"First off, I would like to see an AM/FM tuner included."
I keep hearing people talk about how they want a music player with an FM "tuner", as if calling it a "tuner" will somehow make it more special or techno-sounding than it really is...a crappy FM "radio".
"Why should some company spend millions of $$ in research to develop a product and then have to have it out in the open so that someone can just make a rip off of their product?"
MS can choose to keep their formats closed. It's just that their software won't be welcomed by the Norwegian government anymore.
"Does open source put food on the table?"
I hear Red Hat, IBM, Apple, et al are doing very well.
Man, I wish I didn't blow all my mod points on the earlier Batman discussion, because you certainly deserve some. If I went to visit a client (or even a sales prosect for that matter) and whipped out a laptop while we were talking, the first thing I'd here is, "what the fuck are you doing?!?!" A pad of paper is unobtrusive.
To paraphrase Mark Renton^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Obi-Wan Kenobi, it's an elegant tool for a more civilized time.
I'd be scared shitless to visit China if I let some dissident bloggers use some of my hosting space. The Chinese govt. is probably paranoid enough to start putting together a list of individuals who have helped these "dangerous" individuals.
Another concern I'd have is that a blogger might have lots of harsh words about some local official, but how do I know it isn't simply slander? And what would my liabilities be in such a case?
The English language has a similar dependency upon capitalization. For example, in English, these two sentences, although containing the same words, have different meanings through the use of differing punctuation:
1. I must help my Uncle Jack off the horse. 2. I must help my uncle jack off the horse.
The real art in putting together a mixtape has nothing to do with dealing with the technical limitations of casette tapes...it's all about getting together the right mix of songs and putting them in the right order to acheive just the right mood.
Using programs like iTunes gets rid of the technical limitations of tapes and lets you focus on putting together the best mix. In the end, you're really putting together a personal soundtrack. Turning back to iTunes for a moment, their music store features a bunch of "iMixes," which are playlists that customers have put together and submitted. Thus, the mixtape lives.
It's something extra George can sell. You'll get by OK just watching the movies and have a basic understanding. However, to get the *whole* story, you need to buy or rent the Clone Wars cartoons, buy the book that takes place between EP II and III and play Republic Commando on the Xbox to fill things out.
Before computerized spreadsheet programs, our company had statisticians that made the hundreds of different calculations that go into our projects. When we started using SuperCalc in the 1980s, they operated the computers. Now, the analysts just do it themselves on Excel at their desks. However, the main type of spreadsheet used in our projects from the 1940s up to today still looks pretty much the same.
"When you say "interaction with carnivores" are you referring to the exposure to food born illnesses, pollution, and energy comsumptions related to the meat industry? Or is it more the "accidental" things like getting beef broth in your minestrone, or biting into what you thought was a bean burrito but was filled with beef (true stories on my part)."
All of that, plus economically, but mostly economically. If we were a purely vegetarian society on Earth, the global economy would be different, since land usage would be geared entirely for the production of vegetable matter, probably freeing up zillions of acres that would have been used by relatively inefficient cattle and chickens.
No, not really, because vegetarians are part of a society that includes omnivores and rely upon interactions with omnivores. An early Martian society composed entirely of vegetarians will give a better indication.
I think the rugged conditions and nutritional requirements of the Martian environment will truly put the vegetarian diet to the test as a legitimate and viable diet for human survival.
Right now, no one. Keep in mind that no one really "owns" anything. You own something to the extent that you can excert your force and defend something. Take a look at airspace. When the Soviets shot down a U2 spyplane from umpteen thousands of feet, they owned that airspace at that point.
When it comes to real estate, such as your house, you don't own the land...you own "rights" to the land (ie fee simple, leasehold, tenants-in-common) granted by the government, because they're the ones with the most force to excert.
Apple doesn't care as much about you installing OSX on several Apple machines as they would about being able to install it on various machines with various specs that may or may not work properly.
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"I can understand why you would need a fan on a submarine"
The Polish solved the ventilation problem on their submarines; they just installed a screen door.
Sorry, that one just wrote itself.
You're going to need a wide-bottomed boat. /zing!
Consumers don't care about the inner workings. So when it's all said and done..."Now, with a built-in FM radio!"
Right, but in 1940 they were still the Soviet Union. So, technically, dogs created zombie scientists.
"First off, I would like to see an AM/FM tuner included."
I keep hearing people talk about how they want a music player with an FM "tuner", as if calling it a "tuner" will somehow make it more special or techno-sounding than it really is...a crappy FM "radio".
"The center "button" is just as bad: with zero tactile feedback it's impossible to know whether you've actually pressed it "
I just pulled my iPod out of my briefcase and pressed the center button. I can feel it pressing inward and it makes a "click-thud" sound.
"Why should some company spend millions of $$ in research to develop a product and then have to have it out in the open so that someone can just make a rip off of their product?"
MS can choose to keep their formats closed. It's just that their software won't be welcomed by the Norwegian government anymore.
"Does open source put food on the table?"
I hear Red Hat, IBM, Apple, et al are doing very well.
Well, apparently you can take apart things made with LEGO Bricks and rebuild them into other things. I would say yes.
That protects shareholders, not employees.
Banks aren't required to pay interest (at least on checking accounts).
Man, I wish I didn't blow all my mod points on the earlier Batman discussion, because you certainly deserve some. If I went to visit a client (or even a sales prosect for that matter) and whipped out a laptop while we were talking, the first thing I'd here is, "what the fuck are you doing?!?!" A pad of paper is unobtrusive.
To paraphrase Mark Renton^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Obi-Wan Kenobi, it's an elegant tool for a more civilized time.
I'd be scared shitless to visit China if I let some dissident bloggers use some of my hosting space. The Chinese govt. is probably paranoid enough to start putting together a list of individuals who have helped these "dangerous" individuals.
Another concern I'd have is that a blogger might have lots of harsh words about some local official, but how do I know it isn't simply slander? And what would my liabilities be in such a case?
The English language has a similar dependency upon capitalization. For example, in English, these two sentences, although containing the same words, have different meanings through the use of differing punctuation:
1. I must help my Uncle Jack off the horse.
2. I must help my uncle jack off the horse.
The real art in putting together a mixtape has nothing to do with dealing with the technical limitations of casette tapes...it's all about getting together the right mix of songs and putting them in the right order to acheive just the right mood.
Using programs like iTunes gets rid of the technical limitations of tapes and lets you focus on putting together the best mix. In the end, you're really putting together a personal soundtrack. Turning back to iTunes for a moment, their music store features a bunch of "iMixes," which are playlists that customers have put together and submitted. Thus, the mixtape lives.
It's something extra George can sell. You'll get by OK just watching the movies and have a basic understanding. However, to get the *whole* story, you need to buy or rent the Clone Wars cartoons, buy the book that takes place between EP II and III and play Republic Commando on the Xbox to fill things out.
That's $12.98 in American Dollars, for those of you playing at home.
Hint: Try the "next chapter" button. Does the trick for me.
Before computerized spreadsheet programs, our company had statisticians that made the hundreds of different calculations that go into our projects. When we started using SuperCalc in the 1980s, they operated the computers. Now, the analysts just do it themselves on Excel at their desks. However, the main type of spreadsheet used in our projects from the 1940s up to today still looks pretty much the same.
"When you say "interaction with carnivores" are you referring to the exposure to food born illnesses, pollution, and energy comsumptions related to the meat industry? Or is it more the "accidental" things like getting beef broth in your minestrone, or biting into what you thought was a bean burrito but was filled with beef (true stories on my part)."
All of that, plus economically, but mostly economically. If we were a purely vegetarian society on Earth, the global economy would be different, since land usage would be geared entirely for the production of vegetable matter, probably freeing up zillions of acres that would have been used by relatively inefficient cattle and chickens.
No, not really, because vegetarians are part of a society that includes omnivores and rely upon interactions with omnivores. An early Martian society composed entirely of vegetarians will give a better indication.
I think the rugged conditions and nutritional requirements of the Martian environment will truly put the vegetarian diet to the test as a legitimate and viable diet for human survival.
I'm not going until there are at least three Starbucks over there. Oh, excuse me, my shuttle is boarding!
That, and all your arms and legs are still attached.
"After all, who owns the land of other planets?"
Right now, no one. Keep in mind that no one really "owns" anything. You own something to the extent that you can excert your force and defend something. Take a look at airspace. When the Soviets shot down a U2 spyplane from umpteen thousands of feet, they owned that airspace at that point.
When it comes to real estate, such as your house, you don't own the land...you own "rights" to the land (ie fee simple, leasehold, tenants-in-common) granted by the government, because they're the ones with the most force to excert.
Apple doesn't care as much about you installing OSX on several Apple machines as they would about being able to install it on various machines with various specs that may or may not work properly.