The RAM is user upgradeable, the warranty is for a year, not a month, and there’s nothing that prevents you from using a ten-year old USB keyboard/mouse.
Don’t know why you wasted your money paying for all that... I’m sure most slashdotters have a few keyboards and mice lying around, I know I do.
I did the same thing when I got a direct message with it but Safari managed to warn me. I believe Safari uses Google’s database of phishing sites so it looks like a bug in Chrome.
I'll see your anecdote and raise you another.
My university (a private institution in Texas) offered three sections of pre-calculus this semester (about 20 students in each section). However, they filled *eight* sections of Calc 1. Pre-calc is required for admission and the class is only for those who were admitted to the university but failed the mathematics placement test. Calculus is required and this is a *liberal arts* school. Most students are not science or engineering majors.
I don't know why your university had such low standards. Maybe they need to tighten up their admissions requirements (or you should've transferred to a more rigorous school).
Just because a BP station has a BP sign doesn't many there is *any* guarantee you're pumping BP gas. Most stations in the US are franchises, not owned by the oil companies.
Most of these franchises are free to pump *whomevers gas is cheapest.* They buy on the wholesale market.
What you *are* guaranteed is that the gas you pump will include that companies add-pack. The most famous of these is Chevron's Techron add-pack.
IOW, that BP station could have BP, Shell, ConocoPhilips, Exxon or even Citgo gas coming out of its pumps.
(Also, the gas stations don't care about this. They don't make their money here, they make it selling you a $3 soda)
AFAIK, Apple will allow you to purchase from the US store if you have credit card with a US or APO billing address. That's how they check.
Also, I'm pretty sure the ToS for the store has had this rule ever since it was opened up to other countries. Each country has its own store due to licensing restrictions from the labels.
I know board games don't leap to mind, but check out some of the recent German games.
(I assume you can google these. Trust me, it's worth it)
Settlers of Catan
Carcassonne
Ticket to Ride (extra points for spotting the mistake in the game)
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Yes, these are just games, but they also aren't the garden variety he-with-the-best-luck-wins type of games. Settlers, a little bit, but the rest are intense strategy games. You may not be learning math or physics, but there's just as much value in reading people, long-term planning and anticipating others' actions. Sure, these aren't as tangible, but they're also real-world skills.
I know you've already been through ThinkGeek, but the Cuboro marble sets, if they still have them, continue to fascinate me.
Oh, and magnets. Magnets rock.
One more thing: Old cameras. If he likes to take stuff apart and put it back together, plus learn about optics and light, buy him an old film camera. Look up Canon AE-1 on eBay. Add in a few cheap lens and he'll be able to dissect the camera and examine all the lenses, mirrors, gears and everything. Easily under $50.
At Apple's online store, under the Special Deals section(scroll down at store.apple.com and its on the left hand side) they often sell old stuff. I just bought a Powerbook through that. I'd post a direct link but Apple's store is session-based.
Retard.
It is shown that Windows is not secure. We know that. Apparently, you spend to much time making "SCO Rocks" signs than you do with current computers. This will probably be the nicest reply you get. Oh, and just about everyone here does give a fuck about linux, so buzz off.
Just because something is not completely open doesn't mean it's a bad idea. What about the iPod operating system? It's not open. Sure, a lot of open source projects(Apache, PHP) are awsome and pretty much the standard, but other closed products are also awesome and setting the standard.
You could get a tablet writing thing, and then you could write notes directly to a computer. You still get the help with writing the note, and get the convience of having all the notes on a computer. Unless you have really bad writing(like me), this could be a possible solution.
Slashdot Mirror
So... if I’m flying from Houston to Frankfurt next week, should I be worried?
The RAM is user upgradeable, the warranty is for a year, not a month, and there’s nothing that prevents you from using a ten-year old USB keyboard/mouse. Don’t know why you wasted your money paying for all that... I’m sure most slashdotters have a few keyboards and mice lying around, I know I do.
I did the same thing when I got a direct message with it but Safari managed to warn me. I believe Safari uses Google’s database of phishing sites so it looks like a bug in Chrome.
I'll see your anecdote and raise you another. My university (a private institution in Texas) offered three sections of pre-calculus this semester (about 20 students in each section). However, they filled *eight* sections of Calc 1. Pre-calc is required for admission and the class is only for those who were admitted to the university but failed the mathematics placement test. Calculus is required and this is a *liberal arts* school. Most students are not science or engineering majors. I don't know why your university had such low standards. Maybe they need to tighten up their admissions requirements (or you should've transferred to a more rigorous school).
Just because a BP station has a BP sign doesn't many there is *any* guarantee you're pumping BP gas. Most stations in the US are franchises, not owned by the oil companies.
Most of these franchises are free to pump *whomevers gas is cheapest.* They buy on the wholesale market.
What you *are* guaranteed is that the gas you pump will include that companies add-pack. The most famous of these is Chevron's Techron add-pack.
IOW, that BP station could have BP, Shell, ConocoPhilips, Exxon or even Citgo gas coming out of its pumps.
(Also, the gas stations don't care about this. They don't make their money here, they make it selling you a $3 soda)
AFAIK, Apple will allow you to purchase from the US store if you have credit card with a US or APO billing address. That's how they check.
Also, I'm pretty sure the ToS for the store has had this rule ever since it was opened up to other countries. Each country has its own store due to licensing restrictions from the labels.
I know board games don't leap to mind, but check out some of the recent German games.
(I assume you can google these. Trust me, it's worth it)
Settlers of Catan
Carcassonne
Ticket to Ride (extra points for spotting the mistake in the game)
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Yes, these are just games, but they also aren't the garden variety he-with-the-best-luck-wins type of games. Settlers, a little bit, but the rest are intense strategy games. You may not be learning math or physics, but there's just as much value in reading people, long-term planning and anticipating others' actions. Sure, these aren't as tangible, but they're also real-world skills.
I know you've already been through ThinkGeek, but the Cuboro marble sets, if they still have them, continue to fascinate me.
Oh, and magnets. Magnets rock.
One more thing: Old cameras. If he likes to take stuff apart and put it back together, plus learn about optics and light, buy him an old film camera. Look up Canon AE-1 on eBay. Add in a few cheap lens and he'll be able to dissect the camera and examine all the lenses, mirrors, gears and everything. Easily under $50.
Hey, if you can't win once, sue again, right? It is the American way after all.
At Apple's online store, under the Special Deals section(scroll down at store.apple.com and its on the left hand side) they often sell old stuff. I just bought a Powerbook through that. I'd post a direct link but Apple's store is session-based.
Retard. It is shown that Windows is not secure. We know that. Apparently, you spend to much time making "SCO Rocks" signs than you do with current computers. This will probably be the nicest reply you get. Oh, and just about everyone here does give a fuck about linux, so buzz off.
This could be an amazing improvent to search engines. If they could instantly translate a page before showing it in the results.
I think that microbes are a great idea, in theory, but what about when they aren't in use?
Two FP's in one day! Sounds like a cool idea.
fp I can't wait to get the new version.
Just because something is not completely open doesn't mean it's a bad idea. What about the iPod operating system? It's not open. Sure, a lot of open source projects(Apache, PHP) are awsome and pretty much the standard, but other closed products are also awesome and setting the standard.
You could get a tablet writing thing, and then you could write notes directly to a computer. You still get the help with writing the note, and get the convience of having all the notes on a computer. Unless you have really bad writing(like me), this could be a possible solution.
http://www.wacom.com/index2.cfm
BTW, I don't mean the Windows Tablet Edition.