But then there's the other side where you have one people who is just coming up with all the answers and the rest copy. There's no learning going on there. It's just copying down the answer.
Job security. If I led a study group and came up with all the answers that everyone else copied down, then I know that they don't know what we learned, and I know I won't have to worry about competing against them for jobs. I don't think this is the right way to go about things, but it's how our job market is set up.
Personally I'd have no problem working for $10/month if I thought I could actually live on that. Problem is $10 will buy maybe a sandwich (ok, maybe two if I go to a cheap cafe), and I have a whole month of food I'll need to buy. Not counting rent and bills. The cost of living here just doesn't allow people to survive on wages that low.
credit unions tend to be very different from regular banks. It's owned directly by the people who put money into it. The people who bank there make the decisions on what happens. And they are not for-profit, so they can put all that extra loan income back into savings account interest rates.
I've been approached by credit unions recently that claim to have more ATMs nationwide than BoA has. I'm guessing that the bank itself doesn't own the ATM but I can get no-fee withdrawal from them.
You're right about the check thing, but not a lot of people use checks anymore.
The last time I went on bing it looked really cluttered. But I guess google search is getting pretty cluttered these days too. I'll have to check it out again.
The fact that there are NO FOLDERS TO WORRY ABOUT (this is sarcasm for those of you who have trouble picking up sarcasm. The no folders thing is my least favorite part of gmail. I do enjoy being able to apply multiple labels though).
Yeah, I remember searching for C++ back in the day and getting all these results on C (at the time I didn't know enough to realize there's really not that much difference). Doesn't matter to me anymore but I can see how that would drive people insane.
I hadn't thought of it that way. As Bing gets better Google search will also get better to compete (being their main product line). So yay for Bing! It makes Google better!
Probably because Microsoft doesn't want an antitrust suite (or maybe it's because of an antitrust suite). The other browsers are too small (relatively) to warrant investigation.
If you uncheck the option. A lot of people who have no idea what the installer is asking them just spam-click the next button and fly right by that screen (and yes, a lot of these people still exist).
That's a good point. By and large the basic kernel hooks should be the same. On iOS on the other hand... completely different system. It would be possible to emulate, and it wouldn't even take up that much processing power. What it would take up is disk space, since any emulator would have to have a copy of every core API that iOS uses.
Well GP has a point, most normal people don't really have a problem with Apple. Or if they do, it's just that the products are a little pricey. They don't give a damn that Apple is based on *NIX. They don't care (generally) that iPhones are walled gardens (no, they really don't. You might get someone saying they don't like iPhones because of that, but if they're not a tech likely they've been TOLD that by a tech and that's the only reason they care).
And generally people don't trust Microsoft. A lot of people remember the anti-trust lawsuits and are aware in general how Microsoft can break their entire operating system with a bad update.
I fail to see how saying these things makes GP a fanboy. I agree with his/her points and I'm not a fan of either Apple or Microsoft.
And instead of actually listening to the last phrase (which basically said just because someone disagrees with you or is different doesn't mean they're wrong), you just brushed it aside.
I understand that the standard here on/. is "hate Micro$oft and Apple, Android is the holy grail", and I do agree that some of that idea is justified, but that doesn't mean that every single thing they (MS and Apple) do is evil and horrible, and that doesn't mean that Android is really the most amazing thing out there. And just because someone isn't willing to subscribe to that hate/love doesn't make them a fanboy.
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How do you determine who is smart? IQ? DNA?
He must have lived in Silicon Valley... CA generally is pretty affordable. Yes, everything is more expensive, but min wage is also higher.
AFAIK it's against the law to fire someone while they're on active duty. So those soldiers have jobs waiting for them.
But then there's the other side where you have one people who is just coming up with all the answers and the rest copy. There's no learning going on there. It's just copying down the answer.
Job security. If I led a study group and came up with all the answers that everyone else copied down, then I know that they don't know what we learned, and I know I won't have to worry about competing against them for jobs. I don't think this is the right way to go about things, but it's how our job market is set up.
Is there actually anyone using Diaspora?
Total government control is not the problem - Total Corporate control is
There's very little difference at this point.
What would you recommend as an alternative? (serious question, not being snarky)
The sad thing is I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not... And I'm usually pretty good at determining that.
Personally I'd have no problem working for $10/month if I thought I could actually live on that. Problem is $10 will buy maybe a sandwich (ok, maybe two if I go to a cheap cafe), and I have a whole month of food I'll need to buy. Not counting rent and bills. The cost of living here just doesn't allow people to survive on wages that low.
credit unions tend to be very different from regular banks. It's owned directly by the people who put money into it. The people who bank there make the decisions on what happens. And they are not for-profit, so they can put all that extra loan income back into savings account interest rates.
I've been approached by credit unions recently that claim to have more ATMs nationwide than BoA has. I'm guessing that the bank itself doesn't own the ATM but I can get no-fee withdrawal from them.
You're right about the check thing, but not a lot of people use checks anymore.
I have to say, regardless of the fact that GP may be a troll, you sound suspiciously like a fanboy.
The last time I went on bing it looked really cluttered. But I guess google search is getting pretty cluttered these days too. I'll have to check it out again.
sounds like you have some double standards.
Welcome to slashdot;)
The fact that there are NO FOLDERS TO WORRY ABOUT (this is sarcasm for those of you who have trouble picking up sarcasm. The no folders thing is my least favorite part of gmail. I do enjoy being able to apply multiple labels though).
Is there a good alternate to Google search? As far as I can tell it's still the best one out there (though admittedly I haven't tried that many).
Or the fact that they intentionally made IE non-standards compliant so as to guarantee fragmentation of web applications
And we see where that ended them up. IE6 is considered one of the worst browsers in the history of the universe.
Yeah, I remember searching for C++ back in the day and getting all these results on C (at the time I didn't know enough to realize there's really not that much difference). Doesn't matter to me anymore but I can see how that would drive people insane.
AFAIK Chrome also has an option to add additional search engines, but I don't know how difficult it is.
I hadn't thought of it that way. As Bing gets better Google search will also get better to compete (being their main product line). So yay for Bing! It makes Google better!
Probably because Microsoft doesn't want an antitrust suite (or maybe it's because of an antitrust suite). The other browsers are too small (relatively) to warrant investigation.
If you uncheck the option. A lot of people who have no idea what the installer is asking them just spam-click the next button and fly right by that screen (and yes, a lot of these people still exist).
haha my ex used to do this. She'd type in google.com into the search bar and then search for yahoo. Drove me nuts.
That's a good point. By and large the basic kernel hooks should be the same. On iOS on the other hand... completely different system. It would be possible to emulate, and it wouldn't even take up that much processing power. What it would take up is disk space, since any emulator would have to have a copy of every core API that iOS uses.
Well GP has a point, most normal people don't really have a problem with Apple. Or if they do, it's just that the products are a little pricey. They don't give a damn that Apple is based on *NIX. They don't care (generally) that iPhones are walled gardens (no, they really don't. You might get someone saying they don't like iPhones because of that, but if they're not a tech likely they've been TOLD that by a tech and that's the only reason they care).
/. is "hate Micro$oft and Apple, Android is the holy grail", and I do agree that some of that idea is justified, but that doesn't mean that every single thing they (MS and Apple) do is evil and horrible, and that doesn't mean that Android is really the most amazing thing out there. And just because someone isn't willing to subscribe to that hate/love doesn't make them a fanboy.
And generally people don't trust Microsoft. A lot of people remember the anti-trust lawsuits and are aware in general how Microsoft can break their entire operating system with a bad update.
I fail to see how saying these things makes GP a fanboy. I agree with his/her points and I'm not a fan of either Apple or Microsoft.
And instead of actually listening to the last phrase (which basically said just because someone disagrees with you or is different doesn't mean they're wrong), you just brushed it aside.
I understand that the standard here on