Yes, it does make sense. With profiles, no tedious queue adjustment is necessary--it just works. This is exactly what software is supposed to do: make tedious tasks (queue reordering to support multiple virtual queues) simple (real multiple queues). Just because I can reorder a single queue for a whole family does not mean I want to. Software should manage that.
Personally I got tired how all the good things that happened in my life were God's blessings and how all the bad things were just part of some incomprehensible plan.
God is just like Ronald Reagan: all of the credit but none of the blame.
You hate the catholic church because of an earthquake? Child molestation cover-ups weren't the last straw, oh no. You waited for a fucking earthquake!?! Hey, maybe you can start hating the Jews the next time there's another really big hurricane. You can then hate Islam if that volcano in Chile blows up. Mormons get the next flood. Maybe Hindus the next bad elephant stampede...
What is this CDDB you speak of? Some crufty, proprietary version of freedb? I'm sorry, how is this relevant again? <realitycheck>It's relevant because most of us are using iTunes.</realitycheck>
Totally, the world is obsessed by the war on terror, when is the war on stupidity going to start? The US elected Bush President at least once. You expect that population to start a war on stupidity, something they clearly embrace?
It would be nice if these reasonable Christians you refer to would actually raise their voices against the fundy whack-jobs and not let them dominate the religious conversation in the US. That way I could believe these reasonable people actually exist in the numbers you claim.
Why do scientists think they need to communicate science to the general populace? So their children aren't taught creationism in public schools, perhaps?
Remember, also, that some channels *ARE* regulated by government, especially local access channels (my system carries 3-4 of them, I think). This is a huge waste of bandwidth that the cable companies are contractually obligated to provide in order to get local franchises. Again, crap. A waste of resources. But the cable company has no choice but to spend a ton of money and bandwidth to meet these obligations.
Are you really saying that a couple of local-access channels, out of the hundreds my cable company carries, are costing it "tons of money and bandwidth"?
More of a social concern about having too many articles; monitoring articles takes time, and having articles on topics that they consider worthless, but that still need to be monitored, causes the amount of eyes watching each article to decrease.
I would argue that more articles means there will be more eyeballs monitoring pages. If somebody wrote a page, somebody is interested in it. Just because they're pages somebody else doesn't want to monitor is not a good enough reason to delete them. Perhaps pages that don't have any active users watching them should be flagged for deletion instead.
... it will be ultimately judged by the Wikipedia community to determine its suitability for inclusion...
The problem is that sometimes that "community" is just a person with a bug up their butt about their interpretation of some Wikipedia policy. Twenty other people may pipe up on the Talk page arguing against the jihadist but that one person (with way too much time on their hands) can dig in. If the community was really in charge that wouldn't happen but it does.
...I have a lot of respect for John Doerr. And if he's setting up a fund this big for iPhone app development, that makes me think very good things are coming for Apple through the iPhone. Very good things.
Agreed. For me, the iFund announcement was possibly the biggest news at the event. I don't know if the iPhone is going to be bigger than the PC but does have the potential to be freaking huge. That $100m means someone else thinks so, too.
No, it's called bullying. We bully Cuba because we can (and it appeases people in a state with a lot of electoral votes). We let China get away with human rights abuses because they're too big to bully. Wake up.
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Do you mean NCLB, dreamt up by a Republican Administration and passed overwhelmingly by a Republican-majority Conress? Nice try, wingnut.
Yes, it does make sense. With profiles, no tedious queue adjustment is necessary--it just works. This is exactly what software is supposed to do: make tedious tasks (queue reordering to support multiple virtual queues) simple (real multiple queues). Just because I can reorder a single queue for a whole family does not mean I want to. Software should manage that.
Dubya had such a fun time helping the Vietnamese with their democracy that he wants to re-live those glory days. Wait a second...
If you were highly respected, you'd have karma to burn.
Personally I got tired how all the good things that happened in my life were God's blessings and how all the bad things were just part of some incomprehensible plan.
God is just like Ronald Reagan: all of the credit but none of the blame.
You hate the catholic church because of an earthquake? Child molestation cover-ups weren't the last straw, oh no. You waited for a fucking earthquake!?! Hey, maybe you can start hating the Jews the next time there's another really big hurricane. You can then hate Islam if that volcano in Chile blows up. Mormons get the next flood. Maybe Hindus the next bad elephant stampede...
Hey, I like "Saturday Night", you insensitive clod!
After that I am just just waiting for a George Lucas style Director's cut
You don't want to see that:
Neil Armstrong: That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
Jar Jar Aldrin: Meesa gonna go next! Woopsie...
Jar Jar tumbles down the ladder, landing on Armstrong.
Armstrong: Jar Jaaaarr!
* The PR disaster that Vista has become
In Ballmer's defense (now there are three words that I never thought I'd write), Gates was "Chief Software Architect" during Vista's development.
So do us all a favor and vote for the worst candidate from here on out. It's the only way.
He's been in the White House for seven years. I don't think we're getting the results you were hoping for.
Merriam-Webster also defines shill as "one who makes a sales pitch or serves as a promoter".
It would be nice if these reasonable Christians you refer to would actually raise their voices against the fundy whack-jobs and not let them dominate the religious conversation in the US. That way I could believe these reasonable people actually exist in the numbers you claim.
Are you really saying that a couple of local-access channels, out of the hundreds my cable company carries, are costing it "tons of money and bandwidth"?
I would argue that more articles means there will be more eyeballs monitoring pages. If somebody wrote a page, somebody is interested in it. Just because they're pages somebody else doesn't want to monitor is not a good enough reason to delete them. Perhaps pages that don't have any active users watching them should be flagged for deletion instead.
... it will be ultimately judged by the Wikipedia community to determine its suitability for inclusion...The problem is that sometimes that "community" is just a person with a bug up their butt about their interpretation of some Wikipedia policy. Twenty other people may pipe up on the Talk page arguing against the jihadist but that one person (with way too much time on their hands) can dig in. If the community was really in charge that wouldn't happen but it does.
Agreed. For me, the iFund announcement was possibly the biggest news at the event. I don't know if the iPhone is going to be bigger than the PC but does have the potential to be freaking huge. That $100m means someone else thinks so, too.
It's more like leaving your curtains open and complaining that people in the street are looking through the windows.
Not to mention his/her body if it really is a one-way trip.
What would you do if Hillary chose Obama as her running mate?
No, it's called bullying. We bully Cuba because we can (and it appeases people in a state with a lot of electoral votes). We let China get away with human rights abuses because they're too big to bully. Wake up.