Um, because phone-sized capacitive touch screens and other related tech became relatively affordable to reproduce.
Many people would harp on Apple's design, but really the design and tech enabled each other. Having a company pushing a ton of money into such tech allowed for the manufacturing to increase to a level where production costs were more reasonable. So rather than other companies specifically copying Apple's design, rather Apple's use of the tech in their design enabled it to grow to a point where it was viable for everyone.
Honestly, most people are just confused by all the stuff that's out there anyways. Over 2000 printers? For consumer stuff, offer * inkjet * laser * color laser Maybe an MFC offering for some of the above
For extra stuff, just have addons that can easily be plugged into the printer. You don't need to manufacture two printers to allow ethernet, just make one include a module
Add something similar for corporate printers, along with the ability to add trays/duplexers/etc as normal...
Yes, there might still be quite a few different models, but I fail to see why they'd have 2100
So isn't it also somewhat scary that most people apparently expect those in a guard or police-type authority situation to be power-tripping, egotistical, and sadistic?
Facebook may attract somewhat foul language, and people that bitch about their lives on a regular basis, but I'm not really notice people being rude towards each other. I've never been insulted on FB, or even really felt that anyone was overly offensive. I do see people rant about their lives, but that happens in-person as well. I've dropped some people's feeds - not due to insults or such things - but more because I was tired of hearing about it every time their baby pooped, or about how vaccines are made from aborted babies, religious agenda, or other stupid crap that certain people post. Again, nothing really rude, but just stuff that I don't care about, as is more or less noise/junk to me.
So I don't know who gets insulted on facebook, but if you compare it to the sleazy anons I sometimes see on sites like/., or in online games, it's not really a comparison.
Actually, I tended to go there because I wasn't all that big into fries as a side. Most burgers I can get away with, but a load of salty, starchy fries tended to leave me feeling bloated and uncomfortable after visiting most other fast food places.
Wendy's offers salad, baked potato, or chili as the side. Chili is a winner for me (especially when they don't forget to pack the extra hot-sauce), but YMMV depending on preference.
When I last went to Korea, and connected to the phone network, wicked speeds is what I was expecting. In reality, things weren't really any faster than I get in most areas of Canada. To add to that, many sites were slower due to what I assume was a lack of cache/etc in Asia. Once you hit a minimum level of quality then the speed difference isn't so noticeable (unless you're into downloading movies/music on your phone, perhaps).
Is it that bad in the US? Everywhere, or just outside of bigger cities?
You mix them in with the interesting stuff, or - if you have enough variety of employees - assign them to somebody who finds them interesting. If they're repetitive and redundant, make a project out of automating them!
If you can, a centralized location with a patch-panel is often helpful, in which case leave some extra cable for expansion (with a bit of slack) if possible.
One thing I've been impressed with in some workplaces is the effort given to labelling cables. Having a (usable) label on the wall-plate is important, preferable with something that can easily be mapped to where it goes. A-1, A-2, B-3 etc can all be referenced to a diagram, but sometimes LNCH-1 or MGR-2 are easier to track down so long as they're grouped properly on the panel.
Beyond that though, get the little label clips that go on the cables themselves, and leave a little extra in the run somewhere accessible. When the cable gets wrecked at the wall-plate and needs to be docked back then re-patched, it helps a lot!.
There's been a lot of controversy over the attempted Chinese purchase of Nexen, a Canadian Petroleum company.
There are many concerns about Chinese companies' safety records, as well as the issues of foreign ownership of companies which exploit local natural resources (oddly, Canada seems to have less issue with US ownership of said companies).
Don't buy the game. Seriously, just play last year's version. If you really want a roster update, then pay the price. If it isn't worth it (which seems the case), then don't.
As long as EA can make money off of this, they will. Especially if it's a considerable amount more than they'd make for actually taking time to update and create a better product. That's business. Maximize profits and shareholder "value" If customers don't by the product, profits go do, and they'll have to adapt if they want to make money off the franchise.
Can we artificially produce fat? If not, perhaps this is a solution to the obesity epidemic. Companies will *pay* you for lyposuction and then use the byproduct to make power:-)
I've had charges blocked when buying large-ticket items, usually after buying smaller stuff and gas (often a pattern for card theft). Usually the charge blocks, and within about 1-2 minutes I get a call from Visa which asks me to verify my purchase. After they confirm things then all is well.
Google is a terrible company to get ahold of. I'd imagine that they might get a lot of phone-spam and useless complaints, so try to keep their support lines hidden, but when problems or bugs arise it's often very hard to find out who to contact.
This is especially true as they're supporting many "consumer" markets such as android etc.
I don't see anything in the article that said it was illegal to have open wifi, or that you couldn't. It said that open wifi was being used for identity theft, and that notices of potential dangers (I'd imagine such as possible repercussions for the wifi owner if fraud is traced back to their internet connection) were sent out.
For a couple of older folks or just generally non-technical people who potentially just plugged in an unsecured D-link, not a terrible thing to be given information about, and somewhat pro-active of the Sheriff. It seems little different from the notices given to people who leave their cars unlocked in neighbourhoods experiencing an increase of car thefts...
they release them after 45 minutes because the jails are too full
Probably more because they need to be given "special treatment" and segregation from other prisoners who aren't rich and famous, which adds cost. Maybe if LL was in with gen-pop then she'd clean up her act.
I wonder how selective this surgery would be. Not so good if one's vasectomy (or other intentional surgeries which might be interpreted as "damage") suddenly repairs itself...
I suppose that depends on the extent of the damage. For example, if part of your brain is scarred and it heals to the point where it is essentially "reset" as opposed to permanently scarred and damaged, then I'd imagine there would be potential to rebuild pathways and restore function. Not so good for memory centers (although I believe these are sometimes redundant), but it might be good if you sustain a brain-injury that damages motor skills, the speech-centre etc as those are all those that could be relearned.
I'm not sure what "DRM done right" would be, DRM is after all a limitation on what you can do with your purchased media
Yes, by definition DRM usually takes something away (in terms of your ability to play a game unhindered). However steam also gives something back, especially when compared to older DRM methods. Remember needing a "play disc" whenever you wanted to play, or hunting for serial keys to complete an install? Remember looking up "paragraph 3, word 2, in your Galactic Almanac" in order to pass some important point of a game. For the most part, steam got rid of that. It also lets you easily install any game in your purchase library from online, or from backup (disc, HDD, whatever), easily make matches with other friends on steam, and regularly has deeply-discounted sales of great games.
DRM-done right is IMHO when the benefit to the customer reaches or exceeds parity with the drawbacks. If steam isn't that for most people, it's probably as close as we'll get for any recently release games. For those that want to purchase slightly older (some still fairly recent) DRM-free games, I recommended someplace like Good ol' Games, which is great for a download library/catalog but lacks the match-making/social component.
Now Valve/Steam is pushing into Linux (well, their gameservers often already were, but this is for the clients). Some people might complain they're not open-source. Some people might complain they still have DRM. Some people tend to have a cup-half-full mentality. I and many of my friends are infinitely pleased to see Valve taking steps to improving the Linux gaming ecosystem.
Well, I'm using KDE with two monitors right now. (left/right configuration). However, I configured these with the Radeon tool which works well with little fuss. Ditto with multiple monitors on Nvidia (the vendor tool works nicely).
My biggest complaint about multiple displays on KDE is what happens if you have a transient display (not always connected). When I have my laptop at my work-desk, I connect to a bigger monitor and have dual-head. However, if I don't disable the dual-head before using the laptop without a secondary display, baaaad things happen and I usually end up with a desktop that's stuffing new windows onto a monitor that doesn't exist.
Mind you, I think this might be at least partially problem with the vendor driver, but the WM should be smart enough to figure out that a monitor no longer exists as well.
I don't really know much about the current US political race (not being American), but I can speak to laughing or smiling at inappropriate moments. For better or worse, it's most likely a schooled reaction. I've had plenty of times in my youth when crappy stuff happened. There are many ways to react - crying, screaming, whatever - which of course all have different consequences and counter-reactions. Somehow I ended up with a literal "grin and bear it" situation where it's actually quite difficult at times these days *not* to do so at inappropriate times. It's a reflex action. Most times in the past it used to be good for helping me not get my ass kicked, although it also had the unfortunate side effect of me getting blamed for many things my sibling tried to pin on me (my "shit eating grin" - as my father called it - also tended to make me look guilty). It's interesting to catch oneself in a situation of the inappropriate grin. I've actually had times when my brain is going: "am I smiling? Why am I smiling? I shouldn't be smiling now!" (especially after argument with my SO), often when the alternative is to break down and lose it.
So while there might be lots of reasons not to like the guy, an impulse inappropriate laugh or smile isn't really a good one.
Probably best to go in and delete old private conversations as well.
You can't, at least on the mobile client. After this happened I decided to check out doing just that as a precaution. There was no "delete" button... just "archive"
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Um, because phone-sized capacitive touch screens and other related tech became relatively affordable to reproduce.
Many people would harp on Apple's design, but really the design and tech enabled each other. Having a company pushing a ton of money into such tech allowed for the manufacturing to increase to a level where production costs were more reasonable.
So rather than other companies specifically copying Apple's design, rather Apple's use of the tech in their design enabled it to grow to a point where it was viable for everyone.
Honestly, most people are just confused by all the stuff that's out there anyways.
Over 2000 printers? For consumer stuff, offer
* inkjet
* laser
* color laser
Maybe an MFC offering for some of the above
For extra stuff, just have addons that can easily be plugged into the printer. You don't need to manufacture two printers to allow ethernet, just make one include a module
Add something similar for corporate printers, along with the ability to add trays/duplexers/etc as normal...
Yes, there might still be quite a few different models, but I fail to see why they'd have 2100
So isn't it also somewhat scary that most people apparently expect those in a guard or police-type authority situation to be power-tripping, egotistical, and sadistic?
Facebook may attract somewhat foul language, and people that bitch about their lives on a regular basis, but I'm not really notice people being rude towards each other.
I've never been insulted on FB, or even really felt that anyone was overly offensive. I do see people rant about their lives, but that happens in-person as well. I've dropped some people's feeds - not due to insults or such things - but more because I was tired of hearing about it every time their baby pooped, or about how vaccines are made from aborted babies, religious agenda, or other stupid crap that certain people post. Again, nothing really rude, but just stuff that I don't care about, as is more or less noise/junk to me.
So I don't know who gets insulted on facebook, but if you compare it to the sleazy anons I sometimes see on sites like /., or in online games, it's not really a comparison.
Sounds fair. Ask me where my favourite burger place is where I currently live, and the answer is probably Wendy's.
Ask me when I lived in the east, and the answer would likely have been Harvey's (but they don't seem to have one in BC, Canada, much to my dismay).
Actually, I tended to go there because I wasn't all that big into fries as a side. Most burgers I can get away with, but a load of salty, starchy fries tended to leave me feeling bloated and uncomfortable after visiting most other fast food places.
Wendy's offers salad, baked potato, or chili as the side. Chili is a winner for me (especially when they don't forget to pack the extra hot-sauce), but YMMV depending on preference.
I'm used to South Korea's wicked speeds
When I last went to Korea, and connected to the phone network, wicked speeds is what I was expecting. In reality, things weren't really any faster than I get in most areas of Canada. To add to that, many sites were slower due to what I assume was a lack of cache/etc in Asia. Once you hit a minimum level of quality then the speed difference isn't so noticeable (unless you're into downloading movies/music on your phone, perhaps).
Is it that bad in the US? Everywhere, or just outside of bigger cities?
So what happens when FedEx loses the package?
You mix them in with the interesting stuff, or - if you have enough variety of employees - assign them to somebody who finds them interesting.
If they're repetitive and redundant, make a project out of automating them!
If you can, a centralized location with a patch-panel is often helpful, in which case leave some extra cable for expansion (with a bit of slack) if possible.
One thing I've been impressed with in some workplaces is the effort given to labelling cables. Having a (usable) label on the wall-plate is important, preferable with something that can easily be mapped to where it goes. A-1, A-2, B-3 etc can all be referenced to a diagram, but sometimes LNCH-1 or MGR-2 are easier to track down so long as they're grouped properly on the panel.
Beyond that though, get the little label clips that go on the cables themselves, and leave a little extra in the run somewhere accessible. When the cable gets wrecked at the wall-plate and needs to be docked back then re-patched, it helps a lot!.
There's been a lot of controversy over the attempted Chinese purchase of Nexen, a Canadian Petroleum company.
There are many concerns about Chinese companies' safety records, as well as the issues of foreign ownership of companies which exploit local natural resources (oddly, Canada seems to have less issue with US ownership of said companies).
Don't buy the game. Seriously, just play last year's version.
If you really want a roster update, then pay the price. If it isn't worth it (which seems the case), then don't.
As long as EA can make money off of this, they will. Especially if it's a considerable amount more than they'd make for actually taking time to update and create a better product.
That's business. Maximize profits and shareholder "value"
If customers don't by the product, profits go do, and they'll have to adapt if they want to make money off the franchise.
Can we artificially produce fat? :-)
If not, perhaps this is a solution to the obesity epidemic. Companies will *pay* you for lyposuction and then use the byproduct to make power
I've had charges blocked when buying large-ticket items, usually after buying smaller stuff and gas (often a pattern for card theft).
Usually the charge blocks, and within about 1-2 minutes I get a call from Visa which asks me to verify my purchase. After they confirm things then all is well.
Google is a terrible company to get ahold of. I'd imagine that they might get a lot of phone-spam and useless complaints, so try to keep their support lines hidden, but when problems or bugs arise it's often very hard to find out who to contact.
This is especially true as they're supporting many "consumer" markets such as android etc.
I don't see anything in the article that said it was illegal to have open wifi, or that you couldn't.
It said that open wifi was being used for identity theft, and that notices of potential dangers (I'd imagine such as possible repercussions for the wifi owner if fraud is traced back to their internet connection) were sent out.
For a couple of older folks or just generally non-technical people who potentially just plugged in an unsecured D-link, not a terrible thing to be given information about, and somewhat pro-active of the Sheriff. It seems little different from the notices given to people who leave their cars unlocked in neighbourhoods experiencing an increase of car thefts...
they release them after 45 minutes because the jails are too full
Probably more because they need to be given "special treatment" and segregation from other prisoners who aren't rich and famous, which adds cost.
Maybe if LL was in with gen-pop then she'd clean up her act.
I wonder how selective this surgery would be. Not so good if one's vasectomy (or other intentional surgeries which might be interpreted as "damage") suddenly repairs itself...
I suppose that depends on the extent of the damage. For example, if part of your brain is scarred and it heals to the point where it is essentially "reset" as opposed to permanently scarred and damaged, then I'd imagine there would be potential to rebuild pathways and restore function.
Not so good for memory centers (although I believe these are sometimes redundant), but it might be good if you sustain a brain-injury that damages motor skills, the speech-centre etc as those are all those that could be relearned.
To child services for neglect, and see how she likes it. Whose fault is it the kid was locked out without an emergency contact?
I'm not sure what "DRM done right" would be, DRM is after all a limitation on what you can do with your purchased media
Yes, by definition DRM usually takes something away (in terms of your ability to play a game unhindered). However steam also gives something back, especially when compared to older DRM methods.
Remember needing a "play disc" whenever you wanted to play, or hunting for serial keys to complete an install? Remember looking up "paragraph 3, word 2, in your Galactic Almanac" in order to pass some important point of a game. For the most part, steam got rid of that.
It also lets you easily install any game in your purchase library from online, or from backup (disc, HDD, whatever), easily make matches with other friends on steam, and regularly has deeply-discounted sales of great games.
DRM-done right is IMHO when the benefit to the customer reaches or exceeds parity with the drawbacks. If steam isn't that for most people, it's probably as close as we'll get for any recently release games. For those that want to purchase slightly older (some still fairly recent) DRM-free games, I recommended someplace like Good ol' Games, which is great for a download library/catalog but lacks the match-making/social component.
Now Valve/Steam is pushing into Linux (well, their gameservers often already were, but this is for the clients).
Some people might complain they're not open-source.
Some people might complain they still have DRM.
Some people tend to have a cup-half-full mentality. I and many of my friends are infinitely pleased to see Valve taking steps to improving the Linux gaming ecosystem.
Well, I'm using KDE with two monitors right now. (left/right configuration). However, I configured these with the Radeon tool which works well with little fuss. Ditto with multiple monitors on Nvidia (the vendor tool works nicely).
My biggest complaint about multiple displays on KDE is what happens if you have a transient display (not always connected). When I have my laptop at my work-desk, I connect to a bigger monitor and have dual-head. However, if I don't disable the dual-head before using the laptop without a secondary display, baaaad things happen and I usually end up with a desktop that's stuffing new windows onto a monitor that doesn't exist.
Mind you, I think this might be at least partially problem with the vendor driver, but the WM should be smart enough to figure out that a monitor no longer exists as well.
And then I'll be happy. Especially if it allows me to use Netflix, etc. (one of the few reasons I might boot to windows on my PC still)
I don't really know much about the current US political race (not being American), but I can speak to laughing or smiling at inappropriate moments. For better or worse, it's most likely a schooled reaction. I've had plenty of times in my youth when crappy stuff happened. There are many ways to react - crying, screaming, whatever - which of course all have different consequences and counter-reactions. Somehow I ended up with a literal "grin and bear it" situation where it's actually quite difficult at times these days *not* to do so at inappropriate times. It's a reflex action.
Most times in the past it used to be good for helping me not get my ass kicked, although it also had the unfortunate side effect of me getting blamed for many things my sibling tried to pin on me (my "shit eating grin" - as my father called it - also tended to make me look guilty).
It's interesting to catch oneself in a situation of the inappropriate grin. I've actually had times when my brain is going: "am I smiling? Why am I smiling? I shouldn't be smiling now!" (especially after argument with my SO), often when the alternative is to break down and lose it.
So while there might be lots of reasons not to like the guy, an impulse inappropriate laugh or smile isn't really a good one.
Probably best to go in and delete old private conversations as well.
You can't, at least on the mobile client.
After this happened I decided to check out doing just that as a precaution. There was no "delete" button... just "archive"