Card hasn't written anything worth reading. OK, I'm not enough of a masochist to read all his work, so I could be wrong, but I've tried 3 or 4 of his books, and had no desire to finish any of them. I did slog all the way through Speaker, but fool me once.....
rather than Frank Herbert's Dune, it's a pretty fun ride. I hated it the first time I saw it, but now it's one of the few movies I can enjoy seeing multiple times.
Back in the Stone Age, projects that were "too expensive" were paid for with bonds, which were repaid by the revenues generated by the project. Apparently now that's socialism, and we can't have that. Or nice things. Or decent broadband.
if he has half a brain. Bought a Lenovo Twist last year, the thing's a disaster. The screen randomly dims itself, then brightens again, or not, depending on its mood. It's a laptop/tablet, but the orientation sensor is wonky, so sometimes it insists on displaying upside down, you have to futz with it for 10 minutes to get it right. Firmware updates haven't helped, and these problems are fairly common from what I see on das tubes. And the trackpad is a joke compared to my Macbook.
The thing feels like it was rushed out with no QC. I'm not sure hiring Ashton Kutcher will help, but it couldn't hoit.
No, helmets aren't perfect. But I've done my own testing, which I don't recommend trying at home: Fly over the handlebars and land on your head, with helmet and without. I did them several years apart, but still recall the results pretty graphically. Without helmet: Mild concussion, disoriented for several hours, temporary double vision. Passerby took me to the hospital. With helmet: Lay on ground for several minutes, examine damage to helmet, get up and ride home. Buy new helmet.
Helmets aren't a panacea, but the notion that they're not worth wearing is just wrong.
Not really, it kind of sucks, but it's not a big deal to ride in. Get some waterproof gear and you're good to go, don't even have to spend much, about the equivalent of two tanks of gas.
I was watching an old Ellery Queen (shot in the 70s) episode last night, it featured a Russian diplomat, who asked if the detective's office was bugged. "I beg your pardon!" Queen's father roared furiously. "This is America!" I actually LOL'd...then cried inside.
that every bike ad include a serial number, and have a link to the database at the top of the Bikes for Sale page. Tampering would not be easy,SNs are stamped into the frame. Spamming the DB could be a problem
and don't want to carry a Garmin around for those rare times when it's needed. But I do agree that Garmin in the car beats a phone by a mile. Happily, we can have both!
"Steam Machines" -- the new name for the company's "Steambox," a living room gaming console for playing PC games -- will become available next year "made by different manufacturers," including Valve itself." http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/25/valve-steambox-annnouncement-2/
Xbox may not be the best analogy, but the point still stands: Valve doesn't have to hit a homerun with this to be successful, they can easily weather a slow start. Even if some of their partners bow out, presumably some will hang around and give the project a chance to grow legs. As for the deep pockets comment, many start ups have to make money pretty quick to cover development costs and expenses. Valve isn't under that kind of (heh heh) pressure.
since we're not installing 8 on anything....yet. If enough enterprise customers refuse to play along, MS might get a clue. But I also realize 7 won't live forever, so we may get dragged kicking and screaming into a Metro world
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...not WWII. And yes, being the internet accuracy police is a full-time job.
I've made several comments on this site about how Card's work mostly sucks, so....guilty of anti-Card propaganda. But it does suck.
...for a long time. Ender is one of my favorites, but I tried several of his other works back in the 90s and....meh.
Card hasn't written anything worth reading. OK, I'm not enough of a masochist to read all his work, so I could be wrong, but I've tried 3 or 4 of his books, and had no desire to finish any of them. I did slog all the way through Speaker, but fool me once.....
rather than Frank Herbert's Dune, it's a pretty fun ride. I hated it the first time I saw it, but now it's one of the few movies I can enjoy seeing multiple times.
I actually like DST, but if we're going to mess with it let's just dump time zones altogether, they don't really serve a purpose anymore.
Back in the Stone Age, projects that were "too expensive" were paid for with bonds, which were repaid by the revenues generated by the project. Apparently now that's socialism, and we can't have that. Or nice things. Or decent broadband.
if Toyota managed to cock up their software so badly...how bad is the code of other manufacturers?
if he has half a brain. Bought a Lenovo Twist last year, the thing's a disaster. The screen randomly dims itself, then brightens again, or not, depending on its mood. It's a laptop/tablet, but the orientation sensor is wonky, so sometimes it insists on displaying upside down, you have to futz with it for 10 minutes to get it right. Firmware updates haven't helped, and these problems are fairly common from what I see on das tubes. And the trackpad is a joke compared to my Macbook.
The thing feels like it was rushed out with no QC. I'm not sure hiring Ashton Kutcher will help, but it couldn't hoit.
$20 for broadband in the US?! Where? I can get very crappy(Netflix basically unwatchable) dsl for $30, or cable for $60.
during the dot.com boom, so the heavy lifting of connecting our far-flung nation is already done. And much of it is still dark, waiting to be used.
...broadband. One guess who lobbied heavily for those laws.
According to TFA, the city will save $6 million in energy costs per year. How does using less energy make them less efficient?
No, helmets aren't perfect. But I've done my own testing, which I don't recommend trying at home: Fly over the handlebars and land on your head, with helmet and without. I did them several years apart, but still recall the results pretty graphically.
Without helmet: Mild concussion, disoriented for several hours, temporary double vision. Passerby took me to the hospital.
With helmet: Lay on ground for several minutes, examine damage to helmet, get up and ride home. Buy new helmet.
Helmets aren't a panacea, but the notion that they're not worth wearing is just wrong.
Not really, it kind of sucks, but it's not a big deal to ride in. Get some waterproof gear and you're good to go, don't even have to spend much, about the equivalent of two tanks of gas.
All disk drives were expensive back then. But yes, the C64's seemed to include extra suckiness for the price.
Apparently Steve Jobs , HP and Microsoft didn't get the memo.
I was watching an old Ellery Queen (shot in the 70s) episode last night, it featured a Russian diplomat, who asked if the detective's office was bugged. "I beg your pardon!" Queen's father roared furiously. "This is America!" I actually LOL'd...then cried inside.
Hate to break it to you, but Apple's been using proprietary connectors from way back. They don't need any coaching from Microsoft.
that every bike ad include a serial number, and have a link to the database at the top of the Bikes for Sale page. Tampering would not be easy,SNs are stamped into the frame. Spamming the DB could be a problem
it's obviously stolen. Agreed, this won't help the parting-out, but if it makes the frame unsellable, that's a hit to the thief.
Combining osx and ios together would make a lot of sense ...
I think Microsoft has done a splendid job of proving the opposite
and don't want to carry a Garmin around for those rare times when it's needed. But I do agree that Garmin in the car beats a phone by a mile. Happily, we can have both!
"Steam Machines" -- the new name for the company's "Steambox," a living room gaming console for playing PC games -- will become available next year "made by different manufacturers," including Valve itself." http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/25/valve-steambox-annnouncement-2/
Xbox may not be the best analogy, but the point still stands: Valve doesn't have to hit a homerun with this to be successful, they can easily weather a slow start. Even if some of their partners bow out, presumably some will hang around and give the project a chance to grow legs. As for the deep pockets comment, many start ups have to make money pretty quick to cover development costs and expenses. Valve isn't under that kind of (heh heh) pressure.
since we're not installing 8 on anything....yet. If enough enterprise customers refuse to play along, MS might get a clue. But I also realize 7 won't live forever, so we may get dragged kicking and screaming into a Metro world