1) no one doubts that food, medicine, and clothing are needed by the poor of the world. Yet, we often see humanitarian efforts fail or come up short; not because these thing aren't useful, but because distribution and infrastructure (or local stability) is insufficient.
2) regardless of where you stand on the usefulness of a $100 laptop, the required distribution and infrastructure will not be there to support it. It will fail.
Gates knows this very well. he way savvy enough to get in a dig at the technology (a bit of sour grapes) to suggest that is the reason.
A trend I see is that people complain about free sites, but won't pay or even register. The obvious statement here is that professional work requires money which has to come from somewhere.
Also, blogging/posting comments is IMHO a much different thing than a newspaper, and really shouldn't be compared.
I also think WSJ online does a pretty good job with mixing in adds into the content. Some ads have animation to get your attention, but are well placed on the margins to avoid being too distracting. Generally, once you hit a headline link, the article will fill the page without columns, making it very readable.
I'd recommend this site to any professional who can afford the 80 bucks/yr.
answer - dual monitor mode. For presenters, PP will give you useful info on the laptop screen (your eyes only) and of course the "second monitor" syncs to the projector resolution.
Also, as a powerbook titanium owner, I have to say it's the best looking laptop I've ever owned. However, wireless range isn't great. Possible due to titanium case?
Playing defensively may stay off defeat for some time, if done well, but it will never beat an opponent.
But, in pro sports that play multi-game series, defense wins championships. I think this is because defense can benefit from design or study, while offense is more based on intangibles.
A resume is not a binding document. You can lie your ass off in a resume and a company has no recourse. But when you fill out the application form, then sign your name under the disclaimer that says "I swear that all the above is true", then the company can fire you for lying on the application.
You learn this as a manager in any decent company.
ACS have an open letter on their site http://www.acs.org/ for anyone interested in getting the whole story.
Bottom line, ACS is trying to protect their investment and jobs regarding CAS.
If your not a chemist or familiar with this data base; at issue is NIH (which is a government granting agency) creating a tool that would compete (for free) with fee for service tool that creates jobs for 1300 people (ACS statistics.)
Can't blame people for being worried about that; they see it as unfair competition.
I'm an ACS member, and I can see both sides of this. If my job were on the line, I would not be happy. However, small startups will benefit with lower R&D costs.
One more thing for all of the "screw the corporation" posters; Pubchem will provide free database access to the entire viewing world thanks to your US tax dollars, costing up to 1300 US jobs in the process (probably.)
Why is some technology thought to be "bad" for learning, but older technology is okay?
At one point in time, paper, pencil, and electric light were all new.
Why don't teacher insist that students make their own paper and pencil and candles? What if there was a nuclear war and you couldn't just go out and buy these things?
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do not take on a lodger, especially one that looks like a penguin in chicken costume!
every problem is a nail.
what good is a cheap shit laptop? To a rich man or a poor man?
Christ.
Check out Jerry's desk in Apt. scenes; (don't recall which episode years however)
You'll spot one.
1) no one doubts that food, medicine, and clothing are needed by the poor of the world. Yet, we often see humanitarian efforts fail or come up short; not because these thing aren't useful, but because distribution and infrastructure (or local stability) is insufficient.
2) regardless of where you stand on the usefulness of a $100 laptop, the required distribution and infrastructure will not be there to support it. It will fail.
Gates knows this very well. he way savvy enough to get in a dig at the technology (a bit of sour grapes) to suggest that is the reason.
The following was a conversation between my (then) 5 yr old and my wife:
daughter: "mom, is today tomorrow?"
mom: "no, but it was yesterday"
Zen, relativity, and realism from a simplified point of view.
I bet some are more disgusting than others; owners i mean.
I'll second that;
A trend I see is that people complain about free sites, but won't pay or even register. The obvious statement here is that professional work requires money which has to come from somewhere.
Also, blogging/posting comments is IMHO a much different thing than a newspaper, and really shouldn't be compared.
I also think WSJ online does a pretty good job with mixing in adds into the content. Some ads have animation to get your attention, but are well placed on the margins to avoid being too distracting. Generally, once you hit a headline link, the article will fill the page without columns, making it very readable.
I'd recommend this site to any professional who can afford the 80 bucks/yr.
mine does also;
only, she's a teenager, and its full of pop-shithead posters and dirty laundry.
Be careful of staining the click wheel though.
I found that one out by experience also. otherwise, works well.
people have been f!!king up the metric system for decades, why should computer geeks be any different?
answer - dual monitor mode. For presenters, PP will give you useful info on the laptop screen (your eyes only) and of course the "second monitor" syncs to the projector resolution.
Also, as a powerbook titanium owner, I have to say it's the best looking laptop I've ever owned. However, wireless range isn't great. Possible due to titanium case?
"...Especially things like NPR and talk radio that is new every day. Long runs go by quick when you have something engaging to listen too."
podcasts - you should check it out.
thatthingisuselessImgoingtoquitusingitfromnowon
humans,
quit your bitching. You don't know how lucky you are.
out.
"Suck it up, Math Boy. We've all got our problems."
dude, be a chemist for a day...
me: I'm a chemist
them: ??? Aren't molecules dangerous?
Playing defensively may stay off defeat for some time, if done well, but it will never beat an opponent.
But, in pro sports that play multi-game series, defense wins championships. I think this is because defense can benefit from design or study, while offense is more based on intangibles.
here, let me hold it up for you.
And you will instantly qualify for lifetime dork status.
Means that blame is apportioned according to ability to pay.
The kid has nothing, therefore his portion of blame is trivial.
M$ has the cash, therefore they bear the burden of blame.
C'mon, this is law 101. WTF do you think that the lawyers and judges studied in law school? Follow the money.
I was modding but now I'll post.
Here's the lowdown on the forms.
A resume is not a binding document. You can lie your ass off in a resume and a company has no recourse. But when you fill out the application form, then sign your name under the disclaimer that says "I swear that all the above is true", then the company can fire you for lying on the application.
You learn this as a manager in any decent company.
I'm no English maven, but I think that in your example, the noun form should be hyphenated: "jack-off"
ACS have an open letter on their site http://www.acs.org/ for anyone interested in getting the whole story.
Bottom line, ACS is trying to protect their investment and jobs regarding CAS.
If your not a chemist or familiar with this data base; at issue is NIH (which is a government granting agency) creating a tool that would compete (for free) with fee for service tool that creates jobs for 1300 people (ACS statistics.)
Can't blame people for being worried about that; they see it as unfair competition.
I'm an ACS member, and I can see both sides of this. If my job were on the line, I would not be happy. However, small startups will benefit with lower R&D costs.
One more thing for all of the "screw the corporation" posters; Pubchem will provide free database access to the entire viewing world thanks to your US tax dollars, costing up to 1300 US jobs in the process (probably.)
Just so you know.
Okay,
After seeing stories lately that call into question the credibility of blogs/newsstories/PR campaigns:
We have here a link to CoolTechZone.com, masquerading as a story about a new logitech mouse (w/ scrollpad or whatever).
Why is the link NOT TO LOGITECH's SITE?
Someone should speak up, or am I the only one who thinks this is quite suspect?
Why is some technology thought to be "bad" for learning, but older technology is okay?
At one point in time, paper, pencil, and electric light were all new.
Why don't teacher insist that students make their own paper and pencil and candles? What if there was a nuclear war and you couldn't just go out and buy these things?
...with that friggin' one button mouse!