If you can't find your way around using a map, having a GPS system in your car, now with new and flashy pictures!, isn't going to help.
Um, no. You can program the GPS, and have it actually talk you through directions while you're driving. If you're a single person on a trip by yourself, you have to stop the car everytime you need to reference the map.
Also, a GPS unit will tell you when you've gotten off course. Last time my husband and I went map-traveling, we ended up over 80 miles in the opposite direction of our destination because we missed a turn. A GPS would have informed us of the missed turn less than 10 seconds later.
This is the same reason that chain restaurants do so well. You're in an unfamiliar city on vacation, and you're hungry. Where are you going to eat? McDonalds, or Mr. Joe's Diner? Chances are that you (and most of the population) are choosing McDonalds, because even though the food is mediocre at best, you KNOW that it will be mediocre. You know how much it will cost, you're familiar with the brand. If you end up food-poisoned, you know who to contact: corporate.
People will choose predictable mediocrity over uncertainty the majority of the time.
Hey, as someone whose view of the sun is totally obscured by smoke at the moment, maybe we could use the pollution from said fossil fuels to block the sun! Why not kill 2 birds with one stone?
You're right - the least they could do is have the people at Worth1000 give it a go. That would be worth the $100 cost, as then they wouldn't be totally WASTING $10,000 on running the ugliest ad I've ever seen.
(ps, nice sig)
What are you talking about? As a former graphic artist at a newspaper, I know as well as anyone that Helvetica 55 roman is where it's at!
All that ad needs is a few gradients, 1pt boxes around all the text, and some drop-shadows, and it's ready to go!
Not only can't they file for returns, but most of them would probably qualify for EIC - in which case they'd be getting even more back than they paid in.
Ah, you didn't notice that "0% sleeping" wasn't listed.
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Your post reminded me...they also blocked certain domains, for example, mail.yahoo.com.
We figured out some really ingenious ways to get access to our email...for a while, to login to yahoo mail, you couldn't just go to yahoo.com and click mail, nor could you go to mail.yahoo.com. What you COULD do, was go to www.yahoo.com, click address book, login, and then from there click over to mail.
Generally, their blocking software only kept us out of things that were actually useful for school purposes...anything we shouldn't have been doing (warez, mp3 downloads, south park episodes, etc) was always easy to find another way into.
How do Slashdot and Myspace fit that definition? Or does "Illict" mean something different than "Illicit"?
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Granted it's been a few years since I was in HS, but back in 1997-2000, we had awesome filtering software that blocked any website that contained "bad" words.
Some of the words on the list were:
sex, drugs, marijuana, porn, etc.
Unfortunately, when we found ourselves trying to research for the report due on drugs for psychology class, we found that every website that even mentioned them was blocked.
Like my school's blocking software, this sounds like one of those nice ideas that is completely stupid in real life.
I ask because I'm the manager who gets called at 5:30 (4:30 in our time zone, actually). And I'm the one who has to drive in, I don't get to call a union guy to do it for me.
Yes they do - hence the Virgin Records megastores across the country. Plenty of record companies promote themselves to the buying public. What about Rhino Records?
All in all, you're probably better dumping the stuff in a landfill here.
Apple tried that already when in 1989 they dumped about 2700 Apple Lisas in a Utah landfill, because the tax writeoff was better that way than if they donated them to charity.
Amen to that. Why can't other manufacturers get a clue and use Nokia's interface? I have a SANYO now, had it for 6 months, and it still takes me lots of fiddling to find the damn calculator. I haven't broken the flip feature yet, but it's the first flip phone so far that hasn't.
My Nokias put up with being tossed all over the place. They never broke, they were good on batteries, they were easy to use, and I could cradle them in the crook of my neck for hands free talking. (That so does not work with these flip phones..)
I wish I could still use mine, but I have switched to a provider who offers no Nokia phones.:(
Exactly - a few years ago, when the big thing was color screens on phones, my husband kept NEEDING a new phone with the biggest full color screen and voice-dial.
Meanwhile, I always got "the brick" as he called it - a 5100 series Nokia.
My Nokia phones were intuitive, easy to use, easy to hear, and WORKED - they always did exactly what one expected them to.
His fancy schmancy phones - most of them Audiovoxes, I believe, after a few months would start dropping calls. The "mute" would get stuck on. The big fancy screen still worked, so did the voice dial, but the damn thing could not MAKE PHONE CALLS, the one thing it was actually intended to do. The flip-feature inevitably broke, too, so when you flipped the phone closed it would not hang up, and he'd go through all of his peak minutes in a 2 hour phone call that he thought only lasted 2 minutes.
Give me a boring, heavy, rock-solid Nokia any day over these shiny pieces of crap they sell now.
Quick, somebody patent the process of using software to limit a user's ability to copy, view, distribute, and otherwise USE data/information *on a computer*.
Then patent the process of installing said software covertly. Then sue the pants off anyone who tries to get away with using DRM. (Profit!)
My dad is what I'd consider an advanced user and not a moron. He has built all of my computers and his from pieces. This includes a p4 2800 for about $700 (including XP pro license) 4 years ago when p4 2800s were FAST. The thing is still rock solid and has been upgraded a few times.
He repairs PCBs in construction lasers for a living, developing his own schematics. He owns his own successful business doing this and has the majority of the PCB repair in the nation. He knows his way around the registry, he can troubleshoot software and hardware issues. He can fix darn near any electronic device.
That's how I do it too. I have been saved from some pretty damn good spoofs in my day, simply because there was no WAY that Paypal would ever email me at that account.
It's Slashdot spin, because people read the "up to 60%" and they hear "60%".
In fact, you'll notice the submitter and/or editors did exactly that - they took the "up to 60%" in the article, and changed it to "60%" in the headline.
In fact, "up to" means any number equal to or smaller than. So the actual amount of code rewritten could be 0%. It would also be accurate to say that the code is being rewritten entirely "up to 9 times", because that "up to" would include scenarios where the code was not re-written at all.
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Um, no. You can program the GPS, and have it actually talk you through directions while you're driving. If you're a single person on a trip by yourself, you have to stop the car everytime you need to reference the map.
Also, a GPS unit will tell you when you've gotten off course. Last time my husband and I went map-traveling, we ended up over 80 miles in the opposite direction of our destination because we missed a turn. A GPS would have informed us of the missed turn less than 10 seconds later.
This is the same reason that chain restaurants do so well. You're in an unfamiliar city on vacation, and you're hungry. Where are you going to eat? McDonalds, or Mr. Joe's Diner?
Chances are that you (and most of the population) are choosing McDonalds, because even though the food is mediocre at best, you KNOW that it will be mediocre. You know how much it will cost, you're familiar with the brand. If you end up food-poisoned, you know who to contact: corporate.
People will choose predictable mediocrity over uncertainty the majority of the time.
GP didn't say the message changed, only that if you ASK for a certain amount, you're more likely to receive it.
Hey, as someone whose view of the sun is totally obscured by smoke at the moment, maybe we could use the pollution from said fossil fuels to block the sun! Why not kill 2 birds with one stone?
You're right - the least they could do is have the people at Worth1000 give it a go. That would be worth the $100 cost, as then they wouldn't be totally WASTING $10,000 on running the ugliest ad I've ever seen. (ps, nice sig)
What are you talking about? As a former graphic artist at a newspaper, I know as well as anyone that Helvetica 55 roman is where it's at!
All that ad needs is a few gradients, 1pt boxes around all the text, and some drop-shadows, and it's ready to go!
Not only can't they file for returns, but most of them would probably qualify for EIC - in which case they'd be getting even more back than they paid in.
Ah, you didn't notice that "0% sleeping" wasn't listed.
We figured out some really ingenious ways to get access to our email...for a while, to login to yahoo mail, you couldn't just go to yahoo.com and click mail, nor could you go to mail.yahoo.com. What you COULD do, was go to www.yahoo.com, click address book, login, and then from there click over to mail.
Generally, their blocking software only kept us out of things that were actually useful for school purposes...anything we shouldn't have been doing (warez, mp3 downloads, south park episodes, etc) was always easy to find another way into.
(-ls't) pronunciation adj.
1. Not sanctioned by custom or law; unlawful.
How do Slashdot and Myspace fit that definition? Or does "Illict" mean something different than "Illicit"?
Granted it's been a few years since I was in HS, but back in 1997-2000, we had awesome filtering software that blocked any website that contained "bad" words.
Some of the words on the list were:
sex, drugs, marijuana, porn, etc.
Unfortunately, when we found ourselves trying to research for the report due on drugs for psychology class, we found that every website that even mentioned them was blocked.
Like my school's blocking software, this sounds like one of those nice ideas that is completely stupid in real life.
I ask because I'm the manager who gets called at 5:30 (4:30 in our time zone, actually). And I'm the one who has to drive in, I don't get to call a union guy to do it for me.
Yes they do - hence the Virgin Records megastores across the country. Plenty of record companies promote themselves to the buying public. What about Rhino Records?
Apple tried that already when in 1989 they dumped about 2700 Apple Lisas in a Utah landfill, because the tax writeoff was better that way than if they donated them to charity.
Blacktron, I'm sure of it.
He believes that by changing our behavior on the road, each one of us has the potential to seriously affect traffic waves.
* Combined sexual/excratory organs
Uh yeah, the religious right will really like that. Isn't that one of the bigger reasons they argue against (male) gay sex?
Amen to that. Why can't other manufacturers get a clue and use Nokia's interface? I have a SANYO now, had it for 6 months, and it still takes me lots of fiddling to find the damn calculator. I haven't broken the flip feature yet, but it's the first flip phone so far that hasn't. :(
My Nokias put up with being tossed all over the place. They never broke, they were good on batteries, they were easy to use, and I could cradle them in the crook of my neck for hands free talking. (That so does not work with these flip phones..)
I wish I could still use mine, but I have switched to a provider who offers no Nokia phones.
Meanwhile, I always got "the brick" as he called it - a 5100 series Nokia.
My Nokia phones were intuitive, easy to use, easy to hear, and WORKED - they always did exactly what one expected them to.
His fancy schmancy phones - most of them Audiovoxes, I believe, after a few months would start dropping calls. The "mute" would get stuck on. The big fancy screen still worked, so did the voice dial, but the damn thing could not MAKE PHONE CALLS, the one thing it was actually intended to do. The flip-feature inevitably broke, too, so when you flipped the phone closed it would not hang up, and he'd go through all of his peak minutes in a 2 hour phone call that he thought only lasted 2 minutes.
Give me a boring, heavy, rock-solid Nokia any day over these shiny pieces of crap they sell now.
Quick, somebody patent the process of using software to limit a user's ability to copy, view, distribute, and otherwise USE data/information *on a computer*.
Then patent the process of installing said software covertly.
Then sue the pants off anyone who tries to get away with using DRM.
(Profit!)
He repairs PCBs in construction lasers for a living, developing his own schematics. He owns his own successful business doing this and has the majority of the PCB repair in the nation. He knows his way around the registry, he can troubleshoot software and hardware issues. He can fix darn near any electronic device.
And it STILL took me 2 years to wean him off IE.
Huh? Are there people here who actually RTFA?
That's how I do it too. I have been saved from some pretty damn good spoofs in my day, simply because there was no WAY that Paypal would ever email me at that account.
You don't even need steroids. Just going to the dentist, getting your tonsils out, would do just fine.
In fact, you'll notice the submitter and/or editors did exactly that - they took the "up to 60%" in the article, and changed it to "60%" in the headline.
In fact, "up to" means any number equal to or smaller than. So the actual amount of code rewritten could be 0%. It would also be accurate to say that the code is being rewritten entirely "up to 9 times", because that "up to" would include scenarios where the code was not re-written at all.
It's spin, plain as day.