>>> in the context of civilization, are the only problems worth solving (how to maintain a sustainable family).
Being nitpicky here: The UN says we don't need any more families. The globe is already about 6 billion too many. Their published plans claim "creating a sustainable family" is the root problem of our age/environmental decline.
What? My fellow coworkers/engineers? They ALL tell me tales about the "stupid thing" their husbands or wives did last weekend or last month. They claim to be happily married, but certainly don't sound it.
The author is not only wasting his time with pedancy, but also wrong. Quote: "The Web was born at CERN in 1990, as a specific, visual protocol on the Internet: the global network of computers that began two decades earlier."
No. The internet began in 1983... seven years earlier. Prior to that it was the ARPAnet with an entirely different protocol. If the guy wishes to nitpick the separation between WWW and internet, than he should be just as studious about separating internet versus ARPAnet.
Solve problems? Ha! The Girlfriend (especially when upgraded to The Wife) creates tons MORE problems which is why males no longer have time for more fun activities like gaming and hacking. Too busy installing cabinets or working to pay off the bills.
So far I have yet to meet any happily married males (or females for that matter). Even the ones who CLAIM to be happy fill their conversations with backstabbing comments about their spouse. Who needs that?
My sprint coverage has been 100% everywhere I go across the country (even 5 miles up in an airplane). The only time I lose coverage is a brief 30-minute spot in the PA mountains. But then that's a "dead" spot for all technologies. There's also no TV or radio coverage. Just static.
This isn't as big a deal as everyone's making it. Nokia sells the Lumia for $300 direct to the mobile companies and makes its profit immediately. That's "the end" as far as Nokia is concerned. Those companies then decide if they want to charge full price (like VirginMobile and Cricket) or reduce the price to $100 as an incentive to buy.
The "news" in this story is that Nokia reduced the Lumia's list price from $300 to $250. That's really not that big of a discount (16% off).
>>>Nokia Lumia does not cost $49 to customers. It costs (and makes profit of) $49 + whatever mobile operators make during the two year contract.
Incorrect. Nokia sells the Lumia for $300 direct to the mobile companies and makes its profit immediately. That's "the end" as far as Nokia is concerned.
Those companies then decide if they want to charge full price (like VirginMobile and Cricket) or reduce the price to $100 as an incentive to buy. The "news" in this story is that Nokia reduced the Lumia's list price from $300 to $250. That's really not that big of a discount (16% off).
Or just stay out of Europe. In case you've not seen the news lately, the EU is turning into a pretty violent place with citizens attacking police & vice versa.
Funny how the last McDonalds story led to many posts about "dumb Americans" and "typical American behavior". But when the Europeans act stupid suddenly there is silence.
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.
They dump feces or urine on the seat for you to sit on. They dump coffee on the counter or take the last cup, and don't brew a fresh batch. They steal other people's drinks or meals. They spill in the microwave or fridge and don't clean it up. The same thing would happen with the shared car as happens with shared bathrooms & breakrooms.
The car I rented was pretty beat-up. Only 5000 miles with a scratch on the passenger door, and scratches around the driver door handle. People just don't give a shit about taking care of other people's property. (Which is probably why everyone's so deep debt... constantly replacing the stuff they didn't take care of.)
My first car lasted 360,000 miles and my second car looks like it will live to see 250,000 (it's japanese Mitsubishi so they don't have as much longevity). No scratches at all. Loan out my car to another person? Ha! Fat chance.
I got you beat. I'm still using Office 97. I wonder what employers think when I send-out my resume and the little popup says, "Converting from Word97"? (shrug). I refuse to buy Microsoft again. If Office 97 refuses to run on some future Win8 or Win9, then I will just switch to freebie software like LibreOffice.
I don't know how they steer that big ship with just a few buttons on an okudagram. For that matter I don't see how Picard does any work on his little PADD. It doesn't have a keyboard so how does he enter anything?
You linked to the TRS-80 which, according to ars technica, was the #1 selling computer of its time (1977,78,79). Mainly because it was in Radio Shack where many hobbyists shopped.
The first one I got to see and use was this. Most of the space was used-up by the 1541 floppy drive, which was a monster (as big as the computer itself): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_SX-64
Ahhh. Haven't watch HP 7-1 or 7-2 yet, but I hope it's better than Matrix 2 and 3 which were boring & really should have been just one movie. Likewise I hope Hobbit 1 and 2 is not stretched out.
>>>Come on, they *love* CC - it's amplified publicity with fans all around the world.
Not according to the article. I quote: "But the Comic-Con crowd is a discerning one and frequently refuses to cooperate. This can create difficult sometimes impossible messes [on Twitter/Facebook] for studio marketers to mop up." For example: "The Host, a new movie project from Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight books, was greeted with puzzled expressions and tepid applause. That sent a publicist for its distributor, Open Road Films, scrambling to point a reporter toward positive reactions from bloggers. "
Well who can blame him? I couldn't make any sense of the comments on/. about how 48fps looks "too real". Isn't that kinda the point? To make the TV show or movie look like just a window on another world? It's supposed to look real. (This reminds me of those persons who claimed CDs or lossless AACs were too perfect, and they'd rather hear the sizzle of downloaded MP3s. Illogical.)
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>>> in the context of civilization, are the only problems worth solving (how to maintain a sustainable family).
Being nitpicky here: The UN says we don't need any more families. The globe is already about 6 billion too many. Their published plans claim "creating a sustainable family" is the root problem of our age/environmental decline.
What? My fellow coworkers/engineers? They ALL tell me tales about the "stupid thing" their husbands or wives did last weekend or last month. They claim to be happily married, but certainly don't sound it.
The author is not only wasting his time with pedancy, but also wrong. Quote: "The Web was born at CERN in 1990, as a specific, visual protocol on the Internet: the global network of computers that began two decades earlier."
No. The internet began in 1983... seven years earlier. Prior to that it was the ARPAnet with an entirely different protocol. If the guy wishes to nitpick the separation between WWW and internet, than he should be just as studious about separating internet versus ARPAnet.
Solve problems? Ha! The Girlfriend (especially when upgraded to The Wife) creates tons MORE problems which is why males no longer have time for more fun activities like gaming and hacking. Too busy installing cabinets or working to pay off the bills.
So far I have yet to meet any happily married males (or females for that matter). Even the ones who CLAIM to be happy fill their conversations with backstabbing comments about their spouse. Who needs that?
>>>You can get Office 2010 for $129
That's 129 of my dollars Microsoft should not have.
But after the door is already scratched, then it's too late. You can barr the offender but the damage is already done.
My sprint coverage has been 100% everywhere I go across the country (even 5 miles up in an airplane). The only time I lose coverage is a brief 30-minute spot in the PA mountains. But then that's a "dead" spot for all technologies. There's also no TV or radio coverage. Just static.
This isn't as big a deal as everyone's making it. Nokia sells the Lumia for $300 direct to the mobile companies and makes its profit immediately. That's "the end" as far as Nokia is concerned. Those companies then decide if they want to charge full price (like VirginMobile and Cricket) or reduce the price to $100 as an incentive to buy.
The "news" in this story is that Nokia reduced the Lumia's list price from $300 to $250. That's really not that big of a discount (16% off).
>>>Nokia Lumia does not cost $49 to customers. It costs (and makes profit of) $49 + whatever mobile operators make during the two year contract.
Incorrect.
Nokia sells the Lumia for $300 direct to the mobile companies and makes its profit immediately. That's "the end" as far as Nokia is concerned.
Those companies then decide if they want to charge full price (like VirginMobile and Cricket) or reduce the price to $100 as an incentive to buy. The "news" in this story is that Nokia reduced the Lumia's list price from $300 to $250. That's really not that big of a discount (16% off).
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Or just stay out of Europe. In case you've not seen the news lately, the EU is turning into a pretty violent place with citizens attacking police & vice versa.
Funny how the last McDonalds story led to many posts about "dumb Americans" and "typical American behavior". But when the Europeans act stupid suddenly there is silence.
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.
They dump feces or urine on the seat for you to sit on. They dump coffee on the counter or take the last cup, and don't brew a fresh batch. They steal other people's drinks or meals. They spill in the microwave or fridge and don't clean it up. The same thing would happen with the shared car as happens with shared bathrooms & breakrooms.
The car I rented was pretty beat-up. Only 5000 miles with a scratch on the passenger door, and scratches around the driver door handle. People just don't give a shit about taking care of other people's property. (Which is probably why everyone's so deep debt... constantly replacing the stuff they didn't take care of.)
My first car lasted 360,000 miles and my second car looks like it will live to see 250,000 (it's japanese Mitsubishi so they don't have as much longevity). No scratches at all. Loan out my car to another person? Ha! Fat chance.
Then move to the suburbs where parking is free (in your own driveway, or in apartment parking lots).
If wikipedia is accurate it only downloads at 1/3rd of 4G speed.
Wow. "Okay boss I'm done here. Bye!"
I got you beat. I'm still using Office 97. I wonder what employers think when I send-out my resume and the little popup says, "Converting from Word97"? (shrug). I refuse to buy Microsoft again. If Office 97 refuses to run on some future Win8 or Win9, then I will just switch to freebie software like LibreOffice.
I don't know how they steer that big ship with just a few buttons on an okudagram. For that matter I don't see how Picard does any work on his little PADD. It doesn't have a keyboard so how does he enter anything?
I figured the word "blessed" was sarcasm, because now ap developers have to go back and tune their code. Again. After only 21 days.
What you're describing is basically an iPad but attached to a keyboard, drive, etc. As Bugs Bunny would say, "I like it."
You linked to the TRS-80 which, according to ars technica, was the #1 selling computer of its time (1977,78,79). Mainly because it was in Radio Shack where many hobbyists shopped.
Wow it really does look like the two halves of a toilet seat:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBook#iBook_G3_.28.22Clamshell.22.29
The first one I got to see and use was this. Most of the space was used-up by the 1541 floppy drive, which was a monster (as big as the computer itself):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_SX-64
>>>last Harry Potter book was two movies
Ahhh. Haven't watch HP 7-1 or 7-2 yet, but I hope it's better than Matrix 2 and 3 which were boring & really should have been just one movie. Likewise I hope Hobbit 1 and 2 is not stretched out.
>>>Come on, they *love* CC - it's amplified publicity with fans all around the world.
Not according to the article. I quote: "But the Comic-Con crowd is a discerning one and frequently refuses to cooperate. This can create difficult sometimes impossible messes [on Twitter/Facebook] for studio marketers to mop up." For example: "The Host, a new movie project from Stephenie Meyer, the author of the Twilight books, was greeted with puzzled expressions and tepid applause. That sent a publicist for its distributor, Open Road Films, scrambling to point a reporter toward positive reactions from bloggers. "
Well who can blame him? I couldn't make any sense of the comments on /. about how 48fps looks "too real". Isn't that kinda the point? To make the TV show or movie look like just a window on another world? It's supposed to look real. (This reminds me of those persons who claimed CDs or lossless AACs were too perfect, and they'd rather hear the sizzle of downloaded MP3s. Illogical.)