Projections for 2007 still show Google and Apple both growing faster than their larger rival.
But that growth is coming in areas that Microsoft never dominated in the first place: Internet products and consumer electronics. Apple is also growing their computer business at a faster rate than the rest of the industry, but they still represent a small part of the overall market. And many many of those Macs run Windows through Boot Camp or Parallels and run Microsoft Office - not exactly making Redmond bleed marketshare.
It may be a bit warmer, but the ice shelf is NOT "melting"
Yes, it is. The central part is thickening do to increased precipitation, but the shelfs are breaking off and melting. Just like Antarctica. And the less polar ice we have, the less sunlight will be reflected back into space, and planet will get warmer still.
And they are not "mystery claciers".
Correct, they're Scandinavian glaciers. In every other region, they're melting, with only a few exceptions. We're talking 8 glaciers thickening and 165 melting.
My point was, and is still: there is a great deal of evidence that a warmer earth will cause local disruptions, but overall be a benefit for mankind, not a disaster.
A great deal of nonsense you mean. From rising sea levels alone, there will be millions of people that will have to relocate, and many of those live in poor countries without the resources to handle it.
does not support anybody's favorite agenda
Ah, "agendas". On one side you have people who are advocating for change based on decades of non-biased research, and on the other you have industries that advocate for the status quo based on denial and misdirection. Misdirection like talking about how some ice shelves are thickening, without mentioning the fact that it's because of more precipitation, not because of cooler temperatures. Misdirection like talking about how the 30's were the warmest decade on record, without mentioning that those figures are only for the United States, and that the last decade has been the warmest for worldwide temperatures.
Or, put it another way: if Al Gore is wrong, then Americans will have to suffer greatly improved gas mileage on their cars and lower electric bills, and Exxon might not rake in an extra $10 billion in profit next quarter. If Exxon is wrong, large parts of the world will turn into desert, large parts of the world will flood, thousands of species will go extinct, ecosystems will disappear, thousands will die in storms and hundreds of thousands will become refugees.
It's a shame that that's a problem for you, because it really is reasonable.
You must be a big fan of Dick Cheney then. He can talk about an issue in grave, serious tones but is generally full of shit, whether he's selling the non-existent connection between Saddam and Osama (long after even Fox news stopped pushing it) or his meeting John Edwards for the first time at their debate in 2004, when they had met at least three times previously.
Or, in other words, you can talk about something in reasonable tones, but it doesn't make it reasonable.
I think you missed the point.
No I didn't, but thanks for asking.
All the GP was saying was that the fact that it's in Germany is not really relevant, and is not really an excuse to break Godwin's law.
Of course it is: Germany + fascism. If I were this guy, I'd be calling them Nazis right to their face.
In this case, there was a guy that everyone "knew" was a creep
Hearsay.
Judges tend to be pretty reasonable people. The judge made the right call in this case.
The judge was just following the law. It was the asinine prosecutor that ignored his discretion and ruined a kids life to make an example out of him. Note he didn't explain to the jury just what would happen if they rendered a guilty verdict.
I'm not dodging any questions, you dumb fat fuck. I'm saying there are zero non-utility monopolies that exist because of government protections. We had monopolies long before we had anti-trust regulations and court rulings stating that corporations had the rights of citizens. Pull your head out. We already tried it your way: the Articles of Confederation and the Gilded Age at the turn of the century. Both were disasters for this country. Libertarianism might be great at preventing fascism or for Amish hamlets, but it's piss poor for anything else.
To the contrary -- parents who care so little about their childrens' academic performance
Then they can take five seconds to see what games their kid has in their Playstation. That's their job. Expecting other people to do that for them is pure laziness.
What do you mean, "no business doing"?
Exactly what I said. His job is to make money for his company without breaking any laws, not stick his nose into other people's business.
Further, it's by no means established that this results in a net loss of income.
Use your head. The only reason most games are purchased by 18-40 year olds is because they have disposable income. Kids buy games. A lot of games.
I'm a hippie liberal geek living in Left Texas (aka Austin), and I think this is a fantastic move.
Democrats in Congress suffer from Autoshadowphobia, or fear of their own shadow, and believe that the public will fall for the Innocent Bystander Fable, the notion that Democrats are powerless to change the war in Iraq.
I usually roll my eyes at complaints of the "two party system", but we need to be able to vote out these cowardly Democrats without handing their seats over to even worse Republicans.
It also has to be mentioned the great Republican hypocrisy of the "up or down vote". They blasted Democrats for being obstructionist, but now threaten to filibuster everything. I wonder if the media will lampoon Senator Warner for "voting for the bill before he voted against it" the way they did Kerry. But then, IOKIYAR.
Imho Leopard doesn't offer that much new stuff. They said "top secret features", they gave us cinema ticket widget..Sure they will say 300 new features or so, but how many of those are wallpapers, sounds, screensavers?
So you're unhappy that that Leopard isn't out yet AND you don't think it will be much of an improvement? Did we put our fickle pants on this morning?:)
Sure, Apple is probably being a bit generous to get to 300, but they aren't a "features" company like Microsoft is. Apple likes to add new stuff, but almost all their new stuff is actually useful. As opposed to Microsoft, who throws whatever crap they come up with into a product just to have a longer billeted list of "features". Personalized menus would be a good example of the latter.
You can browse Apple's page on Leopard to look at stuff, but if you only want to check out one thing, Quick Look looks pretty cool.
Personally I would so much prefer it if Apple put quality displays in all their machines even if they would cost a little more, macs are expensive anyway so better make them worth it / good.
Well, another thing on the QC: keep in mind that higher expectations for Apple + the Internet = things frequently blown out of proportion. This means that if five owners of Apple products have a problem with their purchase out of a few hundred thousand, and they talk a lot online, the problem has a good chance of making it to Slashdot. Whereas with PC's, it takes something like a battery literally exploding and starting on fire before you'll see it here.
I'm not saying they don't have QC issues; there's the crappy iBook logic boards and the bad batteries on the 5300, but Apple is routinely in the top of quality and customer satisfaction surveys. Sounds like they might need to work on their international support if you have problems in Sweden, but in the U.S. it's generally pretty good. Apple uses air shipping here; it's pretty common to call Apple up on a Monday, have a box at your door on Tuesday, and if you mail it back the same day you might have your machine back on Thursday.
Well, Apple changed that, they sold the style, they made it cool.
It was a lot more than just "style". They were the first to use 1.8" hard drives; everything else was either large and bulky or small with little capacity. They also used a 400 mpbs interface when everyone else was using 11 mpbs USB 1.1. Combine that with a slick UI and software integration, and they crushed everything else out there. Some people blow off Apple's success with the iPod as being "hype" while ignoring the innovations they've brought to the market.
I want to see more development of the OS and its utilities.
So Leopard was delayed for a few months so they could push out the iPhone. Have some patience. Tiger in many ways is still light years ahead of everything else anyway.
And also better quality control of the machines
Their biggest QC problem was with the iBook line (my family has 3 and all 3 have had to have their logic boards replaced) but those went away with the iBook itself.
better graphics
Yup.
a decent consumer desktop for people who don't want to have it inside the screen
Yup.
no spoonfulls of thermal paste on the components
That was just a problem with the early Macbook Pro's, wasn't it?
I have over 14,000 songs, and the only slow downs I run into are adding files over a network share for the first time. My box was near top of the line - when I got in 2004. Issues with extremely large collections can usually be fixed by turning off smart playlists which automatically update.
At no point did he push, hit, or yell at the officers beyond "leave me alone" and "don't taser me". The police were unjustified in their actions from start to finish, and deserved to be hit with a huge lawsuit. And the cop who tasered him when he was on the ground with half a dozen guys on top him should not only lose his job, but go to jail for assault.
Nonsense. Non-utility monopolies come from a company dominating a market, not from government protection. And utility monopolies are regulated to prevent abuse and overcharging. Libertarianism is great for protecting people from fascism, but piss poor at anything else.
Pot. Kettle. Black. Monopolies arise when one company dominates a market to the detriment of consumers. What does libertarianism do to prevent this? Jack squat.
Libertarians believe in personal liberty and responsibility moreso than any other position on the political spectrum.
No. The believe in having a small government for the sake of having a small government, even if it means they end up grabbing their ankles for big business.
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Projections for 2007 still show Google and Apple both growing faster than their larger rival.
But that growth is coming in areas that Microsoft never dominated in the first place: Internet products and consumer electronics. Apple is also growing their computer business at a faster rate than the rest of the industry, but they still represent a small part of the overall market. And many many of those Macs run Windows through Boot Camp or Parallels and run Microsoft Office - not exactly making Redmond bleed marketshare.
No, that falls under my point about lies.
Brilliant, I'll start making simplistic general statements and then insist that any issues were covered by those one-sentence statements.
But again you missed that part.
Again, not so much. I invite you to name an issue that the Democrats are as full of crap on as the GOP is about "small government."
Except for the large and obvious difference between porting a Windows-only application and pulling content from an established store.
It may be a bit warmer, but the ice shelf is NOT "melting"
Yes, it is. The central part is thickening do to increased precipitation, but the shelfs are breaking off and melting. Just like Antarctica. And the less polar ice we have, the less sunlight will be reflected back into space, and planet will get warmer still.
And they are not "mystery claciers".
Correct, they're Scandinavian glaciers. In every other region, they're melting, with only a few exceptions. We're talking 8 glaciers thickening and 165 melting.
My point was, and is still: there is a great deal of evidence that a warmer earth will cause local disruptions, but overall be a benefit for mankind, not a disaster.
A great deal of nonsense you mean. From rising sea levels alone, there will be millions of people that will have to relocate, and many of those live in poor countries without the resources to handle it.
does not support anybody's favorite agenda
Ah, "agendas". On one side you have people who are advocating for change based on decades of non-biased research, and on the other you have industries that advocate for the status quo based on denial and misdirection. Misdirection like talking about how some ice shelves are thickening, without mentioning the fact that it's because of more precipitation, not because of cooler temperatures. Misdirection like talking about how the 30's were the warmest decade on record, without mentioning that those figures are only for the United States, and that the last decade has been the warmest for worldwide temperatures.
Or, put it another way: if Al Gore is wrong, then Americans will have to suffer greatly improved gas mileage on their cars and lower electric bills, and Exxon might not rake in an extra $10 billion in profit next quarter. If Exxon is wrong, large parts of the world will turn into desert, large parts of the world will flood, thousands of species will go extinct, ecosystems will disappear, thousands will die in storms and hundreds of thousands will become refugees.
These words have very specific definitions; please do not dilute their importance by misusing them.
We aren't. They are entirely applicable in this case.
It's a shame that that's a problem for you, because it really is reasonable.
You must be a big fan of Dick Cheney then. He can talk about an issue in grave, serious tones but is generally full of shit, whether he's selling the non-existent connection between Saddam and Osama (long after even Fox news stopped pushing it) or his meeting John Edwards for the first time at their debate in 2004, when they had met at least three times previously.
Or, in other words, you can talk about something in reasonable tones, but it doesn't make it reasonable.
I think you missed the point.
No I didn't, but thanks for asking.
All the GP was saying was that the fact that it's in Germany is not really relevant, and is not really an excuse to break Godwin's law.
Of course it is: Germany + fascism. If I were this guy, I'd be calling them Nazis right to their face.
There is a lot more to that story.
No, there isn't.
In this case, there was a guy that everyone "knew" was a creep
Hearsay.
Judges tend to be pretty reasonable people. The judge made the right call in this case.
The judge was just following the law. It was the asinine prosecutor that ignored his discretion and ruined a kids life to make an example out of him. Note he didn't explain to the jury just what would happen if they rendered a guilty verdict.
I'm not dodging any questions, you dumb fat fuck. I'm saying there are zero non-utility monopolies that exist because of government protections. We had monopolies long before we had anti-trust regulations and court rulings stating that corporations had the rights of citizens. Pull your head out. We already tried it your way: the Articles of Confederation and the Gilded Age at the turn of the century. Both were disasters for this country. Libertarianism might be great at preventing fascism or for Amish hamlets, but it's piss poor for anything else.
To the contrary -- parents who care so little about their childrens' academic performance
Then they can take five seconds to see what games their kid has in their Playstation. That's their job. Expecting other people to do that for them is pure laziness.
What do you mean, "no business doing"?
Exactly what I said. His job is to make money for his company without breaking any laws, not stick his nose into other people's business.
Further, it's by no means established that this results in a net loss of income.
Use your head. The only reason most games are purchased by 18-40 year olds is because they have disposable income. Kids buy games. A lot of games.
I'm a hippie liberal geek living in Left Texas (aka Austin), and I think this is a fantastic move.
Liar.
There were four officers, not six.
You need new glasses.
And while on the ground, he continued to struggle to prevent them from cuffing him.
Irrelevant. Cops use tasers as an alternative to shooting someone, not for noncompliance.
Do you honestly think that if they felt like they had full control of him and that he was co-operative, they still would taser him?
They DID have control of him and they DID taser him. And tasers are notorious for being used by lazy cops on nonviolent suspects.
Democrats in Congress suffer from Autoshadowphobia, or fear of their own shadow, and believe that the public will fall for the Innocent Bystander Fable, the notion that Democrats are powerless to change the war in Iraq.
I usually roll my eyes at complaints of the "two party system", but we need to be able to vote out these cowardly Democrats without handing their seats over to even worse Republicans.
It also has to be mentioned the great Republican hypocrisy of the "up or down vote". They blasted Democrats for being obstructionist, but now threaten to filibuster everything. I wonder if the media will lampoon Senator Warner for "voting for the bill before he voted against it" the way they did Kerry. But then, IOKIYAR.
Name one monopoly that isn't government protected.
Any non-utility monopoly. Yawn.
Did you even watch the video?
Did you? Watch it again. He does try to break free, but by moving away from the officers. Once again: he did not hit, shove, or threaten the officers.
He forcibly hits the female officer with his elbow while he is trying to break free and return to the microphone.
I just watched the video again four times. You are imagining things.
Even after he was on the ground you can see him rolling around and pushing the officers away while they are trying to handcuff him.
Too damn bad. Cops taser people as an alternative to shooting them, not for noncompliance.
No doubt, the kid is an ass. But being an ass is not a crime in this country, and the first amendment isn't to protect non-controversial speech.
Imho Leopard doesn't offer that much new stuff. They said "top secret features", they gave us cinema ticket widget ..Sure they will say 300 new features or so, but how many of those are wallpapers, sounds, screensavers?
:)
So you're unhappy that that Leopard isn't out yet AND you don't think it will be much of an improvement? Did we put our fickle pants on this morning?
Sure, Apple is probably being a bit generous to get to 300, but they aren't a "features" company like Microsoft is. Apple likes to add new stuff, but almost all their new stuff is actually useful. As opposed to Microsoft, who throws whatever crap they come up with into a product just to have a longer billeted list of "features". Personalized menus would be a good example of the latter.
You can browse Apple's page on Leopard to look at stuff, but if you only want to check out one thing, Quick Look looks pretty cool.
Personally I would so much prefer it if Apple put quality displays in all their machines even if they would cost a little more, macs are expensive anyway so better make them worth it / good.
Well, another thing on the QC: keep in mind that higher expectations for Apple + the Internet = things frequently blown out of proportion. This means that if five owners of Apple products have a problem with their purchase out of a few hundred thousand, and they talk a lot online, the problem has a good chance of making it to Slashdot. Whereas with PC's, it takes something like a battery literally exploding and starting on fire before you'll see it here.
I'm not saying they don't have QC issues; there's the crappy iBook logic boards and the bad batteries on the 5300, but Apple is routinely in the top of quality and customer satisfaction surveys. Sounds like they might need to work on their international support if you have problems in Sweden, but in the U.S. it's generally pretty good. Apple uses air shipping here; it's pretty common to call Apple up on a Monday, have a box at your door on Tuesday, and if you mail it back the same day you might have your machine back on Thursday.
Well, Apple changed that, they sold the style, they made it cool.
It was a lot more than just "style". They were the first to use 1.8" hard drives; everything else was either large and bulky or small with little capacity. They also used a 400 mpbs interface when everyone else was using 11 mpbs USB 1.1. Combine that with a slick UI and software integration, and they crushed everything else out there. Some people blow off Apple's success with the iPod as being "hype" while ignoring the innovations they've brought to the market.
Nobody cares.
I want to see more development of the OS and its utilities.
So Leopard was delayed for a few months so they could push out the iPhone. Have some patience. Tiger in many ways is still light years ahead of everything else anyway.
And also better quality control of the machines
Their biggest QC problem was with the iBook line (my family has 3 and all 3 have had to have their logic boards replaced) but those went away with the iBook itself.
better graphics
Yup.
a decent consumer desktop for people who don't want to have it inside the screen
Yup.
no spoonfulls of thermal paste on the components
That was just a problem with the early Macbook Pro's, wasn't it?
I have over 14,000 songs, and the only slow downs I run into are adding files over a network share for the first time. My box was near top of the line - when I got in 2004. Issues with extremely large collections can usually be fixed by turning off smart playlists which automatically update.
At no point did he push, hit, or yell at the officers beyond "leave me alone" and "don't taser me". The police were unjustified in their actions from start to finish, and deserved to be hit with a huge lawsuit. And the cop who tasered him when he was on the ground with half a dozen guys on top him should not only lose his job, but go to jail for assault.
Second of all, this is really clear cut.
A clear cut case of police overreaction followed by brutality, yes.
The guy was disruptive, the police tried to escort him out peacefully, he refused, so the level of force against him escallated.
Excitedly, but orderly, exercising your free speech rights is not justification for law enforcement officers to drag you away from a microphone.
He was pretty clearly disturbing the peace.
What's clear is you need to watch the video again. Kerry offered to answer his question.
They tasered him *after* he was on the ground with half a dozen officers on top of him. Using it then was textbook police brutality, not tactics.
Nonsense. Non-utility monopolies come from a company dominating a market, not from government protection. And utility monopolies are regulated to prevent abuse and overcharging. Libertarianism is great for protecting people from fascism, but piss poor at anything else.
have any of the people bitching at Trent for "breaking his contract" seen said contract?
Pot. Kettle. Black. Monopolies arise when one company dominates a market to the detriment of consumers. What does libertarianism do to prevent this? Jack squat.
Libertarians believe in personal liberty and responsibility moreso than any other position on the political spectrum.
No. The believe in having a small government for the sake of having a small government, even if it means they end up grabbing their ankles for big business.