I wasn't referring to the number of miles you quoted; that's just a variable. Your main point seemed to be that if a battery is rated at X miles, someone will need to do X+2 miles. That's what I was responding to.
No matter what the range is, there is always someone who needs to go a little further. If the battery range is 1000 miles then this author is likely to whine that he wants to go 1200 miles.
Which is entirely reasonable, since, in a petrol vehicle, you can simply throw a few inexpensive, filled jerry cans in back to extend its range. Aside from knowing that they can output enough energy for a high performance (or workhorse) engine, I'd also want to know how much these batteries will cost, and how much space they take up.
It might not be perfect protection, but if it's going to be used by all the mum and dad users with zero tech skills, then it's a good thing.
I don't know about that. In many situations (though not necessarily all) a false sense of security is worse than no security. Are mom better off thinking they're safe and clicking on anything, or would they be better off being as suspicious as possible, given their limited knowledge of what to be suspicious about? Tough call. But either way, I'm thinking a copy of NOD32 would suit them much better.
Any reason why someone didn't think of this approach sooner?
I'm guessing that no one wanted to fuck with things they didn't understand before. There's almost certainly something in the human body that's evolved to expect a pulse.
I thought that was the reason why PC makers no longer refer to laptops as laptops, but instead notebooks - so there was no implicit liability with someone burning their special parts from keeping a hot laptop in lap.
Me too. Makes sense as one possible explanation of the popularity of "notebook", regardless of the original invention of the term. Especially since "notebook" suggests very limited applications, and since "laptop", "desktop", and "palmtop" sound pretty good as a way of explaining different machines -- I'd expect that to have caught on better. In fact, I'd suggest that the Tesco PC saleperson should probably be earning a lot more than what Tesco are paying him/her.
I don't care enough to RTFA, but the whole summary sounds stupid to me. Recommending a good graphics card for someone interested in digital photography is not entirely wrong, since bad graphics cards can be slow (especially for photoshop etc.), poorly color corrected, etc.
As for:
"It depends on the photo capacity, for instance if its[sic] on average 2 MB then 1024 MB * 2," came the absolutely incomprehensible reply. However, that was merely an entree for the four-course meal of confusion that was heading our way when we asked her to clarify what she meant. "In other words is it [sic] around 10 lakh. 1000*250."
I can understand that just fine, allowing that MB was said instead of KB. Big deal, I've said the wrong units myself a few times; it's easily done. Strange that it wasn't corrected, but like most of the stuff here, I think it's simply a case of relatively clued-in salespeople trying to dumb things down for clueless buyers. Something's gotta give.
You're right, I didn't read it all, because for most organisations the rest would be predictable. When I read the rest, it seemed pretty clear that you were directly involved with Microsoft, and that's been confirmed (by you) with other questions and answers below. Like others, I don't know of any (other) organisation where that pattern has emerged -- certainly not spontaneously, without intensive effort.
I think the anti-Nazi laws made sense in the first decade or two after the end of WWII, and maybe an argument can be made right through the Cold War, but come on. Is there anybody out there who seriously still has a Thatcheristic fear that they'll be burning the Reichstag again?
Who says the point is to start them burning the Reichstag? Maybe the point is simply to learn from their mistakes and be more mature as a country. Personally I think it wouldn't be a bad thing if we discouraged (without censoring) violent games.
I think you mean, by average density. By volume, most things are abundant. But then again, with no universe-independent reference data, we can't really measure in such terms.
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I wasn't referring to the number of miles you quoted; that's just a variable. Your main point seemed to be that if a battery is rated at X miles, someone will need to do X+2 miles. That's what I was responding to.
So what you're saying is that they lie about the price, then charge you later, in the price of games, because they know you can't get games elsewhere.
That's hardly a justification.
Which is entirely reasonable, since, in a petrol vehicle, you can simply throw a few inexpensive, filled jerry cans in back to extend its range. Aside from knowing that they can output enough energy for a high performance (or workhorse) engine, I'd also want to know how much these batteries will cost, and how much space they take up.
That's quite a contradiction you made there.
Works for me.
That's because Google has analysed your browsing habits, and is aware that you're an exhibitionist ;)
You mean that the C4 I've been using on those windows boxes ain't normal?
I don't know about that. In many situations (though not necessarily all) a false sense of security is worse than no security. Are mom better off thinking they're safe and clicking on anything, or would they be better off being as suspicious as possible, given their limited knowledge of what to be suspicious about? Tough call. But either way, I'm thinking a copy of NOD32 would suit them much better.
I suspect that they can and do, and so I'm currently conducting research in the local cemetary to prove it.
Wait 'til you see my value-added cloud service that adds cloud seeding and piss recycling.
I'm guessing that no one wanted to fuck with things they didn't understand before. There's almost certainly something in the human body that's evolved to expect a pulse.
I think you mean that there are too many nerd gamers fantasising about being violent jocks.
The ROM resents the CPU? This is astounding. Nintendo have had hard AI in the lowliest of their handhelds for years, and never even told us!
Not if it's rigged.
Me too. Makes sense as one possible explanation of the popularity of "notebook", regardless of the original invention of the term. Especially since "notebook" suggests very limited applications, and since "laptop", "desktop", and "palmtop" sound pretty good as a way of explaining different machines -- I'd expect that to have caught on better. In fact, I'd suggest that the Tesco PC saleperson should probably be earning a lot more than what Tesco are paying him/her.
I don't care enough to RTFA, but the whole summary sounds stupid to me. Recommending a good graphics card for someone interested in digital photography is not entirely wrong, since bad graphics cards can be slow (especially for photoshop etc.), poorly color corrected, etc.
As for:
I can understand that just fine, allowing that MB was said instead of KB. Big deal, I've said the wrong units myself a few times; it's easily done. Strange that it wasn't corrected, but like most of the stuff here, I think it's simply a case of relatively clued-in salespeople trying to dumb things down for clueless buyers. Something's gotta give.
All thanks to the GPL.
Comedy is funnier when it's making fun of a neighboring country.
Such as all the airships waiting to dock, while their crews starve and cry in in anguish?
I think you credit the overlords with too much brainpower.
ZOMG!! Dimension leak!!! ;)
I agree that the ribbon sucks though.
Yes Bill, we know you like it. The rest of us disagree though.
You're right, I didn't read it all, because for most organisations the rest would be predictable. When I read the rest, it seemed pretty clear that you were directly involved with Microsoft, and that's been confirmed (by you) with other questions and answers below. Like others, I don't know of any (other) organisation where that pattern has emerged -- certainly not spontaneously, without intensive effort.
Who says the point is to start them burning the Reichstag? Maybe the point is simply to learn from their mistakes and be more mature as a country. Personally I think it wouldn't be a bad thing if we discouraged (without censoring) violent games.
Really? Shit, sorry man. I thought you were implying it, when you kept looking from me to the button and back again in that nervous manner.
I think you mean, by average density. By volume, most things are abundant. But then again, with no universe-independent reference data, we can't really measure in such terms.