I'm trying to remember the last time I saw someone (besides me) walking up an escalator. They are there for convenience, after all, not for helping you get somewhere faster.
Funny you should say that actually, since I'm trying to remember the last time I saw someone (besides me) standing still on an escalator. Mind you in Australia we're all on our way to meet Saxton Hale and his endless supply of Australium, so we have little time to waste.
I haven't yet gotten used to the right actions to say, "no, it's not one of those eight words" without having to reswype the whole word -- annoying on lengthy words.
I don't know about Swype, but I've found ShapeWriter seems to actually work better with longer words since there are less matches for a given pattern. ShapeWriter gives you a choice of ten words.
It's accuracy is pretty darn good anyway, even if I swerve because I'm going the wrong way toward a letter, it often gets the right word.
Yep, if I accidentally stop on the wrong letter and have to change direction, ShapeWriter (and I'm assuming Swype) seems to have enough fuzzy logic to say "the user has no idea what they're doing, so I'll just guess" and gets it right.:)
From the moment you open your eyes in the morning until you close them at night you're passing time. Whether or not it is wasted depends entirely on whether or not you regret how you spent it.
I think this is possibly the most profound and insightful quote I've read in the past year. Kudos to you, good sir/madam.
Ask a chemist.
Well, ask a physical chemist, they're all in the ground floor labs with the heavy equipment pretending to be physicists (while all the physicists are off pretending to be mathematicians).
Try cheating in D&D and you'll find that you only cheat yourself.
Cheating is fine until your DM notices. Then it's "hello 2000 XP penalty" and "your character is struck down by a curse where all actions must be announced in pig latin or you take 3 necrotic damage at beginning of your turn (save ends)".
Actually, next time I DM I'm gonna use that.:)
In my experience, the most culpable individuals are spineless teachers followed by spineless administrators...
The problem is that teachers have little to no power these days. Gone are the days of a rap on the knuckles for not paying attention in class. If they tried to do something like that now, the parents would sue the school. Parents will believe pretty much anything their child tells them, so teachers have to tread VERY carefully.
Disclaimer: IANAT, but my mother is a principal, so I hear a lot of stories.
Why would you target DirectX 11, when nobody really wants to use it?
[Citation needed]?
PC gaming would be better off if you targeted OpenGL.
Will people please stop equating DirectX to graphics? DirectX is a complete API designed primarily for game development. OpenGL is not. It is ONLY for graphics, hence the G.
What you really should be comparing is Direct3D and OpenGL. It is quite possible to develop a game using both technologies (OpenGL for graphics, DirectX for everything else).
The observable universe is just a subset of the theoretical "entire" universe. It's what we can currently see based on how long information takes to travel to us at the speed of light. It "expands" because as time goes by, we can see more and more of it. That doesn't mean the things we see weren't already there, it's just that they weren't in range to be detected (although technically the things we can detect are only the "visible" universe). That Wikipedia article I linked sums it up pretty succinctly.
As for the shape of the universe, it's still up for debate. Check out this article on Wikipedia for more info.
So.... once we see the remaining 10% we will have reached the "end" of the universe?
I guess theoretically "yes", if you're talking about the observable universe. The observable universe is bounded but expanding. As for anything outside that, who knows?
This is why I find it impossible to talk to women face to face, but online it's fine. The main reason being, after you've typed something to them, you can read it for a few seconds before hitting enter to make sure you haven't said anything stupid.:)
Even if you already know the girl IRL, talking to them online is so much less stressful since you can hide your emotions somewhat.
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How much you wanna bet that the difference is a tax writeoff?
16 million dollars? :)
They aren't their for convenience, they are clearly there to move people faster.
Would they then not be called an accelerator? I hear the weather down at the LHC is rather nice this time of year. :)
I'm trying to remember the last time I saw someone (besides me) walking up an escalator. They are there for convenience, after all, not for helping you get somewhere faster.
Funny you should say that actually, since I'm trying to remember the last time I saw someone (besides me) standing still on an escalator. Mind you in Australia we're all on our way to meet Saxton Hale and his endless supply of Australium, so we have little time to waste.
But if the .com address always redirects to the .xxx address, then firewalls could be easily configured to disallow all .xxx domains.
I bet Stephen Conroy's loving this then. A quick and easy way to block (some) porn in Australia.
That means the rest of the world must be 404: Not Found.
Next they'll be suing Mike Myers for Fat Bastard's "Baby: The other, other white meat!"
I haven't yet gotten used to the right actions to say, "no, it's not one of those eight words" without having to reswype the whole word -- annoying on lengthy words.
I don't know about Swype, but I've found ShapeWriter seems to actually work better with longer words since there are less matches for a given pattern. ShapeWriter gives you a choice of ten words.
It's accuracy is pretty darn good anyway, even if I swerve because I'm going the wrong way toward a letter, it often gets the right word.
Yep, if I accidentally stop on the wrong letter and have to change direction, ShapeWriter (and I'm assuming Swype) seems to have enough fuzzy logic to say "the user has no idea what they're doing, so I'll just guess" and gets it right. :)
They forgot to mention that websites need the ability to upload sound files...
Fry and Laurie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNoS2BU6bbQ
film everything they see, will one of them eventually create "Planet of the Apes"?
I'd have thought something more along the lines of "Planet of the Humans". :)
From the moment you open your eyes in the morning until you close them at night you're passing time. Whether or not it is wasted depends entirely on whether or not you regret how you spent it.
I think this is possibly the most profound and insightful quote I've read in the past year. Kudos to you, good sir/madam.
Okay, I'll give you that, as long as you don't try to make the same argument for "would of" and "would have". ;)
Begs the question doesn't it?
No, it doesn't!
http://begthequestion.info/
Ask a chemist.
Well, ask a physical chemist, they're all in the ground floor labs with the heavy equipment pretending to be physicists (while all the physicists are off pretending to be mathematicians).
For anyone who doesn't get the reference:
http://xkcd.com/435/
This happened, like what, a billion and a half years ago?
So, a fairly recent news article in Slashdot time?
Of course nobody would mind having a while hole in the neighborhood.
Kryten: I've never seen one before - no one has - but I'm guessing it's a white hole...
Try cheating in D&D and you'll find that you only cheat yourself.
Cheating is fine until your DM notices. Then it's "hello 2000 XP penalty" and "your character is struck down by a curse where all actions must be announced in pig latin or you take 3 necrotic damage at beginning of your turn (save ends)". :)
Actually, next time I DM I'm gonna use that.
In other news, where is not the same as were. Not even when you write it three times.
It's one of the valid places to move your Mech.
Sorry, I think you have "Mech" confused with "Zig".
In my experience, the most culpable individuals are spineless teachers followed by spineless administrators...
The problem is that teachers have little to no power these days. Gone are the days of a rap on the knuckles for not paying attention in class. If they tried to do something like that now, the parents would sue the school. Parents will believe pretty much anything their child tells them, so teachers have to tread VERY carefully.
Disclaimer: IANAT, but my mother is a principal, so I hear a lot of stories.
Well after all, Britannia does have the city of Moonglow... ;)
Why would you target DirectX 11, when nobody really wants to use it?
[Citation needed]?
PC gaming would be better off if you targeted OpenGL.
Will people please stop equating DirectX to graphics? DirectX is a complete API designed primarily for game development. OpenGL is not. It is ONLY for graphics, hence the G.
What you really should be comparing is Direct3D and OpenGL. It is quite possible to develop a game using both technologies (OpenGL for graphics, DirectX for everything else).
The observable universe is just a subset of the theoretical "entire" universe. It's what we can currently see based on how long information takes to travel to us at the speed of light. It "expands" because as time goes by, we can see more and more of it. That doesn't mean the things we see weren't already there, it's just that they weren't in range to be detected (although technically the things we can detect are only the "visible" universe). That Wikipedia article I linked sums it up pretty succinctly.
As for the shape of the universe, it's still up for debate. Check out this article on Wikipedia for more info.
...or own a digital watch!?
I dunno, I still think they're a "pretty neat idea".
So.... once we see the remaining 10% we will have reached the "end" of the universe?
I guess theoretically "yes", if you're talking about the observable universe. The observable universe is bounded but expanding. As for anything outside that, who knows?
This is why I find it impossible to talk to women face to face, but online it's fine. The main reason being, after you've typed something to them, you can read it for a few seconds before hitting enter to make sure you haven't said anything stupid. :)
Even if you already know the girl IRL, talking to them online is so much less stressful since you can hide your emotions somewhat.