Poor parenting skills are society's fault, so we need the government to come in and take care of the tough parts of parenting for us, right? Because the government is better at parenting than parents, just like the government (and bureaucrats in Washington) is better than the private sector at everything else it does.
You posted a link to a story about anti-globalization protesters. If you're going to complain about the (violent) suppression of free speech, at least use an example of the suppression of a legitimate claim. Globalization is good for everyone in almost every way imaginable. If trade between various states/provinces in a nation is good, then it is highly unlikely that trade between nations is bad, considering the only differences are the color of the flags and perhaps the languages the people speak and the colors of their skin.
The government will allow you to do 'bad' things, as long as the gov't gets their cut.
Wouldn't all illicit drugs be legal and heavily taxed if this were true? Right now the US Government spends billions every year to fight the drug war. It would be much more lucrative for it to decriminalize and tax.
Yeah, my post definitely wasn't a troll. Perhaps if one read "Oh, lucky you" and that's it it could be deemed a troll. However, I think this is the first troll mod I've ever received.
Good post. Forget what I said, apparently this guy is the grammar master. You have some good words in that post. Prescriptivist, historical idiosyncrasy, good job.
Oh, lucky you. My sig just says "Its = possessive. It's = 'it is.'" Try figuring out where to put the period on that one. What a doozy; I don't even know where to put it. Anyway, the its/it's thing is probably the most common grammar error I see online, so my hope is that people that read my sig will begin using them correctly.:)
I know, I know, and I'm sorry. That bit of code hurts me too. English is definitely not the most logical of languages. There are so many ridiculous things like "hood" and "pool." Pronunciation is the worst.
If you're in the United States the period should go inside the quotation marks. In Britain, however, your sentence is correct. Also please take note of my signature for your own educational enhancement and to avoid future misuses.
Yeah I think that's exactly what they're doing. When I asked when our contract expired the girl asked me why we were thinking of canceling, and I said our family was thinking about getting iPhones and switching to AT&T. Apparently she had a whole response prepared for the iPhone thing, because she began telling me about how T-mobile has cool phones with features comparable to the iPhone, and then went into the thing about how we just had become eligible for free phones, etc.
That is definitely true for T-Mobile as well. The main difference is that whenever I call T-mobile their reps seem to be 20-something flirty females. I've asked questions about how much plans cost and when our contract expires, etc, and it seems like they'll do anything to get you to stay. One time I called to ask when my family's contract expires, and the girl immediately started telling me about how we just became eligible for free phones and such. I was sort of surprised so I asked her how long we had been eligible and she hesitated for a moment and then said "uuhh like a week." She definitely made that up.
Speaking as someone who used windows for a decade, linux for two years, and recently switched to mac, the primary question you should ask when considering switching to mac is whether or not you really like the operating system. (Assuming you're not attracted to them because of the aesthetics or the "elite social club" thing.) Spend several hours at an apple store asking questions and using the demo computers, or just using a friend's mac. After doing that there was no question that I'd get a mac. The price difference, especially for their lower end laptops, really isn't that large.
You are absolutely right. I was being conservative, and I usually have a driver CD which came with the system, from the OEM (usually dell). This greatly reduces the time required to install drivers since they're all already on one CD ready to go. However, If one includes downloading & installing necessary applications and drivers, it truly is a full-day ordeal instead of a 30-60 minute ordeal with linux (I have a laptop with some hardware that doesn't play nicely with the kernel).
True, the easiest windows installation experiences I've had are when using OEM XP disks and OEM driver CDs that came with the computer on which I'm installing. My only experience in doing this has been on the several Dell computers that my family has owned over the years, so I can't speak to the strength of other OEM's driver disks.
Similar to what you do, I have a bash script that I run after a new installation of linux (usually ubuntu). It updates the packages to the latest versions in the distro, tweaks gconf settings, installs applications, and adds workarounds to files using "echo xxxx | sudo tee -a". Some files I have to edit manually like/etc/init.d/acpi-support.
Like finder will remember the view settings for each individual folder. I can't tell it to use one default view for every folder
Yes you can. Open a finder window, set it to the view type you want to set as default. I use List View (Cmd+2). Press Cmd+J to show the View Options pane. Notice how this pane changes as you cycle through the different view modes (Cmd+1-4). Once you adjust the settings to your liking, simply click "Use as Defaults" on the bottom of the View Options pane.
the standard methods of accessing the method with a single button are holding Ctrl then clicking or holding down the mouse button.
I assume you're using a laptop since you said you have to go get a usb mouse in order to right click. In the Keyboard & Mouse section of System Preferences, under "Trackpad" you can check an option labeled "Tap trackpad using two fingers for secondary click." I use it all the time.
Pardon me, but I'd like to know what version of windows you're using. It usually takes me at least 1.5 hours after installing to get all the drivers installed and not conflicting. The only things that "just work" out of the box are the GUI and my 10-year-old 3-button Microsoft optical mouse.
What about google chat? Since this is slashdot, I'll provide anecdotal evidence. Almost everyone on my adium contact list has gchat. If they have an AIM screen name they also most likely have a gchat address. I do not know one person that uses yahoo chat. I know two people that use MSN messenger on a regular basis.
This might be legit information, except unfortunately my sample population consists of a few hundred college students.
Dear CowTipperGore,
Ok, I'm sorry I have been such a jerk. I just want you to know that I respect you and your opinions, but I strongly disagree. This debate has become nothing more than a pissing contest with pride at its core, and as such I believe it is unhealthy. Even though I do not know you and will probably never meet you I hope there are no hard feelings.
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Excellent post. The type of attitude you mention runs rampant here.
Poor parenting skills are society's fault, so we need the government to come in and take care of the tough parts of parenting for us, right? Because the government is better at parenting than parents, just like the government (and bureaucrats in Washington) is better than the private sector at everything else it does.
You posted a link to a story about anti-globalization protesters. If you're going to complain about the (violent) suppression of free speech, at least use an example of the suppression of a legitimate claim. Globalization is good for everyone in almost every way imaginable. If trade between various states/provinces in a nation is good, then it is highly unlikely that trade between nations is bad, considering the only differences are the color of the flags and perhaps the languages the people speak and the colors of their skin.
Wake up sonny, it's 2008!
The government will allow you to do 'bad' things, as long as the gov't gets their cut.
Wouldn't all illicit drugs be legal and heavily taxed if this were true? Right now the US Government spends billions every year to fight the drug war. It would be much more lucrative for it to decriminalize and tax.
Yeah, my post definitely wasn't a troll. Perhaps if one read "Oh, lucky you" and that's it it could be deemed a troll. However, I think this is the first troll mod I've ever received.
Good post. Forget what I said, apparently this guy is the grammar master. You have some good words in that post. Prescriptivist, historical idiosyncrasy, good job.
Oh, lucky you. My sig just says "Its = possessive. It's = 'it is.'" Try figuring out where to put the period on that one. What a doozy; I don't even know where to put it. Anyway, the its/it's thing is probably the most common grammar error I see online, so my hope is that people that read my sig will begin using them correctly. :)
I agree. I don't make the rules, I just follow them (in writing, of course)!
I know, I know, and I'm sorry. That bit of code hurts me too. English is definitely not the most logical of languages. There are so many ridiculous things like "hood" and "pool." Pronunciation is the worst.
If you're in the United States the period should go inside the quotation marks. In Britain, however, your sentence is correct. Also please take note of my signature for your own educational enhancement and to avoid future misuses.
Yeah I think that's exactly what they're doing. When I asked when our contract expired the girl asked me why we were thinking of canceling, and I said our family was thinking about getting iPhones and switching to AT&T. Apparently she had a whole response prepared for the iPhone thing, because she began telling me about how T-mobile has cool phones with features comparable to the iPhone, and then went into the thing about how we just had become eligible for free phones, etc.
That is definitely true for T-Mobile as well. The main difference is that whenever I call T-mobile their reps seem to be 20-something flirty females. I've asked questions about how much plans cost and when our contract expires, etc, and it seems like they'll do anything to get you to stay. One time I called to ask when my family's contract expires, and the girl immediately started telling me about how we just became eligible for free phones and such. I was sort of surprised so I asked her how long we had been eligible and she hesitated for a moment and then said "uuhh like a week." She definitely made that up.
Especially when the only game you'll ever need on PC is Starcraft....until SC2 comes out.
Dr. August Dvorak is a beast. I love using the dvorak layout.
I would think the frogpad has already more efficiently implemented a one-handed typing solution that doesn't require a glove.
Speaking as someone who used windows for a decade, linux for two years, and recently switched to mac, the primary question you should ask when considering switching to mac is whether or not you really like the operating system. (Assuming you're not attracted to them because of the aesthetics or the "elite social club" thing.) Spend several hours at an apple store asking questions and using the demo computers, or just using a friend's mac. After doing that there was no question that I'd get a mac. The price difference, especially for their lower end laptops, really isn't that large.
You are absolutely right. I was being conservative, and I usually have a driver CD which came with the system, from the OEM (usually dell). This greatly reduces the time required to install drivers since they're all already on one CD ready to go. However, If one includes downloading & installing necessary applications and drivers, it truly is a full-day ordeal instead of a 30-60 minute ordeal with linux (I have a laptop with some hardware that doesn't play nicely with the kernel).
True, the easiest windows installation experiences I've had are when using OEM XP disks and OEM driver CDs that came with the computer on which I'm installing. My only experience in doing this has been on the several Dell computers that my family has owned over the years, so I can't speak to the strength of other OEM's driver disks.
/etc/init.d/acpi-support.
Similar to what you do, I have a bash script that I run after a new installation of linux (usually ubuntu). It updates the packages to the latest versions in the distro, tweaks gconf settings, installs applications, and adds workarounds to files using "echo xxxx | sudo tee -a". Some files I have to edit manually like
Like finder will remember the view settings for each individual folder. I can't tell it to use one default view for every folder
Yes you can. Open a finder window, set it to the view type you want to set as default. I use List View (Cmd+2). Press Cmd+J to show the View Options pane. Notice how this pane changes as you cycle through the different view modes (Cmd+1-4). Once you adjust the settings to your liking, simply click "Use as Defaults" on the bottom of the View Options pane.
the standard methods of accessing the method with a single button are holding Ctrl then clicking or holding down the mouse button.
I assume you're using a laptop since you said you have to go get a usb mouse in order to right click. In the Keyboard & Mouse section of System Preferences, under "Trackpad" you can check an option labeled "Tap trackpad using two fingers for secondary click." I use it all the time.
Pardon me, but I'd like to know what version of windows you're using. It usually takes me at least 1.5 hours after installing to get all the drivers installed and not conflicting. The only things that "just work" out of the box are the GUI and my 10-year-old 3-button Microsoft optical mouse.
perhaps my sample population wasn't large enough...
They must really want the business of a few hundred elderly people.
What about google chat? Since this is slashdot, I'll provide anecdotal evidence. Almost everyone on my adium contact list has gchat. If they have an AIM screen name they also most likely have a gchat address. I do not know one person that uses yahoo chat. I know two people that use MSN messenger on a regular basis.
This might be legit information, except unfortunately my sample population consists of a few hundred college students.
Dear CowTipperGore,
Ok, I'm sorry I have been such a jerk. I just want you to know that I respect you and your opinions, but I strongly disagree. This debate has become nothing more than a pissing contest with pride at its core, and as such I believe it is unhealthy. Even though I do not know you and will probably never meet you I hope there are no hard feelings.
Sincerely,
Alex