yeah, sure, it runs the Mac operating system, but it says DELL on the outside, so how will the other hipsters at Starbucks know that you are cool, too?
the Apple logo is the most important feature, after all.
/ just joking, I love my MBP / also love my Ubuntu netbook
"Excel" always made sense to me, because spreadsheets are made up of cells.
Also, "Powerpoint" I think refers to the idea that before computers, you used a physical wooden stick to "point" to something, like a physical sheet of paper or chalkboard. Now, we do that with more power.
But software does not need to be named descriptively anyway, so understandable names aren't that important.
I agree with this. I come from the Mac world but I recently got a netbook and installed Ubuntu. I tried to open a video file and the Ubuntu video program popped up (Totem). It told me that it couldn't read the file, and would I like to install the needed coded. I clicked yes, it downloaded and installed itself, and the video started playing a while later. Easy as pie.
By coincidence, my girlfriend was trying to play a video on her Windows laptop. Windows Media Player said it didn't know her codec, but there was no option for installing what she needed. She had to go out and find the codec, download it manually, open the installer, go thru a wizard, restart her computer -- all to see a movie. That's not altogether an absurd series of steps to install a new codec, but it wasn't even close to as smooth as Ubuntu.
If I were a wag, I would say that, yeah, Windows is okay, but it's not really ready for primetime yet. Microsoft should keep working on it and maybe someday it will be useful for consumers.
My frustration with Ubuntu has been higher than on my Mac, but much lower than any Windows computer I've ever used. I am switching from Mac to Linux not so that I experience less frustration, but so that I don't have to put up with Apple's constant shenanigans.
Other people have recommended distros (I am happy with Ubuntu 8.10 right now) but here is a specific recommendation:
Tell your cousin to find, download, and install acerfand, which is a little daemon which will keep the Acer's fan off most of the time. By default, Ubuntu will leave the fan on most of the time, which is annoying. In fact, there are several webpages specifically about how to install 8.10 on an Aspire, and the instructions are very good. Google for it.
I wonder if they count my shiny new Acer Aspire One? Yeah, it came with XP, and yeah, XP is still on the hard drive, but I installed Linux on the first day, and have spent about 1% of my time in Windows since then. I would call that a Linux computer, but I suppose they call it a Windows computer.
Oh, crap I forgot to mention, I'm not defending Macs. Macs should come standard with regular two-button mice, sure; but still, all two-button mice work fine on the platform.
All multi-button USB mice work fine on Macs. They have since the 90s. Two-button mice cost $3 or less, and you probably already have one in a drawer somewhere. Go ahead and try it, surprise yourself -- it will work.
I understand that the plural of "anecdote" is not "data"
Ha! Did you get that from Brian Dunning? I hear that from him all the time.
Anyway, I totally agree with what you said. I've used Macs for twenty years, and I've recently decided to abandon the platform. I had two major hardware failures in a couple weeks (a coincidence, I concede) followed by the discovery that the $1 video cables won't work with the new iPods, instead you need the $50 cable from Apple, because they locked down the video output feature. Well, that pisses me off, and is the final straw, after so many other straws. I always stuck with the platform because it is the best, but I can't go on feeling like a sucker anymore. I'm migrating to Linux, starting yesterday.
Once again, I'm really glad you aren't the only "scholar" interpreting the Constitution. Suffice it to say, most of the people who do so don't agree with your interpretation.
Yes. You are clearly not much of a scholar if you don't know what the necessary and proper clause is, don't know what it means, and can't even find it when you look in the Constitution. Hint: it contains the words NECESSARY AND PROPER, and comes a little bit after the clause you quoted. Sheesh, it can't be much more clear than that.
You may be using a different metric for "wealthy" than he is. For a lot of people $1/day is more than they earn total. Still, his point doesn't stand, because both the broad appeal as well as the unit price affect the profitability of a drug (he only mentioned the broad appeal).
Which moment of conception? It's not instantaneous. There are lots of steps. Do you mean when the first sperm cell touches the egg cell? When the fertilizing sperm cell touches the egg cell? When the sperm first begins to break thru the wall? When the chemical cascade around the egg begins, blocking the other sperm? When the cascade ends? When the sperm is 50% of the way in? When it is 100% of the way in? When its DNA reaches the nucleus? When the sperm DNA begins to unzip? When the egg DNA begins to unzip? When one of them finishes unzipping? When they begin to combine? When they finish combining? When mitosis begins? When it finishes? When the zygote reaches the uterus? When it begins to implant? When it finishes implanting?
The "whole fact that life begins at conception is biological" is nonsense, because there is no strict biological meaning to "conception". If you are going to try to make a scientific argument, you are going to have to do a lot better. Life beginning "at conception" has social meaning only.
That's not to say you are wrong, just that the argument you tried to make is wrong.
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yeah, sure, it runs the Mac operating system, but it says DELL on the outside, so how will the other hipsters at Starbucks know that you are cool, too?
the Apple logo is the most important feature, after all.
/ just joking, I love my MBP
/ also love my Ubuntu netbook
Distribution proliferation has both good and bad effects. That should be pretty clear to anyone who thinks about it.
"Excel" always made sense to me, because spreadsheets are made up of cells.
Also, "Powerpoint" I think refers to the idea that before computers, you used a physical wooden stick to "point" to something, like a physical sheet of paper or chalkboard. Now, we do that with more power.
But software does not need to be named descriptively anyway, so understandable names aren't that important.
I agree with this. I come from the Mac world but I recently got a netbook and installed Ubuntu. I tried to open a video file and the Ubuntu video program popped up (Totem). It told me that it couldn't read the file, and would I like to install the needed coded. I clicked yes, it downloaded and installed itself, and the video started playing a while later. Easy as pie.
By coincidence, my girlfriend was trying to play a video on her Windows laptop. Windows Media Player said it didn't know her codec, but there was no option for installing what she needed. She had to go out and find the codec, download it manually, open the installer, go thru a wizard, restart her computer -- all to see a movie. That's not altogether an absurd series of steps to install a new codec, but it wasn't even close to as smooth as Ubuntu.
If I were a wag, I would say that, yeah, Windows is okay, but it's not really ready for primetime yet. Microsoft should keep working on it and maybe someday it will be useful for consumers.
My frustration with Ubuntu has been higher than on my Mac, but much lower than any Windows computer I've ever used. I am switching from Mac to Linux not so that I experience less frustration, but so that I don't have to put up with Apple's constant shenanigans.
Other people have recommended distros (I am happy with Ubuntu 8.10 right now) but here is a specific recommendation:
Tell your cousin to find, download, and install acerfand, which is a little daemon which will keep the Acer's fan off most of the time. By default, Ubuntu will leave the fan on most of the time, which is annoying. In fact, there are several webpages specifically about how to install 8.10 on an Aspire, and the instructions are very good. Google for it.
Holy crap! Your two-digit ID is cool, but your email address is totally amazing!
I wonder if they count my shiny new Acer Aspire One? Yeah, it came with XP, and yeah, XP is still on the hard drive, but I installed Linux on the first day, and have spent about 1% of my time in Windows since then. I would call that a Linux computer, but I suppose they call it a Windows computer.
Legitimate doesn't mean what parent thinks it does.
conforming to the law or to rules; able to be defended with logic or justification
Oh, crap I forgot to mention, I'm not defending Macs. Macs should come standard with regular two-button mice, sure; but still, all two-button mice work fine on the platform.
All multi-button USB mice work fine on Macs. They have since the 90s. Two-button mice cost $3 or less, and you probably already have one in a drawer somewhere. Go ahead and try it, surprise yourself -- it will work.
I understand that the plural of "anecdote" is not "data"
Ha! Did you get that from Brian Dunning? I hear that from him all the time.
Anyway, I totally agree with what you said. I've used Macs for twenty years, and I've recently decided to abandon the platform. I had two major hardware failures in a couple weeks (a coincidence, I concede) followed by the discovery that the $1 video cables won't work with the new iPods, instead you need the $50 cable from Apple, because they locked down the video output feature. Well, that pisses me off, and is the final straw, after so many other straws. I always stuck with the platform because it is the best, but I can't go on feeling like a sucker anymore. I'm migrating to Linux, starting yesterday.
If it doesn't block advertisements, it's not an acceptable browser.
Actually I don't even know if IE does that these days.
Once again, I'm really glad you aren't the only "scholar" interpreting the Constitution. Suffice it to say, most of the people who do so don't agree with your interpretation.
Yes. You are clearly not much of a scholar if you don't know what the necessary and proper clause is, don't know what it means, and can't even find it when you look in the Constitution. Hint: it contains the words NECESSARY AND PROPER, and comes a little bit after the clause you quoted. Sheesh, it can't be much more clear than that.
I totally agree... but science research is not one of those things.
I'm glad you aren't the only constitutional scholar interpreting the "necessary and proper" clause.
You may be using a different metric for "wealthy" than he is. For a lot of people $1/day is more than they earn total. Still, his point doesn't stand, because both the broad appeal as well as the unit price affect the profitability of a drug (he only mentioned the broad appeal).
murder is not a non-issue in Asia, you silly wag.
Which moment of conception? It's not instantaneous. There are lots of steps. Do you mean when the first sperm cell touches the egg cell? When the fertilizing sperm cell touches the egg cell? When the sperm first begins to break thru the wall? When the chemical cascade around the egg begins, blocking the other sperm? When the cascade ends? When the sperm is 50% of the way in? When it is 100% of the way in? When its DNA reaches the nucleus? When the sperm DNA begins to unzip? When the egg DNA begins to unzip? When one of them finishes unzipping? When they begin to combine? When they finish combining? When mitosis begins? When it finishes? When the zygote reaches the uterus? When it begins to implant? When it finishes implanting?
The "whole fact that life begins at conception is biological" is nonsense, because there is no strict biological meaning to "conception". If you are going to try to make a scientific argument, you are going to have to do a lot better. Life beginning "at conception" has social meaning only.
That's not to say you are wrong, just that the argument you tried to make is wrong.
Oh, bummer. You called a person an idiot while incorrectly using the word "your".
I'm fairly certain the word you are looking for is "yore".
cf. The Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport.
We're embarrassed about that one now.
I think you mean "yore". Next time pay attention in school instead of sending texts.
No, we like to use fuzzy handcuffs, they chafe less. But that's totally off topic.
How do you define "intelligent"? That's a serious question. I wonder because, while I like cats a lot, I wouldn't apply that adjective to them.
is that true? i would have thought it was an instinct to chase things that scurry.