I need a phone that fits in my shirt pocket. Some of my shirts have pretty small pockets. Big screens are nice, but useless if I can't easily carry them with me. There's a reason I don't carry an iPad with me.
Just don't let the easter egg "hatch". I heard of someone at my job who included some text that shouldn't have been displayed in a section of code that WAS commented out - until someone else was working on it, uncommented the code, and saw his "funny" on the screen. The boss was not very amused.
IIRC, Linus once said that he would reject patches if their sole purpose was to clean up the language in the kernel. No doubt it still has plenty of Fbombs.
It's a question of scale. If a social network has 800 million people and 10 join, that's not "dramatic". If it has 2 people and 10 join, that is dramatic.
Historically, Microsoft has taken other innovations, including Apple, and beating them with them. Considering that their own innovations have been Clippy, Bob, and Metro, they should probably stick with what works.
First, MAD assumes that nobody involved is, er, mad. If a true loony got their hands on a nuke, they might set it off to get their 72 virgins.
Second, there's the risk that Iran might think they could blow Israel first and destroy their ability to strike back.
Third, there's the danger of a miscalculation. Given how close Iran & Israel are, there's not much time to verify that that flock of geese overhead really is a flock of geese.
Maybe none of those scenarios would happen if Iran got the bomb. But having the bomb doesn't guarantee stability either, even if it has diminished war so far. It just takes one exception.
I live in a Democratic area. We have high taxes, and our infrastructure is still crappy. Just because we're being soaked for taxes doesn't guarantee that they'll be used to repair our infrastructure.
^This! Way back in the 80s, my power went out at the drop of a hat. Any hat. Anywhere. These days, outages are rare. The big difference is the trees. A lot of them might be ugly from being trimmed to avoid the wires, but to me, ugliness is a small price for more reliable power.
Well, intelligence isn't the only way a species survives. There may have been a branch of primate that found intelligence less useful than, say, the ability to throw large amounts of poo very quickly. That would explain the existence of Creationists and Congress people.
^This! I suppose there COULD be a "sea monster" somewhere. There's a whopping lot of ocean on this planet. But I think we can safely rule out a monster in a specific lake.
Second, it's not even necessary for dinosaurs to still exist to support their argument. There are already well-known animals alive today that have been virtually unchanged since the dinosaur times. Alligators and crocodiles are the best examples I can think of, off the top of my head.
My mom heard someone use that argument with cockroaches. "Why didn't they evolve?". My off-the-cuff answer was "Because they didn't need to".
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I need a phone that fits in my shirt pocket. Some of my shirts have pretty small pockets. Big screens are nice, but useless if I can't easily carry them with me. There's a reason I don't carry an iPad with me.
So, the obvious solution is to outlaw large cities.
Just don't let the easter egg "hatch". I heard of someone at my job who included some text that shouldn't have been displayed in a section of code that WAS commented out - until someone else was working on it, uncommented the code, and saw his "funny" on the screen. The boss was not very amused.
IIRC, Linus once said that he would reject patches if their sole purpose was to clean up the language in the kernel. No doubt it still has plenty of Fbombs.
It's a question of scale. If a social network has 800 million people and 10 join, that's not "dramatic". If it has 2 people and 10 join, that is dramatic.
For me, it's the other way around. I quit using the yahoo address, and now I have no clue what the password was.
That's no moon.
That's Uranus!
Yeah, and my mom told me Time-Warner & ABC are having a pissing match (my words, not hers). You can't win, no matter which provider you have.
Historically, Microsoft has taken other innovations, including Apple, and beating them with them. Considering that their own innovations have been Clippy, Bob, and Metro, they should probably stick with what works.
But the start menu was introduced in Windows 95. (To never ending jokes about "to shut down, press the 'Start' button and...")
And now it will be "How do you shut the bleeping thing off??". Definitely progress. :-P
First, MAD assumes that nobody involved is, er, mad. If a true loony got their hands on a nuke, they might set it off to get their 72 virgins.
Second, there's the risk that Iran might think they could blow Israel first and destroy their ability to strike back.
Third, there's the danger of a miscalculation. Given how close Iran & Israel are, there's not much time to verify that that flock of geese overhead really is a flock of geese.
Maybe none of those scenarios would happen if Iran got the bomb. But having the bomb doesn't guarantee stability either, even if it has diminished war so far. It just takes one exception.
Pretty much, except we can print our own money.
I live in a Democratic area. We have high taxes, and our infrastructure is still crappy. Just because we're being soaked for taxes doesn't guarantee that they'll be used to repair our infrastructure.
^This! Way back in the 80s, my power went out at the drop of a hat. Any hat. Anywhere. These days, outages are rare. The big difference is the trees. A lot of them might be ugly from being trimmed to avoid the wires, but to me, ugliness is a small price for more reliable power.
That wasn't because of a lack of power, but because of a lack of Air Conditioning, as people just didn't need it.
Untrue. The people who died needed it.
Among other things, I use it when I shutdown at the end of the day.
That doesn't mean they were smart enough to evaluate non-physical harm. Even the robot in "Liar" messed that up.
And they have made a lot of progress, and humanity has a lot more knowledge on how things work, what fails, etc.
Especially the later.
I'm still trying to get the Second Law.
Do what the $#! I told you, you stupid !@#$!
Just as the Dems want extra votes, the Repubs want their cheap labor.
I'd rather have the FB crap go to a spambox rather than my real email.
Well, intelligence isn't the only way a species survives. There may have been a branch of primate that found intelligence less useful than, say, the ability to throw large amounts of poo very quickly. That would explain the existence of Creationists and Congress people.
^This! I suppose there COULD be a "sea monster" somewhere. There's a whopping lot of ocean on this planet. But I think we can safely rule out a monster in a specific lake.
Second, it's not even necessary for dinosaurs to still exist to support their argument. There are already well-known animals alive today that have been virtually unchanged since the dinosaur times. Alligators and crocodiles are the best examples I can think of, off the top of my head.
My mom heard someone use that argument with cockroaches. "Why didn't they evolve?". My off-the-cuff answer was "Because they didn't need to".
From the size of that clod on my car, I'm sure that came from a dinosaur.