I can do it in under half an hour. It's still a pain. I have no idea how many times I've done it, it's well over a dozen, probably over a hundred.
I suggest smaller table and ice cube tray, btw. Make sure your screwdrivers are magnetized.
I didn't think it was that bad in terms of defects, I had a 12" iBook G4 for a few years and it didn't really give me much trouble. I believe it's still in service today with the person I sold it to.
And servicing is always a mixed bag. The keyboard is really easy to replace - and usually took the worst of the liquid spills that were probably second most common to drops in terms of damaged machines.
But in terms of labor charges... I can do anything in terms of hardware repair on the iBooks in under an hour - and since it's my minimum charge, it's no worse than replacing an optical drive in a Mac Pro for your labor bill.
Server Error in '/' Application. Server Too Busy Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Server Too Busy
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[HttpException (0x80004005): Server Too Busy]
System.Web.HttpRuntime.RejectRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +150
Version Information: Microsoft.NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2407; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2407
It amazes me that people still consider windoze to be an acceptable server solution.
You do understand that once that "final line" is crossed, it's too late, right?
Once it really gets going, nothing short of a war, a total economic collapse, or a massive revolution can stop the oppression.
And many of us would like it to never get to that point, and therefore we point out when government actions are leading us in the direction of a total authoritarian state.
No, we're not there yet. Yes, many of the actions governments are taking today are repressive, police state actions. We point out these police state actions, and make lots of noise about them because we want to reverse this horrible direction before it crosses the final line.
But, what I would suggest instead is that if American companies really need workers who aren't available here, the alternative is a visa that is a fast track to citizenship instead of a temporary work visa.
That way the talent isn't being exploited temporarily, it's people who have a genuine interest in seeing the US succeed as they're people who are planning on living here permanantly.
BTW, why here and not France? I've been there, it's a beautiful country.
The zune is UGLY. It doesn't have half the usefulness of the iPod, it's like the anti-iPod.
I'm sorry, it's not half-decent. The zune is thoroughly indecent, and exists only as an excellent example of M$ screwing over their customers again. (playsforsure? noitdoesn't!)
Nope, you're not a lawyer, and you are wrong on both counts.
If a game disc says "This game cannot be resold", the purchaser of that game can legally disregard that statement and resell it.
It's a bit of law known as the first sale doctrine, which allows something sold to be resold by the purchaser. Manufacturers of absolutely everything would love to see it go away, because it would mean that there would be no used market and they would get to sell everything new. But it is the law, and it makes any wording to the contrary legally unenforceable.
And if OO.o says that other companies can't charge for it (it doesn't say anything of the sort, but that's irrelevant here) then other companies, after obtaining a copy of it, would be able to sell it anyway, regardless of any "you can't charge for it" wording.
The current issue in Germany is not one of the right to sell OpenOffice, it's certainly legal to do so, but the right of consumers to be informed of any charges in a clear and upfront manner, which was apparently not done here, and under the consumer protection laws the charges are almost certainly not legitimate.
Note that I said if Florida had been properly recounted.
You'll find a simple google search will come up with plenty of sources for this, a full recount of Florida would have have resulted in President Gore taking office in 2001.
And had thousands of people who were legally supposed to be allowed to vote not been illegally disenfranchised just before the election, the margin would not have even been close enough to bother with a recount.
And had over a thousand military absentee ballots that were not postmarked been properly rejected, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
Nope. Shrubbie got into office through corruption. Legitimate President Gore failing to take office in 2001 is the evidence.
If Florida had been counted properly without the corrupt SCOTUS interfering, we wouldn't have this economic crisis today, because we wouldn't have illegally invaded Iraq.
The Apple II has a 1 bit audio circuit, you control the audio by reading one location in memory.
But you did hear it do it, and that's purely because somebody was really good with assembly programming of that clicker - it could be made to sound like a multi-voice synthesizer with creative timing of the clicks.
I like nipples where they belong, on my women, not my keyboards.
Seriously, those things make me want to kill people. The first thing I do when I see one is rip it off so I won't bump it when I'm trying to type. The second thing I do is get a mouse so I can actually put the damn pointer where I want it.
You know, I grumped about the caps lock to the left of the A key where the ctrl key was supposed to be - about twenty years ago. I've long since gotten over it, and now I would REALLY hate to go back.
As long as the Command and Option keys don't jump around much, I'm ok now.
A judge has it within his or her power to order the release of source code under the GPL, if he or she determines that it would be the best way to remedy the problem.
If it's a large amount of GPL code, and the plaintiff is willing to accept the GPL release as a resolution to the dispute, there's no reason a judge wouldn't issue an order like that.
I suppose the company could still refuse to release the code, but judges have pretty broad contempt of court powers, so there could conceivably be a "release the code GPL, or you can sit in jail until it's released" order issued.
A court could certainly order software released under the GPL, the courts are not limited to purely monetary awards.
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Your list is inaccurate.
-Americans have the constitutional right to abortion. -Soft drugs I'll give you. It's a problem here, we're working to fix it. -Alcohol is another one. We currently have that freedom only from age 21, and it's a problem. -Prostitution is legal in Nevada. It's a state thing, there isn't a federal law against prostitution. -Again, there is no federal law against it. Euthanasia is legal in Washington and Oregon, and it's not like there are border controls. -Marriage is a state thing. Legal in Massachusetts and Connecticut, marriage equivalent unions exist in other states. -All 50 states allow divorce. I'm not sure what you're talking about. -We have real freedom of speech, while you can only speak your mind if you happen to agree with the government. That is actually something the US has better than almost every other country on the planet. Our cartoonists don't get arrested for hate speech. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/16/europe/EU-GEN-Netherlands-Cartoonist-Arrested.php -It's Sunday here. The bars are open. -You got us on the public sex thing. This country is full of prudes. -I find it very hard to believe that you don't need a visa for 99% of the planet. I just checked, and you're required to have a visa to go to either China or Russia, that covers quite a bit of the planet right there. About the only place we can't go is North Korea. Everywhere else lets Americans in.
But yeah, "leader of the free world" is pretty stupid, even though his policies will have a great impact on your country.
Except for the lack of FireWire, and the glossy screen, the MacBooks are ok. I know, the MacBooks already only came with a glossy screen, but that's fixable (and still is, as soon as somebody comes out with an anti-glare film for the new ones). And if I have to change one because it's cracked, I offer my customers an anti-glare replacement third party panel.
The FireWire issue is a killer for me, I've got a MacBook now (black) but when it's time to replace it, I have no choice, I have to get the MacBook Pro. I use too many FireWire devices to go without that port, and I put my MacBook in target disk mode at least once every few weeks - and when I need that, I really need that.
The black border is fine with me. When I do get a new one, maybe I'll go crazy and anodize the whole case black.
After having looked at the service manuals on the new ones, it's a slight downside on repairs. A bad keyboard or trackpad is now going to be a pain in my ass, but the easy to change hard drive is a good thing. I replace slightly more hard drives than bad keyboards, but even the old MacBook Pro hard drive wasn't really that hard to change, and the MacBook drive was already very easy.
(Yeah, I make Macintoshes work right for a living.)
I would even say that the technical reason is still present even with modern hardware.
It's not there to the extent it was, but compare the time to open an application vs the time to open a new window when that application is already open.
It's far more obvious when using something slow to open like Photoshop than when using Firefox, but it's still perceptibly there, and even that second or so that it takes with a browser can make the computing experience that much less seamless.
On a Macintosh, every way of interacting with an application does not go away when all of the windows are closed.
There are two left - the dock icon (a control click or a long click can give you options to interact with the program) and the menu bar. For example, if I close this firefox window, I still have the ability to access my bookmarks, open a local file, access the prefs window, or the download manager. The menus are still there until I quit the app. This is good functionality.
Closing a window on a Macintosh should almost never end the program, and I find it annoying in the few cases where it does happen.
Don't get me started on putting menus in a window instead of a menu bar at the top of the screen - that's one of the most frustrating things about using anything but a Mac.
You should always consult with an attorney licensed in your state, but I have NEVER heard an attorney advise someone to take the breath test, or the roadside sobriety coordination tests.
They have ALWAYS said that your best course of action is to refuse to take ANY tests, and refuse to provide ANY information to the police other than name and address.
Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about that, unless you're writing a formal paper.
The only people it bothers are hardcore linguistic prescriptionists, and since English is not a dead language word usages and spellings are continually changing. Less as a synonym for fewer has become part of the language, after being popularized by the "15 items or less" signs in supermarket express lanes.
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I can do it in under half an hour. It's still a pain. I have no idea how many times I've done it, it's well over a dozen, probably over a hundred.
I suggest smaller table and ice cube tray, btw. Make sure your screwdrivers are magnetized.
I didn't think it was that bad in terms of defects, I had a 12" iBook G4 for a few years and it didn't really give me much trouble. I believe it's still in service today with the person I sold it to.
And servicing is always a mixed bag. The keyboard is really easy to replace - and usually took the worst of the liquid spills that were probably second most common to drops in terms of damaged machines.
But in terms of labor charges... I can do anything in terms of hardware repair on the iBooks in under an hour - and since it's my minimum charge, it's no worse than replacing an optical drive in a Mac Pro for your labor bill.
At least I'm not the only one who caught that GP is in fact a M$ astroturfer.
THAT got a troll mod?
This is ridiculous. Slashdot is getting entirely too full of M$ astroturfers these days.
Parent should be +5 Informative.
The article seems to be slashdotted:
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Server Too Busy
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: Server Too Busy
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[HttpException (0x80004005): Server Too Busy]
System.Web.HttpRuntime.RejectRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +150
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2407; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2407
It amazes me that people still consider windoze to be an acceptable server solution.
You do understand that once that "final line" is crossed, it's too late, right?
Once it really gets going, nothing short of a war, a total economic collapse, or a massive revolution can stop the oppression.
And many of us would like it to never get to that point, and therefore we point out when government actions are leading us in the direction of a total authoritarian state.
No, we're not there yet. Yes, many of the actions governments are taking today are repressive, police state actions. We point out these police state actions, and make lots of noise about them because we want to reverse this horrible direction before it crosses the final line.
OK, so I am totally 100% opposed to H1B visas.
But, what I would suggest instead is that if American companies really need workers who aren't available here, the alternative is a visa that is a fast track to citizenship instead of a temporary work visa.
That way the talent isn't being exploited temporarily, it's people who have a genuine interest in seeing the US succeed as they're people who are planning on living here permanantly.
BTW, why here and not France? I've been there, it's a beautiful country.
The problem as I see it is that KDE 4.0 should have been called KDE 4.0b1, and 4.2 should have been called 4.0.
I'm not even sure it merited a beta tag, as it wasn't feature complete.
It didn't even have a way to put the menu bar at the top of the screen where it belongs. I'd call that horribly broken.
That's not flamebait!
The zune is UGLY. It doesn't have half the usefulness of the iPod, it's like the anti-iPod.
I'm sorry, it's not half-decent. The zune is thoroughly indecent, and exists only as an excellent example of M$ screwing over their customers again. (playsforsure? noitdoesn't!)
Nope, you're not a lawyer, and you are wrong on both counts.
If a game disc says "This game cannot be resold", the purchaser of that game can legally disregard that statement and resell it.
It's a bit of law known as the first sale doctrine, which allows something sold to be resold by the purchaser. Manufacturers of absolutely everything would love to see it go away, because it would mean that there would be no used market and they would get to sell everything new. But it is the law, and it makes any wording to the contrary legally unenforceable.
And if OO.o says that other companies can't charge for it (it doesn't say anything of the sort, but that's irrelevant here) then other companies, after obtaining a copy of it, would be able to sell it anyway, regardless of any "you can't charge for it" wording.
The current issue in Germany is not one of the right to sell OpenOffice, it's certainly legal to do so, but the right of consumers to be informed of any charges in a clear and upfront manner, which was apparently not done here, and under the consumer protection laws the charges are almost certainly not legitimate.
Note that I said if Florida had been properly recounted.
You'll find a simple google search will come up with plenty of sources for this, a full recount of Florida would have have resulted in President Gore taking office in 2001.
And had thousands of people who were legally supposed to be allowed to vote not been illegally disenfranchised just before the election, the margin would not have even been close enough to bother with a recount.
And had over a thousand military absentee ballots that were not postmarked been properly rejected, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
No, Shrubbie is not legitimately president.
Yeah, I suppose informative would be a better tag.
Nope. Shrubbie got into office through corruption. Legitimate President Gore failing to take office in 2001 is the evidence.
If Florida had been counted properly without the corrupt SCOTUS interfering, we wouldn't have this economic crisis today, because we wouldn't have illegally invaded Iraq.
There's just one problem with that. It can't.
At least not without additional hardware.
The Apple II has a 1 bit audio circuit, you control the audio by reading one location in memory.
But you did hear it do it, and that's purely because somebody was really good with assembly programming of that clicker - it could be made to sound like a multi-voice synthesizer with creative timing of the clicks.
A keyboard nipple? No thanks.
I like nipples where they belong, on my women, not my keyboards.
Seriously, those things make me want to kill people. The first thing I do when I see one is rip it off so I won't bump it when I'm trying to type. The second thing I do is get a mouse so I can actually put the damn pointer where I want it.
You know, I grumped about the caps lock to the left of the A key where the ctrl key was supposed to be - about twenty years ago. I've long since gotten over it, and now I would REALLY hate to go back.
As long as the Command and Option keys don't jump around much, I'm ok now.
The IBM M is lame. The Apple Extended Keyboard II is the best ever built.
Much quieter, a bit less key resistance, so it doesn't wear you out. Individual keyswitches for reliability and durability.
And you can still get one built like it:
http://www.matias.ca/tactilepro2/
Now that I think about it, the Tactile Pro 2 is probably the best keyboard built today.
Absolutely untrue.
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#117
I don't know why people keep repeating this.
A judge has it within his or her power to order the release of source code under the GPL, if he or she determines that it would be the best way to remedy the problem.
If it's a large amount of GPL code, and the plaintiff is willing to accept the GPL release as a resolution to the dispute, there's no reason a judge wouldn't issue an order like that.
I suppose the company could still refuse to release the code, but judges have pretty broad contempt of court powers, so there could conceivably be a "release the code GPL, or you can sit in jail until it's released" order issued.
I'm not sure why you think this.
A court could certainly order software released under the GPL, the courts are not limited to purely monetary awards.
Your list is inaccurate.
-Americans have the constitutional right to abortion.
-Soft drugs I'll give you. It's a problem here, we're working to fix it.
-Alcohol is another one. We currently have that freedom only from age 21, and it's a problem.
-Prostitution is legal in Nevada. It's a state thing, there isn't a federal law against prostitution.
-Again, there is no federal law against it. Euthanasia is legal in Washington and Oregon, and it's not like there are border controls.
-Marriage is a state thing. Legal in Massachusetts and Connecticut, marriage equivalent unions exist in other states.
-All 50 states allow divorce. I'm not sure what you're talking about.
-We have real freedom of speech, while you can only speak your mind if you happen to agree with the government. That is actually something the US has better than almost every other country on the planet. Our cartoonists don't get arrested for hate speech. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/16/europe/EU-GEN-Netherlands-Cartoonist-Arrested.php
-It's Sunday here. The bars are open.
-You got us on the public sex thing. This country is full of prudes.
-I find it very hard to believe that you don't need a visa for 99% of the planet. I just checked, and you're required to have a visa to go to either China or Russia, that covers quite a bit of the planet right there. About the only place we can't go is North Korea. Everywhere else lets Americans in.
But yeah, "leader of the free world" is pretty stupid, even though his policies will have a great impact on your country.
Except for the lack of FireWire, and the glossy screen, the MacBooks are ok. I know, the MacBooks already only came with a glossy screen, but that's fixable (and still is, as soon as somebody comes out with an anti-glare film for the new ones). And if I have to change one because it's cracked, I offer my customers an anti-glare replacement third party panel.
The FireWire issue is a killer for me, I've got a MacBook now (black) but when it's time to replace it, I have no choice, I have to get the MacBook Pro. I use too many FireWire devices to go without that port, and I put my MacBook in target disk mode at least once every few weeks - and when I need that, I really need that.
The black border is fine with me. When I do get a new one, maybe I'll go crazy and anodize the whole case black.
After having looked at the service manuals on the new ones, it's a slight downside on repairs. A bad keyboard or trackpad is now going to be a pain in my ass, but the easy to change hard drive is a good thing. I replace slightly more hard drives than bad keyboards, but even the old MacBook Pro hard drive wasn't really that hard to change, and the MacBook drive was already very easy.
(Yeah, I make Macintoshes work right for a living.)
I would even say that the technical reason is still present even with modern hardware.
It's not there to the extent it was, but compare the time to open an application vs the time to open a new window when that application is already open.
It's far more obvious when using something slow to open like Photoshop than when using Firefox, but it's still perceptibly there, and even that second or so that it takes with a browser can make the computing experience that much less seamless.
On a Macintosh, every way of interacting with an application does not go away when all of the windows are closed.
There are two left - the dock icon (a control click or a long click can give you options to interact with the program) and the menu bar. For example, if I close this firefox window, I still have the ability to access my bookmarks, open a local file, access the prefs window, or the download manager. The menus are still there until I quit the app. This is good functionality.
Closing a window on a Macintosh should almost never end the program, and I find it annoying in the few cases where it does happen.
Don't get me started on putting menus in a window instead of a menu bar at the top of the screen - that's one of the most frustrating things about using anything but a Mac.
You should always consult with an attorney licensed in your state, but I have NEVER heard an attorney advise someone to take the breath test, or the roadside sobriety coordination tests.
They have ALWAYS said that your best course of action is to refuse to take ANY tests, and refuse to provide ANY information to the police other than name and address.
Oh, I wouldn't worry too much about that, unless you're writing a formal paper.
The only people it bothers are hardcore linguistic prescriptionists, and since English is not a dead language word usages and spellings are continually changing. Less as a synonym for fewer has become part of the language, after being popularized by the "15 items or less" signs in supermarket express lanes.
And it's less letters to type. :)