What's with the negative spin? This sounds like a good thing; They're stopping ISPs from giving out the personal information of minors to everyone on the internet. This isn't an increase in Censorship, it's an increase in Privacy.
I hate to reply to myself; However, I thought I'd also point out that, given the US' population is almost 10 times that of Canada [1], one would expect the US to have at least 10 times as many deaths from any specific cause, statistically. The article is trying to make the US sound so bad with 275 (unconfirmed) deaths, when even this number is still around the same percent of the general populace as Canada's 17 (confirmed) deaths.*
* Also, keep in mind: There are only 30 confirmed reports of it in the US. 30 / 10 (to make population proportional) = 3, and 17 / 3 = 5.667, making it 5.667 times more likely that you'll die from being tasered in Canada then in the US.
If you bought a house, and on the house was a sign that said "Come on in and use my phone for free," wouldn't you take it down if you didn't want people doing that?
Actually, this war retains oil, which will otherwise be taken away from us, making the problem even worse.
Not that we didn't create the situation; If we hadn't started the war, we wouldn't be in this position in the first place. However, suggesting that the Iraq war was originally about profiting off of oil is ludicrous.
Actually, The computer comes with a keyboard, a mouse, and speakers, and you can get a decent LCD monitor for around $125-150, so more like $325-350 for the bundle. A great deal, IMO.
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What's with the negative spin? This sounds like a good thing; They're stopping ISPs from giving out the personal information of minors to everyone on the internet. This isn't an increase in Censorship, it's an increase in Privacy.
I hate to reply to myself; However, I thought I'd also point out that, given the US' population is almost 10 times that of Canada [1], one would expect the US to have at least 10 times as many deaths from any specific cause, statistically. The article is trying to make the US sound so bad with 275 (unconfirmed) deaths, when even this number is still around the same percent of the general populace as Canada's 17 (confirmed) deaths.*
* Also, keep in mind: There are only 30 confirmed reports of it in the US. 30 / 10 (to make population proportional) = 3, and 17 / 3 = 5.667, making it 5.667 times more likely that you'll die from being tasered in Canada then in the US.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_countries_by_population
How do they figure 275 people being killed by tasers, when only 30 have been reported as such by the coroners? Where does this figure come from?
I think the 'orwell' tag has already taken care of that.
It's even worse then that. This is more like: "Liquor Store Owner 'A' Calls for Shutdown of Liquor Store Owner 'B'"
And therefor you must acquit.
If you bought a house, and on the house was a sign that said "Come on in and use my phone for free," wouldn't you take it down if you didn't want people doing that?
Actually, this war retains oil, which will otherwise be taken away from us, making the problem even worse.
Not that we didn't create the situation; If we hadn't started the war, we wouldn't be in this position in the first place. However, suggesting that the Iraq war was originally about profiting off of oil is ludicrous.
According to the article the original /. story linked to, the number to be sold was around 10,000.
I know it was a joke. However, in this case it actually *is* capable of running XP (and even Vista, which i thought was a little surprising).
Actually, the motherboard that this computer ships with is on sale for 60 dollars.
http://www.clubit.com/product_detail.cfm?itemno=A4842001
*Walmart* is probably making money on them. I'd imagine it would be *Everex* taking the fall on this one.
From what I, and others (Like this guy) can tell, a vast majority of the machines were sold online.
Yes. If you check the comments, people have installed both XP and Vista (Home Basic, I assume), and they worked great.
Actually, The computer comes with a keyboard, a mouse, and speakers, and you can get a decent LCD monitor for around $125-150, so more like $325-350 for the bundle. A great deal, IMO.
It sold out much faster then this; It's been out of stock for at least 2 days.
You must be new here.
He didn't get modded down, he simply has some really bad karma.
Incorrect; Bush won by 3 million votes.
Hey look, an Albert Einstein quote. Also, it's "And I'm not so sure about the former."
Shhh! Don't give them any ideas!
Works fine for me. Are you using, *gasp*, IE7?!
That's the idea. The robot sees how we see, and thus fell for the illusion of green and orange, when both squares are green.
And why do you think that is?
Not criminals. Cheaters. They're keeping gameplay fair.