Interestingly, currency issues have been mentioned as a big reason why the US went into Iraq in the early 90s... Iraq was beating some drums about selling oil in Euros. That would have been *disastrous* for the US economy...
How did this get modded up?
The Euro didn't even exist on world markets until 1999. The name "Euro" wasn't even chosen until 1995 and notes did not begin full circulation until 2002.
The US attacked Iraq in 1992 because Iraq invaded their neighbour and US ally Kuwait. This is why Iraq was never properly invaded and Saddam left in power, the objective was Kuwait.
I dont claim to be an expert of economics but even I know that the Euro didn't exist in 1992, reading the wikipedia page on the Euro could have confirmed this.
Whooosh,
Go back and read the quote in my GP, ironically from Nineteen Eight Four. Apple doesn't acknowledge the 1984 commercial any more, that was done by Apple Computers which doesn't exist any more. The new company is Apple Inc which is comprised of the same masters as Apple Computers.
Civilian version of krav maga is different from the military one, no killing involved.
Not that different.
Krav Maga was designed with the purpose of protecting airmen and soldiers who are likely to find themselves unarmed behind enemy lines (like para's) by disabling an enemy long enough to steal his weapon and kill him with it. It was never envisaged as a martial art that would be used as a primary form of attack, rather the last method one would fall back on so it's more focused on getting someone onto the ground rather then into the ground.
if all the bands end up with 0 dollars how does MTV Cribs work? Like, most chart topping musicians have boatloads of money, if they're getting screwed down to nothing where is that coming from?
For many things they don't pay a cent.
A store says, if you come into my store, be seen looking at my merchandise I'll give you it for free. That which they do pay for is paid for on credit, abusive loans handed out by smiling record execs. So long as the "artist" (when talking about todays chart toppers I use that term very loosely) is making money for the record exec, they get the credit to buy things. When they stop making money the credit stops and expensive cars, houses, jewellery and so forth get repossessed.
In effect it's worse then 0 dollars, it's below 0 dollars (debt)
My point wasn't that it isn't a problem, but that it is allegedly only a problem in cases where an iPhone 3Gs is unlikely to get a signal at all. If true, your iPhone 4 is, at worst, able to perform as well as the iPhone 3Gs.
So the Iphone 3GS drops calls when being held?
And people consider this a good phone?
Losing 80% of your signal in a bad reception area will kill any chance of making a connection. Frankly the output rates are BS as they don't take into account the SNR, which will be higher because your hand has become part of the aerial which changes the electrical length of that aerial (which is why you lose most of your signal when holding it, the aerial is now interpreting a lot of the signal as malformed).
Which is indeed what Jobs and some people here no doubt believe, but remember it's not true. Tablets were around before the Islate or whatever they called it, and they're still not mainstream after Apple's tablet.
Indeed. This is why I compare the Ipad to the Apple Lisa. In the end it's a product that is less useful and more expensive then previous products. If tablets become popular it will end up being the same story the Ipad will be forced out by cheaper, more competitive tablets from other manufacturers much the same as the Lisa was ignored in favour of the cheaper and more ubiquitous IBM PC's of the 80's.
Of course the fanboys will talk up how nothing can match the Ipad's supreme interface or some such, but remember that Apple fanboys of the 80's talked up protected memory. The Ipad will either be another tablet that goes nowhere or be overtaken by US$2-300 tablets.
They are trying to control information in a very Orwellian way (i.e. "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."). And what makes it very damning and hugely ironic, is that Apple is turning into the very thing they fought against in their very first Macintosh Commercial.
What Macintosh Commercial?
the past was erased, the erasure forgotten, the lie became truth.
The issue, according to Apple, is that shorting the antenna while reception is already poor will cause the phone to drop the signal. The software is the problem because the iPhone is reporting that the signal is strong when it really is not. In normal coverage areas,
Then why doesn't it happen when the aerial is not being touched.
Sorry but using some basic detective skill means that this is a hardware error. Changing the software to ignore the drop in signal will not make the problem go away.
Put a baseball bat in your car. Contact the ISP that owns the IP address to find out where it was broadcasted from. Go to the place, and wait. Then, take out the baseball bat and, well, you get the idea.
Oh FFS, why do you yanks always have to resort to violence.
If you're happy to break the law, why not do something that is more likely to produce a favourable outcome. Wait until said low life leaves, break into his house, take your lappy, check the fridge for muffins, leave a muffin of your own on his couch and bugger off over the state border before he knows what hit him. What's this idiot going to do, ring the cops and claim you stole the notebook he stole from you?
If you try to attack him with a bit of sporting equipment you'll likely end up a geek shaped smear, twitching on his front lawn.
After two Nvidia video cards and one chip-set died early on me from overheating, despite additional cooling, I am not buying their trash again. Maybe "pro-gamers" do not mind an expensive card or main-board dying after 1-1.5 years, but I do mind rather strongly.
You are unlucky, please stay away from my gaming rig.
Further more, you know that Nvidia doesn't make the actual cards, often not even the actual chips (I believe this work is outsourced). The companies that make the cards are the likes of Asus, Leadtek, Gigabyte and others so if the cooling system is deficient, this is where the cause is. The thing I've learned is if you buy a cheap card from a cheap brand you get crap, there is a world of difference between a Inno3D Geforce 285 and a Gigabyte Geforce 285. I've always bough decent cards and I've got a Leadtek Geforce 6600 that still gets daily use without missing a beat. The only video card issue I've seen recently was when the heat sink fell off a cheap Geforce 6200. I've bought Nvidia more expensive Nvidia cards since then, an 8800 and 285 which are both in good working order.
I choose Nvidia over ATI for Linux compatibility, not fanboyism.
There will be a billion "look ma, I click this button and something happens" apps. Aside from that?
That means there will be 1 Million great applications and 9 million decent ones. Sturgeons law applies in reverse, 90% of everything is crud. This has the opportunity to bring the ability to design an application to people who have good ideas but no real programming skill the same as it will bring the ability to design a travesty to people who have no idea and no programming skill. You have to take the good with the bad and sort it out later, the Android Marketplace already does this fairly well, it sorts applications by number of downloads and user rating.
But it will not happen as people expect it. I think people will still require a modicum of programming skill to actually finish an application even using the AppInventor. This means that more advanced functionality comes to people who can understand programming concepts but only know a _little_ Java. Most, if not all functionality will be lost on people who don't understand/wont learn the basic concepts of programming.
I dont care if people want fart apps, or even milions of them, but if, when browsing an app-store, i end up wading through thousands of pieces of junk to find one or two actually good apps,
Which is why the Android Marketplace displays the most popular/highest rated applications first. Crappy applications will not get rated highly or will get rated down. I do, if at all possible search on Androlib or Appbrain on a PC before using my phones market browser as it's easier to search and read comments (QR codes are also good).
The problem you describe already has a solution, it will be fine tuned as it becomes more widely used.
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How did this get modded up?
The Euro didn't even exist on world markets until 1999. The name "Euro" wasn't even chosen until 1995 and notes did not begin full circulation until 2002.
The US attacked Iraq in 1992 because Iraq invaded their neighbour and US ally Kuwait. This is why Iraq was never properly invaded and Saddam left in power, the objective was Kuwait.
I dont claim to be an expert of economics but even I know that the Euro didn't exist in 1992, reading the wikipedia page on the Euro could have confirmed this.
You mean the occupation.
Whooosh, Go back and read the quote in my GP, ironically from Nineteen Eight Four. Apple doesn't acknowledge the 1984 commercial any more, that was done by Apple Computers which doesn't exist any more. The new company is Apple Inc which is comprised of the same masters as Apple Computers.
Someone give Fuzzy Fuzzy Fungus a medal and make sure this AC gets nowhere near a handgun.
Not that different.
Krav Maga was designed with the purpose of protecting airmen and soldiers who are likely to find themselves unarmed behind enemy lines (like para's) by disabling an enemy long enough to steal his weapon and kill him with it. It was never envisaged as a martial art that would be used as a primary form of attack, rather the last method one would fall back on so it's more focused on getting someone onto the ground rather then into the ground.
Usher.
Who has committed his own crimes against music.
I wish the gym I go to would stop playing the radio.
For many things they don't pay a cent.
A store says, if you come into my store, be seen looking at my merchandise I'll give you it for free. That which they do pay for is paid for on credit, abusive loans handed out by smiling record execs. So long as the "artist" (when talking about todays chart toppers I use that term very loosely) is making money for the record exec, they get the credit to buy things. When they stop making money the credit stops and expensive cars, houses, jewellery and so forth get repossessed.
In effect it's worse then 0 dollars, it's below 0 dollars (debt)
They've agreed to drag the case on for another 4 months.
Debate about whether they are having pasta or steak for lunch is ongoing.
So the Iphone 3GS drops calls when being held?
And people consider this a good phone?
Losing 80% of your signal in a bad reception area will kill any chance of making a connection. Frankly the output rates are BS as they don't take into account the SNR, which will be higher because your hand has become part of the aerial which changes the electrical length of that aerial (which is why you lose most of your signal when holding it, the aerial is now interpreting a lot of the signal as malformed).
I didn't see the GP recommending we allow Robot marriages?
Did you see the last two movies?
I'd rather send Austin Powers at this point in time. Casino Royal, proof that everything gets dumber when you dye it blonde.
Pasta sauce tends to get everywhere doesn't it?
To clear this one up, Lego is it's own plural. "I was playing with Lego" is perfectly acceptable when referring to multiple Lego bricks.
Lego = small plastic bricks, popular with geeks and children.
Legos = cheap and bland pasta sauce, popular with people who cant cook or taste.
Is there anything pasta sauce cannot do.
Indeed. This is why I compare the Ipad to the Apple Lisa. In the end it's a product that is less useful and more expensive then previous products. If tablets become popular it will end up being the same story the Ipad will be forced out by cheaper, more competitive tablets from other manufacturers much the same as the Lisa was ignored in favour of the cheaper and more ubiquitous IBM PC's of the 80's.
Of course the fanboys will talk up how nothing can match the Ipad's supreme interface or some such, but remember that Apple fanboys of the 80's talked up protected memory. The Ipad will either be another tablet that goes nowhere or be overtaken by US$2-300 tablets.
Because Apple has censored that stage everyone is still at the "laugh at you" stage.
What Macintosh Commercial?
Yes, there are no tanks in Baghdad according to Apple's new forum moderator.
Then why doesn't it happen when the aerial is not being touched.
Sorry but using some basic detective skill means that this is a hardware error. Changing the software to ignore the drop in signal will not make the problem go away.
Oh FFS, why do you yanks always have to resort to violence.
If you're happy to break the law, why not do something that is more likely to produce a favourable outcome. Wait until said low life leaves, break into his house, take your lappy, check the fridge for muffins, leave a muffin of your own on his couch and bugger off over the state border before he knows what hit him. What's this idiot going to do, ring the cops and claim you stole the notebook he stole from you?
If you try to attack him with a bit of sporting equipment you'll likely end up a geek shaped smear, twitching on his front lawn.
Soldering is done by the manufacturer (Leadtek, Gigabyte, Inno3D) not by Nvidia.
Whilst buying a cheap NIC is OK, quality of manufacturer really matters with video cards.
You are unlucky, please stay away from my gaming rig.
Further more, you know that Nvidia doesn't make the actual cards, often not even the actual chips (I believe this work is outsourced). The companies that make the cards are the likes of Asus, Leadtek, Gigabyte and others so if the cooling system is deficient, this is where the cause is. The thing I've learned is if you buy a cheap card from a cheap brand you get crap, there is a world of difference between a Inno3D Geforce 285 and a Gigabyte Geforce 285. I've always bough decent cards and I've got a Leadtek Geforce 6600 that still gets daily use without missing a beat. The only video card issue I've seen recently was when the heat sink fell off a cheap Geforce 6200. I've bought Nvidia more expensive Nvidia cards since then, an 8800 and 285 which are both in good working order.
I choose Nvidia over ATI for Linux compatibility, not fanboyism.
Other rejected acronyms
GAI - sounds a bit queer
GAAI - sounds painful
IAG - sounds like a trademark suit.
That means there will be 1 Million great applications and 9 million decent ones. Sturgeons law applies in reverse, 90% of everything is crud. This has the opportunity to bring the ability to design an application to people who have good ideas but no real programming skill the same as it will bring the ability to design a travesty to people who have no idea and no programming skill. You have to take the good with the bad and sort it out later, the Android Marketplace already does this fairly well, it sorts applications by number of downloads and user rating.
But it will not happen as people expect it. I think people will still require a modicum of programming skill to actually finish an application even using the AppInventor. This means that more advanced functionality comes to people who can understand programming concepts but only know a _little_ Java. Most, if not all functionality will be lost on people who don't understand/wont learn the basic concepts of programming.
Which is why the Android Marketplace displays the most popular/highest rated applications first. Crappy applications will not get rated highly or will get rated down. I do, if at all possible search on Androlib or Appbrain on a PC before using my phones market browser as it's easier to search and read comments (QR codes are also good).
The problem you describe already has a solution, it will be fine tuned as it becomes more widely used.