That's me! I've been hearing impaired my entire life. I tried some ITC aids a few years ago and I just could never get used to them. All the strange sounds that I could hear with the aid were really tough to get used to. Plus I don't really mind being hearing impaired, I think makes those around me more uncomfortable than it does me. I kind of like being able to turn my back to someone and poof! I no longer have to listen to their silly rant. Really quite a Godsend at times. Oh, and you really should be more careful what you say when talking on your phone at a red light. If you're behind me, I can hear you if I look in my mirror.
Last week, I saw a car marked "Border Patrol" in the I-75 median half way between Tampa and Ocala. I could not for the life of me figure out what border the officer could possibly be patrolling. Obviously it was the border of insanity and he was on the other side.
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective on the situation. Far too many people with little or no knowledge offering up what they purport to be facts. Nice to see someone with some real knowledge add to the conversation.
I do have a question though. I've noted that some people, including yourself, point out that these are "migrant" workers. I know what a migrant worker in the U.S. is but I'm not certain I know what a migrant worker in China is. Would if be fair to say that even in China, a migrant worker is not expected to be afforded the luxuries usually afforded to non-migrant workers? Is a migrant worker in China looked down upon by the general populace as is usually the case here in the States?
First thing Sony needs to do is quit dicking their customers over. Be it intentional (root-kits) or accidental (losing PS Network account data), it must stop. Nothing else that you attempt to do will stand a chance of success until you learn to treat your customers with a wee bit of respect.
Your comment got modded "Funny". I'm uncertain if that was your intent but I can assure you that when being paid by LOC, their programmers did in fact unroll loops.
Agreed. I was reading Ray's brief yesterday at work. I started to chuckle on the first page. Mid way through the second page I was laughing out loud so much that my co-workers asked me what I was reading. Imagine their disbelief when I responded "A law brief."
If a simple layperson like myself is allowed, may I say that if you read only one law brief this entire year, this is the one you should read.
I happen to know about this thesis as my wife is the author. Her interest in the subject arose from her own experiences as survivor of childhood cancer with a 1% chance of survival. That's right, she had a 1% chance of surviving her cancer and somehow did. She has gone on to be a Pediatric Oncology Nurse and is now working on her PhD. She has personal, formal and vocational experience in this area.
Being familiar with her thesis, I can tell you that she found no significant correlation between hope and survival.
As you say you would find such a study interesting, I recommend you read her thesis. It does a good job of defining hope and offers many sources for further study.
Is is really that fundamentally different than the slide-to-open camera I've had for many years?
You make a good point. Why exactly did the designer decide to use a picture of a known and long used physical slide lock? As this was a known and long used device that many users were accustomed to, the picture conveys the meaning behind this "new" device and it becomes intuitive and easy to learn for users. Or in other words, this new patented device itself cites it's own prior art that should have invalidated the application.
The owner places the one and only real ticket he has on the windshield day after day when he parks the car. He gets no more tickets because the cops think he already received one today.
Well if they only update this manual once every 11 years it's probably a good thing they didn't include computer science. Can you imagine how relevant even the best of today's computer knowledge will be 11 years from now? Think of it this way: if done in a similar fashion, a current version in use now of this kind of manual would be 11 years old and written before many of our current technologies were even invented. For instance, that manual would have nothing about XML in it.
Not 5 year olds - a professional comic. Makes sense really. A comic has spent a majority of their life studying the absurd. Great preparation for Congress.
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Geez, what a dick.
That's me! I've been hearing impaired my entire life. I tried some ITC aids a few years ago and I just could never get used to them. All the strange sounds that I could hear with the aid were really tough to get used to. Plus I don't really mind being hearing impaired, I think makes those around me more uncomfortable than it does me. I kind of like being able to turn my back to someone and poof! I no longer have to listen to their silly rant. Really quite a Godsend at times. Oh, and you really should be more careful what you say when talking on your phone at a red light. If you're behind me, I can hear you if I look in my mirror.
They mistook the plaintiff for one of their customers.
This will be really great for all those places where there is an ethernet cable but no electrical power available. Just think of the possibilities!
Uh, no. I can't think of any either.
It sounds all Enterprisy.
That will go over well here.
Yeah, I think he did. Else it was some real bad typing but I'm deaf so it didn't bother me.
Agreed. I'm hearing-impaired. Care to guess how much I get out of watching these videos?
Do a transcript. And then just leave out the video portion. You can still call them videos if you want, just don't have any video.
So I'll answer my own phones.
No, you won't. You'll send that job to Bangalore and you know it.
Last week, I saw a car marked "Border Patrol" in the I-75 median half way between Tampa and Ocala. I could not for the life of me figure out what border the officer could possibly be patrolling. Obviously it was the border of insanity and he was on the other side.
I'll guess an even 1,000,000 servers give or take. I could be off but 450,000 is way low I think. But... my estimate has the same accuracy as TFA.
Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective on the situation. Far too many people with little or no knowledge offering up what they purport to be facts. Nice to see someone with some real knowledge add to the conversation.
I do have a question though. I've noted that some people, including yourself, point out that these are "migrant" workers. I know what a migrant worker in the U.S. is but I'm not certain I know what a migrant worker in China is. Would if be fair to say that even in China, a migrant worker is not expected to be afforded the luxuries usually afforded to non-migrant workers? Is a migrant worker in China looked down upon by the general populace as is usually the case here in the States?
First thing Sony needs to do is quit dicking their customers over. Be it intentional (root-kits) or accidental (losing PS Network account data), it must stop. Nothing else that you attempt to do will stand a chance of success until you learn to treat your customers with a wee bit of respect.
Your comment got modded "Funny". I'm uncertain if that was your intent but I can assure you that when being paid by LOC, their programmers did in fact unroll loops.
Agreed. I was reading Ray's brief yesterday at work. I started to chuckle on the first page. Mid way through the second page I was laughing out loud so much that my co-workers asked me what I was reading. Imagine their disbelief when I responded "A law brief."
If a simple layperson like myself is allowed, may I say that if you read only one law brief this entire year, this is the one you should read.
Awesome work Ray!
It's the old GeoCities look, very retro. To go with their nearly 50 year old automobile modification packages.
I bash MS quite often so in all fairness...
IMHO, this is an awesome piece of kit at an incredibly affordable price. Good going Microsoft, you've done well.
Damn, saying that has made my face twitch.
I was thinking Rebecca Blacks' Friday.
Which seems to this uneducated lay person as though there may be some significant non-infringing activity associated with the site.
http://books.google.com/books?id=ZekSOAAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Sharon+B.+McNeil%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BhoLT8r-FNKutweAneTQBg&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA
I happen to know about this thesis as my wife is the author. Her interest in the subject arose from her own experiences as survivor of childhood cancer with a 1% chance of survival. That's right, she had a 1% chance of surviving her cancer and somehow did. She has gone on to be a Pediatric Oncology Nurse and is now working on her PhD. She has personal, formal and vocational experience in this area.
Being familiar with her thesis, I can tell you that she found no significant correlation between hope and survival.
As you say you would find such a study interesting, I recommend you read her thesis. It does a good job of defining hope and offers many sources for further study.
IPv6 deployment - Yea! Wait, it is Comcast. Ok, what's the catch?
Is is really that fundamentally different than the slide-to-open camera I've had for many years?
You make a good point. Why exactly did the designer decide to use a picture of a known and long used physical slide lock? As this was a known and long used device that many users were accustomed to, the picture conveys the meaning behind this "new" device and it becomes intuitive and easy to learn for users. Or in other words, this new patented device itself cites it's own prior art that should have invalidated the application.
Get a DeLorean
The owner places the one and only real ticket he has on the windshield day after day when he parks the car. He gets no more tickets because the cops think he already received one today.
Well if they only update this manual once every 11 years it's probably a good thing they didn't include computer science. Can you imagine how relevant even the best of today's computer knowledge will be 11 years from now? Think of it this way: if done in a similar fashion, a current version in use now of this kind of manual would be 11 years old and written before many of our current technologies were even invented. For instance, that manual would have nothing about XML in it.
On second thought, carry on.
Not 5 year olds - a professional comic. Makes sense really. A comic has spent a majority of their life studying the absurd. Great preparation for Congress.