Though I can't stand Apple and its customers, I have to acknowledge that I would not be in the industry I'm in today if it weren't for the Apple ][. A son of lower income parents, I was given the opportunity via a elementary school program to have an Apple ][ to use and explore over a couple of weeks. Today I'm considered a guru by those around me, though I know exactly how little I really know.
Thanks for that Steve.
And to my mom and dad, who sacrificed quite a bit to get me my first computer, thanks as well.
'But what happens when Google Docs gets truly robust enough for business'
Yes, WHEN is the key word. Given the bugs that have been present and unaddressed in Google Docs for years, I'm not too worried about it.
Seriously, when a simple bug, like sharing a document with a mailing list, sorry, GROUP, requires EVERY member to visit the link to the document in-browser or never see it again, has yet to be addressed, not scared.
"If these chips are so wonderful, why not make them into self-contained modules and locate them throughout our cities, right along with the cameras, microphones, gun-shot detectors, radar units, tire-pressure monitor transponders, and so on."
This is what they actually want to do and have now negotiated with you.
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And resizing filesystems?
XFS and ext3/4 all allow online growth.
Though I can't stand Apple and its customers, I have to acknowledge that I would not be in the industry I'm in today if it weren't for the Apple ][. A son of lower income parents, I was given the opportunity via a elementary school program to have an Apple ][ to use and explore over a couple of weeks. Today I'm considered a guru by those around me, though I know exactly how little I really know.
Thanks for that Steve.
And to my mom and dad, who sacrificed quite a bit to get me my first computer, thanks as well.
And worse yet? ACs.
Think you're blaming the wrong thing, try Flash video.
I take it you don't run FlashBlock? I can't stand running without it these days.
If I wanted dancing video in my browser I'd go turn on the idiot box.
If you're less than 25 years old, Chrome is cool. Firefox is not.
Why? Beats the crap out of me.
NOTE: I'm certainly NOT less than 25.
Statistics:
Lies, damn lies and Google.
Agreed, really long runs of spiral wrap is no good.
Secret:
Use 2 inch lengths of spiral wrap, every foot or whatever makes sense.
Easy to add new cables, remove old without disturbing the bundle (unwrap one half, add/subtract, rewrap, repeat on other half).
'But what happens when Google Docs gets truly robust enough for business'
Yes, WHEN is the key word. Given the bugs that have been present and unaddressed in Google Docs for years, I'm not too worried about it.
Seriously, when a simple bug, like sharing a document with a mailing list, sorry, GROUP, requires EVERY member to visit the link to the document in-browser or never see it again, has yet to be addressed, not scared.
*Han voice*
Sure, you can download that big old file kid, but whose going to store it? You?
*Luke voice*
You bet I could! I've get me a big old hard drive right here. We don't have to sit here and listen...
*Ben voice*
Shut up.
What a great waste of money. Great idea, take away from kids that actually want to learn.
I admit the Following:
1) The last two movies were progressively disappointing.
2) I'll go see 4 and 5, in spite of of 2 and 3. I mean really, ANY Matrix movie is better than 90% of the drivel being produced.
when you keep watching a show only to hopefully see some hated characters DIE, it's not going to last.
My happiest moment from SGU was when Rush was lying bleeding and left behind to die. AWESOME! HATE RUSH!
"Rush, why are you such a dick?"
"Because the writers write me that way."
Stupid.
The best part of SG1 was that it was a little cheesy and played to it. Hence the inside jokes and what not, such as the longest golf tee off EVER.
SG1 never intended to be a super serious sci-fi show.
Ya dang young'ens.
First you took my L-shaped enter key, then my Big Old Backspace. And moved my pipe key to the stupidest place ever.
Change, I'm agin it! *spit*
Seconded. I have an Android phone, which I like for apps and such. However, what it sucks at: Be A Phone.
Making calls? Awkward and slow.
Answering calls? Awkward and slow.
This compared to my previous flip phone. Dial home? Flip, one long key press, hello dear. Answer? Flip, Hello?
The real question no one asks:
What did we do to piss these people off so much that they did this horrible thing in the first place?
Myself, I'm on a Belkin model that I love but is no longer sold. I'm screwed because it has the key layout I prefer but no one makes any more.
50% of the poor keys are now blank from wear. Good thing I can type in the dark.
Yeah, I know, not that helpful, just need to vent. :)
"images are compressed to 10% original size."
That's not compression, that's alteration. Big difference.
"they are fragile, under-resourced and, in some respects, deteriorating"
Any one else read that as:
"The only people who know how to do this are getting old and dying on us"?
My mother and father have both been using Ubuntu (on a Dell purchased WITH it) for a couple of years now.
Other than occasional Flash issues, they get around just fine.
Selling MY EYEBALLS to others marks an asshole in my book.
I'll see what I wish, thanks.
Don't forget the BROKEN sensors that just don't work. Or WORSE, the ones that are stuck in the "car is here" mode.
Nothing like sitting at a light, watching a left turn green for a car that isn't there.
"If these chips are so wonderful, why not make them into self-contained modules and locate them throughout our cities, right along with the cameras, microphones, gun-shot detectors, radar units, tire-pressure monitor transponders, and so on."
This is what they actually want to do and have now negotiated with you.
Politics in action!
My local library charges a dollar for DVD rentals. The fee goes back into expanding/maintaining the collection.
Free press for Google. Thanks Dick!