I think the problem created by this law is that there is not a per year limit or per person but a limit on costs related to a specific illness. Their current system doesn't care or handle the ability to differentiate between cancer with a certain limit and perhaps a broken back, which I guess has no limit. Nice of congress to determine who will really benefit in this new system for us. My wife has MS and won't benefit the same way, I suppose.
For 90% of computing needs for the average joe, you're right.
Hillarious, Mr. IT Awesomeness, that you admit that for most people this is enough. So I guess you're real point is that only the 10% that do REAL computing need to have anything at all and the rest of the people shouldn't have any device or should have something way over-powered for their needs. You may call it a useless, but whether it is perfect of not for you (and nothing out there is), it meets a need and does so well enough for many. Sure, the Surface is not a hit, but I find it enough for basic road computing while traveling a lot to third-world countries where over-powered laptops are a bigger pain and liability than benefit in computing power. Sorry for not being power-hungry in my needs right now. I do realize that your job depends on people needing more computers and not less. Get perspective on other needs of other people around the world and see that there are places where devices outside of your inventory can be great for other people doing other things.
Boy, going around feeling superior to everyone must be great. I want to be just like you. Please, in a prideful way, show me how to make more friends like you. Oh yeh, just buy anything Apple like you and it will happen. Thanks for the tip.
I'm writing on my Surface right now while traveling in Bolivia. I know it is fun to slam MS on everything they make and many will wet their pants when Apple comes out with a new digital tennis shoe that will record your steps and post it on Facebook someday. For me, the Surface RT beats out my ultrabook for portability and durability (beginning to get screen marks on the Samsung Series 9 from getting it mashed in the overhead bin of the planes), the battery lasts a long time, the type keyboard is great (not the touch version), and it has most of the programs I need for regular work.
Of course, I'm not designing with CAD on this...will do that when I get home. I'm not programming either...will do that when I get home. While traveling, this is better than a tablet and laptop for the basic needs that many have. I will look forward to Outlook because that is what I use at home as well as a hundred million other people. Get that basic tool included (which should have been in the first release) and this will be even better for us power-travelers that don't need power-laptops.
Actually, reverse commute is nothing. So long as you are not working on the weekends, you would be flying over the hill both ways if you lived in the valley and worked in SC. Having lived there for many years and commuted before rush hour each day, I can say that the 'isolation' is completely what you are used to. If you are used to lots of highways, malls, and suburbia, then SC will not be for you. If you like the ocean, mountains, laid back life and can get a job there, I'd think for many it would be utopia....hence the purpose of this title post to get more businesses over there so people don't have to commute and can perhaps surf before coming into the office.
I lived in SC for years and commuted to Fremont in 50 minutes (before rush hours). I for one LOVE the drive on Hw 17 everyday. I would look forward to that drive in my Murano...SUV. There was nothing better than getting out of the boring freeways in the valley and heading up into the mountains and tall trees. To each their own.
I've been using my Surface for 9 months now and don't even turn on my laptop or desktop anymore. With the 8.1 Preview now install on my Surface, I find a lot of the gripes and complaints gone. I'm liking this more and more every day. Much smaller, lighter and portable than my Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook. Not as powerful, but I'm not converting videos or doing CAD on this. For just about everything else I do, the Surface does it better than an iPad with the awesome type keyboard, great battery, split-screen apps (now 50/50 with 8.1 Preview), full Office and some nice new features.
I know everyone likes to look and think they are superior for having the money to buy all Apple products, but this is a great step in the right direction. I now find myself so comfortable with the keyboard, touchpad and touch screen so well integrated that I move to other laptops and start touching their screens to do the simple tasks and then am reminded how great it would be if all portable computers had touch screens integrated and an OS that was trying to make use of that feature.
until Climate Change is finished. Then we can talk about where is a nice place to live or not. My area promises to be much nicer in the future with less seasonal change than now. I'm looking forward to change.
I would think most references to people could be used that way. You could get a nobelian bonus at the end of the year from work...if you happen to be popular enough. Term 'American' is often used in both ways as well.
I'm not as think as you dumb I am. Just too lazy. Still, all of the postings here are inaccurate. They are only stating the ice depth. I guess that is what you think, too. The real evaluation is the amount of ice above sea level.
If you melt an iceberg, does the sea level rise, lower or stay the same. I'm guessing about the same because the amount above the surface melting is offset by the reduction in volume due to the ice under the water melting. It is curious to me in all the "simple math" that people are spitting out that they are not being accurate to find the amount of ice that is actually above sea level. If Antarctica is very deep ice but only a little above the sea level, melting all of it should have little or no effect.
Funny....all the postings are talking about the depth of ice. That is irrelevant. It is the amount of ice above sea level that matters. If the ice depth is below sea level (and melts) it will have the negative effect on sea levels. If there is more ice under sea level and above, the sea level for the planet will drop, not rise. Right?
Thanks. That's cool. I'm assuming your thickness of Antarctica is just what is above see level and not below. If the ice below sea level melted it would reduce the sea level. If more ice is below than above sea level, a complete thaw would see overall sea level drop, right?
There is great evidence that shows shifts in the centuries, too. I like to challenge people to go to California and look at a cross-section of a redwood or sequoia tree. Most of the state and national parks have a huge section (8-10' diameter) of an old tree. In some cases, it shows almost 2,000 of rings. If you ponder and consider what the ring sizes mean, you will see a hundred years (or so) of thick rings meaning good growth, certain climate, plenty of rain, etc... Then you will see a section of another hundred years of small, tight rings...meaning less rain, climate not as good for growing (colder/hotter or whatever). Tell me, if the world doesn't go through this and then adjust, why is this happening.
Perhaps the biologists can help me understand one thing. What do plant 'inhale'? I was taught that it was CO2 and they 'exhale' O2. If this is true, with an increase in CO2, shouldn't nature naturally begin to grow more abundantly and plants produce more O2, or is there something missing? I keep seeing in nature that when something goes out-of-balance, there is a natural response to bring it back? Seems to me that plants have gone through something like this before and will be able to adapt....as we and oth3er animals can, too.
I do know that when ice melts, it takes up less volume than liquid water. I also understand that Antarctica is large, but the oceans around the world are pretty big, too. You're trying to scare me into believing that a couple portions of Antarctica can produce enough water to raise the oceans around the world by 60 feet. Someone please tell me how much ice would have to be melted in order to do that and if Antarctica (even if completely melted) could do that. Seems a little out of proportion just looking at a map.
4. If we had no guns, people would be good and no wrong or harm would come to anyone. Come on! I live in Montana where everyone (practically) owns several guns, but you don't see high crime rates or murders. Why? You'd have to be an idiot to come here with a gun and hold up someone (on the street or in the home...can conceal carry here, too).
Correlation does not mean causation. Because there are guns and people die does not mean that guns are causing it. Take away the guns, they'll make bombs, take away the bombs, bad people will use chemicals, take away chemical, they'll use sling shots,....etc. The problem is evil in people causing them to do what is evil. Guns are just a tool to help control evil.
Do someone people get hurt? Sure. The first story in this is about a guy growing illegal drugs that started a gun fight with police. You suggest that the police were wrong for coming in with a gun? BS. They have to because there are so many evil people out there (selling drugs to our kids and then firing upon anyone).
I find this whole subject silly in that we are making out police to be the evil. Where in the world do the police go around with no guns? Missed that part...
My name is Prince Abdula, and I am in a situation now that I believe you could help me with. I am moving to the US but need help to transfer 1.5B Bitcoins out of my country. If you could kindly give me your cell phone number, I will transfer the Bitcoins to your account and will give you 1.5M Bitcoins in exchange for your help....
The whole idea that governments must expose everything they do all the time and never have any secrets is stupid! The whole altruistic concept that man is basically good is rubbish. The thought that the world will be a better place if some government are laid naked before the world while others will also work in private is foolishness.
Each person that comes to the US and claims political asylum must prove it. Many come, make the claim, and are rejected and returned. It is complicated, but political differences that are also illegal in a country may allow asylum...like not agreeing with the only party in the country and the threat of being killed if returned...not just imprisoned. Many countries do that for simply disagreeing with a policy...not doing something to actually undermine a country. Many people around the world flee their country, because they made a public statement that they don't like the way things are done. Yes, that can be illegal in a country, but it is NOT the same as treason, espionage, or telling secrets from a government when the person has signed a commitment to not discuss these secrets.
Saying you don't like things in your country. That is OK. Stealing secrets and undermining the country. Not OK. The real interesting thought here is if you are willing to have any of your family members killed by a terrorist in the US because they missed some communication. You may be willing just to know that there are not any phones tapped. I'm personally OK with it. Nothing said on my phone or surfed on my internet matters to anyone. Nothing to see or hear...they move on....and none of my family members have been killed by terrorists in this country. Wonder if they had this phone tap in place if the Twin Towers might still be standing today?
I think you are being suckered by the media slant on reporting.
The US has and still does provide asylum for political reasons. What that means is that if a person is standing up or being accused of something that is POLITICAL in nature in a country (NOT A LEGAL ISSUE), then they can seek asylum. If the legal issue is also political, then there is cause.
In this case, it is similar to any other crime of State where someone has done something, admitted to it, and needs to be brought to justice. If someone raped, stole, caused harm or broke another law in our country (especially if it is high profile), they will receive the same treatment as Snowden. If someone does something illegal (and not political) in another country, we will gladly send them back. We don't need more illegals or law breakers in our country. Have enough already.
It's being sold as a desktop OS, but that is not the future. If you've seen the/. articles over the years of the constant trend away from desktop, toward laptops, and now tablets. I would guess that MS has been watching these trends as well is making an early step toward smaller, touch-screen laptops and convertibles. Perhaps they will make a later revision to be more desktop friendly, but there are trends to either be followed or pioneered. Usually MS follows, but in this case, they are trying to lead. By no means is this the final and end of the move. It's a first step...just like the Mac OS over the years that have several times abandoned the past and push forward.
Yea, there is a lot of gripe about that, but almost all of my typical surfing is in Metro IE...makes best use of the screen and works for all normal surfing. Again, it is not for developers trying to inspect pages and dig into things, but for most common surfing, works just fine.
It is interesting to me how more and more people are saying that we are moving farther and farther from desktops (which used to be the main computer sold a decade ago) to laptops over the past decade (most people I know purchasing a computer get a laptop) until the recent few years where most computer purchases are tablets.
I see more people get hysterical with their iPads claiming they can use it for work and just about everything they do (I don't own one...staying Android for myself). So, I ended with saying this is not what I would recommend for desktops. Yes, I know, it is being pushed out everywhere, but in using 8 on Surface, Yoga, laptops (all of which I own), I can tell those who talk from a brief exposure to it that the interface for casual use and touch display makes sense, works, and does what is needed (for the most part and not perfectly...but a it is a first step in the direction). Most people I see using an $800 tablet are surfing Facebook and playing a game....not programming or playing serious Direct X games.
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I think the problem created by this law is that there is not a per year limit or per person but a limit on costs related to a specific illness. Their current system doesn't care or handle the ability to differentiate between cancer with a certain limit and perhaps a broken back, which I guess has no limit. Nice of congress to determine who will really benefit in this new system for us. My wife has MS and won't benefit the same way, I suppose.
For 90% of computing needs for the average joe, you're right.
Hillarious, Mr. IT Awesomeness, that you admit that for most people this is enough. So I guess you're real point is that only the 10% that do REAL computing need to have anything at all and the rest of the people shouldn't have any device or should have something way over-powered for their needs. You may call it a useless, but whether it is perfect of not for you (and nothing out there is), it meets a need and does so well enough for many. Sure, the Surface is not a hit, but I find it enough for basic road computing while traveling a lot to third-world countries where over-powered laptops are a bigger pain and liability than benefit in computing power. Sorry for not being power-hungry in my needs right now. I do realize that your job depends on people needing more computers and not less. Get perspective on other needs of other people around the world and see that there are places where devices outside of your inventory can be great for other people doing other things.
Boy, going around feeling superior to everyone must be great. I want to be just like you. Please, in a prideful way, show me how to make more friends like you. Oh yeh, just buy anything Apple like you and it will happen. Thanks for the tip.
I'm writing on my Surface right now while traveling in Bolivia. I know it is fun to slam MS on everything they make and many will wet their pants when Apple comes out with a new digital tennis shoe that will record your steps and post it on Facebook someday. For me, the Surface RT beats out my ultrabook for portability and durability (beginning to get screen marks on the Samsung Series 9 from getting it mashed in the overhead bin of the planes), the battery lasts a long time, the type keyboard is great (not the touch version), and it has most of the programs I need for regular work.
Of course, I'm not designing with CAD on this...will do that when I get home. I'm not programming either...will do that when I get home. While traveling, this is better than a tablet and laptop for the basic needs that many have. I will look forward to Outlook because that is what I use at home as well as a hundred million other people. Get that basic tool included (which should have been in the first release) and this will be even better for us power-travelers that don't need power-laptops.
Actually, reverse commute is nothing. So long as you are not working on the weekends, you would be flying over the hill both ways if you lived in the valley and worked in SC. Having lived there for many years and commuted before rush hour each day, I can say that the 'isolation' is completely what you are used to. If you are used to lots of highways, malls, and suburbia, then SC will not be for you. If you like the ocean, mountains, laid back life and can get a job there, I'd think for many it would be utopia....hence the purpose of this title post to get more businesses over there so people don't have to commute and can perhaps surf before coming into the office.
I lived in SC for years and commuted to Fremont in 50 minutes (before rush hours). I for one LOVE the drive on Hw 17 everyday. I would look forward to that drive in my Murano...SUV. There was nothing better than getting out of the boring freeways in the valley and heading up into the mountains and tall trees. To each their own.
I've been using my Surface for 9 months now and don't even turn on my laptop or desktop anymore. With the 8.1 Preview now install on my Surface, I find a lot of the gripes and complaints gone. I'm liking this more and more every day. Much smaller, lighter and portable than my Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook. Not as powerful, but I'm not converting videos or doing CAD on this. For just about everything else I do, the Surface does it better than an iPad with the awesome type keyboard, great battery, split-screen apps (now 50/50 with 8.1 Preview), full Office and some nice new features.
I know everyone likes to look and think they are superior for having the money to buy all Apple products, but this is a great step in the right direction. I now find myself so comfortable with the keyboard, touchpad and touch screen so well integrated that I move to other laptops and start touching their screens to do the simple tasks and then am reminded how great it would be if all portable computers had touch screens integrated and an OS that was trying to make use of that feature.
until Climate Change is finished. Then we can talk about where is a nice place to live or not. My area promises to be much nicer in the future with less seasonal change than now. I'm looking forward to change.
I would think most references to people could be used that way. You could get a nobelian bonus at the end of the year from work...if you happen to be popular enough. Term 'American' is often used in both ways as well.
New terms are coined all the time. I prefer Nobelian.
I'm not as think as you dumb I am. Just too lazy. Still, all of the postings here are inaccurate. They are only stating the ice depth. I guess that is what you think, too. The real evaluation is the amount of ice above sea level.
If you melt an iceberg, does the sea level rise, lower or stay the same. I'm guessing about the same because the amount above the surface melting is offset by the reduction in volume due to the ice under the water melting. It is curious to me in all the "simple math" that people are spitting out that they are not being accurate to find the amount of ice that is actually above sea level. If Antarctica is very deep ice but only a little above the sea level, melting all of it should have little or no effect.
Funny....all the postings are talking about the depth of ice. That is irrelevant. It is the amount of ice above sea level that matters. If the ice depth is below sea level (and melts) it will have the negative effect on sea levels. If there is more ice under sea level and above, the sea level for the planet will drop, not rise. Right?
Thanks. That's cool. I'm assuming your thickness of Antarctica is just what is above see level and not below. If the ice below sea level melted it would reduce the sea level. If more ice is below than above sea level, a complete thaw would see overall sea level drop, right?
They are if you can drive a car into it
There is great evidence that shows shifts in the centuries, too. I like to challenge people to go to California and look at a cross-section of a redwood or sequoia tree. Most of the state and national parks have a huge section (8-10' diameter) of an old tree. In some cases, it shows almost 2,000 of rings. If you ponder and consider what the ring sizes mean, you will see a hundred years (or so) of thick rings meaning good growth, certain climate, plenty of rain, etc... Then you will see a section of another hundred years of small, tight rings...meaning less rain, climate not as good for growing (colder/hotter or whatever). Tell me, if the world doesn't go through this and then adjust, why is this happening.
Perhaps the biologists can help me understand one thing. What do plant 'inhale'? I was taught that it was CO2 and they 'exhale' O2. If this is true, with an increase in CO2, shouldn't nature naturally begin to grow more abundantly and plants produce more O2, or is there something missing? I keep seeing in nature that when something goes out-of-balance, there is a natural response to bring it back? Seems to me that plants have gone through something like this before and will be able to adapt....as we and oth3er animals can, too.
Would like to see the math here.
I do know that when ice melts, it takes up less volume than liquid water. I also understand that Antarctica is large, but the oceans around the world are pretty big, too. You're trying to scare me into believing that a couple portions of Antarctica can produce enough water to raise the oceans around the world by 60 feet. Someone please tell me how much ice would have to be melted in order to do that and if Antarctica (even if completely melted) could do that. Seems a little out of proportion just looking at a map.
4. If we had no guns, people would be good and no wrong or harm would come to anyone. Come on! I live in Montana where everyone (practically) owns several guns, but you don't see high crime rates or murders. Why? You'd have to be an idiot to come here with a gun and hold up someone (on the street or in the home...can conceal carry here, too).
Correlation does not mean causation. Because there are guns and people die does not mean that guns are causing it. Take away the guns, they'll make bombs, take away the bombs, bad people will use chemicals, take away chemical, they'll use sling shots,....etc. The problem is evil in people causing them to do what is evil. Guns are just a tool to help control evil.
Do someone people get hurt? Sure. The first story in this is about a guy growing illegal drugs that started a gun fight with police. You suggest that the police were wrong for coming in with a gun? BS. They have to because there are so many evil people out there (selling drugs to our kids and then firing upon anyone).
I find this whole subject silly in that we are making out police to be the evil. Where in the world do the police go around with no guns? Missed that part...
The other issue here is that their servers and office are next door to a beauty salon.
My name is Prince Abdula, and I am in a situation now that I believe you could help me with. I am moving to the US but need help to transfer 1.5B Bitcoins out of my country. If you could kindly give me your cell phone number, I will transfer the Bitcoins to your account and will give you 1.5M Bitcoins in exchange for your help....
The whole idea that governments must expose everything they do all the time and never have any secrets is stupid! The whole altruistic concept that man is basically good is rubbish. The thought that the world will be a better place if some government are laid naked before the world while others will also work in private is foolishness.
Each person that comes to the US and claims political asylum must prove it. Many come, make the claim, and are rejected and returned. It is complicated, but political differences that are also illegal in a country may allow asylum...like not agreeing with the only party in the country and the threat of being killed if returned...not just imprisoned. Many countries do that for simply disagreeing with a policy...not doing something to actually undermine a country. Many people around the world flee their country, because they made a public statement that they don't like the way things are done. Yes, that can be illegal in a country, but it is NOT the same as treason, espionage, or telling secrets from a government when the person has signed a commitment to not discuss these secrets.
Saying you don't like things in your country. That is OK. Stealing secrets and undermining the country. Not OK. The real interesting thought here is if you are willing to have any of your family members killed by a terrorist in the US because they missed some communication. You may be willing just to know that there are not any phones tapped. I'm personally OK with it. Nothing said on my phone or surfed on my internet matters to anyone. Nothing to see or hear...they move on....and none of my family members have been killed by terrorists in this country. Wonder if they had this phone tap in place if the Twin Towers might still be standing today?
I think you are being suckered by the media slant on reporting.
The US has and still does provide asylum for political reasons. What that means is that if a person is standing up or being accused of something that is POLITICAL in nature in a country (NOT A LEGAL ISSUE), then they can seek asylum. If the legal issue is also political, then there is cause.
In this case, it is similar to any other crime of State where someone has done something, admitted to it, and needs to be brought to justice. If someone raped, stole, caused harm or broke another law in our country (especially if it is high profile), they will receive the same treatment as Snowden. If someone does something illegal (and not political) in another country, we will gladly send them back. We don't need more illegals or law breakers in our country. Have enough already.
It's being sold as a desktop OS, but that is not the future. If you've seen the /. articles over the years of the constant trend away from desktop, toward laptops, and now tablets. I would guess that MS has been watching these trends as well is making an early step toward smaller, touch-screen laptops and convertibles. Perhaps they will make a later revision to be more desktop friendly, but there are trends to either be followed or pioneered. Usually MS follows, but in this case, they are trying to lead. By no means is this the final and end of the move. It's a first step...just like the Mac OS over the years that have several times abandoned the past and push forward.
Yea, there is a lot of gripe about that, but almost all of my typical surfing is in Metro IE...makes best use of the screen and works for all normal surfing. Again, it is not for developers trying to inspect pages and dig into things, but for most common surfing, works just fine.
It is interesting to me how more and more people are saying that we are moving farther and farther from desktops (which used to be the main computer sold a decade ago) to laptops over the past decade (most people I know purchasing a computer get a laptop) until the recent few years where most computer purchases are tablets.
I see more people get hysterical with their iPads claiming they can use it for work and just about everything they do (I don't own one...staying Android for myself). So, I ended with saying this is not what I would recommend for desktops. Yes, I know, it is being pushed out everywhere, but in using 8 on Surface, Yoga, laptops (all of which I own), I can tell those who talk from a brief exposure to it that the interface for casual use and touch display makes sense, works, and does what is needed (for the most part and not perfectly...but a it is a first step in the direction). Most people I see using an $800 tablet are surfing Facebook and playing a game....not programming or playing serious Direct X games.
You just need a cocky young man that can reprogram the test and then casually win the test while eating an apple.