Invited off my lawn is anyone who considers soldering 2 wires together 'ridiculous'.
It's ridiculous when you consider it's unnecessary. A wire butt connector and a crimp tool is a much faster and easier solution than soldering. You also don't have to worry about a solder joint breaking when you stuff it back into the thing.
And yeah, why do you feel it's important to proclaim your sexual orientation on XBox live anyway?
Usually when you're a minority you like to find people who are like minded. It's the same reason why you don't see people say "I like games" (it's assumed) on their XBL bio but you will see people say stuff like "bullet hell shooter fan" or "shotoken fighting master". Both are gamers but very niche, and thus would like to let others that are similar know something about them.
Thank you for those suggestions. Slumdog was a gangster movie with a love interest and a game show hook. It is by the numbers. If it had not been set in India everyone would have seen it for what it was.
This is pretty much right on. While I enjoyed the movie, I wondered if it would have gotten all the hype (or any at all) if it was set in a ghetto in America, rather than in India. People would have most likely looked at it as relatively cheezy had that happened. As it is, it struck me as Hollywood finally recognizing Bollywood, yet doing it with "one of their own". It seemed rather cheap.
Yeah there really isn't a much better way. I ran into this recently on an article on Wikipedia on the Super Nintendo release date. I was a video game reviewer in the early 90's and have a letter signed by Nintendo's PR firm stating I was getting a review system before launch (which was a pretty typical thing for them to do). The letter was dated the same date as when the Wikipedia article said the system was actually released.
Given this evidence I scanned the letter and posted it to let them know their date was off. Their response was that they couldn't use the letter as proof the date was wrong because they only used published sources of information. Unfortunately the only published sources they had were a handful of websites currently online that had the wrong date written down (no doubt copied from each other).
At first I was taken aback by this as it was a bit odd that they would turn down physical evidence, but after thinking about it, it was obvious they didn't know me from Adam and can't just take people's word for things at face value, otherwise people could "prove" whatever they wanted. Those kinds of check and balances probably produce entries that aren't always perfect, but it's a lot better than the alternative in my mind.
Really depends on what your definition of "limited". Of course you're not going to be able to use it everywhere, but if you want that, that's what cell phones are for.
Not everyone wants (or needs) to be available to take a call all the time. The main times I want to be around a phone is at work (where there's wifi) and at home (where they're also wifi). Anywhere else that happens to have free wifi (like my local coffee shop) is a bonus. For me this would allow me to use the phone 90% of the time where I am normally. That would be enough for me and I wouldn't find it limiting at all.
Not to mention Apple says right on their site that Snow Leopard (10.6) will be much smaller in size than Leopard (10.5):
"Snow Leopard dramatically reduces the footprint of Mac OS X, making it even more efficient for users, and giving them back valuable hard drive space for their music and photos."
These kids did not build their own radio. The bought an Icom Ic-V8000 radio and a Yaesu G-5500 rotator and built their own antenna. One of the kids got a ham license and they were able to get some time with the IIS.
The only thing they did was build an antenna basically. I'm happy for them (we could use more kids getting into Ham radio) but this story is sensationalizes on something that many people have done before.
"But in Apples case? iChat, iTunes, iPhoto, Pages, Mail, all good starts but then what? Neither is the application to rule them all."
This is a bad thing? We talk so much about apps that have tons of bloat in them and how bad it is. Many companies add features to apps just to add features, not because it makes them any better. Many of Apple's apps simply do their job, why do they need to do everything under the sun?
"During the "mini ice age" 300 years ago, the notable feature was the lack of sunspots. Guess what the latest photos of the Sun show - NO sunspots."
This is normal, it's part of the typical 11 year solar cycle. We just finished a cycle (no sunspots) and are now starting the next one, where sunspots will increase. Anyone who does radio transmissions is very aware of this cycle as it can reek havoc on propagation at the end of a cycle (as has been the case recently).
"I dont know a fucking thing about how to design an embedded software application, but I'm a computer guy. I dont know how to program for mainframes, but I'm a computer guy. I dont know (but I'm trying to learn) graphics programming, but I'm a computer guy. Should I, a "computer guy" know about all these topics in great detail?"
As I tell people when they ask me these same "computer guy" questions: It's like asking a proctologist to do brain surgery. The ones who say they can do it probably have their head up their ass.
"Its not so much that you get them 'cheap', but you do get them for a fair market price, instead of either not being able to find them at all, or paying the monopolistic pricing that a local collector shop will charge. (I've seen used out of print paperbacks books listed at $50-$100 in local bookstores... they know they've got the only copy easily found for sale within 1000 miles... but you can often get the same book for $10-15 on ebay, if you search regularly."
It goes both ways. As far as games go, eBay has totally ruined the local used game shop where I live. The local shop can't sell any game for less than what it would go for on eBay, otherwise they'd just be better off selling it there (and many times they do). Thus you get games like Final Fantasy VII, a game that sold millions of copies, going for close to $100 at the local game store, because it sells for $70-90 on eBay.
The problem with the log tail with regards to resale is that if you have a small group of very fanatical consumers, it ends up driving up the price of everything at the local shops *simply because* the price is inflated on eBay, not necessarily because of actual local supply and demand.
Most likely because in a downturn*, 'IT' is the cheapeast way to increase productivity, especially if you have to fire people.
*Because there is increased pressure to create/find efficiencies, not because IT is somehow cheaper during a downturn than during an upturn.
I think it's a bit of both. Obviously people are looking for efficiencies when times get tight. Investing in technical solutions is one way to do that.
But I also think the dot-com bust helped as well. There are far fewer people in tech jobs than there used to be. Those that survived the bust are most likely more qualified as well (at least compared to those who were only in it to make a buck in the late 90's).
So, it comes down to supply and demand. At least, I've noticed this where I live. Business is very good right now, and doesn't seem to be slowing up.
I was in both the Alpha and Beta of Burning Crusade. Even up to a couple weeks from release I thought they still had work to do, but they pulled it off pretty well. I see no reason why WotLK will be different. I would certainly expect there to be a patch after you install the retail game for obvious reasons.
Do you seriously think that a Naval Officer TRAINED TO FLY FIGHTER JETS and TAKEOFF/LAND ON AIRCRAFT CARRIERS doesn't have the mental capacity to use Google Mail?!!!
Yes. My father served on a carrier in Vietnam (radar and navigation) and has absolutely no clue how to use gmail. He's frightened of computers in general, even though he studied them quite a bit in the Navy.
I get that the guy has war injuries, but there have been great advances in accessibility on computers over the years if he cared enough to try. I don't see Steven Hawking letting it slow him down.
"Even if they high profile guy in question has specifically said that he doesn't think Obama is ready to be president? The inescapable implication is that he (Biden) thinks that only because of his presence can Obama handle the job. Or, that Obama still can't handle the job, but that's OK, because he'll do it for him, etc. This is all just a sign of Obama's awakening to the fact that he's way over his inexperienced head, here."
Or, he was just saying that to win the primaries. He is, at the end of the day, still a politician. Everyone tried to paint Obama as young and inexperienced, a risk, and it didn't work. To read anymore into it, I think it a bit foolish.
"You see, what you say is funny, but it's really the employers biggest reason for not investing. They're scared that you'd sit at home and do fuck all."
So let them do nothing, and then fire them when they don't produce and/or miss deadlines. If you're a good manager, you can tell a lot about an employee when nobody is potentially around to look over their shoulder every once and a while. Then again, the ones that are scared of telecommuting are probably not good managers.
Don't forget playing with his dogs (Nintendogs) and gardening (actually where his idea for Pikmin came from).
A lot of people know he does this, so many journalists like ask him what he's doing in his free time and then try to parse his words to figure out what future new games he may be working on. If they really are quelling that, I'm not very surprised, given how secretive the company likes to be.
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It's ridiculous when you consider it's unnecessary. A wire butt connector and a crimp tool is a much faster and easier solution than soldering. You also don't have to worry about a solder joint breaking when you stuff it back into the thing.
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And yeah, why do you feel it's important to proclaim your sexual orientation on XBox live anyway?
Usually when you're a minority you like to find people who are like minded. It's the same reason why you don't see people say "I like games" (it's assumed) on their XBL bio but you will see people say stuff like "bullet hell shooter fan" or "shotoken fighting master". Both are gamers but very niche, and thus would like to let others that are similar know something about them.
Thank you for those suggestions. Slumdog was a gangster movie with a love interest and a game show hook. It is by the numbers. If it had not been set in India everyone would have seen it for what it was.
This is pretty much right on. While I enjoyed the movie, I wondered if it would have gotten all the hype (or any at all) if it was set in a ghetto in America, rather than in India. People would have most likely looked at it as relatively cheezy had that happened. As it is, it struck me as Hollywood finally recognizing Bollywood, yet doing it with "one of their own". It seemed rather cheap.
Yeah there really isn't a much better way. I ran into this recently on an article on Wikipedia on the Super Nintendo release date. I was a video game reviewer in the early 90's and have a letter signed by Nintendo's PR firm stating I was getting a review system before launch (which was a pretty typical thing for them to do). The letter was dated the same date as when the Wikipedia article said the system was actually released.
Given this evidence I scanned the letter and posted it to let them know their date was off. Their response was that they couldn't use the letter as proof the date was wrong because they only used published sources of information. Unfortunately the only published sources they had were a handful of websites currently online that had the wrong date written down (no doubt copied from each other).
At first I was taken aback by this as it was a bit odd that they would turn down physical evidence, but after thinking about it, it was obvious they didn't know me from Adam and can't just take people's word for things at face value, otherwise people could "prove" whatever they wanted. Those kinds of check and balances probably produce entries that aren't always perfect, but it's a lot better than the alternative in my mind.
Really depends on what your definition of "limited". Of course you're not going to be able to use it everywhere, but if you want that, that's what cell phones are for.
Not everyone wants (or needs) to be available to take a call all the time. The main times I want to be around a phone is at work (where there's wifi) and at home (where they're also wifi). Anywhere else that happens to have free wifi (like my local coffee shop) is a bonus. For me this would allow me to use the phone 90% of the time where I am normally. That would be enough for me and I wouldn't find it limiting at all.
Not to mention Apple says right on their site that Snow Leopard (10.6) will be much smaller in size than Leopard (10.5):
http://www.apple.com/macosx/snowleopard/
Well, add to that the fact that they didn't even build their own radio. Here's their website:
http://www.operationfirstcontact.com/blog/episode16.htm
They bought an ICOM Ic-V8000 as the transceiver. Basically all they did was build an antenna.
These kids did not build their own radio. The bought an Icom Ic-V8000 radio and a Yaesu G-5500 rotator and built their own antenna. One of the kids got a ham license and they were able to get some time with the IIS.
http://www.operationfirstcontact.com/blog/episode16.htm
The only thing they did was build an antenna basically. I'm happy for them (we could use more kids getting into Ham radio) but this story is sensationalizes on something that many people have done before.
"But in Apples case? iChat, iTunes, iPhoto, Pages, Mail, all good starts but then what? Neither is the application to rule them all."
This is a bad thing? We talk so much about apps that have tons of bloat in them and how bad it is. Many companies add features to apps just to add features, not because it makes them any better. Many of Apple's apps simply do their job, why do they need to do everything under the sun?
"During the "mini ice age" 300 years ago, the notable feature was the lack of sunspots. Guess what the latest photos of the Sun show - NO sunspots."
This is normal, it's part of the typical 11 year solar cycle. We just finished a cycle (no sunspots) and are now starting the next one, where sunspots will increase. Anyone who does radio transmissions is very aware of this cycle as it can reek havoc on propagation at the end of a cycle (as has been the case recently).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle
"I dont know a fucking thing about how to design an embedded software application, but I'm a computer guy. I dont know how to program for mainframes, but I'm a computer guy. I dont know (but I'm trying to learn) graphics programming, but I'm a computer guy. Should I, a "computer guy" know about all these topics in great detail?"
As I tell people when they ask me these same "computer guy" questions: It's like asking a proctologist to do brain surgery. The ones who say they can do it probably have their head up their ass.
It's always comforting to be reminded that there are people out there with even less of a life than you.
It should be mentioned that the guild who did this are professional gamers. They get paid to play WoW. In essence, they're just doing their job.
FWIW, the rankings are based on click counts to the reviews of laptops on the site mentioned in the OP. It has nothing to do with actual sales.
"Its not so much that you get them 'cheap', but you do get them for a fair market price, instead of either not being able to find them at all, or paying the monopolistic pricing that a local collector shop will charge. (I've seen used out of print paperbacks books listed at $50-$100 in local bookstores... they know they've got the only copy easily found for sale within 1000 miles... but you can often get the same book for $10-15 on ebay, if you search regularly."
It goes both ways. As far as games go, eBay has totally ruined the local used game shop where I live. The local shop can't sell any game for less than what it would go for on eBay, otherwise they'd just be better off selling it there (and many times they do). Thus you get games like Final Fantasy VII, a game that sold millions of copies, going for close to $100 at the local game store, because it sells for $70-90 on eBay.
The problem with the log tail with regards to resale is that if you have a small group of very fanatical consumers, it ends up driving up the price of everything at the local shops *simply because* the price is inflated on eBay, not necessarily because of actual local supply and demand.
Most likely because in a downturn*, 'IT' is the cheapeast way to increase productivity, especially if you have to fire people.
*Because there is increased pressure to create/find efficiencies, not because IT is somehow cheaper during a downturn than during an upturn.
I think it's a bit of both. Obviously people are looking for efficiencies when times get tight. Investing in technical solutions is one way to do that.
But I also think the dot-com bust helped as well. There are far fewer people in tech jobs than there used to be. Those that survived the bust are most likely more qualified as well (at least compared to those who were only in it to make a buck in the late 90's).
So, it comes down to supply and demand. At least, I've noticed this where I live. Business is very good right now, and doesn't seem to be slowing up.
I was in both the Alpha and Beta of Burning Crusade. Even up to a couple weeks from release I thought they still had work to do, but they pulled it off pretty well. I see no reason why WotLK will be different. I would certainly expect there to be a patch after you install the retail game for obvious reasons.
Do you seriously think that a Naval Officer TRAINED TO FLY FIGHTER JETS and TAKEOFF/LAND ON AIRCRAFT CARRIERS doesn't have the mental capacity to use Google Mail?!!!
Yes. My father served on a carrier in Vietnam (radar and navigation) and has absolutely no clue how to use gmail. He's frightened of computers in general, even though he studied them quite a bit in the Navy.
I get that the guy has war injuries, but there have been great advances in accessibility on computers over the years if he cared enough to try. I don't see Steven Hawking letting it slow him down.
"Even if they high profile guy in question has specifically said that he doesn't think Obama is ready to be president? The inescapable implication is that he (Biden) thinks that only because of his presence can Obama handle the job. Or, that Obama still can't handle the job, but that's OK, because he'll do it for him, etc. This is all just a sign of Obama's awakening to the fact that he's way over his inexperienced head, here."
Or, he was just saying that to win the primaries. He is, at the end of the day, still a politician. Everyone tried to paint Obama as young and inexperienced, a risk, and it didn't work. To read anymore into it, I think it a bit foolish.
"You see, what you say is funny, but it's really the employers biggest reason for not investing. They're scared that you'd sit at home and do fuck all."
So let them do nothing, and then fire them when they don't produce and/or miss deadlines. If you're a good manager, you can tell a lot about an employee when nobody is potentially around to look over their shoulder every once and a while. Then again, the ones that are scared of telecommuting are probably not good managers.
Don't forget playing with his dogs (Nintendogs) and gardening (actually where his idea for Pikmin came from).
A lot of people know he does this, so many journalists like ask him what he's doing in his free time and then try to parse his words to figure out what future new games he may be working on. If they really are quelling that, I'm not very surprised, given how secretive the company likes to be.
Probably got kicked off because their encryption was too strong. ISP couldn't sniff their P2P packets.
Call me old-fashioned, but I think parents should try to raise their kids to, you know, not be a colossal fuckup.
It's a sad world we live in if this is an old-fashioned idea.
That won't help when someone else tags a photo (or whatever) with your real name.
Which you can turn off in the Facebook prefs.
While Jesse is not running, Dean Barkley is. Him and Jesse see eye to eye on almost everything, which is why Jesse appointed him to the Senate after Welstone died. We would do our best to help him get elected in Jesse's absence.