Well not only is it early Sunday morning in the US, which is always slower, but this story doesn't really lend itself to many useful comments. Beyond a small handful, everything else would just be noise.
And speaking of noise, meta-moderators ought to be more diligent in marking as unfair mods of "funny" for the same tired old worn out jokes. Also, any discussion that strays into politics or religion, when it's not directly related to the topic, ought to be aggressively modded down. No opinion has ever been changed by any of those threads. They are a pointless waste of time.
Face it, our lives are for the most part not like that of James Bond. We're dull.
Sure, you're dull right up until the moment you're not. And then you're defenseless. There is an old saying in Chess - the threat is better than the execution. Meaning that as long as your opponent has the power to do something, you have to expend your efforts in worrying about it and preventing it rather than doing what you'd like to do. If all of your "secrets" are laid bare at the whim of someone in power then you are oppressed - even if nothing actually happens to you. And everybody has secrets, especially when they can be skillfully twisted to present a certain picture.
Are you placing no value on the (I'm guessing here) optical audio out, the camera, firewire, backlit keyboard, iLife applications, OS X itself, fancy power chord thing, the fact that it can run either OS (or both), etc? I'm really asking, not arguing.
Do'h! Hey, can everybody please submit a bunch of good stories and get this off the front page in a hurry. I'm feeling really dumb right now.
Here's a good thing to keep in mind, both in slashdot and in real life. It turns out that nobody really cares about you as much as you think, so don't sweat it. I don't mean you specifically, I mean generally. I just couldn't bring myself to write the retarded "nobody cares about one as much as one thinks."
I've not had a chance to play with any of the previews yet, but to disparage what they're doing as "merely lip service" misses the mark by a mile.
I had a chance to spend a few minutes with one. I'm as anti-Microsoft as anybody, but i have to admit that, at least for that brief trial, the ribbon interface works very well, as does the "interface right where you're working." (That's where instead of just a contextual menu, you get a "contextual mini interface" placed near the cursor. It was very handy for setting fonts and styles and such.) Obviously because I had only a few minutes, I don't know how well it works as a whole, and if the ideas scale for more complex work, or if the interface starts getting in the way.
Vonage decides to "let the little guy in" by offering shares to customers. But it makes the huge blunder of not actually collecting the money, letting the customers merely agree to buy. These are, for the most part, unsophisticated investors who think that getting in on an IPO means free money, and that they always go up.
Now that the opposite has happened these "investors" not only want to walk away from the deal, they want to cancel their service! Here's what one participant said: " I have had enough of this company, refuse to pay for these shares, and am canceling my Vonage service, not because it is not a good service, just because i have lost all faith and trust in this company. "
Leaving aside any questions of his logic or good faith intentions, Vonage has dug themselves a huge hole and jumped right in. And it's going to get worse before it gets better. The only way these people can try to get out of paying is by canceling the service. So sooner or later Vonage is going to have to consider sucking it up and "forgive" all those promises to buy in order to keep their customers. But if they do that the stock plummets, and here comes a class-action lawsuit from the stockholders.
AsSeenOnTV never said anything that wasn't published at some Apple rumor site somewhere. He was a nobody.
You could be right. He was pretty darn sharp though. Was he ever wrong about anything? The rumor sites are wrong all the time. And you'd think a nobody would want to "reappear" once in a while to get whatever thrill he was getting in the first place.
Actually, it is homeopathy. You have it backwards.
I have what backwards? homeopathy is "the treatment of disease by minute doses of natural substances that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of disease." This was a case of apparently recognizing an allergy.
Vitamin E could not possibly have been considered homeopathic. Perhaps you mean something like "alternative" medicine? Well, a large body of what's considered mainstream medical practice started out as some sort of traditional medicine. And studies were done. And when they showed promise studies were repeated. That's how it works. You notice something, or you get an idea, and you test it out.
...very common known flushing foods are liver, yogurt, sour cream, vanilla, soy sauce, yeast extract, eggplant, avocados, spinach, broad-leaf beans and pods, including lima, navy or peas. Allergies to malt and yeast beverages, and fermented alcohols would fall into the allergy category.
That's why I said they were knowledgeable, but that it wasn't homeopathy.
Out of desperation, she eventually went to see a homeopath. At a $150 visit, he asked her a lot of questions about her lifestyle, and then told her that it was most likely caused by a reaction to yeast.
It sounds like she went to a thoughtful and knowledgeable person, but actual homeopathy had nothing to do with it.
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Well not only is it early Sunday morning in the US, which is always slower, but this story doesn't really lend itself to many useful comments. Beyond a small handful, everything else would just be noise.
And speaking of noise, meta-moderators ought to be more diligent in marking as unfair mods of "funny" for the same tired old worn out jokes. Also, any discussion that strays into politics or religion, when it's not directly related to the topic, ought to be aggressively modded down. No opinion has ever been changed by any of those threads. They are a pointless waste of time.
Sure, you're dull right up until the moment you're not. And then you're defenseless. There is an old saying in Chess - the threat is better than the execution. Meaning that as long as your opponent has the power to do something, you have to expend your efforts in worrying about it and preventing it rather than doing what you'd like to do. If all of your "secrets" are laid bare at the whim of someone in power then you are oppressed - even if nothing actually happens to you. And everybody has secrets, especially when they can be skillfully twisted to present a certain picture.
Why in the world is this moderated as trolling? Taking the parent post's advice, here's a bit more on the author.
So much for your sense of wonder and discovery.
Yeah, that's gotta be worth something :-)
Are you placing no value on the (I'm guessing here) optical audio out, the camera, firewire, backlit keyboard, iLife applications, OS X itself, fancy power chord thing, the fact that it can run either OS (or both), etc? I'm really asking, not arguing.
On the other hand, if your iPod is old and beaten up, for 60 bucks you get to swap it and get a new battery as well.
Parent is a bit curt, but not off topic. A torrent is exactly what is needed to make this article comprehensible, as nobody can reach the server.
Well I know I'm feeling more vibrant. For those of you struggling with Shakespeare, here's my summary of Hamlet:
1. Not to be.
Here's a good thing to keep in mind, both in slashdot and in real life. It turns out that nobody really cares about you as much as you think, so don't sweat it. I don't mean you specifically, I mean generally. I just couldn't bring myself to write the retarded "nobody cares about one as much as one thinks."
There are laws about that sort of thing.
What if I was forced to house other employees of the corporation in my dwelling.
Also about that.
What if my employer could search through my home without a warrant?
Ditto.
Most people would say this is isane or wacko
I agree with this part.
I had a chance to spend a few minutes with one. I'm as anti-Microsoft as anybody, but i have to admit that, at least for that brief trial, the ribbon interface works very well, as does the "interface right where you're working." (That's where instead of just a contextual menu, you get a "contextual mini interface" placed near the cursor. It was very handy for setting fonts and styles and such.) Obviously because I had only a few minutes, I don't know how well it works as a whole, and if the ideas scale for more complex work, or if the interface starts getting in the way.
For me personally it's because nobody went to jail over the rootkit fiasco.
Command + doesn't work? I use that all the time now that my reading vision is weaker. It only changes the current tab, not the rest of the internet.
Proof? Come on! He said he seemed to recall it. What, that's not good enough for you, Mister High and Mighty?
Vonage decides to "let the little guy in" by offering shares to customers. But it makes the huge blunder of not actually collecting the money, letting the customers merely agree to buy. These are, for the most part, unsophisticated investors who think that getting in on an IPO means free money, and that they always go up.
Now that the opposite has happened these "investors" not only want to walk away from the deal, they want to cancel their service! Here's what one participant said: " I have had enough of this company, refuse to pay for these shares, and am canceling my Vonage service, not because it is not a good service, just because i have lost all faith and trust in this company. "
Leaving aside any questions of his logic or good faith intentions, Vonage has dug themselves a huge hole and jumped right in. And it's going to get worse before it gets better. The only way these people can try to get out of paying is by canceling the service. So sooner or later Vonage is going to have to consider sucking it up and "forgive" all those promises to buy in order to keep their customers. But if they do that the stock plummets, and here comes a class-action lawsuit from the stockholders.
You could be right. He was pretty darn sharp though. Was he ever wrong about anything? The rumor sites are wrong all the time. And you'd think a nobody would want to "reappear" once in a while to get whatever thrill he was getting in the first place.
I'm not betting that it was Jobs, though.
I always figured either they got to him or it was Jobs himself, possibly with technical assistance.
The primary purpose is to encourage entrepreneurism. They are extremely good for the economy.
I have what backwards? homeopathy is "the treatment of disease by minute doses of natural substances that in a healthy person would produce symptoms of disease." This was a case of apparently recognizing an allergy.
Vitamin E could not possibly have been considered homeopathic. Perhaps you mean something like "alternative" medicine? Well, a large body of what's considered mainstream medical practice started out as some sort of traditional medicine. And studies were done. And when they showed promise studies were repeated. That's how it works. You notice something, or you get an idea, and you test it out.
Your very first Slashdot post and you've already progressed to the Not Reading The Article stage! Impressive. The force is strong in this one.
It's not a new notion. From the Rosacea Foundation:
That's why I said they were knowledgeable, but that it wasn't homeopathy.
It sounds like she went to a thoughtful and knowledgeable person, but actual homeopathy had nothing to do with it.
Well, if Windows did something useful with firewire, such as Target Disk Mode*, you'd never want one without it.
*mounts your computer as an external drive.
Which of course is short for "urectum? You damn near killed 'em."