Am I the only one who's appalled by these shallow attempts by special interests to "get their cause noticed" by *somehow* linking it to terrorism?
"We think SUVs are an economic and environmental hazard...uh, and they help fund terrorism!"
"We think narcotics are a societal and economic hazard...uh, and they help fund terrorism!"
"We think people [sharing] our [horribly overpriced] content is detrimental to our multi-billion dollar industry...uh, and they help fund terrorism!"
Granted, the motive behind some of these arguments are noble while others aren't quite so, but does anyone stop to think that *perhaps* cluttering up the concept of terrorism with so many periphery concerns is only going to hurt the "fight" against terrorism in the long run?
Oh come on. Be creative. Let's pay them exactly one penny! And make it one that's gone through one of those pressing machines they have at tourist attractions. You know, one with a clown face or "Harry's Super Fun Happy House of Waffles" pressed into it or something. Then we can start with the crushing, and hurting, and lawyers...don't forget the lawyers!
I don't agree with this. Why is it that smaller devices cost more $$$ than big ones?
Uh...if you were following the thread you'd notice that technically the "smaller" $600-$700 pda doesn't cost more than the "larger" $800 notebook (that's a little trick I like to call "math"). The comparison is made because the prices are similar and both aim to be light and portable.
Why not compare the $600-$700 with an equivalent desktop build? I bet I can make a LCD desktop with $800 and have stuff like a 2400+ AMD chip in it.
You'd probably not make that comparison for the same reason you don't carry around a desktop PC in your pocket, which, even if you could, you'd might not want to with a 2400+ AMD. ouch!
How can for compare a laptop PC to a PDA? I certaily hope my PDA doesn't have a 12.1" screen or a full sized keyboard sticking out of it (although you can buy one to plug into it) 20 gig hd? nope, but you don't need that much with your PDA (unless you're using it as an MP3 Player too).
It like Sunkist selling thier oranges saying: Our oranges are orange and juicy... apples aren't. Our oranges are great for making orange juice... apples are not. Our oranges taste like oranges... apples do not.
Actually, from the facts you mention it sounds more like comparing oranges and tangerines. An $800 subnotebook and a $600-$700 pda might have more incommon than you'd think.
Customs insisted the figures are dolls, and thus subject to 12% import duties, instead of the 6.8% rate for toys. Duties have since been eliminated from both categories.
The Segway is undeniably cool, but I've just never seen it having much of a future. There's little it can do that a bicycle, generic electric scooter, or even a pedestrian couldn't do more efficiently for thousands less. There have been many "novel" takes on the idea of a personal transporter in the past, but, like its predecessors without any real utilitarian benefit over the status quo, once the Segway's novelty wears off it will be forgotten to the dustbin of history.
I'm continually surprised that so many people have problems with spam. I rarely receive spam. It's really not too hard to avoid if you follow a few simple rules.
First, pick a single e-mail address and designate this your master or primary address.
Second, register a few free e-mail addresses with forwarding capability (not too hard to find if you know where to look) and point them to your master address.
Third, whenever you give out your e-mail address, whether for a program registration, message board account, irc, whatever, always give one of these junk addresses, Never your master address. Naturally, if you can help it, don't give out your address at all or simply enter some random garbage.
Fourth, if perchance you do begin to receive spam from a particular address, simply delete or change the forwarding of the address you received spam on.
Pretty straight forward. To recap, use temp addresses forwarded to a single address and don't give out any address unless you need to. When spam happens, delete the temp address responsible.
Of course, there may still be other problems, such as with addresses posted on sites for strictly utilitarian reasons like a webmaster/help/info address. However, an e-mail form can be used to help cut down these types of abuse.
Oh yeah, and try not to buy too much stuff from spammers. Keep it below $50 if you manage.
The solution, according to the film, to be released next year, involves scientists drilling into Earth's mantle to set off a nuclear blast that will halt the reversal.
can you adjust mouse speed? Not a troll, it's just that Debian seems to be the only one to have thought of this minor detail. Everyone else seems to require you edit mouse "resolution" in XF86Config-4 (and then it applies to all users). And don't tell me how you can adjust acceleration under KDE's control panel. Speed!=acceleration damit!
Christ on a cracker people! Speed != Acceleration!!!
Yousee, speed = (distance traveled / time) whereas acceleration = (speed changed / time)....Not a troll, but this is a fairly simple principle that Gnome and KDE developers don't seem to be able to grasp.
Actually, this may be somewhat trivial but I'd like to know if they've included some utility to *conveniently* adjust mouse speed. To date, Debian is the only one to implement such a utility that doesn't force you to search for some discrete x11 file everytime kudzu makes a tweak. It still alludes me as to why no other distros have done the same. It's just such a small annoyance made larger by its simplicity.
And your point is? The debate over the existence of God aside, of the thousands of religions around the globe, several state that disbelievers will be sent to hell. Therefore, since everyone is not a member of at least one of these religions, technically everyone will "go to hell".
The problem with porting anything to a device like the 525 is that, unlike the iPaq or most other modern PDAs, its OS is permanently embedded into generic ROM. Henceforth, installing another OS onto the 525 isn't exactly as straightforward as writing the new over the old.
I hastily bought this Jornada a few months before the dramatic price slash, back when it was still selling for over $300. I had yet to become enlightened by the benefits of flash ROM and have been regretting my purchase ever since...
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But do we really want a bunch of Auto-Cows(tm?) running amuck in the desert?
Am I the only one who's appalled by these shallow attempts by special interests to "get their cause noticed" by *somehow* linking it to terrorism?
"We think SUVs are an economic and environmental hazard...uh, and they help fund terrorism!"
"We think narcotics are a societal and economic hazard...uh, and they help fund terrorism!"
"We think people [sharing] our [horribly overpriced] content is detrimental to our multi-billion dollar industry...uh, and they help fund terrorism!"
Granted, the motive behind some of these arguments are noble while others aren't quite so, but does anyone stop to think that *perhaps* cluttering up the concept of terrorism with so many periphery concerns is only going to hurt the "fight" against terrorism in the long run?
An electric motor has its highest torque at zero rpm.
Perhaps you'd care to go into more detail as to how an electric motor produces ANY torque when it's NOT moving.
But not one damned penny for tribute.
Oh come on. Be creative. Let's pay them exactly one penny! And make it one that's gone through one of those pressing machines they have at tourist attractions. You know, one with a clown face or "Harry's Super Fun Happy House of Waffles" pressed into it or something. Then we can start with the crushing, and hurting, and lawyers...don't forget the lawyers!
I don't agree with this. Why is it that smaller devices cost more $$$ than big ones?
Uh...if you were following the thread you'd notice that technically the "smaller" $600-$700 pda doesn't cost more than the "larger" $800 notebook (that's a little trick I like to call "math"). The comparison is made because the prices are similar and both aim to be light and portable.
Why not compare the $600-$700 with an equivalent desktop build? I bet I can make a LCD desktop with $800 and have stuff like a 2400+ AMD chip in it.
You'd probably not make that comparison for the same reason you don't carry around a desktop PC in your pocket, which, even if you could, you'd might not want to with a 2400+ AMD. ouch!
How can for compare a laptop PC to a PDA? I certaily hope my PDA doesn't have a 12.1" screen or a full sized keyboard sticking out of it (although you can buy one to plug into it) 20 gig hd? nope, but you don't need that much with your PDA (unless you're using it as an MP3 Player too).
It like Sunkist selling thier oranges saying: Our oranges are orange and juicy... apples aren't. Our oranges are great for making orange juice... apples are not. Our oranges taste like oranges... apples do not.
Actually, from the facts you mention it sounds more like comparing oranges and tangerines. An $800 subnotebook and a $600-$700 pda might have more incommon than you'd think.
Customs insisted the figures are dolls, and thus subject to 12% import duties, instead of the 6.8% rate for toys. Duties have since been eliminated from both categories.
Captain Pointless has saved us yet again!
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The Segway is undeniably cool, but I've just never seen it having much of a future. There's little it can do that a bicycle, generic electric scooter, or even a pedestrian couldn't do more efficiently for thousands less. There have been many "novel" takes on the idea of a personal transporter in the past, but, like its predecessors without any real utilitarian benefit over the status quo, once the Segway's novelty wears off it will be forgotten to the dustbin of history.
I'm continually surprised that so many people have problems with spam. I rarely receive spam. It's really not too hard to avoid if you follow a few simple rules.
First, pick a single e-mail address and designate this your master or primary address.
Second, register a few free e-mail addresses with forwarding capability (not too hard to find if you know where to look) and point them to your master address.
Third, whenever you give out your e-mail address, whether for a program registration, message board account, irc, whatever, always give one of these junk addresses, Never your master address. Naturally, if you can help it, don't give out your address at all or simply enter some random garbage.
Fourth, if perchance you do begin to receive spam from a particular address, simply delete or change the forwarding of the address you received spam on.
Pretty straight forward. To recap, use temp addresses forwarded to a single address and don't give out any address unless you need to. When spam happens, delete the temp address responsible.
Of course, there may still be other problems, such as with addresses posted on sites for strictly utilitarian reasons like a webmaster/help/info address. However, an e-mail form can be used to help cut down these types of abuse.
Oh yeah, and try not to buy too much stuff from spammers. Keep it below $50 if you manage.
The solution, according to the film, to be released next year, involves scientists drilling into Earth's mantle to set off a nuclear blast that will halt the reversal.
Isn't that Hollywood's solution for everything?
can you adjust mouse speed? Not a troll, it's just that Debian seems to be the only one to have thought of this minor detail. Everyone else seems to require you edit mouse "resolution" in XF86Config-4 (and then it applies to all users). And don't tell me how you can adjust acceleration under KDE's control panel. Speed!=acceleration damit!
Christ on a cracker people! Speed != Acceleration!!!
...Not a troll, but this is a fairly simple principle that Gnome and KDE developers don't seem to be able to grasp.
Yousee, speed = (distance traveled / time) whereas acceleration = (speed changed / time).
Actually, this may be somewhat trivial but I'd like to know if they've included some utility to *conveniently* adjust mouse speed. To date, Debian is the only one to implement such a utility that doesn't force you to search for some discrete x11 file everytime kudzu makes a tweak. It still alludes me as to why no other distros have done the same. It's just such a small annoyance made larger by its simplicity.
And your point is? The debate over the existence of God aside, of the thousands of religions around the globe, several state that disbelievers will be sent to hell. Therefore, since everyone is not a member of at least one of these religions, technically everyone will "go to hell".
Have a nice day.
The problem with porting anything to a device like the 525 is that, unlike the iPaq or most other modern PDAs, its OS is permanently embedded into generic ROM. Henceforth, installing another OS onto the 525 isn't exactly as straightforward as writing the new over the old.
I hastily bought this Jornada a few months before the dramatic price slash, back when it was still selling for over $300. I had yet to become enlightened by the benefits of flash ROM and have been regretting my purchase ever since...
Quantum computer? I guess they'll start building one once they're finished the hyperdrive.