This is one of the things which separates Europeans from Americans.
I spent quite a bit of time in Ireland, for example. The reason why European countries tend to have fewer civil liberties is because their citizens honestly believe they don't need them. Americans were taught from the founding of their country to be suspicious of authority.
Frankly, if they can make THIS for under $500, that gets me pretty damn excited. Why? Because it means they can tear off the controller, slap a keyboard on there, and make a PDA/ultratiny PC that would far outstrip the capabilities of your run-of-the-mill Pocket PC or Palm (something that no one has been able to do cheaply yet).
I would *hope* the programmers are smart enough to figure out that you can't get good gameplay by requiring players to swap control systems in the middle of fast action.
Come on. 'Fess up. That was a really, really, REALLY lame example.
Why does it seem impossible to find a picture of Pamela Jones anywhere?
Yes, I know it doesn't matter what she looks like. I don't care that it doesn't matter. I'm still curious, and the image is conspicuous by its absence.
Can I ask what you did, what your major was, etc. before you got to work on this project? I really, really want to work in space operations and my original plan was to join the Navy, log some military high-performance jet flight time, then either get out and go to grad school or go to Naval War College for engineering. Unfortunately, the Navy idea has since been nixed and now I'm sort of floating around and not knowing what my next step should be.
I would just take the GRE and apply to grad schools (probably for Comp. E. or maybe AE), but I'm afraid that might be a little too directionless. Are there research assistantships available anywhere you know of that are looking for people and are willing to pay your way (or at least most of your way) through grad school? Basically I'd like to hear what path you took and what you think would be a good way to get started.
But in case anyone thinks you're serious, people should know that the purpose of this geological survey mission was to build a solid case for a *biological* survey mission.
If you have trouble understanding why that's important, think about the social, political, and scientific implications of finding separately-evolved life on Mars - hell, even finding that life came to Earth from Mars. That might be even *more* of a shocker.
Eh, I suppose you have a point about the "default" factor and the "when you're in the mood" factor. I think it's just that having the REALLY good stuff after having been deprived of it for so long makes you rather prejudiced toward McBeer.
Can you explain your statement about the Civil War?
Incidentally, most people who hate Bush do tend to romanticize Clinton and his administration, even if they didn't like him at the time (or so I've found here in NYC, hotbed of the struggle of unchecked liberalism against psychotic conservatism).
Can you explain what the difference is between 2-phase and 3-phase power? An EE here tried to explain it to me but it seems like a zero-sum difference to me.
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This is one of the things which separates Europeans from Americans.
I spent quite a bit of time in Ireland, for example. The reason why European countries tend to have fewer civil liberties is because their citizens honestly believe they don't need them. Americans were taught from the founding of their country to be suspicious of authority.
RTA - it mentioned the nanobacteria being smaller than viruses.
Looooots more stuff is compiled and known to work on x86 (especially, if we're lucky, industry-standard x86) than that ARM-based chip, my friend.
I'm still waiting for him to say, "Oh boy..."
Only in integer calculations, iirc. Sorry, try again.
"But a good mediaplayer is the one that plays the movie, not the one with a fancy ui."
A good mediaplayer is the one with the extremely intuitive UI. Playing the movie is the easy part, especially when it comes to OSS projects.
I'm curious about where that exorbitant amount of tax revenue goes. Environmental preservation? I seriously, seriously doubt it.
Frankly, if they can make THIS for under $500, that gets me pretty damn excited. Why? Because it means they can tear off the controller, slap a keyboard on there, and make a PDA/ultratiny PC that would far outstrip the capabilities of your run-of-the-mill Pocket PC or Palm (something that no one has been able to do cheaply yet).
Seriously, I'm pretty jazzed.
I would *hope* the programmers are smart enough to figure out that you can't get good gameplay by requiring players to swap control systems in the middle of fast action.
Come on. 'Fess up. That was a really, really, REALLY lame example.
Let them try. If they do, BUBBYE Comcast.
Yeeegh. No wonder you had to go to Hong Kong for a photograph.
Why does it seem impossible to find a picture of Pamela Jones anywhere?
Yes, I know it doesn't matter what she looks like. I don't care that it doesn't matter. I'm still curious, and the image is conspicuous by its absence.
I was just watching a couple of those I had downloaded from BitTorrent today. It's actually surprisingly good, despite the insipid female character.
Someone clue me in?
That would be more of an offense against his wife, wouldn't it?
If you make a perfect copy of a person, the result is a *person*, who then has the ability to kick your ass and call the cops.
Music is not self-aware. Nice try, though.
"How many products in that price range deliver that kind of long-term value, besides film and music?"
Ever heard of a "book?"
Can I ask what you did, what your major was, etc. before you got to work on this project? I really, really want to work in space operations and my original plan was to join the Navy, log some military high-performance jet flight time, then either get out and go to grad school or go to Naval War College for engineering. Unfortunately, the Navy idea has since been nixed and now I'm sort of floating around and not knowing what my next step should be.
I would just take the GRE and apply to grad schools (probably for Comp. E. or maybe AE), but I'm afraid that might be a little too directionless. Are there research assistantships available anywhere you know of that are looking for people and are willing to pay your way (or at least most of your way) through grad school? Basically I'd like to hear what path you took and what you think would be a good way to get started.
But in case anyone thinks you're serious, people should know that the purpose of this geological survey mission was to build a solid case for a *biological* survey mission.
If you have trouble understanding why that's important, think about the social, political, and scientific implications of finding separately-evolved life on Mars - hell, even finding that life came to Earth from Mars. That might be even *more* of a shocker.
This is extremely important work. Don't knock it.
Yeah, but you know what? Feng Shui can be therapeutically justified.
Now, employee bloat is another question entirely, but don't beat up on Feng Shui, man. You're knocking my chakras out of alignment, here.
That explains a LOT about the minilabs I work with. Thanks!
Eh, I suppose you have a point about the "default" factor and the "when you're in the mood" factor. I think it's just that having the REALLY good stuff after having been deprived of it for so long makes you rather prejudiced toward McBeer.
"I think that a Metroid Movie should be an almost silent one. Depicting the loneliness of Samus against the mysterious space pirates and Metroids."
Now explain how you would do this while selling tickets.
OK, so that was a smartassed comment, but I really am curious how you would expect to sell a movie with essentially one character in it.
Can you explain your statement about the Civil War?
Incidentally, most people who hate Bush do tend to romanticize Clinton and his administration, even if they didn't like him at the time (or so I've found here in NYC, hotbed of the struggle of unchecked liberalism against psychotic conservatism).
Doesn't something have to hurt someone in some way in order to be wrong?
Can you explain what the difference is between 2-phase and 3-phase power? An EE here tried to explain it to me but it seems like a zero-sum difference to me.