Google never actually uses Flash except for where it's absolutely necessary.
And Bristol Palin never actually had sex except for that one time she got pregnant.
Got news for you: even if it's embedded use only, it's still used. If Google really wanted to work towards the downfall of Flash, they would, by not using it. Flash has *never* been the only option available. Just the most convenient.
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Memorization can be a good thing. I think the problem is in the way memorization is taught.
Knowing - and probably more importantly learning - details is still quite valuable. Just a matter of how it's actually done.
Let me guess, you found at least two applications that can copy and paste something non-text, you have an nvdia video card, you "don't need Office", and you found at least one commercial game for Linux, so everything he said is false.
If I found *one* replacement for each of his examples (and in each case I found a commercial solution, with the exception of Photoshop), then yes, what he said is false. And because I only mentioned *one* commercial solution, that doesn't mean that there aren't other commercial solutions - there are for all his complaints, again, with the exception of Photoshop.
If you want non-working cut and paste (the general case is it only works for text), no 3d performance at all, barely any wireless support, no commercial software support including de facto standards like MS Office and Photoshop, no games, amateurish and inconsistent guis, etc. ad infinitum, then run desktop Linux.
I do use Linux consistently (Ubuntu and Suse). The above statement tells me you've probably got a grudge of some sort against Linux (or really just don't know), as everything, with the exception of Photoshop, has been done for quite some time now on Linux.
Copy and paste - not just text - is doable. Ditto for 3d hardware performance (I assume you were referring to hardware acceleration). For commercial MS Office support, you may want to check out Softmaker - it's an excellent office suite. I'm not a gamer, but I know that there are commercial games available for Linux as well. The GUI, well, I suppose that's what you make of it - at least you can tweak it to your heart's content.
As you say:
As cliche as it sounds, it's all about what works best for you.
No need to sound bitter when describing something you don't use.
Snark aside, have you considered that people in your geographic/socioeconomic/professional area might not be representative of the population as a whole?
That was really my point, but you stated in better. I was trying to get away from the generalizations which seem to crop up every time obesity is mentioned.
I'm afraid what's amusing you is your lack of knowledge of the facts. The US has far more obesity than anywhere else in the world.
Statistics are nice, but frankly, I'm going on my own experience here. I split my time throughout the year between three eurozone countries and the upper midwest US (used to live on the west coast, too).
Yes, the US is fat. But from the people I stand next to on the metro, sit next to in restaurants, see on the street, so is a large portion of Spain, France and Italy.
Again, I'm going on my own experience, which is more meaningful to me than a chart.
Maybe I should have narrowed it down to specific countries. But then, we could probably also narrow it down to specific states within the US, which would probably be more comparable to specific countries within Europe.
I'm usually amused when I see comments about obesity in the US, particularly by Europeans (I have no idea where you're from, FWIW).
There are now just as many fatties waddling around the old continent as there are in the US these days. Granted, it's in large part the fault of large US-based fast food corporations that have placed their establishments in all corners of Europe's biggest cities. They're placed in so many locations for a reason: people like them.
If they weren't profitable (popular with the locals), they wouldn't keep them open.
Reading the topic summary, my first thought was "how boring", and apparently I'm not alone, considering that the third reply in has really nothing to say on the subject other than "Linux is better than Windows".
What does Windows done wrong have to do with a flood of stable Linux kernels being released?
Yes. July 20, 1969 absolutely RUINED by 9th birthday party. I still have a black and white picture that my grandpa took of the black and white TV set broadcasting it, complete with a Nixon inset in the upper left corner of the screen.
While I disagree with that particular plan, it would seem that the Examiner generally is not favorable to Obama's administration.
And just reading the comments section of your referenced article, it looks like the Examiner's readership downright hates Obama.
I don't know anything about the fairly new owners of the paper (Clarity Media Group) though, to know if that's the paper's objective or not. It certainly comes across that way, glancing at some other headlines.
Anyone who becomes an artist for wealth is a fool. The purpose of being an artist is to create art because it is what you love. If you can manage to not starve while you do it, more power to you.
One of my favorite composers - Charles Ives - worked in the insurance industry for most of his life, and that's how he made his living. He kept his career and music quite separate and that didn't stop him from being a fairly prolific composer for his time at all.
It's actually thought that the opposite was true: when he retired from insurance, he also stopped composing.
Stubhub will sell your electronic tickets, from what I understand (I've never used them, but checking their tutorials, they seem to allow for transfer of electronic tickets; it doesn't look to be all that straight forward, though.)
I couldn't believe the amount of grief the woman at border patrol was giving me. I'm an American citizen...
Just out of curiosity, what kind of grief did she give you? At least in my experience, I've gotten grief going into many different places in Europe, as well as grief on return to the US. Probably the worst was both leaving South Africa (their customs pulled me out of line due to something they saw in the luggage scan - yep, the enameled ostrich egg we all seem to want to bring back home!), as well as entry into the US (I had a hard time convincing them that I did *not* go on a safari and really did spend my whole time on a beach in Cape Town).
On the other hand, I've also breezed through customs in the same places with some excellent agents. I chalk it up to a bad day for the customs agent and just deal with it. It's over soon enough.
I got the dreaded 'SSSS' on my boarding pass once and I had to fly
I got one of those one time too, but I knew exactly why. My mom was pretty much on her deathbed and I bought a ticket at the airport a couple of hours before boarding.
Easy enough to figure out, but I realize not all cases are as easy to know.
Did you find out why you were given that type of boarding pass? You could have asked before you ever hit security and probably been prepared for what would happen. And they most likely would have told you the reason.
Look on the bright side: if you ever get another "SSSS" boarding pass, you'll know more or less what to expect.
As far as the x-rays go... let 'em have at it, as far as I'm concerned. If they get their jollies out of looking at my blurry junk, oh well. It's a human body. *shrug*
... especially the kind of high-adrenaline action games that were once the PC's bread and butter.
I'm not so sure that gaming was ever the bread and butter of computing, but then I have nothing to back up my opinion, just as the article submitter has nothing.
You most likely had your parent's or other guardian's authority to have one.
I'm not sure if this is regulated at the state or federal level, but kids under 18 need either the primary cardholder's approval or in the case of a youth checking/savings account, the parent's.
The girl in the article (Eleanor) didn't have her parents' approval for her musical activities and probably restricted her spending for the purpose.
Because if you ask supporters of the Arizona law they specifically point out that it is to get Arizona's laws up to the level of the federal laws. Whether or not you really believe them or not is one story but if you ask the supporters of it, that is what they say.
Got a link or anything to back that up?
My understanding is that Arizona supports could give a rip about any federal law. They are interested in Arizona law, not federal. And really, why should they be interested in what another state is doing/want to do WRT illegal immigration?
Most likely what you're thinking is the national-level ultra-conservative (US sense) tea party movement, as they're reacting favorably to the new AZ law. The rest of the federal government, from what I've read, aren't really interested in promoting that nationally. They believe, as many other people do, that it should remain a state law.
I'm too lazy to look it up right now, but I seem to remember some fairly comprehensive coverage in the Washington post back in May, regarding the federal government's thoughts on the matter.
Frankly, I never understood his reasoning. Anyway, he *ONLY* enters URLS into Google's text box. When I tried to explain to him that there's a much easier way of doing things, he flat out refused to even consider it.
But then, he's an old curmudgeon set in his ways, just as I'm set in my own curmudgeonly ways.
Have you look at the times? 5 PM to 2 AM. Hardly meet my wife. We are almost living separate lives.
This isn't an offshore problem. Many, and I mean MANY, workers in the US work off hours, either swing shift (yours) or third shift.
Either we choose to do so because that's all that's available right now, or because we genuinely like working odd hours.
I work for myself, and because I'm dealing with companies in Europe, I routinely have to get up in the middle of the night to have a conference call. Them's the breaks.
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And Bristol Palin never actually had sex except for that one time she got pregnant.
Got news for you: even if it's embedded use only, it's still used. If Google really wanted to work towards the downfall of Flash, they would, by not using it. Flash has *never* been the only option available. Just the most convenient.
Knowing - and probably more importantly learning - details is still quite valuable. Just a matter of how it's actually done.
But creativity can and should be fostered outside the school system too.
If I found *one* replacement for each of his examples (and in each case I found a commercial solution, with the exception of Photoshop), then yes, what he said is false. And because I only mentioned *one* commercial solution, that doesn't mean that there aren't other commercial solutions - there are for all his complaints, again, with the exception of Photoshop.
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Where did I say the whole world loves Linux?
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Can't moderate and reply in the same thread.
I do use Linux consistently (Ubuntu and Suse). The above statement tells me you've probably got a grudge of some sort against Linux (or really just don't know), as everything, with the exception of Photoshop, has been done for quite some time now on Linux.
Copy and paste - not just text - is doable. Ditto for 3d hardware performance (I assume you were referring to hardware acceleration). For commercial MS Office support, you may want to check out Softmaker - it's an excellent office suite. I'm not a gamer, but I know that there are commercial games available for Linux as well. The GUI, well, I suppose that's what you make of it - at least you can tweak it to your heart's content.
As you say:
No need to sound bitter when describing something you don't use.
What does MobileMe offer that the free options out there don't? What's the feature that would make me want to pay?
That was really my point, but you stated in better. I was trying to get away from the generalizations which seem to crop up every time obesity is mentioned.
Shouldn't that be rollover credits?
Statistics are nice, but frankly, I'm going on my own experience here. I split my time throughout the year between three eurozone countries and the upper midwest US (used to live on the west coast, too).
Yes, the US is fat. But from the people I stand next to on the metro, sit next to in restaurants, see on the street, so is a large portion of Spain, France and Italy.
Again, I'm going on my own experience, which is more meaningful to me than a chart.
Maybe I should have narrowed it down to specific countries. But then, we could probably also narrow it down to specific states within the US, which would probably be more comparable to specific countries within Europe.
There are now just as many fatties waddling around the old continent as there are in the US these days. Granted, it's in large part the fault of large US-based fast food corporations that have placed their establishments in all corners of Europe's biggest cities. They're placed in so many locations for a reason: people like them.
If they weren't profitable (popular with the locals), they wouldn't keep them open.
What does Windows done wrong have to do with a flood of stable Linux kernels being released?
And just reading the comments section of your referenced article, it looks like the Examiner's readership downright hates Obama.
I don't know anything about the fairly new owners of the paper (Clarity Media Group) though, to know if that's the paper's objective or not. It certainly comes across that way, glancing at some other headlines.
You would have done well in times preceding Martin Luther. Assuming you were part of the aristocracy, of course. Bad luck if you weren't.
One of my favorite composers - Charles Ives - worked in the insurance industry for most of his life, and that's how he made his living. He kept his career and music quite separate and that didn't stop him from being a fairly prolific composer for his time at all.
It's actually thought that the opposite was true: when he retired from insurance, he also stopped composing.
Stubhub will sell your electronic tickets, from what I understand (I've never used them, but checking their tutorials, they seem to allow for transfer of electronic tickets; it doesn't look to be all that straight forward, though.)
Just out of curiosity, what kind of grief did she give you? At least in my experience, I've gotten grief going into many different places in Europe, as well as grief on return to the US. Probably the worst was both leaving South Africa (their customs pulled me out of line due to something they saw in the luggage scan - yep, the enameled ostrich egg we all seem to want to bring back home!), as well as entry into the US (I had a hard time convincing them that I did *not* go on a safari and really did spend my whole time on a beach in Cape Town).
On the other hand, I've also breezed through customs in the same places with some excellent agents. I chalk it up to a bad day for the customs agent and just deal with it. It's over soon enough.
I got one of those one time too, but I knew exactly why. My mom was pretty much on her deathbed and I bought a ticket at the airport a couple of hours before boarding.
Easy enough to figure out, but I realize not all cases are as easy to know.
Did you find out why you were given that type of boarding pass? You could have asked before you ever hit security and probably been prepared for what would happen. And they most likely would have told you the reason.
Look on the bright side: if you ever get another "SSSS" boarding pass, you'll know more or less what to expect.
As far as the x-rays go... let 'em have at it, as far as I'm concerned. If they get their jollies out of looking at my blurry junk, oh well. It's a human body. *shrug*
Nothing really to see.
Um, no.
Someone from In-Stat and someone else from the 451 Group said that, not Nokia.
Go back and really read the article you referenced.
I'm not so sure that gaming was ever the bread and butter of computing, but then I have nothing to back up my opinion, just as the article submitter has nothing.
You most likely had your parent's or other guardian's authority to have one.
I'm not sure if this is regulated at the state or federal level, but kids under 18 need either the primary cardholder's approval or in the case of a youth checking/savings account, the parent's.
The girl in the article (Eleanor) didn't have her parents' approval for her musical activities and probably restricted her spending for the purpose.
Got a link or anything to back that up?
My understanding is that Arizona supports could give a rip about any federal law. They are interested in Arizona law, not federal. And really, why should they be interested in what another state is doing/want to do WRT illegal immigration?
Most likely what you're thinking is the national-level ultra-conservative (US sense) tea party movement, as they're reacting favorably to the new AZ law. The rest of the federal government, from what I've read, aren't really interested in promoting that nationally. They believe, as many other people do, that it should remain a state law.
I'm too lazy to look it up right now, but I seem to remember some fairly comprehensive coverage in the Washington post back in May, regarding the federal government's thoughts on the matter.
Frankly, I never understood his reasoning. Anyway, he *ONLY* enters URLS into Google's text box. When I tried to explain to him that there's a much easier way of doing things, he flat out refused to even consider it.
But then, he's an old curmudgeon set in his ways, just as I'm set in my own curmudgeonly ways.
This isn't an offshore problem. Many, and I mean MANY, workers in the US work off hours, either swing shift (yours) or third shift.
Either we choose to do so because that's all that's available right now, or because we genuinely like working odd hours.
I work for myself, and because I'm dealing with companies in Europe, I routinely have to get up in the middle of the night to have a conference call. Them's the breaks.