Give me a break. If product a isn't as good as product b, who cares about it? Why bother? Should I use the inferior product to promote "competition"?
My comment was 2 short sentences, and you did not even comprehend it before replying. I didn't say that you should use an inferior product. I said that I use Google, and I probably always will. I just pointed out that it is dangerous to have only one choice. If Google stays as is, and continues to be the best search engine, I could care less if they are the only one in the world.
The dangerous part is that if they start losing money, and are taken over by someone for whom greed is a motive, we could be in trouble, having ignored any potential alternatives.
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Seriously though, why do you need anything other then google?
Then why do we need anything other than Windows?
Google is great, and I probably won't use anything else in the near future, but it is always dangerous to let any one entity control so much.
I think the majority of "moon-landing-doubters" are naive people that watched that socially irresponsible Fox TV show, and a few pictures of the landing site may be enough to sway them. There is, however, no use even talking to the true "conspiracy theorist".
Does anyone actually look at the remote control when flipping channels? I don't know about anyone else, but I find the buttons by feeling for them. Touchscreen won't work for me in this case.
Any MS Office document will generally compress a whole lot, and in an office environment, that helps a great deal for archiving.
I zip up tons of crap all the time. Not only does it save me space/bandwidth, it's a great way to package files (especially when you want to keep the directory structure).
The point, for all you *hole libertarians out there, is that there is apparently a law that says they must sell you something other than "whatever they want".
First of all, I am very sorry my spelling offended you. Please accept my most sincere regrets.
I was not in the least bit "off-topic". My point is that there should not be a law that they must sell you something other than "whatever they want". Having a problem with one law does not make one a libertarian, much less an *hole.
I'm going to put on a flame retardent suit before saying this but...
Cable companies should be able to sell you whatever they want, and whatever makes them money. There are alternatives, and if you don't like their packages, get a dish.
I can't buy just pages 15 through 24 of Time magazine.
...if they make the miraculous claim that they sent a group of men to the moon and brought them back, you don't question it.
What is miraculous about this claim? There are thousands of physicists around the world that completely understand the process of getting a person to the moon and back, and probably could have duplicated the feat if it were not for lack of funds.
They would say Windows Longhorn. Microsoft has never used the word "Codename" in any documentation nor in any releases in the past. Therefore it is faked.
That is just not true. Early XP Betas were "Codename Whistler", and titled as such in the startup screen.
Many wireless user input devices require that the user push a button to "initialize" the connection. I thought that this allowed the mouse/keyboard to transmit a unique ID to the receiver, thus preventing other devices from interfering with the connection. If this is not the case, would it not be very simple to implement?
And don't waste time learning JavaScript! Your time is better spent learning PHP, Java, Python, you name it. You can't use JavaScript anywhere else.
That's like saying "Don't buy a car. You can only use it on roads!"
I don't care if JavaScript can only be used client side for web sites. There are a whole lot of websites, and a whole lot of clients. Besides, the more processing I can keep off of my server the better.
Seriously, if I could get a 19" LCD for $200-300 more than a 19" CRT with the same resolution, I'd do it.
It's almost more accurate to compare a 19" LCD with a 21" monitor, due to the reduction in viewable area on CRTs. In that sence, we may reach that price difference sooner.
I agree with you about CanWest Global/Izzy Asper etc. but they OWN those TV/radio stations and newspapers. When you have your own newspaper, you can print whatever you want. You can hire biased journalists, you can suppress views that you don't like, and you can print propaganda. That's what freedom of the press allows for. Journalistic integrity aside, there is nothing wrong with this. There are plenty of unbiased sources of news in Canada, though not as many as we need.
There are still plenty of areas in Canada that are reasonably accessible, where no human has been in hundreds of years, or ever. I'm not talking about remote northern regions either. I just think that 83% figure is hard to believe.
It just seems a bit false how the show portrays itself as an engineering challenge involving creating objects from random objects in a junkyard, when in reality it seemed to have been specifically stocked with pertinent objects for each show.
Any "real" junkyard has been stripped of anything that is worth much money. That includes any engines that are anywhere close to functional, anything that can be sold as a replacement part, and anything that can be recycled for profit (some metals, plastics, and rubber). If they didn't plant parts, there would be little more than old oil drums, and completely gutted vehicles. There are some parts that simply would never be found in a junkyard. Remember the huge tires they used in the monster truck episodes? Those are worth a lot of money.
I do think that they are planting parts far too often though. One of my favorite episodes was the one where they removed all of the wheels and tires from the junkyard, and the teams had to build walking machines.
If this were testicular cancer screening, it would be covered...
I would say it's the other way around. Breast cancer research is FAR better funded by charities than almost any other type of cancer. Because of a few recent celebrity cases of testicular cancer (Lance Armstrong, Tom Green, and Scott Hamilton) awareness has risen, but funding is far from equitable (based on cases per capita).
I want my alarm clock, when it goes off in the morning, to tell my coffee maker to make me an espresso, TV to tune into CNN, my PDA to check my e-mail and read me my appointments, and the closet door to open - all at 19 megabits!
Aside from the email thing, sounds like about 15-20 bytes would do just dandy. What will you do with all those saved nanoseconds?:-)
I bought one of the first mp3 capable cell phones, and have used the music function maybe 3 times in the past year. I think that multifunction devices are a bad idea unless each of the functions have something in common, or are both usefull for a single task. You would get more for your money buying separate devices in almost all cases, and if you want one device... duct tape 'em together.
or you could get a bigger monitor... worked for millions of users, including myself.
A growing number of people now use laptops for their day to day work, and having a way to be more productive/less distracted with less desktop space is a good thing.
In Canada, the CRTC leaves a lot of the enforcement up to the telephone companies. This worked better when there were monopolies, but now that just about anybody can set up a phone company, it may become easy to find one that will look the othe way.
Here are the requirements for telemarketing in Canada, according to the CRTC. (more info here)
Callers must identify the person or organization they represent.
Upon request, callers must provide the telephone number, name and address of a responsible person the called party can write to.
Callers must display the originating calling number or an alternate number where the caller can be reached (except where the number display is unavailable for technical reasons).
Names and numbers of called parties must be removed within 30 days of the called party's request.
DO NOT CALL lists are to be maintained by the calling party and remain active for three years.
There are no calling hour restrictions on live voice calls.
Sequential dialing is not permitted.
Calls are not permitted to emergency line or healthcare facilities.
Random dialing and calls to non-published numbers are allowed.
another site with info on telemarketing laws outside the US.
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My comment was 2 short sentences, and you did not even comprehend it before replying. I didn't say that you should use an inferior product. I said that I use Google, and I probably always will. I just pointed out that it is dangerous to have only one choice. If Google stays as is, and continues to be the best search engine, I could care less if they are the only one in the world.
The dangerous part is that if they start losing money, and are taken over by someone for whom greed is a motive, we could be in trouble, having ignored any potential alternatives.
Then why do we need anything other than Windows?
Google is great, and I probably won't use anything else in the near future, but it is always dangerous to let any one entity control so much.
I think the majority of "moon-landing-doubters" are naive people that watched that socially irresponsible Fox TV show, and a few pictures of the landing site may be enough to sway them. There is, however, no use even talking to the true "conspiracy theorist".
Does anyone actually look at the remote control when flipping channels? I don't know about anyone else, but I find the buttons by feeling for them. Touchscreen won't work for me in this case.
I zip up tons of crap all the time. Not only does it save me space/bandwidth, it's a great way to package files (especially when you want to keep the directory structure).
It's already digital media. The "embedding" part is kind of redundant.
Tht's because you didn't shell out the bucks for the mac fridge.
First of all, I am very sorry my spelling offended you. Please accept my most sincere regrets.
I was not in the least bit "off-topic". My point is that there should not be a law that they must sell you something other than "whatever they want". Having a problem with one law does not make one a libertarian, much less an *hole.
Cable companies should be able to sell you whatever they want, and whatever makes them money. There are alternatives, and if you don't like their packages, get a dish.
I can't buy just pages 15 through 24 of Time magazine.
What is miraculous about this claim? There are thousands of physicists around the world that completely understand the process of getting a person to the moon and back, and probably could have duplicated the feat if it were not for lack of funds.
That is just not true. Early XP Betas were "Codename Whistler", and titled as such in the startup screen.
Many wireless user input devices require that the user push a button to "initialize" the connection. I thought that this allowed the mouse/keyboard to transmit a unique ID to the receiver, thus preventing other devices from interfering with the connection. If this is not the case, would it not be very simple to implement?
That's like saying "Don't buy a car. You can only use it on roads!"
I don't care if JavaScript can only be used client side for web sites. There are a whole lot of websites, and a whole lot of clients. Besides, the more processing I can keep off of my server the better.
It's almost more accurate to compare a 19" LCD with a 21" monitor, due to the reduction in viewable area on CRTs. In that sence, we may reach that price difference sooner.
So what if you are in a race with 9 others, and all nine tied for first place, leaving you in the dust? Does that make you second best?
I agree with you about CanWest Global/Izzy Asper etc. but they OWN those TV/radio stations and newspapers. When you have your own newspaper, you can print whatever you want. You can hire biased journalists, you can suppress views that you don't like, and you can print propaganda. That's what freedom of the press allows for. Journalistic integrity aside, there is nothing wrong with this. There are plenty of unbiased sources of news in Canada, though not as many as we need.
There are still plenty of areas in Canada that are reasonably accessible, where no human has been in hundreds of years, or ever. I'm not talking about remote northern regions either. I just think that 83% figure is hard to believe.
Any "real" junkyard has been stripped of anything that is worth much money. That includes any engines that are anywhere close to functional, anything that can be sold as a replacement part, and anything that can be recycled for profit (some metals, plastics, and rubber). If they didn't plant parts, there would be little more than old oil drums, and completely gutted vehicles. There are some parts that simply would never be found in a junkyard. Remember the huge tires they used in the monster truck episodes? Those are worth a lot of money.
I do think that they are planting parts far too often though. One of my favorite episodes was the one where they removed all of the wheels and tires from the junkyard, and the teams had to build walking machines.
I would say it's the other way around. Breast cancer research is FAR better funded by charities than almost any other type of cancer. Because of a few recent celebrity cases of testicular cancer (Lance Armstrong, Tom Green, and Scott Hamilton) awareness has risen, but funding is far from equitable (based on cases per capita).
Aside from the email thing, sounds like about 15-20 bytes would do just dandy. What will you do with all those saved nanoseconds? :-)
My pen works fine too, but it isn't recognized on my network.
I bought one of the first mp3 capable cell phones, and have used the music function maybe 3 times in the past year. I think that multifunction devices are a bad idea unless each of the functions have something in common, or are both usefull for a single task. You would get more for your money buying separate devices in almost all cases, and if you want one device ... duct tape 'em together.
A growing number of people now use laptops for their day to day work, and having a way to be more productive/less distracted with less desktop space is a good thing.
Here are the requirements for telemarketing in Canada, according to the CRTC. (more info here)
another site with info on telemarketing laws outside the US.