"I'm a pilot and owner of a Piper Cherokee and my flying hours have been cut more than in half just due to the skyrocketing cost of fuel."
Aircraft diesels such as SMA and heavy-fuel engines like the Hirth can be far more efficient and burn cheaper fuel than gas engines. Too bad they aren't available (yet) with more HP.
If anything, the extra flash helps PROMOTE the Linux version. Even though some customers will buy them an install XP or Windows 2000, there will be plenty who try it with the installed distro.
"the Linux version is suited to users who desire an icon-driven and easy point-and-click interface â" well suited for children or users with limited computer experience""
That's PRAISE, not flak! Asus needs to sell their product to the GENERAL PUBLIC, not to a few geeks who (should) be smart enough to IGNORE adverts and judge the machine on its own merits.
Introducing "children" and "users with limited computer experience" to a positive Linux experience is arguably more important for widespread adoption than trying to sell to elitists. The geeks already own Linux machines, and probably didn't buy them pre-loaded.
"I worry that this portends a day when consoles (and even blu-ray movie players) will REQUIRE an internet connection and do something similar to verify their games/movies."
"Sadly, if Blizzard gets their way, then the recording and movie industries will want their way."
Time for concerned citizens/geeks to make their objections to Blizzard very well known, refuse to buy their software, and refuse to help others run their software when it has a problem.
"Mr Phelps and his family/followers are no more Christian than Osama and his followers."
Saying they are not Christian is merely an assertion. There is no central authority for Christianity, let alone one that will sort out the nice PC marketable Christians and exclude the other end of the spectrum. Anyone who wants to can play.
The WBC have ample Biblical references for their beliefs and are more than happy to cite them.
"It also benefits certain software companies that there is no real clean up."
It further benefits computer shops and geeks who get paid to nuke and pave compromised systems. If Windows were robust and easy to "disinfect" I would have far fewer free computers and less pocket change.:)
If your are PRINTING a checklist for use outdoors, at night, etc striped tables IMO work MUCH better for checklists. In the Air Force we used them for generation checklists (scan down task lists at the side vs tail numbers at the top) to fill in times.
The Cold War was vastly more important than the East Timorese. There was no logical reason to choose them over Suharto, so we didn't.
"For senior officials, the fate of a post-colonial East Timor paled in comparison to the strategic relationship with the anti-communist Suharto regime, especially in the wake of the communist victory in Vietnam, when Ford and Kissinger wanted to strengthen relations with anti-communists and check left-wing movements in the region."
"In this mininotebooks market segment, standards have been ignored. That is, one cannot grab memory from the Eee, stick it into the OLPC system and still expect the system to boot! It's pathetic, just like in the Linux world."
There is no incentive to standard notebook (any size) form-factors. The quicker a notebook is rendered obsolete by repair costs, the quicker a replacement can be sold. If it weren't for used "organ donors", consumer repair of notebooks wouldn't be practical. Since there was never a standard notebook form-factor to begin with, consumers have been screwed since.
is full of interesting hacks on the leftover hardware from companies with "sell a crippled computer" business models. People want small fully capable computers, not broken shit that fits someone else's idea of what they should want.
"Great, now you're going to tell me how guns, missiles, tanks and nuclear weapons save millions of lives."
They have and do, but sometimes (when deterrence fails) at the cost of other lives.
WWII is an excellent example. It took killing millions of Germans, Japanese, Italians, and other Axis types to halt their enthusiastic killing of others. There not being a non-violent option for dealing with such folk (non-violence just meant surrender to extermination) it was perfectly logical and reasonable to save Allied lives by killing heaps of Axis humans. Those who snivel about it now are conveniently distant from having to actually deal with any similar problems.;)
"Well, as I said, I should think merely having a gun would calm most people in MOST situations."
MOST people don't get into confrontations with the police in the first place. Those who do are different, and it appears you aren't them.
As one may see any number of times on popular TV shows, people will knowingly resist in a manner that cannot justify shooting them (they are undeterred by a useless pistol) but does require takedown by other means.
"A suspect struggling is not necessarily a cause for using it"
Why should struggling be tolerated? It can and often does escalate when "struggling" gains an opportunity to do grab the officers weapon or injure the officer.
Mostly, yes. There will always be bad apples (which is why the FBI nearly took over the New Orleans PD years ago) but by FAR the problem isn't the po-po, but my wonderful fellow citizens who rob, rape, steal, and do home invasions. Police dealing with me have always been professional. Can't say that for civilians...
BTW I have a wonderful method for not getting tased/maced/clubbed or shot by the cops. I NEVER start shit with them. I'm of the opinion most people who refuse to behave in a mellow and self-controlled manner and assault cops deserve a good beatdown because they volunteered for it.
I expect to live in an orderly and secure society and I don't care too much if those who would disturb that get hurt for their efforts. The Thin Blue Line protects me, and is therefore good.
Then in your opinion what SHOULD we use to inflict measured pain/shock on physically resisting people to make them compliant (with a lawful and reasonable arrest, the other sort is another issue entirely)?
Striking them with batons or Maglites can fracture skulls and requires getting up close (not smart if the perp has a weapon). This was a recognized problem even in the ancient days of the Kel-Lite.
Shooting them has obvious negatives if you want them to survive.
Capsicum has variable effectiveness. It work fairly well but doesn't have knockdown power. Is it torture too?
Physically overpowering perps can cause plenty of damage, and requires swarming larger/stronger/intoxicated/crazy offenders because subduing people one-on-one by holding them without damaging them is very difficult.
"We don't do this (legally) to animals in public."
We don't herd cattle (anymore) in the public streets because ranch operations are located where there is more room. Zapping them to get them to move isn't illegal. Nice try though!
Why should he care about the supposed "right" of foreigners who are ruled by THEIR own governments? The Constitution doesn't apply to the world at large. It is by and for US citizens.
US interests should matter before sacrificing anything at all for foreigners. I'm tired of being told what the US supposedly "owes" non-Americans. If I owned a business that could make a buck supporting a regime that wasn't anti-US, I'd do it no matter how "repressive" they were. That sort of ruthlessness helped win the Cold War, and there is no reason the shrink from it now.
The idea that we should support only "good" ensures we won't have any allies in the real world.
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"I'm a pilot and owner of a Piper Cherokee and my flying hours have been cut more than in half just due to the skyrocketing cost of fuel."
Aircraft diesels such as SMA and heavy-fuel engines like the Hirth can be far more efficient and burn cheaper fuel than gas engines. Too bad they aren't available (yet) with more HP.
http://www.smaengines.com/spip.php?id_rubrique=2&id_article=8&page=home
http://www.hirth-uavengines.de/
If anything, the extra flash helps PROMOTE the Linux version.
Even though some customers will buy them an install XP or Windows 2000, there will be plenty who try it with the installed distro.
"the Linux version is suited to users who desire an icon-driven and easy point-and-click interface â" well suited for children or users with limited computer experience""
That's PRAISE, not flak! Asus needs to sell their product to the GENERAL PUBLIC, not to a few geeks who (should) be smart enough to IGNORE adverts and judge the machine on its own merits.
Introducing "children" and "users with limited computer experience" to a positive Linux experience is arguably more important for widespread adoption than trying to sell to elitists. The geeks already own Linux machines, and probably didn't buy them pre-loaded.
"No (non-gaming) laptop costs that much unless you're just trying to burn money."
Itronix and Panasonic semi-rugged and rugged units routinely cost far more than that.
"I worry that this portends a day when consoles (and even blu-ray movie players) will REQUIRE an internet connection and do something similar to verify their games/movies."
That portends a day when I vote with my wallet.
"How many birds have the wind turbines killed so far?"
How much bird habitat was lost to acid rain and strip mining? Birds unborn are relevant too!
"TO those who think the guy should hang for this: "
Don't hang him UNLESS he turns into an RIAA sock puppet. If he does, wrap it around his head like the proverbial
"tire iron".
"Sadly, if Blizzard gets their way, then the recording and movie industries will want their way."
Time for concerned citizens/geeks to make their objections to Blizzard very well known, refuse to buy their software, and refuse to help others run their software when it has a problem.
"Mr Phelps and his family/followers are no more Christian than Osama and his followers."
Saying they are not Christian is merely an assertion. There is no central authority for Christianity, let alone one that will sort out the nice PC marketable Christians and exclude the other end of the spectrum. Anyone who wants to can play.
The WBC have ample Biblical references for their beliefs and are more than happy to cite them.
"It also benefits certain software companies that there is no real clean up."
:)
It further benefits computer shops and geeks who get paid to nuke and pave compromised systems. If Windows were robust and easy to "disinfect" I would have far fewer free computers and less pocket change.
If your are PRINTING a checklist for use outdoors, at night, etc striped tables IMO work MUCH better for checklists. In the Air Force we used them for generation checklists (scan down task lists at the side vs tail
numbers at the top) to fill in times.
The Cold War was vastly more important than the East Timorese. There was no logical reason to choose them over Suharto, so we didn't.
"For senior officials, the fate of a post-colonial East Timor paled in comparison to the strategic relationship with the anti-communist Suharto regime, especially in the wake of the communist victory in Vietnam, when Ford and Kissinger wanted to strengthen relations with anti-communists and check left-wing movements in the region."
"In this mininotebooks market segment, standards have been ignored. That is, one cannot grab memory from the Eee, stick it into the OLPC system and still expect the system to boot! It's pathetic, just like in the Linux world."
There is no incentive to standard notebook (any size) form-factors. The quicker a notebook is rendered obsolete by repair costs, the quicker a replacement can be sold. If it weren't for used "organ donors", consumer repair of notebooks wouldn't be practical. Since there was never a standard notebook form-factor to begin with, consumers have been screwed since.
"are only useful to those who can afford to have the third one as a luxury."
That's still a lot of people, and with sufficient market penetration used units will trickle down to other folks.
"No one is going to buy a $200 computer that's coin operated or advert crippled when they can have the same thing without those problems."
Damn right.
The I-Appliance BBS
http://www.linux-hacker.net/cgi-bin/UltraBoard/UltraBoard.pl
is full of interesting hacks on the leftover hardware from companies with "sell a crippled computer" business models. People want small fully capable computers, not broken shit that fits someone else's idea of what they should want.
"So you're saying those who live in the middle east should kill USian politicians?"
The decision to act or not is a matter of perceived results.
Killing does not always work, or work in the way that those killing intended.
It was not purely a political "system" displacement and you know it.
It was Kulturkampf. Nice try though!
"Great, now you're going to tell me how guns, missiles, tanks and nuclear weapons save millions of lives."
;)
They have and do, but sometimes (when deterrence fails) at the cost of other lives.
WWII is an excellent example. It took killing millions of Germans, Japanese, Italians, and other Axis types to halt their enthusiastic killing of others. There not being a non-violent option for dealing with such folk (non-violence just meant surrender to extermination) it was perfectly logical and reasonable to save Allied lives by killing heaps of Axis humans. Those who snivel about it now are conveniently distant from having to actually deal with any similar problems.
It worked superbly, like it or not.
"That way the guy sitting at the radar not only sees the airplane more easily, but knows which airplane it is and how high."
They also squawk identification codes for each aircraft, and can be set to 7500 to signal a hijack.
I find him useful.
Jack personifies the sort of person who objects to video games in the way that Fred Phelps personifies hardcore Christianity.
We need people like them to remind us of what people who want to micromanage our personal behaviors are really like.
My method also worked just fine when I was a long-haired, bearded biker before being one was trendy. :)
"Well, as I said, I should think merely having a gun would calm most people in MOST situations."
MOST people don't get into confrontations with the police in the first place. Those who do are different, and it appears you aren't them.
As one may see any number of times on popular TV shows, people will knowingly resist in a manner that cannot justify shooting them (they are undeterred by a useless pistol) but does require takedown by other means.
"A suspect struggling is not necessarily a cause for using it"
Why should struggling be tolerated?
It can and often does escalate when "struggling" gains an opportunity to do grab the officers weapon or injure the officer.
"Do you trust the police?"
Mostly, yes. There will always be bad apples (which is why the FBI nearly took over the New Orleans PD years ago) but by FAR the problem isn't the po-po, but my wonderful fellow citizens who rob, rape, steal, and do home invasions. Police dealing with me have always been professional. Can't say that for civilians...
BTW I have a wonderful method for not getting tased/maced/clubbed or shot by the cops. I NEVER start shit with them. I'm of the opinion most people who refuse to behave in a mellow and self-controlled manner and assault cops deserve a good beatdown because they volunteered for it.
I expect to live in an orderly and secure society and I don't care too much if those who would disturb that get hurt for their efforts. The Thin Blue Line protects me, and is therefore good.
Then in your opinion what SHOULD we use to inflict measured pain/shock on physically resisting people to make them compliant (with a lawful and reasonable arrest, the other sort is another issue entirely)?
Striking them with batons or Maglites can fracture skulls and requires getting up close (not smart if the perp has a weapon). This was a recognized problem even in the ancient days of the Kel-Lite.
Shooting them has obvious negatives if you want them to survive.
Capsicum has variable effectiveness. It work fairly well but doesn't have knockdown power. Is it torture too?
Physically overpowering perps can cause plenty of damage, and requires swarming larger/stronger/intoxicated/crazy offenders because subduing people one-on-one by holding them without damaging them is very difficult.
"We don't do this (legally) to animals in public."
We don't herd cattle (anymore) in the public streets because ranch operations are located where there is more room. Zapping them to get them to move isn't illegal. Nice try though!
http://www.qcsupply.com/Catalogs/12381.aspx?cm_mmc=Google-_-Livestock+Equipment+%26+Supplies_Livestock+Prods-_-Broad_search_559993155-_-cattle%20prod|-|100000000000000026181
Why should he care about the supposed "right" of foreigners who are ruled by THEIR own governments?
The Constitution doesn't apply to the world at large. It is by and for US citizens.
US interests should matter before sacrificing anything at all for foreigners. I'm tired of being told
what the US supposedly "owes" non-Americans. If I owned a business that could make a buck supporting
a regime that wasn't anti-US, I'd do it no matter how "repressive" they were. That sort of ruthlessness
helped win the Cold War, and there is no reason the shrink from it now.
The idea that we should support only "good" ensures we won't have any allies in the real world.