I am a non-believer in the nest. I reject the warming air from the nest. I refuse to have it cool me in the summer. My soul will sweat and shiver throughout eternity.
"Handy" is pseudo-English originating in Germany. I'm guessing Anonymous Coward comes from a German speaking country.
It's quite an interesting linguistic phenomenon, happens in a number of countries- an almost-English sounding word will appear in a foreign language "Anglicising" that language somewhat, even though the word doesn't exist in native English. Handy is far from the only example.
PLEASE tell me you have a choice and don't have to summon it by saying "OK, Google". I refuse to use Google Now because of that. Seems such an egotistical launch phrase to pick.
Speaking of voice, I'm annoyed in Marshmallow google mutilated how TTS worked. I can't use my nice Ivona (Amazon owned company) Welsh chick voice for Google Now or Google Maps anymore. Ivona selection of voices were far superior to anything google has produced; I hate being stuck with google's selection.
Am I going to be stuck with robotic sounding voices with this google device, or will it let me install a superior competitor, like Android used to let me do.
Xenocide is not an exaggeration. Entire tribes WERE wiped out (ie Xenocide). Most by disease (spread in many cases deliberately) - others by warfare. Biological warfare most certainly did take place. There are numerous reports of blankets from small-pox hospitals being given to Indians to spread the disease to new tribes.
90% died in some regions.
"Meanwhile as far as the Apaches and the Commanches are concerned, xenocide would have been perfectly legitimate: We are talking about two tribes whose savagery and sheer cruelty puts everyone today, inlcuding the nazis and North Korea to shame."
They didn't come to us to kill us- they defended their lands when we went to them. Xenocide is never legitimate.
"I see this "Evil white christian men have always been the worst" way of thinking particularly prevalent on the internet,"
That's not what I was saying. Evil is not linked to any race, or any religion. The powerful have always preyed upon the weak. An imbalance in power creates "evil". My point was, the OP attacked muslims (using a derogatory word) saying they were essentially nothing more than book burners who pushed the Koran during the middle ages. This was clearly an inaccurate statement based purely upon his own racial bias an inadequacy.
My point was to point out that all races, even whites have committed atrocities. (yes it HAS BEEN white Christians more than others, simply because they've been the ones with the means of committing attrocities, not because they're fundamentally evil). It was the Islam nations that kept the torch burning for science and learning during the middle ages.
I think the vast majority of us knew that 3D TVs weren't going to succeed. It's not like it hasn't been tried before and failed. Pure gimmickry.
VR... I'm leaning towards this being a non-sustainable flop for now, but it's got more chance of succeeding than 3D TV ever did. Maybe in 10 years when you can put on a device the size and weight of sunglasses and can move around the house without wires or being tethered. (and of course remove the dorkiness factor)
As a consumer I'm doing the same thing. Will this take off (as smartphones did) or will this be a fad that- or will it sputter and start to fade after a few years like tablets did?
Currently, the only VR I've tried out was pretty lame and didn't look worth me buying. Maybe if they get good and inexpensive enough I will jump on the bandwagon; or maybe they'll stay crap and I will avoid it. It's potentially exciting technology but I'm not getting overly excited yet.
That's why Elon Musk wants to go to Mars, to have enough surface space to enscribe Wikipedia on it. Slashdot is going to be scribed into the surface of Pluto, although the news will be a little old by the time it reaches that far.
They retained, and expanded and improved upon the knowledge learned by the classical civilizations. In the middle ages they were an enlightened and advanced civilization compared to the people to their west. Obviously, all civilizations had their problems, theirs did too; but, the middle ages was their golden age.
And a few hundred years later Christians committed xenocide in the Americas, subjugated Africa, Indian Subcontinent, forced drugs on China.
People suck. The difference is though, Muslim nations allowed freedom of religion long before Western nations even knew what that meant. Sure, the West leads on that front now, and many Islamic nations are far from free or tolerant. However, in the time frame that you are attacking them, the middle ages, they WERE the most enlightened people on the planet.
Almost no one uses cheques in the US anymore either. It's usually only little old-grannies that don't have enough coins in their purse to pay with pennies for a $45 purchase.
I live in the US, and it's funny, many Americans really do think they have more freedoms and liberty, etc., than anyone else. It's this self-propagating myth that they have. Don't get me wrong, I like it here, it's a very nice place to live, but there are a lot of delusions.
The country with incarceration rates so high that 50% of the world's prisoners are American- and they call themselves the land of the free.
Well, they developed coffee, something many slash-dotters rely on. They invented modern Cryptology during that time period, something many slash-dotters rely on.
They invented the "modern" windmill, something that has been adapted to provide power for the computer you use in modern days. They developed disinfectants and many medicinal advancements.
They invented the modern guitar that no doubt plays on your music station.
During that period of time they pretty much kept science and literature alive when much of the rest of the world was slowing down. It seems odd you post disparaging things about them for a time period in which they pretty much kicked-ass and kept the world moving forwards. In fact in the middle ages, whilst western Christians were persecuting each other and torturing each other for imagined religious offenses, Religious tolerance was practiced in a lot of Muslim controlled areas.
In those days when Christians were putting "heretics" in torture chambers, Muslims only charged extra taxes on those that didn't convert.
If all browsers end up being front ends on top of Chrome it will make Web Page development and testing slightly easier. However, it will also make hijacking any found vulnerability more profitable.
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You make the nest sound like a cult.
I am a non-believer in the nest. I reject the warming air from the nest. I refuse to have it cool me in the summer. My soul will sweat and shiver throughout eternity.
I think I'd rather get a cell-phone stuck on the German language than a Handy from someone who advertises on Craigslist.
I imagine a lot of people may not like their Facebook profile linked to their sale of used vibrators.
"Handy" is pseudo-English originating in Germany. I'm guessing Anonymous Coward comes from a German speaking country.
It's quite an interesting linguistic phenomenon, happens in a number of countries- an almost-English sounding word will appear in a foreign language "Anglicising" that language somewhat, even though the word doesn't exist in native English. Handy is far from the only example.
PLEASE tell me you have a choice and don't have to summon it by saying "OK, Google". I refuse to use Google Now because of that. Seems such an egotistical launch phrase to pick.
Speaking of voice, I'm annoyed in Marshmallow google mutilated how TTS worked. I can't use my nice Ivona (Amazon owned company) Welsh chick voice for Google Now or Google Maps anymore. Ivona selection of voices were far superior to anything google has produced; I hate being stuck with google's selection.
Am I going to be stuck with robotic sounding voices with this google device, or will it let me install a superior competitor, like Android used to let me do.
No, you have to use a proprietary "thunder port". Don't worry, this lack of choice is an "improvement" representing progress.
/ Disclosure: despite making fun of lack of headphone jack, I don't think I've actually used one on a phone for 3 or 4 years.
Xenocide is not an exaggeration. Entire tribes WERE wiped out (ie Xenocide). Most by disease (spread in many cases deliberately) - others by warfare. Biological warfare most certainly did take place. There are numerous reports of blankets from small-pox hospitals being given to Indians to spread the disease to new tribes.
90% died in some regions.
"Meanwhile as far as the Apaches and the Commanches are concerned, xenocide would have been perfectly legitimate: We are talking about two tribes whose savagery and sheer cruelty puts everyone today, inlcuding the nazis and North Korea to shame."
They didn't come to us to kill us- they defended their lands when we went to them. Xenocide is never legitimate.
"I see this "Evil white christian men have always been the worst" way of thinking particularly prevalent on the internet,"
That's not what I was saying. Evil is not linked to any race, or any religion. The powerful have always preyed upon the weak. An imbalance in power creates "evil". My point was, the OP attacked muslims (using a derogatory word) saying they were essentially nothing more than book burners who pushed the Koran during the middle ages. This was clearly an inaccurate statement based purely upon his own racial bias an inadequacy.
My point was to point out that all races, even whites have committed atrocities. (yes it HAS BEEN white Christians more than others, simply because they've been the ones with the means of committing attrocities, not because they're fundamentally evil). It was the Islam nations that kept the torch burning for science and learning during the middle ages.
I think the vast majority of us knew that 3D TVs weren't going to succeed. It's not like it hasn't been tried before and failed. Pure gimmickry.
VR... I'm leaning towards this being a non-sustainable flop for now, but it's got more chance of succeeding than 3D TV ever did. Maybe in 10 years when you can put on a device the size and weight of sunglasses and can move around the house without wires or being tethered. (and of course remove the dorkiness factor)
If it does, they've lost their niche.
As a consumer I'm doing the same thing. Will this take off (as smartphones did) or will this be a fad that- or will it sputter and start to fade after a few years like tablets did?
Currently, the only VR I've tried out was pretty lame and didn't look worth me buying. Maybe if they get good and inexpensive enough I will jump on the bandwagon; or maybe they'll stay crap and I will avoid it. It's potentially exciting technology but I'm not getting overly excited yet.
That's why Elon Musk wants to go to Mars, to have enough surface space to enscribe Wikipedia on it. Slashdot is going to be scribed into the surface of Pluto, although the news will be a little old by the time it reaches that far.
Maths... Science... Astronomy...
They retained, and expanded and improved upon the knowledge learned by the classical civilizations. In the middle ages they were an enlightened and advanced civilization compared to the people to their west. Obviously, all civilizations had their problems, theirs did too; but, the middle ages was their golden age.
And a few hundred years later Christians committed xenocide in the Americas, subjugated Africa, Indian Subcontinent, forced drugs on China.
People suck. The difference is though, Muslim nations allowed freedom of religion long before Western nations even knew what that meant. Sure, the West leads on that front now, and many Islamic nations are far from free or tolerant. However, in the time frame that you are attacking them, the middle ages, they WERE the most enlightened people on the planet.
Stop using your credit card to break into locked rooms.
Almost no one uses cheques in the US anymore either. It's usually only little old-grannies that don't have enough coins in their purse to pay with pennies for a $45 purchase.
I live in the US, and it's funny, many Americans really do think they have more freedoms and liberty, etc., than anyone else. It's this self-propagating myth that they have. Don't get me wrong, I like it here, it's a very nice place to live, but there are a lot of delusions.
The country with incarceration rates so high that 50% of the world's prisoners are American- and they call themselves the land of the free.
Well, they developed coffee, something many slash-dotters rely on. They invented modern Cryptology during that time period, something many slash-dotters rely on.
They invented the "modern" windmill, something that has been adapted to provide power for the computer you use in modern days. They developed disinfectants and many medicinal advancements.
They invented the modern guitar that no doubt plays on your music station.
During that period of time they pretty much kept science and literature alive when much of the rest of the world was slowing down. It seems odd you post disparaging things about them for a time period in which they pretty much kicked-ass and kept the world moving forwards. In fact in the middle ages, whilst western Christians were persecuting each other and torturing each other for imagined religious offenses, Religious tolerance was practiced in a lot of Muslim controlled areas.
In those days when Christians were putting "heretics" in torture chambers, Muslims only charged extra taxes on those that didn't convert.
Perhaps the biggest advantage of clay tablet is there was no autostart videos on them.
I want to install one in the company bathroom.
Did you volt onto her?
If all browsers end up being front ends on top of Chrome it will make Web Page development and testing slightly easier. However, it will also make hijacking any found vulnerability more profitable.
Slashdot isn't really social media. It's more an anti-social network.
I wish they had managed to include nightfall and dusk in the same sentence too.
Watt are you talking about?
I love you AC! You can be my friend!