I think the article's comments about Sun losing customer loyalty are much more pertinent than any bs about Sun should drop Sparc or Solaris in favor of Intel/AMD and Linux. Which doesn't mean Sun can ignore those things, and indeed it doesn't appear to be. Perhaps the Java Desktop System is not impressive to a Linux power user who writes for the trade press, but I have to say it looks good enough that I'd be comfortable handing it to my wife or a non-technical corporate drone as a windows replacement. It's not meant to be a power user platform, and oh, by the way, since it's based on an existing distro, it's easy enough to build it up to where you want it if you do happen to be a power user.
Point being that, while it's far from a slam dunk that Sun will reverse its fortunes, it's no more certain that such a reversal is impossible. Sun's not nearly as poorly off as Apple was a few years ago, and it sure seems to me that Sun has simply taken Apple's place in the doomsayer lexicon. Why people have to have some tech company to continually accuse of being at death's door, I don't understand, but there you have it.
You're not looking very carefully. A name brand DVD-R can be gotten around $200, a name brand +/- drive can be gotten around $300. 50% higher doesn't qualify as "not that much higher".
without kowtowing to every nit who gets his noise into a twist because I whisper the word "god".
Except that's not the issue. The issue is not what other people are saying, it's what his daughter is being pressured to say.
the atheist is making arguments to enfarce atheism as the religion of the USA.
"EnFarce" is probably the right word. Because there is no way that anyone is working to enfOrce athiesm as a religion because no one is lining you up to force you to go to any theoretical church of atheism, nor are they blocking your way to your church, nor are they requiring you to not discuss your religion as a private citizen. They are asking that people acting as agents of the government, like judges and public school teachers and such not be in the business of PUSHING religion. That's not the same thing as pushing atheism even, unless you are so weak in your faith as to need to be reminded of God every moment of the day or you will abandon Him.
When I signed up there was nothing that said "land lines only" so I signed up both our cellphones. The good news is even if someone wants to abuse the list, they're usually off anyway.
The iBook puts itself to "sleep" for power saving or whatever periodically if it's not being used. For some reason, some/many iBooks are not able to be roused from this sleep without a power cycle. It may have something to do with a screen saver, but that jot of information only made itself known after many many weeks of trying to find a solution on Apple's site or other mac support forums. We have disabled all screen savers, and I don't hear the daily rant about the "sleep of death" any longer, but it could just be she's tired of my rolling my eyes too:-).
Wish I could say the same. My wife switched at my urging...and she's cranky about the iBook's permanent "sleep" mode and a handful of other things. But after a $2000 investment with a 10% restocking fee, there's no turning back.
That's also interesting, because the continue button was functional (with some patience and persistence) in Phoenix (0.5). I just submitted my complaint through the web page in addition to the one I submitted yesterday through the generic ftp complaint page.
I had the same sort of thing just yesterday. Telemarketer called, I asked if they'd heard of the do-not-call list, they started giving me some BS about it wasn't being enforced yet. I pointed out that indeed it was, why don't you bother someone else, or better yet, give me the name of your >click< company again?
Luckily for me, I have privacy manager, and the only way that calls come through is if they're identified on caller ID in the first place. So I pulled the name and number and had exactly the same problems trying to find a place to file my complaint. Ultimately, linking from my state do-not-call page (which is really only a front for the federal stuff), I got to a generic FTC complaint page here. So that's where I filed my complaint. Good luck.
What exactly are you smoking? To be nominated for the Nobel, you are made aware of the fact generally, and not 50 years later either. For example, Governor George Ryan of Illinois was nominated for the Peace Prize for his moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois and his work to have a moratorium imposed nation wide. He didn't win, but many people knew about it; certainly he did.
I heard an interview on NPR with one of the scientists who DID win, and either he or the reporter noted that one of the things that had held up the awarding of a prize for MRI for many years was the dispute over whether this third guy got included or not. I didn't get any impression from the scientist that he particularly cared. Which means that it was up to the Nobel committee, and they made their decision after apparently looking at the question of whether he should be included or not many times over the last decade or more. That said, I suspect that the committee believes they made the right decision. The fact that this guy is coming back with sour grapes now sure doesn't seem very professional.
Your example is still unclear. How are cellphones an example of either radiation is NOT all around us or there IS something you can do about radiation? Sure, you can not give the kid a cellphone, but that doesn't stop him or her from hanging out with those who have them, borrowing them, etc.
There is no "substantial" body of work documenting this. And there *are* documents from the federal government specifically addressing the 2.4GHz range and its risks. I found them online trying to research to write a letter to the editor refuting these morons. I eventually gave up on that though, and just wrote a ltter so sarcastic that apparently the editor didn't think it was printable.
So a cellphone is generally right next to my head.
A WiFi network is usually going to be at least 2 feet away (on top of the desk at the laptop end) and if it's just one computer per schoolroom, it's going to be a lot further than that.
But the parents are concerned about the network, not about the cellphones that their kids, other kids, other kids parents, and probably they are using.
Tell me again how these people are not ludditious morons?
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I spose that depends on whether you consider Britney "high quality", now doesn't it?
Obviously I should have waited a couple months to buy mine, the Sony in particular I couldn't find anywhere near that price when I was looking.
I think the article's comments about Sun losing customer loyalty are much more pertinent than any bs about Sun should drop Sparc or Solaris in favor of Intel/AMD and Linux. Which doesn't mean Sun can ignore those things, and indeed it doesn't appear to be. Perhaps the Java Desktop System is not impressive to a Linux power user who writes for the trade press, but I have to say it looks good enough that I'd be comfortable handing it to my wife or a non-technical corporate drone as a windows replacement. It's not meant to be a power user platform, and oh, by the way, since it's based on an existing distro, it's easy enough to build it up to where you want it if you do happen to be a power user.
Point being that, while it's far from a slam dunk that Sun will reverse its fortunes, it's no more certain that such a reversal is impossible. Sun's not nearly as poorly off as Apple was a few years ago, and it sure seems to me that Sun has simply taken Apple's place in the doomsayer lexicon. Why people have to have some tech company to continually accuse of being at death's door, I don't understand, but there you have it.
What are these people smoking?
Two months ago I couldn't find those deals at pricewatch or anywhere else. Amazing how fast they're coming down.
You're not looking very carefully. A name brand DVD-R can be gotten around $200, a name brand +/- drive can be gotten around $300. 50% higher doesn't qualify as "not that much higher".
Except that's not the issue. The issue is not what other people are saying, it's what his daughter is being pressured to say.
the atheist is making arguments to enfarce atheism as the religion of the USA.
"EnFarce" is probably the right word. Because there is no way that anyone is working to enfOrce athiesm as a religion because no one is lining you up to force you to go to any theoretical church of atheism, nor are they blocking your way to your church, nor are they requiring you to not discuss your religion as a private citizen. They are asking that people acting as agents of the government, like judges and public school teachers and such not be in the business of PUSHING religion. That's not the same thing as pushing atheism even, unless you are so weak in your faith as to need to be reminded of God every moment of the day or you will abandon Him.
When I signed up there was nothing that said "land lines only" so I signed up both our cellphones. The good news is even if someone wants to abuse the list, they're usually off anyway.
FTC has a generic complaint webpage, which includes categories for telemarketing complaints.
That's not how STYX spelled it!
The iBook puts itself to "sleep" for power saving or whatever periodically if it's not being used. For some reason, some/many iBooks are not able to be roused from this sleep without a power cycle. It may have something to do with a screen saver, but that jot of information only made itself known after many many weeks of trying to find a solution on Apple's site or other mac support forums. We have disabled all screen savers, and I don't hear the daily rant about the "sleep of death" any longer, but it could just be she's tired of my rolling my eyes too :-).
Hm...now that I think about it, I was going there from my wife's iBook, and yes, she runs mozilla. Bah. Wonder what that huge __VIEWSTATE is for, eh?
Wish I could say the same. My wife switched at my urging...and she's cranky about the iBook's permanent "sleep" mode and a handful of other things. But after a $2000 investment with a 10% restocking fee, there's no turning back.
(heh, that should lose me some karma)
That's also interesting, because the continue button was functional (with some patience and persistence) in Phoenix (0.5). I just submitted my complaint through the web page in addition to the one I submitted yesterday through the generic ftp complaint page.
Interestingly, the "continue" button was missing yesterday (10/11/03).
Luckily for me, I have privacy manager, and the only way that calls come through is if they're identified on caller ID in the first place. So I pulled the name and number and had exactly the same problems trying to find a place to file my complaint. Ultimately, linking from my state do-not-call page (which is really only a front for the federal stuff), I got to a generic FTC complaint page here. So that's where I filed my complaint. Good luck.
Like that happens even remotely as often as someone is fired for being gay.
What exactly are you smoking? To be nominated for the Nobel, you are made aware of the fact generally, and not 50 years later either. For example, Governor George Ryan of Illinois was nominated for the Peace Prize for his moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois and his work to have a moratorium imposed nation wide. He didn't win, but many people knew about it; certainly he did.
Despicable like the boy scouts (another private organization) excluding people simply for being gay?
I heard an interview on NPR with one of the scientists who DID win, and either he or the reporter noted that one of the things that had held up the awarding of a prize for MRI for many years was the dispute over whether this third guy got included or not. I didn't get any impression from the scientist that he particularly cared. Which means that it was up to the Nobel committee, and they made their decision after apparently looking at the question of whether he should be included or not many times over the last decade or more. That said, I suspect that the committee believes they made the right decision. The fact that this guy is coming back with sour grapes now sure doesn't seem very professional.
Your example is still unclear. How are cellphones an example of either radiation is NOT all around us or there IS something you can do about radiation? Sure, you can not give the kid a cellphone, but that doesn't stop him or her from hanging out with those who have them, borrowing them, etc.
Reminds me of the pirates laughing at the FBI warning....what movie was that? Ages ago...
There is no "substantial" body of work documenting this. And there *are* documents from the federal government specifically addressing the 2.4GHz range and its risks. I found them online trying to research to write a letter to the editor refuting these morons. I eventually gave up on that though, and just wrote a ltter so sarcastic that apparently the editor didn't think it was printable.
A WiFi network is usually going to be at least 2 feet away (on top of the desk at the laptop end) and if it's just one computer per schoolroom, it's going to be a lot further than that.
But the parents are concerned about the network, not about the cellphones that their kids, other kids, other kids parents, and probably they are using.
Tell me again how these people are not ludditious morons?