Except in Canada you have to give them the right to monitor email or internet traffic as you do have reasonable expectation of privacy.
Simply have to refuse to sign any paperwork which gives them the right to monitor. If they do monitor and try to do anything then they are basically providing evidence that makes your lawsuit very easy.
One of the universities I attended had some BS clause about allowing them to give access of my information and documents to third parties as they saw fit. I argued it up to the dean and was eventually told that if I wanted to continue in the program, I needed to sign the clause.
What I find interesting is that for 27.50$ per year per student, they have a blanket permission to reproduce any copyrighted work (should I understand the summary correctly)... That's such a small fee vs what people have had to pay for limited copyright infringements..
Not quite blanket. No music, and nothing that would reproduce the entire work, unless that work is short and/or monumental.
Tracy Hickman and Brandon Sanderson. Two well known, well received, MORMON, writers. Of course, there's orson scott card, who only ever wrote one (two?) decent books... and mitt romney, who has probably written a book, denied he ever wrote the book, and then wrote a separate book that completely contradicts the first.
it is a pity that Jordan didn't manage to finish off the series in his lifetime.
Assuming he would have chosen to finish it. Considering the poor choices he made in books, oh... 5 to 9 (or whatever... half the series!), I'm glad someone like sanderson (who knows how to write a solid story with good twists and pacing) is wrapping it up.
When I was lecturing, a much older (tenured) colleague came up with a series of multiple choice tests, and made the time limit very limiting - with the explanation that it was enough time to answer the questions if you knew the answers, but not enough time to look up the responses.
They field tested it, made sure that the time limit was reasonable (and removed some questions that were just too tough for the 3rd year course) and made an exam bank that was 3x the size of the number of questions. The students got 2 attempts, and because the questions were randomized, it was fairly difficult for an individual student to get the same test twice.
They found that students would print (to pdf) the questions and review them and pass them around, so they ALSO made the test/retest window quite small for the entire class. It was well received, used for several years with about a 30-40% question rotation/replacement every year, and scrapped when the professor left on an extended leave/sabbatical - no one else in the department felt it was a good use of their time to adapt their materials to the system - they all preferred to stick with standard university "test systems". What a joke. I've since adapted the system for myself and lost touch with the prof who set it up.
Face it, the Sith have it much better. If you're a Sith, you get to wear black, you get a badass red lightsaber, chicks want you, and you don't have to take shit from anyone.
... unless you've seen any of the movies, and realize they tend to lead terribly unfulfilled lives with sub-par contractors and bipolar co-workers who graciously point out the flaws in the recent reno you just did on your floor by throwing you down a giant pit right beside your favorite la-z-boy...
Are you suggesting they are gay? That's mighty homophobic of you.
Yeah, come on, sometimes a giant, fluorescent representation of the strength of your manhood is just a giant, fluorescent representation of your manhood, NOTHING MORE MOVE ALONG.
Religious faith on the other hand, is faith that what some guy said in a book is the truth. Its faith in some line of priests or the words of a long dead man. Faith in things that can't be proven. Statements that cannot be falsified and are not open to questioning and standards of reproducibility.
Well, that's appropriate in a catholic context, if you want to assume that religion == catholic. Since it doesn't, you'll have to rework your example (but not your main points). As much as I agree with your ideas, I have to disagree with the pig-headed and ignorant manner you've presented your ideas.
The issue being the pro-legalization have Prohibition as anecdotal evidence supporting them. The prohibition crowd have nothing on their side, not even a single anecdote. But yet attack the other side for not having much support when they are the only side with any support...
Sure, the pro-legalization side only has american prohibition on their side. Because no other country in the entire world has ever experimented with prohibition and legalization. Too bad, really... otherwise there might be some valid data for the pro-legalization side!
The link isn't working on my awesome phone, so I assume it's a joke based on the "comic" in the name. But just in case it's serious, I'll point out the difference in frequency of crazy lawsuits / warning labels beteen now and the 1920s.:) and point out that I'm not particularly serious.
You've got an iphone too, eh? It's a link to a.gif. That says anecdotal evidence isn't valid. Like, well, the original point.
System bus? the *only* reason apple gave you those speeds is because they're using old-gen chipsets. Not even comparable. Graphics chips? Apple has garbage graphics across the board. Ram speed means nothing, by the way, and video outs are interchangeable.
So yeah, if you insist on adding meaningless things to the comparison, you'll have a bigger list. But it's not particularly useful.
Yes, I do mean those IPS displays. I am aware that IPS, MVA and PVA displays are available from other vendors. But they're rare, and you certainly can't walk into a Best Buy or Staples and walk out with one.
Apple uses just IPS displays as far as I can tell.
Regarding the FSB / (Northbridge) speeds, perhaps my info is out of date. But last I looked at commodity hardware, there were very few notebooks with the same FSB speed as Apple hardware at the same price point, and none that were faster for cheaper.
As for Bluetooth and Wireless-N, etc. of course they're generally add-in cards. That's irrelevant to the average consumer though. To them a notebook is a sealed box. If box A has bluetooth for $1000, and box b has it for $1100, then box A is a better value if they need that feature. If they don't need it, perhaps box C at $800 is better for them though.
Dude, you are quite out of date. There is no FSB speeds on modern chipsets. As for add-in cards, they're also add-in cards for apple. If you ever open up a MBP, you'll find that you can remove and change those cards.
Anyways, learn something about technology before trolling in the future, though. Maybe do some reading next time. I understand if you simply want to say "Apple marketing has convinced me that my computer choice is better than the less expensive alternative", but seriously - do some research before arguing about commodity hardware.
I've never purchased or owned an apple product in my life. But I've done the comparisons a few years ago. Yes, it's commodity hardware, same as anyone else.
But (at least as of a couple years ago) if you take every feature in a given Mac notebook at it's given price point, it's hard to impossible to meet / beat it with other manufacturers' offerings.
I'm just a techie who's done the research for friends and family from time to time. Perfect example though: If I was in the market for a notebook today, what else besides the entry level Macbook will get me a non-TN screen for $1000 or less? Lenovo and HP as far as I Can tell start a few hundred more. (Lenovo because they're all tablets unless I'm missing something).
Are there some people for whom the $300 basic i3 notebook is fine? Sure! But I still think Apple stuff gives you a decent value for what you pay for. IF that's changed in the past couple years, can you enlighten me?
Lenovo doesn't have all tablets, you are missing something. Apple is *easy* to beat with any competitor, *unless* you want a full body metal construction or OSX. Even then, lenovo does it better than apple does. With current gen technology - unlike apple, which generally skips a generation or two. Also, unlike apple, without overheating like crazy.
But to say that there's no difference is just ignorance.
I know, double response. But honestly, the only thing you used to get with an apple PC that you didn't with a non-apple PC was EFI. Other than that... there isn't a single *real* difference between two equivalently configured laptops. Chipsets are the same. Exact same. Apple gets certain special processors from intel... true. But they're not really "special", they're just clocked slightly differently - basically, they are binned. Apple uses wireless cards that are available in every other PC. Bluetooth, identical.
Now, you could make the argument that the wiring is different. And you'd be correct. And the traces on the motherboard? Sure. That's technically different. But that's like comparing gas-lines in a car. They may look different, but they are functionally identical.
I really *hate* being trolled by apple fanboys. It really ruins my day... and I really hope you are trolling. Because if you're being serious, you need to stop listening to all the marketing that apple puts out there.
Really? How many non-apple notebooks have a non-TN LCD screen?
What about the system bus? That's not a part that most companies put on the label at Best Buy or Staples. How often is it the same as Apple's?
Apple isn't necessarily the best for everyone. Maybe I don't need built-in bluetooth, or Wireless N.
Maybe I don't intend to use the built-in screen, and want to use an external monitor.
But to say that there's no difference is just ignorance. Apple uses good stuff. It's overkill for some folks, and having the choice of lower grade hardware is a good thing. But Apple tends to stuff their machines with really great stuff. Not all machines are created equal.
By non-TN LCD, you mean like the IPS screens that lenovo uses? or the radiance screens HP has? And the system bus... you mean, the northbridge that is integrated into current-gen processors? Or did you mean the southbridge - USB ports and such, which are all vendor independent? As for bluetooth and wireless N, those are generally add-on cards, and not built onto the motherboard.
Apple doesn't really "stuff" their machines with anything other than excessive thermal paste - not a good thing!
Concur, for the stated use, one step up from a Netbook should do the job for years to come./p>
This is why people think apple is a better choice than PC. They compare their $2k laptop to the $400 POS they had previously. No surprise the $2k one is better. I just wish someone had suggested a $2k pc to each an every one of the people I know that did this. They're all convinced that mac is the way to go... but are always amazed when I show them my laptop with similar specs running OSX and tell them it cost me 1/2 the price.
Then they go off about how mine isn't "real" and isn't as "Reliable". I guess some people just refuse to turn on their brain and think.
Never owned a laptop with Optimus. My experiences are almost all desktop. With nVidia, you set override settings easily. You can set global ones, and then set other per app ones and they just activate as needed. With ATi, you have to activate profiles and all that.
The fine print on his blog states: "His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions". Unless an authorized, official representative of AMD officially challenges NVIDIA on graphics performance, the corporation 'AMD' is NOT challenging the corporation 'NVIDIA'. It is merely one opinion of the many employees at AMD.
That's right, one of the senior marketing managers posts on an official blog that their product is better, and he wants to test it against the competitor. CLEARLY that's not an official comment.
Am I the only one who hasn't had video driver stability issues (on Windows) for YEARS?
It could be a capacity issue with your PSU, or a heat problem with your case.
And since when are KDE/Gnome "major" platforms?
When your market share is within the margin of error, you're hardly "major"....
I have instability on my windows machine... but only when it's balancing on my lap. I don't have that problem with my MBP, it's too hot to hold on my lap, so I have to use a desk...
Fair point but if you're interested in a 6990 or 590 I hardly think you'll care about Linux.
You mean, running some of the fastest, best parallel processing cards available on one of the most customizable operating systems isn't a good idea? I guess I'll just stick with my intel chip for direct compute then.
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Except in Canada you have to give them the right to monitor email or internet traffic as you do have reasonable expectation of privacy.
Simply have to refuse to sign any paperwork which gives them the right to monitor. If they do monitor and try to do anything then they are basically providing evidence that makes your lawsuit very easy.
One of the universities I attended had some BS clause about allowing them to give access of my information and documents to third parties as they saw fit. I argued it up to the dean and was eventually told that if I wanted to continue in the program, I needed to sign the clause.
What I find interesting is that for 27.50$ per year per student, they have a blanket permission to reproduce any copyrighted work (should I understand the summary correctly) ... That's such a small fee vs what people have had to pay for limited copyright infringements..
Not quite blanket. No music, and nothing that would reproduce the entire work, unless that work is short and/or monumental.
Tracy Hickman and Brandon Sanderson. Two well known, well received, MORMON, writers. Of course, there's orson scott card, who only ever wrote one (two?) decent books ... and mitt romney, who has probably written a book, denied he ever wrote the book, and then wrote a separate book that completely contradicts the first.
it is a pity that Jordan didn't manage to finish off the series in his lifetime.
Assuming he would have chosen to finish it. Considering the poor choices he made in books, oh ... 5 to 9 (or whatever ... half the series!), I'm glad someone like sanderson (who knows how to write a solid story with good twists and pacing) is wrapping it up.
When I was lecturing, a much older (tenured) colleague came up with a series of multiple choice tests, and made the time limit very limiting - with the explanation that it was enough time to answer the questions if you knew the answers, but not enough time to look up the responses.
They field tested it, made sure that the time limit was reasonable (and removed some questions that were just too tough for the 3rd year course) and made an exam bank that was 3x the size of the number of questions. The students got 2 attempts, and because the questions were randomized, it was fairly difficult for an individual student to get the same test twice.
They found that students would print (to pdf) the questions and review them and pass them around, so they ALSO made the test/retest window quite small for the entire class. It was well received, used for several years with about a 30-40% question rotation/replacement every year, and scrapped when the professor left on an extended leave/sabbatical - no one else in the department felt it was a good use of their time to adapt their materials to the system - they all preferred to stick with standard university "test systems". What a joke. I've since adapted the system for myself and lost touch with the prof who set it up.
Face it, the Sith have it much better. If you're a Sith, you get to wear black, you get a badass red lightsaber, chicks want you, and you don't have to take shit from anyone.
... unless you've seen any of the movies, and realize they tend to lead terribly unfulfilled lives with sub-par contractors and bipolar co-workers who graciously point out the flaws in the recent reno you just did on your floor by throwing you down a giant pit right beside your favorite la-z-boy...
Are you suggesting they are gay? That's mighty homophobic of you.
Yeah, come on, sometimes a giant, fluorescent representation of the strength of your manhood is just a giant, fluorescent representation of your manhood, NOTHING MORE MOVE ALONG.
Religious faith on the other hand, is faith that what some guy said in a book is the truth. Its faith in some line of priests or the words of a long dead man. Faith in things that can't be proven. Statements that cannot be falsified and are not open to questioning and standards of reproducibility.
Well, that's appropriate in a catholic context, if you want to assume that religion == catholic. Since it doesn't, you'll have to rework your example (but not your main points). As much as I agree with your ideas, I have to disagree with the pig-headed and ignorant manner you've presented your ideas.
The issue being the pro-legalization have Prohibition as anecdotal evidence supporting them. The prohibition crowd have nothing on their side, not even a single anecdote. But yet attack the other side for not having much support when they are the only side with any support...
Sure, the pro-legalization side only has american prohibition on their side. Because no other country in the entire world has ever experimented with prohibition and legalization. Too bad, really... otherwise there might be some valid data for the pro-legalization side!
+ N for n-telligent or n-sightful, or + X for x-traordinary.
seriously. need. mod. points. for. teh funzors.
The link isn't working on my awesome phone, so I assume it's a joke based on the "comic" in the name. But just in case it's serious, I'll point out the difference in frequency of crazy lawsuits / warning labels beteen now and the 1920s. :) and point out that I'm not particularly serious.
You've got an iphone too, eh? It's a link to a .gif. That says anecdotal evidence isn't valid. Like, well, the original point.
I'd honestly bet that illegal drugs legalized and regulated would very likely cost the same or more as now
That's an interesting , I'd also be quite glad to make a similar bet... against you. Except, I've got the benefit of seeing how prohibition went...
System bus? the *only* reason apple gave you those speeds is because they're using old-gen chipsets. Not even comparable. Graphics chips? Apple has garbage graphics across the board. Ram speed means nothing, by the way, and video outs are interchangeable.
So yeah, if you insist on adding meaningless things to the comparison, you'll have a bigger list. But it's not particularly useful.
Yes, I do mean those IPS displays. I am aware that IPS, MVA and PVA displays are available from other vendors. But they're rare, and you certainly can't walk into a Best Buy or Staples and walk out with one.
Apple uses just IPS displays as far as I can tell.
Regarding the FSB / (Northbridge) speeds, perhaps my info is out of date. But last I looked at commodity hardware, there were very few notebooks with the same FSB speed as Apple hardware at the same price point, and none that were faster for cheaper.
As for Bluetooth and Wireless-N, etc. of course they're generally add-in cards. That's irrelevant to the average consumer though. To them a notebook is a sealed box. If box A has bluetooth for $1000, and box b has it for $1100, then box A is a better value if they need that feature. If they don't need it, perhaps box C at $800 is better for them though.
Dude, you are quite out of date. There is no FSB speeds on modern chipsets. As for add-in cards, they're also add-in cards for apple. If you ever open up a MBP, you'll find that you can remove and change those cards.
Anyways, learn something about technology before trolling in the future, though. Maybe do some reading next time. I understand if you simply want to say "Apple marketing has convinced me that my computer choice is better than the less expensive alternative", but seriously - do some research before arguing about commodity hardware.
I've never purchased or owned an apple product in my life. But I've done the comparisons a few years ago. Yes, it's commodity hardware, same as anyone else.
But (at least as of a couple years ago) if you take every feature in a given Mac notebook at it's given price point, it's hard to impossible to meet / beat it with other manufacturers' offerings.
I'm just a techie who's done the research for friends and family from time to time. Perfect example though: If I was in the market for a notebook today, what else besides the entry level Macbook will get me a non-TN screen for $1000 or less? Lenovo and HP as far as I Can tell start a few hundred more. (Lenovo because they're all tablets unless I'm missing something).
Are there some people for whom the $300 basic i3 notebook is fine? Sure! But I still think Apple stuff gives you a decent value for what you pay for. IF that's changed in the past couple years, can you enlighten me?
Lenovo doesn't have all tablets, you are missing something. Apple is *easy* to beat with any competitor, *unless* you want a full body metal construction or OSX. Even then, lenovo does it better than apple does. With current gen technology - unlike apple, which generally skips a generation or two. Also, unlike apple, without overheating like crazy.
But to say that there's no difference is just ignorance.
I know, double response. But honestly, the only thing you used to get with an apple PC that you didn't with a non-apple PC was EFI. Other than that ... there isn't a single *real* difference between two equivalently configured laptops. Chipsets are the same. Exact same. Apple gets certain special processors from intel... true. But they're not really "special", they're just clocked slightly differently - basically, they are binned. Apple uses wireless cards that are available in every other PC. Bluetooth, identical.
Now, you could make the argument that the wiring is different. And you'd be correct. And the traces on the motherboard? Sure. That's technically different. But that's like comparing gas-lines in a car. They may look different, but they are functionally identical.
I really *hate* being trolled by apple fanboys. It really ruins my day... and I really hope you are trolling. Because if you're being serious, you need to stop listening to all the marketing that apple puts out there.
Really? How many non-apple notebooks have a non-TN LCD screen?
What about the system bus? That's not a part that most companies put on the label at Best Buy or Staples. How often is it the same as Apple's?
Apple isn't necessarily the best for everyone. Maybe I don't need built-in bluetooth, or Wireless N.
Maybe I don't intend to use the built-in screen, and want to use an external monitor.
But to say that there's no difference is just ignorance. Apple uses good stuff. It's overkill for some folks, and having the choice of lower grade hardware is a good thing. But Apple tends to stuff their machines with really great stuff. Not all machines are created equal.
By non-TN LCD, you mean like the IPS screens that lenovo uses? or the radiance screens HP has? ... you mean, the northbridge that is integrated into current-gen processors? Or did you mean the southbridge - USB ports and such, which are all vendor independent?
And the system bus
As for bluetooth and wireless N, those are generally add-on cards, and not built onto the motherboard.
Apple doesn't really "stuff" their machines with anything other than excessive thermal paste - not a good thing!
Concur, for the stated use, one step up from a Netbook should do the job for years to come./p>
This is why people think apple is a better choice than PC. They compare their $2k laptop to the $400 POS they had previously. No surprise the $2k one is better. I just wish someone had suggested a $2k pc to each an every one of the people I know that did this. They're all convinced that mac is the way to go ... but are always amazed when I show them my laptop with similar specs running OSX and tell them it cost me 1/2 the price.
Then they go off about how mine isn't "real" and isn't as "Reliable". I guess some people just refuse to turn on their brain and think.
Which anti-brain pro-religion (yes, steve has his own religion) modded down an AC comment?
+1 You can't beat apple hardware DELL may be cheap, but you get what you pay for Although, why anyone would want windows instead of mac is beyond me
No difference on the parts inside.
Never owned a laptop with Optimus. My experiences are almost all desktop. With nVidia, you set override settings easily. You can set global ones, and then set other per app ones and they just activate as needed. With ATi, you have to activate profiles and all that.
Yup. On a desktop. Not so much with optimus.
hey, i got a idea, they can do the benchmarks in stereoscopic shutter glasses 3d. that is, if amd has any real support for it yet.
Sounds good. Maybe we can use 6 different 3d displays at the same time! ... oh wait ...
The fine print on his blog states: "His postings are his own opinions and may not represent AMD’s positions, strategies or opinions". Unless an authorized, official representative of AMD officially challenges NVIDIA on graphics performance, the corporation 'AMD' is NOT challenging the corporation 'NVIDIA'. It is merely one opinion of the many employees at AMD.
That's right, one of the senior marketing managers posts on an official blog that their product is better, and he wants to test it against the competitor. CLEARLY that's not an official comment.
Am I the only one who hasn't had video driver stability issues (on Windows) for YEARS? It could be a capacity issue with your PSU, or a heat problem with your case.
And since when are KDE/Gnome "major" platforms? When your market share is within the margin of error, you're hardly "major"....
I have instability on my windows machine ... but only when it's balancing on my lap. I don't have that problem with my MBP, it's too hot to hold on my lap, so I have to use a desk ...
Fair point but if you're interested in a 6990 or 590 I hardly think you'll care about Linux.
You mean, running some of the fastest, best parallel processing cards available on one of the most customizable operating systems isn't a good idea? I guess I'll just stick with my intel chip for direct compute then.