Spoken like a child, rather than a parent. If my son described doing this stunt, I'd chew his ass for it but good. My dad would do the same to me, I'm sure. Being a parent changes at 18 years old, true, but it never really goes away.
Your question gives me pause on a few different levels:
A) You're not familiar with this technology. This is probably not the best way to get indoctrinated with VM's.
B) Other options for 'ease of switching' exist, like a KVM, Wubi, etc. These are likely to give you a more satisfactory result.
C) "Performance does matter" - yeah, no. Nobody uses VM's to increase their performance. They use them to save money, increase density, etc.
The tech is cool and has a number of really novel applications, but 'home use' and 'performance' are probably not among them unless you're some kind of super nerd. And if you were, you'd be too busy trying things out to spend time asking slashdot...:)
This is how it looks when it works. Imagine the news story had it not saved the man's life and one of his kids had been killed instead. The guy took a HUGE risk here, which is an intrinsic part of being a hero, but I pity his kids a little. Were it just me in the car, okay, maybe. But with my little ones in tow? Not a chance. I guess that's why I'm not a hero and he is, eh? At any rate, the safety of the nameless citizen won out over the safety of his own, which strikes me as odd.
I'm picturing a train with the 'track' being rails of these magnetic gears, and the underside of the train itself being likewise. It floats above the track, and to cause it to move, you turn the gears on the rails. Seems like not requiring the propulsion on the train itself would make it considerably lighter, would it not?
You make an excellent point! And just how popular IS lip syncing in our post-Ashely-Simpson world? Because the stark contrast between our recent rejection of this sort of thing and their (recent?) adoration of it would rather be my point.
I'm not referring to the vehicle. I'm surprised you hadn't already inferred that. I mean the content you linked specifically. It's terrible, and reinforces parent's point much more firmly than your own.
No politician want's to be associated with a joke where they are the tutu clad butt of it. The reality is, it is popular because of the negative connotations associated with it and a lot of people want to see her in a bad light. A popularity poll certainly but a negative one.
Is it really THAT negative, though? Some intern screwed up on his grunt work. It happens all the time. It could, possibly be used to construe her as being 'more human'. She makes mistakes. Remember Gloria Allred recently accusing her of having a photographic memory which included things her husband did without her involvement? Tutu-man kinda flies in the face of that argument, doesn't it?
Trust me, if you live in California and spend any time: watching TV, listening to the radio, reading the newspaper, visiting websites of California news media, or even just going outside, you are already sick of hearing about Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown.
I'm sick of it, and I haven't even visited California for years.
Don't be a tool. Read the damn link. 5mbps is a viable alternative if you REALLY hate your present ISP. And again, this is today. It would take years to get any passed legislation to actually do anything in your favor, and by then we'll have even more market alternatives.
Or you could move, IF it matters that much.
I realize you like to exit arguments via insult. It's really, really, really common all over the internet. I'd implore you, though, to look beyond any of my typo's and see if there's any actual content in my posts. If you're not finding any, rather than attempting to insult me, maybe you just don't reply? It isn't as if I have never had some dude on slashdot take a pot shot at me. I didn't care about those, and don't care about this example either.
Maybe you can just try and be a better person than that. Maybe not. Just a suggestion.
Despite the summary, the hologram thing is of little importance.
I disagree. We've had autotune for some time now, but people paying for concert tickets for a computer-generated recording? That seems new. Not a giant leap from movies, mind you, but I bet there's a teeny tiny price gap there.
So only monopolies are evil? Your power company, then, is totally out for your blood? Arsenic, being only one of many possible compounds, is totally harmless?
Or perhaps being a monopoly is but a single way to illicit an evil level of control?
Steve also said the opposite. He said something to the effect of, "This won't be the only way to get software. We just think it is the best way."
How likely is Apple to leave it up to the consumer whether or not they utilize Steve's "best way" to get things done? I suspect the truth is closer to:
"This won't be the only way to get software for a few more versions, at least. But by then you'll realize that you were an idiot."
Maybe it's just me, but a lot of you same slashdotters said that OSX would NEVER, EVER get an app store, and yet they did. Time will tell about this as well, I am sure.
That is a HUGE HUGE if. I didn't see any sign they plan to stop you from downloading and installing whatever you want.
Oh, okay, that explains a lot. Google 'ipod', 'iphone' and 'ipad' for some of these signs that you've missed. Look deeply into their justification for the 'walled garden' approach on these platforms, and try and see if you can come up with any solid reasons why this would never, ever be the case on a PC.
Right, we covered this impasse six or seven posts ago. Neither of us has proof of anything, and we're both merely speculating as to what occurred. I suppose, then, that you're simply seeking the last word, which I will gladly let you have.
Hardly. I'm not making any accusations of that sort, as I am unaffiliated with any party who would have standing in court. I'm not civilly nor criminally linked via courts to this matter.
Therefore, your standard is far too strict.
Again, we're both speculating as to what actually occurred, and that is the entire point. In my experience the result described is only produced by utilizing certain tools. In your experience it is produced through magical unicorn farts or what have you. That's fine, but clearly we disagree. Did you have anything more substantial on the matter to say, or are we done?
You're electric company is beholden to the voters, and to greater legislative burden, because you're correct that they are a monopoly.
They're a GODDAMNED MONOPOLY. There's nobody to switch TO. Are you stupid, or just trolling?
How is ComCast prohibiting competing technologies?
You can call it a monopoly, or a chutes and ladders, or a purple-ocracy, or whatever you wish, but this doesn't make it so. Are they your only source for ComCast Cable internet? Yep. Are they your only source for internet period? Not even close. And certainly, absolutely not by the time any legislation you might advocate would actually be enforced.
Are prayers a matter of public record? Would it not likewise be impossible to employ force to establish a single dominant religion? Because I think that this may have happened a time or two in the past, yet I can think of no more a private thing.
More likely, they'll exert enough force, or threat of force, to assuage any doubt that you did as they demanded.
No amount of force can ever assuage any doubt. Since they'd be exerting such force whether you vote their way or not, there's no reason not to vote your own way.
In my original reply I was going to doubt if you knew how intimidation works. Now I'm glad you saved me the need of posing the question.
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Spoken like a child, rather than a parent. If my son described doing this stunt, I'd chew his ass for it but good. My dad would do the same to me, I'm sure. Being a parent changes at 18 years old, true, but it never really goes away.
Your question gives me pause on a few different levels:
A) You're not familiar with this technology. This is probably not the best way to get indoctrinated with VM's.
B) Other options for 'ease of switching' exist, like a KVM, Wubi, etc. These are likely to give you a more satisfactory result.
C) "Performance does matter" - yeah, no. Nobody uses VM's to increase their performance. They use them to save money, increase density, etc.
The tech is cool and has a number of really novel applications, but 'home use' and 'performance' are probably not among them unless you're some kind of super nerd. And if you were, you'd be too busy trying things out to spend time asking slashdot... :)
This is how it looks when it works. Imagine the news story had it not saved the man's life and one of his kids had been killed instead. The guy took a HUGE risk here, which is an intrinsic part of being a hero, but I pity his kids a little. Were it just me in the car, okay, maybe. But with my little ones in tow? Not a chance. I guess that's why I'm not a hero and he is, eh? At any rate, the safety of the nameless citizen won out over the safety of his own, which strikes me as odd.
I'm not seeing the frictionless gears.
I'm picturing a train with the 'track' being rails of these magnetic gears, and the underside of the train itself being likewise. It floats above the track, and to cause it to move, you turn the gears on the rails. Seems like not requiring the propulsion on the train itself would make it considerably lighter, would it not?
This.
You make an excellent point! And just how popular IS lip syncing in our post-Ashely-Simpson world? Because the stark contrast between our recent rejection of this sort of thing and their (recent?) adoration of it would rather be my point.
I'm not referring to the vehicle. I'm surprised you hadn't already inferred that. I mean the content you linked specifically. It's terrible, and reinforces parent's point much more firmly than your own.
No politician want's to be associated with a joke where they are the tutu clad butt of it. The reality is, it is popular because of the negative connotations associated with it and a lot of people want to see her in a bad light. A popularity poll certainly but a negative one.
Is it really THAT negative, though? Some intern screwed up on his grunt work. It happens all the time. It could, possibly be used to construe her as being 'more human'. She makes mistakes. Remember Gloria Allred recently accusing her of having a photographic memory which included things her husband did without her involvement? Tutu-man kinda flies in the face of that argument, doesn't it?
Trust me, if you live in California and spend any time: watching TV, listening to the radio, reading the newspaper, visiting websites of California news media, or even just going outside, you are already sick of hearing about Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown.
I'm sick of it, and I haven't even visited California for years.
Don't be a tool. Read the damn link. 5mbps is a viable alternative if you REALLY hate your present ISP. And again, this is today. It would take years to get any passed legislation to actually do anything in your favor, and by then we'll have even more market alternatives.
Or you could move, IF it matters that much.
I realize you like to exit arguments via insult. It's really, really, really common all over the internet. I'd implore you, though, to look beyond any of my typo's and see if there's any actual content in my posts. If you're not finding any, rather than attempting to insult me, maybe you just don't reply? It isn't as if I have never had some dude on slashdot take a pot shot at me. I didn't care about those, and don't care about this example either.
Maybe you can just try and be a better person than that. Maybe not. Just a suggestion.
Call me when she freaks out and shaves her head...
You can imagine people buying tickets to watch this in concert? Really??
Despite the summary, the hologram thing is of little importance.
I disagree. We've had autotune for some time now, but people paying for concert tickets for a computer-generated recording? That seems new. Not a giant leap from movies, mind you, but I bet there's a teeny tiny price gap there.
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So only monopolies are evil? Your power company, then, is totally out for your blood? Arsenic, being only one of many possible compounds, is totally harmless?
Or perhaps being a monopoly is but a single way to illicit an evil level of control?
Steve also said the opposite. He said something to the effect of, "This won't be the only way to get software. We just think it is the best way."
How likely is Apple to leave it up to the consumer whether or not they utilize Steve's "best way" to get things done? I suspect the truth is closer to:
"This won't be the only way to get software for a few more versions, at least. But by then you'll realize that you were an idiot."
Maybe it's just me, but a lot of you same slashdotters said that OSX would NEVER, EVER get an app store, and yet they did. Time will tell about this as well, I am sure.
Nothing to see here, slippery slopes are pure fallacy and do not exist. Not ever.
By the way, I have some property in Brooklyn you might be interested in, let's talk...
That is a HUGE HUGE if. I didn't see any sign they plan to stop you from downloading and installing whatever you want.
Oh, okay, that explains a lot. Google 'ipod', 'iphone' and 'ipad' for some of these signs that you've missed. Look deeply into their justification for the 'walled garden' approach on these platforms, and try and see if you can come up with any solid reasons why this would never, ever be the case on a PC.
Right, we covered this impasse six or seven posts ago. Neither of us has proof of anything, and we're both merely speculating as to what occurred. I suppose, then, that you're simply seeking the last word, which I will gladly let you have.
Have a great day!
Hardly. I'm not making any accusations of that sort, as I am unaffiliated with any party who would have standing in court. I'm not civilly nor criminally linked via courts to this matter.
Therefore, your standard is far too strict.
Again, we're both speculating as to what actually occurred, and that is the entire point. In my experience the result described is only produced by utilizing certain tools. In your experience it is produced through magical unicorn farts or what have you. That's fine, but clearly we disagree. Did you have anything more substantial on the matter to say, or are we done?
You're electric company is beholden to the voters, and to greater legislative burden, because you're correct that they are a monopoly.
They're a GODDAMNED MONOPOLY. There's nobody to switch TO. Are you stupid, or just trolling?
How is ComCast prohibiting competing technologies?
You can call it a monopoly, or a chutes and ladders, or a purple-ocracy, or whatever you wish, but this doesn't make it so. Are they your only source for ComCast Cable internet? Yep. Are they your only source for internet period? Not even close. And certainly, absolutely not by the time any legislation you might advocate would actually be enforced.
Are prayers a matter of public record? Would it not likewise be impossible to employ force to establish a single dominant religion? Because I think that this may have happened a time or two in the past, yet I can think of no more a private thing.
I have little doubt that this is true. However, this isn't adequate, as the Parent said. That would be my point.
More likely, they'll exert enough force, or threat of force, to assuage any doubt that you did as they demanded.
No amount of force can ever assuage any doubt. Since they'd be exerting such force whether you vote their way or not, there's no reason not to vote your own way.
In my original reply I was going to doubt if you knew how intimidation works. Now I'm glad you saved me the need of posing the question.