I bought a Treo 600 from Verizon last month. I mainly wanted a PDA/phone, but I played with the web and SMS features a little bit. Only weeks later do I find out that the web connections stay up and you get charged minutes for it, unless of course you sign up for the $50/mo data package...so I have about $850 in data charges to deal with. You can even rack up charges if someone sends you a picture, because it uses the web connection to deliver it and then stays connected...in my case, all night long while roaming.
I called customer service and the second person I talked with (the 1st put me on hold for 40 minutes so I hung up) said no problem, should see the credit by Tue, but still no word except for a message on my voice mail (not a call, just dropped it into my voice mail) from someone there that gives his extension but not a phone number...customer service had to reroute me twice and I then got his voice mail...and he hasn't called back in 2 days.
I keep hearing that sort of statement, "no relation to reality", but what exactly does it mean? Did he (and I) just imagine 9/11? Or the UN Resolutions that Saddam ignored? It sounds more of an ad hominem attack with no real basis than a real objection to any particular views, which could be argued on their specific merits.
To your points on W, the "doom and gloom" is coming primarily from the media and his enemies right now. You confuse "difficult" with "bad"...the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are hard things to deal with, but he took responsibility and stepped up to the challenge instead of hiding his head in the sand (after lobbing some bombs at an aspirin factory) like his predecessor. The economy is in an upswing, jobs are being created, we just handed over sovereignty in Iraq. Rather than being manipulated by the polls, he's holding the course in an election years of all things.
I pulled down the full distro (about 3G total) and upgraded from 9.2 with no problems, other than having to uninstall kde 3.1 (I tried to do it w/o uninstalling as they suggest, no luck there). If you have the HD space it's a lot easier than ISOs.
OTOH, also from the article: We're evaluating how these NGSCB capabilities should be integrated into Longhorn, but we don't know exactly how it'll be manifested...sounds like another reason to hate Longhorn.
Agreed that this is a poor implementation of an internet filter, but...
Calling this censorship is not quite right: the service opens up big chunks of the internet for people who never had it before, and that is a fact. It's like a complaining that someone didn't hand over the keys to their car instead of just giving you a ride.
Calling it prudery is also unfair. There are several arguments for a (properly done) filter, some of them mentioned in the article.
1. US Taxpayers don't want to fund porn surfing.
2. The propaganda value within the restrictive countries is reduced somewhat if the authorities there can claim that it's just used to surf porn.
3. Likewise, people within that country that could be forces for democratic reform may be turned away by the idea that it's used for "unwholesome" purposes.
And also, how many people at Microsoft check in code for kernel32.dll? Isn't is fairer to compare the total number of people who contribute to the "complete" Linux product, including window managers, utilities, drivers, etc?
No mudflaps, but I want to be the 1st to go 4-wheeling on Mars...tho I think the moon would be better for rock crawling...lower gravity, more interesting rock formations (at least so far as I've seen).
Yup, I just got/built the offroader a couple of years ago...and it is awesome.
My Legos wish list:
1. Better integration between Technics and the traditional bricks.
2. Technics bulk sets, not a particular model, just bunches of parts. Like the bricks used to be.
...many software companies are considering relocation of their QA departments to Broward County. "There's no better pool of candidates for QA testers that I know of," says one manager, who requested anonymity, "to ensure that a program is absolutely idiot-proof."
You have a bunch of academic ethicists etc. who are doing research and writing papers on a possible problem that has not really appeared yet. Why not come up with some practical solutions to existing problems of discrimination, civil rights, etc? If you ask me, it's because it is easy to blue-sky some possible scenarios and get credit for breaking new ground, and also not be held accountable for any demonstrable results from your research. Or is it just me?
Even if the study is flawed or bogus, it is still being taught in the "front-line" marketing schools, (ie. grocery, drug-store, clothing, etc.) , and so I expect we will see nineteen ninety-five for many many years to come.
For 19 years, at least.
I use Concerta, which is a slow-release formulation of Ritalin. I tried Adderall and Adderall-XR, but I found that they didn't "slope off" quickly enough at night for me to be able to relax...that is a plus for some people and a minus for me.
Ritalin itself doesn't last as long in your system but the Concerta capsule is designed to release it slowly throughout the day...it has an outer coating for a starting dose, and the rest is inside a permeable capsule that has the medicine at one end and some superabsorbent material at the other. When the superabsorbent swells, it pushes the medicine out, slowly.
We dont expect Ford to make parts that fit in a Toyota as well.
I wouldn't make statements like that unless I knew better: http://www.azcentral.com/class/marketplac e/cars/08 03hybrid.html...not to mention all of the engine & axle swaps that I've seen among Fords, Toyotas, Jeeps, and Chevys, among others.
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None of this is any problem for those of us with Bene Gesserit training: anyone can alter their metabolism and brain activity as required. Of course the gom jabbar might be the next step in employee screening then.
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I bought a Treo 600 from Verizon last month. I mainly wanted a PDA/phone, but I played with the web and SMS features a little bit. Only weeks later do I find out that the web connections stay up and you get charged minutes for it, unless of course you sign up for the $50/mo data package...so I have about $850 in data charges to deal with. You can even rack up charges if someone sends you a picture, because it uses the web connection to deliver it and then stays connected...in my case, all night long while roaming. I called customer service and the second person I talked with (the 1st put me on hold for 40 minutes so I hung up) said no problem, should see the credit by Tue, but still no word except for a message on my voice mail (not a call, just dropped it into my voice mail) from someone there that gives his extension but not a phone number...customer service had to reroute me twice and I then got his voice mail...and he hasn't called back in 2 days.
Those tire are Super Swampers, which I run on my Jeep, which does NOT have a gun rack :) I likes this batmobile.
I keep hearing that sort of statement, "no relation to reality", but what exactly does it mean? Did he (and I) just imagine 9/11? Or the UN Resolutions that Saddam ignored? It sounds more of an ad hominem attack with no real basis than a real objection to any particular views, which could be argued on their specific merits.
To your points on W, the "doom and gloom" is coming primarily from the media and his enemies right now. You confuse "difficult" with "bad"...the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are hard things to deal with, but he took responsibility and stepped up to the challenge instead of hiding his head in the sand (after lobbing some bombs at an aspirin factory) like his predecessor. The economy is in an upswing, jobs are being created, we just handed over sovereignty in Iraq. Rather than being manipulated by the polls, he's holding the course in an election years of all things.
I pulled down the full distro (about 3G total) and upgraded from 9.2 with no problems, other than having to uninstall kde 3.1 (I tried to do it w/o uninstalling as they suggest, no luck there). If you have the HD space it's a lot easier than ISOs.
Ok now can they make boxers that will "adjust" for you? That would really be useful.
OTOH, also from the article: We're evaluating how these NGSCB capabilities should be integrated into Longhorn, but we don't know exactly how it'll be manifested...sounds like another reason to hate Longhorn.
Agreed that this is a poor implementation of an internet filter, but... Calling this censorship is not quite right: the service opens up big chunks of the internet for people who never had it before, and that is a fact. It's like a complaining that someone didn't hand over the keys to their car instead of just giving you a ride. Calling it prudery is also unfair. There are several arguments for a (properly done) filter, some of them mentioned in the article. 1. US Taxpayers don't want to fund porn surfing. 2. The propaganda value within the restrictive countries is reduced somewhat if the authorities there can claim that it's just used to surf porn. 3. Likewise, people within that country that could be forces for democratic reform may be turned away by the idea that it's used for "unwholesome" purposes.
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And also, how many people at Microsoft check in code for kernel32.dll? Isn't is fairer to compare the total number of people who contribute to the "complete" Linux product, including window managers, utilities, drivers, etc?
No mudflaps, but I want to be the 1st to go 4-wheeling on Mars...tho I think the moon would be better for rock crawling...lower gravity, more interesting rock formations (at least so far as I've seen).
"Rolls" has a different meaning to anyone who does much offroading. I was picturing this
Yup, I just got/built the offroader a couple of years ago...and it is awesome. My Legos wish list: 1. Better integration between Technics and the traditional bricks. 2. Technics bulk sets, not a particular model, just bunches of parts. Like the bricks used to be.
Who gets voted off first?
Same velocity, different momentum, though, right?
...many software companies are considering relocation of their QA departments to Broward County. "There's no better pool of candidates for QA testers that I know of," says one manager, who requested anonymity, "to ensure that a program is absolutely idiot-proof."
"Is" means different things to different people, too...and look at what results.
You have a bunch of academic ethicists etc. who are doing research and writing papers on a possible problem that has not really appeared yet. Why not come up with some practical solutions to existing problems of discrimination, civil rights, etc? If you ask me, it's because it is easy to blue-sky some possible scenarios and get credit for breaking new ground, and also not be held accountable for any demonstrable results from your research. Or is it just me?
Even if the study is flawed or bogus, it is still being taught in the "front-line" marketing schools, (ie. grocery, drug-store, clothing, etc.) , and so I expect we will see nineteen ninety-five for many many years to come. For 19 years, at least.
I use Concerta, which is a slow-release formulation of Ritalin. I tried Adderall and Adderall-XR, but I found that they didn't "slope off" quickly enough at night for me to be able to relax...that is a plus for some people and a minus for me. Ritalin itself doesn't last as long in your system but the Concerta capsule is designed to release it slowly throughout the day...it has an outer coating for a starting dose, and the rest is inside a permeable capsule that has the medicine at one end and some superabsorbent material at the other. When the superabsorbent swells, it pushes the medicine out, slowly.
But "too broke" is like "slightly pregnant"...you either are, or aren't, broke. Sorry, but I had to chime in!
...doesn't it?
We dont expect Ford to make parts that fit in a Toyota as well.
c e/cars/08 03hybrid.html ...not to mention all of the engine & axle swaps that I've seen among Fords, Toyotas, Jeeps, and Chevys, among others.
I wouldn't make statements like that unless I knew better:
http://www.azcentral.com/class/marketpla
None of this is any problem for those of us with Bene Gesserit training: anyone can alter their metabolism and brain activity as required. Of course the gom jabbar might be the next step in employee screening then.