I would mod this up if I could. So Chrome uses 50% of the CPU and some even smaller amount of memory. How much of the CPU is still idle? It wouldn't surprise me if it is ~40%. So most of your CPU power is still being wasted.
Are you allowed to stand around drinking in most public parking lots? Can you smoke on a school bus? I see no reason why it can't be treated as something like alcohol or tobacco. Would it somehow affect you if it were done in someone's private home or a smoking lounge?
So your argument is that people shouldn't drive while high. That seems reasonable, just as people can't drive while drunk. As far as I can tell your argument makes the point that it should be controlled like alcohol, not illegal.
I hate having to defend AT&T, but some of the pricing information I see thrown around is just plain wrong.
People don't have loyalty except in the many places that AT&T just doesn't work. While many smaller phone companies have built towers there and you get full bars with them. And the fact that I believe the contract is *$100* per month!?!? And that doesn't include texting which is nearly essential to have today.
Plans start at $70 + $5 for texting
Except when I can get a Palm for $50 at AT&T and for $100 I can buy just about any other phone they have there, and not get the insanely expensive contract (though being AT&T it still is pricey anyways).
The iPhone isn't the most expensive phone AT&T sells. In fact, it is competitive with most of their smart phones (which use the same data plans as the iPhone).
"Taxes, fees and discretionary charges will apply to your wireless service and will be reflected on your bill. AT&T Mobility imposes either a Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge of up to $1.25 or a Regulatory Programs Charge of $1.75 to help defray costs incurred to comply with State and Federal telecommunications regulations, such as E911 deployment, State and Federal Universal Service, and other government mandates on AT&T Mobility. These charges are not taxes or government required assessments on end-user customers. AT&T Mobility has chosen to pass through these charges to its customers. Actual tax/fee/surcharge information for a particular locality can be found at wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/additionalcharges/."
If you are using Skype the person you are calling also has to be on Skype, or you are going to end up paying to make/receive calls (to a phone number) through Skype anyway.
I wouldn't call those lower tier journals always. Science and Nature are two big journals with a broad range of topics. More like the popular press (but of high quality actually) of the academic world. A lot (most) of the useful research gets published in The Journal of _field_.
Reviews in most fields are done entirely over the internet, and then the accepted papers are published online. Reviewers are chosen based on trust (not pgp, but rather on the work they have contributed to the community) and reputation. Many conferences don't print proceedings anymore, choosing to do it all digitally.
I wouldn't discount it all together though. There are certain tasks where natural language has been shown to be significantly better than a GUI. Then again, natural language doesn't imply speaking.
Also, 1. book sized 2. thin 3. a "cover" or something to protect the display (clamshell with dual screens would be awesome) 4. quick search/bookmark 5. annotation with a stylus so you can write on the pages
Google's business plan:
1. Hire talented people to work on interesting projects
2. Offer free, useful tools to users to get them to your site
3. Show the users advertisements
4. Make a ton of money and still look like a good guy
It seems to be working.
I agree. I have a BA in CS from a small (very well regarded) liberal arts school. I learned CS (not just IT or programming) very well, and I learned about a whole lot of other things. They may not directly translate into code, but they do shape how you think about and approach problems. Being "well-rounded" isn't just a buzzword. I doubt I was as experienced in hacking out C++ projects as the undergrads from engineering schools, but that hasn't affected my ability to work on projects.
Also, if you want to go even deeper in a subject, go to grad school. I had no trouble getting into a top tier research university of my PhD with a liberal arts background. Nor have I had trouble with my studies here; in fact, I think I'm in a better position for doing new, independent research because of that background.
The problem is that once they get to college they need to be taught (or re-taught) how to write an essay, cite a source, and do research. This is what they were supposed to learn in high school. Being ready for college means being ready to read and write; many first years are decidedly not ready.
It depends on the car and the dealer. If you arrived in a decent car they have that as collateral, along with a copy of your driver's license. It sounds like the dealer didn't follow any of the rules.
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"She would like to see it taught, but won't push the issue" would be a more accurate description.
I would mod this up if I could. So Chrome uses 50% of the CPU and some even smaller amount of memory. How much of the CPU is still idle? It wouldn't surprise me if it is ~40%. So most of your CPU power is still being wasted.
Are you allowed to stand around drinking in most public parking lots? Can you smoke on a school bus? I see no reason why it can't be treated as something like alcohol or tobacco. Would it somehow affect you if it were done in someone's private home or a smoking lounge?
Send them an email saying you will no longer donate while such campaigns are run. I did.
So your argument is that people shouldn't drive while high. That seems reasonable, just as people can't drive while drunk. As far as I can tell your argument makes the point that it should be controlled like alcohol, not illegal.
I hate having to defend AT&T, but some of the pricing information I see thrown around is just plain wrong.
People don't have loyalty except in the many places that AT&T just doesn't work. While many smaller phone companies have built towers there and you get full bars with them. And the fact that I believe the contract is *$100* per month!?!? And that doesn't include texting which is nearly essential to have today.
Plans start at $70 + $5 for texting
Except when I can get a Palm for $50 at AT&T and for $100 I can buy just about any other phone they have there, and not get the insanely expensive contract (though being AT&T it still is pricey anyways).
The iPhone isn't the most expensive phone AT&T sells. In fact, it is competitive with most of their smart phones (which use the same data plans as the iPhone).
Moto Q Global - $249
Blackjack II - $199
BlackBerry Pearl 8120 - $249
BlackBerry Curve 8310 - $249
BlackBerry 8820 - $299
Palm Treo 750 - $349
AT&T Tilt - $299
From http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/articles-resources/wireless-terms.jsp
"Taxes, fees and discretionary charges will apply to your wireless service and will be reflected on your bill. AT&T Mobility imposes either a Regulatory Cost Recovery Charge of up to $1.25 or a Regulatory Programs Charge of $1.75 to help defray costs incurred to comply with State and Federal telecommunications regulations, such as E911 deployment, State and Federal Universal Service, and other government mandates on AT&T Mobility. These charges are not taxes or government required assessments on end-user customers. AT&T Mobility has chosen to pass through these charges to its customers. Actual tax/fee/surcharge information for a particular locality can be found at wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/additionalcharges/."
Exactly, now they will use my real name while trying to sell me discount prescription drugs and fake Rolexes.
If you are using Skype the person you are calling also has to be on Skype, or you are going to end up paying to make/receive calls (to a phone number) through Skype anyway.
I saw a person on some other website complaining about the lack of voice chat on the AIM client. The lack of voice chat... on a phone...
United State = AIM
Other places = MSN
25 years old and I use fountain pens. I bet I am in the minority here by a lot. The contradictions that are computer scientists.
Nope, a CS PhD is pretty much Hell as well.
I wouldn't call those lower tier journals always. Science and Nature are two big journals with a broad range of topics. More like the popular press (but of high quality actually) of the academic world. A lot (most) of the useful research gets published in The Journal of _field_.
Reviews in most fields are done entirely over the internet, and then the accepted papers are published online. Reviewers are chosen based on trust (not pgp, but rather on the work they have contributed to the community) and reputation. Many conferences don't print proceedings anymore, choosing to do it all digitally.
I wouldn't discount it all together though. There are certain tasks where natural language has been shown to be significantly better than a GUI. Then again, natural language doesn't imply speaking.
Also,
1. book sized
2. thin
3. a "cover" or something to protect the display (clamshell with dual screens would be awesome)
4. quick search/bookmark
5. annotation with a stylus so you can write on the pages
Google's business plan: 1. Hire talented people to work on interesting projects 2. Offer free, useful tools to users to get them to your site 3. Show the users advertisements 4. Make a ton of money and still look like a good guy It seems to be working.
You ought to check out the Linux Kernel mailing list if you want to see flame wars galore. Somehow stuff still gets done.
I agree. I have a BA in CS from a small (very well regarded) liberal arts school. I learned CS (not just IT or programming) very well, and I learned about a whole lot of other things. They may not directly translate into code, but they do shape how you think about and approach problems. Being "well-rounded" isn't just a buzzword. I doubt I was as experienced in hacking out C++ projects as the undergrads from engineering schools, but that hasn't affected my ability to work on projects. Also, if you want to go even deeper in a subject, go to grad school. I had no trouble getting into a top tier research university of my PhD with a liberal arts background. Nor have I had trouble with my studies here; in fact, I think I'm in a better position for doing new, independent research because of that background.
But the error rate has been shown to be lower than traditional encyclopedias, so if those are acceptable than Wikipedia must be as well.
The problem is that once they get to college they need to be taught (or re-taught) how to write an essay, cite a source, and do research. This is what they were supposed to learn in high school. Being ready for college means being ready to read and write; many first years are decidedly not ready.
It depends on the car and the dealer. If you arrived in a decent car they have that as collateral, along with a copy of your driver's license. It sounds like the dealer didn't follow any of the rules.
They have all the data on how many times each song was infringed, so I'm sure this ought to be easy.
Heck, you could buy the player too since they are selling for way under $100 on ebay now.