No, really, I'm sure this is just thrilling news. I mean, beyond the whole look and feel thing, who knows, maybe there's someone out there who thinks that Palm will, y'know, finally sync properly with the Macintosh, but I'm not holding my breath. I've given Palm plenty of chances, but it's extremely unlikely that they'll ever see another dime of mine.
I was a relatively early adopter of Palm (1996). I even bough US Robotics stock. All the while, though, I was always amazed how they managed to fuck Mac users over left, right, and center. Everything from not being able to use half of the programs on the installation CD, to having to buy a serial cable adapter, to never being able to sync well (unless one paid for third-party software that took over 2 years to get OS X versions going).
A few years ago I gave up on Palm and started using an iPod as a PDA. No, I can't do input on the fly, but it's good enough for looking up contacts and appointments. And once the iPhone lets you once save input, I'll have the PDA that Palm should have been back in 2002.
That said, when I complete my PhD in evolutionary biology in a few months my opinions on the subjects of ecology and evolution damn well better carry more weight than that of the average chump.
Bad things already have begun to happen in the Back Bay. Granite blocks that form the foundations of some brownstones are shifting on those rotting pilings, and a lot of building owners (divided among condos, for the most part) are suddenly realizing that they need to cough up $100,000+ to dig under and replace the building's pilings.
It's an interesting problem for Boston, because they don't want to spend the money to fix things (they're more at the "let's dig more monitoring wells" stage), but those buildings are prime Boston real estate, and that's where a lot of tax money comes from. If the value of those condos drops, so will the tax receipts.
Two years ago I sold my Back Bay condo, and was glad to get out.
Giuliani. I know he looks like a villain in that picture, but that's how he always looks.
I also like how his second marriage (the one with the children), fails to appear on the site, but his old mistress, excuse me, his new trophy wife, does. Nice one.
Good luck there, CreepBoy. Let's see how far you can coast on the old 9/11 train.
Having a name that sounds like someone throwing up, startupping. Excuse me, I have to go startup. Whew. Sorry, my stomach's been a bit off.
Anyway, you really have to wonder what strange chain of events happened to make someone think that verbing that particular noun sounded good. Roll it aound on the tongue. Startupping. StartUpping. Hmmm. Maybe another hit of Jack. Yes, that's it. Startupping. Hmm. Still sounds lame. Maybe if we change the emphasis. STARTuping. startUPing. startupING. Yeah, that's it. Suave. Respectable. Instant recognition.
Then what's the point? "I love my Mac, but not when I want to get any work done, or have any fun."
The point is that sometimes you just have to use Windows to get certain things done.
I'm a Mac guy--I've been buying Apple computers since 1985. But this last semester I took a job as an adjunct professor that required that I run distance courses using Centra, which is completely Windows-based, including requiring IE instead of allowing Firefox. The good news is that since I had just bought a MacBook, I could run Windows XP home using boot camp. The bad news is that I had to fork out $80 for an operating system that I only use for four hours a month.
Until now I haven't needed to use Windows to get work done or have fun.
There's more than the one system that can be used to identify individual people by individual sets of eyes. Families, coworkers, friends, and cleaning crews can be deduced with more accuracy by comparing known social networks (phone records, addresses, etc.) with the identified people in a particular group and using that the help assess/verify everyone in that group. Not all of these systems are foolproof, but when you get an overlapping series of assessment tools, one might come closer to solving the problem.
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Ashes of Doohan: Band name or sci-fi/fantasy series?
it could explain some other oddities of our system, such as Uranus's tilt.)
Okay, okay, I guess it's time to clean some of that stuff out my wallet. Geez.
Tiger Claw beats hovercopter.
You mean goatse wasn't just a representative corporate client?
That's a modification of the original 1984 ad.
In the original version the woman doesn't have an iPod clipped to her shorts.
That's "tandoor," you insensitive clod.
What's that, the choo choo ride at the nerds' amusement park?
Under Windows you can just put that program in the Start menu.
No, really, I'm sure this is just thrilling news. I mean, beyond the whole look and feel thing, who knows, maybe there's someone out there who thinks that Palm will, y'know, finally sync properly with the Macintosh, but I'm not holding my breath. I've given Palm plenty of chances, but it's extremely unlikely that they'll ever see another dime of mine.
I was a relatively early adopter of Palm (1996). I even bough US Robotics stock. All the while, though, I was always amazed how they managed to fuck Mac users over left, right, and center. Everything from not being able to use half of the programs on the installation CD, to having to buy a serial cable adapter, to never being able to sync well (unless one paid for third-party software that took over 2 years to get OS X versions going).
A few years ago I gave up on Palm and started using an iPod as a PDA. No, I can't do input on the fly, but it's good enough for looking up contacts and appointments. And once the iPhone lets you once save input, I'll have the PDA that Palm should have been back in 2002.
Irregular galaxies are 80% off in our clearance section.
Yes, but he's talking about wasabi, not alcohol.
Actually, what comes out of one's black hole is Hawking radiation.
What, the Scots finally figured out how to sodomize these "wave powers?"
I kid, I kid. Some of my best friends are sheep, I mean Scots.
That said, when I complete my PhD in evolutionary biology in a few months my opinions on the subjects of ecology and evolution damn well better carry more weight than that of the average chump.
Not in Kansas.
Bad things already have begun to happen in the Back Bay. Granite blocks that form the foundations of some brownstones are shifting on those rotting pilings, and a lot of building owners (divided among condos, for the most part) are suddenly realizing that they need to cough up $100,000+ to dig under and replace the building's pilings.
It's an interesting problem for Boston, because they don't want to spend the money to fix things (they're more at the "let's dig more monitoring wells" stage), but those buildings are prime Boston real estate, and that's where a lot of tax money comes from. If the value of those condos drops, so will the tax receipts.
Two years ago I sold my Back Bay condo, and was glad to get out.
Giuliani. I know he looks like a villain in that picture, but that's how he always looks.
I also like how his second marriage (the one with the children), fails to appear on the site, but his old mistress, excuse me, his new trophy wife, does. Nice one.
Good luck there, CreepBoy. Let's see how far you can coast on the old 9/11 train.
Fucking war pig. General Education killed my family and made me a slave.
I lost all respect for Libertarians after I heard one complain about how his town wouldn't plow his private drive.
I lost all respect for Libertarians after I read The Jungle.
Having a name that sounds like someone throwing up, startupping. Excuse me, I have to go startup. Whew. Sorry, my stomach's been a bit off.
Anyway, you really have to wonder what strange chain of events happened to make someone think that verbing that particular noun sounded good. Roll it aound on the tongue. Startupping. StartUpping. Hmmm. Maybe another hit of Jack. Yes, that's it. Startupping. Hmm. Still sounds lame. Maybe if we change the emphasis. STARTuping. startUPing. startupING. Yeah, that's it. Suave. Respectable. Instant recognition.
I can't imagine how this domain was available.
Wow, Clippy, you know everything!
Judging by your bitching about Boston I take it you didn't get into BU?
Then what's the point? "I love my Mac, but not when I want to get any work done, or have any fun."
The point is that sometimes you just have to use Windows to get certain things done.
I'm a Mac guy--I've been buying Apple computers since 1985. But this last semester I took a job as an adjunct professor that required that I run distance courses using Centra, which is completely Windows-based, including requiring IE instead of allowing Firefox. The good news is that since I had just bought a MacBook, I could run Windows XP home using boot camp. The bad news is that I had to fork out $80 for an operating system that I only use for four hours a month.
Until now I haven't needed to use Windows to get work done or have fun.
It was an episode of Hart to Hart, and I can't tell you how glad I am that someone else remembered that episode.
For what it's worth, I think of that episode every time I'm getting "the owl" put on my face.
There's more than the one system that can be used to identify individual people by individual sets of eyes. Families, coworkers, friends, and cleaning crews can be deduced with more accuracy by comparing known social networks (phone records, addresses, etc.) with the identified people in a particular group and using that the help assess/verify everyone in that group. Not all of these systems are foolproof, but when you get an overlapping series of assessment tools, one might come closer to solving the problem.
A paper trail won't be necessary with the British NannyCams recording everyone casting their votes.