Republicans in LBJ's day did not typically march in party lockstep like they do now. Most of them would be painted as socialists by today's Republican party.
Or any more than you can have a right to force other people to pay for your defense. Or your collective ease of travel. So, in order to make this a "free society", you would privatize the military, fire, police, interstate highway system, and every other shared service we pay for collectively, right? No public parks, no public streets, no free education? Yeah, sounds like the kind of paradise that can only appeal to a true, freedom-seeking, Ayn-Rand-worshipping sociopath. Most people recognize that there are things which, when we pay for them collectively, benefit us individually. That's how we ended up with a regulated capitalist economy with some services handled by the commons. All proponents of health care reform want is for us to add health care to that commons, since for-profit health insurance is fundamentally flawed, and every other country with a standard of living meeting (or exceeding) ours has already realized this.
In British English—or, as the British say, "English"—"learned" is used in phrases such as "a learned professor", in which case it is pronounced with two syllables. Either "learnt" or "learned" are used interchangably in phrases like "I learnt a valuable lesson today".
True. I've never had reason to fault their build quality -- though I understand that others have -- but they do seem to place user serviceability waaaaay down on their list of priorities. The MacBook is a newer physical design than the Pro, so maybe they're changing. Then again, one point doesn't make a trend. Guess we'll have to wait for a MacBook Pro refresh to find out...
Changing the drive in a MacBook requires removing three phillips screws on the RF shielding, and four Torx screws on the caddy. It really is a five minute job if you know what you're doing, ten if you don't.
I wanted to upgrade the disk in my MacBook from the stock 160GB to a new 320GB. I bought the new drive, removed the MacBook battery (using a quarter), removed a few screws and one piece of shielding, slid the old drive out, slid the new drive in, replaced the shielding, replaced the battery. Done. It took me maybe ten minutes, and I wasn't hurrying as it was my first time opening up the machine. If you were down for a week and relied on the "Genius" bar, I have to think that either you were under Apple Care and didn't want to pay for the drive, so the experience was your own damn fault, or you failed to hit Google for a bit of research, so the experience was your own damn fault.
And the point is that, if you are an administrator, unsafe practices will become automatic. You can argue that someone who runs with admin privileges is asking for it, but that's missing the point.
And of course Apple makes mistakes, and takes their own, sweet time in correcting them (Finder, anyone?); however, in most cases, their products set a standard of usability and elegance that Microsoft could never understand, much less achieve.
Finally, "fanboi"? Really? I'm really hoping that English is your second language.
Vista doesn't prompt for elevation; it only asks for confirmation. If Apple implemented the feature correctly -- as usual -- you'll have to enter an admin password, not just press the 'Run' button.
User interaction does not stop -- and sometimes doesn't even *start* -- at "looks nice". Look at the iPhone demo -- the ease at which it allows you to handle multiple calls, conferencing, address book look-up, the small UI affordances that companies like LG totally neglect -- it all adds up to a quality of interaction that other companies are having an exceedingly difficult time matching.
Yes, scandals like this, and this turn my stomach.
Every person I know on either side of the political spectrum agrees that it was a misstatement or a misunderstanding, and that Kerry would never have consciously attacked the troops; the party line, after all, is to support the troops and oppose the war. The Republicans I know are thrilled that his comment can be spun to appear as if he were insulting the troops and not their idiot commander-in-chief, but they don't for a second believe that that was his intent. To apply Kerry's comment to the troops doesn't work logically (the troops get rotated out, but Bush is truly stuck) or politically (insulting troops doesn't win favor, even with students). His audience at the time laughed at the joke, but you won't see that reaction in any of the news clips. The media coverage and the Republican spin on the comment are what turns my stomach.
Jefferson certainly appears guilty; however, if those two events turn your stomach, but you're okay with everything the Republicans have been doing for the past six years, you might want to take stock of the fact that your ethical framework seems to be extremely partisan.
Now that he's through with the tutorial, I'm sure he'll get back to the security problem. Then it's on to the next version of OS X, keeping the company's books, and emptying the trash cans. He's really quite busy.
The only comprehensive solution would of course be to ban all devices that transmit the evil little waves from campus, then surround the entire campus with a giant Faraday cage to prevent incoming. Problem solved!
Since the IBM Personal Computer popularized the term, I think it's meaning since has been tied to descendants of that original machine. By that rationale, the Mac is, in fact, not a PC. Just a thought.
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They added a definition of the word as an adjective meaning "alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice".
Republicans in LBJ's day did not typically march in party lockstep like they do now. Most of them would be painted as socialists by today's Republican party.
Or any more than you can have a right to force other people to pay for your defense. Or your collective ease of travel. So, in order to make this a "free society", you would privatize the military, fire, police, interstate highway system, and every other shared service we pay for collectively, right? No public parks, no public streets, no free education? Yeah, sounds like the kind of paradise that can only appeal to a true, freedom-seeking, Ayn-Rand-worshipping sociopath. Most people recognize that there are things which, when we pay for them collectively, benefit us individually. That's how we ended up with a regulated capitalist economy with some services handled by the commons. All proponents of health care reform want is for us to add health care to that commons, since for-profit health insurance is fundamentally flawed, and every other country with a standard of living meeting (or exceeding) ours has already realized this.
Actually, a lot can fit in a Prius. They are quite roomy.
I'm afraid that Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, OED, and many, many writers of British English would disagree.
In British English—or, as the British say, "English"—"learned" is used in phrases such as "a learned professor", in which case it is pronounced with two syllables.
Either "learnt" or "learned" are used interchangably in phrases like "I learnt a valuable lesson today".
I'd hate to think that the sole litmus test for any scientific endeavor would become "is there any money in it".
True. I've never had reason to fault their build quality -- though I understand that others have -- but they do seem to place user serviceability waaaaay down on their list of priorities. The MacBook is a newer physical design than the Pro, so maybe they're changing. Then again, one point doesn't make a trend. Guess we'll have to wait for a MacBook Pro refresh to find out...
Changing the drive in a MacBook requires removing three phillips screws on the RF shielding, and four Torx screws on the caddy. It really is a five minute job if you know what you're doing, ten if you don't.
I already had a small torx set. If I hadn't, you're right, that would have been annoying.
You said, "When the HDD in my Macbook died...". I assumed that meant you had a MacBook.
It shouldn't have been an issue with the MacBook. MacBook hard drives are user replaceable. Changing the drive will not void your warranty.
Also, I'm just curious...was the Thinkpad under warranty? If so, did you have to wait for the new drive to be shipped?
I wanted to upgrade the disk in my MacBook from the stock 160GB to a new 320GB. I bought the new drive, removed the MacBook battery (using a quarter), removed a few screws and one piece of shielding, slid the old drive out, slid the new drive in, replaced the shielding, replaced the battery. Done. It took me maybe ten minutes, and I wasn't hurrying as it was my first time opening up the machine. If you were down for a week and relied on the "Genius" bar, I have to think that either you were under Apple Care and didn't want to pay for the drive, so the experience was your own damn fault, or you failed to hit Google for a bit of research, so the experience was your own damn fault.
And the point is that, if you are an administrator, unsafe practices will become automatic. You can argue that someone who runs with admin privileges is asking for it, but that's missing the point.
And of course Apple makes mistakes, and takes their own, sweet time in correcting them (Finder, anyone?); however, in most cases, their products set a standard of usability and elegance that Microsoft could never understand, much less achieve.
Finally, "fanboi"? Really? I'm really hoping that English is your second language.
Vista doesn't prompt for elevation; it only asks for confirmation. If Apple implemented the feature correctly -- as usual -- you'll have to enter an admin password, not just press the 'Run' button.
User interaction does not stop -- and sometimes doesn't even *start* -- at "looks nice". Look at the iPhone demo -- the ease at which it allows you to handle multiple calls, conferencing, address book look-up, the small UI affordances that companies like LG totally neglect -- it all adds up to a quality of interaction that other companies are having an exceedingly difficult time matching.
Every person I know on either side of the political spectrum agrees that it was a misstatement or a misunderstanding, and that Kerry would never have consciously attacked the troops; the party line, after all, is to support the troops and oppose the war. The Republicans I know are thrilled that his comment can be spun to appear as if he were insulting the troops and not their idiot commander-in-chief, but they don't for a second believe that that was his intent. To apply Kerry's comment to the troops doesn't work logically (the troops get rotated out, but Bush is truly stuck) or politically (insulting troops doesn't win favor, even with students). His audience at the time laughed at the joke, but you won't see that reaction in any of the news clips. The media coverage and the Republican spin on the comment are what turns my stomach.
Jefferson certainly appears guilty; however, if those two events turn your stomach, but you're okay with everything the Republicans have been doing for the past six years, you might want to take stock of the fact that your ethical framework seems to be extremely partisan.
Right. No one should comment on Vista until there have been a series of controlled, scientific studies.
As everyone on Slashdot knows, playing Ogg Vorbis files actually charges your battery.
Maybe someday the big record companies will learn about pitch correction tools so they can at least seem to whine on key...
Now that he's through with the tutorial, I'm sure he'll get back to the security problem. Then it's on to the next version of OS X, keeping the company's books, and emptying the trash cans. He's really quite busy.
The only comprehensive solution would of course be to ban all devices that transmit the evil little waves from campus, then surround the entire campus with a giant Faraday cage to prevent incoming. Problem solved!
You mean it took you less time to get then.
Since the IBM Personal Computer popularized the term, I think it's meaning since has been tied to descendants of that original machine. By that rationale, the Mac is, in fact, not a PC. Just a thought.