I'm with you there. My XP box I bought in '05 had Systemworks pre-installed, and of course I didn't pay the extortion money when my "subscription" ran out so now I've got Norton popping up every few weeks running like its always been. Never mind that I uninstalled the whole program in 2006. And again in 2007, 3 times. And this year, twice. I will never use another Symantec product again.
Sadly, I used to use McAffe, but on my dad's laptop, he's running the latest and greatest VirusScan and its just as bloaty as Norton now. I had to disable half the services just to get his computer to run programs AND AV at the same time.
"The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." -- John Gilmore
Unless the Media conglomerates and governments get together and shut down the whole grid, and THEN build a new global computer network, AND get the majority of the population to adopt it, this will just be another case of the Old Media tilting at windmills.
I totally agree. While GTA IV is fun for sure, and for the most part very well polished, I just don't get the "go anywhere, do anything" feeling I got from San Andreas. For somebody who likes the mission structure and getting completion, its probably a lot more fun, however I'm just tired of Roman or Dwayne calling me when I'm just out screwing around. I loved the Sandbox of GTA-SA, and it feels like that was toned down a bit in favor of a more... "linear" type of game.
The PS3 has rechargeable battery powered controllers. They charge off the system bus. I don't know if that alters the PS3's power consumption noticeably.
The 360 offers a wired controller that is powered by the system bus, as well as a Wireless controller that runs off AA batteries, like the Wii Remote.
Exactly why I'm voting Obama. The supreme court needs to be a 5/4 split on most issues. If it isn't then whomever is in the majority can ram through any precedent they want.
How do you critically analyze ID or creationism? With evolution, you can study the fossil record, or watch micro-evolution happen. With ID, you can only say that $animal has $attribute because it was designed that way. Creationism is worse with a "because God wanted it that way" approach. The scientific community cannot observe, test, analyze, and make conclusions about ID or Creationism. They are based on faith. I have faith. I think faith is a wonderful thing to have. I do not think faith and science are the same. If you can study ID or creationism with the scientific method, then I welcome it in our schools. They cannot cannot then I say they are theology, not science, and should not be taught as such.
Up until the episode When Aliens Attack (ep. 1ACV12, season 1 episode 12) the President's name was McNeal. In a stunning bit of coincidence that also happened to be the name of the protagonist on the popular 20th century sitcom/dramedy "Single Female Lawyer" which due to the speed of radio wave transmission was just reaching the Omicron Persei star system. After a misunderstanding of the demands of Lrr of Omicron Persei 8, President McNeal was handed over to the aliens. After the misunderstanding was clairified, he was disintegrated.
Doesn't the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Preclude them from using that as a bar to employment? Or is ADA toothless when it come to mental illness?
Here in Southern California, The incumbent Rep. David Drier has been spamcalling everybody with some "stay on the line to be connected to a LIVE town hall meeting" Which by the way is a Listen only connection. However Myself and a number of my friends who also live in his district have called his main campaign office and told them that we are voting him out SOLELY for his telephone campaign policy.
Well that does it. I'm uninstalling Kubuntu and going to Vista. Nothing helps me save money like buying a $400 operating system. Thanks Andre Keen! Without your insight, I'd be stuck with a free, strongly supported OS I could modify to my needs.
That brought back a wave of nostalgia from way back. Back in the long ago I made my own homepage as a local file on the computer. Of course, it was static, and only had text links. Hell, I wrote it in notepad.exe . If my Web kung-fu was better I'd do it again, but I missed the bus on Ruby, AJAX and the like.
Beta was a superior product, so much so that before Digital Video, it was STILL the standard for TV broadcasters. However VHS got out to an early lead in market share with the "casual adopters" and the rest is history.
Same goes for USB 2.0. Firewire is better at what it does than USB, but USB does more and is more heavily saturated in the market. I assume that We'll see Firewire in MBPs for a few years to come, probably until USB 3 or a new High Speed Bus comes along that makes FW/USB 2.0 obsolete.
Clinton steered the ship toward the rocks. Bush spent 7 1/2 years with the rocks in the front window and did nothing about it. Both seem to be to blame, but you have to hold the guy who's watch it happened on more responsible.
1: Relatively cheap HMO. My coverage is free (that is, it is covered by my employer, not free as in speech) But to add my wife, it costs us $318 a month. If we had kids, that number would balloon to almost $800.
2: More expensive PPO. Once again, my coverage is fully covered by my benefits allotment, but the wife would cost over $500. Plus as a PPO it kind of sucks because the Hospital closest to my work just de-listed them as an accepted provider.
Now, I doubt the gov't will fix this at all, but that doesn't change the fact that the current system is crap as well. I think Chris Rock said it best when he said that we should pay Doctors like we pay Preachers, Pass the hat around and whatever you get, you keep. After all they're both doing god's work, right?
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China is also nuclear and bigger than the US. Certainly population wise, and the physical size is arguably bigger.
I'm with you there. My XP box I bought in '05 had Systemworks pre-installed, and of course I didn't pay the extortion money when my "subscription" ran out so now I've got Norton popping up every few weeks running like its always been. Never mind that I uninstalled the whole program in 2006. And again in 2007, 3 times. And this year, twice. I will never use another Symantec product again. Sadly, I used to use McAffe, but on my dad's laptop, he's running the latest and greatest VirusScan and its just as bloaty as Norton now. I had to disable half the services just to get his computer to run programs AND AV at the same time.
"The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." -- John Gilmore
Unless the Media conglomerates and governments get together and shut down the whole grid, and THEN build a new global computer network, AND get the majority of the population to adopt it, this will just be another case of the Old Media tilting at windmills.
I totally agree. While GTA IV is fun for sure, and for the most part very well polished, I just don't get the "go anywhere, do anything" feeling I got from San Andreas. For somebody who likes the mission structure and getting completion, its probably a lot more fun, however I'm just tired of Roman or Dwayne calling me when I'm just out screwing around. I loved the Sandbox of GTA-SA, and it feels like that was toned down a bit in favor of a more... "linear" type of game.
Wily Wombat?
The PS3 has rechargeable battery powered controllers. They charge off the system bus. I don't know if that alters the PS3's power consumption noticeably.
The 360 offers a wired controller that is powered by the system bus, as well as a Wireless controller that runs off AA batteries, like the Wii Remote.
America is 2 continents
I would have actually considered voting for an independent McCain/Lieberman ticket.
Exactly why I'm voting Obama. The supreme court needs to be a 5/4 split on most issues. If it isn't then whomever is in the majority can ram through any precedent they want.
How do you critically analyze ID or creationism? With evolution, you can study the fossil record, or watch micro-evolution happen. With ID, you can only say that $animal has $attribute because it was designed that way. Creationism is worse with a "because God wanted it that way" approach. The scientific community cannot observe, test, analyze, and make conclusions about ID or Creationism. They are based on faith. I have faith. I think faith is a wonderful thing to have. I do not think faith and science are the same. If you can study ID or creationism with the scientific method, then I welcome it in our schools. They cannot cannot then I say they are theology, not science, and should not be taught as such.
To compound my nerdish leanings: Nixon was elected president 4 episodes later in A Head in the Polls(season 2 episode 3)
Up until the episode When Aliens Attack (ep. 1ACV12, season 1 episode 12) the President's name was McNeal. In a stunning bit of coincidence that also happened to be the name of the protagonist on the popular 20th century sitcom/dramedy "Single Female Lawyer" which due to the speed of radio wave transmission was just reaching the Omicron Persei star system. After a misunderstanding of the demands of Lrr of Omicron Persei 8, President McNeal was handed over to the aliens. After the misunderstanding was clairified, he was disintegrated.
Wow. That was so nerdy even I want to beat me up.
If I had mod points, I would have modded parent up.
Doesn't the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) Preclude them from using that as a bar to employment? Or is ADA toothless when it come to mental illness?
Good Lord! I live in SoCal and it isn't that bad here.(At least not since the Mortgage bubble exploded.) Where exactly do you live?
Here in Southern California, The incumbent Rep. David Drier has been spamcalling everybody with some "stay on the line to be connected to a LIVE town hall meeting" Which by the way is a Listen only connection. However Myself and a number of my friends who also live in his district have called his main campaign office and told them that we are voting him out SOLELY for his telephone campaign policy.
Well that does it. I'm uninstalling Kubuntu and going to Vista. Nothing helps me save money like buying a $400 operating system. Thanks Andre Keen! Without your insight, I'd be stuck with a free, strongly supported OS I could modify to my needs.
That brought back a wave of nostalgia from way back. Back in the long ago I made my own homepage as a local file on the computer. Of course, it was static, and only had text links. Hell, I wrote it in notepad.exe . If my Web kung-fu was better I'd do it again, but I missed the bus on Ruby, AJAX and the like.
Is it just an excuse to get you a free pass on bugs?
Its Betamax v. VHS again.
Beta was a superior product, so much so that before Digital Video, it was STILL the standard for TV broadcasters. However VHS got out to an early lead in market share with the "casual adopters" and the rest is history.
Same goes for USB 2.0. Firewire is better at what it does than USB, but USB does more and is more heavily saturated in the market. I assume that We'll see Firewire in MBPs for a few years to come, probably until USB 3 or a new High Speed Bus comes along that makes FW/USB 2.0 obsolete.
THIS. I work in a Mac Shop, and when I absolutley need to image the HDDs of say, 30 Macs, Bootup + T is the only way to get it done.
No, obviously he needs to take that fellow's powers.
To use a metaphor:
Clinton steered the ship toward the rocks. Bush spent 7 1/2 years with the rocks in the front window and did nothing about it. Both seem to be to blame, but you have to hold the guy who's watch it happened on more responsible.
My insurance has 2 health care options:
1: Relatively cheap HMO. My coverage is free (that is, it is covered by my employer, not free as in speech) But to add my wife, it costs us $318 a month. If we had kids, that number would balloon to almost $800.
2: More expensive PPO. Once again, my coverage is fully covered by my benefits allotment, but the wife would cost over $500. Plus as a PPO it kind of sucks because the Hospital closest to my work just de-listed them as an accepted provider.
Now, I doubt the gov't will fix this at all, but that doesn't change the fact that the current system is crap as well. I think Chris Rock said it best when he said that we should pay Doctors like we pay Preachers, Pass the hat around and whatever you get, you keep. After all they're both doing god's work, right?
The word on the street is that the Mini is going to mate with the Apple TV and have Media center offspring that nobody will buy.