Ummm... it's somehow *Apple's* fault that these THIRD PARTY SCANNERS FOR THE PC don't work with Mac OS X???
Yes, given that their hardware is a known quantity, and the slogan "Plug-and-Play, not Plug-and-Get-Mad" on their ad page.
If you're going to advertise that your device is a "digital hub" and that it "just works" with peripherals, then make sure you're right, otherwise you look fucking stupid.
But how many game owners make backup copies of his game CDs ?
I burned a copy of my StarCraft CD, because I had to buy a new copy of the game when my first CD got so scratched up from going to LAN parties. Now I bring the copy everywhere, and the original is safe at home.
The truth hurts, doesn't it? I guess so, given that the parent was modded down as "Flamebait", when it is merely pointing out the blatant hypocrisy and lies in Apple's marketing campaign.
But go ahead, mod this one down too. I'll just post it again.
Don't assume, however, that because you know a term that everyone else will also.
Ok, well I'm going to "drive" home now (a term for operating an "automobile", which is a common, four-"wheeled" transportation device ("wheeled", meaning it has "wheels", which are round-shaped rubber & steel objects that allow the car to move)
On the way home, I might "stop" (a term used to describe the cessation of forward motion) for some "gasoline" (a commonly used "fuel" for "automobiles". "fuel" is what provides energy to turn the "wheels"). I also might eat a "doughnut" if I get hungry. (A doughnut is another round-shaped object, but it's much smaller than a wheel, and it is placed in one's "mouth" (the dark hole in your face that contains your teeth), where it is consumed.
I just thought I might want to better explain my terms, because some readers may know, but could use the reminder.
Computer viruses are small programs often sent via e-mail or hidden in other software. Once inside a computer, they can do malicious tasks like erase data or reproduce and send copies to other machines over the Internet.
I find it disturbing that in the year 2002, Reuters still has to explain to people what a "computer virus" is.
Jesus Christ. What's next, a description of the keyboard as "that typewriter thing on the desk" and the monitor as "the TV thing with all the pictures" ?
80% of computers in China have been touched by a computer virus
Typical Slashdot journalism. "touched by a virus" is far different than "infected by a virus". My computer gets touched by viruses all the time, but it never actually gets infected, because I keep my apache (the only service running) up-to-date.
you guys are just too determined to hold on to it, and facts (or even logic)
Yes, of course, logic dictates that a "backdrop" for intermittent photo shoots would be up 24x7, even though it obstructs a beautiful piece of sculpture depicting that which Ashcroft should feel akin.
I'll take the word of the New York Times over a right-wing conservative rag like the National Review. Of course a site that describes itself as "up to the minute conservative commentary" is going to support the conservative Ashcroft. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the mechanics behind that one.
You're either not up to the task, or willing to ignore the obvious. Just don't pretend the National Review is an unbiased source.
Futhermore, if the curtain was indeed up just for press conferences, why is it there all the time?
I know that a press assistant putting a blue cloth backdrop behind the AG when he speaks to provide better photos isn't as funny a story, but hey, the truth isn't always as amusing as fiction.
Then he must be standing out there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, because according to the New York Times, that's how long the curtain stays up.
In addition, if he cares so much about how he looks in pictures, why did his spokeswoman make the statement, "He doesn't look at his press coverage a lot, himself", when asked about the issue?
Christopher Walken used the 'butt' method of encryption to securely transfer a watch once. It was a while ago.
Actually, there is also prior art for that method:
The way your dad looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He'd be damned if any of the slopes were gonna get their greasy yellow hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you.
So, you see, the "watch up the ass" was clearly documented prior to Mr. Walken placing the watch up his own ass, predating Mr. Walken's use of said method by five years.
However, given the circumstances, it is quite likely that a verbal agreement was reached for patent cross-licensing, allowing Mr. Walken full rights to said method in an enterprise environment.
how you'll be identified, tracked, and monitored online. Several people from the weblog community
Isn't having a weblog a way to be identified, tracked, and monitored online? Seriously, most of them consist of inane crap like "At 2:14 I ate a cheese sandwitch and watched Buffy reruns", and "I live in my parents' basement".
Unless the world agrees to let the US's copyright laws rule the net, there's a big roadbump... Either the world must agree on some copyright laws (requires new global governance structure), or companies like KaZaa can continue merrily...
That's hardly "film losing the battle" as the post states. That's scanners losing the battle on film's behalf. It's still going to be quite a while before a digital camera can truly reproduce film's quality away from the computer.
Well, given that things like Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated are laid out using a computer, those film images need to be scanned in at some point. The fact that they need to be scanned in order to be useful is the true "failure of film" in this regard.
Mod the Xbox? Why would you even want to own it to begin with?
Well, I had several square feet in my apartment free, and needed to fill them with something. The giant xbox + its enormous controllers fit the bill nicely.
but for everything else, a real PC is probably cheaper and better.
Not for playing MAME roms and DivX movies in your living room on the TV. The walmart PC has no video-out capability for TV display (Svideo, composite, or component).
Two different posts by two different authors, genius.
And? You don't think I noticed? It doesn't matter because he was arguing the previous author's point, so the quotes were relevant given the discussion as a whole, to which you've contributed nothing.
I bet your mother's proud to have spawned such a vacuous wastrel such as yourself.
Still, you're using the same attacks politicans use to fight against another candidate: use a veto on a bill that has good and bad effects. Then focus on all the good effects that the guy threw away with his vote.
Ok, so for the sake of argument, lets say first trimester fetuses have "a life".
Now, is it right to sacrifice the lives of grown humans by denying them education and medical support on a life or death issue, so that these fetuses can be born (who, when born, will be affected by this aforementioned life or death issue, and have a fair chance of dying from it then)
People will die either way. Less people would have died had he approved the bill.
They help the Google ranking, but they are not what Google bombing referrs [sic] to.
Google bombing is a concerted effort by a number of sites to increase the ranking of a desired page for specified search terms. Meta tags "help" in that process, as you put it. They are related.
"Google Bombing" as they call it has nothing to do with meta tags... But, meta tags do help.
So which is it? They have "nothing to do with"
Google bombing, or they "do help"? You've managed to contradict yourself in under four sentences. Congratulations.
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Ummm... it's somehow *Apple's* fault that these THIRD PARTY SCANNERS FOR THE PC don't work with Mac OS X???
Yes, given that their hardware is a known quantity, and the slogan "Plug-and-Play, not Plug-and-Get-Mad" on their ad page.
If you're going to advertise that your device is a "digital hub" and that it "just works" with peripherals, then make sure you're right, otherwise you look fucking stupid.
But how many game owners make backup copies of his game CDs ?
I burned a copy of my StarCraft CD, because I had to buy a new copy of the game when my first CD got so scratched up from going to LAN parties. Now I bring the copy everywhere, and the original is safe at home.
even if I could somehow get them to work with Mac OS X
Doesn't Apple advertise that their products "just work", and that the operating system "gets out of your way"?
The truth hurts, doesn't it? I guess so, given that the parent was modded down as "Flamebait", when it is merely pointing out the blatant hypocrisy and lies in Apple's marketing campaign.
But go ahead, mod this one down too. I'll just post it again.
You don't have to be a jackass
I'm not sure what that word means. Perhaps you could provide a definition using less esoteric language. Thanks.
Don't assume, however, that because you know a term that everyone else will also.
Ok, well I'm going to "drive" home now (a term for operating an "automobile", which is a common, four-"wheeled" transportation device ("wheeled", meaning it has "wheels", which are round-shaped rubber & steel objects that allow the car to move)
On the way home, I might "stop" (a term used to describe the cessation of forward motion) for some "gasoline" (a commonly used "fuel" for "automobiles". "fuel" is what provides energy to turn the "wheels"). I also might eat a "doughnut" if I get hungry. (A doughnut is another round-shaped object, but it's much smaller than a wheel, and it is placed in one's "mouth" (the dark hole in your face that contains your teeth), where it is consumed.
I just thought I might want to better explain my terms, because some readers may know, but could use the reminder.
, while I've found three portable scanners for PC's (from Antec and Pentax) even if I could somehow get them to work with Mac OS X
Doesn't Apple advertise that their products "just work", and that the operating system "gets out of your way"?
What a load of shit.
Little does Gordon know that Millisa is spawning his CHILD!
Daemon spawning is just another ripoff of Rosemary's Baby. Does Hollywood have nothing original anymore?
That seems to be they way the media usually uses this term. For instance: "This tradgedy has touched the lives of many."
Yes, or "Timmy was touched repeatedly by the Catholic priest"
Computer viruses are small programs often sent via e-mail or hidden in other software. Once inside a computer, they can do malicious tasks like erase data or reproduce and send copies to other machines over the Internet.
I find it disturbing that in the year 2002, Reuters still has to explain to people what a "computer virus" is.
Jesus Christ. What's next, a description of the keyboard as "that typewriter thing on the desk" and the monitor as "the TV thing with all the pictures" ?
80% of computers in China have been touched by a computer virus
Typical Slashdot journalism. "touched by a virus" is far different than "infected by a virus". My computer gets touched by viruses all the time, but it never actually gets infected, because I keep my apache (the only service running) up-to-date.
you guys are just too determined to hold on to it, and facts (or even logic)
Yes, of course, logic dictates that a "backdrop" for intermittent photo shoots would be up 24x7, even though it obstructs a beautiful piece of sculpture depicting that which Ashcroft should feel akin.
It all makes sense, now.
I'll take the word of the New York Times over a right-wing conservative rag like the National Review. Of course a site that describes itself as "up to the minute conservative commentary" is going to support the conservative Ashcroft. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the mechanics behind that one.
You're either not up to the task, or willing to ignore the obvious. Just don't pretend the National Review is an unbiased source.
Futhermore, if the curtain was indeed up just for press conferences, why is it there all the time?
I know that a press assistant putting a blue cloth backdrop behind the AG when he speaks to provide better photos isn't as funny a story, but hey, the truth isn't always as amusing as fiction.
Then he must be standing out there 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, because according to the New York Times, that's how long the curtain stays up.
In addition, if he cares so much about how he looks in pictures, why did his spokeswoman make the statement, "He doesn't look at his press coverage a lot, himself", when asked about the issue?
Use of the word "Oral" is in violation of a recent Presidential order made on the request of John Ashcroft, shortly after he decided that the Supreme Court building was indecent.
Christopher Walken used the 'butt' method of encryption to securely transfer a watch once. It was a while ago.
Actually, there is also prior art for that method:
The way your dad looked at it, this watch was your birthright. He'd be damned if any of the slopes were gonna get their greasy yellow hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide something: his ass. Five long years, he wore this watch up his ass. Then when he died of dysentery, he gave me the watch. I hid this uncomfortable piece of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the watch to you.
So, you see, the "watch up the ass" was clearly documented prior to Mr. Walken placing the watch up his own ass, predating Mr. Walken's use of said method by five years.
However, given the circumstances, it is quite likely that a verbal agreement was reached for patent cross-licensing, allowing Mr. Walken full rights to said method in an enterprise environment.
how you'll be identified, tracked, and monitored online. Several people from the weblog community
Isn't having a weblog a way to be identified, tracked, and monitored online? Seriously, most of them consist of inane crap like "At 2:14 I ate a cheese sandwitch and watched Buffy reruns", and "I live in my parents' basement".
Unless the world agrees to let the US's copyright laws rule the net, there's a big roadbump... Either the world must agree on some copyright laws (requires new global governance structure), or companies like KaZaa can continue merrily...
I take it you've never heard of Bush's "U.S. Does whatever it wants" plan?
All this, and more would be possible, under such a proposal.
That's hardly "film losing the battle" as the post states. That's scanners losing the battle on film's behalf. It's still going to be quite a while before a digital camera can truly reproduce film's quality away from the computer.
Well, given that things like Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated are laid out using a computer, those film images need to be scanned in at some point. The fact that they need to be scanned in order to be useful is the true "failure of film" in this regard.
You can't. I have a pending patent on the underlying method used is "suing everybody"
That's too bad, because that infringes on my existing patent of "suing everybody" using the internet.
Mod the Xbox? Why would you even want to own it to begin with?
Well, I had several square feet in my apartment free, and needed to fill them with something. The giant xbox + its enormous controllers fit the bill nicely.
but for everything else, a real PC is probably cheaper and better.
Not for playing MAME roms and DivX movies in your living room on the TV. The walmart PC has no video-out capability for TV display (Svideo, composite, or component).
Two different posts by two different authors, genius.
And? You don't think I noticed? It doesn't matter because he was arguing the previous author's point, so the quotes were relevant given the discussion as a whole, to which you've contributed nothing.
I bet your mother's proud to have spawned such a vacuous wastrel such as yourself.
Still, you're using the same attacks politicans use to fight against another candidate: use a veto on a bill that has good and bad effects. Then focus on all the good effects that the guy threw away with his vote.
Ok, so for the sake of argument, lets say first trimester fetuses have "a life".
Now, is it right to sacrifice the lives of grown humans by denying them education and medical support on a life or death issue, so that these fetuses can be born (who, when born, will be affected by this aforementioned life or death issue, and have a fair chance of dying from it then)
People will die either way. Less people would have died had he approved the bill.
And you call this "Pro-life"?
They help the Google ranking, but they are not what Google bombing referrs [sic] to.
Google bombing is a concerted effort by a number of sites to increase the ranking of a desired page for specified search terms. Meta tags "help" in that process, as you put it. They are related.
"Google Bombing" as they call it has nothing to do with meta tags ... But, meta tags do help.
So which is it? They have "nothing to do with" Google bombing, or they "do help"? You've managed to contradict yourself in under four sentences. Congratulations.