no, he claims that google has gone out of their way not to lock you in to their services, then claims that leaving apple's devices/services is somehow difficult. or at least that's what the claim looks like when i read it.
and to your points, seems like apple has maybe done something towards killing flash ads while browsing on their mobile products, and have also done quite a bit to support OSS.
can you give me some examples? when i lost my ipod, i had no troubles switching to using my blackberry as a media player. i've moved firefox profiles and photoshop/illustrator files (with all supporting fonts, images, etc) from my macbook to a windows machine and opened them with no issues. i just haven't seen this alleged vendor lock-in that i keep hearing so much about, and i have to wonder what i'm missing.
you should try taking your car back to the dealer for some out-of-warranty work sometime. my mom spent almost $300 for an oil change and tune-up on her Honda because she thought the dealership was the best place to go...
there seems to be a good bit of research on it (check out The Monroe Institute). the basic program i usually go with is a modified version of the base program that comes with Gnaural. it's a drop from alpha to deep sleep, with some tiny spikes every few minutes to keep you(me) from just dozing right off. it runs for forty-five minutes or so, then hangs out on delta waves. generally i "wake up" enough around here to take off headphones and nod back off. i find i sleep through the whole night more consistently, with less sleep required. i've had a few friends report similar results.
get yourself a copy of Gnaural or SBAGen and play around with the different programs. i frequently drift off to sleep with one running in my ears, and have noticed i seem to sleep fewer hours and feel more refreshed. also good for naps and creative boosts.
i don't know why i think this reply should go way down here, but sure. i was simply stating that if you're worried about the info resultant from google knowing what accounts belong to whom, you're probably best-off not using their service at all, since....c'mon, it's google, and they already know.
btw, i have multiple gmail accts *and* email from my own domains. i just don't care if they know, but i can see why some ppl would.
i have two gmail accounts that i check regularly (meaning at least a couple times a day per account). i don't imagine google has had any trouble determining that they belong to the same user, what with the way i logout from one and into the next from the same location(s) multiple times per day.
ok, so is that a disagreement? are you saying it would be ok to deny a job to an asian or a fat guy because their potential co-workers/clients may be bigoted?
some people choose to get nose jobs, botox, liposuction; some people choose to get fat; some people choose gender reassignment; some people choose to have their make-up tattooed on so they don't have to apply it every day. none of these things have any effect on your ability to do a job; to pretend otherwise is roughly the same as to pretend that skin colour is relevant to job performance.
"no visible tattoos" policies are just another form of discrimination that haven't been shut down yet. how about "no blacks" or "no transvestites"? i'm easily offended having to look at old people, so maybe we can keep them out of my workplace too? or, y'know, we could just accept that some people look different than others, and that has no bearing on their ability to do a job. naw, it's probably easier to just pass a "no visible deformities that are gross to look at" rule. yay corporations!
i remember college house parties ("keggers" if you will) where they'd charge guys ten bucks at the door and let chicks in free. there was never a shortage of guys willing to pay ten bucks for access to college girls with access to kegs.
so where does this stop? we have local businesses around here that give seniors ten percent off on tuesdays, just for being old...
yeah, i really can't see how multiple humans, armed, some mounted on horseback, against a single animal trapped in a big pen can be called "sport" by anyone. it's torture porn; nothing more than drawn-out slaughter.
lawmakers are supposed to be public servants; they should be payed from government coffers with funds collected from the citizenry. as soon as they're allowed to take money from whomever, they stop serving the public and start serving the guy who signs those checks; when that happens you have a situation where the guys with the most money get to buy the laws.
imagine for a second that this student had gotten a friend from another school to post the fake myspace profile. if your answer to this is that the principal now has to go through the proper legal channels to get the issue resolved, then why overstep your authority in the first place? this is clearly a case of something that happened outside of school time, off school property. too bad if it's convenient to suspend the little bastard - that just makes the slope a little slipperier for the next incident that happens out of the school.
if she didn't wanna get raped, she wouldn't be dressed that way...
seriously, here; i don't drive - i ride a bike. i buy as much local produce, etc as possible, buy from local crafters rather than big retail where i can, blah blah blah down the line. unfortunately for me, i still can't control how these distributors get their products. unless you have some masterful plan to turn every existing mode of transportation in the world to non-petroleum right now, there is simply no reasonable way to live without some dependence on oil.
and as far as "BP weren't doing anything fraudulent" goes, the jury's still out on that. lots of stories of known problems with the b.o.p, cementing, shitty safety/emergency procedures, etc. but it looks like there's gonna be plenty of actual blame to lay directly on those at the top. they were never given carte-blanche to get oil at all costs; there were procedures in place to prevent this very thing, and they skirted pretty much all of them.
better idea: i'm gonna go in time for prayers and be a douchebag, all loud and on purpose. because if the christians don't have to be quiet for that minute, neither do i. *OR* we could *ALL* have a moment of silence to reflect on things in our own heads and THEN THERE WON'T BE A FUCKING PROBLEM. are you actually retarded, or do you really believe that tyranny of the majority oughtta be government sanctioned?
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wait, which side are you campaigning for?
i'm eager to hear hipsters arguing over who has fewer bars.
no, he claims that google has gone out of their way not to lock you in to their services, then claims that leaving apple's devices/services is somehow difficult. or at least that's what the claim looks like when i read it.
and to your points, seems like apple has maybe done something towards killing flash ads while browsing on their mobile products, and have also done quite a bit to support OSS.
can you give me some examples? when i lost my ipod, i had no troubles switching to using my blackberry as a media player. i've moved firefox profiles and photoshop/illustrator files (with all supporting fonts, images, etc) from my macbook to a windows machine and opened them with no issues. i just haven't seen this alleged vendor lock-in that i keep hearing so much about, and i have to wonder what i'm missing.
have you tried asking your neighbour not to smoke outside your kids window?
sorry 'bout that, i didn't think you'd mind. i'll be right over to get them out of your way.
you should try taking your car back to the dealer for some out-of-warranty work sometime. my mom spent almost $300 for an oil change and tune-up on her Honda because she thought the dealership was the best place to go...
there seems to be a good bit of research on it (check out The Monroe Institute). the basic program i usually go with is a modified version of the base program that comes with Gnaural. it's a drop from alpha to deep sleep, with some tiny spikes every few minutes to keep you(me) from just dozing right off. it runs for forty-five minutes or so, then hangs out on delta waves. generally i "wake up" enough around here to take off headphones and nod back off. i find i sleep through the whole night more consistently, with less sleep required. i've had a few friends report similar results.
get yourself a copy of Gnaural or SBAGen and play around with the different programs. i frequently drift off to sleep with one running in my ears, and have noticed i seem to sleep fewer hours and feel more refreshed. also good for naps and creative boosts.
oh, and *slow-clap* to the gp. well done, sir.
i don't know why i think this reply should go way down here, but sure. i was simply stating that if you're worried about the info resultant from google knowing what accounts belong to whom, you're probably best-off not using their service at all, since....c'mon, it's google, and they already know.
btw, i have multiple gmail accts *and* email from my own domains. i just don't care if they know, but i can see why some ppl would.
i have two gmail accounts that i check regularly (meaning at least a couple times a day per account). i don't imagine google has had any trouble determining that they belong to the same user, what with the way i logout from one and into the next from the same location(s) multiple times per day.
better yet, if you're so concerned, you could always register a domain and run your own mail server.
it scares me to know that there are people who believe that governments "provide rights".
there is no such thing as a "justice system". i believe you're referring to the "legal system".
will it ever stop? yo, i don't know....
ok, so is that a disagreement? are you saying it would be ok to deny a job to an asian or a fat guy because their potential co-workers/clients may be bigoted?
some people choose to get nose jobs, botox, liposuction; some people choose to get fat; some people choose gender reassignment; some people choose to have their make-up tattooed on so they don't have to apply it every day. none of these things have any effect on your ability to do a job; to pretend otherwise is roughly the same as to pretend that skin colour is relevant to job performance.
"no visible tattoos" policies are just another form of discrimination that haven't been shut down yet. how about "no blacks" or "no transvestites"? i'm easily offended having to look at old people, so maybe we can keep them out of my workplace too? or, y'know, we could just accept that some people look different than others, and that has no bearing on their ability to do a job. naw, it's probably easier to just pass a "no visible deformities that are gross to look at" rule. yay corporations!
i remember college house parties ("keggers" if you will) where they'd charge guys ten bucks at the door and let chicks in free. there was never a shortage of guys willing to pay ten bucks for access to college girls with access to kegs.
so where does this stop? we have local businesses around here that give seniors ten percent off on tuesdays, just for being old...
yeah, i really can't see how multiple humans, armed, some mounted on horseback, against a single animal trapped in a big pen can be called "sport" by anyone. it's torture porn; nothing more than drawn-out slaughter.
lawmakers are supposed to be public servants; they should be payed from government coffers with funds collected from the citizenry. as soon as they're allowed to take money from whomever, they stop serving the public and start serving the guy who signs those checks; when that happens you have a situation where the guys with the most money get to buy the laws.
i stopped reading after this.
imagine for a second that this student had gotten a friend from another school to post the fake myspace profile. if your answer to this is that the principal now has to go through the proper legal channels to get the issue resolved, then why overstep your authority in the first place? this is clearly a case of something that happened outside of school time, off school property. too bad if it's convenient to suspend the little bastard - that just makes the slope a little slipperier for the next incident that happens out of the school.
if she didn't wanna get raped, she wouldn't be dressed that way...
seriously, here; i don't drive - i ride a bike. i buy as much local produce, etc as possible, buy from local crafters rather than big retail where i can, blah blah blah down the line. unfortunately for me, i still can't control how these distributors get their products. unless you have some masterful plan to turn every existing mode of transportation in the world to non-petroleum right now, there is simply no reasonable way to live without some dependence on oil.
and as far as "BP weren't doing anything fraudulent" goes, the jury's still out on that. lots of stories of known problems with the b.o.p, cementing, shitty safety/emergency procedures, etc. but it looks like there's gonna be plenty of actual blame to lay directly on those at the top. they were never given carte-blanche to get oil at all costs; there were procedures in place to prevent this very thing, and they skirted pretty much all of them.
better idea: i'm gonna go in time for prayers and be a douchebag, all loud and on purpose. because if the christians don't have to be quiet for that minute, neither do i. *OR* we could *ALL* have a moment of silence to reflect on things in our own heads and THEN THERE WON'T BE A FUCKING PROBLEM. are you actually retarded, or do you really believe that tyranny of the majority oughtta be government sanctioned?