... And I could give you a corrupt poll official that seems honest, but isn't. Since votes seem to mostly not be recounted for accuracy, it isn't too hard to imagine a ballot counter with an agenda.
I get your point though - the potential damage is far greater by compromising an automated system. My point is though, that almost nothing can be fully trusted.
While probably true, I would like to believe that this is more of some company not playing by government regulations than the government not playing by some company's rules.
Perhaps DRM encompasses this, but I'd like to see the device opened up a bit more itself. Being able to use it with something else other than iTunes (Songbird, for example) would be really nice.
As we all know though, that isn't going to happen.
It's a "high-low" store. They have outrageous prices on some stuff, good prices on others. And when they need a boost, sales keep the customers coming in despite their embarrassingly high prices for certain merchandise (computers).
Sometimes the sales are attractive -- and that would be the answer to your question.
This fungus could have been easily spread solely by human interaction, or made worse meddling or mere presence. Who's to say?
Maybe this is a little semantic, but I personally believe we are part of nature and "leaving nature to its own devices" includes our meddling... We are indeed a device of nature.
Whether or not we interfere, of course, is a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' proposition. Our lack of interference (especially if the fungus is related to us) could be detrimental in some way. On the other hand, our participation could be equally detrimental.
I remember this too, although a quick search didn't turn up anything worthwhile. I remember a big concern being camera manufacturers, since virtually all of them use FAT32 for photo storage on flash cards.
Linux and Mac OS both seem to have a much better track record here. Heck, Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X happened in what, 2001? OK that was a major breaker for software and hardware alike, but we haven't had to suffer it in 8 years
You need to look no further than 10.3 to 10.4 to see the same kind of breakage you do with Windows Vista to Windows 7... Not to mention 10.1 to 10.2 and 10.2 to 10.3 (particularly bad.. 95 to XP bad). 10.4 to 10.5 was much smoother, but OS X has matured a lot over the years. Actually, it wouldn't be as smooth as it is right now unless it broke some stuff... It's already got most of the 'breaking' out of the way.
In fact, I would argue that Apple is the king of love it and leave it. In their attempts to constantly move forward, the expense has always been compatibility - whether it be software or hardware. Think about it.
Since Apple doesn't allow iPhone developers to design apps that run in the background, its a huge effin' stretch to say Apps are any competition for iTunes... As soon as you lock the phone, it will quit playing. There's no option to turn the screen off unless it is locked, so the amount of battery usage is tremendous, lest we ignore all the random things it might be doing in your pocket. I'm also pretty sure it won't play music through iPod/iPhone compatible hardware either... Apps sure don't play through MY car stereo... A 1/8" stereo jack will work, but you can't charge it so you've got yourself those pesky battery issues again.
Conversely, the iTunes app runs when the phone is locked. It's also guaranteed to play on an iPhone/iPod compatible device.
A decent solution would be backgrounder from the Cydia package manager, but that requires a jailbroken phone, which of course caters to a comparatively minuscule niche of nerds. *raises hand*
Ultimately though, using Apps in this manner fails on the sheer inelegance alone. My opinion, of course.
Congress is currently experiencing approval ratings rivaling David Duke at the Million Man March
I'd just like to point out that Congressional approval polls mean nothing.
Approval ratings taken by random, national samplings will yield nothing but unresearched opinions based on shallow news coverage and your average person's limited understanding even what congress does. I doubt even 50% of the people polled even understand that Congress and Senate are part of the same government branch, let alone have a meaningful, formulated opinion based on actually performance.
"I would rather take my chances with expensive health care..." "...then live in ass backwards country..."
While I share the sentiment, I think it is important to point out that neither are mutually exclusive; we in fact can have affordable health care AND live in a democratic, free society. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
What you speak is the truth though -- A prohibitively expensive, typewriting solitaire machine does little good to anyone without a decent connection to the Internet.
If the failure of socialism ever needed an example then Cuba would be it.
Maybe Cuba's failing is not providing enough? I completely disagree with communism, but if a country is going to do it, how about "free" PCs and Internet for everyone? At least people would at least get something from the stripping of their liberty and reward. Heh.:) Then again, Cuba is hardly communist despite being controlled by the PCC...
$89.99? They weren't and they aren't. I bought one a year ago at Home Depot for the same prices listed here. You must have seen a different brand or something.;)
You won't be able to win this with the money argument. Microsoft will swarm all over you, giving free stuff away.
If money is the argument, then getting Microsoft to give away their products would sort of be a win, honestly. I know the problem isn't just money though -- But I thought that might be worth pointing out for others who really do believe in FOSS primarily for the cost savings.
Personally, I've never had a problem with Adobe Reader on any platform
I've had awful problems with it in Windows, historically. Hangups, slow to load, annoying default settings, crashes... Since version 9 though, it has become much more usable. Just make sure you turn off the auto update if you don't like to get nagged.:)
So I got the iPhone 3G. My Zune was then in the glove compartment of my car for a few months. I pulled it out a few weeks ago to try out the Zune games that seemed to be taking off. What I used to think was a sleek, intuitive interface on the Zune now looked clunky.
The same thing happened to me, as well. The only thing I miss (and probably you do to) is the huge amount of storage space the Zune has, compared to the iPhone.
I don't really understand that because it comes with a built-in wireless system so you can share your music with any other nearby Zune.
Unless things have changed since the first gen Zune, you only get to listen to downloaded-from-your-neighbor-through-WIFI songs 3 times before you can't listen to anymore.
That is indeed a prime example of DRM, if that is still the case. I haven't kept up with Zune 2.0. Maybe things changed?
My next step is to extend my computing experience to the handheld, probably replacing my Palm T3 with an iPhone or Android phone over the next year or so. I have great confidence that I'll be able to synchronize and interoperate very well with a KDE/Gnome environment
Unfortunately, no, you won't... not with an iPhone anyway. Aside from iTunes, even Windows apps can't do it yet. I'd say maybe iTunes and Wine, but a special driver is used for iTunes to recognize your iPhone. You could jailbreak your iPhone and sync using SSH over wireless, but that's impractical: you are still on your own trying to get movies/music synced and working and you can forget about things like syncing contacts with your email client... Updating your iPhone with newer firmware would be a chore and there's no telling what other hassles there would be.
Of course, I'd be hopeful that any Android phone will work better under Linux. However, by the looks of it, the G1 is pretty "locked down" too. I wonder...
Tell that to the guys in the cemetary, their widows, their children.
Believe me, all states of war are equal when you're on the wrong end of an enemy weapon.
Well, any state of war is bad (I think that's your point), but I offer you 416,000 examples of why "all states of war are equal" is a mistake to think. Compare that to the current war's 5,000ish figure and you can better visualize the point of the GGP.. BTW, figures are fatal U.S. military casualties only
Fishbowl's opinion remains true in my eyes - WWII does not compare to anything since and there is indeed a 'spectrum' in regard to the 'state of war'. War is war, but it is not the same every time -- Some wars are more heinous than others.
Because $10 for 100 users is an unnecessary $12,000 per year, not including any other costs of local and remote administration, Outlook itself etc...?
It's a drop in a bucket for most business with 100+ employees, but for a K-12 school with a technology budget of less than $20,000, it makes you think...
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... And I could give you a corrupt poll official that seems honest, but isn't. Since votes seem to mostly not be recounted for accuracy, it isn't too hard to imagine a ballot counter with an agenda.
I get your point though - the potential damage is far greater by compromising an automated system. My point is though, that almost nothing can be fully trusted.
While probably true, I would like to believe that this is more of some company not playing by government regulations than the government not playing by some company's rules.
The SOX crap only affects changes that enable hardware. Windows' firewall has nothing to do with turning on a 'hardware' feature... just so you know.
Some good information on the switch: http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2005/10/5486.ars
Perhaps DRM encompasses this, but I'd like to see the device opened up a bit more itself. Being able to use it with something else other than iTunes (Songbird, for example) would be really nice.
As we all know though, that isn't going to happen.
I'm pretty sure he meant "turn by turn" as in voice instructions.
The iPhone data cable has always had a USB connector at the end... I think that's good enough.
It's a "high-low" store. They have outrageous prices on some stuff, good prices on others. And when they need a boost, sales keep the customers coming in despite their embarrassingly high prices for certain merchandise (computers).
Sometimes the sales are attractive -- and that would be the answer to your question.
Who says this is 'nature' to begin with?
This fungus could have been easily spread solely by human interaction, or made worse meddling or mere presence. Who's to say?
Maybe this is a little semantic, but I personally believe we are part of nature and "leaving nature to its own devices" includes our meddling... We are indeed a device of nature.
Whether or not we interfere, of course, is a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' proposition. Our lack of interference (especially if the fungus is related to us) could be detrimental in some way. On the other hand, our participation could be equally detrimental.
I remember this too, although a quick search didn't turn up anything worthwhile. I remember a big concern being camera manufacturers, since virtually all of them use FAT32 for photo storage on flash cards.
"Into Africa" suggests a less than perfect landing, "across Africa" implies a much longer trip. I'm not sure how you do both.
Doing both is simple - the fan chopped him up and spread his remains into and across Africa. That also explains the 'less than perfect' landing!
TFA: "They modified a parajet fan that can fly a man into a bigger fan"
Just based on the summary, 'poisoned ads' make me think it has nothing to do with Reader and everything to do with Flash.
PDF ads... There's an interesting thought.
Linux and Mac OS both seem to have a much better track record here. Heck, Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X happened in what, 2001? OK that was a major breaker for software and hardware alike, but we haven't had to suffer it in 8 years
You need to look no further than 10.3 to 10.4 to see the same kind of breakage you do with Windows Vista to Windows 7... Not to mention 10.1 to 10.2 and 10.2 to 10.3 (particularly bad.. 95 to XP bad). 10.4 to 10.5 was much smoother, but OS X has matured a lot over the years. Actually, it wouldn't be as smooth as it is right now unless it broke some stuff... It's already got most of the 'breaking' out of the way.
In fact, I would argue that Apple is the king of love it and leave it. In their attempts to constantly move forward, the expense has always been compatibility - whether it be software or hardware. Think about it.
This is VERY impractical.
Since Apple doesn't allow iPhone developers to design apps that run in the background, its a huge effin' stretch to say Apps are any competition for iTunes... As soon as you lock the phone, it will quit playing. There's no option to turn the screen off unless it is locked, so the amount of battery usage is tremendous, lest we ignore all the random things it might be doing in your pocket. I'm also pretty sure it won't play music through iPod/iPhone compatible hardware either... Apps sure don't play through MY car stereo... A 1/8" stereo jack will work, but you can't charge it so you've got yourself those pesky battery issues again.
Conversely, the iTunes app runs when the phone is locked. It's also guaranteed to play on an iPhone/iPod compatible device.
A decent solution would be backgrounder from the Cydia package manager, but that requires a jailbroken phone, which of course caters to a comparatively minuscule niche of nerds. *raises hand*
Ultimately though, using Apps in this manner fails on the sheer inelegance alone. My opinion, of course.
Congress is currently experiencing approval ratings rivaling David Duke at the Million Man March
I'd just like to point out that Congressional approval polls mean nothing.
Approval ratings taken by random, national samplings will yield nothing but unresearched opinions based on shallow news coverage and your average person's limited understanding even what congress does. I doubt even 50% of the people polled even understand that Congress and Senate are part of the same government branch, let alone have a meaningful, formulated opinion based on actually performance.
"I would rather take my chances with expensive health care..." "...then live in ass backwards country..."
While I share the sentiment, I think it is important to point out that neither are mutually exclusive; we in fact can have affordable health care AND live in a democratic, free society. It doesn't have to be one or the other.
What you speak is the truth though -- A prohibitively expensive, typewriting solitaire machine does little good to anyone without a decent connection to the Internet.
If the failure of socialism ever needed an example then Cuba would be it.
Maybe Cuba's failing is not providing enough? I completely disagree with communism, but if a country is going to do it, how about "free" PCs and Internet for everyone? At least people would at least get something from the stripping of their liberty and reward. Heh. :) Then again, Cuba is hardly communist despite being controlled by the PCC...
$89.99? They weren't and they aren't. I bought one a year ago at Home Depot for the same prices listed here. You must have seen a different brand or something. ;)
You won't be able to win this with the money argument. Microsoft will swarm all over you, giving free stuff away.
If money is the argument, then getting Microsoft to give away their products would sort of be a win, honestly. I know the problem isn't just money though -- But I thought that might be worth pointing out for others who really do believe in FOSS primarily for the cost savings.
Personally, I've never had a problem with Adobe Reader on any platform
I've had awful problems with it in Windows, historically. Hangups, slow to load, annoying default settings, crashes... Since version 9 though, it has become much more usable. Just make sure you turn off the auto update if you don't like to get nagged. :)
So I got the iPhone 3G. My Zune was then in the glove compartment of my car for a few months. I pulled it out a few weeks ago to try out the Zune games that seemed to be taking off. What I used to think was a sleek, intuitive interface on the Zune now looked clunky.
The same thing happened to me, as well. The only thing I miss (and probably you do to) is the huge amount of storage space the Zune has, compared to the iPhone.
I don't really understand that because it comes with a built-in wireless system so you can share your music with any other nearby Zune.
Unless things have changed since the first gen Zune, you only get to listen to downloaded-from-your-neighbor-through-WIFI songs 3 times before you can't listen to anymore.
That is indeed a prime example of DRM, if that is still the case. I haven't kept up with Zune 2.0. Maybe things changed?
My next step is to extend my computing experience to the handheld, probably replacing my Palm T3 with an iPhone or Android phone over the next year or so. I have great confidence that I'll be able to synchronize and interoperate very well with a KDE/Gnome environment
Unfortunately, no, you won't... not with an iPhone anyway. Aside from iTunes, even Windows apps can't do it yet. I'd say maybe iTunes and Wine, but a special driver is used for iTunes to recognize your iPhone. You could jailbreak your iPhone and sync using SSH over wireless, but that's impractical: you are still on your own trying to get movies/music synced and working and you can forget about things like syncing contacts with your email client... Updating your iPhone with newer firmware would be a chore and there's no telling what other hassles there would be.
Of course, I'd be hopeful that any Android phone will work better under Linux. However, by the looks of it, the G1 is pretty "locked down" too. I wonder...
All states of War are not equal.
Tell that to the guys in the cemetary, their widows, their children.
Believe me, all states of war are equal when you're on the wrong end of an enemy weapon.
Well, any state of war is bad (I think that's your point), but I offer you 416,000 examples of why "all states of war are equal" is a mistake to think. Compare that to the current war's 5,000ish figure and you can better visualize the point of the GGP.. BTW, figures are fatal U.S. military casualties only
Fishbowl's opinion remains true in my eyes - WWII does not compare to anything since and there is indeed a 'spectrum' in regard to the 'state of war'. War is war, but it is not the same every time -- Some wars are more heinous than others.
Here's a quick synopsis of casualties in major U.S wars.
It always works for me (free gmail service) with IMAP. I've had a couple of issues where I had to "unlock" my account with their captcha verification.
Of course, when you PAY for the Google Apps service, 99.9% uptime is guaranteed and Gmail isn't 'beta' anymore...
Because $10 for 100 users is an unnecessary $12,000 per year, not including any other costs of local and remote administration, Outlook itself etc...?
It's a drop in a bucket for most business with 100+ employees, but for a K-12 school with a technology budget of less than $20,000, it makes you think...