> Ever heard the phrase "you only have one chance to make a first impression?" > Applies to software, too.
Unless it's Microsoft s/w, apparently - I don't recall it being particularly good when it first came out, but they have the 'advantage' of being able to put it on everyone's desktop, so people used it, *despite* their first impression.
Yeah. I often wonder who "Frank" is and why people keep impersonating him. At least he's honest. I can't see anything redeeming about Bill - he's soo demanding.
...also, I had occasion to call MS for support on their Mac version of Office, and I have to say that the experience left me with the impression their support was excellent. It was a few years ago now though...
I've never tried it, but I think I read somewhere you can do md (as in/dev/md or/sbin/mdadm) RAID using devices on the network. I'm not sure if it would apply to this situation anyway, but I thought it work mentioning.
> I actually place more value in Wikipedia's articles as they are normally more recent and up-to-date than encyclopedia articles.
Me too, though for a different reason : often controversial issues are covered from multiple points of view, so it is easier to see the arguments for/against/sideways. Of course, it often takes some arguing before all points of view are covered to satisfaction.
It seems that one of the main reasons articles are not 'balanced' is because not everyone has access to Wikipedia. For example, a lot of the issues on China are very one sided and this is at least partly because most people in China don't have access and/or can't read/write English, so the articles are written from the point of view of westerners (mostly USAers) and so are very biased.
If the children at the school in question weren't allowed to contribute to Wikipedia at home either, then I could see a similar situation developing - ie any article discussing censorship at US schools could be void of any input from the people who are actually subjected to the censorship.
In this case, I don't think the children have been banned from accessing Wikipedia at home, but I seem to recall similar things happening in the past; though I forget the details.
I occasionally use mine to help me in those moments when I just can't remember something....usually to do with movies so I end up going to imdb. It's not a particularly pleasant experience, but it does actually work.
A lot of Nokia phones have a full featured browser too, with the somewhat recent release of their new web browser. It's reportedly based off the same code as Safari, so I would expect it to behave similarly. I've used it on my 3250 and an N95, and it's really pretty and gives a reasonable experience on small screens (the 'back' feature is really cool, and the overview that you get when moving around a page is neat too).
Also, you can get opera, of course.
Frankly, I don't see what advantage Apple has in this area (web browsing), apart from size (there are other phones of similar size), which is as much an advantage for web browsing as it is a disadvantage for portability.
yeah - not unusual for/.....but the linked story is from the bbc who tend to put some thought into what they put on their site (note the date 'Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 13:08 GMT 14:08 UK ') - just that fact alone should indicate it is actually a *new* news story and not an old one.
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> It's true for almost all Mac users.
That's not a very significant number of people now, let alone back then...
Max.
Since we're in pedant mode :) ....
:p
"either"? I didn't claim anyone else couldn't spell it.
However, I *can* spell it correctly, sometimes; I just didn't on this occasion
In any case, when spelling it correctly, I would do so as 'counselling', since I'm English (for some definition of the word - BSBA).
(I feel like I should add, "You insensitive clod." on the end of that last sentence ~).
Are you trying to tell me that people downloaded IE before they first used it, rather than it being preinstalled?
That might be true for some, but I highly doubt it is true for the (vast) majority of it's users.
> "daddy i got to goes to the bathroom"
>
> "not now honey, your pee will freeze to your dick or the polar bears might get you"
you call your son 'honey'???
can you spell 'councelling'?
or is your son a lady-boy?
> hmm 1520mm russian gauge vs 1435mm standard gauge
Do you mean 'russian standard gauge' vs 'US standard gauge'?
I wonder what they are the rest of the time.
If they're engineers at least some of the time, then it doesn't really matter if they're politicians for the rest of the time.
to nowhere? ...or from nowhere?
> Ever heard the phrase "you only have one chance to make a first impression?"
> Applies to software, too.
Unless it's Microsoft s/w, apparently - I don't recall it being particularly good when it first came out, but they have the 'advantage' of being able to put it on everyone's desktop, so people used it, *despite* their first impression.
Tsk. Lazy fool.
Yeah. I often wonder who "Frank" is and why people keep impersonating him. At least he's honest. I can't see anything redeeming about Bill - he's soo demanding.
> Hey, isn't it true sci-fi comes up with what science goes on to create?
I don't think so, though I'm usually wrong. Engineers (try to) create things; scientists (try to) explain things.
...also, I had occasion to call MS for support on their Mac version of Office, and I have to say that the experience left me with the impression their support was excellent. It was a few years ago now though...
I've never tried it, but I think I read somewhere you can do md (as in /dev/md or /sbin/mdadm) RAID using devices on the network. I'm not sure if it would apply to this situation anyway, but I thought it work mentioning.
> I actually place more value in Wikipedia's articles as they are normally more recent and up-to-date than encyclopedia articles.
Me too, though for a different reason : often controversial issues are covered from multiple points of view, so it is easier to see the arguments for/against/sideways. Of course, it often takes some arguing before all points of view are covered to satisfaction.
It seems that one of the main reasons articles are not 'balanced' is because not everyone has access to Wikipedia. For example, a lot of the issues on China are very one sided and this is at least partly because most people in China don't have access and/or can't read/write English, so the articles are written from the point of view of westerners (mostly USAers) and so are very biased.
If the children at the school in question weren't allowed to contribute to Wikipedia at home either, then I could see a similar situation developing - ie any article discussing censorship at US schools could be void of any input from the people who are actually subjected to the censorship.
In this case, I don't think the children have been banned from accessing Wikipedia at home, but I seem to recall similar things happening in the past; though I forget the details.
Do you have any references to back that up?
You and *I*....tsk.
> It actually probably went away, again if it ever was even a real credo, long before that.
Right. It's nothing to do with China; it's to do with American greed, plain and simple. It started (IMO) at the IPO.
> per cubic centimeter(sic) of continuous direct current
... now, exactly what is the volume of an electron?
That's the first time I've heard current measured in cubic centimetres.
I guess it's based on the number of electrons you can get in a cubic centimetres
I occasionally use mine to help me in those moments when I just can't remember something....usually to do with movies so I end up going to imdb. It's not a particularly pleasant experience, but it does actually work.
A lot of Nokia phones have a full featured browser too, with the somewhat recent release of their new web browser. It's reportedly based off the same code as Safari, so I would expect it to behave similarly. I've used it on my 3250 and an N95, and it's really pretty and gives a reasonable experience on small screens (the 'back' feature is really cool, and the overview that you get when moving around a page is neat too).
Also, you can get opera, of course.
Frankly, I don't see what advantage Apple has in this area (web browsing), apart from size (there are other phones of similar size), which is as much an advantage for web browsing as it is a disadvantage for portability.
Why is that rated 'funny'???? someone smoking something? Breathing nitrous oxide, perhaps?
yeah - not unusual for /.. ...but the linked story is from the bbc who tend to put some thought into what they put on their site (note the date 'Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 13:08 GMT 14:08 UK ') - just that fact alone should indicate it is actually a *new* news story and not an old one.
not really. the story here is that they're expanding to other places now....
Fair enough. It's also open to debate to whether it is a service, or something else; and depends on the definition of the word too.
"The act also applies to services, but here an offence is only committed if a description is 'reckless' as well as false."
I wouldn't call it reckless, would you?