To be fair, I have an Android phone, so IM'ing me gives me an alert (like txt'ing) but I never feel the need to respond immediately. If they ask, "I didn't hear the notification." (Which isn't always a lie. I tend to keep my phone on low/vibrate and respond when I please.)
And nothing will make me throw up my hands in frustration faster than input lag.
Maybe if you quit throwing your hands up and kept them on the input there wouldn't be so much lag between when you want to do something and when it gets fed into the control.;)
I had an account at one time. You have to check those privacy settings every so often because they can change without you being aware. I got sick of it and told my friends that they can always IM me.
Then you wouldn't be buying this flashlight, would you? Obviously, someone can come up with a situation where this flashlight may not be suitable but not every device has to fit every demand. How many toasters do you know of that can also toast bagels, four at a time? Is it something that an average consumer might need? Not likely. (oblig. Slashdot car analogy) Complaining about the battery in this is like buying a Ford Focus and complaining that it can't tow a horse trailer.
That's that whole dilemma with reporting someone any time. You may get the report in, but you're going to end up paying for it with self imposed grief. Eventually it's going to get out that you were the one that reported because the management talks. So you just suck it up at times and go with it or find a new job where it's bound to happen again.
I haven't had one of those cases in a while, but I did have one about 7 years ago involving me filing a complains against a supervisor I was not a direct report to. I went to their manager to let them know what was going on to have the supervisor I complained about confront me the next day.
I'm actually scared that that's the point of them limiting Fios and other services recently... The push to go full wireless LTE instead of using land lines (kind of like phone to cell phone has done) but they are trying to hold onto as much control as they can for that inevitable transition. I mean, why put in more fiber to the home if you can just sell them a wireless hotspot and charge them more for a limited connection?
Maybe, since a company can be "too big to fail", an argument can be made that people can become "too big to fail" and thus taxpayer money must be spent to keep old 1 ton tubby alive!
The market isn't there to serve anyone. I, for instance, cannot start up my own cable company and provide service to a neighborhood because local government won't let me.
That falls in line with the idea that municipalities should own the utilities/fiber in the ground and ISPs/companies pay for the use of them. When the city lays new road or resurfaces an old road, bury a channel of electric, water, sewer, and fiber (and maybe coax?) and charge the companies that supply those lines for the upkeep. The channels should be big enough for some expansion based on the width of the road. Houses and or complexes would just tap into those lines via access boxes to supply their portion. Part of building a home would be having the city come out and place an access box in/under your front yard and you'd be responsible for lines going from there to your home. Apartment Complexes could tap into lines on multiple sides (depending on their outlets to city roads.)
Whichever provider can provide the best service from the municipal lines gets to route your traffic outside that grid. Provide multiple points of access in each subdivision of houses/roads. If a construction crew cuts a line, you get directed to the redundant line on the other side of the division. They just have to cap the pipe for water to force it down/from the other route and electricity would be fused at junctions in case it came in contact with a ground during the cut. Worse case scenario there is you lose pressure/power for a time it takes to reset the problem.
Of course, this only really works in highly populated locations and wouldn't really be cost effective in rural situations... but there are still options there.
It really depends on flight times in some mid size cities... I know I would never try to skimp Chicago O'Hare or Atlanta because every time I've flown out of them it's been packed to the hilt waiting for TSA. Columbus, OH has times when you can get to the airport 30min before your flight and be at your gate to fly in plenty of time. I wouldn't try it during their peak time though. Last time I flew out of CMH later in the day (~8pm) there was five people in front of me in the TSA line.
I didn't really miss the point. I guess it mainly depends on battery life. If the flashlight lasts an hour and then dies then there's a major problem. If you can plug the thing into your USB slot in your house or car (I'm sure more cars will have them... if not, they charging slots can be added for minimal effort) and charge it constantly and it lasts for 10-15 hours on a charge then it's not really that big of a concern, is it?
Sure, but there are already portable USB chargers for use with cell phones so you could plug your light into one of those in a pinch. You could also charge the flashlight from a cigarette lighter. Sure, it's carrying more batteries but there are tradeoffs to everything.
The 360 has a JVM? Or are they going to do a half assed port in XNA?
Yes, because the current version is just the greatest, most performant code base ever constructed. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh wait, it's written by a guy who is worse than most amateurs considering how buggy the game is and how many unhandled exceptions it throws and all the memory leaks.
Never said it was performant, but I can only imagine taking a less performant game in the JVM and all their coding conventions and trying to shoehorn it in.NET.
Also, I guess I shouldn't be surprised Notch sold exclusivity to MS.
Because you thought Notch was making Minecraft for something other than to make money?
He's been pretty fair (I think) with the price (I got in during the $10 phase) but I know if it were me, I'd want to get it on as many systems as I could and not sign over for exclusivity. In fact, I can't think of a point where I would sign exclusive if I wanted to get as big of a user base as I could. Those contracts always feel to me like lube-ups.
Not really. If I have a $50 bill, there are several places I can think of that can refuse to sell you items as long as they post a sign. So there is no requirement for any proprietor to accept USD.
Would you have it delivered to a house a block away where you know the person is at work during the day and you just go pick it up before they get home.
That's the first thing that popped into my head...
It gives bitcoin a valid use. It prevents the banking/government industry from being able to control your money.
I'm actually not surprised that governments are attacking something which could take that power away from them. There's no tax on bitcoin and as far as I am aware it would make it harder to collect. It would be like more transaction were done "under the table" where today you have to go through credit agencies and banks.
“Element 114 obviously isn’t a very catchy name, especially in a sea of molybdenums and seaborgiums. They have temporary titles — ununquadium and ununhexium — but final names are yet to been decided.
Obviously, the elements must roll off the tongue as well as molybdenum.
I can't wait for someone to be carrying one of these that places a watermark of a penis on all the pictures taken on the family vacation to the Grand Canyon.
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There's was also a study done a while back that attributed names to success, but I'm too lazy to find it now.
To be fair, I have an Android phone, so IM'ing me gives me an alert (like txt'ing) but I never feel the need to respond immediately. If they ask, "I didn't hear the notification." (Which isn't always a lie. I tend to keep my phone on low/vibrate and respond when I please.)
Don't copy that floppy!
Well, there is "some" here. But he didn't say anything about "all."
And nothing will make me throw up my hands in frustration faster than input lag.
Maybe if you quit throwing your hands up and kept them on the input there wouldn't be so much lag between when you want to do something and when it gets fed into the control. ;)
I had an account at one time. You have to check those privacy settings every so often because they can change without you being aware. I got sick of it and told my friends that they can always IM me.
There are also solar chargers.
But what if you are in a cave for a month...
Then you wouldn't be buying this flashlight, would you? Obviously, someone can come up with a situation where this flashlight may not be suitable but not every device has to fit every demand. How many toasters do you know of that can also toast bagels, four at a time? Is it something that an average consumer might need? Not likely. (oblig. Slashdot car analogy) Complaining about the battery in this is like buying a Ford Focus and complaining that it can't tow a horse trailer.
That's that whole dilemma with reporting someone any time. You may get the report in, but you're going to end up paying for it with self imposed grief. Eventually it's going to get out that you were the one that reported because the management talks. So you just suck it up at times and go with it or find a new job where it's bound to happen again.
I haven't had one of those cases in a while, but I did have one about 7 years ago involving me filing a complains against a supervisor I was not a direct report to. I went to their manager to let them know what was going on to have the supervisor I complained about confront me the next day.
I'm actually scared that that's the point of them limiting Fios and other services recently... The push to go full wireless LTE instead of using land lines (kind of like phone to cell phone has done) but they are trying to hold onto as much control as they can for that inevitable transition. I mean, why put in more fiber to the home if you can just sell them a wireless hotspot and charge them more for a limited connection?
He mean to say "insane world"
Maybe, since a company can be "too big to fail", an argument can be made that people can become "too big to fail" and thus taxpayer money must be spent to keep old 1 ton tubby alive!
The market isn't there to serve anyone. I, for instance, cannot start up my own cable company and provide service to a neighborhood because local government won't let me.
That falls in line with the idea that municipalities should own the utilities/fiber in the ground and ISPs/companies pay for the use of them. When the city lays new road or resurfaces an old road, bury a channel of electric, water, sewer, and fiber (and maybe coax?) and charge the companies that supply those lines for the upkeep. The channels should be big enough for some expansion based on the width of the road. Houses and or complexes would just tap into those lines via access boxes to supply their portion. Part of building a home would be having the city come out and place an access box in/under your front yard and you'd be responsible for lines going from there to your home. Apartment Complexes could tap into lines on multiple sides (depending on their outlets to city roads.)
Whichever provider can provide the best service from the municipal lines gets to route your traffic outside that grid. Provide multiple points of access in each subdivision of houses/roads. If a construction crew cuts a line, you get directed to the redundant line on the other side of the division. They just have to cap the pipe for water to force it down/from the other route and electricity would be fused at junctions in case it came in contact with a ground during the cut. Worse case scenario there is you lose pressure/power for a time it takes to reset the problem.
Of course, this only really works in highly populated locations and wouldn't really be cost effective in rural situations... but there are still options there.
It really depends on flight times in some mid size cities... I know I would never try to skimp Chicago O'Hare or Atlanta because every time I've flown out of them it's been packed to the hilt waiting for TSA. Columbus, OH has times when you can get to the airport 30min before your flight and be at your gate to fly in plenty of time. I wouldn't try it during their peak time though. Last time I flew out of CMH later in the day (~8pm) there was five people in front of me in the TSA line.
I didn't really miss the point. I guess it mainly depends on battery life. If the flashlight lasts an hour and then dies then there's a major problem. If you can plug the thing into your USB slot in your house or car (I'm sure more cars will have them... if not, they charging slots can be added for minimal effort) and charge it constantly and it lasts for 10-15 hours on a charge then it's not really that big of a concern, is it?
Sure, but there are already portable USB chargers for use with cell phones so you could plug your light into one of those in a pinch. You could also charge the flashlight from a cigarette lighter. Sure, it's carrying more batteries but there are tradeoffs to everything.
Just don't let him know the URL for the templates!
The 360 has a JVM? Or are they going to do a half assed port in XNA?
Yes, because the current version is just the greatest, most performant code base ever constructed. HAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh wait, it's written by a guy who is worse than most amateurs considering how buggy the game is and how many unhandled exceptions it throws and all the memory leaks.
Never said it was performant, but I can only imagine taking a less performant game in the JVM and all their coding conventions and trying to shoehorn it in .NET.
Also, I guess I shouldn't be surprised Notch sold exclusivity to MS.
Because you thought Notch was making Minecraft for something other than to make money?
He's been pretty fair (I think) with the price (I got in during the $10 phase) but I know if it were me, I'd want to get it on as many systems as I could and not sign over for exclusivity. In fact, I can't think of a point where I would sign exclusive if I wanted to get as big of a user base as I could. Those contracts always feel to me like lube-ups.
The 360 has a JVM? Or are they going to do a half assed port in XNA?
Also, I guess I shouldn't be surprised Notch sold exclusivity to MS.
You need more friends ;) ... I thought everyone played (or at least knew) about X-COM.
Not really. If I have a $50 bill, there are several places I can think of that can refuse to sell you items as long as they post a sign. So there is no requirement for any proprietor to accept USD.
Would you have it delivered to a house a block away where you know the person is at work during the day and you just go pick it up before they get home.
That's the first thing that popped into my head...
It gives bitcoin a valid use. It prevents the banking/government industry from being able to control your money.
I'm actually not surprised that governments are attacking something which could take that power away from them. There's no tax on bitcoin and as far as I am aware it would make it harder to collect. It would be like more transaction were done "under the table" where today you have to go through credit agencies and banks.
“Element 114 obviously isn’t a very catchy name, especially in a sea of molybdenums and seaborgiums. They have temporary titles — ununquadium and ununhexium — but final names are yet to been decided.
Obviously, the elements must roll off the tongue as well as molybdenum.
I can't wait for someone to be carrying one of these that places a watermark of a penis on all the pictures taken on the family vacation to the Grand Canyon.