A shame they couldn't (or wouldn't) get the UI to work like BB10. Using android and iOS feels like stepping back in time. Former WebOS users understand what I mean...
Google, if you're listening, steal the good parts from those and make them your own. We'll even pretend they're new and innovative. If you do this, I'll turn off my ad blocker. Amen.
A handful of deaf people have learned to use echo location to navigate by making clicking sounds.
That would be very impressive, considering that hearing is seemingly essential to echo location. Still, I'm more than a little skeptical. I'll bet those fraudsters are really navigating by sight...
You divided 500,000 dollars by 100,000,000 calls and got 0.005 ___ per ___.
Your mistake was assuming that because you saw a fractional result that you were dealing with cents. That is not correct. Your unit is still dollars, so your result should be 0.005 _dollars_ per _call_.
That's 5/1000 of a dollar per call. To find cents, you'll need to multiply that result by 100. (Remember: dollars = cents/100; cents = dollars*100) That will give you the correct answer of 0.5 cents per call.
You can check this yourself by first converting dollars to cents, then doing the division: 500,000 dollars = 50,000,000 cents. 50,000,000 cents / 100,000,000 calls = 0.5 cents per call.
If you're still struggling, try working the problem from a different angle. First, find the number of calls per dollar: 100,000,000 calls / 500,000 dollars = 200 calls per dollar. Divide by 100 to find the number of calls per cent and you'll find that you can make 2 calls per cent. 1 cent / 2 calls = 0.5 cents per call.
Check your work by working the problem backwards. At 0.5 cents per call, how much would it cost to make 100,000,000 calls? 100,000,000 calls * 0.5 cents = 50,000,000 cents. 50,000,000 cents / 100 = 500,000 dollars.
There will be a quiz on Monday, so be sure to study over the weekend.
I'm not so sure about that. Those samples, if they're the best we can manage, seem to indicate that we're a long way off from 'really close'.
it's going to happen relatively soon
In the geologic sense, I suppose.
so we should stop relying on audio recording as authentic
That's a bit premature. Synthesized voice isn't even tolerable yet; listening to it is almost painful. I don't think we'll need to worry computer generated impersonations ruining our lives for a long, long, time.
poor people (no money, lots of time) [...] rich people (no time, lots of money)
That's delusional. No one has less time than the working poor, who are often forced to work more than one job. Toss a family in the mix and you'll often see one parent working two jobs, a full and a part-time, with the other just working full time. Why not a fourth job? They don't have the time as they need to handle the kid's schedule, from school activities to doctors appointments. For them, time is at a premium, and sleep is a luxury.
In contrast, wealthy people have nothing but free time. There are exceptions, of course, but those are more often by choice, rather than necessity.
Don't delude yourself in to thinking the poor are poor because they don't work hard. They certainly work a lot harder, for a lot longer, than I do. I'll bet the same is true for you.
Looks like I touched a nerve. Like it or not, how you dress does influence how people see and interact with you. It also has an impact on your own sense of self-worth. (That's not controversial. Decades of research support that.)
Consider the following: On the day of a big legal case, your lawyer walks in to court wearing socks with sandals, basketball shorts, and a hooded sweatshirt. How would you react? Why do you think you would react that way?
How about this: You're in the hospital with your kid, who has a broken arm, waiting to see a doctor. Some guy wearing cargo shorts and a Vans t-shirt wanders in to the exam room. Do you let him examine your kid, or do you call security?
What about your accountant or financial advisor? How would you feel about trusting your finances to a guy in a frayed Metallica t-shirt and ripped jeans? Would you expect him to produce careful and accurate results, or do you think his sloppy personal habits might just be a carry over in to his professional work?
Now, take a look at yourself. When clients see you while they pass through the office, how does that affect their impression of your company? Do you think your appearance instills in them a sense of confidence? Does your appearance help or hurt the company?
Why is it so difficult for so many of you to dress like an adult?
Do you suddenly become incapable of doing your job if you look like a working professional? No? Then why complain?
If you've ever wondered why you don't get the respect you think you deserve at the office, look no further than your wardrobe. No only will people treat you better, you'll feel better about yourself.
You're very confused. There is no relationship between the Socratic method and the scientific method. Your own example illustrates neither observation, hypothesis, or testing.
Why argue this? They're obviously unrelated to one another. Why double-down on a simple mistake?
These numbers are crazy. They're probably counting sales and not use.
Surely, most Pi's are just used as cheap C64 emulation machines, letting the C64 continue to reign supreme. (Those not being used as a replacement C64 are all obviously just collecting dust in a drawer.)
somebody will figure out a way to grow enough neuronal tissue to make a biological analogue of the brain I don't see it happening in next ten years thought
Well, perhaps not for you. The rest of us figured out how to produce not only an entire functioning human brain, but an entire body for it as well. It does, however, require a woman.
Before you start screaming "SJW", go upstairs and ask your mother about the process. Don't be so quick to start it though. It takes about 9 months for the initial development, and years of further training and debugging afterward. Even after all that, there's no guarantee it'll function as you initially hope. (Trust me, she knows.)
Slashdot Mirror
If you have the means, try watching a television news program. You'll be very surprised by what you find.
That's fun. In my imagination, the president is a talking marigold.
Playing pretend can be fun, but this probably isn't the right forum for those sorts of discussions.
Scenario C
1) Crack head needs $20 for a hit, ASAP
2) Crack head holds you up for $0
3) Crack head stabs you with a screwdriver
But ... It was stolen directly from the Fark headline for the same story.
Maybe it's just too obvious...
A shame they couldn't (or wouldn't) get the UI to work like BB10. Using android and iOS feels like stepping back in time. Former WebOS users understand what I mean...
Google, if you're listening, steal the good parts from those and make them your own. We'll even pretend they're new and innovative. If you do this, I'll turn off my ad blocker. Amen.
It's not uncommon for a spouse to die shortly after their partners passing. It's been known to happen within hours or days.
There's a bunch of studies linked in this article for you to ignore.
Twice a week, volunteers can check to see if eels have arrived.
"The more that you read, the more things you will know"
-- Dr. Seuss
"If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time to write. Simple as that."
-- Stephen King
"Think before you speak. Read before you think."
-- Fran Lebowitz
Yes, as it turns out.
Any two-bit programmer can write a program to make 1677216 unique pixels. Colour me unimpressed.
You should be much more impressed.
Any 2-bit programmer will know their powers of 2, so they can easily create 16777216 colors.
A handful of deaf people have learned to use echo location to navigate by making clicking sounds.
That would be very impressive, considering that hearing is seemingly essential to echo location. Still, I'm more than a little skeptical. I'll bet those fraudsters are really navigating by sight...
That is not correct.
This is what you did wrong:
You divided 500,000 dollars by 100,000,000 calls and got 0.005 ___ per ___.
Your mistake was assuming that because you saw a fractional result that you were dealing with cents. That is not correct. Your unit is still dollars, so your result should be 0.005 _dollars_ per _call_.
That's 5/1000 of a dollar per call. To find cents, you'll need to multiply that result by 100. (Remember: dollars = cents/100; cents = dollars*100) That will give you the correct answer of 0.5 cents per call.
You can check this yourself by first converting dollars to cents, then doing the division: 500,000 dollars = 50,000,000 cents. 50,000,000 cents / 100,000,000 calls = 0.5 cents per call.
If you're still struggling, try working the problem from a different angle. First, find the number of calls per dollar: 100,000,000 calls / 500,000 dollars = 200 calls per dollar. Divide by 100 to find the number of calls per cent and you'll find that you can make 2 calls per cent. 1 cent / 2 calls = 0.5 cents per call.
Check your work by working the problem backwards. At 0.5 cents per call, how much would it cost to make 100,000,000 calls? 100,000,000 calls * 0.5 cents = 50,000,000 cents. 50,000,000 cents / 100 = 500,000 dollars.
There will be a quiz on Monday, so be sure to study over the weekend.
but that they can get really close
I'm not so sure about that. Those samples, if they're the best we can manage, seem to indicate that we're a long way off from 'really close'.
it's going to happen relatively soon
In the geologic sense, I suppose.
so we should stop relying on audio recording as authentic
That's a bit premature. Synthesized voice isn't even tolerable yet; listening to it is almost painful. I don't think we'll need to worry computer generated impersonations ruining our lives for a long, long, time.
I thought the relentless negativity had chased you off!
Any word on unicode support?
poor people (no money, lots of time) [...] rich people (no time, lots of money)
That's delusional. No one has less time than the working poor, who are often forced to work more than one job. Toss a family in the mix and you'll often see one parent working two jobs, a full and a part-time, with the other just working full time. Why not a fourth job? They don't have the time as they need to handle the kid's schedule, from school activities to doctors appointments. For them, time is at a premium, and sleep is a luxury.
In contrast, wealthy people have nothing but free time. There are exceptions, of course, but those are more often by choice, rather than necessity.
Don't delude yourself in to thinking the poor are poor because they don't work hard. They certainly work a lot harder, for a lot longer, than I do. I'll bet the same is true for you.
The original poster did say you save AND BUY INSURANCE like an adult.
No, no he did not. That all-caps assertion was just something you imagined.
Looks like I touched a nerve. Like it or not, how you dress does influence how people see and interact with you. It also has an impact on your own sense of self-worth. (That's not controversial. Decades of research support that.)
Consider the following: On the day of a big legal case, your lawyer walks in to court wearing socks with sandals, basketball shorts, and a hooded sweatshirt. How would you react? Why do you think you would react that way?
How about this: You're in the hospital with your kid, who has a broken arm, waiting to see a doctor. Some guy wearing cargo shorts and a Vans t-shirt wanders in to the exam room. Do you let him examine your kid, or do you call security?
What about your accountant or financial advisor? How would you feel about trusting your finances to a guy in a frayed Metallica t-shirt and ripped jeans? Would you expect him to produce careful and accurate results, or do you think his sloppy personal habits might just be a carry over in to his professional work?
Now, take a look at yourself. When clients see you while they pass through the office, how does that affect their impression of your company? Do you think your appearance instills in them a sense of confidence? Does your appearance help or hurt the company?
Why is it so difficult for so many of you to dress like an adult?
Do you suddenly become incapable of doing your job if you look like a working professional? No? Then why complain?
If you've ever wondered why you don't get the respect you think you deserve at the office, look no further than your wardrobe. No only will people treat you better, you'll feel better about yourself.
You're very confused. There is no relationship between the Socratic method and the scientific method. Your own example illustrates neither observation, hypothesis, or testing.
Why argue this? They're obviously unrelated to one another. Why double-down on a simple mistake?
So close to a great joke, until that last 'turn left' spoiled it.
Two wrongs, as you know, don't make a right. But three lefts do.
No, no it is not. Not even if you squint and tilt your head.
These numbers are crazy. They're probably counting sales and not use.
Surely, most Pi's are just used as cheap C64 emulation machines, letting the C64 continue to reign supreme. (Those not being used as a replacement C64 are all obviously just collecting dust in a drawer.)
somebody will figure out a way to grow enough neuronal tissue to make a biological analogue of the brain
I don't see it happening in next ten years thought
Well, perhaps not for you. The rest of us figured out how to produce not only an entire functioning human brain, but an entire body for it as well. It does, however, require a woman.
Before you start screaming "SJW", go upstairs and ask your mother about the process. Don't be so quick to start it though. It takes about 9 months for the initial development, and years of further training and debugging afterward. Even after all that, there's no guarantee it'll function as you initially hope. (Trust me, she knows.)
My ad blocker must not be working properly.
Mod parent Redundant. He told that same joke next week.
That depends on the language and the library.