And what happens when it's written in such legalese that only one with a law degree can understand. I believe all contracts should be written so a person of average education can comprehend it, and any contract that obfuscates itself with legalese should be invalidated.
Fine but I want to know about it before I buy the product, I don't want them collecting this info by hiding the terms in smallprint and indecipherable legalese. If you have to hide the fact your doing it then you aren't doing it for my benefit.
OS wars are dumb, how often do "you" use the OS, personally I use applications, and the quality and quantity of applications on the more mainstream OSes far exceeds those on Linux.
and don't forget games, games sell boxes not the other way around.
I pay for an OS that let's me use the software I want. It's a damn computer it's really not that important. If it all went away tomorrow I feel we would survive.
Maybe less shrooms would give you a better perspective. The data is more likely that not very sound, if it were useless then this pr stunt, Granted I have very little trust in the pharmaceutical industry, but this is also a disease that would provide very little profit compared to other research. What it seems like is they are looking for a way to reduce research costs. Reduced research costs means greater access to a drug that could save millions, in money and lives, to an area of the world that can afford very little. I, for one am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on this, hopefully it will drive the rest of the industry to follow. Imagine if research costs were driven down by disributed research. Hell I might be able to afford health insurance someday, though probably not in my limited lifetime.
Well aren't the Smithereens signed with Warner, they have a song from 1989 called "A Girl Like You". Is it possible that due to identically named songs this is actually a misunderstanding?
Netflix watch it now is extremely limited. I think I have already watched everything on it that interests me, They keep adding new content but really most of it is crap. Most decent content is still only available via dvd rental.
As you have obviously not used the other major OS's I am taking your comment with several grains of salt. I find that it depends on what you are used to. If you know the keyboard shortcuts for most applications then you could see massively increased productivity, but I don't see any advantage to using OS X over XP when using the same apps, and I do use the same apps on both. I find that the limiting factor is the application, if it is designed with increased work flow in mind then it will have various shortcuts that beat any menu system you can think up. Not having to enter the menu to do standard tasks makes things much easier. With that said, Fuck You Adobe for removing the crop shortcut.
Lets put it this way. Your OS does not make you productive, the applications do. If you rely on certain applications then you should not be an early adopter of an OS, you should wait to see if people have problems. With that being said, what have you heard about CS3 not working in 10.6, personally I have been using it for awhile and I have not seen many incompatibilities, just a couple of issues with parts of CS4 that I don't use.
Oh and the speed boost is not all that drastic. The OS feels snappier, but applications in general feel like they run out of memory after awhile. 10.5 felt like it had better memory management. This goes for Adobe, Office, and all my games (Prey, Sim City, Homeworld 2, etc).
On a side note can they fix the damned text entry fields in Slashdot my mouse only works on like half of it,
No BSD is UNIX, or at least a flavor, and the BSD's can really be considered direct descendants of the original UNIX developed at BellLabs. I believe you are speaking of Linux which is a UNIX like OS but is not derivative of the original UNIX.
The more I listen to misinformation regarding the constitution the more I agree with Hamilton. The Bill of Rights should never have been added to the Constitution as it more than anything else has been used to deny basic rights with the one phrase "it's not in the Constitution".
"Bills of rights are in their origin, stipulations between kings and their subjects, abridgments of prerogative in favor of privilege, reservations of rights not surrendered to the prince. Such was "Magna Charta", obtained by the Barons, swords in hand, from King John." - Alexander Hamilton
Our rights are not handed down to us by our government, they supersede it, It is our government that must abide by our rights and work in ways so as not to infringe upon them. By listing only a few of our inherent rights we deny those others that are precious to us.
Bullshit, the fact a "right" made it into the constitution was more a crapshoot than anything else, It is also why I consider the 9th amendment to be the most important.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
>It tells people that they cannot freely associate (e.g. "no contact with known felons" as conditions of release.)
This only happens during the term of their parole, which is considered part of their sentence. after their term of parole is complete they may associate with whomever they like. The gambling has to do with statutes against gambling and an ability to track income for the purpose of taxation. And please the whole fire in a crowded theatre is the ultimate straw-man argument. If no one is hurt your probably going to get kicked out of the the thatre and that will be the end of it. Thats more of a situation where your actions impede on another's rights (the right not to be trampled to death).
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These are not "cell phones", they're small handheld computers with cell phone capability.
And what happens when it's written in such legalese that only one with a law degree can understand. I believe all contracts should be written so a person of average education can comprehend it, and any contract that obfuscates itself with legalese should be invalidated.
Fine but I want to know about it before I buy the product, I don't want them collecting this info by hiding the terms in smallprint and indecipherable legalese. If you have to hide the fact your doing it then you aren't doing it for my benefit.
at least I get usable software.
OS wars are dumb, how often do "you" use the OS, personally I use applications, and the quality and quantity of applications on the more mainstream OSes far exceeds those on Linux.
and don't forget games, games sell boxes not the other way around.
I pay for an OS that let's me use the software I want. It's a damn computer it's really not that important. If it all went away tomorrow I feel we would survive.
yeah and spending the money to create and support a piece of software to grab whatever part of 1% you can seems like a real winner of an idea to me.
You have that backwards, lobbyists don't work for the senators, the senators work for the lobbyists.
Well Microsoft and Netflix, but no one uses Netflix.
your right, I'd kick 'em.
Maybe less shrooms would give you a better perspective. The data is more likely that not very sound, if it were useless then this pr stunt, Granted I have very little trust in the pharmaceutical industry, but this is also a disease that would provide very little profit compared to other research. What it seems like is they are looking for a way to reduce research costs. Reduced research costs means greater access to a drug that could save millions, in money and lives, to an area of the world that can afford very little. I, for one am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on this, hopefully it will drive the rest of the industry to follow. Imagine if research costs were driven down by disributed research. Hell I might be able to afford health insurance someday, though probably not in my limited lifetime.
BTW, fix your sig, it's quantum not quantom.
Turn in your Nerd Card because you fail. That's John Hodgeman, better known as the PC in the Mac ads.
I personally use Playon Media Server at my house so I can stream Hulu to my TV, it works pretty well for Hulu and Netflix
Shit I sound like a damn ad
Well aren't the Smithereens signed with Warner, they have a song from 1989 called "A Girl Like You". Is it possible that due to identically named songs this is actually a misunderstanding?
Netflix watch it now is extremely limited. I think I have already watched everything on it that interests me, They keep adding new content but really most of it is crap. Most decent content is still only available via dvd rental.
As you have obviously not used the other major OS's I am taking your comment with several grains of salt. I find that it depends on what you are used to. If you know the keyboard shortcuts for most applications then you could see massively increased productivity, but I don't see any advantage to using OS X over XP when using the same apps, and I do use the same apps on both. I find that the limiting factor is the application, if it is designed with increased work flow in mind then it will have various shortcuts that beat any menu system you can think up. Not having to enter the menu to do standard tasks makes things much easier. With that said, Fuck You Adobe for removing the crop shortcut.
Macs have always had games, now they are just starting to get games people actually want to play.
but I also have a windows box so that cancels out my shiny shiny
No one supports 10.6 yet, it hasn't been released.
Lets put it this way. Your OS does not make you productive, the applications do. If you rely on certain applications then you should not be an early adopter of an OS, you should wait to see if people have problems. With that being said, what have you heard about CS3 not working in 10.6, personally I have been using it for awhile and I have not seen many incompatibilities, just a couple of issues with parts of CS4 that I don't use.
Oh and the speed boost is not all that drastic. The OS feels snappier, but applications in general feel like they run out of memory after awhile. 10.5 felt like it had better memory management. This goes for Adobe, Office, and all my games (Prey, Sim City, Homeworld 2, etc).
On a side note can they fix the damned text entry fields in Slashdot my mouse only works on like half of it,
I believe the license for Office expressly allows for it to be installed on one desktop and one laptop as long as they are not used concurrently.
No BSD is UNIX, or at least a flavor, and the BSD's can really be considered direct descendants of the original UNIX developed at BellLabs. I believe you are speaking of Linux which is a UNIX like OS but is not derivative of the original UNIX.
My comment is regarding the GP.
The more I listen to misinformation regarding the constitution the more I agree with Hamilton. The Bill of Rights should never have been added to the Constitution as it more than anything else has been used to deny basic rights with the one phrase "it's not in the Constitution".
"Bills of rights are in their origin, stipulations between kings and their subjects, abridgments of prerogative in favor of privilege, reservations of rights not surrendered to the prince. Such was "Magna Charta", obtained by the Barons, swords in hand, from King John." - Alexander Hamilton
Our rights are not handed down to us by our government, they supersede it, It is our government that must abide by our rights and work in ways so as not to infringe upon them. By listing only a few of our inherent rights we deny those others that are precious to us.
Bullshit, the fact a "right" made it into the constitution was more a crapshoot than anything else, It is also why I consider the 9th amendment to be the most important.
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people
I don't see how being required to register with the authorities civil law, especially due to the fact that if you fail to they arrest you.
>It tells people that they cannot freely associate (e.g. "no contact with known felons" as conditions of release.)
This only happens during the term of their parole, which is considered part of their sentence. after their term of parole is complete they may associate with whomever they like. The gambling has to do with statutes against gambling and an ability to track income for the purpose of taxation. And please the whole fire in a crowded theatre is the ultimate straw-man argument. If no one is hurt your probably going to get kicked out of the the thatre and that will be the end of it. Thats more of a situation where your actions impede on another's rights (the right not to be trampled to death).
Did you actually see the movie, because his taxi did not go into space. He used a completely different ship for space travel.