I've got the Shure ones and will vouch for their amazingness. However, they ain't cheap.
It's not like she blew me off. She just left with another guy, that's all.
Riley ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Jon B. - Apr 13, 2005 3:48:36 pm PDT #2397 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Liese S. - Apr 13, 2005 6:03:46 pm PDT #2398 of 10003
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Headphones are something that are worth spending the bucks on, though, especially if you have them in regular use.
Today one of my kiddos was twirling her set by the wires, whilst definitely not practicing her scales. We did a little reprimanding. Heh.
Consuela - Apr 13, 2005 6:21:30 pm PDT #2399 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Earbuds are good -- I use the iPod on the bus and for walking & gym time, and headphones would be too much.
How expensive is "not cheap", Jon?
tommyrot - Apr 13, 2005 7:09:05 pm PDT #2400 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Stupid-ass Comcast DNS servers are down again.
This helped: HiddenSky "Buffistechnology 2: You Made Her So She Growls?" Apr 12, 2005 9:16:05 pm PDT
Jon B. - Apr 13, 2005 7:12:56 pm PDT #2401 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
These are the earbuds I have. $125 shipped, IIRC.
tommyrot - Apr 13, 2005 7:14:30 pm PDT #2402 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
These are the ones I have: [link] $149, available at the Apple store (but not made by Apple). They go into the ear canal, so they cut out almost all external noise, which is good when I'm on the train.
Dana - Apr 14, 2005 4:19:36 am PDT #2403 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have the earbuds you can get from the Apple store that come with earpieces in three different sizes. I've liked them, and I'm pretty sure they were cheaper than that.
Jon B. - Apr 14, 2005 5:40:04 am PDT #2404 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The Shure buds also come with three different ear pieces, including foamy ones (literally and figuratively!) that you squish into your ear like earplugs.
And the store tommyrot linked to has the Etymotic 6i Isolator (the Apple ones) for $117.
I just noticed that tommyrot's also have foamy buds, so I think either set would satisfy.
Consuela - Apr 14, 2005 5:51:48 am PDT #2405 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Bookmarked, to think about it. And thanks!
§ ita § - Apr 14, 2005 6:50:29 am PDT #2406 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm in UML classes right now (I know, bad student, no cookie).
It's kinda interesting -- instructor hates both waterfall development and the procedural approach. I think that spiral/iterative development is cool, but that the procedural approach is nowhere as inherently flawed as he states.
Question about abstraction. Given this example:
object employee{
property name is a textstring;
property age is an integer;
property numberofPets is an integer;
property isBald is a boolean;
}
He contends that this is a bad abstraction and that numberofPets and isBald should be removed. I think that it's entirely dependent on the application that's being modelled. He also says that name and age are too general, and should be replaced by lastName, firstName and dateofBirth. Again, I think it's way too problem domain-dependent to be a useful question, but also if you change name to lastName and firstName you don't end up with anything that much more unique than before, and who cares? If you can't guarantee uniqueness, why bother leaning vaguely in that direction?
Plus, I don't think HR apps should have age, period. So there.