I agree that this is likely no big deal (the first thing that strikes me is how you get the script onto the computer initially) in reality, but as far as in perception this could be bad news for MS.
One of the three pillars of Vista is supposed to be security. To the common end-user this just seems like more of the same insecurity that has come to be synonymous with MS. Also, to those with some knowledge this seems to be another example of something that most people will not knowingly use, turned on (if it is possible to turn off) by default potentially leaving you vulnerable.
I will go with the author of the post and recommend that this is not there (on/active) by default and let those who want it/need it, install it (activate it).
Just to make sure we are all on the same page, human hair is made of protein (keratin) which contains no nerve supply (though the underlying follicle does). That is why it doesn't hurt to get a hair cut.
(note: I am not trying to be a jerk, just pointing something out)
I owned a Supermac 180, and I gotta say, that thing had serious stability issues while running Mac OS 9 that I never ran into using the iMacs at school.
That would be because the clones were never supported to run OS 9. Hmm... now that I think back, I *think* the last supported software for the clones was 8.5 and yes, you may be thinking, what about 8.6? Not supported officially either, but we helped out when we could. The 9 line was hard and firm, for solid technical reasons, the 8.6 line, was slightly less so. It worked well for some clones, and terrible for others.
If I am not mistaken, I think.NET 2.0 was pulled (or at least significantly scaledback)and would be included as a later stand alone addition/download (a la WinFS).
XAML, if you want to do a little reading for fun, there is a good review of it that concludes:
Examined superficially, XAML tags have many of the features of traditional Web standards like HTML, as well as those of newer Web approaches like Mozilla's XUL. Alas, it lacks proper CSS stylesheet support. Examined more deeply, however, XAML tags reuse, reinvent, and renew many standard idioms from the software development world in a highly integrated way.
There are also people out there who see XAML as just a proprietary XML and MS will try to do to XML what they did with JScript/JavaScript
That doesn't count loads of other features, like the explorer, IE 7, a ton of security features, better search, better web services through Indigo (try doing web services with PHP now - I've done it, and it's such a pain that it's not really worth it. Microsoft nailed web services in 2002, and the new stuff is even better!).
I have alway been happy with SOAP/XML and it seems like they are doing pretty well Also, it seems like Indigo isn't what it used to be, or at least not yet. We also do not know how these new services will affect other internet users, presumably they will be a Vista only feature and in that case, how many developers will fully embrace them with MS's current adoption rate for XP. Will the Vista adoption rate be better or worse? One could argue not as good due to the increased system requirements for the "full" Vista experience, compared to the 98/2000 upgrade path. We went from 66MHz/16MB/225MB to 133MHz/64MB/2GB to "current processor, current computer". From that I guess 2GHz/512MB-1GB/64MB-128MB-256 VRAM, (hard drive space is not an issue anymore) That is quite an increase in specs, though I admit that is extrapolation from this:
Will my PC run Vista? That depends on how recently you bought it. Microsoft Allchin said in an April interview that he expects Vista will need about 512MB of memory and "today's level" of processor. The ability to display all the fancy new graphics will depend on what type of graphics card one has. On some older machines, the graphics may look similar to today's Windows.
Apple is doing the slapdash hacks, and Microsoft leads the way in beautifully architected software.
Now you are just tossing out some flamebait. "Slapdash hacks" is a disservice to the wonderful integretion of OOS into OS X. Also OS X has been lauded by many (I hate to do this, but this was the best all-in-one collection I could find without searching/cutting/pasting all night. This is only slightly bigger than the attention Apple was given for Panther.
Also, MS has been accused of many, many things, but has never been accused of creating "beautifully architected software". Seriously, XP SP2 took some important steps, but I am not going to say any such words until I see a final p
Please mod parent back to something aside from "Troll". This is most certainly not a troll. The poster is simply stating commonly held, and data backed prevailing scientific opinion. Quackwatch is an excellent site, and does well to debunk many claims made by purveyors of alternative medicine, homeopathy, etc...
I am not familiar with ORI but, again, it is likely that the cobblestone walkers used more muscles to control their movements when walking over the cobblestones, compensating for reflexes (there are several pathways-stretch reflex, autogenic inhibition reflex, flexor reflex, crossed extension reflex etc..) involved in this. More muscle activities being better than simple walking, and other activities.
It is hard to draw conclusions without seeing the actual paper and their methods, how they account for confounders etc..There may be some bias on the part of the researchers (that link to buy a mat is very troubling to me). I will feel much better, and take this research more seriously when I see this in a peer reviewed journal.
You have not been able to get a floppy installed in your macintosh since....the G3 based beige boxes (say 1997 or so). The G3 B/W and subsequent machines had internal expandability for internal Zip drives (that was a CTO option), and there may have been third party add-on floppy drives, but you have not been able to CTO a floppy drive in a PowerMac for quite some time.
....or you could have been joking and mod'ed wrong:)
Ok, I am a 2nd year medical student and a researcher here at my university. I have a B.S. in Biochemistry, so I'd like to think I know a little about something:)
First the molecule itself, thimerosal
To say this molecule contains mercury is akin to saying triclosan has chlorine (it does).
You are talking about breaking a C-Hg or a S-Hg bond which unless enzymatically activated, may be tough for your body to pull off due to the bond energies involved. Also, you would need an enzyme with some specificity for this molecule, or a specific transporter to move this across the endo/epithelial borders. It raises some questions even at face value, to say the least.
Here is the brunt of the IOM study/panel:
A 14-person panel of experts urged more research on autism but said further pursuit of possible links between vaccines and the devastating neurological disorder is probably not worth the money and effort.
Reports published in 2001 by the same committee found no connection between the MMR vaccine and autism, and insufficient evidence to draw conclusions about thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative added to multiple-dose vials of vaccine. Since then, enough new studies have been published to confidently reject both theories, the panel said.
Especially convincing were a Danish study showing no difference in the rate of autism between children who got thimerosal-containing vaccines and those who did not and a British study showing no relationship between the introduction of MMR and autism rates, or between the timing of a vaccination and the onset of autism symptoms.
"The vaccine hypotheses are not currently supported by the evidence," wrote the panel, which consisted of physicians, neuroscientists, epidemiologists, statisticians and a nurse.
Skeptism is how science progresses. If you have read the "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" (had to do it for a class), you would see this is how science is forwarded.
That said, studies has been published in both Europe and the U.S. clearly showing no link. Skeptism, when shown to be unfounded needs to be put to rest. Literally millions of lives have been saved by vaccination programs worldwide.
The current theory favored by many experts is that autism is a genetically-based disorder that occurs before birth.
Studies of persons with autism are finding abnormalities in brain structures that develop in the first few weeks of fetal development.
The original report, published in the Lancet in 1995 included a editorial piece criticizing it, partly due to its very small study population (12 patients). Another facet of the story that is oft left out of the discussion is that the hypothesis, which had no data associated with it, was that perhaps the MMR vaccination prevents gut absorption of minerals and vitamins which caused the autism.
Anyway, there is alot of data involving this, which I have referenced below.
I would like to note that I have been taking this primarily from a piece written by Dr. Barrett. The collection is quite complete and slightly longish. Have a go at it.
References
A question of harm. CNN & Time broadcast, Oct 3, 1999.
Liam's mother Shelley H. Reynolds founded and serves as president
of Little Angels,
an organization intended to "bring the issues of autism
from individual homes to the forefront of national dialogue."
Dr. Cave is a board member described on the Web site as "a
leader and a fighter for the alternative therapies that seem
to work with many of our children. She believes in using drugs
as a last resort, concentr
This is much like an asteroid warning system. So lets say there is a warning for a large earthquake. Do you stay home? Leave you house? Skip school/work? Don't get me wrong, I think the tech is great. I like the page.
The article says the purpose is to help people know when to be prepared for a quake. But, this is an interesing page on the site. It says the primary purpose of the site is for education, though until I read that that was not the impression I was under from the report.
The primary use of this map is educational. Watching the fluctuations in the probabilities will help you understand the nature of earthquake clustering and how the patterns change with time
I think the story needs a new focusm or it is going to be misunderstood by the public
I know Mac OS X email supports composing rich text emails. They allow me to have all of the niceties one expects with html email (well, maybe not all, I can think CSS etc..) But anyway it may be a happy in between plain text and html email.
One thing I will plead ignorance on, I have no idea how many clients on the various platforms support rich text email.
I am fairly sure MS Outlook/Outlook Express support them and Entourage, as well as Thunderbird. I want to say AOL mail client does not (at least the last time I looked). Anyone have any clues about others?
Just remember there are many PowerPC processors and cores that IBM makes. This is a "custom" fabbed chip for Microsoft with a (3) VMX unit(s) attached. This is not a Power4, Power5, or 970/FX/GX or like chips. Also, has pricing for XBox live has not been announced, but $300USD seems right.
But it sure would be nice to have >3GHz G5's or dual cores....or dual/dual...or...
Yeah, globalization for the corps, who get to use Indian and Chinese cheap labour, closed market for us, the consumers.
Geez that is really fair.
You make a really great point that you make. Many people who make the "free market" argument forget (and if they know what they are talking about, it is purposefully forgotten) that in a true free market environment everyone has equal access to the markets. That is, you should be able to purchase that $2.99 new MGM released DVD (from a foreign market)because it makes sense, it is cheaper, but you cannot. You should be able to move yourself to another job market (India, China, Mexico etc..), but you cannot for various reasons. Just like it makes business sense for Company Y to outsource their support or what not becuase of the decreased* labor costs associated with it.
Here is an example, broadcast flag, would any of us want it? Now, one assumption that I make in this arguemnt, I am assuming we are mostly (99.9%) honest people. We are not criminals. In this light, the stealing intellectual property aspects is moot. In a free market, some people would manufacturer broadcast flag recognizing boxes, and others would sell non-broadcast flag recognizing boxes. I am guessing, if there was parity in features, the latter would win by a landslide. Also take TiVO, MythTV-like commerical skipping, if I don't want to watch commericals, I should be able to buy a box that allows me to skip commericals. If the advertisers notice people are skipping their commericals, they will devise a new way to advertise. For example, watch any football (US Soccer) game, and you will notice, mostly, no commericals, but there is a logo of the sponsor in the corner. Seems like a good balance to me.
So yes, it is purposeful, free market for big business (when free market is in their interest), restrictive, often corporation lobbied, laws governing what consumers can do (within reason) with their purchases. On some issues though, corporations demand almost socialism like protection from government, and they want "free market" principals for workers/consumers, protectionism for them. This on issues like wages, work place safety etc.. Of course, the "within reason" part can be tricky
I want to stress, in my view this is not corporate bashing. I accept corporations for what they are. A Corporation's job is to make money. Actually, they are obligated to their shareholders to earn some money. As such, they cannot be more greedy (or the term corporate greed), becuase making money is just their thing. If you were a worker who made widgets, and by law you had maximize you widget making ability, would you be greedy for doing so?
I am very optimistic about this endeavor. Is anyone else going to be disappointed with a vehicle that is not a standard takeoff and landing vehicle (instead of a multiple rocket/stage, shuttle like vehicle)? It would seem to be the next logical step. Apollo was rocket launched and uncontrolled descent. The shuttle was multi-stage rocket launch, but a controlled, gliding descent, re-usable vehicle. The next logical step, to me, woud be a vehicle that is more aircraft like, losing the rocket launch all together. Is the technology there? Will it be in 10 years?
I also worked for a large computer company who had similar password requirements, and i have to be honest. I had all of my passwords, dated, on an encrypted disk image (AES-128) . So, not as bad as it could be, but not what is intended by the security policy, as I doubt most users would not go to the extra encryption step.
Much like any chemical worth its CAS Number, there are a number of names: (ChemFinder.com)
N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide [134-62-3] Synonyms: Metadelphene; M-DET; Off; Repel; repper-det; repudin; M-deta; 3-methyl-N,N-diethylbenzamide; m-toluic acid diethylamide; ai 3-22542; Autan; baker's antifol; dieltamid; diethyl-m-toluamide; Diethyltoluamide; Chigger-wash; Deet; Delphene; deta-20; Detamide; ENT 20218; flypel; MGK; mgk diethyltoluamide; naugatuck det; N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide; N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide; N,N'-diethyl-m-toluamide; N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide, , min.95% meta-isomer; N,N-diethyltoluamide;
Cost? $999 Lower if you are a student or developer.
Build a Dell or HP with those specs, and you will find them priced similarily. You may find the Mac is less expensive.
* - but there is a hack for dual display ps-save the coupld hundred bucks and do not go with the 14" screen. The 12" an 14" have the same resolution (and that bugs me:))
Just to clarify: I am not sure if you are asking for screen reader software or not as part of the solution? If so, there are a number of alternatives for Windows (fairly pricey), but the next version of OS X will have a built in screen reader solution! combined with other visual aids that will help the blind and near blind use their computer systems without having to invest in another solution.
Along those lines, I think it would be a good idea to check out Apple's Accessibility Page. It does a fairly good job with the technologies that are currently in OS X and gives information on OS X's compliance with Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act Of 1998 or Rehabilitation Act. (IIRC)
Apple also does a good job linking to third party software from that page. I think it would be definitely worth a look, good luck and let us know how it turns out!
I think they are saying that it is the temperature at which certain biological process start to break down. For example, with a 106F fever you can go into convulsions and other nasty things. source
I think they may be saying that in their opinion, the film was so poor, it made them want to die, or some such. That what I remember reading about it.
US marketshare, worldwide marketshare, installed product base, etc..... Often people use "marketshare" to define them all. They are not functionally equivalent.
That link shows that Apple's worldwide 4th quarter marketshare was
.....though, you would have to record the video to disk. Vara Software offers this pretty neat application for OS X called WireCast. Giving it a brief once over, it appears that you can do exactly what you are asking and perhaps some extra eye-candy for your users. Check it out and see what you think.
Re:Still way outdated, Apple fanatics please read.
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To be fair and balanced =) Let's compare:
I picked the Dimension 2400 ($599 US as of 4/14/04)
Pentium® 4 @ 2.66GHz w/533MHz front side bus (I'll give you this one, probably slightly faster in some respects than the 1.25GHz G4)
XP Home Edition (no contest to 10.3, but for $70 you can have XP Pro.
No digital media pack included (add $30 or $20 w/o MS Plus)
Only 128 MB Ram standard (add $70 to bring it up to 256)
40GB HD (equal there)
48X CD-ROM Drive (Combo Drive add $89)
basic burning package for both
productivity pack is about the same (Wordperfect v. AppleWorks, MS Money v. Quicken)
1 Year Limited Warranty plus 1 Year At-Home Service (Dell wins here with the 1 yr at home standard)
17" monitor (I'll call that a draw, I have no way to verify the quality)
Integrated Intel® 3D Extreme Graphics (no dell option to change, I am going to give this one to the 9200 and dedicated VRAM)
Integrated Audio (tie for same reason as monitor)
stereo speakers (tie)
keyboard (no USB ports on keyboard)
mouse (dell wins, 2 button IMHO, but it is not optical)
For the sake of argument I will say the preloaded Dell Jukebox powered by MUSICMATCH and Dell Picture Studio, Paint Shop Pro Trial, Photo Album Starter Edition are functionally equivalent (otherwise it is a $20 and $30 upgrade respectively)
No IEEE 1394 (add $50)
Both have 56k modems and 10/100 ENet
Grand Total? $808 Note: I did not do the XP Pro update, the Digital media pack update (w/o Plus!), JukeBox/Picture Studio Updates.....if I did? Grand Total? $948 Dollars.
The conclusion is this, the eMac is competitively priced, fully featured and is aimed at the same market as the Dimension 2400, people who are probably buying their first computer ever or want a second computer (or third =)) for a child/spouse etc...
Similarly the 4600 can be done this way, but the price ends up at $1109 using the same criteria as listed above with the following exceptions on which Dell has the lead:
In the 4600 the following are superior and standard:
Intel ® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.8GHz w/533MHz FSB
Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio
The big weakness is the Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 but at least with the 4600 you can upgrade it through Dell with the:
128MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI (add $60)
128MB DDR ATI RADEON 9800 PRO Graphics Card with TV-Out and DVI (add $200)
Again these machines (especially the 2400 and the eMac) are geared to people who want Dell/Apple to ship them a computer that just works, out of the box. You could swap in better components (RAM, HD, Optical Drives (for both), PCI cards/processors for the Dell (I am speaking general components) but this is not in the scope of my comparison as I would imagine they are not of concern of the intended purchasing audience. I hope you find this to be an interesting read, and take it with an open mind.
I also want to acknowledge that I know the previous post was intended to be funny =)
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Along these same lines, wasn't there a story/rumor a few months ago about possibly having a copy of the iTunes Music/Movie Store on the PS3?
http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2005/5/http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000020043386/
That looks like it goes back to May 2005. Stranger thing have happened.
I agree that this is likely no big deal (the first thing that strikes me is how you get the script onto the computer initially) in reality, but as far as in perception this could be bad news for MS.
One of the three pillars of Vista is supposed to be security. To the common end-user this just seems like more of the same insecurity that has come to be synonymous with MS. Also, to those with some knowledge this seems to be another example of something that most people will not knowingly use, turned on (if it is possible to turn off) by default potentially leaving you vulnerable.
I will go with the author of the post and recommend that this is not there (on/active) by default and let those who want it/need it, install it (activate it).
Just to make sure we are all on the same page, human hair is made of protein (keratin) which contains no nerve supply (though the underlying follicle does). That is why it doesn't hurt to get a hair cut.
(note: I am not trying to be a jerk, just pointing something out)That would be because the clones were never supported to run OS 9. Hmm... now that I think back, I *think* the last supported software for the clones was 8.5 and yes, you may be thinking, what about 8.6? Not supported officially either, but we helped out when we could. The 9 line was hard and firm, for solid technical reasons, the 8.6 line, was slightly less so. It worked well for some clones, and terrible for others.
If I am not mistaken, I think .NET 2.0 was pulled (or at least significantly scaled back)and would be included as a later stand alone addition/download (a la WinFS).
XAML, if you want to do a little reading for fun, there is a good review of it that concludes:
There are also people out there who see XAML as just a proprietary XML and MS will try to do to XML what they did with JScript/JavaScript
That doesn't count loads of other features, like the explorer, IE 7, a ton of security features, better search, better web services through Indigo (try doing web services with PHP now - I've done it, and it's such a pain that it's not really worth it. Microsoft nailed web services in 2002, and the new stuff is even better!).
I have alway been happy with SOAP/XML and it seems like they are doing pretty well Also, it seems like Indigo isn't what it used to be, or at least not yet. We also do not know how these new services will affect other internet users, presumably they will be a Vista only feature and in that case, how many developers will fully embrace them with MS's current adoption rate for XP. Will the Vista adoption rate be better or worse? One could argue not as good due to the increased system requirements for the "full" Vista experience, compared to the 98/2000 upgrade path. We went from 66MHz/16MB/225MB to 133MHz/64MB/2GB to "current processor, current computer". From that I guess 2GHz/512MB-1GB/64MB-128MB-256 VRAM, (hard drive space is not an issue anymore) That is quite an increase in specs, though I admit that is extrapolation from this:
Apple is doing the slapdash hacks, and Microsoft leads the way in beautifully architected software.
Now you are just tossing out some flamebait. "Slapdash hacks" is a disservice to the wonderful integretion of OOS into OS X. Also OS X has been lauded by many (I hate to do this, but this was the best all-in-one collection I could find without searching/cutting/pasting all night. This is only slightly bigger than the attention Apple was given for Panther.
Also, MS has been accused of many, many things, but has never been accused of creating "beautifully architected software". Seriously, XP SP2 took some important steps, but I am not going to say any such words until I see a final p
Please mod parent back to something aside from "Troll". This is most certainly not a troll. The poster is simply stating commonly held, and data backed prevailing scientific opinion. Quackwatch is an excellent site, and does well to debunk many claims made by purveyors of alternative medicine, homeopathy, etc...
I am not familiar with ORI but, again, it is likely that the cobblestone walkers used more muscles to control their movements when walking over the cobblestones, compensating for reflexes (there are several pathways-stretch reflex, autogenic inhibition reflex, flexor reflex, crossed extension reflex etc..) involved in this. More muscle activities being better than simple walking, and other activities.
It is hard to draw conclusions without seeing the actual paper and their methods, how they account for confounders etc..There may be some bias on the part of the researchers (that link to buy a mat is very troubling to me). I will feel much better, and take this research more seriously when I see this in a peer reviewed journal.
But...the parent is not a troll.It is in Japanese. The "?" means your browser encoding is not set right, or you don't have an appropriate font to display.
You have not been able to get a floppy installed in your macintosh since....the G3 based beige boxes (say 1997 or so). The G3 B/W and subsequent machines had internal expandability for internal Zip drives (that was a CTO option), and there may have been third party add-on floppy drives, but you have not been able to CTO a floppy drive in a PowerMac for quite some time.
Here is the brunt of the IOM study/panel:
Skeptism is how science progresses. If you have read the "Structure of Scientific Revolutions" (had to do it for a class), you would see this is how science is forwarded. That said, studies has been published in both Europe and the U.S. clearly showing no link. Skeptism, when shown to be unfounded needs to be put to rest. Literally millions of lives have been saved by vaccination programs worldwide.
The current theory favored by many experts is that autism is a genetically-based disorder that occurs before birth.
Studies of persons with autism are finding abnormalities in brain structures that develop in the first few weeks of fetal development.
The original report, published in the Lancet in 1995 included a editorial piece criticizing it, partly due to its very small study population (12 patients). Another facet of the story that is oft left out of the discussion is that the hypothesis, which had no data associated with it, was that perhaps the MMR vaccination prevents gut absorption of minerals and vitamins which caused the autism.
Anyway, there is alot of data involving this, which I have referenced below. I would like to note that I have been taking this primarily from a piece written by Dr. Barrett. The collection is quite complete and slightly longish. Have a go at it.
References
focusm=focus
I think the story needs a new focusm or it is going to be misunderstood by the public
I know Mac OS X email supports composing rich text emails. They allow me to have all of the niceties one expects with html email (well, maybe not all, I can think CSS etc..) But anyway it may be a happy in between plain text and html email.
One thing I will plead ignorance on, I have no idea how many clients on the various platforms support rich text email.
I am fairly sure MS Outlook/Outlook Express support them and Entourage, as well as Thunderbird. I want to say AOL mail client does not (at least the last time I looked). Anyone have any clues about others?
Just remember there are many PowerPC processors and cores that IBM makes. This is a "custom" fabbed chip for Microsoft with a (3) VMX unit(s) attached. This is not a Power4, Power5, or 970/FX/GX or like chips. Also, has pricing for XBox live has not been announced, but $300USD seems right.
But it sure would be nice to have >3GHz G5's or dual cores....or dual/dual...or ...
Well it seems obvious. Ben and Hoss need to head on up to Redmond and get us our horse back, if you know what I mean.
And by horse, I mean a usable OSAnd by get back I mean, shoot some people
You make a really great point that you make. Many people who make the "free market" argument forget (and if they know what they are talking about, it is purposefully forgotten) that in a true free market environment everyone has equal access to the markets. That is, you should be able to purchase that $2.99 new MGM released DVD (from a foreign market)because it makes sense, it is cheaper, but you cannot. You should be able to move yourself to another job market (India, China, Mexico etc..), but you cannot for various reasons. Just like it makes business sense for Company Y to outsource their support or what not becuase of the decreased* labor costs associated with it.
Here is an example, broadcast flag, would any of us want it? Now, one assumption that I make in this arguemnt, I am assuming we are mostly (99.9%) honest people. We are not criminals. In this light, the stealing intellectual property aspects is moot. In a free market, some people would manufacturer broadcast flag recognizing boxes, and others would sell non-broadcast flag recognizing boxes. I am guessing, if there was parity in features, the latter would win by a landslide. Also take TiVO, MythTV-like commerical skipping, if I don't want to watch commericals, I should be able to buy a box that allows me to skip commericals. If the advertisers notice people are skipping their commericals, they will devise a new way to advertise. For example, watch any football (US Soccer) game, and you will notice, mostly, no commericals, but there is a logo of the sponsor in the corner. Seems like a good balance to me.
So yes, it is purposeful, free market for big business (when free market is in their interest), restrictive, often corporation lobbied, laws governing what consumers can do (within reason) with their purchases. On some issues though, corporations demand almost socialism like protection from government, and they want "free market" principals for workers/consumers, protectionism for them. This on issues like wages, work place safety etc.. Of course, the "within reason" part can be tricky
I want to stress, in my view this is not corporate bashing. I accept corporations for what they are. A Corporation's job is to make money. Actually, they are obligated to their shareholders to earn some money. As such, they cannot be more greedy (or the term corporate greed), becuase making money is just their thing. If you were a worker who made widgets, and by law you had maximize you widget making ability, would you be greedy for doing so?
Cheers!I am very optimistic about this endeavor. Is anyone else going to be disappointed with a vehicle that is not a standard takeoff and landing vehicle (instead of a multiple rocket/stage, shuttle like vehicle)? It would seem to be the next logical step. Apollo was rocket launched and uncontrolled descent. The shuttle was multi-stage rocket launch, but a controlled, gliding descent, re-usable vehicle. The next logical step, to me, woud be a vehicle that is more aircraft like, losing the rocket launch all together. Is the technology there? Will it be in 10 years?
Just a thought........I also worked for a large computer company who had similar password requirements, and i have to be honest. I had all of my passwords, dated, on an encrypted disk image (AES-128) . So, not as bad as it could be, but not what is intended by the security policy, as I doubt most users would not go to the extra encryption step.
Much like any chemical worth its CAS Number, there are a number of names: (ChemFinder.com)
N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide [134-62-3]
Synonyms: Metadelphene; M-DET; Off; Repel; repper-det; repudin; M-deta; 3-methyl-N,N-diethylbenzamide; m-toluic acid diethylamide; ai 3-22542; Autan; baker's antifol; dieltamid; diethyl-m-toluamide; Diethyltoluamide; Chigger-wash; Deet; Delphene; deta-20; Detamide; ENT 20218; flypel; MGK; mgk diethyltoluamide; naugatuck det; N,N-diethyl-3-methylbenzamide; N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide; N,N'-diethyl-m-toluamide; N,N-Diethyl-m-toluamide, , min.95% meta-isomer; N,N-diethyltoluamide;
This may be redundant, but have you looked recently?
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Cost? $999 Lower if you are a student or developer.
Build a Dell or HP with those specs, and you will find them priced similarily. You may find the Mac is less expensive.
* - but there is a hack for dual displayps-save the coupld hundred bucks and do not go with the 14" screen. The 12" an 14" have the same resolution (and that bugs me
Along those lines, I think it would be a good idea to check out Apple's Accessibility Page. It does a fairly good job with the technologies that are currently in OS X and gives information on OS X's compliance with Section 508 of the Workforce Investment Act Of 1998 or Rehabilitation Act. (IIRC)
Apple also does a good job linking to third party software from that page. I think it would be definitely worth a look, good luck and let us know how it turns out!
I think they are saying that it is the temperature at which certain biological process start to break down. For example, with a 106F fever you can go into convulsions and other nasty things. source
I think they may be saying that in their opinion, the film was so poor, it made them want to die, or some such. That what I remember reading about it.
US marketshare, worldwide marketshare, installed product base, etc..... Often people use "marketshare" to define them all. They are not functionally equivalent.
That link shows that Apple's worldwide 4th quarter marketshare was
.....though, you would have to record the video to disk. Vara Software offers this pretty neat application for OS X called WireCast. Giving it a brief once over, it appears that you can do exactly what you are asking and perhaps some extra eye-candy for your users. Check it out and see what you think.
Let's compare:
I picked the Dimension 2400 ($599 US as of 4/14/04)
Note: I did not do the XP Pro update, the Digital media pack update (w/o Plus!), JukeBox/Picture Studio Updates.....if I did?
Grand Total? $948 Dollars.
The conclusion is this, the eMac is competitively priced, fully featured and is aimed at the same market as the Dimension 2400, people who are probably buying their first computer ever or want a second computer (or third =)) for a child/spouse etc...
Similarly the 4600 can be done this way, but the price ends up at $1109 using the same criteria as listed above with the following exceptions on which Dell has the lead:
In the 4600 the following are superior and standard: Intel ® Pentium® 4 Processor 2.8GHz w/533MHz FSB Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio
The big weakness is the Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 but at least with the 4600 you can upgrade it through Dell with the:
Again these machines (especially the 2400 and the eMac) are geared to people who want Dell/Apple to ship them a computer that just works, out of the box. You could swap in better components (RAM, HD, Optical Drives (for both), PCI cards/processors for the Dell (I am speaking general components) but this is not in the scope of my comparison as I would imagine they are not of concern of the intended purchasing audience. I hope you find this to be an interesting read, and take it with an open mind.
I also want to acknowledge that I know the previous post was intended to be funny =)
-pH1nk