I can live without Windows games, but I absolutely need a good CAD package. I don't have thousands of dollars to shell out either, so it has to be cheap and good.
Step 1: Rescue 386 with Windows from Dumpster
Step 2: Give to relative
Step 3: Upgrade phone system to handle influx of calls
Step 4: Commit suicide after seeing the horror of it all
Of course you have to use so many LED's that you wind up with a large surface area anyway.
This doesn't have much effect on "spreading" the light anyway - as each LED puts out a very small circle of light that is very directional. So, you really need to bounce the light off a reflector, or use a diffusing lens - to get anything approaching the "soft" light we expect from flouros and diffused incandescent.
Get up off your fat ass or out of your ridiculous-looking jogging outfit
I the first scan I thought you wrote "blogging outfit." A blogging outfit could be the Simmons-esque jogging suit. Or it could be a Mumu. I'm also thinking that silver clothes trimmed with aluminium, and adorned with a Star Trek communicator (wirelessly interfaces with IM software) would be quite the haute coture of the frenzied world of blogosphere fashion.
I think I'll go and start my own line of togas with gadget-holding folds.
That's not the full quotation. Taken from a collection of his internal memos published in Ballmer Unleashed: Eye of the Primate by Dwight Schloopenheimer, Steve goes on to say:
"I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life, but I find dwarf tossing to be a very relaxing hobby."
Sure, there is a price, but the ability to upgrade is priceles
No it's not. At the maximum, it's worth as much as a whole new machine. But it is rarely worth even that much - because at some point your motherboard becomes the bottleneck and it doesn't make any more sense to upgrade the components on it.
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It's about wealth redistribution: the GGP poster apparently resents the fact that Meier is wealthy, and feels that he hasn't been generous enough.
I don't see where he asked for the government to enforce it. Many people disagree about choices to do with money. That doesn't mean they want to use force. For example - does disapproving that someone spends all their money on hookers and cocaine mean that one necessarily wants the government to outlaw hookers and cocaine? Of course not. it's just a personal judgement.
Meier has enough money to be comfortable, so suing people or being overly protective of his profits would seem greedy to many people. And greed is not usually considered a positive thing. Of course, he is free to be as greedy as he wants, but we don't have to respect him if he chooses to do so.
*Note: I am not trying to suggest Meier is greedy here. Just deconstructing the logic of your post.
The fact that you can still have a viable machine two years after it has been on the market, by simply adding RAM or a new video card is priceles
No, that has a very definite price. Consoles are still viable machines two years (and longer) after purchase without any upgrades. They generally have much better compatibility with new games than old computers do.
Yes, but how can you simply blame the charities? If Americans are so stupid and isolated that their only source of information about Africa is the TV advertising for charities - then those stupid Americans are to blame (and the US educational system) - not the charities.
Some of us don't carry cellphones. Cellphone cameras are garbage anyways.
Excuse me, but when did I ever mention cellphones? If you want to take photos, buy a real camera. All cameras built into other devices are garbage. They probably always will be. Cameras require a unique user interface and physical shape to work well. They are the worst type of device to try to integrate into other products.
And, like I said, if you want a crummy camera in your iPod - it would be better as an add-on accessory. But most people will use a camera for taking pictures and an iPod for listening to music. I sure as hell don't want "competition" in companies trying to outdo each other in putting gimmicky cameras in products. I'd prefer more competition in the camera market. When so many consumer-level digital cameras are so awful and difficult to use, I don't see the virtue in incorporating them into other devices. Get the cameras right first!
hey're advertised more. That's the SOLE reason. Not better quality, not ease of use, not because they're larger capacity, not because they're cheapest. Just because they get adverts for the iPod shoved in their faces every few hours. I do agree, however,
How can that be the sole reason, when the iPod was very popular in the early days, before the mass advertising even started? Not to mention that the iPod is technically superior to almost everything else out there. The competitors are catching up - but in previous years, there was no other player as advanced as the iPod. Anyone who was really looking for sophistication chose an iPod. It was the only one with Firewire for ages, while others only had USB 1.1! It was the first to use tiny microdrives. Would you choose a USB 1.1 player over a firewire player?
I know they don't have Firewire anymore, but there is now USB 2.0 which is a viable substitute.
You must not like the new iPods, because the last time I checked, they play music, play video, show pictures, and are a UMS device. That's atleast four things right there. Even the Shuffle is both a music player and a USB thumbdrive.
What? Did Apple's crack Ninja squad break into your house and sabotage your airclick so it won't work with your existing iPod anymore?
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What about Vectorworks?
Wait... your iPod has its own lawyer? That seems a little excessive.
Why is "formating" incorrect? Where did you get the extra "t" in "format" to make "formatting"?
Step 1: Rescue 386 with Windows from Dumpster Step 2: Give to relative Step 3: Upgrade phone system to handle influx of calls Step 4: Commit suicide after seeing the horror of it all
The Quad G5 I just stole in a daring heist. Ninjas nearly caught be, but they're not sweet enough for me.
This is about "misuse" of the seal for "commercial" purposes. Has The Onion been pimping the seal out to Troy McLure? Does PETA know?
This doesn't have much effect on "spreading" the light anyway - as each LED puts out a very small circle of light that is very directional. So, you really need to bounce the light off a reflector, or use a diffusing lens - to get anything approaching the "soft" light we expect from flouros and diffused incandescent.
I have Steve Ballmer's PocketPC, and I'm prepared to use it. It is authentically coated in layers of mid-level executive blood. Mmmmm .... bludgeony.
Bon Jovi at your opening ceremony? That has to be a bad omen. Expect locusts.
Gates is such a stupid knob.
*Raises hand*
Hoofuckingray!
Frink: "The hard drive is crashing at an alarming rate! Glaven, my Fleetwood Mac collection is on that iPod. That monkey is going to pay!"
I got some perspective, but the battery life was shitty on that too. Now i'm starting another class action, against Perspective, Inc. And God.
I the first scan I thought you wrote "blogging outfit." A blogging outfit could be the Simmons-esque jogging suit. Or it could be a Mumu. I'm also thinking that silver clothes trimmed with aluminium, and adorned with a Star Trek communicator (wirelessly interfaces with IM software) would be quite the haute coture of the frenzied world of blogosphere fashion.
I think I'll go and start my own line of togas with gadget-holding folds.
"I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life, but I find dwarf tossing to be a very relaxing hobby."
No, but he has thrown a chair in dishonesty.
No it's not. At the maximum, it's worth as much as a whole new machine. But it is rarely worth even that much - because at some point your motherboard becomes the bottleneck and it doesn't make any more sense to upgrade the components on it.
I don't see where he asked for the government to enforce it. Many people disagree about choices to do with money. That doesn't mean they want to use force. For example - does disapproving that someone spends all their money on hookers and cocaine mean that one necessarily wants the government to outlaw hookers and cocaine? Of course not. it's just a personal judgement.
Meier has enough money to be comfortable, so suing people or being overly protective of his profits would seem greedy to many people. And greed is not usually considered a positive thing. Of course, he is free to be as greedy as he wants, but we don't have to respect him if he chooses to do so.
*Note: I am not trying to suggest Meier is greedy here. Just deconstructing the logic of your post.
No, that has a very definite price. Consoles are still viable machines two years (and longer) after purchase without any upgrades. They generally have much better compatibility with new games than old computers do.
What's the difference? Americans (and the characters in The Simpsons) look down on Hindus too.
Yes, but how can you simply blame the charities? If Americans are so stupid and isolated that their only source of information about Africa is the TV advertising for charities - then those stupid Americans are to blame (and the US educational system) - not the charities.
Excuse me, but when did I ever mention cellphones? If you want to take photos, buy a real camera. All cameras built into other devices are garbage. They probably always will be. Cameras require a unique user interface and physical shape to work well. They are the worst type of device to try to integrate into other products.
And, like I said, if you want a crummy camera in your iPod - it would be better as an add-on accessory. But most people will use a camera for taking pictures and an iPod for listening to music. I sure as hell don't want "competition" in companies trying to outdo each other in putting gimmicky cameras in products. I'd prefer more competition in the camera market. When so many consumer-level digital cameras are so awful and difficult to use, I don't see the virtue in incorporating them into other devices. Get the cameras right first!
How can that be the sole reason, when the iPod was very popular in the early days, before the mass advertising even started? Not to mention that the iPod is technically superior to almost everything else out there. The competitors are catching up - but in previous years, there was no other player as advanced as the iPod. Anyone who was really looking for sophistication chose an iPod. It was the only one with Firewire for ages, while others only had USB 1.1! It was the first to use tiny microdrives. Would you choose a USB 1.1 player over a firewire player?
I know they don't have Firewire anymore, but there is now USB 2.0 which is a viable substitute.
What? Did Apple's crack Ninja squad break into your house and sabotage your airclick so it won't work with your existing iPod anymore?