Well, change the definition then. Big Corporations, The Gubment, or any other entity that alters syntactic rules to their favor against rights and freedoms do it all the time.
Besides, I doubt it's not the first time we needed to change scientific meanings, just a little, to better fit new discoveries.
Let me get this straight. Summing up TFA, he found evidence of the bots, even saw persanal medical info, and turned it into the authorities WITHOUT any suspicion cast his way????
If I would have done such a good deed (and it was a good deed in my book), I'd have probably been hauled off for questioning. That's the fear as to why I don't "get involved" trying to stop these jerks myself.
My wrist is 7.25 inches in circumference. That was measured by wrapping my wrist with a string and then measuring the string length. It seems big, but I would put it at about average. The flat surface under the watch is 2 inches. After that, it's the flexible watchband. The watch body is nearly 2 inches wide, also. It looks big, and has a bit of weight that I wasn't used to. But it didn't take long to get used to it.
I just listed the above for comparison. I don't know how it would look on smaller wrists, but it is bigger than most databank watches. For me, it was the convenience/price issue. I like the 8MB Palm idea. I put on a nice graphing calculator, planetarium program, and Bejeweled. Sure, the face is a little small, but it's a standard (early Palm) 160x160 pixel display. You need a stylus to use it for anything that doesn't respond to the rubber side buttons. There is a foldable stylus that clips into the wristband buckle. I have used other stylii(?) on it before without a problem.
Every once in a while Amazon puts the Fossil Abacus on sale for $29.99 with free shipping. You got to catch it at the right time. Even at it's listed price, it's still a nice watch. It's basically a Palm V on the wrist. Not only do you have a contact list, but you can add graphing calculators and games and such. On a side note, screw some of the bad reviews on Amazon about battery life between charges. If you plug it in at night, you don't have to worry about the rechargable battery draining in a day or two.
I've dumped databank watches a long time ago. This Abacus is the best watch I've owned since the Casio CFX-40 Scientific Calculator watch.
A fine collection of hobbyist parts and gadgets. Spec sheets online for items that they have them for. Every once in a while, I'll do a batch order of parts to fill the parts bin on the workbench. Flat-rate shipping prices for USA are fair also ($7 for any order).
Not long after I started my 10th grade school year at Vo-Tech in the Electronics Curriculum, and through no coaxing from me, my parents decided to get me a computer of my own. OH BOY!! I'll be in the big time now! One of the few kids on my street to own one. There is kind of an interesting story in getting this computer. First, we went to the obvious place, Radio Shack. They had the TRS-80 Model I & III and the Color Computer. The regular TRS-80's were a little too pricey so I contemplated the CoCo. It was nice although I wasn't totally impressed with the 16 row display and the psychedelic flashing cursor. Graphics seemed awkward due to the plot command and they were a bit chunky. Besides, I like to eat chicklets, not type on them. Then, my parents suggested the local computer store, ComputerLand. We walked in there and saw many Apple computers. I was familiar with these by name, but had no practical experience with them. After a full demonstration of their capabilities (I must say, I was impressed at the time), my parents stated that the $1000 price tag was too much. They asked if there was anything else that was cheaper. Now, most everybody in this world has one time in their past where something attracted their attention in such a way that they swear that they could hear angels singing. This was my time. As the sales person pointed his arm across the room, a virtual glow of light shimmered which induced a feeling that these days can be compared to Chevy Chase's reaction to the glowing house lights on National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Up on the wall above the actual unit was the Commodore VIC-20 poster. Advertised on the poster was 5K memory (25% more than other computers started with), 23x22 display (seemed a more natural aspect than the CoCo's), Expandable to 32K memory, and the best thing, only $399. This was the one! I also learned how you could easily select character colors from the keyboard, type using many of the graphic symbols on the fronts of the keys, and how easy it was to edit your programs with the full screen editing capabilities (something that couldn't be done with the other computers I looked at). My parents and I agreed quickly that this is the one to get. So we picked it up, along with the $99 tape unit, a home financing program, VIC21 BlackJack, and Raceway. Also this computer just hit the market only a month before we bought it. I remember looking at the manufacture date of Oct '81 on this unit. I stayed up very late that night trying to learn it's version of BASIC and typing in a game program. A magazine that we picked up at the store was just introducing the VIC-20 to it's readers and had a game called Catch-The-Bombs. It was a simple game that allowed you to catch balls falling down the screen. This program demonstrated the use of the built in graphic characters, therefore it was easy to create games without having to manage so many pixels. I still have this computer and I still have the Catch-The-Bombs game, along with many others I stored on cassette. I even created a Christmas and New Year's graphic/sound demo.
I still own this computer. My kids have a fun time playing with the 'ol relic, and the VIC-20 too.:)
After you move to the basement, if you could could go ahead and get a can of pesticide and take care of the roach problem we've been having, that would be great.
I would expect it to sound similar to the vocal track on this piece. Warning: Mild adult innuendo toward the end of the song. But what the heck.... Crank it up at the office!!!
Everytime I try Ubuntu (or other Linux distros), I cannot get it to work with my ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon Card (the X600 chipset) with a GUI. This puts me in a bind for desktop use. Me, a person with LINUX OS on his state issued license plate, would like to use it on his best PC without having to finagle a working set of binary drivers from ATI. Until such time that it works, I guess I won't be jumping on any Google release. Changing my hardware is out of the question because I rely on the TV/Video features on the ATI card.
I'm a nerd/geek/etc. I know about, but never saw, the Firefly TV series. After all the hype, I would love to see it, but I feel that it'd be setting myself up for some emotional trauma. I'd probably get hooked to the 'substance' and then it'll be suddenly cut off. I couldn't handle the withdrawal.
Screw the Databank. I wish Casio will bring back the CFX-40 scientific calculator watch. I owned two in the 80's and they both broke. Working ones are worth over $400 on eBay now.
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If they send a signal back out to Voyager now, will they be able to count it for bonus points on this year's Field Day?
......except on the complex plane
d00d, like, I don't see that anywhere in the D&D 3.5 rules. What kind of deities will I find there?
In fact, 1 is not prime, by definition.
Well, change the definition then. Big Corporations, The Gubment, or any other entity that alters syntactic rules to their favor against rights and freedoms do it all the time.
Besides, I doubt it's not the first time we needed to change scientific meanings, just a little, to better fit new discoveries.
Let me get this straight. Summing up TFA, he found evidence of the bots, even saw persanal medical info, and turned it into the authorities WITHOUT any suspicion cast his way????
If I would have done such a good deed (and it was a good deed in my book), I'd have probably been hauled off for questioning. That's the fear as to why I don't "get involved" trying to stop these jerks myself.
Don't worry about accuracy. Your breakdown was probably more accurate than a Slashdot Poll
Same thing goes for contact lens wearers....
Chuck can't defend more than one site at a time
He also can't sing either... as evidenced on the theme song of Walker, Texas Ranger.
(sniff..... sniff..sniff..) I love the smell of burning karma in the morning.
Well, you probably can't see it from space.....
Please Sir,
You should limit your statements to newspaper print only. You are violating my patent on editorializing via electronic media.
My wrist is 7.25 inches in circumference. That was measured by wrapping my wrist with a string and then measuring the string length. It seems big, but I would put it at about average. The flat surface under the watch is 2 inches. After that, it's the flexible watchband. The watch body is nearly 2 inches wide, also. It looks big, and has a bit of weight that I wasn't used to. But it didn't take long to get used to it.
I just listed the above for comparison. I don't know how it would look on smaller wrists, but it is bigger than most databank watches. For me, it was the convenience/price issue. I like the 8MB Palm idea. I put on a nice graphing calculator, planetarium program, and Bejeweled. Sure, the face is a little small, but it's a standard (early Palm) 160x160 pixel display. You need a stylus to use it for anything that doesn't respond to the rubber side buttons. There is a foldable stylus that clips into the wristband buckle. I have used other stylii(?) on it before without a problem.
You can see it on a wrist here and here
You mean you only do contact info?
Every once in a while Amazon puts the Fossil Abacus on sale for $29.99 with free shipping. You got to catch it at the right time. Even at it's listed price, it's still a nice watch. It's basically a Palm V on the wrist. Not only do you have a contact list, but you can add graphing calculators and games and such. On a side note, screw some of the bad reviews on Amazon about battery life between charges. If you plug it in at night, you don't have to worry about the rechargable battery draining in a day or two.
I've dumped databank watches a long time ago. This Abacus is the best watch I've owned since the Casio CFX-40 Scientific Calculator watch.
No, it'll help them "prove" that family friendly games don't sell well. Especially for $40.
I sometimes get better answers to my own questions simply by sleeping on it.
All Electronics Corp
A fine collection of hobbyist parts and gadgets. Spec sheets online for items that they have them for. Every once in a while, I'll do a batch order of parts to fill the parts bin on the workbench. Flat-rate shipping prices for USA are fair also ($7 for any order).
You can't create a save point in real life for when you make a mistake or lose something.
Not long after I started my 10th grade school year at Vo-Tech in the Electronics Curriculum, and through no coaxing from me, my parents decided to get me a computer of my own. OH BOY!! I'll be in the big time now! One of the few kids on my street to own one. There is kind of an interesting story in getting this computer. First, we went to the obvious place, Radio Shack. They had the TRS-80 Model I & III and the Color Computer. The regular TRS-80's were a little too pricey so I contemplated the CoCo. It was nice although I wasn't totally impressed with the 16 row display and the psychedelic flashing cursor. Graphics seemed awkward due to the plot command and they were a bit chunky. Besides, I like to eat chicklets, not type on them. Then, my parents suggested the local computer store, ComputerLand. We walked in there and saw many Apple computers. I was familiar with these by name, but had no practical experience with them. After a full demonstration of their capabilities (I must say, I was impressed at the time), my parents stated that the $1000 price tag was too much. They asked if there was anything else that was cheaper. Now, most everybody in this world has one time in their past where something attracted their attention in such a way that they swear that they could hear angels singing. This was my time. As the sales person pointed his arm across the room, a virtual glow of light shimmered which induced a feeling that these days can be compared to Chevy Chase's reaction to the glowing house lights on National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Up on the wall above the actual unit was the Commodore VIC-20 poster. Advertised on the poster was 5K memory (25% more than other computers started with), 23x22 display (seemed a more natural aspect than the CoCo's), Expandable to 32K memory, and the best thing, only $399. This was the one! I also learned how you could easily select character colors from the keyboard, type using many of the graphic symbols on the fronts of the keys, and how easy it was to edit your programs with the full screen editing capabilities (something that couldn't be done with the other computers I looked at). My parents and I agreed quickly that this is the one to get. So we picked it up, along with the $99 tape unit, a home financing program, VIC21 BlackJack, and Raceway. Also this computer just hit the market only a month before we bought it. I remember looking at the manufacture date of Oct '81 on this unit. I stayed up very late that night trying to learn it's version of BASIC and typing in a game program. A magazine that we picked up at the store was just introducing the VIC-20 to it's readers and had a game called Catch-The-Bombs. It was a simple game that allowed you to catch balls falling down the screen. This program demonstrated the use of the built in graphic characters, therefore it was easy to create games without having to manage so many pixels. I still have this computer and I still have the Catch-The-Bombs game, along with many others I stored on cassette. I even created a Christmas and New Year's graphic/sound demo.
:)
I still own this computer. My kids have a fun time playing with the 'ol relic, and the VIC-20 too.
After you move to the basement, if you could could go ahead and get a can of pesticide and take care
of the roach problem we've been having, that would be great.
I would expect it to sound similar to the vocal track on this piece. Warning: Mild adult innuendo toward the end of the song. But what the heck.... Crank it up at the office!!!
Everytime I try Ubuntu (or other Linux distros), I cannot get it to work with my ATI All-in-Wonder Radeon Card (the X600 chipset) with a GUI. This puts me in a bind for desktop use. Me, a person with LINUX OS on his state issued license plate, would like to use it on his best PC without having to finagle a working set of binary drivers from ATI. Until such time that it works, I guess I won't be jumping on any Google release. Changing my hardware is out of the question because I rely on the TV/Video features on the ATI card.
I'm a nerd/geek/etc. I know about, but never saw, the Firefly TV series. After all the hype, I would love to see it, but I feel that it'd be setting myself up for some emotional trauma. I'd probably get hooked to the 'substance' and then it'll be suddenly cut off. I couldn't handle the withdrawal.
Imagine what he could've done with stuff like duct tape, gasoline or a Chevy small block 350
He'd probably be more like this guy
Casio Databank wearers unite!
Screw the Databank. I wish Casio will bring back the CFX-40 scientific calculator watch. I owned two in the 80's and they both broke. Working ones are worth over $400 on eBay now.
What else can we stick a USB drive in?
I just stick mine in the USB port. It doesn't do it's job otherwise.
its 1GB swiss army knife in regular and aluminum
I thought it was supposed to now be spelled aluminium?