This is not correct. One can install/upgrade RAM in the mini, and it does not void the warranty, provided you do not damage the computer in the process. The trick is to use a putty knife to carefully open the case.
You'd think that a geek on slashdot would know better, but there has always been a great deal of misinformed/uninformed people out there.
Case in point, seven years ago (or so), my neighbor wanted me to help him buy a Mac for his junior high school age daughter. He didn't want to buy online or thru mail order, he wanted to go to a brick and mortar store, pay for it, and bring it home.
We purchased an iMac at CompUSA. We also purchased an extra stick of RAM, despite the protests of both the sales clerk and the service technician that if i were to install it, it would void the warranty. I finally opened the box, and pulled out the printed instructions that Apple provided for upgrading the RAM, and they still were obnoxious, telling my neighbor, "Don't try to bring it back here, because we won't fix it."
I've never been back to that particular CompUSA. I don't know if they were lying or if they were obnoxiously insistent on being ignorant, but I guess it doesn't matter. Anyway, that's how the misinformation continues to be past on.
There is a difference between the government opening and reading your mail (tapping your phone, sniffing your packets) and censoring your mail. If the government is monitoring your communications, they could potentially censor material, but they might not want to disclose that they are monitoring you.
An example of censorship would be if person A wrote person B about their vacation at Disneyland, and either government A or B intercepted and withheld the information, not allowing it to get to person B.
Clearly, the U.S government would censor sensitive information (such as a soldier writing home and divulging too much information about his unit, its mission, and its location).
Your cause is worthy, but why bring Buddhism into your argument? Is Jerry Yang a Buddhist (or are you assuming he is because he is Asian?)
Cleary, you're not Buddhist, based on your superficial grasp of Buddhism. Here is a 10 minute primer. I suggest checking it out before you throw around terms like karma when discussing Buddhism.
I had one boss who had a telephone and line installed in his "executive" bathroom, which also had a shower and a tub. The entry was through his office.
I know he didn't have a very happy home life, since he often slept there at the office. I felt sorry for him, even though he was a colossal jerk.
That's a really cool tip. It forces us to write something more active, less passive.
Personally, I find it ironic that someone would ask slashdot about writing, given the overall level of literacy here, not just among us users, but among the editors. A great recent example of horrible writing on slashdot is embodied in this incomprehensible headline.
However, there are at least a few intelligent slashdotters, and it's nice to see a writing gem like your tip pop out.
OK, if there was a mod -1, pun, that would be cool. But what's with the troll bullshit? The mod is obviously and sadly unaware of geek culture. Is there a way we can restrict moderation to people that have an IQ above room temperature or that have graduated middle school? I know this falls far short of my original proposal of publicly identifying moderators so that the bad ones can be dispatched to help thin the gene pool.
Also, ideal for eating dinner at a Japanese restaurant, once the rice comes down a bit.
FTFA:
Mirage claims its NanoPrism technology will alter the rice/performance of personal displays while solving the problems plaguing traditional personal displays, which include unacceptably large weight and form factor.
it sure is crazy how you can mess with the color quality and resolution of an image to make it look like my family picture is really some image a green gelatinous blob that eats people.
Not so crazy if you don't omit the fact that you belong to a family of Blancmanges*! That's it, I'm investing heavily in kilt futures on the Scottish Mercantile Commodity Board first thing when it opens Monday morning.
Only Mr and Mrs Samuel Brainsample can save us now! If they don't act fast, Scotland will be choked with Scotsmen.
*from the planet Skyron in the Galaxy of Andromeda
Um, not a quote, per se, but a riff on The Manchurian Candidate (1962), where the brainwashed assassin was triggered (by his own mother, no less!) by the queen of diamonds. His target was the President. On the other hand, if my brainwashing was triggered, my target would be a juicy hamburger.
MS wouldn't be involved directly. . . . if they get involved it'll be by an anonymous donation to the 'concerned parents fund' or something like that.
Goes without saying. But it's still possible to connect dots, as we have been able to do in SCO's case. Furthermore, there are no such things as anonymous campaign contributions., so it should be possible to find out if any MS employees made contributions.
However, this is just one brushstroke in a big picture that is MS's War on Google. It's relatively minor, and it's really already done its damage, from the MS point of view, which is spread a little FUD. Toback will get his publicity, the law firm will benefit in some unknown way, and the case will be thrown out. Death by a thousand paper cuts.
"Everything about it will be open source, including the hardware, so anyone can use it in their own work," Metta says.
I'm unclear on this concept. Do they mean off the shelf commodity parts? Blueprints so that you can machine the parts yourself, if you have a lathe? Or is open source going to become a euphemism like "five finger discount"?
Seriously, what is Open Source Hardware, if it's not just a sorry misuse of a buzzword?
If you've been properly indoctrinated, you won't need the 30 second explanation.
No, when you're shown an image of the queen of diamonds for one second, you'll instantly know what to do. . . . either kill the president or go eat a hamburger.
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This is not correct. One can install/upgrade RAM in the mini, and it does not void the warranty, provided you do not damage the computer in the process. The trick is to use a putty knife to carefully open the case.
You'd think that a geek on slashdot would know better, but there has always been a great deal of misinformed/uninformed people out there.
Case in point, seven years ago (or so), my neighbor wanted me to help him buy a Mac for his junior high school age daughter. He didn't want to buy online or thru mail order, he wanted to go to a brick and mortar store, pay for it, and bring it home.
We purchased an iMac at CompUSA. We also purchased an extra stick of RAM, despite the protests of both the sales clerk and the service technician that if i were to install it, it would void the warranty. I finally opened the box, and pulled out the printed instructions that Apple provided for upgrading the RAM, and they still were obnoxious, telling my neighbor, "Don't try to bring it back here, because we won't fix it."
I've never been back to that particular CompUSA. I don't know if they were lying or if they were obnoxiously insistent on being ignorant, but I guess it doesn't matter. Anyway, that's how the misinformation continues to be past on.
There is a difference between the government opening and reading your mail (tapping your phone, sniffing your packets) and censoring your mail. If the government is monitoring your communications, they could potentially censor material, but they might not want to disclose that they are monitoring you.
An example of censorship would be if person A wrote person B about their vacation at Disneyland, and either government A or B intercepted and withheld the information, not allowing it to get to person B.
Clearly, the U.S government would censor sensitive information (such as a soldier writing home and divulging too much information about his unit, its mission, and its location).
Your cause is worthy, but why bring Buddhism into your argument? Is Jerry Yang a Buddhist (or are you assuming he is because he is Asian?)
Cleary, you're not Buddhist, based on your superficial grasp of Buddhism. Here is a 10 minute primer. I suggest checking it out before you throw around terms like karma when discussing Buddhism.
I had one boss who had a telephone and line installed in his "executive" bathroom, which also had a shower and a tub. The entry was through his office.
I know he didn't have a very happy home life, since he often slept there at the office. I felt sorry for him, even though he was a colossal jerk.
Nostalgia is soooo 70s!
It's called empathy, because he has a pair. The best you could offer would be sympathy.
That's a really cool tip. It forces us to write something more active, less passive.
Personally, I find it ironic that someone would ask slashdot about writing, given the overall level of literacy here, not just among us users, but among the editors. A great recent example of horrible writing on slashdot is embodied in this incomprehensible headline.
However, there are at least a few intelligent slashdotters, and it's nice to see a writing gem like your tip pop out.
OK, if there was a mod -1, pun, that would be cool. But what's with the troll bullshit? The mod is obviously and sadly unaware of geek culture. Is there a way we can restrict moderation to people that have an IQ above room temperature or that have graduated middle school? I know this falls far short of my original proposal of publicly identifying moderators so that the bad ones can be dispatched to help thin the gene pool.
Well, even MacBook Con would be better than the MacBook Wii.
What's with all your im-peart-inent comments? Get a life, son!
And by floppies, of course, I am referring to your testicles. Be very careful when snapping your mac book shut if you aren't wearing pants.
I like the way you're looking at convergence. The iPod Glock: 10,000 songs. 11 bullets.
My cellular provider goes to 11.
Also, ideal for eating dinner at a Japanese restaurant, once the rice comes down a bit.
FTFA:
Mirage claims its NanoPrism technology will alter the rice/performance of personal displays while solving the problems plaguing traditional personal displays, which include unacceptably large weight and form factor.
Who is to say he wasn't running the script remotely?
it sure is crazy how you can mess with the color quality and resolution of an image to make it look like my family picture is really some image a green gelatinous blob that eats people.
Not so crazy if you don't omit the fact that you belong to a family of Blancmanges*! That's it, I'm investing heavily in kilt futures on the Scottish Mercantile Commodity Board first thing when it opens Monday morning.
Only Mr and Mrs Samuel Brainsample can save us now! If they don't act fast, Scotland will be choked with Scotsmen.
*from the planet Skyron in the Galaxy of Andromeda
Mmmmm, cropcicles! So good, you'll think about being a vegetarian (and giving up the meat popcicles).
I'm not sure if they have the equivalent under UK law, but maybe he is laying the groundwork for his not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity plea.
Much better to wear them while you're driving. At least more exciting.
It's easy to figure out if you just try some word substitution:
"Gum Drops Signal Cell Phones"
"Eye Drops Signal Cell Phones"
"Cough Drops Signal Cell Phones"
Er, wait . . .
Um, not a quote, per se, but a riff on The Manchurian Candidate (1962), where the brainwashed assassin was triggered (by his own mother, no less!) by the queen of diamonds. His target was the President. On the other hand, if my brainwashing was triggered, my target would be a juicy hamburger.
MS wouldn't be involved directly. . . . if they get involved it'll be by an anonymous donation to the 'concerned parents fund' or something like that.
Goes without saying. But it's still possible to connect dots, as we have been able to do in SCO's case. Furthermore, there are no such things as anonymous campaign contributions., so it should be possible to find out if any MS employees made contributions.
However, this is just one brushstroke in a big picture that is MS's War on Google. It's relatively minor, and it's really already done its damage, from the MS point of view, which is spread a little FUD. Toback will get his publicity, the law firm will benefit in some unknown way, and the case will be thrown out. Death by a thousand paper cuts.
From TFA:
"Everything about it will be open source, including the hardware, so anyone can use it in their own work," Metta says.
I'm unclear on this concept. Do they mean off the shelf commodity parts? Blueprints so that you can machine the parts yourself, if you have a lathe? Or is open source going to become a euphemism like "five finger discount"?
Seriously, what is Open Source Hardware, if it's not just a sorry misuse of a buzzword?
If you've been properly indoctrinated, you won't need the 30 second explanation.
No, when you're shown an image of the queen of diamonds for one second, you'll instantly know what to do. . . . either kill the president or go eat a hamburger.