Wealthiest county in Michigan doesn't mean a lot, unless it also happens to be the third wealthiest county in the nation, which it is. This is an area with a lot of money.
I, as a techinical person (I'm sure you are too), can see the draw of a community that provides basic internet service free. And since it is not paid for with tax dollars it seems like a good plan. Since it is private they could easily boot those found to be spreading viruses, etc. until they get their system cleaned up (just like most university networks).
Most people agree that intelligence could be reproduced regardless of the physicall substrate. One of the only philosphers/etc. that disagrees is Searle.
A lot of them are stolen because there are so many on the road. I know the Corolla is the best selling car in history. Camrys, Civics, and Accords make up a fair amount of the cars on the road as well.
Yes. Because most systems do ship with a "entry level" video card. And we have at least a year to get up to spec. These companies aren't just going to roll over and die. If Dell tells ATI & NVida that they need a card that meets spec X and they will go with which ever vendor can do it, they will do it.
Then again, RSA isn't much more difficult than long division. We learned it in an intro discrete math class. I'm not saying it wasn't hard to come up with, but the actual implementation is not that difficult.
I would say calculators have a big place in some of those classes -- once you learn the concepts.
Stats - caluculating std dev, regression, etc is time consuming and error prone.
Linear Algebra - reducing matrices etc. is the same way.
All the classes I've had let me use calculators, but you also had to show all of your work (or at least most of it). You can just throw the matrix in and write down an answer. They do have a use though, as they can do repitition and other tedious tasks with complete accuracy (save rounding error, etc.).
I used Thunderbird back in the Windows days (say, 9 months ago or so). Since I switched to Linus (Suse w/ KDE) I've been using K-Mail. It works great, integrates well, and does everything I need. Quite frankly see no reason for Thunderbird at this point.
I do have a copy installed so I can walk my Grandparents through when they have problems, but thats it. If I still had Windows I would probably use it still.
I switched because I don't use the Moz mail client. I've been using KMail for quite a while now and it works just like how I want. It integrates really well in KDE (it should obviously). So I just didn't need the extra stuff in the suite so Firefox was the perfect choice.
You can either buy toys through Amazon like you would for anyone that you wanted to get a gift. They take the normal sale price and ship it to the hospital. They make out just like normal. As for cash they explained it on one of the pages:
Q: How does Child's Play work?
A: We have partnered with Amazon.com, which hosts a series of "Wish Lists" stocked with toys the hospitals have requested, as well as age appropriate videogames and game systems selected by Child's Play. Simply choose the hospital nearest you from our interactive map at http://www.childsplaycharity.org and the toys you purchase will be delivered directly. We also accept cash donations via Paypal to childsplaycharity@penny-arcade.com, which will be split evenly among the hospitals in this year's event. There are no "administrative fees" or other hidden costs associated with giving to Child's Play - every cent is passed on.
I think you answered all of your own questions. You can't compensate for the atmosphere completely, but its a lot cheaper to build a really huge telescope on the ground than in space. I have a feeling they will go with the best price-performance ratio.
If you could convince someone to cough up a cool $10 billion for a cutting edge telescope I'm sure they would do it. I'd chip in but I'm about $10.000005 short.
If the signature is the same for all printers of the same model then it wouldn't be unreasonable for the government to keep a signature from each model. Even if 200 new models are released a year it wouldn't take much effort to get one of each. It's not like we are talking about your average user on a limited budget here.
I saw this at a sneak preview Saturday night. It was by far one of the funniest movies I've seen in years. My friend and I laughed through most of it -- as did the rest of the theater.
I should warn that it is horribly offensive and crude. It makes fun of pretty much everyone. Therefore: If you can't take a joke and laugh at yourself don't see it. If you can take a hit of satire and laugh at just how absurd the world is then this is perfect.
I didn't mean it as an attack. I haven't had any systems with problems, nor have most of my friends. I have had trouble gettings games for PC to run properly though.
I completely agree that it is easier for you, and me, to fix a PC. I've just found that PCs tend to need more fixing by a long shot.
"Sometimes, people need to communicate with each other (and still be in class). It's part of the über-high-tech-life. (or something:)"
If you have reason to think you will get an important call leave it on, but put it on silent. There have been a couple days where I was waiting for important calls (family in hospital, etc.) and did that. Just qietly step out of the class to talk. If you don't get out in time to answer just call them back.
I almost never turn my phone off, but I set it to vibrate anytime I got somewhere it should be off (class, meetings, restaraunts).
Then again for the price of replacing that video card you can just buy another X-Box. You can't argue that computers are less work than consoles. You can argue a lot of things, but consoles just work.
As a college student I feel somewhat obliged to reply. Internet is crucial to everyday life as a student now. There is no way I would have gone to a school that did not provide it in the dorms. It is required for research and communication. We don't have wireless internet, although I feel we should considering how small our campus is. Wireless is not a neccessity though. If I can't get my email while on the quad so be it. Do I want an iPod? Yes. Do I think the school should make that choice for me? No. They could offer a discount perchase program to students who want one.
I got my parents to switch (I don't live with them), I got my sister to switch, and even my grandparents. Thats a pretty good conversion rate I think. I've had numerous friends come over to the good side as well.
So very true. I've told a few people this and they have s hard time believing it.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]
Semitic \Sem*it"ic\, a.
Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.]
Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Ph[oe]nician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). --Encyc. Brit.
I had it happen to me after a major upgrade/reformat while at school. 30 seconds after I got the desktop it told me it was shutting down in: '30..29..28.." from whichever virus that was.
I fixed it with Suse 9.1 though.
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Wealthiest county in Michigan doesn't mean a lot, unless it also happens to be the third wealthiest county in the nation, which it is. This is an area with a lot of money. I, as a techinical person (I'm sure you are too), can see the draw of a community that provides basic internet service free. And since it is not paid for with tax dollars it seems like a good plan. Since it is private they could easily boot those found to be spreading viruses, etc. until they get their system cleaned up (just like most university networks).
Most people agree that intelligence could be reproduced regardless of the physicall substrate. One of the only philosphers/etc. that disagrees is Searle.
A lot of them are stolen because there are so many on the road. I know the Corolla is the best selling car in history. Camrys, Civics, and Accords make up a fair amount of the cars on the road as well.
Yes. Because most systems do ship with a "entry level" video card. And we have at least a year to get up to spec. These companies aren't just going to roll over and die. If Dell tells ATI & NVida that they need a card that meets spec X and they will go with which ever vendor can do it, they will do it.
Then again, RSA isn't much more difficult than long division. We learned it in an intro discrete math class. I'm not saying it wasn't hard to come up with, but the actual implementation is not that difficult.
Make sure you keep the dust out somehow. Either in a dust free area, or with filters that you clean regularly. Nothing like a dirtied box to burn up.
I would say calculators have a big place in some of those classes -- once you learn the concepts. Stats - caluculating std dev, regression, etc is time consuming and error prone. Linear Algebra - reducing matrices etc. is the same way. All the classes I've had let me use calculators, but you also had to show all of your work (or at least most of it). You can just throw the matrix in and write down an answer. They do have a use though, as they can do repitition and other tedious tasks with complete accuracy (save rounding error, etc.).
I used Thunderbird back in the Windows days (say, 9 months ago or so). Since I switched to Linus (Suse w/ KDE) I've been using K-Mail. It works great, integrates well, and does everything I need. Quite frankly see no reason for Thunderbird at this point. I do have a copy installed so I can walk my Grandparents through when they have problems, but thats it. If I still had Windows I would probably use it still.
Yep, and its in the summary. Some days I wonder if RTFA should be RTFS.
I switched because I don't use the Moz mail client. I've been using KMail for quite a while now and it works just like how I want. It integrates really well in KDE (it should obviously). So I just didn't need the extra stuff in the suite so Firefox was the perfect choice.
The Weekly Reader has also correctly picked the president for about the same length of time. They chose Bush.
I'm pretty sure that this was sarcastic. Lawsuits are a huge reason why it costs so much for a lot of operations.
You can either buy toys through Amazon like you would for anyone that you wanted to get a gift. They take the normal sale price and ship it to the hospital. They make out just like normal. As for cash they explained it on one of the pages: Q: How does Child's Play work? A: We have partnered with Amazon.com, which hosts a series of "Wish Lists" stocked with toys the hospitals have requested, as well as age appropriate videogames and game systems selected by Child's Play. Simply choose the hospital nearest you from our interactive map at http://www.childsplaycharity.org and the toys you purchase will be delivered directly. We also accept cash donations via Paypal to childsplaycharity@penny-arcade.com, which will be split evenly among the hospitals in this year's event. There are no "administrative fees" or other hidden costs associated with giving to Child's Play - every cent is passed on.
Pretend I'm from Europe or something.
I think you answered all of your own questions. You can't compensate for the atmosphere completely, but its a lot cheaper to build a really huge telescope on the ground than in space. I have a feeling they will go with the best price-performance ratio. If you could convince someone to cough up a cool $10 billion for a cutting edge telescope I'm sure they would do it. I'd chip in but I'm about $10.000005 short.
If the signature is the same for all printers of the same model then it wouldn't be unreasonable for the government to keep a signature from each model. Even if 200 new models are released a year it wouldn't take much effort to get one of each. It's not like we are talking about your average user on a limited budget here.
I saw this at a sneak preview Saturday night. It was by far one of the funniest movies I've seen in years. My friend and I laughed through most of it -- as did the rest of the theater. I should warn that it is horribly offensive and crude. It makes fun of pretty much everyone. Therefore: If you can't take a joke and laugh at yourself don't see it. If you can take a hit of satire and laugh at just how absurd the world is then this is perfect.
I didn't mean it as an attack. I haven't had any systems with problems, nor have most of my friends. I have had trouble gettings games for PC to run properly though. I completely agree that it is easier for you, and me, to fix a PC. I've just found that PCs tend to need more fixing by a long shot.
"Sometimes, people need to communicate with each other (and still be in class). It's part of the über-high-tech-life. (or something :)"
If you have reason to think you will get an important call leave it on, but put it on silent. There have been a couple days where I was waiting for important calls (family in hospital, etc.) and did that. Just qietly step out of the class to talk. If you don't get out in time to answer just call them back.
I almost never turn my phone off, but I set it to vibrate anytime I got somewhere it should be off (class, meetings, restaraunts).
Then again for the price of replacing that video card you can just buy another X-Box. You can't argue that computers are less work than consoles. You can argue a lot of things, but consoles just work.
Check out http://www.mythtv.org/. They have some links to how to setup a MythTv.
As a college student I feel somewhat obliged to reply. Internet is crucial to everyday life as a student now. There is no way I would have gone to a school that did not provide it in the dorms. It is required for research and communication. We don't have wireless internet, although I feel we should considering how small our campus is. Wireless is not a neccessity though. If I can't get my email while on the quad so be it. Do I want an iPod? Yes. Do I think the school should make that choice for me? No. They could offer a discount perchase program to students who want one.
I got my parents to switch (I don't live with them), I got my sister to switch, and even my grandparents. Thats a pretty good conversion rate I think. I've had numerous friends come over to the good side as well.
So very true. I've told a few people this and they have s hard time believing it. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913] Semitic \Sem*it"ic\, a. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.] Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Ph[oe]nician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). --Encyc. Brit.
I had it happen to me after a major upgrade/reformat while at school. 30 seconds after I got the desktop it told me it was shutting down in: '30..29..28.." from whichever virus that was. I fixed it with Suse 9.1 though.