That would be very funny. You'd have to past a drug test to be the Pot Czar. =)
I live a state over (Idaho) so this whole process has been on the local news a lot. Applicants cannot have any history at all of illegal drug use, so I wouldn't be surprised if (initial at least) drug screening is required.
6) Magnifying glasses are available at the convenience mart. Why can't they sell inexpensive (but with limited functionality) hearing aids? Why are medical devices which do not directly affect the health of the patient (such as hearing aids) so expensive, and why do they require expensive fitting by professionals? Why can't artists build and sell prosthetic hand attachments?
These do exist. Go to your local sporting goods store and buy a "hunter's ear" for $20-200. The reason they aren't sold for medical purposes is because of the costs for certification of their medical claims. That shit costs a whole lot more than the hardware does.
With all I've heard about the new XBOX and PS tying games to the original purchaser will the ability to have a healthy used game market make a difference?
It's intrusive and/or obnoxious behavior. I don't use a form of ad blocking on all my machines, and the ones I see that I can confidently say are influenced by the other sites I've visited are generally tolerable. Compared to the canned ads for the wireless company/car manufacturer/etc that has a contract with the media company who bought out a website I frequent they look reasonable. They generally don't autoplay any audio or video, nor do they take up my whole screen if my mouse accidentally violates their airspace.
When are you going to go after the hammer nuts? After all, more people were killed in 2011 with hammers than were killed with rifles.
Another gun-nut factoid that isn't actually true.
1) They claim it comes from FBI figures. In fact the FBI don't publish figures on homicide by hammer. They have figures on homicide by blunt objects, for which they give examples as (hammers, clubs, etc.) So if I kill someone by hitting them over the head with a candlestick, lead pipe, chair, rock, ashtray, club or whatever, that too will be included in the figures the gun-nuts are claiming is "hammers".
2) Every single type of murder involving any type of blunt object when added together comes to slightly more than the number of homicides by rifle. Of course add in all the other varieties of gun, and you're up to about 35 times the numebr of blunt object murders.
3) In fact the number of rifle murder themselves may outnumber the number of blunt object murders. They have "Other guns or type not stated" stats of 1684. Many of those may well be rifles.
Okay let's present it in another fashion then.
More people are killed every year with normal every day tools instead of weapons designed to kill.
Roughly the same number of road deaths as gun deaths?
Stop lumping suicides into that number. It's their right to choose their time to go, and I'm going to believe the majority of them would have just done it another way if they didn't have a gun in their possession.
I'm trying to wrap my head around how you went from
1. Recognizing the risk
2. Spending 22k
3. And ending up with 1 line of code for it.
I mean, at what point in that expenditure was that line of code developed? That 1 line of code is obviously includes a search string for the databases, and a command to delete them. How was that not obvious to implement?
As an avid reader, I am entirely fine with not having a house full of books and DVDs. It's fantastic to have so much space reclaimed that other homes have stuffed with shelf upon shelf of books, video games, movies, and albums. It kind of sucks on a tablet, because of the back-light, but that's what I use due to the fact that I don't want to carry a tablet *and* an e-reader (e-ink, that is -- which would be preferable, all other things being equal). But a physical book? Nope. I saw enough homes when I was growing up that were just consumed with walls full of books that just sat there forever. I'll take the option without clutter, thanks.
Also, you don't have the worries of fingerprints, bent spines, dogeared pages, and everything else that drives a book-lover like me nuts with a physical copy.
My wife and I have the exact opposite feeling on this subject. We love the look of our book collections lining the walls of our living room and den.
Many geeks consider Sushi and Sake part of "geek culture" and home brewing is definitely a geeky pastime.
I enjoyed the videos and am glad it was greenlit. If it doesn't interest you then just scroll down to the next article ffs. Pull the stick out of your ass to.
As a PC Technician I got a lot of use out of my netbook, both on-site and in the shop. I liked it because it was light and easy to carry around. If you own a netbook and are not pleased with how it runs with Win 7 throw Linux Mint on there. Your boot times will increase 5x but the OS itself is a lot more responsive on the skimpy hardware.
If fiber optic networks' #1 enemy is squirrels, imagine what rockets, grenades, and assorted bombs would do to it. Considering the sensitivity and the repair costs, this seems pretty stupid. They even shy away from putting optical fiber in earthquake areas let alone a recurring war zone.
Israel isn't a war zone. They have skirmishes and rockets launched at their borders but that isn't where the majority of the population lives. No one in the foreseeable future is going to significantly damage their comm network like you suggest.
There would be cases where the car's owner would deserve the ticket - busted lights, missing first aid kits, no winter tires,.... So give the ticket to the car's owner, then have the manufacturer reimburse the owner if it was the fault of the 'driver'
Devil's advocate here. For insurance/liability reasons shouldn't the car refuse to operate unless it's operating with 100% safety compliance? If it does, than it would be a manufacturer that would be liable. A car should sense when maintenence is required and, if it's prudent to, drive itself to the repair shop.
And this is why I don't want a self driving car. It's also why a large percentage of the population will resist them. The cars we have today are still going to be around for a good while.
It's where 99.9% of the energy on this planet has come from and where 99.9% will ever come from. Sooner or later it's going to have to be our primary source.
I had always been told catfish were "bottom feeders." I guess they're not, huh? Next thing you know, they'll grow legs and run up on land and catch squirrels and rabbits and the occasional, unsuspecting small dog.
Smaller catfish scavenge for most of their food but the larger ones get most of their meals hunting. If you want to catch a big Blue or Flathead Catfish the best bait is a live fish, Bluegill and Perch work well.
Hell, I like to make things run on WINE, that's a game in itself!, but untill Joe Sixpack can drop in DVD / Download-and-play-with-one-click, LINUX gaming will struggle. (Remember even WINDOWS gaming is too hard for a lot of people, with DX updates, various runtimes, licensing, etc,etc.. thus, IMHO, console sales)
You are rather rude and condescending in your assessment of why people dislike gaming on PCs. Oftentimes it's not an issue of difficulty. It's about time management.
I don't expect everyone who learns to drive to be able to repair their own vehicle. Most folks can't even perform basic maintenance. I don't think people who want to own a home need to be accomplished framers, plumbers, or electricians. You should not need any gardening skills to enjoy corn from the grocery store.
You are equating your enjoyment of software with other peoples enjoyment of games. They aren't the same.
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What classes?
If you have the knowledge you just go take the tests, I completed all of them in a short day.
"Gnaw through" doesn't mean swallow and digest.
I live an 1/8th of a mile from locations that have had 40mb DSL for years but I can still only get 1.5.
.. I pay 50c/gig over 100 gigs.
I play 45/month for 50mb but
Yes, it's cable.
That would be very funny. You'd have to past a drug test to be the Pot Czar. =)
I live a state over (Idaho) so this whole process has been on the local news a lot. Applicants cannot have any history at all of illegal drug use, so I wouldn't be surprised if (initial at least) drug screening is required.
6) Magnifying glasses are available at the convenience mart. Why can't they sell inexpensive (but with limited functionality) hearing aids? Why are medical devices which do not directly affect the health of the patient (such as hearing aids) so expensive, and why do they require expensive fitting by professionals? Why can't artists build and sell prosthetic hand attachments?
These do exist. Go to your local sporting goods store and buy a "hunter's ear" for $20-200. The reason they aren't sold for medical purposes is because of the costs for certification of their medical claims. That shit costs a whole lot more than the hardware does.
Microsoft placed restrictions on hardware for a Win 7 Starter license, which I think paved the landscape for netbooks more than anything else.
With all I've heard about the new XBOX and PS tying games to the original purchaser will the ability to have a healthy used game market make a difference?
To repopulate all the crops after their doomsday crops pollinate every other farmers fields and causes famine.
It's intrusive and/or obnoxious behavior. I don't use a form of ad blocking on all my machines, and the ones I see that I can confidently say are influenced by the other sites I've visited are generally tolerable. Compared to the canned ads for the wireless company/car manufacturer/etc that has a contract with the media company who bought out a website I frequent they look reasonable. They generally don't autoplay any audio or video, nor do they take up my whole screen if my mouse accidentally violates their airspace.
I'm assuming perfect is 100%. If you ace everything and do extra credit work your grade will be "higher than perfect."
Sophisticated is not a word that comes to mind when I think about Evangelicals.
When are you going to go after the hammer nuts? After all, more people were killed in 2011 with hammers than were killed with rifles.
Another gun-nut factoid that isn't actually true.
1) They claim it comes from FBI figures. In fact the FBI don't publish figures on homicide by hammer. They have figures on homicide by blunt objects, for which they give examples as (hammers, clubs, etc.) So if I kill someone by hitting them over the head with a candlestick, lead pipe, chair, rock, ashtray, club or whatever, that too will be included in the figures the gun-nuts are claiming is "hammers".
2) Every single type of murder involving any type of blunt object when added together comes to slightly more than the number of homicides by rifle. Of course add in all the other varieties of gun, and you're up to about 35 times the numebr of blunt object murders.
3) In fact the number of rifle murder themselves may outnumber the number of blunt object murders. They have "Other guns or type not stated" stats of 1684. Many of those may well be rifles.
Okay let's present it in another fashion then.
More people are killed every year with normal every day tools instead of weapons designed to kill.
Roughly the same number of road deaths as gun deaths?
Stop lumping suicides into that number. It's their right to choose their time to go, and I'm going to believe the majority of them would have just done it another way if they didn't have a gun in their possession.
How many of you folks that think this is a big deal have turned down a job because they had to wear a badge on company property?
1. Recognizing the risk 2. Spending 22k 3. And ending up with 1 line of code for it.
I mean, at what point in that expenditure was that line of code developed? That 1 line of code is obviously includes a search string for the databases, and a command to delete them. How was that not obvious to implement?
Averages are useless since some (many?) devs aren't worth shit and are just trying to hop onto the iOS bandwagon.
As an avid reader, I am entirely fine with not having a house full of books and DVDs. It's fantastic to have so much space reclaimed that other homes have stuffed with shelf upon shelf of books, video games, movies, and albums. It kind of sucks on a tablet, because of the back-light, but that's what I use due to the fact that I don't want to carry a tablet *and* an e-reader (e-ink, that is -- which would be preferable, all other things being equal). But a physical book? Nope. I saw enough homes when I was growing up that were just consumed with walls full of books that just sat there forever. I'll take the option without clutter, thanks.
Also, you don't have the worries of fingerprints, bent spines, dogeared pages, and everything else that drives a book-lover like me nuts with a physical copy.
My wife and I have the exact opposite feeling on this subject. We love the look of our book collections lining the walls of our living room and den.
Lighten up!
Many geeks consider Sushi and Sake part of "geek culture" and home brewing is definitely a geeky pastime.
I enjoyed the videos and am glad it was greenlit. If it doesn't interest you then just scroll down to the next article ffs. Pull the stick out of your ass to.
As a PC Technician I got a lot of use out of my netbook, both on-site and in the shop. I liked it because it was light and easy to carry around. If you own a netbook and are not pleased with how it runs with Win 7 throw Linux Mint on there. Your boot times will increase 5x but the OS itself is a lot more responsive on the skimpy hardware.
I have yet to read an article on an Android virus that isn't a trojan. No drive by's, API or OS exploits.
Trojan's will always exist. They are wolves in sheep's clothing.
If fiber optic networks' #1 enemy is squirrels, imagine what rockets, grenades, and assorted bombs would do to it. Considering the sensitivity and the repair costs, this seems pretty stupid. They even shy away from putting optical fiber in earthquake areas let alone a recurring war zone.
Israel isn't a war zone. They have skirmishes and rockets launched at their borders but that isn't where the majority of the population lives. No one in the foreseeable future is going to significantly damage their comm network like you suggest.
There would be cases where the car's owner would deserve the ticket - busted lights, missing first aid kits, no winter tires,.... So give the ticket to the car's owner, then have the manufacturer reimburse the owner if it was the fault of the 'driver'
Devil's advocate here. For insurance/liability reasons shouldn't the car refuse to operate unless it's operating with 100% safety compliance? If it does, than it would be a manufacturer that would be liable. A car should sense when maintenence is required and, if it's prudent to, drive itself to the repair shop.
And this is why I don't want a self driving car. It's also why a large percentage of the population will resist them. The cars we have today are still going to be around for a good while.
It's where 99.9% of the energy on this planet has come from and where 99.9% will ever come from. Sooner or later it's going to have to be our primary source.
So what your saying is the future lies in fusion?
I had always been told catfish were "bottom feeders." I guess they're not, huh? Next thing you know, they'll grow legs and run up on land and catch squirrels and rabbits and the occasional, unsuspecting small dog.
Smaller catfish scavenge for most of their food but the larger ones get most of their meals hunting. If you want to catch a big Blue or Flathead Catfish the best bait is a live fish, Bluegill and Perch work well.
Hell, I like to make things run on WINE, that's a game in itself!, but untill Joe Sixpack can drop in DVD / Download-and-play-with-one-click, LINUX gaming will struggle. (Remember even WINDOWS gaming is too hard for a lot of people, with DX updates, various runtimes, licensing, etc,etc .. thus, IMHO, console sales)
You are rather rude and condescending in your assessment of why people dislike gaming on PCs. Oftentimes it's not an issue of difficulty. It's about time management.
I don't expect everyone who learns to drive to be able to repair their own vehicle. Most folks can't even perform basic maintenance. I don't think people who want to own a home need to be accomplished framers, plumbers, or electricians. You should not need any gardening skills to enjoy corn from the grocery store.
You are equating your enjoyment of software with other peoples enjoyment of games. They aren't the same.