I've tried CFLs but they rapidly burn-out (due to enclosed lamps killing the electronics). I suspect the same would happen with LEDs. So rather than blow ~$20 per bulb, I just keep using the cheap incandescents. (Besides 40 watt isn't that much power anyway..... not compared to my 10,000 watt A/C or heat pump.)
Where I see an ad, and I immediately post a status update about the awesome ad I just saw. Oh. No. I don't really do that. I won't do it on Skype either. Anyone noticing a trend with companies increasing prices this past year? Comcast raised their rates from $60 unlimited TV to $60 + $7 each extra TV. Sounds like a bargain unless you are the typical house with 3-4 TVs, then you spend more.
Verizon raised their rates from $60 unlimited phone calling to $90 for just 1GB. Dish Network eliminated their $20/month Family Plan, so now the cheapest rate is $35/month, and my phone company just tacked on an extra $1/month for 911 service. Companies are scrambling for extra cash.
In reality, the empty envelope would have already been thrown-away by the dock worker. They'd say, "What's this?", shrug their shoulders, and throw it away. ~40 days later when I file my credit dispute saying "I returned the item but never got a refund", the empty envelope will be buried under tons of trash in some landfill.
>>>The Supreme court is about to here a case which will determine whether or not a person can own anything trademarked outside the United States. What's at stake is that you won't be able to sell an iPad or iPod, or anything else with materials manufactured outside the U.S. without first getting the consent of all parties for whom there are logos in your product. Selling your home? Not so fast, what about the Italian marble in the bathrooms with the logo? What about the Canadian wood beams with a logo? How about the electronics in the heater from Thailand? Want to sell your car? Good luck, there isn't a car on the road today that doesn't have parts from half a dozen countries outside the United States. Kiss Craigslist, garage sales, and reselling anything you own today goodbye. That's capitalism at work. Explain to me again how this make me more free? >>> What you just described is another form of socialism... usually nicknamed corporatism... where the government provides social services to the corporations, and they claim that benefits the people indirectly (job creation/protection). It has nothing to do with free market capitalism (where the government does not interfere: laissez fairre).
>>>So you either pay $100-200 per Windows version to stay current
Windows provides updates for free. I've had 4 free updates since I originally got XP. Now it's true if I wanted to move to Seven, I'd have to spend about $150, but that's no different than what I would have spent upgrading my 2002 Mac.
THE COST IS THE SAME. (You tried to make it sound like Mac is cheaper, but that's clearly not the case.) Actually I could argue that the 2002 Mac is no longer supported... processor too slow. So the actual cost is ~$150 in OS updates plus $1500 on a new mac.
>>>"dead lappies for cheap" which will motivate people who like to tinker and build
I go to ebay for that. Laptops for $20 plus shipping. The only thing wrong with them is that they are running older OSes like XP, or newer OSes like Vista but with only 1/2 gig of RAM. Lubuntu linux runs just fine on small memory spaces. (I've also acquired cheap DVRs and CRTs.)
I think it's an engineering marvel. Don't overlook the value of being able to build very small things in a very-confined space, versus making gargantuan devices. (Read Asimov's Foundation vs. Empire as example.) The Romans were great at making huge-ass projects like aquaducts and stadiums, but overlooked the value of the steam engine because it was tiny and considered unimportant. We could have had the industrial revolution in 100 A.D. instead of 1700 A.D.
>>>Mac plus -- the greatest Apple Macintosh ever built.
Really? A 68000 @ 8 MHz computer that cost $2600 in 1986. The best? No wonder I never bought one (though I used them in school). The Commodore Amiga cost about 1/3rd that price, at approximately the same speed, but with full 4000-color display and TV compatible resolution, so it could show full-sized video. In fact it was used to produce special effects for several sci-fi shows. Plus it had preemptive tasking.
The Mac+ was a boring black-and-white with teeny-tiny screen, that could only run one task at a time, and frequently crashed when I was using it.
"The battery has a capacity of 95 watt-hours, some 20% larger than 77.5 watt-hour battery in the non-Retina MacBook Pro. As far as I know, this is the largest built-in laptop battery ever produced â" and yet the new MBP "only" has a battery life of seven hours."
It's amazing how many hours laptop makers can squeeze out of batteries. This may be the largest battery ever produced, but would still only power my reading light (40 watt bulb) for 2 and 1/3 hours...... they ought to put some of that technology into a desktop to make it low-power (and green).
"If you run out of flash storage (and 256GB isnâ(TM)t a whole lot), your only option is expensive external storage. "
Only? Sounds like a lot to me. And external storage isn't expensive... $70 for a 500GB and $90 for a 1000GB drive.
What about the GNU kernel? Linux wouldn't even exist without that foundation. (I suspect the inventor of that will be forgotten, just as people have forgotten the contributions of Jay Miner, Bob Yannes, Nolan Bushnell, Jack Tramel, Dennis Ritchie, etc.) All the popular press talks about if Jobs Gates.
>>>The police want laws to say they can't be filmed but they want to film everyone.
While that is true, no State Law can overrule a State Constitution, and not Congressional Law can overrule Constitutional law. The right of the people to report on events (whether using an old-fashioned pencil, or a modern video) may not be outlawed. It's called freedom of the press.
As for the article itself: UK police have been filming protests almost ten years now. The have a designed officer who does nothing but film, so that they can protect themselves against protester allegations (both in the public view and in the court).
That's it? 1080i doesn't require any extra bandwidth but gives 2.2 times the resolution. (Or they could do 1080p at half the framerate.) TRIVIA: The scientists at NASA were able to rewrite Voyager's software, and use digital compression, to increase its photo resolution 3x more than originally designed.
Well he didn't die..... they diacetyl just damaged his lungs so he had trouble breathing. Same thing happened to several Orville Redenbacher employees.
>>>The Mountain Lion upgrade will be $20 for an unlimited number of PC's. I think Windows is around $100-200 per machine
Interesting how you twist things: I bought WinXP in 2002 and have spent *nothing* on upgrades because (1) they are free to download and (2) Microsoft provides long, long, long term support. XP is still being supported because business users demand it.
In contrast Apple has had 7 upgrades in the same span. True they were only $20-30 each but it adds up to ~150 dollars. (And no I couldn't still be running OS 10.1 on my Mac... it's no longer supported by Apple iTunes or Apple Safari or Apple _____.)
You're misquoting: "On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life. "On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other."
>>>In other words, if I receive just two DMCA notices, and I am hosted on GoDaddy, then my entire GoDaddy account is suspended?
The two DMCAs have to be VALID notices. If you receive two, and you reply to both "This content is not infringing," then you are not a repeat infringer. You've infringed 0 times.
DMCA notices are annoying, but ultimately harmless. They have no real power to permanently remove your photo or video. Only a completed lawsuit does that.
>>>No, state legislators chose the Senators. Each legislature could vote a method of selecting electors, which was usually popular vote selecting one of the various slates.
You're mistaken. In the early presidential elections, the States just picked the Electors directly. No popular vote was held.
>>>You deserve to have your karma absolutely trashed for spreading that misleading crap. The whole point of the moderation is that shitty posters who spread lies (such as yourself) get downmodded and start at a lower level, thus helping prevent the spread of their lies. >>> It doesn't seem to stop you from saying "Republicans are racists" and other bullshit. Strange that you think that's just a-okay??? Worthless scum. How DARE you (and others) go around and make those blanket statements and insults against millions of people? I hope you take your "republicans are racist" nonsense and shove it.
>>>Yes, all facts that can be found with 10 seconds of Googling. But apparently it's easier to parrot the race line than look up the historical facts.
(shrug). You and others post misleading crap about how Libertarians want to end all government. Or that the "R" in Republican means "racist". So you're really no better when it comes to parroting the party line of the Democrats (or communists or whatever party you belong to). Note: The L's are not anarchists.
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Considering 911 service was Free for the last ~12 years, it is pretty greedy to suddenly add an extra dollar per month.
I've tried CFLs but they rapidly burn-out (due to enclosed lamps killing the electronics). I suspect the same would happen with LEDs. So rather than blow ~$20 per bulb, I just keep using the cheap incandescents. (Besides 40 watt isn't that much power anyway..... not compared to my 10,000 watt A/C or heat pump.)
Where I see an ad, and I immediately post a status update about the awesome ad I just saw.
Oh.
No.
I don't really do that. I won't do it on Skype either. Anyone noticing a trend with companies increasing prices this past year? Comcast raised their rates from $60 unlimited TV to $60 + $7 each extra TV. Sounds like a bargain unless you are the typical house with 3-4 TVs, then you spend more.
Verizon raised their rates from $60 unlimited phone calling to $90 for just 1GB. Dish Network eliminated their $20/month Family Plan, so now the cheapest rate is $35/month, and my phone company just tacked on an extra $1/month for 911 service. Companies are scrambling for extra cash.
>>>I also assume that you're the one who ran through and modded down all my posts over the past day as overrated
I have no mod points.
In reality, the empty envelope would have already been thrown-away by the dock worker. They'd say, "What's this?", shrug their shoulders, and throw it away. ~40 days later when I file my credit dispute saying "I returned the item but never got a refund", the empty envelope will be buried under tons of trash in some landfill.
>>>The Supreme court is about to here a case which will determine whether or not a person can own anything trademarked outside the United States. What's at stake is that you won't be able to sell an iPad or iPod, or anything else with materials manufactured outside the U.S. without first getting the consent of all parties for whom there are logos in your product. Selling your home? Not so fast, what about the Italian marble in the bathrooms with the logo? What about the Canadian wood beams with a logo? How about the electronics in the heater from Thailand? Want to sell your car? Good luck, there isn't a car on the road today that doesn't have parts from half a dozen countries outside the United States. Kiss Craigslist, garage sales, and reselling anything you own today goodbye. That's capitalism at work. Explain to me again how this make me more free?
>>>
What you just described is another form of socialism... usually nicknamed corporatism... where the government provides social services to the corporations, and they claim that benefits the people indirectly (job creation/protection). It has nothing to do with free market capitalism (where the government does not interfere: laissez fairre).
>>>So you either pay $100-200 per Windows version to stay current
Windows provides updates for free. I've had 4 free updates since I originally got XP. Now it's true if I wanted to move to Seven, I'd have to spend about $150, but that's no different than what I would have spent upgrading my 2002 Mac.
THE COST IS THE SAME. (You tried to make it sound like Mac is cheaper, but that's clearly not the case.) Actually I could argue that the 2002 Mac is no longer supported... processor too slow. So the actual cost is ~$150 in OS updates plus $1500 on a new mac.
>>>"dead lappies for cheap" which will motivate people who like to tinker and build
I go to ebay for that. Laptops for $20 plus shipping. The only thing wrong with them is that they are running older OSes like XP, or newer OSes like Vista but with only 1/2 gig of RAM. Lubuntu linux runs just fine on small memory spaces. (I've also acquired cheap DVRs and CRTs.)
I think it's an engineering marvel. Don't overlook the value of being able to build very small things in a very-confined space, versus making gargantuan devices. (Read Asimov's Foundation vs. Empire as example.) The Romans were great at making huge-ass projects like aquaducts and stadiums, but overlooked the value of the steam engine because it was tiny and considered unimportant. We could have had the industrial revolution in 100 A.D. instead of 1700 A.D.
>>>Mac plus -- the greatest Apple Macintosh ever built.
Really? A 68000 @ 8 MHz computer that cost $2600 in 1986. The best? No wonder I never bought one (though I used them in school). The Commodore Amiga cost about 1/3rd that price, at approximately the same speed, but with full 4000-color display and TV compatible resolution, so it could show full-sized video. In fact it was used to produce special effects for several sci-fi shows. Plus it had preemptive tasking.
The Mac+ was a boring black-and-white with teeny-tiny screen, that could only run one task at a time, and frequently crashed when I was using it.
I wonder why the fans are enclosed in plastic shrouds? http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/macbook-pro-retina-display-innards-labelled.jpg
"The battery has a capacity of 95 watt-hours, some 20% larger than 77.5 watt-hour battery in the non-Retina MacBook Pro. As far as I know, this is the largest built-in laptop battery ever produced â" and yet the new MBP "only" has a battery life of seven hours."
It's amazing how many hours laptop makers can squeeze out of batteries. This may be the largest battery ever produced, but would still only power my reading light (40 watt bulb) for 2 and 1/3 hours...... they ought to put some of that technology into a desktop to make it low-power (and green).
"If you run out of flash storage (and 256GB isnâ(TM)t a whole lot), your only option is expensive external storage. "
Only? Sounds like a lot to me. And external storage isn't expensive... $70 for a 500GB and $90 for a 1000GB drive.
And it's made by Apple?
shocking.
Next I suppose you're going to tell me the battery in my iPod can't be replaced like my other MP3 player could.
What about the GNU kernel? Linux wouldn't even exist without that foundation. (I suspect the inventor of that will be forgotten, just as people have forgotten the contributions of Jay Miner, Bob Yannes, Nolan Bushnell, Jack Tramel, Dennis Ritchie, etc.) All the popular press talks about if Jobs Gates.
>>>The police want laws to say they can't be filmed but they want to film everyone.
While that is true, no State Law can overrule a State Constitution, and not Congressional Law can overrule Constitutional law. The right of the people to report on events (whether using an old-fashioned pencil, or a modern video) may not be outlawed. It's called freedom of the press.
As for the article itself: UK police have been filming protests almost ten years now. The have a designed officer who does nothing but film, so that they can protect themselves against protester allegations (both in the public view and in the court).
I don't get it. You WANT there to be cheaters in the game?
Found me.
From 10 years ago. That's about the time I stopped using my real name on the internet.
>>>720p video
That's it? 1080i doesn't require any extra bandwidth but gives 2.2 times the resolution. (Or they could do 1080p at half the framerate.) TRIVIA: The scientists at NASA were able to rewrite Voyager's software, and use digital compression, to increase its photo resolution 3x more than originally designed.
Well he didn't die..... they diacetyl just damaged his lungs so he had trouble breathing. Same thing happened to several Orville Redenbacher employees.
There's nothing poisonous about eating Teflon, only when you breathe in the fumes. (Just like the diacetyl used in popcorn.)
>>>The Mountain Lion upgrade will be $20 for an unlimited number of PC's. I think Windows is around $100-200 per machine
Interesting how you twist things: I bought WinXP in 2002 and have spent *nothing* on upgrades because (1) they are free to download and (2) Microsoft provides long, long, long term support. XP is still being supported because business users demand it.
In contrast Apple has had 7 upgrades in the same span. True they were only $20-30 each but it adds up to ~150 dollars. (And no I couldn't still be running OS 10.1 on my Mac... it's no longer supported by Apple iTunes or Apple Safari or Apple _____.)
You're misquoting:
"On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it's so valuable. The right information in the right place just changes your life.
"On the other hand, information wants to be free, because the cost of getting it out is getting lower and lower all the time. So you have these two fighting against each other."
>>>In other words, if I receive just two DMCA notices, and I am hosted on GoDaddy, then my entire GoDaddy account is suspended?
The two DMCAs have to be VALID notices. If you receive two, and you reply to both "This content is not infringing," then you are not a repeat infringer. You've infringed 0 times.
DMCA notices are annoying, but ultimately harmless. They have no real power to permanently remove your photo or video. Only a completed lawsuit does that.
>>>No, state legislators chose the Senators. Each legislature could vote a method of selecting electors, which was usually popular vote selecting one of the various slates.
You're mistaken. In the early presidential elections, the States just picked the Electors directly. No popular vote was held.
>>>You deserve to have your karma absolutely trashed for spreading that misleading crap. The whole point of the moderation is that shitty posters who spread lies (such as yourself) get downmodded and start at a lower level, thus helping prevent the spread of their lies.
>>>
It doesn't seem to stop you from saying "Republicans are racists" and other bullshit. Strange that you think that's just a-okay??? Worthless scum. How DARE you (and others) go around and make those blanket statements and insults against millions of people? I hope you take your "republicans are racist" nonsense and shove it.
>>>Yes, all facts that can be found with 10 seconds of Googling. But apparently it's easier to parrot the race line than look up the historical facts.
(shrug). You and others post misleading crap about how Libertarians want to end all government. Or that the "R" in Republican means "racist". So you're really no better when it comes to parroting the party line of the Democrats (or communists or whatever party you belong to).
Note: The L's are not anarchists.