Please, grandparent, do not listen to people like the parent poster, who still believes that somehow President Bush "stole" the election. Our President's administration is not a "regime," and his mismatched recollection of history implying that President Bush used September 11th to go to war is at the height of idiocy.
Then the parent poster goes on to criticize Arizona's Prop 200, which says you must present proof of US Citizenship in order to vote. I'd love for anyone to point out how this would "create a problem" if you are a "USA citizen in good standing." In fact, it is doing exactly what he wants - eliminating voter fraud! Please don't think that Slashdot is representative of American politics and beliefs. It's much, much different, and the parent's poster's idea that our President ordered Al Qaeda to attack us and kill 3,000 of our own people so we could attack Iraq is absolutely ridiculous, and I hope anyone who is impartial (or even a Democrat) can see how outside the mainstream his "belief" is.
Almost. It doesn't "count against" your minutes. It still has to connect to Verizon's network, however, by dialing (I think) #777.
Thus, you will be connected on demand (and disconnected when you're done), and this may or may not send your incoming phone calls directly to voicemail (most do).
That's all well and good, but layovers happen. I fly out of a small, one-hub airport every time I fly, and am usually in Pittsburgh airport for 3 or more hours.
However, they have FREE WiFi throughout the airport. That's what irks me about the money-grubbing pricks at Massport, and will make sure I will do my best to avoid Logan when traveling.
Many airports have free WiFi, or at least free ethernet jacks to plug into nowadays. I think Continental is going a great service for their customers in providing wifi over and above the arm-twisting Logan kooks.
And like another poster said, many airlines have new express-checkin procedures. USAirways, which I usually fly, has kiosks that print out tickets. The weakest link then becomes TSA.
I'm usually a fan of what Microsoft creates, and I follow it closely. I can't help but agree with some of the criticisms of IE7, which, so far looks like a turd.
"Phishing?" Do not use that word in the final version. It looks stupid, it sounds stupid, and worst of all, like the one review said, no one but Slashdot users will know what it means.
The menus. What the hell? I can understand the concept that by placing the menus next to the browser, the options apply to the tab, but honestly, most of them don't. This is totally inconsistent and just plain stupid.
The tabs look alright. Not great, just alright. I think the "blank" tab to create a new tab is also stupid. I mean, maybe it's a good concept, but it needs more. Maybe a different color, or a small label, but just blank, it looks dumb.
As usual, The Register is wrong. My Google Toolbar worked fine in IE7. Problem is, it looked like Firefox with the Google toolbar, simply redundant. I disabled it.
However, there are large improvements, like the rendering engine, and the Feeds (which I didn't play around with too too much). It's a good start, Microsoft, but I hope they're not finished yet. There's a lot of work left to do.
Keep in mind, however, that while they are mutually vested in each other, Verizon and Verizon Wireless are separate companies.
I agree with you completely, however. Verizon isn't really on my radar as I don't have DSL service nor do they have a local telco in my area, but Verizon Wireless is a major player (as it is in most major eastern US cities).
Just recently, Verizon Wireless started offering a new plan for their NetworkAccess cards, a $59.99/month plan for regular NA (not the BroadbandAccess that's only available in about 20 cities). I'm seriously considering it, since I don't have BA in my city anyway and the price is a lot better than the $80/month for BA.
As far as a business traveller, I can tell you that I packed a 50' chunk of cat5 RJ45 and a 100' chunk of cat 3 (phone cable is cat 3, right?) RJ11 for some time in my computer pack.
I'm a business traveller as well. I have cat5 cable with me at all times. One thing though - couldn't you just get a couple of plug converters for each end of the cat5 cable, so you don't have to carry both types of cables with you?
Exactly. My company laptop arrived without admin access. I thought it'd be fine, since I didn't really plan on installing anything.
Well, then it came time to take company training tests. They're based in Flash, and Flash couldn't install without admin access.
Then I tried to install a printer. No go on that one.
I ended up having to install VNC (since Remote Assistance was disabled) and have a tech install it as well, and connect to my computer to put in the admin password and grant me access.
I was sick of Drudge's popups in IE (although it's rarer for Firefox). All I did to fix it was to put Drudgereport.com in the Restricted Sites section.
Ford did NOT "use Toyota's first-generation hybrid technology" in the Escape hybrid, as the headline points out. They merely "licensed" the patent that Toyota has on it.
"Case in point: Toyota Motor Co.p. and Ford Motor Co.'s new Escape Hybrid SUV. Last March, the companies said they had concluded "licensing agreements for hybrid systems and emissions purification patents" -- lawyerly language that soon gave way to talk that the first hybrid SUV from an American automaker was actually powered by Toyota.
Wow, I bet that makes you feel real good inside. You're a fucking dick. These employees don't likely give half a shit what you did to get those items, they're just doing their job. Far be it for them to follow procedures with the Almighty Imperator. These aren't wealthy people who represent the Wal-Mart corporation's tactics, they are working men and women who probably work hours on end just to survive. I really hope I never meet scum like you in real life or I'd make sure you wouldn't have the mindset to do it again. It's too bad your parents didn't have the common decency to instill a foundation of manners and human courtesy when you were a child, and because of this, you feel you need to relinquish your childhood fallacies on the lowly Wal-Mart greeter. Have a good life, asshole, because lord knows no one around you is.
Nothing expresses my personal freedom to buy whatever I want more than my 2002 Oldsmobile Bravada SUV (replete with a 270hp straight-6 engine).
Before you ask, no, I don't tow anything, I don't carry a lot of passengers, I have no kids, and I don't have excessive cargo. You know what? I can afford such a vehicle, and it's my choice to pay the price at the pumps! I could have bought some three cylinder Geo, but personally, it's my personal freedom which allows me to buy the vehicle I think is fun to drive.
So, maybe you'd think that we'd all be more free if the government tells us what we can and can not drive, or if you think you should dictate my life based on your preferences, but personally, I don't care. There are things out there that pollute much more than my SUV, and I don't just mean cars. So, yeah, I guess you could say I am 'aiding the terrorists' in your mind. Personally, I'd rather be considered doing that than removing freedoms of those wishing to drive whatever the hell they want to.
By the way, not that I care what you think of me, but just to clear it up, I bought it because of the four wheel drive and traction control capabilities. The winters are bad here south of Buffalo (near Lake Erie), and I've had nothing that maneuvers better in the snow.
The colorblind can at least differentiate between red and green lights by the position of the illuminated light (top or bottom) the way it is now. If both were in the same spot, I can't say I'd feel more safe with the couple hundred dollars it may save the city.
Well, the default install has it do that (in XP, at least). It doesn't require you to run it, it gives you the option to "Remind Me Later" (with options like 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, etc) and "Install". You can configure it to just check for updates and not download them too. Or, if you wish, you can just turn them off and search for patches yourself.
when I enter a UPC code from the boxed version of the software I bought at a retail store.
Not a bad idea, except for the fact that all it would take is a quick trip to Electronics Boutique and jotting down the UPC codes of a shelved Red Hat Linux. No purchase necessary. What it'd take is a product code, a la Product Activation. But not really activating. Just the whole location-identifiable unique code sent back to the company. Oh well.
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Please, grandparent, do not listen to people like the parent poster, who still believes that somehow President Bush "stole" the election. Our President's administration is not a "regime," and his mismatched recollection of history implying that President Bush used September 11th to go to war is at the height of idiocy.
Then the parent poster goes on to criticize Arizona's Prop 200, which says you must present proof of US Citizenship in order to vote. I'd love for anyone to point out how this would "create a problem" if you are a "USA citizen in good standing." In fact, it is doing exactly what he wants - eliminating voter fraud! Please don't think that Slashdot is representative of American politics and beliefs. It's much, much different, and the parent's poster's idea that our President ordered Al Qaeda to attack us and kill 3,000 of our own people so we could attack Iraq is absolutely ridiculous, and I hope anyone who is impartial (or even a Democrat) can see how outside the mainstream his "belief" is.
Maybe, but that's because the rest of the world saw it a year or two before the release date in the UK.
Almost. It doesn't "count against" your minutes. It still has to connect to Verizon's network, however, by dialing (I think) #777.
Thus, you will be connected on demand (and disconnected when you're done), and this may or may not send your incoming phone calls directly to voicemail (most do).
That's all well and good, but layovers happen. I fly out of a small, one-hub airport every time I fly, and am usually in Pittsburgh airport for 3 or more hours.
However, they have FREE WiFi throughout the airport. That's what irks me about the money-grubbing pricks at Massport, and will make sure I will do my best to avoid Logan when traveling.
Many airports have free WiFi, or at least free ethernet jacks to plug into nowadays. I think Continental is going a great service for their customers in providing wifi over and above the arm-twisting Logan kooks.
And like another poster said, many airlines have new express-checkin procedures. USAirways, which I usually fly, has kiosks that print out tickets. The weakest link then becomes TSA.
- "Phishing?" Do not use that word in the final version. It looks stupid, it sounds stupid, and worst of all, like the one review said, no one but Slashdot users will know what it means.
- The menus. What the hell? I can understand the concept that by placing the menus next to the browser, the options apply to the tab, but honestly, most of them don't. This is totally inconsistent and just plain stupid.
- The tabs look alright. Not great, just alright. I think the "blank" tab to create a new tab is also stupid. I mean, maybe it's a good concept, but it needs more. Maybe a different color, or a small label, but just blank, it looks dumb.
- As usual, The Register is wrong. My Google Toolbar worked fine in IE7. Problem is, it looked like Firefox with the Google toolbar, simply redundant. I disabled it.
However, there are large improvements, like the rendering engine, and the Feeds (which I didn't play around with too too much). It's a good start, Microsoft, but I hope they're not finished yet. There's a lot of work left to do.Keep in mind, however, that while they are mutually vested in each other, Verizon and Verizon Wireless are separate companies.
I agree with you completely, however. Verizon isn't really on my radar as I don't have DSL service nor do they have a local telco in my area, but Verizon Wireless is a major player (as it is in most major eastern US cities).
Just recently, Verizon Wireless started offering a new plan for their NetworkAccess cards, a $59.99/month plan for regular NA (not the BroadbandAccess that's only available in about 20 cities). I'm seriously considering it, since I don't have BA in my city anyway and the price is a lot better than the $80/month for BA.
As far as a business traveller, I can tell you that I packed a 50' chunk of cat5 RJ45 and a 100' chunk of cat 3 (phone cable is cat 3, right?) RJ11 for some time in my computer pack.
I'm a business traveller as well. I have cat5 cable with me at all times. One thing though - couldn't you just get a couple of plug converters for each end of the cat5 cable, so you don't have to carry both types of cables with you?
May 2, 1995.
Exactly. My company laptop arrived without admin access. I thought it'd be fine, since I didn't really plan on installing anything.
Well, then it came time to take company training tests. They're based in Flash, and Flash couldn't install without admin access.
Then I tried to install a printer. No go on that one.
I ended up having to install VNC (since Remote Assistance was disabled) and have a tech install it as well, and connect to my computer to put in the admin password and grant me access.
No wonder it took so long.
I bet they had a satellite trained on London for months, waiting for a goddamn day without clouds.
I was sick of Drudge's popups in IE (although it's rarer for Firefox). All I did to fix it was to put Drudgereport.com in the Restricted Sites section.
http://www.detnews.com/2004/insiders/0407/31/c01-
"Case in point: Toyota Motor Co.p. and Ford Motor Co.'s new Escape Hybrid SUV. Last March, the companies said they had concluded "licensing agreements for hybrid systems and emissions purification patents" -- lawyerly language that soon gave way to talk that the first hybrid SUV from an American automaker was actually powered by Toyota.
Even if it wasn't. "
Or much like Windows 95. ;)
Wow, I bet that makes you feel real good inside. You're a fucking dick. These employees don't likely give half a shit what you did to get those items, they're just doing their job. Far be it for them to follow procedures with the Almighty Imperator. These aren't wealthy people who represent the Wal-Mart corporation's tactics, they are working men and women who probably work hours on end just to survive. I really hope I never meet scum like you in real life or I'd make sure you wouldn't have the mindset to do it again. It's too bad your parents didn't have the common decency to instill a foundation of manners and human courtesy when you were a child, and because of this, you feel you need to relinquish your childhood fallacies on the lowly Wal-Mart greeter. Have a good life, asshole, because lord knows no one around you is.
http://www.i-mockery.com/romhacks/superkkkbros/def ault.asp
Before you ask, no, I don't tow anything, I don't carry a lot of passengers, I have no kids, and I don't have excessive cargo. You know what? I can afford such a vehicle, and it's my choice to pay the price at the pumps! I could have bought some three cylinder Geo, but personally, it's my personal freedom which allows me to buy the vehicle I think is fun to drive.
So, maybe you'd think that we'd all be more free if the government tells us what we can and can not drive, or if you think you should dictate my life based on your preferences, but personally, I don't care. There are things out there that pollute much more than my SUV, and I don't just mean cars. So, yeah, I guess you could say I am 'aiding the terrorists' in your mind. Personally, I'd rather be considered doing that than removing freedoms of those wishing to drive whatever the hell they want to.
By the way, not that I care what you think of me, but just to clear it up, I bought it because of the four wheel drive and traction control capabilities. The winters are bad here south of Buffalo (near Lake Erie), and I've had nothing that maneuvers better in the snow.
The colorblind can at least differentiate between red and green lights by the position of the illuminated light (top or bottom) the way it is now. If both were in the same spot, I can't say I'd feel more safe with the couple hundred dollars it may save the city.
And recursive!
It's happened before. Remember Is Your Son A Computer Hacker?
I mean no disrespect, but honestly, how hard is it to rhyme elements when half of them end in "ium" anyway?
I'd love a copy of that email too. Heck, that's what journals are best for, if you've ever had an excuse to make a journal entry, now'd be the time :)
You don't need to buy a product to know what's new and what's not, especially if you're going to criticize the 'new' feature.
Well, the default install has it do that (in XP, at least). It doesn't require you to run it, it gives you the option to "Remind Me Later" (with options like 30 minutes, 1 hour, 1 day, etc) and "Install". You can configure it to just check for updates and not download them too. Or, if you wish, you can just turn them off and search for patches yourself.
You must be under a rock. Windows ME had Automatic Update Notification too.
Not a bad idea, except for the fact that all it would take is a quick trip to Electronics Boutique and jotting down the UPC codes of a shelved Red Hat Linux. No purchase necessary. What it'd take is a product code, a la Product Activation. But not really activating. Just the whole location-identifiable unique code sent back to the company. Oh well.