The difference is, on my computer it's my own fault and in my own control whether my e-mails end up lost, not the fault of some overrated PHD making a mistake on the other side of the world.
But then again, Microsoft have to actually write their own entire OS, they can't just get everyone else's programs and put them together in a 'distribution'. They also have to make money.
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What? Projectors can't project black. They can't project anything darker than the surface they're projecting onto.
If you can give multiple ipods for christmas you must be loaded.
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Actually that's not correct. A projector can by the laws of physics only be as dark as a white surface is in your room. I don't know about your house, but here my white walls are white, so the 'black' parts of the picture will be white. That does not lead to a good contrast.
1) greatly improved ability to "chit chat" 2) greatly improved ability to flirt casually. 5) greatly increased confidence
Empirical evidence says that does not translate into RL, so I'm not sure what use it is.
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Projectors are useless in all but pitch black conditions. Maybe you have a very unsociable household but around these parts people don't like to sit in silence in the dark everytime the TV's on.
Oh and projectors are just great when someone walks in front of the beam. And the picture is washed out.
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That may be the case, but plasma has a much better picture, which is what counts at the end of the day. LCDs look washed out whereas plasma looks vibrant. Longevity doesn't count for much, in five years HDTVs will have gone down in price so you can get one of those to replace it.
A bonus is just that, a bonus. It's not something to expect, or depend on. I don't even know why people expect Christmas bonus's at all. Why not an Easter bonus, or a summer bonus?
Actually morbidly obese people generally have huge mental problems. And living off junk food isn't particularly condusive to intelligence. They're also really bitchy.
That sounds like an OSS cop-out answer. How many people who read the Firefox advert in the NYT decided to change the homepage? Probably the same number who changed the IE homepage.
Also interesting is how Konqueror on Mandriva still goes to a mandriva page even after you've changed it...
As said, I have no idea why people think that a phone is a good timepiece.
It's called redundancy. A watch is very large, bulky and inconvenient for something that does something already done by something else. I'm not a yuppie so I generally don't need to know the time that often or that accurately either, and when I do I just read it off the computer.
If your life is that artificial that you always have to instantly know the exact time, then I feel sorry for you.
Think about it, would you rather work in a shop turning out finely crafted watches you couldn't afford, or be on an assembly line cranking out plastic watches for Wal-Mart buyers?
Whichever paid the most, had the best working conditions and the best job security. They all tell the time don't they?
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The difference is, on my computer it's my own fault and in my own control whether my e-mails end up lost, not the fault of some overrated PHD making a mistake on the other side of the world.
In every MMORPG article there are always people crawling out of the woodwork advertising Guildwars.
I think it's fair to say that Guildwars is the new Gentoo.
But then again, Microsoft have to actually write their own entire OS, they can't just get everyone else's programs and put them together in a 'distribution'. They also have to make money.
What? Projectors can't project black. They can't project anything darker than the surface they're projecting onto.
If you can give multiple ipods for christmas you must be loaded.
Actually that's not correct. A projector can by the laws of physics only be as dark as a white surface is in your room. I don't know about your house, but here my white walls are white, so the 'black' parts of the picture will be white. That does not lead to a good contrast.
HDTVs are for yuppies, they don't buy used cars.
Empirical evidence says that does not translate into RL, so I'm not sure what use it is.
Projectors are useless in all but pitch black conditions. Maybe you have a very unsociable household but around these parts people don't like to sit in silence in the dark everytime the TV's on.
Oh and projectors are just great when someone walks in front of the beam. And the picture is washed out.
That may be the case, but plasma has a much better picture, which is what counts at the end of the day. LCDs look washed out whereas plasma looks vibrant. Longevity doesn't count for much, in five years HDTVs will have gone down in price so you can get one of those to replace it.
The shuttle wouldn't be much use for an emergency meeting considering how long it takes to prepare for a launch. Probably quicker to row there.
Why not, when the employee's being a dick to him?
Yeah, you can tell by the name 'Christmas'.
A bonus is just that, a bonus. It's not something to expect, or depend on. I don't even know why people expect Christmas bonus's at all. Why not an Easter bonus, or a summer bonus?
Actually morbidly obese people generally have huge mental problems. And living off junk food isn't particularly condusive to intelligence. They're also really bitchy.
I live in Europe and we all have cars. Public transport here is useless outside of big cities.
You can make it cheaper in terms of money, but never in terms of time, convenience or safety.
But in order to use hybrid's efficiently, you're supposed to accelerate slowly to stop the gas kicking in...
Recycling isn't about saving energy/work, it's about not filling landfills and preserving resources.
That sounds like an OSS cop-out answer. How many people who read the Firefox advert in the NYT decided to change the homepage? Probably the same number who changed the IE homepage.
Also interesting is how Konqueror on Mandriva still goes to a mandriva page even after you've changed it...
It still ends up in the drop-down box that way, only under a google search address.
It's called redundancy. A watch is very large, bulky and inconvenient for something that does something already done by something else. I'm not a yuppie so I generally don't need to know the time that often or that accurately either, and when I do I just read it off the computer.
If your life is that artificial that you always have to instantly know the exact time, then I feel sorry for you.
A good computer should decrypt encrypted messages, and that's it. Anything else just means it's not going to do its main job as well as it could.
Whichever paid the most, had the best working conditions and the best job security. They all tell the time don't they?
Imagine this: You put your $5 in, wait an entire seven minutes for it to print, then the book gets stuck in the coil and doesn't drop down.
A film can't change from being horrible to brilliant. Have you seen him go back after 30 years and slam a film he used to like? He's a two-faced hack.