I'm also referring to the general communications blackout going on at this protest. Agreed, I guess yahoo can do whatever the fuck they want. But all the big media networks are conveniently looking the other way and ignoring protests up 10k + people. And people on the ground are getting arrested, cameras are being seized, and I've already seen several video accounts of police brutality. Yahoo may not be a government agency, but there are blatant violations of civil rights going on here, and the government doesn't seem interested in protecting peaceful protestors against those violations.
When another country does it, we chastise them. We do it, and we look the other way. I'm starting to truly hate my government. It's ineffective, it's bankrupting the country, and it's taking away my rights. It's very nearly time to start exercising our right to throw these fuckers out of office.
I didn't just mean support with money; we also need to help them with decent policies. The only ones who seem to be helped by energy policy these days are the coal and oil companies. Perhaps if we started keeping our natural preserves closed, these alternative energy companies (nuclear included for argument's sake) would attract more dollars from energy investors. The president seems to be two-faced in this manner: he's promoting renewables while expanding usage of fossil fuels like coal.
...that this is the company that Obama visited when he was on his renewable energy tour. I guess this is a symbol for how well those policies worked out. We really should be supporting these kinds of companies, not throwing our money at foreign oil/power interests.
The Metro-style UI — the one inspired by Windows Phone 7's tile-based design — will be the first to show up when a user boots a device.
I sure hope it'll be easy to turn that off. It makes sense on a consumer box with a touchscreen, but for my work station, I have no intention of using the Metro UI.
Giant steps are what they take
Delivering on the moon
I hope my pie's not cold
Delivering on the moon
He could walk forever
Delivering on the moon
My pizza could take forever
Delivering on, delivering on the moon
"We are surprised and disappointed by today's action, particularly since we have met repeatedly with the Department of Justice and there was no indication from the DOJ that this action was being contemplated. We plan to ask for an expedited hearing so the enormous benefits of this merger can be fully reviewed. The DOJ has the burden of proving alleged anti-competitive affects and we intend to vigorously contest this matter in court. We remain confident that this merger is in the best interest of consumers and our country, and the facts will prevail in court."
FWIW, I think the Justice Department did right today. As a T-Mobile customer, I am very happy. Here's hoping that the justice department succeeds.
I've had to use third party tools to do this for a VERY long time. You'd think they would've built this functionality into Vista/7, considering that OS X and pretty much every flavor of Linux have had this for nearly a decade now...
How dare his family try to make money off of this man? They should be ashamed of themselves. If there's any speech that should be public domain, it's this one. And don't even get me started on their payments from the National Mall memorial. We're trying to honor this man for his accomplishments. These family members disgusts me. They should stop the money grabbing and try to live up to the spirit and legacy of their relative, not make money off of him.
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Good point, but as a viewer, I would've been much more satisfied had they succeeded. I know that Top Gear often tweaks reality on their shows, but the only entertainment value gained (that I can make out) by blowing the thing up would be the fireball. My guess is that it would've been much less work (and money) and much more climactic to just let the thing succeed.
I know! I was watching with bated breath, and was sad to hear that they were done in by one release mechanism. Oh well, it was an amazing episode regardless, and a valiant effort, despite the horrible aerodynamic qualities of the Robin.
but not LA/Socal? They're actually tearing them down in LA (at the police commission's request, amazingly) after realizing that yellow light time adjustments help as well: "My main objection to this whole thing is that I believe the same safety can be achieved by signal timing changes," Councilman Paul Koretz said. "I believe DOT has been pretty resistant to this concept. In budget committee, we found that DOT was not planning on immediately implementing the measure that the council had passed twelve to nothing to change the signal timing on all the signalized intersections [with cameras], plus the additional ones that were identified as more dangerous.... DOT claims it complies with the MUTCD, but the times in the manual are minimums." The same thing also appears to be happening in Houston as well. Does NYC know something the other cities don't? From what googling I've done, red light camera making firms are reporting major drops in revenues. What makes NYC different?
Microsoft should try to get their hands on the webOS IP as well. WebOS was really cool, and MS could really shake things up in the mobile OS market if they were to start integrating webOS features into their mobile OS. Their growing market share might force Google and Apple to come up with similar features once Windows Phone 7 gets a large user base.
I will definitely keep this in mind when shopping for my next phone. I wonder if this HTC news, the Google/Moto deal and Samsung's dealings with Cyanogen will lead to a more open phone environment in the near future. I'm crossing my fingers:)
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I'm also referring to the general communications blackout going on at this protest. Agreed, I guess yahoo can do whatever the fuck they want. But all the big media networks are conveniently looking the other way and ignoring protests up 10k + people. And people on the ground are getting arrested, cameras are being seized, and I've already seen several video accounts of police brutality. Yahoo may not be a government agency, but there are blatant violations of civil rights going on here, and the government doesn't seem interested in protecting peaceful protestors against those violations.
When another country does it, we chastise them. We do it, and we look the other way. I'm starting to truly hate my government. It's ineffective, it's bankrupting the country, and it's taking away my rights. It's very nearly time to start exercising our right to throw these fuckers out of office.
How apt!
More like their labels.
NPR did a feature on them and broader patent issues. It's a pretty good listen: http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/26/138576167/when-patents-attack
Where's my hoverboard?
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I didn't just mean support with money; we also need to help them with decent policies. The only ones who seem to be helped by energy policy these days are the coal and oil companies. Perhaps if we started keeping our natural preserves closed, these alternative energy companies (nuclear included for argument's sake) would attract more dollars from energy investors. The president seems to be two-faced in this manner: he's promoting renewables while expanding usage of fossil fuels like coal.
...that this is the company that Obama visited when he was on his renewable energy tour. I guess this is a symbol for how well those policies worked out. We really should be supporting these kinds of companies, not throwing our money at foreign oil/power interests.
Doh! No, guess that serves me right for quickly glancing at TFS while trying to get work done.
The Metro-style UI — the one inspired by Windows Phone 7's tile-based design — will be the first to show up when a user boots a device.
I sure hope it'll be easy to turn that off. It makes sense on a consumer box with a touchscreen, but for my work station, I have no intention of using the Metro UI.
Giant steps are what they take
Delivering on the moon
I hope my pie's not cold
Delivering on the moon
He could walk forever
Delivering on the moon
My pizza could take forever
Delivering on, delivering on the moon
"We are surprised and disappointed by today's action, particularly since we have met repeatedly with the Department of Justice and there was no indication from the DOJ that this action was being contemplated. We plan to ask for an expedited hearing so the enormous benefits of this merger can be fully reviewed. The DOJ has the burden of proving alleged anti-competitive affects and we intend to vigorously contest this matter in court. We remain confident that this merger is in the best interest of consumers and our country, and the facts will prevail in court."
FWIW, I think the Justice Department did right today. As a T-Mobile customer, I am very happy. Here's hoping that the justice department succeeds.
I've had to use third party tools to do this for a VERY long time. You'd think they would've built this functionality into Vista/7, considering that OS X and pretty much every flavor of Linux have had this for nearly a decade now...
How dare his family try to make money off of this man? They should be ashamed of themselves. If there's any speech that should be public domain, it's this one. And don't even get me started on their payments from the National Mall memorial. We're trying to honor this man for his accomplishments. These family members disgusts me. They should stop the money grabbing and try to live up to the spirit and legacy of their relative, not make money off of him.
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Good point, but as a viewer, I would've been much more satisfied had they succeeded. I know that Top Gear often tweaks reality on their shows, but the only entertainment value gained (that I can make out) by blowing the thing up would be the fireball. My guess is that it would've been much less work (and money) and much more climactic to just let the thing succeed.
I know! I was watching with bated breath, and was sad to hear that they were done in by one release mechanism. Oh well, it was an amazing episode regardless, and a valiant effort, despite the horrible aerodynamic qualities of the Robin.
http://www.topgear.com/uk/videos/space-robin
but not LA/Socal? They're actually tearing them down in LA (at the police commission's request, amazingly) after realizing that yellow light time adjustments help as well: "My main objection to this whole thing is that I believe the same safety can be achieved by signal timing changes," Councilman Paul Koretz said. "I believe DOT has been pretty resistant to this concept. In budget committee, we found that DOT was not planning on immediately implementing the measure that the council had passed twelve to nothing to change the signal timing on all the signalized intersections [with cameras], plus the additional ones that were identified as more dangerous.... DOT claims it complies with the MUTCD, but the times in the manual are minimums." The same thing also appears to be happening in Houston as well. Does NYC know something the other cities don't? From what googling I've done, red light camera making firms are reporting major drops in revenues. What makes NYC different?
it was automated. No loss of life, thank goodness. Here's hoping the engineers find the fault quickly so we can keep our astronauts on schedule.
Knowing my luck, I'd get an old Jewish woman screaming at me every morning. "Who's there?! Are you a sex criminal?!"
Microsoft should try to get their hands on the webOS IP as well. WebOS was really cool, and MS could really shake things up in the mobile OS market if they were to start integrating webOS features into their mobile OS. Their growing market share might force Google and Apple to come up with similar features once Windows Phone 7 gets a large user base.
...and that's why they'll go out of business. I get the feeling that increasingly more gamers are starting to feel the same way as the parent.
I will definitely keep this in mind when shopping for my next phone. I wonder if this HTC news, the Google/Moto deal and Samsung's dealings with Cyanogen will lead to a more open phone environment in the near future. I'm crossing my fingers :)