Yes, Internet dependency is the only drawback. Distcc is an option only for compiling, but not for running huge tasks, which we do a lot, and for that you need the heavy servers. I recently moved up to SF and my commute became about 90 minutes. I can't code, but I can do other things, like planning work, thinking about problems... I make the best of it, but the days I want to bike to work they're logistic nightmares, and the laptop only adds to that.
At work we all have latest generation laptops that end up working as dumb terminals through VNC. A bunch of servers and a load balance connection hub to always route you to the least used one make sure no work is lost if the laptop drops or is stolen, and with current network speeds, it's pretty much like working locally, with the added benefit of an 8-core beast compiling for you, and little to no maintenance on my side. If anything, I'd love for things to go thinner. I lug my laptop, which is heavy enough, from home to work and back every day. Then at work I dock it to use the 25" screen and full keyboard on my desk. If I could just have a small device that acts as a real dumb terminal with some processing power and minimal storage, I'd be happy.
"Lo" cannot be anything other than an object, while "el texto" can act as subject. The GP is correct in that the sentence is grammatically correct, although it's odd as fuck and it doesn't mean what the English equivalent means.
Yes, I noticed that from just watching their video, which is supposed to be dazzling. I have to say, the idea is awesome, but when the Spanish sentences they use range from grammatically poor to plain incorrect, you have to question what they're doing. My guess is they have a simple dictionary and replace word with word. Understandable, otherwise, if you consider that they work without network connection or a huge database.
Check out the Wikipedia link he provided. Nearly all Democratic presidents in the table reduced the national debt, and nearly all Republicans increased it. He's point is well supported.
Following that criterion, a 5 star army general with 15 years experience teaching physics at Berkeley and 3 trips to the Moon wouldn't qualify as productive either.
ARM has to walk the power way up. I don't see how 64 bit computing would let them snatch server oriented clients. Similarly, I doubt Intel would be wise to deliver chips for the wristwatch market without first having something more compelling for the smartphone.
This last weekend I noticed some modern, fuzzy looking AOL ads in bus stops along El Camino Real, in Mountain View and Palo Alto. These news might partially explain them, because otherwise, I haven't got the slightest idea of what they're selling with them.
Okay, now I'm rambling, but that reminded me of a chapter in a book I read about Canada's hockey player recruiting strategy. Basically, everybody has to compete against other kids born in the same year as them, and as early as age 10 the best players of each year get selected for better training camps. The problem is the kids born in January and February are essentially a year older than the kids born in November and December, and the almost-eleven-year-olds beat the crap out of the just-turned-ten-year-olds, and they get selected. So if you're born in the second half of the year, you can't play hockey in Canada.
That's very interesting, and I bet it could be verifiable by looking at the public profiles of professional hockey players in Canada. Anyone with free time to do this?
I also applied for one school, my home University of Granada, in Spain. But that's just because the admissions system is completely transparent and I knew without room for exceptions: They average your high school GPA with the grade in a common regional exam, and then they rank applicants. Starting with the highest grades, they assign them to different schools and majors within. With my grade, I knew I would enter any major of choice, even if every applicant before me also chose that one school and major.
So my question is: what would have you done if you hadn't been accepted? Was it a similar, transparent system, or the more subjective and extensive classic US selection method?
My impression is that the Democrats get most of their votes from the educated middle classes, whereas Republicans are strong among the wealthy and the uneducated (only that would explain their support for creationism). But even if you were right about voting preferences, the percentage of rich people is far smaller than that of old people. Old people are also traditionally conservative, hence the bias. Still, I doubt professional pollsters are unaware of this.
Low taxes worked alright for Ireland, a corporate tax paradise for all that matters, until the recession came and now they're having the toughest time to recover among all Western Europe economies. Once your taxes are bottom low, what's your next move if you're still in the hole?
I am part of appfluence.com. We started last April launching Priority Matrix on iPad opening day, and although none of us is anywhere near quitting our day jobs, we have had an incredible level of success for relatively little effort. The App store has made it possible for us to work on creating the best project/time management tool, while still having an international market to deliver our product to. I've been looking forward to this for so long I can't remember, and I'm really surprised Microsoft doesn't offer something similar. Do you think 30% is a lot for distribution, payments and a decent amount of marketing? Try taking your software to a retailer, or spending money and time replacing those tools, only to reach a fraction of the audience. The Long Tail is here!
I think if you swerve a bit more toward that direction you'll go from cheap ass to weirdo/eccentric. I used to get a lot of heat from acquaintances here in silicon valley about getting rid of my old (1998) Saturn I had since grad school, and get something fancier. Well, I took half of their advice and sold the damn car. it was costing too much pain and money to service. Now I commute by bike and am happier. And suddenly people stopped asking me to get a nice car, and instead seem to be a tad jealous: "I'd love if I could do that, but my commute is too long..." Blah blah blah.
But I still have an iPhone which I find tremendously useful.
A big part of the Greek problem is a corrupt society where tax evasion is the norm. One of the reasons for the Spanish mini-miracle of the past 25 years was the revamping of the tax collecting agency in the 80s. That allowed proper infrastructures to be funded, which is the very first step for economic development. Now, if that industry had been directed toward something more productive than laying bricks for British and German retirees, they'd be in a better shape now, but that's another story.
What a troll. He's talking about working hours and having kids at home at that time for whatever circumstance. Would you call him indulgent if he was clocking in an office without even being near his kids for 8-10 hours a day?
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Not sure what you mean, can you elaborate?
Yes, Internet dependency is the only drawback. Distcc is an option only for compiling, but not for running huge tasks, which we do a lot, and for that you need the heavy servers. I recently moved up to SF and my commute became about 90 minutes. I can't code, but I can do other things, like planning work, thinking about problems... I make the best of it, but the days I want to bike to work they're logistic nightmares, and the laptop only adds to that.
At work we all have latest generation laptops that end up working as dumb terminals through VNC. A bunch of servers and a load balance connection hub to always route you to the least used one make sure no work is lost if the laptop drops or is stolen, and with current network speeds, it's pretty much like working locally, with the added benefit of an 8-core beast compiling for you, and little to no maintenance on my side. If anything, I'd love for things to go thinner. I lug my laptop, which is heavy enough, from home to work and back every day. Then at work I dock it to use the 25" screen and full keyboard on my desk. If I could just have a small device that acts as a real dumb terminal with some processing power and minimal storage, I'd be happy.
You give them a quarter back.
"Lo" cannot be anything other than an object, while "el texto" can act as subject. The GP is correct in that the sentence is grammatically correct, although it's odd as fuck and it doesn't mean what the English equivalent means.
That is actually an awesome idea, for example for museums.
Yes, I noticed that from just watching their video, which is supposed to be dazzling. I have to say, the idea is awesome, but when the Spanish sentences they use range from grammatically poor to plain incorrect, you have to question what they're doing. My guess is they have a simple dictionary and replace word with word. Understandable, otherwise, if you consider that they work without network connection or a huge database.
Check out the Wikipedia link he provided. Nearly all Democratic presidents in the table reduced the national debt, and nearly all Republicans increased it. He's point is well supported.
Doubtful, with Sweden being knee-deep in the folly against Assange.
Following that criterion, a 5 star army general with 15 years experience teaching physics at Berkeley and 3 trips to the Moon wouldn't qualify as productive either.
ARM has to walk the power way up. I don't see how 64 bit computing would let them snatch server oriented clients. Similarly, I doubt Intel would be wise to deliver chips for the wristwatch market without first having something more compelling for the smartphone.
Get a professional driving license? :P
That's how all math exams are taken in Spain. I was surprised to find so many Scantron type of tests when I first came to the US.
This last weekend I noticed some modern, fuzzy looking AOL ads in bus stops along El Camino Real, in Mountain View and Palo Alto. These news might partially explain them, because otherwise, I haven't got the slightest idea of what they're selling with them.
Okay, now I'm rambling, but that reminded me of a chapter in a book I read about Canada's hockey player recruiting strategy. Basically, everybody has to compete against other kids born in the same year as them, and as early as age 10 the best players of each year get selected for better training camps. The problem is the kids born in January and February are essentially a year older than the kids born in November and December, and the almost-eleven-year-olds beat the crap out of the just-turned-ten-year-olds, and they get selected. So if you're born in the second half of the year, you can't play hockey in Canada.
That's very interesting, and I bet it could be verifiable by looking at the public profiles of professional hockey players in Canada. Anyone with free time to do this?
I also applied for one school, my home University of Granada, in Spain. But that's just because the admissions system is completely transparent and I knew without room for exceptions: They average your high school GPA with the grade in a common regional exam, and then they rank applicants. Starting with the highest grades, they assign them to different schools and majors within. With my grade, I knew I would enter any major of choice, even if every applicant before me also chose that one school and major.
So my question is: what would have you done if you hadn't been accepted? Was it a similar, transparent system, or the more subjective and extensive classic US selection method?
It came out in the same release as C#, NT edition.
My impression is that the Democrats get most of their votes from the educated middle classes, whereas Republicans are strong among the wealthy and the uneducated (only that would explain their support for creationism). But even if you were right about voting preferences, the percentage of rich people is far smaller than that of old people. Old people are also traditionally conservative, hence the bias. Still, I doubt professional pollsters are unaware of this.
Low taxes worked alright for Ireland, a corporate tax paradise for all that matters, until the recession came and now they're having the toughest time to recover among all Western Europe economies. Once your taxes are bottom low, what's your next move if you're still in the hole?
I am part of appfluence.com. We started last April launching Priority Matrix on iPad opening day, and although none of us is anywhere near quitting our day jobs, we have had an incredible level of success for relatively little effort. The App store has made it possible for us to work on creating the best project/time management tool, while still having an international market to deliver our product to. I've been looking forward to this for so long I can't remember, and I'm really surprised Microsoft doesn't offer something similar. Do you think 30% is a lot for distribution, payments and a decent amount of marketing? Try taking your software to a retailer, or spending money and time replacing those tools, only to reach a fraction of the audience. The Long Tail is here!
That's the whole point, to have stories to brag about when it's time to one-up others :).
I think if you swerve a bit more toward that direction you'll go from cheap ass to weirdo/eccentric. I used to get a lot of heat from acquaintances here in silicon valley about getting rid of my old (1998) Saturn I had since grad school, and get something fancier. Well, I took half of their advice and sold the damn car. it was costing too much pain and money to service. Now I commute by bike and am happier. And suddenly people stopped asking me to get a nice car, and instead seem to be a tad jealous: "I'd love if I could do that, but my commute is too long..." Blah blah blah.
But I still have an iPhone which I find tremendously useful.
A big part of the Greek problem is a corrupt society where tax evasion is the norm. One of the reasons for the Spanish mini-miracle of the past 25 years was the revamping of the tax collecting agency in the 80s. That allowed proper infrastructures to be funded, which is the very first step for economic development. Now, if that industry had been directed toward something more productive than laying bricks for British and German retirees, they'd be in a better shape now, but that's another story.
Don't even mention that without a functioning government, the farmer would have to build his own roads and pay the local gangster protection money.
What a troll. He's talking about working hours and having kids at home at that time for whatever circumstance. Would you call him indulgent if he was clocking in an office without even being near his kids for 8-10 hours a day?