No doubt, he's done a lot for zoology and he will be missed. He also has two fairly young children that will grow-up without their father, and that's quite sad.
That said, geeks love to be proved right. Although he undoubtedly handled a number of animals with extreme caution, Steve was known for being somewhat overconfident around dangerous animals. I'm not surprised to see a bunch of "I told you so" comments here.
GE foods available for purchace are never harmful to humans. They are tested extensivly before release.
As extensive as it may be, we don't have data collected from long-term testing, and long-term side effects are one thing people are concerned about. Another is arguably food allergies.
Personally I couldn't give two shits about whether or not something is GE. However this stuff should be labeled for consumers who have justifiable concerns.
What has Microsoft really gained by crushing Netscape and forcing users to use their free in-house solution? Nothing really. If anything IE has been a money pit for MS.
I imagine MS once viewed IE has a gateway to Windows specific web content. I've worked in a few environments where we needed Windows to access business related web sites that relied upon stupid MS JScript idiosyncrasies. Yet, those sites had content developed by MS, and MS could've very well secured a Windows platform requirement another way.
MS has seemingly given up their browser crusade. IE has been a horrible product for MS. It's sucks up development resources and has no sticker price. Moreover, it's constantly the cause of litigation, bad PR, and security problems. What is sooo valuable that it's capable of offsetting all of those problems? It looks as if MS realizes this now.
"Pro-life liberals outnumber pro-life conservatives but they get almost no press." Could you supply a link with data supporting this?
There is a lot of gray area here. There are also pro-choice "conservatives." Theoretically, more "traditional" conservatives would argue for liberty over regulation and would not attempt to make this a federal issue.
That said, you're also going to find a lot of people, liberal and conservative, who may not think abortion is an option for themselves. Yet that does not mean those very same people wouldn't view abortion as a personal choice that others should be allowed to make.
Nah, if you're waiting for the DVD you've already missed the opportunity to see this movie in the best possible light. This movie needed to be watched on opening weekend with the fans.
So what's your point? That you don't need to be on a billboard chart to have an album composed of 3-6minute songs?
I'm referencing "Top 40" artists because the hold-out artist we're talking about (the Beatles, Radiohead, Tool, et al) are large bands that are no stranger to billboard charts.
My whole point is that musicians who compose albums that are, more or less, a complication of singles should not complain when people want to pick apart there albums on a track by track basis. This has nothing to do with billboard charts.
Actually, I'd argue that my example of The Wall was fairly weak. Even that album, like every Tool album, is segmented in to small individual songs, played on the radio as singles, sold on track skipping CDs, etc.
Sure there may be some continuity between tracks, but just about every track as a beginning, middle, and end. Rare exceptions for Tool might include songs like Parabol & Parabola off Laterlus. But hey, how else is Tool going to sell noise tracks with babies crying and german egg recipes.
Now if we were talking about albums like Dieselboy - projectHUMAN or Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2, the segmented track argument might hold a bit more water.
I tend to buy whole albums simply because I'm a music pack rat; however, I can't stand musicians who complain about people not appreciating the entirety of their albums.
Give me a fucking break. Most top 40 artists already prescribe to a 3-6 minute song model, segment their album for radio play, and don't maintain any overwhelming unity between tracks. Moreover, they've been doing this for DECADES.
People have grown accustom to picking and pulling individual songs. We been promoting this model long before iTunes came around. If respecting the whole GD album was so damn important everyone would be producing albums like The Wall and releasing them on 8 Tracks.
This crap is -so- common with local police departments.
I had a guy break into my house after a) threatening to break into my house and b) stealing what he threatened to steal from my house (along with a ton of valuable electronics).
Unless you somehow level the playing field and get the entire industry to support ethical working conditions, a company like Apple is not going to be compelled enough to raise prices. iPod sales would likely drop and consumers / retailers would migrate to cheeper products produced within more deplorable working conditions.
You can't simply single Apple out. if you want to look at worker exploitation you really need to look at the vast majority of tech manufacturers, as well as the pricing demands which emanate from competition, retailers, and consumers. Other factors include consumerism driven economic systems which refuse to regulate in order to push sales, nations which benefit from allowing their people to be exploited in sweatshops, etc
I'm not trying to justify sweatshop, however it's not a simple solution.
Well, I'm not going to go into specifics but liquids are in fact a feasible option and we have known about them for a considerable amount of time. That said, it is not the only security hole that exists. There are quite a few ways to potentially breach security.
Unfortunately, this is not going to get resolved until some people sit down with a cool head and focus on both macro and micro level solutions. Nothing will ever be full proof, but relying on prohibiting item and developing EDS systems isn't the most effective approach. Security models that work involve international diplomacy, border security, cognitive psychology, money, etc.
Well, yes and no. Reveal imaging and Analogic are under contract to develop small fast explosives detection systems that will replace our nations xray machines. Those will work to detect solid explosives and weapons. Although we technically already have such machines, we don't really have anything suited for the checkpoint environment.
As for puffers. Puffers are really intended to scan a person, not a bag. For bags there are trace machines with swabs... which take a considerable amount of time. For many of these solutions machinery size and throughput is a big barrier.
These power adaptor fail all the time. I have already had one fray and or break in the same location this author was writing about (with the newer reenforced cord). Moreover, my art director has had this happen several times.
Although in all cases, our power adaptors simply stopped working. They did not spark. However, they did look fine on the outside.
As a matter of fact, this is so common that the Apple store replaces these things with no questions asked.
True. I used to frequently delete mail back in the day. But I've stopped that over the past few years. I find my old mail to be an invaluable back log of address, numbers, receipts, and messages that I find useful from time to time. Although, when my box starts getting big I delete the really old stuff with attachments.
Of course, this pack rat mentality doesn't translate very well to snail mail... it's a disaster. But with searching and threaded mail options, it kicks ass for email.
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As a designer I tend to question Apple's practice of prototyping and testing hardware and software.
It would seem that time constraints and secrecy overshadow the cycle of design > prototype > data collection > design (repeat).
I can't imagine they're able to get enough real world data under such a vale of secrecy. They seem to test products in the market place... which means rev 1 Apple products are almost always questionable.
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Eventually the cube was repriced slightly below and then well below the price of the G4 tower.
One could argue that expandability was also a problem. It was not in a consumer price range, and it was not something pros really wanted.
Seriously, is this really news? We all know Vista is going to be a mess until SP1.
All in all, this looks a lot like OS X's role-out. People really didn't start mass migrating to that OS until 2 years after it's release.
No doubt, he's done a lot for zoology and he will be missed. He also has two fairly young children that will grow-up without their father, and that's quite sad.
That said, geeks love to be proved right. Although he undoubtedly handled a number of animals with extreme caution, Steve was known for being somewhat overconfident around dangerous animals. I'm not surprised to see a bunch of "I told you so" comments here.
GE foods available for purchace are never harmful to humans. They are tested extensivly before release.
As extensive as it may be, we don't have data collected from long-term testing, and long-term side effects are one thing people are concerned about. Another is arguably food allergies.
Personally I couldn't give two shits about whether or not something is GE. However this stuff should be labeled for consumers who have justifiable concerns.
It would seem at if a VERY large portion of YouTube's content is content they don't own a the rights to. This is not going to last forever.
Wait 2 years and we'll talk about youtube like we talk about Napster today. ie "remember when youtube was cool and you could find anything on it?"
Ehh, I don't know about that.
What has Microsoft really gained by crushing Netscape and forcing users to use their free in-house solution? Nothing really. If anything IE has been a money pit for MS.
I imagine MS once viewed IE has a gateway to Windows specific web content. I've worked in a few environments where we needed Windows to access business related web sites that relied upon stupid MS JScript idiosyncrasies. Yet, those sites had content developed by MS, and MS could've very well secured a Windows platform requirement another way.
MS has seemingly given up their browser crusade. IE has been a horrible product for MS. It's sucks up development resources and has no sticker price. Moreover, it's constantly the cause of litigation, bad PR, and security problems. What is sooo valuable that it's capable of offsetting all of those problems? It looks as if MS realizes this now.
"Pro-life liberals outnumber pro-life conservatives but they get almost no press."
Could you supply a link with data supporting this?
There is a lot of gray area here. There are also pro-choice "conservatives." Theoretically, more "traditional" conservatives would argue for liberty over regulation and would not attempt to make this a federal issue.
That said, you're also going to find a lot of people, liberal and conservative, who may not think abortion is an option for themselves. Yet that does not mean those very same people wouldn't view abortion as a personal choice that others should be allowed to make.
Nah, if you're waiting for the DVD you've already missed the opportunity to see this movie in the best possible light. This movie needed to be watched on opening weekend with the fans.
Watching this at home is going to suck.
Seriously. Mod this up.
So what's your point? That you don't need to be on a billboard chart to have an album composed of 3-6minute songs?
I'm referencing "Top 40" artists because the hold-out artist we're talking about (the Beatles, Radiohead, Tool, et al) are large bands that are no stranger to billboard charts.
My whole point is that musicians who compose albums that are, more or less, a complication of singles should not complain when people want to pick apart there albums on a track by track basis. This has nothing to do with billboard charts.
Actually, I'd argue that my example of The Wall was fairly weak. Even that album, like every Tool album, is segmented in to small individual songs, played on the radio as singles, sold on track skipping CDs, etc.
Sure there may be some continuity between tracks, but just about every track as a beginning, middle, and end. Rare exceptions for Tool might include songs like Parabol & Parabola off Laterlus. But hey, how else is Tool going to sell noise tracks with babies crying and german egg recipes.
Now if we were talking about albums like Dieselboy - projectHUMAN or Dream Theater - Metropolis Part 2, the segmented track argument might hold a bit more water.
I tend to buy whole albums simply because I'm a music pack rat; however, I can't stand musicians who complain about people not appreciating the entirety of their albums.
Give me a fucking break. Most top 40 artists already prescribe to a 3-6 minute song model, segment their album for radio play, and don't maintain any overwhelming unity between tracks. Moreover, they've been doing this for DECADES.
People have grown accustom to picking and pulling individual songs. We been promoting this model long before iTunes came around. If respecting the whole GD album was so damn important everyone would be producing albums like The Wall and releasing them on 8 Tracks.
Thanks mom, but I already do that.
Well, it's that time of the year again. We haven't had an AIDS cure post in a few months.
This crap is -so- common with local police departments.
:/
I had a guy break into my house after a) threatening to break into my house and b) stealing what he threatened to steal from my house (along with a ton of valuable electronics).
Did the police even knock on his door? Nope.
Sure makes you feel safe
Unless you somehow level the playing field and get the entire industry to support ethical working conditions, a company like Apple is not going to be compelled enough to raise prices. iPod sales would likely drop and consumers / retailers would migrate to cheeper products produced within more deplorable working conditions.
You can't simply single Apple out. if you want to look at worker exploitation you really need to look at the vast majority of tech manufacturers, as well as the pricing demands which emanate from competition, retailers, and consumers. Other factors include consumerism driven economic systems which refuse to regulate in order to push sales, nations which benefit from allowing their people to be exploited in sweatshops, etc
I'm not trying to justify sweatshop, however it's not a simple solution.
MANET? It sounds like the government is developing an advanced gay porn site.
Well, I'm not going to go into specifics but liquids are in fact a feasible option and we have known about them for a considerable amount of time. That said, it is not the only security hole that exists. There are quite a few ways to potentially breach security.
Unfortunately, this is not going to get resolved until some people sit down with a cool head and focus on both macro and micro level solutions. Nothing will ever be full proof, but relying on prohibiting item and developing EDS systems isn't the most effective approach. Security models that work involve international diplomacy, border security, cognitive psychology, money, etc.
Well, yes and no. Reveal imaging and Analogic are under contract to develop small fast explosives detection systems that will replace our nations xray machines. Those will work to detect solid explosives and weapons. Although we technically already have such machines, we don't really have anything suited for the checkpoint environment.
As for puffers. Puffers are really intended to scan a person, not a bag. For bags there are trace machines with swabs... which take a considerable amount of time. For many of these solutions machinery size and throughput is a big barrier.
These power adaptor fail all the time. I have already had one fray and or break in the same location this author was writing about (with the newer reenforced cord). Moreover, my art director has had this happen several times.
Although in all cases, our power adaptors simply stopped working. They did not spark. However, they did look fine on the outside.
As a matter of fact, this is so common that the Apple store replaces these things with no questions asked.
Gen 1: Core, Core Duo, etc
Gen 2: Core 2, Core 2 Duo, etc
True.
I used to frequently delete mail back in the day. But I've stopped that over the past few years. I find my old mail to be an invaluable back log of address, numbers, receipts, and messages that I find useful from time to time. Although, when my box starts getting big I delete the really old stuff with attachments.
Of course, this pack rat mentality doesn't translate very well to snail mail... it's a disaster. But with searching and threaded mail options, it kicks ass for email.
Nothing like responding to a post about a typo with a post with a typo.
So, Slashdot, how 'bout being able to edit posts before people reply to them?
that latter. (or is that the ladder?)
As a designer I tend to question Apple's practice of prototyping and testing hardware and software.
It would seem that time constraints and secrecy overshadow the cycle of design > prototype > data collection > design (repeat).
I can't imagine they're able to get enough real world data under such a vale of secrecy. They seem to test products in the market place... which means rev 1 Apple products are almost always questionable.