i can only speak for myself, i am much more productive with my own laptop (MBP) than the crippled closed one they gave me wich i can't even change the power management on and so the power button is next to the esc key and i dread hitting it by accident and losing all my work...
I remember hearing about a company that gives $2,000 towards buying a computer every 2-3 years to each employee but they had to take care of it themselves (ie call with manufacturer warrantee themselves etc). They said IT costs went down.
I'm sorry I don't have a reference I can't remember what radio show it was on.
recent research has found that food tastes different when your in the air because of pressure so it could be that good food tastes horrible in the plane
maybe airlines don't want to compete who is cheaper by 1 dollar. only one dollar decides which airline wins your money (top of the list). so i'm guessing they want to be profitable but they can't be with all these brokers pitting airlines against each other in one place.
i'm not picking sides, i just want to show the other side.
the problem is that apps don't disclose everything they collect/send in the eula or in permissions screen before you install (for both iphone or android as the case my apply).
Why don't we all go back? We are, and will. Why? Because of the Internet.
If the Internet (broadband) existed in the mainframe era, we never would have left mainframes.
your are right but they still won't get ready to pay until the last item is scanned. obviously not everyone is like this, but watch next time you are in line...
i pick the line with fewest women in them because they always seem to want to write a check and don't start pulling the checkbook out of their purses until after all items have been scanned...
don't want to be sexist but there it is
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impossible, lack of band gap required to be a conductor makes it not transparent and shiny.
i can only speak for myself, i am much more productive with my own laptop (MBP) than the crippled closed one they gave me wich i can't even change the power management on and so the power button is next to the esc key and i dread hitting it by accident and losing all my work...
what you said makes sense, but also, employees might take care of their machines better (and learn!).
I remember hearing about a company that gives $2,000 towards buying a computer every 2-3 years to each employee but they had to take care of it themselves (ie call with manufacturer warrantee themselves etc). They said IT costs went down.
I'm sorry I don't have a reference I can't remember what radio show it was on.
you are coreect
http://www.cbc.ca/spark/2010/10/full-interview-austin-seraphin-on-the-iphone-for-blind-users/
one of my favorite quotes:
"Philosophy is to science as pornography is to sex: it is cheaper, easier and some people prefer it."
-- John Stephen Jones
but MS held a funeral to the iPhone for windows phone 7
maybe they can hold a funeral for Google and Apple TVs
recent research has found that food tastes different when your in the air because of pressure so it could be that good food tastes horrible in the plane
maybe airlines don't want to compete who is cheaper by 1 dollar. only one dollar decides which airline wins your money (top of the list). so i'm guessing they want to be profitable but they can't be with all these brokers pitting airlines against each other in one place.
i'm not picking sides, i just want to show the other side.
other that than something you do to yourself
what's an Itouch?
the problem is that apps don't disclose everything they collect/send in the eula or in permissions screen before you install (for both iphone or android as the case my apply).
Why don't we all go back? We are, and will. Why? Because of the Internet. If the Internet (broadband) existed in the mainframe era, we never would have left mainframes.
Are you on the ChromeOS team? :P
your are right but they still won't get ready to pay until the last item is scanned. obviously not everyone is like this, but watch next time you are in line...
i pick the line with fewest women in them because they always seem to want to write a check and don't start pulling the checkbook out of their purses until after all items have been scanned... don't want to be sexist but there it is
"like rosetta" not rosetta
i believe he's talking about emulation like rosetta on OS X.
Window's dominance of the PC market has been good in many ways ... increased IT literacy
What?! That's like saying McDonald's did anything for fine cuisine. Gimme a break!
No, it's like saying owning a piece of crap car make you a better mechanic...
i seem to remember the US keeps track of swift "for terrorism" reasons
who is to say i won't get flagged if i use swift to help wikileaks?...
if the goal is oppression by fear, then it's working.
i think the problem is that the bank told him the deposits cleared, then they took it back saying the checks were altered.
they would never need to
3) so you never have to worry about backing up data
Ah, the old "if you have physical access to a device, you can do anything" adage
chicago had coyotes before this incident
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/urbcoyot.htm
microwave door analogy :)