My newest laptop has a glossy screen for lack of a matte option, and while I don't hate it with a fiery passion, I do prefer the matte screen of my old computer. Unfortunately, Apple only offers matte options on MacBook Pros, and not MacBooks. =(
I see this as more of a problem with the current president than the office of the presidency. He has overstepped the bounds of his office on several occasions, and Congress has failed to put him back in his place when he did.
Then again, it's pretty much always a fair bet that the President will have a significant chunk of Congress at his back, so maybe you're right.
A few years ago, my brother bought a big, new flatscreen monitor just a few weeks before april fools, and was guarding it jealously. So on Apr Fools, I went and modified his desktop pattern slightly- just added a few dead pixels here and there.
It didn't take him long to figure it out, but he had a good panic attack before he did.
Parent is absolutely right. The rovers have collected tremendous amounts of data on the rocks, soil, and winds of the areas they landed in. This data is just that, data. It needs to be processed and analyzed to have any meaning. That will take a damn long time, considering that the rovers have collected many times more data than anyone thought they would.
Basically, start looking for thesis papers and dissertations on this within the next 5 years, but don't expect a popular science book on the rover discoveries. Just because we'll be able to understand the forces that drive the dust storms of Mars doesn't mean that said information will be interesting- merely useful, if we ever try to set up a colony out there, or on any other planet.
I have attended two different universities, in different states. Both require that students living in on-campus dorms buy a meal plan. If you don't, about a month into the semester they evict you. I lost a roommate that way (and was quite happy about it, she was a b****).
The food is also general extremely substandard and expensive. Food poisoning is unfortunately rather commonplace in my experience.
I hope this study can capture the effects of the quality of the food on the people who eat there, but it doesn't mean much to most students, who HAVE to eat at the dining halls, or else they a) waste a $1500 meal plan they don't use or b) get evicted for not buying one.
I own a copy of this pocket guide (and they're not kidding, it fits in a pocket). It gives you a listing of what browsers fully supports what, what is outright broken, and what behaves strangely and how so- and if possible, how to fix it, for Opera, Safari, IE, Firefox, etc, and for specific versions of said browsers. It's absolutely indispensable.
Yes, you can look all of these things up online, but rarely are they in one place and neatly organized.
Exactly. This is a tool for the working model of a project, not its final version.
I don't do a whole lot of collaborative work, but I do really like GoogleDocs. I can write and edit my papers wherever I can find an internet connection (which is everywhere, as I live at a University). I do final formatting and page layout in other software, but for actually writing the stuff, I love GoogleDocs. One of the best features they have is a wikipedia-esque revision history, so you can see who edited what document when, and exactly what changes were made.
My install of the game crashes consistently after about 30 seconds of gameplay, after hitting a point about 6 hours into the Med Pavilion, corrupting the save I loaded from. Starting the game from an earlier save or from the beginning does not remedy this.
The computer is new and in good shape. I've messed with drivers and patches and I couldn't even get Target to let me return it or exchange it for the xBox version.
It doesn't matter how good the game is if you BSOD every time you try to play it. =/
The last thing I need to spend five hours (plus or minus two while waiting on the runway) listening to the girl next to me talk to her boyfriend, the guy sitting behind me working out a business deal and the old man across the aisle constantly yelling for all the young spoiled brats to shut up.
Because being subjected to that travesty of a Rocky movie, crying babies, and airline food isn't bad enough already...
There could very will be some stipulation in Apple's agreement with the music giants that forbids DRM-free music, even from other sources. It could also be a technical issue, although I don't see that standing in the way of a dedicated programmer.
Yeah, the primary problem with blackboard is the lack of features and the poor implementation of the features that are there. Most of my teachers have abandoned using blackboard as a teaching tool- now it's just a way to give us PDFs of the homework so they don't have to run off copies.
I thought that the iPhone isn't going to be subsidized, despite being tied up in a contract. Something about price comparisons with the forthcoming iPDA or whatnot.
That's what I thought... I don't want to be forced to use SMS for chatting over AIM if I could be using a municipal wifi network.
It says it runs Mac OS X, so we should be able to load regular Mac OS X programs onto it with little to no modification, but the website is unenlightening about the CPU specs.
It seems that the phone, the iTV, and the new wireless station is all they covered.
I can see how parents would love the new time controls and how kids would hate it. Especially techy kids with techy parents. Nothing like Dad turning the Internet off between the hours of midnight and 6am to stop torrents, or to force kids to sleep on schoolnights instead of going on WoW binges.
Battery
Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing
Up to 16 hours Audio playback
That's 5 hours of phone talk time or 16 hours of iPod audio playback. What I want to know is STANDBY battery life, which is not listed.
Also, it seems to be around the same size, or maybe even a little smaller, than the Treo or other smartphones. If you want a tiny phone that you'll only use as a phone, then this is not the phone for you.
Cingular has a good selection of phones, good plans, and good coverage (in my area). Cheapest family plan I could find anywhere, and the bundled "free" phone wasn't a 1980s brick like the one T-mobile tried to give me.
The one thing that kills Cingular is the customer service. I've spent upwards of 6 hours being bounced around their call centers and my issue STILL hasn't been fixed... and I know I'm not alone in that. My friend used to work in Purchasing for a major company that used Cingular for all their company phones, and he was the one that got to call their customer support weekly for any number of different issues. He had tons of horror stories.
It's a shame that what looks like an incredible phone is going to be wasted on Cingular... my current Cingular phone is perfectly internet capable, but some screwup in the plan that they can't figure out how to fix keeps any phone using my SIM card (or the replacement SIM card they gave me) from connecting to the net.
I use Cingular, and I'd love to have an iPhone, but if half of the out-of-the-house functionality of the device won't work just because Cingular can't get their shit straight, then I can't justify buying it.
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My newest laptop has a glossy screen for lack of a matte option, and while I don't hate it with a fiery passion, I do prefer the matte screen of my old computer. Unfortunately, Apple only offers matte options on MacBook Pros, and not MacBooks. =(
I see this as more of a problem with the current president than the office of the presidency. He has overstepped the bounds of his office on several occasions, and Congress has failed to put him back in his place when he did. Then again, it's pretty much always a fair bet that the President will have a significant chunk of Congress at his back, so maybe you're right.
So when is he going to be impeached/face criminal charges for breaking this oath?
A few years ago, my brother bought a big, new flatscreen monitor just a few weeks before april fools, and was guarding it jealously. So on Apr Fools, I went and modified his desktop pattern slightly- just added a few dead pixels here and there.
It didn't take him long to figure it out, but he had a good panic attack before he did.
Parent is absolutely right. The rovers have collected tremendous amounts of data on the rocks, soil, and winds of the areas they landed in. This data is just that, data. It needs to be processed and analyzed to have any meaning. That will take a damn long time, considering that the rovers have collected many times more data than anyone thought they would.
Basically, start looking for thesis papers and dissertations on this within the next 5 years, but don't expect a popular science book on the rover discoveries. Just because we'll be able to understand the forces that drive the dust storms of Mars doesn't mean that said information will be interesting- merely useful, if we ever try to set up a colony out there, or on any other planet.
I have attended two different universities, in different states. Both require that students living in on-campus dorms buy a meal plan. If you don't, about a month into the semester they evict you. I lost a roommate that way (and was quite happy about it, she was a b****).
The food is also general extremely substandard and expensive. Food poisoning is unfortunately rather commonplace in my experience.
I hope this study can capture the effects of the quality of the food on the people who eat there, but it doesn't mean much to most students, who HAVE to eat at the dining halls, or else they a) waste a $1500 meal plan they don't use or b) get evicted for not buying one.
I own a copy of this pocket guide (and they're not kidding, it fits in a pocket). It gives you a listing of what browsers fully supports what, what is outright broken, and what behaves strangely and how so- and if possible, how to fix it, for Opera, Safari, IE, Firefox, etc, and for specific versions of said browsers. It's absolutely indispensable.
Yes, you can look all of these things up online, but rarely are they in one place and neatly organized.
When taken in conjunction, these two statements are all that needs to be said. You are paying for a product or service. You should receive it.
Exactly. This is a tool for the working model of a project, not its final version.
I don't do a whole lot of collaborative work, but I do really like GoogleDocs. I can write and edit my papers wherever I can find an internet connection (which is everywhere, as I live at a University). I do final formatting and page layout in other software, but for actually writing the stuff, I love GoogleDocs. One of the best features they have is a wikipedia-esque revision history, so you can see who edited what document when, and exactly what changes were made.
It costs me 15 cents for any outgoing or incoming text.
People who text lots will activate a plan, otherwise it's pay-per-use.
My install of the game crashes consistently after about 30 seconds of gameplay, after hitting a point about 6 hours into the Med Pavilion, corrupting the save I loaded from. Starting the game from an earlier save or from the beginning does not remedy this.
The computer is new and in good shape. I've messed with drivers and patches and I couldn't even get Target to let me return it or exchange it for the xBox version.
It doesn't matter how good the game is if you BSOD every time you try to play it. =/
The last thing I need to spend five hours (plus or minus two while waiting on the runway) listening to the girl next to me talk to her boyfriend, the guy sitting behind me working out a business deal and the old man across the aisle constantly yelling for all the young spoiled brats to shut up.
Because being subjected to that travesty of a Rocky movie, crying babies, and airline food isn't bad enough already...
Mod parent up. And Jobs too.
There could very will be some stipulation in Apple's agreement with the music giants that forbids DRM-free music, even from other sources. It could also be a technical issue, although I don't see that standing in the way of a dedicated programmer.
Signing up to be a guinea pig isn't always a bad thing. You often get paid for it.
In this case, however, you'd be paying them to be a guinea pig, which is a raw deal however you look at it.
What about the 5 years that went into Vista? =x
Yeah, the primary problem with blackboard is the lack of features and the poor implementation of the features that are there. Most of my teachers have abandoned using blackboard as a teaching tool- now it's just a way to give us PDFs of the homework so they don't have to run off copies.
I thought that the iPhone isn't going to be subsidized, despite being tied up in a contract. Something about price comparisons with the forthcoming iPDA or whatnot.
Why would he sue Apple? He sits on the board.
That's what I thought... I don't want to be forced to use SMS for chatting over AIM if I could be using a municipal wifi network.
It says it runs Mac OS X, so we should be able to load regular Mac OS X programs onto it with little to no modification, but the website is unenlightening about the CPU specs.
It seems that the phone, the iTV, and the new wireless station is all they covered.
I can see how parents would love the new time controls and how kids would hate it. Especially techy kids with techy parents. Nothing like Dad turning the Internet off between the hours of midnight and 6am to stop torrents, or to force kids to sleep on schoolnights instead of going on WoW binges.
You'll be able to move data from your computer to your phone over your wireless network, and a program is just a specific kind of data, right?
I really can't see third-party software NOT being available for this.
That's why it should have been an unlocked phone for use with any carrier.
Not that the any of the carriers would like that much.
From apple.com:
Battery
Up to 5 hours Talk / Video / Browsing
Up to 16 hours Audio playback
That's 5 hours of phone talk time or 16 hours of iPod audio playback. What I want to know is STANDBY battery life, which is not listed.
Also, it seems to be around the same size, or maybe even a little smaller, than the Treo or other smartphones. If you want a tiny phone that you'll only use as a phone, then this is not the phone for you.
Cingular has a good selection of phones, good plans, and good coverage (in my area). Cheapest family plan I could find anywhere, and the bundled "free" phone wasn't a 1980s brick like the one T-mobile tried to give me.
The one thing that kills Cingular is the customer service. I've spent upwards of 6 hours being bounced around their call centers and my issue STILL hasn't been fixed... and I know I'm not alone in that. My friend used to work in Purchasing for a major company that used Cingular for all their company phones, and he was the one that got to call their customer support weekly for any number of different issues. He had tons of horror stories.
It's a shame that what looks like an incredible phone is going to be wasted on Cingular... my current Cingular phone is perfectly internet capable, but some screwup in the plan that they can't figure out how to fix keeps any phone using my SIM card (or the replacement SIM card they gave me) from connecting to the net.
I use Cingular, and I'd love to have an iPhone, but if half of the out-of-the-house functionality of the device won't work just because Cingular can't get their shit straight, then I can't justify buying it.