The ones where the mac and pc persona debate who is better. The "facts" they use in the adds are pure BS, and the Mac persona is a moron. It's kind of sad because Apple does have a lot to brag about but they'd rather BS.
Tolkein obviously didn't want this book published. Now his greedy kid is capitalizing on his fathers name just to make some cash and hurt Tolkein's reputation by publishing a book not up to his usual quality.
The military-grade case actually makes sense for people like me who keep letting their mp3 player fall on the floor, but able to withstand a mortar shell explosion might be overkill.Otterbox are waterproof plastic housings the protect everything, including the screen and clickwheel (unlike those military ones in the article). They have foam bumpters inside for shock protection, and to keep the seal perfect, the otterbox plugs into the headphone jack and headphones into the otterbox.
Hasbro bought out WotC a few years ago and they're running the company about as innovatively as MS is in software.
They've closed all the WotC retail stores which were a great spot to play the games. They paid lucas huge amounts for the rights to star wars, destroying seveal other good games made by others.
A classic example of a hide under the table when theres an earthquake behavior
You do know that hiding under the table is a good idea because it helps prevent objects from falling on your head, right? We have annual earthquake drills around here where we're drilled to dive under the desk.
I deliberately bought a 20" iMac PPC a few days after the first intel model shipped. I figured it would be my last mac for a few years because it always take them a long time to get a major change right. The same thing happened on their Motorola to IBM transition.
How many times do you see commercials for movies that say "own it on DVD". Of course the average person doesn't realize it's just a license when the ads lie and say you own it.
...as a genre. It's mainly just sudden startling noises and visuals.
I play World of Warcraft on a PvP server. I like the element that while I'm playing the game, at any moment I can be attacked from behind by the oposing faction (and very frequently am). It adds a whole dimension of threat and urgency to quests, and makes the game less mechanical to play because at any time, my plans to quest can be turned into PvP action.
When was the last time you, or ANYONE you know, had to shoot a firearm in self defence? Do you really live in an area that is more dangerous than Baghdad?
You don't have to shoot it to use it for self defense. This guy was being car jacked at gunpoint with what turned out to be an airsoft gun with the tip pointed black. Pulling his real gun saved him.
Correct, just interesting on how it came to the conclusion.
The site is a lot of fun to play with because of things like this. It's always right and usually in a totally non-obvious and silly way. It happens because of incomplete data, like not knowing that Birds or Turkeys are animals. It will never be complete but its database is growing.
This is still, in fact, illegal here (Australia) but I don't care. If anybody cares to argue with me about it, they had better be prepared to expect some injuries.
So backing up your disc is illegal in Australia but injuring someone who disagrees with you is not?
I went to college for a 4-year technologist course and found I had better hand-on experience and one-on-one training with the professors when compared to university students I met on co-op terms. University may set you up better to teach, but not as well to jump directly into the job market.
You do know those co-op students are working as part of their education, right? At Waterloo the first co-op term is after 4 or 8 months of school, so you're comparing your 4-year diploma to someone 8-months into a 4 year degree. When those co-op students graduate, they'll have 4-year degrees and 24 months of experience in the job market, this is much better prep for the job market than just having a diploma.
Programming is easy, it's understanding the algorithms and knowing what to program that is hard. This takes a much more theoretical backing than a college gives. Take a look at this site and see if you can figure out how it find the connections. It's a fairly straightforward algorithm that anyone with basic math skills should be able to do but very few people with computer diplomas can. That's the difference between a degree and diploma.
I do some contract work in embedded systems software. My last project involved reading information from accelerometers and there was a fair bit of calculus in interpreting the results. It was also on a mid-rang pic (8 bit integer math, no multiply or divide functions), so I really had to understand the theory of the calculus to get it to work in that chip.
I have a computer science undergrad degree from U of Waterloo with a strong hardware background. There is no liberal arts requirement in that degree and all the core classes are relevent.
A college does not teach enough theory to do anything useful in embedded electronics. A 2 year trade program doesn't have the time and the students don't have the aptitude to cover the needed algorithms; if they did, they'd go to university.
If the site is using an ineffective ad or has a bad product at a high price, this system means they get free advertising while they sort out their business model and the site showing the ad is screwed over as they're displaying the bad ads for free.
What's to stop someone from making the action "donate $100 to me" and offering $75 CPA so the add will show up a lot. They'll get a lot of add views and never have to pay the action fee.
You mean the way they lost to the DoJ for that whole antitrust thing 10 years ago? Or any of the companies they stole ideas from and sued out of existance?
Washington has a huge number of brick and morter casinos and poker rooms who obviously are very happy about this law, but it's also a good indication that there's a lot of people in the state of like playing poker. With elections coming up in a few months, I hope this law get a lot of attention.
I still argue that the biggest threat to space science is an increased emphasis on the manned component. That is what is killing it.
That really depends on your point of view. Manned space travel will eventually lead to colonization, which is the best thing to preserve humanity. Unmanned probes don't help much in that direction. It's useful to know what resources are on mars, the moon, comets, etc, but just knowing that doesn't help much.
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The ones where the mac and pc persona debate who is better. The "facts" they use in the adds are pure BS, and the Mac persona is a moron. It's kind of sad because Apple does have a lot to brag about but they'd rather BS.
Tolkein obviously didn't want this book published. Now his greedy kid is capitalizing on his fathers name just to make some cash and hurt Tolkein's reputation by publishing a book not up to his usual quality.
The military-grade case actually makes sense for people like me who keep letting their mp3 player fall on the floor, but able to withstand a mortar shell explosion might be overkill. Otterbox are waterproof plastic housings the protect everything, including the screen and clickwheel (unlike those military ones in the article). They have foam bumpters inside for shock protection, and to keep the seal perfect, the otterbox plugs into the headphone jack and headphones into the otterbox.
Hasbro bought out WotC a few years ago and they're running the company about as innovatively as MS is in software.
They've closed all the WotC retail stores which were a great spot to play the games. They paid lucas huge amounts for the rights to star wars, destroying seveal other good games made by others.
Because the US is all about avoiding blame and responsibility. It's why there's so many punitive lawsuits and lawyers in the country.
A classic example of a hide under the table when theres an earthquake behavior
You do know that hiding under the table is a good idea because it helps prevent objects from falling on your head, right? We have annual earthquake drills around here where we're drilled to dive under the desk.
I deliberately bought a 20" iMac PPC a few days after the first intel model shipped. I figured it would be my last mac for a few years because it always take them a long time to get a major change right. The same thing happened on their Motorola to IBM transition.
I'd rather pay the $100 WinXP costs than see these ads. Even paying $500 would be worth it.
I also watch almost no TV because of commericals, I watch a lot of shows on DVD instead.
journalist (jûrn-lst)
n.
1. One whose occupation is journalism.
2. One who keeps a journal.
By definition, 100% of bloggers are journalists.
Also there's nothing in the definition relating a journalist to writing about news.
Can you legally play a DVD on linux/OS2/whatever you want in the US? You don't own it.
How many times do you see commercials for movies that say "own it on DVD". Of course the average person doesn't realize it's just a license when the ads lie and say you own it.
Someday, they should consolidate... just call them: MRB (MIAA/RIAA/BSA).
The should call it MBR, then they can sue anyone who owns or uses a hard drive for trademark infringement.
...as a genre. It's mainly just sudden startling noises and visuals.
I play World of Warcraft on a PvP server. I like the element that while I'm playing the game, at any moment I can be attacked from behind by the oposing faction (and very frequently am). It adds a whole dimension of threat and urgency to quests, and makes the game less mechanical to play because at any time, my plans to quest can be turned into PvP action.
sorry, the link didn't work. That 2 minute timer can be so annyoing sometimes.
When was the last time you, or ANYONE you know, had to shoot a firearm in self defence? Do you really live in an area that is more dangerous than Baghdad?
You don't have to shoot it to use it for self defense. This guy was being car jacked at gunpoint with what turned out to be an airsoft gun with the tip pointed black. Pulling his real gun saved him.
Correct, just interesting on how it came to the conclusion.
The site is a lot of fun to play with because of things like this. It's always right and usually in a totally non-obvious and silly way. It happens because of incomplete data, like not knowing that Birds or Turkeys are animals. It will never be complete but its database is growing.
This is still, in fact, illegal here (Australia) but I don't care. If anybody cares to argue with me about it, they had better be prepared to expect some injuries.
So backing up your disc is illegal in Australia but injuring someone who disagrees with you is not?
I went to college for a 4-year technologist course and found I had better hand-on experience and one-on-one training with the professors when compared to university students I met on co-op terms. University may set you up better to teach, but not as well to jump directly into the job market.
You do know those co-op students are working as part of their education, right? At Waterloo the first co-op term is after 4 or 8 months of school, so you're comparing your 4-year diploma to someone 8-months into a 4 year degree. When those co-op students graduate, they'll have 4-year degrees and 24 months of experience in the job market, this is much better prep for the job market than just having a diploma.
Programming is easy, it's understanding the algorithms and knowing what to program that is hard. This takes a much more theoretical backing than a college gives. Take a look at this site and see if you can figure out how it find the connections. It's a fairly straightforward algorithm that anyone with basic math skills should be able to do but very few people with computer diplomas can. That's the difference between a degree and diploma.
I do some contract work in embedded systems software. My last project involved reading information from accelerometers and there was a fair bit of calculus in interpreting the results. It was also on a mid-rang pic (8 bit integer math, no multiply or divide functions), so I really had to understand the theory of the calculus to get it to work in that chip.
I have a computer science undergrad degree from U of Waterloo with a strong hardware background. There is no liberal arts requirement in that degree and all the core classes are relevent.
A college does not teach enough theory to do anything useful in embedded electronics. A 2 year trade program doesn't have the time and the students don't have the aptitude to cover the needed algorithms; if they did, they'd go to university.
If the site is using an ineffective ad or has a bad product at a high price, this system means they get free advertising while they sort out their business model and the site showing the ad is screwed over as they're displaying the bad ads for free.
What's to stop someone from making the action "donate $100 to me" and offering $75 CPA so the add will show up a lot. They'll get a lot of add views and never have to pay the action fee.
CPM is the only fair way to do it.
You mean the way they lost to the DoJ for that whole antitrust thing 10 years ago? Or any of the companies they stole ideas from and sued out of existance?
So let the labels sue Microsoft. Microsoft's main business strategy for the past 25 years has involved winning in the courtroom.
Washington has a huge number of brick and morter casinos and poker rooms who obviously are very happy about this law, but it's also a good indication that there's a lot of people in the state of like playing poker. With elections coming up in a few months, I hope this law get a lot of attention.
I still argue that the biggest threat to space science is an increased emphasis on the manned component. That is what is killing it.
That really depends on your point of view. Manned space travel will eventually lead to colonization, which is the best thing to preserve humanity. Unmanned probes don't help much in that direction. It's useful to know what resources are on mars, the moon, comets, etc, but just knowing that doesn't help much.