Well, it's not as if they had a large pool of people with multi-year experience ever since the bottom dropped out of the Zepplin market in the 30s and it went the way of buggy whips;^)
'Umm, you don't think opening stores with a "Guru bar" where people can come and ask experts questions from within the retail store is not just a little bit influenced by Apple retail stores where you can go to a "Genius bar" and ask experts questions?'
Certainly not invented by Apple.
This used to be standard operating procedure in most shops (with the broad exception of department stores, and even not always then) about 30 years ago. The shopper expected the clerks to have some knowledge of what they were selling and could get useful advice.
That changed when it was discovered that people would rather pay less for the wrong thing (and little service) than a reasonable amount for good advice and the more appropriate thing.
It's almost fun to watch Cristian sects get on their high horses about human rights violations ever since secular authority stopped them from torturing and burning people for disagreeing with them.
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They were common through the '50s anyway; I remember them in the shoe stores and, boy, were they cool!
They can.
The muscle memory of (hand)writing notes (which are not necessarily verbatum copies of the presentation) is an excellant aid to learning.
In addition, it helps one learn how to filtre out the less relevant part of copious information; that is, to recognise what's important.
... and downhill, both directions ;^)
'... ESA is looking for European volunteers to take part.'
Shit, I was going to volunteer my wife!
Not really, dear, it's just a jo... Ow!
I wonder if Honda or Nissan will now go for a Wii controller?
'What might be surprising is that Windows 7's multithreading changes did not deliver more of a performance punch,'
No, it's not surprising.
Is that you, M Jourdain?
It's tail recursion and therefore only requires constant stack space.
Going up and down hills could be quite exciting, however!
'...saying they're concerned that new regulations would slow down investment in broadband networks.'
Call me cynical, but I suspect their concern is proportional to their bribes^wdonations.
'Outside of academia I don't see much economic value in "pure" CS.'
Hence explaining the large body of bad software.
More seriously, you may wish to investigate 'Software Transactional Memory' (STM).
'This is not a risk we would recommend our friends and families take.'
They have friends, much less family?
Well, it's not as if they had a large pool of people with multi-year experience ever since the bottom dropped out of the Zepplin market in the 30s and it went the way of buggy whips ;^)
'Umm, you don't think opening stores with a "Guru bar" where people can come and ask experts questions from within the retail store is not just a little bit influenced by Apple retail stores where you can go to a "Genius bar" and ask experts questions?'
Certainly not invented by Apple.
This used to be standard operating procedure in most shops (with the broad exception of department stores, and even not always then) about 30 years ago. The shopper expected the clerks to have some knowledge of what they were selling and could get useful advice.
That changed when it was discovered that people would rather pay less for the wrong thing (and little service) than a reasonable amount for good advice and the more appropriate thing.
'Criminals are not exactly known for their brains.'
Well, at least the ones of whom you've heard.
No, the pickup still works and the dog didn't die.
Darn right; ideology is evil no matter what authority enforces it.
And this differs from any other religion how?
It's almost fun to watch Cristian sects get on their high horses about human rights violations ever since secular authority stopped them from torturing and burning people for disagreeing with them.
It's the basic unit of making an ass out of you and me.
I really hate doing nothing at work; I'd rather do my job.
'I'm sure the 1's are heavier than the 0's....'
Nonsense, surely the diameter is shorter than the circumference?
Well, RMS tried to let us know with his Free (from) Showers Foundation (FSF).
Why is the particular technology of wireless communications so important?