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*Sigh*, and now you go and do this.

It sort of continues us being alive and happy but at the great price of us being human parasites. My personal opinion is that maybe we can have fuel without destroying other lifeforms to have our energy needs filled >

This webpage has some information about new engines. Using living cells or bacteria-sized animals would work but there are higher roads for Mankind than killing EVERYTHING in our path, without lowering ourselves to the level of Homo Parasites Sapiens.

Perhaps we could find a new path

To save you frustration: Volume 21 Number 1/2006, pp. 23-28
Try, with low expectations, http://tinyurl.com/e6wgz or http://tinyurl.com/krr39
There's a "free sample issue" button. Unfortunately it goes to the January 2004 issue. The actual article is at http://tinyurl.com/h6f79, USD20 for online pay-per-view.

To save you frustration: Volume 21 Number 1/2006, pp. 23-28
Try, with low expectations, http://tinyurl.com/e6wgz or http://tinyurl.com/krr39
There's a "free sample issue" button. Unfortunately it goes to the January 2004 issue. The actual article is at http://tinyurl.com/h6f79, USD20 for online pay-per-view.

To save you frustration: Volume 21 Number 1/2006, pp. 23-28
Try, with low expectations, http://tinyurl.com/e6wgz or http://tinyurl.com/krr39
There's a "free sample issue" button. Unfortunately it goes to the January 2004 issue. The actual article is at http://tinyurl.com/h6f79, USD20 for online pay-per-view.

Just a few Pointers: there are Many More

This first cite predates 911:

"CIA worked in tandem with Pak to create Taliban", India Times, March 7, 2001, (Just World Campaign archive)

From LA Times Paid Archives:

Behind a dusty gray wall in the military district here works an organization with secret knowledge that could spell success or doom for U.S. military operations against Osama bin Laden and his ally, the Taliban.

Mysterious and powerful, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency has been called a state within a state. It has been the largely hidden hand in Afghan politics for more than two decades, working with the CIA to defeat occupying Soviet forces and then, on its own, funneling arms and advice to help the Taliban movement become Afghanistan's master in 1996.

John Daniszewski and Tyler Marshall, "Victory Could Hinge On Islamabad's Spy Agency", Los Angeles Times, October 30 2001 (Paid Archives)

Christian Science Momitor - Original URL still active

If Afghanistan is the birthplace of this jihad, Peshawar is its staging ground. This dusty city of intrigue just east of the Khyber Pass is where many of today's Muslims came to pick up both the Koran and the Kalashnikov. Bin Laden and Zawahiri met here. Hasan Ali and Zam Amputan both studied at schools here funded by Saudi money.

When the Soviets attacked Afghanistan in December 1979, the initial prognosis in the West was that the native population lacked the unity to resist. It was felt that the proud ethnic groups in the country would never unify enough to drive out the communists. The answer, agreed to in Washington, the Middle East, and Pakistan was - Islam. The creation of the mujahideen warriors was the result - fighters that would come from around the Muslim world and take up arms in the name of a holy war.

The project succeeded quite well. A "pipeline" of weapons, warriors, and networks of engaged mullahs was established from the Middle East through Peshawar, Pakistan - and into Afghanistan. Money from the Middle East and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) - funneled through the Pakistan Interservices Agency (ISI) - was used to buy food, clothing, supplies, weapons, and intelligence. Local madrassahs became ideological training grounds for those who were termed by everyone from President Carter to President Reagan as "freedom fighters."

Along with the new fervor to fight the Soviet infidels, a new set of insights and pan-Islamic ideals developed, capturing the hearts and minds of young Muslims, along with a powerful new interpretation of an old Islamic idea - jihad. Later, after the war, the Afghan Arabs would take their battle-tested skills and sharp-edged ideology home to Yemen, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the Philippines, Kenya, and the United States. "Scratch an Islamic militant group today and you find Afghan Arabs behind it," says a Jakarta-based diplomat.

Robert Marquand, "The tenets of terror: A special report on the ideology of jihad and the rise of Islamic militancy", Christian Science Monitor, October 18, 2001

Care to Proffer Counter Citations? I am awaiting them...

This is the best free anti-virus product by far.

It's a bit risky mentioning 'the Other operating system' on a story which only Windows users need to read. They have safety in numbers here.

This is the best free anti-virus product by far.

I'll go elsewhere for firewall or malware protection.

No need...the above link has that covered, too.

Seriously, though, what exactly do your parents use the XP machine for? Is there a particular reason an alternate, less susceptible OS wouldn't suffice?

<<
I would be curious how well a 990 gram notebook would take the impact of a 5 pound book from 2 feet?
>>

Light doesn't necessarily means fragile. In particular Panasonic laptops are known to be relatively tough. AFAIK Panasonic have designed the R, T, W and Y series primarily for mass-production in order to sell them to schools in Japan. The current models (R5, T5, W5, Y5) belong to the fifth generation and represent the culmination of multiple years of R&D and feedback from the schools and students using them intensively. Which totally explains why these laptops are particularly robust. I have heard a representative from a company importing Panasonic laptops and reselling on the US market, saying that the return rate is less than 1%, which is remarkable. My 990g R3 is still in perfect shape after 1 year of heavy usage. Ok I have never dropped it from a table top height but, heh, if your "lifestyle" requires you to use heavy and sturdy laptops, that's your problem ;-)

Creationists are a peculiarly American institution. You won't find them in Europe; neither the Archbishop in England or the Vatican have a problem with evolution and they won't argue with scientists. Interestingly, not even Middle-Eastern Muslim orthodoxy argues with evolution [see Islamic Attitude to the Theory of Evolution and Creation on Al-Jazeera, which also reported today on the story above about humans and monkey interbreeding http://tinyurl.com/j8362 and Archbishop: stop teaching creationism Williams backs science over Bible http://tinyurl.com/zeq82%5D

Creationists are a peculiarly American institution. You won't find them in Europe; neither the Archbishop in England or the Vatican have a problem with evolution and they won't argue with scientists. Interestingly, not even Middle-Eastern Muslim orthodoxy argues with evolution [see Islamic Attitude to the Theory of Evolution and Creation on Al-Jazeera, which also reported today on the story above about humans and monkey interbreeding http://tinyurl.com/j8362 and Archbishop: stop teaching creationism Williams backs science over Bible http://tinyurl.com/zeq82%5D

Go read The ancestor's tale by Richard Dawkins, if you want to edumacate yourself.

Aside from the typical 'good luck trying to get your methanol powered mobile or laptop into a plane', how long have been fuel cells in development?

They're the Duke Nukem Forever of the batteries!


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Are you talking about Standard C++ or Microsoft++? There's a considerable difference, especially in recent years.

Microsoft likes to present a lot of its own extensions as "C++" features. In particular, they like to present C++/CLI (a.k.a "CLI++") keywords as "C++" keywords.

And then there are the managed extensions. (But even Microsoft has deprecated those in favor of CLI++.)

Going back even further, there's MSVC 6. Lots of people still use it, but it's just too old for anyone to expect it to be close to Standard compliance.

What compilers do you work with? Do you set compiler options to disable extensions and run in a "strict" standard-conforming mode? Do you use more than one compiler?

Do you make judicious use of the STL? Do you use any part of Boost? (If not, you should seriously consider taking some time to learn about these best-of-breed libraries that are available *for free* and for which support is available from multiple consulting firms.)

Did you give up trying either of those libraries before trying out STLFilt? (If so, go play with it. You'll probably want to give generic programming a second try.)

Have you and your team read any of the *good* C++ books? E.g.:

http://tinyurl.com/puhjb

http://tinyurl.com/ru625

http://tinyurl.com/mrdgo

http://tinyurl.com/ounbe

Have you invested in static analysis tools? (E.g., PC-Lint, etc.)

Most of the C++ programmers who cut their teeth on Windows learned a watered-down version of the language by way of the Microsoft libraries (e.g., MFC, which should *not* be mistaken for a model of modern C++ interface design). If that describes most of the people on your team, you should seriously consider migrating from "kinda-C++" to Standard C++.

Are you talking about Standard C++ or Microsoft++? There's a considerable difference, especially in recent years.

Microsoft likes to present a lot of its own extensions as "C++" features. In particular, they like to present C++/CLI (a.k.a "CLI++") keywords as "C++" keywords.

And then there are the managed extensions. (But even Microsoft has deprecated those in favor of CLI++.)

Going back even further, there's MSVC 6. Lots of people still use it, but it's just too old for anyone to expect it to be close to Standard compliance.

What compilers do you work with? Do you set compiler options to disable extensions and run in a "strict" standard-conforming mode? Do you use more than one compiler?

Do you make judicious use of the STL? Do you use any part of Boost? (If not, you should seriously consider taking some time to learn about these best-of-breed libraries that are available *for free* and for which support is available from multiple consulting firms.)

Did you give up trying either of those libraries before trying out STLFilt? (If so, go play with it. You'll probably want to give generic programming a second try.)

Have you and your team read any of the *good* C++ books? E.g.:

http://tinyurl.com/puhjb

http://tinyurl.com/ru625

http://tinyurl.com/mrdgo

http://tinyurl.com/ounbe

Have you invested in static analysis tools? (E.g., PC-Lint, etc.)

Most of the C++ programmers who cut their teeth on Windows learned a watered-down version of the language by way of the Microsoft libraries (e.g., MFC, which should *not* be mistaken for a model of modern C++ interface design). If that describes most of the people on your team, you should seriously consider migrating from "kinda-C++" to Standard C++.

Are you talking about Standard C++ or Microsoft++? There's a considerable difference, especially in recent years.

Microsoft likes to present a lot of its own extensions as "C++" features. In particular, they like to present C++/CLI (a.k.a "CLI++") keywords as "C++" keywords.

And then there are the managed extensions. (But even Microsoft has deprecated those in favor of CLI++.)

Going back even further, there's MSVC 6. Lots of people still use it, but it's just too old for anyone to expect it to be close to Standard compliance.

What compilers do you work with? Do you set compiler options to disable extensions and run in a "strict" standard-conforming mode? Do you use more than one compiler?

Do you make judicious use of the STL? Do you use any part of Boost? (If not, you should seriously consider taking some time to learn about these best-of-breed libraries that are available *for free* and for which support is available from multiple consulting firms.)

Did you give up trying either of those libraries before trying out STLFilt? (If so, go play with it. You'll probably want to give generic programming a second try.)

Have you and your team read any of the *good* C++ books? E.g.:

http://tinyurl.com/puhjb

http://tinyurl.com/ru625

http://tinyurl.com/mrdgo

http://tinyurl.com/ounbe

Have you invested in static analysis tools? (E.g., PC-Lint, etc.)

Most of the C++ programmers who cut their teeth on Windows learned a watered-down version of the language by way of the Microsoft libraries (e.g., MFC, which should *not* be mistaken for a model of modern C++ interface design). If that describes most of the people on your team, you should seriously consider migrating from "kinda-C++" to Standard C++.

Are you talking about Standard C++ or Microsoft++? There's a considerable difference, especially in recent years.

Microsoft likes to present a lot of its own extensions as "C++" features. In particular, they like to present C++/CLI (a.k.a "CLI++") keywords as "C++" keywords.

And then there are the managed extensions. (But even Microsoft has deprecated those in favor of CLI++.)

Going back even further, there's MSVC 6. Lots of people still use it, but it's just too old for anyone to expect it to be close to Standard compliance.

What compilers do you work with? Do you set compiler options to disable extensions and run in a "strict" standard-conforming mode? Do you use more than one compiler?

Do you make judicious use of the STL? Do you use any part of Boost? (If not, you should seriously consider taking some time to learn about these best-of-breed libraries that are available *for free* and for which support is available from multiple consulting firms.)

Did you give up trying either of those libraries before trying out STLFilt? (If so, go play with it. You'll probably want to give generic programming a second try.)

Have you and your team read any of the *good* C++ books? E.g.:

http://tinyurl.com/puhjb

http://tinyurl.com/ru625

http://tinyurl.com/mrdgo

http://tinyurl.com/ounbe

Have you invested in static analysis tools? (E.g., PC-Lint, etc.)

Most of the C++ programmers who cut their teeth on Windows learned a watered-down version of the language by way of the Microsoft libraries (e.g., MFC, which should *not* be mistaken for a model of modern C++ interface design). If that describes most of the people on your team, you should seriously consider migrating from "kinda-C++" to Standard C++.

Can someone enlight us with the quality and/or bitrate of 3gp videos? TFA and the wikipedia link are light on details.


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...is that U.S. politicians bow too easily and too readily to lobbyist' pressure. Sugar ethanol is certainly a reasonable way to go. The technology is there, the science is sound.
I would like to hope that the spread of cost for a gallon of "fuel" would radically shift. Right now we see the breakdown of cost for a gallon of gas [fuel] here. This shows that

19% taxes
4% dist & marketing
22% refining & profit
55% crude oil

Federal tax is 18.4 cents a gallon. Let's say the average state tax is 20 cents. Assume the average gas price(avg) is $2.97 a gallon:

2.97 =
19% = .56
4% = .12
22% = .65
55% = 1.63
= 2.96

what I think is truly the case for our average state:

13% = .384
4% = .12
28% = .84
55% = 1.63

Although I can't find from brief searching for specific refinery/profit breakdowns, I am sure they are out there. I bet realistically profit per gallon has increased by 75% and refinery cost is held at unreasonably high levels because oil companies are not maintaining their resources. I am *so sure* that any investigation will smoke that out.

Now, will the new "Energy" companies be more realistic with this? I highly doubt it.

The absolutely worst editor is edlin, which is still shipped with MS Windows XP:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/w indows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/edlin.mspx?mfr=true
http://tinyurl.com/hm9uc

Compared to that, using vi is a breath of fresh air...

Although I am not a gamer myself, I've had a couple of consoles along the time and am very pleased with the 'nunchuck', as is clearly, to me, the most natural controller ever.

Nowadays is hard to find someone that has never played with a console, but, back in the day, when the nes was the rage (no ataris for us Europeans!) almost everybody who was playing for the first time... o first month in some cases... actually moved phisically the controller as like they where trying to 'push' the Italian plumber, or the Contra fighter, or whatever.

I'm in no way a nintendo fanboy, but I hope it works.

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Obligatory images from the first prototype.


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Gee willikers! Remember when cars looked like this?? Wacky! Or remember when the earth looked like this?!!? Times sure are a changin'!

Gee willikers! Remember when cars looked like this?? Wacky! Or remember when the earth looked like this?!!? Times sure are a changin'!

You can get the platinum collection DVDs for $45 at Amazon with free shipping. The fact that I paid that much for four episodes on VHS makes me cry.

So get one here! http://tinyurl.com/e8sj5

I mean for the love of Ghu, does everyone working in United States politics have Mental Dysponexia? Everything in the news these days in about the '3\/1|_ Internet Pedofiles' does nothing else go in in this country? Are there no other big issues?

This type of thing is little more than a distraction, a ruse to make people willingly abandon their rights one by one in order to fight a menace that doesn't even exist. Not to say that there aren't people meeting each other through myspace and things happen--but certainly there aren't enough people out there using myspace and internet chat rooms to seek out children to justify this kind of response. I believe in psychology they call this 'denial' and 'avoidance' so what exactly is it we so desperately wish to deny or ignore?

We're trying to ignore that the problem isn't some stranger over the internet--it's Daddy!

The numbers are clear: well over 50% of child abusecases are are ones where the perpetrator was a parent and of the percentage remaining, overwhelmingly the perpetrator was a person in authority or well known to the child and the family. This isn't about strangers over the internet, its about pretending that everything is alright at home--well its not!

Where is this MAA (..a little inside humor there..Heh..) on the incest exemption laws is what I want to know! Why is it that legally a man who rapes his daughter can have state financed retrieval services, get less time in prison if caught, #### he can even get conjugal visits with the child if his wife is made the guardian...and yet if a guy and a girl meet online and eventually start a relationship and all that entails the law punishes him ten times the degree that it does Daddy? Oh wait, I forgot--Pay No Attention To Daddy! Silly me! I know, let's all forget about Daddy and watch Dateline pick up another group of gullible idiots! That'll take our mind off things!

--I*Love*Green*Olives (sitting in a golf car with OJ looking for the 'real' killers...)

PS: I type this using the wrong account name the first time! :blushes: But it was really me both times!

I mean for the love of Ghu, does everyone working in United States politics in the have Mental Dysponexia? Everything in the news these days in about the '3\/1|_ Internet Pedofiles' does nothing else go in in this country? Are there no other big issues?

This type of thing is little more than a distraction, a ruse to make people willingly abandon their rights one by one in order to fight a menace that doesn't even exist. Not to say that there aren't people meeting each other through myspace and things happen--but certainly there aren't enough people out there using myspace and internet chat rooms to seek out children to justify this kind of response. I believe in psychology they call this 'denial' and 'avoidance' so what exactly isit we so desperately wish to deny or ignore?

We're trying to ignore that the problem isn't some stranger over the internet--it's Daddy!

The numbers are clear: well over 50% of child abuse cases are are ones where the perpetrator was a parent and of the percentage remaining, overwealmingly the perpetrator was a person in authority or well known to the child and the family. This isn't about strangers over the internet, its about pretending that everything is alright at home--well its not!

Where is this MAA (..a little inside humor there..Heh..) on the incest exemption laws is what I want to know! Why is it that legally a man who rapes his daughter can have state financed retrieval services, get less time in prision if caught, #### he can even get conjungal visits with the child if his wife is made the guardian...and yet if a guy and a girl meet nline and eventually start a relationship and all that entials the law punishes him ten times the degree that it does Daddy? Oh wait, I forgot--Pay No Attention To Daddy! Silly me! I know, let's all forget about Daddy and watch Dateline pick up another group of gullible idiots! That'll take our mind off things!

--I*Love*Green*Olives (sittiing in a golf car with OJ looking for the 'real' killers...)

You can find them here http://tinyurl.com/mb6jg

You need a medal for that http://tinyurl.com/mb6jg

And you can get one right here! http://tinyurl.com/mb6jg

Of course there is http://tinyurl.com/mb6jg

So get one here! http://tinyurl.com/mb6jg

And here it is! FB!!!

http://tinyurl.com/gpkdx

"We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate
our government."
-The President of the United States
  Weekly Radio Address
  http://tinyurl.com/a2nwa

...I would like to say something to [those of you] who believe the
greatest threat to America comes not from terrorists from ... beyond
our borders, but from our own government.

I believe you have every right, indeed you have the responsibility, to
question our government when you disagree with its policies. And I
will do everything in my power to protect your right to do so.

But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse
your philosophy.... ...How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in
tyranny.... ...[T]here is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or
pretending that you can love your country but despise your
government.....

-The President of the United States
  Michigan State University (Spartan Stadium)
  http://tinyurl.com/bln3j

...So if somebody believes someone who is working for the government
has mistreated them, take it to the appropriate authority, make it
public if you want to, but be specific. But do not condemn people who
work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced
Oklahoma City....

-The President of the United States
  Billings, Montana
  http://tinyurl.com/a6bnr

"We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate
our government."
-The President of the United States
  Weekly Radio Address
  http://tinyurl.com/a2nwa

...I would like to say something to [those of you] who believe the
greatest threat to America comes not from terrorists from ... beyond
our borders, but from our own government.

I believe you have every right, indeed you have the responsibility, to
question our government when you disagree with its policies. And I
will do everything in my power to protect your right to do so.

But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse
your philosophy.... ...How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in
tyranny.... ...[T]here is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or
pretending that you can love your country but despise your
government.....

-The President of the United States
  Michigan State University (Spartan Stadium)
  http://tinyurl.com/bln3j

...So if somebody believes someone who is working for the government
has mistreated them, take it to the appropriate authority, make it
public if you want to, but be specific. But do not condemn people who
work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced
Oklahoma City....

-The President of the United States
  Billings, Montana
  http://tinyurl.com/a6bnr

"We recognized, once again, that we can't love our country and hate
our government."
-The President of the United States
  Weekly Radio Address
  http://tinyurl.com/a2nwa

...I would like to say something to [those of you] who believe the
greatest threat to America comes not from terrorists from ... beyond
our borders, but from our own government.

I believe you have every right, indeed you have the responsibility, to
question our government when you disagree with its policies. And I
will do everything in my power to protect your right to do so.

But I also know there have been lawbreakers among those who espouse
your philosophy.... ...How dare you suggest that we in the freest nation on Earth live in
tyranny.... ...[T]here is nothing patriotic about hating your country, or
pretending that you can love your country but despise your
government.....

-The President of the United States
  Michigan State University (Spartan Stadium)
  http://tinyurl.com/bln3j

...So if somebody believes someone who is working for the government
has mistreated them, take it to the appropriate authority, make it
public if you want to, but be specific. But do not condemn people who
work for the government. That's the kind of mentality that produced
Oklahoma City....

-The President of the United States
  Billings, Montana
  http://tinyurl.com/a6bnr

Take French for example: "Wii" sounds exactly like "Oui" ("Yes"), which is definitely a pretty starting point for an advertisement campaign

As simple as this:

<!--[if IE]>
...your firefox referral goes here...
<![endif]-->

To get a referral just talk to google.


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I find it funny to read about paying 500 dollars for a GPU the day after John K. Galbraith died.


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Take this whole thing with a grain of salt. There has been no reputable source that has provided this information; it's simply a rumor. Steve Linford has posted on news.admin.net-abuse.email that he knows nothing about Ralsky being taken into custody, and other reliable sources in the antispam forces known to me have no further information to corroborate this story.

Still, it's good news if it turns out to be true. I guess if we don't hear anything by Tuesday or Wednesday, given enough time for the rumored 72 hour seal on Ralsky's indictment to expire, we'll know whether this is bullshit or not.

Ninjas kill all the time! And don't even think about it!


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Are you quite sure about that? Have you been paying attention to the comparative treatment at the hands of the IRS of more liberal California churches vs. conservative Ohio churches? If you haven't, you might not want to be so sure about that, although I'd be more inclined to attribute it to the kind of people appointed by the kind of people appointed by Bush (repitition intended), rather than thinking Bush directly ordered it. But that doesn't leave his hands totally clean in my book.

So I googled IRS California churches Ohio churches and got:

IRS Alleges Political Restraint Violations by 37 Churches

Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006 Posted: 9:28:26PM EST

Among tax-exempt groups, charities, and other civic organizations nationwide, 37 churches engaged in alleged violations of restraints on political activity during the 2004 election, according to a report released last week by the Internal Revenue Service.

Regulations currently allow churches to endorse positions, including "values" they affirm, but they cannot endorse or campaign against candidates for political office. According to IRS officials, however, there has been an increase in complaints of violations, though the report did not specify specific instances due to tax privacy laws.

Christian churches with both liberal and conservative views have spoken publicly in recent months to voice their denials of allegations from the IRS and other churches.

"It's disturbing not because it's pervasive, but because it has the potential to really grow and have a very bad impact on the integrity of charities and churches,'' said IRS commissioner Mark Everson, according to the Associated Press.

Everson added that the nature of the conduct was weighed, whether it be willful or persistent.

"We're very careful," he said. "What we try to do, in most cases is to work to correct the behavior going forward."

...

In November, a liberal Episcopal Church in Southern California received a letter from the IRS stating that it was at risk of losing its tax-exempt status after the church's former Rector, the Rev. George F. Regas, preached an anti-war sermon two days before the 2004 presidential election.

...

A recent development separate from the 2004 election could also place a pair of Ohio churches under IRS scrutiny.

In January, more than 30 ministers in Ohio affiliated with moderate and liberal churches petitioned the IRS to revoke the tax-exempt status of two conservative evangelical churches. The signers indicated that they were not speaking for their churches.

Looks like the IRS is trying to be even-handed, so I don't understand your point.

This practice continues to this day at Apple, putting in hardwired signal LEDs to indicate when a camera is active.

Jokes on you.

Seen the latest iMac?

Camera.

Microphone.

No LED.

See the lines:

The green LED next to your built-in iSight camera will light, indicating that it's capturing video.

Turning off your built-in iSight camera

To turn off the built-in iSight camera, just close the active iChat window. The green LED next to the camera will go dark, indicating that the built-in iSight camera is off and no longer capturing video.

Just cause there's not a big LED sticking out from the bezel doesn't mean it's not there, and is glowing through when the camera is active. This is Apple after all, a manufacturer that makes sure all of their "throbbing" LEDs are synchronized on both Mac & monitor, and that their iMac's "sleeping" throbber is appropriately dimmed at night. They're not going to ruin their clean lines with an LED sticking out, they'll just make sure it shows up when needed.

Guess the joke is really on you, and whomever modded your misinformation as "informative".

Or, if you're not reading over the phone, just click the bloody link. TinyURL was MADE for that sort of monstrosity :)

I do. I lived in a crap-hole apt. for several years while saving my bucks and then bought a house at precisely the perfect cycling distance from work, between 7 miles http://tinyurl.com/a2b3p and 9 miles http://tinyurl.com/8meqf. Now i have two 25~35 minute mini-vacations every day.

Seriously: the worst day bicycle commuting beats a good day car commutting. YMMV, but it may be an option for some of you. If it is, thimk about it.

I do. I lived in a crap-hole apt. for several years while saving my bucks and then bought a house at precisely the perfect cycling distance from work, between 7 miles http://tinyurl.com/a2b3p and 9 miles http://tinyurl.com/8meqf. Now i have two 25~35 minute mini-vacations every day.

Seriously: the worst day bicycle commuting beats a good day car commutting. YMMV, but it may be an option for some of you. If it is, thimk about it.

Just wondering, did you mean eunichs'?

http://tinyurl.com/z35eq (google define:eunichs)

Good job moron.

The same URL from the same editor with a differente blurb: only in slashdot.


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