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>>>why are we talking AppleTV? Mac mini's are a little more expensive
Little? The article says the V2 AppleTV is just $99. MacMini + Boxee is about 8 times more. As for the picture, Steve Jobs can't help that he got old. Someday you & I will look the same.
If I bought the GoogleTV or AppleTV for my nearly 80-year-old parents would it (1) be able to connect to their old composite-only set? What about S-video?
(2) How easy would it be for them to use? Right now they barely comprehend how to change channels on the Digital-to-analog Converter box ("How do I get this damn TV Guide off the screen???"), so I'm a bit skeptical they could operate either of the internet-based boxes.
(3) Does it work over a 1000 kbit/s line? Or would they need to download first and watch later?
It's a GUI. You're not supposed to need to use your keyboard to perform basic functions. On Windows I can jump back and forth between windows even if my keyboard is laying off to the side. Apparently you can't do the same on Mac.
Did you ever stop to think that maybe I WANT to die, and not buying insurance is a way to make that happen? Can't commit suicide (illegal)... so instead you just get sick and die. .
>>>What this IS is an example of democracy. The people of that county are free to rule themselves in this matter.
Progressives (big government types) only believe in democracy when it agrees with them. When it doesn't agree with them, then they ram it down the voters' throats even if they don't want it. Like when 80% were against the Bush Corporate Bailout Bill, but it got passed anyway. And 70% against the Healthcare Bill, but it too got passed.
In THIS case the voters don't want a fire department. They want an opt-in system Some here, the progressives, thing the will of the voters should be over-ruled. They don't believe in democracy. --
I wish people learn to understand plain English. "I don't insure my car," means precisely what it says. I do however insure the other guy's car, plus his body, plus incidental property damage (like hitting somebody's fence).
But "I don't insure my car," means what it says and nobody should force me to do it. Neither should anyone force me to pay $75/year to a fire company if I don't want the protection.
>>>Your are Damn right that you should be forced to insure your car.
(imitates John Wayne). "Hey Pilgrim. Maybe you'd like to rephrase that?" --- I may have to insure Your car in case I hit it, but I don't have to insure my own car. And forcing me to do so makes you a bastard and a tyrant .
And in the year 2100, when China has a nice comfortable population of 300 million while the US is struggling to feed its 500 million, who will have the last laugh? Freedom stops when your actions affect others. You shouldn't be having babies when food is scarce.
Oh and yes I know we've not reached that point yet but we will soon. When oil becoes scarce and skyrockets to $1000/barrel, food will become too expensive for people to buy .
>>>in a few decades they will have a crippled economy full of old people.
Old people have nothing to contribute to an economy? They can't program or invent? Also the "crippling" would only be temporary, until the old people disappear and balance is restored again (but at a smaller sustainable population).
You thought they were draping a 1000 kilometer cable from space to the ground, in order to transmit the power??? Wow. Even if they did that it would still be too short. Geostationary satellites are about 100,000 kilometers high, if I recall correctly. 1000 wouldn't reach the ground.
The article also acts as if games never existed until Nintendo invented them. Prior to NES there was the Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision, Odyssey. Plus computer-based gaming on the Atari and Commodores.
The most popular of these, the Atari VCS/2600, sold games for $30 new, and $25 for older titles.
A better question is why oyu are anti-self determination and anti-democracy. Let Libya run its own affairs w/o interference. Would you want your neighbor to act as a "central authority" telling you when to paint your house & mow your lawn? Well neither does Libya. They want to run their OWN affairs, not be dictated to.
Who says the Islams need "liberating"? That's awfully presumptuous of you. This looks like a perfect case for the Prime Directive - don't interfere with the choices the voters made for themselves.
Oh and yes the process. Look at Islamic Turkey which has evolved to modern standards.
>>>she brought her normal Brasilian bathing suit and felt weird wearing it around Americans.
Really? (packing bags)
But seriously: Not all Americans are prudes. There are topless beaches and also nude beaches. Perhaps your friend should have gone to hang-out with those people instead of the Puritans.;-)
I thought it had to do with tracking-down and killing dictators like Nero, Napoleon, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Mussolini, Pol Pot, Saddam, and so on - in order to restore liberty.
I read a report about a Millersville PA government school teacher being FIRED for having a similar photo online - drinking alcohol. They said it sends the wrong message to her students.
>>>you don't want to let any religion get their hands on your government -
>>>It's far easier to simply trigger Expose to find the window I want
More info please. I grew-up with the AmigaOS and the Classic OS (6,7,8), so I'm not yet used to the new Unix-based OS 10. How do you "trigger expose" to find a hidden window?
>>>Your inability to follow a simple thread amazes me. I see you're on your 20th account or so. Trolling not working out for ya, huh?
SUMMARY OF THREAD
- "I think UI design should have an option to put menus on the side now, to handle the wider formats." - " ^^This....." - "It's harder to design menus for left or right because our languages flows horizontal, not vertical." - "so put the menu at the top." - "whoosh"
See I followed the thread perfectly. It is the guy saying put the menu on top who is not following the thread. Oh and I'm only on my second account in five years time.
Probably the fire department or the city government will get sued for negligence and endangerment. They won't get away with just standing there.
In cases where gov't personnel rescue lost people in mountains or at sea, they do the job they were trained to do. And then they charge the victim later on. (And if not paid, they take wages from the person's paycheck.) This city FD should have followed the same principle.
Good point except the two-windowed 16:9 ends-up smaller than the old 17" 4:3 monitor I had.
- Plus when you click "maximize" the window fills the whole screen. If there was a way to reprogram the button to only do half a screen, that would be ideal.
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>>>why are we talking AppleTV? Mac mini's are a little more expensive
Little? The article says the V2 AppleTV is just $99. MacMini + Boxee is about 8 times more. As for the picture, Steve Jobs can't help that he got old. Someday you & I will look the same.
If I bought the GoogleTV or AppleTV for my nearly 80-year-old parents would it (1) be able to connect to their old composite-only set? What about S-video?
(2) How easy would it be for them to use? Right now they barely comprehend how to change channels on the Digital-to-analog Converter box ("How do I get this damn TV Guide off the screen???"), so I'm a bit skeptical they could operate either of the internet-based boxes.
(3) Does it work over a 1000 kbit/s line? Or would they need to download first and watch later?
>>>Should I judge Windows based on my experience with Win98?
Sure why not? Even Win98 had a way to jump between windows w/o needing to use the damn keyboard (like you have to do with Mac apparently).
>>>Your fingers broken?
It's a GUI. You're not supposed to need to use your keyboard to perform basic functions. On Windows I can jump back and forth between windows even if my keyboard is laying off to the side. Apparently you can't do the same on Mac.
>>>Umm, dude, I wasn't replying to you,
Actually, yes you were. It's not my fault you don't know how to use the system, but here's the actual thread and where you replied directly to me: http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1810714&cid=33813524
Did you ever stop to think that maybe I WANT to die, and not buying insurance is a way to make that happen? Can't commit suicide (illegal)... so instead you just get sick and die.
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>>>What this IS is an example of democracy. The people of that county are free to rule themselves in this matter.
Progressives (big government types) only believe in democracy when it agrees with them. When it doesn't agree with them, then they ram it down the voters' throats even if they don't want it. Like when 80% were against the Bush Corporate Bailout Bill, but it got passed anyway. And 70% against the Healthcare Bill, but it too got passed.
In THIS case the voters don't want a fire department. They want an opt-in system Some here, the progressives, thing the will of the voters should be over-ruled. They don't believe in democracy.
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Not the same thing. A house is an object, and maybe I don't give a shit that my shack burns to the ground. I'll just buy a new one.
But police protect my person which is obviously far more valuable (there's only one of me).
I wish people learn to understand plain English. "I don't insure my car," means precisely what it says. I do however insure the other guy's car, plus his body, plus incidental property damage (like hitting somebody's fence).
But "I don't insure my car," means what it says and nobody should force me to do it. Neither should anyone force me to pay $75/year to a fire company if I don't want the protection.
Pro-Choice is better.
>>>Your are Damn right that you should be forced to insure your car.
(imitates John Wayne). "Hey Pilgrim. Maybe you'd like to rephrase that?" --- I may have to insure Your car in case I hit it, but I don't have to insure my own car. And forcing me to do so makes you a bastard and a tyrant
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And in the year 2100, when China has a nice comfortable population of 300 million while the US is struggling to feed its 500 million, who will have the last laugh? Freedom stops when your actions affect others. You shouldn't be having babies when food is scarce.
Oh and yes I know we've not reached that point yet but we will soon. When oil becoes scarce and skyrockets to $1000/barrel, food will become too expensive for people to buy
.
>>>in a few decades they will have a crippled economy full of old people.
Old people have nothing to contribute to an economy? They can't program or invent? Also the "crippling" would only be temporary, until the old people disappear and balance is restored again (but at a smaller sustainable population).
1 baby per family.
That will cut each succeeding generation by half.
Hence depopulation.
>>>My brain somehow parsed that as kilometers.
You thought they were draping a 1000 kilometer cable from space to the ground, in order to transmit the power??? Wow. Even if they did that it would still be too short. Geostationary satellites are about 100,000 kilometers high, if I recall correctly. 1000 wouldn't reach the ground.
>>>half-assed at best.
The article also acts as if games never existed until Nintendo invented them. Prior to NES there was the Atari, Intellivision, Colecovision, Odyssey. Plus computer-based gaming on the Atari and Commodores.
The most popular of these, the Atari VCS/2600, sold games for $30 new, and $25 for older titles.
>>>...and bigger guns.
That's what she said!
"This is my rifle, this is my gun. One is for fighting, one is for fun."
A better question is why oyu are anti-self determination and anti-democracy. Let Libya run its own affairs w/o interference. Would you want your neighbor to act as a "central authority" telling you when to paint your house & mow your lawn? Well neither does Libya. They want to run their OWN affairs, not be dictated to.
Who says the Islams need "liberating"? That's awfully presumptuous of you. This looks like a perfect case for the Prime Directive - don't interfere with the choices the voters made for themselves.
Oh and yes the process. Look at Islamic Turkey which has evolved to modern standards.
>>>she brought her normal Brasilian bathing suit and felt weird wearing it around Americans.
Really?
(packing bags)
But seriously: Not all Americans are prudes. There are topless beaches and also nude beaches. Perhaps your friend should have gone to hang-out with those people instead of the Puritans. ;-)
I thought it had to do with tracking-down and killing dictators like Nero, Napoleon, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Mussolini, Pol Pot, Saddam, and so on - in order to restore liberty.
I read a report about a Millersville PA government school teacher being FIRED for having a similar photo online - drinking alcohol. They said it sends the wrong message to her students.
>>>you don't want to let any religion get their hands on your government -
And yet we already do (see my last sentence).
>>>It's far easier to simply trigger Expose to find the window I want
More info please. I grew-up with the AmigaOS and the Classic OS (6,7,8), so I'm not yet used to the new Unix-based OS 10. How do you "trigger expose" to find a hidden window?
>>>Your inability to follow a simple thread amazes me. I see you're on your 20th account or so. Trolling not working out for ya, huh?
SUMMARY OF THREAD
- "I think UI design should have an option to put menus on the side now, to handle the wider formats."
- " ^^This....."
- "It's harder to design menus for left or right because our languages flows horizontal, not vertical."
- "so put the menu at the top."
- "whoosh"
See I followed the thread perfectly. It is the guy saying put the menu on top who is not following the thread. Oh and I'm only on my second account in five years time.
>>>lot of states the government DOES force you insure your car.
Which ones? I'm not aware of any. They require you to insure the OTHER guy's car, but not your own. And neither should they. You should be free.
Probably the fire department or the city government will get sued for negligence and endangerment. They won't get away with just standing there.
In cases where gov't personnel rescue lost people in mountains or at sea, they do the job they were trained to do. And then they charge the victim later on. (And if not paid, they take wages from the person's paycheck.) This city FD should have followed the same principle.
Good point except the two-windowed 16:9 ends-up smaller than the old 17" 4:3 monitor I had.
- Plus when you click "maximize" the window fills the whole screen.
If there was a way to reprogram the button to only do half a screen, that would be ideal.