As one of the few people in the UK whos never bothered with credit cards, I guess this means I wont be viewing any of this oh so important information as I'm unable to prove my age. Oh well, Im sure I'll get over it.
Is it possible to have 10 different shades of black? Surely given the fact that black is an absence of all colours you could only have 1 black and 9 different shades of grey as you would have to introduce at least some element of the other colours to change the state of the black therefore it is no longer black.
Hehehe, I live 20 metres from the exchange, I am first.
Obviously the cost of mobile services is a lot more of an issue in America than it is in England. I pay £6 a month for my mobile line with free anytime calls included so I'm quite happy with that. No Will I Get A Call This Time Lottery for me thanks all the same.
Sorry, I still think its one of the dumbest ideas I've heard in a while. Take your chances with a free network that may stop you from makin a call at a crucial moment, ooorrrr,,,,,pay $20 a month for a connection that lets you make calls whenever you want. 1)How many people do you think would risk the free service and 2) How is people paying $20 for a connection any different from now?
So if I've been using the phone a lot recently I get prioritized down so that when I need to make another call I get a message saying "sorry you've talked to much today, give someone else a chance." ? Im sorry but this just wouldn't work. The reason I have a mobile phone is for the convinience of being able to make a call whenever I want to. I dont want to be stuck in a broken down car and have my mobile tell me Im not allowed to make a call because I've already used my 10 minutes that day. I apologise if Im being dumb and misunderstanding your idea, but I just dont see it taking off.
I've had two phones from Vodaphone and two from T-mobile, my girlfriend has had one from Vodaphone & 2 from O2. None of these phones was ever locked and we were free to put a SIM from another network into these phones at anytime. The only time I've seen locked phones on contracts is with Orange and Virgin. A good rule of thumb is that if the handset your buying/getting on contract has a network providers logo printed on it the its more than likely locked. This seems to be the case with all Pay As You Go phones and Orange contract phones.
That was my point. They're implying that its more time/cost effective (in terms of man hours) to produce one of these new machines than it is to spend 1 hour refurbishing an old machine.
Apple stated that there was no problem with the Nano screen scratching. There answer to critasisms was that "iPod Naon Socks & Cases are being relised in the next few weeks and owners should buy one of these to protect their screens. WTF? Apple screw up and their solution is for people to give them MORE money? Also whats the point of buying a supersmall mp3 player then doubling its size by putting it in a padded case. I was so close to buying one of these as soon as they came out but decided to wait a while, I am now very very glad and I'll pick one up if/when they address these problems.
"Finally, regarding recyled machines: if we estimate 100 million available used desktops, and each one requires only one hour of human attention to refurbish, reload, and handle, that is forty-five thousand work years. Thus, while we definitely encourage the recycling of used computers, it is not the solution for One Laptop per Child." WFT? Exactly how long does it take to manufacture, assemble and OS one of these sub $100 laptops then? Less than an hour? What are they using? Replicators and monkies on speed?
Forget buying a ton of paper and ink, for $3000 you could buy roughly 283 actual books. So if your going to pay $3000 for something that you just use to read books on I cant really see the point. Theres just something more satisfying about having the tactile feeling of a real book, and also what happens when you fancy a read in the bath? If my paperback gets wet, to bad/ If my $250 -> $3000 Epaper unit gets wet I'm boned.
This is exactly how I got my previous job. You dont have to lie just be economical / constructive with the truth. Once you've got your foot in the door then you can start to show them what you can really do. However in the question of pay v happiness, I left the position after 2 years due to a feeling of being unappritiated (cue the violins for me:P ) I'm now working in a different position for a different company (less money) and I'm much happier simply because people say "Thank you" for the work that I do. (and just to massage my ego a bit more, 2 months after I left they sacked the entire dept for being rubbish.)
This would make sense of what I observed last night. A torrent was downloading but in the log of blocked IP's there where 15 blocked as known fake seeders / GOV agencies, however the download finished and was exactly what it said on the tin. So some of these bad seeders are sending out real files that dont get stuck at 97.7%. The only reasons I can think of for this is if they are logging IP addresses or if someone in there companies is being a hypocrite.
So it would actually be far simpler for the people who are seeding the bad torrents to just put in the comments box of real torrents "Not real, doesnt work" etc. Instead of spending the time seeding the fake copies themselves.
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Hmmmm....Has anyone noticed a pair of humpback whales going missing recently?
As one of the few people in the UK whos never bothered with credit cards, I guess this means I wont be viewing any of this oh so important information as I'm unable to prove my age. Oh well, Im sure I'll get over it.
If they play the right song it starts an impromptu tuna mosh pit.
101 uses for a dead cat? http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/0517545160.01 .LZZZZZZZ.gif How is that going to help when things go pear shaped?
Yeah, alright then. I'll belive it when I see it on shelves.
At least they didn't give it to Uwe "The Butcher" Boll.
Is it possible to have 10 different shades of black? Surely given the fact that black is an absence of all colours you could only have 1 black and 9 different shades of grey as you would have to introduce at least some element of the other colours to change the state of the black therefore it is no longer black.
Welcome to T-Mobile ;)
Hehehe, I live 20 metres from the exchange, I am first. Obviously the cost of mobile services is a lot more of an issue in America than it is in England. I pay £6 a month for my mobile line with free anytime calls included so I'm quite happy with that. No Will I Get A Call This Time Lottery for me thanks all the same.
Sorry, I still think its one of the dumbest ideas I've heard in a while. Take your chances with a free network that may stop you from makin a call at a crucial moment, ooorrrr,,,,,pay $20 a month for a connection that lets you make calls whenever you want. 1)How many people do you think would risk the free service and 2) How is people paying $20 for a connection any different from now?
So if I've been using the phone a lot recently I get prioritized down so that when I need to make another call I get a message saying "sorry you've talked to much today, give someone else a chance." ? Im sorry but this just wouldn't work. The reason I have a mobile phone is for the convinience of being able to make a call whenever I want to. I dont want to be stuck in a broken down car and have my mobile tell me Im not allowed to make a call because I've already used my 10 minutes that day. I apologise if Im being dumb and misunderstanding your idea, but I just dont see it taking off.
I've had two phones from Vodaphone and two from T-mobile, my girlfriend has had one from Vodaphone & 2 from O2. None of these phones was ever locked and we were free to put a SIM from another network into these phones at anytime. The only time I've seen locked phones on contracts is with Orange and Virgin. A good rule of thumb is that if the handset your buying/getting on contract has a network providers logo printed on it the its more than likely locked. This seems to be the case with all Pay As You Go phones and Orange contract phones.
Turn in on then duck to avoid the barrage of low flying paperclips & staples flying towards you.
All three Universities have lots of foreign exchange students working on the teams?
That was my point. They're implying that its more time/cost effective (in terms of man hours) to produce one of these new machines than it is to spend 1 hour refurbishing an old machine.
Apple stated that there was no problem with the Nano screen scratching. There answer to critasisms was that "iPod Naon Socks & Cases are being relised in the next few weeks and owners should buy one of these to protect their screens. WTF? Apple screw up and their solution is for people to give them MORE money? Also whats the point of buying a supersmall mp3 player then doubling its size by putting it in a padded case. I was so close to buying one of these as soon as they came out but decided to wait a while, I am now very very glad and I'll pick one up if/when they address these problems.
Thats got to be the first time that people in America have been jelous of a third world country.
"Finally, regarding recyled machines: if we estimate 100 million available used desktops, and each one requires only one hour of human attention to refurbish, reload, and handle, that is forty-five thousand work years. Thus, while we definitely encourage the recycling of used computers, it is not the solution for One Laptop per Child." WFT? Exactly how long does it take to manufacture, assemble and OS one of these sub $100 laptops then? Less than an hour? What are they using? Replicators and monkies on speed?
Forget buying a ton of paper and ink, for $3000 you could buy roughly 283 actual books. So if your going to pay $3000 for something that you just use to read books on I cant really see the point. Theres just something more satisfying about having the tactile feeling of a real book, and also what happens when you fancy a read in the bath? If my paperback gets wet, to bad/ If my $250 -> $3000 Epaper unit gets wet I'm boned.
If it concerns you then just dont buy it. Lack of market support will soon see this die out.
If this is Microsoft's idea of "Something Big" then I fear the x360 is going to be a little underwhelming.
I just looked at the counter.. 28 minutes to go. Time to see exactly how good Microsofts servers are. 26 minutes till Slashdotting :)
This is exactly how I got my previous job. You dont have to lie just be economical / constructive with the truth. Once you've got your foot in the door then you can start to show them what you can really do. However in the question of pay v happiness, I left the position after 2 years due to a feeling of being unappritiated (cue the violins for me :P ) I'm now working in a different position for a different company (less money) and I'm much happier simply because people say "Thank you" for the work that I do. (and just to massage my ego a bit more, 2 months after I left they sacked the entire dept for being rubbish.)
This would make sense of what I observed last night. A torrent was downloading but in the log of blocked IP's there where 15 blocked as known fake seeders / GOV agencies, however the download finished and was exactly what it said on the tin. So some of these bad seeders are sending out real files that dont get stuck at 97.7%. The only reasons I can think of for this is if they are logging IP addresses or if someone in there companies is being a hypocrite.
So it would actually be far simpler for the people who are seeding the bad torrents to just put in the comments box of real torrents "Not real, doesnt work" etc. Instead of spending the time seeding the fake copies themselves.