You clearly do not study history. The only reason the Christians don't appear to be the extremists, is that they are us and our governments. What do you think the inquisition was? Have you heard of North and South American Slavery, or the attempted genocide of the Native Americans? Much of this was justified by the Christians because the victims were ungodly beasts. Hell, we still live in a world controlled by this belief system. Lookup "manifest destiny", and see if there is no Christian relation. Dude, wake up. The Islamic radicals don't think they are radical either. They think that they are fighting a just fight. You've got to climb out of the fishbowl every once in a while. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM just as much as they are....and to the parent. Yeah right. Our people NEVER cross the "violence" line. Turn your TV off and you Brain on. Please.
I just set up a media room that supports remote everything via bluetooth kb and mouse, or elgato remote, two game consoles, Karaoke, Projection or small monitor, 5.1 surround, Wi-Fi, CPU is totally silent, exports converted movies to my PSP, manages all of my music, and photos, manages video collection, edits video, supports all digital AV file types, makes custom cd/DVD's, looks, sweet, my 5 year old can use it, and I can plug in all of my legacy AV components. I did all of it for about $2000 dollars, and didn't have to build a thing. What's the problem?
Mac Mini + DVD burner
Ceiling mount projector
Elgato EyeTV 500 (free over the air HD + unencrypted digital cable) PVR
Yamaha AV reciever
17inch flat screen monitor
2 fat firewire drives
Monitor switch
maudio usb sound card for surround
PSP Ware
I'm fine with this point your are making (up to the rudderless post-modernism fluff). However, what does it have to do with whether or not it is murder to kill non-combatants in a war? When a person or group decide to kill another person or group of people in a pre-meditated fashion, due to greed, difference of opinion, revenge, etc. it is called murder. In most wars this is in fact the case. I really don't mind the lack of criminal prosecution for this crime as long as no one who doesn't agree with it doesn't get hurt. When they do, the criminals should be prosecuted. Possibly even forfeiting their own lives (which they were already willing to do by participating in the first place). Your argument does not apply to this conversation. And yes, situations are differentiable. But only through rhetoric.
Do you or do you not support killing? Everything following the answer is simply rhetoric. Justification for, or for not killing. If you can justify taking a life for one reason you have opened the door for others to justify taking life for whatever their reason is. And yes, war includes murder, whenever the victim has not agreed to participate. We simply do not judge the crimes in the same way. In fact, following major wars, leaders from the losing side are tried and usually convicted of "war" crimes which include murder equivalents. Your argument is foolish and clearly derived from a blind acceptance of your state provided socialization.
I'm sure that all of those kids and civilians were shooting at you. What's your point? Are you willing to kill for something? In self defense? For some idiology? Cuz some guy who has never had to face death himself tells you to? If life is sacred, then protect it and climb down off of your Rambo kick.
ps
You don't have to protect me. I served, and would do so again if we were actually threatened by someone other than our own government. And on the Mommy thing... d00d you so show your ignorance. I'm sure we could seriously cut down on abortion if Dads were willing to step up to the plate and take the kids after they knock up some kid by refusing to use a condem. Or hey, maybe we could just get all the guys to stop raping women all over the world. GOD WHAT A DICK! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A MODERN HUMAN STILL THINKS THAT ABORTION IS SOLEY THE FAULT OF LAZY MOMMIES. I have to stop now. Hey if it comes down to it, and I do have to take up arms again, I'll protect you to.
So dropping bombs on someone is like running a red light? And you dare to criticize MY comparison. My friend, there is no difference between taking of innocent life, particularly in an unjustified war, and murder. Wars just have government buy in. And since the winning government does the prosecuting, there is no crime for the winning side. Also, don't think that I'm calling the soldiers murderers. They are honoring their commitment. We the people and our government use them as tools to do our bidding. We are responsible.
So then anyone who participated in a war, and is in anyway responsible for the loss of an innocent life, is guilty and their life should be forfeit as a penalty? For example. We are at war in Iraq. They did not attack us. Thousands of innocent men women and children have been killed as a result of (mostly pro-life right wingers) American support. Does that mean that we forfeit our lives. Do you forfiet yours? Or do you have another great argument to justify the killing that fits your worldview. Bottom line: Either you support killing or you don't. If your argument is valid, then so is anyone elses. As an aside, I do support the death penalty in some cases, as well as abortion and war (not the current one).
Sure the idea of one common identifier is cool, but how does this system provide me with more security. Where is my personal data maintained? How do I know that this won't just end up as another information clearing house for corporations and the government?
I love to see articles about technology and behavior by people who a) don't use the technology, and b) don't participate in the behavior. Most people don't read e-books, but many do. As far as the technology goes, the sony big screen PDA's rock and with the scrollie wheel and a form factor that fits into one hand, are arguably better than most dedicated readers. I even converted my Mom who was totally against the idea. She had just never tried it. There are also some great sources of material such as Project Gutenberg. What needs to be fixed is the pricing model and DRM. Purchasing an e-book for the same price as a paper book is ridiculous, and a huge hurdle for any thoughtful buyer. Even though the e-book is more convenient, people just feel shafted when they pay full price and download some bits that they can't even loan a friend. An e-book with DRM is currently not an equal value to a paper book. It's that simple. Fix these two things and people will be more inclined to try whatever screen technology is available.
I started reading ebooks on my old palmIIIx to see if the convenience would make up for the crappy reading experience. About 2 years ago I got a clie NX 60, mainly for the screen and the wireless. Now I'm totally hooked cuz I can read one handed in the dark whenever I have a spare couple of minutes, and I can carry A BUNCH of books. I've borrowed a couple of Pocket PC's to compare and in my estimation they don't . It's just to hard to beat the bright color 320x480 hires screen which translates to more and sharper text on the screen.
P.S. I also work from a powerbook and convert lot's of books from Project Gutenberg with Pordible for OS 10. As for pay for play books, you can buy most books for mobipocket or palm reader, which both support some kind of anti-aliased fonts.
I remember the days of heavy lifting to maintain the home network. They are all but gone now. Our primary boxes are my wife's XP Pro workstation, my Powerbook, and a Linux mail/web/listserver/Samba/whatever I need server in the basement. We have a little firewall appliance with the server directly connected, and the other stuff using wireless. We have almost no down/maint time...certainly not 11 hours per month. Here's how:
1. Spamassasin
2. Auto download of updates and a couple of clicks a month to install the ones I want.
3. Occasionally check for and install new firewall updates.
4. Virus and system checker run on the XP box nightly.
5. Automagically back up system files on the Powerbook with a third party system maint utility.
Once you have it all set up, your home network can hum along pretty smoothly with very little work. Even if you add a couple more machines it shouldn't really impact your maint time...unless you're doing some serious dinking. But that's fun, not work.
I want a keyboard. A pad is great for taking quick notes, and creative doodling, but for real work I need a keyboard and a selection/navigation tool in easy reach. I seem to remember seeing some yellow, ruled digital pads that you could write on and load the results into your computer. Now that seems handy.
my 2 cents
I'm running the beta on a 400Mhz G4 workstation and a Powerbook 550. The only way to describe it is "snappy". I'm very pleased with the performance improvements. I had been thinking about trading in my powerbook in a couple of months, but it's literally like having a new machine. I don't care what the haters say, i'll put my powerbook 550 with 4+ hour battery life and Panther up against any new Ghz wintel laptop out there for everyday ease of use, system responsiveness, and application speed.
It's just kind of funny. I was calling to find out about a product at the Apple Store and I get the Gates Foundation. I thought that I'd share the humor. I actually know lot's of people at the Foundation, and happen to also use a powerbook as my personal machine. It's a great organization that does lot's of good. Nothing political, just funny. Not every post needs to change the world.
I think that this post was just a troll to see what a bunch of homogeneous, narrow minded, tunnel visioned, chair monkeys slashdotters are. Guess what?! It worked!
Seriously. I hear more and more of my friends and co-workers say that they actually enjoy reading on the PDA. Especially with the new bright color hi-res screens. I've been reading on a Palm device for about three years now, and will always look for electronic texts first because of convenience, portability, and book storage. In the last year I got a color clie with a big memory stick and have become a mobile library. As for personel organization, I think that some of the PDA devices are too much PDA and not enough computer to make them very attractive. IMHO small light Palm OS devices rule the useful space. Great for organization, carrying pictures and small family movies, and provide excellent little games, and document/spreadsheet transfer and edit....yeah, I use mine.
"If only everyone named Gates did stuff this cool."
Come on people grow up. Oh...and check the facts. Truth is that out of all the big moneymakers in the tech industries, Bill Gates does more good stuff with his money than any of the other richy rich children out there. Just check out the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. I know some people who work there and they do some truly excellent stuff. Maybe not the flash of of a camera, but i'm sure the MILLIONS of people positively affected by this Foundation think it's at least as cool.
p.s.
This reply typed on my powerbook, via the Chimera browser.
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You clearly do not study history. The only reason the Christians don't appear to be the extremists, is that they are us and our governments. What do you think the inquisition was? Have you heard of North and South American Slavery, or the attempted genocide of the Native Americans? Much of this was justified by the Christians because the victims were ungodly beasts. Hell, we still live in a world controlled by this belief system. Lookup "manifest destiny", and see if there is no Christian relation. Dude, wake up. The Islamic radicals don't think they are radical either. They think that they are fighting a just fight. You've got to climb out of the fishbowl every once in a while. YOU ARE THE PROBLEM just as much as they are. ...and to the parent. Yeah right. Our people NEVER cross the "violence" line. Turn your TV off and you Brain on. Please.
I just set up a media room that supports remote everything via bluetooth kb and mouse, or elgato remote, two game consoles, Karaoke, Projection or small monitor, 5.1 surround, Wi-Fi, CPU is totally silent, exports converted movies to my PSP, manages all of my music, and photos, manages video collection, edits video, supports all digital AV file types, makes custom cd/DVD's, looks, sweet, my 5 year old can use it, and I can plug in all of my legacy AV components. I did all of it for about $2000 dollars, and didn't have to build a thing. What's the problem? Mac Mini + DVD burner Ceiling mount projector Elgato EyeTV 500 (free over the air HD + unencrypted digital cable) PVR Yamaha AV reciever 17inch flat screen monitor 2 fat firewire drives Monitor switch maudio usb sound card for surround PSP Ware
Good. Hopefully developers of "alternative" browsers will take this into account and make the browsers better for...the users.
I'm fine with this point your are making (up to the rudderless post-modernism fluff). However, what does it have to do with whether or not it is murder to kill non-combatants in a war? When a person or group decide to kill another person or group of people in a pre-meditated fashion, due to greed, difference of opinion, revenge, etc. it is called murder. In most wars this is in fact the case. I really don't mind the lack of criminal prosecution for this crime as long as no one who doesn't agree with it doesn't get hurt. When they do, the criminals should be prosecuted. Possibly even forfeiting their own lives (which they were already willing to do by participating in the first place). Your argument does not apply to this conversation. And yes, situations are differentiable. But only through rhetoric.
Do you or do you not support killing? Everything following the answer is simply rhetoric. Justification for, or for not killing. If you can justify taking a life for one reason you have opened the door for others to justify taking life for whatever their reason is. And yes, war includes murder, whenever the victim has not agreed to participate. We simply do not judge the crimes in the same way. In fact, following major wars, leaders from the losing side are tried and usually convicted of "war" crimes which include murder equivalents. Your argument is foolish and clearly derived from a blind acceptance of your state provided socialization.
I'm sure that all of those kids and civilians were shooting at you. What's your point? Are you willing to kill for something? In self defense? For some idiology? Cuz some guy who has never had to face death himself tells you to? If life is sacred, then protect it and climb down off of your Rambo kick. ps You don't have to protect me. I served, and would do so again if we were actually threatened by someone other than our own government. And on the Mommy thing... d00d you so show your ignorance. I'm sure we could seriously cut down on abortion if Dads were willing to step up to the plate and take the kids after they knock up some kid by refusing to use a condem. Or hey, maybe we could just get all the guys to stop raping women all over the world. GOD WHAT A DICK! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT A MODERN HUMAN STILL THINKS THAT ABORTION IS SOLEY THE FAULT OF LAZY MOMMIES. I have to stop now. Hey if it comes down to it, and I do have to take up arms again, I'll protect you to.
So dropping bombs on someone is like running a red light? And you dare to criticize MY comparison. My friend, there is no difference between taking of innocent life, particularly in an unjustified war, and murder. Wars just have government buy in. And since the winning government does the prosecuting, there is no crime for the winning side. Also, don't think that I'm calling the soldiers murderers. They are honoring their commitment. We the people and our government use them as tools to do our bidding. We are responsible.
So then anyone who participated in a war, and is in anyway responsible for the loss of an innocent life, is guilty and their life should be forfeit as a penalty? For example. We are at war in Iraq. They did not attack us. Thousands of innocent men women and children have been killed as a result of (mostly pro-life right wingers) American support. Does that mean that we forfeit our lives. Do you forfiet yours? Or do you have another great argument to justify the killing that fits your worldview.
Bottom line: Either you support killing or you don't. If your argument is valid, then so is anyone elses. As an aside, I do support the death penalty in some cases, as well as abortion and war (not the current one).
Sure the idea of one common identifier is cool, but how does this system provide me with more security. Where is my personal data maintained? How do I know that this won't just end up as another information clearing house for corporations and the government?
I love to see articles about technology and behavior by people who a) don't use the technology, and b) don't participate in the behavior. Most people don't read e-books, but many do. As far as the technology goes, the sony big screen PDA's rock and with the scrollie wheel and a form factor that fits into one hand, are arguably better than most dedicated readers. I even converted my Mom who was totally against the idea. She had just never tried it. There are also some great sources of material such as Project Gutenberg. What needs to be fixed is the pricing model and DRM. Purchasing an e-book for the same price as a paper book is ridiculous, and a huge hurdle for any thoughtful buyer. Even though the e-book is more convenient, people just feel shafted when they pay full price and download some bits that they can't even loan a friend. An e-book with DRM is currently not an equal value to a paper book. It's that simple. Fix these two things and people will be more inclined to try whatever screen technology is available.
I started reading ebooks on my old palmIIIx to see if the convenience would make up for the crappy reading experience. About 2 years ago I got a clie NX 60, mainly for the screen and the wireless. Now I'm totally hooked cuz I can read one handed in the dark whenever I have a spare couple of minutes, and I can carry A BUNCH of books. I've borrowed a couple of Pocket PC's to compare and in my estimation they don't . It's just to hard to beat the bright color 320x480 hires screen which translates to more and sharper text on the screen. P.S. I also work from a powerbook and convert lot's of books from Project Gutenberg with Pordible for OS 10. As for pay for play books, you can buy most books for mobipocket or palm reader, which both support some kind of anti-aliased fonts.
I remember the days of heavy lifting to maintain the home network. They are all but gone now. Our primary boxes are my wife's XP Pro workstation, my Powerbook, and a Linux mail/web/listserver/Samba/whatever I need server in the basement. We have a little firewall appliance with the server directly connected, and the other stuff using wireless. We have almost no down/maint time...certainly not 11 hours per month. Here's how: 1. Spamassasin 2. Auto download of updates and a couple of clicks a month to install the ones I want. 3. Occasionally check for and install new firewall updates. 4. Virus and system checker run on the XP box nightly. 5. Automagically back up system files on the Powerbook with a third party system maint utility. Once you have it all set up, your home network can hum along pretty smoothly with very little work. Even if you add a couple more machines it shouldn't really impact your maint time...unless you're doing some serious dinking. But that's fun, not work.
I want a keyboard. A pad is great for taking quick notes, and creative doodling, but for real work I need a keyboard and a selection/navigation tool in easy reach. I seem to remember seeing some yellow, ruled digital pads that you could write on and load the results into your computer. Now that seems handy. my 2 cents
I'm running the beta on a 400Mhz G4 workstation and a Powerbook 550. The only way to describe it is "snappy". I'm very pleased with the performance improvements. I had been thinking about trading in my powerbook in a couple of months, but it's literally like having a new machine. I don't care what the haters say, i'll put my powerbook 550 with 4+ hour battery life and Panther up against any new Ghz wintel laptop out there for everyday ease of use, system responsiveness, and application speed.
It's just kind of funny. I was calling to find out about a product at the Apple Store and I get the Gates Foundation. I thought that I'd share the humor. I actually know lot's of people at the Foundation, and happen to also use a powerbook as my personal machine. It's a great organization that does lot's of good. Nothing political, just funny. Not every post needs to change the world.
Oh yeah. I posted the original message.
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1. KDE 2. BSD 3. OS X ...oh wait. That's only two.
I think that this post was just a troll to see what a bunch of homogeneous, narrow minded, tunnel visioned, chair monkeys slashdotters are. Guess what?! It worked!
Seriously. I hear more and more of my friends and co-workers say that they actually enjoy reading on the PDA. Especially with the new bright color hi-res screens. I've been reading on a Palm device for about three years now, and will always look for electronic texts first because of convenience, portability, and book storage. In the last year I got a color clie with a big memory stick and have become a mobile library. ...yeah, I use mine.
As for personel organization, I think that some of the PDA devices are too much PDA and not enough computer to make them very attractive. IMHO small light Palm OS devices rule the useful space. Great for organization, carrying pictures and small family movies, and provide excellent little games, and document/spreadsheet transfer and edit.
"If only everyone named Gates did stuff this cool." Come on people grow up. Oh...and check the facts. Truth is that out of all the big moneymakers in the tech industries, Bill Gates does more good stuff with his money than any of the other richy rich children out there. Just check out the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. I know some people who work there and they do some truly excellent stuff. Maybe not the flash of of a camera, but i'm sure the MILLIONS of people positively affected by this Foundation think it's at least as cool. p.s. This reply typed on my powerbook, via the Chimera browser.