And there's no chance whatsoever that this will ever happen to Mac OS X, so don't lose sleep over it.
Really? I can totally see Apple releasing a new mac mini with this OS because *it just works*. Then putting a premium on future machines with the OSX variant. I think the saddest part is that for a large portion of the population, that's probably best. Would we have such large bot nets if every Joe could only get their stuff from one place? Doesn't even Ubuntu try to mimic this in some respects with its downloader?
The typical Christmas story is a bunch of hodgepodge. Christ was born in Bethlehem because Mary and Joseph had to return to where ever because of the census. The Roman census was held in July. Today's Christmas is a descendant of Saturnalia.
The Challenge has captured the imagination of people around the world, is rich with scientific intrigue, and, we hope, is part of a growing "renaissance of wonder" umm.... what challenge again? What's DARPA? (It's not in TFA and what good is a FA when you have to click through three pages to find out?
...the time line of events which are: Random guy makes post, Dir of social media takes offense, dir goes hunting for random poster, finds out it's from a school, sends complaint to school, finds out it's a teacher on school property, teacher is forced to resign.
My understanding from the article was that he sent the complaint to the school without knowing who the poster was. It could have been a pupil, for all he knew.
I amended my timeline to reflect that. What do you say should happen if it was a private residence? What do you say should happen if it was an office building? What do you say should happen if it was the White House or outside of the country?
As to your side note, the mental illness comment is there because you think it's okay for someone's life and livelihood be destroyed because of a word.
this is a valid objection to the use of equipment in an educational institution being used inappropriately
Oh, so Kurt Greenbaum, the site's director of social media, knew that it was posted from a computer on a school campus before he went on his crusade. Man, I wish I could look at your comment and tell that you were posting from a mental institute.
Your argument is garbage because it doesn't fit the time line of events which are: Random guy makes post, Dir of social media takes offense, dir goes hunting for random poster, finds out it's a teacher on school property, teacher is forced to resign.
Ned: Ned... Ryerson. "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
I agree, numbers don't lie. It's just the people who fail to analyze properly. I want to back track through all of your posts.
First of all, what does it mean to be "negative", "positive", and "neutral".
the negative assertions in a story must outweigh positive assertions by a margin of at least 1.5 to 1 for that story to be deemed negative.
(link)
Ok, we've got that down (we'll ignore the speculative side of it off the respectability of the link you provided).
Ok, so this coverage must mean that the media loves Obama, right?
One question likely to be posed is whether these findings provide evidence that the news media are pro-Obama. Is there some element in these numbers that reflects a rooting by journalists for Obama and against McCain, unconscious or otherwise? The data do not provide conclusive answers. They do offer a strong suggestion that winning in politics begat winning coverage, thanks in part to the relentless tendency of the press to frame its coverage of national elections as running narratives about the relative position of the candidates in the polls and internal tactical maneuvering to alter those positions. Obama’s coverage was negative in tone when he was dropping in the polls, and became positive when he began to rise, and it was just so for McCain as well. Nor are these numbers different than what we have seen before. Obama’s numbers are similar to what we saw for John Kerry four years ago as he began rising in the polls, and McCain’s numbers are almost identical to what we saw eight years ago for Democrat Al Gore.
(same link)
Wow, so you mean the news just followed the polls and that your non-lying numbers are actually meaningless in response to:
beck/ limbaugh/ fox traffic in lies, propaganda and demagoguery.
(Which quite an unsupportable statement itself).
It appears that you do since you can no longer claim ignorance.
Oh, and be sure to check the name of the person you are replying to. I was the one to claim ignorance, which I was. Now, I am no longer making that claim. You have provided me with my requested link. However, you can no longer go around claiming that these numbers suggest a bias without being a liar yourself. The study says this data is not conclusive evidence for media bias.
I wasn't in the country for the last election, so I honestly don't know. Would you mind providing links to back your assertion that Fox's coverage was the most fair and balanced?
Considering as it is now, you haven't made any links. By not having any links, it makes me wonder why you would make up a story about fox being fair and balanced. What is it that you're hiding by not producing links to numbers that prove things are fair and balanced? I'm not saying that I don't believe your assertions, I just find it suspect that you don't try to back them up.
So what do you suggest? www.GlennBeckRanARedLightIn1990.com? The problem is that satire, in order to be effective, needs to be outlandishly extreme yet plausible. Eating babies is wrong and offensive, like the idea of Glenn Beck raping and murdering a girl in 1990.
No, Glenn Beck is worse because he gets people to believe false things do to his orating "style". Making a false statement a question, repeating it several times, then slightly denying it, is extremely dishonest and anyone who makes a living off of doing so deserves to be berated.
Also, a little history lesson for you. The site owner didn't just pull the title out of the air. It was a meme first, and the meme was based off of this clip
Then you had the wrong impression. First of all, no one texts. It's so ridiculously expensive. Everyone mails because everyone has an address. My wife's blog gets 5 times more cell phone hits than computer. At the web firm I worked at, the mobile design was almost more important than computer design.
(Japanese link) All cell providers in Japan have unlimited data plans.
Ah, I see where you've gone off now. You don't seem to understand the concept of Nonverbal Communication. This is why the person being in the car is completely different to bluetooth. You know when you go around a curve too fast and someone grabs the "Oh Shit!" handle? Or the sensation you get when someone tenses up beside you because some moron ran the red light and is about to slam into you? These are clues that cut the conversation short with a live person. On bluetooth, they just keep talking through your crash.
As to where your flight analogy fails is that the tower is watching you. They are looking at you, giving you clearance (telling you that they've looked around and it's ok) for you to land. The person on the other end of your bluetooth isn't looking at you telling you that no one is trying to speed through that red light.
Another instance where your analogy fails is that (you've admitted) the hardest part of flying is take off and landing (despite this, you yourself admit that people still crash because of wireless communication). You know it's hard and you know you have to concentrate. Driving through and intersection is the most dangerous (as in where most accidents occur) part of driving, but I guarantee that no one pays any more attention then.
Try this, next time you go flying, when you're landing, start hitting on the control tower while you try to land.
Handsfreeis notsafe. Your protests sound like the protests of people who were against seat-belts "They're more a danger than anything. I can brace myself on the dash." or people against DUI "I drive better drunk/ stoned because I have to pay more attention."
I live in Japan. A friend of mine wanted to sell his Wii because he doesn't understand Japanese and couldn't play any games. He was unaware of the region lock when he bought it (he figured the DS wasn't why would a Wii be?).
I told him about the homebrew channel and that if he installed it, his wii would be region-free. He went home and did it and has since bought over a dozen games from the states. I don't understand region locking for anything and personally think it should be illegal.
How does getting yelled at and being treated like a criminal help? You still go through security, your liquids are checked (they have machines that determine the chemical makeup). No knives allowed. The only difference between a domestic flight in the US and in Japan is the need of an ID and being treated with respect.
Actually, no it doesn't. I know I'm being semantic, but no government agency has any "rights", the have privileges. The constitution says (Article I Section I line I) "All legislative Powers herein granted..."
The difference is important though. Rights are inalienable. Privileges can be revoked.
It's not just the US. It's ANY country that sees "terrorism" as a threat. I've not been to Japan, but I've heard it's a treat there too.
Oh, it is a treat (as in such a break from flying in America). No stupid "Anyone give you anything" questions, no retarded need for (easily faked) id. No striping down to your underwear to go through a metal detector. You can bring liquids on the plane. You can get your ticket sent to your cell phone so no need to print anything. You aren't treated like a criminal. You basically show up and walk onto the plane.
Granted, I haven't gone home in a year and a half and haven't left the country in that time frame, so it might have changed some, but flying into Japan isn't bad at all. Like all places the lines are long (unless you are returning visa holder, then you get to use the same line as Japanese people). Japan is very eye-for-an-eye, so since the US makes people finger print, so does Japan. That's the only "evil" thing I can think of. Getting your bags through customs is a joke, you basically show your passport to a guy, he gives it back and says "Have a nice day". Also, Japan doesn't require people wanting to come to their country to notify them month in advance or deny them entry (like the US).
I seriously dread going home because flying in Japan is so nice and easy and pleasant.
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And there's no chance whatsoever that this will ever happen to Mac OS X, so don't lose sleep over it.
Really? I can totally see Apple releasing a new mac mini with this OS because *it just works*. Then putting a premium on future machines with the OSX variant. I think the saddest part is that for a large portion of the population, that's probably best. Would we have such large bot nets if every Joe could only get their stuff from one place? Doesn't even Ubuntu try to mimic this in some respects with its downloader?
That sound was the peanut serving airplane whooshing over your head.
Using your bike analogy, complaining about Apple's one button mouse is like complaining that Trek won't come take your training wheels off.
The typical Christmas story is a bunch of hodgepodge.
Christ was born in Bethlehem because Mary and Joseph had to return to where ever because of the census. The Roman census was held in July. Today's Christmas is a descendant of Saturnalia.
I was actually referring to the fact that Christ wasn't born in December.
Well, at least all denominations have the birth of Christ wrong.
Oh! You meant 1984.
9 hours? Is that fast?
The Challenge has captured the imagination of people around the world, is rich with scientific intrigue, and, we hope, is part of a growing "renaissance of wonder" umm.... what challenge again? What's DARPA? (It's not in TFA and what good is a FA when you have to click through three pages to find out?
...the time line of events which are: Random guy makes post, Dir of social media takes offense, dir goes hunting for random poster, finds out it's from a school, sends complaint to school, finds out it's a teacher on school property, teacher is forced to resign.
My understanding from the article was that he sent the complaint to the school without knowing who the poster was. It could have been a pupil, for all he knew.
I amended my timeline to reflect that. What do you say should happen if it was a private residence? What do you say should happen if it was an office building? What do you say should happen if it was the White House or outside of the country?
As to your side note, the mental illness comment is there because you think it's okay for someone's life and livelihood be destroyed because of a word.
this is a valid objection to the use of equipment in an educational institution being used inappropriately
Oh, so Kurt Greenbaum, the site's director of social media, knew that it was posted from a computer on a school campus before he went on his crusade. Man, I wish I could look at your comment and tell that you were posting from a mental institute.
Your argument is garbage because it doesn't fit the time line of events which are: Random guy makes post, Dir of social media takes offense, dir goes hunting for random poster, finds out it's a teacher on school property, teacher is forced to resign.
Ned: Ned... Ryerson. "Needlenose Ned"? "Ned the Head"? C'mon, buddy. Case Western High. Ned Ryerson: I did the whistling belly-button trick at the high school talent show? Bing! Ned Ryerson: got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn't graduate? Bing, again. Ned Ryerson: I dated your sister Mary Pat a couple times until you told me not to anymore? Well?
Phil: Ned Ryerson?
Ned: Bing!
Phil: Bing.
Do like Japan and teach the kids cleaning responsibilities and that their actions have consequences: They clean the schools.
First of all, what does it mean to be "negative", "positive", and "neutral".
the negative assertions in a story must outweigh positive assertions by a margin of at least 1.5 to 1 for that story to be deemed negative.
(link) Ok, we've got that down (we'll ignore the speculative side of it off the respectability of the link you provided).
Ok, so this coverage must mean that the media loves Obama, right?
One question likely to be posed is whether these findings provide evidence that the news media are pro-Obama. Is there some element in these numbers that reflects a rooting by journalists for Obama and against McCain, unconscious or otherwise? The data do not provide conclusive answers. They do offer a strong suggestion that winning in politics begat winning coverage, thanks in part to the relentless tendency of the press to frame its coverage of national elections as running narratives about the relative position of the candidates in the polls and internal tactical maneuvering to alter those positions. Obama’s coverage was negative in tone when he was dropping in the polls, and became positive when he began to rise, and it was just so for McCain as well. Nor are these numbers different than what we have seen before. Obama’s numbers are similar to what we saw for John Kerry four years ago as he began rising in the polls, and McCain’s numbers are almost identical to what we saw eight years ago for Democrat Al Gore.
(same link) Wow, so you mean the news just followed the polls and that your non-lying numbers are actually meaningless in response to:
beck/ limbaugh/ fox traffic in lies, propaganda and demagoguery.
(Which quite an unsupportable statement itself).
It appears that you do since you can no longer claim ignorance.
Oh, and be sure to check the name of the person you are replying to. I was the one to claim ignorance, which I was. Now, I am no longer making that claim. You have provided me with my requested link. However, you can no longer go around claiming that these numbers suggest a bias without being a liar yourself. The study says this data is not conclusive evidence for media bias.
I wasn't in the country for the last election, so I honestly don't know. Would you mind providing links to back your assertion that Fox's coverage was the most fair and balanced?
Considering as it is now, you haven't made any links. By not having any links, it makes me wonder why you would make up a story about fox being fair and balanced. What is it that you're hiding by not producing links to numbers that prove things are fair and balanced? I'm not saying that I don't believe your assertions, I just find it suspect that you don't try to back them up.
So what do you suggest? www.GlennBeckRanARedLightIn1990.com? The problem is that satire, in order to be effective, needs to be outlandishly extreme yet plausible. Eating babies is wrong and offensive, like the idea of Glenn Beck raping and murdering a girl in 1990.
No, Glenn Beck is worse because he gets people to believe false things do to his orating "style". Making a false statement a question, repeating it several times, then slightly denying it, is extremely dishonest and anyone who makes a living off of doing so deserves to be berated.
Also, a little history lesson for you. The site owner didn't just pull the title out of the air. It was a meme first, and the meme was based off of this clip
Loads reddit.com and slashdot.com almost instantly
Dude, it could give me a handjob while it loaded my porn for me, but until it runs on a OS not made by MS, I don't care.
I missed the law that required you to buy a car...
No.
Then you had the wrong impression. First of all, no one texts. It's so ridiculously expensive. Everyone mails because everyone has an address. My wife's blog gets 5 times more cell phone hits than computer. At the web firm I worked at, the mobile design was almost more important than computer design.
(Japanese link) All cell providers in Japan have unlimited data plans.
Wikipedia agrees with the parent Google has a plethora of links for you.
Ah, I see where you've gone off now. You don't seem to understand the concept of Nonverbal Communication. This is why the person being in the car is completely different to bluetooth. You know when you go around a curve too fast and someone grabs the "Oh Shit!" handle? Or the sensation you get when someone tenses up beside you because some moron ran the red light and is about to slam into you? These are clues that cut the conversation short with a live person. On bluetooth, they just keep talking through your crash.
As to where your flight analogy fails is that the tower is watching you. They are looking at you, giving you clearance (telling you that they've looked around and it's ok) for you to land. The person on the other end of your bluetooth isn't looking at you telling you that no one is trying to speed through that red light.
Another instance where your analogy fails is that (you've admitted) the hardest part of flying is take off and landing (despite this, you yourself admit that people still crash because of wireless communication). You know it's hard and you know you have to concentrate. Driving through and intersection is the most dangerous (as in where most accidents occur) part of driving, but I guarantee that no one pays any more attention then.
Try this, next time you go flying, when you're landing, start hitting on the control tower while you try to land.
Handsfree is not safe. Your protests sound like the protests of people who were against seat-belts "They're more a danger than anything. I can brace myself on the dash." or people against DUI "I drive better drunk/ stoned because I have to pay more attention."
I live in Japan. A friend of mine wanted to sell his Wii because he doesn't understand Japanese and couldn't play any games. He was unaware of the region lock when he bought it (he figured the DS wasn't why would a Wii be?).
I told him about the homebrew channel and that if he installed it, his wii would be region-free. He went home and did it and has since bought over a dozen games from the states. I don't understand region locking for anything and personally think it should be illegal.
How does getting yelled at and being treated like a criminal help? You still go through security, your liquids are checked (they have machines that determine the chemical makeup). No knives allowed. The only difference between a domestic flight in the US and in Japan is the need of an ID and being treated with respect.
ICE has the constitutional right
Actually, no it doesn't. I know I'm being semantic, but no government agency has any "rights", the have privileges. The constitution says (Article I Section I line I) "All legislative Powers herein granted..."
The difference is important though. Rights are inalienable. Privileges can be revoked.
It's not just the US. It's ANY country that sees "terrorism" as a threat. I've not been to Japan, but I've heard it's a treat there too.
Oh, it is a treat (as in such a break from flying in America). No stupid "Anyone give you anything" questions, no retarded need for (easily faked) id. No striping down to your underwear to go through a metal detector. You can bring liquids on the plane. You can get your ticket sent to your cell phone so no need to print anything. You aren't treated like a criminal. You basically show up and walk onto the plane.
Granted, I haven't gone home in a year and a half and haven't left the country in that time frame, so it might have changed some, but flying into Japan isn't bad at all. Like all places the lines are long (unless you are returning visa holder, then you get to use the same line as Japanese people). Japan is very eye-for-an-eye, so since the US makes people finger print, so does Japan. That's the only "evil" thing I can think of. Getting your bags through customs is a joke, you basically show your passport to a guy, he gives it back and says "Have a nice day". Also, Japan doesn't require people wanting to come to their country to notify them month in advance or deny them entry (like the US).
I seriously dread going home because flying in Japan is so nice and easy and pleasant.
Duuuuh! It's Mary Poppins approved!