My wife and I had our annual physicals recently, and got our blood test results in the mail without even asking for them. (Of course, it kind of proves the other post's point since my wife freaked out about hers even though all her numbers were [barely] normal.)
And that is why we are seeing a disconnect here. American's average income has fallen, while median income has gone up. Very bad sign. For a while, people tried to keep up - certainly not without a little greed of their own. Refinancing their house to fund their lifestyle. Living on their multiple credit cards. Taking out 50 year ARM mortgages and other shaky deals. So Americans were actually starting the fall into low income well before the 2008 bust. As their wealth dissapeared, they started settling into the new lifestyle.
I don't think you're saying what you think you're saying: if average income falls while median income goes up, then that means a smaller number of people on the low end are suffering drastic reductions in their income. Instead, I think you're trying to argue that the wealth is getting concentrated in a smaller number of people on the high end at the expense of the lower and middle classes, which would require a reduction in the mean and median income. Or do I not understand correctly?
How do you edit a csv anyway? By default they seem to open in excel, but it completely butchered it.
I think the GP was talking about giving the person the task of writing a program that would take a CSV as input, parse it, add another field to each line, and write it back out again.
By the way: to edit a CSV in Excel, you (stupidly) can't just double-click its icon. Instead, you have to open Excel (without loading a document), go to File*->Open, then Excel will show a wizard where you can choose how it should parse the file. In this wizard, you need to check the "Comma" checkbox. (Who would have thought that a "Comma Separated Values" file would have values separated by commas? Not Microsoft, apparently!) Then click "Done," and your file will be open in Excel, (mostly) correctly.
* "File->Open," "Office Button->Open," whatever (depending on which stupid version of Office you have.)
The Nexus 7 seems solid enough to me, and the slightly-rubbery coating on the back makes it easier to hold than an iPad (which is what I meant in my previous post, not iPod).
I dislike how both the iPad and Nexus 7 have thin edges, though... I'd much prefer if they had the same rectangular edge profile as the iPhone 4/4s.
OneNote on Win8 will definitely support pen input, though, so that might be interesting.
Win8, especially on ARM, is evil and must be destroyed (because of the hostile-to--the-user's-property-rights DRM'd bootloader). Because of that, I honestly couldn't care less what sort of nice features it will support.
Why should I care about the launcher supporting landscape mode?
(The on screen keyboard is a bit of a problem, I agree. Mostly because it keeps breaking the HTML tags in my Slashdot posts while trying to "auto-correct" them.)
The one failing of the Google feedback system, IMO, is that it lacks feedback. By that I mean that there's no response back to the submitter letting them know what's being done or when the problem is fixed. I think I'm going to submit feedback on feedback, pointing out that feedback needs feedback.
If you want recursive feedback, you need to specify a termination condition.
I love my Nexus 7 tablet. It's everything I want in a tablet. (Well, I guess I'd like HDMI and a card reader, but I really haven't needed them.) Do I wish I had spent twice as much for an iPad 2? No, I really don't.
I feel pretty much the same way about mine, except I wish for a Wacom-type digitizer as well (so that I could use a stylus with pressure-sensitivity)
OneNote for Android (and iPhone) appears to be missing the main feature that made it so great on Tablet PC, which was pen input and handwriting recognition.
I don't really think the issue with the Android tablets is what they do. It's that (to the average user) they just don't seem as nice. They displays aren't as sharp, for one thing.
The Nexus 7 is just as nice as the iPod (including screen DPI). Other Android tablets, not so much.
And most of you folks who own them aren't ready to give them up.
I have to admit, that's a good point. The only reason I'd quit driving my diesel is if it got totaled... and even then, I'd swap the engine into my Ford Ranger pickup truck.
That depends on the jurisdiction and such. Where I live a recently expired registration is usually a fixit ticket where you just need to get the situation remedied and the ticket will be waived, usually you still have to pay the $50 court fees though.
Sometimes there's no choice but to drive without registration. I bought a used car with the CEL on, went to register it, and found out that the previous owner had let the emissions certificate lapse. Fixing the emissions meant the CEL had to measure the sensors and reset, which takes about a week's worth of driving. Therefore, I had to drive it unregistered for a while. Luckily, I didn't get caught.
Some minivans and SUVs seat 7, only a handful of SUVs seat 8...
Minivans that seat 8 ought to be relatively common (2 seats in front, 3-person bench in the middle, 3-person bench in the rear). Or do they all stupidly have 2nd-row "captain's chairs" these days?
And which old wagon ever seated nine people?
I could see that happening, given that most old wagons would have had bench seats up front. I feel like they weren't likely to seat 3 in the 3rd row, though.
Same thing with cars. Buying a new car because the old one gets lousy gas mileage is never a winning bet, unless the change is dramatic. This year I doubled my fuel economy by going with a diesel, but it will be at least 10 years before I see any cost savings, even with diesel and regular unleaded at parity for now.
So you either have 2 choices: use a radically cheaper fuel or make old stuff illegal.
I hate to break it to you, but diesel economy cars have been around for many years, and the older ones (e.g. mine, built in 1998) are more fuel-efficient than yours.
Imagine the climate is a glass of water, and the water level is temperature. When you add water (simulating global warming), you don't just increase the average water level, you also create ripples and waves (increasing volatility).
If they're going to make their own hardware, they need an OS for it. The logical choice would be Linux. Therefore, Linux support could be seen as an incremental step towards a "Steam box."
That'd be fine for someone who lives alone. But I'd have to find a land line replacement plan for the other member of the same household as well.
Admittedly, that is an issue. My wife is still on her parents' family plan, but if she weren't I might find the flexibility a second $40/month cellphone worth it.
How much will that $30 per month bill go up at the end of the 12-month promotional period? If it is not the promotional rate, how did you manage to get such a low rate for cable Internet alone? The price expectation in your area must differ from that in my area, where Comcast's cheapest Internet-only plan (called "Economy Plus") is $39.95 per month.
I don't know why I was offered that rate (and it was only over the phone, by the way; the rates on the website were different). What I do know is that the rate was guaranteed for one year yet I was not locked into a contract for the service, and that I was promised 20 Mbps (which Comcast tried to charge me $40/month for, but a complaint to the BBB asking them to listen to the phone call from when I ordered the service solved that).
For comparison, the only other options at my house are DSL and Wi-Max, and neither can go faster than 1 Mbps at any price. (They both allegedly offer faster speeds, but both the phone wiring and cell service in my area is too crappy.)
By the way, you know what would be really cheap for a "landline" (albeit without support and possibly less reliable)? Google Voice plus an OBiTALK (a device like a MagicJack or Ooma, except with no monthly fee at all). I've got one but I haven't set it up yet (my Wi-Max was too slow, and I haven't gotten around to wiring my cable connection yet -- the coax currently only goes to the basement, with the house being served only via wi-fi).
That's where our strategies are different: my Virgin Mobile cellphone is a land line replacement. My total telecommunications cost is $30/month for cable Internet and $40/month for phone/mobile Internet. (Well, I also have satellite TV, but that doesn't count and will be canceled in favor of Netflix/Hulu sooner or later.)
By the way, as I understand it I'm not supposed to tether my Samsung Intercept to a laptop. But it doesn't say I can't tether it to another Android device.
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My wife and I had our annual physicals recently, and got our blood test results in the mail without even asking for them. (Of course, it kind of proves the other post's point since my wife freaked out about hers even though all her numbers were [barely] normal.)
Isn't that Scientology's business model?
I don't think you're saying what you think you're saying: if average income falls while median income goes up, then that means a smaller number of people on the low end are suffering drastic reductions in their income. Instead, I think you're trying to argue that the wealth is getting concentrated in a smaller number of people on the high end at the expense of the lower and middle classes, which would require a reduction in the mean and median income. Or do I not understand correctly?
I think the GP was talking about giving the person the task of writing a program that would take a CSV as input, parse it, add another field to each line, and write it back out again.
By the way: to edit a CSV in Excel, you (stupidly) can't just double-click its icon. Instead, you have to open Excel (without loading a document), go to File*->Open, then Excel will show a wizard where you can choose how it should parse the file. In this wizard, you need to check the "Comma" checkbox. (Who would have thought that a "Comma Separated Values" file would have values separated by commas? Not Microsoft, apparently!) Then click "Done," and your file will be open in Excel, (mostly) correctly.
* "File->Open," "Office Button->Open," whatever (depending on which stupid version of Office you have.)
I don't know where you are that you're inundated with classic rock, but where I live I'm having trouble finding it anymore!
It's a matter of principle.
The Nexus 7 seems solid enough to me, and the slightly-rubbery coating on the back makes it easier to hold than an iPad (which is what I meant in my previous post, not iPod).
I dislike how both the iPad and Nexus 7 have thin edges, though... I'd much prefer if they had the same rectangular edge profile as the iPhone 4/4s.
Win8, especially on ARM, is evil and must be destroyed (because of the hostile-to--the-user's-property-rights DRM'd bootloader). Because of that, I honestly couldn't care less what sort of nice features it will support.
Why should I care about the launcher supporting landscape mode?
(The on screen keyboard is a bit of a problem, I agree. Mostly because it keeps breaking the HTML tags in my Slashdot posts while trying to "auto-correct" them.)
Like how your children were stolen in infancy by pirates?
If you want recursive feedback, you need to specify a termination condition.
For Google, the operating system is not free.
I feel pretty much the same way about mine, except I wish for a Wacom-type digitizer as well (so that I could use a stylus with pressure-sensitivity)
OneNote for Android (and iPhone) appears to be missing the main feature that made it so great on Tablet PC, which was pen input and handwriting recognition.
The Nexus 7 is just as nice as the iPod (including screen DPI). Other Android tablets, not so much.
I have to admit, that's a good point. The only reason I'd quit driving my diesel is if it got totaled... and even then, I'd swap the engine into my Ford Ranger pickup truck.
Sometimes there's no choice but to drive without registration. I bought a used car with the CEL on, went to register it, and found out that the previous owner had let the emissions certificate lapse. Fixing the emissions meant the CEL had to measure the sensors and reset, which takes about a week's worth of driving. Therefore, I had to drive it unregistered for a while. Luckily, I didn't get caught.
Your troubles aren't the fault of the GPL, but rather the fault of your imperfect understanding of it (as well as law in general).
Minivans that seat 8 ought to be relatively common (2 seats in front, 3-person bench in the middle, 3-person bench in the rear). Or do they all stupidly have 2nd-row "captain's chairs" these days?
I could see that happening, given that most old wagons would have had bench seats up front. I feel like they weren't likely to seat 3 in the 3rd row, though.
I hate to break it to you, but diesel economy cars have been around for many years, and the older ones (e.g. mine, built in 1998) are more fuel-efficient than yours.
Imagine the climate is a glass of water, and the water level is temperature. When you add water (simulating global warming), you don't just increase the average water level, you also create ripples and waves (increasing volatility).
If they're going to make their own hardware, they need an OS for it. The logical choice would be Linux. Therefore, Linux support could be seen as an incremental step towards a "Steam box."
Admittedly, that is an issue. My wife is still on her parents' family plan, but if she weren't I might find the flexibility a second $40/month cellphone worth it.
I don't know why I was offered that rate (and it was only over the phone, by the way; the rates on the website were different). What I do know is that the rate was guaranteed for one year yet I was not locked into a contract for the service, and that I was promised 20 Mbps (which Comcast tried to charge me $40/month for, but a complaint to the BBB asking them to listen to the phone call from when I ordered the service solved that).
For comparison, the only other options at my house are DSL and Wi-Max, and neither can go faster than 1 Mbps at any price. (They both allegedly offer faster speeds, but both the phone wiring and cell service in my area is too crappy.)
By the way, you know what would be really cheap for a "landline" (albeit without support and possibly less reliable)? Google Voice plus an OBiTALK (a device like a MagicJack or Ooma, except with no monthly fee at all). I've got one but I haven't set it up yet (my Wi-Max was too slow, and I haven't gotten around to wiring my cable connection yet -- the coax currently only goes to the basement, with the house being served only via wi-fi).
I switched to VM from AT&T, where I had been paying the same $40/month just for voice (no data). From that perspective, the data is free.
That's where our strategies are different: my Virgin Mobile cellphone is a land line replacement. My total telecommunications cost is $30/month for cable Internet and $40/month for phone/mobile Internet. (Well, I also have satellite TV, but that doesn't count and will be canceled in favor of Netflix/Hulu sooner or later.)
By the way, as I understand it I'm not supposed to tether my Samsung Intercept to a laptop. But it doesn't say I can't tether it to another Android device.