That would be the American people. They have the power. They vote people in and out of office. See the quote you mentioned in your signature. If people would only vote their hearts at each election, rather than voting for the lesser of two evils.
The people as a whole have more power than any individual Congress member.
This is good news if it means Facebook and Google not buying it. I'd much rather have Microsoft own them than risk my privacy with Facebook and Google.
Maybe it won't be so bad. Hotmail isn't half bad since Microsoft bought them (was a Hotmailer before it was Microsoftized).
They don't have use tax like some other people have to pay? I mean, here in Washington state, if I buy from a retailer who doesn't charge sales tax, I'm liable for the tax still. Although, I'm sure a lot of Washingtonians don't know about it, or don't care if they do (and they probably won't get caught as long as it isn't expensive).
I don't know what Australia is like, but here's an idea... Could they make things revenue neutral by... i. Implementing an tax on overseas purchases and, ii. Lowering the GST so things are neutral as before?
Either lowering the percentage, or perhaps exempting some more items to make it a bit more progressive?
Given how impressive computers are today compared to those a decade or two ago...
Can you imagine the good or harm that would be done if some time traveler from today were to bring a laptop to Bill Gates of the 1970s? (Maybe one installed with Vista.)
Having used IE8, I can say IE6 is a lot better. I am not sure which one is more secure, but IE6 seems less buggy, and allows me to rearrange the menubar/toolbar the way I want.
On a more humourous note, one upside to IE8 is that I was able to use a user agent changer so websites think I am using IE6 instead of IE8.
The thing about XP, it's familiar and simple. People are just so use to it. My experience with Windows 7 is that things aren't where they use to be. So, maybe that's the issue.
Now, for the fun part of this post. Anyone here hanging onto unused copies of XP just incase you decide to build a new machine? I know I am.
Floppies were those square things we shoved into computers, right? After that, came CDs. Then USB sticks. Correct?
Let's see. Floppies were square, and squares have 4 corners. CDs are round, and thus could be considered to have 1 corner. USB sticks are straight, like a line, sort of, so, they have 2 corners? I see a pattern: Minus 3, and take the absolute value.
My 20GB Windows partition is on an 80GB Western Digital drive, so it should be possible to somehow figure out the length it takes up. By length, I mean the longest straight line that can be placed against the physical area taken up on the platter(s).
Instead of having 9 justices, we could have 11 justices, with the 9 most senior justices serving for cases. In the case of one of them recusing him or herself, provided no more than two does it, no problem.
But for no majority vote to occur is kind of sad, because it kind of leaves it unresolved (letting the lower court ruling stand).
So Kagan was recused from this case (among others)? What is the point in having nine jutices if one isn't going to participate when it counts? Too bad we can't add a 10th or 11th was "backup" justices.
Please make a habit of saying, "Perform a Google search" or "Perform a Yahoo! search". Just avoid using any such as a verb. Although, I do remember Yahoo! commercials on TV asking us something like, "Do you Yahoo!?"
Let's say those things become so cheap and popular a lot of people end up using them. Should they be banned on sidewalks and other high-traffic areas? Yes, I know this is off-topic.
The biggest advantage to digital textbooks is yes, interaction. For example, when a math book shortcuts things to save space, yet, could be animated in digital form to show how operations are done on tables and such.
Although, a physical book is very nice to hold, to flip through, which you can't easily do with digital ones.
The iPads are what, under 10 inches diagonal? Not nearly the size of certain books, which can make it a bit more tricky to read. Sometimes a big page conveys things differently, especially if you're reading text near something graphical pertaining to said text.
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Do not support these types of games.
I don't care if this is device-specific or if it's the second time the original person plays it. Just say no.
That would be the American people. They have the power. They vote people in and out of office. See the quote you mentioned in your signature. If people would only vote their hearts at each election, rather than voting for the lesser of two evils.
The people as a whole have more power than any individual Congress member.
This is good news if it means Facebook and Google not buying it. I'd much rather have Microsoft own them than risk my privacy with Facebook and Google.
Maybe it won't be so bad. Hotmail isn't half bad since Microsoft bought them (was a Hotmailer before it was Microsoftized).
I think the following URL sums up anything I could say:
http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/kiptips/archives/10-riskiest-places-to-give-your-social-security.html
They don't have use tax like some other people have to pay? I mean, here in Washington state, if I buy from a retailer who doesn't charge sales tax, I'm liable for the tax still. Although, I'm sure a lot of Washingtonians don't know about it, or don't care if they do (and they probably won't get caught as long as it isn't expensive).
I don't know what Australia is like, but here's an idea...
Could they make things revenue neutral by...
i. Implementing an tax on overseas purchases and,
ii. Lowering the GST so things are neutral as before?
Either lowering the percentage, or perhaps exempting some more items to make it a bit more progressive?
Given how impressive computers are today compared to those a decade or two ago...
Can you imagine the good or harm that would be done if some time traveler from today were to bring a laptop to Bill Gates of the 1970s? (Maybe one installed with Vista.)
Maybe it is a bit more complicated. After all, don't harddrive platters expand depending on temperature?
Having used IE8, I can say IE6 is a lot better. I am not sure which one is more secure, but IE6 seems less buggy, and allows me to rearrange the menubar/toolbar the way I want.
On a more humourous note, one upside to IE8 is that I was able to use a user agent changer so websites think I am using IE6 instead of IE8.
The thing about XP, it's familiar and simple. People are just so use to it. My experience with Windows 7 is that things aren't where they use to be. So, maybe that's the issue.
Now, for the fun part of this post. Anyone here hanging onto unused copies of XP just incase you decide to build a new machine? I know I am.
Floppies were those square things we shoved into computers, right? After that, came CDs. Then USB sticks. Correct?
Let's see. Floppies were square, and squares have 4 corners.
CDs are round, and thus could be considered to have 1 corner.
USB sticks are straight, like a line, sort of, so, they have 2 corners? I see a pattern: Minus 3, and take the absolute value.
My 20GB Windows partition is on an 80GB Western Digital drive, so it should be possible to somehow figure out the length it takes up. By length, I mean the longest straight line that can be placed against the physical area taken up on the platter(s).
when just a few megabytes was considered large.
By the way, anyone care to make a guess how big my Windows partition is?
You mean like FamilySearch's Personal Ancestry File software?
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/paf/
Instead of having 9 justices, we could have 11 justices, with the 9 most senior justices serving for cases. In the case of one of them recusing him or herself, provided no more than two does it, no problem.
But for no majority vote to occur is kind of sad, because it kind of leaves it unresolved (letting the lower court ruling stand).
So Kagan was recused from this case (among others)? What is the point in having nine jutices if one isn't going to participate when it counts? Too bad we can't add a 10th or 11th was "backup" justices.
What about those who need 640k + 1? Maybe it's time to look to IPv7.
In all seriousness, I don't know how they're going to deal with people with legacy devices, which may not be upgradable to IPv6 compatible.
I love IE6! I love the feel of it, where the buttons and everything are. I love the way it acts when I go to websites.
I detest IE8. The only thing IE8 has going for it would be the ability to drag and drop sites into the toolbar. But everything else, I don't like.
I guess that is my fault for not fully reading articles. But I think that makes me more of a slashdot citizen than anything.
They're going to kill the fish in the pond in order to build the data center?
Please make a habit of saying, "Perform a Google search" or "Perform a Yahoo! search". Just avoid using any such as a verb. Although, I do remember Yahoo! commercials on TV asking us something like, "Do you Yahoo!?"
Aside the fictional Squirtler, does Twitter have any competition?
I'm not so sure Google has real competition.
Let's say those things become so cheap and popular a lot of people end up using them. Should they be banned on sidewalks and other high-traffic areas? Yes, I know this is off-topic.
The biggest advantage to digital textbooks is yes, interaction. For example, when a math book shortcuts things to save space, yet, could be animated in digital form to show how operations are done on tables and such.
Although, a physical book is very nice to hold, to flip through, which you can't easily do with digital ones.
The iPads are what, under 10 inches diagonal? Not nearly the size of certain books, which can make it a bit more tricky to read. Sometimes a big page conveys things differently, especially if you're reading text near something graphical pertaining to said text.
Yeah, you're right. I guess I can calculate how many characters I send to IRC each month, then divide that into about $30/month.
that addicted to something.
Then again, I use IRC. But, as long as something isn't controlling your life, no harm I guess.