They know when my power usage changes which may correlate with other activities or I may have timers that control when some events happen. I could be using natural gas or propane for cooking, heating water, drying clothes, heating the house, etc. which would make it hard for the electric meter to discern much in that department. On the other hand, with an all-electric house, I will benefit from the power company knowing demand cycles so they can do a more effective job of balancing supply with demand.
"I'll tell you what I'm gonna do." God said to me. "I'm gonna make you a really creative ahrtist. People from everywhere are gonna talk about you and what you've produced. But just to keep it interesting, every now and then, you're gonna want to kill yourself. Have a nice life."
No it's not. If a government agency had tried to force them to take it down, that would have been a case of infringement. But as a private entity, B&N can decide what to carry in their product line.
Sounds like you don't know how Washington works. As Steve Earle remarked on stage a few weeks ago, when you become President, it's like being Harry Potter. They tell you all sorts of secret stuff that you didn't know before and then they put all sorts of obstacles in your path just to make things interesting.
Not to mention that there are STILL workplaces where the I.T. control freaks won't permit anything except Internet Exploder on their systems. One place I worked did a periodic scour and removed things like other browsers or email clients.
On a few occasions, I have been presented with an updated version of the Add-On a few days after the new Firefox disabled it. But it is increasingly annoying to have functionality I have come to rely upon disabled. It's very difficult to work with tools that keep mutating and supporting the concept of Add-On functionality becomes pointless when everyone has to run like the Red Queen just to stay even.
I think the definition he is using it too narrow -- and quite likely egocentric. How will his prostheses assist people with Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, CADASIL, and other neurological conditions which tend to be disabling?
I'm in the same frame of mind. I almost always remember to silence it in public places. Besides, when it's in my pocket or anyplace but in my hand, it generally goes to the voice mail (that I didn't want) because there's no option to configure the time before it goes to voice mail and it takes me forever to get it out of the pocket it's carried in which is zipped so it won't slip out.
Years ago I heard of a group of C developers who were judged by a metric which was Reported Bugs / Lines of Code. Lines of Code was determined by a compile time count of lines compiled. Developers started adding extraneous.h files which increased the LoC value and lowering the metric to a releasable state.
You want more commits? Here are more commits.
I changed one character. Commit!
I miss the way you could change the battery on a Palm using off the shelf batteries and it would remain active (if you were fast enough) . Super thin phones aren't really necessary -- batteries that can be changed when the charger is not available are.
About 8 years ago, my employer adopted a policy which favored open standards and open source software. Today the site license for Microsoft products like Office and Exchange continues to rule as one administrator's secretary adopts a new version of Office and proceeds to distribute data in the new default format which is incompatible with previous versions so everyone upgrades because its easier than learning that Open/Libre Office can handle.docx and.xlsx files or using a Save As to ensure backward compatibility. Acess remains a problem as the stand-alone "database" file continues as the default.
The increasing number of Mac and *nix users learn to deal with the new file format but the new version virus always spreads because no one will enforce the policy and damn few people understand that there are alternatives.
Programmers do not need to spell correctly, just consistently. It's the Q/A people, who need to check on everything else. Or, Cow forbid, someone who writes specifications that cover those details. As a programmer, I live on the deadbolt end of Plauger's spectrum -- if you want pretty you need to find a designer or fashion consultant who will ensure that your necktie matches your socks.
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There's something that doesn't happen every day, much less only 16 /. posts apart.
Comic Sans in particular can be expected to become more popular.
They know when my power usage changes which may correlate with other activities or I may have timers that control when some events happen. I could be using natural gas or propane for cooking, heating water, drying clothes, heating the house, etc. which would make it hard for the electric meter to discern much in that department. On the other hand, with an all-electric house, I will benefit from the power company knowing demand cycles so they can do a more effective job of balancing supply with demand.
Click the Want button on a person and you hear a version of the Bob Dylan song "I Want You"
Which is counterpoint to granting tax breaks to get people to do something.
Any language that uses a newline as a statement terminator is demented.
"I'll tell you what I'm gonna do." God said to me. "I'm gonna make you a really creative ahrtist. People from everywhere are gonna talk about you and what you've produced. But just to keep it interesting, every now and then, you're gonna want to kill yourself. Have a nice life."
No it's not. If a government agency had tried to force them to take it down, that would have been a case of infringement. But as a private entity, B&N can decide what to carry in their product line.
FlashBlock, too.
Sounds like you don't know how Washington works. As Steve Earle remarked on stage a few weeks ago, when you become President, it's like being Harry Potter. They tell you all sorts of secret stuff that you didn't know before and then they put all sorts of obstacles in your path just to make things interesting.
Not to mention that there are STILL workplaces where the I.T. control freaks won't permit anything except Internet Exploder on their systems. One place I worked did a periodic scour and removed things like other browsers or email clients.
On a few occasions, I have been presented with an updated version of the Add-On a few days after the new Firefox disabled it. But it is increasingly annoying to have functionality I have come to rely upon disabled. It's very difficult to work with tools that keep mutating and supporting the concept of Add-On functionality becomes pointless when everyone has to run like the Red Queen just to stay even.
I think the definition he is using it too narrow -- and quite likely egocentric. How will his prostheses assist people with Cerebral Palsy, Multiple Sclerosis, CADASIL, and other neurological conditions which tend to be disabling?
How can you wonder if it works? It does what it was intended to do. It transfers money to Raytheon, The Carlisle Group, etc. etc.
they may have learn MASM to avoid detection.
..it was because he's obviously a moron.
I'm in the same frame of mind. I almost always remember to silence it in public places. Besides, when it's in my pocket or anyplace but in my hand, it generally goes to the voice mail (that I didn't want) because there's no option to configure the time before it goes to voice mail and it takes me forever to get it out of the pocket it's carried in which is zipped so it won't slip out.
Years ago I heard of a group of C developers who were judged by a metric which was Reported Bugs / Lines of Code. Lines of Code was determined by a compile time count of lines compiled. Developers started adding extraneous .h files which increased the LoC value and lowering the metric to a releasable state.
You want more commits? Here are more commits.
I changed one character. Commit!
I miss the way you could change the battery on a Palm using off the shelf batteries and it would remain active (if you were fast enough) . Super thin phones aren't really necessary -- batteries that can be changed when the charger is not available are.
In the internet era there are businesses built around things that would not be permitted using other communication channels.
About 8 years ago, my employer adopted a policy which favored open standards and open source software. Today the site license for Microsoft products like Office and Exchange continues to rule as one administrator's secretary adopts a new version of Office and proceeds to distribute data in the new default format which is incompatible with previous versions so everyone upgrades because its easier than learning that Open/Libre Office can handle .docx and .xlsx files or using a Save As to ensure backward compatibility. Acess remains a problem as the stand-alone "database" file continues as the default.
The increasing number of Mac and *nix users learn to deal with the new file format but the new version virus always spreads because no one will enforce the policy and damn few people understand that there are alternatives.
All that matters is that people on the street THINK that every cop has one that does work.
The employers in the USA have pretty much figured this out already. I can't remember the last position I had where I wasn't exempt from overtime.
And even after logging out a week ago, I find 2 cookies for "any type of connection" that won't expire for at least a year. They "fixed" it but good.
Programmers do not need to spell correctly, just consistently. It's the Q/A people, who need to check on everything else. Or, Cow forbid, someone who writes specifications that cover those details. As a programmer, I live on the deadbolt end of Plauger's spectrum -- if you want pretty you need to find a designer or fashion consultant who will ensure that your necktie matches your socks.