Making the substances illegal inflates the costs associated with their use, increases side effects, and actually promotes experimentation if not long-term use. The argument for banning psychoactive substances has much less to do with actually protecting society (a valid reason) than a prudish restriction of individual freedom. Prohibition creates more problems while solving none.
memory is a bit hazy...Intel was pushing USB, while Apple and MS both wanted Firewire
Your memory is missing one item.
Intel developed USB with a theoretical capacity of 127 devices per port, but had difficulty getting it to actually work as spec'd. Apple got it to work reliably. Until Apple engineers fixed it USB was not ready for mass use.
It's a great example of how Apple delivers real plug and play vs. a microsoft slogan "Plug 'n Play" which really meant plug 'n pray.
When just 30 days of uptime is considered exceptional behavior it shows how low a standard M$ has to aim for to satisfy its users. When mediocrity pleases microsoft's victims, err, customers why should anyone expect anything better from them?
in the meantime when I hadn't paid attention to the fact that it was still open they called me delinquent and the APR went up on all my cards. Sigh.
That sounds almost fraudulent.
It's normal. Read your credit card contract closely. They include anything adverse appearing on your credit report as justification for increasing their profit (i.e., your interest rate).
Juries are part of the courts. When one becomes a juror, one becomes a part of the judiciary.
What the jury does is determine if the law, as it is defined for them by the judge, is applicable. The judge interprets the law for them, through instructions. and directs them to determine if it applies. The jury determines if the evidence presented supports applying the law.
Neither the judge nor jury applies the law, the executive branch does through its enforcement agents (police and corrections).
IANAL, I just paid attention in civics class and have read the constitution.
WIth a traditional filesystem you could have links stored in (guess what) another directory where you would organize your access to your organized files. Eventually, you will have a filesystem that manages metadata and you would probably have a 'search folder' that would automatically display all files and folders that match a query, in this case all files and folders you own.
Eventually? It's already a reality in OS X using "Smart Folders" (saved searches).
You can't expect a politician to vote the way you want without letting them know, with a loud voice
Hmm, that needs a rewrite...
You can't expect a politician to vote the way you want if you aren't funding his re-election. Can't afford to get his attention? Then shut up. Politicians don't come cheap when you're competing with corporate america for attention.
Its not like we go around calling french movies "le films"
Some do refer to French movies as French Cinema, but that is. When it's convenient or more informative a name will be coined, such as "Spaghetti Western" (an undeservidely derisive moniker); and there's Bollywood.
Anime is a genre, just as film noire is; each an adjective expanding the precision of English.
Anime = 3 sylables, Japanese Animation = 7 syllables: a greater than 50% increase in verbage to string it out. Some would have it be Japanime, but most who do know the word will know what one means by Anime. It adds to the utility of the language.
If you really want to rail against a coined word, go after methodology(ies) whenever used to mean method(s). It's the best example of incorrectly inflating a word purely for pretention. Methodology should only mean the study of methods.
... but I digress. Anime is useful. Either switch to latin or French, if you don't want to expand your vocabulary.
Just to toss the OS X advantage into the fray...
Here's how my Applications folder reads (just from C to G):
Calculator.app
Camino.app
Chess.app
Dashboard.app
Dictionary.app
DVD Player.app
EasyFind.app
Extensis Suitcase X1
Firefox.app
Font Book.app
GarageBand.app
Google Earth.app
None of those is the actual binary. (Those listed with.app are application packages. Extensis Suitcase is a subfolder. ) However, the name of the App package is what is displayed by the dock and application menu. Even so, Digging into a few random app package contents reveals that the executable file inside has the same name as the application.
So, whether I'm viewing the Application folder in the Finder, listing/Applications in a BASH et al terminal, hovering over an app's icon in the Dock, or looking at the app's binary file I see one name: Adobe Photoshop CS is Adobe Photoshop CS no matter where I choose to look for it.
It is a Windoze specific issue, because Windoze has the problem. When that spyware app launches the first time on OS X, the user will be notified that it is running for the first time and be given the option of stopping it before it starts or allowing it to destory their machine. Such a dialog is a rarity on OS X, and gets a user's attention. Warning dialogs on windoze are so common they get no attention. By constantly assaulting its users with dialogs and help, windoze conditions its victims to dismiss every warning.
Windoze enables malware. It has the problem. Don't excuse windozes problems by alleging that the same problems are common to every OS.
They aren't.
clear button next to the search field. Often I select text to paste into it, and then get there and find out I cannot paste because it's already got text in it;...
Hmm, that must be platform specific. In FF on OS X if I cmd+L to the address field, it's all selected - type a new address and your good to go; and cmd+L tab puts me in a fully selected search engine box. Clickingg into them produces the same behavior. Cmd+f , and slash, bring up the last find term selected; type and it's gone or set an insertion point with the mouse or arrow keys to modify the previous search.
would like the option that once there are so many tabs open (user defineable) that the next new tab command opens another window.
It's not user defineable, but Camino has this behavior. When the tabs become too numerous for the favicon to display it forces the next tab to a new window.
There was some bad blood a while back, was there not?
Ah, hah! Finally. Could ROKR actually be a project that MOTO proposed a while back to beg Apple to stick with them? "We'll start putting iTMS on our phones if you stick with our chips."
Steve saw the phone and made a call to Intel on it.
...it's even more asinine that they get the privilages of driving, school for their kids, etc. without having to pay taxes like any other (documented, legal) resident would!
Hmm, how do these illegals avoid paying taxes? Sales taxes are unavoidable. Property taxes are collected either indirectly by a landlord or directly under threat of foreclosure. Income withholdings are made by employers (even if the alien provides bogus SSN info, the g'ment still gets its cut). Most illegals work with the appearance of legitimacy. There certainly are those working for wages 'under the table,' but they are the minority and still have to pay the use and possession taxes.
Considering that M$ is ultimately culpable for enabling such malware, I look forward to the windoze users class action. In their own home state, no less. Whatever support M$ put behind this wasn't too well thought through.
Yet another unenforceable EULA loophole. Exemptions responsiblity for criminal behavior in a civil contract cannot exempt a criminal from responsibility.
All state anti-spam laws were rendered inoperative by completely ineffectual federal legislation.
WA's anti-spam law was useful for the dedicated individuals that took the time to track spam to it's source and file a civil action with the state against them. If you could track them down and you had otherwise fulfilled your own obligations under the law, it was a simple matter to get a $500 judgement in your favor for each actionable missive. Collecting was another matter.
The only real chance for success would be if the spammer were also in Washington.
Like all anti-spam legislation it did require some compliance with legal authority on the part of the spammer. as if someone selling fake Chinese Cialis is worried about legal authority.
Oh, come on, the governor is going to sign ANYTHING Redmond wants signed.
Give her, and the people of Washington State, some credit. WA state was one of the first to enact anti-spam legislation in the late '90s (rendered useless by the Republicans in DC). You may want to just write off everything tech related from WA state as brought to you by Redmond, but I'd credit the greater tech awareness of the area in general. Not every tech-head in Seattle submits to the deathstar (e.g. http://www.omnigroup.com/
Hmm, time for the etymological breakdown... and some contrast.
Capital-ist, -ism
The root is capital, money, filthy lucre. The root of power is money. He who has the most money controls the power. Power submits to wealth. The interests of wealth are paramount; the good of society is of no concern (compare socialism).
Only those with sufficient capital to buy influence have influence (e.g., the "United" States today). Pure capitalism has no regard for the individual or individual liberty. It's only objective is the acquisition of captial with no regard for the cost to society or the greater good. Capitalist are only responsible to investors. The acquisition of wealth and political power are equal. Wealth and power concentrate within an elite group that exploits the rest of society for the benefit of the elite (and, in the long-term, to the eventual demise of the elite when they have exhausted their resources).
Capitalist don't care about free markets, just the advancement of capital. Monopolies are the epitome of capitalist achievement.
Oh, and plenty of people boycott M$ (I, among them). The problem is building a sufficiently large boycott.
Yes, those mfrs have built essentially identical models from common platforms. They were built for both end products from the start. It's not the same as taking a Neon and modifying it to be Phaeton. Your analogy does not apply.
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Making the substances illegal inflates the costs associated with their use, increases side effects, and actually promotes experimentation if not long-term use. The argument for banning psychoactive substances has much less to do with actually protecting society (a valid reason) than a prudish restriction of individual freedom. Prohibition creates more problems while solving none.
What the jury does is determine if the law, as it is defined for them by the judge, is applicable. The judge interprets the law for them, through instructions. and directs them to determine if it applies. The jury determines if the evidence presented supports applying the law.
Neither the judge nor jury applies the law, the executive branch does through its enforcement agents (police and corrections).
IANAL, I just paid attention in civics class and have read the constitution.
Eventually? It's already a reality in OS X using "Smart Folders" (saved searches).
You can't expect a politician to vote the way you want if you aren't funding his re-election. Can't afford to get his attention? Then shut up. Politicians don't come cheap when you're competing with corporate america for attention.
Anime is a genre, just as film noire is; each an adjective expanding the precision of English.
Anime = 3 sylables, Japanese Animation = 7 syllables: a greater than 50% increase in verbage to string it out. Some would have it be Japanime, but most who do know the word will know what one means by Anime. It adds to the utility of the language.
If you really want to rail against a coined word, go after methodology(ies) whenever used to mean method(s). It's the best example of incorrectly inflating a word purely for pretention. Methodology should only mean the study of methods.
Here's how my Applications folder reads (just from C to G):
Calculator.app
Camino.app
Chess.app
Dashboard.app
Dictionary.app
DVD Player.app
EasyFind.app
Extensis Suitcase X1
Firefox.app
Font Book.app
GarageBand.app
Google Earth.app
None of those is the actual binary. (Those listed with
So, whether I'm viewing the Application folder in the Finder, listing /Applications in a BASH et al terminal, hovering over an app's icon in the Dock, or looking at the app's binary file I see one name: Adobe Photoshop CS is Adobe Photoshop CS no matter where I choose to look for it.
The link is CAUSAL not CASUAL. Casual is very different from causal. Causal means causes. Pretty strong meaning there.
It is a Windoze specific issue, because Windoze has the problem. When that spyware app launches the first time on OS X, the user will be notified that it is running for the first time and be given the option of stopping it before it starts or allowing it to destory their machine. Such a dialog is a rarity on OS X, and gets a user's attention. Warning dialogs on windoze are so common they get no attention. By constantly assaulting its users with dialogs and help, windoze conditions its victims to dismiss every warning. Windoze enables malware. It has the problem. Don't excuse windozes problems by alleging that the same problems are common to every OS. They aren't.
Steve saw the phone and made a call to Intel on it.
Paragraphs were invented during the middle ages. You might consider using them. Readers might then consider reading part of your ramble.
Considering that M$ is ultimately culpable for enabling such malware, I look forward to the windoze users class action. In their own home state, no less. Whatever support M$ put behind this wasn't too well thought through.
Yet another unenforceable EULA loophole. Exemptions responsiblity for criminal behavior in a civil contract cannot exempt a criminal from responsibility.
WA's anti-spam law was useful for the dedicated individuals that took the time to track spam to it's source and file a civil action with the state against them. If you could track them down and you had otherwise fulfilled your own obligations under the law, it was a simple matter to get a $500 judgement in your favor for each actionable missive. Collecting was another matter.
The only real chance for success would be if the spammer were also in Washington.
Like all anti-spam legislation it did require some compliance with legal authority on the part of the spammer. as if someone selling fake Chinese Cialis is worried about legal authority.
Give her, and the people of Washington State, some credit. WA state was one of the first to enact anti-spam legislation in the late '90s (rendered useless by the Republicans in DC). You may want to just write off everything tech related from WA state as brought to you by Redmond, but I'd credit the greater tech awareness of the area in general. Not every tech-head in Seattle submits to the deathstar (e.g. http://www.omnigroup.com/
Capital-ist, -ism
The root is capital, money, filthy lucre. The root of power is money. He who has the most money controls the power. Power submits to wealth. The interests of wealth are paramount; the good of society is of no concern (compare socialism).
Only those with sufficient capital to buy influence have influence (e.g., the "United" States today). Pure capitalism has no regard for the individual or individual liberty. It's only objective is the acquisition of captial with no regard for the cost to society or the greater good. Capitalist are only responsible to investors. The acquisition of wealth and political power are equal. Wealth and power concentrate within an elite group that exploits the rest of society for the benefit of the elite (and, in the long-term, to the eventual demise of the elite when they have exhausted their resources).
Capitalist don't care about free markets, just the advancement of capital. Monopolies are the epitome of capitalist achievement.
Oh, and plenty of people boycott M$ (I, among them). The problem is building a sufficiently large boycott.
Yes, those mfrs have built essentially identical models from common platforms. They were built for both end products from the start. It's not the same as taking a Neon and modifying it to be Phaeton. Your analogy does not apply.