.. It brings with it the other typical benefits of streaming, such as being able to pause the damn thing! The worst part about seeing a movie (every movie) is that unless you manage to go to the toilet at the start of the film, you will probably need to go during it.
I would say that 100% of the films I have seen in recent years I've missed something from the middle because whoever the idiots are who edit the films don't believe in intermissions, even though these same idiots provide data saying that the length of their feature exceeds the average expectancy of the bladder. Sometimes this is a blessing, obviously, because spending time in public bathrooms is actually significantly more enjoyable that watching The Hateful Eight, but sometimes I think "great, now I have to go home and download this entire feature to catch the 8 minutes I missed. Why didn't I just do that to begin with?".
I have no problems against internet Ads with one exception: news web sites. Washington Post and a number of the other big guys insist on playing loud obnoxious (and embarassing) video ads with no easy way to mute, or bugs so they keep reviving. News sites are the reason all my Ads are now blocked. Its pure irresponsibility
Typically when I tell the truth I get called a troll. Well, if being an Engineer, doing the testing and knowinf the facts makes me a troll, who am I to tell the Internet its wrong
I think its important to point out that the OS commonly referred to as "Windows Phone" is actually called "Windows". I believe Microsoft made this change in 2014 when they realized that the Windows 8 experience was just as terrible as trying to use one of their phones. They also support a similar sized application market place, which again, hovers around the 1-2% market share
Well done AACS! You have managed to crush a product that allowed people to rip DVDs in an age when DVDs are obsolete. Unfortunately, you've also crushed a product that is completely legal and allows us to mount DVDs that we have legitimately downloaded from software vendors! You have absolutely succeeded at the wrong goals entirely.
Not just that, in our solar system, Earth isn't even particularly small. I'd put it maybe slightly lower than the median planet size. Its not he only spherical thing in our solar system to contain H2O, and not the only planet to have liquid at ground level.
I wonder if the problem isn't so much that its unlikely, as much as the perfect conditions are unsustainable for the entirety of a planet's existence making observations of such conditions a relative impossibility over the number of planets and time frames needed to simulate.
I'll contact Microsoft right now and see what the process is of downgrading this license to Windows 7. After today I don't think anyone will buy this product.
I'm not sure if the Powershell team could ever be considered 'forward looking' if all they ever manage to do is port more parts of *nix into Windows - I mean, thats all Microsoft does. "How can we make Windows 3.1 more like *nix?". At the same time they appear to pull in both directions "easier to use, touch interfaces, tiles-the-size-of-your-face" all the way over to "Windows version without GUI, poorly documented proprietary CLI with invisible dependencies".
I think if the Powershell team were forward looking in the slightest, they would have implemented SSH has the base of powershell, and created powershell commands into that environment, rather than deploying Powershell as it is, which is a bastardization of bash that duplicates the functionality of Open SSH with a stack of proprietary WMI instrument abstractions. In fact, I'd go a step further, Microsoft. Either fire the Powershell team, or ditch the Open SSH effort, because the two environments are not necessary, and I can only predict that it will expose more attack surface rather than providing a useful management interface.
A while back Slashdot decided to redesign its web page resulting in the website being broken. I mentioned to CMDR Taco a number of times of browsing the site in anything but Internet Explorer being broken, which was always ironic in my mind, being that/. is famously so anti MS. I called the redesign/. - Digg edition, but I think/. called it 'version 2.0'
Anyway, enough changes were reversed from the roll-out of 2.0 or whatever, except for the mobile component. Usually, you CAN make the/. work on a mobile device still, but you first have to put up with it long enough to find the 'view desktop site' button. I'm unsure why/. serves the broken mobile version at all - it doesn't work properly - particularly on mobiles.
Also, I kind of wish/. was able to divorce Sourceforge - that place will never recover its reputation.
of thinking...
For example, while there might be a license plate on vehicles, there is also a requirement for the driver to be licensed which creates the artificial structure that requires civilians to display a license plate on their vehicle as part of the complicated web of requirements the license contract includes.
But then, when you look at even something like the Australian constitution, Australians are guaranteed a right of travel, which may in itself override the requirements spelled out in the licensing documents
And all of this ignores the IP address that travel around with each computer that allows identification of the computer just like a license plate identifies a vehicle (but not necessarily the driver).
Maybe Homeland officials should be ordered never to converse with the press regarding any matter of technology on the grounds they lack the necessary technical background. Its like asking a nutritionist or a homeless person about running a reactor.
This is IBM's philosophy with their mainframe architecture. You buy a box and tell them how much capacity you want. They give you the unlock code. You later decide you need faster hardware. They unlock more hardware with a key, but the hardware is already in the box. Mainframes are still sold.
I don't think its so much about that. I think this is about pride. He expected to be able to exercise more control over the final product and call it one of his own.
I think George Lucas did some things well, like remastering 4-6. At the time it was divisive, but in the long run, I don't think they look significantly different to the newer films.
But then he also aborted ep 1-3 and created something entirely snooze worthy and at the time, the rest of the world was in his shoes right now.
Depending what Disney end up doing with the next few installments will determine whether their take is better, and despite a few slightly cheesy moments (which Star Wars is well known for, particularly after solidifying this with Jar Jar), I found the film entirely immersive. Will it hold up next to the next few films? I suspect it will be considered a prelude, which to be fair, it felt a bit like. It may have cashed in a little bit on nostalgia, but its a far better tie in that crappy young ObiWan or a bunch of the other characters GL was able to mash into 1-3 to make them slightly watchable while simultaneously making the characters far less interesting.
It should be noted that while virtually ALL E-mail clients are compatible with IMAP, Microsoft Outlook 2010+ doesn't play very well with it at all. You will typically find that, even after making all of the recommended account changes, patching it up to the nines, mail access is always gammy and delayed when talking to the IMAP connector.
So, if your considering IMAP, perhaps considering dumping Outlook.... or just using Outlook for your calendaring and run the rest of your email out of Thunderbird.
Alternatively, use online services like gmail. That way you get the best of both worlds and don't have to bother backing up your mail server.
So does that mean its now illegal to take photos of me wearing clothes? I've felt it should be illegal to take unauthorized photos of my fashion for the past 30 years. How do i collect my money now?
Here maps is the app that bundles with the Windows phone I believe. This single application is the main reason I score Nokia's Lumia series -1 out of a possible 0 to 5 score, where a score of 0 indicates the product is so defective that owners should request a refund from the manufacturer.
The phone doesn't do a single thing well, but at least most functionality doesn't involve you reentering the destination while driving every time the screen sleeps. It does other things, like recalculating your route because you just passed under a bridge, meaning your are obviously now driving on the bridge and a number of other equally as amusing quirks.
There are Samsungs, there are Apples, there are Blackberries and $30 asian smart phones, they all do a better job of mapping compared to Here Maps. I really like Uber's service, but I don't expect it to improve with the involvement of a new, extremely defective mapping system, and I don't think users of the service will be very happy if they have to start interacting with this application.
I'd say David is fairly spot on. The only additional thing I recommend is when arranging to do work on any computer is to ensure the users know to close any sensitive documents and save all their work to relieve any responsibility in this area.
For a moment I thought you might be one of my previous bosses.:)
The system described by OP is very similar to my last position.... except we had about 300 users across APAC in various factories. ERP integrated into everything, including robotics on the assembly lines.
Two Engineers and 1 outsourced ERP consultant got the job done. When Engineering wasn't fixing routine problems, it was contributing software - either manufacturing, ERP or middleware.
You company management is probably correct. Too much staff in the wrong places. Need a receptionist? Get an SD application.
Slashdot Mirror
.. It brings with it the other typical benefits of streaming, such as being able to pause the damn thing! The worst part about seeing a movie (every movie) is that unless you manage to go to the toilet at the start of the film, you will probably need to go during it.
I would say that 100% of the films I have seen in recent years I've missed something from the middle because whoever the idiots are who edit the films don't believe in intermissions, even though these same idiots provide data saying that the length of their feature exceeds the average expectancy of the bladder. Sometimes this is a blessing, obviously, because spending time in public bathrooms is actually significantly more enjoyable that watching The Hateful Eight, but sometimes I think "great, now I have to go home and download this entire feature to catch the 8 minutes I missed. Why didn't I just do that to begin with?".
Last time I checked, a Snapdragon 820 was a System-on-Chip semiconductor.
This is a picture of a semiconductor
This is a picture of a power plant
And another power plant, which is actually a power plant within a bigger... power plant
Its important that we all speak the same language. That or I'm gonna start calling every square computer I see a "Hard disk"
I have no problems against internet Ads with one exception: news web sites. Washington Post and a number of the other big guys insist on playing loud obnoxious (and embarassing) video ads with no easy way to mute, or bugs so they keep reviving. News sites are the reason all my Ads are now blocked. Its pure irresponsibility
Typically when I tell the truth I get called a troll. Well, if being an Engineer, doing the testing and knowinf the facts makes me a troll, who am I to tell the Internet its wrong
I think its important to point out that the OS commonly referred to as "Windows Phone" is actually called "Windows". I believe Microsoft made this change in 2014 when they realized that the Windows 8 experience was just as terrible as trying to use one of their phones. They also support a similar sized application market place, which again, hovers around the 1-2% market share
Well done AACS! You have managed to crush a product that allowed people to rip DVDs in an age when DVDs are obsolete. Unfortunately, you've also crushed a product that is completely legal and allows us to mount DVDs that we have legitimately downloaded from software vendors! You have absolutely succeeded at the wrong goals entirely.
Not just that, in our solar system, Earth isn't even particularly small. I'd put it maybe slightly lower than the median planet size. Its not he only spherical thing in our solar system to contain H2O, and not the only planet to have liquid at ground level.
I wonder if the problem isn't so much that its unlikely, as much as the perfect conditions are unsustainable for the entirety of a planet's existence making observations of such conditions a relative impossibility over the number of planets and time frames needed to simulate.
I'll contact Microsoft right now and see what the process is of downgrading this license to Windows 7. After today I don't think anyone will buy this product.
I'm not sure if the Powershell team could ever be considered 'forward looking' if all they ever manage to do is port more parts of *nix into Windows - I mean, thats all Microsoft does. "How can we make Windows 3.1 more like *nix?". At the same time they appear to pull in both directions "easier to use, touch interfaces, tiles-the-size-of-your-face" all the way over to "Windows version without GUI, poorly documented proprietary CLI with invisible dependencies".
I think if the Powershell team were forward looking in the slightest, they would have implemented SSH has the base of powershell, and created powershell commands into that environment, rather than deploying Powershell as it is, which is a bastardization of bash that duplicates the functionality of Open SSH with a stack of proprietary WMI instrument abstractions. In fact, I'd go a step further, Microsoft. Either fire the Powershell team, or ditch the Open SSH effort, because the two environments are not necessary, and I can only predict that it will expose more attack surface rather than providing a useful management interface.
A while back Slashdot decided to redesign its web page resulting in the website being broken. I mentioned to CMDR Taco a number of times of browsing the site in anything but Internet Explorer being broken, which was always ironic in my mind, being that /. is famously so anti MS. I called the redesign /. - Digg edition, but I think /. called it 'version 2.0'
/. work on a mobile device still, but you first have to put up with it long enough to find the 'view desktop site' button. I'm unsure why /. serves the broken mobile version at all - it doesn't work properly - particularly on mobiles.
/. was able to divorce Sourceforge - that place will never recover its reputation.
Anyway, enough changes were reversed from the roll-out of 2.0 or whatever, except for the mobile component. Usually, you CAN make the
Also, I kind of wish
of thinking... For example, while there might be a license plate on vehicles, there is also a requirement for the driver to be licensed which creates the artificial structure that requires civilians to display a license plate on their vehicle as part of the complicated web of requirements the license contract includes.
But then, when you look at even something like the Australian constitution, Australians are guaranteed a right of travel, which may in itself override the requirements spelled out in the licensing documents
And all of this ignores the IP address that travel around with each computer that allows identification of the computer just like a license plate identifies a vehicle (but not necessarily the driver).
Maybe Homeland officials should be ordered never to converse with the press regarding any matter of technology on the grounds they lack the necessary technical background. Its like asking a nutritionist or a homeless person about running a reactor.
This is IBM's philosophy with their mainframe architecture. You buy a box and tell them how much capacity you want. They give you the unlock code. You later decide you need faster hardware. They unlock more hardware with a key, but the hardware is already in the box. Mainframes are still sold.
I don't think its so much about that. I think this is about pride. He expected to be able to exercise more control over the final product and call it one of his own.
I think George Lucas did some things well, like remastering 4-6. At the time it was divisive, but in the long run, I don't think they look significantly different to the newer films.
But then he also aborted ep 1-3 and created something entirely snooze worthy and at the time, the rest of the world was in his shoes right now.
Depending what Disney end up doing with the next few installments will determine whether their take is better, and despite a few slightly cheesy moments (which Star Wars is well known for, particularly after solidifying this with Jar Jar), I found the film entirely immersive. Will it hold up next to the next few films? I suspect it will be considered a prelude, which to be fair, it felt a bit like. It may have cashed in a little bit on nostalgia, but its a far better tie in that crappy young ObiWan or a bunch of the other characters GL was able to mash into 1-3 to make them slightly watchable while simultaneously making the characters far less interesting.
It should be noted that while virtually ALL E-mail clients are compatible with IMAP, Microsoft Outlook 2010+ doesn't play very well with it at all. You will typically find that, even after making all of the recommended account changes, patching it up to the nines, mail access is always gammy and delayed when talking to the IMAP connector.
So, if your considering IMAP, perhaps considering dumping Outlook.... or just using Outlook for your calendaring and run the rest of your email out of Thunderbird.
Alternatively, use online services like gmail. That way you get the best of both worlds and don't have to bother backing up your mail server.
So does that mean its now illegal to take photos of me wearing clothes? I've felt it should be illegal to take unauthorized photos of my fashion for the past 30 years. How do i collect my money now?
Here maps is the app that bundles with the Windows phone I believe. This single application is the main reason I score Nokia's Lumia series -1 out of a possible 0 to 5 score, where a score of 0 indicates the product is so defective that owners should request a refund from the manufacturer.
The phone doesn't do a single thing well, but at least most functionality doesn't involve you reentering the destination while driving every time the screen sleeps. It does other things, like recalculating your route because you just passed under a bridge, meaning your are obviously now driving on the bridge and a number of other equally as amusing quirks.
There are Samsungs, there are Apples, there are Blackberries and $30 asian smart phones, they all do a better job of mapping compared to Here Maps. I really like Uber's service, but I don't expect it to improve with the involvement of a new, extremely defective mapping system, and I don't think users of the service will be very happy if they have to start interacting with this application.
Anyone got a working mirror?
I'd say David is fairly spot on. The only additional thing I recommend is when arranging to do work on any computer is to ensure the users know to close any sensitive documents and save all their work to relieve any responsibility in this area.
I have a Nokia Win 8 phone, and I can't install any alternative browser to IE or change the default search engine. Should I be entitled to a refund?
I'm putting in a vote for the LaserJet 1000 as well. HP really knew how to make virtually maintenance free printers.
"FaceCop! Nobody move or there will be.... trouble"
.. to lobby more 'infrastructure' grants from the government. All that data doesn't keep itself on-line.
How is it that Microsoft has the technical know how to sanitize chinese searches, yet not sanitize the english ones of blatant porn?
This is what happens when Microsoft tries to turn its OS into a thing for smart phones: the industry replaces it with a working OS for smartphones.
For a moment I thought you might be one of my previous bosses. :)
The system described by OP is very similar to my last position.... except we had about 300 users across APAC in various factories. ERP integrated into everything, including robotics on the assembly lines.
Two Engineers and 1 outsourced ERP consultant got the job done. When Engineering wasn't fixing routine problems, it was contributing software - either manufacturing, ERP or middleware.
You company management is probably correct. Too much staff in the wrong places. Need a receptionist? Get an SD application.