Agreed! I do not like it when people take a book like 1984 or a movie like 2001 and say, "See look, they were wrong, our future isn't like that at all." When that wasn't the point or purpose of it at all. Any work of science fiction that strives to only be a prediction of what future will be is shallow and has little value.
Splenda also has been known have some pretty nasty side effects and long term problems as well. Read up a few comments and there's a website that has more information on all the different kinds of fake sugars.
Sort of like that town that wrote a law banning Satan from their town. I'm sure he's going to listen and if he doesn't comply, they'll lock him up right away, eh?
They want you to buy their hardware too though. If you can get OS/X on an x86, why would you buy mac hardware? If they can get you to switch to their hardware solely for the OS, then they've got a good deal going.
It's not bait and switch. Bait and switch is "come get this tv for 5$" and then you show up and instead they push a $500 tv down your throat and hide the $5 tv from you, etc. It's also illegal.
In Apple's case they just finally realized they needed to charge for a service they had been offering for free for a long time in order to recoup some of their costs. Sort of like slashdot starting subscriptions, or any other website you can think of that used to be free but now has to charge or have ads everywhere to pay for itself.
Well, Steve Jobs just said basically the same thing as was reported here, but I didn't quite catch the whole thing. How it sounded to me was that.mac will not be forcing people to give up their mac.com stuff, but only an optional switch if you want all the extra features. Did I understand that correctly?
He keeps mentioning how everything he's telling us about right now works with your mac.COM e-mail and webpage, etc. You would think if they wanted to reveal a mac.net thing it would be done first and then show how everything else will tie into it. Not just lopped onto the end of the show and then everything you already heard changes.
where the value is in the interactivity.. high replay value, no need to go back to the store for a few years?
I survived just fine for many many years on nothing more than a big box of random legos we acquired over the years at various garage sales and from relatives.
Does slashcode automatically remove an A tag if it is over a certain length? I notice that it doesn't even show up in the source at all anywhere. Argggggg
For some reason the link isn't working, stupid slashdot. You can just copy and paste (and remove the space inserted by slashcode) I guess: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=usco de18&STEMMER=en&WORDS=1030+&COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL =/uscode/18/1030.html#muscat_highlighter_first_mat ch
This section here is what is modified by the section of "Strengthening Penalties. It helps to read this first to see what is actually being changed and modified. You can access the rest of Title 18 there as well.
Which makes sense, because such an incident is almost always going to cross state and possibly even international borders. Or could occur within many states. Thus, putting it under federal jurisdiction makes sense.
The whole being able to spy on you without a court order part is what bothers me!
Ah, I just did a little bit of research, and the offending ingredient is "Acesulfame K" which is not exactly Aspartame, but similar, and just as bad for you in similar ways. It has a brand name of "Sweet One".
Those looking for some good info on these and other artificial sweeteners should look here. It also states that Stevia is about the only sweetener that is safe for diabetics (I've tasted it, it's quite gross, but better than nothing.)
Funny, I've got a tin right here, and I don't see Aspartame or Nutrasweet or anything like that listed. Aren't products containing Aspartame supposed to have some warning on them too?
I wouldn't put it at the caffeine allowing you to do more mental work, but that heavy consumers of caffeine tend to drink lots of caffeinated beverages because their brains are already busy and they need to stay perked up. So, I would say that maybe a higher amount of caffeine consumers are already move active in the brain department. How many people drink 3 cups of coffee a day and then sit in front of the tv for 12 hours?
If it isn't pleasurable for the woman she is going to be much less likely to submit to intercourse with her husband. Regardless of whether or not he wants it, he's probably not going to get it unless it's for making a baby or she wants to please him.
Imagine the terrorists delight at a city bus carrying a huge bottle of the stuff.
Imagine a terrorist holding a can of soup that is really a bomb. Listen to what you are saying. Anything can be used as a weapon, and any weapon can be disguised as nearly anything. I suggest you watch out, maybe that glass bottle the guy next to you is holding is really filled with an airborne virus intended to wipe out everyone in a 5 mile radius once he unscrews the lid.
Just because something CAN be used for evil, doesn't mean that it doesn't have 1000000 legitimate uses that justify its production. Should we ban hands and feet next? Afterall, they can be very deadly weapons.
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(Or the book 2001 which was done in conjunction with and mostly after the screenplay for the movie was done.)
Agreed! I do not like it when people take a book like 1984 or a movie like 2001 and say, "See look, they were wrong, our future isn't like that at all." When that wasn't the point or purpose of it at all. Any work of science fiction that strives to only be a prediction of what future will be is shallow and has little value.
Splenda also has been known have some pretty nasty side effects and long term problems as well. Read up a few comments and there's a website that has more information on all the different kinds of fake sugars.
So then do you suggest that apple offer a .mac service so long as they load it up with ads? They have to make money off it somehow!
this article has a little bit more info on the history SSH and some recent legal battles regarding the trademark.
Sort of like that town that wrote a law banning Satan from their town. I'm sure he's going to listen and if he doesn't comply, they'll lock him up right away, eh?
They want you to buy their hardware too though. If you can get OS/X on an x86, why would you buy mac hardware? If they can get you to switch to their hardware solely for the OS, then they've got a good deal going.
Not only that, but macs have a much higher resale vale even after 3 years. Just browse eBay for a while and see.
In Apple's case they just finally realized they needed to charge for a service they had been offering for free for a long time in order to recoup some of their costs. Sort of like slashdot starting subscriptions, or any other website you can think of that used to be free but now has to charge or have ads everywhere to pay for itself.
Well, Steve Jobs just said basically the same thing as was reported here, but I didn't quite catch the whole thing. How it sounded to me was that .mac will not be forcing people to give up their mac.com stuff, but only an optional switch if you want all the extra features. Did I understand that correctly?
He keeps mentioning how everything he's telling us about right now works with your mac.COM e-mail and webpage, etc. You would think if they wanted to reveal a mac.net thing it would be done first and then show how everything else will tie into it. Not just lopped onto the end of the show and then everything you already heard changes.
where the value is in the interactivity .. high replay value, no need to go back to the store for a few years?
I survived just fine for many many years on nothing more than a big box of random legos we acquired over the years at various garage sales and from relatives.
You sort of left out the obvious SimCity, SimCity 2000, SimCity 3000, SimCity 3000 Unlimited, and there is 5th one coming out soon as well.
Probably 'suspended' because they didn't want to get spanked by the slashdot effect.
Yes, what hacker uses a mouse anyway? I'm sure they all use The Happy Hacking Keyboard.
Does slashcode automatically remove an A tag if it is over a certain length? I notice that it doesn't even show up in the source at all anywhere. Argggggg
Title 18, Part I, Chapter 47, Section 1030
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For some reason the link isn't working, stupid slashdot. You can just copy and paste (and remove the space inserted by slashcode) I guess: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=usc
Title 18, Part I, Chapter 47, Section 1030
This section here is what is modified by the section of "Strengthening Penalties. It helps to read this first to see what is actually being changed and modified. You can access the rest of Title 18 there as well.
Which makes sense, because such an incident is almost always going to cross state and possibly even international borders. Or could occur within many states. Thus, putting it under federal jurisdiction makes sense.
The whole being able to spy on you without a court order part is what bothers me!
Ah, I just did a little bit of research, and the offending ingredient is "Acesulfame K" which is not exactly Aspartame, but similar, and just as bad for you in similar ways. It has a brand name of "Sweet One".
Those looking for some good info on these and other artificial sweeteners should look here. It also states that Stevia is about the only sweetener that is safe for diabetics (I've tasted it, it's quite gross, but better than nothing.)
Funny, I've got a tin right here, and I don't see Aspartame or Nutrasweet or anything like that listed. Aren't products containing Aspartame supposed to have some warning on them too?
I wouldn't put it at the caffeine allowing you to do more mental work, but that heavy consumers of caffeine tend to drink lots of caffeinated beverages because their brains are already busy and they need to stay perked up. So, I would say that maybe a higher amount of caffeine consumers are already move active in the brain department. How many people drink 3 cups of coffee a day and then sit in front of the tv for 12 hours?
If it isn't pleasurable for the woman she is going to be much less likely to submit to intercourse with her husband. Regardless of whether or not he wants it, he's probably not going to get it unless it's for making a baby or she wants to please him.
Look at the footprint for parking spaces, garages, etc.
People with bigass SUVs and luxury vehicles seem to have no problem taking up 2 more parking spaces as it is.
Imagine the terrorists delight at a city bus carrying a huge bottle of the stuff.
Imagine a terrorist holding a can of soup that is really a bomb. Listen to what you are saying. Anything can be used as a weapon, and any weapon can be disguised as nearly anything. I suggest you watch out, maybe that glass bottle the guy next to you is holding is really filled with an airborne virus intended to wipe out everyone in a 5 mile radius once he unscrews the lid.
Just because something CAN be used for evil, doesn't mean that it doesn't have 1000000 legitimate uses that justify its production. Should we ban hands and feet next? Afterall, they can be very deadly weapons.