I bought a Casio. The face is nice, the movement is excellent (solar powered, radio time signal, elegant analogue display with digital capabilities) but the case and strap are cheap, nasty, tacky and uncomfortable.
This is why I prefer Citizen.
However, my main watch is mechanical. It's hard to get geekier than the raw cutting edge of material science, hand built to deliver precision mechanics to tolerances unimaginable only a short while ago.
Terrible time keeping in comparison, but thems the trade-offs.
I did have to get the glass replaced after around 10 years, as it was a tad scratched, but otherwise it's been great.
(it doesn't pick up radio time signals, which is one reason it's down to 3rd choice, behind a watch that does - although also ahead of another watch that does. I own too many watches)
Now as for housing, have you considered talking to your local council? One potential upshot I've found out is that the government offers low-cost and "first-time buyers" housing. In my case I can get 60% off the value of a house, putting it at 3-4x my salary, which I actually have a shot at affording.
Lucky you. Unfortunately for me I'm a single white man with no children, which means my council considers me a cash cow.
The only people that can buy discounted housing are people living in council housing (or its housing association replacement). I'd have to change sex and adopt an Ethiopian before they'd give me a council house.
What the fuck makes you think the police will only use this device when the owner's committed a crime?
This is the Met we're talking about. A police force that thinks pre-emptive false imprisonment is for the public good, that needs media attention before it'll even investigate racism by its officers, that promotes the fucking bitch overseeing the murder of an innocent Brazilian, that lies to the media, that sells information to the media and that happily kicks shit out of British citizens because they dared to walk through London.
Sorry, but I don't want the Met looking at all of my contacts, reading all of my email, going through the text messages I've sent or received and taking copies of the photographs of me wearing a skirt and 5" heels.
It's called privacy. They can get a fucking warrant if they want to breach it.
Well, the screen resolution is barely adequate, the CPU struggles on many web pages, the battery life could definitely do with improvement, the operating system is a bit clumsy, the software support very poor relative to other mobile OS and the upgrade path non-existent.
Hell, I used mine for two years (without breaking the USB connector) and didn't recommend it to a single person. I've recommended my current phone to several people and it doesn't even have a hardware keyboard:(
the Typhoons should get to anything fast enough to not need them.
Such as any jet aircraft on the approach to Heathrow that deviate at the last second and start heading to East London, arriving at the Olympic Stadium around two minutes later.
Sure, a Typhoon could cover that distance rather quicker - but allow for the deviation detection, alerting, command and control overheads and other delays, the Typhoon's going to be barely airborne by the time 150,000 litres of high octane fuel are flash roasting 60,000 people.
But which possible reason it is? - are Blizzard hosting the D3 servers on TPB? - are 400 million people trying to search for a pirated version of D3? - did Blizzard patch WoW so that everybody playing WoW sends a randomised search to TPB every four seconds, causing somewhere around 500k hits/second on the pirate bay search engines so that the 400 million people wanting a pirated version of D3 can't find it, even though once they did find it they wouldn't be able to play it anyway because the D3 server on TPB is down?
As great as his contribution to Agile development methods, I think the Portland Pattern Repository was more valuable. Not least because it created an online community within which many of the agile techniques were shared, discussed, evaluated and honed.
To me that's a lot more important than CRC cards.
The single most important thing I've ever learned in my career is how to use CRC cards.
I've used them once. Ever. But I use their underlying concepts and the design philosophy behind them every single day. They taught me how to break down a complex system and ask, "What is this bit, what does it do, and what does it need in order to do it", and structure the answers in a simple and easily accessible form.
Ward's one of the true pioneers of software engineering, and I have immense respect for him.
I've stood six yards behind (and two to the side of) a British two-seater military jet with both its engines on full combat reheat.
It was quite loud though with ear plugs and ear defenders on, no hearing loss ensued.
So properly equipped, I suspect people would be fine. In other words, troublemakers planning ahead will be fine. Innocent passers-by will suffer hearing damage.
Of course, the intent is to use it as a broadcast tool, not a crowd dispersal tool. Sure.
As opposed to the previous decade of being fucked with?
Don't blame the conservatives or the lib dems any more than labour. After all, who put through RIPA, who introduced trials with no juries, who supported extraordinary rendition, who made it fucking illegal to own a map.
(yeah, you can be arrested and jailed for owning a map these days. you just have to be asian, muslim, vocal and/or stood in the wrong place)
I'll devise and publish VOIP software at the rate of one new tool a week, and tell the FBI that the backdoor exists, and all they need to do is pay me for the private key.
Gravy train for life, especially if I revoke the keys every week.
9kg of Haribo jelly snakes made the x-ray machine operator go white and nearly faint - he was shaking as he turned to his supervisor and pointed at my bag on his screen.
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I bought a Casio. The face is nice, the movement is excellent (solar powered, radio time signal, elegant analogue display with digital capabilities) but the case and strap are cheap, nasty, tacky and uncomfortable.
This is why I prefer Citizen.
However, my main watch is mechanical. It's hard to get geekier than the raw cutting edge of material science, hand built to deliver precision mechanics to tolerances unimaginable only a short while ago.
Terrible time keeping in comparison, but thems the trade-offs.
I'm guessing that's with GPS fully active and recording your workout.
Even my phone lasts more than 5 hours with the GPS fully active and recording my workout. And sending text messages. And checking email.
If it helps any, we can confirm that you're definitely doing it wrong.
(even when it feels soooo right)
The new skyhawks are sadly bloody ugly. My old skyhawk fortunately still works, although it's now my third choice watch:
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/jomashop_2207_625378425
I did have to get the glass replaced after around 10 years, as it was a tad scratched, but otherwise it's been great.
(it doesn't pick up radio time signals, which is one reason it's down to 3rd choice, behind a watch that does - although also ahead of another watch that does. I own too many watches)
That rocks! They're getting cheaper.
One day I'll be able to afford one.
Indeed. I should write to the Senate:
Dear Chuck,
Can I have $67m too, in return for never again visiting, investing in or having to put up with the immense stupidity of the USA?
thanks,
~etc
Now as for housing, have you considered talking to your local council? One potential upshot I've found out is that the government offers low-cost and "first-time buyers" housing. In my case I can get 60% off the value of a house, putting it at 3-4x my salary, which I actually have a shot at affording.
Lucky you. Unfortunately for me I'm a single white man with no children, which means my council considers me a cash cow.
The only people that can buy discounted housing are people living in council housing (or its housing association replacement). I'd have to change sex and adopt an Ethiopian before they'd give me a council house.
(encrypted transmissions being somewhat illegal in the UK)
You do realise that GSM is encrypted?
What the fuck makes you think the police will only use this device when the owner's committed a crime?
This is the Met we're talking about. A police force that thinks pre-emptive false imprisonment is for the public good, that needs media attention before it'll even investigate racism by its officers, that promotes the fucking bitch overseeing the murder of an innocent Brazilian, that lies to the media, that sells information to the media and that happily kicks shit out of British citizens because they dared to walk through London.
Sorry, but I don't want the Met looking at all of my contacts, reading all of my email, going through the text messages I've sent or received and taking copies of the photographs of me wearing a skirt and 5" heels.
It's called privacy. They can get a fucking warrant if they want to breach it.
Well, the screen resolution is barely adequate, the CPU struggles on many web pages, the battery life could definitely do with improvement, the operating system is a bit clumsy, the software support very poor relative to other mobile OS and the upgrade path non-existent.
Hell, I used mine for two years (without breaking the USB connector) and didn't recommend it to a single person. I've recommended my current phone to several people and it doesn't even have a hardware keyboard :(
the Typhoons should get to anything fast enough to not need them.
Such as any jet aircraft on the approach to Heathrow that deviate at the last second and start heading to East London, arriving at the Olympic Stadium around two minutes later.
Sure, a Typhoon could cover that distance rather quicker - but allow for the deviation detection, alerting, command and control overheads and other delays, the Typhoon's going to be barely airborne by the time 150,000 litres of high octane fuel are flash roasting 60,000 people.
Aha, of course!
But which possible reason it is?
- are Blizzard hosting the D3 servers on TPB?
- are 400 million people trying to search for a pirated version of D3?
- did Blizzard patch WoW so that everybody playing WoW sends a randomised search to TPB every four seconds, causing somewhere around 500k hits/second on the pirate bay search engines so that the 400 million people wanting a pirated version of D3 can't find it, even though once they did find it they wouldn't be able to play it anyway because the D3 server on TPB is down?
Only the FBI know for sure..
As great as his contribution to Agile development methods, I think the Portland Pattern Repository was more valuable. Not least because it created an online community within which many of the agile techniques were shared, discussed, evaluated and honed.
To me that's a lot more important than CRC cards.
The single most important thing I've ever learned in my career is how to use CRC cards.
I've used them once. Ever. But I use their underlying concepts and the design philosophy behind them every single day. They taught me how to break down a complex system and ask, "What is this bit, what does it do, and what does it need in order to do it", and structure the answers in a simple and easily accessible form.
Ward's one of the true pioneers of software engineering, and I have immense respect for him.
Three letter domain names under .com, .net and .org were all sold long before the Open Rights Group was set up.
Anyway, it's a UK organisation, so it should be a .uk address, and Nominet don't allow org.org.uk
Personally, I blame Scottish highlanders.
50 feet's a bit close in. I mean, sure, if you're up in a tree hide looking for a clean kill with the first arrow, but in a battle scenario?
Fuck no, you'd shoot the first arrow a few hundred yards out and keep going until you're out.
I've stood six yards behind (and two to the side of) a British two-seater military jet with both its engines on full combat reheat.
It was quite loud though with ear plugs and ear defenders on, no hearing loss ensued.
So properly equipped, I suspect people would be fine. In other words, troublemakers planning ahead will be fine. Innocent passers-by will suffer hearing damage.
Of course, the intent is to use it as a broadcast tool, not a crowd dispersal tool. Sure.
As opposed to the previous decade of being fucked with?
Don't blame the conservatives or the lib dems any more than labour. After all, who put through RIPA, who introduced trials with no juries, who supported extraordinary rendition, who made it fucking illegal to own a map.
(yeah, you can be arrested and jailed for owning a map these days. you just have to be asian, muslim, vocal and/or stood in the wrong place)
Don't rely on the CCTV. It has an amazingly high error rate every time the police do something they don't want to be called on.
Take your own cameras and live stream to the 'net.
Whoa, nobody mentioned race. Just the illegal occupation of another country and the exploitation of its resources.
Fuck all to do with race.
its social policies which are entirely self-funded.
Really? I thought they were subsidised by the military expenditure.
After all, Israel wouldn't be making all that profit from the occupied territorities without overwhelming military force keeping them occupied.
Many university use crappy webmail clients like Horde or Squirrel Mail... the UX of Gmail is far ahead of those.
Horde and Squirrel Mail have the advantage that Google can't read your email.
In England and Wales, not the rest of the UK. To avoid paying fees, claim Irish citizenship or live in Scotland for three years.
You're right. It needs to descend into rioting to make a difference in the UK.
Sad that's the case really :(
Oh wow. Please get this legislation through.
I'll devise and publish VOIP software at the rate of one new tool a week, and tell the FBI that the backdoor exists, and all they need to do is pay me for the private key.
Gravy train for life, especially if I revoke the keys every week.
9kg of Haribo jelly snakes made the x-ray machine operator go white and nearly faint - he was shaking as he turned to his supervisor and pointed at my bag on his screen.
I offered her one :)