"Is it just me that thinks Android fans are becoming as preachy as the apple fanboys?"
It might just be you. I work with lots of people that have both iPhones and other smart phones. No one is "preachy." I think the reason that people think that Mac fans are preachy is simply because people like to repeat that Mac fans are preachy.
"Ok, I can get how tech companies can relocate if they don't like your local taxes, but home contractors?"
Absolutely this can happen. I contracted to have a house built for me on the west side of Los Angeles and in the middle of it all my contractor just up and moved out of the state. But really, it hasn't been a problem. Except that my house ended up in Iowa.
If they were so concerned about sound fiscal policy why is it that they're just getting wound up about it now? A huge amount of damage was done under the Bush administration and is indeed where all the bailouts started, not to mention at least one very, very expensive and idiotic war. Where were the tea-baggers then?
It's not just Chinese common sense. I used to work in Hollywood, which is actually kind of a dodgy place. I used to keep my truck unwashed and leave McDonalds bags all over to make it as unattractive as possible. In fact, I occasionally had to leave my pro camera in my car so I would stuff it inside a crumpled fast food bag and leave it lying on the floor.
I'm sure push button transmissions could be done correctly. The problem isn't with the tech, the problem is with standardization. The way things are now is that you can get into just about any car and the shifting will be very, very similar. When you are under pressure you will react the way you've done things the previous thousand times, so having transmission shifters standardized is a kind of safety feature. It would be a big shift (heh) to get everybody to be used to a new way of doing this very basic thing. Would it be worth it?
"The fun part is that the (UK) cops can demand a decryption key for that, and lock me up when I inevitably fail to provide one"
Yes, encryption won't stop government oppression, but it will slow it down. It's not just the fact that they can still harass one person, it's the fact that with everybody encrypting their communications the government's ability to data mine email and do covert spying on its own citizens becomes much harder.
Maybe. I'm convinced that for a majority of the world's population, however, the word 'evil' is just a fairy tale concept or a word you apply to your enemies. When there is money to be made the idea of not doing something because it might mean working with 'evil' people does not stop them. And I apply this across the board, to all nations and peoples.
"One of the main effects of cadmium poisoning is weak and brittle bones. Spinal and leg pain is common, and a waddling gait often develops due to bone deformities caused by the cadmium. The pain eventually becomes debilitating, with fractures becoming more common as the bone weakens. Other complications include coughing, anemia, and kidney failure, leading to death."
No mention there of suicide, although you may have other sources. Sounds like just the thing for our children to be ingesting.
"Neat" has nothing to do with it. When the Kindle has been idle for a while it displays what people here are calling a screen saver. Except it's not a screen saver. It's really just a way of the Kindle letting you know that you have to unlock it (just a key press combination, not a security code) to start reading. Being in this mode stops the Kindle from doing things when the buttons are accidentally pressed, thereby saving your spot.
It's not just in China. It's in our classrooms. I recently went back to school for a degree in CS and--I know this is going to sound a little bad--but a certain foreign students would ask me to just send them the code for a certain problem we were all working on.
And if you frequent places like the OpenCV forum it is very common to see a post that says words to the effect of "I'm trying to do X. Send me some code." It's definitely off-putting. I love collaboration and discussion, but just being somebody's homework lackey doesn't do it for me.
Well, for those of you not old enough to remember, Radio Shack is actually better than it was about 8-9 years ago. You couldn't buy an 89 cent connector without having to give your phone number and zip code. And the sales people weren't helpful so much as they were like gnats buzzing about.
Now the sales people have learned to back off and you don't have to go through some ridiculous data exchange just to buy a resistor. And speaking of which, Radio Shack is OK in my book simply for the fact that they are pretty much the sole remaining store in my area (Los Angeles)--aside from making a major trek to Fry's--that actually carries a few electronics components. It's very handy when you are in the middle of a project and you you can't wait to mail order a 10K resistor.
Yes. Apparently you were so excited to berate someone that you missed the full meaning of my first sentence, which implies that since it was just a Las Vegas to LA trip I probably wouldn't have seen the full effects.
Aside from that, there is no reason to believe that an incident--any incident--wouldn't be enough to cause the TSA to get all jacked up and edgy so I thought it was all worth noting.
I flew from Las Vegas to LA today so I have yet to see these tightened up rules. At LAS I couldn't detect anything different and it was as though nothing unusual had happened yesterday. The only unusual thing I experienced was a family so dense--in line ahead of me--that they couldn't get it together enough to get through the security scan in under 10 minutes while everyone waited behind them. And oddly enough the TSA folks were unflinchingly polite about it all. It took so long that I finally gathered up my bins and went to another line.
So, despite all the talk here it's not like it's instant crackdown in TSA land.
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"Is it just me that thinks Android fans are becoming as preachy as the apple fanboys?"
It might just be you. I work with lots of people that have both iPhones and other smart phones. No one is "preachy." I think the reason that people think that Mac fans are preachy is simply because people like to repeat that Mac fans are preachy.
"Ok, I can get how tech companies can relocate if they don't like your local taxes, but home contractors?"
Absolutely this can happen. I contracted to have a house built for me on the west side of Los Angeles and in the middle of it all my contractor just up and moved out of the state. But really, it hasn't been a problem. Except that my house ended up in Iowa.
"and does this mean fat people have a larger carbon footprint???"
No. Just deeper.
If they were so concerned about sound fiscal policy why is it that they're just getting wound up about it now? A huge amount of damage was done under the Bush administration and is indeed where all the bailouts started, not to mention at least one very, very expensive and idiotic war. Where were the tea-baggers then?
"Knerr was also responsible for the Hula Hoop"
You know. For kids!
"Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana."
I assume that's where the department name under the story headline comes from.
It's not just Chinese common sense. I used to work in Hollywood, which is actually kind of a dodgy place. I used to keep my truck unwashed and leave McDonalds bags all over to make it as unattractive as possible. In fact, I occasionally had to leave my pro camera in my car so I would stuff it inside a crumpled fast food bag and leave it lying on the floor.
I'm sure push button transmissions could be done correctly. The problem isn't with the tech, the problem is with standardization. The way things are now is that you can get into just about any car and the shifting will be very, very similar. When you are under pressure you will react the way you've done things the previous thousand times, so having transmission shifters standardized is a kind of safety feature. It would be a big shift (heh) to get everybody to be used to a new way of doing this very basic thing. Would it be worth it?
For high speed memory? I'm thinking they're not that far off. Of course I'd expect a little gouge. Apple is not the only manufacturer to do that.
The idea is that you encrypt it before you even send it.
"The fun part is that the (UK) cops can demand a decryption key for that, and lock me up when I inevitably fail to provide one"
Yes, encryption won't stop government oppression, but it will slow it down. It's not just the fact that they can still harass one person, it's the fact that with everybody encrypting their communications the government's ability to data mine email and do covert spying on its own citizens becomes much harder.
"Autonomous untill they run out of power or ammo."
As long as you've got the ammo, you've got the power.
Can you go ahead and arrange that?
No. Money can do good as well. As the full phrase goes "the love of money is the root of all evil." It's the people that are the problem.
Maybe. I'm convinced that for a majority of the world's population, however, the word 'evil' is just a fairy tale concept or a word you apply to your enemies. When there is money to be made the idea of not doing something because it might mean working with 'evil' people does not stop them. And I apply this across the board, to all nations and peoples.
http://www.globalissues.org/print/article/35 (scroll down to "Quality-adjusted aid and charitable giving/GDP (%)")
While we give a lot in absolute terms it's a pittance compared to other countries in relative terms.
"One of the main effects of cadmium poisoning is weak and brittle bones. Spinal and leg pain is common, and a waddling gait often develops due to bone deformities caused by the cadmium. The pain eventually becomes debilitating, with fractures becoming more common as the bone weakens. Other complications include coughing, anemia, and kidney failure, leading to death."
No mention there of suicide, although you may have other sources. Sounds like just the thing for our children to be ingesting.
"Neat" has nothing to do with it. When the Kindle has been idle for a while it displays what people here are calling a screen saver. Except it's not a screen saver. It's really just a way of the Kindle letting you know that you have to unlock it (just a key press combination, not a security code) to start reading. Being in this mode stops the Kindle from doing things when the buttons are accidentally pressed, thereby saving your spot.
Obviously you've never really owned one. Or you are a verrrry slow learner.
It's not just in China. It's in our classrooms. I recently went back to school for a degree in CS and--I know this is going to sound a little bad--but a certain foreign students would ask me to just send them the code for a certain problem we were all working on.
And if you frequent places like the OpenCV forum it is very common to see a post that says words to the effect of "I'm trying to do X. Send me some code." It's definitely off-putting. I love collaboration and discussion, but just being somebody's homework lackey doesn't do it for me.
The new year always starts with floats.
That's alright. They probably balance out those who come to bash Apple with no excuses at all.
Well, for those of you not old enough to remember, Radio Shack is actually better than it was about 8-9 years ago. You couldn't buy an 89 cent connector without having to give your phone number and zip code. And the sales people weren't helpful so much as they were like gnats buzzing about.
Now the sales people have learned to back off and you don't have to go through some ridiculous data exchange just to buy a resistor. And speaking of which, Radio Shack is OK in my book simply for the fact that they are pretty much the sole remaining store in my area (Los Angeles)--aside from making a major trek to Fry's--that actually carries a few electronics components. It's very handy when you are in the middle of a project and you you can't wait to mail order a 10K resistor.
Yes. Apparently you were so excited to berate someone that you missed the full meaning of my first sentence, which implies that since it was just a Las Vegas to LA trip I probably wouldn't have seen the full effects.
Aside from that, there is no reason to believe that an incident--any incident--wouldn't be enough to cause the TSA to get all jacked up and edgy so I thought it was all worth noting.
I flew from Las Vegas to LA today so I have yet to see these tightened up rules. At LAS I couldn't detect anything different and it was as though nothing unusual had happened yesterday. The only unusual thing I experienced was a family so dense--in line ahead of me--that they couldn't get it together enough to get through the security scan in under 10 minutes while everyone waited behind them. And oddly enough the TSA folks were unflinchingly polite about it all. It took so long that I finally gathered up my bins and went to another line.
So, despite all the talk here it's not like it's instant crackdown in TSA land.