On the other hand... I thought that foreign wars were stretching it for a "Defense Department". Interstellar travel? What exactly are they defending against?
It is refreshing to see some people on Slashdot suggest that science just fills gaps with unsubstantiated assumptions sometimes instead of just complaining about organized religion doing that, as if it's exclusive.
Seriously? Religions (organized or not) are made up, untestable, delusional bullshit. Science may be made up bullshit, but it's testable. That's what makes it science.
..., because arrests are public record, an outside party can look at the records and see that the [insert minority here] population, which is 10% of the whole population makes up 90% of the arrests. What does that sound like to you?
Guess what, the rest of the world doesn't use them. Are planes falling out of the skies all over the world as a result? Nope. TSA is all about security theater, nothing more, nothing less.
Not to defend the machines, but much of the rest of the world pats down every single person getting on the airplane. We bitch about pat downs, we bitch about scanners and rest assured when a plane goes down we'll blame the government about that too.
Two, the fact that the MedicalMafia asks for, and then insurance companies pay, those unconscionable fees is the whole damn reason that our system is so farking broken.
Ah, but here is the kicker. The insurance companies don't pay those fees. No doubt they pay "too much", but every insurance company that is accepted at that clinic has negotiated a deal with the clinic and they pay a small fraction of what the uninsured pay. The insurance companies (the largest ones in the area) have a great deal of leverage over the clinics because they have the "consumers" the clinic needs to stay in business. Individuals are screwed, you're sick, you need medical attention and no body represents your interests. Add to that that the hospitals are trying to make up losses on the people who default to pay with those that will pay and it is in the hospitals best interest to take you for every penny possible.
It's still amusing to see Microsoft touching Linux at all while their monkey of a CEO slanders it and throws veiled threats at its userbase.
If they want to sell licenses in shops that run their VMs on Linux servers, then it's to their advantage the patch the KVM so Windows runs well in those environments. Of course it is tacit admission that those environments matter (or at least exist in sufficient quantities to merit the effort.) If asked about this directly they can just say something like, "Well of course Windows is a far superior platform for your servers, but some IT departments insist on using subpar technology and we want to provide our customers the best experience possible until the miscreants are replaced or comes to his senses."
It seems like that line would be just as attractive of a terrorist target as any airplane and there would be nothing that TSA is currently doing that would prevent it.
I've had that thought many times while standing in ridiculous lines in airports. Preventing the hijacking of a plane (not that security theater is the solution - the locked cabin door seems like enough) does however prevent the plane itself from being used as a weapon.
So, maybe nowadays military grade is crap. But at one time, you were assured
that whatever that item was, it could go to the Antarctica or Death Valley and
work to spec and not become too brittle to use or melt.
I suspect military grade still more or less means "bullet proof", pardon the pun. But people on both the "government is bad" and "military is bad" sides of the aisle can mock it and feel superior.
They were certainly rebels, maybe even insurgents - though I think not. But as a rule they did not randomly target civilians to instill terror. They may have engaged in guerilla tactics. Of course IANAH, so whatever.
The potential penalty is absurd, but if you: Install software without permission on 100 machines at two stores that each take and upload a picture to your personal server every minute. Return every day, for several days, doing so since apple wipes the machines every day. Remotely trigger the software to show a slide show of your making (calling doing so "arranging an exhibition"), what the hell would you expect? No charges have been made yet, I hope he does not do jail time, but he deserves a smack upside the head.
Ideally Apple should lock down the DVD drives and USB ports at the stores, requiring an admin to mount a drive, though I have no clue how to do that.
Never mind criminals... what about the impoverished?
Modern (un)civilized rhetoric would have me believe: it is their own damn fault, they probably are criminals anyway, and anyone that thinks otherwise is a pinko commie - or worse, a socialist.
Unfortunately some people will consider that incentive to do away with physical money. On the plus side, rumor has it that sex can be bought with drugs and vice versa.
They all used to be in the applications and utilities folder. What could possibly be simpler than that?
OK, the applications are still in the Applications folder and you can still open the Applications folder and scroll through it and double click away. Or you can use Spotlight, which is what I do and will still do. Command-Space, type the first few letters of the application name and hit return. Or if you want you can use the "open" command on the command line which is handy in a script. Now there is a new option of using gestures to swipe through all applications to find and launch them. How is having a new option horrible?
It's still UNIX under the covers. No one is taking that away. The beauty of OS X IMHO,is that it's UNIX for those of us that care but a usable tool for those that don't.
Not sure what you mean by cursor navigation, System Preferences->Keyboard->Keyboard Shortcuts->Full Keyboard Access->All Controls is something I always enable, but mat not be what you are looking for.
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I thought NeXT was his greatest creation. Had they had more powerful CPUs, that thing may even have been a success.
NeXT is the core of OS X and iOS, so it's actually been insanely successful.
Which part of the Bible contains the facts ...
The part that specifies which company printed the edition you're holding
Basically, you're trying to use science to disprove an unscientific opinion. That's not an appropriate tool in this particular argument.
Please tell me the right tool to use, I'm tired of "teh stupid." It burns...
... And yet, they march like lemmings to the sea. ...
The lemmings were herded into the sea by short sighted management looking for a quick return.
Methinks the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing...
The site has a longer article on Kara Thrace than Ada Lovelace.
So improve the article on Ada Lovelace.
On the other hand... I thought that foreign wars were stretching it for a "Defense Department". Interstellar travel? What exactly are they defending against?
Extinction.
...haven't learned about voicemail.
This is actually my experience. Many of my younger acquaintances won't leave a voicemail and expect you to always call back. How hard is it?
Awsome, Who cares about dark matter. NEGATIVE GRAVITY!!!! Imagine what you can do with that. No more rockets. Hello trips to the solar system.
Um, we're already there.
It is refreshing to see some people on Slashdot suggest that science just fills gaps with unsubstantiated assumptions sometimes instead of just complaining about organized religion doing that, as if it's exclusive.
Seriously? Religions (organized or not) are made up, untestable, delusional bullshit. Science may be made up bullshit, but it's testable. That's what makes it science.
..., because arrests are public record, an outside party can look at the records and see that the [insert minority here] population, which is 10% of the whole population makes up 90% of the arrests. What does that sound like to you?
It sounds like America...
Because we are "tough on crime." Which is political speak for acting like a bully and calling it justice.
It's not really "in the middle of space". Off to one side a bit, actually.
Actually, I think that every point in the universe could be considered the center (aka the middle of space.)
News at 11.
Guess what, the rest of the world doesn't use them. Are planes falling out of the skies all over the world as a result? Nope. TSA is all about security theater, nothing more, nothing less.
Not to defend the machines, but much of the rest of the world pats down every single person getting on the airplane. We bitch about pat downs, we bitch about scanners and rest assured when a plane goes down we'll blame the government about that too.
Two, the fact that the MedicalMafia asks for, and then insurance companies pay, those unconscionable fees is the whole damn reason that our system is so farking broken.
Ah, but here is the kicker. The insurance companies don't pay those fees. No doubt they pay "too much", but every insurance company that is accepted at that clinic has negotiated a deal with the clinic and they pay a small fraction of what the uninsured pay. The insurance companies (the largest ones in the area) have a great deal of leverage over the clinics because they have the "consumers" the clinic needs to stay in business. Individuals are screwed, you're sick, you need medical attention and no body represents your interests. Add to that that the hospitals are trying to make up losses on the people who default to pay with those that will pay and it is in the hospitals best interest to take you for every penny possible.
It's still amusing to see Microsoft touching Linux at all while their monkey of a CEO slanders it and throws veiled threats at its userbase.
If they want to sell licenses in shops that run their VMs on Linux servers, then it's to their advantage the patch the KVM so Windows runs well in those environments. Of course it is tacit admission that those environments matter (or at least exist in sufficient quantities to merit the effort.) If asked about this directly they can just say something like, "Well of course Windows is a far superior platform for your servers, but some IT departments insist on using subpar technology and we want to provide our customers the best experience possible until the miscreants are replaced or comes to his senses."
It seems like that line would be just as attractive of a terrorist target as any airplane and there would be nothing that TSA is currently doing that would prevent it.
I've had that thought many times while standing in ridiculous lines in airports. Preventing the hijacking of a plane (not that security theater is the solution - the locked cabin door seems like enough) does however prevent the plane itself from being used as a weapon.
So, maybe nowadays military grade is crap. But at one time, you were assured that whatever that item was, it could go to the Antarctica or Death Valley and work to spec and not become too brittle to use or melt.
I suspect military grade still more or less means "bullet proof", pardon the pun. But people on both the "government is bad" and "military is bad" sides of the aisle can mock it and feel superior.
They were certainly rebels, maybe even insurgents - though I think not. But as a rule they did not randomly target civilians to instill terror. They may have engaged in guerilla tactics. Of course IANAH, so whatever.
The potential penalty is absurd, but if you: Install software without permission on 100 machines at two stores that each take and upload a picture to your personal server every minute. Return every day, for several days, doing so since apple wipes the machines every day. Remotely trigger the software to show a slide show of your making (calling doing so "arranging an exhibition"), what the hell would you expect? No charges have been made yet, I hope he does not do jail time, but he deserves a smack upside the head.
Ideally Apple should lock down the DVD drives and USB ports at the stores, requiring an admin to mount a drive, though I have no clue how to do that.
Never mind criminals... what about the impoverished?
Modern (un)civilized rhetoric would have me believe: it is their own damn fault, they probably are criminals anyway, and anyone that thinks otherwise is a pinko commie - or worse, a socialist.
Unfortunately some people will consider that incentive to do away with physical money. On the plus side, rumor has it that sex can be bought with drugs and vice versa.
They all used to be in the applications and utilities folder. What could possibly be simpler than that?
OK, the applications are still in the Applications folder and you can still open the Applications folder and scroll through it and double click away. Or you can use Spotlight, which is what I do and will still do. Command-Space, type the first few letters of the application name and hit return. Or if you want you can use the "open" command on the command line which is handy in a script. Now there is a new option of using gestures to swipe through all applications to find and launch them. How is having a new option horrible?
It's still UNIX under the covers. No one is taking that away. The beauty of OS X IMHO,is that it's UNIX for those of us that care but a usable tool for those that don't.
Not sure what you mean by cursor navigation, System Preferences->Keyboard->Keyboard Shortcuts->Full Keyboard Access->All Controls is something I always enable, but mat not be what you are looking for.