Thanks for the explanation that doesn't assume I don't know that dolphins are mammals. I do know that. What I apparently didn't understand is how fishing nets trap them *before* they are hauled in. I assumed that they were not trapped until the net was hauled in.
So we're really helping the dolphins to breathe when we catch them in nets! Who knew? Maybe "dolphin-safe" you see printed on cans of tuna means the opposite of what we think it does.
We've certainly overanalyzed the facts underlying a silly joke by now and I take the blame for starting it!
A fishing net is not harmful to dolphins until humans pull it out of the water. My point about texting while driving is that the driver is paying attention to the device while ignoring the curve in the road, oncoming car, etc. - just as direct dangers as the fishing net. I'm not so sure how easy it is to see a fishing net while it's in the water next to you. Maybe not as easy as you think. And maybe it's not perfectly obvious which way is the best to go to get out of it.
Maybe funny, but it's not so different from us in some ways. We focus on trivial stuff while not paying attention to real dangers. Why do we have to have laws against texting while driving? Why do we eat until our health suffers? Why do we watch TV while ignoring what our kids are learning or not learning in school? Stuff like that.
Really? They don't teach that plants turn CO2 and H20 into CH20 (generic form) and O2 using photosynthesis? How do you miss the fact that the C02 is coming from the atmosphere with all the news about global warming, and that the water comes from clouds? The problem looks like not being able to see the connection between one big idea and another.
Maybe that's why I don't mind using the on-screen keyboard with Swype...I never learned how to touch-type properly and I just hunt and peck, though after years, there's not as much hunting and more pecking. I don't miss the physical keyboard on my phone like I thought I would. Swype is very good, IMHO.
I wonder about insects, pollen, and dust. Quincy WA is out in the central, agricultural part of the state.
Seems like those might have an adverse effect on servers. Oh, and it can get over 100F there. I'm sure Microsoft knows all of this but I wonder how they will cope with it.
What about Nexus S? Weren't they involved in that hardware too? Favorite apps: Google Navigation, gStrings tuner, Tricorder (geeky fun), Pandora, DoubleTwist
I guess there's a reason why you chose that sig. BTW, 50MB is some real low res video if you're talking about one hour, much less one day. And I'm sure there's no shortage of people at Verizon, Sprint et al. who want to pore over hours and hours of footage of our cell phones sitting in our pockets, on our desks, etc. to find something interesting.
Those are some good shots. My wife and I saw aurorae when we were in Glacier Nat'l Park in 1998 but I didn't take any photos, so I don't know how they compare to what you saw. How long were your exposures?
Well, that 100,000 mile mark was reached several years ago and not long before I sold the car. I know the person who bought it though and I think she's still driving it. I don't know how many miles she's logged but if it was at the same rate I did, she's already past or close to 200,000 miles. It is sixteen years old now.
In case your not joking, you should know that brass instruments (and unfortunately the vuvuzela falls in the same category even though it is not brass but plastic) do not produce sound by simply having wind go through them. Only flutes and whistles do that. Vuvuzelas, like trumpets, trombones, and French horns (that's the one I play) rely on the vibration of the players lips for sound production. Just blowing through them will make a slight whooshing sound appropriate for many/. comments, but no definite pitch.
I don't think the *intention* is to shift the responsibility to the pedestrian. Its intention is to give the pedestrian a tool, an extra chance, to avoid being hit. We are all (all hearing persons that is) used to motor vehicles being easily detected by sound and electric vehicles don't fit that scheme. But it *might be* used as an excuse, shifting the responsibility away from the driver.
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Thanks for the explanation that doesn't assume I don't know that dolphins are mammals. I do know that. What I apparently didn't understand is how fishing nets trap them *before* they are hauled in. I assumed that they were not trapped until the net was hauled in.
So we're really helping the dolphins to breathe when we catch them in nets! Who knew? Maybe "dolphin-safe" you see printed on cans of tuna means the opposite of what we think it does.
We've certainly overanalyzed the facts underlying a silly joke by now and I take the blame for starting it!
A fishing net is not harmful to dolphins until humans pull it out of the water. My point about texting while driving is that the driver is paying attention to the device while ignoring the curve in the road, oncoming car, etc. - just as direct dangers as the fishing net.
I'm not so sure how easy it is to see a fishing net while it's in the water next to you. Maybe not as easy as you think. And maybe it's not perfectly obvious which way is the best to go to get out of it.
Maybe funny, but it's not so different from us in some ways. We focus on trivial stuff while not paying attention to real dangers. Why do we have to have laws against texting while driving? Why do we eat until our health suffers? Why do we watch TV while ignoring what our kids are learning or not learning in school? Stuff like that.
Really? They don't teach that plants turn CO2 and H20 into CH20 (generic form) and O2 using photosynthesis? How do you miss the fact that the C02 is coming from the atmosphere with all the news about global warming, and that the water comes from clouds?
The problem looks like not being able to see the connection between one big idea and another.
I wouldn't say better than Radiohead. Good, different, OK. Not better.
Maybe that's why I don't mind using the on-screen keyboard with Swype...I never learned how to touch-type properly and I just hunt and peck, though after years, there's not as much hunting and more pecking. I don't miss the physical keyboard on my phone like I thought I would. Swype is very good, IMHO.
Sounds like the Motorola Atrix they just announced at CES.
Just call him 'Captain Intermittently Literal' RapmasterT, or Captain 'Input filtered literally, but output may be figurative'.
Ah, but those people don't get on Jeopardy. And the Ken Jennings types don't mess with Wheel Of Fortune.
That was a funny clip though.
What is 'the first question you ask someone who doesn't know the difference between a CPU and a monitor when they call for computer help', Alex?
I wonder about insects, pollen, and dust. Quincy WA is out in the central, agricultural part of the state.
Seems like those might have an adverse effect on servers.
Oh, and it can get over 100F there. I'm sure Microsoft knows all of this but I wonder how they will cope with it.
What about Nexus S? Weren't they involved in that hardware too?
Favorite apps: Google Navigation, gStrings tuner, Tricorder (geeky fun), Pandora, DoubleTwist
My Droid X died. Verizon had a new one to me the next day and within 15 minutes it was identical to the one that died.
It took me a few seconds to come up with a meaning for this that did NOT mean your second phone was dead within fifteen minutes!
I think it means "90% of {the market that excludes China and Russia}".
I guess there's a reason why you chose that sig.
BTW, 50MB is some real low res video if you're talking about one hour, much less one day. And I'm sure there's no shortage of people at Verizon, Sprint et al. who want to pore over hours and hours of footage of our cell phones sitting in our pockets, on our desks, etc. to find something interesting.
Those are some good shots.
My wife and I saw aurorae when we were in Glacier Nat'l Park in 1998 but I didn't take any photos, so I don't know how they compare to what you saw. How long were your exposures?
One can typically buy a N model year car in the summer of year N-1. And it is nearly 2011. And perhaps I rounded up.
Well, that 100,000 mile mark was reached several years ago and not long before I sold the car. I know the person who bought it though and I think she's still driving it. I don't know how many miles she's logged but if it was at the same rate I did, she's already past or close to 200,000 miles. It is sixteen years old now.
That's the only repair I had to do on a '96 Mercury Mystique (=Ford Contour or Mondeo outside US) in 100,000 miles - replace the water pump.
The Enterprise was not the first nuclear naval vessel. The Nautilus SSN-571 was. And the second was also a submarine.
Is she a cat?
In case your not joking, you should know that brass instruments (and unfortunately the vuvuzela falls in the same category even though it is not brass but plastic) do not produce sound by simply having wind go through them. Only flutes and whistles do that. Vuvuzelas, like trumpets, trombones, and French horns (that's the one I play) rely on the vibration of the players lips for sound production. Just blowing through them will make a slight whooshing sound appropriate for many /. comments, but no definite pitch.
I don't think the *intention* is to shift the responsibility to the pedestrian. Its intention is to give the pedestrian a tool, an extra chance, to avoid being hit. We are all (all hearing persons that is) used to motor vehicles being easily detected by sound and electric vehicles don't fit that scheme.
But it *might be* used as an excuse, shifting the responsibility away from the driver.
I learned something today because of your post. Thanks.