OK, I'll bite. I disagree. I highly doubt that the Air is targeted at the road warrior. The road warrior needs to be prepared for all sorts of different situations and is adaptable to whatever environment they are in. The Air, in my mind, lives nicely in a house with all of its necessary wireless accessories nested in their appropriate places. My wife and I both have Apple laptops (Powerbook & iBook). We rarely watch TV or sit at a desk to work. The Air is ideal for us. It allows us to roam anywhere we want, play on the internet, chat with friends, balance our checkbook, catch up on email, etc..., all without being tethered by cords, unneeded accessories, or an overly cumbersome form factor. Sure, I can take an Air to work, but it wouldn't be a very good "work" laptop. I don't think it's intended to be. Sure, it could play games, but I also don't think it's intended for that. Is it intended for someone like me that already games on consoles, works on the computer provided at work, but would like my own laptop to organize my life, communicate with friends and family, accomplish some simple business transactions on, and still rely on quality hardware, software and customer support. The Air is right on target for that market and it has nothing to do with fashion. It has to do with not wanting to tote around a metric ton of contingencies, when I will only ever need them once in a blue moon.
Think of how many times a child cuts themselves on metal each year. The likelihood of them getting a SERIOUS case of tennis from these injuries far exceeds the likelihood of them acquiring autism.
Yeah, I had a bad case of Navratilova last year. Almost as bad as that case of Hingis my friend had.
Uh...they obviously aren't in the financial services industry. Phishing is happening at EVERY level of the spectrum. From the $50 million credit union, to the trillion dollare international conglomerate. They ALL face it. I can see a system of subsidizing for smaller organizations, but I'm just not buying that Citibank will pay to fund the domain of Iowa State Community Credit Union.
Don't forget that the little company from Utah has most likely just been a front for MS. So this is just a continuation of a previously existing strategy. Nothing new to see here.
Having several public school teachers in my family and having taught myself for awhile, I can tell you first hand, your analysis of their economic situation is WAY off base. While teachers receive a decent salary, for many it is just that, a salary. They don't get paid for the countless hours they spend outside of school getting their work done.
You can't plan and organize a class during the time your teaching, you have to do it at home. And holidays? Please. Most of those days are spent fulfilling silly requirements for the state for continuing education seminars. Or grading 150 essays. Or going to the store to buy the materials your school district is too poor to pay for. Or buy supplies for kids whose parents don't have jobs and there's no support network to buy the kids backpacks or pencils. Never mind the afterschool meetings, the evenings calls with parents, the weekends spent in the school preparing for the next week...the list goes on.
Nevermind the fact that Michigan's public school teachers are probably some of the highest paid because of basically Oakland County. IIRC, Oakland county is in the top 5 richest counties in the country. There's a ton of money being tossed around there and honestly, it has some of the best schools in the state. Strangely, money seems to be buying a better education.
No one's asking public school teachers to be remunerated like brain surgeons, but at least create some incentives to excel at what you do. Seems like the harder you work in public schools, the more likely you are to get the jobs that there's just no pay for.
Partially true. They don't have to pay the lawfirm anything other than the law firms costs...and there can be a lot of those. It's not like the law firm would just agree to never get paid again no matter how long the court case goes.
There are other factors at play here too (at least in the US). Stores want you to use your PIN as opposed to signing because it turns it into a different type of transaction. PIN is a debit account, which costs the store close to nothing. Signing is a credit transaction, which costs the store something. Banks want you to sign, they will get some sort of interchange income back from VISA. If you PIN, they don't make anything. Additionally, if you are using a VISA-like product, often using your PIN will negate any carrier insurance that might come with the card. Signing will ensure your purchases are covered by their insurance in case of damage, loss, theft, etc...
The problem with "loser pays" legal systems is not only is the penalty bigger, but the reward is bigger. If they lose, they pay (legal counsel) times 2. If they win, they pay (legal counsel) times 0. In the end, it's a zero sum game. The average is still (legal counsel) times 1, which is the same as "pay your own legal counsel" systems. It doesn't really help or hurt, unless you argue that risk averse people will leave the system more.
I don't have specific quotes, nor do I know that anyone explicitly stated "we do not have secret prisons." What I do have is the idea that America would have the courage and integrity to capture someone, detain them, charge them with a crime, and prosecute them, all within the public eye. I guess I was misguided in thinking that we were so sure of our beliefs and in our country that our process could stand on display before the world, not hidden it in secret.
Not that I agree with the parent...but after being told there are weapons of mass destruction, that we do not use methods of torture, that there are not secret prisons around the world where we ferry detainees at our whim to keep them out of the reach of the Red Cross and international observers, that in just a few weeks or months the Iraqi security force will be strong enough to successfully take over, and that prisoners in the war on terror will be treated according to international law...and then finding out that all of that was lies, one can begin to see why some sectors of America and the UK doubt the veracity of the claims made by their governing officials.
Holy crap! That's the single most coherent, articulate posting I've ever seen on Slashdot in my way-too-many years of reading/posting. I don't have any damn mod points either. So a hearty "Keep rockin'" to you my fine friend.
The study looks like it says over 50% do believe that humans evolved from another species. And clearly less than 50% do not believe they evolved from a different species. If the 'for' is >50% and the 'against' is 50%, my math says Americans *DO* believe in evolution.
Now, does whoever wrote the headline believe in reading the article? I vote no.
Why bother? Just take less in loans. If you need cash later, borrow later. Leveraging your student loans to get income from investments is a path to greater debt. To beat the student loan rate you either have to take on credit risk (might not get anything back) or interest rate risk (might not earn enough in the long term to make it profitable). If you're sitting for the CFA exam, then maybe you could pull it off. But if you're asking Slashdot for investing advice, you're not in that category.
As a Mac user who occasionally travels to banking/finance conferences, I can tell you that having dual boot into Windows would be very useful. I have attended visited several companies that produced one-off, simple.exe files for demostrations/basic tools that just won't run on my Powerbook. I currently use VirtualPC, but these are high end analytic software tools, VirtualPC grinds to a halt. Dual boot would allow me to run the tools and show them to others in their native environment without me needing to switch platforms or carry a second laptop. Some industries are more Mac friendly than others. Banking is not one of them.
Or, like my situation of heading back to grad school. While I could afford a $60 a year subscription, adding that to a cell phone bill, a cable bill, magazine subscription, ISP monthly bills, utilities, etc...somethings gotta go. So, if we cut out our music subscription suddenly my entire library of music disappears. Not acceptable. Just because I can't afford my music now, doesn't mean I won't ever be able to afford it and I want my collection to stick around during the lean years as well.
I'm with you 100%, but to nitpick a bit, mother nature has not made any *poisonous* spiders that I'm aware of yet, she has made *venomous* spiders. You can eat all the spiders you'd like, they won't kill you. But if the bad ones inject you with their *venom*, it might be an issue.
The parent is making the inference that if the malware is hidden through some secret mechanism, that the process of breaking the encryption to find it and remove it would be circumventing protections that the DMCA protects. I'm not sure I totally buy it, but it definitely would be an enticing lawsuit for the RIAA to bring. I wouldn't put anything past them.
Not that it's a big deal, but here's my experience. Palm Pilot, Palm Professional, Visor Edge, Palm V, Palm Tungsten T5. Battery life is never a problem, I plug it in every night. I was a Windows user, syncing with Outlook was horrid. I am now an OS X user, syncing is horrid. Third party apps I stay away from because of the instability to most of them. I found it rare that a third party app added enough functionality that it offset the pain of fixing all sorts of conflicts. As each generation came out, the software got more complex, but it never became faster or more stable than the previous generation. I understand that a multifunction device is more complex, so more can go wrong than with an ipod. But that's my point. I never have to worry about the iPod, so now after buying the original 5gig iPod, it still is chugging along like a work horse. My Franklin planner looks worn and worn, but functions like the day I bought it 10 years ago. My Pilot...dead. Professional...dead. Edge...dead several times over (what a piece!) Palm V...dead. Tungsten...still running, but I've given up fixing my address book and calendar after having to hard reset and have the hotsink double up entries, delete entries, misfile entries, etc. I have the knowledge of how to fix all those things. Sure, I could do it. Is it a trivial task? Sure. But you know what? I value my personal time a lot. I value my work time a lot. I just don't have the desire to play with it anymore. It doesn't file categories correctly in anything but the Palm desktop software. The desktop software doesn't play nicely with any other software packages. It doesn't sync smoothly with iCal or Entourage. It doesn't sync via bluetooth well. There just have been too many failures for me to rely on it. It seemed like everyone around the office had one years ago, now they're few and far between. Blackberries are everywhere. They integrate with Outlook well and they don't seem to crash (I don't know personally, I don't have one). I find that I'm just more productive with a nice fountain pen and a legal pad of paper. Yeah, I know, like a fountain pen is real reliable either. But hey, you gotta have style.;)
I have loved the idea from the very beginning, owned four seperate pdas, but until something drastic changes, I just can't get back into them for one simple reason.
Pen and paper don't crash.
After the first or second time I had to re-enter all of my data, resync, back-up, restore, convert, translate, delete duplicate entries, call home to get a file while on the road with a dead palm, etc., I just gave up. When something absolutely has to work without questions, it can't need to be reset every other day.
I spent WAY too many hours just managing data, not using data. Until someone comes out with a PDA that is as rock solid as my iPod (no crash, no data loss, immediate power-on, etc), then you've lost me. Palm lost me after about the ump-teenth billion reset/restore/reinstall sync problem.
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OK, I'll bite. I disagree. I highly doubt that the Air is targeted at the road warrior. The road warrior needs to be prepared for all sorts of different situations and is adaptable to whatever environment they are in. The Air, in my mind, lives nicely in a house with all of its necessary wireless accessories nested in their appropriate places. My wife and I both have Apple laptops (Powerbook & iBook). We rarely watch TV or sit at a desk to work. The Air is ideal for us. It allows us to roam anywhere we want, play on the internet, chat with friends, balance our checkbook, catch up on email, etc..., all without being tethered by cords, unneeded accessories, or an overly cumbersome form factor. Sure, I can take an Air to work, but it wouldn't be a very good "work" laptop. I don't think it's intended to be. Sure, it could play games, but I also don't think it's intended for that. Is it intended for someone like me that already games on consoles, works on the computer provided at work, but would like my own laptop to organize my life, communicate with friends and family, accomplish some simple business transactions on, and still rely on quality hardware, software and customer support. The Air is right on target for that market and it has nothing to do with fashion. It has to do with not wanting to tote around a metric ton of contingencies, when I will only ever need them once in a blue moon.
Yeah, I had a bad case of Navratilova last year. Almost as bad as that case of Hingis my friend had.
Wait, tennis?
Uh...they obviously aren't in the financial services industry. Phishing is happening at EVERY level of the spectrum. From the $50 million credit union, to the trillion dollare international conglomerate. They ALL face it. I can see a system of subsidizing for smaller organizations, but I'm just not buying that Citibank will pay to fund the domain of Iowa State Community Credit Union.
Don't forget that the little company from Utah has most likely just been a front for MS. So this is just a continuation of a previously existing strategy. Nothing new to see here.
After looking it up, it appears Oakland County has sagged a little lately. Still in the top 25 or 30, but not top 5 any more. Que sera sera.
Having several public school teachers in my family and having taught myself for awhile, I can tell you first hand, your analysis of their economic situation is WAY off base. While teachers receive a decent salary, for many it is just that, a salary. They don't get paid for the countless hours they spend outside of school getting their work done.
You can't plan and organize a class during the time your teaching, you have to do it at home. And holidays? Please. Most of those days are spent fulfilling silly requirements for the state for continuing education seminars. Or grading 150 essays. Or going to the store to buy the materials your school district is too poor to pay for. Or buy supplies for kids whose parents don't have jobs and there's no support network to buy the kids backpacks or pencils. Never mind the afterschool meetings, the evenings calls with parents, the weekends spent in the school preparing for the next week...the list goes on.
Nevermind the fact that Michigan's public school teachers are probably some of the highest paid because of basically Oakland County. IIRC, Oakland county is in the top 5 richest counties in the country. There's a ton of money being tossed around there and honestly, it has some of the best schools in the state. Strangely, money seems to be buying a better education.
No one's asking public school teachers to be remunerated like brain surgeons, but at least create some incentives to excel at what you do. Seems like the harder you work in public schools, the more likely you are to get the jobs that there's just no pay for.
You sir, owe me a new keyboard. One without coffee on it, that's been sprayed out my nose. Good show, old chap.
Partially true. They don't have to pay the lawfirm anything other than the law firms costs...and there can be a lot of those. It's not like the law firm would just agree to never get paid again no matter how long the court case goes.
There are other factors at play here too (at least in the US). Stores want you to use your PIN as opposed to signing because it turns it into a different type of transaction. PIN is a debit account, which costs the store close to nothing. Signing is a credit transaction, which costs the store something. Banks want you to sign, they will get some sort of interchange income back from VISA. If you PIN, they don't make anything. Additionally, if you are using a VISA-like product, often using your PIN will negate any carrier insurance that might come with the card. Signing will ensure your purchases are covered by their insurance in case of damage, loss, theft, etc...
...Yes.
The problem with "loser pays" legal systems is not only is the penalty bigger, but the reward is bigger. If they lose, they pay (legal counsel) times 2. If they win, they pay (legal counsel) times 0. In the end, it's a zero sum game. The average is still (legal counsel) times 1, which is the same as "pay your own legal counsel" systems. It doesn't really help or hurt, unless you argue that risk averse people will leave the system more.
I don't have specific quotes, nor do I know that anyone explicitly stated "we do not have secret prisons." What I do have is the idea that America would have the courage and integrity to capture someone, detain them, charge them with a crime, and prosecute them, all within the public eye. I guess I was misguided in thinking that we were so sure of our beliefs and in our country that our process could stand on display before the world, not hidden it in secret.
Not that I agree with the parent...but after being told there are weapons of mass destruction, that we do not use methods of torture, that there are not secret prisons around the world where we ferry detainees at our whim to keep them out of the reach of the Red Cross and international observers, that in just a few weeks or months the Iraqi security force will be strong enough to successfully take over, and that prisoners in the war on terror will be treated according to international law...and then finding out that all of that was lies, one can begin to see why some sectors of America and the UK doubt the veracity of the claims made by their governing officials.
Holy crap! That's the single most coherent, articulate posting I've ever seen on Slashdot in my way-too-many years of reading/posting. I don't have any damn mod points either. So a hearty "Keep rockin'" to you my fine friend.
The study looks like it says over 50% do believe that humans evolved from another species. And clearly less than 50% do not believe they evolved from a different species. If the 'for' is >50% and the 'against' is 50%, my math says Americans *DO* believe in evolution.
Now, does whoever wrote the headline believe in reading the article? I vote no.
Interest rate + spread (bank) = Loan rate (money paid)
Interest rate - spread (bank) = Investment rate (money saved)
*calculations*
(money paid) = (money saved) + (bank) + (bank)
Therefore:
(money paid) > (money saved)
Why bother? Just take less in loans. If you need cash later, borrow later. Leveraging your student loans to get income from investments is a path to greater debt. To beat the student loan rate you either have to take on credit risk (might not get anything back) or interest rate risk (might not earn enough in the long term to make it profitable). If you're sitting for the CFA exam, then maybe you could pull it off. But if you're asking Slashdot for investing advice, you're not in that category.
As a Mac user who occasionally travels to banking/finance conferences, I can tell you that having dual boot into Windows would be very useful. I have attended visited several companies that produced one-off, simple .exe files for demostrations/basic tools that just won't run on my Powerbook. I currently use VirtualPC, but these are high end analytic software tools, VirtualPC grinds to a halt. Dual boot would allow me to run the tools and show them to others in their native environment without me needing to switch platforms or carry a second laptop. Some industries are more Mac friendly than others. Banking is not one of them.
Or, like my situation of heading back to grad school. While I could afford a $60 a year subscription, adding that to a cell phone bill, a cable bill, magazine subscription, ISP monthly bills, utilities, etc...somethings gotta go. So, if we cut out our music subscription suddenly my entire library of music disappears. Not acceptable. Just because I can't afford my music now, doesn't mean I won't ever be able to afford it and I want my collection to stick around during the lean years as well.
As long as it's served with a nice glass of chianti. Mmm....
I'm with you 100%, but to nitpick a bit, mother nature has not made any *poisonous* spiders that I'm aware of yet, she has made *venomous* spiders. You can eat all the spiders you'd like, they won't kill you. But if the bad ones inject you with their *venom*, it might be an issue.
The parent is making the inference that if the malware is hidden through some secret mechanism, that the process of breaking the encryption to find it and remove it would be circumventing protections that the DMCA protects. I'm not sure I totally buy it, but it definitely would be an enticing lawsuit for the RIAA to bring. I wouldn't put anything past them.
That is hands down the funniest thing I have seen on /. in months. I raise my glass to you.
I say, who would have thought? I know I couldn't have any prior knowledge of this. Not even if it had still be on the front page of Slashdot.
Not that it's a big deal, but here's my experience. Palm Pilot, Palm Professional, Visor Edge, Palm V, Palm Tungsten T5. Battery life is never a problem, I plug it in every night. I was a Windows user, syncing with Outlook was horrid. I am now an OS X user, syncing is horrid. Third party apps I stay away from because of the instability to most of them. I found it rare that a third party app added enough functionality that it offset the pain of fixing all sorts of conflicts. As each generation came out, the software got more complex, but it never became faster or more stable than the previous generation. I understand that a multifunction device is more complex, so more can go wrong than with an ipod. But that's my point. I never have to worry about the iPod, so now after buying the original 5gig iPod, it still is chugging along like a work horse. My Franklin planner looks worn and worn, but functions like the day I bought it 10 years ago. My Pilot...dead. Professional...dead. Edge...dead several times over (what a piece!) Palm V...dead. Tungsten...still running, but I've given up fixing my address book and calendar after having to hard reset and have the hotsink double up entries, delete entries, misfile entries, etc. I have the knowledge of how to fix all those things. Sure, I could do it. Is it a trivial task? Sure. But you know what? I value my personal time a lot. I value my work time a lot. I just don't have the desire to play with it anymore. It doesn't file categories correctly in anything but the Palm desktop software. The desktop software doesn't play nicely with any other software packages. It doesn't sync smoothly with iCal or Entourage. It doesn't sync via bluetooth well. There just have been too many failures for me to rely on it. It seemed like everyone around the office had one years ago, now they're few and far between. Blackberries are everywhere. They integrate with Outlook well and they don't seem to crash (I don't know personally, I don't have one). I find that I'm just more productive with a nice fountain pen and a legal pad of paper. Yeah, I know, like a fountain pen is real reliable either. But hey, you gotta have style. ;)
Pen and paper don't crash.
After the first or second time I had to re-enter all of my data, resync, back-up, restore, convert, translate, delete duplicate entries, call home to get a file while on the road with a dead palm, etc., I just gave up. When something absolutely has to work without questions, it can't need to be reset every other day.
I spent WAY too many hours just managing data, not using data. Until someone comes out with a PDA that is as rock solid as my iPod (no crash, no data loss, immediate power-on, etc), then you've lost me. Palm lost me after about the ump-teenth billion reset/restore/reinstall sync problem.