We have a small town local computer store, which carries all the usual overpriced peripheral stuff, available on the Internet for 1/10th of the price. I think he's doing reasonably well.
They also deal in second-hand computers, sold at a very decent margin I'm sure.
If you think about it, most domestic PCs get bought from Dell, are loaded with crapware and succumb to the malware by year 3, rendering them so slow that they're unusable. This guy is buying those PCs, cleaning them up and re-installing the factory OS, without the crapware. For many people, it's almost better than a new machine.
He is genuinely adding value, since you can bring it back to be looked at, under his warrenty. The customer has built a relationship of trust with the vendor, and nobody (really) loses out.
He builds bespoke PCs too, so he always has the upsale and upgrade potential.
Try finding anyone in the UK who gives a damn about prisoner voting rights. Prisoners abused other people's rights, which landed them in prison.
Being in prison removes several rights, the most notable being freedom of movement. In this case, it limits freedom of movement to and from polling stations.
I know I'm probably coming off as ignorant but I'm not necessarily saying this project doesn't have a noble purpose. I'm just asking what it is exactly...
Sub launched or fighter delivered short range nuclear weapons. First strike, or retaliatory strike, it doesn't matter.
A clue definition of '...V' is acceptable, if it follows on from a previous related question or answer. Even then it may seem related, but isn't. This will throw one off the scent, but the answer will often be part of an overarching theme. A theme often allows weaker definition cluing. Several other clues might include tangential references to science, but there will one clue that is often refered to by clue number only, elsewhere in the puzzle - e.g. 'Amphibian is working by force' (6) - hinting at the overall theme 'Newton'. I would also be on the look out for oblique references to the biblical character of 'Isaac'.
Themes are particularly popular with Araucaria in the Guardian. He loves to bend the conventional rules and it is expected that he will. Which brings up another reason why this AI would struggle with UK cryptics - a priori knowledge of the setter's style, or even the house style.
I like symbian devices, particularly Nokias. They make some of the nicest handsets around. I love my 5800, and S60 v5. I liked my previous S60s phones and my Psion EPOC devices before those.
That said, I hate the development environment, it is absolutely and consistently dreadful. It's a wonder anyone develops for this platform. The Wiki is full of out-of-date examples, and contradictory advice. The compilers are terrible - two completely different free compilers used for the emulator and phone (with different bugs), or a third commercial one which can actually generate decent ARM code - all WIN32 only, of course.
The Symbian C++ API is just awful. OpenC made it bearable, python makes it usable. Nokia's focus is, however (like an ADHD sufferer) shifting once again - this time to Qt. They are currently shipping a 5-600MB Qt SDK for Linux, which can *only* produce code for an emulator!
Alternatively, a testable, legal definition for what makes a person 'a skank' is established and enshrined in law (finally!).
1. Ms. Rose is exhonerated 2. Ms. Cohen is convicted of first-degree skankness, conspiracy to skank or skanking without a license, by a jury of her peers.
Agent Scully circa 1995. Beauty and rational intelligence.
Also, your rat model issue is simple. Get a bunch of female rats, get a bunch of male rats. Contrive a situation where all male rats get to see all female rats. Let the male rats choose. Not rocket science.
Interestingly the Grauniad is one of only a few UK newspapers to publish their crosswords and other puzzles/features for free.
If you want to get the Torygraph crpytic crossword (which I much prefer), you have to subscribe to their crossword club. It goes without saying that I don't, I buy no papers and simply print out the gratis grauniad PDF instead.
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My word! The only good thing about Woking is the fast service into London. The fiends!
We have a small town local computer store, which carries all the usual overpriced peripheral stuff, available on the Internet for 1/10th of the price. I think he's doing reasonably well.
They also deal in second-hand computers, sold at a very decent margin I'm sure.
If you think about it, most domestic PCs get bought from Dell, are loaded with crapware and succumb to the malware by year 3, rendering them so slow that they're unusable. This guy is buying those PCs, cleaning them up and re-installing the factory OS, without the crapware. For many people, it's almost better than a new machine.
He is genuinely adding value, since you can bring it back to be looked at, under his warrenty. The customer has built a relationship of trust with the vendor, and nobody (really) loses out.
He builds bespoke PCs too, so he always has the upsale and upgrade potential.
Try finding anyone in the UK who gives a damn about prisoner voting rights. Prisoners abused other people's rights, which landed them in prison.
Being in prison removes several rights, the most notable being freedom of movement. In this case, it limits freedom of movement to and from polling stations.
I know I'm probably coming off as ignorant but I'm not necessarily saying this project doesn't have a noble purpose. I'm just asking what it is exactly...
Sub launched or fighter delivered short range nuclear weapons. First strike, or retaliatory strike, it doesn't matter.
Other one AI might struggle with:
Lisping girl of legend (4) - (ans: 'Myth')
How about some Cockney Rhyming slang?:
Beehive in North London? (4, 6) - (ans: 'High Barnet')
A clue definition of '...V' is acceptable, if it follows on from a previous related question or answer. Even then it may seem related, but isn't. This will throw one off the scent, but the answer will often be part of an overarching theme. A theme often allows weaker definition cluing. Several other clues might include tangential references to science, but there will one clue that is often refered to by clue number only, elsewhere in the puzzle - e.g. 'Amphibian is working by force' (6) - hinting at the overall theme 'Newton'. I would also be on the look out for oblique references to the biblical character of 'Isaac'.
Themes are particularly popular with Araucaria in the Guardian. He loves to bend the conventional rules and it is expected that he will. Which brings up another reason why this AI would struggle with UK cryptics - a priori knowledge of the setter's style, or even the house style.
I like symbian devices, particularly Nokias. They make some of the nicest handsets around. I love my 5800, and S60 v5. I liked my previous S60s phones and my Psion EPOC devices before those.
That said, I hate the development environment, it is absolutely and consistently dreadful. It's a wonder anyone develops for this platform. The Wiki is full of out-of-date examples, and contradictory advice. The compilers are terrible - two completely different free compilers used for the emulator and phone (with different bugs), or a third commercial one which can actually generate decent ARM code - all WIN32 only, of course.
The Symbian C++ API is just awful. OpenC made it bearable, python makes it usable. Nokia's focus is, however (like an ADHD sufferer) shifting once again - this time to Qt. They are currently shipping a 5-600MB Qt SDK for Linux, which can *only* produce code for an emulator!
It's as tall as Big Ben - a really big bell in St. Stephen's Tower, Westminster.
Weird unit of measurement, but there we go.
Interestingly, Solaris had (past tense, as it's dead) a command to remove zombie processes.
preap
I never had the chance to use it, but I thought it had a cool name.
I believe the bear costume is a reference to this:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7112929.stm
Why don't yanks take part in F1?
I thought you loved racing cars about.
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Nicer.
It's like Gordon Brown at No. 10.
Doesn't matter, until the situation changes. Who would invest? I say that as a shareholder.
Mine is a Compaq TC1000 - one of the first of that tablet generation. Still useful for some things, but a real dog of a machine.
Have you tried swapping xfce for lxde?
I makes one hell of a difference on my old transmeta based tablet.
It's about 0.0000001 times the size of Wales.
I won't be going anywhere. I refuse to let my government have my fingerprints, in order to renew my passport.
I'll just stay in dear old blighty.
Err, use less coal to heat a given volume of water?
Can't help with waste heat, clearly.
Makes sense.
Listula Cohen does sound like a bacteria found in unsanitary bagel factories.
Not a 'friendly' bacteria, if you know what I mean...
Alternatively, a testable, legal definition for what makes a person 'a skank' is established and enshrined in law (finally!).
1. Ms. Rose is exhonerated
2. Ms. Cohen is convicted of first-degree skankness, conspiracy to skank or skanking without a license, by a jury of her peers.
What the hell is a skank anyway?
I can't finish a Discworld book precisely because I can't stand the lightweight, repetitive humour.
Humour is subjective of course.
Speaking as a 33 year old man.
Agent Scully circa 1995. Beauty and rational intelligence.
Also, your rat model issue is simple. Get a bunch of female rats, get a bunch of male rats. Contrive a situation where all male rats get to see all female rats. Let the male rats choose. Not rocket science.
...Torygraph crpytic crossword...
Oops. cryptic strangely (7) perhaps?
Interestingly the Grauniad is one of only a few UK newspapers to publish their crosswords and other puzzles/features for free.
If you want to get the Torygraph crpytic crossword (which I much prefer), you have to subscribe to their crossword club. It goes without saying that I don't, I buy no papers and simply print out the gratis grauniad PDF instead.
I bought a pair of unused 'flat panel' IBM speakers (also NXT) 3 years ago. On ebay, for 99p.
They're really good, for little speakers.