Been there, and griped about it just before I saw your post. My guess is that "Mr Nice" was a bleeping idiot who didn't see the car in the other lane. I'm just glad I held back until I could see it.
One time, I was trying to make a left turn into oncoming traffic. The first car stopped and waved me on. The problem is, there were two lanes, and if I had gone in front of "Mr Nice", I would have gotten clobbered by the car in the other lane that didn't stop!
Back when I was on Facebook, it seemed like every change they made was designed to make me want to use its product less. So much so that I eventually asked them to delete my account.
I didn't think that was "designed". I thought it was just their ineptness.
It's easier to glance at my wrist for the time, rather than digging my phone out of my pocket. It also has a stopwatch & timer, though the phone's is so much better that I rarely use the watch for that anymore.
For anything else, I can't think of anything that I can't just as easily do with my phone.
The cars I drove 20-30 years ago had clocks. Even the crappy J (unk) 2000 I started with had a clock (it was the only thing that worked in that POS car).
I can't see trading a MBA or MBP for this. I might replace an iPad or Android tablet, though that's still iffy. More likely, I'd replace a W8 laptop, but of course that wouldn't help MS.
Well, once I was thinking "WTF", but decided that wouldn't go over well with my audience (GF and her underage niece), so said "WTH" instead. Though I'm pretty sure the niece knew what I really meant.
It seems to me that the luxuries are cheaper, but the necessities are more expensive. My TV, computer, and other toys might be less, but my gas, groceries, medical care, and housing are going up like rockets.
I have no problem with training, so the guy with solar powered eyebeams (or a gun) doesn't accidentally fry some innocent bystander, but can you trust the government not to go after someone just because they have the ability to blow someone away?
I'm sure that if I walked on water, turned water into wine (preferably before sticking my smelly feet into it), and founded a new religion, I would be known 2000 years in the future.
And, what's the dividing line? The first monkeys probably looked a lot like lemurs. Early birds had reptile traits, and I expect the first mammals did too. When is a creature not a reptile and instead is a bird (or mammal)?
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Been there, and griped about it just before I saw your post. My guess is that "Mr Nice" was a bleeping idiot who didn't see the car in the other lane. I'm just glad I held back until I could see it.
One time, I was trying to make a left turn into oncoming traffic. The first car stopped and waved me on. The problem is, there were two lanes, and if I had gone in front of "Mr Nice", I would have gotten clobbered by the car in the other lane that didn't stop!
I trust the internet enough to pay my bills online. I also check my accounts online to make sure nobody has fsked with them.
/&%#%^&*)^ADVkjR$%^$E)!HJLGAZ^&R%\jkghlk/^
Random garbage or valid perl?
Yes.
Presumably so they can say, without totally lying out their asses, that the message came from his mouth.
Back when I was on Facebook, it seemed like every change they made was designed to make me want to use its product less. So much so that I eventually asked them to delete my account.
I didn't think that was "designed". I thought it was just their ineptness.
Or, if she did document the order, it got lost in another HD crash.
It's easier to glance at my wrist for the time, rather than digging my phone out of my pocket. It also has a stopwatch & timer, though the phone's is so much better that I rarely use the watch for that anymore.
For anything else, I can't think of anything that I can't just as easily do with my phone.
The cars I drove 20-30 years ago had clocks. Even the crappy J (unk) 2000 I started with had a clock (it was the only thing that worked in that POS car).
That's the best case scenario. If the "Dove Soap" ads get so annoying that my knee-jerk reaction to "Dove Soap" is projectile vomiting, they've lost.
I can't see trading a MBA or MBP for this. I might replace an iPad or Android tablet, though that's still iffy. More likely, I'd replace a W8 laptop, but of course that wouldn't help MS.
Well, once I was thinking "WTF", but decided that wouldn't go over well with my audience (GF and her underage niece), so said "WTH" instead. Though I'm pretty sure the niece knew what I really meant.
Maybe, but very few mammoths pooped from the air!
I don't know about Mars or Venus, but I'm sure the temp on Uranus is rising due to the gas emissions there.
It seems to me that the luxuries are cheaper, but the necessities are more expensive. My TV, computer, and other toys might be less, but my gas, groceries, medical care, and housing are going up like rockets.
Is it considered hacking if the admin password is "123456"?
I generally don't trust anyone who says "Trust me".
No, just that they're buying it wrong.
After all, working with computers, you're already used to dealing with other people's shit.
I have no problem with training, so the guy with solar powered eyebeams (or a gun) doesn't accidentally fry some innocent bystander, but can you trust the government not to go after someone just because they have the ability to blow someone away?
Not to mention the problems you'd face when you're outed as a super-powered mutant!
I'm sure that if I walked on water, turned water into wine (preferably before sticking my smelly feet into it), and founded a new religion, I would be known 2000 years in the future.
These days, 6 million would barely buy a bionic finger.
And, what's the dividing line? The first monkeys probably looked a lot like lemurs. Early birds had reptile traits, and I expect the first mammals did too. When is a creature not a reptile and instead is a bird (or mammal)?
My iphone's great for reading on the road, but at home, I prefer the Kindle's larger screen.