I have one pair of actual lycra bike shorts, and I'll generally wear them if I'm doing a ride over 15 to 20 miles or so. They have a chamois inside, which helps a lot with comfort, especially over longer distances. Personally, I don't like the way lycra shorts look, so I always wear gym shorts over them (I'm not racing).
That said, most people may choose to wear them for comfort (chamois), performance (lycra/reduced wind drag), or image (the cycling equivalent of putting a huge spoiler on a front-wheel drive four-cylinder car).
They were trying to figure out the rate of speed for "a furlong per fortnight," where a = 1. It was noted that 1mph (slower than walking) is still 2688 furlongs per fortnight (FpF), so 1 FpF must be extremely slow.
For Verizon, you can block TXTs sent via email and the web. After doing this, I haven't received any spam. To do this, go to www.vtext.com and login with your verizon account.
Then, under Preferences > Text Blocking, select the options to block all messages sent via the web and email. Since my friends all text me from their phones, this is not a problem.
If your bank account information gets out, your bank could lose money (via fraudulent charges). If your Facebook account information gets out, Facebook doesn't even cry. And if they DID cry, they'd wipe up their tears with advertiser dollars.
Text messages are up to 15 cents now at the major US carriers. Seems to have happened pretty quietly for a 50% increase. I guess the rising cost of transmitting text is to blame.
You raise a valid point about differing products and prices. However, in the iPod example you give, the main differences are all about: 1) how big (physically) is the iPod and 2) how many songs does it hold? (Apple generally advertises number of songs instead of GB)
These two concepts are very simple for most people to understand. You can tell how big anything is just by looking at it, and cassettes came in 30, 60, and 90 minute lengths (I'm sure there are other examples), so consumers are accustomed to the idea of finite music space.
Creating differences in an operating system is a whole new world of trouble. First of all, even the technically skilled people who understand the differences will still have to research the differences. For people who aren't familiar with the inner workings of an OS this will pose an impossible task, and they will buy whatever Dell or Best Buy says they need.
Also, limitations in the software will not be restricted based on physical attributes (such as hard drive storage), but rather on whatever Microsoft decides should be functional.
"Sorry, to connect using ODBC you'll need at least a Small Business License." Of course, the Small Business will only connect to Jet DB (Access) sources, and Enterprise will be required for SQL Server connections. (Those are hypothetical examples of the top of my head). I always find limitations that are imposed only because I haven't forked over enough money are really annoying.
I agree that $30 in 5 minutes is great. But the downside is that now some company has your personal info (at least an address), which gives them the legal clearance to pester the crap out of you cause there's a "business relationship."
I've experienced the same problem. You get better response time by "ending process" rather than quitting the application. The reason for this, in my experience, is that a program is launched to report the crash. You might find a "dumprep.exe" (I can't remember the exact name right now) process running, and it is basically gathering information for the dialog box that follows: "You have chosen to end an unresponsive program. Send report to Microsoft?"
Of course I'm sure no one at Microsoft really does anything with the data; it's just another process to keep you from getting back to doing real work while giving you the impression that they're "hard at work" to make sure that crash never happens again!
I think that, combined with the fact that many people crave social interaction in an increasingly isolated society, is why reality TV is popular. Only televison is a one-way communication, therefore not really an "interaction." But it IS easy to sit there and think to yourself, "I sure know who I would have voted off the island!" and maybe even talk to co-workers about it around the water cooler the next day.
Better yet, make breathalizers even more accessable than that. Every bar should have one
Good idea until you realize that you have two (or more) idiots who are having a tequila contest to see who can get their BAC the highest before passing out!
I don't know about the rest of the DOI, but at my office, we still use Lotus Notes for email. I don't know of any plans to switch to Exchange/Outlook, either.
I do know that our word processing standard has changed from Corel WordPerfect 8 to MS Office, which as much as I hate office, I consider this a definite improvement. Try to collaborate with anyone with WP8, or better yet try to get your WP8 install to play nicely with your bloated OS.
Another thing to consider as well is the overall technical expertise at the DOI. Many of these people (including myself) are not really total computer people by nature. Sure I can install software (I even got Gentoo to run on an old 400MHz PC), but I am lost when it comes to directory services and the like.
I just wish Mozilla was approved as a standard browser (and they can uninstall it from my work machine when they pry my cold, dead hands from my keyboard!)
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I have one pair of actual lycra bike shorts, and I'll generally wear them if I'm doing a ride over 15 to 20 miles or so. They have a chamois inside, which helps a lot with comfort, especially over longer distances. Personally, I don't like the way lycra shorts look, so I always wear gym shorts over them (I'm not racing).
That said, most people may choose to wear them for comfort (chamois), performance (lycra/reduced wind drag), or image (the cycling equivalent of putting a huge spoiler on a front-wheel drive four-cylinder car).
(wow, I managed to get a car analogy in there)
They were trying to figure out the rate of speed for "a furlong per fortnight," where a = 1. It was noted that 1mph (slower than walking) is still 2688 furlongs per fortnight (FpF), so 1 FpF must be extremely slow.
For Verizon, you can block TXTs sent via email and the web. After doing this, I haven't received any spam. To do this, go to www.vtext.com and login with your verizon account.
Then, under Preferences > Text Blocking, select the options to block all messages sent via the web and email. Since my friends all text me from their phones, this is not a problem.
If your bank account information gets out, your bank could lose money (via fraudulent charges). If your Facebook account information gets out, Facebook doesn't even cry. And if they DID cry, they'd wipe up their tears with advertiser dollars.
They're using the Microsoft numbering system. It's not out of beta until version 3.0 or 4.0. (Some of us could argue it never leaves beta...)
The underlying problem is a Windows OLE component memory leak. Microsoft has a hotfix for the issue at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942435/en-us
pay 10c for text messages
Text messages are up to 15 cents now at the major US carriers. Seems to have happened pretty quietly for a 50% increase. I guess the rising cost of transmitting text is to blame.
To perform a hard reset on an iPod, I believe you need to hold down the center button and the play/pause button for 5 (maybe 10?) seconds.
You raise a valid point about differing products and prices. However, in the iPod example you give, the main differences are all about:
1) how big (physically) is the iPod and
2) how many songs does it hold? (Apple generally advertises number of songs instead of GB)
These two concepts are very simple for most people to understand. You can tell how big anything is just by looking at it, and cassettes came in 30, 60, and 90 minute lengths (I'm sure there are other examples), so consumers are accustomed to the idea of finite music space.
Creating differences in an operating system is a whole new world of trouble. First of all, even the technically skilled people who understand the differences will still have to research the differences. For people who aren't familiar with the inner workings of an OS this will pose an impossible task, and they will buy whatever Dell or Best Buy says they need.
Also, limitations in the software will not be restricted based on physical attributes (such as hard drive storage), but rather on whatever Microsoft decides should be functional.
"Sorry, to connect using ODBC you'll need at least a Small Business License." Of course, the Small Business will only connect to Jet DB (Access) sources, and Enterprise will be required for SQL Server connections. (Those are hypothetical examples of the top of my head). I always find limitations that are imposed only because I haven't forked over enough money are really annoying.
I agree that $30 in 5 minutes is great. But the downside is that now some company has your personal info (at least an address), which gives them the legal clearance to pester the crap out of you cause there's a "business relationship."
:)
Meh, I guess I just dislike rebates.
I've experienced the same problem. You get better response time by "ending process" rather than quitting the application. The reason for this, in my experience, is that a program is launched to report the crash. You might find a "dumprep.exe" (I can't remember the exact name right now) process running, and it is basically gathering information for the dialog box that follows: "You have chosen to end an unresponsive program. Send report to Microsoft?"
Of course I'm sure no one at Microsoft really does anything with the data; it's just another process to keep you from getting back to doing real work while giving you the impression that they're "hard at work" to make sure that crash never happens again!
No? Well, then, YOU explain reality TV shows!
Phoney human drama that is cheap to produce.
I think that, combined with the fact that many people crave social interaction in an increasingly isolated society, is why reality TV is popular. Only televison is a one-way communication, therefore not really an "interaction." But it IS easy to sit there and think to yourself, "I sure know who I would have voted off the island!" and maybe even talk to co-workers about it around the water cooler the next day.
I would recommend this Bob character
You would recommend Microsoft Bob?! I guess it does run smoothly on a 486 with only 8 MB of RAM....
Consider a race between a top fuel dragster, a 1960s Chevy Chevelle SS, a Honda Civic SI, and a 4x4 Nissan pickup. .... Which one is "the fastest"?
Depends... is this a Civic WITH or WITHOUT a Type R sticker?
Better yet, make breathalizers even more accessable than that. Every bar should have one
Good idea until you realize that you have two (or more) idiots who are having a tequila contest to see who can get their BAC the highest before passing out!
War just got uglier, no thanks to the Luna interface.
I don't know about the rest of the DOI, but at my office, we still use Lotus Notes for email. I don't know of any plans to switch to Exchange/Outlook, either.
I do know that our word processing standard has changed from Corel WordPerfect 8 to MS Office, which as much as I hate office, I consider this a definite improvement. Try to collaborate with anyone with WP8, or better yet try to get your WP8 install to play nicely with your bloated OS.
Another thing to consider as well is the overall technical expertise at the DOI. Many of these people (including myself) are not really total computer people by nature. Sure I can install software (I even got Gentoo to run on an old 400MHz PC), but I am lost when it comes to directory services and the like.
I just wish Mozilla was approved as a standard browser (and they can uninstall it from my work machine when they pry my cold, dead hands from my keyboard!)
Cheers,
phil