And it is expected to fully absorb the marketplace within a week or so. Hopefully, it will be a match for the heavy flow of demand right at the beginning.
"Database Design for Mere Mortals" by Michael Hernandez and "SQL Queries for Mere Mortals" by Hernandez and John Viescas. These are excellently written books that really do a great job of covering the essentials, but are suitable even for non-technical folks. They are extremely approachable, and if you're starting to look at theory, I would highly recommend you put these books near the top of your start list.
One of my personal favorite lines:
AMY: You're worse than my Aunt!
THE DOCTOR: I'm The Doctor -- I'm worse than everyone's Aunt.
and
THE DOCTOR: Who's the man! (awkward pause) I am never going to say that again....
All-in-all, the new episode calmed my fears. The show is in good hands.
I've been using GrandCentral for about a year and a half now. The level of control is just stunning.
One number that rings your cell phone, home phone and work phone at once; pick up the call from any of them. Transfer phones during the call.
Different greetings for friends, family, work, and other contacts.
Listen to the message as it's being left. Pick up the call during the message if you like.
Voice mails are available to download as mp3 files. Need to save an important message? You can easily. I've saved messages about projects with other files in my project directory. No more looking for that message. Nice!
Call anyone in your address book from your address book. This is free now, but will be a paid service. I knew going in this wouldn't be free forever - free outgoing calls to anywhere in the country?? I hope they don't overcharge for this - if it's reasonable, it's totally worth a fee.
This service is great and quite solid. If you're waiting for it, hold on... It's worth the wait!
is not how to get computers into classrooms, but what do the students learn on them? Are they taught how they work, how programming works, how the logic is constructed; or do they learn how to be good consumers, to buy the Dell PC with Windows and MS Office, to use Google, because that's what they learned in school and they know how to use it?
I'm all in favor of increasing technology education in schools as long as the schools recognize that the computers are tools, not the end result. If we teach our children how the computer does what it does, and not just how to use it, then we accomplish something.
BTW, a lot of kids don't have to be taught how to use a keyboard and mouse. My kids are self-taught!
"Can the XO-1's charitable appeal, unique chassis and dual-mode screen compete with the superior performance and standard operating systems of its newer peers?"
Would there be Eee wanabees without the XO? The world is a big place, and products (hopefully) evolve with demand. XO is still a good idea and has served a useful purpose. I'm sure that if someone wants to send a competitor oversees to an underprivileged child, that's ok, too.
For me, that's why the film worked. Usually, the lack of a coherent story throughout is tne kiss of death, especially for a Batman film. But here it worked. Why? Largely because of the way the Joker character was written and performed. During the film, you didn't have a good sense of where this all started, where it was going, what it meant. It kept me from being comfortable, from relaxing into the story. And that, I think, was the point. What made the Joker character and the film work was the randomness. The audience didn't know what was coming next, just as the characters in the film didn't, and we often didn't know how to react, much like the characters in the film didn't. In a way, it served to put us in the movie.
Of course, with all of the attention paid, deservingly, to Ledger's Joker, it is easy to overlook Two-Face. That is a shame. I thought that, for once, a filmmaker and actor combined to really get that character right. Usually in these films, two villans muddles the storyline; here, the two villans worked well together. Nice to know it can be done.
One nitpick (though I could do several): Can DC and Marvel force filmmakers to sign a contract stipulating that major characters will not be killed off? I know there are times in a story where it is necessary, but it is becoming so trite. It is no longer the shock to the audience it once was. Please, can we really surprise the audience and keep the characters alive, even if only once?
Umm.... there are devices you can use to record OTA HDTV.....
http://www.tivo.com/whatistivo/whichtivoforme/index.html
Tivo HD (Also Tivo Series 3, for that matter):
"What kind of television service do you have?
Antenna
Works with antenna and records both SD and HD programs"
A Kindle competitor for only double the price! I'm no economics expert, but isn't this counter to the effect competition is supposed to have on prices?
Add more competitors, and prices go up -- is this why I see so many gas stations?
Slashdot Mirror
And it is expected to fully absorb the marketplace within a week or so. Hopefully, it will be a match for the heavy flow of demand right at the beginning.
From Serenity: "Can't stop the signal."
... the next marketing campaign from Microsoft.
"Database Design for Mere Mortals" by Michael Hernandez and "SQL Queries for Mere Mortals" by Hernandez and John Viescas. These are excellently written books that really do a great job of covering the essentials, but are suitable even for non-technical folks. They are extremely approachable, and if you're starting to look at theory, I would highly recommend you put these books near the top of your start list.
One of my personal favorite lines: AMY: You're worse than my Aunt! THE DOCTOR: I'm The Doctor -- I'm worse than everyone's Aunt. and THE DOCTOR: Who's the man! (awkward pause) I am never going to say that again.... All-in-all, the new episode calmed my fears. The show is in good hands.
Is any of this happening in Farmville????
from the dating services popular in the South?
Causing shame to all of the really intelligent idiots out there....
I've been using GrandCentral for about a year and a half now. The level of control is just stunning. One number that rings your cell phone, home phone and work phone at once; pick up the call from any of them. Transfer phones during the call. Different greetings for friends, family, work, and other contacts. Listen to the message as it's being left. Pick up the call during the message if you like. Voice mails are available to download as mp3 files. Need to save an important message? You can easily. I've saved messages about projects with other files in my project directory. No more looking for that message. Nice! Call anyone in your address book from your address book. This is free now, but will be a paid service. I knew going in this wouldn't be free forever - free outgoing calls to anywhere in the country?? I hope they don't overcharge for this - if it's reasonable, it's totally worth a fee. This service is great and quite solid. If you're waiting for it, hold on... It's worth the wait!
You wish you had a trust fund to... what?
is not how to get computers into classrooms, but what do the students learn on them? Are they taught how they work, how programming works, how the logic is constructed; or do they learn how to be good consumers, to buy the Dell PC with Windows and MS Office, to use Google, because that's what they learned in school and they know how to use it? I'm all in favor of increasing technology education in schools as long as the schools recognize that the computers are tools, not the end result. If we teach our children how the computer does what it does, and not just how to use it, then we accomplish something. BTW, a lot of kids don't have to be taught how to use a keyboard and mouse. My kids are self-taught!
"Can the XO-1's charitable appeal, unique chassis and dual-mode screen compete with the superior performance and standard operating systems of its newer peers?" Would there be Eee wanabees without the XO? The world is a big place, and products (hopefully) evolve with demand. XO is still a good idea and has served a useful purpose. I'm sure that if someone wants to send a competitor oversees to an underprivileged child, that's ok, too.
of Chavez' connection to former officials in the Nigerian government! Wait'll that story breaks!!
Stupid e-mails aren't funny? Has someone informed Scott Adams?
How can I get my co-workers to tell me that?
Shouldn't the voices in your head be able to answer that?
Now that you mention it -- no. Be very careful about getting your phiolosophy and history from fictional sources. Sometimes a movie is just a movie.
For me, that's why the film worked. Usually, the lack of a coherent story throughout is tne kiss of death, especially for a Batman film. But here it worked. Why? Largely because of the way the Joker character was written and performed. During the film, you didn't have a good sense of where this all started, where it was going, what it meant. It kept me from being comfortable, from relaxing into the story. And that, I think, was the point. What made the Joker character and the film work was the randomness. The audience didn't know what was coming next, just as the characters in the film didn't, and we often didn't know how to react, much like the characters in the film didn't. In a way, it served to put us in the movie. Of course, with all of the attention paid, deservingly, to Ledger's Joker, it is easy to overlook Two-Face. That is a shame. I thought that, for once, a filmmaker and actor combined to really get that character right. Usually in these films, two villans muddles the storyline; here, the two villans worked well together. Nice to know it can be done. One nitpick (though I could do several): Can DC and Marvel force filmmakers to sign a contract stipulating that major characters will not be killed off? I know there are times in a story where it is necessary, but it is becoming so trite. It is no longer the shock to the audience it once was. Please, can we really surprise the audience and keep the characters alive, even if only once?
Umm.... there are devices you can use to record OTA HDTV..... http://www.tivo.com/whatistivo/whichtivoforme/index.html Tivo HD (Also Tivo Series 3, for that matter): "What kind of television service do you have? Antenna Works with antenna and records both SD and HD programs"
A Kindle competitor for only double the price! I'm no economics expert, but isn't this counter to the effect competition is supposed to have on prices? Add more competitors, and prices go up -- is this why I see so many gas stations?
If M$ could prevent the traffic jams within Vista....
Their Gmail service has a hard time stopping spam as it is....
The hard part is getting all of those people in Mexico and Canada to wear the collars.....
If you don't choose wisely, it comes back to bite you....
Should've read '1400" TV'.... Hate when poor typing messes with the joke....