I am a senior, and thus far, I am only slightly distracted by other more interesting things that cross my path.
Its just a question though, of priorities. If the thing is important to me, I will not be distracted, If it is a task that I really don't want to do, then I will be distracted, until I have no choice and have to address it.
If the doctor determines that the reported problem is trivial, he has to protect himself from a lawsuit. That means, the avoidance of a lawsuit takes precedence over trivial problems that would go away on their own.
So, put limits on what can be sued for medical reasons, and that will result in better diagnosis for non-trivial stuff.
The Canadian Government started to close smaller postal stations and move them to pharamacies. They rent a 12ft x12ft area, have one clerk, and do the stamp, mail acceptance, registered mail activities and occasionally. They closed many buildings, they are beginning to accept some advertising on the mailboxes. Some of the little post offices in the pharamacies have boxes, so, one can get a postal box that actually resides inside the pharmacy.
The pharmacy is a double winner. It pays some of the rents and it draws potential customers into the store. Now all we need to do is put an atm beside them as they accept only cash. The post office eliminates big postal stations, and all the related costs. It also cuts staff. The pharmacy pays for the employee, who when he/she is not busy with postal stuff, can stock shelves, do some other chores.
You can also consider taking advertisements on the mail boxes
Turn graphics off, log out, then log in again. You will have more or less the familiar desktop. I have been using the desktop with fallback, and it is great. (I setup 4 desktops, and use them as I did with gnome2.2)
Sure there are some glitches with G3. But that is what Fedora is about. To proof the product before going live in RedHat or in other distributions. I will definitely switch from F14 to F15 on go live date. I am currently testing with the beta for F15 and am delighted.
They said a corpse was wrapped in a white sheet and dumped unceremoniously into the ocean, or sea, or other body of salt water.
Wonderful. No body or gravesite to bring mourners and followers. I believe that burial at sea is a wonderful idea.
I can purchase a mother board and build my own system, which by the way I do.
I would like to eventually buy a nude generic tablet onto which I install my own OPSYS and applications.
When do you think this hardware is going to be marketed and with good availability. There is a large desire for roll-your-own devices.
So, with all that suggested energy savings, the battery could become smaller, and the number of apps could increase. Is there a Moores law about the number of semi-useful applications?
What are the editing commands for forcing a new line in text. I know about bold and I thought a new line was less than character followed by a p.
Where is the help / reminder for we responders?
I use public transportation (Bus 15 minutes, subway 45 minutes) to and from work and while in the underground subway, there is no reception. There is also noise, due to wheels and motors.
So, if I were to get a tablet, what would I do with it. Here is my list.
a) E-Book reader
b) Agenda with alarm mode into which I would write my appointments. (Hopefully, I would be able to share agenda with my business partners).
c) Offline email
d) Free Cell Solitaire
e) Wait for patches and upgrades
I go for function, and what I posted is all that I require. Since I am 70+, the larger screen of the tablet would be easier on my eyes than the 1.5 by 1.5 inch cellphone that I purchased for $60.00 and which does all of the above. Oh yes, my Cellphone costs are about $20.00 per month.
Do you know what separates the men from the boys? It is the cost of their toys. It also the effectiveness of keeping up with the Jones's.
Right does not make right. Layton is right to have change, but it just wont happen. Resistance to change and fear would delay it. In effect, by having committees for topics, one does not need a multiparty system, one needs each MP to be voted in on his/her own merits.
It would do wonders if this idea could be adopted in the USA. Just think of all the lobbyists who would have to scramble to meet the right reps. And it would not be replublican against democrat. it would be... Does this law have merit, and will it be affordable, and will it fly with the public.
Dropbox is a system to store and share files on your desktop, with other partners. It is their design, and their business model. They provide 2 gigs of free space, which is great and appreciated.
To circumvent their business model, and actually usurp the ability for them to run a business is wrong. This is analogous to MacDonalds providing sodapop with your meal using a open dispenser, and you go ahead, borrow a cup, and refill your cup a couple of dozen times.
Now they can reduce the employees in the postal service, automate the scanning of emails for terrorist or porn references, etc.
Savings are going to be substantial. The postal service will soon be relagated to package sending, and not even for sending cheques in the mail.
Nobody wants to be a General Practitioner anymore. The hours are long and the remuneration not in line with what specialists earn. If one wants good GP treatment, we have to leave USA and Canada for other countries such as Latin America, (even to Cuba), and / or to go abroad.
GP = 80+ hours per week.
Specialist = 35 hrs per week.
I believe that with texting and email on the cell (I have a $60.00 Samsung), with earphone and mike, that it is all that I need and probably all that 99.9% of others need.
So it is the 10th commandment (I am not very religious, but... ) Thou shall not covet.... Which means jealousy that other person has an IPOD and I must have one too.
I don’t understand why so many reviewers bend over backwards to grade these things on a curve. If the iPad 2 had the problems and deficiencies the Xoom and PlayBook have, these same reviewers would (rightly) trash it, and declare (again, rightly) that Apple had finally lost its Midas touch.
These aren’t “beta” tablets. They’re bad tablets. It’s that simple. It’s true that their hardware seems closer to iPad-caliber than their software, but improving software is the hardest part of making products like these. By the time RIM releases “a serious software update or three” the entire market will have changed. The truth is, Motorola, Samsung, and now RIM have released would-be iPad competitors that pale compared to the iPad. Just say it.
The mass market doesn’t buy, and doesn’t want to buy, products based on what they might become months from now if these companies somehow dramatically improve the software. They buy products for what they are today, out of the box. Motorola and RIM and Samsung are Apple’s industry peers. These are the big leagues, this is The Show. They’re charging customers real money to buy these things. They should be judged by the same standards. Judging these things on a curve is the flip side of my criticism of Walt Mossberg’s iPad 2 review:
Stating the plain truth, that the iPad 2 has no serious competition as a mainstream consumer device, doesn’t make you biased. It makes you accurate.
I just replaced my cellphone with a cellphone. For $60.00 it does everything I need to do with this simple device. It can send and receive calls, I can text, and I can fit it into my shirt pocket. It does not have a touch screen, so, do I care? (Answer is No). I have 5 hours of talk time, 12 days of standby time.
My phone can get stolen, stepped on, doused with water, and I won't cry. For $40 I can replace it.
What a waste of money to spend on IPads in order to keep up with the Jones. What do my kids and I need that absolutely is essential to owning an overpriced gadget?
Knives don't cut food, only fools who put their fingers on the knife handles and make oscillating motions cut food. Don't blame the knife, blame the person. Why not use a bandsaw at home. Home is really a place for high powered utensils.
Its not the capacity Planner's faults, so exclude them from blame. It is the bean counters who refused the investment money, even when shown that the networks will be saturated before the end of the year.
When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like an nail. So you own an IPOD, and that is your hammer.
Nothing more to say except IPOD1 was the pits, an IPod version had antenna problems, and Apple still milks developers for any software that could be installed therein.
Blackberry has security built-in. Blackberry is not for gamers or teens, it is for business people who work in finance, government, or other professions where security is essential to keep information confidential.
Metric has little to do with french. It is actually based on the speed of light. I wonder if your grocery packaging that is also used for export has both measures printed on the can.
Our coffee from the USA companies is in Metric measure. When metric came in, it took a few months for people to adjust. Some vendors, realizing that many consumers could not convert, actually implemented minor price hikes.
Our 4x8 building materials have a metric equivalent. Our 2x4s are still known as 2x4s for lumber.
I am on pension, as are over 25 million Americans. I have a choice. Doctor bills or iPhone or Android. Well, I ditched the landline and got an Android. And I am very very happy with it.
I use the phone as a phone, Not as a game pc or a toy. OK, I can also play music with it, but do I need things that are distractions and time wasters?
No mention of the size of portability or cost of the device. It would help to understand the justification a little better.
In any event, encryption is already coming to cellphones. One stores the encryption key in one's head. Can they siphon the keys from my brain?
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I am a senior, and thus far, I am only slightly distracted by other more interesting things that cross my path. Its just a question though, of priorities. If the thing is important to me, I will not be distracted, If it is a task that I really don't want to do, then I will be distracted, until I have no choice and have to address it.
What rhymes with gluttany? Glittany. It would have been more interesting if the name was Glitany.
Do Doctors are like software developers. I love Dilbert.
If the doctor determines that the reported problem is trivial, he has to protect himself from a lawsuit. That means, the avoidance of a lawsuit takes precedence over trivial problems that would go away on their own. So, put limits on what can be sued for medical reasons, and that will result in better diagnosis for non-trivial stuff.
The Canadian Government started to close smaller postal stations and move them to pharamacies. They rent a 12ft x12ft area, have one clerk, and do the stamp, mail acceptance, registered mail activities and occasionally. They closed many buildings, they are beginning to accept some advertising on the mailboxes. Some of the little post offices in the pharamacies have boxes, so, one can get a postal box that actually resides inside the pharmacy. The pharmacy is a double winner. It pays some of the rents and it draws potential customers into the store. Now all we need to do is put an atm beside them as they accept only cash. The post office eliminates big postal stations, and all the related costs. It also cuts staff. The pharmacy pays for the employee, who when he/she is not busy with postal stuff, can stock shelves, do some other chores. You can also consider taking advertisements on the mail boxes
Turn graphics off, log out, then log in again. You will have more or less the familiar desktop. I have been using the desktop with fallback, and it is great. (I setup 4 desktops, and use them as I did with gnome2.2) Sure there are some glitches with G3. But that is what Fedora is about. To proof the product before going live in RedHat or in other distributions. I will definitely switch from F14 to F15 on go live date. I am currently testing with the beta for F15 and am delighted.
They said a corpse was wrapped in a white sheet and dumped unceremoniously into the ocean, or sea, or other body of salt water. Wonderful. No body or gravesite to bring mourners and followers. I believe that burial at sea is a wonderful idea.
I can purchase a mother board and build my own system, which by the way I do. I would like to eventually buy a nude generic tablet onto which I install my own OPSYS and applications. When do you think this hardware is going to be marketed and with good availability. There is a large desire for roll-your-own devices.
So, with all that suggested energy savings, the battery could become smaller, and the number of apps could increase. Is there a Moores law about the number of semi-useful applications?
What are the editing commands for forcing a new line in text. I know about bold and I thought a new line was less than character followed by a p. Where is the help / reminder for we responders?
So, if I were to get a tablet, what would I do with it. Here is my list.
a) E-Book reader b) Agenda with alarm mode into which I would write my appointments. (Hopefully, I would be able to share agenda with my business partners). c) Offline email d) Free Cell Solitaire e) Wait for patches and upgrades I go for function, and what I posted is all that I require. Since I am 70+, the larger screen of the tablet would be easier on my eyes than the 1.5 by 1.5 inch cellphone that I purchased for $60.00 and which does all of the above. Oh yes, my Cellphone costs are about $20.00 per month. Do you know what separates the men from the boys? It is the cost of their toys. It also the effectiveness of keeping up with the Jones's.
Right does not make right. Layton is right to have change, but it just wont happen. Resistance to change and fear would delay it. In effect, by having committees for topics, one does not need a multiparty system, one needs each MP to be voted in on his/her own merits. It would do wonders if this idea could be adopted in the USA. Just think of all the lobbyists who would have to scramble to meet the right reps. And it would not be replublican against democrat. it would be ... Does this law have merit, and will it be affordable, and will it fly with the public.
I look at the practices of the IEEE and the ACM. If you are not a member, go suck a lemon.
Thats the way I see it.
Now they can reduce the employees in the postal service, automate the scanning of emails for terrorist or porn references, etc. Savings are going to be substantial. The postal service will soon be relagated to package sending, and not even for sending cheques in the mail.
Nobody wants to be a General Practitioner anymore. The hours are long and the remuneration not in line with what specialists earn. If one wants good GP treatment, we have to leave USA and Canada for other countries such as Latin America, (even to Cuba), and / or to go abroad. GP = 80+ hours per week. Specialist = 35 hrs per week.
Have you considered Mensa?
I believe that with texting and email on the cell (I have a $60.00 Samsung), with earphone and mike, that it is all that I need and probably all that 99.9% of others need. So it is the 10th commandment (I am not very religious, but ... ) Thou shall not covet.... Which means jealousy that other person has an IPOD and I must have one too.
As John Gruber, of Daring Fireball, said:
I just replaced my cellphone with a cellphone. For $60.00 it does everything I need to do with this simple device. It can send and receive calls, I can text, and I can fit it into my shirt pocket. It does not have a touch screen, so, do I care? (Answer is No). I have 5 hours of talk time, 12 days of standby time. My phone can get stolen, stepped on, doused with water, and I won't cry. For $40 I can replace it. What a waste of money to spend on IPads in order to keep up with the Jones. What do my kids and I need that absolutely is essential to owning an overpriced gadget?
Knives don't cut food, only fools who put their fingers on the knife handles and make oscillating motions cut food. Don't blame the knife, blame the person. Why not use a bandsaw at home. Home is really a place for high powered utensils.
Its not the capacity Planner's faults, so exclude them from blame. It is the bean counters who refused the investment money, even when shown that the networks will be saturated before the end of the year.
When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like an nail. So you own an IPOD, and that is your hammer. Nothing more to say except IPOD1 was the pits, an IPod version had antenna problems, and Apple still milks developers for any software that could be installed therein. Blackberry has security built-in. Blackberry is not for gamers or teens, it is for business people who work in finance, government, or other professions where security is essential to keep information confidential.
Metric has little to do with french. It is actually based on the speed of light. I wonder if your grocery packaging that is also used for export has both measures printed on the can. Our coffee from the USA companies is in Metric measure. When metric came in, it took a few months for people to adjust. Some vendors, realizing that many consumers could not convert, actually implemented minor price hikes. Our 4x8 building materials have a metric equivalent. Our 2x4s are still known as 2x4s for lumber.
I am on pension, as are over 25 million Americans. I have a choice. Doctor bills or iPhone or Android. Well, I ditched the landline and got an Android. And I am very very happy with it. I use the phone as a phone, Not as a game pc or a toy. OK, I can also play music with it, but do I need things that are distractions and time wasters?
No mention of the size of portability or cost of the device. It would help to understand the justification a little better. In any event, encryption is already coming to cellphones. One stores the encryption key in one's head. Can they siphon the keys from my brain?