Yes, many Thinkpad hard disks come in special modules that are easy to replace. But the idea is not to make the laptop easy to repair, it's to keep data secure and allow you to boot up various configurations. Most other makes require you to open up the case to get at the hard disk.
it's also worth noting that not everyone believes that this could be accomplished without a constitutional ammendment.
People believe a lot of things. (Or so Elvis keeps telling me.) But the fact is that the Nebraska and Maine laws have been around for a while without any challenge that I've heard about. If it's constitutional for those states, why not for others?
I'm not sure if having the electoral college AND proportional assignment of votes defeats the intention of the Electoral College in the first place...
There's nothing basic about states electing all the their elector's "at large". Some states used to elect their congressional delegations that way, so that the party in power would maximize its influence in congress. That's no longer tolerated, because it leaves a big segment of the population unrepresented. It's difficult to see why we should continue to tolerate the same kind of BS in the election of the President.
There's an obvious, simple solution, which Nebraska and Maine have already adopted, and which Colorado will vote on next month. Each state has the same number of electors as they have congresspeople, plus two. You elect the extra 2 at large, and you elect the rest by congressional district. This preserves the founders' intent that small states should have a disproportionate voice, but does so without disenfranchising huge blocks of voters. And it's something we can do without a constitutional amendment.
Oh please. Carville may be Liddy's counterpoint in political opinion, but their histories are nothing similar. I mean look at all the shit that Liddy pulled leading up to Watergate. Nixon was chased out of office as much for employing people like Liddy as any of his more direct actions.
There's just no equivalent of Liddy on the left -- unless you believe the Hiliary-is-Satan conspiracy buffs. And if you do, go join the UFOrians and Illuminati-Skulters over on the other side of the room. This discussion is for grownups.
Since you already know about a bunch of existing free wireless networks, why not contact the people who've actually done it? That way you eliminate all the people who have opinions but no experience. By posting an "Ask Slashdot" your selecting exactly the opposite way!
...it sounds like sony has put a lot of thought into making their blu-ray standard a success.
Maybe. But they don't have a good track record getting their formats accepted, as any early adopters of betamax, 8mm video, memory stick, or MD disks will tell you.
To a math geek, an simple algebraic expression is the easiest thing to read. It has nothing to do putting everything in one line. It's just what they read with the least mental effort.
I agree with all your points, and would further point to Nolo as an essential resource for minimizing legal costs.
But no matter how much you avoid legal costs, fighting somebody over use of a trademark is going to cost you something. To reiterate my original point: sometimes, when the issue is just not worth fighting for, it's simple common sense to back away from a legal hassle. Picking your battles does not make you a doormat.
I wonder if our open-source projects should be trademarked (cost >300$) to prevent such misfortune?
Standard mistake: "trademarking" and "registering a trademark" is not the same thing. All the registration does is help document that you claimed the trademark at a certain time. What really establishes your right to a trademark is using and protecting it. Which costs a lot more than $300!
If you insist on acting like a doormat, you are
doing a severe disservice to the public.
It's easy to call names when you're not the one facing big legal bills. And even if you have the money, it's stupid to pick fights over things that matter as little as this.
They don't have SSH because they don't have any kind of command line interpreter -- you administer them through a web control panel. That's not a bad thing in itself, it just limits the hackability of the box. And not everybody needs hackability.
Which is a nitpick that doesn't refute your (quite valid) "if it ain't broke" argument.
They could have done all that. Then they would have had to charge a lot more. They obviously decided that $800 was the most somebody would pay for something like this, and chose the features to fit within that boundary.
Which shouldn't come as a big suprise. It isn't that hard to deal with the Slashdot effect. It's just that most webmasters haven't a clue and/or can't afford the bandwidth.
What's really interesting is to see such serious DSPing work so well in Java. Which doesn't have a very good reputation for this sort of thing. I wish I knew how much improvement comes from improved Java VM, and how much is just because everybody's running 1 ghz systems.
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Yes, many Thinkpad hard disks come in special modules that are easy to replace. But the idea is not to make the laptop easy to repair, it's to keep data secure and allow you to boot up various configurations. Most other makes require you to open up the case to get at the hard disk.
I did, for one. You're not going to get a lot of people behind a system they can't understand.
Too complicated.
There's an obvious, simple solution, which Nebraska and Maine have already adopted, and which Colorado will vote on next month. Each state has the same number of electors as they have congresspeople, plus two. You elect the extra 2 at large, and you elect the rest by congressional district. This preserves the founders' intent that small states should have a disproportionate voice, but does so without disenfranchising huge blocks of voters. And it's something we can do without a constitutional amendment.
Most adventure games are lame, and that's why nobody plays them? By that logic, nobody plays any computer games at all...
There's just no equivalent of Liddy on the left -- unless you believe the Hiliary-is-Satan conspiracy buffs. And if you do, go join the UFOrians and Illuminati-Skulters over on the other side of the room. This discussion is for grownups.
Which leads us to our next question: how did a question with such a simple, self-evident answer become an "Ask Slashdot"?
... a Democratic/Liberal equivalent to G. Gordon Liddy. But the mind just boggles. I suspect the thief just wanted the hardware.
Where's the cool/ominious whooshing sound that all asteroids make???!!!
Since you already know about a bunch of existing free wireless networks, why not contact the people who've actually done it? That way you eliminate all the people who have opinions but no experience. By posting an "Ask Slashdot" your selecting exactly the opposite way!
DC is not exactly the best example of "small place, therefore it's hard to keep a secret"!
To a math geek, an simple algebraic expression is the easiest thing to read. It has nothing to do putting everything in one line. It's just what they read with the least mental effort.
But no matter how much you avoid legal costs, fighting somebody over use of a trademark is going to cost you something. To reiterate my original point: sometimes, when the issue is just not worth fighting for, it's simple common sense to back away from a legal hassle. Picking your battles does not make you a doormat.
All of which requires, hiring a lawyer. High-sounding principles get you mod points, but they don't pay your legal bills.
Which is a nitpick that doesn't refute your (quite valid) "if it ain't broke" argument.
They could have done all that. Then they would have had to charge a lot more. They obviously decided that $800 was the most somebody would pay for something like this, and chose the features to fit within that boundary.
What's really interesting is to see such serious DSPing work so well in Java. Which doesn't have a very good reputation for this sort of thing. I wish I knew how much improvement comes from improved Java VM, and how much is just because everybody's running 1 ghz systems.