I think De Beers and the rest will ban anyone from going there to mine these diamonds. Or De Beers will say these off world or non Earth diamonds are not worth anything.
But those art girls are really a lot of fun. And for some reason a lot more bi girls are art girls then cheerleader types. The cheerleader types do it to say they did it or to be 'cool' The art bi girls do it cause they really like it.
As mentioned already, polycom does make a good system for video conferences. For classroom use it might be limited. Depends on the size of the class. 30+ people and it might fall short. The smaller the number the better. Meeting size groups it is a great system. For larger groups, the camera is going to have to be set to track the speaker which might lead to some interesting camera views on the other side. Or the camera is set to get the whole group which means not everyone is seen clearly. Plus is an average cost of $10,000 considered low cost? Add up the cost of the camera, main unit, the part to connect a laptop and the price shoots up quickly.
I have used 3-4 different polycom models plus the PVX software. For meetings it is a great system. For two way class use, it sort of falls short. For one way class (a class is listening and watching to the professor remotely) use it works.
? It is not a sniper's measure of distance, but is not hand to hand close either.
For example, You have a sword and are 30 feet away from someone trying to kill you. They have a 50 caliber mini gun. Is 30 feet still "from a distance"?
Google is on the first page for the 4 machines I just tried it on.
Also if one read the stupid wizard instead of clicking straight through, they have a chance to change the default search providers the first time they start IE. Option 1 is select all defaults, option 2 is custom. Then select an option to bring up a page allow one to select the search provider.
A woman can totally control who is the 'father' of the child. Also if a guys thinks there is a chance that the woman may have been unfaithful he usually produces more sperm in that sex encounter. But sperm from one male will block sperm from the next male hence sperm wars. So getting there first is usually best.
I let your wife know that a health sex life is better for both of you. Studies have shown this to be true. You both feel better. Also sex for guys actually lowers the chance of prostate cancer. If she really loves you she will aid you in lowering your chance of prostate cancer.
That bugged me a bit as well with the spider-man movies. The web shooters issues are a issue in the comics and should have been left in for the movies. The web shooters failing/not working correctly can be funny/tragic and add to the movie like they do in the comics.
They use a joystick on modern cruse ships. One stick to go forward, backward, and turn. Seeing it (discovery channel/science channel) was a bit unnerving. Then again, many new consumer boats are going 'drive by wire' as well. The throttle and shift controls are wired to the engine instead of a long cable running between them. Steering as well. The steering has a wire from the wheel to the back (stern) where a hydraulics take over. A joystick to control a boat has been option since the 60s. Seen a few old ski boats with a joystick, no steering wheel or other controls. Everything was connected to the joystick. Today's wired ones are a lot easier to move and control then the old cabled ones.
So a lot of the time when a techie goes the extra mile and comes up with a good solution it is not implemented, or worse they are chastised for wasting their time on it. Again this is even prevalent in the currently depressed economy where decreasing costs and expenses is more important than new innovative ideas in the eyes of many business people. There are only so many times an intelligent person will go that extra mile, get rewarded with a proverbial kick in the teeth, before they learn not to bother.
Or worse, the extra mile becomes the expected norm.
I remember working a lot of long hours (70-80 every week for months on end) to get projects done on time. The marketing people kept on making shorter and shorter time-lines with clients. We were getting projects finished in 3-4 weeks that should have taken 2-3 months. When we were called into a meeting on Tuesday afternoon to explain the new project that was due at 4PM the following Friday (3 days later), the 5 IT people looked at each other and said no way could we get this done. We were told no excuses, the contract was signed. Our getting projects done in totally unreasonable about of time came back to bite us.
If you develop the program on your own time (not at the office), on your own equipment, using you own funds the company can't do shit to you. Too bad though that the threat of lawyers is enough to make most people cave in. The company has a lot more money and time to fight in court, even if they know they will lose.
Makes me wish judges were more up to speed with IT contracts instead of plain old 'contract law'. Such a case should be either thrown out or found for the person not the company in under 5 minutes.
And, I hate to say it, but "barely getting by" is not the same thing as "living within your means". Living within your means implies that you're putting away 10% for retirement and an equal amount for an emergency fund (for medical, legal, or unemployment purposes).
-Restil
If that is the case a lot of people are not living within there means. Because 10% away for retirement and additional 10% away for the OS (Oh Shit) fund is a not possible for many. If I could take 20% of my income and put it away that would be great. But that is not possible with all the costs going up while the pay is staying the same. Or in essence if your pay does not go up to cover cost of living increases, you got a pay cut.
Great Idea, but it looks like exchange is doing it wrong since the exchange machines I have seen are often using more memory then is installed so they are paging and using all the RAM it can. These are not the massive exchange systems that large companies have. These exchange systems have 5-20 email accounts on them. Not large at all. So why is exchange using between 5GB (on a systems with 4GB installed RAM) and 18GB (on a system with 16GB installed RAM) of RAM? I am not the exchange admin, I pointed it out and the exchange admin said not to worry the system is running fine. I still think something is very wrong.
I can write faster with a pen and paper then I can type. And I have been using computer for over 20 years. My typing skills suck. It can be related to the fact that I have broken my hands a number of times and my fingers do not move as they should anymore. But handwriting is still what most people were taught first. Which is more natural? Writing by hand or typing on a keyboard? Some may prefer typing to writing, but there are enough people who do not type and are faster writing by hand that a true digital tablet would work for them.
When has microsoft ever had a tablet? HP, Toshiba, make the hardware. The only thing I see microsoft providing is the software for it.
As for the 'failed' attempts by the other companies, they failed due to microsoft or their own hardware choices? Maybe one, the other, or both.
It looks like microsoft has a tablet totally in mind with windows 7 though. Go to a windows 7 computer (you can wash later) and open computer properties. There is a pen and touch section right there. Most computer say no pen or touch input is available for this display. I have installed windows 7 on 4 tablet laptops so far. All 4 work fine. I needed sound and media card drivers, but the touch input worked right away. Which actually surprised me.
Remember Apple computers were for artists to use. Even Steve jobs has said that. Last I checked there were a lot of 'artistic' people working in print. Back in the 80's early 90s Apple computer were the ones to use for such tasks. So yes, Apple had a huge in with those type of companies.
I don't know if google type are clean as angels, but at least with google you know up front that they are for profit. With the government, they say they are not for profit when they are all out to make a buck (or a few million) for themselves.
Sine when does Apple make hard disks? The hard disks in Apple laptops and Apple desktops that I have seen are made by the same people that Dell, HP, and everyone else uses (I have seen Toshiba, WD, Seagate). The only difference is the hard drive has a little apple printed on the label. The hard drive specs are the same as the non Apple labeled ones. Apple has to have some way to see where the bottle neck is that is causing the beach ball. Saying it is the hard disk is jumping the gun a bit. Unless you put in a 5400 RPM (or slower) disk or a disk with no cache on it, I'd look else where.
I am saying this since I have changed 20+ hard drives in Apple laptops and desktops. There was no difference in performance with a non Apple drive vs an Apple branded drive. Usually the non Apple drive was bigger, had a bigger cache, and sometimes a faster RPM. Which usually made the machine more responsive.
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I think De Beers and the rest will ban anyone from going there to mine these diamonds. Or De Beers will say these off world or non Earth diamonds are not worth anything.
But those art girls are really a lot of fun. And for some reason a lot more bi girls are art girls then cheerleader types. The cheerleader types do it to say they did it or to be 'cool' The art bi girls do it cause they really like it.
As mentioned already, polycom does make a good system for video conferences. For classroom use it might be limited. Depends on the size of the class. 30+ people and it might fall short. The smaller the number the better. Meeting size groups it is a great system. For larger groups, the camera is going to have to be set to track the speaker which might lead to some interesting camera views on the other side. Or the camera is set to get the whole group which means not everyone is seen clearly. Plus is an average cost of $10,000 considered low cost? Add up the cost of the camera, main unit, the part to connect a laptop and the price shoots up quickly.
I have used 3-4 different polycom models plus the PVX software. For meetings it is a great system. For two way class use, it sort of falls short. For one way class (a class is listening and watching to the professor remotely) use it works.
I wouldn't call 30 feet "from a distance".
? It is not a sniper's measure of distance, but is not hand to hand close either.
For example, You have a sword and are 30 feet away from someone trying to kill you. They have a 50 caliber mini gun. Is 30 feet still "from a distance"?
Was that due to competition or what the unions did which drove costs up for the US steel plants?
Google is on the first page for the 4 machines I just tried it on.
Also if one read the stupid wizard instead of clicking straight through, they have a chance to change the default search providers the first time they start IE. Option 1 is select all defaults, option 2 is custom. Then select an option to bring up a page allow one to select the search provider.
More males? Why is there more females born in countries (well except where they want more males so female babies are killed/left to die etc)?
Google/read up on sperm wars.
A woman can totally control who is the 'father' of the child. Also if a guys thinks there is a chance that the woman may have been unfaithful he usually produces more sperm in that sex encounter. But sperm from one male will block sperm from the next male hence sperm wars. So getting there first is usually best.
I let your wife know that a health sex life is better for both of you. Studies have shown this to be true. You both feel better. Also sex for guys actually lowers the chance of prostate cancer. If she really loves you she will aid you in lowering your chance of prostate cancer.
I still think the boss that after beating Duke ripped his head off and took a dump down it's throat was still funnier.
If the dog sheds and goes outside, I bet I can find that dog's hair on his property.
That bugged me a bit as well with the spider-man movies. The web shooters issues are a issue in the comics and should have been left in for the movies. The web shooters failing/not working correctly can be funny/tragic and add to the movie like they do in the comics.
They use a joystick on modern cruse ships. One stick to go forward, backward, and turn. Seeing it (discovery channel/science channel) was a bit unnerving. Then again, many new consumer boats are going 'drive by wire' as well. The throttle and shift controls are wired to the engine instead of a long cable running between them. Steering as well. The steering has a wire from the wheel to the back (stern) where a hydraulics take over. A joystick to control a boat has been option since the 60s. Seen a few old ski boats with a joystick, no steering wheel or other controls. Everything was connected to the joystick. Today's wired ones are a lot easier to move and control then the old cabled ones.
http://xkcd.com/583/
They like to be called "Building Engineers" by me.
So a lot of the time when a techie goes the extra mile and comes up with a good solution it is not implemented, or worse they are chastised for wasting their time on it. Again this is even prevalent in the currently depressed economy where decreasing costs and expenses is more important than new innovative ideas in the eyes of many business people. There are only so many times an intelligent person will go that extra mile, get rewarded with a proverbial kick in the teeth, before they learn not to bother.
Or worse, the extra mile becomes the expected norm.
I remember working a lot of long hours (70-80 every week for months on end) to get projects done on time. The marketing people kept on making shorter and shorter time-lines with clients. We were getting projects finished in 3-4 weeks that should have taken 2-3 months. When we were called into a meeting on Tuesday afternoon to explain the new project that was due at 4PM the following Friday (3 days later), the 5 IT people looked at each other and said no way could we get this done. We were told no excuses, the contract was signed. Our getting projects done in totally unreasonable about of time came back to bite us.
If you develop the program on your own time (not at the office), on your own equipment, using you own funds the company can't do shit to you. Too bad though that the threat of lawyers is enough to make most people cave in. The company has a lot more money and time to fight in court, even if they know they will lose.
Makes me wish judges were more up to speed with IT contracts instead of plain old 'contract law'. Such a case should be either thrown out or found for the person not the company in under 5 minutes.
And, I hate to say it, but "barely getting by" is not the same thing as "living within your means". Living within your means implies that you're putting away 10% for retirement and an equal amount for an emergency fund (for medical, legal, or unemployment purposes).
-Restil
If that is the case a lot of people are not living within there means. Because 10% away for retirement and additional 10% away for the OS (Oh Shit) fund is a not possible for many. If I could take 20% of my income and put it away that would be great. But that is not possible with all the costs going up while the pay is staying the same. Or in essence if your pay does not go up to cover cost of living increases, you got a pay cut.
Great Idea, but it looks like exchange is doing it wrong since the exchange machines I have seen are often using more memory then is installed so they are paging and using all the RAM it can. These are not the massive exchange systems that large companies have. These exchange systems have 5-20 email accounts on them. Not large at all. So why is exchange using between 5GB (on a systems with 4GB installed RAM) and 18GB (on a system with 16GB installed RAM) of RAM? I am not the exchange admin, I pointed it out and the exchange admin said not to worry the system is running fine. I still think something is very wrong.
I can write faster with a pen and paper then I can type. And I have been using computer for over 20 years. My typing skills suck. It can be related to the fact that I have broken my hands a number of times and my fingers do not move as they should anymore. But handwriting is still what most people were taught first. Which is more natural? Writing by hand or typing on a keyboard? Some may prefer typing to writing, but there are enough people who do not type and are faster writing by hand that a true digital tablet would work for them.
Feeding a troll I know but...
When has microsoft ever had a tablet? HP, Toshiba, make the hardware. The only thing I see microsoft providing is the software for it.
As for the 'failed' attempts by the other companies, they failed due to microsoft or their own hardware choices? Maybe one, the other, or both.
It looks like microsoft has a tablet totally in mind with windows 7 though. Go to a windows 7 computer (you can wash later) and open computer properties. There is a pen and touch section right there. Most computer say no pen or touch input is available for this display. I have installed windows 7 on 4 tablet laptops so far. All 4 work fine. I needed sound and media card drivers, but the touch input worked right away. Which actually surprised me.
Remember Apple computers were for artists to use. Even Steve jobs has said that. Last I checked there were a lot of 'artistic' people working in print. Back in the 80's early 90s Apple computer were the ones to use for such tasks. So yes, Apple had a huge in with those type of companies.
I don't know if google type are clean as angels, but at least with google you know up front that they are for profit. With the government, they say they are not for profit when they are all out to make a buck (or a few million) for themselves.
The future it will not be called DRM. It will be the way it is. If one format wins out over all others, everyone will use the same format.
Sine when does Apple make hard disks? The hard disks in Apple laptops and Apple desktops that I have seen are made by the same people that Dell, HP, and everyone else uses (I have seen Toshiba, WD, Seagate). The only difference is the hard drive has a little apple printed on the label. The hard drive specs are the same as the non Apple labeled ones. Apple has to have some way to see where the bottle neck is that is causing the beach ball. Saying it is the hard disk is jumping the gun a bit. Unless you put in a 5400 RPM (or slower) disk or a disk with no cache on it, I'd look else where.
I am saying this since I have changed 20+ hard drives in Apple laptops and desktops. There was no difference in performance with a non Apple drive vs an Apple branded drive. Usually the non Apple drive was bigger, had a bigger cache, and sometimes a faster RPM. Which usually made the machine more responsive.