In what respect? The healthcare he received you mean?
That's the beauty of a universal healthcare system - everyone has access to the same treatment. They didn't treat him specially because he had international fame (in fact, the fame didn't come until later - it didn't affect his treatment by the NHS at all).
I take it you've never actually *read* anything written by Stephen himself.
I'm paraphrasing his own words.
Well, why paraphrase when you can quote:
"I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS, I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived."
Remember when he was held up as a textbook example of the types of people who would "not survive" under a universal healthcare system?
Until, of course, he pointed out that not only was he born in Britain under such a system, but that he owes his life to it many times over.
The retractions on those stories (those who even bothered to correct them) were amusing.
I still think his most significant contribution to mankind is teaming up with Pink Floyd;) What's a PhD when you can be a rock star? (Brian Cox and Brian May, quiet you!)
It's hilarious that Apple is being demonised in this thread for something they haven't actually done. They haven't said word one about the iMac-inspired design (Vizio's CEO quote: [we have] worked on [our] computer designs for two years in attempts to offer an aesthetic that competes with Apple Inc.'s popular products but at a lower price ), but everyone is quick to jump on it.
They're certainly not the first company to make an All-in-one that was clearly a response to the iMac, and thus far none of those other (and there have been several) designs have faced lawsuits.
In my opinion it looks ok - I'm not sold on the slender neck, since it feels like the screen might wobble around (although I'm sure it's actually solid).
I'm not so sure - they have seen year-on-year growth for the past 6 years, in opposition to the general trend of the industry as a whole (this is exclusively talking about OS X machines). The number of people who use a computer is extremely high, and Apple have been welcoming switchers for more than half a decade and still have plenty of room for growth. Plenty more affluent/well enough off people to consider the switch to Mac when they look at upgrading/replacing the old computer - especially now that it's even easier than ever to run Windows in a VM or dual boot if you still have "that one program" that you really must keep that is Win only.
Well, Logitech did it. Their trackpad has curving sections at the top - in fact, I don't think it has a straight edge on it, other than where the touch surface itself meets the casing.
You think they need a power adapter that sends a token to unencrypt a password stored on your Mac (the adapter does not have the password) to skim a password that you type into your Mac in plaintext every time you log in? Assuming, of course, that they were going to "skim" it.
This allows you to recover your password without blowing all that out of the water.
It will also work with full-disk-encryption FileVault.
I know it's already trivial to reset an admin password on an OS X machine - all you need is in OS X install disc and the ability to press "C" while booting and you can change the password. It won't get you past FileVault or the keychain though.
I'm merely commenting on the absurdity on calling a set of data you don't like "BS" because it conflicts with anecdotal accounts of a single person.
I think you're projecting a bias here - Apple has got nothing to do with it, although while we're on the topic the original AC claimed that iOS' numbers were inflated because they might be counting any Webkit browser (even though those Webkit browsers have different UA strings) for some reason.
There may be genuine reasons for finding the data suspect (there are), but the fact that it doesn't match up with a single person's view of the world is not one of them.
Your attempts to paint this as some sort of "pro Apple" thing? Seriously? I didn't even mention it?! I think your bias is showing.
The Nilsen analysis only counts the US market, however.
In the UK the marketshare is different (Android and RIM are almost swapped over - Blackberry is still really popular here among women aged 16-25, and teens in general due to BBM), with increasing Android share over time.
Everyone I know speaks English, and I can count on one hand the number of people I personally know who speak Mandarin, so therefore I believe that the number of people who speak it compared to English is very low.
Any stats using actual data are completely fictional! My anecdotal evidence is totally representative!
You're the one posting one more than one account, and accusing me of "constantly insulting you" in an 18 comment thread that I have yet to see.
I can only assume that you're posting and moderating in the same discussions using more than one account and have been caught out replying on the wrong account.
Like I said, I am standing by my posts in this thread - I'm certainly not trolling you in this thread, as anyone reading will easily see - and past history - slashdot does not delete anything (apart from that one scientology thing) so if you've got something to *actually* come at me with other than baseless, evidence-free accusations then post the links.
You're desperately trying to paint me as a troll, but so far I'm not seeing any evidence of such. You keep referencing this "18 comment thread" that was apparently so traumatising to you that you are still remembering it two months on yet you won;t actually post a link to it so we can judge for ourselves.
Look, son, you've clearly lost this argument - you were caught out trying to troll me from the wrong account, and thus accidentally revealed that you post from multiple accounts (and thus post and moderate in the same discussions).
I mention the 29th of March 2011 since that is the last email I received from slashdot about a reply from you (isn't the search feature excellent), at least on the current account you're posting on here. I posted a link to that thread.
I have looked back through my post history on the site, and searched my email archives for replies from you for this mythical "18 comment thread" where I "constantly insult" you and have yet to find it.
So, I say again - post the link to the thread or it simply didn't happen. I think you'll find that if any such thread exists then either a) you were posting AC or on a different account, or b) if it did occur I was not "constantly insulting" you since I am rarely rude on slashdot, just occasionally a little facetious or even c) you have realised you've got the wrong person.
Either way, a comment thread from 9 months ago on your current account hardly constitutes "following you around".
In summary: post a link to this alleged thread, assuming it exists at all.
You're going to have to point it out to me - give me the CID link so I can see this alleged 18 comment thread full of "constant insults" because I'm not finding it. I went back through literally every single one of my posts over the last 5 weeks and you are not there (/. won't load post history past 24th November), unless it's as an AC or on a different account - which strongly suggests you post and moderate in the same discussions.
You (or anyone else) are welcome to go back and check my posts personally - slashdot keeps them all, and I cannot delete them or get the mods to remove them (I'm not a scientologist). I suspect you're trying to bluff anyone else who reads this since it's a hassle to check, but I have checked just to be sure, and unless it's on another account: nothing in the past 5 odd weeks, except for today (the page won't seem to load anything earlier than 24th November, or perhaps it's just the past 200 comments. If you have a link to this discussion I am all ears - I am genuinely interested in what it is since you seem to still be so easily able to recall it 6 weeks on.
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I'm sure you'll try to claim that I've doctored this, or deleted some "incriminating" email response messages, but come on, why would I do that? (edit: had to shorten the lines made up of equals characters due to/. lameness filter)
It's far more likely that you have remembered something I have said to you while you've been trolling on another account, or while posting AC. You and anyone else is welcome to look back over my posting history for this alleged "constant insulting" or I'll challenge you to post a link or at least tell us what article it was posted in, since you seem to recall it so well.
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In what respect? The healthcare he received you mean?
That's the beauty of a universal healthcare system - everyone has access to the same treatment. They didn't treat him specially because he had international fame (in fact, the fame didn't come until later - it didn't affect his treatment by the NHS at all).
I take it you've never actually *read* anything written by Stephen himself.
I'm paraphrasing his own words.
Well, why paraphrase when you can quote:
"I wouldn't be here today if it were not for the NHS, I have received a large amount of high-quality treatment without which I would not have survived."
Remember when he was held up as a textbook example of the types of people who would "not survive" under a universal healthcare system?
Until, of course, he pointed out that not only was he born in Britain under such a system, but that he owes his life to it many times over.
The retractions on those stories (those who even bothered to correct them) were amusing.
I still think his most significant contribution to mankind is teaming up with Pink Floyd ;) What's a PhD when you can be a rock star? (Brian Cox and Brian May, quiet you!)
Sheesh. *Everything* is somehow Apple's fault, right?
It can't possibly be a design decision to make it fit in with the rest of the products Logitech makes, right?
It's hilarious that Apple is being demonised in this thread for something they haven't actually done. They haven't said word one about the iMac-inspired design (Vizio's CEO quote: [we have] worked on [our] computer designs for two years in attempts to offer an aesthetic that competes with Apple Inc.'s popular products but at a lower price ), but everyone is quick to jump on it.
They're certainly not the first company to make an All-in-one that was clearly a response to the iMac, and thus far none of those other (and there have been several) designs have faced lawsuits.
In my opinion it looks ok - I'm not sold on the slender neck, since it feels like the screen might wobble around (although I'm sure it's actually solid).
I'm not so sure - they have seen year-on-year growth for the past 6 years, in opposition to the general trend of the industry as a whole (this is exclusively talking about OS X machines). The number of people who use a computer is extremely high, and Apple have been welcoming switchers for more than half a decade and still have plenty of room for growth. Plenty more affluent/well enough off people to consider the switch to Mac when they look at upgrading/replacing the old computer - especially now that it's even easier than ever to run Windows in a VM or dual boot if you still have "that one program" that you really must keep that is Win only.
I'm not sure they're close to a plateau yet.
Well, Logitech did it. Their trackpad has curving sections at the top - in fact, I don't think it has a straight edge on it, other than where the touch surface itself meets the casing.
You've clearly never been into the bathroom at an old people's home.
Yes, that's exactly what it means. There can be no question at all.
Also, the sky is falling and you forgot to log in.
What?
You think they need a power adapter that sends a token to unencrypt a password stored on your Mac (the adapter does not have the password) to skim a password that you type into your Mac in plaintext every time you log in? Assuming, of course, that they were going to "skim" it.
If you do that you lose the keychain.
This allows you to recover your password without blowing all that out of the water.
It will also work with full-disk-encryption FileVault.
I know it's already trivial to reset an admin password on an OS X machine - all you need is in OS X install disc and the ability to press "C" while booting and you can change the password. It won't get you past FileVault or the keychain though.
Right, so again - why has no one done it before?
It's actually quite a good idea. If you forget your password you're not screwed, since you can unlock your device when you get home.
You'll notice they didn't patent the "metric shit-tons of USB fobs", but a different way to authenticate a device.
Whether it's different enough from a separate USB dongle that can unlock the computer is something the patent office should deal with.
It is, but why deny them access to tools they might find useful just out of spite?
How did this get Insightful?
Oh, right. I forgot the groupthink. Apple bad. rar. Microsoft evil. rar.
Facts: not necessary to form viable opinions any more.
Where does my "Apple boat" come into this?
I'm merely commenting on the absurdity on calling a set of data you don't like "BS" because it conflicts with anecdotal accounts of a single person.
I think you're projecting a bias here - Apple has got nothing to do with it, although while we're on the topic the original AC claimed that iOS' numbers were inflated because they might be counting any Webkit browser (even though those Webkit browsers have different UA strings) for some reason.
There may be genuine reasons for finding the data suspect (there are), but the fact that it doesn't match up with a single person's view of the world is not one of them.
Your attempts to paint this as some sort of "pro Apple" thing? Seriously? I didn't even mention it?! I think your bias is showing.
The Nilsen analysis only counts the US market, however.
In the UK the marketshare is different (Android and RIM are almost swapped over - Blackberry is still really popular here among women aged 16-25, and teens in general due to BBM), with increasing Android share over time.
Everyone I know speaks English, and I can count on one hand the number of people I personally know who speak Mandarin, so therefore I believe that the number of people who speak it compared to English is very low.
Any stats using actual data are completely fictional! My anecdotal evidence is totally representative!
The United States is not the whole world. The summary is talking about a global set of stats.
You're not even trying now.
Post the link to the 18 comment thread.
Post the link to the 18 comment thread.
You're the one posting one more than one account, and accusing me of "constantly insulting you" in an 18 comment thread that I have yet to see.
I can only assume that you're posting and moderating in the same discussions using more than one account and have been caught out replying on the wrong account.
Like I said, I am standing by my posts in this thread - I'm certainly not trolling you in this thread, as anyone reading will easily see - and past history - slashdot does not delete anything (apart from that one scientology thing) so if you've got something to *actually* come at me with other than baseless, evidence-free accusations then post the links.
You're desperately trying to paint me as a troll, but so far I'm not seeing any evidence of such. You keep referencing this "18 comment thread" that was apparently so traumatising to you that you are still remembering it two months on yet you won;t actually post a link to it so we can judge for ourselves.
I'm waiting.
"extortionate" service charge. Ha.
Your ignorance is showing.
Look, son, you've clearly lost this argument - you were caught out trying to troll me from the wrong account, and thus accidentally revealed that you post from multiple accounts (and thus post and moderate in the same discussions).
I mention the 29th of March 2011 since that is the last email I received from slashdot about a reply from you (isn't the search feature excellent), at least on the current account you're posting on here. I posted a link to that thread.
I have looked back through my post history on the site, and searched my email archives for replies from you for this mythical "18 comment thread" where I "constantly insult" you and have yet to find it.
So, I say again - post the link to the thread or it simply didn't happen. I think you'll find that if any such thread exists then either a) you were posting AC or on a different account, or b) if it did occur I was not "constantly insulting" you since I am rarely rude on slashdot, just occasionally a little facetious or even c) you have realised you've got the wrong person.
Either way, a comment thread from 9 months ago on your current account hardly constitutes "following you around".
In summary: post a link to this alleged thread, assuming it exists at all.
Where did I say the cheaper Android handsets should not be sold? Where did I say people who bought the cheaper handsets were dumb?
I'm under no illusion that I'm "special" in any way. I think you're projecting your frothing android fanboy rage onto me.
You're going to have to point it out to me - give me the CID link so I can see this alleged 18 comment thread full of "constant insults" because I'm not finding it. I went back through literally every single one of my posts over the last 5 weeks and you are not there (/. won't load post history past 24th November), unless it's as an AC or on a different account - which strongly suggests you post and moderate in the same discussions.
You (or anyone else) are welcome to go back and check my posts personally - slashdot keeps them all, and I cannot delete them or get the mods to remove them (I'm not a scientologist). I suspect you're trying to bluff anyone else who reads this since it's a hassle to check, but I have checked just to be sure, and unless it's on another account: nothing in the past 5 odd weeks, except for today (the page won't seem to load anything earlier than 24th November, or perhaps it's just the past 200 comments. If you have a link to this discussion I am all ears - I am genuinely interested in what it is since you seem to still be so easily able to recall it 6 weeks on.
The 29th of March 2009 is the last time (before this thread) that slashdot gave me a notification email stating you replied to a comment of mine on the account you are currently posting with. Here is the email in full, sent on 29 March 2011 04:35:11 GMT+01:00:
I'm sure you'll try to claim that I've doctored this, or deleted some "incriminating" email response messages, but come on, why would I do that? (edit: had to shorten the lines made up of equals characters due to /. lameness filter)
It's far more likely that you have remembered something I have said to you while you've been trolling on another account, or while posting AC. You and anyone else is welcome to look back over my posting history for this alleged "constant insulting" or I'll challenge you to post a link or at least tell us what article it was posted in, since you seem to recall it so well.
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