Weren't 32-bit machines entry level before 1990? Yet, it took until MS shipped XP in 2001 before most consumers were running a 32-bit OS. We'll probably be running 64-bit Windows by 2030.
Really? Is that such a trivial task? Safari is a well established browser, and assuming that a mobile competitor can be cranked out trivially is questionable.
They wouldn't have to "crank out" a competitor. They could use Opera, which is also a well estalished brower.
I've never been in a tornado, but I've had TWO 5 day power outages, and my landline kept working the whole time. They were both before I had a cellphone. During the 2nd one, I probably could have kept my cellphone going from my mom's house or my car, but the first one happened when I didn't have a car, and mom's power was out too.
Your family seems more technologically advanced than most. Neither my mom nor my aunt have email, or even a computer. But I rarely do long phone calls either.
Ignoring the fact that my handwriting was always crap, typing HAS made it worse. I don't think it's had any effect on my spelling.
However, using modern browsers like Firefox & Safari with spellcheckers have probably hurt it. It's not a problem at home, butt when I'mm at wrok with IE, I kant spel anymore.
I'm sure fewer people hate the BSa, but I suspect that among the people who have dealings with them, the hatred is as high as of the RIAA. There's just fewer businesses than there are grandmas.
Well, it would be kewl if my (hypothetical) kid could shoot solar-powered blasts out his butt (like Cyclops, but from the other end). But with my luck, s/he'd just end up with 7 fingers on each hand.
We should also not discount the effect long commutes have on our performance, either. I recently swapped a two hour daily round-trip commute for a 10 minute one and feel so much more capable each morning and much less dead at the end of the day.
I'm also unhappy about the insanity of the two weeks of vacation a year that most of us get starting new jobs, that just isn't enough to relax and recuperate, especially as it tends to be spread over a year and not taken as a single chunk. We should be aiming for a minimum of 4 weeks to start.
I work 80 hours every 2 week pay period, but I work 9 hours + 30 minute lunch Monday-Thursday and get every other Friday off. Add my 30-45 minute commute each way, and I'm away from my house nearly 11 hours each day! That doesn't leave much time for non-work.
Also, I haven't had a REAL vacation in years because I usually take it in bits and pieces. A car repair here, a house repair there, and a spur of the moment day off to restore what little remains of my sanity, and suddenly there's nothing left of my "vacation". And that's with four weeks total!
Not neccesarily. The fact that life evolved just means that conditions are good enough. Maybe our solar system/planet is the Windows of the universe; good enough to function but still crap compared to others.
Some cynics might say that stopping showing SG1 at season 4 was saving you a lot of wasted time.
QFT! I discovered SG1 near the end of the good shows. I was watching the new stuff and getting caught up on the old stuff at the same time, and I soon realized even then that the older shows were better. Soon after that, it totally jumped the shark (or pushed it through a stargate).
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Just like the government, trying to cut our slice of the pi.
Weren't 32-bit machines entry level before 1990? Yet, it took until MS shipped XP in 2001 before most consumers were running a 32-bit OS. We'll probably be running 64-bit Windows by 2030.
They wouldn't have to "crank out" a competitor. They could use Opera, which is also a well estalished brower.
Which makes their failure to sell Vista especially noteworthy.
Point upgrades ARE free. Apple just places the point in a diferent place. :)
Well, if someone is tweeting about pooping out their breakfast, if I know their location I can make sure I'm nowhere near them.
The middle class might be shrinking, but it's far from gone. I know many people who are still middle-class, including myself.
Only if both names are common. It probably wouldn't be that hard to pinpoint John Hussein, or Mohammed Smith.
Somehow, I doubt that Obama would put NY MTA officials in charge of surgery!
Why would a slave to a junk dealer need a protocol/translator droid?
I've never been in a tornado, but I've had TWO 5 day power outages, and my landline kept working the whole time. They were both before I had a cellphone. During the 2nd one, I probably could have kept my cellphone going from my mom's house or my car, but the first one happened when I didn't have a car, and mom's power was out too.
Your family seems more technologically advanced than most. Neither my mom nor my aunt have email, or even a computer. But I rarely do long phone calls either.
That's the main purpose of my answering machine. It's still annoying when it rings, but I don't have to talk to the vermin.
Now, if I could just get my mom to leave a message so I know she's not a spammer. *sigh*
Why do I keep my landline?
DSL
My security alarm needs it
The sound quality is far better than any cell I've ever had
During my 5 day power outage, my landline still worked
Ignoring the fact that my handwriting was always crap, typing HAS made it worse. I don't think it's had any effect on my spelling.
However, using modern browsers like Firefox & Safari with spellcheckers have probably hurt it. It's not a problem at home, butt when I'mm at wrok with IE, I kant spel anymore.
Farenheit is better at the extremes. Over here, you KNOW that zero is too cold to go out, while in Europe, it's barely cold enough to snow.
And those Europeans are griping about heat when it gets over 40, but we can take over 100 before we complain like that.
I'm sure fewer people hate the BSa, but I suspect that among the people who have dealings with them, the hatred is as high as of the RIAA. There's just fewer businesses than there are grandmas.
Well, it would be kewl if my (hypothetical) kid could shoot solar-powered blasts out his butt (like Cyclops, but from the other end). But with my luck, s/he'd just end up with 7 fingers on each hand.
The one before that was too, except he didn't inhale.
I want a virtual lawyer! Or a long, sharp virtual sword.
That would explain why there are potholes big enough to stop any gataway car in its tracks.
I work 80 hours every 2 week pay period, but I work 9 hours + 30 minute lunch Monday-Thursday and get every other Friday off. Add my 30-45 minute commute each way, and I'm away from my house nearly 11 hours each day! That doesn't leave much time for non-work.
Also, I haven't had a REAL vacation in years because I usually take it in bits and pieces. A car repair here, a house repair there, and a spur of the moment day off to restore what little remains of my sanity, and suddenly there's nothing left of my "vacation". And that's with four weeks total!
Not neccesarily. The fact that life evolved just means that conditions are good enough. Maybe our solar system/planet is the Windows of the universe; good enough to function but still crap compared to others.
QFT! I discovered SG1 near the end of the good shows. I was watching the new stuff and getting caught up on the old stuff at the same time, and I soon realized even then that the older shows were better. Soon after that, it totally jumped the shark (or pushed it through a stargate).