I too bought one last week, and I am very happy with it so far. Uncharted 4 is fantastic. If you've played Assassin's Creed before, the controls and game play are somewhat similar. FIFA 17 is outstanding, as well. I'm also looking forward to trying out the PS Vue to see if it's a good replacement for DirecTV.
I love John McPhee's work. A long time contributor to The New Yorker, McPhee's writing is so concise it's hard to see how he could make a single sentence more informative. His writings cover a broad range of subjects, including geology, oranges, tennis, nuclear energy, Soviet dissident art, the merchant marine and fishing.
I strongly recommend reading "Levels of the Game", as it's one of the finest examples of sports writing you will find. McPhee covers the 1968 U.S. Open semifinal between Arthur Ashe and Lynn Graebner, and he uses the tennis match as a biographical frame of each player. It's extraordinary.
If you like reading about nuclear weapons (i.e., you've read both "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" and "Dark Sun" by Richard Rhodes), then "The Curve of Binding Energy" is a must read. McPhee interviews Ted Taylor, who helped develop smaller versions of nuclear weapons for the U.S., and discusses how hard it would be for a terrorist group to create a nuclear weapon. Even this book was written in the early 1990s, it still has a lot of relevance today.
My favorite piece by McPhee is "Coming into the Country", which are three separate stories about Alaska. The first story recounts as Alaskan backcountry canoe trip he took with state and federal park employees, and the second is about the state's efforts in the 1970s to build a city and make it the new state capital. But the best story by far is the last piece about the people of Eagle, Alaska, which is a small trading post along the Yukon River near Canada. The profiles he writes about those who run the city and those who live on the periphery is some of the best storytelling you'll find. It's simply a phenomenal book.
You might want to check out this link from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/25/potential-fix-for-an-annoying-macbook-air-wireless-issue/) to see if it addresses your issue. The link says it's for MacBook Airs but some users have reported success with other models.
Dwight: "Put this flame sticker on the back side. It makes the ship go faster..." Hermes: "And what is your scientific explanation for this?" Dwight: "... I'm twelve?"
Wrong. Cubert said that to Leela. If you're going to quote Futurama, at least do it accurately, please.
... And no offense to you, kind sir, but maybe the fact he doesn't think like you is one reason he is so successful.
Actors are creative people, and his interview responses were very creative. Most successful people are creative in some form or fashion, and having a fresh take on things can be the difference between success and failure. Do you not think Einstein was creative? How about Newton?
Creativity is the catalyst of innovation, be it for a capacitor, rocket engine or new funny voice for a cartoon. Did anyone really expect Stimpson J. Cat to have the voice he did when you look at him? What about Dr. Zoidberg? Being creative helped give those characters a different voice and helped make their shows extremely successful.
"The agency's proposed 2007 budget request contains $2.2 billion for satellites that observe the Earth and sun, compared to $6.2 billion for operating the space shuttle and International Space Station and $4 billion for developing future missions to the moon and Mars.
"We simply cannot afford all of the missions that our scientific constituencies would like us to sponsor," NASA administrator Michael Griffin told members of Congress when he testified before the House Science Committee February 16."
So, we might be losing the ability to track dangerous weather systems, monitor volcanic activity and study the effect of humanity on the planet due to the demands of "scientific constituencies"? What exactly is a "scientific constituency"? The reporter/editor should have clarified this.
Or is this more of a situation where the sexy projects (travel to the Moon and Mars) are taking precedence over real science? And why doesn't that surprise me?
Russia may be poor, but their predecessors the Soviets landed unmanned probes on the lunar surface. Here's a Wikipedia link for those missions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_programme
Many of the attempts failed, but later missions return lunar rock and dust samples as well as included robotic rovers to move across the lunar surface.
Juan Cole was listed as a "B-list" blogger, but he should be on the A-list.
For the uninformed, Juan is a University of Michigan professor who collects information from various Arab Web sites and posts them in his blog. If you want to take a read at what's really happening in the Middle East, check out his blog http://www.juancole.com/.
He's definitely against the U.S. involvement in Iraq, so he's definitely biased. And I would prefer he stop some of the partisan crap that spews from both sides (his recent Photoshop pic of Cheney on a body-builders' body comes to mind), but the information he provides is well worth reading.
He does, and when he first came back to Apple, he refused bonuses and other compensation. But that has changed in the mean time.
In 2004, he only took a $1 salary, according to the company's 2004 annual report. But in the past two years, he's accepted bonuses and other compensation of about $3.5 million, and he's been awarded more than $80 million in stock awards and options.
Here's a link to the 2004 Apple annual report's section about executive compensation:
I got much more out of "Running Mac OS X Panther" by James Duncan Davidson than Pogue's tome. However, that might be because Davidson's book is geared toward experienced OS X users while Pogue's is much more general.
Both are good, but I found Davidson's to be more useful to me.
... is who would profit from it. If a new industry is going to make trillions by selling the same stuff the old industry does, those old industries (oil/coal/current nuclear plants) are going to fight tooth-and-nail to keep things in the status quo.
Overall, I think changing the base infrastructure of electric generation is a good thing. New industries mean new jobs, and the benefit is a cleaner electric generation model. But it won't happen until something sates the old industry financially.
My main complaint about capitalism is when businesses become large, they don't want to make major changes to their business because it will increase cost. Thus, they lobby in Congress, pursue marketing campaigns and everything else to make sure consumers keep using their products without having to change their ways. Making money without change is a businesses dream, but unforuntately that can contradict what's in the benefit for the many. And that's what's happening today.
Is there any reason why not reading fiction is proof people are not reading more books in general?
I mention this because I read a lot of books, but almost all of it is non-fiction. I guess I find fact more interesting than the made-up world.
In case anyone's interested, I found these books, which I've read recently, very interesting:
"Krakatoa" by Scott Winchester. Known for "The Professor and the Madman", Winchester is an excellent writer and a top-notch researcher. "Krakatoa" not only explains the science behind the eruption, but the socio-economic impacts as well.
"Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser. Although it's been out a year or two, I recently read this book and was surprised by its information. It definitely cubed my appetite for fast food, but please note this book is yellow journalism at its finest.
"How to Read a French Fry" by Russ Parsons. Being a true geek, I'm interested in how things work. This book explains some of the chemistry behind cooking (as well as provides a few good recipes too boot).
It's not "University of Ohio"... it's "Ohio University".
And you should hope to God the OU lawyers didn't read your post, otherwise they'd sue. Hey, OU sued Ohio State a few years ago because OSU tried to trademark the word "Ohio".
From an NCAA.org Web site (http://www.ncaa.org/databases/register/register_1 9980202/govaffairs.html):
Patent office to settle dispute between two universities in Ohio.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been asked by Ohio State University to revoke Ohio University's "Ohio" trademark, approved in 1995, and to deny Ohio University's pending request to extend its trademark to protect the use of "Ohio" in its Ohio Bobcat logo.
Attorneys representing the two universities reportedly have been trying to negotiate an agreement in which both institutions could use the term "Ohio" in different ways in their athletics and university marketing. However, negotiations recently have stalled.
Ohio State contends that the name of Ohio belongs to everyone in the state. Recently, the institution asked the patent office to trademark the name Ohio Stadium, but the request was rejected this month because Ohio University holds the trademark on "Ohio" for use with sports programs. Ohio State does not want to ask Ohio University for permission every time the university wants to use the word "Ohio."
Ohio University said it sought its trademark in 1993 because it wanted to develop a licensing program to sell merchandise bearing the institution's name and logo. An Ohio University official said that he had no problem with Ohio State's use of the word in its band formation or for its stadium (Ohio Stadium); however, the university wants Ohio State to phase out the use of any athletics or cheerleading uniforms that bear the name "Ohio."
The patent office commented that Ohio State's challenge could take up to two years to be processed.
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I wonder if we can get a lowest user ID to post thread going. I think you're in the lead at the moment.
I too bought one last week, and I am very happy with it so far. Uncharted 4 is fantastic. If you've played Assassin's Creed before, the controls and game play are somewhat similar. FIFA 17 is outstanding, as well. I'm also looking forward to trying out the PS Vue to see if it's a good replacement for DirecTV.
One correction. "The Curve of Binding Energy" was written in the mid 1970s, not early 1990s. My apologies for the error.
I love John McPhee's work. A long time contributor to The New Yorker, McPhee's writing is so concise it's hard to see how he could make a single sentence more informative. His writings cover a broad range of subjects, including geology, oranges, tennis, nuclear energy, Soviet dissident art, the merchant marine and fishing.
I strongly recommend reading "Levels of the Game", as it's one of the finest examples of sports writing you will find. McPhee covers the 1968 U.S. Open semifinal between Arthur Ashe and Lynn Graebner, and he uses the tennis match as a biographical frame of each player. It's extraordinary.
If you like reading about nuclear weapons (i.e., you've read both "The Making of the Atomic Bomb" and "Dark Sun" by Richard Rhodes), then "The Curve of Binding Energy" is a must read. McPhee interviews Ted Taylor, who helped develop smaller versions of nuclear weapons for the U.S., and discusses how hard it would be for a terrorist group to create a nuclear weapon. Even this book was written in the early 1990s, it still has a lot of relevance today.
My favorite piece by McPhee is "Coming into the Country", which are three separate stories about Alaska. The first story recounts as Alaskan backcountry canoe trip he took with state and federal park employees, and the second is about the state's efforts in the 1970s to build a city and make it the new state capital. But the best story by far is the last piece about the people of Eagle, Alaska, which is a small trading post along the Yukon River near Canada. The profiles he writes about those who run the city and those who live on the periphery is some of the best storytelling you'll find. It's simply a phenomenal book.
You might want to check out this link from The Unofficial Apple Weblog (http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/25/potential-fix-for-an-annoying-macbook-air-wireless-issue/) to see if it addresses your issue. The link says it's for MacBook Airs but some users have reported success with other models.
Maybe those napping techs are just channeling their inner Ralph Wiggum in preparation for "Talk Like a Pirate Day".
Wrong. Cubert said that to Leela. If you're going to quote Futurama, at least do it accurately, please.
Loaded fine for me. Make sure your Safari is up-to-date and clear your Java cache files.
This story appeared in the New Scientist in mid-February 2006.
... And no offense to you, kind sir, but maybe the fact he doesn't think like you is one reason he is so successful.
Actors are creative people, and his interview responses were very creative. Most successful people are creative in some form or fashion, and having a fresh take on things can be the difference between success and failure. Do you not think Einstein was creative? How about Newton?
Creativity is the catalyst of innovation, be it for a capacitor, rocket engine or new funny voice for a cartoon. Did anyone really expect Stimpson J. Cat to have the voice he did when you look at him? What about Dr. Zoidberg? Being creative helped give those characters a different voice and helped make their shows extremely successful.
Wait a minute ... you're quoting a Mac magazine about games?
Are you insane?
A chief security officer? Why did an image of Lt. Worf just pop in my mind?
So, we might be losing the ability to track dangerous weather systems, monitor volcanic activity and study the effect of humanity on the planet due to the demands of "scientific constituencies"? What exactly is a "scientific constituency"? The reporter/editor should have clarified this.
Or is this more of a situation where the sexy projects (travel to the Moon and Mars) are taking precedence over real science? And why doesn't that surprise me?
Russia may be poor, but their predecessors the Soviets landed unmanned probes on the lunar surface. Here's a Wikipedia link for those missions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_programme
Many of the attempts failed, but later missions return lunar rock and dust samples as well as included robotic rovers to move across the lunar surface.
I seriously doubt anyone considers Pop Tarts to be a part of a nutritious breakfast. It's a convenience food, not a health food.
Juan Cole was listed as a "B-list" blogger, but he should be on the A-list.
For the uninformed, Juan is a University of Michigan professor who collects information from various Arab Web sites and posts them in his blog. If you want to take a read at what's really happening in the Middle East, check out his blog http://www.juancole.com/.
He's definitely against the U.S. involvement in Iraq, so he's definitely biased. And I would prefer he stop some of the partisan crap that spews from both sides (his recent Photoshop pic of Cheney on a body-builders' body comes to mind), but the information he provides is well worth reading.
Don't feel too bad. There isn't a plug-in for Entourage yet, either.
Steve Jobs does the same thing, IIRC.
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He does, and when he first came back to Apple, he refused bonuses and other compensation. But that has changed in the mean time.
In 2004, he only took a $1 salary, according to the company's 2004 annual report. But in the past two years, he's accepted bonuses and other compensation of about $3.5 million, and he's been awarded more than $80 million in stock awards and options.
Here's a link to the 2004 Apple annual report's section about executive compensation:
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/320193/000
I got much more out of "Running Mac OS X Panther" by James Duncan Davidson than Pogue's tome. However, that might be because Davidson's book is geared toward experienced OS X users while Pogue's is much more general.
Both are good, but I found Davidson's to be more useful to me.
... is who would profit from it. If a new industry is going to make trillions by selling the same stuff the old industry does, those old industries (oil/coal/current nuclear plants) are going to fight tooth-and-nail to keep things in the status quo.
Overall, I think changing the base infrastructure of electric generation is a good thing. New industries mean new jobs, and the benefit is a cleaner electric generation model. But it won't happen until something sates the old industry financially.
My main complaint about capitalism is when businesses become large, they don't want to make major changes to their business because it will increase cost. Thus, they lobby in Congress, pursue marketing campaigns and everything else to make sure consumers keep using their products without having to change their ways. Making money without change is a businesses dream, but unforuntately that can contradict what's in the benefit for the many. And that's what's happening today.
Can I sue him the next time I get a sunburn?
Can I sue him when a coronal mass ejection causes a massive blackout?
Can I sue him when there's an eclipse that causes the Earth's surface temperature to drop about 10 degrees?
Sorry for the typos in the parent post, but I'm a bit tipsy at the moment. So much for being a true geek ...
Is there any reason why not reading fiction is proof people are not reading more books in general?
I mention this because I read a lot of books, but almost all of it is non-fiction. I guess I find fact more interesting than the made-up world.
In case anyone's interested, I found these books, which I've read recently, very interesting:
"Krakatoa" by Scott Winchester. Known for "The Professor and the Madman", Winchester is an excellent writer and a top-notch researcher. "Krakatoa" not only explains the science behind the eruption, but the socio-economic impacts as well.
"Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser. Although it's been out a year or two, I recently read this book and was surprised by its information. It definitely cubed my appetite for fast food, but please note this book is yellow journalism at its finest.
"How to Read a French Fry" by Russ Parsons. Being a true geek, I'm interested in how things work. This book explains some of the chemistry behind cooking (as well as provides a few good recipes too boot).
No, it's worse that you took my post seriously. My post was meant to be sarcastic, if not informative.
It's not "University of Ohio" ... it's "Ohio University".
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And you should hope to God the OU lawyers didn't read your post, otherwise they'd sue. Hey, OU sued Ohio State a few years ago because OSU tried to trademark the word "Ohio".
From an NCAA.org Web site (http://www.ncaa.org/databases/register/register_
Patent office to settle dispute between two universities in Ohio.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has been asked by Ohio State University to revoke Ohio University's "Ohio" trademark, approved in 1995, and to deny Ohio University's pending request to extend its trademark to protect the use of "Ohio" in its Ohio Bobcat logo.
Attorneys representing the two universities reportedly have been trying to negotiate an agreement in which both institutions could use the term "Ohio" in different ways in their athletics and university marketing. However, negotiations recently have stalled.
Ohio State contends that the name of Ohio belongs to everyone in the state. Recently, the institution asked the patent office to trademark the name Ohio Stadium, but the request was rejected this month because Ohio University holds the trademark on "Ohio" for use with sports programs. Ohio State does not want to ask Ohio University for permission every time the university wants to use the word "Ohio."
Ohio University said it sought its trademark in 1993 because it wanted to develop a licensing program to sell merchandise bearing the institution's name and logo. An Ohio University official said that he had no problem with Ohio State's use of the word in its band formation or for its stadium (Ohio Stadium); however, the university wants Ohio State to phase out the use of any athletics or cheerleading uniforms that bear the name "Ohio."
The patent office commented that Ohio State's challenge could take up to two years to be processed.