Theres always someone who strived to learn how things work. i know people who even will a calculator around will do things by hand for fun. and i fthey don't know how to do something they will figure it out.
And once written down and figured out it'll always be around, no like all the math books are gonna be burned.
ummm, IBM is MUCH larger then Microsoft is.... if i remmebe rright in the fortune 500, IBM is in the top 20 while microsoft is 75th or something/ worth a 50+ billion a year rev diffrence.
canon has diffrent service centers for all their diffrent deparments, ie theres a canon photocopy repair center here in vancouver, but no camera one, its in calgary. So i'm thinking you can't compare their printer/photocopier service to their CPS.
And i've now had my 10D for a year, and i drop it, bash it, use it in the pouring rain, and plain just abuse it. Still works perfectly. Thank god for the metal body.
The only problem i have with it is sometimes when focusing to infinity it backfocuses, but i haven't foud that to be to much of a problem at all and i think its the lens.
only install games that require him to think, ie lemmings, myst, or any other problem solveing game, and say no when homework needs to be done. some RPGs (baulders gate) are good to. And the best thing is all those old games are free and can be downlaoaded:) Might want to repalce bionicles?
not to many "recent" games that require thinking because games are now geared for teens and the current generate unlike back in the day where it was more adults.
But with games that actauly make him think at least him playing them will encourge thaught, and in some cases creativity.
stay faaar away from FPS, MMORGPS, and any mindles shoot em up!
They want them to become scratched and unplayable so new ones have to be purchased....
myself i rip all my CDs (audio games) and then store then in a big box, and soon when i have the space i'll rip all my DVDs, and store them in another box.
I just play things form my computer when i want, no looking for the right CD, no damageing it, no loseing it, and if my computer fails and my backups fail i still have the orig CD.
And they last, i got a sony D-CJ501, its about 4-5 years old abouts and i've put it through hell, it lives in the outer pocker of my backback and gets bashed all the time, scratched, dropped, dunked in water, whatever, It looks pretty bad lol, and it still works perfectly. Doesn't skip with MP3s either when i'm hiking/biking.
plays MP3 right off the CD, sounds great, batteri life is good, not as long as parents, but that might be age, i think i get 15-20hours, but never really measured as double AAs are cheap.
what i'd like is something liek it that can play DVDs full of MP3s and/or oggs. That would be an awsome player.
I was looking at their newer CD players and the sales guy siad they DO NOT play MP3 nativly anymore, but i'm not sure if he knew what he was talking about. anyone know for sure?
[i] One classic case in the area is that of a bookstore (general , rather than "adult") owner, who was found not guilty of violating obscenity law on this principle. He displayed for sale copies of a Grove Press work that had made the state's banned list.[/i]
Your telling me that some states have BANNED bookes from sale ANYWHERE in the sate????
palces like costco (and i'm told sams club) you signed a membership agreement and enter into a contract with the store saying you would let them check it on yoru way out.
any other place aside from somewhere where you signed something they have no right to do anything except remove you from their property, or call the cops (and if you didn't steal anything get sued for false imprisenment)
i don't mind that as much as i hate it when i'm asked to leave my bag with customer service or whatever.
I mean if they dont' trust me why the fuck should i trust them? Last time i was asked i told them to fuck off i want to use this stupid gift card so go away... and they did lol
And amazeing their are very few places that ask, canadian tire is the only one i can remember. And i dont' shop there anymore.
best buy, furture shop, pertty much anywhere else seems to be just fine with it.
and you right, places like that i tend not to go to as often (except costco) and i stick with the palces that treat customers right.
aside from deleted scenes i hate the extra stuff for the most part, and you know i'd just like to put the DVD in the think, and it to stat plauying, no commericals, no menu, no warnings, just start playing!!!
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Theres always someone who strived to learn how things work. i know people who even will a calculator around will do things by hand for fun. and i fthey don't know how to do something they will figure it out.
And once written down and figured out it'll always be around, no like all the math books are gonna be burned.
like cancer? they are a cancer..
Thats something i think many people are missing.
while a console is cheap, your limited to only playing games FOR that console.
With my computer i can play games made 10 years ago.
warcraft, lemmings, doom, Lets see a console do that! There are many older games i still play.
Not to mention via emulators i can play NES, SNES, sega, N64 and playstation games all on my computer.
Computer offers a much better selection of games. not to mention apps and contol over the hardware.
such as you describe is RAMPANT in goverment and the public sector....
20$ says microsoft is giveing them a GREAT eal on them. why else would it be an X-BOX and not a PS2 or gamecube?
ok... wtf is 8 stone?
metric is awsome, and i'll deal with imperial, but what in gods name system is "stone" from?
i HATE the new google groups beta, the old one is SO much nicer. so glad i can still use it.
well the people I knwo who have gone to microsoft are exactly what the parent poster said.
and theyw ere BAD programmers to boot.
ummm, IBM is MUCH larger then Microsoft is....
if i remmebe rright in the fortune 500, IBM is in the top 20 while microsoft is 75th or something/ worth a 50+ billion a year rev diffrence.
so at 2,000,000 people jailed in the states that means 10,000 people shouldn't be jailed.
glad i'm not the only one who did that
Not all the time, and sometimes a wide range of errors can be covered with a single error code. So it really is NO help at all alot of the time.
canon has diffrent service centers for all their diffrent deparments, ie theres a canon photocopy repair center here in vancouver, but no camera one, its in calgary. So i'm thinking you can't compare their printer/photocopier service to their CPS.
And i've now had my 10D for a year, and i drop it, bash it, use it in the pouring rain, and plain just abuse it. Still works perfectly. Thank god for the metal body.
The only problem i have with it is sometimes when focusing to infinity it backfocuses, but i haven't foud that to be to much of a problem at all and i think its the lens.
Canon all the way:)
only install games that require him to think, ie lemmings, myst, or any other problem solveing game, and say no when homework needs to be done. some RPGs (baulders gate) are good to. And the best thing is all those old games are free and can be downlaoaded:) Might want to repalce bionicles?
not to many "recent" games that require thinking because games are now geared for teens and the current generate unlike back in the day where it was more adults.
But with games that actauly make him think at least him playing them will encourge thaught, and in some cases creativity.
stay faaar away from FPS, MMORGPS, and any mindles shoot em up!
They want them to become scratched and unplayable so new ones have to be purchased....
myself i rip all my CDs (audio games) and then store then in a big box, and soon when i have the space i'll rip all my DVDs, and store them in another box.
I just play things form my computer when i want, no looking for the right CD, no damageing it, no loseing it, and if my computer fails and my backups fail i still have the orig CD.
How i do love digital data:)
And they last, i got a sony D-CJ501, its about 4-5 years old abouts and i've put it through hell, it lives in the outer pocker of my backback and gets bashed all the time, scratched, dropped, dunked in water, whatever, It looks pretty bad lol, and it still works perfectly. Doesn't skip with MP3s either when i'm hiking/biking.
plays MP3 right off the CD, sounds great, batteri life is good, not as long as parents, but that might be age, i think i get 15-20hours, but never really measured as double AAs are cheap.
what i'd like is something liek it that can play DVDs full of MP3s and/or oggs. That would be an awsome player.
I was looking at their newer CD players and the sales guy siad they DO NOT play MP3 nativly anymore, but i'm not sure if he knew what he was talking about. anyone know for sure?
Isn't that because most of the GUI is in the kernal so you don't ever see how much the GUI is useing?
i mean right now looking in the task manager it says 300megs of ram used, but when i look in the processes i don't see 300 megs of processes.
I'm pretty sure that theres alot of GUI mem and CPU useage hidden from the user.
[i] One classic case in the area is that of a bookstore (general , rather than "adult") owner, who was found not guilty of violating obscenity law on this principle. He displayed for sale copies of a Grove Press work that had made the state's banned list.[/i]
Your telling me that some states have BANNED bookes from sale ANYWHERE in the sate????
insightfull? more like funny.
If you had read the artical instead of well i dont' know what, he did consent, and he was about to bored when he was pulled out for not haveing ID.
:secret law" that have nothing to do with a employee saying its the law.
see other replys.
Also the artical makes numerous refrecnes to the
mass was expended in suns and by other means to create energy...?
true not all 9th graders are idiots... just like not all people are idiots...
Just most!:D
palces like costco (and i'm told sams club) you signed a membership agreement and enter into a contract with the store saying you would let them check it on yoru way out.
any other place aside from somewhere where you signed something they have no right to do anything except remove you from their property, or call the cops (and if you didn't steal anything get sued for false imprisenment)
i don't mind that as much as i hate it when i'm asked to leave my bag with customer service or whatever.
I mean if they dont' trust me why the fuck should i trust them? Last time i was asked i told them to fuck off i want to use this stupid gift card so go away... and they did lol
And amazeing their are very few places that ask, canadian tire is the only one i can remember. And i dont' shop there anymore.
best buy, furture shop, pertty much anywhere else seems to be just fine with it.
and you right, places like that i tend not to go to as often (except costco) and i stick with the palces that treat customers right.
aside from deleted scenes i hate the extra stuff for the most part, and you know i'd just like to put the DVD in the think, and it to stat plauying, no commericals, no menu, no warnings, just start playing!!!