Yes and despite all of this "taking it seriously" in the above-mentioned cases, accidents (train and plane crashes, ammonia hydroxide spills) STILL HAPPEN. Except when it's nuclear, it's a MUCH BIGGER DEAL.
Uh, no. If anything, the fact that MP3s degrade the signal quality is BETTER grounds for fair use, not worse. It's comparable to the precedents of VHS recordings of TV programs and cassette tape recordings of CDs and radio programs, which are 100% legal under fair use provisions.
If you ask me the Ensemble Interpretation makes the most sense http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_Interpretation --it's based on statistics and seems to be much more in tune with reality as it is actually experienced, and it doesn't require any collapses or God-like observers either. Oh yeah, and Einstein was a fan.:)
Apple already bases its entire product line on Intel x86 systems, i.e., IBM PC compatible, i.e., PCs. Why should apple buy some company just to be able to do the exact same thing that it is already doing for the past year or so?
Not the exact same thing; they don't make anything like the standard, cheap PC mid-tower that allows near-complete upgradeability. I think a lot of the people who stay away from Macs are less driven away by the Mac OS as they are by the fact that they will never be able to upgrade their computer (unless they shell out the big bucks for a Mac Pro).
Never mind that many of the said people are still rather clueless computer users who will lose any price advantage based on the hundreds of dollars shelled out for commercial software (CD/DVD suite, Antivirus, etc), will lose any performance advantage by installing millions of memory-resident Windows apps, and will likely spend many hours and dollars on computer technicians to clean out viruses and perform said hardware upgrades, while they could have just bought a Mac mini and replaced the whole damn thing when they want a speed boost...
In theory yes, except Adept and Synaptic generally give very vague, short descriptions (without screenshots of course) of the apps you're installing, plus it mixes in packages of libraries and little-used niche utilities with the bigger, important ones, which is not exactly what the average unknowledgeable user would call intuitive. To Linux's credit, many distros (such as Ubuntu and Linspire) have provided more end-user-friendly installers, still with the option of using Synaptic as a fall-back for power users. But don't get any illusions about sitting your middle-aged uncle down in front of Synaptic and expecting him to know what to do with it.
I'm still trying to figure out what XP and Vista do that Windows 95 didn't, which requires them to take up so much more HD space than it did.
Not crashing. That's the main thing. That and supporting newer games. And looking prettier. Yeah, that's about it. But for me, that's more than enough.
Well, it would require rather extensive modification of the chat client so that text could not be selected and thereby not copied/pasted, but even then it would probably be hacked within days. Even if it did work flawlessly it could always be worked around by using screen captures.
Maybe a better question would be why exactly are you so proud of not having an e-mail address? Because I'm guessing that whatever people look at you funny are probably interested in contacting you, but don't have myspace accounts or don't use them very often if they do. So it seems pretty clear why they might wish that you had an e-mail address - because they want to be able to easily contact you. Is that so hard to grasp?
A simple solution to that problem, and I believe that most thinking people will figure this out, is simply to turn it off. You don't have to listen to the endless barrage of encouragement to consume, and you don't have to teach your children to become mindless young consumers, either. If someone else wants to raise their families differently that's really none of your concern either. Maybe they're happier that way.
If the majority of people raise their kids that way, good luck getting your kid to stick to the program. Not to mention that it will get harder and harder to "turn it off" if the trend continues for technologies such as "targeted advertising" to ingrain themselves deeper and deeper into all aspects of the internet, including our online communities with their ever-decreasing level of privacy.
Maybe you could elaborate.... I understand that the entangled particle has to be moved to a new location once at no faster than the speed of light, but after that one time what is to prevent communication between those two locations at faster than light speeds?
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You could use fiber optics to collect sunlight from all over the building's surface and redistribute it evenly to the plants inside....as a matter of fact, that would be a great idea for offices and residences on the insides of buildings, too... I wonder if anyone's working on implementing it.
It's pointless to continue this dicussion, especially since it's become clear you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. MMS is a standard. It's built into every single phone made by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and Motorola, as well as probably any other manufacturer you can name. Apple's the only one who DOESN'T have it.
What are you using in Yahoo that doesn't work for you in Firefox? I've used Mail and Photos, both of which are very AJAX-y, and they both work great in Firefox--in fact Photos even had a Firefox plug-in so I could drag photos into the browser (too bad their shutting it down in favor of Flickr now, since it actually let you view and download full-res photos for free). I know that Yahoo are kind of dicks about letting you use Konqueror and the like, but Firefox at least has always worked fine for everything I've used...
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Yes and despite all of this "taking it seriously" in the above-mentioned cases, accidents (train and plane crashes, ammonia hydroxide spills) STILL HAPPEN. Except when it's nuclear, it's a MUCH BIGGER DEAL.
Uh, no. If anything, the fact that MP3s degrade the signal quality is BETTER grounds for fair use, not worse. It's comparable to the precedents of VHS recordings of TV programs and cassette tape recordings of CDs and radio programs, which are 100% legal under fair use provisions.
If you ask me the Ensemble Interpretation makes the most sense http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensemble_Interpretation --it's based on statistics and seems to be much more in tune with reality as it is actually experienced, and it doesn't require any collapses or God-like observers either. Oh yeah, and Einstein was a fan. :)
I think Mobiluck http://www.mobiluck.com/indexnew.php?page=homenew&language=en is trying to implement something similar to your idea.
Watch TFVideo. It only works if you shake two phones in one hand simultaneously.
They did. It's called NetBeans.
Microsoft does have a huge stake in HD-DVD. They wrote the interactive platform, so I assume they're getting royalties from HD-DVD sales.
Apple already bases its entire product line on Intel x86 systems, i.e., IBM PC compatible, i.e., PCs. Why should apple buy some company just to be able to do the exact same thing that it is already doing for the past year or so?
Not the exact same thing; they don't make anything like the standard, cheap PC mid-tower that allows near-complete upgradeability. I think a lot of the people who stay away from Macs are less driven away by the Mac OS as they are by the fact that they will never be able to upgrade their computer (unless they shell out the big bucks for a Mac Pro).
Never mind that many of the said people are still rather clueless computer users who will lose any price advantage based on the hundreds of dollars shelled out for commercial software (CD/DVD suite, Antivirus, etc), will lose any performance advantage by installing millions of memory-resident Windows apps, and will likely spend many hours and dollars on computer technicians to clean out viruses and perform said hardware upgrades, while they could have just bought a Mac mini and replaced the whole damn thing when they want a speed boost...
Wow, that was a really fascinating, and thorough, response. The people who skip over AC comments don't know what they missed.
...you know the intellectual world is going down the tubes.
In theory yes, except Adept and Synaptic generally give very vague, short descriptions (without screenshots of course) of the apps you're installing, plus it mixes in packages of libraries and little-used niche utilities with the bigger, important ones, which is not exactly what the average unknowledgeable user would call intuitive. To Linux's credit, many distros (such as Ubuntu and Linspire) have provided more end-user-friendly installers, still with the option of using Synaptic as a fall-back for power users. But don't get any illusions about sitting your middle-aged uncle down in front of Synaptic and expecting him to know what to do with it.
I'm still trying to figure out what XP and Vista do that Windows 95 didn't, which requires them to take up so much more HD space than it did.
Not crashing. That's the main thing. That and supporting newer games. And looking prettier. Yeah, that's about it. But for me, that's more than enough.
Well, it would require rather extensive modification of the chat client so that text could not be selected and thereby not copied/pasted, but even then it would probably be hacked within days. Even if it did work flawlessly it could always be worked around by using screen captures.
Maybe a better question would be why exactly are you so proud of not having an e-mail address? Because I'm guessing that whatever people look at you funny are probably interested in contacting you, but don't have myspace accounts or don't use them very often if they do. So it seems pretty clear why they might wish that you had an e-mail address - because they want to be able to easily contact you. Is that so hard to grasp?
http://oldapps.com/MusicMatch_Jukebox.htm
Actually, AFAIK they're right on schedule:
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http://linux.wordpress.com/2007/03/19/official-kd
Winamp 5 is based on Winamp 2 and is more flexible.
Bluray isn't a proprietary format like those other ones you listed. It's got the support of most of the major consumer electronics manufacturers as well as almost all the studios http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_corporations_ supporting_Blu-ray. So please stop trolling.
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Hmm... good point. I wonder if the old "low end systems" will be available in the short term for $400? Now that would be a reasonable proposition.
A simple solution to that problem, and I believe that most thinking people will figure this out, is simply to turn it off. You don't have to listen to the endless barrage of encouragement to consume, and you don't have to teach your children to become mindless young consumers, either. If someone else wants to raise their families differently that's really none of your concern either. Maybe they're happier that way. If the majority of people raise their kids that way, good luck getting your kid to stick to the program. Not to mention that it will get harder and harder to "turn it off" if the trend continues for technologies such as "targeted advertising" to ingrain themselves deeper and deeper into all aspects of the internet, including our online communities with their ever-decreasing level of privacy.
Maybe you could elaborate.... I understand that the entangled particle has to be moved to a new location once at no faster than the speed of light, but after that one time what is to prevent communication between those two locations at faster than light speeds?
Found it: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7287168/ Awesome!
You could use fiber optics to collect sunlight from all over the building's surface and redistribute it evenly to the plants inside. ...as a matter of fact, that would be a great idea for offices and residences on the insides of buildings, too... I wonder if anyone's working on implementing it.
It's pointless to continue this dicussion, especially since it's become clear you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. MMS is a standard. It's built into every single phone made by Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Samsung, and Motorola, as well as probably any other manufacturer you can name. Apple's the only one who DOESN'T have it.
What are you using in Yahoo that doesn't work for you in Firefox? I've used Mail and Photos, both of which are very AJAX-y, and they both work great in Firefox--in fact Photos even had a Firefox plug-in so I could drag photos into the browser (too bad their shutting it down in favor of Flickr now, since it actually let you view and download full-res photos for free). I know that Yahoo are kind of dicks about letting you use Konqueror and the like, but Firefox at least has always worked fine for everything I've used...