I get the difference in usage, and that he'd have had to rewrite his sentence to accommodate the different form; I was just pointing out that he was using two words that obviously have also been joined to form a new word. I expect everyone accepts as a word of its own now. I wonder how many people were irate at its conception?
Yes, very amusing. But not accurate in my case. I always was top of my classes in spelling, and I generally abhor blatantly poor spelling and grammar. But I don't think merging "alot" into one word is any different to merging phrases like "every thing" and "through out".
So what? The context for using "allot" is completely different. I'm sure lots of people say "alot" as one word, without causing any confusion. Seeing people misuse "then" and "than" all the time online makes me wonder how many people get these words wrong out loud. And also think of words like "too", "to", and "two". It's easy to tell the meaning of these words from context, though it is incredibly annoying when people spell them wrongly..
Hmm. I just had a look at it, and I'd say it looks better than the Xbox 360, and the PS4. Maybe even the PS3 slim. But again, I don't really care about the looks, so I'm going to get a PS4 (after they come down in price a bit, and resolve the Pulsing Blue Dickpunch Of Sadness). Better a nice black box, than something that looks like a toy, or is trying too hard. Most audio-visual equipment is just black boxes..
Um.. look at your post: overall, everything. You could also have used "dumbass", it's a very common and valid contraction. Plus technically you should have said "more stupid", rather than "stupider". And there should be a comma between "stupid" and "lazy".
Feel free to point out any grammar mistakes in my post, but I'm one of those who doesn't actually give too much of a shit, as long as people at least spell things correctly.
Through out the ages, language has changed some what. New words have formed forth rightly from the merging of others. There fore I think that "alot" actually is a good word. Next time you break fast, maybe add a chill pill to your cereal.
FFS, humanity! If even doctors with years of training and warnings about resistant bacteria are over-prescribing anti-biotics, just think what less informed people are doing..
I don't know about you, but I care more about how a console plays than how it looks. If you care about that kind of thing, you put it in a cupboard. It's not like you need line of sight from the controller to the main unit.
I don't want it in my living room anyway, for other reasons.
I don't really get the hate for this stuff.. if you experience an unusual situation where it locks you out, I'm assuming there would be a way to type in your password, and possibly disable the system for the rest of the day.
I think it sounds like a pretty cool feature for very security conscious users/businesses. I tend to lock my machine manually when I leave my desk, but sometimes I forget. I do have a screensaver which locks the screen, but there is an exploitable window there. Since I'm an admin, anyone with access to my machine can access anything they want on our network. Even if I used an unprivileged network account by default, what if I had a privileged remote desktop window open and suddenly got called away from my desk on an urgent matter?
To be fair if someone has physical access to your office, and really wants access to your machine, they will find a way - but this system stops opportunists at least.
I'm not sure why they should be trying to "convince the public" either - they should be convincing those that are handing out the anti-biotics.
Plus how the hell is falling out of a tree any less dangerous than being in a car crash? I'd rather be surrounded by steel and air-bags if something hard is going to be slammed into my body.. uh, well, that sounded a bit wrong, but whatever.
Maybe the author's point was that they don't love their kids, because having your kid get hurt isn't as bad as risking yourself..?
I don't think the proof is in the waist lines, considering protein doesn't have that many calories, and even when you include fatty cuts of meat that's not that many calories. Protein and fat satisfy your appetite better than carbs too. If you pay attention, you'll notice that people with large waist lines eat lots of empty carbs and "low fat" shit.
That's the same in English.. negative questions cause confusion:p when someone answers yes or no, you either have to gather the meaning from the context and tone of voice, or ask for clarification.
Automation isn't so much to remove possibility for human error, as to stop people getting exhausted from performing a monotonous task. Which may reduce errors, but may actually also cause worse ones if it means you can relax more than usual. Think about using cruise control in your car. It makes highway driving much more pleasant, but it adds a little extra to your response time, since you've removed your feet from the pedals, etc..
Some cars these days have adaptive cruise control that can detect that of course.. and some cars can drive themselves entirely.. and while that of course reduces "human error", it also potentially removes the "human common sense" element..
Half-size keyboards are completely fine IMO. I'm 6'2" and never had a problem at all when using my 9" netbook keyboard a few years ago.. I could actually touch type on it fine.
That's a bit of a weird strawman. I didn't say anything about the internet being more of a big deal. I was saying that bones (in this metaphor, the being allowed more than one child thing) are a very deal to dogs. And they are also very good at being distracting from more serious issues like someone about to lock you into a room.
The internet thing isn't about how easy it is to get around technical barriers, it's more about how you can be punished if you are discovered (hint: it's not difficult to detect that someone is encrypting the majority of their traffic).
Well, I guess it's a poor choice of words, but this explains it:
People often use the phrase a guy's balls drop to imply he has started puberty. What this means is that a his scrotum, the wrinkly sack just behind the penis which holds his testicles, starts to hang a bit lower, away from his body.Technically a boy's testicles should have dropped during infancy, they literally descend into the scrotum; if this doesn't happen by the time he is five he will have to have an operation. However, the term balls-dropped has always been misused to mean a lad has started to produce sperm during puberty.
They're not a replacement exactly, but it does make the 360 irrelevant IMO. I had all 3 consoles plus a decent PC in the last generation, and my 360 got the least use.
I know that's anecdotal evidence, but I realised after a short while that a Microsoft console was completely redundant. The only reason to have an Xbox is if you can't wait for the games to come out on PC. Gears of War, Halo, Fable etc have come out for PC. Forza hasn't, but I tried it and wasn't exactly smitten (I love driving).
The PS3 doesn't have "mostly Japanese console-only games". The PS3 and Xbox BOTH have "mostly" the same games - which are also then available on PC after a while.
Sony and Nintendo both have exclusives that don't come out on PC. So I probably will end up with a PS4, and maybe a Wii U once they come down in price and work out their teething issues. I don't feel a burning desire for either yet.
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I get the difference in usage, and that he'd have had to rewrite his sentence to accommodate the different form; I was just pointing out that he was using two words that obviously have also been joined to form a new word. I expect everyone accepts as a word of its own now. I wonder how many people were irate at its conception?
Yes, very amusing. But not accurate in my case. I always was top of my classes in spelling, and I generally abhor blatantly poor spelling and grammar. But I don't think merging "alot" into one word is any different to merging phrases like "every thing" and "through out".
So what? The context for using "allot" is completely different. I'm sure lots of people say "alot" as one word, without causing any confusion. Seeing people misuse "then" and "than" all the time online makes me wonder how many people get these words wrong out loud. And also think of words like "too", "to", and "two". It's easy to tell the meaning of these words from context, though it is incredibly annoying when people spell them wrongly..
Hmm. I just had a look at it, and I'd say it looks better than the Xbox 360, and the PS4. Maybe even the PS3 slim. But again, I don't really care about the looks, so I'm going to get a PS4 (after they come down in price a bit, and resolve the Pulsing Blue Dickpunch Of Sadness). Better a nice black box, than something that looks like a toy, or is trying too hard. Most audio-visual equipment is just black boxes..
Um.. look at your post: overall, everything. You could also have used "dumbass", it's a very common and valid contraction. Plus technically you should have said "more stupid", rather than "stupider". And there should be a comma between "stupid" and "lazy".
Feel free to point out any grammar mistakes in my post, but I'm one of those who doesn't actually give too much of a shit, as long as people at least spell things correctly.
Through out the ages, language has changed some what. New words have formed forth rightly from the merging of others. There fore I think that "alot" actually is a good word. Next time you break fast, maybe add a chill pill to your cereal.
FFS, humanity! If even doctors with years of training and warnings about resistant bacteria are over-prescribing anti-biotics, just think what less informed people are doing..
I don't know about you, but I care more about how a console plays than how it looks. If you care about that kind of thing, you put it in a cupboard. It's not like you need line of sight from the controller to the main unit.
I don't want it in my living room anyway, for other reasons.
I don't really get the hate for this stuff.. if you experience an unusual situation where it locks you out, I'm assuming there would be a way to type in your password, and possibly disable the system for the rest of the day.
I think it sounds like a pretty cool feature for very security conscious users/businesses. I tend to lock my machine manually when I leave my desk, but sometimes I forget. I do have a screensaver which locks the screen, but there is an exploitable window there. Since I'm an admin, anyone with access to my machine can access anything they want on our network. Even if I used an unprivileged network account by default, what if I had a privileged remote desktop window open and suddenly got called away from my desk on an urgent matter?
To be fair if someone has physical access to your office, and really wants access to your machine, they will find a way - but this system stops opportunists at least.
I'm not sure why they should be trying to "convince the public" either - they should be convincing those that are handing out the anti-biotics.
Plus how the hell is falling out of a tree any less dangerous than being in a car crash? I'd rather be surrounded by steel and air-bags if something hard is going to be slammed into my body.. uh, well, that sounded a bit wrong, but whatever.
Maybe the author's point was that they don't love their kids, because having your kid get hurt isn't as bad as risking yourself..?
I don't think the proof is in the waist lines, considering protein doesn't have that many calories, and even when you include fatty cuts of meat that's not that many calories. Protein and fat satisfy your appetite better than carbs too. If you pay attention, you'll notice that people with large waist lines eat lots of empty carbs and "low fat" shit.
That's the same in English.. negative questions cause confusion :p when someone answers yes or no, you either have to gather the meaning from the context and tone of voice, or ask for clarification.
Automation isn't so much to remove possibility for human error, as to stop people getting exhausted from performing a monotonous task. Which may reduce errors, but may actually also cause worse ones if it means you can relax more than usual. Think about using cruise control in your car. It makes highway driving much more pleasant, but it adds a little extra to your response time, since you've removed your feet from the pedals, etc..
Some cars these days have adaptive cruise control that can detect that of course.. and some cars can drive themselves entirely.. and while that of course reduces "human error", it also potentially removes the "human common sense" element..
Battery life, convenience..
Half-size keyboards are completely fine IMO. I'm 6'2" and never had a problem at all when using my 9" netbook keyboard a few years ago.. I could actually touch type on it fine.
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I can't believe it's been 2^16 milliseconds already! I'm in automated heaven. Love you Starbot!
That's a bit of a weird strawman. I didn't say anything about the internet being more of a big deal. I was saying that bones (in this metaphor, the being allowed more than one child thing) are a very deal to dogs. And they are also very good at being distracting from more serious issues like someone about to lock you into a room.
The internet thing isn't about how easy it is to get around technical barriers, it's more about how you can be punished if you are discovered (hint: it's not difficult to detect that someone is encrypting the majority of their traffic).
How's the new gig?
Hm, maybe I better patent bots that actually talk like a human who was born in the 70s?
FTFY ;) You should patent a system that can emulate various demographics..
My best friend has been trying to feed me all kinds of Christmas-y German shit recently. Thankyou for your advice.
yep, I'd have thought someone interested in design would make more use of H T M L m a r k u p..
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No no, he never learned to read, because he already knew there was such a thing as conveying information.
Well, I guess it's a poor choice of words, but this explains it:
People often use the phrase a guy's balls drop to imply he has started puberty. What this means is that a his scrotum, the wrinkly sack just behind the penis which holds his testicles, starts to hang a bit lower, away from his body.Technically a boy's testicles should have dropped during infancy, they literally descend into the scrotum; if this doesn't happen by the time he is five he will have to have an operation. However, the term balls-dropped has always been misused to mean a lad has started to produce sperm during puberty.
http://www.respectyourself.info/bodies/boys-bits/
I remember having to do something like that. I think it's more checking that your balls have "dropped" rather than inspecting your penis.
You can get generic tablet cases with built in bluetooth keyboards. My flatmate uses hers to do quite a lot of work actually.
They're not a replacement exactly, but it does make the 360 irrelevant IMO. I had all 3 consoles plus a decent PC in the last generation, and my 360 got the least use.
I know that's anecdotal evidence, but I realised after a short while that a Microsoft console was completely redundant. The only reason to have an Xbox is if you can't wait for the games to come out on PC. Gears of War, Halo, Fable etc have come out for PC. Forza hasn't, but I tried it and wasn't exactly smitten (I love driving).
The PS3 doesn't have "mostly Japanese console-only games". The PS3 and Xbox BOTH have "mostly" the same games - which are also then available on PC after a while.
Sony and Nintendo both have exclusives that don't come out on PC. So I probably will end up with a PS4, and maybe a Wii U once they come down in price and work out their teething issues. I don't feel a burning desire for either yet.