The reason your Sprint "3G" phone can't handle 3G features like video is that it isn't 3G. Sprint is using interim technology that the rest of the world refers to a "2.5G" - it offers some of the features of 3G while still building on a second generation base. Since 3G has been hyped so much, Sprint just decided to piggyback their inferior technology by calling it 3G.
This system is designed to track present and future criminals. John Poindexter hasn't broken any laws, nor is he likely to whereas the general public obviously breaks laws all the time.
Let's set aside the fact that John Pointdexter has broken laws, was convicted for them, and only had his conviction overturned due to immunity.
This system does track present and future criminals, but only by tracking the innocent too. It will use sophisticated profiling to determine who is suspicious. Many, if not most, of the people deemed suspicious, will be guilty of nothing. After all, this system is only capable of tracking perfectly legal, innocent activity.
Fitting a profile, please note, does not constitue probable cause for legal action. TIA is police-state horseshit.
Could it be accounted for because of the change in population over the last few years in California? Perhaps there are more people having children now than before in that area, as it is becoming a place full of younger people, more apt to have children in order to start a family.
I don't think so. The article clearly states that they've excluded a wide array of conceivable factors. Something as obvious as a demographic shift would be very obvious. It also, in and of itself, would affect the absolute incdence, but no the overall rate of autism.
I would become autistic as soon as possible, too. Anything to avoid the nightmare reality of stupid consumerism gone horribly wrong that is exemplified by the California lifestyle.
Please explain what, other than longer commute times, typifies the "California lifestyle" from the broader American lifestyle? All that comes to my mind is that there are far fewer obese people than you find in the midwest and south, but that's true of most urban areas of the US.
... Figures. With KDE and RedHat, you no longer have to be smart to run UNIX. tisk tisk, what a shame.
How terrible! Simply using UNIX no longer immediately qualifies you as a superior person. Whatever esoteric bit of knowledge will you find next to prop up your self esteem?
You need a new smart-guys-club to show how much better you are. Perhaps you can join Mensa. Then you and all of the other card-carrying smart guys can congratulate each other for being so much smarter than most people.
Whatever happens, just remember, the contributions you've made to the world are important, whether we fools recognize it or not.
The problem is that it wouldn't be allowed. Between the agencies wanting to avoid litigation (a contract without consideration by both parties isn't binding)and whatever union requirements exist for an appearance in a commercial (scale payment for the appearance plus royalties would be required, regardless of whether the individual desired them or not.
Those requirements might not exist for other advertising media, but then again they're not as powerful.
China's trade status is 'Most Favored Nation'. While I agree that China shouldn't have it, it isn't a remarkable status. It is not 'best country', it does not mean that the government ignores problems with China.
Most of the world's nations (certainly all of the developed ones) hold 'Most Favored Nation'. All it means is that all Most Favored Nations are entitled to the same trade deals as any other nation. For instance, if the US lowers steel tarrifs for Portugal, then all Most Favored Nations receive the same lowering of steel tarrifs.
Not a badge of special status, it is simply a mark of eligibilty for equitable trade relations. To withdraw (or withhold) the status, removes a nation from the pool of countries who all get the same deal, and allows the US to punish a country economically.
Both MacOS 9 and MacOS 10 have native support for multi-button mice and scroll wheels built-in. For better or worse, the designers at Apple have decided that the entire OS should be fully operable with only a single mouse button. This promotes a relative simplicity of design from a user's point of view.
Having struggled time and again to explain to my father and grandfather what will appear in a context-sensitive menu (they understand the words, but it just doesn't click) I think Apple might be on to something.
On the other hand, given that the OS and many of the applications are as fully aware of context sensitive menus as Windows, I find it surprising that Apple doesn't offer a multi-button mouse - or at least promote one - where appropriate. Editors are always stunned by how much easier their lives are after I've showed them Final Cut Pro with a right mouse button.
"They" and "their" as singular pronouns have been in popular use for over 200 years. Given that language is a set of arbitrary rules which shifts along with culture and usage, why do you have a problem with this?
As long as intention can be clearly conveyed and interpreted, there is no right or wrong in language, especially English.
As of 10.2, the brushed aluminum look is available systemwide. It is not a per-application custom control in any sense.
The look is intended for applications that interface with real devices (iTunes -> iPod, iMovie->firewire camera, iPhoto->digital camera) or applications which replicate the functionality of physical devices (i.e. iTunes in its non-iPod-syncing, mp3 player capacity).
I am working on what could be the largest project of my life... I have a 4 month old son I rarely see.
Shouldn't your son be the largest project of your life? Whatever you're doing cannot be as important as he is.
Why exactly are you sticking with this job? You've already pointed out that you're not being paid well for it since you're salaried. If you're going to find another job, do it now. With the effort you've given, you don't owe them anything.
Claim your life back before you turn into a sad cliche of an absent father.
Manufacturers spend millions of pounds developing these cars, but a wanker in an anorak ten years later knows MUCH better how to get the best ride/handling balance out of it, obviously. Do they bollocks.
You don't know what you're talking about. Unless you're buying a Maclaren, just about every car's performance can be substantially improved from its stock condition. Most consumers would hate a stiffened, lowered civic with a loud exhaust. The ride is uncomfortable, the handling is much more sensitive than people expect from a compact commuter vehicle, and the noise is annoying
But as a sports car it is substantially improved experience. People have successfully modded their ~100hp civics up close to 300hp. If you're going to do that you better adjust the suspension or you're power's only good going straight. And if you can accelerate that fast, you better get brakes with equivalent power.
Car designers have to consider cost, fuel economy, emissions standards, noise regulations, clearance specifications, safety issues, and what will sell to the greatest number of people at the price point specified in the design document. None of these considerations enhance performance.
And finally, why do you have a problem with anyone making modifications for purely aesthetic reasons? Are you such a utilitarian purist that you live a completely unadorned life? Does it really bother you that much if some 16 year old kid enjoys the fact that he's 2 inches lower and it makes his car look slightly sleeker? Or perhaps you get angry at women wearing shoulder pads or houses with decorative shutters that won't shut.
Chill out and let the kids enjoy their rides. Don't worry, soon they'll turn into grumpy old cranks like you and spend their days getting angry at other people's pleasure.
"It wasn't until they started sticking commercials on the tape that prices came down."
No, you're mistaken. It wasn't until Blockbuster started placing orders of 100,000-1,000,000 units that thhe prices came down. Blockbuster was such a huge commercial force that they could do this. Prior to their ascent, videotapes simply weren't selling in those numbers and there certainly wasn't a single buyer that had such strong influence over the market.
Incedentally, this lowering of price finally led to a profitable purchase market. Prior to that, distributors didn't care about non-rental sales. Now, people buy a lot more tapes because they only cost $10-20 a pop.
Finally, a lot of smaller films are still priced for rental ($60-100). This is because independent and foreign films have negligible sales outside of rental stores. After all, who's going to buy the latest Chen Kaige movie when they can pick up wonders like "Bedazzled" in the supermarket checkout line?
I'm completely underwhelmed by the Honda Hybrid. If the '93 Civic Vtec could get 55mpg, then why does 9 years of additional technology and a relatively inexpensive car like the hybrid get worse milage? A bad hybrid like this is a worse choice, fuel-economy-wise, than a good fuel engine like some of the very efficient Volkswagens.
No, the DMCA is a bad law. It allows copyright holders to extend their monopoly on materials beyond that which copyright allows.
Material which is encrypted can't be legally copied when it moves into the public domain because of DMCA. What if works like Shakespeare, Dickens, and the bible had been created under DMCA?
Fair use is a very established limitation to the monopoly of copyright. The DMCA makes many forms of fair use criminal by placing legal impediments that have nothing to do with centuries of copyright law.
As second ammedment advocates like to point out: just because a tool can be used to criminal ends doesn't necessarily make it a criminal tool.
As to the license vs. property argument, there are plenty of precedents which establish that fair use of copyright extends to software regardless of license details to the contrary.
A common clause in many contracts states that should any clause of the contract be found to be unenforcable, the remainder of the contract shall be binding to the extent of its enforcability. Essentially, this allows the contract drafter to fill an agreement with all sorts of dire threats and restricions that the licensee feels bound by. Whether those agreement details are within the scope of what can legally be contracted is another matter altogether.
If they let Dmitry go, then that would set up a precidence, right?
No. First of all, I'm not sure if the judge in a bail hearing has the power to dismiss charges. Secondly, If charges are dismissed at any point then a precedent has not been set because there was no legal judgement made. A precedent can only come from a full application of the law. This means that only a judicial ruling, subject to appeal and subsequent judicial scrutiny can establish precedent.
You misunderstand the judicial system. Judges aren't working for "the government" per se. The judiciary is distinct from prosecuting bodies. A judge has no interest in advocating one result or another.
The government, in this case the FBI and the AG's office, will be in no more or less adversarial position vis-a-vis the judge than the defense will.
-Wilson
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...doesn't mean it is.
The reason your Sprint "3G" phone can't handle 3G features like video is that it isn't 3G. Sprint is using interim technology that the rest of the world refers to a "2.5G" - it offers some of the features of 3G while still building on a second generation base. Since 3G has been hyped so much, Sprint just decided to piggyback their inferior technology by calling it 3G.
This system is designed to track present and future criminals. John Poindexter hasn't broken any laws, nor is he likely to whereas the general public obviously breaks laws all the time.
Let's set aside the fact that John Pointdexter has broken laws, was convicted for them, and only had his conviction overturned due to immunity.
This system does track present and future criminals, but only by tracking the innocent too. It will use sophisticated profiling to determine who is suspicious. Many, if not most, of the people deemed suspicious, will be guilty of nothing. After all, this system is only capable of tracking perfectly legal, innocent activity.
Fitting a profile, please note, does not constitue probable cause for legal action. TIA is police-state horseshit.
Could it be accounted for because of the change in population over the last few years in California? Perhaps there are more people having children now than before in that area, as it is becoming a place full of younger people, more apt to have children in order to start a family.
I don't think so. The article clearly states that they've excluded a wide array of conceivable factors. Something as obvious as a demographic shift would be very obvious. It also, in and of itself, would affect the absolute incdence, but no the overall rate of autism.
I would become autistic as soon as possible, too. Anything to avoid the nightmare reality of stupid consumerism gone horribly wrong that is exemplified by the California lifestyle.
Please explain what, other than longer commute times, typifies the "California lifestyle" from the broader American lifestyle? All that comes to my mind is that there are far fewer obese people than you find in the midwest and south, but that's true of most urban areas of the US.
... Figures. With KDE and RedHat, you no longer have to be smart to run UNIX. tisk tisk, what a shame.
How terrible! Simply using UNIX no longer immediately qualifies you as a superior person. Whatever esoteric bit of knowledge will you find next to prop up your self esteem?
You need a new smart-guys-club to show how much better you are. Perhaps you can join Mensa. Then you and all of the other card-carrying smart guys can congratulate each other for being so much smarter than most people.
Whatever happens, just remember, the contributions you've made to the world are important, whether we fools recognize it or not.
2. Stop paying Julia Roberts and Arnold Schwartzniger 40 million to be in a movie. Easy.
Halfway there. Nobody pays Schwartzeneger to do much of anything anymore.
Those requirements might not exist for other advertising media, but then again they're not as powerful.
China's trade status is 'Most Favored Nation'. While I agree that China shouldn't have it, it isn't a remarkable status. It is not 'best country', it does not mean that the government ignores problems with China.
Most of the world's nations (certainly all of the developed ones) hold 'Most Favored Nation'. All it means is that all Most Favored Nations are entitled to the same trade deals as any other nation. For instance, if the US lowers steel tarrifs for Portugal, then all Most Favored Nations receive the same lowering of steel tarrifs.
Not a badge of special status, it is simply a mark of eligibilty for equitable trade relations. To withdraw (or withhold) the status, removes a nation from the pool of countries who all get the same deal, and allows the US to punish a country economically.
Both MacOS 9 and MacOS 10 have native support for multi-button mice and scroll wheels built-in. For better or worse, the designers at Apple have decided that the entire OS should be fully operable with only a single mouse button. This promotes a relative simplicity of design from a user's point of view.
Having struggled time and again to explain to my father and grandfather what will appear in a context-sensitive menu (they understand the words, but it just doesn't click) I think Apple might be on to something.
On the other hand, given that the OS and many of the applications are as fully aware of context sensitive menus as Windows, I find it surprising that Apple doesn't offer a multi-button mouse - or at least promote one - where appropriate. Editors are always stunned by how much easier their lives are after I've showed them Final Cut Pro with a right mouse button.
"They" and "their" as singular pronouns have been in popular use for over 200 years. Given that language is a set of arbitrary rules which shifts along with culture and usage, why do you have a problem with this?
As long as intention can be clearly conveyed and interpreted, there is no right or wrong in language, especially English.
As of 10.2, the brushed aluminum look is available systemwide. It is not a per-application custom control in any sense.
The look is intended for applications that interface with real devices (iTunes -> iPod, iMovie->firewire camera, iPhoto->digital camera) or applications which replicate the functionality of physical devices (i.e. iTunes in its non-iPod-syncing, mp3 player capacity).
I am working on what could be the largest project of my life... I have a 4 month old son I rarely see.
Shouldn't your son be the largest project of your life? Whatever you're doing cannot be as important as he is.
Why exactly are you sticking with this job? You've already pointed out that you're not being paid well for it since you're salaried. If you're going to find another job, do it now. With the effort you've given, you don't owe them anything.
Claim your life back before you turn into a sad cliche of an absent father.
Manufacturers spend millions of pounds developing these cars, but a wanker in an anorak ten years later knows MUCH better how to get the best ride/handling balance out of it, obviously. Do they bollocks.
You don't know what you're talking about. Unless you're buying a Maclaren, just about every car's performance can be substantially improved from its stock condition. Most consumers would hate a stiffened, lowered civic with a loud exhaust. The ride is uncomfortable, the handling is much more sensitive than people expect from a compact commuter vehicle, and the noise is annoying
But as a sports car it is substantially improved experience. People have successfully modded their ~100hp civics up close to 300hp. If you're going to do that you better adjust the suspension or you're power's only good going straight. And if you can accelerate that fast, you better get brakes with equivalent power.
Car designers have to consider cost, fuel economy, emissions standards, noise regulations, clearance specifications, safety issues, and what will sell to the greatest number of people at the price point specified in the design document. None of these considerations enhance performance.
And finally, why do you have a problem with anyone making modifications for purely aesthetic reasons? Are you such a utilitarian purist that you live a completely unadorned life? Does it really bother you that much if some 16 year old kid enjoys the fact that he's 2 inches lower and it makes his car look slightly sleeker? Or perhaps you get angry at women wearing shoulder pads or houses with decorative shutters that won't shut.
Chill out and let the kids enjoy their rides. Don't worry, soon they'll turn into grumpy old cranks like you and spend their days getting angry at other people's pleasure.
"It wasn't until they started sticking commercials on the tape that prices came down."
No, you're mistaken. It wasn't until Blockbuster started placing orders of 100,000-1,000,000 units that thhe prices came down. Blockbuster was such a huge commercial force that they could do this. Prior to their ascent, videotapes simply weren't selling in those numbers and there certainly wasn't a single buyer that had such strong influence over the market.
Incedentally, this lowering of price finally led to a profitable purchase market. Prior to that, distributors didn't care about non-rental sales. Now, people buy a lot more tapes because they only cost $10-20 a pop.
Finally, a lot of smaller films are still priced for rental ($60-100). This is because independent and foreign films have negligible sales outside of rental stores. After all, who's going to buy the latest Chen Kaige movie when they can pick up wonders like "Bedazzled" in the supermarket checkout line?
I'm completely underwhelmed by the Honda Hybrid. If the '93 Civic Vtec could get 55mpg, then why does 9 years of additional technology and a relatively inexpensive car like the hybrid get worse milage? A bad hybrid like this is a worse choice, fuel-economy-wise, than a good fuel engine like some of the very efficient Volkswagens.
Material which is encrypted can't be legally copied when it moves into the public domain because of DMCA. What if works like Shakespeare, Dickens, and the bible had been created under DMCA?
Fair use is a very established limitation to the monopoly of copyright. The DMCA makes many forms of fair use criminal by placing legal impediments that have nothing to do with centuries of copyright law.
As second ammedment advocates like to point out: just because a tool can be used to criminal ends doesn't necessarily make it a criminal tool.
As to the license vs. property argument, there are plenty of precedents which establish that fair use of copyright extends to software regardless of license details to the contrary.
A common clause in many contracts states that should any clause of the contract be found to be unenforcable, the remainder of the contract shall be binding to the extent of its enforcability. Essentially, this allows the contract drafter to fill an agreement with all sorts of dire threats and restricions that the licensee feels bound by. Whether those agreement details are within the scope of what can legally be contracted is another matter altogether.
No. First of all, I'm not sure if the judge in a bail hearing has the power to dismiss charges. Secondly, If charges are dismissed at any point then a precedent has not been set because there was no legal judgement made. A precedent can only come from a full application of the law. This means that only a judicial ruling, subject to appeal and subsequent judicial scrutiny can establish precedent.
Just how exactly does the government get to "pick" the judge? Do you even understand how the American justice system works?
You misunderstand the judicial system. Judges aren't working for "the government" per se. The judiciary is distinct from prosecuting bodies. A judge has no interest in advocating one result or another. The government, in this case the FBI and the AG's office, will be in no more or less adversarial position vis-a-vis the judge than the defense will. -Wilson