I tried it today for the first time and I must say, I am impressed:)
The UI seems much better than the last time I used OpenOffice (maybe v2) and the graphics seem to have been created by professional designers, as opposed to the developers themselves.
Professional designers? It looks exactly the same as OpenOffice. This is little more than a repackaging under a different name and some bug fixes.
I use Picasa as well. For a while I also used Smugmug which has more options and is unlimited storage but I only needed the $5 plan from Google for extra space in Picasa so I am now only with them.
That and take your own "mental photographs". When I consciously know I should remember this moment it helps to tell my brain to take those mental pics else they would be quickly forgotten.
I use and love Picasa web albums as well. A large file size is good enough for me for backups of pics I won't look at but a couple times ever. But it's not w/o it's warts for sure, especially if initially setting it up and you already have tons of folders.
If my memory serves, iPhone owners were going through this same issue of having lots of data being sent in the middle of the night. AT&T's response was that it was just the system relaying the days usage all at once but many didn't buy that.
In all my use on the iPhone, I'm not sure this has ever been needed? I'm not even sure where you would use a back button besides in Safari and it already has one.
The shit thing is, if the "correction" is disruptive enough, we may never get the chance to rebuild what we have now. There's only so much easily-accessible energy sitting around waiting for us to get it. If we deplete our oil reserves to low enough levels and then suffer a major global cataclysm, our descendants will be permanently stuck living an Amish lifestyle.
Many could argue the Amish-type lifestyle would lead us to better human relations and sense of community among everyone as well as reduce our wasteful use of resources.
Not that it matters much to us, here and now - I'll be long dead before anything like that happens. But I still feel some responsibility to try and keep our species moving forward.
Dumb question: Can anyone tell me how they know it contains 50% more oxygen w/o ever having a sample? I know it must be some sort of indirect findings but am curious they could know something like that when it's burried 4km down.
Your false choice is not so simple. We all [consumers] want a neutral internet. The problem comes when trying to get there, as either corporations or government will eventually try to grab power to regulate it by some means. Once the governement does regulate and bring about 'net neutrality' there is little in the way to stop them from regulating further. Government only grows in size and power. Rarely, if ever, does it shrink or give up its power. While a Net Neutrality bill may look good on paper for today, what impact will that have for users 10, 50, 100 years from now?
I'd rather have corporations run the net the way it's currently done than let the FCC try to manage it from a government viewpoint. Either scenario frankly is not ideal and we should plan on having a third option but I'd rather private corp run it than a bureaucracy that has the power to shut it down or impose 'Fairness Doctrine' style regulations.
Hmm, I'm gonna assume you probably have used the phrase "get off my lawn" more than once. In fact I think it's the exact opposite. More people want it online so when their HDD crashes it's quickly backed up and available from any computer where they log in.
But at least it's being done and hopefully some good can come of it that fax machines get even less usage and wither and die! I hate it when businesses won't accept an email or a pdf and you have to fax a printed document to them. I wouldn't do business with them but sometimes you have no choice.
The case was brought to him and he ruled as a judge on the issue citing legal reasons why. He did not go beyond his calling or use outside law or even spirit of the law. You'd be hard pressed to argue this is judicial activism...
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Don't forget that they sold over 60 million PSP units, which isn't exactly shabby either. That's more than N64 and GameCube combined.
Why are you comparing handheld sales to consoles?
Professional designers? It looks exactly the same as OpenOffice. This is little more than a repackaging under a different name and some bug fixes.
Reading fail. Apparently, you ignored the part where he said the last version he used was v2.
Experience Fail.
I tried it today for the first time and I must say, I am impressed :)
The UI seems much better than the last time I used OpenOffice (maybe v2) and the graphics seem to have been created by professional designers, as opposed to the developers themselves.
Professional designers? It looks exactly the same as OpenOffice. This is little more than a repackaging under a different name and some bug fixes.
You mean like the NFL does here on private screen size (annual Super Bowl parties article on /. in a couple weeks).
I played it yesterday on my iPhone. A new official app called iDOS has it and others like Wolfenstein3D.
I use Picasa as well. For a while I also used Smugmug which has more options and is unlimited storage but I only needed the $5 plan from Google for extra space in Picasa so I am now only with them.
That and take your own "mental photographs". When I consciously know I should remember this moment it helps to tell my brain to take those mental pics else they would be quickly forgotten.
That or use a tripod and get the best of both.
I use and love Picasa web albums as well. A large file size is good enough for me for backups of pics I won't look at but a couple times ever. But it's not w/o it's warts for sure, especially if initially setting it up and you already have tons of folders.
If my memory serves, iPhone owners were going through this same issue of having lots of data being sent in the middle of the night. AT&T's response was that it was just the system relaying the days usage all at once but many didn't buy that.
Yet once more, the US gets cheap devices while the rest of the world pays more, sometimes a LOT more.
We get the games for cheaper, and you get the pharmaceuticals for cheaper. It's a trade off to make it fair.
"Back button"
In all my use on the iPhone, I'm not sure this has ever been needed? I'm not even sure where you would use a back button besides in Safari and it already has one.
The shit thing is, if the "correction" is disruptive enough, we may never get the chance to rebuild what we have now. There's only so much easily-accessible energy sitting around waiting for us to get it. If we deplete our oil reserves to low enough levels and then suffer a major global cataclysm, our descendants will be permanently stuck living an Amish lifestyle.
Many could argue the Amish-type lifestyle would lead us to better human relations and sense of community among everyone as well as reduce our wasteful use of resources.
Not that it matters much to us, here and now - I'll be long dead before anything like that happens. But I still feel some responsibility to try and keep our species moving forward.
Moving forward? To what exactly?
You can actually remove every weather station that has been claimed to be faulty for the above reason without significantly changing your results.
[citation needed]
Dumb question: Can anyone tell me how they know it contains 50% more oxygen w/o ever having a sample? I know it must be some sort of indirect findings but am curious they could know something like that when it's burried 4km down.
That was one of the best documentaries I'd seen in a while.
That's only relevant if the public walks in the same space (or closer) as the Google car-mounted camera. Viewing angles and all that.
Your false choice is not so simple. We all [consumers] want a neutral internet. The problem comes when trying to get there, as either corporations or government will eventually try to grab power to regulate it by some means. Once the governement does regulate and bring about 'net neutrality' there is little in the way to stop them from regulating further. Government only grows in size and power. Rarely, if ever, does it shrink or give up its power. While a Net Neutrality bill may look good on paper for today, what impact will that have for users 10, 50, 100 years from now?
I believe he his referring to the Fairness Doctrine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_doctrine
I'd rather have corporations run the net the way it's currently done than let the FCC try to manage it from a government viewpoint. Either scenario frankly is not ideal and we should plan on having a third option but I'd rather private corp run it than a bureaucracy that has the power to shut it down or impose 'Fairness Doctrine' style regulations.
where their data can be kept local and safe.
Hmm, I'm gonna assume you probably have used the phrase "get off my lawn" more than once. In fact I think it's the exact opposite. More people want it online so when their HDD crashes it's quickly backed up and available from any computer where they log in.
That or you need to define "safe".
Cheques I can understand being outdated and really only useful for the float in many cases but mp3's? I'm not sure what you mean by that.
But at least it's being done and hopefully some good can come of it that fax machines get even less usage and wither and die! I hate it when businesses won't accept an email or a pdf and you have to fax a printed document to them. I wouldn't do business with them but sometimes you have no choice.
The case was brought to him and he ruled as a judge on the issue citing legal reasons why. He did not go beyond his calling or use outside law or even spirit of the law. You'd be hard pressed to argue this is judicial activism...
They've got an ongoing battle with their own commenters as well, esp articles like this one that got many many accounts banned if you disagreed with the article "writer" (Joel): http://gizmodo.com/5687692/you-write-bias-journalism-and-i-read-derp