I was going to mention the G5 myself; I use one at home and love it. The main features that really make it work for me are the size and shape of it (I have big hands and this mouse is fairly big), the fact that you can put weights in it to make it heavier, the extra buttons and the ability to quickly increase or decrease the sensitivity of the mouse which is great for photo work.
I guess you can only define performance once you define your priorities because my gaming mouse performs the tasks I want it to exceptionally well.
Not necessarily. It could mean that while the show is continued the new season will probably suck and probably should have been left to die a dignified death.
You have to count from zero. A person's first decade starts at year zero (0), the tenth and final year of their first decade is year nine (9). This means the second decade would start at year 10 (0 + 10), not year 11 (1 + 10)..
You know, that'd be faster than any 911 call I've made recently....
911 op: "911, what's your emergency?"
Me: "A half-ton truck just rear-ended an ammonia trailer, flipped over into the ditch and the occupant is bleeding profusely. I can't remove him from the vehicle. My location is Road 19W on the highway, just east of the exit to (whatever town it was)."
911 op: "Okie, let me just type that in here for a sec... (pause)...there! So, I'm going to connect you with the local police department."
Cue the introductions, me explaining the whole bloody thing again, giving the location again, followed by giving directions because they don't understand the addressing system that was actually put in place to make it easier for emergency responders to find places in just such a situation.
I miss the gold old days when calling 911 meant you were talking to someone was located in the general area of the city and surrounding roads, not someone in a call center on the other end of the country.
I've found the best emergency preparedness is being on good terms with the neighbors. If you know everyone within an hour's walking distance you tend to benefit from a larger skill set than what you have on your own. One guy's a hunter/trapper, I have access to a pile of radio equipment, the nice old lady about a mile down is a hardcore homesteader (I think she only buys milk), so we're all set up to help each other out.
Um, no? Saving is the opposite of spending. If I was going to buy a product anyway any discount is money I get to keep. It only stops being savings when you buy something only because it's on sale.
For some reason your comment reminded me of The Doctor: "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff."
"82 people whose profiles included personal information such as their email address, date of birth, address or phone number."
How much of that personal information was real and how much was made up?
Oh, all the data in my profile is real, it's just not correct. Having a plausible profile looks better than having one that's obviously fake, though I do have the odd person asking why my address is the same as the local police station.
My ideal list would automatically exclude variations on "be the first to review..." when researching a purchase but just keeping expert sexchange out of the results is already a huge improvement.
You could, y'know, use a fucking search engine and answer the question yourself, but then you wouldn't get a chance to be a belittling piece of shit on/.
Hey pot, I don't think you and kettle have been formally introduced yet.
I hear this a lot, that Ham radio is useful in disasters, but can anyone give some examples?
I live in an area that's prone to flooding, this year especially. Every year, local hams provide the communications and logistics for sandbagging operations. A few years ago, there was also a chemical spill and some guys I know ended up acting as go-betweens for the police and fire department as well. They were put on the radio because of their experience.
On another note, a lot of hams are involved in storm spotting. Granted, there's not a lot they can do other than report but sometimes it does give people enough warning to get out of the way of a tornado.
Eventually, we will just analyze everything that makes us enjoy a sporting event, and the computer will just spit out a game that we will enjoy watching, for sheer entertainment value.
I hope it's per user rather than what the majority votes for, otherwise 95% of the games will be a bunch of guys getting kicked in the balls.
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I was going to mention the G5 myself; I use one at home and love it. The main features that really make it work for me are the size and shape of it (I have big hands and this mouse is fairly big), the fact that you can put weights in it to make it heavier, the extra buttons and the ability to quickly increase or decrease the sensitivity of the mouse which is great for photo work.
I guess you can only define performance once you define your priorities because my gaming mouse performs the tasks I want it to exceptionally well.
Since when is Canada not a state in the U.S.? :)
Since we were on top. ;)
Actually, you raise an interesting point.... That number pretty much throws that "one download equals one lost sale" thing out the window.
At first I thought this was an early April Fool's joke.
And for some reason, I read "75 trillion dollars!" in Dr. Evil's voice.
Not necessarily. It could mean that while the show is continued the new season will probably suck and probably should have been left to die a dignified death.
You have to count from zero. A person's first decade starts at year zero (0), the tenth and final year of their first decade is year nine (9). This means the second decade would start at year 10 (0 + 10), not year 11 (1 + 10)..
And you can disable the new tab animation by setting "browser.tabs.animate" to false in "about:config".
I suffer from the same problem so a continual problem with tablets that I don't see going away.
I just started using a napkin.
You know, that'd be faster than any 911 call I've made recently....
911 op: "911, what's your emergency?" ...there! So, I'm going to connect you with the local police department."
Me: "A half-ton truck just rear-ended an ammonia trailer, flipped over into the ditch and the occupant is bleeding profusely. I can't remove him from the vehicle. My location is Road 19W on the highway, just east of the exit to (whatever town it was)."
911 op: "Okie, let me just type that in here for a sec... (pause)
Cue the introductions, me explaining the whole bloody thing again, giving the location again, followed by giving directions because they don't understand the addressing system that was actually put in place to make it easier for emergency responders to find places in just such a situation.
I miss the gold old days when calling 911 meant you were talking to someone was located in the general area of the city and surrounding roads, not someone in a call center on the other end of the country.
The epeen is strong with this one.
I've found the best emergency preparedness is being on good terms with the neighbors. If you know everyone within an hour's walking distance you tend to benefit from a larger skill set than what you have on your own. One guy's a hunter/trapper, I have access to a pile of radio equipment, the nice old lady about a mile down is a hardcore homesteader (I think she only buys milk), so we're all set up to help each other out.
Saving money is the opposite of buying.
Um, no? Saving is the opposite of spending. If I was going to buy a product anyway any discount is money I get to keep. It only stops being savings when you buy something only because it's on sale.
Nah, the military is way too busy defending our freedoms and improving the world we live in to spend time posting on Slashdot!
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For some reason your comment reminded me of The Doctor: "People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but *actually* from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint - it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly... time-y wimey... stuff."
Ninja Cheese Lumberjack Motorcycle Boobs Bacon Party.
If it doesn't work out as a movie you could probably release that as a Wii game!
Careful, some TV exec might catch on to that idea and make a horrible series out of it!
In that case, happy approximately 4.667 day!
How much of that personal information was real and how much was made up?
Oh, all the data in my profile is real, it's just not correct. Having a plausible profile looks better than having one that's obviously fake, though I do have the odd person asking why my address is the same as the local police station.
I hear they've already casted Ron Jeremy for the part.
My ideal list would automatically exclude variations on "be the first to review..." when researching a purchase but just keeping expert sexchange out of the results is already a huge improvement.
You could, y'know, use a fucking search engine and answer the question yourself, but then you wouldn't get a chance to be a belittling piece of shit on /.
Hey pot, I don't think you and kettle have been formally introduced yet.
I hear this a lot, that Ham radio is useful in disasters, but can anyone give some examples?
I live in an area that's prone to flooding, this year especially. Every year, local hams provide the communications and logistics for sandbagging operations. A few years ago, there was also a chemical spill and some guys I know ended up acting as go-betweens for the police and fire department as well. They were put on the radio because of their experience.
On another note, a lot of hams are involved in storm spotting. Granted, there's not a lot they can do other than report but sometimes it does give people enough warning to get out of the way of a tornado.
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"Send porn"? You'd probably have to do that via SSTV, not CW.
Side note: if you're sending code phonetically it's di-di-dit dit da-dit da-di-dit ... di-da-da-dit da-da-dah di-da-dit da-dit.
Send me $5 and I'll tell you.
Eventually, we will just analyze everything that makes us enjoy a sporting event, and the computer will just spit out a game that we will enjoy watching, for sheer entertainment value.
I hope it's per user rather than what the majority votes for, otherwise 95% of the games will be a bunch of guys getting kicked in the balls.