In Germany, you have to offer paypal as one of the payment methods only if you've got less than 50 feedback points. And ebay is already under an investigation for that.
I've started using Vista for x64 with the SP1 and it actually ran quite well. I could not notice much speed difference between XP and Vista and then later Vista and 7.
I do not use Windows explorer, though, that must be the reason why I actually was content with Vista.
You know what really is cool? There is a Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM for my old HTC Himalaya, so I am able to run the last Windows Mobile version (6.5.3) from 2009 on 2003 spec hardware which was abandoned by HTC at Windows Mobile 2003 - not even WM2003SE And it even works well.
Not to speak of my HTC HD2, which came with WM6.5, currently runs Android and can also run Windows Phone 7, Ubuntu or MeeGo.
I was born in Estonia, and I do remember nationalism even at the time of Andropov. It was not very loud - yet - but it was definitely there. Estonians and Russians despised each other, and it was quite tangible even among the children, indoctrination nonwithstanding. I also succumbed to that, and everytime I think back I am ashamed of my behaviour. Even though if it was harmless most of the time, even though I was just a kid, I still feel guilty, because now I do know better.
My grandparents came from Ukraine (father's side), Georgia and Belarus (mother's side) and they also told me about different ethnies hating each other's guts, mostly in silence, but - given an opportunity - loud enough.
It is true that Reagan's only achievment was getting credit for "winning the cold war", but the economy was not the only large problem, the ethnic diversity was also an important factor in it. It was too huge to handle without resorting to force, and Gorbachev was not quite willing to do that.
I was like that once when I was a student. Then some day I've tried to correct my internal clock taking melatonin for a few weeks. Worked surprisingly well, only on vacations my schedule slips a bit.
Some do, some don't. My flat has been CFL-only for 7 years now (except for the dimmer cirquit, where I had to leave one weak incandescent to have the CFLs start properly). Three have failed after two months, two after a year, the rest is still working.
I've bought a similar one for 230V (since I live in Europe) a few years ago to combat winter depression. Never looked back. The light is really the same as in late spring morning and thus turns pretty much invisible when sun shines through the window.
While this is probably true (the T5 fluorescent lamps in my aquarium certainly need a lot of time to warm up and it is clearly visible), the CFL in my working room (230V 85W 5000K) starts very fast. In fact I cannot see any difference between light intensity after a second and after half an hour of it being switched on, probably because it is very bright in first place.
Germany will maintain coal power plants until either coal runs out or fusion power finally arrives (and probably even some time after that), for the reason of partial energetic independence.
Natural gas is rather used for heating than for power plants. People heating with electricity are in minority here. "Nordstream" is being built for the sole reason of going around the "Bratstvo" pipeline, so Ukraine cannot steal gas anymore. If "Yamal" had enough capacity, "Nordstream" would be superfluous.
GP meant that if you learn one foreign language, then you still cannot read books in an other foreign language without translation.
Which, by the way, is also not entirely true - if you know one language of a language family, you are often able to decipher the meaning of something spoken or written in other closely related languages.
This is only true if you're more fluent in said foreign language than the translator, which probably isn't the case
Not true. This is also the case if some concepts just do not translate (puns are a good example). Reading Pratchett in translation sucks in comparison to the real thing, even though I for sure am not as fluent in English as the translator.
And it only works for one language. Six years of studying French for several hours a week doesn't help you read Dostoyevsky or Kafka without translation losses.
Noone hinders you to learn more than one foreign language. Incidentally I can read both Dostoyevsky and Kafka without translation, making your point somewhat moot.
Do you feel 4 to 6 years of taking French classes were a good investment of your time because of this one incident 12 years later? I certainly don't. Give me back those wasted years.
Two years, actually. And it is not like I spent those two years just learning French and doing nothing else. Three hours a week is not a lot of time, especially not when you're young and don't have to work for living. So no, in retrospect I don't regret ever learning a language that I don't use. It is a good training for the brain, it introduces one to different language concepts - which is helpful later - and it is definitely useful later in life if one doesn't stay in the same country the whole time, and sometimes even then. I've done worse with my time than that.
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By not calling the workers to take over the means of production, maybe?
Seriously, so many people have been brainwashed during the cold war, they wouldn't recognize socialism if it bites their collective arses.
In Germany, you have to offer paypal as one of the payment methods only if you've got less than 50 feedback points. And ebay is already under an investigation for that.
I am perfectly aware to the distinction between Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer (although I use neither).
For all file management I use Total Commander, which is a matter of habit, since I've used Norton Commander since 1991 or so.
I've started using Vista for x64 with the SP1 and it actually ran quite well. I could not notice much speed difference between XP and Vista and then later Vista and 7.
I do not use Windows explorer, though, that must be the reason why I actually was content with Vista.
Because no one wants Latvian iPods
You know what really is cool?
There is a Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM for my old HTC Himalaya, so I am able to run the last Windows Mobile version (6.5.3) from 2009 on 2003 spec hardware which was abandoned by HTC at Windows Mobile 2003 - not even WM2003SE And it even works well.
Not to speak of my HTC HD2, which came with WM6.5, currently runs Android and can also run Windows Phone 7, Ubuntu or MeeGo.
All hail XDA-Developers.
I was born in Estonia, and I do remember nationalism even at the time of Andropov. It was not very loud - yet - but it was definitely there. Estonians and Russians despised each other, and it was quite tangible even among the children, indoctrination nonwithstanding. I also succumbed to that, and everytime I think back I am ashamed of my behaviour. Even though if it was harmless most of the time, even though I was just a kid, I still feel guilty, because now I do know better.
My grandparents came from Ukraine (father's side), Georgia and Belarus (mother's side) and they also told me about different ethnies hating each other's guts, mostly in silence, but - given an opportunity - loud enough.
Liberty prime? Is that you?
It is true that Reagan's only achievment was getting credit for "winning the cold war", but the economy was not the only large problem, the ethnic diversity was also an important factor in it. It was too huge to handle without resorting to force, and Gorbachev was not quite willing to do that.
I just hope you didn't quit hormonal therapy cold turkey.
I was like that once when I was a student. Then some day I've tried to correct my internal clock taking melatonin for a few weeks. Worked surprisingly well, only on vacations my schedule slips a bit.
Jerking off at work doesn't count as sex life.
Yep. The one is a hated pest, the other is an insect.
Some do, some don't. My flat has been CFL-only for 7 years now (except for the dimmer cirquit, where I had to leave one weak incandescent to have the CFLs start properly). Three have failed after two months, two after a year, the rest is still working.
They definitely save money.
Try something
like that.
I've bought a similar one for 230V (since I live in Europe) a few years ago to combat winter depression. Never looked back. The light is really the same as in late spring morning and thus turns pretty much invisible when sun shines through the window.
While this is probably true (the T5 fluorescent lamps in my aquarium certainly need a lot of time to warm up and it is clearly visible), the CFL in my working room (230V 85W 5000K) starts very fast. In fact I cannot see any difference between light intensity after a second and after half an hour of it being switched on, probably because it is very bright in first place.
Not everything - birds can vomit, after all.
There are plants that do just that - for example mangrove.
That's not thinking long term, that's thinking atom punk in the Fallout universe style. Thinking long term is investing in ITER.
Germany will maintain coal power plants until either coal runs out or fusion power finally arrives (and probably even some time after that), for the reason of partial energetic independence.
Natural gas is rather used for heating than for power plants. People heating with electricity are in minority here. "Nordstream" is being built for the sole reason of going around the "Bratstvo" pipeline, so Ukraine cannot steal gas anymore. If "Yamal" had enough capacity, "Nordstream" would be superfluous.
The joule comparison is not really important because you don't mine pure uranium.
That is somewhat of a Soviet legacy. Divorce was comparably easy in the USSR.
GP meant that if you learn one foreign language, then you still cannot read books in an other foreign language without translation.
Which, by the way, is also not entirely true - if you know one language of a language family, you are often able to decipher the meaning of something spoken or written in other closely related languages.
Not true. This is also the case if some concepts just do not translate (puns are a good example). Reading Pratchett in translation sucks in comparison to the real thing, even though I for sure am not as fluent in English as the translator.
Noone hinders you to learn more than one foreign language. Incidentally I can read both Dostoyevsky and Kafka without translation, making your point somewhat moot.
Two years, actually. And it is not like I spent those two years just learning French and doing nothing else. Three hours a week is not a lot of time, especially not when you're young and don't have to work for living. So no, in retrospect I don't regret ever learning a language that I don't use. It is a good training for the brain, it introduces one to different language concepts - which is helpful later - and it is definitely useful later in life if one doesn't stay in the same country the whole time, and sometimes even then. I've done worse with my time than that.