I got my start programming in school in 4th grade, but my parents stood behind that when I showed a strong interest. They bought me a (and my sister, fat lot she used it) Sinclair 1000. Then a Commodore 16, then C64.
Then I wanted a C128, but they refused. Somehow, despite knowing less about it than me, they realized that IBM-compatible was the future and forced me to pick out an IBM-compatible computer. They tell me I cried. lol But I did, and I made newbie mistakes, and I got better.
It's thanks to my school starting me down the path and my parents being willing to invest the time and money into it that I'm the happy programmer that I am today. Otherwise, I'd probably be some manager somewhere and hating my job and not knowing why.
I wish more schools would take the first step to introduce children to -all- the trades out there, including science, literature, music, computers and engineering. I firmly believe that more children would grow up with goals in life and be happier for it. If not goals, then at least skills they like and can turn into a career.
The PS1's multi-disc games, towards the end, were getting to be a serious pain in the butt. They made you swap too often, mostly.
So while the current 360 multi-disc games aren't a yet a major pain, they will be before long. That, or they'll have lower-resolution videos and textures than their PS3 counterparts and will be ridiculed for it.
I'll admit, though... The current systems have lasted 5 years much better than the previous generations did.
I've always felt that these ads aren't just intrusive, they're -lying- to me. There isn't actually a ton of hot women in this town looking for a nerd to comfort them at night. It's ridiculous. In fact, for that scenario, there's -nowhere on earth-.
It got to the point a few years ago where I just ignored anything that had the name of my town. Why? Because I found a 'news article' that said the writer was from my town. This confused the hell out of me, because it was extremely unlikely. Then I realized the 'article' was just a fake and was really an advertisement.
Actually, no, you couldn't have. If you could have, they wouldn't have rebuffed you for 6 months! 6 months!
The company clearly had no idea what the job was worth, and your ability to step in and take over made them think it was worth much less than it really was. After you left, they found out how much it was worth when the hired someone. That person either cost what you were asking, or did a horrible job.
Don't beat yourself up about it. There was nothing you could have done to keep the job except keep accepting their abuse.
On the other hand, the kind of person that surfs for porn in a public place is the kind you want to clean up after, computer viruses or not. She's making a smart move, if for the wrong reason.
And I feel exactly the same way about storage places, and yet people pay monthly to store things that they really should be selling or giving away.
Short-term storage I understand. People who have had that storage unit for more than a year just amaze me. You could throw it all away and buy it again for the same price. And if it's -really- precious to you, it shouldn't be in storage in the first place.
The beta is closed, but that doesn't mean Flash 10.1 isn't available for Linux. You can still download it from their site. The closure of the beta could mean anything from 'we're not going to do it' to 'we really messed up and we're writing it from scratch'.
Flash 10 had been working a LOT better than previous versions for me, so at least we aren't stuck with the old flash 7 or 8 crap.
No, to be considered 'adequate'. To actually get along in life, they really need to know more. These 1945 characters were just part of standard.
Re:High School Was the Worst Years for Me as Well
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High School was bad for me as well... But now I realize it was because I didn't handle it well, and compared to the rest of life, it wasn't really that bad. If I knew what I know now, I'd have ruled that school.
I think you have that backwards. They save 5 gallons for every hundred miles they drive the 20mpg (instead of 10mpg) car and 1 gallon for every hundred miles they drive the 50 mpg (instead of 33mpg) car.
In case that need clarifying, 100 miles in each car:
Right, because that attitude isn't part of the cause of obesity in American. No sirree.
If people WOULD push back before the plate was clean, they wouldn't be taking in as many calories.
And I'm not just talking out of my ass. I finally broke my parents' 'eat everything on your plate' rule after being on my own for over a decade. After that, I started losing weight. Gee!
I was going to go for something more along the lines of "both serve no purpose to society other than entertainment", but yours fits, too.
On the other hand, are they the 'top athletics' and 'top players' because they have the coordination and ability to handle stress, or did becoming the 'top X' cause them to gain these abilities? I suspect it's the former and they served only to train them a bit.
I'm a diehard gamer, but I'm not foolish enough to think it's anything other than pointless entertainment, just like almost all hobbies.
'Cabs' in other countries aren't always sedans. Sometimes they are buses or vans. Having a group of people travel together isn't uncommon.
I suspect the guy didn't take them to the police because they were a big group, or dressed alike, but simply because he knew they couldn't pay the fare.
I don't know about the kindle, but an iPhone doesn't seem to be too hard. I was at a theme park the other day and the guy in front of my was carrying a baby that couldn't talk yet. It was holding his iPhone and I watched the baby repeated slide-unlock his iPhone, then wait for it to reset, and hit the button and unlock it again. Granted, it didn't manage to get the slide-unlock every time. It took about 4 tries. But there was no doubt that the kid had a good handle on what it was doing.
I'm not surprised. This is generally a group of people who understand things, not people who just scream and rant and pitch a fit when they don't get their way.
Police -are- there to protect us. It's what we pay them for. Some of them go bad. Some of them make major mistakes. We need to protect against that. But 'fuck the police' is not an answer to the problem.
It's -optional-. That means that if they don't want to use the fingerprint method, they can still check out books the old-fashioned way: Lots of writing or swiping a card.
I'm hoping you were just trying for a 'funny' mod and people took you too seriously, but... Well, you never know.
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I got my start programming in school in 4th grade, but my parents stood behind that when I showed a strong interest. They bought me a (and my sister, fat lot she used it) Sinclair 1000. Then a Commodore 16, then C64.
Then I wanted a C128, but they refused. Somehow, despite knowing less about it than me, they realized that IBM-compatible was the future and forced me to pick out an IBM-compatible computer. They tell me I cried. lol But I did, and I made newbie mistakes, and I got better.
It's thanks to my school starting me down the path and my parents being willing to invest the time and money into it that I'm the happy programmer that I am today. Otherwise, I'd probably be some manager somewhere and hating my job and not knowing why.
I wish more schools would take the first step to introduce children to -all- the trades out there, including science, literature, music, computers and engineering. I firmly believe that more children would grow up with goals in life and be happier for it. If not goals, then at least skills they like and can turn into a career.
You can make a 'connection' to something without touching it.
I think they were going for a cross of connect and kinetic, meaning that you connection to the machine through your own movements.
I don't like the name, but at least it makes some sense, when viewed like that.
The PS1's multi-disc games, towards the end, were getting to be a serious pain in the butt. They made you swap too often, mostly.
So while the current 360 multi-disc games aren't a yet a major pain, they will be before long. That, or they'll have lower-resolution videos and textures than their PS3 counterparts and will be ridiculed for it.
I'll admit, though... The current systems have lasted 5 years much better than the previous generations did.
http://xkcd.com/713/
I've always felt that these ads aren't just intrusive, they're -lying- to me. There isn't actually a ton of hot women in this town looking for a nerd to comfort them at night. It's ridiculous. In fact, for that scenario, there's -nowhere on earth-.
It got to the point a few years ago where I just ignored anything that had the name of my town. Why? Because I found a 'news article' that said the writer was from my town. This confused the hell out of me, because it was extremely unlikely. Then I realized the 'article' was just a fake and was really an advertisement.
Actually, no, you couldn't have. If you could have, they wouldn't have rebuffed you for 6 months! 6 months!
The company clearly had no idea what the job was worth, and your ability to step in and take over made them think it was worth much less than it really was. After you left, they found out how much it was worth when the hired someone. That person either cost what you were asking, or did a horrible job.
Don't beat yourself up about it. There was nothing you could have done to keep the job except keep accepting their abuse.
On the other hand, the kind of person that surfs for porn in a public place is the kind you want to clean up after, computer viruses or not. She's making a smart move, if for the wrong reason.
And I feel exactly the same way about storage places, and yet people pay monthly to store things that they really should be selling or giving away.
Short-term storage I understand. People who have had that storage unit for more than a year just amaze me. You could throw it all away and buy it again for the same price. And if it's -really- precious to you, it shouldn't be in storage in the first place.
The beta is closed, but that doesn't mean Flash 10.1 isn't available for Linux. You can still download it from their site. The closure of the beta could mean anything from 'we're not going to do it' to 'we really messed up and we're writing it from scratch'.
Flash 10 had been working a LOT better than previous versions for me, so at least we aren't stuck with the old flash 7 or 8 crap.
No, to be considered 'adequate'. To actually get along in life, they really need to know more. These 1945 characters were just part of standard.
High School was bad for me as well... But now I realize it was because I didn't handle it well, and compared to the rest of life, it wasn't really that bad. If I knew what I know now, I'd have ruled that school.
Then add in the rental and fuel costs for renting the vehicle that does the work that the old 10MPG one did that the new 50 MPG can't handle now.
Chances are you're still better off, but it depends on how much you use the vehicle.
I think you have that backwards. They save 5 gallons for every hundred miles they drive the 20mpg (instead of 10mpg) car and 1 gallon for every hundred miles they drive the 50 mpg (instead of 33mpg) car.
In case that need clarifying, 100 miles in each car:
10mpg - 10 gallons
20mpg - 5 gallons
33mpg - 3 gallons
50mpg - 2 gallons
Right, because that attitude isn't part of the cause of obesity in American. No sirree.
If people WOULD push back before the plate was clean, they wouldn't be taking in as many calories.
And I'm not just talking out of my ass. I finally broke my parents' 'eat everything on your plate' rule after being on my own for over a decade. After that, I started losing weight. Gee!
I was going to go for something more along the lines of "both serve no purpose to society other than entertainment", but yours fits, too.
On the other hand, are they the 'top athletics' and 'top players' because they have the coordination and ability to handle stress, or did becoming the 'top X' cause them to gain these abilities? I suspect it's the former and they served only to train them a bit.
I'm a diehard gamer, but I'm not foolish enough to think it's anything other than pointless entertainment, just like almost all hobbies.
'Cabs' in other countries aren't always sedans. Sometimes they are buses or vans. Having a group of people travel together isn't uncommon.
I suspect the guy didn't take them to the police because they were a big group, or dressed alike, but simply because he knew they couldn't pay the fare.
Most of them aren't supposed to be engaging, that's true. He was referencing that ones that -are- and fail to be.
I don't know about the kindle, but an iPhone doesn't seem to be too hard. I was at a theme park the other day and the guy in front of my was carrying a baby that couldn't talk yet. It was holding his iPhone and I watched the baby repeated slide-unlock his iPhone, then wait for it to reset, and hit the button and unlock it again. Granted, it didn't manage to get the slide-unlock every time. It took about 4 tries. But there was no doubt that the kid had a good handle on what it was doing.
Maybe they finally finished typing out the message in morse code?
I hear the translation was something like:
Hi Mom! The camp counselors insist we learn to use ham radio to communicate with you. Hope this reaches you before you die. Love, Junior.
Yeah, it's the same crappy tactics that all the 'free download' sites use. Sure, it's a free download... But you have to pay for the software.
Are you kidding me? That restaurant would make so much money!
I'm not surprised. This is generally a group of people who understand things, not people who just scream and rant and pitch a fit when they don't get their way.
Police -are- there to protect us. It's what we pay them for. Some of them go bad. Some of them make major mistakes. We need to protect against that. But 'fuck the police' is not an answer to the problem.
If the beating looks 'extreme', it's going too far. Period. They should only be using enough force to subdue the person. 'Beating' is never an option.
If someone steals money from your bank account, is that not theft? It's a virtual object in an account.
These objects that were stolen can and are sold for money. It's theft.
I hear a lot of complaining about the Android Marketplace, and most of it is correct... But the thought comes to mind:
Why the hell are you relying on Android's marketplace app to advertise your product?
I've seen very, very few apps advertised away from the marketplace app, and almost every one of them also said 'iPhone' as well.
And it's not like Android phones aren't used enough... They recently passed iPhone for network usage.
It's -optional-. That means that if they don't want to use the fingerprint method, they can still check out books the old-fashioned way: Lots of writing or swiping a card.
I'm hoping you were just trying for a 'funny' mod and people took you too seriously, but... Well, you never know.