Agreed. Obama comes across as a nice guy and for the little people. Problem is it's turning out that he isn't a leader. Can't get anything done.
Take Reagan or Bush. Love them or hate them, they were leaders. Right or wrong, they got dam near anything they wanted. Obama needs to learn how to lead.
Well it is nothing more than a laptop on a stand with no cover. However they do use full size drives. I know, I had to replace mine. I found it quite interesting that they used duct tape and glue to hold it together. (imac 20 intel)
Thing is, refurbing an old building is generally cheaper than even a run down strip mall. You'd be hard pressed to find one that rents for under 2 or 3k a month. That's why most chains go so far as to build their own new buildings. The mortgage is less than the rent they would pay. And if it doesn't work out they can sell the building.
I hear ya, but the keyword here is many. Not most. If all you have is an electric and you want to vacation a few hundred miles away.... you need a really big lunch. Or a second gas car. It's range + recharge time. IMHO, they aren't ready for prime time. (yet!)
The problem with the electric car is range. No one wants any vehicle they can use for 100 miles or so and then have to park it overnight to "fill up"/recharge. If they can figure out a way to get generators built in to recharge the batteries or even power the car itself... problem(s) solved.
I love it. IBM sells Lenovo to china. China decides to come back to the states and build here and people scream. Yet most of the screamers drive a toyota or nissan or volkswagen and have no qualms about supporting these foreign companies. Because... they have factories in the US? Or do they really believe they're US companies?
Adobe started the "rent" thing a couple years ago. I guess it works IF you need to upgrade all the time. But if you feel you can skip an upgrade you're SOL.
Now, instead of using a half dozen smaller drives you can use just one. And when it dies you can lose everything at once. No screwing around losing bits and pieces of your files.
Yeah keyboards today seem to have the build quality of chewing gum and bailing wire. Then again, a "normal" board runs around $25 today. I guess you get what you pay for.
I'd have no problem going the $100 "ish" for a mechanical board but I also like the ergonomic boards. And I've never seen a mechanical ergonomic board.
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Weill I like CSI. But if you watch closely you'll realize that it's essentially a sci-fi show. Most folks miss that and take it for text book fact. We aren't even really close to the "technology" they use. If you think it's factual... well, I've got this bridge to sell you...;)
C'mon guys. Love him or hate him, what he did was illegal. And illegal in every country on the planet. Whoever gave him the info is guilty of treason. Since he's not a US citizen, he is guilty of espionage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage
Insert period here.
The US really has no choice but to go after him. It's their law. And the law in virtually every other country on the planet. He just happened to release docs from the USA.
As far as what he released... the majority being personal opinions like "this guy is stupid" that guys fat, this one smells funny... Gimme a break. That's human nature. Release tapes from any country on the planet and you'll likely get the same crap. People are people no matter where you go. Just human nature.
They say the upgrade (D/L) to windows 8 pro will be $40 for 3 months or so after it's release. After that your guess is as good as mine. Also no hint of the price of a full version.
On the one hand, it's great that the price has fallen. But I'm hoping they don't pull an "apple" and treat a service pack as an upgrade and charge for it.
Yes we let it rot. But only because we didn't need it. And IMHO, still don't unless we are trying to keep up with the joneses. Even tho we arguably passed them by transportation wise decades ago.
From what I understand it won't be cheaper than flying nor quicker. (I sure can't argue with more comfortable tho!)
Remember, this is a young country. Way back when, rare was the person who traveled more than 100 feet from their house.:) When we started to build rail systems some fool came along and invented the car. Then we spent more on roads than rail. Then another idiot came along and invented the "aeroplane". We invested in airports.
So as far as hi speed rail... really depends on where it's set up and cost. A fun vacation? Sure. Unless you want to get there as fast as you can to enjoy your destination. For business... time is money.
There's at least one airport in virtually every major city and a pile of smaller airports in between them. Some smaller European countries may only have major airport one in the whole country. Rail works for them. And they're more used to mass transportation since they didn't have the luxury of auto's back when it all started.
Well Amazon is great. However, not "necessarily" the best or even the cheapest. There's a ton of browser apps that will search prices for you. And they don't do a bad job.
Half the time you'll come up with prices lower than amazon. Of course you have to consider the company, return policy etc., but more often than not I don't buy at amazon like I used to anymore. Too many better deals elsewhere. Especially since there are so many 3rd parties on their site anymore. You really have to pay close attention to where it's coming from.
Premium products? Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Inflated prices give them a perceived value. Doesn't make them better. And yes I had one. Don't get it. While it was only one of the first intel imacs, a 3 year old PC (at a fraction of the price) ran rings around it. True the imac is pretty much a laptop on a stand with no cover but I'd never go back to one. Too slow and clunky.
Give me knobs and switches any day. If one dies all I have to do is drive to the nearest service center. If a panel goes... I walk. Everywhere. But I do save gas!!!!
Yeah, looks like it sucks to me as well. But remember there is no more home version and the pro version is going to be a $49 upgrade. Sure, business won't want it but then again they usually don't jump on the band wagon right out of the gate anyway. By the time they're ready most of their users will already be used to it.
Seems to me it's a Steve Jobs ploy. Give a pile of machines to schools and when the students get out they'll buy macs. Simply because they have no clue how to run a pc.
And FWIW, Metro was it's code name, remember? For windows 8? There was never any windows gui that didn't have a code name. So I've no idea why everyone is still throwing it out there. Once it's released it's code name dies.
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Agreed. Obama comes across as a nice guy and for the little people. Problem is it's turning out that he isn't a leader. Can't get anything done.
Take Reagan or Bush. Love them or hate them, they were leaders. Right or wrong, they got dam near anything they wanted. Obama needs to learn how to lead.
Well it is nothing more than a laptop on a stand with no cover. However they do use full size drives. I know, I had to replace mine. I found it quite interesting that they used duct tape and glue to hold it together. (imac 20 intel)
Thing is, refurbing an old building is generally cheaper than even a run down strip mall. You'd be hard pressed to find one that rents for under 2 or 3k a month. That's why most chains go so far as to build their own new buildings. The mortgage is less than the rent they would pay. And if it doesn't work out they can sell the building.
Yeah it was part time until it started to pay well. Then those with no skills whatsoever noticed and said... "hmmm... any idiot can do that. I'm in!"
I hear ya, but the keyword here is many. Not most. If all you have is an electric and you want to vacation a few hundred miles away.... you need a really big lunch. Or a second gas car. It's range + recharge time. IMHO, they aren't ready for prime time. (yet!)
The problem with the electric car is range. No one wants any vehicle they can use for 100 miles or so and then have to park it overnight to "fill up"/recharge. If they can figure out a way to get generators built in to recharge the batteries or even power the car itself... problem(s) solved.
I love it. IBM sells Lenovo to china. China decides to come back to the states and build here and people scream. Yet most of the screamers drive a toyota or nissan or volkswagen and have no qualms about supporting these foreign companies. Because... they have factories in the US? Or do they really believe they're US companies?
What am I missing here? You can open 2 versions of IE and that's confusing? When was it ever possible NOT to open more than one version?
Wow. They started using sugar in food again? I must have missed that bulletin.
Adobe started the "rent" thing a couple years ago. I guess it works IF you need to upgrade all the time. But if you feel you can skip an upgrade you're SOL.
Now, instead of using a half dozen smaller drives you can use just one. And when it dies you can lose everything at once. No screwing around losing bits and pieces of your files.
Seriously hottie got my attention. Got an address?
Actually, they retracted that...
http://gizmodo.com/5941653/amazon-decides-to-let-users-opt+out-of-ads-on-the-kindle-fires-after-all
For a $15 fee.
Yeah keyboards today seem to have the build quality of chewing gum and bailing wire. Then again, a "normal" board runs around $25 today. I guess you get what you pay for.
I'd have no problem going the $100 "ish" for a mechanical board but I also like the ergonomic boards. And I've never seen a mechanical ergonomic board.
Weill I like CSI. But if you watch closely you'll realize that it's essentially a sci-fi show. Most folks miss that and take it for text book fact. We aren't even really close to the "technology" they use. ;)
If you think it's factual... well, I've got this bridge to sell you...
'As a matter of fact, to beat Apple, it has to work really well on Apple devices.'" ?
Seems to me it has to be killer apps the do NOT work on apple at all.
C'mon guys. Love him or hate him, what he did was illegal. And illegal in every country on the planet. Whoever gave him the info is guilty of treason. Since he's not a US citizen, he is guilty of espionage. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage
Insert period here.
The US really has no choice but to go after him. It's their law. And the law in virtually every other country on the planet. He just happened to release docs from the USA.
As far as what he released... the majority being personal opinions like "this guy is stupid" that guys fat, this one smells funny... Gimme a break. That's human nature. Release tapes from any country on the planet and you'll likely get the same crap. People are people no matter where you go. Just human nature.
They say the upgrade (D/L) to windows 8 pro will be $40 for 3 months or so after it's release. After that your guess is as good as mine. Also no hint of the price of a full version.
On the one hand, it's great that the price has fallen. But I'm hoping they don't pull an "apple" and treat a service pack as an upgrade and charge for it.
Yes we let it rot. But only because we didn't need it. And IMHO, still don't unless we are trying to keep up with the joneses. Even tho we arguably passed them by transportation wise decades ago.
From what I understand it won't be cheaper than flying nor quicker. (I sure can't argue with more comfortable tho!)
Remember, this is a young country. Way back when, rare was the person who traveled more than 100 feet from their house. :) When we started to build rail systems some fool came along and invented the car. Then we spent more on roads than rail. Then another idiot came along and invented the "aeroplane". We invested in airports.
So as far as hi speed rail... really depends on where it's set up and cost. A fun vacation? Sure. Unless you want to get there as fast as you can to enjoy your destination. For business... time is money.
There's at least one airport in virtually every major city and a pile of smaller airports in between them. Some smaller European countries may only have major airport one in the whole country. Rail works for them. And they're more used to mass transportation since they didn't have the luxury of auto's back when it all started.
Well Amazon is great. However, not "necessarily" the best or even the cheapest. There's a ton of browser apps that will search prices for you. And they don't do a bad job.
Half the time you'll come up with prices lower than amazon. Of course you have to consider the company, return policy etc., but more often than not I don't buy at amazon like I used to anymore. Too many better deals elsewhere. Especially since there are so many 3rd parties on their site anymore. You really have to pay close attention to where it's coming from.
Besides, they don't take paypal. ;)
Premium products? Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Inflated prices give them a perceived value. Doesn't make them better. And yes I had one. Don't get it. While it was only one of the first intel imacs, a 3 year old PC (at a fraction of the price) ran rings around it. True the imac is pretty much a laptop on a stand with no cover but I'd never go back to one. Too slow and clunky.
Yeah but no comparison to Robin Meade.
Give me knobs and switches any day. If one dies all I have to do is drive to the nearest service center. If a panel goes... I walk. Everywhere.
But I do save gas!!!!
Yeah, looks like it sucks to me as well. But remember there is no more home version and the pro version is going to be a $49 upgrade. Sure, business won't want it but then again they usually don't jump on the band wagon right out of the gate anyway. By the time they're ready most of their users will already be used to it.
Seems to me it's a Steve Jobs ploy. Give a pile of machines to schools and when the students get out they'll buy macs. Simply because they have no clue how to run a pc.
And FWIW, Metro was it's code name, remember? For windows 8? There was never any windows gui that didn't have a code name. So I've no idea why everyone is still throwing it out there. Once it's released it's code name dies.
No, compromised down to it. Wasn't close to what he wanted but he figgered it was better than nothing.