I discovered a wealth of new acronyms in public health. "USAID has an RFP out for an MNCH/FP CA. There's a BCC aspect where our PM thinks MSH's work in RH could compete with our TA portfolio." Granted, spelling out "maternal, neonatal, and child health/family planning" gets old, but once per document is a must.
Get up...get up, you stupid piece of... What did you do that for? What's wrong with you? Didn't you hear a word he said? All of you! You think there's someone just going to drop money on you?! Money they could use?! Well, there ain't people like that. There's just people like me.
Jayne ,'Jaynestown'
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Calli - Mar 21, 2012 1:18:43 am PDT #19717 of 25505
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Toddson - Mar 21, 2012 12:19:06 pm PDT #19718 of 25505
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
We're breaking in a new publisher and they REFUSE to use RFP/RFQ, even though they're standard industry usage. What really gets me is that they'll spell them out ... and do it wrong (RFP does NOT mean "request for price").
brenda m - Mar 21, 2012 12:58:21 pm PDT #19719 of 25505
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Ooof.
Now try to make them use RFx.
Typo Boy - Mar 21, 2012 5:29:21 pm PDT #19720 of 25505
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Have a question - Just curious rather than real technical support. How does the new iPad 3 screen compare to eink. From what I understand about it is about 264 pixels per inch, which in a printed page would not be very much. But a screen requires fewer pixels per inch and it has the retina display. On the other hand eink really is very printlike and does not require backlighting, though e-ink almost always has it. So, in general any info on how the ipad 3 screen would compare in practice to e-ink, expecially for reading text 6 or 7 hours at a time? I'm thinking of both ease of reading and stuff that is not obvious in a short period like eye strain, or just eyes getting tired.
NoiseDesign - Mar 21, 2012 5:36:35 pm PDT #19721 of 25505
Our wings are not tired
If you have a Best Buy anywhere around I'd say go and take a look at both side by side. I've got the retina display on my iPhone 4S and I find it very easy to read. I also have an original iPad without the retina and I enjoy reading on it as long as I've got the backlight and color of the text adjusted. I looked at the new iPad when it came out and the display is amazing, at reading distance you can't discern any pixels.
Gris - Mar 22, 2012 4:11:14 pm PDT #19722 of 25505
Hey. New board.
though e-ink almost always has it [backlights]
It does? I've only seen e-ink on Nooks, Kindles, etc, which don't have backlights, unless I'm missing something obvious.
To me, the backlight is the biggest differentiator. It makes it hurt less. I've never tried a retina display iPad - or any iPad for that matter - for extended periods, but could never get the backlight on the iPhone 3gs to a level that didn't give me a splitting headache after 2 hours of reading. But it seems to be a very personal thing, and I think it's greatly improved.
If I had an iPad, I would try reading on it, and I think it would probably be fine.
Steph L. - Mar 22, 2012 4:12:27 pm PDT #19723 of 25505
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My Kindle (the entry-level model) doesn't have a backlight, which I really hate. I vastly prefer the Kindle app on my iPod Touch, despite the screen being so much smaller than on the Kindle.
NoiseDesign - Mar 22, 2012 4:13:59 pm PDT #19724 of 25505
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, I hadn't caught that before, I don't think I've ever seen e-ink with a backlight. I know my Kindle 2 didn't have it, and K's current Kindle Touch does not.
Ginger - Mar 22, 2012 4:24:37 pm PDT #19725 of 25505
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't know how e-ink could have a backlight.
§ ita § - Mar 22, 2012 4:31:09 pm PDT #19726 of 25505
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Same here on the backlightless e-ink. That's why I have it, because it has no backlight.