And this post has been approved by the Office of Redundancy Office post approval committe.
I see the office is concerned even with the redundancy within the word "committee." So far they've only managed to reduce one of the three redundancies, but progress takes time.
By planning ahead I take you mean not buying anything right now. That's the Adam Osborne business model. He let it be known that the Osborne II was on its way. The whole world immediately cancelled their pending orders for the until-then hot selling Osborne I, and the company went broke.
priority should be given to giving packets to those who only need a few more to finish their download
It may serve the swarm better the other way, as then it continues to serve pieces. Sure, it could continue to stay on after its download is complete, but it doesn't have to. If it's not done, then obviously it has to stay connected.
When you copy a copyrighted work wgich requires payment for legal access to said work you are depriving the copyright owner(s) of the money that would have been generated by the sale of that item. Is that not theft?
No. And if I lock you in box to keep from selling something, that's also not theft, even though it deprives you of the of the money you'd have earned. Pointing out that something is not theft does not automatically mean that the objector endorses the act. He may or he may not, but that's not the point of the objection.
How do you know they are doing this? Are you just speculating?
I'm sure he is speculating, but Samsung's certainly not going to just throw them away. If there's a secondary market that's willing to pay money for them, then of course they're going to sell into it.
I asked 7 people in my office what elucidate meant. Only one person knew
You want to get really depressed? Go back and ask those same people how long it takes for the Earth to go around the Sun. Seriously. And I don't mean any picky answer. One year is of course, by definition, the best answer, but 365 days is fine.
Answers I've gotten:
"24 hours" Very common. I explain that's how long it takes to rotate, not go around the Sun. Then I give them another chance. I don't count it as a miss.
"Oh! A long time!" Well how long? Take a guess.
"....Two years?"
"Two minutes."
The same guy who said that also thought his calculator was broken when taking 10% of a number and the digits didn't change.
Now I know you think that it's ridiculous, and everybody will get it right, but you try it. I expect that at least four of your seven will get it wrong.
The tilt. As the Earth goes around the sun, the tilt means that the sun's light is coming in at a different angle in November than it is in May. When your part of the world is tilted away you're getting less of a direct hit, so it's colder.
If the axis were tilted more you'd have parts of the world where it'd get really really cold, and is dark all winter, and then really really hot with 24 hours of strong daylight. This already happens somewhat at the tips, but the greater the tilt, the more extreme it would be.
However it seems like everyone agrees the ending is shite and I'm taking their word on it.
It doesn't end. It just stops. When it faded out I was waiting for the next cut-scene. Then the credits started rolling. "That's it?" I say. "This is broken or something."
English terms are fairly common. A few to know are:
red == network (or any old kind of net)
teclado = keyboard
ratón == mouse, but everybody I know says mouse.
tarjeta == card
disco duro == hard disk
programador == programmer
Many are obvious: Computadora, programa, cable.
Plain English ones:
hub, router, server, web, internet, dvd & cd (usually pronounced as the english letters!)
I'm sure I'll think of a bunch more right after I post this. One not really technical but odd: a VCR is (at least around here) a "vay achay" as in the spanish pronunciation of the letters V H. Similarly, a BMW is a bay emmay.
should contain no options that are not available elsewhere.
Makes sense, but I believe Apple's own Safari violates it. As far as I can tell, there's no way I can open a link into a new tab or window without using the contextual menu.
Slashdot Mirror
Now you're just trying to be funny.
Not only that, but they outsourced a program they could have written in-house for less time than it took to negotiate the contract.
Well then do me a favor. Before you get out of beta, see if you can fix up some of that goofy spelling. I mean really, what were you thinking?
So you're saying that Apple's doing nothing new, and your cure for that is for them to make a...Newton?
This one here looks like it's from Spy vs. Spy.
That's funny. Is that how you first heard it? And it's weird (to me, anyway) that my brain somehow was able to connect the reference.
I like that. Unfortunately there's no daylight savings time in this country, so I can't use it without too many disclaimers.
I see the office is concerned even with the redundancy within the word "committee." So far they've only managed to reduce one of the three redundancies, but progress takes time.
By planning ahead I take you mean not buying anything right now. That's the Adam Osborne business model. He let it be known that the Osborne II was on its way. The whole world immediately cancelled their pending orders for the until-then hot selling Osborne I, and the company went broke.
No kidding. On mine it doesn't even play the ending! At least I assume that's the problem...
It may serve the swarm better the other way, as then it continues to serve pieces. Sure, it could continue to stay on after its download is complete, but it doesn't have to. If it's not done, then obviously it has to stay connected.
How's that for pronoun abuse?
Of course not. You can get a boob job, but once you've got a wang mini you're stuck with it.
No. And if I lock you in box to keep from selling something, that's also not theft, even though it deprives you of the of the money you'd have earned. Pointing out that something is not theft does not automatically mean that the objector endorses the act. He may or he may not, but that's not the point of the objection.
I'm sure he is speculating, but Samsung's certainly not going to just throw them away. If there's a secondary market that's willing to pay money for them, then of course they're going to sell into it.
It is? Is there evidence of that, or are you just guessing?
You want to get really depressed? Go back and ask those same people how long it takes for the Earth to go around the Sun. Seriously. And I don't mean any picky answer. One year is of course, by definition, the best answer, but 365 days is fine.
Answers I've gotten:
"24 hours"
Very common. I explain that's how long it takes to rotate, not go around the Sun. Then I give them another chance. I don't count it as a miss.
"Oh! A long time!"
Well how long? Take a guess.
"....Two years?"
"Two minutes."
The same guy who said that also thought his calculator was broken when taking 10% of a number and the digits didn't change.
Now I know you think that it's ridiculous, and everybody will get it right, but you try it. I expect that at least four of your seven will get it wrong.
I considered it, but thought it distracted more than it added. Just a silly joke anyway.
Nope.
Not yet, anyway.
The tilt. As the Earth goes around the sun, the tilt means that the sun's light is coming in at a different angle in November than it is in May. When your part of the world is tilted away you're getting less of a direct hit, so it's colder.
If the axis were tilted more you'd have parts of the world where it'd get really really cold, and is dark all winter, and then really really hot with 24 hours of strong daylight. This already happens somewhat at the tips, but the greater the tilt, the more extreme it would be.
It doesn't end. It just stops. When it faded out I was waiting for the next cut-scene. Then the credits started rolling. "That's it?" I say. "This is broken or something."
Yeah, they should have hired that guy! And maybe they could have gotten Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny thrown in on the deal..
red == network (or any old kind of net)
teclado = keyboard
ratón == mouse, but everybody I know says mouse.
tarjeta == card
disco duro == hard disk
programador == programmer
Many are obvious: Computadora, programa, cable.
Plain English ones:
hub, router, server, web, internet, dvd & cd (usually pronounced as the english letters!)
I'm sure I'll think of a bunch more right after I post this. One not really technical but odd: a VCR is (at least around here) a "vay achay" as in the spanish pronunciation of the letters V H. Similarly, a BMW is a bay emmay.
Well you don't have to go and be so decent about it. ;-)
Makes sense, but I believe Apple's own Safari violates it. As far as I can tell, there's no way I can open a link into a new tab or window without using the contextual menu.
Maybe because you used some non-standard syntax. Here's how you do it:
<a href = "http://moo.com"> Text Goes Here </a>