It's annoying to me that often people conclude that, just because I (or someone) ask a question, I don't know the answer. I mean, in an interview, *they* ask *me* lots of such questions - they usually know the answers to the questions they ask anyway.
My wife does it all the time...why did you do *that*? I can usually think of several reasons why someone might have done what I did and I'm 100% sure she must be able to think of at least one of them, and does she *really* want to know *which one* when any of them is perfectly reasonable...?
If an answer ever made me want to terminate an interview suddenly, I am pretty sure I would try to make sure I had interpreted them correct and ask them to explain their response.
> Whatever your age, do you drive less than you did 10 years ago?
Yes, but I don't live in the US while I did 10 years ago.
I'm not a teenager, and if I was, then I wouldn't have driven *at all* ten years ago, and so I would be driving *more* now, since I do actually drive sometimes.
I disagree, but make the same comment with the point that there isn't such a thing as a single 'standard layout'.
On the other hand, the USA and China both use the same layout, so perhaps that's enough people to count as 'standard'. I wonder what they use in India.
Still, iinm, the law is the law, irrespective of 'the cop'. How is it applied/enforced is the bit where the cop comes in; and the judge has the role of interpreting it, which is more of an argument, in my eys anyway.
someone else mentions : > And it appears to be a misquote of TFA too: "Dart’s Javascript output continues to shine. Performance on the Richards benchmark is 25% better than the first release, making runtime comparable to the original JavaScript."
So, it didn't even mean what is said...it is just 'comparable' after all.
I think because there would be a natural assumption that using dart would actually be slower...they're saying that isn't the case, and in fact it is a bit faster.
batteries expire and many 'common' (ie iPhone) phones batteries and also many uncommon (eg Nokia Windows Phones) aren't easily replaced - having said that, Steve managed to do it, so I guess I could :
There are good reasons for using the time you have left to go back over questions you couldn't answer when you first looked.
For a start, one *can* remember things by spending time trying to remember them...there are even techniques to 'jog your memory', like going through the alphabet when trying to remember a name.
Also, your memory might be jogged by a question have answered since - or just plain answered out right. I've had tests in which an early question is answered in a later question. That was a Chinese language test, but I'm sure similar things apply to all tests, to one degree or another.
Even just considering the number of times I've spotted mistakes I've made under the pressure of the beginning of the exam, when that pressure is removed by having finished.
Leaving early is silly, imo. I suppose everyone is different......but, yes, if you've answered every question to the best of your ability, then there is obviously no point in going back...point is, how do you know?
I always found Nokia maps to be better than Google maps on my phone, but I haven't used it since Nokia switch to Microsoft only. I'm looking forward to trying 'here maps', which is what came out of it in the shake, once it is available for other platforms : http://here.com/
However, I guess it has similar issues to Google in this context.
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quite possibly from the 'Mac vs PC' advertisements, made by Apple...
fiber optic *cable*?
only a '1' for that??
mod parent up...sigh
It's annoying to me that often people conclude that, just because I (or someone) ask a question, I don't know the answer. I mean, in an interview, *they* ask *me* lots of such questions - they usually know the answers to the questions they ask anyway.
My wife does it all the time...why did you do *that*? I can usually think of several reasons why someone might have done what I did and I'm 100% sure she must be able to think of at least one of them, and does she *really* want to know *which one* when any of them is perfectly reasonable...?
If an answer ever made me want to terminate an interview suddenly, I am pretty sure I would try to make sure I had interpreted them correct and ask them to explain their response.
> Not only that, but in Australia anyway ornery is a very unusual word to use
Indeed, I had to look it up, and I *am* English - with coming up to 50 years' of experience.
> Whatever your age, do you drive less than you did 10 years ago?
Yes, but I don't live in the US while I did 10 years ago.
I'm not a teenager, and if I was, then I wouldn't have driven *at all* ten years ago, and so I would be driving *more* now, since I do actually drive sometimes.
> then they clearly have some agenda which is not about copyright
you might make that assumption, but there is also the possibility that there is a separate (valid) issue with (the use of) the browser extension.
> OpenGL debugging has always lagged behind DirectX No, it hasn't.
I disagree, but make the same comment with the point that there isn't such a thing as a single 'standard layout'.
On the other hand, the USA and China both use the same layout, so perhaps that's enough people to count as 'standard'. I wonder what they use in India.
You need to examine the source of the compiler too then, right?
Still, iinm, the law is the law, irrespective of 'the cop'. How is it applied/enforced is the bit where the cop comes in; and the judge has the role of interpreting it, which is more of an argument, in my eys anyway.
I don't think the law depends on the cop that stops you, no.
someone else mentions :
> And it appears to be a misquote of TFA too: "Dart’s Javascript output continues to shine. Performance on the Richards benchmark is 25% better than the first release, making runtime comparable to the original JavaScript."
So, it didn't even mean what is said...it is just 'comparable' after all.
I think because there would be a natural assumption that using dart would actually be slower...they're saying that isn't the case, and in fact it is a bit faster.
> holding a phone while driving is a violation
That's about *holding* the device in your hand, not dash-mounted - and I assume head-mounted is the issue in question.
> and a dash mounted tablet is legal as long as you keep it in car mode, and don't get caught watching youtube on it while driving
I don't think that's quite correct.
batteries expire and many 'common' (ie iPhone) phones batteries and also many uncommon (eg Nokia Windows Phones) aren't easily replaced - having said that, Steve managed to do it, so I guess I could :
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/14377_Sealed_vs_user-replaceable_bat.php
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CD4QFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstevesrantsnraves.blogspot.com%2F&ei=J4vXUtnEAave7AaZsoDQBQ&usg=AFQjCNGCaxTH0h7jTf_VYeudTXpOmvPEIA&sig2=JVa_3FpkZfUqnzKj-aPYMg&bvm=bv.59568121,d.ZGU&cad=rja
I recall him saying he is 'coming around' to the mindset of sealed batteries in a recent Phones Show too :
http://www.youtube.com/user/stevelitchfield
> they are way overpowered for what most people use them for
Oh, I don't know about that...it takes quite a bit of horsepower to do all that virus scanning.
> can get an iPhone upgrade for free with a two year contract
^free^included ?
Well, that's fair enough, I suppose. You're very different to me, that's for sure.
There are good reasons for using the time you have left to go back over questions you couldn't answer when you first looked.
For a start, one *can* remember things by spending time trying to remember them...there are even techniques to 'jog your memory', like going through the alphabet when trying to remember a name.
Also, your memory might be jogged by a question have answered since - or just plain answered out right. I've had tests in which an early question is answered in a later question. That was a Chinese language test, but I'm sure similar things apply to all tests, to one degree or another.
Even just considering the number of times I've spotted mistakes I've made under the pressure of the beginning of the exam, when that pressure is removed by having finished.
Leaving early is silly, imo. I suppose everyone is different... ...but, yes, if you've answered every question to the best of your ability, then there is obviously no point in going back...point is, how do you know?
I always found Nokia maps to be better than Google maps on my phone, but I haven't used it since Nokia switch to Microsoft only.
I'm looking forward to trying 'here maps', which is what came out of it in the shake, once it is available for other platforms : http://here.com/
However, I guess it has similar issues to Google in this context.
It still means that.
'older people'? I'm 48, so perhaps it is changing...
Ah, so you're discounting Israel. Fair enough, though you could have mentioned it ;)
I suppose I should have just asked why you were discounting Israel...
Wow, that's difficult to read. I guess English isn't your native language, but still...