All emotion and feelings, i.e. left. We think, you guys feel.
Oh please, there is plenty of stupidity to go around. There are people on the Right who think Obama is an Arab, Muslim, and/or terrorist and scream "kill him!" at rallies. There are people on the Right that think the earth is 6,000 years old. There are people on the Right that want to force teaching "intelligent design" and want to outlaw teaching evolution. And there are people on the Right that think that a total lack of regulation is a good thing. There are people on the Right that put all of their faith in the "invisible hand."
"We think", no. "You believe," there's a difference.
Not being able to tell which are my "quick launch" buttons and which are my running applications is a pain in the ass.
A small triangle indicates that the icon represents an application that is also currently running. No doubt it's a matter of preferences and familiarity, but it my mind it makes sense to share dock. After all, if the app I click on is running I want to switch to it, and if it's not I want to launch it.
You know that really intense feeling you get when someone says something that is obviously a pile of bullshit? You know that other feeling you get when someone points out how stupid someone else is? Guess what, your pre-frontal cortex is not involved in either feeling. It's just a feeling, not the TRUTH that you are mystically plugged into.
The world is not black and white (nor is it red and blue). These "questions" don't deserve answers and if you would open your mind and investigate these claims honestly you would discover plenty of culpability to go around.
I have a suggestion that I suspect would actually make the world a better place, but requires work. Everyone should hold their own party to the standards they accuse the "other" party of violating. I'm serious.
This study would be more interesting if it were done using a nice, well-defined reproducible or falsifiable scientific or mathematical fact and a common misconception.
I'm at work and really need to get back to work so sorry for not providing references.
I read another study about memory and belief that used Iraq's involvement in 9/11 and Al Qaeda. They choose a sample of people that believed that that Iraq and Saddam Hussein were involved an 9/11 and had ties to Al Qaeda.
Evidence that there was no existing relationship at the time of the invasion was presented. Included in the evidence was video of Cheney, Rumsfeld and/or Bush explicitly denying they ever said there was a connection. The result was that people's belief about said involvement was momentarily changed. But over a period of days and weeks, as they forgot the details of the rebuttal, they returned to their original belief which was "easier to remember." Fascinating stuff.
Of course my recollection of the study is no doubt influenced by my ideology...
I wonder. For most of our evolution, life and death situations required quick decisions. Even agriculture is a relatively new technology/behavior in evolutionary terms. We may be lazy, but I bet that there is an evolutionary reason to jump to conclusions because once you're in the middle of the hunt, tribal battle or fleeing a predictor it's the quick insights that will keep you alive long enough to reproduce.
I think it's more a case of our social/technological evolution out pacing our physical evolution, probably permanently.
The trouble with studies like this is that they tell us we can justify our own stupidity. Sure, go ahead, but you'll face the consequences.
Studies like this are troubling, but I take exception with your concussion that they justify our own stupidity (or perhaps that that is the primary use of such studies). On the contrary, they help explain our stupidity and that means that we can learn from it. And while the initial results may seem bleak, studies like these may help us learn how to grow up and have actual debates rather than just screaming at each other which is what passes for debate at the moment.
The HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 is not on the "can not unlock" list, but maybe they haven't gotten around to it. And one of the rules for unlocking is you can't do it during the 14-day buyer remorse period and you've been under contract at least 90 days.
Sadly, some one may correct you even if you are right... (or in my case, not 100% sure)
I seem to remember reading/hearing somewhere that if you ask the phone company (any of them) to give you an unlocked phone, they are required by law to do so.
As of a year ago, there was hope that Gatton v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. would result in ending excessive termination fees and require that phone company's provide unlock codes. But after some minimal Googling I don't know the outcome (if any). I don't know if there is a law requiring US providers to offer unlocked phones, but I would speculate that there is not a law that they are required to unlock a specific phone. At a bare minimum, other forms of lock-in are currently legal or iPhones would not need to be Jail broken.
My experience with unlocking phones is that if you are trying to take the phone to a new carrier, sometimes they can unlock the phone, assuming they have a relationship with the manufacturer (and you are signing a contract). I wouldn't bet on it and this does not get you out of the original contract you signed (I waited for mine to expire and then moved on). Also some providers, notably T-Mobile will grudgingly unlock the phone if you have had the contract more than some period of time and you request they unlock it for some reason like use during travel, etc.
The summary is BS, his position hasn't changed. The main page was edited for readability and a link is provided to more detailed information.
If you think there is no difference between McCain and Pallin as compared to Obabma and Biden, you've been listening to too many sound bites. Look at McCain's advisors, look at how he choose a running mate. look at how Pallin choose her appointees in AL and look at who they are pandering to. All of those behaviors are relevent to appointing supreme court judges, selecting a cabinet, etc.. Finally, look at the amount of detail that Obama actually provides on his website, how he weighs options and at least appears to try to think things through, etc.
There is a difference, and who becomes president does matter.
None of this would've happened if Congress didn't give him that type of power he has. Blame Congress for where we are now.
Am I permitted to blame them both?
Congress got played and were too chicken to look weak in the early days post 9/11 and they should be held accountable. But there is no way I'm letting Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, the Neo-conservatives nor the Republican party off the hook. They abused their power and have lost the right to lead in my mind.
She does seem to do a good job with separating work and personal email (as others have pointed out), but if it is illegal to conduct state business outside of the review of the public, at what point does it become a worthwhile criminal investigation?
I think that lack of transparency is exactly what allows the US politicians to mislead the public so effectively and has been a major contribution to the current state of affairs. Therefore I'm a fan of having investigations into these actions and prosecuting to the fullest extent so that our elected officials have an incentive to follow the spirit of the law.
The only hope we have of making "of the people, by the people, for the people" more than a cute quote is to hold the bastards (and bastardettes) accountable to the people.
How is being in favor of Capital Punishment and Higher Defense budgets fearful when compared to all the liberals pushing Universal Healthcare and cradle to grave entitlements based on the fear that you may have to go it alone in this world if nana gov't isn't there to wipe your arse!!?
Well, maybe some of us aren't afraid that there is too little wealth to go around and we don't feel the need to horde it all for ourselves? Maybe we think that we don't need to "drill, drill, drill!" because we believe there are other solutions that are better for ourselves (and everybody else) and we're not afraid of trying? Maybe we are not afraid of God judging us to eternal damnation, so we can be a little more forgiving? Maybe we are not afraid of change because we believe that we can learn, and teach, new skills? Maybe we are not afraid of helping others because we believe that we are already capable of helping ourselves? Maybe by being less afraid, one is able to think "maybe I don't want the government killing it's own citizens. This is fun, you should try it...
And to all the "correlation is not causation" folks out there. No shit, now stop being so hyper-sensitive about data that has YOU leaping to conclusions...
liquidpele... you are a fucking piece of garbage... head shits like you... scumbag Lieberman...
The response:
Incidentally... sentiments of the lefty kooks in the Democrat base... shrill, childish, tantrum-having ingrate of a buffoon... smashing their car windows during a protest...
Your prose was more creative, but the effect (and I assume intent) is the same.
Gates is not a technical person. He doesn't know squat about anything beyond where the start button is and how to send an email.
Okay, I really don't like Windows or MS. Really, I use Linux and OS/X [1] and avoid Windows like the plague. But one thing I am getting tired of everywhere is all the incorrect "common knowledge" circulating. Gates was a programmer and while he may be rusty, there is no evidence he is a technical idiot - especially when compared to the vast majority of CEOs.
[1] No doubt, some groups on Slashdot will now label me a fanboi. Go ahead, that will convince me to see the light that is so obvious to you that only a 'tard wouldn't know it's the absolute truth. What was I ever thinking?
It's tabbed browsing that's been causing memory leak all this time.
That's it, I'm going back to IE6 until Chrome comes out.
I know you are being snarky, but I'll respond anyway. Historically, browsers use a single process. Over time, do to memory fragmentation and out-right leaks, that process uses more and more memory, more more more inefficiently. Closing a tab or window may release memory back to the process, but not to the system. By splitting the browser into a process per tab/window, when that tab is closed the memory really is returned to the OS rather than to the process's ever more fragmented pool. It's a good thing.
I find Firefox a pig, especially on G4 Macs. So I'm glad for the competition. Anyway, the new browser war is about speed and compliance so oddly enough it will lead to fewer incompatibles, not more. Finally, read the comic - there are some useful technical motivations to the browser which I think are compelling: Sandboxing, process pre-page, plugins in separate process, javascript compiled to native machine-code, fast garbage collection, etc...
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I've never noticed! My wife and I are going out to eat tonight. I'll check my server and see if there's a RS232 port on him.
I think the servers with ports are generally referred to as her, not him. Either way, be prepared to tip generously.
All emotion and feelings, i.e. left. We think, you guys feel.
Oh please, there is plenty of stupidity to go around. There are people on the Right who think Obama is an Arab, Muslim, and/or terrorist and scream "kill him!" at rallies. There are people on the Right that think the earth is 6,000 years old. There are people on the Right that want to force teaching "intelligent design" and want to outlaw teaching evolution. And there are people on the Right that think that a total lack of regulation is a good thing. There are people on the Right that put all of their faith in the "invisible hand."
"We think", no. "You believe," there's a difference.
I bought the last one three weeks ago, at full price...
Bummer. Maybe this will help next time: Mac Rumours Buyers Guide
No only are Macs 500$ more expensive than comparable PCs, but you're also at the mercy of the manufacturer when it comes to resale value.
For what it's worth, Macs seem to hold resale value pretty well. Obviously, this week is not the best week to try to sell, I'm talking long term...
Not being able to tell which are my "quick launch" buttons and which are my running applications is a pain in the ass.
A small triangle indicates that the icon represents an application that is also currently running. No doubt it's a matter of preferences and familiarity, but it my mind it makes sense to share dock. After all, if the app I click on is running I want to switch to it, and if it's not I want to launch it.
Attention mud slingers of the world:
You know that really intense feeling you get when someone says something that is obviously a pile of bullshit? You know that other feeling you get when someone points out how stupid someone else is? Guess what, your pre-frontal cortex is not involved in either feeling. It's just a feeling, not the TRUTH that you are mystically plugged into.
The world is not black and white (nor is it red and blue). These "questions" don't deserve answers and if you would open your mind and investigate these claims honestly you would discover plenty of culpability to go around.
I have a suggestion that I suspect would actually make the world a better place, but requires work. Everyone should hold their own party to the standards they accuse the "other" party of violating. I'm serious.
This study would be more interesting if it were done using a nice, well-defined reproducible or falsifiable scientific or mathematical fact and a common misconception.
I'm at work and really need to get back to work so sorry for not providing references.
I read another study about memory and belief that used Iraq's involvement in 9/11 and Al Qaeda. They choose a sample of people that believed that that Iraq and Saddam Hussein were involved an 9/11 and had ties to Al Qaeda.
Evidence that there was no existing relationship at the time of the invasion was presented. Included in the evidence was video of Cheney, Rumsfeld and/or Bush explicitly denying they ever said there was a connection. The result was that people's belief about said involvement was momentarily changed. But over a period of days and weeks, as they forgot the details of the rebuttal, they returned to their original belief which was "easier to remember." Fascinating stuff.
Of course my recollection of the study is no doubt influenced by my ideology...
Humans are basically lazy.
I wonder. For most of our evolution, life and death situations required quick decisions. Even agriculture is a relatively new technology/behavior in evolutionary terms. We may be lazy, but I bet that there is an evolutionary reason to jump to conclusions because once you're in the middle of the hunt, tribal battle or fleeing a predictor it's the quick insights that will keep you alive long enough to reproduce.
I think it's more a case of our social/technological evolution out pacing our physical evolution, probably permanently.
The trouble with studies like this is that they tell us we can justify our own stupidity. Sure, go ahead, but you'll face the consequences.
Studies like this are troubling, but I take exception with your concussion that they justify our own stupidity (or perhaps that that is the primary use of such studies). On the contrary, they help explain our stupidity and that means that we can learn from it. And while the initial results may seem bleak, studies like these may help us learn how to grow up and have actual debates rather than just screaming at each other which is what passes for debate at the moment.
AKA, "What he said." (Sorry if you're a girl Hank, I'm assuming...)
Here's T-Mobile's unlock FAQ
https://support.t-mobile.com/knowbase/root/public/tm51885.htm
The HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 is not on the "can not unlock" list, but maybe they haven't gotten around to it. And one of the rules for unlocking is you can't do it during the 14-day buyer remorse period and you've been under contract at least 90 days.
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
Sadly, some one may correct you even if you are right... (or in my case, not 100% sure)
I seem to remember reading/hearing somewhere that if you ask the phone company (any of them) to give you an unlocked phone, they are required by law to do so.
As of a year ago, there was hope that Gatton v. T-Mobile USA, Inc. would result in ending excessive termination fees and require that phone company's provide unlock codes. But after some minimal Googling I don't know the outcome (if any). I don't know if there is a law requiring US providers to offer unlocked phones, but I would speculate that there is not a law that they are required to unlock a specific phone. At a bare minimum, other forms of lock-in are currently legal or iPhones would not need to be Jail broken.
My experience with unlocking phones is that if you are trying to take the phone to a new carrier, sometimes they can unlock the phone, assuming they have a relationship with the manufacturer (and you are signing a contract). I wouldn't bet on it and this does not get you out of the original contract you signed (I waited for mine to expire and then moved on). Also some providers, notably T-Mobile will grudgingly unlock the phone if you have had the contract more than some period of time and you request they unlock it for some reason like use during travel, etc.
I don't mean to be a troll, just curious. In what way is Google Street View useful?
I've used it to see what some nearby landmarks or the actual destination look like before I try to find them in the real world. It's pretty handy.
The summary is BS, his position hasn't changed. The main page was edited for readability and a link is provided to more detailed information.
If you think there is no difference between McCain and Pallin as compared to Obabma and Biden, you've been listening to too many sound bites. Look at McCain's advisors, look at how he choose a running mate. look at how Pallin choose her appointees in AL and look at who they are pandering to. All of those behaviors are relevent to appointing supreme court judges, selecting a cabinet, etc.. Finally, look at the amount of detail that Obama actually provides on his website, how he weighs options and at least appears to try to think things through, etc.
There is a difference, and who becomes president does matter.
I personally would appreciate a link to a separate section that provides all of the details...
Bottom of the page:
For More Information about Barack and Joe's Plan
Read Obama's Technology and Innovation Plan
Read Obama's Science Agenda
It's cuts like these that give rise to the complaints that Obama doesn't really say anything.
No, it's the constant stream of bad summaries, misinformation, and outright lies that help manipulate and maintain people's prejudices.
None of this would've happened if Congress didn't give him that type of power he has. Blame Congress for where we are now.
Am I permitted to blame them both?
Congress got played and were too chicken to look weak in the early days post 9/11 and they should be held accountable. But there is no way I'm letting Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, the Neo-conservatives nor the Republican party off the hook. They abused their power and have lost the right to lead in my mind.
She does seem to do a good job with separating work and personal email (as others have pointed out), but if it is illegal to conduct state business outside of the review of the public, at what point does it become a worthwhile criminal investigation?
I think that lack of transparency is exactly what allows the US politicians to mislead the public so effectively and has been a major contribution to the current state of affairs. Therefore I'm a fan of having investigations into these actions and prosecuting to the fullest extent so that our elected officials have an incentive to follow the spirit of the law.
The only hope we have of making "of the people, by the people, for the people" more than a cute quote is to hold the bastards (and bastardettes) accountable to the people.
I wouldn't call any album after 1991 "quality"...you don't really think Load was all that good, do you?
I was really disappointed in Load, but it was aptly named...
How is being in favor of Capital Punishment and Higher Defense budgets fearful when compared to all the liberals pushing Universal Healthcare and cradle to grave entitlements based on the fear that you may have to go it alone in this world if nana gov't isn't there to wipe your arse!!?
Well, maybe some of us aren't afraid that there is too little wealth to go around and we don't feel the need to horde it all for ourselves? Maybe we think that we don't need to "drill, drill, drill!" because we believe there are other solutions that are better for ourselves (and everybody else) and we're not afraid of trying? Maybe we are not afraid of God judging us to eternal damnation, so we can be a little more forgiving? Maybe we are not afraid of change because we believe that we can learn, and teach, new skills? Maybe we are not afraid of helping others because we believe that we are already capable of helping ourselves? Maybe by being less afraid, one is able to think "maybe I don't want the government killing it's own citizens. This is fun, you should try it...
And to all the "correlation is not causation" folks out there. No shit, now stop being so hyper-sensitive about data that has YOU leaping to conclusions...
missed ... target ... short ... attention ...
I'm sorry, what were you saying?
From AC:
liquidpele ... you are a fucking piece of garbage ... head shits like you ... scumbag Lieberman ...
The response:
Incidentally ... sentiments of the lefty kooks in the Democrat base ... shrill, childish, tantrum-having ingrate of a buffoon ... smashing their car windows during a protest ...
Your prose was more creative, but the effect (and I assume intent) is the same.
Gates is not a technical person. He doesn't know squat about anything beyond where the start button is and how to send an email.
Okay, I really don't like Windows or MS. Really, I use Linux and OS/X [1] and avoid Windows like the plague. But one thing I am getting tired of everywhere is all the incorrect "common knowledge" circulating. Gates was a programmer and while he may be rusty, there is no evidence he is a technical idiot - especially when compared to the vast majority of CEOs.
[1] No doubt, some groups on Slashdot will now label me a fanboi. Go ahead, that will convince me to see the light that is so obvious to you that only a 'tard wouldn't know it's the absolute truth. What was I ever thinking?
But facts were never and will never be on the list. Not even close.
Why does every discussion on Slashdot devolve to partisan attacks on one of the American political parties?
(ducks)
statues-que
FYI, it's status quo.
No, it's the statues_queue (or statuesQueue for you CamelCaseCoders). Apparently an implementation of the SculptureFIFO pattern...
It's tabbed browsing that's been causing memory leak all this time. That's it, I'm going back to IE6 until Chrome comes out.
I know you are being snarky, but I'll respond anyway. Historically, browsers use a single process. Over time, do to memory fragmentation and out-right leaks, that process uses more and more memory, more more more inefficiently. Closing a tab or window may release memory back to the process, but not to the system. By splitting the browser into a process per tab/window, when that tab is closed the memory really is returned to the OS rather than to the process's ever more fragmented pool. It's a good thing.
I find Firefox a pig, especially on G4 Macs. So I'm glad for the competition. Anyway, the new browser war is about speed and compliance so oddly enough it will lead to fewer incompatibles, not more. Finally, read the comic - there are some useful technical motivations to the browser which I think are compelling: Sandboxing, process pre-page, plugins in separate process, javascript compiled to native machine-code, fast garbage collection, etc...