The only good thing about predictive text is the unpredictable messages, especially if the sender is in a hurry.
Hence, from the gf, things like "see you in a monument" and "duck off you tanker".
Personally, I always use mobile phones with keyboards, partially to piss people off by sending 160 chars with punctuation and capitalisation quicker than they can thumb stab 80 chars of txt spk, yu no wht I mn?
I am now reading a book called Holy Blood, Holy Grail which is interesting and a good read, even if it does build a house of cards mostly on theories and conjecture.
That's actually a brilliant encapsulation of the genre...:-)
I always found it hardest when socialising in bars. A few beers, and the diminished responsiblity sets in, and it's so easy to say "what the Hell" and grab one. Then, of course, finish the pack...:-)
I tried the book too, but there is also a good online reference here in much the same style.
I seem to be giving up nearly every week, but sneaking in a smoke now and again, which blows it. I suppose the hardest thing is the 100% mental commitment that you are never going to smoke again; I don't think I'm there yet, but I'm working on it.
In the UK, the inhaler was called the Inhalator. It didn't make a spray out of liquid - it used cartidges with small sponges inside, soaked in a nicotine solution.
It sounds like you are describing the nasal spray, which I am trying at the moment. It bloody hurts, and makes your eyes water...:-)
I use both Firefox and IE. I haven't noticed Firefox crash more than IE.
What's more, a Firefox crash is a non-event, as the SessionSaver extension restores all my tabs on reload to the parts of the respective pages I was looking at.
Publicise the right things, and the switch is a no-brainer.
It's wrong because he said he would sense it vibrating, and leave the theater to answer the call.
People wouldn't object to the distraction of someone stumbling out in front of them if the person had a weak bladder or something, but this guy is extending his business into a place where people have a reasonable expectation of enjoying the entertainment they have paid for without selfish disturbances.
I'm a happy Treo 600 user too (got there from two generations of Nokia Communicators that were good, but the form factor killed it for me in the end).
The 650 looks good, but there is speculation that the CF slot hasn't been re-designed from the 600 version, so it won't supply enough power to use the Palm WiFi card.
That's a major bummer, as it would be a fantastic plus given home WiFi and the new facilities in pubs, shops, etc.
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Heh...:-)
Reminds me of something I read in a recent season.
I think Saints had a good run of form early on, 3rd in the table I think, and Strachan was asked what he did immediately after the match. Apparently he rushed home, brought up teletext, and sat chuckling at the table on screen for hours...:-)
Now, to convince my company's managers to switch their userbase to Firefox
Before we get too smug, the article (anyone read those?) did mention an (albeit unrelated) vulnerability in Moz amongst others (PNG support) from August. Reproduced below.
To avoid getting the flameproofs on, I should point out that Firefox is my browser of choice. But let's avoid the whole stones and greenhouses scenario, yeh?
update Six vulnerabilities in an open-source image format could allow intruders to compromise computers running Linux and may allow attacks against Windows PCs as well as Macs running OS X.
The security issues appear in a library supporting the portable network graphics (PNG) format, used widely by programs such as the Mozilla and Opera browsers and various e-mail clients. The most critical issue, a memory problem known as a buffer overflow, could allow specially created PNG graphics to execute a malicious program when the application loads the image.
Among the programs that use libPNG and are likely to be affected by the flaws are the Mail application on Apple Computer's Mac OS X, the Opera and Internet Explorer browsers on Windows, and the Mozilla and Netscape browsers on Solaris, according to independent security researcher Chris Evans, who discovered the issues.
From comments I have read by fellow Slashdotters, I understand that the port is question has been attacked on such a regular basis that it has expanded into a much wider hole than originally designed...
First of all Mika Hakkinen quit because he couldn't put up the pressure
Or because he got married, had a kid, and changed his priorities. This is also the guy who was nearly killed after one of the most horrific crashes post-Senna, but I guess you knew that.
And all the best talent in the US is going into NASCAR, which I hate, but that's where the money's at.
Are you talking globally? You do know that F1 is only eclipsed by the Olympics and the Word Cup (ie. Football, or what the world outside the US refers to as Football) in terms of TV audience and revenue.
There's more money in NASCAR? Go NASCAR! Drive fast, turn left!
And the way things are going, NASCAR is more likely to conquor the world than F1 is likely to conquor the US.
I got tired of the XP getting all "Gummed" up everytime I installed something. Also I got tired updating Viruse software, I got tired of software that installs extra Crap I didn't ask to be installed. It seems the more you install under XP the slower it runs. And finally just got tired of trying to keep the OS upto Date!
Sadly, with MS, that's the way it is.
Just had to pension off a workstation, so I arranged a replacement through Mr. Dell.
First step was to use the product recovery CD to reload XP sans all the bloated crap that comes preinstalled on the HD. Then reloaded drivers and a small number of genuinely useful bundled apps from the CD.
First thing to go on these days is VMWare Workstation. If I want to run a load of apps infrequently, or evaluate some software that could be riddled with spyware/assorted crap, it gets installed into a VM, where it can run in a sandbox and can't bloat the host OS/registry.
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To borrow from Churchill's quote about democracy, I'd say it's the worst economic system until you consider the others.
The only good thing about predictive text is the unpredictable messages, especially if the sender is in a hurry.
Hence, from the gf, things like "see you in a monument" and "duck off you tanker".
Personally, I always use mobile phones with keyboards, partially to piss people off by sending 160 chars with punctuation and capitalisation quicker than they can thumb stab 80 chars of txt spk, yu no wht I mn?
I am now reading a book called Holy Blood, Holy Grail which is interesting and a good read, even if it does build a house of cards mostly on theories and conjecture.
:-)
That's actually a brilliant encapsulation of the genre...
Must be switched off.
You could start with a blend, and work down until the whole country kicked the habit.
I guess you've never tried "ultralights" out of curiosity.
You end up chainsmoking several out of frustration because you feel they are "just not working".
Wow, that really rings a bell with me...
:-)
I always found it hardest when socialising in bars. A few beers, and the diminished responsiblity sets in, and it's so easy to say "what the Hell" and grab one. Then, of course, finish the pack...
I tried the book too, but there is also a good online reference here in much the same style.
I seem to be giving up nearly every week, but sneaking in a smoke now and again, which blows it. I suppose the hardest thing is the 100% mental commitment that you are never going to smoke again; I don't think I'm there yet, but I'm working on it.
I can't remember who said it, but the best quote I read to sum that up is :
"Having a non-smoking area in a restaurant is like having a non-peeing area in a swimming pool".
:-)
In the UK, the inhaler was called the Inhalator. It didn't make a spray out of liquid - it used cartidges with small sponges inside, soaked in a nicotine solution.
:-)
It sounds like you are describing the nasal spray, which I am trying at the moment. It bloody hurts, and makes your eyes water...
Paul Allen, who knew Bill Gates mother from their work on charity boards, asked "What about Mary Gates boy? I hear he works with these things."
Informative?
How old do you think Paul Allen is?
They met as students.
I use both Firefox and IE. I haven't noticed Firefox crash more than IE.
What's more, a Firefox crash is a non-event, as the SessionSaver extension restores all my tabs on reload to the parts of the respective pages I was looking at.
Publicise the right things, and the switch is a no-brainer.
That's a bit like saying if you can't give to every charity, you shouldn't give to any...
It's wrong because he said he would sense it vibrating, and leave the theater to answer the call.
People wouldn't object to the distraction of someone stumbling out in front of them if the person had a weak bladder or something, but this guy is extending his business into a place where people have a reasonable expectation of enjoying the entertainment they have paid for without selfish disturbances.
I'm a happy Treo 600 user too (got there from two generations of Nokia Communicators that were good, but the form factor killed it for me in the end).
The 650 looks good, but there is speculation that the CF slot hasn't been re-designed from the 600 version, so it won't supply enough power to use the Palm WiFi card.
That's a major bummer, as it would be a fantastic plus given home WiFi and the new facilities in pubs, shops, etc.
Heh... :-)
:-)
Reminds me of something I read in a recent season.
I think Saints had a good run of form early on, 3rd in the table I think, and Strachan was asked what he did immediately after the match. Apparently he rushed home, brought up teletext, and sat chuckling at the table on screen for hours...
Now, to convince my company's managers to switch their userbase to Firefox
Before we get too smug, the article (anyone read those?) did mention an (albeit unrelated) vulnerability in Moz amongst others (PNG support) from August. Reproduced below.
To avoid getting the flameproofs on, I should point out that Firefox is my browser of choice. But let's avoid the whole stones and greenhouses scenario, yeh?
update Six vulnerabilities in an open-source image format could allow intruders to compromise computers running Linux and may allow attacks against Windows PCs as well as Macs running OS X.
The security issues appear in a library supporting the portable network graphics (PNG) format, used widely by programs such as the Mozilla and Opera browsers and various e-mail clients. The most critical issue, a memory problem known as a buffer overflow, could allow specially created PNG graphics to execute a malicious program when the application loads the image.
Among the programs that use libPNG and are likely to be affected by the flaws are the Mail application on Apple Computer's Mac OS X, the Opera and Internet Explorer browsers on Windows, and the Mozilla and Netscape browsers on Solaris, according to independent security researcher Chris Evans, who discovered the issues.
From comments I have read by fellow Slashdotters, I understand that the port is question has been attacked on such a regular basis that it has expanded into a much wider hole than originally designed...
He was skiiing in his light aircraft?
A ton of bandwidth, or a network of zombie machines?
I'm assuming the spam will be prerecorded.
Eight fingers and two thumbs, in total.
:-)
You people must be mutants...
Puh-leeze yourself.
First of all Mika Hakkinen quit because he couldn't put up the pressure
Or because he got married, had a kid, and changed his priorities. This is also the guy who was nearly killed after one of the most horrific crashes post-Senna, but I guess you knew that.
And all the best talent in the US is going into NASCAR, which I hate, but that's where the money's at.
Are you talking globally? You do know that F1 is only eclipsed by the Olympics and the Word Cup (ie. Football, or what the world outside the US refers to as Football) in terms of TV audience and revenue.
There's more money in NASCAR?
Go NASCAR!
Drive fast, turn left!
And the way things are going, NASCAR is more likely to conquor the world than F1 is likely to conquor the US.
See above.
So get real here.
No, please - after you.
I got tired of the XP getting all "Gummed" up everytime I installed something. Also I got tired updating Viruse software, I got tired of software that installs extra Crap I didn't ask to be installed. It seems the more you install under XP the slower it runs. And finally just got tired of trying to keep the OS upto Date!
Sadly, with MS, that's the way it is.
Just had to pension off a workstation, so I arranged a replacement through Mr. Dell.
First step was to use the product recovery CD to reload XP sans all the bloated crap that comes preinstalled on the HD. Then reloaded drivers and a small number of genuinely useful bundled apps from the CD.
First thing to go on these days is VMWare Workstation. If I want to run a load of apps infrequently, or evaluate some software that could be riddled with spyware/assorted crap, it gets installed into a VM, where it can run in a sandbox and can't bloat the host OS/registry.
...not that Windoze users would get mocked on here for running unexamined code under root privs, oh dear me no.... :-)
VOIP capabilities
:-)
Given the crazy price per MB for GPRS data (at least here in the UK), I think it would be cheaper to...err....just make a call with the thing.
considering which slot to use and how to put it into the slot
:-)
You live in Amsterdam, yeah?
We dressed the part, which made such a huge difference.
:-)]
What - berets, stripey shirts, and a string of onions?
[ Lame joke not flamebait...