Actually, the crashes weren't all bad. Back when I was using W95 at work, I took coffee breaks every time it crashed in the morning. Of course I paid for it; I was in the bathroom during its afternoon crashes.
Microsoft didn't ignore security with Vista. Unfortunately, their attempt at security (UAC) caused customers to say ACK, and add it to the list of things they hate about Vista.
You really haven't read much history have you? Take a look at what feudal society was like and then try and tell me with a straight face that there is not much difference between what we have today and the feudal system.
Well, my memory of history is faded by now, but I'm pretty sure it was a bunch of rich lords, barons, and similar types, controlling all the poor peasants, who had no power whatsoever.
And that is Disney's real problem. The thing that they have of value is the ability to produce new films. They need to stop fixating on trying to sell copies of their films and focus on how to persuade people to pay them to make new films. That is the kind of innovation the industry needs, not new forms of DRM.
DOES Disney create new films? I thought they just recyled stuff that was already out there, tweaked it a bit, then released it as "Disney's 666th film". The last truly original thing they did involved a cute, but very elderly by now, mouse, and a duck with a speech problem.
Regardless of what you call it, I still don't understand the point. AFAICT, all it does is make the languages that have it much more complex than they should be.
I don't travel overseas. It's unlikely that I'll ever set foot on Europe. The only foriegn language that I'd get any use of would be Spanish, and even that is doubtful. Just because random people on the street speak it doesn't mean I would start a conversation with them.
I wouldn't mind learning another language, but I just can't see it being practical.
I suspect the boost is simply that they're doing something new to them. I doubt that old people who have been online for years would get the same "boost" from just searching.
The iPhone is usable, and I'm more likely to have it on the road than the Kindle. But it's still better reading on the Kindle, and the battery life on the iPhone sux.
Based on that, I'm surprised religion ever recovered from the days of Floods, people turning into pillows of salt, and all the smoting that went on in the olde days.
Art history? Maybe not. But a military tactician or political policy setter could certainly benefit from studying real history, just so they don't make the same stupid blunders that have been made before.
Fear sells. The media's been doing it forever. Do you all really believe that you're going to die from the same fucking flu you've been getting (and living through) almost every Winter in your entire life?!
To be fair, the claim is that this is a different fucking flu than the one we've been living through every winter. Everyone knows pig flu is scarier than human flu!
Capitalism works when you have a lot of small to midsize businesses competing against each other. It fails when you have monopolies, collusion among giant businesses, and businesses that are TooBigToFail (tm).
My oven doesn't have a "display", because it's older than most living people. But if it did, and there was any chance of it reaching 10,000 degrees, you better believe I'd want a 5 digit display.
I might be "always on", but that doesn't mean I'm immediately reachable. My cellphone is strictly personal. My business communication comes thru, guess what, email. My non-business communication might be phone, text, email, Facebook, or (God help me) Twitter. But at any random time I might be busy at work, in a meeting, driving, or taking a crap. In which case I probably won't respond to a message, and if my phone's on vibrate I might not even know of it.
For me, there's little difference between checking my voicemail, texts, FB, and (ugh) tweets, and checking my olde reliable email.
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Actually, the crashes weren't all bad. Back when I was using W95 at work, I took coffee breaks every time it crashed in the morning. Of course I paid for it; I was in the bathroom during its afternoon crashes.
Microsoft didn't ignore security with Vista. Unfortunately, their attempt at security (UAC) caused customers to say ACK, and add it to the list of things they hate about Vista.
Well, my memory of history is faded by now, but I'm pretty sure it was a bunch of rich lords, barons, and similar types, controlling all the poor peasants, who had no power whatsoever.
Just how DID it differ from modern times?
DOES Disney create new films? I thought they just recyled stuff that was already out there, tweaked it a bit, then released it as "Disney's 666th film". The last truly original thing they did involved a cute, but very elderly by now, mouse, and a duck with a speech problem.
Regardless of what you call it, I still don't understand the point. AFAICT, all it does is make the languages that have it much more complex than they should be.
I don't travel overseas. It's unlikely that I'll ever set foot on Europe. The only foriegn language that I'd get any use of would be Spanish, and even that is doubtful. Just because random people on the street speak it doesn't mean I would start a conversation with them.
I wouldn't mind learning another language, but I just can't see it being practical.
I have a Kindle. Can I move any of my Kindle books to the Nook, if I buy one? Or, if Nook users decide Kindle is better, can THEY move?
There's the problem. Microsoft has always the the POS market locked up.
That, plus the fact that the World Superpower since WW2 speaks it.
Well, my first car was cranky, tempermental, and left me stranded at the worst times. Of course I gave her a gender.
I suspect the boost is simply that they're doing something new to them. I doubt that old people who have been online for years would get the same "boost" from just searching.
The iPhone is usable, and I'm more likely to have it on the road than the Kindle. But it's still better reading on the Kindle, and the battery life on the iPhone sux.
It would really suck if I had to pull over so my GF could get out of the car to call her sister to ask dumb questions.
The odds would be higher for two homo sapiens producing a chimp. Just based on personal observation.
Based on that, I'm surprised religion ever recovered from the days of Floods, people turning into pillows of salt, and all the smoting that went on in the olde days.
Imagine how much bigger tha Ark would have had to be to handle 2 T-Rexes, 2 Brachiosours, etc!
I see no evidence that the people in politics study economics or history. They sure don't seem to know anything about them.
Art history? Maybe not. But a military tactician or political policy setter could certainly benefit from studying real history, just so they don't make the same stupid blunders that have been made before.
Parchment is too flimsy. Stick with stone tablets. They'll never go out of style.
Meh! Kirk has a goat in every port. Who does Picard have to come home to?
These days, the calls during dinner time are from machines too.
To be fair, the claim is that this is a different fucking flu than the one we've been living through every winter. Everyone knows pig flu is scarier than human flu!
Capitalism works when you have a lot of small to midsize businesses competing against each other. It fails when you have monopolies, collusion among giant businesses, and businesses that are TooBigToFail (tm).
My oven doesn't have a "display", because it's older than most living people. But if it did, and there was any chance of it reaching 10,000 degrees, you better believe I'd want a 5 digit display.
I might be "always on", but that doesn't mean I'm immediately reachable. My cellphone is strictly personal. My business communication comes thru, guess what, email. My non-business communication might be phone, text, email, Facebook, or (God help me) Twitter. But at any random time I might be busy at work, in a meeting, driving, or taking a crap. In which case I probably won't respond to a message, and if my phone's on vibrate I might not even know of it.
For me, there's little difference between checking my voicemail, texts, FB, and (ugh) tweets, and checking my olde reliable email.