Agreed. Today's students are just plain DUMB compared to a generation ago. The added technology isn't doing a damn thing to improve education levels, especially in grade school.
If schools went "retro", the public school systems in the USA wouldn't be hurting for operating funds, taxes would be lower, students would be BETTER OFF.... blackboard, chalk, pencil, paper, ruler, compass, protractor, crayons, textbooks, and a teacher that knows how to TEACH, not just load and run some babysitter/educational game software on a computer.
You seriously think Intel's logo won't be on the box?
Consumers don't buy their computers *from* Intel, they buy from Acer, Dell, Gateway, HP. And many of them couldn't tell you who made their processor (or what a processor is, for that matter) even with that little 1x1 case badge.
You already are... by buying the Pentium instead of the more expensive i3 that already has the extra MB of L3 and HT enabled.
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Intel and AMD have both been shipping chips with certain features disabled to meet market demands for years. Nvidia and ATI do the same with GPUs. Sometimes the disabled parts are actually defective, but sometimes not. Then you have two chips that cost the exact same to manufacture sell at two different price points, with the manufacturer intentionally choosing to sell some at a lower price (with the plan of making up the difference through higher sales).
Owners of certain AMD processors have been able to unlock entire cores along with extra cache for some time now. Intel is just trying to profit from it. I just don't know how well that idea will go over with the uninformed masses. I think many will be just a bit pissed-off that they were sold an intentionally-crippled computer. Unfortunately, any backlash will be aimed at the company who's logo is on the box, not Intel.
Then you find out there are significant and meaningful differences in speed that affect your ability to get things done.
There are 'significant and meaningful differences' in usability, feature set and extendability that affect my 'ability to get things done'. That's why I've used Firefox since before it was even known as Firefox.
How long until an enterprising company develops a capture device with built-in encoding to convert the stream "back" to a suitable digital format and bitrate, writing the output files to a USB storage drive?
needs to be in readable text on the outside of the case
don't forget advertisements and TV commercials containing the phrase "Own it today on DVD and Blu-ray"...
"License it today on DVD or Blu-ray for use on only on select pre-approved, licensed players (DVD) or players and displays (Blu-ray). This product is licensed, not sold. This product contains copy protection and is protected through the use of Digital Rights Management systems. This product may only be viewed using hardware or software purchased and licensed for use in the following locales: __(fill in blank)__. Required player and/or display licenses not included and must be acquired separately through the purchase of compatible, licensed hardware and/or software whose licenses have not been revoked. Local law may further restrict your rights as a license holder of this product. Your license(s) may be revoked at any time with or without cause and no refunds will be granted. By opening this package you are indicating that you agree to all terms of license. If you do not agree to the complete terms and conditions and all applicable licenses, return the unopened package to place of license for a refund. Complete text of the terms and applicable licenses may be obtained by mail from You're Screwed Rights Management Administration Inc, PO Box 666, New York, NY 10001 USA, online at www.hahayourescrewed.com, or see our 16 page advertisement in __(fill in blank__)".
We WANT 1.5 mbit service, which is what we started with years ago at $20 per month..
But the rates have gone up and up, and up, and up. Now at $60 for 8mbit after three "free" speed increases. There's also now a monthly cap written into TOC, too.
The only slower or cheaper speed available now is a measly 1.0 mbit (only $5 or $10 cheaper, btw), which isn't quite fast enough for basic video streaming (low-res hulu, etc) AND that slowest speed also has 1/8th the 'cap' of the next-slowest speed
The fucking ISP (a top-5 US cable company) knows exactly what it's doing -- slow down (and cap) the cheapest speed down enough so that online competitors can't be used on it, then jack-up the prices on it and everything else (the whole cable bill here's gone up over 75% in the last 8 years).
The reason why broadband prices in the US go up, not down, is because the big cable and phone companies are TOO FUCKING GREEDY.
They increase speeds to justify (and camouflage) rate increase after rate increase, then they have the fucking nerve to bitch and whine when people actually want to use what they're paying for.
They're creations of GREEDY game publishers, pure and simple, and I won't buy into either one. Unfortunately, enough people do, so more and more stuff is withheld from the game in favor of extra-cost expansions and DLC.
Sims 3 is banned here at home because of that, and EA's great success at getting kids to beg (read as: annoy) their parents until they give-in (if you have a pile of Sims boxes at home, I dare you to add up the release-day prices of all of them).
I think there would be sufficient demand in the US for US-made CFLs, and that they could have commanded enough of a premium at retail to pay for the factory retrofit and the estimated 50% higher production cost.
*that* is exactly what we use our paypal account for (and pretty much the only thing).
unfortunately, paypal has decided to discontinue the popular and convenient virtual mastercard debit numbers (aka the 'paypal plugin') starting september 22.
Whatever happened to the days when there were no choices for lunch at school. You ate the slop they served or you went hungry. Worked just fine when I was a kid (~30 yrs ago). The food wasn't even that bad and we got all milk refills we wanted (was served from cafeteria-style dispensers not tiny cartons).
There were no kosher menus, no vegetarian menus, no alternates if kids didn't like something, no alacarte line, and no salad bars. Kids with food allergies had to bag it when they couldn't eat that day's lunch (menus were posted monthly so parents could keep track). The only food served other than that day's menu was PB&J (with milk and some sort of fruit), which was always available, even for kids who couldn't pay and weren't on free lunch program.
A simple menu would be cheaper to serve, both in terms of food costs and labor (kitchen and serving), and easier to track who ate what: (a) school lunch, (b) bag lunch, or (c) PB&J.
agreed. the image should have been a low-res GIF or JPG from the start, similar to what is used for claimed 'fair use' of copyright images on the site.
unfortunately, your solution is to simple and reasonable for the federal government to comprehend.
wikipedia editors and administrators, though, could have exercised better judgment over the quality and resolution of the image, too.
If BG and Caprica can get away with "frak", why not?
But they could have titled the show without it.... "Lies my dad told me" or "Stuff my dad says" would have worked.
I can't wait for the first on-air goof somewhere that refers to the show by its proper and uncensored name, though....
"Simple" here is a relative term.
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We have been using CMS Made Simple exclusively for five years now. Pretty simple to administer and use for professional site developers (i.e. knows xHTML/CSS, knows their way around their server or hosting account, and can at least handle some simple PHP coding), but it's NOT for the brain-dead masses.
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On a side note.. It is refreshing to see something about a CMS package posted here other than Yet Another WordPress|Joomla Security Vulnerability.
We wouldn't pay for Hulu if the only perk was being able to watch episodes that would've fallen off the regular rotation due to newer airings (older than 'last 5 to air')
There's still no guarantee that they (Hulu or content owners) won't pull a series or episode before you get a chance to watch it, or that they'll include captions for everything (like we get with anything we record on our Tivo).
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apps for your phone...
apps for your mp3 player...
apps for your tablet...
apps for your ereader...
apps for your video game console...
now apps for your friggin' tv...
i'm sick of apps.
Agreed. Today's students are just plain DUMB compared to a generation ago. The added technology isn't doing a damn thing to improve education levels, especially in grade school.
If schools went "retro", the public school systems in the USA wouldn't be hurting for operating funds, taxes would be lower, students would be BETTER OFF.... blackboard, chalk, pencil, paper, ruler, compass, protractor, crayons, textbooks, and a teacher that knows how to TEACH, not just load and run some babysitter/educational game software on a computer.
Coming soon..... GTA5: IRL
Yeah.. I don't expect any miracles out of the US federal government.
However, it would be really funny if it was some nutjob like Bilski that ended up causing software patents to be invalidated.
MOOO!
It's called a phone tree. Go ask your mother what that is.
We as an entire people have gotten along just fine without personal instant mass-communications for, well, forever.
look at the bright side. at least they're using complete words and not speaking in TXT
Because the typical computer USER doesn't know squat about network or system security.
Consumers don't buy their computers *from* Intel, they buy from Acer, Dell, Gateway, HP. And many of them couldn't tell you who made their processor (or what a processor is, for that matter) even with that little 1x1 case badge.
You already are... by buying the Pentium instead of the more expensive i3 that already has the extra MB of L3 and HT enabled.
_____
Intel and AMD have both been shipping chips with certain features disabled to meet market demands for years. Nvidia and ATI do the same with GPUs. Sometimes the disabled parts are actually defective, but sometimes not. Then you have two chips that cost the exact same to manufacture sell at two different price points, with the manufacturer intentionally choosing to sell some at a lower price (with the plan of making up the difference through higher sales).
Owners of certain AMD processors have been able to unlock entire cores along with extra cache for some time now. Intel is just trying to profit from it. I just don't know how well that idea will go over with the uninformed masses. I think many will be just a bit pissed-off that they were sold an intentionally-crippled computer. Unfortunately, any backlash will be aimed at the company who's logo is on the box, not Intel.
There are 'significant and meaningful differences' in usability, feature set and extendability that affect my 'ability to get things done'. That's why I've used Firefox since before it was even known as Firefox.
How long until an enterprising company develops a capture device with built-in encoding to convert the stream "back" to a suitable digital format and bitrate, writing the output files to a USB storage drive?
don't forget advertisements and TV commercials containing the phrase "Own it today on DVD and Blu-ray"...
"License it today on DVD or Blu-ray for use on only on select pre-approved, licensed players (DVD) or players and displays (Blu-ray). This product is licensed, not sold. This product contains copy protection and is protected through the use of Digital Rights Management systems. This product may only be viewed using hardware or software purchased and licensed for use in the following locales: __(fill in blank)__. Required player and/or display licenses not included and must be acquired separately through the purchase of compatible, licensed hardware and/or software whose licenses have not been revoked. Local law may further restrict your rights as a license holder of this product. Your license(s) may be revoked at any time with or without cause and no refunds will be granted. By opening this package you are indicating that you agree to all terms of license. If you do not agree to the complete terms and conditions and all applicable licenses, return the unopened package to place of license for a refund. Complete text of the terms and applicable licenses may be obtained by mail from You're Screwed Rights Management Administration Inc, PO Box 666, New York, NY 10001 USA, online at www.hahayourescrewed.com, or see our 16 page advertisement in __(fill in blank__)".
We WANT 1.5 mbit service, which is what we started with years ago at $20 per month..
But the rates have gone up and up, and up, and up. Now at $60 for 8mbit after three "free" speed increases. There's also now a monthly cap written into TOC, too.
The only slower or cheaper speed available now is a measly 1.0 mbit (only $5 or $10 cheaper, btw), which isn't quite fast enough for basic video streaming (low-res hulu, etc) AND that slowest speed also has 1/8th the 'cap' of the next-slowest speed
The fucking ISP (a top-5 US cable company) knows exactly what it's doing -- slow down (and cap) the cheapest speed down enough so that online competitors can't be used on it, then jack-up the prices on it and everything else (the whole cable bill here's gone up over 75% in the last 8 years).
The reason why broadband prices in the US go up, not down, is because the big cable and phone companies are TOO FUCKING GREEDY.
They increase speeds to justify (and camouflage) rate increase after rate increase, then they have the fucking nerve to bitch and whine when people actually want to use what they're paying for.
They're creations of GREEDY game publishers, pure and simple, and I won't buy into either one. Unfortunately, enough people do, so more and more stuff is withheld from the game in favor of extra-cost expansions and DLC.
Sims 3 is banned here at home because of that, and EA's great success at getting kids to beg (read as: annoy) their parents until they give-in (if you have a pile of Sims boxes at home, I dare you to add up the release-day prices of all of them).
better check your calculations....
weight of lawyer: 200 lbs
weight of lawyer: 2,916.67 troy ounces
price of gold : $1,246.72 USD per troy ounce
worth of lawyer : $3,636,270.82 USD
I think there would be sufficient demand in the US for US-made CFLs, and that they could have commanded enough of a premium at retail to pay for the factory retrofit and the estimated 50% higher production cost.
*that* is exactly what we use our paypal account for (and pretty much the only thing).
unfortunately, paypal has decided to discontinue the popular and convenient virtual mastercard debit numbers (aka the 'paypal plugin') starting september 22.
Whatever happened to the days when there were no choices for lunch at school. You ate the slop they served or you went hungry. Worked just fine when I was a kid (~30 yrs ago). The food wasn't even that bad and we got all milk refills we wanted (was served from cafeteria-style dispensers not tiny cartons).
There were no kosher menus, no vegetarian menus, no alternates if kids didn't like something, no alacarte line, and no salad bars. Kids with food allergies had to bag it when they couldn't eat that day's lunch (menus were posted monthly so parents could keep track). The only food served other than that day's menu was PB&J (with milk and some sort of fruit), which was always available, even for kids who couldn't pay and weren't on free lunch program.
A simple menu would be cheaper to serve, both in terms of food costs and labor (kitchen and serving), and easier to track who ate what: (a) school lunch, (b) bag lunch, or (c) PB&J.
Topix is a horrible, searcn-engine spamming, pop-up and advert-ridden site whose very existence depends entirely upon leeching other sites' content.
Not worth the mention here or anywhere.
agreed. the image should have been a low-res GIF or JPG from the start, similar to what is used for claimed 'fair use' of copyright images on the site.
unfortunately, your solution is to simple and reasonable for the federal government to comprehend.
wikipedia editors and administrators, though, could have exercised better judgment over the quality and resolution of the image, too.
If BG and Caprica can get away with "frak", why not?
But they could have titled the show without it.... "Lies my dad told me" or "Stuff my dad says" would have worked.
I can't wait for the first on-air goof somewhere that refers to the show by its proper and uncensored name, though....
We have been using CMS Made Simple exclusively for five years now. Pretty simple to administer and use for professional site developers (i.e. knows xHTML/CSS, knows their way around their server or hosting account, and can at least handle some simple PHP coding), but it's NOT for the brain-dead masses.
__
On a side note.. It is refreshing to see something about a CMS package posted here other than Yet Another WordPress|Joomla Security Vulnerability.
We wouldn't pay for Hulu if the only perk was being able to watch episodes that would've fallen off the regular rotation due to newer airings (older than 'last 5 to air')
There's still no guarantee that they (Hulu or content owners) won't pull a series or episode before you get a chance to watch it, or that they'll include captions for everything (like we get with anything we record on our Tivo).