Were it that everyone like you, thick-skinned and determined to play despite the "trash-talk" spewed at you by your opponent! But even then, I doubt that people would let slide threats to their lives or their loved ones, even on the street court-- you would have a fistfight before you know it.
How many times have you re-arranged mirrors to bounce around a beam of light, or lit all the lamps in a room to open a door? How many times have you seen Link use bombs, throw a boomerang, or shoot an arrow to progress further into a dungeon? These are just some of the things all of Link's fans will have been doing since the first game of the series.
Bombs definitely, boomerang and arrows, aside from offing grunts, no. In fact, you're doing none of this in the second game. Every Zelda title brought something new to the table, Mr. Jackson just focuses on the puzzle-solving parts that were admittedly annoying and tedious at times.
If it's enough that you know you'll hate yourself if you stay and follow your boss' orders, I don't see a good reason for you to continue working there. The IT job market is slow, yes, but there ARE jobs out there that an IT professional can do.
I'm sure your pay and benefits are excellent, but neither of these are worth an integrity compromised.
However, it's not everything we asked for. Customers here in the U.S. will be able to return their Apple products for recycling, but Apple isn't making that promise to customers in other countries. Elsewhere in the world, an Apple product today can still be tomorrow's e-waste. Other manufacturers offer worldwide takeback and recycling. Apple should too!
I believe he mentioned plans to extend this to other countries:
All of Apple's U.S. retail stores, which now number more than 150, take back unwanted iPods for environmentally friendly disposal free of charge. As an incentive, we even offer customers a 10% discount on a new iPod when they bring their old iPod to our stores for proper disposal. This summer we're expanding it to Apple retail stores worldwide, and we're also extending it to include free shipping from anywhere in the U.S.
Moreover, they glossed over the fact that Apple already offers free recycling of iPods.
Methinks they rushed the article to the press without a fact-check.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but did the No Electronic Transfer Act amend the copyright code to make infringement a felony even if there wasn't any profit made? (Yeah, I know. Stupid lobbyists.)
If what I've read is right, the copyright owner may seek to have the government pursue a case of criminal infringement if the owner himself doesn't have the resources to litigate. That would expressly keep the content companies out of seeking such cases, as they've got the resources to go after people themselves.
Ironic, because they're the ones who use the FBI warnings on their movies.
There is an "Alarm" function in the Event dialog in Sunbird. You can set it to go off a certain amount of time before the event starts or ends, and even set it to toss an email when tripped.
Granted, you need to have Sunbird running during the time period of the event, and I don't think they have this for mobile devices yet....
At the risk of going offtopic (and spoiling most users)...
The gas station fire myth (episode 2) was based on the myth that using a cellular phone at a gas station was dangerous because it could create a spark that would ignite the gasoline fumes. Jamie and Adam built a test rig that would test this and other potential ignition sources (among these a pantyhose-based charge generator and a lighter), but they found that using a spark to light gas fumes is easier said than done.
The PVC pipe myth starts as follows: "A construction worker finds a length of PVC pipe, but there's some paint on it he'd like to remove. He sandblasts the pipe, but in the process the pipe collects a large enough charge to literally act as a lightning gun, shocking the hapless worker." After a few frustrating runs with the PVC pipe, Jamie built a van de Graaf generator out of a pipe and other items in his shop, while Adam tried to turn the PVC pipe into a giant capacitor.
They did several variations on the static electricity theme already, the two most famous probably being the PVC pipe (in which Jamie built a van de Graaf generator) and the cell phone sparking a gas station fire myths.
He's reacting more like the house is crap because he can't find the bathroom and the outlets and faucets are in different places. Things like this may seem small to you, but having to relearn a piece of software makes a huge difference in usability.
Don't get me wrong, I've studied the development process, and I understand your point about being able to move widgets around post-beta like one would move furniture. But this house is going to be used by real people, and if it's that easy to move stuff around, at least the prototype and beta tests could at least look familiar.
That's funny, I don't see anything in the HP press release or the linked article here about incorporating the print head into the printer itself being big news (though I do tend to read articles way too fast). The innovation seems to be the ink delivery system in general, not just the new print heads (which are to be fabbed by photolithography, eliminating the need for a second assembly process, reducing costs, and increasing the print speed). Quoth parent's linked article:
HP's separate 6-ink technology boasts a number of innovative features including an in-printer pump, air vent, ink reservoir and ink sensor. The key benefit of this highly ink efficient system is the ability to maximise the amount of ink that's available for printing. When left unused for any period of time, all print systems take in a small amount of air bubbles through the printheads, and unless this air is cleared from the ink, print quality suffers. The traditional solution used by most printer manufacturers is to prime the printheads by ejecting quantities of ink until all the ink containing air bubbles has been removed.... HP has developed an innovative solution which removes the affected ink from the main print system, extracts - or purges - the air bubbles and recirculates the 'clean' ink back to the ink reservoir. As a result, a significantly greater proportion of the ink in each cartridge makes it onto the printed page. The system also allows accurate measurement of the amount of ink remaining in both the cartridge and the separate ink reservoir above the printhead. When a cartridge begins to run low, an alert is sent with a warning that it will soon need replacing. Once the printer detects that there is insufficient ink to complete a job, the printer will pause before starting to print the next page, and offer options to complete the print job using the other inks available. In addition, using individual ink cartridges means only those colours that have been used-up actually need replacing. This is particularly beneficial to photographers who make significantly greater use of certain colours, such as greens or blues.
I suppose this particular arrangement would probably require that the print heads be part of the printer rather than the cartridges, but it seems Forbes is off by saying that incorporating "the print head in the printer itself rather than in the ink cartridge... means cheaper prints for consumers (about 24 cents per photo print) and faster output."
I'm thinking the OO.o fellas are more concerned about whether the software works according to design than the packaging at this point. Yes, solutions like Cygwin's downloader setup program are out there, they probably haven't made that a priority. Haven't we just seen with Netscape 8 that even if we package up a piece of software nicely, bad/immature software is still bad/immature software?
Then I went to launch the app, and the icons in the OpenOffice folder on the Start menu confused me. I could not find an icon with a blue W representing the word processor, so after a moment of confusion I tried clicking on "Open Document" which let me browse to my *.doc -- whew it worked, but "dumb user" wasn't sure he was doing the right thing, and almost didn't bother to try.
Um... what version were you using? Perhaps you should increase the font size on the icons? The word processor was clearly marked "Text Document" in version 1.1.2, and in the 2.0 beta it's called "Writer".
As for the big blue W, I'm guessing that they didn't use that icon, since ripping off the idea might invite Microsoft lawyers.
There are workarounds for a couple of the things you mentioned: the Styles and Formatting box can be torn off by dragging the (admittedly puny) space, or hidden away (just hit F11). If you don't want it to be there when you open up Writer, just hide it with F11.
And unless colors/images are a big deal, you can use the PDF export capability of OpenOffice.org.
Well, you *could* turn the PC so that both backplane and expansion cards are vertical.
Of course, that would mean either the otherwise normal "front" or the back connectors would be facing the floor. I would say that the natural suggestion that follows from this is to turn *only* the mobo and reposition the stuff in the case.
Anyone got some spare time and a few tools? I would pitch in some bucks for something like this.
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Were it that everyone like you, thick-skinned and determined to play despite the "trash-talk" spewed at you by your opponent! But even then, I doubt that people would let slide threats to their lives or their loved ones, even on the street court-- you would have a fistfight before you know it.
Bombs definitely, boomerang and arrows, aside from offing grunts, no. In fact, you're doing none of this in the second game. Every Zelda title brought something new to the table, Mr. Jackson just focuses on the puzzle-solving parts that were admittedly annoying and tedious at times.
This guy has too many vivid memories of Ocarina.
Bollocks to that! We're talking Ubuntu, not a full install from sources. ;)
"Let him who is without sin cast the first stone."
I'm pretty sure it's called "grasping for straws". Or "fishing". Something like the "padding" I did for college term papers.
If it's enough that you know you'll hate yourself if you stay and follow your boss' orders, I don't see a good reason for you to continue working there. The IT job market is slow, yes, but there ARE jobs out there that an IT professional can do.
I'm sure your pay and benefits are excellent, but neither of these are worth an integrity compromised.
I believe he mentioned plans to extend this to other countries:
Moreover, they glossed over the fact that Apple already offers free recycling of iPods.
Methinks they rushed the article to the press without a fact-check.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but did the No Electronic Transfer Act amend the copyright code to make infringement a felony even if there wasn't any profit made? (Yeah, I know. Stupid lobbyists.)
If what I've read is right, the copyright owner may seek to have the government pursue a case of criminal infringement if the owner himself doesn't have the resources to litigate. That would expressly keep the content companies out of seeking such cases, as they've got the resources to go after people themselves.
Ironic, because they're the ones who use the FBI warnings on their movies.
If you can get your mitts on Service Pack 4, MS says yes.
To add to parent's point, it's often quicker and easier to turn your head at an open book rather than switch tabs or windows.
Oh, I know, you can print out the stuff on the web, but those of us who are lazy tend to lose the printouts in an amorphous pile of paper.
There is an "Alarm" function in the Event dialog in Sunbird. You can set it to go off a certain amount of time before the event starts or ends, and even set it to toss an email when tripped.
Granted, you need to have Sunbird running during the time period of the event, and I don't think they have this for mobile devices yet....
At the risk of going offtopic (and spoiling most users)...
The gas station fire myth (episode 2) was based on the myth that using a cellular phone at a gas station was dangerous because it could create a spark that would ignite the gasoline fumes. Jamie and Adam built a test rig that would test this and other potential ignition sources (among these a pantyhose-based charge generator and a lighter), but they found that using a spark to light gas fumes is easier said than done.
The PVC pipe myth starts as follows: "A construction worker finds a length of PVC pipe, but there's some paint on it he'd like to remove. He sandblasts the pipe, but in the process the pipe collects a large enough charge to literally act as a lightning gun, shocking the hapless worker." After a few frustrating runs with the PVC pipe, Jamie built a van de Graaf generator out of a pipe and other items in his shop, while Adam tried to turn the PVC pipe into a giant capacitor.
They did several variations on the static electricity theme already, the two most famous probably being the PVC pipe (in which Jamie built a van de Graaf generator) and the cell phone sparking a gas station fire myths.
Let me guess: you don't design interfaces?
He's reacting more like the house is crap because he can't find the bathroom and the outlets and faucets are in different places. Things like this may seem small to you, but having to relearn a piece of software makes a huge difference in usability.
Don't get me wrong, I've studied the development process, and I understand your point about being able to move widgets around post-beta like one would move furniture. But this house is going to be used by real people, and if it's that easy to move stuff around, at least the prototype and beta tests could at least look familiar.
I believe you mean "bottom right corner", following the pattern of previous Mac OS WMs...
Either that, or your monitor is upside-down.
I suppose this particular arrangement would probably require that the print heads be part of the printer rather than the cartridges, but it seems Forbes is off by saying that incorporating "the print head in the printer itself rather than in the ink cartridge
34 km/s is a velocity
34 km/s alone is not a velocity. It is the magnitude of a velocity, or "speed", but without a direction, it is not a velocity.
Um... what version were you using? Perhaps you should increase the font size on the icons? The word processor was clearly marked "Text Document" in version 1.1.2, and in the 2.0 beta it's called "Writer".
As for the big blue W, I'm guessing that they didn't use that icon, since ripping off the idea might invite Microsoft lawyers.
There are workarounds for a couple of the things you mentioned: the Styles and Formatting box can be torn off by dragging the (admittedly puny) space, or hidden away (just hit F11). If you don't want it to be there when you open up Writer, just hide it with F11.
And unless colors/images are a big deal, you can use the PDF export capability of OpenOffice.org.
Try upping the catastrophe ante to, say, oh, Chernobyl or something...
Hey, if you're gonna sound like Data, at least do it without contractions...
It's not "Fishers fish".
Actually, that's valid. A fisher is just an older term for the more recent "fisherman".
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Dubya vs. Saddam in the ULTIMATE DEATHMATCH of the MILLENNIUM!!
Who knows, this could be the best way to decide the conflict.
Well, you *could* turn the PC so that both backplane and expansion cards are vertical.
Of course, that would mean either the otherwise normal "front" or the back connectors would be facing the floor. I would say that the natural suggestion that follows from this is to turn *only* the mobo and reposition the stuff in the case.
Anyone got some spare time and a few tools? I would pitch in some bucks for something like this.
Which leaves Californians with only one potential representative on this matter: Barbara Boxer. (ugh)
I'm sorry to say, that to date Boxer has received more cash from the media than Feinstein, according to this...