you mean like up until the early 90s? There was no room for customization at the manufacturer then. That was Dell's genius back in the mid 90s: Hey, here's a starting point, but tweak it like you want it.
Why Windows 8? Windows 7 is a worthy successor to XPSP2 or maybe even SP3. Its interface is roughly similar (in that you'd be able to fumble your way around) and its interface is actually designed with a desktop in mind. I don't get why MS hemorrhages R&D money rather than milking perfectly good cash cows.
<rant>Why M$ is so determined to force Windows 8 down everyone's throat when people are just starting to get used to 7 is just mind boggling (aside from the obvious, and perhaps only, reason of making more money). I think people would take MS more seriously if they treated their products with appropriate timelines. We don't need a new OS every two years. We (pronounced/I/) barely want a new IDE, DB, or Business Suite (Office) every 2-3 years, but at least those are giving the users new and cool stuff most times (though VS2012 is a little short on that).</rant>
How do you differentiate that from what is going on in the Muslim world? It's still just politics and power grabbing behind a thin veil of virtue and justice (in this case wrapped in religion) just like it was/is for Christians or any other organization that is capable of wielding power.
I think the difference is really a discussion of whether genes affect behavior as they do physical characteristics. It's the nature vs. nurture debate in (slightly) different clothes. Even that question boils down to one of whether we are more than complex chemical reactions; if there is some "self" that isn't a physical construct.
Its cheapest plan, at about $40, will carry a 300 GB limit, while the most expensive plan, about $200, comes with 600 GB. Anyone who exceeds the limit on any plan can pay $10 for each additional data bucket of 50 GB.
So... I could get the $40 plan and get up to 1.1TB of data (16 * 50GB + 300GB) for $200 OR I could pay the $200/month and get 600GB. Hm. Someone didn't think that all the way through did they?
Internet users need to turn the option on themselves, or they have not expressed their desire to not be tracked themselves
Sorry, I don't like to name call, but that's just dumb. I could just as easily argue that Internet users need to turn the tracking on themselves, or they have not expressed their desire to be tracked by advertisers/marketers. And even though that is equally vapid, it makes WAY more sense to me. I shouldn't have to opt out of being tracked by any organization, private or government.
I predicted unemployment would rise sharply. 33% increase is pretty sharp.
Um, it peaked at 10% in 10/09 and has been steadily dropping since then. The curve was much more gradual after he took office than leading up to 1/09.
you have the issue with america's credit rating being dropped twice during his presidency
9/2011's cut was due to the repubs in congress stamping their feet, holding their breath, and going back on good-faith efforts. I'm struggling to find the 2nd cut though. i see Moody's threatening, but not actually cutting.
Surely you noticed the devaluation of the dollar?
No...actually, i didn't. We lost some value back in 2009 against CAD and GBP, but we've been more or less flat since the beginning of 2010. We did lose some value since then against JPY and CNY. We've been making some strides against EUR. Here's the data back to '99 if you're interested.
Hm.. good point about the civil vs. criminal. Not to defend it too vehemently, but I will say most accounts would suggest that he married a prepubescent girl, but waited until "Aunt Flow" visited to consummate. While not cool by today's standards, this was kind of how things were done 1400 years ago. Europe included. Marriage was a contract between families and a means of supporting each other. It still is in some undeveloped parts of the world. Again, I can't stress enough that the icky factor is overwhelming in this case, but I still wouldn't quite classify this in the same category as say teachers or other authority figures *CpOrUiGeHsts* who go after their students/underlings.
Seriously! In this day and age, you need at least R-22 if not R-30 in your house. Short of that, you may as well leave the windows open!! Oh wait... that's not what you meant was it... sorry, I'll just see myself out.
Barring the farcical delineation between "hate" speech and "regular" speech, this actually isn't protected speech because it is, quite literally, slander and therefore illegal. Think what you will of Mohammad, Prophet, false prophet, anti-christ, whatever, there is no evidence to support the claim that he was a child-molester (among other accusations). Without any evidence, this is, unequivocally, slander (and likely libel too since it was probably written down at some point) and not, in fact, protected by the First Amendment.
because the crappy magazine will show you things you didn't think of. your smartphone will play the games and music you downloaded. the crappy magazine is outside input and, yes, obviously you can use your smartphone to read a news site or blog or some such outside input, and that would be great! the idea is that we need to have external input, but smartphones tend to recycle the same inputs (games/music/movies) leaving us with less mental stimulation. Sorry. Big, hand-waving statements and no data, i know, but you see my overall point, no?
actually, that was Congress, but i'll grant you that as a half point
FAILED to close GITMO, EXPANDED govt wiretapping programs
true and true, and don't forget that he's also a lot LESS transparent though he promised more transparency. Big FAIL, and the reason i seriously looked at Romney.
did exactly what I said he would do concerning unemployment
you said he would triple unemployment...it didn't even go up another 33% from when he got in office and most of that was momentum as we plunged into the recession. unemployment is now right back down to where it was when he took office... so no, it didn't.
I can't stress enough how important it is to keep looking at facts and drop the fox news line.
Seeing these places in person will never be matched by seeing them on a monitor, no matter how good the resolution gets. What this does do is open up these places to a whole segment of the population without the means to get there. It's a much richer experience to "walk" down the street in street view and explore a bit on your own than to see a static picture from a fixed vantage point in a book.
Rated life is 5000hrs per energy comparison data provided by Philips.
um.. i think you're off by an order of magnitude on your LED life expectancy. I just checked Philips site and they're rated at 25k hours. I've seen them rated up to 50k.
yea capitalism!
<rant>of course that's a grossly simplistic generalization of an economic system which seems to have the fewest downsides and the most built in personal freedom of any of the large-scale economic systems in the world today and the real problem with capitalism is that there is no mechanism to keep the greedy fucks from rising to the top and driving industry standards because it's the only way the non-greedy fucks can stay viably competitive other than artificial/external factors like government regulation and playing the "nice-guy" card.</rant>
still.
yea capitalism.
No need for snarkiness Dr. Your last sentence was wholly unnecessary. For all you know the AC's a 6th grader still learning the ins and outs of Newtonian physics. Or maybe it's someone with a PhD in something you know nothing about.
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I would fall for the 'damsel in distress' trap every time, because I am your typical not-quite-aspie geeky tech student...
FTFY.
so you've pre-ordered your Wii-U then right?
you mean like up until the early 90s? There was no room for customization at the manufacturer then. That was Dell's genius back in the mid 90s: Hey, here's a starting point, but tweak it like you want it.
that radio dude
Paul Harvey
<rant>Why M$ is so determined to force Windows 8 down everyone's throat when people are just starting to get used to 7 is just mind boggling (aside from the obvious, and perhaps only, reason of making more money). I think people would take MS more seriously if they treated their products with appropriate timelines. We don't need a new OS every two years. We (pronounced /I/) barely want a new IDE, DB, or Business Suite (Office) every 2-3 years, but at least those are giving the users new and cool stuff most times (though VS2012 is a little short on that).</rant>
How do you differentiate that from what is going on in the Muslim world? It's still just politics and power grabbing behind a thin veil of virtue and justice (in this case wrapped in religion) just like it was/is for Christians or any other organization that is capable of wielding power.
I think the difference is really a discussion of whether genes affect behavior as they do physical characteristics. It's the nature vs. nurture debate in (slightly) different clothes. Even that question boils down to one of whether we are more than complex chemical reactions; if there is some "self" that isn't a physical construct.
Its cheapest plan, at about $40, will carry a 300 GB limit, while the most expensive plan, about $200, comes with 600 GB. Anyone who exceeds the limit on any plan can pay $10 for each additional data bucket of 50 GB.
So... I could get the $40 plan and get up to 1.1TB of data (16 * 50GB + 300GB) for $200 OR I could pay the $200/month and get 600GB. Hm. Someone didn't think that all the way through did they?
"We are giving Model S the ability to drive almost anywhere for free on pure sunlight."
Must be nice to have pure sunlight in CA! Not like our filthy, polluted sunlight here...
What I find really funny is that googling 'messureent' comes up with:
"Showing results for measurements"
That's just crazy enough to work! +1 Insightful to you.
Internet users need to turn the option on themselves, or they have not expressed their desire to not be tracked themselves
Sorry, I don't like to name call, but that's just dumb. I could just as easily argue that Internet users need to turn the tracking on themselves, or they have not expressed their desire to be tracked by advertisers/marketers. And even though that is equally vapid, it makes WAY more sense to me. I shouldn't have to opt out of being tracked by any organization, private or government.
I predicted unemployment would rise sharply. 33% increase is pretty sharp.
Um, it peaked at 10% in 10/09 and has been steadily dropping since then. The curve was much more gradual after he took office than leading up to 1/09.
you have the issue with america's credit rating being dropped twice during his presidency
9/2011's cut was due to the repubs in congress stamping their feet, holding their breath, and going back on good-faith efforts. I'm struggling to find the 2nd cut though. i see Moody's threatening, but not actually cutting.
Surely you noticed the devaluation of the dollar?
No...actually, i didn't. We lost some value back in 2009 against CAD and GBP, but we've been more or less flat since the beginning of 2010. We did lose some value since then against JPY and CNY. We've been making some strides against EUR. Here's the data back to '99 if you're interested.
Hm.. good point about the civil vs. criminal. Not to defend it too vehemently, but I will say most accounts would suggest that he married a prepubescent girl, but waited until "Aunt Flow" visited to consummate. While not cool by today's standards, this was kind of how things were done 1400 years ago. Europe included. Marriage was a contract between families and a means of supporting each other. It still is in some undeveloped parts of the world. Again, I can't stress enough that the icky factor is overwhelming in this case, but I still wouldn't quite classify this in the same category as say teachers or other authority figures *CpOrUiGeHsts* who go after their students/underlings.
a criticism of your insulation
Seriously! In this day and age, you need at least R-22 if not R-30 in your house. Short of that, you may as well leave the windows open!! Oh wait... that's not what you meant was it... sorry, I'll just see myself out.
Barring the farcical delineation between "hate" speech and "regular" speech, this actually isn't protected speech because it is, quite literally, slander and therefore illegal. Think what you will of Mohammad, Prophet, false prophet, anti-christ, whatever, there is no evidence to support the claim that he was a child-molester (among other accusations). Without any evidence, this is, unequivocally, slander (and likely libel too since it was probably written down at some point) and not, in fact, protected by the First Amendment.
because the crappy magazine will show you things you didn't think of. your smartphone will play the games and music you downloaded. the crappy magazine is outside input and, yes, obviously you can use your smartphone to read a news site or blog or some such outside input, and that would be great! the idea is that we need to have external input, but smartphones tend to recycle the same inputs (games/music/movies) leaving us with less mental stimulation. Sorry. Big, hand-waving statements and no data, i know, but you see my overall point, no?
he bailed out the people who flushed the economy down the toilet
No... that was his predecessor.
continues to support printing money as economic stimulous [sic] which drives up inflation
inflation has barely budged...in fact, it's lower now than it was before the recession started
see the pretty picture? it actually is a pretty picture, i'm not being snarky...
enacted policies which tripled deficit spending
actually, that was Congress, but i'll grant you that as a half point
FAILED to close GITMO, EXPANDED govt wiretapping programs
true and true, and don't forget that he's also a lot LESS transparent though he promised more transparency. Big FAIL, and the reason i seriously looked at Romney.
did exactly what I said he would do concerning unemployment
you said he would triple unemployment...it didn't even go up another 33% from when he got in office and most of that was momentum as we plunged into the recession. unemployment is now right back down to where it was when he took office... so no, it didn't.
I can't stress enough how important it is to keep looking at facts and drop the fox news line.
I am so smert! I am so smert..., I mean smart! - Homer Simpson
I am so smart! I am so smart! S-M-R-T! I mean S-M-A-R-T! -Homer Simpson FTFY
agreed, the expandable storage is kind of a big deal to me too
Here is a side-by-side comparison of the Nook HD, Fire HD, and Nexus 7 (and the Fire, but who cares) on Huffington Post.
Seeing these places in person will never be matched by seeing them on a monitor, no matter how good the resolution gets. What this does do is open up these places to a whole segment of the population without the means to get there. It's a much richer experience to "walk" down the street in street view and explore a bit on your own than to see a static picture from a fixed vantage point in a book.
Rated life is 5000hrs per energy comparison data provided by Philips.
um.. i think you're off by an order of magnitude on your LED life expectancy. I just checked Philips site and they're rated at 25k hours. I've seen them rated up to 50k.
yea capitalism!
<rant>of course that's a grossly simplistic generalization of an economic system which seems to have the fewest downsides and the most built in personal freedom of any of the large-scale economic systems in the world today and the real problem with capitalism is that there is no mechanism to keep the greedy fucks from rising to the top and driving industry standards because it's the only way the non-greedy fucks can stay viably competitive other than artificial/external factors like government regulation and playing the "nice-guy" card.</rant>
still.
yea capitalism.
No need for snarkiness Dr. Your last sentence was wholly unnecessary. For all you know the AC's a 6th grader still learning the ins and outs of Newtonian physics. Or maybe it's someone with a PhD in something you know nothing about.