Sorry, that one went over your head...I'll try to aim a bit lower this time:)
Still doesn't explain how a "'stackable' design...does "not stack entirely well"
Either it stacks well or it doesn't stack well...if it stacks well, then feel free to credit the design. If it doesn't stack well, don't say it has a stackable design. Cleary, the xBox lacks a stackable design.
The car we tested has good driveability, yet we found it is not good to drive....
but if they start getting a reputation for filtering certain subjects,
I seem to recall voicing this worry well over a year ago, and I was shouted down as being anti-google. Now, someone comes along with the same opinion, and they get a 'Score:5, Insightful' - better late than never, I suppose:)
I'll go on the record again - Google crafts the results returned as a direct result of searches. This can take the form of artificial ranking and/or (seemingly) arbitrary or filtered censorship.
And for those that say 'so what, google says this upfront', why was it ok last year and now it's not? Answer....it is never ok - get it?
I'm defending the logic, not the concept. The concept is poor, but the logic is accurate, which brings me to a point that should have been made earlier, which has to do with various OSs and how they deal with errors as a rule.
Computers should always offer a way out as an option, and not just present a deadend, which is one difference between Windows and Mac OS... I use Mac OS because the concept of alerts (among many other things) reflects respect for the user, and the logic is carefully applied. Windows has never demonstrated anything but contempt for the user, which is usually at the root of comments such as yours.
Apple's 'Human Interface Guidelines' are a good way to find out just how an interactive machine such as a computer should operate - it's worth the average user's time to browse thru them, if for nothing else than to see clear examples of how software and hardware should behave. Engineers in many fields can also benefit by revisiting the basics.
close the error dialog (which actually is an error monolog in most cases anyway).
Right, it's not a 'dialog'....it is what's known as a 'modal' window, meaning it floats over the action, as an interrupter/error/alert, not offering an alternate path according to the program's normal flow.
If it were designed to act and react the same as a 'dialog window' (representing a flow with choices to proceed), it would then present a similar impression to the user, and thus not serve the purpose intended, which is to act as an alert, to which you say 'OK', I got it, let's go back to work. (and then try something else...something else that is not tied to the halt brought about by the alert).
Actually, considering the situation, I believe that is a reasonable suggestion, since the process of finding an object such as Beagles 1 thru 5 involves other rudimentary techniques such as 'process of elimination'.
If you can't find a bright green smudge on open/flat marrain, then you have a pretty good reason to conclude the damn thing is at the bottom of a deep, dark hole. All you have to do then is find the nearest DDH and take a quick peek, with no need to continue scanning open ground.
...with what kind of content? Chock-a-block full of razor-sharp American political commentary, no doubt. Yep, those up-to-the-minute tallies will be streaming over the airwaves, right along with O.N. John marathons and the latest slaughterhouse updates.
If it's what I think, it still qualifies as 'static', mate... 'gibberish' after all, being of imitative origin, is 6-degrees slang I'm willing to bet originated from down under:)
Depending on who wins, the power will either stay up to support your connection, or all of the US will go dark...very, very dark. Just monitor the skyline out the window of your hotel.
Best hope that Kerry wins so the mail will continue to go thru... God knows the coasts have been unguarded for so long it makes little sense now to pay them heed.
...you can run optical to various points around the car, and then tap off it for whatever device you want, rather than dedicating a particular color/gauge wire, that needs decoding later.
Want to make a base model SUX2008? One domelight slave assembly that grabs the optical harness. Want a HiLux SUX2008 instead? No problem - same harness, just tap in with 3 more domelight modules and a connection for a DVD unit and you're done.
I guess you could pay for your song in quarters...
No way - just whip out your MCI phone card and deduct the cost before downloading.
You have 68 songs remaining...press the star key to add more song downloads using your credit card"
An object fell from the sky, finding his home among millions of others - It is a unique event that can only bring further focus from Heaven on him and his family.
It's an 'odds' thing, that is viewed as only being favorable, considering the routine lack of any luck (or fortune) at all that most people otherwise enjoy.
With all the other crap that routinely flows from dubya's ass, I mean his mouth, why should this be any different...
Taking sands of farm and town, bearing them away.
Captains of industry, their tools upon the hill....they're killing everything divine,
what will I tell this child of mine? - D. Henley
Internet 'fridges have been for sale in South Korea for two years. They scan for outdated or recalled products, such as expired babyfood, and send email if they suffer an outage that may generate spoiled food.
The idea is that the kitchen is the new center of the house, and why not use the surface of the refer to house a LCD and internet connection. Anything specific to cooled contents manifest is just a bonus.
All this talk about wide-spread SL(ICh)UTs is gonna get someone in trouble...
Besides, focused lasers are the NBT in (terrestrial) consumer communications, right after the tie-in between cellular networks and current hi-speed WI-FI, where one hops onto the other if a prescribed socket isn't responding.
If you are on hill A and drive down the hill and across the valley, and up hill B, and travel 55.1 miles, the point-to-point distance is less than 55.1 miles. No surprise logic to anyone here...I hope:)
Thanks for taking a run at me, but neither the article I read (on Wired) nor the strip mention GPS distance usage... If you have that info, please link it and thanks for answering my question.
The strip mentions driving up/down/thru a canyon, giving the impression they used the odometer on their '87 Chevy van, which validates my question about possible overstated distance, since that would confirm how they got above the horizon (not everyone knows how far that is, me thinks). I would hope they had enough sense to use GPS, of course...
...since the horizon on flat ground is 25 miles away, how did they manage 55 miles? Must have been some hills involved? If so, then the distance as the crow flies would perhaps be less than 55.1 miles...
No Wi-Fi built-in... no microphone... no Cobalt...no sliding case - can support stereo speakers and portable file transfers, yet it is targetted at business users? RealPlayer required on it and your desktop machine (ouch).
Why does it feel like PalmOne wants me to buy a product from another company to replace my m515?
CNN is selectively blocked, depending on the city/region/province.
Just because you & I can reach it (I'm in Guangdong province/Shenzhen), doesn't mean everyone in China has similar access 24/7. Drop into a state controlled Beijing internet cafe and see if it comes up...
If you're clear, be happy and don't make it an issue that gains attention:)
...and confirm what the top post pointed out - I'd like to add that Google, as an aggregator, isn't a news service. Google trawls and clips...that's all.
Anyone not aware enough to find other sources from time to time, deserves the narrowness they assume, whether it concerns Asia or Europe or NA.
Take responsibility for your own interpretation...after all, we were taught in school how American newspapers bury or bias 'news' by placing some on the front or back pages, while other stories get jammed against an inside margin. To repeat...don't be surprised when your 'news' is crafted by the source(s) you use.
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Sorry, that one went over your head...I'll try to aim a bit lower this time :)
...does "not stack entirely well"
Still doesn't explain how a "'stackable' design
Either it stacks well or it doesn't stack well...if it stacks well, then feel free to credit the design. If it doesn't stack well, don't say it has a stackable design. Cleary, the xBox lacks a stackable design.
The car we tested has good driveability, yet we found it is not good to drive....
From the so caled 'article'...
:)
One of the better features of the XBOX is its small footprint in a "stackable" design.
The machines do not stack entirely well as the top of each XBOX is slightly curved.
...which is it? So not stacking entirely well is a better feature? I'm confused
but if they start getting a reputation for filtering certain subjects,
:)
I seem to recall voicing this worry well over a year ago, and I was shouted down as being anti-google. Now, someone comes along with the same opinion, and they get a 'Score:5, Insightful' - better late than never, I suppose
I'll go on the record again - Google crafts the results returned as a direct result of searches. This can take the form of artificial ranking and/or (seemingly) arbitrary or filtered censorship.
And for those that say 'so what, google says this upfront', why was it ok last year and now it's not? Answer....it is never ok - get it?
I'm defending the logic, not the concept. The concept is poor, but the logic is accurate, which brings me to a point that should have been made earlier, which has to do with various OSs and how they deal with errors as a rule.
Computers should always offer a way out as an option, and not just present a deadend, which is one difference between Windows and Mac OS... I use Mac OS because the concept of alerts (among many other things) reflects respect for the user, and the logic is carefully applied. Windows has never demonstrated anything but contempt for the user, which is usually at the root of comments such as yours.
Apple's 'Human Interface Guidelines' are a good way to find out just how an interactive machine such as a computer should operate - it's worth the average user's time to browse thru them, if for nothing else than to see clear examples of how software and hardware should behave. Engineers in many fields can also benefit by revisiting the basics.
close the error dialog (which actually is an error monolog in most cases anyway).
Right, it's not a 'dialog'....it is what's known as a 'modal' window, meaning it floats over the action, as an interrupter/error/alert, not offering an alternate path according to the program's normal flow.
If it were designed to act and react the same as a 'dialog window' (representing a flow with choices to proceed), it would then present a similar impression to the user, and thus not serve the purpose intended, which is to act as an alert, to which you say 'OK', I got it, let's go back to work. (and then try something else...something else that is not tied to the halt brought about by the alert).
Actually, considering the situation, I believe that is a reasonable suggestion, since the process of finding an object such as Beagles 1 thru 5 involves other rudimentary techniques such as 'process of elimination'.
If you can't find a bright green smudge on open/flat marrain, then you have a pretty good reason to conclude the damn thing is at the bottom of a deep, dark hole. All you have to do then is find the nearest DDH and take a quick peek, with no need to continue scanning open ground.
Works for me...
...with what kind of content? Chock-a-block full of razor-sharp American political commentary, no doubt. Yep, those up-to-the-minute tallies will be streaming over the airwaves, right along with O.N. John marathons and the latest slaughterhouse updates.
:)
If it's what I think, it still qualifies as 'static', mate... 'gibberish' after all, being of imitative origin, is 6-degrees slang I'm willing to bet originated from down under
using the radio in AM mode would be highly recommended in most areas
Read the opener...this guy is in Australia. The only thing on the AM band there is static.
Depending on who wins, the power will either stay up to support your connection, or all of the US will go dark...very, very dark. Just monitor the skyline out the window of your hotel.
Best hope that Kerry wins so the mail will continue to go thru... God knows the coasts have been unguarded for so long it makes little sense now to pay them heed.
I am so glad I wore my old shoes today...closing tab now.
...you can run optical to various points around the car, and then tap off it for whatever device you want, rather than dedicating a particular color/gauge wire, that needs decoding later.
Want to make a base model SUX2008? One domelight slave assembly that grabs the optical harness. Want a HiLux SUX2008 instead? No problem - same harness, just tap in with 3 more domelight modules and a connection for a DVD unit and you're done.
I guess you could pay for your song in quarters...
No way - just whip out your MCI phone card and deduct the cost before downloading.
You have 68 songs remaining...press the star key to add more song downloads using your credit card"
An object fell from the sky, finding his home among millions of others - It is a unique event that can only bring further focus from Heaven on him and his family.
It's an 'odds' thing, that is viewed as only being favorable, considering the routine lack of any luck (or fortune) at all that most people otherwise enjoy.
With all the other crap that routinely flows from dubya's ass, I mean his mouth, why should this be any different...
Taking sands of farm and town, bearing them away.
Captains of industry, their tools upon the hill....they're killing everything divine,
what will I tell this child of mine? - D. Henley
....maybe 'taste & smell' protocals will help reduce such travesties in the future.
...at the very least, someone's going to lose a recycling center.
(Taste=sour/smell=foul)=fire torpedos
Internet 'fridges have been for sale in South Korea for two years. They scan for outdated or recalled products, such as expired babyfood, and send email if they suffer an outage that may generate spoiled food.
The idea is that the kitchen is the new center of the house, and why not use the surface of the refer to house a LCD and internet connection. Anything specific to cooled contents manifest is just a bonus.
All this talk about wide-spread SL(ICh)UTs is gonna get someone in trouble...
Besides, focused lasers are the NBT in (terrestrial) consumer communications, right after the tie-in between cellular networks and current hi-speed WI-FI, where one hops onto the other if a prescribed socket isn't responding.
If you are on hill A and drive down the hill and across the valley, and up hill B, and travel 55.1 miles, the point-to-point distance is less than 55.1 miles. No surprise logic to anyone here...I hope :)
Thanks for taking a run at me, but neither the article I read (on Wired) nor the strip mention GPS distance usage... If you have that info, please link it and thanks for answering my question.
The strip mentions driving up/down/thru a canyon, giving the impression they used the odometer on their '87 Chevy van, which validates my question about possible overstated distance, since that would confirm how they got above the horizon (not everyone knows how far that is, me thinks). I would hope they had enough sense to use GPS, of course...
/. is a comic strip...
...since the horizon on flat ground is 25 miles away, how did they manage 55 miles? Must have been some hills involved? If so, then the distance as the crow flies would perhaps be less than 55.1 miles...
No Wi-Fi built-in... no microphone... no Cobalt...no sliding case - can support stereo speakers and portable file transfers, yet it is targetted at business users? RealPlayer required on it and your desktop machine (ouch).
Why does it feel like PalmOne wants me to buy a product from another company to replace my m515?
A review link... - And an accessory list link...
CNN is selectively blocked, depending on the city/region/province.
:)
Just because you & I can reach it (I'm in Guangdong province/Shenzhen), doesn't mean everyone in China has similar access 24/7. Drop into a state controlled Beijing internet cafe and see if it comes up...
If you're clear, be happy and don't make it an issue that gains attention
...and confirm what the top post pointed out - I'd like to add that Google, as an aggregator, isn't a news service. Google trawls and clips...that's all.
Anyone not aware enough to find other sources from time to time, deserves the narrowness they assume, whether it concerns Asia or Europe or NA.
Take responsibility for your own interpretation...after all, we were taught in school how American newspapers bury or bias 'news' by placing some on the front or back pages, while other stories get jammed against an inside margin. To repeat...don't be surprised when your 'news' is crafted by the source(s) you use.
She took her own picture...why? ...but what really counts is what it says on her hat and _shirt_ - bit obvious, but hey, some dolts need help :)
'This August, Starbucks will install individual music-listening stations, with CD-burning capabilities - ?
How yesterday is that? Give me a way to upload to my iPod instead and I'm in.