When I'm trying to read on the train, it is just torture to hear someone talking on the phone. I already have ADD which makes it doubly hard to try to focus on what I am reading. I have seriously considered investing in a cell phone jammer to preserve my sanity (I'd only use it for one minute bursts). Some people are completely unaware of how their behavior affects others.
When I visited friends at UK universities I noticed that students seem to have a lot less spending money than their US counterparts. So this might have something to do with it. In the USA university costs so much money, the cost of a laptop is insignificant.
LOL. That was a helpful comment. She was a poor student. MS did add a lot of new services and processes between SP1 and SP2, and did the same between SP2 and SP3, so I felt I should point this out.
My girlfriend had a cheap DELL Inspiron from around the 2003 or 2004 timeframe. When she upgraded to XP SP2 suddenly her performance became just terrible. She told me and I investigated, assuming a virus, or aggressive virus scanning software or something like that.. but nothing out of the ordinary was going on at all. The machine just lacked the horsepower it seemed.
Google searches led me to find out that tons of other folks who bought cheap Dells were finding them crawling once they upgraded to XP2 because they could not handle all the additional services that XP2 added.
So one reason not to jump to XP3 may be that you are running on very old slow hardware.
...and I read a reasonable amount. Weird. Was the summary writer trying to educate people, or is he just a lawyer who doesn't realize it's an obscure word?
I have 90,000 emails in my inbox too along with typically 150 open tabs. Relax, people use software in different ways. That's why there are preference pages.
While you are right that the major mattress companies provide different model numbers and names for each retailer to make comparison shopping more difficult, it is *not* true that the discounters will not honor lower prices of their competitors. I found a $1400 Beautyrest mattress that I wanted and was about to pay for it, when I noticed what was essentially the same mattress under a different name for $950 at their competitor (in the same mall). When I pointed this out, I immediately got the $950 price, less 10%.
But you are right, direct comparison is made difficult because you have to do it by specs, not by name.
I don't really understand your reply but it seems you are agreeing with me. Many kettles sold in the UK are 3000 Watt (see amazon.co.uk). The highest they typically go in the USA are 1500 watts, hence the ones in the UK are a lot faster to boil. If you read some Amazon reviews for American kettles you usually see Americans who are surprised and disappointed that their kettle takes so much longer than the one in their London hotel:)
Americans may not buy kettles as much as in the UK but their popularity is growing and they can be used for much more than tea.
And again, for a first time vistor to the UK who is not aware of the difference in electric system, watching a big pot of water heat to a boil in a very short time is mystifying. I was very surprised the first time I witnessed that.
One thing that Americans on their first visit to the UK are amazed at is the fact that electric kettles can boil water in about half the time as their American counterparts. The penalty for this convenience of course is that their sockets are huge and their cords are heavy duty, thick and heavy.
FYI - I think you are referring to the Pentagon attack and not the WTC attack the grandparent was referring to. As far as I know, there are no photos of the plane that was lodged in the WTC.
Its because the human organism is designed as if it were software coded with a billion tiny hacks done in self modifying code, layered year upon year by piss poor code monkeys from India. If the human is still able to keep living and replicating despite the hacks, the hack is pronounced a success, and the next software release cycle is begun. Sometimes unforseen coincidences cause the code to crash, and the human to die, and some times they lead to big jumps in human capabilities. But most of the time, the hack does nothing excecpt for add one more layer of obfuscation about how the whole system really works.
Considering how random and crazy the "design" is, being simply a product of random GOTOs, forks, etc, with the only requirement being that it pass the test of selective evolution pressures over eons, it's not suprising whatsoever that it is difficult to understand this design...
In my very unscientific investigation 2 years ago, I noted that every camera I saw that used AA batteries took repeated flash photos at a much slower rate than Li batteries did. Since the photos I most take are of small moving children, this was key.
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My workaround was to direct Adblock to simply block the grey bars. As an intelligent Slashdotter, you DO use adblock, don't you?
Your average new car costs very roughly $3000 a year in depreciation. It may be less if you have a cheap japanese model, and much more if you have a American SUV.
A car is very expensive compared to taking trains when you factor in depreciation and insurance.
My favorite keyboard of all time was an IBM, I remember that much, but it was not an IBM PC keyboard. It was much clickier and crisper and there were more keys than a PC. I used it in a university lab room sometime between 1988 and 1992. It reminded me of similar terminal keyboards from the early 80s so it probably didn't change much. It was probably connected to a terminal or mini computer of some kind. *That* was my all time favorite keyboard - it felt way nicer than the IBM PC keyboard, which I assume this article is about.
This does not solve the problem for people who use the RSS feed to get the headlines. As far as I can tell, the RSS feed will contain all of the stories in it regardless of who the author is.
Since you pointed out your personal experience of never having trouble with Amazon shipping, I'll provide a counterexample. I had a bad problem with Amazon this year. I sent 10 gifts from them. One of my last minute (Dec 18th) Christmas gifts was sent 2 day air by Fed Ex rather than UPS (all the rest were UPS). It was scheduled to arrive by Dec 23. Here's what happened - Amazon's site listed the product as "shipped- in transit" and gave me a Fed Ex tracking number. A day later I noticed that the tracking information was stuck on "Package info transmitted from sender".... but no "Picked up by Fed Ex". Rather than calling Amazon, I incorrectly assumed this was because of some special bulk pick up processing arrangement with Fed Ex that didn't update the tracking right away. As it turns out, the Amazon pickers failed to provide the box to Fed Ex. When I finally contacted them, it was too late to get the package by Christmas. They gave me $10 off my next order but someone didn't get their Christmas gift. Seems like they don't have adequate checking builit into their system. They definitely are not well integrated with Fed Ex to verify that a package got picked up.
.. but if you "copy image location" and remove "thumb_" from the name of the.JPG you can still see the larger (but still suprisingly fuzzy) full size images.
Yep. As a person who gets very annoyed by bad jokes on slashdot, I subtract 6 from all "funny" posts. And when I am a moderator I mod down any "insightful" or "informative" mods that are really meant to be "funny" moderations.
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When I'm trying to read on the train, it is just torture to hear someone talking on the phone. I already have ADD which makes it doubly hard to try to focus on what I am reading. I have seriously considered investing in a cell phone jammer to preserve my sanity (I'd only use it for one minute bursts). Some people are completely unaware of how their behavior affects others.
When I visited friends at UK universities I noticed that students seem to have a lot less spending money than their US counterparts. So this might have something to do with it. In the USA university costs so much money, the cost of a laptop is insignificant.
LOL. That was a helpful comment. She was a poor student. MS did add a lot of new services and processes between SP1 and SP2, and did the same between SP2 and SP3, so I felt I should point this out.
My girlfriend had a cheap DELL Inspiron from around the 2003 or 2004 timeframe. When she upgraded to XP SP2 suddenly her performance became just terrible. She told me and I investigated, assuming a virus, or aggressive virus scanning software or something like that.. but nothing out of the ordinary was going on at all. The machine just lacked the horsepower it seemed. Google searches led me to find out that tons of other folks who bought cheap Dells were finding them crawling once they upgraded to XP2 because they could not handle all the additional services that XP2 added. So one reason not to jump to XP3 may be that you are running on very old slow hardware.
Interesting. Thanks for that. I didn't consider that this might be more common in British english. (I'm American)
...and I read a reasonable amount. Weird. Was the summary writer trying to educate people, or is he just a lawyer who doesn't realize it's an obscure word?
I have 90,000 emails in my inbox too along with typically 150 open tabs. Relax, people use software in different ways. That's why there are preference pages.
It's been on Wikipedia for one year (since one day after he died). Prior to that only VIPs knew it.
While you are right that the major mattress companies provide different model numbers and names for each retailer to make comparison shopping more difficult, it is *not* true that the discounters will not honor lower prices of their competitors. I found a $1400 Beautyrest mattress that I wanted and was about to pay for it, when I noticed what was essentially the same mattress under a different name for $950 at their competitor (in the same mall). When I pointed this out, I immediately got the $950 price, less 10%.
But you are right, direct comparison is made difficult because you have to do it by specs, not by name.
Americans may not buy kettles as much as in the UK but their popularity is growing and they can be used for much more than tea. And again, for a first time vistor to the UK who is not aware of the difference in electric system, watching a big pot of water heat to a boil in a very short time is mystifying. I was very surprised the first time I witnessed that.
One thing that Americans on their first visit to the UK are amazed at is the fact that electric kettles can boil water in about half the time as their American counterparts. The penalty for this convenience of course is that their sockets are huge and their cords are heavy duty, thick and heavy.
FYI - I think you are referring to the Pentagon attack and not the WTC attack the grandparent was referring to. As far as I know, there are no photos of the plane that was lodged in the WTC.
Its because the human organism is designed as if it were software coded with a billion tiny hacks done in self modifying code, layered year upon year by piss poor code monkeys from India. If the human is still able to keep living and replicating despite the hacks, the hack is pronounced a success, and the next software release cycle is begun. Sometimes unforseen coincidences cause the code to crash, and the human to die, and some times they lead to big jumps in human capabilities. But most of the time, the hack does nothing excecpt for add one more layer of obfuscation about how the whole system really works.
Considering how random and crazy the "design" is, being simply a product of random GOTOs, forks, etc, with the only requirement being that it pass the test of selective evolution pressures over eons, it's not suprising whatsoever that it is difficult to understand this design...
I can't find it via google either.
In my very unscientific investigation 2 years ago, I noted that every camera I saw that used AA batteries took repeated flash photos at a much slower rate than Li batteries did. Since the photos I most take are of small moving children, this was key.
My workaround was to direct Adblock to simply block the grey bars. As an intelligent Slashdotter, you DO use adblock, don't you?
I don't know, but it would be a good start if your transit authority didn't play music (via flash) every time their web page loaded.
Your average new car costs very roughly $3000 a year in depreciation. It may be less if you have a cheap japanese model, and much more if you have a American SUV. A car is very expensive compared to taking trains when you factor in depreciation and insurance.
I think it was an AS/400 keyboard but I am not 100% sure. Can I connect that to a PC somehow?
My favorite keyboard of all time was an IBM, I remember that much, but it was not an IBM PC keyboard. It was much clickier and crisper and there were more keys than a PC. I used it in a university lab room sometime between 1988 and 1992. It reminded me of similar terminal keyboards from the early 80s so it probably didn't change much. It was probably connected to a terminal or mini computer of some kind. *That* was my all time favorite keyboard - it felt way nicer than the IBM PC keyboard, which I assume this article is about.
This does not solve the problem for people who use the RSS feed to get the headlines. As far as I can tell, the RSS feed will contain all of the stories in it regardless of who the author is.
Since you pointed out your personal experience of never having trouble with Amazon shipping, I'll provide a counterexample. I had a bad problem with Amazon this year. I sent 10 gifts from them. One of my last minute (Dec 18th) Christmas gifts was sent 2 day air by Fed Ex rather than UPS (all the rest were UPS). It was scheduled to arrive by Dec 23. Here's what happened - Amazon's site listed the product as "shipped- in transit" and gave me a Fed Ex tracking number. A day later I noticed that the tracking information was stuck on "Package info transmitted from sender".... but no "Picked up by Fed Ex". Rather than calling Amazon, I incorrectly assumed this was because of some special bulk pick up processing arrangement with Fed Ex that didn't update the tracking right away. As it turns out, the Amazon pickers failed to provide the box to Fed Ex. When I finally contacted them, it was too late to get the package by Christmas. They gave me $10 off my next order but someone didn't get their Christmas gift. Seems like they don't have adequate checking builit into their system. They definitely are not well integrated with Fed Ex to verify that a package got picked up.
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/gallery/devices/amazon-kindle-2/
Yep. As a person who gets very annoyed by bad jokes on slashdot, I subtract 6 from all "funny" posts. And when I am a moderator I mod down any "insightful" or "informative" mods that are really meant to be "funny" moderations.
..so I don't think wriggling out of legal liability is the reason for this. This is about them cutting their losses due to theft.