What's the old adage about insurance? Invite all your friends to dinner, and most will have burgers instead of steak. Agree to split the bill equally, and a few will order steak, but pay less for their share. Eventually, everyone will want steak, and they'll wonder why no one can afford dinner. It is no different with State-forced health care, and State-regulated healthcare.
Give me a break. Health care is not the same as other "products". I can arrange an appointment to get a lower G.I.exam done for free any time I want but I haven't. And if I did I certainly would not want to order more than I need even if it is free. Have you ever needed a medical exam or treatment? They are not "steak dinners" in any sense. The only people who would avail themselves of more than they need of these types of "products" are masochists and that fairytale of economics: the so-called rational actor.
...has been saying our patents are no good, but we have had three major companies sign up to license them
Why does that quote remind me of the Rambus debacle when they claimed patents on SDRAM, they also got companies like Samsung to "license" their technologies, at least temporarily.
Some of the founding fathers were personally religious others were decidedly not. At issue is not their personal beliefs but their thoughts on the role religion should play vis a vis government. The parent post addressed that subject, yours does not.
Couldn't have said it better myself. What I find fascinating about "Flaunt It" is the uncanny resemblance of that "alternative future" to our present-day music industry.
Sputnik espoused over-the-top commercialism for shock value, (there are ads between the tracks on Flaunt It) and declared themselves a "product" and almost convinced Sony to sponsor them (the single of "21st Century Boy" had the members hawking various Sony products).
20 years later such jingoistic commercialism is commonplace: "product" is even used by the artists to describe their work, people like Dylan and U2 are doing ads, and if you think there are no ads in music you've never heard a hip hop album.
and not just football, how about a tag in a hockey puck to indicate if it crossed the goal line. This sounds like a start to an interesting thread: what games might RFIS improve upon (or help ruin)?
I like/. having a politics section, its like flypaper for trolls and flamers, I bet the other sections' signal/noise ratios are way up.
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This happened to me, I just re-installed iTunes and all was fine again. I recall reading something about some issues with firewire under SP2, not sure if the two issues are related. Anyone using an iPod with USB 2.0 having any issues with SP2?
This is modded funny but is often true, if you do research you will find that there are some (usually minor) side effects regarding halos, low light sharpness, etc. For most people its still worth it but if you're someone who needs flawless vision like a fighter pilot or a person who operates on other people's eyes then I wouldn't blame you if you decided that these minor side effects meant that laser surgery might not be the best solution for your vision problem.
Every corrective solution to poor vision that is not a pair of glasses has side effects, I personally will not have the surgery done even though I am probably a candidate but then again I stick clear foreign objects on to my eyeball every day, there can't be any negative side effects to that right?
Bloglines rocks! If you use multiple computers a lot a centralized aggregator is a must, otherwise you'll be looking at the same items over and over. Bloglines is perfect with tabbed browsers like Mozilla and Opera, middle-click items that you want to read and continue scanning. The clipping feature offers a storage place for items that you don't have time for immediately or you want to keep as reference. I easily keep track over over 100 feeds and my bookmarks folders have gotten a lot smaller.
Over the past few months we have witnessed something remarkable: Browsers are "hot" again. Look at what's come down the pipes: Gmail, a possible plan for WHAT-WG may eventually turn out to be HTML 5.0, the demo of Apple's Dashboard technology, and now today's purchases by Yahoo and Google.
Remember a few years ago how the (cross-platform) web browser was going to make the Windows desktop obsolete? We all know how that turned out, Microsoft leveraged its "advantage" in the desktop world to the browser market. But I think MS made a critical mistake in freezing development of IE and waiting for Avalon. We are starting to see some real slick web-based apps that are as useful as local applications. I've seen people here complaining that Oddpost is just a ripoff of Outlook, of course it is, but that's missing the point. What's important is that you can now get a desktop-like experience in the browser that wasn't possible a couple of years ago.
Um, Moore wasn't criticizing Bush's response to the first plane crash, you are correct in saying no one knew at the moment that it was anything but a horrible accident, but rather the issue is with his response to the second attack on the WTC. Specifically the seven minutes between when Andrew Card walked up to Bush and whispered "America is under attack." and when Bush finally showed a response.
Anyone try to get this VS Setup file to work through a hardware firewall that is using a web proxy service? The setup file is apparently using BITS and its not playing nice with said firewall. I have installed it on my home machine which isn't behind a web proxy firewall. Oh why oh why can we not be given the entire setup file? Like they did with the SQL Express and the DotNet 2.0 setup.
I am not a blogger but I have been a reader of weblogs for a while now, (I have used many aggregators and have settled on Bloglines a web-based aggregator that is awesome with a tabbing browser like Firefox.) I have been following the Atom/RSS dispute for a while but have never seen the answer to the following question: What does this syndication war mean to me as an end user?
A few others in this thread have asked a similar question but the answer always seems to do with how its beneficial to the blogger or content provider. Now this is important of course but as a geek I have learned to be wary of such arguments, the first time I fell for it I ended up with blinking text in my browser. Maybe I'm too cynical but I'm comfortable being cautious and indeed a little skeptical of the latest and greatest technological innovations.
That being said: What will Atom do for me, Joe Blogreader, that the defacto standard RSS does not? Feeds and aggregators have changed how I use the net, my bookmarks menu has shrunk significantly and I'm on fewer mailing lists. What does Atom have to offer ME that I should bug my content providers to offer Atom feeds in addition to or in place of RSS?
The system effected was one that calculates passenger and cargo weight so it can be distribuited evenly through out the aircraft. It's one of those systems that's easy to forget. It's not like air traffic control or reservations or something people would consider "critical".
I'm not a pilot or an aerospace engineer but I would think trying to take off or land an unbalanced jet might be a tad bit critical.
Totally agree. I middle-clicked the link in Firefox to open it up in a new tab and the browser crashed. Now I know Firefox is still beta but I have never seen it choke on a webpage before, kinda fitting that it would be from a MS site aimed at developers. I guess I'll wait until Channel 9.3
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What's the old adage about insurance? Invite all your friends to dinner, and most will have burgers instead of steak. Agree to split the bill equally, and a few will order steak, but pay less for their share. Eventually, everyone will want steak, and they'll wonder why no one can afford dinner. It is no different with State-forced health care, and State-regulated healthcare.
Give me a break. Health care is not the same as other "products". I can arrange an appointment to get a lower G.I.exam done for free any time I want but I haven't. And if I did I certainly would not want to order more than I need even if it is free. Have you ever needed a medical exam or treatment? They are not "steak dinners" in any sense. The only people who would avail themselves of more than they need of these types of "products" are masochists and that fairytale of economics: the so-called rational actor.
Why does that quote remind me of the Rambus debacle when they claimed patents on SDRAM, they also got companies like Samsung to "license" their technologies, at least temporarily.
Not sure about the actual bug, but the Noscript extension will protect you from the proof of concept.
Some of the founding fathers were personally religious others were decidedly not. At issue is not their personal beliefs but their thoughts on the role religion should play vis a vis government. The parent post addressed that subject, yours does not.
Sputnik espoused over-the-top commercialism for shock value, (there are ads between the tracks on Flaunt It) and declared themselves a "product" and almost convinced Sony to sponsor them (the single of "21st Century Boy" had the members hawking various Sony products).
20 years later such jingoistic commercialism is commonplace: "product" is even used by the artists to describe their work, people like Dylan and U2 are doing ads, and if you think there are no ads in music you've never heard a hip hop album.
man that's one small ass, didn't even hit Caps Lock
...while blasing Chinese Democracy from its bluetooth speakers.
Nah, they'd just stick the word beta in the logo and thats your warning.
and not just football, how about a tag in a hockey puck to indicate if it crossed the goal line. This sounds like a start to an interesting thread: what games might RFIS improve upon (or help ruin)?
Anyone know if Luke's friend Biggs will reappear in this installment?
I like /. having a politics section, its like flypaper for trolls and flamers, I bet the other sections' signal/noise ratios are way up.
This happened to me, I just re-installed iTunes and all was fine again. I recall reading something about some issues with firewire under SP2, not sure if the two issues are related. Anyone using an iPod with USB 2.0 having any issues with SP2?
Making a joke about "subjecting someone's site to a Slashdotting is annoying" is itself annoying.
Every corrective solution to poor vision that is not a pair of glasses has side effects, I personally will not have the surgery done even though I am probably a candidate but then again I stick clear foreign objects on to my eyeball every day, there can't be any negative side effects to that right?
Bloglines rocks! If you use multiple computers a lot a centralized aggregator is a must, otherwise you'll be looking at the same items over and over. Bloglines is perfect with tabbed browsers like Mozilla and Opera, middle-click items that you want to read and continue scanning. The clipping feature offers a storage place for items that you don't have time for immediately or you want to keep as reference. I easily keep track over over 100 feeds and my bookmarks folders have gotten a lot smaller.
When they bought the cool Outlook searching tool Lookout it looks as though they bought into some open source components as well.
Remember a few years ago how the (cross-platform) web browser was going to make the Windows desktop obsolete? We all know how that turned out, Microsoft leveraged its "advantage" in the desktop world to the browser market. But I think MS made a critical mistake in freezing development of IE and waiting for Avalon. We are starting to see some real slick web-based apps that are as useful as local applications. I've seen people here complaining that Oddpost is just a ripoff of Outlook, of course it is, but that's missing the point. What's important is that you can now get a desktop-like experience in the browser that wasn't possible a couple of years ago.
Anyone try to get this VS Setup file to work through a hardware firewall that is using a web proxy service? The setup file is apparently using BITS and its not playing nice with said firewall. I have installed it on my home machine which isn't behind a web proxy firewall. Oh why oh why can we not be given the entire setup file? Like they did with the SQL Express and the DotNet 2.0 setup.
I am not a blogger but I have been a reader of weblogs for a while now, (I have used many aggregators and have settled on Bloglines a web-based aggregator that is awesome with a tabbing browser like Firefox.) I have been following the Atom/RSS dispute for a while but have never seen the answer to the following question: What does this syndication war mean to me as an end user?
A few others in this thread have asked a similar question but the answer always seems to do with how its beneficial to the blogger or content provider. Now this is important of course but as a geek I have learned to be wary of such arguments, the first time I fell for it I ended up with blinking text in my browser. Maybe I'm too cynical but I'm comfortable being cautious and indeed a little skeptical of the latest and greatest technological innovations.
That being said: What will Atom do for me, Joe Blogreader, that the defacto standard RSS does not? Feeds and aggregators have changed how I use the net, my bookmarks menu has shrunk significantly and I'm on fewer mailing lists. What does Atom have to offer ME that I should bug my content providers to offer Atom feeds in addition to or in place of RSS?
I'm not a pilot or an aerospace engineer but I would think trying to take off or land an unbalanced jet might be a tad bit critical.
AFIK the Mac version of iTunes will support other players but the Windows one does not.
Totally agree. I middle-clicked the link in Firefox to open it up in a new tab and the browser crashed. Now I know Firefox is still beta but I have never seen it choke on a webpage before, kinda fitting that it would be from a MS site aimed at developers. I guess I'll wait until Channel 9.3
You can already subscribe to SuprNova feeds right here. Half way down.
So basically its more of a UPS than a battery.