Durable plastics can be made from soybeans - cheap, renewable, etc...
There are 2 places where NG/methane can be found in the Arctic - methane is trapped in some of the ice floating over the arctic ocean, and under the ocean floor, with the oil.
In the antarctic, there's solid land below the ice and so the ice won't have the *methane* trapped in ice, that the arctic has, and probably less potential for oil, as it requires there to have been large quantities of vegetation that was buried under the ground over time, and pressure / heat. The ocean's floor, which is closer to the mantle gives that heat. Antarctica's ground, probably not so much... Could it be there? Possibly? is it as likely to be there as it is in the Arctic? not so much... =)
Seriously, if you buy a Mac, buy the extended warranty.
Why? Cause you'll need it?
Keys fall off keyboards? Hard drives fail?
I've used the same keyboard I've had for the last 9 years. If a hard drive fails, there's usually some indication there's a problem before it fails, back it up, scrub clean (dod wipe or other magic rewrite) - use spinrite to enforce the scrub onto the tracks, send into vendor for warranty replacement. Yes, there are hard drives with 5 year warranties - that's where you should spend your money - not on an overpriced Mac.
If you build your own computer, each component has it's own warranty, and you usually end up spending less than the price of the Mac, but get much better quality components than Apple uses.
It's just a different way of saying "The right to free speech also comes with the responsibility for the consequences of what you say.".
Unfortunately, the current regime seems to think that any rights not expressly granted in the bill of rights doesn't exist, and since they are all worded as such that they aren't expressly granted, but written to say that Congress cannot pass a law to remove them, that they never existed./sigh
You have the right to say anything, and be heard, however, what you say can get you into trouble. If you don't like the war, and you protest, and make speeches that the war is bad, and that you think the president is mistaken, that's protected under the freedom of speech. If you don't like the war, and you protest, and make threats against the president, then you will be held accountable and the threats will be taken seriously.
If you are a psychiatrist whose job it is to help people through emotional problems, and you tell your client - you're fucked up, chances are that not only will the patient not get better, but you will be sued, and if something happens to the patient, like suicide, then chances are you will be prosecuted in some form or other.
If you are a normal person, who, by using a false identity, abuses someone or their character in such a way that it erodes their self-esteem, sense of self-worth, sense of self, to such a degree that they commit suicide, then you are most definitely guilty of abuse, both mental and emotional abuse, and should be held accountable as contributing to the death of said person.
This would be the case regardless of the technology used. The only thing this technology granted was a sense of anonymity that was properly given up due to the bizarre circumstances of the case.
If you were to stand at your fence in your backyard and belittle the child-next-door, calling them names, worthless, pieces of garbage, day in and day out, chances are you'd be faced with at least a law-suit if not a visit by the police. Why would doing this over the internet be any different? Should someone who intentionally abuses another person be protected just because they used the internet to do it? Should they expect a right to privacy or anonymity just because they tried to hide their identity before making those actions? I don't think so, and would hope that you wouldn't as well.
I'm surprised no-one has caught the humor that was hopefully intended in this post. If the intent wasn't humor, then it may have been manslaughter...
30,000 RPM is more than high enough to cause the disc to fly apart - let alone the shattering splinters that would result (and could cause lacerations, embedded chunks of plastic) if you pressed against the disc at anywhere close to that speed.
I'd rather see this than something that doesn't stand out, or nothing at all when accessing a site that's self signed.
Yes it can be a nuisance if you visit a lot of sites that are self-signed, however, if you're browsing habits are more corporate style, then it's good to know you're going to be warned if something's not quite kosher.
While the poster may not have, thousands of people have, hence the talk of class-action lawsuits against PC vendors and microsoft over the "Vista Ready" logo....
I think that very simply worded new legislation is required...
"Opt Out" is the new default for any new program, feature, change of any kind for any kind of product or service provider.
Any new programs or offerings will default the individuals to opt-out status, and require the user to notify the provider (without being hampered by phone calls, e-mails, etc) to opt-in.
Any company failing to comply with this policy shall have all of their assets liquidated and deposited into the bank account of the person(s) they elected to opt-in by default.
When using the term "reasonably" you step into the realm of individuality. Each person is going to have their own definition of "reasonably modern". Just because someone doesn't subscribe to your definition of the term, doesn't invalidate their response.
If it requires semi-state of the art system, with over-the-top hardware installed just to run the OS, then what does it take to run the OS and a game at *reasonable* responsiveness?
By making the statement regarding using more modern hardware, you're proving the other person's point, that it takes a lot more system just to run the OS, when they can run the OS and a lot of server software on *such antiquated* hardware and still be responsive. Especially note they were running a *modern* version of said OS.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but school isn't the real world...
Try convincing corporate management to use a Mac for anything but a marketing group, and you'll be laughed out of their office...
If they'd modify MacOS to run on a wider hardware base, they might be able to gain credibility. Unfortunately for Apple (well, I don't think it's unfortunate, I think it's what they deserve), corporate America doesn't want to be locked into any one vendor for hardware. That would be why they run open systems, with relatively open operating systems.
Windows (yech - but it's fairly well entrenched) Linux (gaining ground, but imo, not what it could have been from what I saw years ago) Solaris (by re-introducing Solaris x86) on commodity hardware from many vendors - definitely gaining ground.
The only people who buy Apple anything are the unwashed me-too masses...
Every time Apple opens up their product line to competition, the competition stomps them, until they close it back up.
Yes they make *pretty* looking products, but you can get more functionality at less than half the price, and 99% of the time end up with better overall quality to boot.
Yes, I despise Apple as a company, and cannot wait for the masses to be turned into a beowulf cluster so that they might have half a brain and watch Apple crumble...
If loading a copy of the program into ram in order to play the game is a copyright violation, then having the program installed on my hard drive (if it still belongs to Blizzard) has just started accumulating storage charges at the rate of $300.00 a day, per megabyte.
I think I'll install the program 4 more times, in different locations, and really rack up the storage fees....
Since I won't actually run the program, it will never be in RAM.
At the last that I checked, WoW with the first expansion was a little over 6 or 7GB worth of files. ((((7*1024)*300)*365)*3)= $2,354,688,000.00 - hmm - I think I have to put the pinky to the side of my face as I say "2 billion dollars (and change)"
Same thing happened to the company I work for... We're still digging out of the abyss caused by this, 5 years after the bastard was fired...
Software took 4 times as long to write, had so many bugs, and grammar/spelling/wording was pathetic.
Add to that the fact that outsourced workers like CSRs and data entry personnel get additional income by SELLING PERSONAL FINANCIAL and MEDICAL information of the customers of the company's that hired them...
No company that deals with any kind of Financial, Medical or Personally identifiable information should be allowed to outsource any of their positions, or software development.
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Pot calling Kettle black much???
Durable plastics can be made from soybeans - cheap, renewable, etc...
There are 2 places where NG/methane can be found in the Arctic - methane is trapped in some of the ice floating over the arctic ocean, and under the ocean floor, with the oil.
In the antarctic, there's solid land below the ice and so the ice won't have the *methane* trapped in ice, that the arctic has, and probably less potential for oil, as it requires there to have been large quantities of vegetation that was buried under the ground over time, and pressure / heat. The ocean's floor, which is closer to the mantle gives that heat. Antarctica's ground, probably not so much... Could it be there? Possibly? is it as likely to be there as it is in the Arctic? not so much... =)
Seriously, if you buy a Mac, buy the extended warranty.
Why? Cause you'll need it?
Keys fall off keyboards? Hard drives fail?
I've used the same keyboard I've had for the last 9 years. If a hard drive fails, there's usually some indication there's a problem before it fails, back it up, scrub clean (dod wipe or other magic rewrite) - use spinrite to enforce the scrub onto the tracks, send into vendor for warranty replacement. Yes, there are hard drives with 5 year warranties - that's where you should spend your money - not on an overpriced Mac.
If you build your own computer, each component has it's own warranty, and you usually end up spending less than the price of the Mac, but get much better quality components than Apple uses.
It's just a different way of saying "The right to free speech also comes with the responsibility for the consequences of what you say.".
Unfortunately, the current regime seems to think that any rights not expressly granted in the bill of rights doesn't exist, and since they are all worded as such that they aren't expressly granted, but written to say that Congress cannot pass a law to remove them, that they never existed. /sigh
You have the right to say anything, and be heard, however, what you say can get you into trouble.
If you don't like the war, and you protest, and make speeches that the war is bad, and that you think the president is mistaken, that's protected under the freedom of speech.
If you don't like the war, and you protest, and make threats against the president, then you will be held accountable and the threats will be taken seriously.
If you are a psychiatrist whose job it is to help people through emotional problems, and you tell your client - you're fucked up, chances are that not only will the patient not get better, but you will be sued, and if something happens to the patient, like suicide, then chances are you will be prosecuted in some form or other.
If you are a normal person, who, by using a false identity, abuses someone or their character in such a way that it erodes their self-esteem, sense of self-worth, sense of self, to such a degree that they commit suicide, then you are most definitely guilty of abuse, both mental and emotional abuse, and should be held accountable as contributing to the death of said person.
This would be the case regardless of the technology used. The only thing this technology granted was a sense of anonymity that was properly given up due to the bizarre circumstances of the case.
If you were to stand at your fence in your backyard and belittle the child-next-door, calling them names, worthless, pieces of garbage, day in and day out, chances are you'd be faced with at least a law-suit if not a visit by the police. Why would doing this over the internet be any different? Should someone who intentionally abuses another person be protected just because they used the internet to do it? Should they expect a right to privacy or anonymity just because they tried to hide their identity before making those actions? I don't think so, and would hope that you wouldn't as well.
I'm surprised no-one has caught the humor that was hopefully intended in this post. If the intent wasn't humor, then it may have been manslaughter...
30,000 RPM is more than high enough to cause the disc to fly apart - let alone the shattering splinters that would result (and could cause lacerations, embedded chunks of plastic) if you pressed against the disc at anywhere close to that speed.
I'd rather see this than something that doesn't stand out, or nothing at all when accessing a site that's self signed.
Yes it can be a nuisance if you visit a lot of sites that are self-signed, however, if you're browsing habits are more corporate style, then it's good to know you're going to be warned if something's not quite kosher.
They don't use P2P to play - they use it to patch... Duh.
I'm not a WoW player - read my other response...
It was a joke damnit...
Yes, I know no-one plays WoW over 3G.
I know there aren't 40 million players of WoW.
It is an example of a valid P2P use of network resources..
There's also several media companies looking at P2P to distribute their content (which an iPhone user would use).
sorry it went over people's heads...
Poor AT&T didn't realize they were going to piss off over 40 million WoW players....
Come on, offtopic? Real Genius anyone???? Totally on-topic and funny to boot.
Not sure about the entire pose, but definitely left a bitter aftertaste after reading the *post*...
Sorry friend, you set it up, I knocked it down.
That's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Space is definitely outside of your jurisdiction, especially once they've crossed into space outside of U.S. borders...
I was thinking along the lines of a radio button or toggle... two settings "Out" or "In" - with the label "Opt".
Default being "Out"...
Thanks for pointing out the definition of an "Opt-In" vs an "Opt-Out" - however, that wasn't quite what I was shooting for...
Semantics... /sigh
While the poster may not have, thousands of people have, hence the talk of class-action lawsuits against PC vendors and microsoft over the "Vista Ready" logo....
I think that very simply worded new legislation is required...
"Opt Out" is the new default for any new program, feature, change of any kind for any kind of product or service provider.
Any new programs or offerings will default the individuals to opt-out status, and require the user to notify the provider (without being hampered by phone calls, e-mails, etc) to opt-in.
Any company failing to comply with this policy shall have all of their assets liquidated and deposited into the bank account of the person(s) they elected to opt-in by default.
Sorry to burst anyone's bubble here, however, the hardware listed more than meets the Vista minimum requirements...
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/windowsvista/getready/systemrequirements.mspx
Minimum reqs.
800Mhz 32bit or 64bit processor
512MB RAM
SVGA (800x600)
20GB Hard drive with 15GB free
CDROM Drive
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-vista/get/system-requirements.aspx
Recommended reqs..
1ghz 32 or 64 bit processor
512MB to 1024MB ram
15GB available space
20 to 40gb total hard drive
dvd-rom drive
support for directx 9.
so again, for certain versions, met and exceed requirements - ram being the only shortcoming for the 2nd level of the os.
I believe the poster's hardware well exceeded this list.
When using the term "reasonably" you step into the realm of individuality.
Each person is going to have their own definition of "reasonably modern".
Just because someone doesn't subscribe to your definition of the term, doesn't invalidate their response.
If it requires semi-state of the art system, with over-the-top hardware installed just to run the OS, then what does it take to run the OS and a game at *reasonable* responsiveness?
By making the statement regarding using more modern hardware, you're proving the other person's point, that it takes a lot more system just to run the OS, when they can run the OS and a lot of server software on *such antiquated* hardware and still be responsive. Especially note they were running a *modern* version of said OS.
I had a very long argument typed out in response to your personal attack.
In the end, I decided against posting it.
Why?
Because when you argue with a moron, no one wins.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but school isn't the real world...
Try convincing corporate management to use a Mac for anything but a marketing group, and you'll be laughed out of their office...
If they'd modify MacOS to run on a wider hardware base, they might be able to gain credibility. Unfortunately for Apple (well, I don't think it's unfortunate, I think it's what they deserve), corporate America doesn't want to be locked into any one vendor for hardware. That would be why they run open systems, with relatively open operating systems.
Windows (yech - but it's fairly well entrenched)
Linux (gaining ground, but imo, not what it could have been from what I saw years ago)
Solaris (by re-introducing Solaris x86) on commodity hardware from many vendors - definitely gaining ground.
If you bought an Apple product, you're still part of the proverbial "unwashed masses"...
Sorry to break the news to you... =)
He said people, you know - individuals...
The only people who buy Apple anything are the unwashed me-too masses...
Every time Apple opens up their product line to competition, the competition stomps them, until they close it back up.
Yes they make *pretty* looking products, but you can get more functionality at less than half the price, and 99% of the time end up with better overall quality to boot.
Yes, I despise Apple as a company, and cannot wait for the masses to be turned into a beowulf cluster so that they might have half a brain and watch Apple crumble...
If loading a copy of the program into ram in order to play the game is a copyright violation, then having the program installed on my hard drive (if it still belongs to Blizzard) has just started accumulating storage charges at the rate of $300.00 a day, per megabyte.
I think I'll install the program 4 more times, in different locations, and really rack up the storage fees....
Since I won't actually run the program, it will never be in RAM.
At the last that I checked, WoW with the first expansion was a little over 6 or 7GB worth of files. ((((7*1024)*300)*365)*3)= $2,354,688,000.00 - hmm - I think I have to put the pinky to the side of my face as I say "2 billion dollars (and change)"
Then, take out any system level DRM hooks, forget about any hardware drivers / hooks to enable DRM at any level.
Make the kernel non monolithic - allow for recompiling based on what the user wants to use, not what M$ wants to ram down our throats...
Same thing happened to the company I work for... We're still digging out of the abyss caused by this, 5 years after the bastard was fired...
Software took 4 times as long to write, had so many bugs, and grammar/spelling/wording was pathetic.
Add to that the fact that outsourced workers like CSRs and data entry personnel get additional income by SELLING PERSONAL FINANCIAL and MEDICAL information of the customers of the company's that hired them...
No company that deals with any kind of Financial, Medical or Personally identifiable information should be allowed to outsource any of their positions, or software development.