You can improve mouse skills by simply doing work with pointing and clicking on little buttons and stuff.
For the average user, yes. I spend half my day teaching computer skills to inmates, some of whom have never touched a computer. To dive right in and start trying to teach them Word is very difficult when you have to explain the entire concept while showing them one and sometimes two input devices they've never used before.
Solitaire works well to teach clicking and dragging and double-clicking before diving into keyboarding skills and applications.
Back on topic, I am guilty of countless hours of Freecell myself. I quit after I hit a thousand games, and I'd already reset the stats several times.
One step ahead of a 12-step program. It should be recognized that Solitaire is merely the "gateway" game - the heavy use- ah, players are into Freecell.
Incidentally, one should not assume that Ashcroft has a great interest in creating constitutional policy. I get the impression that he's adopting something of an "act first, let the courts sort it out later" attitude to a lot of issues.
I guess if you're right, he's basically just trying to do his "job" to the best he can, even if it takes bending or re-writing our laws. While it may serve his purposes and those of the current administration, it leaves us a very messy legacy in the long run. This is a major blow to the Constitution. I won't pretend to speak for The Framers, but I don't think they'd like it one bit.
It's from a LEGO idea book from the 80's. Uses adding machine paper but the output is random, although the clever could get jiggy with it and adapt it to mindstorms.
Moral of the story: when you move to a new state, keep the license from your old one.
This,actually, is illegal. If you have changed you residence, you are required to have your license reflect that. There's probably a 365-day grace period, but you can get ticketed for it.
When the highway patrol asks "vere are yo pa-pahs?" the address on your registration best match the address on your license. Otherwise alarm bells go off in the officer's head. Moreso if it's a slow day or you've already sassed him.
My question is, how do they track with it? Just looking at the moon through a home telescope, I had to move the thing every few seconds. At such intense magnifications, movement must be a major issue. How do they move dozens (hundreds?) of tons of machinery with that kind of precision? Is "stiction" an issue?
Aftermarket exhaust for Harley Davidsons. Get your mind out of the gutter!:)
Speaking of minds in the gutter, "voyeur" pages that list current searches are pretty funny, if just for the misspelled words. Okay, yeah, and to see what other perv-monkeys are into.
Thank dog most morons don't know that all the good free pr0n is on Usenet, not the web.
well, first "+1-soon-to-be-moderated-down-to-minus-1" post, anyway.
My wife is way against GM foods; I have my doubts. Part of me buys into the biotech rant that vitamin-enhanced rice could solve hunger problems for tens of thousands, but another part of me thinks - and this is kinda harsh - that famine is just our planet's way of saying "we've got too many people here." I say this, of course, full of dinner and sitting in front of a luxury that maybe a fifth of the world's people can enjoy.
Here in the US, it doesn't seem like many foods explicitly state "free of genetically modified ingredients". What's the situation in Europe and Asia?
I'm not so undecided about genetic modifications for industrial purposes, such as bioplastics. I think this stuff could be a Good Thing.
just took themother of all poops... two huge floaters...
Taco Bell food always seems to do the trick...
What - sizewise or floatwise? What is it that determines "float" or "sink"? I mean, other than specific gravity in relation to the bowl water. Ratio of fat/water?
BTW, I saw a septic service tanker truck the other day that said "Floater (r)" on the side. I almost wet myself. But then, I'm easily amused. Oh, and thanks for sharing.
DoC
"Crikey! It's a Floater!" - Austin Powers, TSWSM
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You can improve mouse skills by simply doing work with pointing and clicking on little buttons and stuff.
For the average user, yes. I spend half my day teaching computer skills to inmates, some of whom have never touched a computer. To dive right in and start trying to teach them Word is very difficult when you have to explain the entire concept while showing them one and sometimes two input devices they've never used before.
Solitaire works well to teach clicking and dragging and double-clicking before diving into keyboarding skills and applications.
Back on topic, I am guilty of countless hours of Freecell myself. I quit after I hit a thousand games, and I'd already reset the stats several times.
One step ahead of a 12-step program. It should be recognized that Solitaire is merely the "gateway" game - the heavy use- ah, players are into Freecell.
DoC
$399 a year is not $39 a month..
The rates from the Onstar site, for those who'd rather post before Googling.
DoC
Incidentally, one should not assume that Ashcroft has a great interest in creating constitutional policy. I get the impression that he's adopting something of an "act first, let the courts sort it out later" attitude to a lot of issues.
I guess if you're right, he's basically just trying to do his "job" to the best he can, even if it takes bending or re-writing our laws. While it may serve his purposes and those of the current administration, it leaves us a very messy legacy in the long run. This is a major blow to the Constitution. I won't pretend to speak for The Framers, but I don't think they'd like it one bit.
DoC
It's ALL about the oil.
Fscked-Over Rebuilt Dell...
Hey Beavis - this article says "POS" and Windows" in the same sentence.
Huh-huh...
DoC
This is one, sorta.
http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/8000/8888/8888-094 .html
It's from a LEGO idea book from the 80's. Uses adding machine paper but the output is random, although the clever could get jiggy with it and adapt it to mindstorms.
DoC
This,actually, is illegal. If you have changed you residence, you are required to have your license reflect that. There's probably a 365-day grace period, but you can get ticketed for it.
When the highway patrol asks "vere are yo pa-pahs?" the address on your registration best match the address on your license. Otherwise alarm bells go off in the officer's head. Moreso if it's a slow day or you've already sassed him.
DoC
My question is, how do they track with it? Just looking at the moon through a home telescope, I had to move the thing every few seconds. At such intense magnifications, movement must be a major issue. How do they move dozens (hundreds?) of tons of machinery with that kind of precision? Is "stiction" an issue?
DoC
Aftermarket exhaust for Harley Davidsons. Get your mind out of the gutter! :)
Speaking of minds in the gutter, "voyeur" pages that list current searches are pretty funny, if just for the misspelled words. Okay, yeah, and to see what other perv-monkeys are into.
Thank dog most morons don't know that all the good free pr0n is on Usenet, not the web.
DoC
My wife is way against GM foods; I have my doubts. Part of me buys into the biotech rant that vitamin-enhanced rice could solve hunger problems for tens of thousands, but another part of me thinks - and this is kinda harsh - that famine is just our planet's way of saying "we've got too many people here." I say this, of course, full of dinner and sitting in front of a luxury that maybe a fifth of the world's people can enjoy.
Here in the US, it doesn't seem like many foods explicitly state "free of genetically modified ingredients". What's the situation in Europe and Asia?
I'm not so undecided about genetic modifications for industrial purposes, such as bioplastics. I think this stuff could be a Good Thing.
DoC
soon to be posting at less than +1...
Well done, BTW. This is why I browse at -1...
DoC
Taco Bell food always seems to do the trick...
What - sizewise or floatwise? What is it that determines "float" or "sink"? I mean, other than specific gravity in relation to the bowl water. Ratio of fat/water?
BTW, I saw a septic service tanker truck the other day that said "Floater (r)" on the side. I almost wet myself. But then, I'm easily amused. Oh, and thanks for sharing.
DoC
"Crikey! It's a Floater!" - Austin Powers, TSWSM