More than 1,000 people turned out at the Richmond International Raceway in hopes of getting their hands on one of the 4-year-old Apple iBooks, which retail for between $999 and $1,299. The Henrico County school system was selling 1,000 of the computers to county residents.
It's this kind of misinformation that caused this riot in the first place! 4-year-old iBooks do not "retail for between $999 and $1,299"! They used to, and brand-new iBooks may well do, but 4-year-old ones do not currently retail for anything at all!
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So how strong does a criticism have to be to qualify as a "slam"? Aso on the subject of slamming, have you noticed how silly the word "slam" sounds if you use it enough times? OK I'm bored, sorry.
I've never been charged import duty on stuff that I've ordered from abroad. Is our trading relationship with Hong Kong different from the U.S. in that respect?
There shouldn't be any import duty, but even with just VAT, it will come in at £184 as against the £179 expected launch price. £5 isn't that much for early bragging rights though.
I don't really see a big deal in that, it's only pixels,
No, it's specifically pixels that represent other actual players, and that have a direct impact on the other player, that they are concerned about. Half-life is OK, counter-strike is not.
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
I don't know where that 4:1 figure came from, it's totally preposterous. How could such a ratio come about? Infanticide may happen occasionally, but not in 3 out of 4 female births.
...a system that works when a person tilts their head. Current 3-D filming and multi-person viewing systems assume that the viewers left eye is a fixed horizontal distance to the left of the right eye with no vertical displacement between the eyes' pupils...
Yes, when my eyes wander fruther apart it makes 3D films really uncomfortable.
It turns out you are right, but I still fail to see how that conclusion could reasonably be reached from the information in the article. I fully and unreservedly apologise.
RTFA means Read The Fine Article, which I then quoted (actually I quoted the "Design" section of the linked article).
It uses a capacitive sensor. No movement is required. Speculating that the shell moves up and down when clicking is like speculating that the touchpad on a laptop probably moves up and down.
Thanks to a smooth top shell with touch-sensitive technology beneath, Mighty Mouse allows you to right click without a right button. Capacitive sensors under Mighty Mouse's seamless top shell detect where your fingers are and predict your clicking intentions, so you don't need two buttons -- just two fingers.
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It means that the reviewer doesn't know what he's talking about. Sharnig Stop and Refresh is a *GOOD* idea? So if I want to stop a page, and it finishes just as I'm about to click it, the Stop button becomes THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what I want to do! That's screen-smashingly stupid!
Rocks are a bit big, and you typically have to drag them in from way over there. Nukes are nice and small for a given yield, thus cheaper to lug around. I guess there might be circumstances in which rocks make sense, such as when you've got plenty of time to prepare and have a good solar system transport infrastructure.
I have been looking for an app to create repeating "wallpaper" patterns, but I can't find out how to do it! Anyone know how symmetry works in Inkscape?
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Google Instant Messenger Protocol? I think that name has been used already, so hopefully not...
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So how strong does a criticism have to be to qualify as a "slam"? Aso on the subject of slamming, have you noticed how silly the word "slam" sounds if you use it enough times? OK I'm bored, sorry.
Wow, I was just making a joke! It's not like I was disparaging your choice of leader or something.
I've never been charged import duty on stuff that I've ordered from abroad. Is our trading relationship with Hong Kong different from the U.S. in that respect?
Yes but in the US, you measure nutrition in grams per ounce, so I don't think that anyone should listen to you for that reason.
There shouldn't be any import duty, but even with just VAT, it will come in at £184 as against the £179 expected launch price. £5 isn't that much for early bragging rights though.
From the CIA World Factbook:
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
I don't know where that 4:1 figure came from, it's totally preposterous. How could such a ratio come about? Infanticide may happen occasionally, but not in 3 out of 4 female births.
Yes, when my eyes wander fruther apart it makes 3D films really uncomfortable.
Nessus.
Stupid memory stick. Stupid Sony. USB storage is the way to go, you stupid, stupid people.
It turns out you are right, but I still fail to see how that conclusion could reasonably be reached from the information in the article. I fully and unreservedly apologise.
Sounds great, let me know how that works out for you.
That same page also says that it has a tiny speaker inside to provide audible feedback in the absence of tactile feedback.
RTFA means Read The Fine Article, which I then quoted (actually I quoted the "Design" section of the linked article).
It uses a capacitive sensor. No movement is required. Speculating that the shell moves up and down when clicking is like speculating that the touchpad on a laptop probably moves up and down.
No, he didn't mean the web server, he meant the font rendering code in your OS.
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I find it funny that scientists measure the mass of planets in grams. It makes sense, since that's the S.I. unit, but it's funny anyway.
That changes the meaning of the statement. Their statement does not include the power in batteries and capacitors (which have no current), yours does.
It means that the reviewer doesn't know what he's talking about. Sharnig Stop and Refresh is a *GOOD* idea? So if I want to stop a page, and it finishes just as I'm about to click it, the Stop button becomes THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what I want to do! That's screen-smashingly stupid!
Rocks are a bit big, and you typically have to drag them in from way over there. Nukes are nice and small for a given yield, thus cheaper to lug around. I guess there might be circumstances in which rocks make sense, such as when you've got plenty of time to prepare and have a good solar system transport infrastructure.
I have been looking for an app to create repeating "wallpaper" patterns, but I can't find out how to do it! Anyone know how symmetry works in Inkscape?