I'm not really a fan of either approach. I want to mix XBox 360 chocolate with Wii-U peanut butter.
An external USB drive is clunky, not elegant. It's worlds better than a maximum 2GB SD card, though and it's non-proprietary (although I'm sure Wii-U-branded drives are coming).
XBox 360 got it right in that the add-on drive might as well be built in to the unit. But I would much rather have had an enclosure which allows me to buy any standard drive instead. Also, it's not transparent enough. The XBox 360 asks you to select where to save stuff. I don't understand why it should. Either the system shouldn't *care* where stuff is located or if there is a reason it cares, it should make the determination on its own and not bother the user.
If the WSJ is excluding details to make a point, it is the epitome of triviality to argue against those points by showing what was excluded. If the WSJ is wrong about something, prove it. Otherwise, just stuff it, because your cheerleading for the NYT at the expense of the WSJ won't convince anyone. Those who are "uniformed idiots" because they read the WSJ certainly won't be convinced (the name calling is a nice touch - really brings people to your way of thinking). And those who already agree with you don't need convincing.
Rational thinkers will not be convinced, and those are the only ones you can possibly hope to sway.
You give parents and students a piece of paper that says the students are authorized to use the internet, but that the parents and students agree that the student will use it responsibly or will be held responsible for its misuse. Parents and student alike are required to sign.
Then you don't worry about it. If the student(s) abuse the privilege, the parents cannot complain because they not only authorized the use, but agreed that their child would use the resource appropriately.
You can learn "neophyte scripter" level python (and most other languages) inside ten minutes on your own if you already have a language and basic programming course under your belt.
Everyone is a critic. I'm sorry you don't like the poem. However, if you read the full summary, and the poem, you would realize that it is, in fact, quite on topic.
What drives me nuts is sites that accept your new password of arbitrary length, but have an actual limit of X characters. So you go to log in and surprise... you can't, because your password was truncated and you don't know to what length (of course they don't say).
As a resident non-native, I make it a point to call it "San Fran" (or when feeling particularly spiteful "Frisco") just to jab at native sensibilities.
I usually reserve it for this type of conversation:
Them: Where are you from? Me: Minnesota Them: Oh. Where in Minnesota? Me: The Twin Cities area. (Or sometimes just "the Cities") Them: Oh... Where's that? Me: It's not Duluth and it's not the place where the Mayo Clinic is. (Fargo accent:) So... have ya lived in 'Frisco your whole life der den?
And occasionally people act like I lied to them when they find out I have never lived in the city limits of either Minneapolis or St. Paul. Like they'd have any idea where Rosemount or St. Louis Park are if I told them those places instead (nevermind that I didn't live in one municipality my entire pre-CA life). I honestly think they'd say "Atherton" if they were traveling and someone asked them where in California they were from.
The reduced heat in the winter is probably offset by the reduced heat in the summer (for those using AC), but...
You will also have 30% less light coming through your windows. It's going to get dark inside your house earlier in the evening, requiring you to turn on lights.
Using a transparent (or even opaque) film on the siding makes a lot more sense to me.
I'm not sure if you are posting in support of GP or not, but your source is in support of his claim.
* Your number of 73.9 million Americans is for hourly workers only. 1.7 million of those is 2.3%. * Those working for less than minimum wage are primarily tipped employees who earn more than minimum wage after tips. * The actual number of workers in the U.S. is around 140 million so 1.2% of workers earn minimum wage. * Using that same number even if we ignore tip income, we're still only at about 2.7% of workers earning minimum wage or less.
Further, most of those working for minimum wage are: * Under 25 * Part-time Workers * Living in depressed areas * Restaurant workers (many of whom are tipped employees)
Anecdote:
When I worked in a restaurant there were times I wasn't a tipped employee, but I earned more than the servers (who earned the minimum wage) on an hourly basis. Guess who left with more money at the end of the week? That was also true in the next state over where the minimum for tipped employees was lower than the minimum wage.
Finally, the number working minimum wage is dwarfed by the number of unemployed which (per the source linked above) is about 13 million. The minimum wage is great for those who can find work, but it screws some percentage of that 13 million who otherwise might be able to get a job. The National Industrial Recovery Act might have been unconstitutional as hell, but it got the job done of getting more people able to support themselves. Lowering or getting rid of the minimum wage would have the same effect but would not be unconstitutional, and we can easily make it a temporary fix requiring renewal.
If this product works as advertised, I see it as more something *I* hold on to and bring over to Granny's. Or just something I buy for Granny. Or something that comes included with Granny's new PC.
That way I don't have to waste my life with free tech support. And yeah, I could do a reinstall, but then I have to worry about where the heck Granny keeps all her videos and copy those over (all over the place, but SHE knows where they all are...kinda), whether she can find her favorite programs afterwards (e.g. shortcut isn't on desktop anymore), etc., etc.
It's easier for corporations to do that because they pay people to be semi-competent at using the computers to get their job done. All documents are probably on the network and backed up. And if employee complains... too bad, it's policy.
Granny isn't my employee (if anything, I'm *her* employee), doesn't run backups (though she really should), isn't going to change her habits, doesn't understand a lot of the basics, and prefers a barely functioning machine that she can work to a faster machine that she can't.
Don't forget about legacy systems upgraded from Win3.1 when figuring out the "typical" Win95 machine. He's off on his processors, too, since faster Pentiums and the Pentium II were only available shortly before Win98.
I'd say his RAM figure is just about right or maybe 16MB (RAM was expensive back then) but his 300 MHz should be more like 166Mhz. I think Puppy GUI would run "okay" on this and text-only would do fine, but "powerful workstation" makes me think OP is just trolling...
So people are going to let strangers delete files on their computers. And this is supposed to *improve* security? Ummm, is it only me who sees the extreme irony in this plan?
Isn't that exactly what anti-virus and malware removal software does?
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I'm not really a fan of either approach. I want to mix XBox 360 chocolate with Wii-U peanut butter.
An external USB drive is clunky, not elegant. It's worlds better than a maximum 2GB SD card, though and it's non-proprietary (although I'm sure Wii-U-branded drives are coming).
XBox 360 got it right in that the add-on drive might as well be built in to the unit. But I would much rather have had an enclosure which allows me to buy any standard drive instead. Also, it's not transparent enough. The XBox 360 asks you to select where to save stuff. I don't understand why it should. Either the system shouldn't *care* where stuff is located or if there is a reason it cares, it should make the determination on its own and not bother the user.
This may come as a shock, but some of us actually talk to flesh and blood women. We don't have wives who can be raped via botnet.
(Maybe I'm feeding a troll, but I just couldn't resist... ;) )
If the WSJ is excluding details to make a point, it is the epitome of triviality to argue against those points by showing what was excluded. If the WSJ is wrong about something, prove it. Otherwise, just stuff it, because your cheerleading for the NYT at the expense of the WSJ won't convince anyone. Those who are "uniformed idiots" because they read the WSJ certainly won't be convinced (the name calling is a nice touch - really brings people to your way of thinking). And those who already agree with you don't need convincing.
Rational thinkers will not be convinced, and those are the only ones you can possibly hope to sway.
You say that like "guilt-trip-control" is a means to an end. It's not.
Empire > New Hope
Really? I use permanent marker.
But, of course, log everything.
This is what you do:
You give parents and students a piece of paper that says the students are authorized to use the internet, but that the parents and students agree that the student will use it responsibly or will be held responsible for its misuse. Parents and student alike are required to sign.
Then you don't worry about it. If the student(s) abuse the privilege, the parents cannot complain because they not only authorized the use, but agreed that their child would use the resource appropriately.
I tried to explain that to my geology professor once... ONCE.
They're talking about Netflix carrying an all-new fourth season (which just started filming a week or so ago).
...and too much Gamma radiation might make you turn green and muscular.
Not unlike most protein supplements. Those things taste awful.
You can learn "neophyte scripter" level python (and most other languages) inside ten minutes on your own if you already have a language and basic programming course under your belt.
Karma is overrated.
Dear mod,
Everyone is a critic. I'm sorry you don't like the poem. However, if you read the full summary, and the poem, you would realize that it is, in fact, quite on topic.
Sincerely,
Og
...it is very interesting that all the women were short slit skirts and very high heels.
I, too, find this interesting. Fox News you say? I'm going to have to check that out. Thanks!
As an author and poet
I don't care if you know it,
that something is not a fact.
My fictional world is not
meant to be real. The thought!
Expecting me to redact!
I've seen this before in sci-fi, but I'm most familiar with it from "real" alien abduction stories.
*cue ominous sounding music*
What drives me nuts is sites that accept your new password of arbitrary length, but have an actual limit of X characters. So you go to log in and surprise... you can't, because your password was truncated and you don't know to what length (of course they don't say).
As a resident non-native, I make it a point to call it "San Fran" (or when feeling particularly spiteful "Frisco") just to jab at native sensibilities.
I usually reserve it for this type of conversation:
Them: Where are you from?
Me: Minnesota
Them: Oh. Where in Minnesota?
Me: The Twin Cities area. (Or sometimes just "the Cities")
Them: Oh... Where's that?
Me: It's not Duluth and it's not the place where the Mayo Clinic is. (Fargo accent:) So... have ya lived in 'Frisco your whole life der den?
And occasionally people act like I lied to them when they find out I have never lived in the city limits of either Minneapolis or St. Paul. Like they'd have any idea where Rosemount or St. Louis Park are if I told them those places instead (nevermind that I didn't live in one municipality my entire pre-CA life). I honestly think they'd say "Atherton" if they were traveling and someone asked them where in California they were from.
The reduced heat in the winter is probably offset by the reduced heat in the summer (for those using AC), but...
You will also have 30% less light coming through your windows. It's going to get dark inside your house earlier in the evening, requiring you to turn on lights.
Using a transparent (or even opaque) film on the siding makes a lot more sense to me.
I'm not sure if you are posting in support of GP or not, but your source is in support of his claim.
* Your number of 73.9 million Americans is for hourly workers only. 1.7 million of those is 2.3%.
* Those working for less than minimum wage are primarily tipped employees who earn more than minimum wage after tips.
* The actual number of workers in the U.S. is around 140 million so 1.2% of workers earn minimum wage.
* Using that same number even if we ignore tip income, we're still only at about 2.7% of workers earning minimum wage or less.
Further, most of those working for minimum wage are:
* Under 25
* Part-time Workers
* Living in depressed areas
* Restaurant workers (many of whom are tipped employees)
Anecdote:
When I worked in a restaurant there were times I wasn't a tipped employee, but I earned more than the servers (who earned the minimum wage) on an hourly basis. Guess who left with more money at the end of the week? That was also true in the next state over where the minimum for tipped employees was lower than the minimum wage.
Finally, the number working minimum wage is dwarfed by the number of unemployed which (per the source linked above) is about 13 million. The minimum wage is great for those who can find work, but it screws some percentage of that 13 million who otherwise might be able to get a job. The National Industrial Recovery Act might have been unconstitutional as hell, but it got the job done of getting more people able to support themselves. Lowering or getting rid of the minimum wage would have the same effect but would not be unconstitutional, and we can easily make it a temporary fix requiring renewal.
You forgot to mention the cute little USB guys.
If this product works as advertised, I see it as more something *I* hold on to and bring over to Granny's. Or just something I buy for Granny. Or something that comes included with Granny's new PC.
That way I don't have to waste my life with free tech support. And yeah, I could do a reinstall, but then I have to worry about where the heck Granny keeps all her videos and copy those over (all over the place, but SHE knows where they all are...kinda), whether she can find her favorite programs afterwards (e.g. shortcut isn't on desktop anymore), etc., etc.
It's easier for corporations to do that because they pay people to be semi-competent at using the computers to get their job done. All documents are probably on the network and backed up. And if employee complains... too bad, it's policy.
Granny isn't my employee (if anything, I'm *her* employee), doesn't run backups (though she really should), isn't going to change her habits, doesn't understand a lot of the basics, and prefers a barely functioning machine that she can work to a faster machine that she can't.
Don't forget about legacy systems upgraded from Win3.1 when figuring out the "typical" Win95 machine. He's off on his processors, too, since faster Pentiums and the Pentium II were only available shortly before Win98.
I'd say his RAM figure is just about right or maybe 16MB (RAM was expensive back then) but his 300 MHz should be more like 166Mhz. I think Puppy GUI would run "okay" on this and text-only would do fine, but "powerful workstation" makes me think OP is just trolling...
So people are going to let strangers delete files on their computers. And this is supposed to *improve* security? Ummm, is it only me who sees the extreme irony in this plan?
Isn't that exactly what anti-virus and malware removal software does?