You kind of hit the nail on the head there. Wikipedia's policies on not having people who are "affiliated" with a project or topic - you know, the people who actually know what they're talking about - write or edit on that subject in favor of "outsiders" - those not "in the know" - write them causes the bar to be pretty in many cases.
That said, in does keep help in keeping out a lot of propaganda.
"...will give Apple the excuse it needs to increase its control over the Mac software ecosystem, by moving ISVs to the Mac App Store"
Really? So, the most insanely controlled software monoculture is getting attacked maliciously and the response is to become MORE anal?
Yea, that's gonna work.
Move along people... nothing to see here.
It puts more load on their network if you use up your five gigabytes of monthly data with your laptop instead of your cell phone, unless you pay extra for it.
Is this sarcasm? I can't see any other way that it got modded Insightful, because it makes NO SENSE. 5G is 5G no matter which device it's going to, and does NOT put "more load on their network".
This is just another bait and switch brought to you by our corporate overlords. For the life of me I can not fathom why people continue to buy this shit, brought to you courtesy of the GOP (and, more recently the teabaggers). They sell their agenda as a "populist" initiative, when the reality is it's just the rich further disenfranchising the non-rich. Will people ever wake up to this?
I doubt it.
That this is news is... uh, news to me. Just over a week ago I got a myTouch 3g Slide (after having been - voluntarily - without a phone for over a year) and the first thing I did was to find a way to root it. I've installed Cyanogenmod and am loving it. I found the instructions for getting root access at http://androidspin.com/2010/08/14/new-root-method-for-mytouch-3g-slide/ and instructions for installing the Cyanogenmod ROM at http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_HTC_Slide. The main reason I rooted it was to tether (which, to be honest, was the main reason I got a phone at all) and it works smoothly and easily - just toggle one switch in the system settings. T-Mobile, for their part, also seems to tolerate tethering from what I've gathered.
Getting rid of some crappy T-mo branding stuff and software is a bonus too.
So, if you have the myTouch 3g Slide (I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same as the HTC Slide) and are thinking of rooting it, I say - go for it!/p)
Here's what you need to do in PA to get expungement:
Persons convicted of a crime may have records expunged in the following cases:
(1) An individual who is the subject of the information reaches 70 years of age and has been free of arrest or prosecution for ten years following final release from confinement or supervision; or
(2) An individual who is the subject of the information has been dead for three years.
This made me think of a passage from Neal Stephenson's Anathem (If you know anything about Stephenson you know he's no fan of Windows.
"I... figured out its interface. This took longer than I'd expected because it wasn't made for literate people. I couldn't make any headway at all with its search functions, because of all its cack-handed efforts to assist me."
- Neal Stephenson
He wasn't actually talking about Windows there, but I think he really was talking about Windows.
Note, too, that the Ubuntu one is $449 while the lowest priced Windows one is $558. The only difference in hardware is the Windows one has a web cam (oh la-la). That being said, I ordered mine with Linux and it has a web cam anyway.
If they really do drop Linux I'll drop them as well. Linux pre-installed was a primary reason I chose Dell.
(By the way, the Vostro v13 is totally sweet. Plenty fast enough for me, great looking, light, and small without being stupid netbook small. Highly recommended. No, I don't work for Dell.)
Is it just me, or has the public at large failed to notice that the big fat blowhard name Rush Limbaugh lost his hearing as a result of him doing massive amounts of opiates? Seriously, a result of doing HARD drugs is that you lose your ability to HEAR. That gigantic fat fuck who is more or less now deaf is telling us what to do?? REALLYl? Hey, fatso, you are addicted to OPIATES.
> Have you ever met an MD?? They make us lawyers look humble by comparison.
Have you ever met a judge? I assume you have because you speak as if you're an attorney. They make EVERYONE appear to be humble.
Seriously, what kind of ego must one have to take (and, generally the _strive_ to get) a job where you have ultimate power over people's lives?
I've spoke with a number of lawyers on both sides (prosecutors and defense) and for the most part they all agree that those vying to become a judge are the ones who are to be trusted the least.
There was once a time that I actually thought that I could tell someone's location by their IP address. Then I realized what a dunce I was. Don't you think it's about time you woke up too?
http://www.statcounter.com/ Invaluable resource for tracking stats for websites. Since there is an official Wordpress plugin, setting it up for me was super simple and fast...been using it since the day we went live. Very useful for determining what people enjoy looking at on our site
I have to tell you I'm SO glad you think you've outsmarted me. I think that's just great. Let me tell you a simple analogy about what's happening here:
You can tell (from my user ID if nothing else) that I'm not a young man. As a matter of fact, I'm an aging white man. And I REGULARLY play basketball with young black guys. Yea, they look at me and think, "Oh, old fucking white guy. I'll destroy him."
Take a WILD guess what actually happens 9 times out of 10. I kick their ass. So, you thinking you're all clever and know where I'm located (you don't) gratifies me to no small degree.
Yea, keep thinking you're smart, and that the site you use is actually giving you correct info. I'll just keep sitting back and laughing at you.
Oh, you should try basketball, or some form of exercise sometime. At the very least, get your fat girlfriend to get off the couch and do more than fetch you ice cream.
ALMOST everything you just said is wrong. Yea, you got Linux right, that's it.
Stat trackers and IP logs don't lie...but that's ok, it really doesn't matter.
There was once a time that I actually thought that I could tell someone's location by their IP address. Then I realized what a dunce I was. Don't you think it's about time you woke up too?
And what's REALLY REALLY fucking creepy is that you're STALKING me. That is utterly lame, gross and pathetic.
I actually took a moment to look at your site. For a while I thought I was having an argument with a 15 year old boy (yea, I know, bad reflection on me) because that's the amount of intellect and maturity you display. But NOOOO, you're an adult.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You're such a loser.
(If your girlfriend asks you if she looks fat in those jeans, the answer if YES! hahahaahahahahah)
I gave you a perfect opportunity to admit you're wrong, and you try to invoke the SECOND definition of ELUDE, which STILL doesn't make sense. Christ, I even lowered myself to compliment you.
You're the Great Internet Fuckwad. Your lame website proves it, but you're so smug you'll never get it.
What a convoluted answer. Did you REALLY convince yourself that you didn't misspell it in the first place and got called out?
Is your ego REALLY that large?
Do you REALLY expect me to believe that you intended to say that MS was attempting to "To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill" a tablet PC in the first place?
Is that what you really expect anyone to believe?
You're obviously not incredibly stupid. Don't fool yourself into thinking you're smarter than the rest of us bears. (Shh! here's a hint: you're not)
As a matter of fact, people have told me to go to MySpace. And they also tell me to get in touch with them on Facebook.
I decline.
But, I have to say that it's interesting and informative that Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox(Faux?)News also owns MySpace. Really, when does one get rich ENOUGH? Seriously, it just boggles my mind that some people can not ever fulfill their greed.
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You kind of hit the nail on the head there. Wikipedia's policies on not having people who are "affiliated" with a project or topic - you know, the people who actually know what they're talking about - write or edit on that subject in favor of "outsiders" - those not "in the know" - write them causes the bar to be pretty in many cases.
That said, in does keep help in keeping out a lot of propaganda.
"...will give Apple the excuse it needs to increase its control over the Mac software ecosystem, by moving ISVs to the Mac App Store" Really? So, the most insanely controlled software monoculture is getting attacked maliciously and the response is to become MORE anal? Yea, that's gonna work. Move along people ... nothing to see here.
It puts more load on their network if you use up your five gigabytes of monthly data with your laptop instead of your cell phone, unless you pay extra for it.
Is this sarcasm? I can't see any other way that it got modded Insightful, because it makes NO SENSE. 5G is 5G no matter which device it's going to, and does NOT put "more load on their network".
Really, it's not like we have a poverty of humans on the planet already.
This is just another bait and switch brought to you by our corporate overlords. For the life of me I can not fathom why people continue to buy this shit, brought to you courtesy of the GOP (and, more recently the teabaggers). They sell their agenda as a "populist" initiative, when the reality is it's just the rich further disenfranchising the non-rich. Will people ever wake up to this? I doubt it.
That this is news is ... uh, news to me. Just over a week ago I got a myTouch 3g Slide (after having been - voluntarily - without a phone for over a year) and the first thing I did was to find a way to root it. I've installed Cyanogenmod and am loving it. I found the instructions for getting root access at http://androidspin.com/2010/08/14/new-root-method-for-mytouch-3g-slide/ and instructions for installing the Cyanogenmod ROM at http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_HTC_Slide. The main reason I rooted it was to tether (which, to be honest, was the main reason I got a phone at all) and it works smoothly and easily - just toggle one switch in the system settings. T-Mobile, for their part, also seems to tolerate tethering from what I've gathered.
Getting rid of some crappy T-mo branding stuff and software is a bonus too.
So, if you have the myTouch 3g Slide (I'm pretty sure it's exactly the same as the HTC Slide) and are thinking of rooting it, I say - go for it!/p)
Persons convicted of a crime may have records expunged in the following cases:
(1) An individual who is the subject of the information reaches 70 years of age and has been free of arrest or prosecution for ten years following final release from confinement or supervision; or
(2) An individual who is the subject of the information has been dead for three years.
Really. http://expungement.uslegal.com/expungement-of-criminal-records/pennsylvania-expungement-law/
This made me think of a passage from Neal Stephenson's Anathem (If you know anything about Stephenson you know he's no fan of Windows.
"I ... figured out its interface. This took longer than I'd expected because it wasn't made for literate people. I couldn't make any headway at all with its search functions, because of all its cack-handed efforts to assist me."
- Neal Stephenson
He wasn't actually talking about Windows there, but I think he really was talking about Windows.
The Vostro v13, at least, still can be bought with Linux pre-installed on Dell's website http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/vostro-v13?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&~ck=mn
Note, too, that the Ubuntu one is $449 while the lowest priced Windows one is $558. The only difference in hardware is the Windows one has a web cam (oh la-la). That being said, I ordered mine with Linux and it has a web cam anyway.
If they really do drop Linux I'll drop them as well. Linux pre-installed was a primary reason I chose Dell.
(By the way, the Vostro v13 is totally sweet. Plenty fast enough for me, great looking, light, and small without being stupid netbook small. Highly recommended. No, I don't work for Dell.)
Is it just me, or has the public at large failed to notice that the big fat blowhard name Rush Limbaugh lost his hearing as a result of him doing massive amounts of opiates? Seriously, a result of doing HARD drugs is that you lose your ability to HEAR. That gigantic fat fuck who is more or less now deaf is telling us what to do?? REALLYl? Hey, fatso, you are addicted to OPIATES.
> Have you ever met an MD?? They make us lawyers look humble by comparison.
Have you ever met a judge? I assume you have because you speak as if you're an attorney. They make EVERYONE appear to be humble.
Seriously, what kind of ego must one have to take (and, generally the _strive_ to get) a job where you have ultimate power over people's lives?
I've spoke with a number of lawyers on both sides (prosecutors and defense) and for the most part they all agree that those vying to become a judge are the ones who are to be trusted the least.
There was once a time that I actually thought that I could tell someone's location by their IP address. Then I realized what a dunce I was. Don't you think it's about time you woke up too?
http://www.statcounter.com/ Invaluable resource for tracking stats for websites. Since there is an official Wordpress plugin, setting it up for me was super simple and fast...been using it since the day we went live. Very useful for determining what people enjoy looking at on our site
I have to tell you I'm SO glad you think you've outsmarted me. I think that's just great. Let me tell you a simple analogy about what's happening here:
You can tell (from my user ID if nothing else) that I'm not a young man. As a matter of fact, I'm an aging white man. And I REGULARLY play basketball with young black guys. Yea, they look at me and think, "Oh, old fucking white guy. I'll destroy him."
Take a WILD guess what actually happens 9 times out of 10. I kick their ass. So, you thinking you're all clever and know where I'm located (you don't) gratifies me to no small degree.
Yea, keep thinking you're smart, and that the site you use is actually giving you correct info. I'll just keep sitting back and laughing at you.
Oh, you should try basketball, or some form of exercise sometime. At the very least, get your fat girlfriend to get off the couch and do more than fetch you ice cream.
ALMOST everything you just said is wrong. Yea, you got Linux right, that's it.
Stat trackers and IP logs don't lie...but that's ok, it really doesn't matter.
There was once a time that I actually thought that I could tell someone's location by their IP address. Then I realized what a dunce I was. Don't you think it's about time you woke up too?
And what's REALLY REALLY fucking creepy is that you're STALKING me. That is utterly lame, gross and pathetic.
ALMOST everything you just said is wrong. Yea, you got Linux right, that's it.
You think you're so fucking clever, but you're not. Far from it. You're a fucking moron with a fat girlfriend and a lame ass juvenile website.
Amazing. You're actually defending greed.
What other causes do you support? Rape? Murder?
Ah, I see. You're from Jersey. That explains quite a lot.
You're just as wrong about that as you are everything else.
Have fun living in a hell hole!
Have fun fucking that fat girl.
I actually took a moment to look at your site. For a while I thought I was having an argument with a 15 year old boy (yea, I know, bad reflection on me) because that's the amount of intellect and maturity you display. But NOOOO, you're an adult.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You're such a loser.
(If your girlfriend asks you if she looks fat in those jeans, the answer if YES! hahahaahahahahah)
I gave you a perfect opportunity to admit you're wrong, and you try to invoke the SECOND definition of ELUDE, which STILL doesn't make sense. Christ, I even lowered myself to compliment you.
You're the Great Internet Fuckwad. Your lame website proves it, but you're so smug you'll never get it.
Good riddance.
Well, I guess it's not really a pun then is it?
Jesus
What a convoluted answer. Did you REALLY convince yourself that you didn't misspell it in the first place and got called out?
Is your ego REALLY that large?
Do you REALLY expect me to believe that you intended to say that MS was attempting to "To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill" a tablet PC in the first place?
Is that what you really expect anyone to believe?
You're obviously not incredibly stupid. Don't fool yourself into thinking you're smarter than the rest of us bears.
(Shh! here's a hint: you're not)
Ok, I'm going to give you a bit of cred for recognizing M. McDowell and that movie. BUT ...
just admit you used elude incorrectly. Seriously. It wasn't and will never be a pun for allude. It can NOT be a pun, it's just not possible.
So, according to YOUR definition from freedictionary.org, Microsoft did this:
"To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill"
They did that to a tablet PC?
Wow.
Really?
That is YOUR definition
Not much of a pun there.
Which is pretty much what I said in the first place.
Yes, your sense of humor escapes me. And every other intelligent person on the planet.
Oh, I stand corrected. I'm actually _2_ orders of magnitude more senior than you. So, you see, I will admit I'm wrong when I am.
Show me how using ELUDE rather than ALLUDE is a pun and I will also admit I'm wrong.
Oh? You can't? What a pisser.
Come and get one in the yarbles, that is if you have any yarbles.
bye
Wow, you are SUCH a moron.
#1: Please explain to me how using elude INCORRECTLY is a pun to ALLUDE?
That is NOT A PUN dumbass.
#2: You have the most gay website in the universe.
#3: Look at my user id. It's an order of magnitude lower than yours, so, please, don't try to lecture me.
Get it?
As a matter of fact, people have told me to go to MySpace. And they also tell me to get in touch with them on Facebook.
I decline.
But, I have to say that it's interesting and informative that Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox(Faux?)News also owns MySpace. Really, when does one get rich ENOUGH? Seriously, it just boggles my mind that some people can not ever fulfill their greed.