoying to use in an office environment, and unsuitable for quite environments like a studio. A good keyboard has dampened keys that don't make noise.
These are both arbitrary and it's not difficult to find people with preferences either way. I'm sure many skilled typists disagree with you on both counts.
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But how well would it work for people with prescription eye glasses?...(snip)...3D movies are ruined for folks with glasses - try stuffing two sets of glasses on your head for a couple of hours - it flat out sucks.
3D movies still have never delivered on their promise for anyone. It's just not a comfortable format for film.
There's nothing that suggests men are treated differently than women in that interviewing process. It's probably as off-putting to many male interviewees as to the women.
(sigh) long live this headline format.
It if doesn't fit in an Altoids tin, I'm suing for false advertising.
All of my fucking YES.
It wasn't justs a rumor.
Just switch to a different game or a variant. You'll be happier.
Eventually the ransomware people will get patient and encrypt your files but allow access for 3-6 months before telling you.
That isn't quite how this ransomware works. It isn't encrypting and decrypting your files on the fly, it encrypts your files so you can't use them. What you're suggesting is much more complex and opens up many more opportunities for defeating the malware--for instance, the decryption key would have to be stored on the infected machine.
This was not a BAD movie; it just wasn't the movie it could have been. And honestly, you'll never please the fan-boys anyway.
I thought PJ hit it out of the park with the LotR trilogy for fans and uninitiated alike.
I'm critical of how Sony has handled the breach and now I'm critical of this move. What part is confusing?
nothing will get people's attention like a 2nd amendment deterrent...
You carry a gun to deter distracted drivers? How's that working out for you?
Nothing good can come of this for Sony. All it will do is further harm the brand and, by proxy, all the honest Joes already screwed over by the breach. It's pathetic how badly that company needs a coherent PR strategy.
officials accused of abusing their authority should be considered guilty until proven innocent!
I'm not sure if this was intentional, but that's probably every government official.
Throughout all of history.
I don't know. Maybe I'm still in the sweet spot of Nethack enjoyment. I've dabbled for ~15 years and have yet to ascend (because I'll binge play it then put it down for months or years). The jumble of fantasy and other popular culture elements is still refreshing, and reminds me of early text adventures like Zork or Adventure/Colossal Cave. If there are no real visuals, to speak of, then I appreciate that I am being asked to imagine something other than straight up Tolkien-esque fantasy.
All that said, Brogue is the most enjoyable RL I've ever played and the one I'd recommend to beginners.
These days, you can pretty much skip nethack...
You can skip any video game. Nethack can be quite fun and is nearly always a bit surprising. Don't play games because they're "important."
I don't have a smartphone. Are there places in the world where people pay for smartphones without any sort of data plan whatsoever?
So they are cowards who were dumb enough to think this wasn't genuinely dangerous?
You have a very strange definition of 'coward.' I'm guessing they're more concerned with the delays this will pile onto the already delayed commercial flights.
Up until now, they had no idea that a rocket could like, you know, explode?
It didn't explode.
They lost rights to everything they came up with
see, here you're missing "while employed there"
in perpetuity as a standard contract of their employment. I view such heavy handed contracts quite dimly as a result of unbalanced employment negotiation.
Buy a computer because you like the shape of the case. It's how you guarantee quality.
I love my wife too much to put this thing in our home.
Linux is free because it is open source, but that can have its own associated restrictions (associated with the time input required to it to a certain level of functionality, depending on your Linux expertise.)
Reductio ad absurdum.
The difference between your XPS is the Black Macbook is that the guy was still using the macbook for daily tasks. Your XPS is probably on a shelf somewhere.
I guess my comment was a bit misleading in one way: I don't think Macbooks are necessarily a bad value or were a bad value circa 2006. But let me clarify:
1) My 2006 Dell XPS M1210 is my daily driver. It started life with XP and has exclusively run Ubuntu the last 3 years.
2) I had to replace the power adapter and disc drive under warranty, and upgraded from the original 80GB hard drive to a 500GB hard drive three or four years ago.
3) Otherwise, I can't remember replacing anything on it. The rubber feet on the bottom have fallen off and the left-click button on the trackpad is mushy. I'm convinced it's just some crumbs in the cracks, but I'm too lazy to fix it and have been content to just tap the touchpad to click.
4) I'm still using the original 9-cell battery it shipped with. The 6-cell I bought at the same time died, but the 9-cell is still barely usable, providing maybe 40 minutes' usage. Not great but not bad for 8 years old.
5) Again--I'm not trying to say that Macbooks are a bad buy, but my wife's 2007 15" Macbook has had far more expensive problems (to be fair, it's still with us too).
A better idea is to tax wealth. That will encourage people to spend, and drive the economy forward.
Which will ensure the lower and middle class are never able to save up for a house, car, or other investment. Because savings will automatically dwindle by virtue of being there.
Considering that my Black MacBook (2006) lasted eight years, it was a good investment.
My XPS from 2006 is still with me, but the equivalent Macbook would have been far more expensive. What is your point?
The two statements about the more expensive the wedding the greater the chance of divorce and that the larger the ceremony you have the less likely you are to end up divorced seem mutually exclusive to me.
How expensive? Many churches offer an essentially free venue to members. $4/ head for a taco man, get over feeling like you need to get everyone drunk, and all you have left are fixed costs. Our 225-person wedding set us and some family members back in the neighborhood of $8-9k. And we splurged on some things, in our opinion. $4k is not unreasonable.
I didn't say noise was unmeasurable. That's absurd. But the level of acceptable noise will vary widely by environment and by the personalities of your coworkers (to say nothing of home use), and since many people value audible feedback when typing, saying quieter is always better is arbitrary. Same with force. Surely some springs are too stiff, but others are too light and the keys wouldn't reset fast enough for a skilled typist.
1) Key activation force. You have to push quite hard to activate those key switches. That is unergonomic and contributes to developing RSI in many individuals. A good keyboard should have a light key activation.... (snip)
3) The noise. Those springs are loud. Makes it very annoying to use in an office environment, and unsuitable for quite environments like a studio. A good keyboard has dampened keys that don't make noise.
These are both arbitrary and it's not difficult to find people with preferences either way. I'm sure many skilled typists disagree with you on both counts.