You could still raise a stink about false advertising. I don't know if it would get you anywhere in a court, but some tv stations like to cover this sort of thing in their local news. The ISP might even make a concession to avoid bad publicity.
> Some of us even drink water. Try it for a week. You won't look at a syrypy soft drink the same way, once you get your taste buds back.
I spent an entire summer drinking just water because I was too cheap to buy other stuff. Your challenge certainly doesn't hold for everybody. Of course, I have been trying to improve my habits by having less pop and more juice. The trouble is, juice can get a bit pricey and if I drink too much, it gives me the squirts.
Due to some problems I had with stress, I have been almost entirely off caffeine since May (I have a little once in a while). The odd thing is that I haven't noticed much of a difference in my level of alertness.
Wow, that's starting to sound like a geeky spinoff of the smurfs. For those not familiar with the cartoon, the smurfs were little blue creatures which would randomly replace normal words with variations on smurf (usually smurf or smurfy).
This sort of failure is totatlly inexcusable. If your car went wacky when a cell phone was used near it, there would be mass recalls on the vehicle. Instead of banning the electronic devices, we should be fixing the friggin planes. Next thing you know, terrorists will be trying to determine how many cell phones it takes to crash a plane.
I thought I heard somewhere that Microsoft mice are actually made by Logitech and rebranded. They aren't bad, but I can't figure out why so many wheel mice have the annoying clicky-scroll. I want my wheel to turn smoothly and stay put once I release it (ever stop with it not fully clicked and then have it move after you release it?). Sadly, the only mouse I have ever found with a smooth turning wheel is a radio shack brand. It has 2 wheels (one vertical, one horizontal) and a distinct third button which rests under your thumb for convenient access.
That just means that is is *supposed* to be out today. That doesn't mean it actually is. I don't know about the GNOME team, but most roadmaps I have seen are about as truthful as benchmarks.
I think voice recognition would be handy for some devices, but I don't want it in my tv. Commercials could get really obnoxious when they start saying things like "increase volume" to sidestep the FCC regulations and play the commerical really loud.
Well, gcc should get better, but I don't know if it will ever outperform Visual Age for C++. gcc's chief technical merit is that it is portable and runs on many platforms, but the platform specific compilers (such as *shudder* Visual C++ or the intel compiler) produce better code. Hopefully things will be shaping up.
I believe the problem he was referring to was the issue of updating the config files, not the packages themselves. etc-update helps some, but it could use some work. It would help if they did something like record the md5sum of the config files when installing a package and then when it is upgraded, automatically replace the file if it hasn't changed.
They do review bad books, but they say they are good anyway. A couple years ago, I bought a book based on a good slashdot review and the book really sucked.
My guess is that it would appeal to the same type that buys a 21" CRT and then sets the resolution to 640x480 (I have heard of old people doing this). I also think that they are trying to lure in clueless people that don't really realize that LCD have a wide variation in quality. Toshiba puts in a big screen, but uses a lower quality so that it is cheaper. Meanwhile, the clueless people drool over a big screen without noticing dimished quality.
Actually, the email doesn't even sync that well with Outlook (I hate outlook, but I need it at work for the calendar stuff). For a while, I was synchronizing my email and frequently it would screw up. I like the zaurus itself, but the syncing capabilities leave a lot to be desired.
But, it is for linux, you just don't have the required system specs to run it. You wouldn't complain about a program not being for Microsoft Windows just because it wouldn't run under 3.11 or because it requires a 3d-accelerated video card which you don't have.
They do have a bit of a case with the audio recording. In most states, it is illegal to record somebody's voice without their permission. Of course, any professor who would swipe the tape is still a jerk.
If it is going to need to run for that long, you would be better off if you waited a couple of years and ran with a faster machine. Still, it is kind of interesting to see how things compare.
For the most part, we are just unsure of the exact price until we pay for it. Some people might use a calculator to figure out the exact price, but probably most people are like me and just have a ballpark figure in their heads.
I also found it interesting that they mentioned that men were more likely to give out the information, but they didn't bother to tell the gender of the person asking the question. Men are more likely to cooperate if the person asking the question is an attractive woman. Not everybody thinks on their feet enough to realize that they can just lie about the answer.
Breaking it up increases the surface area so more of it burns up in the atmosphere. This results in less mass impacting the surface and causing damage.
Well, if the problem is difficult enough that they cannot implement a fix before they hit the end of its cycle, what is the point of even trying to do it. I am not necessarily saying the problem is that difficult (I don't have the information to say either way), I'm just playing devil's advocate.
Well, if you get on a number of email lists, your non-spam mail can increase quite a bit. Granted, you might not be interested in a lot of these emails, but they aren't spam.
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You could still raise a stink about false advertising. I don't know if it would get you anywhere in a court, but some tv stations like to cover this sort of thing in their local news. The ISP might even make a concession to avoid bad publicity.
> Some of us even drink water. Try it for a week. You won't look at a syrypy soft drink the same way, once you get your taste buds back.
I spent an entire summer drinking just water because I was too cheap to buy other stuff. Your challenge certainly doesn't hold for everybody. Of course, I have been trying to improve my habits by having less pop and more juice. The trouble is, juice can get a bit pricey and if I drink too much, it gives me the squirts.
Due to some problems I had with stress, I have been almost entirely off caffeine since May (I have a little once in a while). The odd thing is that I haven't noticed much of a difference in my level of alertness.
Wow, that's starting to sound like a geeky spinoff of the smurfs. For those not familiar with the cartoon, the smurfs were little blue creatures which would randomly replace normal words with variations on smurf (usually smurf or smurfy).
This sort of failure is totatlly inexcusable. If your car went wacky when a cell phone was used near it, there would be mass recalls on the vehicle. Instead of banning the electronic devices, we should be fixing the friggin planes. Next thing you know, terrorists will be trying to determine how many cell phones it takes to crash a plane.
I thought I heard somewhere that Microsoft mice are actually made by Logitech and rebranded. They aren't bad, but I can't figure out why so many wheel mice have the annoying clicky-scroll. I want my wheel to turn smoothly and stay put once I release it (ever stop with it not fully clicked and then have it move after you release it?). Sadly, the only mouse I have ever found with a smooth turning wheel is a radio shack brand. It has 2 wheels (one vertical, one horizontal) and a distinct third button which rests under your thumb for convenient access.
That just means that is is *supposed* to be out today. That doesn't mean it actually is. I don't know about the GNOME team, but most roadmaps I have seen are about as truthful as benchmarks.
Cyan is a blue-green mix, but I do agree that it seems more blue than green.
To quote Calvin, "Verbing weirds language"
I think voice recognition would be handy for some devices, but I don't want it in my tv. Commercials could get really obnoxious when they start saying things like "increase volume" to sidestep the FCC regulations and play the commerical really loud.
Well, gcc should get better, but I don't know if it will ever outperform Visual Age for C++. gcc's chief technical merit is that it is portable and runs on many platforms, but the platform specific compilers (such as *shudder* Visual C++ or the intel compiler) produce better code. Hopefully things will be shaping up.
I believe the problem he was referring to was the issue of updating the config files, not the packages themselves. etc-update helps some, but it could use some work. It would help if they did something like record the md5sum of the config files when installing a package and then when it is upgraded, automatically replace the file if it hasn't changed.
Well, what do you expect from people who call a table a matrix? They're probably lucky to even have a clue of what is going on.
They do review bad books, but they say they are good anyway. A couple years ago, I bought a book based on a good slashdot review and the book really sucked.
My guess is that it would appeal to the same type that buys a 21" CRT and then sets the resolution to 640x480 (I have heard of old people doing this). I also think that they are trying to lure in clueless people that don't really realize that LCD have a wide variation in quality. Toshiba puts in a big screen, but uses a lower quality so that it is cheaper. Meanwhile, the clueless people drool over a big screen without noticing dimished quality.
Actually, the email doesn't even sync that well with Outlook (I hate outlook, but I need it at work for the calendar stuff). For a while, I was synchronizing my email and frequently it would screw up. I like the zaurus itself, but the syncing capabilities leave a lot to be desired.
Two fingers??? Would that be the British equivalent to the American middle finger?
But, it is for linux, you just don't have the required system specs to run it. You wouldn't complain about a program not being for Microsoft Windows just because it wouldn't run under 3.11 or because it requires a 3d-accelerated video card which you don't have.
They do have a bit of a case with the audio recording. In most states, it is illegal to record somebody's voice without their permission. Of course, any professor who would swipe the tape is still a jerk.
If it is going to need to run for that long, you would be better off if you waited a couple of years and ran with a faster machine. Still, it is kind of interesting to see how things compare.
For the most part, we are just unsure of the exact price until we pay for it. Some people might use a calculator to figure out the exact price, but probably most people are like me and just have a ballpark figure in their heads.
Raising the fee isn't supposed to be a deterrent. It is intended so that they can get more money to hire more people to handle the workload.
I also found it interesting that they mentioned that men were more likely to give out the information, but they didn't bother to tell the gender of the person asking the question. Men are more likely to cooperate if the person asking the question is an attractive woman. Not everybody thinks on their feet enough to realize that they can just lie about the answer.
Breaking it up increases the surface area so more of it burns up in the atmosphere. This results in less mass impacting the surface and causing damage.
Well, if the problem is difficult enough that they cannot implement a fix before they hit the end of its cycle, what is the point of even trying to do it. I am not necessarily saying the problem is that difficult (I don't have the information to say either way), I'm just playing devil's advocate.
Well, if you get on a number of email lists, your non-spam mail can increase quite a bit. Granted, you might not be interested in a lot of these emails, but they aren't spam.