Second, it is depressing to see how obsessed with money the Mac people still are.
Yeah, tell me about it. But when the landlord shows up asking for my rent, telling him "it is depressing to see how obsessed with money you are" simply doesn't work.
Personally, I think it looks like butt. After reading this favorable review, though, I think I'd be more inclined to look past the nasty looks of the thing.
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...how exactly are the formats different?
I believe that one of the main difference is in how each organization's bias is shown. Fox News is much more overt in this regard, sometimes blatantly ridiculing people that don't share their point of view. However, it seems that NPR shows its biases more through how it chooses to cover the news -- which facts to include, which to conveniently omit, etc. I think they're a lot better at putting their "spin" on a topic without the audience being as aware as with Fox News.
More on the topic of differing formats, there are more differences. Fox News is without a doubt more "in-your-face", and the stories are typically presented quite briefly. That difference can be mostly attributed to the fact that television is such a different medium from radio -- perhaps they need to work harder to keep the viewer's attention? In comparison, NPR seems "laid back", sometimes spending a few minutes on a single story that may only get 30 seconds of coverage on Fox News.
With all that said, I'm a regular consumer of news from both Fox News and NPR. Each has its own unique approach, and it'd be a mistake to get all of my news from only one source or the other.
Oh, and Ford is coming out with a hybrid SUV (Explorer?) in 2004.
According to Ford's web site, the Escape Hybrid will be available the end of next summer (2004). If I'm not mistaken, it is already available to "fleet" customers.
From an older ZDnet UK article "Blodget estimates Microsoft will "lose $125 on every Xbox console--and that's before taking into account" sales, marketing and other administrative costs." and that was before they started to cut the price.
There you go -- buying an Xbox could very well be the most damaging action you could take against Microsoft!
It's not a troll. Your mention of precision weapons doesn't have anything to do with this, as the Halliburton contract is for firefighting -- putting out the oil well fires that Saddam's folks set. The real issue here is that Halliburton was given the job without any other companies having an opportunity to bid on it.
Another factor that may be contributing to this is a sudden drop in availability of communications satellites. The Department of Defense has been buying up bandwidth on commercial com satellites for their own use during the war.
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You know how good ratings are when you are covering war.
True, but I have to wonder...with this deviation from their normal format, are they going to be airing less commercials? Is this really going to be that much more profitable for CNN, in the end?
Interesting side note, President Clinton and Jobs were pretty tight, while Michael Dell was a big supporter of Dubya. I think that says a lot...
Michael Dell is a Texan, just like Bush. They were probably friends, too, when Dubya was governor. Clinton and Jobs are "tight" just because they're both cool cats...
Right on. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", as they say. I've got a fairly recent Mac, but up until that purchase, I was getting by just fine on a 300mhz Pentium II with Win98. New versions of software and hardware being released won't affect my ability to perform the tasks I've been performing with my computer all along.
This sounds very cool. I'm assuming ARRL expects to see 802.11 replacing the existing radio data systems, packet radio and such?
What are the advantages to using 802.11 on the amateur bands, versus the already allocated frequencies being used by WiFi products? Longer range? Anything else?
I'm not sure that this is what the author of the article was talking about. But, I think you're more on track than he is.
Maybe I'm missing the author's point, but it didn't seem like he offered any clear solutions? Who will have authority to kill the said processes? Will the ability for those authorities to do so be implemented in the OS?
It's a noble idea, but certainly not ready for prime time. Holding people legally accountable for their own systems seems like a better solution, although nobody really sees that happening in the near future. For now, shutting the trouble machines out of the network while the user of the machine isolates the problem seems to be the easiest, safest, and most reasonable way to deal with worms and whatnot.
True. However, can we honestly expect this powerful industry organization to be treated in the same way as some kid that writes a worm and becomes the latest person for the courts to make an "example" out of?
I can't see the government prosecuting these powerful corporations (campaign contributors?) as "terrorists". Sure, the same sorts of laws apply to them in this case, but who ever said that justice in America was applied equally, anyhow?
After all, when people start to see this logo everywhere, they're going to realize how valuable and pervasive WiFi is. I'd imagine that would translate into more sales of WiFi hardware, which would pay off for everybody involved in the WiFi Alliance.
This is definitely true, and something I wasn't aware of just a few months ago. I didn't expect to pay any sales tax on my eMac when I ordered it. But, sure enough, Apple shipped it from a facility in my state (Pennsylvania), so I had to pay up.
I have to wonder if GNU/Hurd developers have been partitioning their HD's with so many 1gb partitions up until now. And, at what point did it occur to them that there was a better way to do it?
Another player could push everyone even further. Even if this incarnation of the Amiga fails, maybe they'll put forth some good ideas to which the others will have to answer.
This does make sense. But, what are the chances that this product will even be noticed by the Microsofts and Apples of the world? Can we honestly expect large numbers of folks to start migrating to the new Amiga platform? As a result, I honestly don't expect any of the big players to care about this development, no matter how great it really is.
Who's paying for the ads, in that case? Why would our government be interested in making us aware of the freedoms they are taking away from us? I'm sorry, I don't follow.
Maybe Microsoft should do with PDF what they did with Sun's Java: release a highly bastardized and platform dependent implementation of the technology! That way, there's already a huge userbase with "their" technology deployed!
The funny thing about this is that there is currently a public service announcement being aired now (I'm not sure which networks are carrying it. I do know, however, that the television station here at my school has been airing it every now and then) produced by a group that has some involvement with our government, that shows just this sort of thing happening, implied by context that it's "fictional". A sort of what-if scenario, reminding us of our supposed freedom.
What it involves is a kid asking a librarian for help finding some books. She explains that they don't have those books anymore, then guys in suits appear and presumably bust his inquisitive ass.
What's my point? I don't know. I just think it's a little bit creepy, with them saying that we should be glad to be American because shit like that doesn't happen, when in fact it clearly can and most likely does happen! The content of the ad does seem absurd: a kid getting hassled for just trying to read some books. But, it also seems like it's happening, so the fact that this ad lies to us about that is probably more absurd.
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Second, it is depressing to see how obsessed with money the Mac people still are.
Yeah, tell me about it. But when the landlord shows up asking for my rent, telling him "it is depressing to see how obsessed with money you are" simply doesn't work.
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Personally, I think it looks like butt. After reading this favorable review, though, I think I'd be more inclined to look past the nasty looks of the thing.
I believe that one of the main difference is in how each organization's bias is shown. Fox News is much more overt in this regard, sometimes blatantly ridiculing people that don't share their point of view. However, it seems that NPR shows its biases more through how it chooses to cover the news -- which facts to include, which to conveniently omit, etc. I think they're a lot better at putting their "spin" on a topic without the audience being as aware as with Fox News.
More on the topic of differing formats, there are more differences. Fox News is without a doubt more "in-your-face", and the stories are typically presented quite briefly. That difference can be mostly attributed to the fact that television is such a different medium from radio -- perhaps they need to work harder to keep the viewer's attention? In comparison, NPR seems "laid back", sometimes spending a few minutes on a single story that may only get 30 seconds of coverage on Fox News.
With all that said, I'm a regular consumer of news from both Fox News and NPR. Each has its own unique approach, and it'd be a mistake to get all of my news from only one source or the other.
Hey guys, this is Windows. Use the freakin' Windows standard interfaces already.
Do you want something like the standard Windows interface used in WinAmp, or more like the standard interface used by Musicmatch?
I only had to agree to something saying I qualify...
So you had to lie...
Oh, and Ford is coming out with a hybrid SUV (Explorer?) in 2004.
According to Ford's web site, the Escape Hybrid will be available the end of next summer (2004). If I'm not mistaken, it is already available to "fleet" customers.
From an older ZDnet UK article "Blodget estimates Microsoft will "lose $125 on every Xbox console--and that's before taking into account" sales, marketing and other administrative costs." and that was before they started to cut the price.
There you go -- buying an Xbox could very well be the most damaging action you could take against Microsoft!
So how do you propose we make a handheld with a 17" display?
Your hands are too small
It's not a troll. Your mention of precision weapons doesn't have anything to do with this, as the Halliburton contract is for firefighting -- putting out the oil well fires that Saddam's folks set. The real issue here is that Halliburton was given the job without any other companies having an opportunity to bid on it.
Another factor that may be contributing to this is a sudden drop in availability of communications satellites. The Department of Defense has been buying up bandwidth on commercial com satellites for their own use during the war.
You know how good ratings are when you are covering war.
True, but I have to wonder...with this deviation from their normal format, are they going to be airing less commercials? Is this really going to be that much more profitable for CNN, in the end?
Interesting side note, President Clinton and Jobs were pretty tight, while Michael Dell was a big supporter of Dubya. I think that says a lot...
Michael Dell is a Texan, just like Bush. They were probably friends, too, when Dubya was governor. Clinton and Jobs are "tight" just because they're both cool cats...
The problem is, sadly, that nobody cares. The independent artists don't have lobbyists representing them like the RIAA does.
Right on. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", as they say. I've got a fairly recent Mac, but up until that purchase, I was getting by just fine on a 300mhz Pentium II with Win98. New versions of software and hardware being released won't affect my ability to perform the tasks I've been performing with my computer all along.
This sounds very cool. I'm assuming ARRL expects to see 802.11 replacing the existing radio data systems, packet radio and such?
What are the advantages to using 802.11 on the amateur bands, versus the already allocated frequencies being used by WiFi products? Longer range? Anything else?
I'm not sure that this is what the author of the article was talking about. But, I think you're more on track than he is.
Maybe I'm missing the author's point, but it didn't seem like he offered any clear solutions? Who will have authority to kill the said processes? Will the ability for those authorities to do so be implemented in the OS?
It's a noble idea, but certainly not ready for prime time. Holding people legally accountable for their own systems seems like a better solution, although nobody really sees that happening in the near future. For now, shutting the trouble machines out of the network while the user of the machine isolates the problem seems to be the easiest, safest, and most reasonable way to deal with worms and whatnot.
True. However, can we honestly expect this powerful industry organization to be treated in the same way as some kid that writes a worm and becomes the latest person for the courts to make an "example" out of?
I can't see the government prosecuting these powerful corporations (campaign contributors?) as "terrorists". Sure, the same sorts of laws apply to them in this case, but who ever said that justice in America was applied equally, anyhow?
After all, when people start to see this logo everywhere, they're going to realize how valuable and pervasive WiFi is. I'd imagine that would translate into more sales of WiFi hardware, which would pay off for everybody involved in the WiFi Alliance.
This is definitely true, and something I wasn't aware of just a few months ago. I didn't expect to pay any sales tax on my eMac when I ordered it. But, sure enough, Apple shipped it from a facility in my state (Pennsylvania), so I had to pay up.
Check it out on the Ad Council's web site. It's the "Library" one (duh).
I have to wonder if GNU/Hurd developers have been partitioning their HD's with so many 1gb partitions up until now. And, at what point did it occur to them that there was a better way to do it?
Another player could push everyone even further. Even if this incarnation of the Amiga fails, maybe they'll put forth some good ideas to which the others will have to answer.
This does make sense. But, what are the chances that this product will even be noticed by the Microsofts and Apples of the world? Can we honestly expect large numbers of folks to start migrating to the new Amiga platform? As a result, I honestly don't expect any of the big players to care about this development, no matter how great it really is.
Who's paying for the ads, in that case? Why would our government be interested in making us aware of the freedoms they are taking away from us? I'm sorry, I don't follow.
Maybe Microsoft should do with PDF what they did with Sun's Java: release a highly bastardized and platform dependent implementation of the technology! That way, there's already a huge userbase with "their" technology deployed!
The funny thing about this is that there is currently a public service announcement being aired now (I'm not sure which networks are carrying it. I do know, however, that the television station here at my school has been airing it every now and then) produced by a group that has some involvement with our government, that shows just this sort of thing happening, implied by context that it's "fictional". A sort of what-if scenario, reminding us of our supposed freedom.
What it involves is a kid asking a librarian for help finding some books. She explains that they don't have those books anymore, then guys in suits appear and presumably bust his inquisitive ass.
What's my point? I don't know. I just think it's a little bit creepy, with them saying that we should be glad to be American because shit like that doesn't happen, when in fact it clearly can and most likely does happen! The content of the ad does seem absurd: a kid getting hassled for just trying to read some books. But, it also seems like it's happening, so the fact that this ad lies to us about that is probably more absurd.