Some kids these days need phones. When they're done with their after-school activities, they need to call their parents, and the prevalence of cell phones has made it so that pay phones basically no longer exist.
I'm 23, and I was able to get by without a cell phone until I was 20. However, in the last three years especially, a cell phone has started to become necessary.
Not that she wasn't being disruptive, but I don't think the mere act of possessing a phone should be an issue.
I was telling one of my co-workers that my eventual plan is to buy a new thin point-and-shoot, and a digital SLR, and carry the point-and-shoot everywhere, then take the SLR if I knew I was going to be taking photos.
He reaches behind him, pulls a strap over his head, and sets a pretty expensive-looking SLR on the table. "I carry this around with me wherever I go. I didn't think I was going to be taking any photos today, so I don't have my lens bag with me."
And of course, the scene from the TNG episode "Relics":
"Starship captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. The secret is to give them what they need, not what they want."
"I told the Captain I would have this diagnostic done in an hour." "And how long will it really take you?" "An hour!" "Oh, you didn't tell him how long it would really take, did you?" "Of course I did." "Oh, laddie, you have a lot to learn if you want people to think of you as a miracle worker."
Nope. But I have driven other Hyundais. I've also driven many other American cars, and they're infinitely more fun. Every Ford made nowadays, for example, is very fun to drive, even the Taurus and the Focus. Since model year 2000, I've also never seen a Ford fall apart or randomly explode. Their QA is not befitting of their bad reputation.
I contend that while there might be a few exceptions, nearly every car made in Asia is boring.
That's how commercial squibs are implemented, yes, but watch El Mariachi sometime, and watch Robert Rodriguez's "10 Minute Film School" on the DVD.
Because of the extremely low budget he was on, he went without any unnecessary expenses. Instead of a slate, he had the actors on-screen hold up fingers denoting the scene and take numbers. Instead of a camera dolly he used a handheld camera while being pushed around in a borrowed wheelchair, and instead of commercial squibs he propelled fake-blood-filled condoms at the actors at high speed.
Honestly, the effect worked well, and the movie looks just as good as Desparado, the much higher-budget sequel (with the possible exception that Selma Hayek wasn't in the first movie...;) ).
It's a combination of both. If the 1024vs1000 issue gets you down to a little over 931GB of theoretical space on a 1TB drive, then some filesystems may give you a tiny bit less, like 930GB. Depends on how much space the FS needs.
Got to the point where I bought that T-Shirt from "Think Geek" which says "No I won't fix your computer".
All that shirt does is tell your friends and neighbors that you know how to fix computers, and that you're probably just wearing the shirt to get a laugh.
I got that shirt from them for free; I'm not pretentious enough to buy it at full price.
It's like buying a new car, and instead of saying "I like it because it looks great, handles well, and gets awesome mileage" people buy the car and say "Well, I like it because it doesn't fall apart or randomly explode".
Why do you think Kias and Hyundais are so popular these days?
They're cheap and reliable, even if they're boring as hell and drive like crap.
I don't see why the deadline had to be pushed back any further. Even if it did, I don't see any reason why the deadline became a "dead-range". It should've been all-or-nothing, and that's what it was intended to be.
In general I'm against monitoring people secretly and continuously; but in the case of cities where children are legally or physically possibly present, it's a good choice to make to stop pedophiles.
If your definition of "suck" is "don't have the same name as a pedophile", then yes.
Also, given a large enough company, it can depend on which HR person you get. One HR person may be terrible, and others may be better. This is the same phenomenon you'll see at book publishers. Send in your book once and it gets rejected by one intern, send it again and the new intern may like it, and pass it up to the manager, who would've given you a book deal the first time around if his intern hadn't thrown it in the reject pile.
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Some kids these days need phones. When they're done with their after-school activities, they need to call their parents, and the prevalence of cell phones has made it so that pay phones basically no longer exist.
I'm 23, and I was able to get by without a cell phone until I was 20. However, in the last three years especially, a cell phone has started to become necessary.
Not that she wasn't being disruptive, but I don't think the mere act of possessing a phone should be an issue.
I have freakishly small hands, you insensitive clod!
He doesn't have to be an astronaut to find that a valid question. Maybe he's a skydiver?
I was telling one of my co-workers that my eventual plan is to buy a new thin point-and-shoot, and a digital SLR, and carry the point-and-shoot everywhere, then take the SLR if I knew I was going to be taking photos.
He reaches behind him, pulls a strap over his head, and sets a pretty expensive-looking SLR on the table. "I carry this around with me wherever I go. I didn't think I was going to be taking any photos today, so I don't have my lens bag with me."
Yes, I know it's 1pm.
I don't live in your time zone, you insensitive clod!
On exactly how many sites can a post be modded "+3 Interesting"?
And of course, the scene from the TNG episode "Relics":
"Starship captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. The secret is to give them what they need, not what they want."
"I told the Captain I would have this diagnostic done in an hour."
"And how long will it really take you?"
"An hour!"
"Oh, you didn't tell him how long it would really take, did you?"
"Of course I did."
"Oh, laddie, you have a lot to learn if you want people to think of you as a miracle worker."
My computer uses nearly that much power under full load, and it doesn't even have to move!
What version of Wolfenstein 3D did you play where you could click a box to quit?
Is this Wolfenstein Forever?
Nope. But I have driven other Hyundais. I've also driven many other American cars, and they're infinitely more fun. Every Ford made nowadays, for example, is very fun to drive, even the Taurus and the Focus. Since model year 2000, I've also never seen a Ford fall apart or randomly explode. Their QA is not befitting of their bad reputation.
I contend that while there might be a few exceptions, nearly every car made in Asia is boring.
That's how commercial squibs are implemented, yes, but watch El Mariachi sometime, and watch Robert Rodriguez's "10 Minute Film School" on the DVD.
Because of the extremely low budget he was on, he went without any unnecessary expenses. Instead of a slate, he had the actors on-screen hold up fingers denoting the scene and take numbers. Instead of a camera dolly he used a handheld camera while being pushed around in a borrowed wheelchair, and instead of commercial squibs he propelled fake-blood-filled condoms at the actors at high speed.
Honestly, the effect worked well, and the movie looks just as good as Desparado, the much higher-budget sequel (with the possible exception that Selma Hayek wasn't in the first movie... ;) ).
There is no 11th amendment about the right to watch TV.
...he says, as if there was no such thing as the Eleventh Amendment
It's a combination of both. If the 1024vs1000 issue gets you down to a little over 931GB of theoretical space on a 1TB drive, then some filesystems may give you a tiny bit less, like 930GB. Depends on how much space the FS needs.
I've never before heard anyone say "meatspace" outside of a piece of cyberpunk fiction.
Got to the point where I bought that T-Shirt from "Think Geek" which says "No I won't fix your computer".
All that shirt does is tell your friends and neighbors that you know how to fix computers, and that you're probably just wearing the shirt to get a laugh.
I got that shirt from them for free; I'm not pretentious enough to buy it at full price.
If you can record from your wav out in Linux, but not in Windows, I think there's plenty of reason to blame Microsoft.
...or the Windows driver authors...
Or GimpShop, if you're already used to the Photoshop interface.
It's like buying a new car, and instead of saying "I like it because it looks great, handles well, and gets awesome mileage" people buy the car and say "Well, I like it because it doesn't fall apart or randomly explode".
Why do you think Kias and Hyundais are so popular these days?
They're cheap and reliable, even if they're boring as hell and drive like crap.
Actually, he misused the phrase, which is supposed to be "welch on it". I don't know the origin, but you can see the occurrences here:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=welsh+on+it
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=welch+on+it
Most hits for the first one are talking about signs in Wales that "have Welsh on it".
I don't see why the deadline had to be pushed back any further. Even if it did, I don't see any reason why the deadline became a "dead-range". It should've been all-or-nothing, and that's what it was intended to be.
In general I'm against monitoring people secretly and continuously; but in the case of cities where children are legally or physically possibly present, it's a good choice to make to stop pedophiles.
... what?
If your definition of "suck" is "don't have the same name as a pedophile", then yes.
Also, given a large enough company, it can depend on which HR person you get. One HR person may be terrible, and others may be better. This is the same phenomenon you'll see at book publishers. Send in your book once and it gets rejected by one intern, send it again and the new intern may like it, and pass it up to the manager, who would've given you a book deal the first time around if his intern hadn't thrown it in the reject pile.
HR people != co-workers
If HR rejects him, it could still be a very nice place to work.
"Remember, I'm Hank R. Hill. Not that Hank P. Hill who doesn't pay his Discover Card bill..."
Don't necessarily need to destroy the costumes. Robert Rodriguez used condoms filled with fake blood when he made El Mariachi.
That movie is a great example of a full-length action movie made on a shoestring budget.