You've been marked "informative" but I'm still confused. I have both 56k and DSL modems. The only way I know to use these modems "as phones" is via VOIP software. But you said "no" it isn't VOIP, but something called HSDPA.
This must be some new tech I never heard of before. A quick peak at wikipedia leads me to believe HDSPA is just a standard digital modem, like my 56k or DSL modems, and if you want voice calls then you do need some kind of VOIP software.
Insightful? Hardly. The person you're criticizing used the "code" modifier to make sure his message was properly formatted. Like so: test . Otherwise his message would have looked rather messy and unreadable.
Frak off. I'm tired of other people trying to run MY life. I'm not a slave; my ancestors were freed in 1865 so stop telling me what to do. Does the word "freedom" mean nothing to you??? I don't need you bossing me around or telling me my lifestyle is unworthy.
>>>You could buy more fresh food, instead of only buying things that keep for a month.
Uh... you mean that stuff like "agar" which they spray on apples and other fruit to make it shine? Or maybe you're into that non-pasteurized milk that comes straight from a cow, and has all that cool bacteria floating around it? It may be fresher but if you think it's healthier, you're just deluding yourself. Besides you presume a lot - I already buy fresh fruit - I eat what I can and then I freeze it for later consumption as the month passes.
>>>And even if you do, I still get more than that alone. I drive a scooter, and get an easy 100MPG with a passenger.
Which is completely and totally worthless for taking me to my distant job, or for carrying a month's worth of groceries, or protecting my fragile body from potential harm. At least my 2001 Honda Insight can do all three tasks AND get the 80 MPG at the same time.
I'm going to speak bluntly -
've spoken to folks like yourself before - those who are anticar and antisprawl. What you Green people think Americans should do is all squeeze into tiny cities like Baltimore or D.C., with just one maybe two rooms per family. I'm sorry but I don't envision living like sardines as a future I want to aspire to. I'm claustrophobic. I'd rather be dead than be forced to live inside the city limits. "Concrete hell" is what I call that.
And it's completely unnecessary. Volkswagen's will be selling a car in 2010 that gets 250mpg. They have another prototype, not for sale, that holds 3 people and gets 120mpg. And of course regular 4/5-seaters exist in Europe that can get 50-60mpg, like the Ford Focus CDI, or the VW Polo. THESE are practical solutions that I can live with.
Your solution (everyone squeezes into cities like sardines) is not practical.
You have no idea. Back before the car was born, New York and other Northeast cities were so full of horseshit that people could barely walk. The manure was piled high, and it was the man reason the subway was born, to help eliminate the smelly mess. You think cars are dirty? Horses in the 1800s were far, far worse.
>>>You can buy groceries instore or online and then get them delivered for free
(1) I've already looked into it, because I don't enjoy shopping. I prefer to do my purchases online, but online food costs about twice as much.
(2) Believe me - a UPS or other delivery truck makes a LOT more pollution than my 80 MPG ULEV Honda hybrid (insight). My car emits a few hundredths of a gram per mile, while those trucks emit about 1000 times more (per EPA regulations; or lack thereof).
(3) I don't trust that they can get spoil-sensitive food to my house as fast as I can. I have no desire to get soup instead of frozen yogurt/ice cream. Or curdled milk instead of fresh milk. I'd be afraid to eat it.
Property tax was invented by the Progressives, who would probably call socialists in today's terminology. There was a problem where rich people were buying land, saving it, and then selling it for profit. That drove-up land prices and made it difficult for poor or middle income citizens to buy land. The progressives/socialists came-up with the idea of property tax.
Basically the property tax is supposed to offset any profit, and thereby discourage speculation. As with most good ideas, it was perverted and now it's become a way to turn citizens into the modern-day equivalent of serfs. You rent the land rather than own it.
The worst type of property tax is in Virginia where you pay a tax on your car. Why? A car's not property - it's an appliance; it depreciates rapidly. There's no valid reason to charge an annual tax/tribute on a depreciating hunk of metal, anymore than you'd pay property tax on a refrigerator or a stove or a television.
A once-a-month trip for groceries using my car is also better than if I had no car, which would force me to visit the store three times each week. The walking to the store might be "cleaner" but the quality of life goes down because you have to keep visiting the damn store all the time.
I prefer my once-a-month trips. It saves time and frees it up for other pursuits.
>>>OK, you just bought a month's worth of groceries. What is your excuse for the other 29 days? I am assuming...
I don't need an excuse. My car is a 2001 Honda Insight that averages 80 MPG and is an Ultra Low Emission Vehicle. It's the perfect commuter car to get me from my suburb to my city-based job. And please... stop assuming.
>>>Joss Whedon is a derivative hack who can't help be defile every thing he touches with some sort of adolescent fantasy involving shitty, super-powered, little girls. >>>
Now now. Whedon's not that bad. First-off they're not little girls - they're young women. Second produced two excellent shows (Buffy, Angel), a decent show (Firefly), and a mediocre show (Dollhouse). That's better than a lot of his colleagues. Gene Roddenberry did no better (one hit wonder) and neither did J.Michael Straczynski (another one-hitter) or Michael Pillar (DS9 and BSG). It's simply not possible to make EVERY show a hit. Whedon has no reason to feel shame.
I have noticed though that Whedon seems to have a foot fetish. He spends a lot of time focusing his camera on women's feet. Well nobody's perfect.;-)
wikipedia says: The film's production was plagued by cost and time overruns, negative press, and rumors about the director's allegedly overbearing directorial style.
Interesting. That's what they said about Titanic. I always prefer to take a wait-and-see attitude towards these things, because often the initial rumors are wrong.
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Science stories without science are just Futuristic fantasy (like Star Wars). Which is fine if you like fantasy, but I do think they should advertise these things more accurately. Don't label a Fantasy story with the word science if there's no science in it. That's a bit like advertising "orange juice" but forgetting to include the oranges when making it. (A couple times I've order orange juice at McDonalds and got orange-flavored sugar water instead. Yes I'm bitter.;-) )
These sorts of policies would lead corporations to say, "Fuck you USA" as they exit to the E.U. or China or India.
Mr. Ballmer of Microsoft already did that when Congress announced it would be curtailing Visa grants for importing outside workers. Of course he said it more politely than that, threatening to move Microsoft from Seattle to some foreign location, but the threat was clear. And Congress backed off.
It's hard to control corporations when they exert more power than the people's own government.
We're lucky that the Chinese are savers instead of spenders. Had the Chinese run a debt-ridden economy like we Americans and Europeans did, there would have been no money to borrow and the entire world would have gone bankrupt.
All corporate licenses should be revoked. The ideal that a company can kill people (think exploding Ford Pintos), and yet the managers who decided it's cheaper to kill people rather than fix the problem can remain non-liable, makes no sense to me.
I would agree with that statement, but my G4 Mac came with a single-button mouse which really slows me down. I get frustrated with the lack of right button context menus, and yes I could upgrade to a 2-button mouse, but that's yet another $expense$ incurred by the Lexus..... er, Apple luxury brand.:-)
>>>try finding software for Windows that doesn't say it requires Windows XP SP1
Firefox doesn't have that requirement. In fact it still runs on the ancient Windows98 - not officially of course, but it does work on my laptop. That's an 11-year-old OS. In contrast a Mac won't run Firefox on anything older than 4 years, which is why Macs are expensive - they have forced upgrades which cost mucho deneiro.
>>>No, they're not. An update is a minor patch. An upgrade is a new product. You might use them interchangeably, but you'd be wrong.
According to who? When were you elected English's policeman to define which words mean what? (And no a dictionary is not the ultimate authority - I don't recall anyone electing Mr.Webster as English's policeman either.) If I read aloud a passage from Chaucer: "This frere bosteth that he knoweth helle, And God it woot, that it is litel wonder; Freres and feendes been but lyte asonder," would you proclaim that I'm an idiot who doesn't use proper English?
POINT: Language is mutable and changeable. It's why if an Englishman asks you, "Would you like a fag?" you shouldn't punch him in the mouth, but instead say, "No thanks I do not smoke." English language is not as fixed as you believe it to be.
Mighty Mouse costs $70 at apple.com which is almost a full day's worth of work (typical American). For many people that's more than they could afford to give-up.
Your numbers are wrong, because if you were truly like me - budget conscious - you would not have upgraded your XP at all. I want to thank you for sharing, because I think this very accurately demonstrates my point, better than of my previous messages did:
Paid upgrades (list prices) Mac 2001 Mac OS X 10.1 $129 2002 Mac OS X 10.2 $129 2003 Mac OS X 10.3 $129 2004 Mac OS X 10.4 $129 2007 Mac OS X 10.5 $129
Total: $643
----- Windows 2001 Windows XP Home $149.99 (still using this same OS)
Mac is a luxury brand, because it won't run any OS older than about four years, due to lack of support, therefore forcing the user to expend $$$.
Wintel machines are for budget-conscious consumers, allowing them to still use an 11-year-old OS (Win98) or an 8-year-old OS (XP), without difficulty. That saves money.
No you are. A Mac with an OS older than about four years is basically worthless. It won't run any of the current browsers/programs, therefore forcing the user to make an expensive OS upgrade. In contrast a Wintel machine with an 11-year-old OS (Win98) still works just fine.
The Mac is the expensive luxury brand for folks with $$$ to waste. The Wintel machine is for budget-conscious consumers. Like me.
I merely said owning a Mac is more expensive to operate, since you can't run any OS older then five years, because it won't run any current browsers/programs. Just like owning an Acura, Lexus, or Chrysler is more expensive. If that's what you like, fine, but I prefer to stay-away from expensive luxury brands.
know how to use HTML properly, when you yourself don't.
Uh... yes I know how to use HTML. As I just demonstrated.
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When did the bots invade slashdot? If I wanted corrections on my typos, I'd have turned-on the spellchecker rather than being corrected by these automated AI things disguising themselves as persons.
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You've been marked "informative" but I'm still confused. I have both 56k and DSL modems. The only way I know to use these modems "as phones" is via VOIP software. But you said "no" it isn't VOIP, but something called HSDPA.
This must be some new tech I never heard of before. A quick peak at wikipedia leads me to believe HDSPA is just a standard digital modem, like my 56k or DSL modems, and if you want voice calls then you do need some kind of VOIP software.
The only thing missing is the price. My Win98 laptop is functional, but getting a little long in the tooth, so this would be a cheap upgrade.
Insightful? Hardly. The person you're criticizing used the "code" modifier to make sure his message was properly formatted. Like so: test . Otherwise his message would have looked rather messy and unreadable.
>>>Plan better.
Frak off. I'm tired of other people trying to run MY life. I'm not a slave; my ancestors were freed in 1865 so stop telling me what to do. Does the word "freedom" mean nothing to you??? I don't need you bossing me around or telling me my lifestyle is unworthy.
>>>You could buy more fresh food, instead of only buying things that keep for a month.
Uh... you mean that stuff like "agar" which they spray on apples and other fruit to make it shine? Or maybe you're into that non-pasteurized milk that comes straight from a cow, and has all that cool bacteria floating around it? It may be fresher but if you think it's healthier, you're just deluding yourself. Besides you presume a lot - I already buy fresh fruit - I eat what I can and then I freeze it for later consumption as the month passes.
>>>And even if you do, I still get more than that alone. I drive a scooter, and get an easy 100MPG with a passenger.
Which is completely and totally worthless for taking me to my distant job, or for carrying a month's worth of groceries, or protecting my fragile body from potential harm. At least my 2001 Honda Insight can do all three tasks AND get the 80 MPG at the same time.
I'm going to speak bluntly -
've spoken to folks like yourself before - those who are anticar and antisprawl. What you Green people think Americans should do is all squeeze into tiny cities like Baltimore or D.C., with just one maybe two rooms per family. I'm sorry but I don't envision living like sardines as a future I want to aspire to. I'm claustrophobic. I'd rather be dead than be forced to live inside the city limits. "Concrete hell" is what I call that.
And it's completely unnecessary. Volkswagen's will be selling a car in 2010 that gets 250mpg. They have another prototype, not for sale, that holds 3 people and gets 120mpg. And of course regular 4/5-seaters exist in Europe that can get 50-60mpg, like the Ford Focus CDI, or the VW Polo. THESE are practical solutions that I can live with.
Your solution (everyone squeezes into cities like sardines) is not practical.
You have no idea. Back before the car was born, New York and other Northeast cities were so full of horseshit that people could barely walk. The manure was piled high, and it was the man reason the subway was born, to help eliminate the smelly mess. You think cars are dirty? Horses in the 1800s were far, far worse.
>>>You can buy groceries instore or online and then get them delivered for free
(1) I've already looked into it, because I don't enjoy shopping. I prefer to do my purchases online, but online food costs about twice as much.
(2) Believe me - a UPS or other delivery truck makes a LOT more pollution than my 80 MPG ULEV Honda hybrid (insight). My car emits a few hundredths of a gram per mile, while those trucks emit about 1000 times more (per EPA regulations; or lack thereof).
(3) I don't trust that they can get spoil-sensitive food to my house as fast as I can. I have no desire to get soup instead of frozen yogurt/ice cream. Or curdled milk instead of fresh milk. I'd be afraid to eat it.
No they should put the meters directly next to the parking space, just like the old mechanical meters.
And if that's considered "too costly" then maybe these new meters should not be installed - stick with the old tried-and-true method.
>>>Technically, you never truly 'own' property.
Property tax was invented by the Progressives, who would probably call socialists in today's terminology. There was a problem where rich people were buying land, saving it, and then selling it for profit. That drove-up land prices and made it difficult for poor or middle income citizens to buy land. The progressives/socialists came-up with the idea of property tax.
Basically the property tax is supposed to offset any profit, and thereby discourage speculation. As with most good ideas, it was perverted and now it's become a way to turn citizens into the modern-day equivalent of serfs. You rent the land rather than own it.
The worst type of property tax is in Virginia where you pay a tax on your car. Why? A car's not property - it's an appliance; it depreciates rapidly. There's no valid reason to charge an annual tax/tribute on a depreciating hunk of metal, anymore than you'd pay property tax on a refrigerator or a stove or a television.
Greedy politicians.
P.S.
A once-a-month trip for groceries using my car is also better than if I had no car, which would force me to visit the store three times each week. The walking to the store might be "cleaner" but the quality of life goes down because you have to keep visiting the damn store all the time.
I prefer my once-a-month trips. It saves time and frees it up for other pursuits.
>>>OK, you just bought a month's worth of groceries. What is your excuse for the other 29 days? I am assuming...
I don't need an excuse. My car is a 2001 Honda Insight that averages 80 MPG and is an Ultra Low Emission Vehicle. It's the perfect commuter car to get me from my suburb to my city-based job. And please... stop assuming.
>>>Joss Whedon is a derivative hack who can't help be defile every thing he touches with some sort of adolescent fantasy involving shitty, super-powered, little girls.
>>>
Now now. Whedon's not that bad. First-off they're not little girls - they're young women. Second produced two excellent shows (Buffy, Angel), a decent show (Firefly), and a mediocre show (Dollhouse). That's better than a lot of his colleagues. Gene Roddenberry did no better (one hit wonder) and neither did J.Michael Straczynski (another one-hitter) or Michael Pillar (DS9 and BSG). It's simply not possible to make EVERY show a hit. Whedon has no reason to feel shame.
I have noticed though that Whedon seems to have a foot fetish. ;-)
He spends a lot of time focusing his camera on women's feet.
Well nobody's perfect.
wikipedia says:
The film's production was plagued by cost and time overruns, negative press, and rumors about the director's allegedly overbearing directorial style.
Interesting. That's what they said about Titanic. I always prefer to take a wait-and-see attitude towards these things, because often the initial rumors are wrong.
Aside-
Science stories without science are just Futuristic fantasy (like Star Wars). Which is fine if you like fantasy, but I do think they should advertise these things more accurately. Don't label a Fantasy story with the word science if there's no science in it. That's a bit like advertising "orange juice" but forgetting to include the oranges when making it. (A couple times I've order orange juice at McDonalds and got orange-flavored sugar water instead. Yes I'm bitter. ;-) )
These sorts of policies would lead corporations to say, "Fuck you USA" as they exit to the E.U. or China or India.
Mr. Ballmer of Microsoft already did that when Congress announced it would be curtailing Visa grants for importing outside workers. Of course he said it more politely than that, threatening to move Microsoft from Seattle to some foreign location, but the threat was clear. And Congress backed off.
It's hard to control corporations when they exert more power than the people's own government.
We're lucky that the Chinese are savers instead of spenders. Had the Chinese run a debt-ridden economy like we Americans and Europeans did, there would have been no money to borrow and the entire world would have gone bankrupt.
All corporate licenses should be revoked. The ideal that a company can kill people (think exploding Ford Pintos), and yet the managers who decided it's cheaper to kill people rather than fix the problem can remain non-liable, makes no sense to me.
I would agree with that statement, but my G4 Mac came with a single-button mouse which really slows me down. I get frustrated with the lack of right button context menus, and yes I could upgrade to a 2-button mouse, but that's yet another $expense$ incurred by the Lexus..... er, Apple luxury brand. :-)
>>>... Apple doesn't want to offer that kind of product because they want to [monopolize the market and take away user choice].
There. More accurate. Apple's kinda like Comcast (who is working to lock-up online TV behind subscriber walls).
>>>try finding software for Windows that doesn't say it requires Windows XP SP1
Firefox doesn't have that requirement. In fact it still runs on the ancient Windows98 - not officially of course, but it does work on my laptop. That's an 11-year-old OS. In contrast a Mac won't run Firefox on anything older than 4 years, which is why Macs are expensive - they have forced upgrades which cost mucho deneiro.
>>>No, they're not. An update is a minor patch. An upgrade is a new product. You might use them interchangeably, but you'd be wrong.
According to who? When were you elected English's policeman to define which words mean what? (And no a dictionary is not the ultimate authority - I don't recall anyone electing Mr.Webster as English's policeman either.) If I read aloud a passage from Chaucer: "This frere bosteth that he knoweth helle, And God it woot, that it is litel wonder; Freres and feendes been but lyte asonder," would you proclaim that I'm an idiot who doesn't use proper English?
POINT: Language is mutable and changeable. It's why if an Englishman asks you, "Would you like a fag?" you shouldn't punch him in the mouth, but instead say, "No thanks I do not smoke." English language is not as fixed as you believe it to be.
>>>Is your time is worth that little to you?
Mighty Mouse costs $70 at apple.com which is almost a full day's worth of work (typical American). For many people that's more than they could afford to give-up.
Your numbers are wrong, because if you were truly like me - budget conscious - you would not have upgraded your XP at all. I want to thank you for sharing, because I think this very accurately demonstrates my point, better than of my previous messages did:
Paid upgrades (list prices)
Mac
2001 Mac OS X 10.1 $129
2002 Mac OS X 10.2 $129
2003 Mac OS X 10.3 $129
2004 Mac OS X 10.4 $129
2007 Mac OS X 10.5 $129
Total: $643
-----
Windows
2001 Windows XP Home $149.99 (still using this same OS)
TOTAL: $150
Mac is a luxury brand, because it won't run any OS older than about four years, due to lack of support, therefore forcing the user to expend $$$.
Wintel machines are for budget-conscious consumers, allowing them to still use an 11-year-old OS (Win98) or an 8-year-old OS (XP), without difficulty. That saves money.
Get it?
>>>You're a little confused.
No you are. A Mac with an OS older than about four years is basically worthless. It won't run any of the current browsers/programs, therefore forcing the user to make an expensive OS upgrade. In contrast a Wintel machine with an 11-year-old OS (Win98) still works just fine.
The Mac is the expensive luxury brand for folks with $$$ to waste.
The Wintel machine is for budget-conscious consumers. Like me.
I never said it was Apple's fault.
I merely said owning a Mac is more expensive to operate, since you can't run any OS older then five years, because it won't run any current browsers/programs. Just like owning an Acura, Lexus, or Chrysler is more expensive. If that's what you like, fine, but I prefer to stay-away from expensive luxury brands.
know how to use HTML properly, when you yourself don't.
Uh... yes I know how to use HTML. As I just demonstrated.
Aside -
When did the bots invade slashdot? If I wanted corrections on my typos, I'd have turned-on the spellchecker rather than being corrected by these automated AI things disguising themselves as persons.