The only mention of Lotus in the patent was that one of the people was part of the Lotus group. Kind of a stretch to say that it is _only_ Lotus to be banned. Basically what it said (as far as I could parse the crappy legalese grammar) was shut off your cellphones and computers.
Apparently not. Who does your service contract? Do you have to go to each manufacturer for each part if something fails. 4 hour on-site service? If there is a software/hardware conflict, who do you go to, and if they point the finger at each other, what do you do then? Are you paid full time to make sure your machine works, or is that just extra free time for your company? Who pays for problem resolution if any of the hardware manufacturers dispute your claims for failure? Will your company even give the go-ahead for a custom built machine to run production?
Sorry, there is a difference between "pro-level" parts hobbled together into a system and an actual "pro-level" system. Ever stop to think that the reason that the professional system manufacturers cost more than home-built because they do a little compatibility and Q&A first? Maybe not a whole lot, but I would bet that they test out a whole lot more situations than you do, if you actually test out at all.
Hey, I know it's/. and all, and I'm sure you hack a nice machine. Just don't get all nutsy.
Yeah, you just have to stop fighting this. I have been/. less and less because the convictions is now approaching zealotry in some areas. People trying to shave $.30 off for the cheapest machine. Complaining that graphics card forgot to include the "ossification overburner". Apple locks in worse than MS. MS is trying to destroy *nix. *nix can solve world hunger and cancer. Whatever. I used an Apple II as a kid, went to Amiga and MS, and got a Macbook Pro 2 years ago. Unless Apple really messes up, I'm not going back hardware wise. Sure, I saved for 3 years for it, but it has been more than worth it. Heck, Keynote was worth it. Still run Parallels. Sorry for the rant, you seemed rational enough for me to bounce stuff off you.
Just hook them up to a hamster wheel- the running will keep them warm. Plus it will build their muscles. No need for a muffler, if you get them exposed to all the toxins early enough they will grow up nice and monstrous (good for NBA/NFL ticket sales). And just think how many cars we will be saving from silly reuse when we can encapsulate homeless people in them and then present them to French art critics as "Still Life in Auto".
There is no reason that wifi over power lines should be federally banned as there is no proof that air guide signals impede the phase of electrical power signals, even 4 phase lines. It is known that wifi works on a QAM-8 orthaginal spacing while 4 phase always exhibits a rhomboid sine distribution. The twisted pair cross-current vs. serial overload buffer magnetisism is most overcome by employing a larger multi-linear, nor capacitance resistor in parallel with a Ombudsman-type ohm logger. It is true the fidelity of the upper octaves of any oboe solo is overcome by refractive copper tunings in the brass section, but this can be damped by wet rag dolls and the use of Criso oil as the valve lubricant. Further, songs in the key of G fail to pass the "spectrum de art" test since they are not composed in blue or aqua crayon. At the rate these researchers are going, dolphins will become the pray of off-tune, but well-meaning, carolers who believe in a "flat earth" with no harmonic resonances in the upper foundations of granite sub-articulates.
The last time I drove my car into a lake the windows didn't last past 15 feet. Of course my car is American, and those Brits have that funky metric system, so who knows?
They tried this with cigarettes (now up to 8-9 $ per pack, I think). Oops, internet. Now trying to file for internet cigarette sales records to get "back" taxes. Yes, I know that technically it is a "sales AND usage tax", but come on. The city is probably spending more money trying to track down the sales and paying lawyers in court to prove cases than getting actual money. Can you imagine the mess of trying to track, tax, back-track, back-tax, and monkey-tax online downloads? Will iPods have a higher tax? Will Khan win? Will they cut dumb services besides police, fire departments, schooling, and libraries? Can you say no?
Crap, I don't even live, work, or visit NYC and I hate the place.
Well, I'm pretty sure that the laptops should not smoke or drink before the age of 21. Sex before defrag must include a backup first. Co-mingling of OS's will only be allowed with an Amiga chaperone (no, I can't spell). No unregulated WiFi parties allowed. DRM-less media is only for the "bad" side of the tracks. 10 or 11 PM curfew. No dating a graduate laptop in the same major. No major allowed in the liberal arts (they can use crayons and chalk [don't take it personally, it was an easy joke] ). All frats pledged must be a prime number. Any sororities pledged must contain all cheerleaders or flamingos. Spellchecker must replace the phase "federal government" with "useless piece of brie cheese".
Probably already posted somewhere here, but I can see this for small touchpads and mobile devices. I love my touchpad on my Macbook Pro. Way easier on the hands and arms than any mouse or even trackballs. Same goes for things like the iPhone's touch screen. Small(ish) sizes held or put at comfortable places to use.
But for full fledged screens? Nah, way too much movement of the entire arm, not to mention holding the arm in the air for periods of time. Anyone see CSI:NY or CSI-Miami with those huge glass panels that are supposedly touch sensitive? Can you imagine waving your arms around those things for 8 hours a day? Through in some 2 pound weights and there is your exercise for the week.
I'm not bashing you personally, but the money thing is getting kind of silly at this point. I'm not going to do a point by point breakdown of prices, but Macs really are not that much more expensive.
Of course you could do what I did- I saved money for 3 years to get a MacBook Pro. Probably could have got a dell laptop in 2 years.
Whatever- I like my Mac, some people don't, some people like to rig cardboard and bale wire boxes.
Why the heck do we keep having these discussions? Get what works for ya'!
(Don't forget to watch for the monkeys, they are sneaky and have a tendency to fling poo)
I don't recall them suing anyone over spoiling the CEO's "big surprise".
Ah, when has Microsoft ever had a "big surprise"? Wasn't Vista announced in 1976 or somesuch? Ok, I exaggerate, but I think you get my point- MS announces all kinds of things in advance while Apple tries to keep their announcements to 3 days after they actually release a product (yes, another exaggeration).
no one will read this, but I installed Leopard the day after it came out. One problem with cutting off the right side of dialog boxes,but besides that I like it. Spaces is very nice, among other things.
"who aren't smart enough to get out of jury duty "
If I knew what case I would be on (say something tech related), I would "dumb myself down" enough to get on that jury. Since you don't know what case you'll be on, I'm 0 for 5 on jury calls.
My mom did put away a federal drug dealer, though! (She has a weird civil obligation thing) We bought her dinner. (Afterwards, she talked to one of the agents, and he told her there was a bunch of evidence against the guy that was dis-allowed" due to "technical points"- kinda like Law and Order, but the guy really was a scumbag).
"My next computer is going to be the latest Mac laptop I can afford, because I just need one computer that'll do everything and be portable."
Go for it. My wife saved for 3 years (without my knowledge) and bought me a new MB Pro last Christmas. The thing is beautiful. Eventually I'm going to get around to installing Parallels so I can run XP and not need to use my old PC (but let my wife use it for Solitaire and Minesweeper). And once you use a backlit keyboard at night, it will become a requirement for you.
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The only mention of Lotus in the patent was that one of the people was part of the Lotus group. Kind of a stretch to say that it is _only_ Lotus to be banned. Basically what it said (as far as I could parse the crappy legalese grammar) was shut off your cellphones and computers.
Sex toys.
Hi Fezzik. 'waves hello'
"I know what a pro workstation is."
Apparently not. Who does your service contract? Do you have to go to each manufacturer for each part if something fails. 4 hour on-site service? If there is a software/hardware conflict, who do you go to, and if they point the finger at each other, what do you do then? Are you paid full time to make sure your machine works, or is that just extra free time for your company? Who pays for problem resolution if any of the hardware manufacturers dispute your claims for failure? Will your company even give the go-ahead for a custom built machine to run production?
Sorry, there is a difference between "pro-level" parts hobbled together into a system and an actual "pro-level" system. Ever stop to think that the reason that the professional system manufacturers cost more than home-built because they do a little compatibility and Q&A first? Maybe not a whole lot, but I would bet that they test out a whole lot more situations than you do, if you actually test out at all.
Hey, I know it's /. and all, and I'm sure you hack a nice machine. Just don't get all nutsy.
Yeah, you just have to stop fighting this. I have been /. less and less because the convictions is now approaching zealotry in some areas. People trying to shave $.30 off for the cheapest machine. Complaining that graphics card forgot to include the "ossification overburner". Apple locks in worse than MS. MS is trying to destroy *nix. *nix can solve world hunger and cancer. Whatever. I used an Apple II as a kid, went to Amiga and MS, and got a Macbook Pro 2 years ago. Unless Apple really messes up, I'm not going back hardware wise. Sure, I saved for 3 years for it, but it has been more than worth it. Heck, Keynote was worth it. Still run Parallels. Sorry for the rant, you seemed rational enough for me to bounce stuff off you.
Hope you beat it, or already have. Had to watch my uncle waste away. Good luck to you and your family.
Just hook them up to a hamster wheel- the running will keep them warm. Plus it will build their muscles. No need for a muffler, if you get them exposed to all the toxins early enough they will grow up nice and monstrous (good for NBA/NFL ticket sales). And just think how many cars we will be saving from silly reuse when we can encapsulate homeless people in them and then present them to French art critics as "Still Life in Auto".
"... Scientology is a whack-job cult...."
Cue Tom Cruise ringing your dell bell in 3... 2...
[can't the government get a smart enough lawyer to permenantely revoke their b.s. religious tax exemptions>]
There is no reason that wifi over power lines should be federally banned as there is no proof that air guide signals impede the phase of electrical power signals, even 4 phase lines. It is known that wifi works on a QAM-8 orthaginal spacing while 4 phase always exhibits a rhomboid sine distribution. The twisted pair cross-current vs. serial overload buffer magnetisism is most overcome by employing a larger multi-linear, nor capacitance resistor in parallel with a Ombudsman-type ohm logger. It is true the fidelity of the upper octaves of any oboe solo is overcome by refractive copper tunings in the brass section, but this can be damped by wet rag dolls and the use of Criso oil as the valve lubricant. Further, songs in the key of G fail to pass the "spectrum de art" test since they are not composed in blue or aqua crayon. At the rate these researchers are going, dolphins will become the pray of off-tune, but well-meaning, carolers who believe in a "flat earth" with no harmonic resonances in the upper foundations of granite sub-articulates.
Everyone understand, now?
Nope, me neither.
The last time I drove my car into a lake the windows didn't last past 15 feet. Of course my car is American, and those Brits have that funky metric system, so who knows?
(Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week)
You mean they're not?
They tried this with cigarettes (now up to 8-9 $ per pack, I think). Oops, internet. Now trying to file for internet cigarette sales records to get "back" taxes. Yes, I know that technically it is a "sales AND usage tax", but come on. The city is probably spending more money trying to track down the sales and paying lawyers in court to prove cases than getting actual money. Can you imagine the mess of trying to track, tax, back-track, back-tax, and monkey-tax online downloads? Will iPods have a higher tax? Will Khan win? Will they cut dumb services besides police, fire departments, schooling, and libraries? Can you say no?
Crap, I don't even live, work, or visit NYC and I hate the place.
Will some enterprising company use this technique to reduce body size, and therefore casket and grave size, to cut burial costs?
Or are there some holes in my idea (cha-ching!)
Wow, that was bad even for me.
Well, I'm pretty sure that the laptops should not smoke or drink before the age of 21. Sex before defrag must include a backup first. Co-mingling of OS's will only be allowed with an Amiga chaperone (no, I can't spell). No unregulated WiFi parties allowed. DRM-less media is only for the "bad" side of the tracks. 10 or 11 PM curfew. No dating a graduate laptop in the same major. No major allowed in the liberal arts (they can use crayons and chalk [don't take it personally, it was an easy joke] ). All frats pledged must be a prime number. Any sororities pledged must contain all cheerleaders or flamingos. Spellchecker must replace the phase "federal government" with "useless piece of brie cheese".
Please don't tell me this is another thing Al Gore can blame on llamas, diet grains, or methane cows, please.
(Yes, totally unrelated joke. I'm bored tonight. Deal.)
And MS Office can't even read files between versions?
Yeah, pretty much trolling, but come on... I need a friggin add-on between versions?
Probably already posted somewhere here, but I can see this for small touchpads and mobile devices. I love my touchpad on my Macbook Pro. Way easier on the hands and arms than any mouse or even trackballs. Same goes for things like the iPhone's touch screen. Small(ish) sizes held or put at comfortable places to use.
But for full fledged screens? Nah, way too much movement of the entire arm, not to mention holding the arm in the air for periods of time. Anyone see CSI:NY or CSI-Miami with those huge glass panels that are supposedly touch sensitive? Can you imagine waving your arms around those things for 8 hours a day? Through in some 2 pound weights and there is your exercise for the week.
I'm not bashing you personally, but the money thing is getting kind of silly at this point. I'm not going to do a point by point breakdown of prices, but Macs really are not that much more expensive.
Of course you could do what I did- I saved money for 3 years to get a MacBook Pro. Probably could have got a dell laptop in 2 years.
Whatever- I like my Mac, some people don't, some people like to rig cardboard and bale wire boxes.
Why the heck do we keep having these discussions? Get what works for ya'!
(Don't forget to watch for the monkeys, they are sneaky and have a tendency to fling poo)
I don't recall them suing anyone over spoiling the CEO's "big surprise".
Ah, when has Microsoft ever had a "big surprise"? Wasn't Vista announced in 1976 or somesuch? Ok, I exaggerate, but I think you get my point- MS announces all kinds of things in advance while Apple tries to keep their announcements to 3 days after they actually release a product (yes, another exaggeration).
As for Stevie's ego- yup.
no one will read this, but I installed Leopard the day after it came out. One problem with cutting off the right side of dialog boxes,but besides that I like it. Spaces is very nice, among other things.
"What equipment would I need to watch Disney's Song of the South?"
Ahh, DVD from Amazon, perhaps? Well, also a region 2 dvd player. But not impossible.
http://www.amazon.com/South-James-Baskett-Warrick-Driscoll/dp/B000V105YO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-0522433-0666422?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1192079210&sr=8-1
"He just quit when he had achieved what he wanted."
Didn't he also marry a really hot chick?
"who aren't smart enough to get out of jury duty "
If I knew what case I would be on (say something tech related), I would "dumb myself down" enough to get on that jury. Since you don't know what case you'll be on, I'm 0 for 5 on jury calls.
My mom did put away a federal drug dealer, though! (She has a weird civil obligation thing) We bought her dinner. (Afterwards, she talked to one of the agents, and he told her there was a bunch of evidence against the guy that was dis-allowed" due to "technical points"- kinda like Law and Order, but the guy really was a scumbag).
"My next computer is going to be the latest Mac laptop I can afford, because I just need one computer that'll do everything and be portable."
Go for it. My wife saved for 3 years (without my knowledge) and bought me a new MB Pro last Christmas. The thing is beautiful. Eventually I'm going to get around to installing Parallels so I can run XP and not need to use my old PC (but let my wife use it for Solitaire and Minesweeper). And once you use a backlit keyboard at night, it will become a requirement for you.