"I would also make a gag about the Mac being the computer of choice for the gay, the metrosexual and boutiques, but I feel that the points I'm making are far too worthwhile to be modded down."
How about making a point out of it?
Let's look at the people who can buy a Mac. 1. They have to have the money. So, that means few 'family computers' are Macs. More likely to be in the upper brackets of disposable income, have few/no children, etc. 2. Must not need a PC for work OR must need a Mac for work. Looking at number 1, we see that you need more disposable income to buy a Mac. So you might think businessmen would have it. However, their networks are MS, so they have PCs. Business incompatability keeps Macs from being the digital Beamers of upper management. Conversely, graphic artists and musicians often are trained in school on macs and work in environments with macs. Tend to be your non-traditional 9-5'er.
Very few who can only afford PCs would come to be able to afford Macs. I'd venture to guess that those who don't already have a computer aren't going to be able to afford a Mac. And once you're on either the PC or Mac track, you tend to stay on it, for familiarity, backwards compatability, etc. Therefore, the market for Macs would seem to be those who already have a Mac and are upgrading, or those whose specialized professions require it.
Bottom line: the Mac market can't grow, unless prices drop.
"You say the iPod, priced from $250 to nearly $500, proves that Apple can charge a premium for superior design. I disagree. What makes the iPod so hot in the consumer market is superior technology -- the first workable user interface on a digital music player. That's the reason why the premium has stuck, not the nifty form factor or funky colors.
Do you think that when Apple talks about 'superior design', they aren't talking about color, but the OS and user interface? When Alex says 'technology', and Apple says 'design', I think they are talking about the same thing.
People don't pay premium prices because of a Mac's color, or shape, but for the OS and interface. They expect the nice 'design' (in the "looks-nice" sense) because of the premium price, but are not paying premium solely for its looks.
The 30 year average is for males. Leading cause of death: homicide!
But on the other hand, 2-3 hours a day to fulfill your daily needs ain't bad. Quality of life vs. quantity?
Starvation was probably not a big issue. That's what happens when you have a population dependant on a single food source, like a staple crop, and a high population density that goes along with farming. Hunter gatherers have much more food options ( over 40 species of edible animals in one square mile of Ohio, not counting the thousands of plants ).
Also about the diseases, the very nasty communicable crowd diseases are associated with cities and domesticated animals. They tend to vanish quickly, absent those conditions.
The thing to really worry about as a hunter gather is the neighbors.
Maybe. But I would think that if they did film the sky, there should be some recognizable stars or planets somewhere there.
The problem is that stars are very faint, and although the human eye has no problem seeing them, film has trouble picking them up when the camera's exposure is set to show much brighter things, such as the actors and the setting. But IIRC, the scene was a silhouette of the caravan or just the dark desert horizon...
That's interesting. I heard an interview on NPR with an astronomer who criticizes night skies in movies. He said that for all the detail that Cameron claims to have gone through (some of which is difficult to verify, such as what plates they were using, the wallpaper in the hallways), there was one large verifiable mistake. The night sky that Winslet looks up into after the ship sank is totally fabricated, with no constellations -- in fact, it's a symmetrical image of stars! (as I remember the interviewee claiming -- never saw it myself.) By contrast, the most realistic night sky was from Lawrence of Arabia, with no recognizable constellations, but still very realistic.
I think that, when there is a toss-up, conservatives tend to trust corporations over the government, and liberals tend to trust the government over corporations.
Of course conservatives are against meddling in the voting process. The problem is how exactly do you avoid that?
"Apparently the problem stems from voters in Florida and elsewhere who cannot write an "X" legibly in a half-inch square."
No, the problem is a ballot that is
confusing and easy to screw up. And once you do punch the wrong candidate, election officials would not allow you to caast it correctly. Furthermore, Hanging chads were a problem because some election machines didn't totally punch out the paper -- leaving a small scrap hanging on 1, 2 or 3 sides, or sometimes even just an indentation! Which of the above counts as a vote?
Something about the 5-1/4" floppy drive neededing the power cable from the XT, I think, and then the data ribbon going to the 386. Now mind you, the cables were so short that I had to tilt the XT some 45 degrees above the 386.
This story was about the time 486's were the latest and greatest.
I had an XT computer that my dad brought home from work. I could run Dos 3.3 on it, run a 14.4 ISA modem, and surf local BBSes. I was in teenager hacker heaven.
Then I got my hands on a 386. I could finally run windows 3.11. However, I needed to get some data from the XT to the 386. I forget the exact cable setup I had to do, but the cables weren't long enough, so I had to have both computers with the cases off, and tilt the 30 lbs. steel XT towards the naked 386.
Of course I dropped the XT into the 386 and both fell off the table with a spark! Luckily, the machine booted up alright. Upon further inspection, I found that I had fried my 14.4 modem! The computer was practically worthless to me at that point, and I didn't have $100 for a new modem. I called Microcenter, and fortunately, my warranty on the 14.4 modem was still good (1 year) , and it got me a brand new 28.8!
Speaking of poxes, you know, smallpox is not the only pox. There is also great pox, which we call syphillis these days. That is horrendous (if left untreated).
So it would be time for cowpox again? Milkmaids used to catch cowpox, and then people noticed that they wouldn't come down with small pox. Threads from the sores of people with cowpox was used to infect others, which was the first vaccination.
I upgraded without uninstalling too. It worked fine... until I closed the browser and tried to open it again. Then the splash screen would disappear without a trace.
"If your head hurts from SQL, keep on it for a couple more minutes and you'll probably have it!"
Another thing you can do is get an
SQL Wizard for your desk. If you ask him any *well phrased* question, the answer will magically come to you in moments! Remember, don't tell him your problem, but rather/ask him a question/.
One thing to consider is that there is always a 'spokesperson' for the supreme being, whether it highly centralized, like the Pope, or more decentralized, such as Rabbis and Muslim clerics. So, if you take religion as an ethical code, a legal system, you still have to have an actual in-the-flesh judge to arbitrate inevitable disputes. Morality isn't black and white.
About 2-3 years ago I went to a talk given by the author of Rotoshop, Bob. In the talk, he explained that he didn't want to release the software because launching it in any way would cause him to have to do things (lawyers, phone calls, etc.) that would take him away from programming, which is what he wants to do. Sounds like a classic geek;)
Anyway, after the talk, I asked him about releasing it open source. He wasn't against it, but he wasn't interested in it, either. He mentioned that the open source development method 'worked somehow', but he just wasn't interested in becoming a project manager.
Now I see on the website they are planning some kind of release in June 2k6. Interesting!
After lurking the wikipedia and discussing it with a professor, here's what I think an academically-oriented online collaboration suite needs: extensive filtering and a reputation system. Articles must have a rating system, based on the author's historical reputation (like the slashdot karma bonus) and the rating of the article itself (actually a lot like slashdot). Casual browsers need a default 'high' filter so they don't see too much trolling and get turned off.
The reputation system should be based on PGP technology, so that the poster's claim to authorship is based on something of value, their pgp signature.
Before someone can submit, they must 'digitally sign' (read: click an [I Agree] button) a statement stating that what they are posting is their own original material, fully licensed under the CPL, etc. etc. That's how you prevent lawsuits: put the liablility in the poster's hands. That also shows any judge that you made an effort to prevent copyright infringement.
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How about making a point out of it?
Let's look at the people who can buy a Mac.
1. They have to have the money. So, that means few 'family computers' are Macs. More likely to be in the upper brackets of disposable income, have few/no children, etc.
2. Must not need a PC for work OR must need a Mac for work. Looking at number 1, we see that you need more disposable income to buy a Mac. So you might think businessmen would have it. However, their networks are MS, so they have PCs. Business incompatability keeps Macs from being the digital Beamers of upper management. Conversely, graphic artists and musicians often are trained in school on macs and work in environments with macs. Tend to be your non-traditional 9-5'er.
Very few who can only afford PCs would come to be able to afford Macs. I'd venture to guess that those who don't already have a computer aren't going to be able to afford a Mac. And once you're on either the PC or Mac track, you tend to stay on it, for familiarity, backwards compatability, etc. Therefore, the market for Macs would seem to be those who already have a Mac and are upgrading, or those whose specialized professions require it.
Bottom line: the Mac market can't grow, unless prices drop.
Password harvests you!
Do you think that when Apple talks about 'superior design', they aren't talking about color, but the OS and user interface? When Alex says 'technology', and Apple says 'design', I think they are talking about the same thing.
People don't pay premium prices because of a Mac's color, or shape, but for the OS and interface. They expect the nice 'design' (in the "looks-nice" sense) because of the premium price, but are not paying premium solely for its looks.
FireFox 9.0 returns a null.
But on the other hand, 2-3 hours a day to fulfill your daily needs ain't bad. Quality of life vs. quantity?
Starvation was probably not a big issue. That's what happens when you have a population dependant on a single food source, like a staple crop, and a high population density that goes along with farming. Hunter gatherers have much more food options ( over 40 species of edible animals in one square mile of Ohio, not counting the thousands of plants ).
Also about the diseases, the very nasty communicable crowd diseases are associated with cities and domesticated animals. They tend to vanish quickly, absent those conditions.
The thing to really worry about as a hunter gather is the neighbors.
How about an apple with THC in it? Or say, maybe dandelions of lawn grass?
The thing for you to do is to change it. If it gets changed back, find out why. Consider the possibility that you might be mistaken.
The problem is that stars are very faint, and although the human eye has no problem seeing them, film has trouble picking them up when the camera's exposure is set to show much brighter things, such as the actors and the setting. But IIRC, the scene was a silhouette of the caravan or just the dark desert horizon...
That's interesting. I heard an interview on NPR with an astronomer who criticizes night skies in movies. He said that for all the detail that Cameron claims to have gone through (some of which is difficult to verify, such as what plates they were using, the wallpaper in the hallways), there was one large verifiable mistake. The night sky that Winslet looks up into after the ship sank is totally fabricated, with no constellations -- in fact, it's a symmetrical image of stars! (as I remember the interviewee claiming -- never saw it myself.) By contrast, the most realistic night sky was from Lawrence of Arabia, with no recognizable constellations, but still very realistic.
Of course conservatives are against meddling in the voting process. The problem is how exactly do you avoid that?
No, the problem is a ballot that is confusing and easy to screw up. And once you do punch the wrong candidate, election officials would not allow you to caast it correctly. Furthermore, Hanging chads were a problem because some election machines didn't totally punch out the paper -- leaving a small scrap hanging on 1, 2 or 3 sides, or sometimes even just an indentation! Which of the above counts as a vote?
Something about the 5-1/4" floppy drive neededing the power cable from the XT, I think, and then the data ribbon going to the 386. Now mind you, the cables were so short that I had to tilt the XT some 45 degrees above the 386.
I had an XT computer that my dad brought home from work. I could run Dos 3.3 on it, run a 14.4 ISA modem, and surf local BBSes. I was in teenager hacker heaven.
Then I got my hands on a 386. I could finally run windows 3.11. However, I needed to get some data from the XT to the 386. I forget the exact cable setup I had to do, but the cables weren't long enough, so I had to have both computers with the cases off, and tilt the 30 lbs. steel XT towards the naked 386.
Of course I dropped the XT into the 386 and both fell off the table with a spark! Luckily, the machine booted up alright. Upon further inspection, I found that I had fried my 14.4 modem! The computer was practically worthless to me at that point, and I didn't have $100 for a new modem. I called Microcenter, and fortunately, my warranty on the 14.4 modem was still good (1 year) , and it got me a brand new 28.8!
Are you, perchance, a geek?
Speaking of poxes, you know, smallpox is not the only pox. There is also great pox, which we call syphillis these days. That is horrendous (if left untreated).
So it would be time for cowpox again? Milkmaids used to catch cowpox, and then people noticed that they wouldn't come down with small pox. Threads from the sores of people with cowpox was used to infect others, which was the first vaccination.
Hear hear.
I upgraded without uninstalling too. It worked fine... until I closed the browser and tried to open it again. Then the splash screen would disappear without a trace.
Another thing you can do is get an SQL Wizard for your desk. If you ask him any *well phrased* question, the answer will magically come to you in moments! Remember, don't tell him your problem, but rather /ask him a question/.
One thing to consider is that there is always a 'spokesperson' for the supreme being, whether it highly centralized, like the Pope, or more decentralized, such as Rabbis and Muslim clerics. So, if you take religion as an ethical code, a legal system, you still have to have an actual in-the-flesh judge to arbitrate inevitable disputes. Morality isn't black and white.
No they can't. Knowing a Red Hat-specific technique does not prevent you from learning other ways of doing things.
Forget alpha geeks. They're just in it for the props. These geeks are in it for accuracy, for the love of knowledge. They are a true geek's geek!
Anyway, after the talk, I asked him about releasing it open source. He wasn't against it, but he wasn't interested in it, either. He mentioned that the open source development method 'worked somehow', but he just wasn't interested in becoming a project manager.
Now I see on the website they are planning some kind of release in June 2k6. Interesting!
The reputation system should be based on PGP technology, so that the poster's claim to authorship is based on something of value, their pgp signature.
Before someone can submit, they must 'digitally sign' (read: click an [I Agree] button) a statement stating that what they are posting is their own original material, fully licensed under the CPL, etc. etc. That's how you prevent lawsuits: put the liablility in the poster's hands. That also shows any judge that you made an effort to prevent copyright infringement.