I personally believe she ran a server that was not legal (and that she on't but probably should do time), but airtime alone means nothing if it is paid for by people that hate you.
your parents' activities throughout their lifetime affects the genetic material they pass along to you
That's ridiculous, my parents lived for years after having me (even years after I moved to another state). I'm no geneticist, but I'm pretty sure actions taken then had no affect on my genetic material...
Self-amusement can't be a practical purpose for a hobby project?
It's one of those things we couldn't have imagined when the Internet was thrown open to anyone back in the early 90s. We didn't anticipate it would be used to spread cat memes, revive white supremacist ideology, or more to the point usher in a new golden age or priggery.
You meant of priggery, moron!
Nah, just kidding, it amused me to prove your point (which I agree with).
I tend to look for ACs with something meaningful to say to mod & usually I'll pick 1 story when I get points & dump all my points into that one (so I can post in the others).
Last Black Friday I picked up a couple LG (somethings) Net10 phones at Walgreens for my kids; $9.99+ tax, no service required, one of them was a 1.2ghz dual-core (rest of specs sucked, like the Zinger, but it was reasonably responsive). My kids (9 & 11) use them as MP3 players & for texting with Google Voice. These low-spec phones certainly have their uses, I just wouldn't want one as my main phone - for me, the point of a smart phone is I can do various tasks on them & a 4GB (which as you pointed out, has very little usable space) low-res device just doesn't accomplish that for me. My Galaxy S2 was plenty, though I was right place right time to get a nice (new to me) upgrade & caved to temptation:) (while I splurged, I only spent $50 - same I spent on the S2). I keep the S2 handy in case I lose/break my new phone, though, as it wouldn't really be a hardship to go back.
So, I checked walmart.com which cites a resolution of 320 x 480... ouch. I think 4k in a tiny screen is silly (not in a really nice monitor, however), but 320x480 is painful for anything more than texting & phone calls. If that's all you need, I recommend a feature phone slider as it would have better battery life.
It also says: 512MB RAM; 4GB ROM - 512MB means a lot of apps won't run well (especially multitasking). Again, not a problem if you don't need this, but then why focus so much on the (sic) 1.3Ghz dualcore (which Walmart says is a 1.2GHz dual-core processor)?
Not trolling, I'm a big fan of budget phones & used flagship phones (had the S2 for a long time, $50 used), but you seem awfully focused on a single feature.
Aside from the typo above, this is a good point. What if the people were all in a single geographical area? Would the world be better off if everyone in N & S America died next week? All US politicians, maybe, but everyone in the Americas would really damage the word economy and the benefit to overcrowding in the remainder of the world may be nonexistent. Or what if the event killed everyone over/under a certain age?
Perhaps the better option would be to just stop trying to cure diseases we have today, that would be a step in the direction the OP seems to want to go in. Or maybe, just maybe, the planet could easily a decent multiple of the number of people currently on it & we need to focus on social/political issues that get in the way.
Or even better, borrow Bob's* phone for the weekend.
*You know Bob, that jerk in marketing - and when I say borrow, I mean lift it when he's not looking & replace it with a phone that looks the same but doesn't work - on Monday you can swap it back if he hasn't replaced it already. Bonus points if you rent a room in his name/address & leave something embarrassing behind. Stupid Bob...
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, they did that starting with the first episode :)
I'll just leave this here.
You have to click the sorting cell, or if you are too lazy, here's a spoiler:
USA #2
Russian Federation #11
Of course this only includes countries we can know these numbers, North Korea isn't #1 as their numbers are not known
Unless that airtime is Fox News ...
I personally believe she ran a server that was not legal (and that she on't but probably should do time), but airtime alone means nothing if it is paid for by people that hate you.
your parents' activities throughout their lifetime affects the genetic material they pass along to you
That's ridiculous, my parents lived for years after having me (even years after I moved to another state). I'm no geneticist, but I'm pretty sure actions taken then had no affect on my genetic material ...
;)
And if there is anything we've learned from VW lately, it's that we can trust auto manufacturers.
Science makes faith detectors? Sounds like you have more faith in science than I do ...
;)
Now it's about spelling: it's spelled grammar. ;)
Behind my TV?
On /. he should have included a car, but his point was an analogy.
RTFM
I don't think that means what you think it means.
Oi, my kingdom for a mod point.
So, yeah, ccience is a method, and it is rigorous, but it's fun, too.
If you're going to be pedantic, at least be good at it.
As for the GP, his assessment was spot on, despite a couple typos.
That's why /. is slower :)
Self-amusement can't be a practical purpose for a hobby project?
It's one of those things we couldn't have imagined when the Internet was thrown open to anyone back in the early 90s. We didn't anticipate it would be used to spread cat memes, revive white supremacist ideology, or more to the point usher in a new golden age or priggery.
You meant of priggery, moron!
Nah, just kidding, it amused me to prove your point (which I agree with).
Here ya go :)
Every single lawyer I know is a Democrat & he can't be the only one ... ;)
I tend to look for ACs with something meaningful to say to mod & usually I'll pick 1 story when I get points & dump all my points into that one (so I can post in the others).
Man, I wish I had mod points, I don't agree with that at all ... ;)
Did you have to log in to check? ;)
$1000 off is 20% off ... maybe it's in response to the ink scandal?
;)
Last Black Friday I picked up a couple LG (somethings) Net10 phones at Walgreens for my kids; $9.99+ tax, no service required, one of them was a 1.2ghz dual-core (rest of specs sucked, like the Zinger, but it was reasonably responsive). My kids (9 & 11) use them as MP3 players & for texting with Google Voice. These low-spec phones certainly have their uses, I just wouldn't want one as my main phone - for me, the point of a smart phone is I can do various tasks on them & a 4GB (which as you pointed out, has very little usable space) low-res device just doesn't accomplish that for me. My Galaxy S2 was plenty, though I was right place right time to get a nice (new to me) upgrade & caved to temptation :) (while I splurged, I only spent $50 - same I spent on the S2). I keep the S2 handy in case I lose/break my new phone, though, as it wouldn't really be a hardship to go back.
So, I checked walmart.com which cites a resolution of 320 x 480 ... ouch. I think 4k in a tiny screen is silly (not in a really nice monitor, however), but 320x480 is painful for anything more than texting & phone calls. If that's all you need, I recommend a feature phone slider as it would have better battery life.
:)
It also says: 512MB RAM; 4GB ROM - 512MB means a lot of apps won't run well (especially multitasking). Again, not a problem if you don't need this, but then why focus so much on the (sic) 1.3Ghz dualcore (which Walmart says is a 1.2GHz dual-core processor)?
Not trolling, I'm a big fan of budget phones & used flagship phones (had the S2 for a long time, $50 used), but you seem awfully focused on a single feature.
btw, nice sig
the planet could easily a decent multiple
should have read:
the planet could easily support a decent multiple
Aside from the typo above, this is a good point. What if the people were all in a single geographical area? Would the world be better off if everyone in N & S America died next week? All US politicians, maybe, but everyone in the Americas would really damage the word economy and the benefit to overcrowding in the remainder of the world may be nonexistent. Or what if the event killed everyone over/under a certain age?
Perhaps the better option would be to just stop trying to cure diseases we have today, that would be a step in the direction the OP seems to want to go in. Or maybe, just maybe, the planet could easily a decent multiple of the number of people currently on it & we need to focus on social/political issues that get in the way.
Or 'a Cola' ....
You can get iTunes & Quicktime for Windows ...
ducks!
Or even better, borrow Bob's* phone for the weekend.
...
*You know Bob, that jerk in marketing - and when I say borrow, I mean lift it when he's not looking & replace it with a phone that looks the same but doesn't work - on Monday you can swap it back if he hasn't replaced it already. Bonus points if you rent a room in his name/address & leave something embarrassing behind. Stupid Bob