The macbook pro needs a new battery - but that's not bad for 3+ years.
The ipod still gets me 6+ hours of music before needing a recharge, and the iphone lasts two full days with infrequent usage, and a full day with normal email, browsing and talk usage. Though if I jailbreak it and install springboard the battery life goes to crap.
Troll harder. I know you're just being a trendy hater, but perhaps you should provide arguments to back up your claims. And by the way,
And your anecdote of "but my iJunk lasted for x years!" doesn't change this.
- way to stick your fingers in your ears. As for me, I still enjoy my 4+ year old apple laptop, iphone and ipod. They still work great, so I don't know what the hell your going on about.
Oh yeah, don't forget to mod me into oblivion for liking apple products.
That's like blaming the people of China for their government. We have no control of our leaders. It'd take a revolution to bring about a significant amount of change. Except then we'd be in tatters, and I don't think what follows next is any better than what's going on right now.
There, fixed that for you. These are two separate things. When the two align everything is roses - you know exactly what you're getting. When the two don't align, we call that dishonesty, hypocrisy, a mistake, take your pick. Just remember that repeated schisms in the speech:action relationship is a solid indicator that there is a problem. (Keep in mind most people elect officials based only on what they say, or what the other guy says.) Its hard to form a well reasoned opinion on someone if you can't compare and contrast the two.
What also troubles me is the fact that commercials air at a louder speaker volume than the program they replace on the set. Troubling indeed. Why they do that I have no idea.
I hope you're kidding. If you're not, then let me explain. They figure if the advertisement is louder than the program, you'll notice it more. This same reasoning has been responsible for the so called "loudness wars" in the music business.
I say fuck it all. If a video ad crops up, that earns an instant CTL+W in my book. TV? - I'll stick to commercial free torrents. Ads in the movie theatres? Guess I'll wait for netflix, or just download at home... more likely than not the movie sucks anyways.
Well, who's fucking fault is that? Greedy bastards, that's who. Gluttonous consumers must have the latest crap for less. Corporations must acquire more profit for bigger bonuses. Investors must make more return than they did last month. I could keep going, but we all are familiar with this train of thought.
You're right, the world would not end. What point were you trying to make again? 'Cause it sure looks like you've just made a pretty good argument for getting rid of all property. Your douche attitude alone makes we want to disagree with anything you say. Honey, not vinegar dude.
USB ports, how boring... This is what I'm more interested in - FTFA:
Against the array of threats, Mr. Lynn said, the National Security Agency had pioneered systems — “part sensor, part sentry, part sharpshooter” — that are meant to automatically counter intrusions in real time.
Sounds almost next gen A.I. ish. If it weren't for the "pioneered" part, I'd just think he was talking about plain jane intruder detection systems.
Do we think these systems are really as advanced as insinuated? Or is it just puffing up for P.R. & intimidation? If these systems really are that awesome, how long before this tech trickles into the civilian world? Government software engineering can't be outpacing "civilian" efforts by that much, can it?
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Hey, what they hell do I know? I'm just a guy on a couch.
Slashdot Mirror
Good luck with that.
His body's decomposing in my locker.
WASH DIES????
The ipod still gets me 6+ hours of music before needing a recharge, and the iphone lasts two full days with infrequent usage, and a full day with normal email, browsing and talk usage. Though if I jailbreak it and install springboard the battery life goes to crap.
And your anecdote of "but my iJunk lasted for x years!" doesn't change this.
- way to stick your fingers in your ears. As for me, I still enjoy my 4+ year old apple laptop, iphone and ipod. They still work great, so I don't know what the hell your going on about.
Oh yeah, don't forget to mod me into oblivion for liking apple products.
Just so we're clear, you think the governments' role is to enumerate the things we are allowed to do.
... in forty years of programming experience, I've never found lack of flexibility to be a useful trait.
Except where python's whitespace rules are concerned. You really didn't see the irony when you typed this out?
That's like blaming the people of China for their government. We have no control of our leaders. It'd take a revolution to bring about a significant amount of change. Except then we'd be in tatters, and I don't think what follows next is any better than what's going on right now.
Assange is not a US citizen, he has no US rights. I get the point your trying to make, but it doesn't work in this case.
Matt Damonnn!
Hard to wipe with no hands.
Increasing taxes on the poor can be the difference between either buying food or paying rent. Guess we'll have to get a third job.
(two thumbs up)
Whoa, you went all serious there.
Get back in your cage, animal.
A person is 1) what they say 2) what they do.
There, fixed that for you. These are two separate things. When the two align everything is roses - you know exactly what you're getting. When the two don't align, we call that dishonesty, hypocrisy, a mistake, take your pick. Just remember that repeated schisms in the speech:action relationship is a solid indicator that there is a problem. (Keep in mind most people elect officials based only on what they say, or what the other guy says.) Its hard to form a well reasoned opinion on someone if you can't compare and contrast the two.
What also troubles me is the fact that commercials air at a louder speaker volume than the program they replace on the set. Troubling indeed. Why they do that I have no idea.
I hope you're kidding. If you're not, then let me explain. They figure if the advertisement is louder than the program, you'll notice it more. This same reasoning has been responsible for the so called "loudness wars" in the music business.
I say fuck it all. If a video ad crops up, that earns an instant CTL+W in my book. TV? - I'll stick to commercial free torrents. Ads in the movie theatres? Guess I'll wait for netflix, or just download at home... more likely than not the movie sucks anyways.
The probability that I will die from a fishbone stuck in my throat is about 10,000 times higher than falling victim to a terrorist attack.
Thanks dude, no more fish for me.
Well, who's fucking fault is that? Greedy bastards, that's who. Gluttonous consumers must have the latest crap for less. Corporations must acquire more profit for bigger bonuses. Investors must make more return than they did last month. I could keep going, but we all are familiar with this train of thought.
You're right, the world would not end. What point were you trying to make again? 'Cause it sure looks like you've just made a pretty good argument for getting rid of all property. Your douche attitude alone makes we want to disagree with anything you say. Honey, not vinegar dude.
Bullshit. By that reasoning we would never release prisoners.
Multiverse...
Metaverse?
Been waiting for this for over 20 years. Though I'll be sure to skip rev. 1.
Against the array of threats, Mr. Lynn said, the National Security Agency had pioneered systems — “part sensor, part sentry, part sharpshooter” — that are meant to automatically counter intrusions in real time.
Sounds almost next gen A.I. ish. If it weren't for the "pioneered" part, I'd just think he was talking about plain jane intruder detection systems.
Do we think these systems are really as advanced as insinuated? Or is it just puffing up for P.R. & intimidation? If these systems really are that awesome, how long before this tech trickles into the civilian world? Government software engineering can't be outpacing "civilian" efforts by that much, can it? --- Hey, what they hell do I know? I'm just a guy on a couch.