I'm sure 'concha.su' would be understood even if the 'madre' bit was implied;-) But that's bending the rules a bit.
But yeah, nothing going with the whole 'yours' concept...
You raise an interesting point. When MS realised they couldn't continue with the 3.1 series of windows (3.11, 95 etc) they bought NT. Now that they've so thoroughly killed all their OS competition there is nothing waiting in the wings ready to be bought out and branded with the MS logo.
It's an oversimplification but and interesting idea.
I agree, it would seem that we've been experiencing high inflation for the last 10 years, but because most reserve banks don't want to see that they use a very narrow definition of inflation in order to justify things like cutting interest rates instead of increasing them.
You do realize that people who have concealed carry permits are 5-300 times less likely to commit crimes than people without them, right?
I suppose you mean to say: "people who have concealed carry permits and carry firearms are 5-300 times less likely to commit crimes than people that carry firearms without them, right?"
Yes, there are some mundane lines, but I think it does a lot to set the mood. Perhaps we could have a version with less voiceover lines, maybe just a few key ones. Perhaps only one or two for the whole film.
Firstly, the vast majority of the people in Peru, Brazil and Mexico who are likely to receive a $100 laptop speak the official language as their first language. They also live in cities of greater than 8 million people. Secondly, I said people need to become bilingual, I don't think they should forget their roots. Becoming bilingual as a methodology for escaping poverty makes sense. Rejecting the outside world for some romantic notion of past culture doesn't. But the good thing is you don't have to forget your past to advance in the future.
But the voice over is so film noir. It's so atmospheric. It really does make the film in my opinion. Similar to Apocalypse Now. And I don't normally like voiceovers.
Most people in the world are at least bi-lingual. It's a fact of life. Ideally, in the current climate you should also speak English. Not being bi-lingual, especially when you come from a small culture is only disadvantaging yourself. In fact most people in Brazil and Mexico that want to get ahead will try and learn English. There is no sense in preserving a niche language for the point of aesthetics, people need to communicate first.
You mean like Spanish or Portuguese? You know that Peru, Mexico and Brazil have either ordered hundreds of thousands of these things, or will soon. You're assuming that these things are all going to end up in some dusty corner of Africa, or in some dismal swamp al la Heart of Darkness, but that's only because you have no idea about what you are talking. Millions of people that have achieved a sustainable but poor standard of life will be able to take advantage of these devices in order to help propel themselves to the next level.
if that makes the difference between selling candies in a bus and getting a real job, then fantastic.
"Most companies, running a ~3yr hardware cycle, won't even be _considering_ a Vista rollout until mid 2008 at the earliest. "
What about all the companies that are at that point in the cycle now... ?
the problem is when people can only afford to pay back the interest on the loan, then after 30 years of doing this, they are effectively in the same place as someone who was just outright renting. Except of course for any capital gains... if the house has increased (or decreased) in value they might be able to take advantage of that.
my mac comes out of standby okay, but consistently shuts down when the power gets low, rather than going into hibernate mode, that is really annoying. Once in a while it will hibernate properly, I wish it would do it more often.
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Since when did 'breast' and 'lesbianism in erotica' ever appeal to a German audience?
Jackboots anyone?
I'm sure 'concha.su' would be understood even if the 'madre' bit was implied ;-) But that's bending the rules a bit.
But yeah, nothing going with the whole 'yours' concept...
You raise an interesting point. When MS realised they couldn't continue with the 3.1 series of windows (3.11, 95 etc) they bought NT. Now that they've so thoroughly killed all their OS competition there is nothing waiting in the wings ready to be bought out and branded with the MS logo.
It's an oversimplification but and interesting idea.
Who knows? It might swing even more the other way, Australia seems to be getting dryer not wetter...
Except that you can't easily live in 95% of Canada or Australia. If you could, people would be there by now.
... it goes with my black skivvy
I agree, it would seem that we've been experiencing high inflation for the last 10 years, but because most reserve banks don't want to see that they use a very narrow definition of inflation in order to justify things like cutting interest rates instead of increasing them.
I suppose you mean to say: "people who have concealed carry permits and carry firearms are 5-300 times less likely to commit crimes than people that carry firearms without them, right?"
Now that would make more sense...
with text_io; use text_io; !!
That's all I remember hehe...
Yes, there are some mundane lines, but I think it does a lot to set the mood. Perhaps we could have a version with less voiceover lines, maybe just a few key ones. Perhaps only one or two for the whole film.
Firstly, the vast majority of the people in Peru, Brazil and Mexico who are likely to receive a $100 laptop speak the official language as their first language. They also live in cities of greater than 8 million people. Secondly, I said people need to become bilingual, I don't think they should forget their roots. Becoming bilingual as a methodology for escaping poverty makes sense. Rejecting the outside world for some romantic notion of past culture doesn't. But the good thing is you don't have to forget your past to advance in the future.
But the voice over is so film noir. It's so atmospheric. It really does make the film in my opinion. Similar to Apocalypse Now. And I don't normally like voiceovers.
Most people in the world are at least bi-lingual. It's a fact of life. Ideally, in the current climate you should also speak English. Not being bi-lingual, especially when you come from a small culture is only disadvantaging yourself. In fact most people in Brazil and Mexico that want to get ahead will try and learn English. There is no sense in preserving a niche language for the point of aesthetics, people need to communicate first.
You mean like Spanish or Portuguese? You know that Peru, Mexico and Brazil have either ordered hundreds of thousands of these things, or will soon. You're assuming that these things are all going to end up in some dusty corner of Africa, or in some dismal swamp al la Heart of Darkness, but that's only because you have no idea about what you are talking. Millions of people that have achieved a sustainable but poor standard of life will be able to take advantage of these devices in order to help propel themselves to the next level.
if that makes the difference between selling candies in a bus and getting a real job, then fantastic.
Typical myopic rant by an idiot that has no idea how the rest of the world lives.
Didn't work for the Germans.
"Most companies, running a ~3yr hardware cycle, won't even be _considering_ a Vista rollout until mid 2008 at the earliest. "
What about all the companies that are at that point in the cycle now... ?
the problem is when people can only afford to pay back the interest on the loan, then after 30 years of doing this, they are effectively in the same place as someone who was just outright renting. Except of course for any capital gains... if the house has increased (or decreased) in value they might be able to take advantage of that.
my mac comes out of standby okay, but consistently shuts down when the power gets low, rather than going into hibernate mode, that is really annoying. Once in a while it will hibernate properly, I wish it would do it more often.
Enlightenment doesn't seem to have changed that much since I used it last in 1998... granted it was well ahead of it's time...
Maybe as a base of operations against the Arctic Convoys?
You were making a lot of sense up until the part where you start talking about tasers.
I would have modded you funny or insightful. I got more of a laugh actually.
"What we fucking need is some grown ups."
Indeed.
interesting idea, I like it. I wish I had mod points!
But that guy, well... he's you!