As you are clearly older than I, you may remember better. However, I did grow up in a quasi-hippie household in that we recycled, composted, used paper grocery bags & reused them as trash bags, gardened, etc. Plus my dad has worked or the State of California all my life in the only conservation agency the state has. Needless to say I was exposed to conservationalist ideas since I was young.
Now I'm not saying all this to try and get into a dick-waving contest with you, I just swear to God I remember the slogan correctly. Besides, I was an impressionable child when the heavy recycling commercials were on TV, that stupid slogan's practically implanted in my brain!
Aside from this, "Reduce, Recycle, Reuse" certainly makes the most sense when we consider the recycling loop:
*First, we must reduce the amount of packaging utilized in consumer goods, and make the packaging we DO use recyclable.
*Second, we must actually recycle[1] this packaging, and
*Finally, we must actually purchase the goods that the second step produced.
Don't you think this order makes the most sense if we take the three steps as parts of a loop instead of three discreet, loosely related steps?
[1] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Def. 3a. "To extract useful materials from (garbage or waste)"
I know it's really late to reply, but just to throw in my $.02...
Work that's over 8 hours in a day = 1.5x hourly wage
Work that's over 40 hours in a 7-day period = 1.5x hourly wage
Work that's over 7 days in a row = 1.5x hourly wage (if it's over 40 hours too, it's 2x).
Work that's over 8 hours on any consecutive day after the 7th day = 2x hourly pay
It's really easy to rack up a fortune working the hours discussed here. Be frugal, save an assload, and quit to find a new job when they project's done, using that saved money to live on. Simple.
Or, if they won't pay you the overtime, take it to court (find an attorney who will work on contingency) and live off the settlement.
I work 70-80 hour weeks in the car biz, so I understand a little bit of where you're coming from, but believe me... the choice is yours. Don't dream about unionizing, if you're too much of a pussy to stand up for simple (federally assured) overtime, what makes you think you can convince your coworkers to do it? Shit.
Anyway, if you can think of a reliable and easy way to get precise control out of a touchscreen without a stylus, i'm sure Nintendo would love to hear from ya.
That's my point. Personally, I think touchscreens have no place in portable gaming systems, perhaps until the technology is sufficiently advanced.
Until then, I'm gonna go beat the rest of the Legend of Zelda, on my NES, with a physical plastic controller. Damn level 6 is hard with no sword!
Is it just me, or is this thing really useless? I think the guy from Penny Arcade had it right: The SP is the perfect size.
And the touchscreen? What the hell? Who here owns a PDA? Ok. Out of you, how many have lost their stylus at one time or another? All of you? That's what I thought. And we're supposed to stick this thing in the hands of junior-highers? Yikes...
Nintendo, don't get me wrong... I love you. I love your gold-encrusted Zelda cartridges; I love Mario in a non-homosexual way. But please, lay off the crack in the R&D department, huh? R.O.B.? The Power Glove and Power Pad? Virtua Boy? And now... DS.
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Until they can demonstrate sufficient mastery of language to write a readable sentence, I don't think we'll be seeing those flying cars any time soon.
On second thought, maybe we will... but the manual will be too incomprehensible to enable anyone to drive them.
I gave up moderation on this thread to make this point -- so listen up, bitches.
Why is this +5 insightful? It's not offering insight into making Windows more secure; it's a knee-jerk/. reaction to any Windows security comment -- and a bad one at that.
For example, unplugging the ethernet cable would render the box useless in a home network. It's analogous to saying, "Can't write with your left hand? Cut it off and use the right hand instead!".
Please. It's +interesting at best, but in no way insightful.
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left click = depress the left button
right click = depress the right button
middle click = depress the... scroll wheel?
Ok, I guess that's the new vernacular. That's fine. Why click the wheel though when you could right-click?
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I still don't understand why I can't middle click on a message to open it in a new window...
Holy hell, I haven't seen a 3-button mouse in years!
Not to get too far offtopic, but I wanted to throw in my $.02 about Representative Ron Paul etc.
It's all fine and good that Ron Paul is "holding fast to his morals" and not getting "corrupted" and everything; but it's more important that he be accurately representing the wishes of his constituancy.
It may be that his district is the only one in the US which opposes this bill as a whole, but how likely is it?
Obviously there's more to this argument (such as the fact that Rep Paul was elected, thus implying that his ideologies line up with his district's) -- but think carefully before tooting his horn as the uncorruptible Assemblyman.
I would probably feel that I voted [my conscience|my constituants' conciences] and that my/their conscience might not represent those of other Representatives.
I know you were half-joking, but seriously: what's with the high school mentality?
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I would really like to be able to play some Dance Dance Revolution. Is there any hope? -- "Crack a glow-stick for 9/11!"
Hope for the game you want, maybe. For the future of our youth, apparently not.
*ducks and runs*
Now, if a Suicide Girl posted online about modding her GC... would Nintendo's legal department explode? ;)
Decentralize CVS? I have a hard enough time getting to the cash registers as it is, dammit!
*loads up on D batteries*
What? that's not the fuel cell?
*loads up on carbohydrates*
What'd you say? Not that one either?
Crap. Time to RTFA i guess...
forgot the 'f' in 'for'?
As you are clearly older than I, you may remember better. However, I did grow up in a quasi-hippie household in that we recycled, composted, used paper grocery bags & reused them as trash bags, gardened, etc. Plus my dad has worked or the State of California all my life in the only conservation agency the state has. Needless to say I was exposed to conservationalist ideas since I was young.
Now I'm not saying all this to try and get into a dick-waving contest with you, I just swear to God I remember the slogan correctly. Besides, I was an impressionable child when the heavy recycling commercials were on TV, that stupid slogan's practically implanted in my brain!
Aside from this, "Reduce, Recycle, Reuse" certainly makes the most sense when we consider the recycling loop:
*First, we must reduce the amount of packaging utilized in consumer goods, and make the packaging we DO use recyclable.
*Second, we must actually recycle[1] this packaging, and
*Finally, we must actually purchase the goods that the second step produced.
Don't you think this order makes the most sense if we take the three steps as parts of a loop instead of three discreet, loosely related steps?
[1] The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Def. 3a. "To extract useful materials from (garbage or waste)"
Late to reply, I know but...
The slogan was "Reduce, Recycle, Reuse... close the loop!"
This was an ad campain encouraging the public to buy items that had been made from recycled parts in order to complete the recycling 'loop'.
ex: Buy sandals made from old tires. Or milk cartons made from old plastic shopping bags.
The idea was (is) that if you don't purchase items made from recycled material, the act of recycling was a waste.
I know it's really late to reply, but just to throw in my $.02...
Work that's over 8 hours in a day = 1.5x hourly wage
Work that's over 40 hours in a 7-day period = 1.5x hourly wage
Work that's over 7 days in a row = 1.5x hourly wage (if it's over 40 hours too, it's 2x).
Work that's over 8 hours on any consecutive day after the 7th day = 2x hourly pay
It's really easy to rack up a fortune working the hours discussed here. Be frugal, save an assload, and quit to find a new job when they project's done, using that saved money to live on. Simple.
Or, if they won't pay you the overtime, take it to court (find an attorney who will work on contingency) and live off the settlement.
I work 70-80 hour weeks in the car biz, so I understand a little bit of where you're coming from, but believe me... the choice is yours. Don't dream about unionizing, if you're too much of a pussy to stand up for simple (federally assured) overtime, what makes you think you can convince your coworkers to do it? Shit.
toll-free calling to .ca and no roaming
Only a geek would refer to the physical location of Canada as ".ca". Well done.
Dear "Consumer"
As "soon" as we get all the "features" worked out, we'll be "sure" to let you "know".
"Sincerely",
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Just to get it out of the way...
1. $OVERLORDS_JOKE
2. $GEM_HADAR_JOKE
3. $THE_GAME_ST:TNG_JOKE
4. $NERD_JOKE
5. $SOVIET_RUSSIA_JOKE
6. $PROFIT_JOKE
You know, now that I think about it, #2 & #3 ARE #4.
the article sugguests no such thing.
SCOPO can be attached to any device that can feed video like cell phone, laptop, PDA, DVD-player, etc.
It implies that it may take an RCA (composite) output. No big deal, right? Shoot, my Viper v550 have composite-out.
You'll read it because it appears to be 10" from your eyes. if you can read something at 10", you'll likely be able to use this.
Question: Do you prefer to play some games on the PC over a console because of the mouse interface? Think about it.
No, I don't. Give me an xbox or (to a lesser extent) GC controller and I'm golden in any game.
I'll tell you this -- I do have a laptop, and I have tried using the touchpad as a mouse in FPS games... it's not fun.
Anyway, if you can think of a reliable and easy way to get precise control out of a touchscreen without a stylus, i'm sure Nintendo would love to hear from ya.
That's my point. Personally, I think touchscreens have no place in portable gaming systems, perhaps until the technology is sufficiently advanced.
Until then, I'm gonna go beat the rest of the Legend of Zelda, on my NES, with a physical plastic controller. Damn level 6 is hard with no sword!
Clearly you've never a) used a PDA screen and/or b) purchased replacement styluses. For the fun of it, go price them sometime.
While you're at it, see how accurately you can hit a 1/4" by 1/4" button on a touchscreen and still have the machine recognize it.
Next time, know what you're talking about before trying to be the big man.
Is it just me, or is this thing really useless? I think the guy from Penny Arcade had it right: The SP is the perfect size.
And the touchscreen? What the hell? Who here owns a PDA? Ok. Out of you, how many have lost their stylus at one time or another? All of you? That's what I thought. And we're supposed to stick this thing in the hands of junior-highers? Yikes...
Nintendo, don't get me wrong... I love you. I love your gold-encrusted Zelda cartridges; I love Mario in a non-homosexual way. But please, lay off the crack in the R&D department, huh? R.O.B.? The Power Glove and Power Pad? Virtua Boy? And now... DS.
Evil A + Evil B = More evil!
Or perhaps these two wrongs will make a right? What if it's THE BEST BROWSER WE'VE EVER SEEN!!111 ROTF LOLOL!!11
Sorry... I forgot to use firefox instead of that new AOL browser. It turned everything I typed into leet speak!
You have GOT to be kidding. Troll? Good God the moderation system needs fixing.
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Until they can demonstrate sufficient mastery of language to write a readable sentence, I don't think we'll be seeing those flying cars any time soon.
On second thought, maybe we will... but the manual will be too incomprehensible to enable anyone to drive them.
I gave up moderation on this thread to make this point -- so listen up, bitches.
/. reaction to any Windows security comment -- and a bad one at that.
Why is this +5 insightful? It's not offering insight into making Windows more secure; it's a knee-jerk
For example, unplugging the ethernet cable would render the box useless in a home network. It's analogous to saying, "Can't write with your left hand? Cut it off and use the right hand instead!".
Please. It's +interesting at best, but in no way insightful.
left click = depress the left button
right click = depress the right button
middle click = depress the... scroll wheel?
Ok, I guess that's the new vernacular. That's fine. Why click the wheel though when you could right-click?
I still don't understand why I can't middle click on a message to open it in a new window...
Holy hell, I haven't seen a 3-button mouse in years!
Not to get too far offtopic, but I wanted to throw in my $.02 about Representative Ron Paul etc.
It's all fine and good that Ron Paul is "holding fast to his morals" and not getting "corrupted" and everything; but it's more important that he be accurately representing the wishes of his constituancy.
It may be that his district is the only one in the US which opposes this bill as a whole, but how likely is it?
Obviously there's more to this argument (such as the fact that Rep Paul was elected, thus implying that his ideologies line up with his district's) -- but think carefully before tooting his horn as the uncorruptible Assemblyman.
I would probably feel that I voted [my conscience|my constituants' conciences] and that my/their conscience might not represent those of other Representatives.
I know you were half-joking, but seriously: what's with the high school mentality?