>>>Except Windows apps from today still run on a 10-year old Windows 2000 machine, for the most part.
Precisely. With Windows you don't have to upgrade because it has a relatively long support cycle, and as you pointed-out you can continue using Win2000 (or even Win98) without problem. In contrast my Mac 10.4 which is not that old, refuses to run anything because virtually all the software requires 10.5 or higher.
And thus we're back to my point - "A $100 fee every year to upgrade from 10.4, to 10.5, to 10.6, and so on. i.e. Macs are expensive to maintain."
>>>"our habitat", of large mammals in general becomes actually much better (esp. much larger, but also easier to farm) at a higher global temperature. Lush forests in greenhouse a hell of a lot more creatures, and humans, than ice valleys and gletsjers. >>>>
That's true. But actually a warm, tropical climate benefits reptiles and amphibians more than mammals. Perhaps crocodiles and lizards will start growing huge, and we'll see a modern-day variant of dinosaurs 10,000 years from now.
Yeah well, I would love to get my hands on Volkswagen's new 250mpg commuter car (to be released end-of-this-year), but they refuse to sell it outside Germany. They are deliberately limiting access.
So instead I settle for a mere 70mpg Honda Insight. But I can't recommend it to friends, because it's no longer available. Honda discontinued it and replaced it with a standard 4-door version that gets a mere 45mpg.
So yes we CAN blame the industrialists, if only because they refuse to sell any cars higher than 45-50mpg to U.S. citizens.
Aside-
Yes Al Gore is a hypocrite. He's done nothing to change his lifestyle, still drving SUVS everywhere, while telling all the rest of us to stop consuming so much energy. But then that's typical of kings, nobility, and other leaders. They believe the rules don't apply to them, because they are in a separate, better class than us mere commoners. i.e. Non-equality.
This isn't the first time a northern route was used.
The Vikings, prior to the ~1250 onset of global cooling, routinely used a northern route to reach Siberia and sometimes even China during the 900s, 1000s, and 1100s. But of course the Global apologists won't reveal this information, because it would ruin their "ohmygodtheskyisfalling" storyline.
>>>Whoever thought making C/C++ an implementation language for anything as complicated as an OS ought to be shot.
In the 1980s the C language was the best option. There wasn't anything better. And since Windows/DOS and Windows/NT were developed during the 80s, we still live with the legacy. Simple as that.
I would upgrade to a Macintosh and abandon the Microsoft/ActiveX/Exploder trojanware completely, but Mac has its own undesirable flaws. Namely - A $100 fee every year to upgrade from 10.4, to 10.5, to 10.6, and so on.
i.e. Macs are expensive to maintain. In contrast I bought a Mickeysoft XP PC in 2002 and haven't spent a dime since then for OS updates. i.e. Cheap.
(And Linux won't install my Netscape ISP's Web Accelerator software - so that's not an option either.)
Right now, I can detect three WiFi connections from my nearby neighbors' homes. Saying "a wall will block these signals" is not correct. They travel further than that.
You need to visit www.domai.com and get some therapy (i.e. read the articles first).
There's nothing wrong with admiring the beauty of another human being, whether it's woman or man. It's really no different than watching a deer hopping through an open prairie and saying, "That was a gorgeous deer." Same thing. We should be free to admire the beauty all around us.
That may all be true, but it doesn't change the fact when you said, "Breasts don't have ligaments," you were factually wrong. Breasts have ligaments and other connective tissues that support them internally.
Pretty much. I remember my classmates bragging in the 80s that they just got a new IBM PC (or compatible clone). I always asked, "Why on earth would you do that?" when other machines made by Atari, Commodore, and Apple were so much more capable. They had music and graphics, while the PC had 16 measly colors and went "beep". The answer was always the same:
"Because dad wanted the same thing at home that he uses in the office."
IBM won the business market first, then they convinced workers that they should buy IBM PCs and carry their work to home. That's how the IBM PC platform came to dominate both the office and the living room, even though it was inferior to other options. (It took ten years for the IBM PC platform to catch-up to what a Commodore Amiga or Atari ST could do in 1985.)
Precisely. Xenix wasn't intended to be used by your average Joe or Jill Consumer with a beercan in his/her hand. The Commodore Amiga was designed for such a purpose, aimed for the home market, which is why I call it the first home PC that could do preemptive multitasking.
Next I suppose you're going to tell me that Betacam is "the first home recorder that could do component video recording," even though it was never designed for such a purpose. Betacam is strictly for professionals, like TV stations or national network studios, as evidenced by its $10,000 and higher MSRP. The true first component video recorder, intended for home users, would probably be Digital VHS.
>>>You said that you eliminate the waste of fuel, not that you eliminate the waste of money that you personally spend on fuel
Actually what I said was, "Instead of wasting gasoline driving to the store, you could sit at home, shop amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com, and have the books delivered for free. You eliminate the waste of fuel." It is clear from the context of this paragraph I was talking about the gasoline in the buyer's car ("driving to the store"). The missing modifier from the noun "fuel" refers back to the personal pronoun "you" which was used as the subject of two separate sentences. Therefore I was discussing not wasting "your" fuel.
Next time read the WHOLE paragraph, else you won't achieve understanding.
Megacorporations often "play police". That's why I hate them so much. They have the power of a government to harass the citizens, and there's little us average people can do to stop them, except stop buying their products.
For example when I was staying at a Motel 6, I had reserved rooms at 10% off the normal price. The manager honored the sale the first week I stayed, but refused the second week. Insgtead he made-up a bunch of lies about how I was yelling at his staff (never), vandalizing the room (hardly), and having sex with the maids (I wish). Then he kicked me out.
Megacorps have the power of police, but without the legal restrictions to keep them under control.
Yeah you do. Uh huh. Sure. That's why you made the claim, "Nintendo hasn't released an updated version of OOT." If you truly had a copy of Zelda OOT for your Gamecube, you would have never made that statement.
In any case I stand by what I originally said - Nintendo did this a few years ago when they re-released Zelda Ocarina of Time with hi-res graphics, and I loved it.
Or more-properly - making a copy without the permission of the rights holder, thereby depriving them of their legal right to collect money off that game.
You made a joke, but raise a good point. One of the reasons the European Union has a balanced budget is because the E.U. relies upon U.S. bases to defend them. If the U.S. withdrew its soldiers the EU defense budget would be about ten times higher.
Same goes for Japan (which is forbidden from even having a military).
I think Congressman Ron Paul is correct when he says it's time for the U.S. to stop acting like an overextended modern-day Roman Empire, and shutdown all the overseas bases.
It isn't libel if this individual has actual mold growing in her apartment.
Also in court cases it's not enough to just say "he libeled me and damaged my rep". The suer has to demonstrate actaul damages. This is why Ebay sellers who sue ebay buyers often get their cases thrown-out or with no judgement, because the seller cannot demonstrate that a negative feedback left on his profile caused financial loss. I suspect if this landlord case goes to court, the landlord will also be unable to prove any loss occured due to this renter's tweet.
Well even if, for example, Nickleback only had 2-3 good songs on their latest CD which I enjoyed, that's still a better proportion tha how many songs I like on the Alternative Music station (zero). So I'll keep listening to Nickleback and other pop-radio music.
>>>you're really overreacting, for the record.
No not really. I'm sick-and-tired of people telling me (over-and-over) that I have poor taste in music because I enjoy the top hits on Billboard from circa 1980 to the present. Even if we assume it's true I have poor music taste, these people should have enough common decency to keep their mouth shut. It's called being polite.
No the Founding Fathers, if they were alive today, would not shoot the blacks.
In fact most of them felt the slaves should enjoy the same equality & freedom as the whites. Washington freed all his slaves, as did John Adams and James Madison. Thomas Jefferson attempted to free his slaves, but the bankers overruled him ("We own the slaves, not you.") Typical - the rich men control the individual.
So instead Jefferson submitted multiple laws to the Virginia Legislature to propose emancipation for all the slaves within the state (including just buying them as government property, and then freeing them), but his ideas were voted-down every time.
>>>>my employer is downgrading our health insurance policy to a "co-insurance" policy where I am liable for 20% of all expenses next year.
So?
My dad spent about $10,000 on his pacemaker. If sometime in the future you need one, you only need to pay 20% of that. And yes you can afford it. If you can afford to buy a $30,000 Lexus or SUV, you can afford a measly two thousand to help your heart beat properly.
No. Debt is debt, as in "this is how much money you owe somebody right now". Like my credit card which used to be $20,000 in debt. It doesn't include any future spending, which will make the debt rise even higher.
Economists estimate the government will continue being in the hole for the next eleven years (i.e. spending more than collected in taxes), and that will make the national debt double by the end of the decade. $220,000 per U.S. home.
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>>>Except Windows apps from today still run on a 10-year old Windows 2000 machine, for the most part.
Precisely. With Windows you don't have to upgrade because it has a relatively long support cycle, and as you pointed-out you can continue using Win2000 (or even Win98) without problem. In contrast my Mac 10.4 which is not that old, refuses to run anything because virtually all the software requires 10.5 or higher.
And thus we're back to my point - "A $100 fee every year to upgrade from 10.4, to 10.5, to 10.6, and so on. i.e. Macs are expensive to maintain."
>>>"our habitat", of large mammals in general becomes actually much better (esp. much larger, but also easier to farm) at a higher global temperature. Lush forests in greenhouse a hell of a lot more creatures, and humans, than ice valleys and gletsjers.
>>>>
That's true. But actually a warm, tropical climate benefits reptiles and amphibians more than mammals. Perhaps crocodiles and lizards will start growing huge, and we'll see a modern-day variant of dinosaurs 10,000 years from now.
Yeah well, I would love to get my hands on Volkswagen's new 250mpg commuter car (to be released end-of-this-year), but they refuse to sell it outside Germany. They are deliberately limiting access.
So instead I settle for a mere 70mpg Honda Insight. But I can't recommend it to friends, because it's no longer available. Honda discontinued it and replaced it with a standard 4-door version that gets a mere 45mpg.
So yes we CAN blame the industrialists, if only because they refuse to sell any cars higher than 45-50mpg to U.S. citizens.
Aside-
Yes Al Gore is a hypocrite. He's done nothing to change his lifestyle, still drving SUVS everywhere, while telling all the rest of us to stop consuming so much energy. But then that's typical of kings, nobility, and other leaders. They believe the rules don't apply to them, because they are in a separate, better class than us mere commoners. i.e. Non-equality.
This isn't news.
This isn't the first time a northern route was used.
The Vikings, prior to the ~1250 onset of global cooling, routinely used a northern route to reach Siberia and sometimes even China during the 900s, 1000s, and 1100s. But of course the Global apologists won't reveal this information, because it would ruin their "ohmygodtheskyisfalling" storyline.
I'm calling Windows 7 - "Windows Vista 6.1" or "Windows NT 6.1". The truth must be told.
Actually:
Vista/NT 6.0 ain't that bad if you upgrade your RAM to 16 gigabytes. Then it runs just as well as my XP PC with only 1/4 gig.
>>>Whoever thought making C/C++ an implementation language for anything as complicated as an OS ought to be shot.
In the 1980s the C language was the best option. There wasn't anything better. And since Windows/DOS and Windows/NT were developed during the 80s, we still live with the legacy. Simple as that.
I thought the weridness came from using a "killbit" solution. Any spybot programmer will easily be able to override that.
I would upgrade to a Macintosh and abandon the Microsoft/ActiveX/Exploder trojanware completely, but Mac has its own undesirable flaws. Namely - A $100 fee every year to upgrade from 10.4, to 10.5, to 10.6, and so on.
i.e. Macs are expensive to maintain. In contrast I bought a Mickeysoft XP PC in 2002 and haven't spent a dime since then for OS updates. i.e. Cheap.
(And Linux won't install my Netscape ISP's Web Accelerator software - so that's not an option either.)
Right now, I can detect three WiFi connections from my nearby neighbors' homes. Saying "a wall will block these signals" is not correct. They travel further than that.
You need to visit www.domai.com and get some therapy (i.e. read the articles first).
There's nothing wrong with admiring the beauty of another human being, whether it's woman or man. It's really no different than watching a deer hopping through an open prairie and saying, "That was a gorgeous deer." Same thing. We should be free to admire the beauty all around us.
That may all be true, but it doesn't change the fact when you said, "Breasts don't have ligaments," you were factually wrong. Breasts have ligaments and other connective tissues that support them internally.
Pretty much. I remember my classmates bragging in the 80s that they just got a new IBM PC (or compatible clone). I always asked, "Why on earth would you do that?" when other machines made by Atari, Commodore, and Apple were so much more capable. They had music and graphics, while the PC had 16 measly colors and went "beep". The answer was always the same:
"Because dad wanted the same thing at home that he uses in the office."
IBM won the business market first, then they convinced workers that they should buy IBM PCs and carry their work to home. That's how the IBM PC platform came to dominate both the office and the living room, even though it was inferior to other options. (It took ten years for the IBM PC platform to catch-up to what a Commodore Amiga or Atari ST could do in 1985.)
>>> It may have been designed for academics
Precisely. Xenix wasn't intended to be used by your average Joe or Jill Consumer with a beercan in his/her hand. The Commodore Amiga was designed for such a purpose, aimed for the home market, which is why I call it the first home PC that could do preemptive multitasking.
Next I suppose you're going to tell me that Betacam is "the first home recorder that could do component video recording," even though it was never designed for such a purpose. Betacam is strictly for professionals, like TV stations or national network studios, as evidenced by its $10,000 and higher MSRP. The true first component video recorder, intended for home users, would probably be Digital VHS.
>>>You said that you eliminate the waste of fuel, not that you eliminate the waste of money that you personally spend on fuel
Actually what I said was, "Instead of wasting gasoline driving to the store, you could sit at home, shop amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com, and have the books delivered for free. You eliminate the waste of fuel." It is clear from the context of this paragraph I was talking about the gasoline in the buyer's car ("driving to the store"). The missing modifier from the noun "fuel" refers back to the personal pronoun "you" which was used as the subject of two separate sentences. Therefore I was discussing not wasting "your" fuel.
Next time read the WHOLE paragraph, else you won't achieve understanding.
Megacorporations often "play police". That's why I hate them so much. They have the power of a government to harass the citizens, and there's little us average people can do to stop them, except stop buying their products.
For example when I was staying at a Motel 6, I had reserved rooms at 10% off the normal price. The manager honored the sale the first week I stayed, but refused the second week. Insgtead he made-up a bunch of lies about how I was yelling at his staff (never), vandalizing the room (hardly), and having sex with the maids (I wish). Then he kicked me out.
Megacorps have the power of police, but without the legal restrictions to keep them under control.
>>>I have the same disk
Yeah you do. Uh huh. Sure. That's why you made the claim, "Nintendo hasn't released an updated version of OOT." If you truly had a copy of Zelda OOT for your Gamecube, you would have never made that statement.
In any case I stand by what I originally said - Nintendo did this a few years ago when they re-released Zelda Ocarina of Time with hi-res graphics, and I loved it.
That's called theft
Or more-properly - making a copy without the permission of the rights holder, thereby depriving them of their legal right to collect money off that game.
You made a joke, but raise a good point. One of the reasons the European Union has a balanced budget is because the E.U. relies upon U.S. bases to defend them. If the U.S. withdrew its soldiers the EU defense budget would be about ten times higher.
Same goes for Japan (which is forbidden from even having a military).
I think Congressman Ron Paul is correct when he says it's time for the U.S. to stop acting like an overextended modern-day Roman Empire, and shutdown all the overseas bases.
I find it amusing that some poster who says, "Your problem is you have poor taste," gets labeled insightful.
Since when does displaying poor manners & insulting human beings make a person "insightful"???
I think a better label is "major league asshole".
I've been using Yahoo mail since the late-90s. Everyone knows that as my address, and it would be a lot of hassle to move, so I'll just stick with it.
But I'm definitely not using their search engine anymore. Microsoft's Bing search engine sucks dingo balls. Yahoo should have stayed with their own.
It isn't libel if this individual has actual mold growing in her apartment.
Also in court cases it's not enough to just say "he libeled me and damaged my rep". The suer has to demonstrate actaul damages. This is why Ebay sellers who sue ebay buyers often get their cases thrown-out or with no judgement, because the seller cannot demonstrate that a negative feedback left on his profile caused financial loss. I suspect if this landlord case goes to court, the landlord will also be unable to prove any loss occured due to this renter's tweet.
Well even if, for example, Nickleback only had 2-3 good songs on their latest CD which I enjoyed, that's still a better proportion tha how many songs I like on the Alternative Music station (zero). So I'll keep listening to Nickleback and other pop-radio music.
>>>you're really overreacting, for the record.
No not really. I'm sick-and-tired of people telling me (over-and-over) that I have poor taste in music because I enjoy the top hits on Billboard from circa 1980 to the present. Even if we assume it's true I have poor music taste, these people should have enough common decency to keep their mouth shut. It's called being polite.
No the Founding Fathers, if they were alive today, would not shoot the blacks.
In fact most of them felt the slaves should enjoy the same equality & freedom as the whites. Washington freed all his slaves, as did John Adams and James Madison. Thomas Jefferson attempted to free his slaves, but the bankers overruled him ("We own the slaves, not you.") Typical - the rich men control the individual.
So instead Jefferson submitted multiple laws to the Virginia Legislature to propose emancipation for all the slaves within the state (including just buying them as government property, and then freeing them), but his ideas were voted-down every time.
>>>>my employer is downgrading our health insurance policy to a "co-insurance" policy where I am liable for 20% of all expenses next year.
So?
My dad spent about $10,000 on his pacemaker. If sometime in the future you need one, you only need to pay 20% of that. And yes you can afford it. If you can afford to buy a $30,000 Lexus or SUV, you can afford a measly two thousand to help your heart beat properly.
>>>Most of that $105,000 is future obligations
No. Debt is debt, as in "this is how much money you owe somebody right now". Like my credit card which used to be $20,000 in debt. It doesn't include any future spending, which will make the debt rise even higher.
Economists estimate the government will continue being in the hole for the next eleven years (i.e. spending more than collected in taxes), and that will make the national debt double by the end of the decade. $220,000 per U.S. home.