Where did "&c." come from as what I'm interpreting as a synonym to "etc."?
Random answerr: et cetera is Latin. et, specifically, is Latin for "and" (I'll be damned if I can remember enough highschool Latin to tell you what cetera meant). & is the character for "and".
I've got to agree. Maybe I should write a post asking whether I've just invented the term "bamfuder quibblewert" then tweet several times about how I've invented a new term and link to the post, then submit the whole mess to slashdot.
If it gains any traction I'll figure out what the hell a bamfuder quibblewert is.
Honestly, a metro menu would probably have been the right way to go about it. You push a button and a smartphone-sized menu of tiles pops up without blocking the rest of the screen. Someone can then expand it to full screen (blowing the minds of everyone who ever complained that they have 10 pages of apps on their phones and can never find the one they want) or just scroll through it on the menu. They'd even have tie-in possibilities to push winphone: "make your windows phone your start menu and control your pc!" "run your metro apps on your PC or your phone!" etc. Cheesy, but marketable.
I'd really, really like to think this is change I could believe in. I hate driving with a passion and if I could afford a house a block from my office I'd have moved years ago. Being able to use that commute time for leisure instead of having to fight for survival with the millions of other commuters out there would be a godsend.
The reality, though, is that I'd get into the car and ask to be driven to a nightclub and get "I'm sorry Dave, but the Republicans running the state won't let me do that on a Sunday". Or I'd drive to a store in the next wet county over and the car would helpfully notify the local sheriff that I'm bringing alcohol back. Or I'd be stuck heading to a hospital at the posted speed limit while obeying all traffic laws, when there's a perfectly good shoulder right there to pass traffic on.
I'd pay whatever it takes to get a driverless car I could control. Without that control, you couldn't pay me to take one.
I think what he's asking for is a proof of concept. Automate a train or a bus first and have it run without jumping the tracks or killing all the passengers, then he'll believe in an automatic car.
If Assad thinks chemical weapons will end the war faster who are we to judge him for possibly causing "more" harm now to prevent longer term harm in the future.
Well, for starters we can judge his thinking as "wrong".
when they reached a city they would park and drive a smaller car kept in the back.
The funny thing about these plans is that back then they understood that people were not going to give up their car.
These days nobody bothers to try and figure out how to get the car into the mass transport system anymore, then they whine when everyone would rather drive.
Why would they do that? It seems that generally the people deciding to build roads to the middle of nowhere just so happen to either own the land there, or have financial interests in the development companies who do.
I go to look at the patent and over 90% of the claims were canceled (seriously there are 39 claims left, numbered 397-453, with gaps in the middle). What's left is basically what xtranormalused to do, with OCR bolted on the front end.
Not to be outdone, Obama has authorized Voice of America to broadcast to American audiences, in order to ensure that our country keeps the upper hand in using propaganda against western audiences.
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Random answerr: et cetera is Latin. et, specifically, is Latin for "and" (I'll be damned if I can remember enough highschool Latin to tell you what cetera meant). & is the character for "and".
Now, what'll really blow your mind is that the & character actually started out as a fancy way to write et.
And in case anyone believed you:
The $210,000 number was
I'm logged in but it posted as AC :(
I am adamant that it is not.
I've got to agree. Maybe I should write a post asking whether I've just invented the term "bamfuder quibblewert" then tweet several times about how I've invented a new term and link to the post, then submit the whole mess to slashdot.
If it gains any traction I'll figure out what the hell a bamfuder quibblewert is.
Honestly, a metro menu would probably have been the right way to go about it. You push a button and a smartphone-sized menu of tiles pops up without blocking the rest of the screen. Someone can then expand it to full screen (blowing the minds of everyone who ever complained that they have 10 pages of apps on their phones and can never find the one they want) or just scroll through it on the menu. They'd even have tie-in possibilities to push winphone: "make your windows phone your start menu and control your pc!" "run your metro apps on your PC or your phone!" etc. Cheesy, but marketable.
Spoken like someone who's never had to reboot a computer from coma mode.
I'd really, really like to think this is change I could believe in. I hate driving with a passion and if I could afford a house a block from my office I'd have moved years ago. Being able to use that commute time for leisure instead of having to fight for survival with the millions of other commuters out there would be a godsend.
The reality, though, is that I'd get into the car and ask to be driven to a nightclub and get "I'm sorry Dave, but the Republicans running the state won't let me do that on a Sunday". Or I'd drive to a store in the next wet county over and the car would helpfully notify the local sheriff that I'm bringing alcohol back. Or I'd be stuck heading to a hospital at the posted speed limit while obeying all traffic laws, when there's a perfectly good shoulder right there to pass traffic on.
I'd pay whatever it takes to get a driverless car I could control. Without that control, you couldn't pay me to take one.
Citizen, please step into your vehicle to be transported to your mandatory reeduc^Wvacation getaway.
I think what he's asking for is a proof of concept. Automate a train or a bus first and have it run without jumping the tracks or killing all the passengers, then he'll believe in an automatic car.
Yeah, it's not like companies are going to let us host our own games anymore, not when they can charge us monthly to do it for us.
Well, for starters we can judge his thinking as "wrong".
But that's illegal! Food is legal everywhere* (* may not apply in New York City)
And I'm sure the machine you swiped the card through yourself checked the signature very carefully.
The funny thing about these plans is that back then they understood that people were not going to give up their car.
These days nobody bothers to try and figure out how to get the car into the mass transport system anymore, then they whine when everyone would rather drive.
Why would they do that? It seems that generally the people deciding to build roads to the middle of nowhere just so happen to either own the land there, or have financial interests in the development companies who do.
I'm thankful I'm being permitted to play the game I bought. Fortunately I only bought one game with that "windows live" abomination strapped onto it.
Joys of DRM.
Y-you have three hands?! You're a Martian aren't you?
Clearly he's a Motie.
I go to look at the patent and over 90% of the claims were canceled (seriously there are 39 claims left, numbered 397-453, with gaps in the middle). What's left is basically what xtranormal used to do, with OCR bolted on the front end.
I think by "authorizer" poster meant "Pharmacy Benefit Manager".
For the record, I'm hardwired in here.
Same authority that has been used for centuries to put off doing what the government doesn't want to do:
Are we a nation of men or are we a nation of laws?
Ford's words said "laws", his actions said "men" and we've been going downhill since.
I'd put a few bucks in the pot to fix whatever bug that causes it to keep randomly telling me that I wasn't connected to the internet.
Before they gave it the sick page face with no meaningful error, it was "ERR_NETWORK_CHANGED"
Not to be outdone, Obama has authorized Voice of America to broadcast to American audiences, in order to ensure that our country keeps the upper hand in using propaganda against western audiences.
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