It is very common to shorten the name of a country that is hideously long. For example, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was commonly called the Soviet Union. People from the Soviet Union were called the Soviets. That all ended a couple decades ago but the point still stands.
So, how better to abbreviate "The United States of America"?
"The"? No. Not very good. "Of"? Just as bad. Maybe worse. "United"? Other than the fact that a couple countries have "United" in their name, there's also an airline with the same name. "America"? Wow. There's a good one. It's in the names of 2 continents but no other country has it in the name. I say we go with that one.
At some point (and I think $100 is below that point, at least for me) you don't worry about warranty.
I'd personally be happy that my 533MHz $98 laptop turns out to actually be in the 700MHz range instead. Not that I'm looking for at sub-1GHz laptop but if I was, I would seriously look at this.
Google is amazing at indexing new pages, especially if you know what you're doing. Spammers are amazing at getting pages out quickly with "hot" words on them. And when it comes to getting those pages indexed, they know what they're doing.
My job has a couple OS/2 machines, because a piece of software we rely on only runs on OS/2. We don't expect IBM (Or that program's creator, who has since moved on to operating systems made in the past decade) to support it. We support it ourselves.
Move on with technology or be ready to work on it yourself.
I've been a Netflix subscriber since 2005 and I can count on my fingers (no thumbs!) the number of times I've had to return a movie. And the bulk of those were early on when I had a crappy DVD player. On a whim, I bought a new ($20 cheapo) DVD player instead of mailing the "bad" movie back and my failures dramatically reduced. Like from 5 in a year to 2 in the past 5 years.
Granted, I'm on the "1 at a time" plan but I almost always mail back right away so end up with 8-12 a month. That's 100 a year at least, so under 1% failure rate.
Not only do I not remember my password, I don't remember my user name, email, or any other identifying characteristics from my account. And I think it's a pretty low number because I remember signing up as soon as I heard about the service which easily could have been in 1996.
Oh well, I guess I'm better off living the past dozen years or so without all that spam.
Seriously, if they throttle Netflix and Hulu (or Hulu kills itself with an asinine payment system) I'll just do without. It can only make my life better.
I'll grant you that. There is a lot to learn to get started and it can be frustrating. Likewise, getting all those muscles working right to walk can be hard, and all those RULES for driving are a pain. But I love walking and I love driving because I know how and find them fun. If some idiot cuts me off and drives 5 mph under the speed limit, I don't hate DRIVING. I hate THAT GUY. Likewise, if some idiot makes a crappy program or whatnot, I don't hate my computer for it. I get mad at him and move on.
Magazines are generally not considered news. Magazines exist to sell magazines, not give you news. And no offense to Senator McCain but Obama pushes paper. Plain and simple.
Likewise, there were FAR more Palin covers than Clinton covers. Guess why?
Well on the Linux I use (Debian) I type a single command to install most any software package. Sometimes I have to type a couple commands to uninstall, but I generally don't uninstall programs.
I remember the days when installing something on Linux was hard. Those days are gone unless you're holding onto the wrong distro.
Have you ever played a game without playing a demo of it?
Ever? Of course. Recently? No. I can't think of a game in the past 20 years or so that I've purchased without one of the following:
* Playing a demo * Playing a beta * Borrowing the game from a friend * Playing a previous version and having the game get rave enough reviews that I'm pretty sure I'll like it
But riding the skateboard teaches you a bit about balance and how wheels work, and teaches you that your bike can't have those little wheels if you want to ride on gravel.
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You don't HAVE to do anything. Unless you want to get on the plane.
That's why I choose ahead of time to not get on the plane. Or go into the airport.
Driving may take more time and cost more money, but it's a hole lot prettier and nobody assumes I'm a terrorist.
Yeah it's the flipside of that pesky old Freedom of Speech thing.
Given the choice between allowing White Supremacists and Free Speech Zones, I'll begrudgingly take the White Supremacists.
It is very common to shorten the name of a country that is hideously long. For example, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was commonly called the Soviet Union. People from the Soviet Union were called the Soviets. That all ended a couple decades ago but the point still stands.
So, how better to abbreviate "The United States of America"?
"The"? No. Not very good.
"Of"? Just as bad. Maybe worse.
"United"? Other than the fact that a couple countries have "United" in their name, there's also an airline with the same name.
"America"? Wow. There's a good one. It's in the names of 2 continents but no other country has it in the name. I say we go with that one.
At some point (and I think $100 is below that point, at least for me) you don't worry about warranty.
I'd personally be happy that my 533MHz $98 laptop turns out to actually be in the 700MHz range instead. Not that I'm looking for at sub-1GHz laptop but if I was, I would seriously look at this.
The answer is "Both"
Google is amazing at indexing new pages, especially if you know what you're doing.
Spammers are amazing at getting pages out quickly with "hot" words on them. And when it comes to getting those pages indexed, they know what they're doing.
My job has a couple OS/2 machines, because a piece of software we rely on only runs on OS/2. We don't expect IBM (Or that program's creator, who has since moved on to operating systems made in the past decade) to support it. We support it ourselves.
Move on with technology or be ready to work on it yourself.
Good thing none of those would happen. They also won't happen if you reply to this with your home address so long as you post as an AC.
We promise we'll only use the information in aggregate.
We didn't, but we did send up a Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.
I've been a Netflix subscriber since 2005 and I can count on my fingers (no thumbs!) the number of times I've had to return a movie. And the bulk of those were early on when I had a crappy DVD player. On a whim, I bought a new ($20 cheapo) DVD player instead of mailing the "bad" movie back and my failures dramatically reduced. Like from 5 in a year to 2 in the past 5 years.
Granted, I'm on the "1 at a time" plan but I almost always mail back right away so end up with 8-12 a month. That's 100 a year at least, so under 1% failure rate.
actually it's 60+(22.5/1.12)GB, or about 80GB.
From 0-60GB, you pay a set amount X.
Between 60-80GB, you pay an amount between X and X+22.50
From 80-300GB, you pay X+22.50
Over 300GB, you pay more.
But according to the link you posted, "winning" without exercising makes you a fucking toolbox.
Not only do I not remember my password, I don't remember my user name, email, or any other identifying characteristics from my account. And I think it's a pretty low number because I remember signing up as soon as I heard about the service which easily could have been in 1996.
Oh well, I guess I'm better off living the past dozen years or so without all that spam.
Go outside?
Seriously, if they throttle Netflix and Hulu (or Hulu kills itself with an asinine payment system) I'll just do without. It can only make my life better.
Then why not make it a one-hour 3D visual orgy of awesome? Why spend 90 additional minutes of boredom justifying the pretty?
I would have happily paid $10 to watch a 30-minute proof of concept of the new 3D tech. No way I'd pay the same (or even half) for this piece of shit.
Really? You think that someone asking if you're new here means they think you're new here?
Are you new here?
How about making the next guy think twice before selling an Apple prototype for a couple grand?
I bet that's worth quite a bit of money to Apple.
I'll grant you that. There is a lot to learn to get started and it can be frustrating. Likewise, getting all those muscles working right to walk can be hard, and all those RULES for driving are a pain. But I love walking and I love driving because I know how and find them fun. If some idiot cuts me off and drives 5 mph under the speed limit, I don't hate DRIVING. I hate THAT GUY. Likewise, if some idiot makes a crappy program or whatnot, I don't hate my computer for it. I get mad at him and move on.
Magazines are generally not considered news. Magazines exist to sell magazines, not give you news. And no offense to Senator McCain but Obama pushes paper. Plain and simple.
Likewise, there were FAR more Palin covers than Clinton covers. Guess why?
Well on the Linux I use (Debian) I type a single command to install most any software package. Sometimes I have to type a couple commands to uninstall, but I generally don't uninstall programs.
I remember the days when installing something on Linux was hard. Those days are gone unless you're holding onto the wrong distro.
Yes. If you are not doing scientific research why are you trying to read science articles, drone? Get back to work and stop thinking about things.
This is Canada. The "Sorry" and the frowny face are actually dictated by law.
Have you ever played a game without playing a demo of it?
Ever? Of course. Recently? No. I can't think of a game in the past 20 years or so that I've purchased without one of the following:
* Playing a demo
* Playing a beta
* Borrowing the game from a friend
* Playing a previous version and having the game get rave enough reviews that I'm pretty sure I'll like it
But riding the skateboard teaches you a bit about balance and how wheels work, and teaches you that your bike can't have those little wheels if you want to ride on gravel.
Plus, free skateboard.
Other than the cash (Who wouldn't want the cash?) there's that whole pesky contributing to science thing.
I'd take a billion pictures of it and then sell it to the highest bidder.
According to the article (Yeah I read it) they can delete "Promoted Tweets" that people don't find interesting.
That puts them above about five-nines of the Tweets that aren't Promoted.