It's cheaper for me to download an episode or two of BSG on iTunes then pay ~$80/month for Digital Cable to get the sci fi channel - hence I use iTunes.
Just like television. Why would anyone have the expectation that any of these videos are real, unless they are from a reputable news source? Have we learned nothing from the famous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast? If anyone "Falls" for believing a video is real, it's likely there own fault.
So kids today arent programming - I don't think its that big a deal. After all, when I was a kid there were no PCs, so of course I didn't do any programming either. Then again, I was out playing kickball and not sitting at home playing video games, either.
When I first discovered YouTube, my first two thoughts were 1. Wow, this is so cool! Videos, movie clips and previews, old TV shows or cable shows shown on channels I don't have,old funny commercials, available anytime I get the whim to see something and 2. This is just like Napster back in the day - there is no way this is going to last long. Which is sad, because I enjoy using the service (and might even be willing to pay a small fee for it) and it's not like I would be spending money on these copyrighted videos anyway, so the copyright holders are losing nothing.
They exist - they basically look like a Segway, but replace all the fancy balancing electronics with a third wheel in the back to keep it upright. Brilliant!
I have a Cannon digital camera too. Takes great pics, but the USB interface died altogether after about a year. Had to buy a CF card adapter for my PC and load the pics that way.
True. But, being old enough to remember both occasions, Viking was a HUGE deal at the time. After all, there was still speculation that there could be (or was in the past) water and/or life on Mars. We had been to the moon, sure, but never an entirely new PLANET. No one knew for sure what the surface of the planet looked like. Unlike the moon, Mars had an atmosphere. I remember when the first pics came back they showed Mars with a blue sky and everyone was shocked as to how "earth like" it looked. Later they did the color-correcting and showed the pics with the reddish sky, but those first shots that looked like the Arizona desert on a cloudless day make an impression.
But too many websites that I use on a regular basis (corproate job search sites, online databases, University websites, etc.) "Require IE 4.x or higher" and don't work properaly or at all on Firefox:-( IE has me in its clutches seemingly forever.
I disagree as well. In two weeks, I will have completed my MBA after three years of working full time and going to school in the evenings. (ironically, I now find myself out of a job and the MBA salarys for jobs I'm interviewing for are less than what I used to make as a software developer). That said, it was an enormous comitment in both time and money - 2 3 hour classes per week from 6-9, plus "on average" 10 hours of work per class outside of the classroom per week. Couple that with group projects that require scheduling meetings on weekends and off times, and you pretty much kill any social life you might have had.
I live in the US, have sent in (and received) countless rebates, and I don't get it either. Most of the complaints seem to revolve around the offer expiring, being denied for improper info, etc. Sure, it's a minor pain, but if you follow directions, you get your rebate, period. When you get the check, look at it and see when it expires, then get to the bank in cash it on time. Really, its not that hard folks.
The colonies weren't against taxation per se - just taxation without representation. Presumably if you got your own village today in the US as you suggest, you could still vote and be represented. You have to pay taxes because your fellow citizens (and their elected representatiaves) opted for them. In colonial times, there was no choice in the matter.
Mainframes were definitely a part of the equation back in the late 70s (speaking as an old timer). Every company, payroll department, goverment agency, etc. used mainframes. Heck, even the school district from my small town had there own mainframe. Not to mention the non-apple small computers at that time - Commodore PET, Radio Shack TRS-80, etc. My bet is you'd have to go back until at LEAST the 1950s (probably early 50s) to match all the computing power on the planet with a single PC today.
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I think it could go either way - when Family Guy returned, it was as good as ever.
My year-old iBook G4 is practially black to the left and right of the touchpad from my hands resting there for 12 hours a day. And I didn't even have to pay the extra $150 for that color scheme!
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It's cheaper for me to download an episode or two of BSG on iTunes then pay ~$80/month for Digital Cable to get the sci fi channel - hence I use iTunes.
Just like television. Why would anyone have the expectation that any of these videos are real, unless they are from a reputable news source? Have we learned nothing from the famous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast? If anyone "Falls" for believing a video is real, it's likely there own fault.
Is *******. That way I can always see what I'm typing.
So kids today arent programming - I don't think its that big a deal. After all, when I was a kid there were no PCs, so of course I didn't do any programming either. Then again, I was out playing kickball and not sitting at home playing video games, either.
Specifically, Pittsburgh. At least the ones that aren't among the hundreds of thousands that moved away already.
When I first discovered YouTube, my first two thoughts were 1. Wow, this is so cool! Videos, movie clips and previews, old TV shows or cable shows shown on channels I don't have,old funny commercials, available anytime I get the whim to see something and 2. This is just like Napster back in the day - there is no way this is going to last long. Which is sad, because I enjoy using the service (and might even be willing to pay a small fee for it) and it's not like I would be spending money on these copyrighted videos anyway, so the copyright holders are losing nothing.
1. Sinistar ("I hunger!")
2. Berzerk ("Intruder Alert!")
3. Moon Patrol
4. Tempest
5. Space Invaders ("kish! kish!")
Name one sci-fi movie that contains a love story? Ummm...How about Empire Strikes Back? (Han and Leia?)
Mod parent down as troll - no one ever claimed ANY version of Windows would be great!
They exist - they basically look like a Segway, but replace all the fancy balancing electronics with a third wheel in the back to keep it upright. Brilliant!
Directory: But I'm not wearing puffy pants!
Quimby: Then there's a tax on not wearing puffy pants.
umm...the C64 IS on the list. Look closely. Click the link to view the complete list.
I have a Cannon digital camera too. Takes great pics, but the USB interface died altogether after about a year. Had to buy a CF card adapter for my PC and load the pics that way.
True. But, being old enough to remember both occasions, Viking was a HUGE deal at the time. After all, there was still speculation that there could be (or was in the past) water and/or life on Mars. We had been to the moon, sure, but never an entirely new PLANET. No one knew for sure what the surface of the planet looked like. Unlike the moon, Mars had an atmosphere. I remember when the first pics came back they showed Mars with a blue sky and everyone was shocked as to how "earth like" it looked. Later they did the color-correcting and showed the pics with the reddish sky, but those first shots that looked like the Arizona desert on a cloudless day make an impression.
Sorry, but if they are making 20% of your wage, unless you are at least 5 times more productive, then no.
But too many websites that I use on a regular basis (corproate job search sites, online databases, University websites, etc.) "Require IE 4.x or higher" and don't work properaly or at all on Firefox :-( IE has me in its clutches seemingly forever.
I disagree as well. In two weeks, I will have completed my MBA after three years of working full time and going to school in the evenings. (ironically, I now find myself out of a job and the MBA salarys for jobs I'm interviewing for are less than what I used to make as a software developer). That said, it was an enormous comitment in both time and money - 2 3 hour classes per week from 6-9, plus "on average" 10 hours of work per class outside of the classroom per week. Couple that with group projects that require scheduling meetings on weekends and off times, and you pretty much kill any social life you might have had.
To everyone who responded to my troll - thanks for playing.
Shuttle is not that high when SRBs separate - I call fake.
I live in the US, have sent in (and received) countless rebates, and I don't get it either. Most of the complaints seem to revolve around the offer expiring, being denied for improper info, etc. Sure, it's a minor pain, but if you follow directions, you get your rebate, period. When you get the check, look at it and see when it expires, then get to the bank in cash it on time. Really, its not that hard folks.
The colonies weren't against taxation per se - just taxation without representation. Presumably if you got your own village today in the US as you suggest, you could still vote and be represented. You have to pay taxes because your fellow citizens (and their elected representatiaves) opted for them. In colonial times, there was no choice in the matter.
Mainframes were definitely a part of the equation back in the late 70s (speaking as an old timer). Every company, payroll department, goverment agency, etc. used mainframes. Heck, even the school district from my small town had there own mainframe. Not to mention the non-apple small computers at that time - Commodore PET, Radio Shack TRS-80, etc. My bet is you'd have to go back until at LEAST the 1950s (probably early 50s) to match all the computing power on the planet with a single PC today.
I think it could go either way - when Family Guy returned, it was as good as ever.
My year-old iBook G4 is practially black to the left and right of the touchpad from my hands resting there for 12 hours a day. And I didn't even have to pay the extra $150 for that color scheme!
If you're a college student and don't have ready access to beer (regardless of your age), you don't deserver to be in college.