Apple products are intrinsicly 'cool' and there's nothing you can do to change that, in the same way that smoking will always be cool, no matter how many more sensible things you could be doing with your time and money.
Provided a student can't pass a course without passing the exam then IMHO it doesn't really matter if the text book answers are on the net.
Most University courses nowadays give credit for some homework assignments. Getting 100% on assignments that make up 50% of the final grade takes a lot of pressure off in the midterm/final exams.
If Obama wins the popular vote and [..] watch for those few "party heavyweight" try to convince the credentials and rules committees to reinstate the Florida and Michigan delegates
You still have the freedom to vote for whoever you please in the election. Don't forget, the superdelegates are only choosing the candidate- if they choose one that you don't like, no-one denies you the right to vote for or form your own party. As a nation you choose for there to be only 2 viable choices at the polls, but you have the power to change that.
A handful of elites are given a 'casting vote', but if 90% of the electorate went for one candidate, their 'superdelegate' vote wouldn't be enough to overrule the popular vote. Personally I think other politicians are in a much better position to judge a candidate's suitability for government- they're the ones who have to work together after all. If the 'elites' have any sense they'll pay attention to each candidate's popularity, they do want their candidate to get elected after all.
For the general population, the news networks turn the whole thing into a fun cross between a sporting competition and a soap opera, full of 'momentum', 'comebacks' etc.
Until 1980, the UK labour party elected it's leader (who, of course, became the candidate for the top job) by a purely internal process. Nowadays they spread the power amongst an electoral college which "consists of three equally weighted sections: the votes of Labour MPs and MEPs; the votes of affiliated trade unions and socialist societies; and the votes of individual members of Constituency Labour Parties" . Each third votes as they see fit, and one group 'overriding' another's votes is not undemocratic, it's just a function of the way the system has been designed.
It's quite difficult to come up with precise numbers, but according to Wikipedia Obama is 137 ahead in the pledged delegates (big wins for Clinton in states like Pennsylvania could make the pledged numbers a lot closer) and Clinton is an estimated 44 ahead in the 'declared' superdeligate estimate. The decision looks like it will be left in the hands of the 284 'undeclared' superdelegates.
It's pretty clear from the delegate count that Obama will be the nominee unless Clinton can convince an overwhelming majority of the superdelegates to effectively overturn the primary and caucus results by joining her even though Obama will have won more delegates
If the superdelegates can't overturn the primary and caucus results, then there's no point in having them at all. They are given a vote and they should use it as they see fit. Having the superdelegates vote for the canditate that's already winning makes them just an artificial way of increasing the winning margin.
I owned a Samsung HD CRT of a similar weight, it felt like it was made of solid glass and steel. I sold it 2 years ago when I moved across the country. A female student answered the ad. I stressed several times that the TV was very heavy. She turned up with another girl to take the TV, I doubt their combined weight was much more than the weight of the TV. I helped them down 2 flights of stairs with it and out of the appartment, and they staggered off down the street with the TV between them.
No discussion about the foolishness of personal flying devices is complete without mentioning the Aerocycle"Since the operator stands on a tiny platform with a pair of naked helicopter blades whirling beneath him at food-processor speeds there is a great inducement not to fall off." (btw the whole site is worth a look)
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I have a little site, only really intended to share stuff with family and friends, served with custom scripts. I couldn't believe it when it was targetted by spammers. I could even see the test posts they made, checking to see if html was allowed etc., before unleashing the the bot to post dozens of links a day.
From the BBC News article: It asks every person who logs in for their name, age, sex and standing within their community.. Sounds like it's voluntary from that description, like those "Enter your date of birth" dropdowns that 'prove' your age.
The MBA targets the upscale mobile user who needs a notebook for traveling
So when the WiFi signal at the hotel is patchy and they want to switch to ethernet... and when their client gives them a copy of all the relevant files on CD/DVD... and when they need to plug in more than one USB device... they'd better hope they remembered to bring along their bulging sack of Air Accessories.
Heck, a significant amount of production feature film editing has been done using less capable notebooks
These 'less capable' notewooks- did they have FireWire ports? Thought so, film people love their FireWire.
People don't complain that the OLPC is underpowered, or lacks a DVD burner -- it is obviously targeted at a specific market segment.
The OLPC is 1/10 the Air's price, (aims to be 1/18), and they managed to give it 3 USB ports, SD slot, and audio in.
A Macbook Pro is also targeted at a different market segment -- one that attempts to replace a desktop machine, while sacrificing little along the way.
No, that's the target market for a regular laptop. Users are going to be very disappointed when they get their hands on this underperforming-but-flashy machine. It's a big step back from Apple's great MacBook Pros.
The calculations are based on a trapezoidal solid that's 0.16 at the base
Interesting choice- when you could have based the calculations on... reality. The MBA is wedge-shaped, but clearly not 5 times thicker at one end than the other. The only part that could be.16" thick are the very tips (which sharply curve away from the main body)- but as someone pointed out the other day the very edges of a pickup truck are.16" thick too. I could also be considered to between 6 feet and 1 inch tall(because that's how tall my toes are) - it's not very useful.
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In other news, all games will now consist of reflective spheres moving around on checkerboards...
Apple products are intrinsicly 'cool' and there's nothing you can do to change that, in the same way that smoking will always be cool, no matter how many more sensible things you could be doing with your time and money.
in other news, Apple rewards the BBC by suing over their use of the 'i' prefix, on which iApple has an iMonopoly
... the Genki Rockets wouldn't exist. Wait, they don't exist...
Most University courses nowadays give credit for some homework assignments. Getting 100% on assignments that make up 50% of the final grade takes a lot of pressure off in the midterm/final exams.
You still have the freedom to vote for whoever you please in the election. Don't forget, the superdelegates are only choosing the candidate- if they choose one that you don't like, no-one denies you the right to vote for or form your own party. As a nation you choose for there to be only 2 viable choices at the polls, but you have the power to change that.
A handful of elites are given a 'casting vote', but if 90% of the electorate went for one candidate, their 'superdelegate' vote wouldn't be enough to overrule the popular vote. Personally I think other politicians are in a much better position to judge a candidate's suitability for government- they're the ones who have to work together after all. If the 'elites' have any sense they'll pay attention to each candidate's popularity, they do want their candidate to get elected after all. For the general population, the news networks turn the whole thing into a fun cross between a sporting competition and a soap opera, full of 'momentum', 'comebacks' etc.
Until 1980, the UK labour party elected it's leader (who, of course, became the candidate for the top job) by a purely internal process. Nowadays they spread the power amongst an electoral college which "consists of three equally weighted sections: the votes of Labour MPs and MEPs; the votes of affiliated trade unions and socialist societies; and the votes of individual members of Constituency Labour Parties" . Each third votes as they see fit, and one group 'overriding' another's votes is not undemocratic, it's just a function of the way the system has been designed.
Sorry, I meant that as a joke- hence the winking smiley. For extra marks, try this out with an LCD monitor.
It's quite difficult to come up with precise numbers, but according to Wikipedia Obama is 137 ahead in the pledged delegates (big wins for Clinton in states like Pennsylvania could make the pledged numbers a lot closer) and Clinton is an estimated 44 ahead in the 'declared' superdeligate estimate. The decision looks like it will be left in the hands of the 284 'undeclared' superdelegates.
It's hard to believe that people could accept something like a designed-in visible support wire. They obviously weren't going after graphic artists
Please let your in-laws never trace this post back to you...
I owned a Samsung HD CRT of a similar weight, it felt like it was made of solid glass and steel. I sold it 2 years ago when I moved across the country. A female student answered the ad. I stressed several times that the TV was very heavy. She turned up with another girl to take the TV, I doubt their combined weight was much more than the weight of the TV. I helped them down 2 flights of stairs with it and out of the appartment, and they staggered off down the street with the TV between them.
Great, now they can be remote controlled by some guy on his couch with a 360 controller, instead of needing an operator with any skill or experience!
Yes, getting rid of the junk on the left hand side for every story is great.
No discussion about the foolishness of personal flying devices is complete without mentioning the Aerocycle "Since the operator stands on a tiny platform with a pair of naked helicopter blades whirling beneath him at food-processor speeds there is a great inducement not to fall off." (btw the whole site is worth a look)
I have a little site, only really intended to share stuff with family and friends, served with custom scripts. I couldn't believe it when it was targetted by spammers. I could even see the test posts they made, checking to see if html was allowed etc., before unleashing the the bot to post dozens of links a day.
From the BBC News article: It asks every person who logs in for their name, age, sex and standing within their community.. Sounds like it's voluntary from that description, like those "Enter your date of birth" dropdowns that 'prove' your age.
You forgot to mention that your new shovel is missing a handle, and that handles aren't considered necessary to shovel users nowadays.
Didn't you hear? 'Thin' is the new 'Square'.
So the line
"wow, that Mac Cube is so cool and square and overpriced... that I have no intention of buying one"
becomes
"wow, that MacBook Air is so cool and thin and overpriced... that I have no intention of buying one".
Lemmings don't jump off cliffs, they get pushed off by Disney film crews: http://www.snopes.com/disney/films/lemmings.asp