Yes, these are all advantages of gmail over Yahoo mail or Hotmail. But not over locally running email clients. Why use gmail if there are apps which are completely ad-free, work with any number of great spam filters, are faster than gmail, and work without a network connection?
Because all of these kinds of apps need to be installed on a specific PC restricting its availability and use to local instead of global. I'm rarely at my home PC, so as long as I have Web access, I have my email access--no reliance on a specific client installation on a specific cumputer. And Gmail shines because its interface is slick, fast, and feature-rich. Yes, there are other excellent Web-based email services, but Gmail has many innovations.
Oh, and the single feature that absolutely sells me on Gmail is that the ads are unobtrusive and targeted. The fact that Gmail's ads are targeted has proven to be quite useful an a number of occasions. It frustrates me to no end seeing huge, flashy, irrelevent, and sometimes distasteful ads hogging the Yahoo Mail screen. Gmail's implementation stands far and above the rest and doesn't insult me.
The U.S. Constitution's provision for free speech gives the right to speak freely, but it does not guarantee the right to be heard. There is a HUGE difference there.
Yet another attempt to disseminate the false notion that MP3 files amount to stolen music. If I purchase a CD and rip it to MP3s for my own use, the resulting files are certainly not stolen--plain and simple. And if I get them from a legal online source, again, they are not stolen.
Just because someone COULD steal something doesn't mean they will, and doesn't automatically make the something stolen.
Really, this is really nothing more than a T3 that can't be "collapsed". It has some "extras" like more RAM, more Flash RAM, but everything else is just software addons that can be found for the T3 in one form or another.
This certainly is not a revolutionary device, and the lack of WiFi is VERY disappointing. A colleague just bought one of the new HP ipaqs that has a FULL VGA screen and integrated WiFi, and it simply smokes anything Palm has put out. Yes, it was almost double the cost, but still, the T5 is a real disappontment.
Now, if Sony would have released a UX-50 with either no camera or a removable camera (to comply with many business restrictions) it would be our device of choice...
Imagine you were building a semi-democratic nation from a blank slate (hmm, that's a hobby of President Bush...) Would you try to make each citizen's vote equally powerful, or give extra-weight to the residents of certain areas?
I think we can all agree that everyone's vote
should count equally in an election. However, in this new blank-slate nation, what happens when Campaigns and the Media target only the largest, statistically relevent areas and ignore the less populated and statistically less relevent areas? The individual's votes would count either more or less depending on where they live. If you live in a statistically irrelevent area, then your vote certainly wouldn't count as much as others. A system like the Electoral College tries to remove the statistical irrelevence of smaller populations.
Sure they would. Smalltown gets a house rep, Smallstate gets two senators. And both of THOSE are elected by popular votes.
Yes, they get House and Senate representation, but I was refering to representation in the Presidential election. If it is left to a strict popular vote in the Presidential election, then more populous cities and states would probably become the sole targets of campaigns because the smaller, less populous cities and states could become proportionatly and statistically irrelevent to the election, which is exactly what the Electoral College was designed to prevent.
My goal has always been to keep things as thin as possible. It's really a challenge with a driver's license, credit cards, insurance cards, video rental cards, business cards, and all those d*** "store discount" cards, and oh yeah...cash. I settled on a bi-fold model, and it's about as thin as it gets.
Also, a good tip is to scan or photocopy all of the barcodes from your many store discount cards onto a single sheet of paper. Makes things MUCH easier to manage!
Too bad it really doesn't matter
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Gmail's strength is certainly NOT its capacity, but how its fast interface, Labels, Conversations, and Search capabilities leverage that capacity. Mailbox size is really nothing more than an abused marketing point.
While this information may be "true", there still remains a misunderstanding about just how a U.S. President is elected. The point of the Electoral College is not to give individual votes different "weights" (though that may be the effect) but to provide a method of giving States fair representation. The general public needs to understand that U.S. Presidents are NOT elected (or defeated) by majority popular vote but that they are voting for Electors who, in turn, cast THEIR votes for the President at the State level. And to further complicate matters, States have different laws governing how electors are assigned and selected.
This is not to say that the Electoral College is the best system, but we need to remember that if switch to a strict popular vote, then Smalltown, USA or Smallstate, USA would never get fair representation.
If it becomes listed in the DSM, doesn't this really just mean that it will be "legally legitimate" so insurance companies can determine if or if not "treatment" (whatever that might be) should be covered?
It's interesting to me how the majority of "heros" are listed as registered Republican and even among the "evil doers" there is no clear Democratic conensus--it's splintered among other "minor" parties.
I lean toward the DVD, but if it's an "important" movie, (obviously, a subjective decision) I'll probably view both. My biggest complaint is that the Theatrical Cut is often different from the DVD Cut. This has always bugged be since seeing the Theatrical Cut of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Star Wars" and only being able to get the "Special Editions" on DVD. And with things like the "Politcally Correct Cut" of ET, the Theatrical Cut is often desired because it is often truely unique.
We know our election system is broken. It failed us 4 years ago.
Please stop disseminating FUD. The US Presidential election system is not broken and it did not fail us 4 years ago. The problem was a technological one that produced questionable ballots. If you are disappointed by the results, it's either because "your" candidate didn't win or you don't understand the significance of the Electoral College. The fact that a US president can get elected by a minority of the popular vote is NOT the result of a broken system, but the result of the Electoral College system. If we change to a straight popular vote system, then cities and states with small populations will lose their voice to large population areas which will become the sole target of future campaigning. While there certainly may be a better way to conduct an election, (for example, modifying the way Electors are chosen and assigned) it's still the "fairest" method available to maintain consistent representation.
Additionally, to put the "deciding votes" into perspective, Florida's Electors were only the "deciding votes" because of the timing of how the returns were reported and the timing of the "questionable" ballot issues. If, for example, another state had been "held up" by some balloting issue, then Florida, despite its issues, may not have been the "actual" deciding vote. It was a matter of timing. To "blame" Florida is unfounded because it's the "total" of the votes that counts, not how an individual state votes. I know that may sound contradictory, but it's also the most objective, non-partisan way to view it...
In a book about magic, about the re-awakening of mysticism, my complaint is that there is so very little that is spellbinding. Jonathan Strange in particular seems to be driven by his own imagination, and yet he seems limited and his spells tend to do little more that move things about.
Hmmm. I don't know. I haven't read the book, so I obviously can't speak to it specifically, but consider this concept for a plot: Imagine that the world we live in is our current "reality", and you actually stumble across someone who CAN "move things about" with magic. No, it's not "spellbinding" in the classic sense, but it would also be one of the grated "finds" in history. Don't sell short a plot of "simple" magic...
I disagree. VMware is GREAT for "testing".ISO's and working in "isolated" environments. For example, I have VPN access to work from my home computer. For some reason, the VPN client messes up my PC's networking. So, I just fire up a VMware session that contains a "clean" install of Windows XP Pro and the VPN client, and it's instant-connection-to-work time. When I'm done, I just shut sown the session and have no hassles. It's also a great way to try out new versions of Knoppix, or whatever distro you're interested in.
Sure, it's overkill "just to play a game" but if your system can handle it, it's certainly effortless.
I have four computers at home ranging from 800MHz HP E-PC's to a higher-end 3GHz custom-build PC, and I leave the all "on" 24/7 because it takes so d***ed long to boot. One is used for higher-end video editing, while the others are really nothing more than Internet Surfing, email reading, Quicken updating machines. But it's a major hassle to have to turn on, wait for boot, and then get to work.
If I could have PCs that boot within, say 10 seconds or less, I would be able to leave all of them off!
The pre-election polls themselves are really not the problem--it's how the media spins...er...reports the results. While it would certainly have immense First and Second Amendment Rights implications, I would really like to see a complete campaign-related media blackout for the entire week leading up to and including election day. Then, once the voting is closed, lift the blackout and let the media report the returns. Obviously, you really can't blackout the Internet, but you could blackout TV, Radio, and Newspaper/Magazine media.
Certainly not a true indicator...
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...because of its inherent flaws:
-you have to know about the site as opposed to the General Election where basically EVERYONE knows how and where to vote
-there is no true validation of age, so you will no doubt see many votes representing MANY underaged voters
-you could vote multiple times because there is no specific validation
I do realize that there are some truths in the bible (names, places, events,...), but so are in other books which nobody with a sane mind would take as non-fiction (pick a random piece of literature).
Though it admittedly does not necessarily "prove" the Bible's legitimacy, it cannot be denied that the Bible has undergone more literary and scientific scrutiny than any other literary work in history. Its historical accuracy and relevence continues to be demonstrated over and over.
My point now is that I find it highly dangerous when somebody with as much power as the president of the USA seeks truth in a book which might be "90% crap" (see above), and (ab)uses his power based on guidance based on this book. Is it based on the 90%? Or the 10%? Who decides what passages of the bible fall into which category? What about people in his influence that do not see the bible as binding or guiding?
First off, to say that 90% is crap is a bit ambitious (see above.)
Second, this country was born on principles "endowed by their Creator" and based on "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." Though not exclusive, the majority of the Founding Fathers held "God-based" values--many of which were Christian--as the foundation of this country. The fact that the President follows God-based and Christian teachings is certainly consistent with history and the foundations of this country.
This country holds Democracy as its driving principle. Though many laws have been written to provide The Minority with a voice, the fact remains that according to the principles of Democracy, The Majority still rules. The problem is that The Minority clings to "equality" as their excuse to "override" The Majority's position. Unfortunatly, "equality" and Democracy are in conflict. And the current politically correct trend is to lower standards and ethics for sake of the "common denominator" in exclusion of The Majority which is findamentally contrary to Democratic principles. We have erroded fundamental values, ethics, and morals in favor of social relativism.
But what about the "all Men are created equal" line? Notice it states "created" not "evolved"--again, an example of the accepted God-based founding principles by The Majority. Also notice that though it states that we were created equal, it doesn't state that we will remain equal.
...in.pdf format is here if you don't want to hassle with the Flash presentation.
Fine, as long as they dontt "Yahoo!" it!
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Well, I PAID for the "lifetime" update subscription for MusicMatch a couple years ago, and have been very happy withe the app. Unfortunatly, Yahoo! is notorious for filling its pages (mail, groups, etc.) with huge, obnoxious ads--even on paid eamil accounts. So if Yahoo! junks up MusicMatch with its typical ads like their other online services, I'll dump it in a heartbeat.
MusicMatch has been a lean, mean app that has worked on systems that WinAmp couldn't. If Yahoo mucks this one up, I'll be really pissed.
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Oh, and the single feature that absolutely sells me on Gmail is that the ads are unobtrusive and targeted. The fact that Gmail's ads are targeted has proven to be quite useful an a number of occasions. It frustrates me to no end seeing huge, flashy, irrelevent, and sometimes distasteful ads hogging the Yahoo Mail screen. Gmail's implementation stands far and above the rest and doesn't insult me.
The U.S. Constitution's provision for free speech gives the right to speak freely, but it does not guarantee the right to be heard. There is a HUGE difference there.
Yet another attempt to disseminate the false notion that MP3 files amount to stolen music. If I purchase a CD and rip it to MP3s for my own use, the resulting files are certainly not stolen--plain and simple. And if I get them from a legal online source, again, they are not stolen.
Just because someone COULD steal something doesn't mean they will, and doesn't automatically make the something stolen.
Really, this is really nothing more than a T3 that can't be "collapsed". It has some "extras" like more RAM, more Flash RAM, but everything else is just software addons that can be found for the T3 in one form or another.
This certainly is not a revolutionary device, and the lack of WiFi is VERY disappointing. A colleague just bought one of the new HP ipaqs that has a FULL VGA screen and integrated WiFi, and it simply smokes anything Palm has put out. Yes, it was almost double the cost, but still, the T5 is a real disappontment.
Now, if Sony would have released a UX-50 with either no camera or a removable camera (to comply with many business restrictions) it would be our device of choice...
My goal has always been to keep things as thin as possible. It's really a challenge with a driver's license, credit cards, insurance cards, video rental cards, business cards, and all those d*** "store discount" cards, and oh yeah...cash. I settled on a bi-fold model, and it's about as thin as it gets.
Also, a good tip is to scan or photocopy all of the barcodes from your many store discount cards onto a single sheet of paper. Makes things MUCH easier to manage!
Gmail's strength is certainly NOT its capacity, but how its fast interface, Labels, Conversations, and Search capabilities leverage that capacity. Mailbox size is really nothing more than an abused marketing point.
While this information may be "true", there still remains a misunderstanding about just how a U.S. President is elected. The point of the Electoral College is not to give individual votes different "weights" (though that may be the effect) but to provide a method of giving States fair representation. The general public needs to understand that U.S. Presidents are NOT elected (or defeated) by majority popular vote but that they are voting for Electors who, in turn, cast THEIR votes for the President at the State level. And to further complicate matters, States have different laws governing how electors are assigned and selected.
This is not to say that the Electoral College is the best system, but we need to remember that if switch to a strict popular vote, then Smalltown, USA or Smallstate, USA would never get fair representation.
If it becomes listed in the DSM, doesn't this really just mean that it will be "legally legitimate" so insurance companies can determine if or if not "treatment" (whatever that might be) should be covered?
It's interesting to me how the majority of "heros" are listed as registered Republican and even among the "evil doers" there is no clear Democratic conensus--it's splintered among other "minor" parties.
I lean toward the DVD, but if it's an "important" movie, (obviously, a subjective decision) I'll probably view both. My biggest complaint is that the Theatrical Cut is often different from the DVD Cut. This has always bugged be since seeing the Theatrical Cut of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Star Wars" and only being able to get the "Special Editions" on DVD. And with things like the "Politcally Correct Cut" of ET, the Theatrical Cut is often desired because it is often truely unique.
...have the words "Don't Panic" prominently displayed?
Just give the celebs powerful, wearable "jammers" that obliterate all cell phone activity within a two-block radius! ;-)
Additionally, to put the "deciding votes" into perspective, Florida's Electors were only the "deciding votes" because of the timing of how the returns were reported and the timing of the "questionable" ballot issues. If, for example, another state had been "held up" by some balloting issue, then Florida, despite its issues, may not have been the "actual" deciding vote. It was a matter of timing. To "blame" Florida is unfounded because it's the "total" of the votes that counts, not how an individual state votes. I know that may sound contradictory, but it's also the most objective, non-partisan way to view it...
I disagree. VMware is GREAT for "testing" .ISO's and working in "isolated" environments. For example, I have VPN access to work from my home computer. For some reason, the VPN client messes up my PC's networking. So, I just fire up a VMware session that contains a "clean" install of Windows XP Pro and the VPN client, and it's instant-connection-to-work time. When I'm done, I just shut sown the session and have no hassles. It's also a great way to try out new versions of Knoppix, or whatever distro you're interested in.
Sure, it's overkill "just to play a game" but if your system can handle it, it's certainly effortless.
I have four computers at home ranging from 800MHz HP E-PC's to a higher-end 3GHz custom-build PC, and I leave the all "on" 24/7 because it takes so d***ed long to boot. One is used for higher-end video editing, while the others are really nothing more than Internet Surfing, email reading, Quicken updating machines. But it's a major hassle to have to turn on, wait for boot, and then get to work.
If I could have PCs that boot within, say 10 seconds or less, I would be able to leave all of them off!
The pre-election polls themselves are really not the problem--it's how the media spins...er...reports the results. While it would certainly have immense First and Second Amendment Rights implications, I would really like to see a complete campaign-related media blackout for the entire week leading up to and including election day. Then, once the voting is closed, lift the blackout and let the media report the returns. Obviously, you really can't blackout the Internet, but you could blackout TV, Radio, and Newspaper/Magazine media.
...because of its inherent flaws:
-you have to know about the site as opposed to the General Election where basically EVERYONE knows how and where to vote
-there is no true validation of age, so you will no doubt see many votes representing MANY underaged voters
-you could vote multiple times because there is no specific validation
...and it just displays some guy's resume. Maybe 42 isn't the answer after all!
Though it admittedly does not necessarily "prove" the Bible's legitimacy, it cannot be denied that the Bible has undergone more literary and scientific scrutiny than any other literary work in history. Its historical accuracy and relevence continues to be demonstrated over and over.
First off, to say that 90% is crap is a bit ambitious (see above.)
Second, this country was born on principles "endowed by their Creator" and based on "Laws of Nature and of Nature's God." Though not exclusive, the majority of the Founding Fathers held "God-based" values--many of which were Christian--as the foundation of this country. The fact that the President follows God-based and Christian teachings is certainly consistent with history and the foundations of this country.
This country holds Democracy as its driving principle. Though many laws have been written to provide The Minority with a voice, the fact remains that according to the principles of Democracy, The Majority still rules. The problem is that The Minority clings to "equality" as their excuse to "override" The Majority's position. Unfortunatly, "equality" and Democracy are in conflict. And the current politically correct trend is to lower standards and ethics for sake of the "common denominator" in exclusion of The Majority which is findamentally contrary to Democratic principles. We have erroded fundamental values, ethics, and morals in favor of social relativism.
But what about the "all Men are created equal" line? Notice it states "created" not "evolved"--again, an example of the accepted God-based founding principles by The Majority. Also notice that though it states that we were created equal, it doesn't state that we will remain equal.
I'll bet that if President Bush instead claimed that he got his inspiration from "LOTR" you'd be drumming a different beat... ;-)
...in .pdf format is here if you don't want to hassle with the Flash presentation.
Well, I PAID for the "lifetime" update subscription for MusicMatch a couple years ago, and have been very happy withe the app. Unfortunatly, Yahoo! is notorious for filling its pages (mail, groups, etc.) with huge, obnoxious ads--even on paid eamil accounts. So if Yahoo! junks up MusicMatch with its typical ads like their other online services, I'll dump it in a heartbeat.
MusicMatch has been a lean, mean app that has worked on systems that WinAmp couldn't. If Yahoo mucks this one up, I'll be really pissed.