Hmm, well I'm glad others are having problems, and not just me:-) Anyone else having their mouse freeze on them within a minute of using Safari? My whole iBook keeps freezing (iBook stays on when lid is closed, mouse won't move etc.) Only the forced restart works. This is completely reproducible, and slightly depressing. I'm a switcher of about 6 weeks standing and I'm a bit upset about the stability of Mac OS X. And yes, I'm running 10.2.3 with all software updates... Just about to crash it again, to see if I can ssh into it and see whats happening...
I think you'll find that the GNP and population of the combined EU nations is approximately equivalent to that of the United States. Our technical expertise is pretty much equivalent (we're hardly the Third World) The question, therefore, is why on earth shouldn't we keep up with the Russians or Americans? Russia's hardly in great shape (no disrespect to their pioneering work in the past) and the US's space program has likewise seen better days.
Jagasian said in part: "Wait, those aren't USA supplied war machines? Thats not USA nuke technology?"
Actually, the nuclear capability of Israel was built up with the aid of the French, not the Americans. The French gave the Israeli's their reactor technology etc, and the French premier (Guy Mollet) after Suez said privately that 'we owe them the Bomb' See below from the Federation of American Scientists.
There was a respectable TV documentary sometime in the last year here in the UK, where a woman police officer, Shirley McKie, was accused of committing a crime, and they had fingerprint evidence to prove it. The killer point was that she had oodles of eyewitness evidence etc to prove otherwise, and she'd never been inside the premises where the print was found, but she was still prosecuted - based on print evidence. In all other respects she was a model citizen and police officer. The programme had another similar case.
From the BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/newsi d_684000/684563.stm
Politicians and forensic scientists have backed the case of a former policewoman who stood trial for perjury.
Shirley McKie was a detective with Strathclyde Police when in 1997 she was charged with the offence for denying that a thumbprint at the scene of a crime was hers.
Four experts from the Glasgow-based Scottish Criminal Records Office said the print belonged to her.
But Ms McKie always maintained she was never inside the house and in 1999 she was found not guilty of perjury at the High Court in Glasgow.
However, the head of the SCRO insisted the fingerprint identification was sound.
The case, which was highlighted by the BBC Frontline Scotland documentary programme, is now the subject of an independent inquiry.
Its investigation raised serious questions about the procedures being used in Scotland's fingerprint labs.
The probe began on Monday and will look at how fingerprint evidence is used in Scotland.
It will also investigate the work of the Scottish Criminal Records Office.
Ms McKie visited the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Tuesday where - along with her supporters who included international fingerprint experts - she urged Justice Minister Jim Wallace to shed light on why she was subject to legal proceedings.
Fingerprint specialists from Lothian and Borders Police said the SCRO officers were guilty of gross incompetence at best, and, at worst, of unparalleled conspiracy.
South of Scotland MSP Mike Russell, who met Ms McKie at the parliament, has been seeking assurances from the Scottish Executive that the inquiry into the activities of the SCRO will not be a whitewash.
He added: "I am delighted to welcome Shirley McKie to the Scottish Parliament and to help bring her case to wider attention.
"I am also very pleased to meet the American fingerprint experts who played such a crucial role at the eleventh hour to prevent a serious miscarriage of justice.
"This case cost Ms McKie her career and has caused enormous distress."
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However, to Americans, Channel 5 is basically a terrestrial channel of superbly high quality, such as dreams are made of....
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Hmm, well I'm glad others are having problems, and not just me :-)
Anyone else having their mouse freeze on them within a minute of using Safari? My whole iBook keeps freezing (iBook stays on when lid is closed, mouse won't move etc.) Only the forced restart works. This is completely reproducible, and slightly depressing. I'm a switcher of about 6 weeks standing and I'm a bit upset about the stability of Mac OS X. And yes, I'm running 10.2.3 with all software updates...
Just about to crash it again, to see if I can ssh into it and see whats happening...
I think you'll find that the GNP and population of the combined EU nations is approximately equivalent to that of the United States. Our technical expertise is pretty much equivalent (we're hardly the Third World)
The question, therefore, is why on earth shouldn't we keep up with the Russians or Americans? Russia's hardly in great shape (no disrespect to their pioneering work in the past) and the US's space program has likewise seen better days.
Jagasian said in part:
"Wait, those aren't USA supplied war machines? Thats not USA nuke technology?"
Actually, the nuclear capability of Israel was built up with the aid of the French, not the Americans. The French gave the Israeli's their reactor technology etc, and the French premier (Guy Mollet) after Suez said privately that 'we owe them the Bomb'
See below from the Federation of American Scientists.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/
There was a respectable TV documentary sometime in the last year here in the UK, where a woman police officer, Shirley McKie, was accused of committing a crime, and they had fingerprint evidence to prove it. The killer point was that she had oodles of eyewitness evidence etc to prove otherwise, and she'd never been inside the premises where the print was found, but she was still prosecuted - based on print evidence. In all other respects she was a model citizen and police officer. The programme had another similar case.
i d_684000/684563.stm
From the BBC website http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/scotland/news
Politicians and forensic scientists have backed the case of a former policewoman who stood trial for perjury.
Shirley McKie was a detective with Strathclyde Police when in 1997 she was charged with the offence for denying that a thumbprint at the scene of a crime was hers.
Four experts from the Glasgow-based Scottish Criminal Records Office said the print belonged to her.
But Ms McKie always maintained she was never inside the house and in 1999 she was found not guilty of perjury at the High Court in Glasgow.
However, the head of the SCRO insisted the fingerprint identification was sound.
The case, which was highlighted by the BBC Frontline Scotland documentary programme, is now the subject of an independent inquiry.
Its investigation raised serious questions about the procedures being used in Scotland's fingerprint labs.
The probe began on Monday and will look at how fingerprint evidence is used in Scotland.
It will also investigate the work of the Scottish Criminal Records Office.
Ms McKie visited the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on Tuesday where - along with her supporters who included international fingerprint experts - she urged Justice Minister Jim Wallace to shed light on why she was subject to legal proceedings.
Fingerprint specialists from Lothian and Borders Police said the SCRO officers were guilty of gross incompetence at best, and, at worst, of unparalleled conspiracy.
South of Scotland MSP Mike Russell, who met Ms McKie at the parliament, has been seeking assurances from the Scottish Executive that the inquiry into the activities of the SCRO will not be a whitewash.
He added: "I am delighted to welcome Shirley McKie to the Scottish Parliament and to help bring her case to wider attention.
"I am also very pleased to meet the American fingerprint experts who played such a crucial role at the eleventh hour to prevent a serious miscarriage of justice.
"This case cost Ms McKie her career and has caused enormous distress."
I think the original poster was being a touch ironic.
Still, easy to miss eh?