Maybe I'm jaded because I spend so much time in front of a computer with a full time internet connection, but FWIW the Internet is MY FRIEND!..... HURRRR INTERNET BAD!! NAPSTER BAD!!!! DURRRR!!!!
How'bout that? I think we just found a model spokesperson to convince the masses on the benefits of being online all the time.
Ever read articles or watch those shows about people who grew up as celebrities? Many of them had a hard time adjusting in a normal school environment because kids would treat them badly. I imagine it is out of jealousy and envy that they would do whatever it took to put the kid in his or her 'place'.
Now given how kids are at that age, I don't think it's implausible that in spite of the well-meaning sympathies of the general public OUTSIDE his school, the social environment within may have just gotten more unbearable with each wise crack he hears in the hallway.
Sure, it's some consolation to get the iPod and stuff like that, but does it change his overall image among his peers at school?
We don't know for sure, but it would be wrong to only assume that he's riding the gravy train here on out.
Are you nuts? Although they may still think he's a dork, he'll be a *famous* dork, and in modern western culture famous == successful, regardless of why. The other kids are going to be wondering if they can get similar mileage out of acting stupid in front of a camera
Granted, South Korea has some bitter feelings. Especially amongst the older generation. Saying that everybody hates Japan is just fucking idiotic. You are just another Slashdotter who likes to refer to "The Island of Japan" as some mysterious place with 50 foot robots that blow up Tokyo and is filled with blue haired school girls. Please, shut the fuck up about Japan because you obviously don't have a clue as to what you are talking about.
So, the guy is generalizing just a tad. But so are you (about what he knows).
Let's not discount the intense feelings even middle-aged Koreans have towards Japan. They may not hate them, but there is some level of distrust.
Ever manage a division where you have to have your engineers in Korea work well with your engineers in Japan? It can be a managerial headache trying to keep both sides happy and working well at the same time.
Yeah? How about browsing a routed Windows network with WINS? What about printing to a Sharp AR-810 printer/copier? These are things I found I could not do with a Mac.
That is, it offers a microphone selection for speech recognition but no sound selection for the output; there is only the single, global sound output system preference.
Is this what you want? http://www.rogueamoeba.com/detour/
It covers topics such as Euclid and the Infinitude of Primes, Archimedes' Determination of Circular Area, the Bernoulli brothersand Harmonic Series, and Fermat's Theorem.
Not only that, we don't all own Macs that are less than a year old. I own the first version of the Powerbook G4, released in the spring of 2001, which does not have a built-in burner.
TiBooks didn't come with those till the winter of 2001.
Why is the US singling out France? They're not the only ones who disagree with the US's foreign policies. Let's go for some real isolationism and single out the rest of the world! After all, you're "either with us, or against us." Unilateralism. That's the U. in USA, baby!
Seriously, though. I find this little piece by News World International interesting. It's on the wide gap in perceptions the US has of itself compared to how the rest of the world thinks of the US.
A year and a half after I switched phone carriers, people still call my old phone number. And the new owner of that number, I'm told, gets really bitchy when they ask for me.
When I was in college, the head of my EE department used to comment to the EE students who complained about all the liberal arts classes they had to take, "this is a university. If you want to just take engineering courses, go to a technical college."
Here's why I think you should be taking more English classes (bolded by yours truly for emphasis):
My father was a software engineer for almost 20 years and has never did anything beyond basic algrebra and good logic when writing his programs.
What also pisses me off is that cs majors have to take alot of liberal arts courses but liberal arts majors never have to take any math or science courses beyond the into to "x". I would like to physics for poets.
The only place you could use such a thing would be on a bus or train or something, where most of the passengers tend to be older and poor (not exactly Apple's niche market, to put it nicely).
What city do _you_ live in? Clearly not in a place like NYC or Chicago, where I commute by train. And while I see a lot more PC laptops, I occassionally do end up seeing another TiBook in use (other than mine).
Anyone get requests from relatives for help with some electrical wiring problem in their basement/whatever just because you're an "electrical engineer"?
The DJ Liza Richardson is a real DJ. (It looks like they've removed her video from the Apple site, but her letter of endorsement's still there.) She does a weekly radio show Satuday nights on KCRW called "The Drop". 7-9pm Pacific.
More info can be found on KCRW's website. Including live streaming broadcast of the shows. Here's her bio from that site.
Well, some Mac users live in a remote island in Southeast Asia where crappy land lines are that's available (while most people end up with cell phones for voice communication).
Three macs reside in this one household there that I occassionally visit, and getting online is a pain. It's even more painful to see all these net services pop up and not be able to take advantage of them.
I'd kill for broadband access there. 9600bps is torture.
I swear Jobs can increase Apple's market share by 300% if he included Solitare with it. I mean, a windows machine usually spend 50% of its useable life on that program
Yeah.. They used to include a trial version of Eric's Solitaire during the pre-OS X days. My mom became such an addict she bought the full version. To this day, she plays almost every night., and it's the only reason why she uses Classic on OS X with her new iMac. I'm wondering if they'll ever get a version out for OS X.
In my experience, it is largely an American thing. I've lived in the US for the past 12 years, but I grew up in a few other countries where the idea of a large [anything] was considered regular- or small-sized here. The drinks, meal portions, whatever. Not surprisingly, obesity is now considered an epidemic here.
As a kid with a voracious appetite, that's what I loved about the States when we would visit for vacation. One vivid recollection is visiting Guam (a U.S. territory) while a teenager and eating at a Sizzler for the first time. To my pleasant surprise, the steaks were enormous! And cheap (compared to where I was living in Japan)! And there were free refills on soft drinks! What a concept!
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Holy cow. You're right. I didn't see it that way at first, and I posted my grievances accordingly. Mea culpa.
Maybe I'm jaded because I spend so much time in front of a computer with a full time internet connection, but FWIW the Internet is MY FRIEND! ..... HURRRR INTERNET BAD!! NAPSTER BAD!!!! DURRRR!!!!
How'bout that? I think we just found a model spokesperson to convince the masses on the benefits of being online all the time.
Someone get this guy a sedative.
It begs the question why goverments around the world are ...
Aaargghh!!!
Ever read articles or watch those shows about people who grew up as celebrities? Many of them had a hard time adjusting in a normal school environment because kids would treat them badly. I imagine it is out of jealousy and envy that they would do whatever it took to put the kid in his or her 'place'.
Now given how kids are at that age, I don't think it's implausible that in spite of the well-meaning sympathies of the general public OUTSIDE his school, the social environment within may have just gotten more unbearable with each wise crack he hears in the hallway.
Sure, it's some consolation to get the iPod and stuff like that, but does it change his overall image among his peers at school?
We don't know for sure, but it would be wrong to only assume that he's riding the gravy train here on out.
Are you nuts? Although they may still think he's a dork, he'll be a *famous* dork, and in modern western culture famous == successful, regardless of why. The other kids are going to be wondering if they can get similar mileage out of acting stupid in front of a camera
...*BSD's imminent death ...Apple's imminent death ...Pigs to fly.
Granted, South Korea has some bitter feelings. Especially amongst the older generation. Saying that everybody hates Japan is just fucking idiotic. You are just another Slashdotter who likes to refer to "The Island of Japan" as some mysterious place with 50 foot robots that blow up Tokyo and is filled with blue haired school girls. Please, shut the fuck up about Japan because you obviously don't have a clue as to what you are talking about.
So, the guy is generalizing just a tad. But so are you (about what he knows).
Let's not discount the intense feelings even middle-aged Koreans have towards Japan. They may not hate them, but there is some level of distrust.
Ever manage a division where you have to have your engineers in Korea work well with your engineers in Japan? It can be a managerial headache trying to keep both sides happy and working well at the same time.
Yeah? How about browsing a routed Windows network with WINS? What about printing to a Sharp AR-810 printer/copier? These are things I found I could not do with a Mac.
Have you looked into running DAVE?
That is, it offers a microphone selection for speech recognition but no sound selection for the output; there is only the single, global sound output system preference.
Is this what you want?
http://www.rogueamoeba.com/detour/
It's not bluetooth, but it does redirect:
Check out Journey through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics. It's a good read. Not mathematically rigorous, it covers important theorems in mathematics with a nice balance of math and historical context.
It covers topics such as Euclid and the Infinitude of Primes, Archimedes' Determination of Circular Area, the Bernoulli brothersand Harmonic Series, and Fermat's Theorem.
Not only that, we don't all own Macs that are less than a year old. I own the first version of the Powerbook G4, released in the spring of 2001, which does not have a built-in burner.
TiBooks didn't come with those till the winter of 2001.
Why is the US singling out France? They're not the only ones who disagree with the US's foreign policies. Let's go for some real isolationism and single out the rest of the world! After all, you're "either with us, or against us." Unilateralism. That's the U. in USA, baby!
Seriously, though. I find this little piece by News World International interesting. It's on the wide gap in perceptions the US has of itself compared to how the rest of the world thinks of the US.
A year and a half after I switched phone carriers, people still call my old phone number. And the new owner of that number, I'm told, gets really bitchy when they ask for me.
Speed?
Also, note: No typos!
When I was in college, the head of my EE department used to comment to the EE students who complained about all the liberal arts classes they had to take, "this is a university. If you want to just take engineering courses, go to a technical college."
Here's why I think you should be taking more English classes (bolded by yours truly for emphasis):
My father was a software engineer for almost 20 years and has never did anything beyond basic algrebra and good logic when writing his programs.
What also pisses me off is that cs majors have to take alot of liberal arts courses but liberal arts majors never have to take any math or science courses beyond the into to "x". I would like to physics for poets.
The only place you could use such a thing would be on a bus or train or something, where most of the passengers tend to be older and poor (not exactly Apple's niche market, to put it nicely).
What city do _you_ live in? Clearly not in a place like NYC or Chicago, where I commute by train. And while I see a lot more PC laptops, I occassionally do end up seeing another TiBook in use (other than mine).
I think that would be Holland that does that.
Denmark, whose main exports include those silly little wooden shoes and tulips, was unavailable for comment.
Kind of related...
Anyone get requests from relatives for help with some electrical wiring problem in their basement/whatever just because you're an "electrical engineer"?
I used to get that a lot after I got my degree.
So... does stealing water (i.e. tampering with your water meter) lead you to the FBI knocking on your door... with guns drawn?
From WordNet (r) 1.7:
usurious
adj : greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation;
"exorbitant rent"; "extortionate prices"; "spends an
outrageous amount on entertainment"; "usorious interest
rate"; "unconscionable spending" [syn: exorbitant, extortionate,
outrageous, steep, unconscionable]
frig off! :D
The DJ Liza Richardson is a real DJ. (It looks like they've removed her video from the Apple site, but her letter of endorsement's still there.) She does a weekly radio show Satuday nights on KCRW called "The Drop". 7-9pm Pacific.
More info can be found on KCRW's website. Including live streaming broadcast of the shows. Here's her bio from that site.
DJ Qbert's real, too.
Well, some Mac users live in a remote island in Southeast Asia where crappy land lines are that's available (while most people end up with cell phones for voice communication).
Three macs reside in this one household there that I occassionally visit, and getting online is a pain. It's even more painful to see all these net services pop up and not be able to take advantage of them.
I'd kill for broadband access there. 9600bps is torture.
I swear Jobs can increase Apple's market share by 300% if he included Solitare with it. I mean, a windows machine usually spend 50% of its useable life on that program
Yeah.. They used to include a trial version of Eric's Solitaire during the pre-OS X days. My mom became such an addict she bought the full version. To this day, she plays almost every night., and it's the only reason why she uses Classic on OS X with her new iMac. I'm wondering if they'll ever get a version out for OS X.
In my experience, it is largely an American thing. I've lived in the US for the past 12 years, but I grew up in a few other countries where the idea of a large [anything] was considered regular- or small-sized here. The drinks, meal portions, whatever. Not surprisingly, obesity is now considered an epidemic here.
As a kid with a voracious appetite, that's what I loved about the States when we would visit for vacation. One vivid recollection is visiting Guam (a U.S. territory) while a teenager and eating at a Sizzler for the first time. To my pleasant surprise, the steaks were enormous! And cheap (compared to where I was living in Japan)! And there were free refills on soft drinks! What a concept!