Whacking the brakes as fast as possible for no apparent reason can cause an accident in which the front car is at fault - but the insurance companies don't think this is possible for some reason.
Neither do I. If you can't stop in time, you were tailgating, more or less by definition.
Hey, wait a minute... I am going into business with stick-on dial overlays to relabel the directions. If you repaint the needles, and I relabel the directions, it could cause the end of "civilization".
Up until OS X Apple kept trying for too much compatibility with the old world. They required that the new OS (e.g. either Pink or Copland) work with a list of 100 unmodified applications. This even involved returning the same undocumented values in registers that os 6 and 7 did if applications from the magic list relied on them.
One thing they did right with OS X is to limit the APIs that they would support in the new world.
I must be challenged, I doubt that I could unpack all the pieces and make sure that they were the right things within 20 minutes, much less assemble everything, format the hard disk and install a Linux distro.
Hell, it would take me more then ten minutes just to clean off enough space to assemble everything.
Assuming that you really can do that in 20 minutes, and further assuming that you're the same AC that has an hourly rate less than $100, I question the wisdom of charging that low an hourly rate.
Ah... but if you're installing Windows there is some cost associated with that, isn't there?
Let's assume that your "less than $100 dollars [sic] an hour" is fairly low, say... $50. Let's assume that you're paying around $250 for some version of Windows.
This brings the Apple "design surcharge" down to about $160. ($1999 Mac cost - $1540 Opteron system HW cost - $50 assembly - $250 OS cost = $159).
I'd say that for MANY people the Mac is still a better deal, even if it costs $160 more.
To that you'd have to add the cost of your time to assemble it and install software. I don't know about you, but my consulting rate is high enough that the Mac is already cheaper when assembly time is factored in.
You wouldn't get a warranty with the Opteron system, not that you get a great one with the Apple, but it's better than nothing.
OS X is definitely worth something, although if you're coming from a Linux POV you might think that OS's should be free. I'm willing to pay for some ease of use and elegance.
For my money, the Mac is a better deal, and arguably cheaper.
Yes but the patent office's search for prior art is a joke. It pretty much only searches other prior patents, and maybe a few publications. An example:
Company A invents something, then ships code that embodies that invention for a few years.
Company B then tries to patent the same invention. Because Company A never patented its invention, it's unlikely that Company A's prior art will be found when the Patent Office searches for prior art on Company B's patent application.
(and yes, I know that only individuals can patent things, and not companies)
You're not gaining anything under the eyes of the law.
Sure you are. For example, only family member are allowed to visit in some departments of hospitals. Only family member can be surviving spouses, so that joint assets don't have to go through probate. I'm sure there are other benefits of being married. I've just been married so long I can't think of what they might be right now:-)
...then what is marriage? Rather than a sacrament and a union of two people in order to rear children, what is it?
I'm married, and I never had any intention of raising children. BTW, WTF is this "sacrament" you speak of? Marriage is not a specifically Christian tradition, nor is it the exclusive right of religion to grant. I see marriage as a public statement of a couple's committment, and a financial alliance.
Don't seek approval from the majority in your choice of lifestyle.
It's unclear how much of a "choice" it really is. But even if it is a choice, why not seek approval? We're talking about maybe 10% of the population. Why should they be second class citizens?
A more common example is that different orchestras use different frequencies for their reference pitch. We think of 440 Hz being the standard frequency for the note A. That is a fairly recent standard. Orchestras around the world still use different pitches for A. I did the frequency shifters for a Stockhausen piece (Mantra) for two pianos and frequency shifters. I didn't have access to the original equipment, so I recreated everything in an Eventide processor. It worked great at rehersal, but when we went to perform it at the venue, imagine my surprise when the pianos turned out to be tuned to A=443 because of some visiting orchestra. I had to scramble to redo my patch to work with A443. I would have loved to hit a button and have the pianos retune themselves to A440.
And then there is stretch tuning. Stretch tuning is common where the piano is meant to be played as a solo instrument. It involves making higher notes slightly sharp. The ear likes this, perceives it as more in tune, but it is not used by some ensembles, because it can clash with non-stretch tuned instruments.
Apparently the future won't be using English as we know it:
your = you're
hal = hall
afrade = afraid
dosent = doesn't
wont = won't
I basically agree with the sentiments you expressed (I think Expose is great), but the way in which you expressed them makes my skin crawl. Now I guess I'll go down the hal [sic] to sit with FinestLittleSpace and wait for the illiterate future to pass us by.
Copyrights do eventually expire, and DRM has no time based self deactivation method. 300 years from now if you want to watch an old copy of a DVD, which by then even Mickey Mouse will no longer be copyrighted, you will still have to deal with the DRM
Actually, I see no evidence that copyrights will expire in the future.
Sure, they were supposed to, but the powers-that-be are so far into the big copyright holder's pockets that copyrights get extended any time the copyright holder needs them to be extended.
I'm all for copyright, but back when it was based on an individual author's life (e.g. Walt Disney), not on the life of a pseudo-person (e.g Disney, the company).
There is an explicit PKD reference in eXistenZ. The place that they get burgers from is called Perky Pats. You can read the bag quite clearly.
I thought that the PKD estate should get some sort of royalty from Cronenberg for eXistenZ. Not that I didn't like it; in fact I thought it was quite good.
After correcting your URL by removing the space before the query, I went on to read this "insightful" article.
Basically, his argument is that exciting news is reported loudly, while more boring follow up is buried. Of course, he presents this in the light of his perceived political bias.
This is just the way news media works, unfortunately.
How many murders get reported on the news? How often are arrests reported?
The perception in the newsroom seems to be that people like sensationalism above all else, so that's what gets most reported. The public seems to like a blockbuster shoot-em-up in their news, as well as in their movie houses.
I don't see political bias here, although I do see a sad long-term trend in reporting.
ANY Mac (exept G5, can't get it) CAN be booted into OS 9.
No they can't. This misinformation gets thrown around a lot.
Recent PowerBooks cannot, for example. The original "mirror door" G4s cannot. Although it needs an update, see this article from the Apple knowledge base called "Some Computers Only Start Up in Mac OS X"
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Neither do I. If you can't stop in time, you were tailgating, more or less by definition.
Hey, wait a minute... I am going into business with stick-on dial overlays to relabel the directions. If you repaint the needles, and I relabel the directions, it could cause the end of "civilization".
Sure you can. There's just no return in it.
One thing they did right with OS X is to limit the APIs that they would support in the new world.
Nope, I think he meant Affect
Hell, it would take me more then ten minutes just to clean off enough space to assemble everything.
Assuming that you really can do that in 20 minutes, and further assuming that you're the same AC that has an hourly rate less than $100, I question the wisdom of charging that low an hourly rate.
I just went to Amazon and looked up Windows XP and found the $250 price.
Let's assume that your "less than $100 dollars [sic] an hour" is fairly low, say... $50. Let's assume that you're paying around $250 for some version of Windows.
This brings the Apple "design surcharge" down to about $160. ($1999 Mac cost - $1540 Opteron system HW cost - $50 assembly - $250 OS cost = $159).
I'd say that for MANY people the Mac is still a better deal, even if it costs $160 more.
You wouldn't get a warranty with the Opteron system, not that you get a great one with the Apple, but it's better than nothing.
OS X is definitely worth something, although if you're coming from a Linux POV you might think that OS's should be free. I'm willing to pay for some ease of use and elegance.
For my money, the Mac is a better deal, and arguably cheaper.
Great animation.
"part of the OS"
Speak for yourself.
Company A invents something, then ships code that embodies that invention for a few years.
Company B then tries to patent the same invention. Because Company A never patented its invention, it's unlikely that Company A's prior art will be found when the Patent Office searches for prior art on Company B's patent application.
(and yes, I know that only individuals can patent things, and not companies)
You're not gaining anything under the eyes of the law. :-)
Sure you are. For example, only family member are allowed to visit in some departments of hospitals. Only family member can be surviving spouses, so that joint assets don't have to go through probate. I'm sure there are other benefits of being married. I've just been married so long I can't think of what they might be right now
I'm married, and I never had any intention of raising children. BTW, WTF is this "sacrament" you speak of? Marriage is not a specifically Christian tradition, nor is it the exclusive right of religion to grant. I see marriage as a public statement of a couple's committment, and a financial alliance.
Don't seek approval from the majority in your choice of lifestyle.
It's unclear how much of a "choice" it really is. But even if it is a choice, why not seek approval? We're talking about maybe 10% of the population. Why should they be second class citizens?
And then there is stretch tuning. Stretch tuning is common where the piano is meant to be played as a solo instrument. It involves making higher notes slightly sharp. The ear likes this, perceives it as more in tune, but it is not used by some ensembles, because it can clash with non-stretch tuned instruments.
And just where do you live? In much of California and probably in many other western states, grass gets green only in the rainy season.
It was spoken directly to Peter Weller.
I thought .net was supposed to be evil?
your = you're
hal = hall
afrade = afraid
dosent = doesn't
wont = won't
I basically agree with the sentiments you expressed (I think Expose is great), but the way in which you expressed them makes my skin crawl. Now I guess I'll go down the hal [sic] to sit with FinestLittleSpace and wait for the illiterate future to pass us by.
Actually, I see no evidence that copyrights will expire in the future.
Sure, they were supposed to, but the powers-that-be are so far into the big copyright holder's pockets that copyrights get extended any time the copyright holder needs them to be extended.
I'm all for copyright, but back when it was based on an individual author's life (e.g. Walt Disney), not on the life of a pseudo-person (e.g Disney, the company).
I thought that the PKD estate should get some sort of royalty from Cronenberg for eXistenZ. Not that I didn't like it; in fact I thought it was quite good.
If you're going to flame spelling or grammar, do it thoroughly.
You should have also found "pasasitic", at least.
Your a Looser. [sic]
(Did I miss a memo? Isn't the preferred use still asshat?)
After correcting your URL by removing the space before the query, I went on to read this "insightful" article.
Basically, his argument is that exciting news is reported loudly, while more boring follow up is buried. Of course, he presents this in the light of his perceived political bias.
This is just the way news media works, unfortunately.
How many murders get reported on the news? How often are arrests reported?
The perception in the newsroom seems to be that people like sensationalism above all else, so that's what gets most reported. The public seems to like a blockbuster shoot-em-up in their news, as well as in their movie houses.
I don't see political bias here, although I do see a sad long-term trend in reporting.
Both?... BOTH? Feh!
In most apps Command-` rotates the window order.
No they can't. This misinformation gets thrown around a lot.
Recent PowerBooks cannot, for example. The original "mirror door" G4s cannot. Although it needs an update, see this article from the Apple knowledge base called "Some Computers Only Start Up in Mac OS X"