Infact, why has it been modded so highly when the majority of people have no idea what the actual experience of installing Linux on Mac is like?
If you read the mods, they were +1 Interesting, not +1 Exactly Like Reality. I agree that it was modded way to high, but that's what happens when you're the second poster. W00t!
Anyway, aside from the jarring look of a command prompt on an iMac screen, YDL is pretty damn close to Mac usability for most tasks. For the rest of them (server-type processes and database systems), it's actually better. OSX is a different story, of course, but who the Hell thinks dragging a disc to the trash in order to eject it (a la OS9) is usable?
I installed Yeloow Dog Linux on one of the iMacs in our Dev lab (first Linux install ever), and man, was I impressed. Hundreds and hundreds of apps came with, and as a lifelong Win/Mac user, I felt comfortable right away. Since that experience, I have stopped bitching about Linux useability. Thanks, Linux! (sparkle from teeth)
oh, you were talking about *analog* TV? The one without keyboard?
Actually, the HDTV standard is much more than just better picture and sound. Included in the broadcast spectrum is 1.6Mbps allotted for "other transmission". I worked for NBC when the standard was being nailed down, and part of my job was to try to come up with a use for the extra bits. That was, of course, before my whole dept. got axed.
So, anyway, we tossed ideas around, like being able to broadcast 4 distinct shows on one channel, or netcasting movies or mp3s that would be stored on the set-top while you were watching the broadcast. Think of HDTV like DVD over the air. Multiple angles or audio commentary, multi-language, etc. There is a lot more to HDTV than the guy at The Wiz knows about.
Anyone whose fucking business depends on people who spam in English to make millions of dollars in a global economy needs to figure out how to read english emails. That's because no business correspondence of any importance is ever, ever written in Mandarin fucking Chinese, retard. Next time you want to ask someone to be ashamed of their monolingual ass (I could make this post in Latin or Spanish if I was bored enough, by the way), log in to do it.
The spam came to you in English, didn't it? The HUGE volume of spam coming from Asia is in English, isn't it? Fuck, man,/. is in English. Get over yourself, these people need to at least find someone who reads English to respond to the occasional postmaster mails they get.
Imagine thinking yourself so enlightened that you deliberately turn your back on your ability to reason, and judge?
At the risk of sounding like a religious nut (and how unlearned would that be?), we have reasoned ourselves out of a Final Answer. That is, there are those of us that not only would deny the ability to reason, but also its cause. Science tells us that what the Chinese are doing is some sort of evolution, on a grand scale. That what the Chinese are doing is merely the use of their mental opposable thumbs. You and I think it's wrong, though. Wrong like "Wrong", with a capital W.
There's more to life than reason, just ask anyone who reasons for a living. Anyway, good post. Rock on.
If a society does not allow a person to exercise their right of conscience, to articulate a belief or a point of view that runs contrary to sanctioned doctrine, or to engage in self-determination, then that society is wrong[...]
Sorry, but a giant says you to that one. We've had this discussion a million times on/. before (as I'm sure someone w/ a 4-digit UID knows), but the argument that there is a universal wrong way to run your government is useless without some sort of universal judge. Since the Chinese government doesn't acknowlege the existance of God, they can't acknowlege the existence of right or wrong, only benificial and detrimental to the well-being of their people. The judgement of detrimental vs. benificial is made by the Chinese, as a whole, just like the decision to adopt Socialism in the first place. They are the only ones they deem capapble of making value judgements on their society. Until you start paying their bills, you get no say.
Now, of course, if you were to say that God wants Man to have free will, and the idea of an authoritarian state is an affront to God and a sin in and of itself, you'd have a very valid point. Of course, you'd never say that, because everyone on/. knows, only stupid folks believe in that "fairy tale".
What I'm trying to say is that I agree with you, China's government is wrong. Unfortunately, we have placed ourselves in a position where we cannot argue without risking our cherished freedom from objectivity.
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there are some things machines do better than people and ringing up groceries is only one of them
We have that in Dallas, too. It has its uses, but if I have a lot of produce to weigh, or weird-shaped items to bag, I'll take a human cashier. Not only do they bag your stuff for you, they don't ask you to "PLACE THE ITEM BACK IN THE BAG" every 30 frickin' seconds.
Well, since the story already got Farked, it'll probably be more than that. More importantly, what is the story of her proposal going to sound like? "Yeah, it was so romantic. He proposed to me on the Internet,".
Just look at the controversy over the "Morning After" pill; it was already being used in Europe, but here in the US, there were several groups lobbying the government to make it illegal, and trying to bribe the FDA.
The Morning After Pill was not a contraceptive, it was/is a pharmacological abortion. Conception has already taken place by the time RU-232 (IIRC) took affect. And aren't lobbyists supposed to lobby?
There is a lot more money to be had (for funding), and a lot more money to be made in reproduction than in contraception.
The last time I checked, rubbers were going for about US$1.00 ea., which is a lot cheaper than the average effort to assist conception. Speaking of which, why are condoms so darn expensive, considering what they are?
- An evolutionist looks at the available data and comes up with a theory that explains it.
- A creationist comes up with a theory and then keeps only the data that supports that theory and discards the rest.
I you're asking which came first, the data or the theory when it comes to Creationism, the answer is all around you.
Creationism explains the data gathered through observation over the thousands of years prior to the writing of Genesis, and continues to explain the growing complexity we understand as the universe. When peering through an electron microscope, more than one scientist has reevaluated his ideas on God.
Go here! Now! I'm not sure about Insound's UK shipping policies, but they frequently have 20% off on vinyl, and I remember a few free shipping specials. Most records are well under US$10. Of course, I just blew my moderator points by posting to this thread, but I just had to jump in there.
I'm sure Europe appreciates your sentiment, but as an American, I have no problem reaping the benifits of US-funded R&D, and keeping most of the development profits right here. If the rest of the world wants to play, they can invent their own BASIC.
Anyone here ever have any interaction with their cable company? If you've had any, it was stupid. Most cable internet providers won't even "support" Apple or *nix users.
On your girlfriend. Seriously, the heavies are always afraid of frisking women too enthusiasticly. Many larger venues have female security staff also, but even they won't check in your girl's shorts. Socks and lower legs are good, too, since very rarely does anyone get the full police-style patdown. Now, if only someone would make a DAT that looked like a cellphone...
This article is more proof that the liberals decrying the goverment's reasonable restrictions on ESC's are morons.
Thanks, Bill. Indeed, if pre-born stem cell research hadn't been kept controversial, there may have been no need for this discovery. If it hadn't been for pro-lifers bitching and moaning, we may have never found this way to harvest long living stem cells.
I don't think they think it's possible to block out all stray radiation, just like it's not possible to avoid all injury in football. They're just putting on some pads.
Of course, none of them will be able to read this, so I'm burning karma for nothing. Oh well.
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Holy shit, are you Justin Chitwood?
Infact, why has it been modded so highly when the majority of people have no idea what the actual experience of installing Linux on Mac is like?
If you read the mods, they were +1 Interesting, not +1 Exactly Like Reality. I agree that it was modded way to high, but that's what happens when you're the second poster. W00t!
Anyway, aside from the jarring look of a command prompt on an iMac screen, YDL is pretty damn close to Mac usability for most tasks. For the rest of them (server-type processes and database systems), it's actually better. OSX is a different story, of course, but who the Hell thinks dragging a disc to the trash in order to eject it (a la OS9) is usable?
I installed Yeloow Dog Linux on one of the iMacs in our Dev lab (first Linux install ever), and man, was I impressed. Hundreds and hundreds of apps came with, and as a lifelong Win/Mac user, I felt comfortable right away. Since that experience, I have stopped bitching about Linux useability. Thanks, Linux! (sparkle from teeth)
oh, you were talking about *analog* TV? The one without keyboard?
Actually, the HDTV standard is much more than just better picture and sound. Included in the broadcast spectrum is 1.6Mbps allotted for "other transmission". I worked for NBC when the standard was being nailed down, and part of my job was to try to come up with a use for the extra bits. That was, of course, before my whole dept. got axed.
So, anyway, we tossed ideas around, like being able to broadcast 4 distinct shows on one channel, or netcasting movies or mp3s that would be stored on the set-top while you were watching the broadcast. Think of HDTV like DVD over the air. Multiple angles or audio commentary, multi-language, etc. There is a lot more to HDTV than the guy at The Wiz knows about.
Yeah, and unless something else has changed, it's a Vega.
You should be ashamed of your monolingual ass.
OK, AC, I'll bite:
Anyone whose fucking business depends on people who spam in English to make millions of dollars in a global economy needs to figure out how to read english emails. That's because no business correspondence of any importance is ever, ever written in Mandarin fucking Chinese, retard. Next time you want to ask someone to be ashamed of their monolingual ass (I could make this post in Latin or Spanish if I was bored enough, by the way), log in to do it.
The spam came to you in English, didn't it? The HUGE volume of spam coming from Asia is in English, isn't it? Fuck, man, /. is in English. Get over yourself, these people need to at least find someone who reads English to respond to the occasional postmaster mails they get.
FYI: Using a lawsuit to threaten someone into doing what you want is illegal.
Imagine thinking yourself so enlightened that you deliberately turn your back on your ability to reason, and judge?
At the risk of sounding like a religious nut (and how unlearned would that be?), we have reasoned ourselves out of a Final Answer. That is, there are those of us that not only would deny the ability to reason, but also its cause. Science tells us that what the Chinese are doing is some sort of evolution, on a grand scale. That what the Chinese are doing is merely the use of their mental opposable thumbs. You and I think it's wrong, though. Wrong like "Wrong", with a capital W.
There's more to life than reason, just ask anyone who reasons for a living. Anyway, good post. Rock on.
If a society does not allow a person to exercise their right of conscience, to articulate a belief or a point of view that runs contrary to sanctioned doctrine, or to engage in self-determination, then that society is wrong[...]
/. before (as I'm sure someone w/ a 4-digit UID knows), but the argument that there is a universal wrong way to run your government is useless without some sort of universal judge. Since the Chinese government doesn't acknowlege the existance of God, they can't acknowlege the existence of right or wrong, only benificial and detrimental to the well-being of their people. The judgement of detrimental vs. benificial is made by the Chinese, as a whole, just like the decision to adopt Socialism in the first place. They are the only ones they deem capapble of making value judgements on their society. Until you start paying their bills, you get no say.
/. knows, only stupid folks believe in that "fairy tale".
Sorry, but a giant says you to that one. We've had this discussion a million times on
Now, of course, if you were to say that God wants Man to have free will, and the idea of an authoritarian state is an affront to God and a sin in and of itself, you'd have a very valid point. Of course, you'd never say that, because everyone on
What I'm trying to say is that I agree with you, China's government is wrong. Unfortunately, we have placed ourselves in a position where we cannot argue without risking our cherished freedom from objectivity.
there are some things machines do better than people and ringing up groceries is only one of them
We have that in Dallas, too. It has its uses, but if I have a lot of produce to weigh, or weird-shaped items to bag, I'll take a human cashier. Not only do they bag your stuff for you, they don't ask you to "PLACE THE ITEM BACK IN THE BAG" every 30 frickin' seconds.
Well, since the story already got Farked, it'll probably be more than that. More importantly, what is the story of her proposal going to sound like? "Yeah, it was so romantic. He proposed to me on the Internet,".
Weak.
Therefore it only works up to 72 hours after sex (prevents release of an egg, exactly like when "the pill" is taken on a regular basis).
So, the egg is not fertilized yet? Hmmm... thanks for the update.
Just look at the controversy over the "Morning After" pill; it was already being used in Europe, but here in the US, there were several groups lobbying the government to make it illegal, and trying to bribe the FDA.
The Morning After Pill was not a contraceptive, it was/is a pharmacological abortion. Conception has already taken place by the time RU-232 (IIRC) took affect. And aren't lobbyists supposed to lobby?
There is a lot more money to be had (for funding), and a lot more money to be made in reproduction than in contraception.
The last time I checked, rubbers were going for about US$1.00 ea., which is a lot cheaper than the average effort to assist conception. Speaking of which, why are condoms so darn expensive, considering what they are?
- An evolutionist looks at the available data and comes up with a theory that explains it.
- A creationist comes up with a theory and then keeps only the data that supports that theory and discards the rest.
I you're asking which came first, the data or the theory when it comes to Creationism, the answer is all around you.
Creationism explains the data gathered through observation over the thousands of years prior to the writing of Genesis, and continues to explain the growing complexity we understand as the universe. When peering through an electron microscope, more than one scientist has reevaluated his ideas on God.
When have fertilizers been the cause of large numbers of deaths?
Since no one's sure what causes many types of cancer, I wouldn't ask that question without expecting an answer.
The worst part about smoking: it's cooler than not smoking.
attn: moderators, I know this post is off-topic, but I posted without my +1 bonus, and you're supposed to mod things UP, not down.
Go here! Now! I'm not sure about Insound's UK shipping policies, but they frequently have 20% off on vinyl, and I remember a few free shipping specials. Most records are well under US$10. Of course, I just blew my moderator points by posting to this thread, but I just had to jump in there.
I'm sure Europe appreciates your sentiment, but as an American, I have no problem reaping the benifits of US-funded R&D, and keeping most of the development profits right here. If the rest of the world wants to play, they can invent their own BASIC.
I guess that rules out the majority of the globe then.
Just like every computer programming language I've ever heard of. You can overload operators all you want, you still code left-to-right.
That would be a distinctly stupid thing to do.
Anyone here ever have any interaction with their cable company? If you've had any, it was stupid. Most cable internet providers won't even "support" Apple or *nix users.
what are some good places to hide the equipment?
On your girlfriend. Seriously, the heavies are always afraid of frisking women too enthusiasticly. Many larger venues have female security staff also, but even they won't check in your girl's shorts. Socks and lower legs are good, too, since very rarely does anyone get the full police-style patdown. Now, if only someone would make a DAT that looked like a cellphone...
[...]what's the problem then?
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This article is more proof that the liberals decrying the goverment's reasonable restrictions on ESC's are morons.
Thanks, Bill. Indeed, if pre-born stem cell research hadn't been kept controversial, there may have been no need for this discovery. If it hadn't been for pro-lifers bitching and moaning, we may have never found this way to harvest long living stem cells.
To play the devil's advocate for a moment...
I don't think they think it's possible to block out all stray radiation, just like it's not possible to avoid all injury in football. They're just putting on some pads.
Of course, none of them will be able to read this, so I'm burning karma for nothing. Oh well.