For the love of God! If you want us to troubleshoot your code, you're going to have to use some meaningful variable names and stop putting multiple operations on a single line!
I'm a global warming skeptic, both in terms of cause and effects. Please send me a check or money order for 1 meelion dollars, or I may suddenly reverse my position!
the biggest danger is that you'd forget where you're going and end up somewhere else
Also completely untrue. The biggest dangers are falling asleep and a severely impeded reaction time. Blurred vision doesn't help either, especially at night.
I had a need for an incoming fax number, but I don't have a landline (and to be honest, I'm not even sure if I still have a working modem anywhere, let alone a fax machine), so I signed up on this site that offers a free trial: efax.com. Suffice to say, trying to cancel with these guys, while not entirely unexpected given the number of people who probably just sign up for a single fax, was nearly an exercise in futility. They try everything possible to extend your account, but what's worse, they keep you on the line as long as possible while "reviewing your account." I understand they don't want people to cancel, but don't waste my time pretending to do something. I had even forgotten to cancel my account soon enough, so I got charged 1 monthly fee -- it's not like they got nothing from me.
Cup 'o Noodles are over a dollar if I remember correctly. Any starving student worth his graphing calculator would buy 5-7 times the amount of noodles in plastic packaging. And remember -- every dollar saved on ramen is a dollar toward the keg fund.
It may be true, but there are still some problems, such as:
Stop and go traffic
Errands
Diminishing battery capacity over time, especially for those who live in the last 25% of the range
Detours
Carpooling
Anyone else have to drive to lunch?
Granted, these limitations are offset by the presence of an ICE, but for most people, I think it will be used as more of a hybrid than a pure electric car.
Also, what's with the 8 second 0-60? I thought electric cars were supposed to accelerate like the devil.
IIRC that's the "quick print" button. I almost always want to verify/change printer options before printing, which is why CTRL-P is unacceptable as well. I should have clarified that. As for modifying the UI, I prefer to learn the existing layout before making changes. I've only used Word 2007 twice, and only briefly to print out preexisting documents, which is why I brought up printing.
Those that are so resistant to change will eventually be filtered out of the gene pool, having been replaced by those who can look at alternatives to what they are doing, do some research, and make a choice as to which is better. That is what Evolution does. I know the creationists don't like to hear that, but, they too will soon be gone.
You're confusing two (or three) entirely unrelated points.
1) Change - Resistance to change is often beneficial. Those who change are the guinea pigs. There is potential for reward, but there is equally, and often greater, potential for disaster. Horseshoe crabs have not changed for millions of years because they are already successful. 2) Evolution - Makes no guarantees as to the effectiveness of any change (or mutation). They just happen, either through "free will" or genetically. Sometimes they work, and sometimes there are unknowable/unforseen consequences. Either way, total change takes a long time, and it's only the people who are unable to change (rather than those who resist change for good reason) who may potentially suffer. 3) Natural Selection - The ones who consistantly breed the most are, by definition, the most successful in natural selection. I'd bet dollars to donuts that the "creationists" are breeding faster than you or I.
Yeah, it took me a few minutes to figure out how to print in Office'07. Basically (unless you use a shortcut), you have to navigate through 2 tiers of menus from the "Office Shield" in the upper left just to get a printout. What was wrong with the print button right out in the open? Instead there's 1 sq.in. of real estate used by a clipboard and some scissors. (Does anybody NOT use keyboard shortcuts for that stuff?) Even worse, there's 3 sq.in. used by three cryptic boxes on the right, which might possibly be font selections, but there's also a straightforward font selection combo box on the left, so who knows. And then there's the "Editing" button on the far right. I thought cut/copy/paste was editing, but what do I know. Would it really be that hard to slip in the Print/Open/Close buttons somewhere in there? I mean, I can see myself using the New Paragraph, Sort, and Paint Fill buttons A LOT, but even so, I think I would prefer to have easy access to the aforementioned other "features."
I'm not sure they could be sued.. the patent on optical drives has long-since expired, and using a different wavelength laser is (or should be) obvious. At any rate, the requirement of a player key almost definately means they will have (or will need) a license, otherwise the media producer can just revoke the player's key. DRM is ridiculous like that, and is also why I will continue to USENET for my HD needs.
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For the love of God! If you want us to troubleshoot your code, you're going to have to use some meaningful variable names and stop putting multiple operations on a single line!
I guess my sarcasm was just too powerful.
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I'm a global warming skeptic, both in terms of cause and effects. Please send me a check or money order for 1 meelion dollars, or I may suddenly reverse my position!
I loosed my life once. It's really not as big a deal as everyone says.
NASA may have found life on Mars via the Viking space probes in 1976-77, but failed to recognize it and killed it by accident.
Small consolation for the millions of affected microbes.
Yeah, being stopped doesn't use any energy, but accelerating does. Also the specs say nothing of regenerative braking.
Transfer rates will still hover around 60MB/s, and running chkdsk on your 300TB volume? 2.75 years, on average.
the biggest danger is that you'd forget where you're going and end up somewhere else
Also completely untrue. The biggest dangers are falling asleep and a severely impeded reaction time. Blurred vision doesn't help either, especially at night.
Not measurably, no.. at least, not until we send something there to measure it with.
I can't believe I didn't even notice the "Click to enlarge" captions when I posted that link.
Best. Captions. Ever.
You've obviously never been to Japan.
Yeah, cause it worked so well for Paris?
I had a need for an incoming fax number, but I don't have a landline (and to be honest, I'm not even sure if I still have a working modem anywhere, let alone a fax machine), so I signed up on this site that offers a free trial: efax.com. Suffice to say, trying to cancel with these guys, while not entirely unexpected given the number of people who probably just sign up for a single fax, was nearly an exercise in futility. They try everything possible to extend your account, but what's worse, they keep you on the line as long as possible while "reviewing your account." I understand they don't want people to cancel, but don't waste my time pretending to do something. I had even forgotten to cancel my account soon enough, so I got charged 1 monthly fee -- it's not like they got nothing from me.
Cup 'o Noodles are over a dollar if I remember correctly. Any starving student worth his graphing calculator would buy 5-7 times the amount of noodles in plastic packaging. And remember -- every dollar saved on ramen is a dollar toward the keg fund.
- Stop and go traffic
- Errands
- Diminishing battery capacity over time, especially for those who live in the last 25% of the range
- Detours
- Carpooling
- Anyone else have to drive to lunch?
Granted, these limitations are offset by the presence of an ICE, but for most people, I think it will be used as more of a hybrid than a pure electric car.Also, what's with the 8 second 0-60? I thought electric cars were supposed to accelerate like the devil.
Oh yeah, pictures.
Nevermind, I'm an idiot. CTRL-P brings up the normal print, and the old office "quick prints" from the printer icon as well. I must be getting senile.
IIRC that's the "quick print" button. I almost always want to verify/change printer options before printing, which is why CTRL-P is unacceptable as well. I should have clarified that. As for modifying the UI, I prefer to learn the existing layout before making changes. I've only used Word 2007 twice, and only briefly to print out preexisting documents, which is why I brought up printing.
They're charging for OpenOffice now?
that would require effort that isn't entirely selfish, and everyone knows that humans are completely selfish, right?
Everyone is selfish, yes. Some just have a better grasp of enlightened self interest than others.
Those that are so resistant to change will eventually be filtered out of the gene pool, having been replaced by those who can look at alternatives to what they are doing, do some research, and make a choice as to which is better. That is what Evolution does. I know the creationists don't like to hear that, but, they too will soon be gone.
You're confusing two (or three) entirely unrelated points.
1) Change - Resistance to change is often beneficial. Those who change are the guinea pigs. There is potential for reward, but there is equally, and often greater, potential for disaster. Horseshoe crabs have not changed for millions of years because they are already successful.
2) Evolution - Makes no guarantees as to the effectiveness of any change (or mutation). They just happen, either through "free will" or genetically. Sometimes they work, and sometimes there are unknowable/unforseen consequences. Either way, total change takes a long time, and it's only the people who are unable to change (rather than those who resist change for good reason) who may potentially suffer.
3) Natural Selection - The ones who consistantly breed the most are, by definition, the most successful in natural selection. I'd bet dollars to donuts that the "creationists" are breeding faster than you or I.
Yeah, it took me a few minutes to figure out how to print in Office'07. Basically (unless you use a shortcut), you have to navigate through 2 tiers of menus from the "Office Shield" in the upper left just to get a printout. What was wrong with the print button right out in the open? Instead there's 1 sq.in. of real estate used by a clipboard and some scissors. (Does anybody NOT use keyboard shortcuts for that stuff?) Even worse, there's 3 sq.in. used by three cryptic boxes on the right, which might possibly be font selections, but there's also a straightforward font selection combo box on the left, so who knows. And then there's the "Editing" button on the far right. I thought cut/copy/paste was editing, but what do I know. Would it really be that hard to slip in the Print/Open/Close buttons somewhere in there? I mean, I can see myself using the New Paragraph, Sort, and Paint Fill buttons A LOT, but even so, I think I would prefer to have easy access to the aforementioned other "features."
Inversing the colors provides a more lifelike image. For the lazy.
I'm not sure they could be sued.. the patent on optical drives has long-since expired, and using a different wavelength laser is (or should be) obvious. At any rate, the requirement of a player key almost definately means they will have (or will need) a license, otherwise the media producer can just revoke the player's key. DRM is ridiculous like that, and is also why I will continue to USENET for my HD needs.
Dave, is that you?
For the last time, there is NO FISHING in my aquarium.