I've had a 12" and a 15" PB at home for a while now.
You are correct. The 12" (Al) will get uncomfortably hot if you put on your lap for a relatively short period of time; the 15" (Ti) will get hot only if you use 100% of the CPU continuously for more than half an hour (think Warcraft) and have it sitting on a blanket or something like that.
Any salesman will tell you the first door to knock on is the door marked "no solicitors," because if someone does that it means they don't know how to deal with a salesman as well as they would like.
The only place, in my mind, that election fraud would be useful beyond the threat of detection would be in extremely close races -- those that no one has any idea who will win. In those cases, than altering the votes by 1% would still be within the margin of error on even the exit polling, and so wouldn't be immediately suspicious.
You mean like half the elections last time around?
After a while, people pick up on certain cues and start subconsciously applying them everywhere.
In this case the cue is
More expensive = better
or more "technological" is better or whatever. Have you ever noticed that gamers seem to think that more advanced graphics = better, only later to complain the game they already bought isn't actually fun to play? If you think about it, there are tons of examples of this in human behavior.
Don't take away the rights of the vast, vast majority to get their coffee hot, the way they like it.
The point was it was so hot no human being could consume it safely. That woman had third degree burns on the insides of her legs. Do you have an asbestos mouth?
No, this isn't enough. There needs to be a full-scale media campaign to let mainstream media outlets know that alternatives exist.
Every time you read a story in the paper quoting piracy, it should contain a line beginning "But opponents say..." and the info of some centralized anti-RIAA independent music movement.
Somebody should put together a web-based screw-the-RIAA legal fund to help people recover the damages imposed on them or even fight the charges in court, thus pulling the rug out from underneath their "threat and extort" business strategy.
Just think, if everyone they sued was actually able to take it to court then there would no way they could afford to keep it up.
People accept the low level of software quality simply because the thought has never entered their heads that things could be any different. MS can get away with it, much like the old AT&T of yore, because it knows that switching and using an alternative is costly enough, if only cognitively costly enough, that people will be willing to accept a level of frustration up to the value of the cost of switching before doing so.
Regulating computer safety makes these guys exactly like the AT&T of yore. And don't we all know what happened with that?
So let some damned competition into the market. The only reason to trust these guys in any other situtation is to simply not understand the idea of a world without them, and sadly that seems to be the way most people think.
I think what you really have in mind is Let software be installed on multiple machines by the same person. Let ownership be tied to the human being and not the computer. It actually makes a lot of sense, if you think about it.
The "litigious culture" in the US is actually a product of the way our legal system is set up. In the UK, for example, if you sue someone and fail to win, you are then liable for your opponent's legal costs. And the government there handles much of what is essentially a free-market system of civil law over here.
Blaming amorphous "culture" or "morals" is a quick way to end a discussion and avoid reaching any substantial conclusion.
Economies are not simply "socialist" or "free market." There is a range between the two extremes that most countries occupy.
For instance, Mexico has less regulation than us. China has freer markets than did the Soviet Union. Sweden probably lands near the middle of the spectrum.
I hope you realize France is #4 in world defense spending behind US, Russia and China, respectively. If you want an inventory of the French navy go here.
I hate it when the desire to feel (the most) powerful is becomes the sole purpose of everything.
The greatest irony of this is that Reagan himself tirelessly crusaded against this sort of thing!
In the US, we have a rule: In order to be pictured on a postage stamp, you must have been dead for at least 10 years. We should have the same rule for aircraft carriers, $10 dollar bills and everything else they want to plaster Reagan's face on.
The point of partially subsidized basic phone service is not that it is a "right" that needs to be protected, it's that universal phone service is an easy way to reduce crime, promote safety, stop fires earlier, etc.
The benefit of phone service to society is greater than the benefit to the individual person who buys it.
... a couple of good things. First it will force the industry and artists to put out more quality tracks instead of relying on a couple radio tracks to sell a disc made mostly of filler. Second, the consumer will no longer get stuck with a lousy disc.
Whoah, cowboy! You're talking about benefits *to the consumer*. When was that ever the issue? If it was then CDs would cost $3.99 and there wouldn't be such an incentive to waste time on KaZaA.
You've got to put in terms of benefit to the recording industry if they're ever going to change their minds.
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You are correct. The 12" (Al) will get uncomfortably hot if you put on your lap for a relatively short period of time; the 15" (Ti) will get hot only if you use 100% of the CPU continuously for more than half an hour (think Warcraft) and have it sitting on a blanket or something like that.
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Then again, look at that "nnCoection" (AKA "Connection") bit....
Any salesman will tell you the first door to knock on is the door marked "no solicitors," because if someone does that it means they don't know how to deal with a salesman as well as they would like.
Do they make TDI Audis?
curl -I [address] is easier
You mean like half the elections last time around?
After a while, people pick up on certain cues and start subconsciously applying them everywhere.
In this case the cue is
More expensive = better
or more "technological" is better or whatever. Have you ever noticed that gamers seem to think that more advanced graphics = better, only later to complain the game they already bought isn't actually fun to play? If you think about it, there are tons of examples of this in human behavior.
The point was it was so hot no human being could consume it safely. That woman had third degree burns on the insides of her legs. Do you have an asbestos mouth?
Every time you read a story in the paper quoting piracy, it should contain a line beginning "But opponents say..." and the info of some centralized anti-RIAA independent music movement.
Just think, if everyone they sued was actually able to take it to court then there would no way they could afford to keep it up.
That being said, suing only those who you know can't pay and threatening to triple the damages if they don't settle out of court is fucking extortion.
Regulating computer safety makes these guys exactly like the AT&T of yore. And don't we all know what happened with that?
So let some damned competition into the market. The only reason to trust these guys in any other situtation is to simply not understand the idea of a world without them, and sadly that seems to be the way most people think.
I think what you really have in mind is Let software be installed on multiple machines by the same person. Let ownership be tied to the human being and not the computer. It actually makes a lot of sense, if you think about it.
Blaming amorphous "culture" or "morals" is a quick way to end a discussion and avoid reaching any substantial conclusion.
For instance, Mexico has less regulation than us. China has freer markets than did the Soviet Union. Sweden probably lands near the middle of the spectrum.
Why is it that any critcism of a republican is called anti-americanism?
I hate it when the desire to feel (the most) powerful is becomes the sole purpose of everything.
Who's making you read this? Is it that hard to scroll?
In the US, we have a rule: In order to be pictured on a postage stamp, you must have been dead for at least 10 years. We should have the same rule for aircraft carriers, $10 dollar bills and everything else they want to plaster Reagan's face on.
So, are we going to give it to Iran?
The benefit of phone service to society is greater than the benefit to the individual person who buys it.
Kids.
They want kids to act irresponsibly, but only in ways that help their bottom line.
Oh well, what goes around comes around.
Whoah, cowboy! You're talking about benefits *to the consumer*. When was that ever the issue? If it was then CDs would cost $3.99 and there wouldn't be such an incentive to waste time on KaZaA.
You've got to put in terms of benefit to the recording industry if they're ever going to change their minds.
Don't forget Neil Bush