Uh huh. A USB-PS/2 adaptor will cost you about eight bucks, and the Windows key works just great in place of the Command key.
I'm sure people could make up all kinds of reasons not to buy a mini. I mean, it would probably give you cancer if you ate it. That's probably a good reason not to buy one.
Do you have any sort of justification for your totally made up numbers? You couldn't cover the R&D for OS X and iLife for $199. You also couldn't get much of a monitor for less than $100.
Want to buy a $200 computer? Knock yourself out. Stop whining about how 'expensive' the mini is. Hell, Steve could bring one to your house and offer you a blowjob, and it still wouldn't be cool enough for you...
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Yeah, he'd have been MUCH better off if he had NOT bought a PowerMac, because since lots of other people are doing it, it's DEFINITELY a bad idea.
Come on, people. Popularity and quality are orthogonal. We should all understand this by now.
My understanding was that RC helo gyros don't actually have massive flywheels, but are patched into the control loops and correct with aerodynamic forces. At least, that's the way the ones I looked at for my big-ass model airplane worked.
I can't say for sure, because I wound up chickening out and building the tail longer to improve longitudinal stability.
If you think people who don't have the same sort of intellect that you do are "stupid", then I think you're pretty stupid.
It would have probably taken 10 minutes to ask, if she had somebody who (unlike you) wouldn't assume that she's stupid because she doesn't know how to work Excel. If she had enough baseline knowledge to even put together a coherent question (I find that, with people and with computers, that is most often the most difficult task).
There are lots of people in the world. I'm smarter than a lot of them. However, I wouldn't be a very successful person if I went around calling them "stupid" because they don't know the things I know.
I think you've got a lot to learn, but (just at a guess) I think you're too "stupid" to figure out how to start asking the right questions about how to deal with other people.
If the playing field is so level, why are there only two parties on it?
The FEC exists for one reason only: To preserve the dominance of the Republican and Democratic parties. They might pretend to be all different on certain issues, but on one issue I guarantee they will bend their every effort to maintain the status quo. They WILL continue their dominance, by any means necessary.
And that, my friends, is why politics in America sucks so bad.
I can't imagine reading a blog, and letting it change my viewpoint all by itself. I read critically. I read actively. I don't just up and change my mind on a whim.
Other people may or may not do that, but it's not the Law's place to protect their fickle preconceptions.
I think that the better way to attack it would be to require any political party (or party support mechanism) to have completely open financial records. Right now, the parties have tremendous power and very little accountability to We the People. That needs to change.
Hell, I'm a dumb American and I know that 32 inches is about 80 cm. I thought everybody from Europe was smarter and better than me. Gosh, it's like I'm waking up from a media-induced coma into a world where I can think for myself! What happens next?
No, EVERYBODY has to adapt or die. Not just musicians. Music companies. Me. You. Everyone must adapt to the world around you.
And, I happen to think that getting stuck in a record deal is a lot like dying, so my comment works on a couple levels.
Non-geek musicians have a tremendous opportunity now. Geeky non-musicians (and geeky musicians) are creating a whole new way of producing, promoting, and distributing music. They have a chance to not get raped by a music company, if they take the time to try to figure out how this stuff works (in broad strokes anyhow).
If you're totally focused on the music, you're going to get ass-raped by a record company. If you only care about the music, then maybe, MAYBE, the record company will give you enough to keep making your music. You won't be able to make it your way.
I'm not condemning anybody to do anything. I'm saying that if you want to undertake a commercial venture (like selling music recordings) you can either 1) learn how to do it yourself or 2) pay somebody else to do it. I'm not making any judgements whatsoever about what any given individual is going to find advantageous or desireable.
What are you advocating, exactly?
I know that building an acoustic room is not cheap. I know people (musicians) who didn't want to pay a record company to do their stuff, so they learned how to build their own record company.
Ever heard of DIY? It's got a bit of history in the music world...
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Uh huh. A USB-PS/2 adaptor will cost you about eight bucks, and the Windows key works just great in place of the Command key.
I'm sure people could make up all kinds of reasons not to buy a mini. I mean, it would probably give you cancer if you ate it. That's probably a good reason not to buy one.
The FEC is a symptom, not a cause.
Hey, what are you using right now to read my post? A monitor? Wow, there's that problem solved.
What are you using to click on the Reply button. A mouse? Good! Two down, one to go.
Now, what are you using to make the letters appear on your monitor. A keyboard? Brilliant!
What were you complaining about again?
Do you have any sort of justification for your totally made up numbers? You couldn't cover the R&D for OS X and iLife for $199. You also couldn't get much of a monitor for less than $100.
Want to buy a $200 computer? Knock yourself out. Stop whining about how 'expensive' the mini is. Hell, Steve could bring one to your house and offer you a blowjob, and it still wouldn't be cool enough for you...
Yeah, he'd have been MUCH better off if he had NOT bought a PowerMac, because since lots of other people are doing it, it's DEFINITELY a bad idea.
Come on, people. Popularity and quality are orthogonal. We should all understand this by now.
My understanding was that RC helo gyros don't actually have massive flywheels, but are patched into the control loops and correct with aerodynamic forces. At least, that's the way the ones I looked at for my big-ass model airplane worked.
I can't say for sure, because I wound up chickening out and building the tail longer to improve longitudinal stability.
Fair enough. I'll paraphrase an old joke. Permit me to restate:
"f you're too lazy to express your thought well, you're probably too lazy to think it through to begin with, asshole."
: ) : )
If you think people who don't have the same sort of intellect that you do are "stupid", then I think you're pretty stupid.
It would have probably taken 10 minutes to ask, if she had somebody who (unlike you) wouldn't assume that she's stupid because she doesn't know how to work Excel. If she had enough baseline knowledge to even put together a coherent question (I find that, with people and with computers, that is most often the most difficult task).
There are lots of people in the world. I'm smarter than a lot of them. However, I wouldn't be a very successful person if I went around calling them "stupid" because they don't know the things I know.
I think you've got a lot to learn, but (just at a guess) I think you're too "stupid" to figure out how to start asking the right questions about how to deal with other people.
So bus' out your MLA style guide and lay down the grammar-smack on 'em.
Anybody who wants to step to my mad grammar skills had better check theyself before they wreck theyself.
If it prevents people from actually proofreading their documents, then I'd argue that its usefulness is not a net positive.
Yes. Yes, it does matter.
If you're too lazy to express your thought well, you're probably too lazy to think it through to begin with.
Doubling the size of your IT department is Good for your IT manager, though. Guess who makes buying decisions for IT hardware?
Who is Mac, and why do I care if he's serious about Corporate America?
Well, I just moved to Oregon and got a job. It's kinda the same thing...
If the playing field is so level, why are there only two parties on it?
The FEC exists for one reason only: To preserve the dominance of the Republican and Democratic parties. They might pretend to be all different on certain issues, but on one issue I guarantee they will bend their every effort to maintain the status quo. They WILL continue their dominance, by any means necessary.
And that, my friends, is why politics in America sucks so bad.
How about "don't trust anyone!"
I can't imagine reading a blog, and letting it change my viewpoint all by itself. I read critically. I read actively. I don't just up and change my mind on a whim.
Other people may or may not do that, but it's not the Law's place to protect their fickle preconceptions.
I think that the better way to attack it would be to require any political party (or party support mechanism) to have completely open financial records. Right now, the parties have tremendous power and very little accountability to We the People. That needs to change.
There's a little more at issue here than just the motor.
Devices that have wheels can be patented, even though wheels can not.
What does a remote controlled vibrator have to do with force feedback?
Uh, then you'd have a picture of your own screen.
Do the geometry and you'll understand why that won't work.
But not cowards, Coward.
I downloaded one of the pictures and put it on my desktop, and it totally didn't look transparent at all.
Lame. And it's probably smaller than a Nomad.
Hell, I'm a dumb American and I know that 32 inches is about 80 cm. I thought everybody from Europe was smarter and better than me. Gosh, it's like I'm waking up from a media-induced coma into a world where I can think for myself! What happens next?
Where did you find a 32 foot "plazma" screen?
No, EVERYBODY has to adapt or die. Not just musicians. Music companies. Me. You. Everyone must adapt to the world around you.
And, I happen to think that getting stuck in a record deal is a lot like dying, so my comment works on a couple levels.
Non-geek musicians have a tremendous opportunity now. Geeky non-musicians (and geeky musicians) are creating a whole new way of producing, promoting, and distributing music. They have a chance to not get raped by a music company, if they take the time to try to figure out how this stuff works (in broad strokes anyhow).
If you're totally focused on the music, you're going to get ass-raped by a record company. If you only care about the music, then maybe, MAYBE, the record company will give you enough to keep making your music. You won't be able to make it your way.
I'm not condemning anybody to do anything. I'm saying that if you want to undertake a commercial venture (like selling music recordings) you can either 1) learn how to do it yourself or 2) pay somebody else to do it. I'm not making any judgements whatsoever about what any given individual is going to find advantageous or desireable.
What are you advocating, exactly?
I know that building an acoustic room is not cheap. I know people (musicians) who didn't want to pay a record company to do their stuff, so they learned how to build their own record company.
Ever heard of DIY? It's got a bit of history in the music world...