My daughter has been watching TV shows since she was very young. She just turned two in august. She can count to 20, she can sing her ABC's, she knows her colors and shapes. She sings AND dances along with the fresh beat band. She misses words and doesn't have the choreography down. When they spin she spins when they fold their arms she folds her arms. We had to get her her own ipod touch so she would stop accidentally calling people on our iphones. She opens the apps she wants and lets us know which videos she wants to watch, elmo street, olivia, the beats. She LOVES to facetime grandma and grandpa. We can't always read books to her and give her our undivided attention, but these technologies, I think, have helped her learn and develop faster than not having them, and she still plays imaginatively with the low tech toys as well. Children under two won't benefit from the Soaps, or prime time dramas, but that does not mean they will not learn from educational shows and attentive parents.
If i am gaming on a laptop i am using a mouse and not a touch pad. You don't think there is enough room in the laptop bag for a mouse do you? right or left handed even.
The parallel in car terms is a company fleet of vehicles. You don't want to have to rent an entire fleet from the ground up every time you need it.
You gotta go to the rental agency and hope they have enough vehicles to meet your needs then you gotta return em all and hope they have enough the next time.
It is insightful because it is true. It was said that "people" don't use linux and there was no mention of "newbs".
I have written code in a few different languages, built several computers from spare parts, and spent years in the tech support arena.
I can download an ISO and install Linux from it. For the life of me, I cannot install the utilities or programs that I want to use. Even after reading through the cryptic forum posts related specifically to my topic of interest. I follow the instructions to orient my computer 5 degrees off north, sprinkle the blood of my first born onto the keyboard, make sure to check the hash of the files, and belt out show tunes during the entirety of the installation process. Despite going through several first born, my program will just not work.
On windows, I can download or buy the software I want to use, double click on a file that says "install", go through a few screens that tell me to click different options and viola! I am using my software in no time at all. I don't have to acquire hardware passed down from the direct descendants of Linus or only use software that was translated from the native tongue of antarcticans.
I comprehend what linux is. And if you want to come on over and type your super secret cheat codes on all the programs I want to use, I will use your linux. "People" don't have a you to help them out with the everyday operation of their computer. There is no repository of magical phrases.
I am going to go with...They are for increasing touch sensations on the fingertips to increase detection of differences and variations in textures of objects.
I thought not as well. That is why i said technically it is flying. Well, because technically by definition it is flying.
But you don't hear people talk about maglevs that fly down the track (unless they are referring to its speed) or a railgun flying its projectile down the barrel. When you hear "fly" related to anything it is usually something with wings (living and non-living), jets, rockets, propellers, rotors, a ballistic arc, or a chemically induced euphoria. Not something being levitated or propelled by magnetism.
And why does rocket propulsion have to be crazy? It is quite a normal thing.
if your job is twiddling your thumbs than sure, you need to get paid for twiddling your thumbs.
Your boss tells you that you need to come to work to get paid, but he doesnt pay you for your time it takes to get to work. If your job is to boot your computer then they need to have a mechanism in place to clock in before you start booting your computer. If your job is to work on the computer after it is booted, then get to work earlier and make sure your computer is booted up in order to start working on time.
Are they supposed to be at work at 8 or 8:15? If they are supposed to be at work at 8:15 and they show up at 8:15 then how would they be late? If these 5 people just decide to do this themselves then yes the other 4 would be 15 minutes late. they just need to tell the designated booter to get to work at 7:45 so they can get to work at 8...
Let's say you have to be at work at 8. It takes you 15 minutes to get to work and it takes you 15 minutes to boot the computer. Do you leave the house at 7:45 get to work at 8, boot the computer, and start working at 8:15? Or do you leave the house at 7:30 get to work at 7:45, boot the computer, and start working at 8? If you leave at 7:45 you are 15 minutes late to work.
If this is such a big problem just pay one person to show up early and boot everyone elses computers.
The employer has no control over the time you spend commuting. Time spent on site booting company computers is different.
How is it different? The company may not own your car or the bus you ride into work on, but you are not being very productive in transit to the office...and you aren't being productive waiting for the computer to boot. If you live X minutes away from work, and it takes Y minutes to log into the computer, your commute takes you X+Y minutes. Just because YOU control the length of X (where you live excluding things like traffic delay that you don't control) and your company controls Y (the POS computer that takes Y minutes to boot) you are still performing the same function during time X+Y, nothing.
At least you can use the bathroom, talk to your coworkers or sit and relax after a nerve racking commute through gridlock while the computer boots. It wouldn't be very clean to take a dump in the drivers seat...better bring a change of clothes.
These people probably do not get paid for the time it takes to get to work from home. They don't get paid for having to sit in their car driving for the 5 minutes to 2 hours it takes to get to wherever they work. They don't get paid for the 5 minutes to 2 hours they have to sit on a bus or train to get to work. If they don't start getting paid until they log on to the computer those X minutes of boot time can be considered part of the commute to work.
They wake up leave their house without being paid, get into their car and drive to work without getting paid, walk from their car to their desk without getting paid, why do they need to be paid for the x minutes they sit in front of their computer before they can log in and start getting paid for working? If they feel inconvenienced for that time then they should have a job that requires a shorter commute. They could also leave the computer on when they go home.
The website just needs to ban all arranging of ride sharing on all public transportation. It should be able to continue the arrangement of ride sharing with those who have their own private transportation.
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My daughter has been watching TV shows since she was very young. She just turned two in august. She can count to 20, she can sing her ABC's, she knows her colors and shapes. She sings AND dances along with the fresh beat band. She misses words and doesn't have the choreography down. When they spin she spins when they fold their arms she folds her arms. We had to get her her own ipod touch so she would stop accidentally calling people on our iphones. She opens the apps she wants and lets us know which videos she wants to watch, elmo street, olivia, the beats. She LOVES to facetime grandma and grandpa. We can't always read books to her and give her our undivided attention, but these technologies, I think, have helped her learn and develop faster than not having them, and she still plays imaginatively with the low tech toys as well. Children under two won't benefit from the Soaps, or prime time dramas, but that does not mean they will not learn from educational shows and attentive parents.
After almost 30 years, can you, with any degree of certainty, tell us whether or not they ARE or ARE NOT, in actuality, giants?
If i am gaming on a laptop i am using a mouse and not a touch pad. You don't think there is enough room in the laptop bag for a mouse do you? right or left handed even.
Looks like he used 20 cells on each. 10 on each side of the 45 degree array. 4 on each of the 5 branches of the tree.
The parallel in car terms is a company fleet of vehicles. You don't want to have to rent an entire fleet from the ground up every time you need it.
You gotta go to the rental agency and hope they have enough vehicles to meet your needs then you gotta return em all and hope they have enough the next time.
The packages I want are not in the synaptic package manager, I already browsed it, several times. I wish they were. I wouldn't be having this problem.
I prefer purple to maroon.
It is insightful because it is true. It was said that "people" don't use linux and there was no mention of "newbs".
I have written code in a few different languages, built several computers from spare parts, and spent years in the tech support arena.
I can download an ISO and install Linux from it. For the life of me, I cannot install the utilities or programs that I want to use. Even after reading through the cryptic forum posts related specifically to my topic of interest. I follow the instructions to orient my computer 5 degrees off north, sprinkle the blood of my first born onto the keyboard, make sure to check the hash of the files, and belt out show tunes during the entirety of the installation process. Despite going through several first born, my program will just not work.
On windows, I can download or buy the software I want to use, double click on a file that says "install", go through a few screens that tell me to click different options and viola! I am using my software in no time at all. I don't have to acquire hardware passed down from the direct descendants of Linus or only use software that was translated from the native tongue of antarcticans.
I comprehend what linux is. And if you want to come on over and type your super secret cheat codes on all the programs I want to use, I will use your linux. "People" don't have a you to help them out with the everyday operation of their computer. There is no repository of magical phrases.
People, don't use linux.
I am going to go with...They are for increasing touch sensations on the fingertips to increase detection of differences and variations in textures of objects.
With all the complex problem solving I work on you would've thought that I'd have solved a few more problems by now.
Thanks everybody. I haven't had such a good laugh in a while.
Unfortunately I cannot smell very well myself and so have not had the pleasure of experiencing these wonderful things.
I thought not as well. That is why i said technically it is flying. Well, because technically by definition it is flying.
But you don't hear people talk about maglevs that fly down the track (unless they are referring to its speed) or a railgun flying its projectile down the barrel. When you hear "fly" related to anything it is usually something with wings (living and non-living), jets, rockets, propellers, rotors, a ballistic arc, or a chemically induced euphoria. Not something being levitated or propelled by magnetism.
And why does rocket propulsion have to be crazy? It is quite a normal thing.
I guess technically it is "flying" but that just makes me think it had some sort of wings or a little bity rocket pack, etc...
I think a better description would have been levitating.
How's that thing supposed to work with all that tinfoil?
I am pretty sure that if you expose a deaf person to 200+ decibels that they will indeed be deaf afterwards...
If you keep looking for the outsider and can't find one...it might be you.
Selling or buying?
just look north of russia for similar lines.
if your job is twiddling your thumbs than sure, you need to get paid for twiddling your thumbs.
Your boss tells you that you need to come to work to get paid, but he doesnt pay you for your time it takes to get to work. If your job is to boot your computer then they need to have a mechanism in place to clock in before you start booting your computer. If your job is to work on the computer after it is booted, then get to work earlier and make sure your computer is booted up in order to start working on time.
Are they supposed to be at work at 8 or 8:15? If they are supposed to be at work at 8:15 and they show up at 8:15 then how would they be late? If these 5 people just decide to do this themselves then yes the other 4 would be 15 minutes late. they just need to tell the designated booter to get to work at 7:45 so they can get to work at 8...
Let's say you have to be at work at 8. It takes you 15 minutes to get to work and it takes you 15 minutes to boot the computer. Do you leave the house at 7:45 get to work at 8, boot the computer, and start working at 8:15? Or do you leave the house at 7:30 get to work at 7:45, boot the computer, and start working at 8? If you leave at 7:45 you are 15 minutes late to work.
If this is such a big problem just pay one person to show up early and boot everyone elses computers.
The employer has no control over the time you spend commuting. Time spent on site booting company computers is different.
How is it different? The company may not own your car or the bus you ride into work on, but you are not being very productive in transit to the office...and you aren't being productive waiting for the computer to boot. If you live X minutes away from work, and it takes Y minutes to log into the computer, your commute takes you X+Y minutes. Just because YOU control the length of X (where you live excluding things like traffic delay that you don't control) and your company controls Y (the POS computer that takes Y minutes to boot) you are still performing the same function during time X+Y, nothing.
At least you can use the bathroom, talk to your coworkers or sit and relax after a nerve racking commute through gridlock while the computer boots. It wouldn't be very clean to take a dump in the drivers seat...better bring a change of clothes.
These people probably do not get paid for the time it takes to get to work from home. They don't get paid for having to sit in their car driving for the 5 minutes to 2 hours it takes to get to wherever they work. They don't get paid for the 5 minutes to 2 hours they have to sit on a bus or train to get to work. If they don't start getting paid until they log on to the computer those X minutes of boot time can be considered part of the commute to work.
They wake up leave their house without being paid, get into their car and drive to work without getting paid, walk from their car to their desk without getting paid, why do they need to be paid for the x minutes they sit in front of their computer before they can log in and start getting paid for working? If they feel inconvenienced for that time then they should have a job that requires a shorter commute. They could also leave the computer on when they go home.
The website just needs to ban all arranging of ride sharing on all public transportation. It should be able to continue the arrangement of ride sharing with those who have their own private transportation.
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excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for music creators, broadcasters and listeners wealth and/or possessions.
It's a space station.
I wonder how they are planning on launching it. I always thought they built those things IN space...
It might have had a lasers package if it's design was inspired by a shark...