People like to complain about the price, but remember, kids, that the $70 is from logitech. Newegg has it for $49 (out of stock) and other places have it for as little as $29 (after rebate).
Shop around--you'll get it at a reasonable price. NEVER buy directly from the manufacturer--you pay more, and they make a higher percentage profit off your purchase!
WoW! It really is ugly--but that it fixable. The question is not "is it pretty?" but, "is it usable?"
Pretty can be (usually) fixed by a few hours in the graphics design dept, and a few more with a decent coder (exagerating, yes). Usable is much more difficult to get right.
That said, if it would work, then I would be very happy!
I haven't seen "most of the speculation" then, because what I see is "x86" and that Apple has been compiling for x86 for 5 years. Did you miss that part of the keynote?
Folks have been saying x86 was limited lifespan almost as long as they've been saying BSD is dead. Remember, the VAST majority of commodity computers are x86, with a transition to x86-64 in the works (or EMT64). The "high-end" market isn't exactly what you claim. Yes the Itanium is available, but it is clearly not throwing down x86.
I have more trouble with your claims as you put Itanium in the same batch as the Athlon FX, which it is not. The Itanium competes with the Opteron, which is a different beast (different socket, different market). The FX is marketed for gamers, not servers. Go look at what Iwill offers, and then at Tyan's offerings--Opteron, not FX.
More realistically, the Xeon is the direct competitor to the Opteron.
Is there a possibility that OS X will be on Itanium? Certainly, but I don't think that it is a likely scenario because of cost. The Itanium would likely INCREASE the cost of buying a Mac, which isn't a very bright move on Apple's part if that's what they do, since there is already a high cost associated with purchasing a Mac.
You say, "No company with any business sense would move to x86 right now," but that is exactly what Sun has done with their Opteron server offerings. I'm not making any comments on whether or not they have business sense, but it's obvious that that statement is hardly a universal sentiment. It might be correct, but I have a hunch that x86 is not only going to be around for a while, but that it will end up evolving considerably before all is said and done.
The real leap will not be when we move to quantum computing, but when we finally abandon binary for a more powerful number system, and go to optics and massively parrallel systems. That's when x86 will truly die. But that revolution is a long ways off, and the nueral nets that come because of it will be impressive. I don't think many of us will see that time.
I know that this isn't the best place for this comment, but I want opinions on this:
With Apple moving to x86, what are the chances of a full-speed emulator for linux, similar to WINE (yeah, WINE is not an emulator, blah blah blah)?
I would think (not being a hardcore programmer, just a web monkey) that it would be easier to implement a translation layer for Carbon/Cocoa (whatever its called now) due to the unix roots of OS X (and that there is probably a fair amount of documentation available for this). A translation for Aqua (to gtk or whatever) may also be necessary, but I don't know much about the whole setup.
After all, X works on OS X.
The reason I ask is this: if a near full speed MINE (MINE is not an emulator....) could be developed, it would open up a lot of applications (photoshop) to the linux user. I could see this scenario being smoother than the WINE situation, and providing a better interface. I could also see it really helping linux.
As for the Apple switch, I am surprised they did it, but if anything this will help linux. I think that those saying it will hurt linux are way off-base on this one.
you see, I have a deformity on the pinky of my left hand--it's crooked in a way that is hard to describe. Let's just say that it makes certain activities interesting (such as typing). I am a decent typist, and I truly prefer an ergonomic keyboard (MS Natural at home), and the Kinesis looks good. The data hand, however, would be unusable for me.
I wouldn't be able to reach the keys with that finger, and I certainly don't have the manual dexterity in that finger to be able to use it if I could reach it.
To describe my deformity, lets just that that instead of proceeding forward from my hand like the other pinky and fingers, my left pinky extends outward at angle away from my other fingers, then at the joint (which is bad), it angles back in laterally (not vertically), so that the pad of that finger typically rests below the second bone of the adjacent finger. On a QWERTY board, this places the pad squarely on the Z key, but there is very little strength to push that key.
WHen I type, I find that that finger gets tired very quickly, and I have to eventually make the adjacent finger do double duty.
When someone makes a keyboard that is custom designed for my hands, then I will consider buying it. There are probably less than 10 folks world wide, however, that have my exact deformity (probably only one--that being me!), so the chances of getting a keyboard ergonomically designed for my fingers/hands at a reasonable (sub $100) price is less than.000001.
As someone with a uncommon handicap, I have to state that I am constantly looking for a more comfortable model, but am alwasy dissappointed in comparison to the MS Natural.
The church did a policy change in the 1970s (regarding ordaining negros to the preisthood) and in the 1890s (regarding polygamy). There has been no change in history regarding this: anyone who grows up in the church is very much aware of these issues (or rather, should be, since both official declarations are published in the "triple combination" which has both the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price).
This is not an attempt to write it out of the history (something that the church is accused of frequently, but, frankly, the evidence for it is shaky at best, usually provided by those seeking to discredit the church [frequently excommunicated members], and objectivity is lacking on their side--it goes without saying that members are not going to be entirely objective--that doesn't make either side's evidence automatically invalid, but you should be careful when relying entirely on one side for evidence). It is a policy change. Retraction is different, but the policy change is simple: the church has the right to change certain practices, but core beliefs haven't changed.
TO those who accuse the church of racism, consider a few interesting facts: first off, part of the trouble that they faced in Missouri in the 1800's was due to the fact that the majority of the members (and the official policy of the church) were abolitionists (a rather liberal view for the time), and citizens of the state outside the church were distinctly afraid that if enough mormons showed up, they would lose their slaves.
Second, Joseph Smith, who never claimed to be perfect, lectured on the negro race several times and always spoke of negros as being intelligent, hard-working, and likely to out-do whites if given equal grounds. If anything, this might count as reverse-discrimination.
Finally, although preisthood was not conferred until the 1970s, no one has ever suggested in the church that the eventual spiritual state of any member would be lessened because of their race. This doesn't make much sense to those outside of the church, but to the longer view of things that is encouraged (eg, religion and existence continue with significance long after death), there is no logical inconsistency.
Do I know every single detail of history? No, but then again, neither does anyone alive.
FInal statement: in dealing with the church, one must take care to separate between doctrine and practice.
NOt a movie, but I think that the TV show ALIAS does the whole female-star-without-feminist-blathering quite well.
Garner plays a very competent, interesting (and sexual at times) character that is NOT about "girl power". There are a lot of female characters in that story, some of them good, some of them bad, and the same is true for the male characters.
I honestly think that it has some of the best character development on TV. THere are some problems with the show, but overall, I think it is one of the best available.
You were doing so well up to the last phrase. They didn't go to hell to learn new techniques, but to teach them to the devils. That's what satan gets out of the whole deal, really. Their souls are already his, so this is just a way for him to learn something new and interesting.
"Checking the calibration" is different from calibrating it in exactly what details? They may _call_ it something else, but I am uncertain why anyone thinks there is a difference. The first step in calibration is to test if you need to make any adjustments (this is for any instrument). If you don't, then you are done.
So while your brother-in-law (although it sounds suspiciously like an ex-brother-in-law) may have loved making people look stupid (sounds like a jerk to me), I would say that it is all a matter of semantics.
I think you missed the point: how do you know they were really drunk if not for the technicalities? If you have the suspect blow in the breathalizer, and then believe they were drunk, you should then be required to get further proof if you want to inflict any permanent punishment (blood sample). This would mean taking the person down to the station--something an officer should always do if the person is drunk.
That would change the nature of the tickets from a minor annoyance to a serious situation, for both the officer and the suspect.
In many states (CA is the only one I know for certain) you have the right to demand the calibration records of any radar gun used in issuing a speeding ticket to you. If the gun has not been calibrated properly within 24 hours of issuing the ticket, then the charges must be dropped.
The sad part of this is that you must ask. If you don't ask, you still have to pay the ticket.
I think this is a good thing: it keeps the police honest. I think Freedom of Information is a good concept: the public watches the police. That's what the US is founded on--that government is to be held responsible for its actions by those who are governed. This means that government is not the highest power--the citizens are.
I don't think that we are necessarily adhering to that concept, and I certainly feel like there is too much government secrecy. Sometimes the idea of "secret for the good of the state" frightens me more than anything else. State secrets are handled as a fact of life, but this isn't necessarily good. No, I don't want criminals and terrorists to have access to the information required to build a nuclear weapon, but neither do I think that most senate meetings contain that sort of information.
I have more thoughts, but it is Monday morning, and I have work (!) to get done.
add a hosts file entry to your computer to block all.xxx sites and DON'T! give your kid root/admin access. This last part is harder than it sounds on a windows box, but will keep them locked out of your root account for quite a while if they are on a Linux box. (I would also remove them from the Wheel group, just to make it even harder!).
Look, the point is simple--there are ways around some kid poking around. For us parents, it means that we have to stay ahead of the kids in computer tech. The alternative is this: teach your kids to value what you value. If you value a clean/porn-free life (like me), then teach your children why you feel that way, and why they should respect that. Then install the filters to protect from accidental breaches.
Of course, teaching the kids values requires that both parents believe and live those values. Easier said than done. I know of several instances where one parent is doing things right to teach certain values, but their spouse is very active in destroying their efforts (for a variety of reasons).
There will likely be someone here that objects to "value imprinting" or "brainwashing" as some might call it, but there is something valuable in passing on moral beliefs from one generation to the next. Like it or not, even simple things like "you shouldn't break the law" is a moral belief. As are many of those laws (your position on murder as a crime is a moral issue at the base).
check out one of the more recent reviews on anandtech.com for numbers--lcds are frequently shown to work on 6 or 8 bit colors with dithering/interpolation to simulate the entire pallette.
One way to handle this is to allow X to handle the widgets, but the actual graphic could be supplied by the program itself. Now there are some new widgets that X would need, in which case a scenario like this would happen:
DevA: We need new widget xz. DevB: Okay, I'll add that to our version of X and get the patch rolled out. DevA: Don't forget to submit it to the official version as a patch. ------------- UserA: I want to try program XZ, I'll just download it. XZInstallDialog: In order to use this program a patch to your Xserver must be applied. Would you like us to do this now? Click yes if you do (and possibly supply a root password). UserA: Wow, that was easy!
I know it is more complicated than that, but an easily extensible interface would be useful, and even allowing a program to define custom widget sets would be very helpful. Perhaps a scripting language tied to X that allows an easy addition of a new widget? Just some ideas.
The only problem with the correlational approach is that correlations assume both linearity and homogeneity of variance (bi-modal distributions can cause serious problems, as can parabolic or sinusoidal relationships).
I did not RTFunA, so I don't know if they looked at those types of issues. If they are worthy of the appelation of researchers, they did, but many lay claim to that without being worthy!
Furthermore, there is always the distinct possibility that you have a case of a third variable that you haven't measured that is causing the relationship to be altered (did they partial out country of origin as a variable--I would hope so!)
Rather than reply to the AC, I choose to reply to a real post...
Widget sets are something that should not be specific to a certain WM or app. Widgets should be a generic class of objects that can be hooked into by the app. That is, I think that both KDE and gnome should hook into a generic set of widget commands that an app can easily call without being tied to either.
This means that the user can have the wm of choice, but avoid the limitations of either in terms of applications. Of course, this would require cooperation--the shock!
Which means that the range is something like 4.75 to 5.25, or possibly 4.875 to 5.125, no? (I could be certain if you said + or - 5%, but you didn't, and I can't be certain what you meant to imply!).
Of course what you mean to say, and didn't, is that the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 (if you want it in terms of percentage, the percentage you are looking for is 100%).
If we are going to be that way, I can name a few small towns in Kentucky, Tenessee and the Carolinas that would qualify (and there's only about 3 grannies that would REALLY miss the place!).
I don't have the time to refute or research your statements as a whole, but keep this in mind:
there are plenty of intelligent and informed individuals who would disagree with your analysis. And probably just as many who are equally informed and intelligent who would whole heartedly agree.
I am not(!) saying that Bush is completely justified in what he did, just that it is NOW done, and the reconstruction is arguably necessary.
I will not argue that Bush is not responsible in a good measure for what is now happening. I am simply stating that there are other takes on the situation--and not just by ignorant folks who can't be bothered to research the issue.
I am someone, personally, who does not have the time, energy or resources to do the two things I think are necessary to make a truly informed decision: first to find as much information as possible, and second to evaluate the source of that information regarding reliablity and motivation for dissemination of the information. It sounds easy, but it is very time-consuming, and I don't have the time it takes (I'm not sure that ANYONE has the time to examine ALL the information, which is why there is so much debate about what it all means).
If you do have that time, great--write a book, publish it on the net or whatever, and list your sources.
But if all someone is wanting to do is paint a black and white world where Bush is responsible for all the evils that they face, then I have to take exception to that. Just like I would if it were some Republican bashing Kerry or Clinton for all their problems.
You believe that they are there because of lies. Some of them, presumably, are there because they believe those statements to be true. Some are even there because even though they believe the statements to be of questionable validity, they feel that Iraqis can benefit from reconstruction despite that.
Finally, whether Bush "lied" or not is academic only. The fact now is that the people in that country need help of some sort.
Did Bush lie? I am not certain, and I doubt anyone save himself and a few of his closest advisors will ever have enough of the story to be able to say with a reasonable certainty if there were lies or statements that those individuals believed to be true at the time they were spoken.
Certainly you believe that Bush lied, but that doesn't make it so.
I am NOT saying he is perfect or that he never colored the truth. I am merely saying that the world is much more complicated that you want to paint it with your "lied and lied an lied and lied" comment.
I don't know what combination of alcohol and spare time brought that particular combination of things together, but I am certain that there is a story.
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NO, logitech also makes a tilt-wheel mouse, much like microsofts version. This is a step beyond that.
It is, also, designed with portability in mind.
People like to complain about the price, but remember, kids, that the $70 is from logitech. Newegg has it for $49 (out of stock) and other places have it for as little as $29 (after rebate).
Shop around--you'll get it at a reasonable price. NEVER buy directly from the manufacturer--you pay more, and they make a higher percentage profit off your purchase!
the cruel and unusual stuff only applies to punishments handed out by a court of law--not to the punishments used by corps.
big difference.
WoW! It really is ugly--but that it fixable. The question is not "is it pretty?" but, "is it usable?"
Pretty can be (usually) fixed by a few hours in the graphics design dept, and a few more with a decent coder (exagerating, yes). Usable is much more difficult to get right.
That said, if it would work, then I would be very happy!
I haven't seen "most of the speculation" then, because what I see is "x86" and that Apple has been compiling for x86 for 5 years. Did you miss that part of the keynote?
Folks have been saying x86 was limited lifespan almost as long as they've been saying BSD is dead. Remember, the VAST majority of commodity computers are x86, with a transition to x86-64 in the works (or EMT64). The "high-end" market isn't exactly what you claim. Yes the Itanium is available, but it is clearly not throwing down x86.
I have more trouble with your claims as you put Itanium in the same batch as the Athlon FX, which it is not. The Itanium competes with the Opteron, which is a different beast (different socket, different market). The FX is marketed for gamers, not servers. Go look at what Iwill offers, and then at Tyan's offerings--Opteron, not FX.
More realistically, the Xeon is the direct competitor to the Opteron.
Is there a possibility that OS X will be on Itanium? Certainly, but I don't think that it is a likely scenario because of cost. The Itanium would likely INCREASE the cost of buying a Mac, which isn't a very bright move on Apple's part if that's what they do, since there is already a high cost associated with purchasing a Mac.
You say, "No company with any business sense would move to x86 right now," but that is exactly what Sun has done with their Opteron server offerings. I'm not making any comments on whether or not they have business sense, but it's obvious that that statement is hardly a universal sentiment. It might be correct, but I have a hunch that x86 is not only going to be around for a while, but that it will end up evolving considerably before all is said and done.
The real leap will not be when we move to quantum computing, but when we finally abandon binary for a more powerful number system, and go to optics and massively parrallel systems. That's when x86 will truly die. But that revolution is a long ways off, and the nueral nets that come because of it will be impressive. I don't think many of us will see that time.
I almost made that joke myself, but decided against it. Guess why...
I know that this isn't the best place for this comment, but I want opinions on this:
With Apple moving to x86, what are the chances of a full-speed emulator for linux, similar to WINE (yeah, WINE is not an emulator, blah blah blah)?
I would think (not being a hardcore programmer, just a web monkey) that it would be easier to implement a translation layer for Carbon/Cocoa (whatever its called now) due to the unix roots of OS X (and that there is probably a fair amount of documentation available for this). A translation for Aqua (to gtk or whatever) may also be necessary, but I don't know much about the whole setup.
After all, X works on OS X.
The reason I ask is this: if a near full speed MINE (MINE is not an emulator....) could be developed, it would open up a lot of applications (photoshop) to the linux user. I could see this scenario being smoother than the WINE situation, and providing a better interface. I could also see it really helping linux.
As for the Apple switch, I am surprised they did it, but if anything this will help linux. I think that those saying it will hurt linux are way off-base on this one.
unusable for me.
.000001.
you see, I have a deformity on the pinky of my left hand--it's crooked in a way that is hard to describe. Let's just say that it makes certain activities interesting (such as typing). I am a decent typist, and I truly prefer an ergonomic keyboard (MS Natural at home), and the Kinesis looks good. The data hand, however, would be unusable for me.
I wouldn't be able to reach the keys with that finger, and I certainly don't have the manual dexterity in that finger to be able to use it if I could reach it.
To describe my deformity, lets just that that instead of proceeding forward from my hand like the other pinky and fingers, my left pinky extends outward at angle away from my other fingers, then at the joint (which is bad), it angles back in laterally (not vertically), so that the pad of that finger typically rests below the second bone of the adjacent finger. On a QWERTY board, this places the pad squarely on the Z key, but there is very little strength to push that key.
WHen I type, I find that that finger gets tired very quickly, and I have to eventually make the adjacent finger do double duty.
When someone makes a keyboard that is custom designed for my hands, then I will consider buying it. There are probably less than 10 folks world wide, however, that have my exact deformity (probably only one--that being me!), so the chances of getting a keyboard ergonomically designed for my fingers/hands at a reasonable (sub $100) price is less than
As someone with a uncommon handicap, I have to state that I am constantly looking for a more comfortable model, but am alwasy dissappointed in comparison to the MS Natural.
Oh well.
It just depends on what you are doing--some people need more copies, others need high fidelity. Buy a printer based on your needs.
Check your facts:
The church did a policy change in the 1970s (regarding ordaining negros to the preisthood) and in the 1890s (regarding polygamy). There has been no change in history regarding this: anyone who grows up in the church is very much aware of these issues (or rather, should be, since both official declarations are published in the "triple combination" which has both the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price).
This is not an attempt to write it out of the history (something that the church is accused of frequently, but, frankly, the evidence for it is shaky at best, usually provided by those seeking to discredit the church [frequently excommunicated members], and objectivity is lacking on their side--it goes without saying that members are not going to be entirely objective--that doesn't make either side's evidence automatically invalid, but you should be careful when relying entirely on one side for evidence). It is a policy change. Retraction is different, but the policy change is simple: the church has the right to change certain practices, but core beliefs haven't changed.
TO those who accuse the church of racism, consider a few interesting facts: first off, part of the trouble that they faced in Missouri in the 1800's was due to the fact that the majority of the members (and the official policy of the church) were abolitionists (a rather liberal view for the time), and citizens of the state outside the church were distinctly afraid that if enough mormons showed up, they would lose their slaves.
Second, Joseph Smith, who never claimed to be perfect, lectured on the negro race several times and always spoke of negros as being intelligent, hard-working, and likely to out-do whites if given equal grounds. If anything, this might count as reverse-discrimination.
Finally, although preisthood was not conferred until the 1970s, no one has ever suggested in the church that the eventual spiritual state of any member would be lessened because of their race. This doesn't make much sense to those outside of the church, but to the longer view of things that is encouraged (eg, religion and existence continue with significance long after death), there is no logical inconsistency.
Do I know every single detail of history? No, but then again, neither does anyone alive.
FInal statement: in dealing with the church, one must take care to separate between doctrine and practice.
NOt a movie, but I think that the TV show ALIAS does the whole female-star-without-feminist-blathering quite well.
Garner plays a very competent, interesting (and sexual at times) character that is NOT about "girl power". There are a lot of female characters in that story, some of them good, some of them bad, and the same is true for the male characters.
I honestly think that it has some of the best character development on TV. THere are some problems with the show, but overall, I think it is one of the best available.
You were doing so well up to the last phrase. They didn't go to hell to learn new techniques, but to teach them to the devils. That's what satan gets out of the whole deal, really. Their souls are already his, so this is just a way for him to learn something new and interesting.
"Checking the calibration" is different from calibrating it in exactly what details? They may _call_ it something else, but I am uncertain why anyone thinks there is a difference. The first step in calibration is to test if you need to make any adjustments (this is for any instrument). If you don't, then you are done.
So while your brother-in-law (although it sounds suspiciously like an ex-brother-in-law) may have loved making people look stupid (sounds like a jerk to me), I would say that it is all a matter of semantics.
I think you missed the point: how do you know they were really drunk if not for the technicalities? If you have the suspect blow in the breathalizer, and then believe they were drunk, you should then be required to get further proof if you want to inflict any permanent punishment (blood sample). This would mean taking the person down to the station--something an officer should always do if the person is drunk.
That would change the nature of the tickets from a minor annoyance to a serious situation, for both the officer and the suspect.
In many states (CA is the only one I know for certain) you have the right to demand the calibration records of any radar gun used in issuing a speeding ticket to you. If the gun has not been calibrated properly within 24 hours of issuing the ticket, then the charges must be dropped.
The sad part of this is that you must ask. If you don't ask, you still have to pay the ticket.
I think this is a good thing: it keeps the police honest. I think Freedom of Information is a good concept: the public watches the police. That's what the US is founded on--that government is to be held responsible for its actions by those who are governed. This means that government is not the highest power--the citizens are.
I don't think that we are necessarily adhering to that concept, and I certainly feel like there is too much government secrecy. Sometimes the idea of "secret for the good of the state" frightens me more than anything else. State secrets are handled as a fact of life, but this isn't necessarily good. No, I don't want criminals and terrorists to have access to the information required to build a nuclear weapon, but neither do I think that most senate meetings contain that sort of information.
I have more thoughts, but it is Monday morning, and I have work (!) to get done.
add a hosts file entry to your computer to block all .xxx sites and DON'T! give your kid root/admin access. This last part is harder than it sounds on a windows box, but will keep them locked out of your root account for quite a while if they are on a Linux box. (I would also remove them from the Wheel group, just to make it even harder!).
Look, the point is simple--there are ways around some kid poking around. For us parents, it means that we have to stay ahead of the kids in computer tech. The alternative is this: teach your kids to value what you value. If you value a clean/porn-free life (like me), then teach your children why you feel that way, and why they should respect that. Then install the filters to protect from accidental breaches.
Of course, teaching the kids values requires that both parents believe and live those values. Easier said than done. I know of several instances where one parent is doing things right to teach certain values, but their spouse is very active in destroying their efforts (for a variety of reasons).
There will likely be someone here that objects to "value imprinting" or "brainwashing" as some might call it, but there is something valuable in passing on moral beliefs from one generation to the next. Like it or not, even simple things like "you shouldn't break the law" is a moral belief. As are many of those laws (your position on murder as a crime is a moral issue at the base).
check out one of the more recent reviews on anandtech.com for numbers--lcds are frequently shown to work on 6 or 8 bit colors with dithering/interpolation to simulate the entire pallette.
CRTs do have better color.
One way to handle this is to allow X to handle the widgets, but the actual graphic could be supplied by the program itself. Now there are some new widgets that X would need, in which case a scenario like this would happen:
DevA: We need new widget xz.
DevB: Okay, I'll add that to our version of X and get the patch rolled out.
DevA: Don't forget to submit it to the official version as a patch.
-------------
UserA: I want to try program XZ, I'll just download it.
XZInstallDialog: In order to use this program a patch to your Xserver must be applied. Would you like us to do this now? Click yes if you do (and possibly supply a root password).
UserA: Wow, that was easy!
I know it is more complicated than that, but an easily extensible interface would be useful, and even allowing a program to define custom widget sets would be very helpful. Perhaps a scripting language tied to X that allows an easy addition of a new widget? Just some ideas.
The only problem with the correlational approach is that correlations assume both linearity and homogeneity of variance (bi-modal distributions can cause serious problems, as can parabolic or sinusoidal relationships).
I did not RTFunA, so I don't know if they looked at those types of issues. If they are worthy of the appelation of researchers, they did, but many lay claim to that without being worthy!
Furthermore, there is always the distinct possibility that you have a case of a third variable that you haven't measured that is causing the relationship to be altered (did they partial out country of origin as a variable--I would hope so!)
Just a few thoughts.
Rather than reply to the AC, I choose to reply to a real post...
Widget sets are something that should not be specific to a certain WM or app. Widgets should be a generic class of objects that can be hooked into by the app. That is, I think that both KDE and gnome should hook into a generic set of widget commands that an app can easily call without being tied to either.
This means that the user can have the wm of choice, but avoid the limitations of either in terms of applications. Of course, this would require cooperation--the shock!
Which means that the range is something like 4.75 to 5.25, or possibly 4.875 to 5.125, no? (I could be certain if you said + or - 5%, but you didn't, and I can't be certain what you meant to imply!).
Of course what you mean to say, and didn't, is that the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 (if you want it in terms of percentage, the percentage you are looking for is 100%).
Try the MX1000, and let us know--the article claims it tracks on glass!
If we are going to be that way, I can name a few small towns in Kentucky, Tenessee and the Carolinas that would qualify (and there's only about 3 grannies that would REALLY miss the place!).
I don't have the time to refute or research your statements as a whole, but keep this in mind:
there are plenty of intelligent and informed individuals who would disagree with your analysis. And probably just as many who are equally informed and intelligent who would whole heartedly agree.
I am not(!) saying that Bush is completely justified in what he did, just that it is NOW done, and the reconstruction is arguably necessary.
I will not argue that Bush is not responsible in a good measure for what is now happening. I am simply stating that there are other takes on the situation--and not just by ignorant folks who can't be bothered to research the issue.
I am someone, personally, who does not have the time, energy or resources to do the two things I think are necessary to make a truly informed decision: first to find as much information as possible, and second to evaluate the source of that information regarding reliablity and motivation for dissemination of the information. It sounds easy, but it is very time-consuming, and I don't have the time it takes (I'm not sure that ANYONE has the time to examine ALL the information, which is why there is so much debate about what it all means).
If you do have that time, great--write a book, publish it on the net or whatever, and list your sources.
But if all someone is wanting to do is paint a black and white world where Bush is responsible for all the evils that they face, then I have to take exception to that. Just like I would if it were some Republican bashing Kerry or Clinton for all their problems.
No.
You believe that they are there because of lies. Some of them, presumably, are there because they believe those statements to be true. Some are even there because even though they believe the statements to be of questionable validity, they feel that Iraqis can benefit from reconstruction despite that.
Finally, whether Bush "lied" or not is academic only. The fact now is that the people in that country need help of some sort.
Did Bush lie? I am not certain, and I doubt anyone save himself and a few of his closest advisors will ever have enough of the story to be able to say with a reasonable certainty if there were lies or statements that those individuals believed to be true at the time they were spoken.
Certainly you believe that Bush lied, but that doesn't make it so.
I am NOT saying he is perfect or that he never colored the truth. I am merely saying that the world is much more complicated that you want to paint it with your "lied and lied an lied and lied" comment.
I don't know what combination of alcohol and spare time brought that particular combination of things together, but I am certain that there is a story.
Don't share it.