I was thinking bloat more in the context of how much value does it really add, versus how many resources it consumes. I guess I just question how much actual learning comes from playing the game.
Or is anyone else amused that the name for this laptop, the XO, is an emoticon for a frustrated person yelling? Seems like Microsoft would have nailed that name down. I keed, I keed.
Dr. Gail, though, had some advice, which, he said, is his personal opinion as a physician and researcher: "If you are in the pink and feeling well and getting a good amount of exercise and if your doctor is very happy with your lab values and other test results, then I am not sure there is any urgency to change your weight." I don't know about you, but when I'm "in the pink and getting a good amount of exercise" I feel friggin FANTASTIC. Now I have a medical study that documents sex being good for me, thus I support this research wholeheartedly.
Well, if I as a seller saw a drop in sales that was consistently reproduced at the same time every year, I'd probably do a little digging to determine what the cause was. I called it "fluff" since it didn't seem as if there was any factual information to back it up, and for me at least, that calls into question the rest of the data and figures in the article (i.e. projected 4% growth, etc).
I guess all I can say is that I don't share your assessment that the stations are all 'lazily programmed'. I find all 3 the jazz stations pretty fantastic, I like the fact that they've got a nice spread of classic jazz, smooth jazz, and the slightly more esoteric/ecclectic jazz as opposed to just one 'generic' jazz station.
I really like Sirius 35 "Chill" for the downtempo electronica, Classic Vinyl 14, Classic Rewind 15, Jam-on 17, several others. If you have tastes that are dramatically outside the 'norm' (term used loosely) I can imagine you might be disinterested as there is a pretty big lack of World Music in general. However, to categorize all their stations as essentially boring just isn't the case. I think they do a great job at presenting a good mix of music within the chosen genres/styles of music.
Mainstream music coming out these days is overrated
Agreed, but we should be careful to make the distinction between new mainstream music, and all new music. There is good stuff still coming out, and (as you stated) a lot of it falls in the "independent" category. That said, I think that the various music subscription services actually help provide better visibility to artists that are off the beaten path.
For me, I LOVE my Sirius Satellite Radio and I've been turned on to several artists that I likely would never have heard of had it not been for Sirius(or if I had, probably wouldn't have felt compelled to buy their music). I too cannot bear to listen to the crap playing on standard radio anymore (and that's when there's music and not commercials playing). If you haven't already tried Sirius I really suggest that you give them a shot. 3 day free trial, you'll be surprised at how good some of the music stations are, I certainly was.
I could not agree more. What a pompous tagline...."many developers, few challenges" (or however they're trying to pitch it) and then a disclaimer that they can't be bothered to work on the MAJOR printer driver issue (*cough--Lexmark--cough*) because printing takes place "in userspace"? What the hell does that even mean? Look, I have no problem with the fact that there aren't drivers for every proprietary piece of hardware in Linux, I get it, I realize it's volunteers for the most part. On the other hand, for a group of volunteers to act as if there's a shortage of work to be done is ridiculous.
As you might expect from a mobility expert, he's filling his shelter time "fire blogging." And he's also answered my e-mailed questions about how the people and technology are holding up in his shelter. The guy is literally running for his life to escape wildfires, yet has the brass balls to 'fire blog'. If that's not worthy of a nomination to Geek of the Year, I dunno what is.
since 4 am this morning, I've received 51985 emails, Geez, are you writing your email address on bathroom walls with a "For a good time email...." next to it? That's an insane amount of emails in such a short time. Wouldn't it be easier to abandon an obviously tainted email address and start fresh with 2 new ones (1 real, 1 decoy/spam depository)?
While I completely agree with you on this, I must point out the irony that you're arguing about whether or not John Lennon was a drug addict with someone whose UID is Chineseeyes. I'm not judging this person (I've been 'chinese eyed' myself a time or two in my younger days...yes I did inhale)it just seems like you might be wasting your breath.
Well, when replying to a guy who supposes that the problem with Democrats is that they're "spineless pussies", I don't think it's completely out of line to take issue with whether or not the guy is really making a valid point or just babbling incoherently (regardless of whether or not I did so with a sarcastic remark). Same for the "strawman" tone. When I'm engaging someone who's taking an inflammatory point of view, it's reasonable that I'm going to come at the guy from a skeptical point of view. I said nothing that could be construed as anything other than a different perspective, and I didn't resort to petty name calling.
Hey bud, take it easy, I'm being cordial with you, no need to be a jerk here, we're having a discussion.
I had high hopes in Nov '06 when the election results were announced
Me too, and I voted to help make those results happen (I'm inferring that you did to) so I am hopeful that we're going to get some changes here, but I'm aware that these wheel turn agonizingly slowly. I agree, it sucks, and I wish it weren't the case, but with (as another poster stated) a slim majority, it's not like it's a slam dunk to get things done, particularly when both sides get caught up in partisan bullshit.
In short, it sounds like we want the same thing here, so lets not have dissension in the ranks. I'm also dissatisfied with the fact that we haven't been able to undo the shit that W has created yet, but I'm not going to let that stop me supporting anyone who can make that happen regardless of how slowly.
The Dems' "excuse" is that they're politicians and spineless pussies.
Lemme guess, they're pussies because they don't agree with blatant fear/warmongering like any real, super, tough-guy, cowboy American should, right? Look, I don't think anyone will argue that people on both "teams" resort to some seriously shady business, but gimme a break with this whole "spineless" angle, it's just a steaming pile of crap. If you honestly believe that by being as bull-headed as we have been in our rush to war we have done ourselves any good at all, I really suggest you seek counseling.
Examples cited include threats, intimidation, harassment or "cyber-stalking", unauthorised publication of private information or images, impersonation and so-called "happy slapping".
Mr Balls also called for action against anti-gay bullying -calling for schools to promote a "culture of respect" and saying that "homophobic insults should be viewed as seriously as racism"
I dunno about an article that quotes a "Mr Balls" about "happy slapping".
Perhaps if they had held off on the thugs with MP-5s, and tried a direct question, then they wouldn't have had panic, a needless arrest, and mocked-up charges From TFA
The employee asked about the plastic circuit board on her chest, and Simpson walked away without responding, Pare said.
Sounds like they tried exactly what you recommend, and she decided not to comply (perhaps with the smarmy "moving on, no longer paying attention" attitude as well) which would be more than enough reason to raise suspicion.
Perhaps these antics by law enforcement are disgusting and against the public interest? As a member of the public, I can say that their actions were in my interests. I would much rather have airport security that is willing to investigate something to ensure it's NOT a danger to me or other passengers than security that doesn't want to "offend" anyone by investigating.
Well, for starters how about: 1. Doing something insanely stupid. 2. Causing a major disruption to the operations of an airport (assuredly causing travel delays for others) 3. Scaring the living shit out of people 4. Not responding to questions about her shirt/putty in her hand. 5. Wasting the time/resources of police officers. 6. Soiling the good name of Duracell for involving it in her "device" Do we really need to keep going?
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Hey, don't be an airhole, the guy was trying to make a joke.
Regression of palpable anguish forseen within future modification of linguistic tendency laden spoken word.*
* Translated via Babelfish from Dutch Foreign Minister's reply
I was thinking bloat more in the context of how much value does it really add, versus how many resources it consumes. I guess I just question how much actual learning comes from playing the game.
A targeted campaign to help develop observational skills and problem solving by packaging Myst with the XO? Sounds like the beginning of bloat to me.
Or is anyone else amused that the name for this laptop, the XO, is an emoticon for a frustrated person yelling? Seems like Microsoft would have nailed that name down. I keed, I keed.
I don't know about you, but when I'm "in the pink and getting a good amount of exercise" I feel friggin FANTASTIC. Now I have a medical study that documents sex being good for me, thus I support this research wholeheartedly.
Well, if I as a seller saw a drop in sales that was consistently reproduced at the same time every year, I'd probably do a little digging to determine what the cause was. I called it "fluff" since it didn't seem as if there was any factual information to back it up, and for me at least, that calls into question the rest of the data and figures in the article (i.e. projected 4% growth, etc).
I guess all I can say is that I don't share your assessment that the stations are all 'lazily programmed'. I find all 3 the jazz stations pretty fantastic, I like the fact that they've got a nice spread of classic jazz, smooth jazz, and the slightly more esoteric/ecclectic jazz as opposed to just one 'generic' jazz station.
I really like Sirius 35 "Chill" for the downtempo electronica, Classic Vinyl 14, Classic Rewind 15, Jam-on 17, several others. If you have tastes that are dramatically outside the 'norm' (term used loosely) I can imagine you might be disinterested as there is a pretty big lack of World Music in general. However, to categorize all their stations as essentially boring just isn't the case. I think they do a great job at presenting a good mix of music within the chosen genres/styles of music.
Agreed, but we should be careful to make the distinction between new mainstream music, and all new music. There is good stuff still coming out, and (as you stated) a lot of it falls in the "independent" category. That said, I think that the various music subscription services actually help provide better visibility to artists that are off the beaten path.
For me, I LOVE my Sirius Satellite Radio and I've been turned on to several artists that I likely would never have heard of had it not been for Sirius(or if I had, probably wouldn't have felt compelled to buy their music). I too cannot bear to listen to the crap playing on standard radio anymore (and that's when there's music and not commercials playing). If you haven't already tried Sirius I really suggest that you give them a shot. 3 day free trial, you'll be surprised at how good some of the music stations are, I certainly was.
What the hell does that mean? What's the basis for this supposed drop? Sounds like fluff to me.
I could not agree more. What a pompous tagline...."many developers, few challenges" (or however they're trying to pitch it) and then a disclaimer that they can't be bothered to work on the MAJOR printer driver issue (*cough--Lexmark--cough*) because printing takes place "in userspace"? What the hell does that even mean? Look, I have no problem with the fact that there aren't drivers for every proprietary piece of hardware in Linux, I get it, I realize it's volunteers for the most part. On the other hand, for a group of volunteers to act as if there's a shortage of work to be done is ridiculous.
You did forget one important characteristic:
5. There are banner ads framing the text and graphic ads peppered throughout the body in a not very subtle attempt to generate AdSense income.
The guy is literally running for his life to escape wildfires, yet has the brass balls to 'fire blog'. If that's not worthy of a nomination to Geek of the Year, I dunno what is.
is that kid's hairdo. Yo kid, the 1987 season of Growing Pains called and wants its hair style back. This guy + this guy = this guy?
Geez, are you writing your email address on bathroom walls with a "For a good time email...." next to it? That's an insane amount of emails in such a short time. Wouldn't it be easier to abandon an obviously tainted email address and start fresh with 2 new ones (1 real, 1 decoy/spam depository)?
Fixed that for you. Getting screwed by the government still counts.
I think this is going to be a shoe-in for "The Greatest Flamewar Ever" Award.
While I completely agree with you on this, I must point out the irony that you're arguing about whether or not John Lennon was a drug addict with someone whose UID is Chineseeyes. I'm not judging this person (I've been 'chinese eyed' myself a time or two in my younger days...yes I did inhale)it just seems like you might be wasting your breath.
Well, when replying to a guy who supposes that the problem with Democrats is that they're "spineless pussies", I don't think it's completely out of line to take issue with whether or not the guy is really making a valid point or just babbling incoherently (regardless of whether or not I did so with a sarcastic remark). Same for the "strawman" tone. When I'm engaging someone who's taking an inflammatory point of view, it's reasonable that I'm going to come at the guy from a skeptical point of view. I said nothing that could be construed as anything other than a different perspective, and I didn't resort to petty name calling.
Hey bud, take it easy, I'm being cordial with you, no need to be a jerk here, we're having a discussion.
I had high hopes in Nov '06 when the election results were announced
Me too, and I voted to help make those results happen (I'm inferring that you did to) so I am hopeful that we're going to get some changes here, but I'm aware that these wheel turn agonizingly slowly. I agree, it sucks, and I wish it weren't the case, but with (as another poster stated) a slim majority, it's not like it's a slam dunk to get things done, particularly when both sides get caught up in partisan bullshit.
In short, it sounds like we want the same thing here, so lets not have dissension in the ranks. I'm also dissatisfied with the fact that we haven't been able to undo the shit that W has created yet, but I'm not going to let that stop me supporting anyone who can make that happen regardless of how slowly.
Lemme guess, they're pussies because they don't agree with blatant fear/warmongering like any real, super, tough-guy, cowboy American should, right? Look, I don't think anyone will argue that people on both "teams" resort to some seriously shady business, but gimme a break with this whole "spineless" angle, it's just a steaming pile of crap. If you honestly believe that by being as bull-headed as we have been in our rush to war we have done ourselves any good at all, I really suggest you seek counseling.
so....this means that Stimpy is god????
I dunno about an article that quotes a "Mr Balls" about "happy slapping".
From TFA
Sounds like they tried exactly what you recommend, and she decided not to comply (perhaps with the smarmy "moving on, no longer paying attention" attitude as well) which would be more than enough reason to raise suspicion.
Perhaps these antics by law enforcement are disgusting and against the public interest?
As a member of the public, I can say that their actions were in my interests. I would much rather have airport security that is willing to investigate something to ensure it's NOT a danger to me or other passengers than security that doesn't want to "offend" anyone by investigating.
Well, for starters how about:
1. Doing something insanely stupid.
2. Causing a major disruption to the operations of an airport (assuredly causing travel delays for others)
3. Scaring the living shit out of people
4. Not responding to questions about her shirt/putty in her hand.
5. Wasting the time/resources of police officers.
6. Soiling the good name of Duracell for involving it in her "device"
Do we really need to keep going?