If I understand this, you've got Win2k Pro installed on a VM in Linux. Win2k Pro does not do Terminal Services server, period. The only way to get Terminal Services server is to install Win2k Server, Win2k3, XP, or Vista.
Until they find out they can't run their kids games or some weird software they've already bought. Then they just call the neighborhood geek to put Windows on it. They might even go about it legally and purchase a boxed copy.
Did you have trouble focusing on video games or other things that were "fun"? That's the main thing I see with people who are so called "ADHD". They have no trouble at all focusing on the "fun" things in life, but when it comes to stuff they don't want to do, that's where they have trouble. That's why I always call bullshit on ADHD. NOBODY likes to do things that aren't fun (no one I know anyway). Does that mean that a lot of people have ADHD? HELL NO! What it means is that people need to learn that not everything is fun. Work is work and play is play. Get your work done first and then you can have all the fun you want.
What, exactly, did you have trouble doing at 31 that you knew you were capable of? Now that you're on meds, have you accomplished those things? I'm 33 and I plenty of trouble picking up basic math concepts until halfway through 7th grade. I still can't grasp a lot of Calculus concepts, but I could give a rats ass now, since it won't help me with my career. I still can't stand doing basic chores like laundry, taking out the trash, and anything else that's not "fun". I would still rather spend 4 hours playing Team Fortress 2 than spending 3 hours cleaning the house and only 1 on TF2. Those are the realities of being an adult though.
Most people can decide to buy a more expensive car than a less expensive car, or put a new TV on a credit card. But breaking a bone isn't a voluntary decision.
Breaking the bone may not be, but maybe the action before that caused the bone to break was. Driving a car? That's a voluntary action and you assume certain risks when you do it. Climbing a mountain? Same thing.
The point is, everything comes down to a voluntary decision at some point. It's not like you're at home, sitting on the couch, and then all of the sudden your arm breaks. You have to do something to put yourself into a situation where it happens.
I'm 33 and have never broken a bone in my life. Yeah, you could say that I don't take risks. By not taking risks, I've reduced my chances of breaking a bone. Therefore, through voluntary decisions, I have never broken a bone.
Then don't convert them. Simply install a free PDF converter or Adobe Acrobat 5 and print them all to PDF. Then you'll be able to use any PDF reader on the planet to read them. As long as you don't need to make any changes, which could be done with full Acrobat anyway, you're set.
In 2008, people want hope. Funny thing is, didn't people want much the same thing in 1992 when a complete unknown named Bill Clinton was elected?
No, they wanted change. Since we were coming out of a war and a huge build up of military personnel, we actually went into a recession for a short time. Couple that with "Read my lips, I will not raise taxes" and then doing it, a lot of people refused to re-elect him.
I think now, people want hope and change and Hillary offers none of that. Hillary might say she's going to change things, but she's been near the top of politics for the last 12 years. She'll more than likely give us more of the same, just in different clothing.
Seriously. They spent more time talking about Hillary "tearing up" then they did talking about policy differences between the candidates.
"Do you think those were genuine emotions on her part or was it calculated?" WHO GIVES A FLYING FUCK! Why don't you tell us about her health care policy? Or her votes in the Senate? Why don't you do some research into Obama's time as a state legislator, because most of us outside of Illinois know next to nothing about this period in his life.
Well, obviously you don't care about that. They've been going over it because that one action has been seen as what drove her numbers back up. And everyone has been wondering if it was just the "Clinton machine" or if it was genuine. A week ago, she was 10 points behind Obama. Last night, she beat him by 8 points. Do you think those tears had nothing to do with that?
If you need to know about the other things you're asking, a quick Google search will reveal the results. Seriously, they've gone over her health care policy plenty. If you don't know about it, then you're just not reading any news. Her votes in the Senate are public record, go look them up. Obama's record is also public, so go look it up.
Stop depending on the news media to do all your homework for you. If you're deciding between Obama and Hillary, go read up on them. Read up on their records and what they plan to do. Do your homework yourself!
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What are you doing that causes the constant [Continue or Cancel] messages? If you're installing software and getting the system setup, just disable UAC until you're finished. Once the system is setup, unless you're trying to change system settings constantly, you won't be bothered by the dialog again.
As a Windows admin, even though we haven't implemented Vista yet, it'll be a godsend. I'd rather get calls from people who are trying to install software that they don't need asking me about "This big scary looking box" then not know about it until a couple of months later when they're having a problem. At that point, I usually just remove the software no questions asked, but it would be easier to run to their desk and explain to them why they shouldn't be explaining software XYZ before they do it, instead of waiting for the day it crashes their system and they lose 4 hours of work.
People like me, who bought "last years model TV", because I didn't know what HDMI was at the time. The TV had a DVI input, which excited me since I knew I could plug a PC into it and get a good resolution. My tv can only do up to 1080i, but I'm going to assume that that'll still get chopped way down once the ICT is activated.
Or I could just get HD movies from the net in other ways and not have to worry about my resolution getting turned down.
At the end of the day, the principle complaint that people have with HDMI is that the need to handshake for encryption sometimes gets screwed up, especially when switching inputs. So, for example, most people who plug their PS3 straight into the TV do fine, but if you plug it into an audio receiver and plug the receiver into the TV, people may experience a blank screen when they switch back to the PS3 input because the system is convinced that the link has been broken. In this situation, you have to go unplug and replug the HDMI cable to re-establish the link and get your video signal back.
Are there systems that fix this little "annoyance"? I can see why people would call it more than an annoyance. Who wants to get behind their equipment everytime they switch to playing their PS3 or whatever else it happens to? Most of the time, people hide that stuff in the back so it's not an eye sore.
I guess all that TV I watch is just my imagination hard at work? 'Cause I haven't paid for any TV content (the signal, yes if you have cable/satellite, the content is paid by ads)
Don't confuse "how it's financed under the current system" with "the only way content will get financed"
If you're watching the ads, then yeah, the content is being paid for. If you're like most of the people around here though and you Tivo the program and then skip the ads, no, the content really isn't being paid for. You're not watching the ads, so you're probably also not buying the products or at least not being influenced to buy the products. If you're not buying the products in the ads (or even just buying other products made by the same company), then at some point, the company is going to stop placing ads and then the content will disappear because no one is paying for it.
This is all of course moot if you're buying the TV shows on DVD. At that point, you are paying for the content. As long as people either 1) watch the ads and buy those products or 2) buy the shows on DVD, then we'll still get content. Stop doing both and there won't be any money to continue to create the content.
How do you get a speeding ticket or a ticket for possession and NOT know that you either need to pay the fine or APPEAR in court to dispute the charges or pain the fine? It usually states pretty plainly on the ticket what you must do and in most places you can even go to the court and they'll tell you. Most places even send you a form to either pay the fine, appear in court, or do something else to get it off your record.
But I guess it's all just "nonsense" if it ends up landing your ass on a wanted poster.
Yeah, but at least that one replacement color is cheaper than a triple color HP cartridge. Last time I looked, a single color for an Epson was something like $15. The HP triple ones are usually around $35 or so. The HP ones might be cheaper to an accountant ($15/color vs $35 for all 3), but if one color runs out, you have to replace the whole damn cartridge. That's why I like Epson's over HP's.
We came up to some flashing red lights - I had no idea what they were for. There was one car in front of us before the lights, it stopped for a while and then went. I thought "ah ha - flashing red means stop and go if clear".
It doesn't. It means "tram coming". I found this out at the end of the week we stayed there, suddenly realising I'd spent the entire week running red lights against trams...
That's what it means in San Francisco? Wow. I'm a California native and I didn't even know that. Down here in LA and Orange County, it means exactly what you thought it would, stop and go if clear (similar to a four way stop sign).
Anecdotal evidence is just that, anecdotal. I have never come across anyone that was fully happy with a low-end PC like an eMachine. They get an email from their grandkid that has some flash in it and the flash grinds the system to a halt or worse, crashes their email/browser program. They don't blame flash in this case (yes, I know it's a bit buggy), they blame the POS computer they have. Give them a nice new Windows or OS X machine and they're happy again (flash hasn't gotten any better, but the increased RAM and other specs are better able to handle its crappiness).
To top it off, that low-end POS machine can't watch the kids videos when they come over and the grandkids can't play their games on it. So more than likely, the POS machine doesn't get used but maybe once a month to check the occasional messages that grandma gets from her other old friends. No one else in the family sends grandma any emails because they know they'll crash her computer.
I have talked to one person that said "This 10 year old machine is fine for my use, even though it does take forever to start and load any programs". It was my cousins computer that had a copy of XP put on it as an "upgrade".
Low end Dells are for the bulk of computer users, not anything in the eMachine line, not anything from Walmart. They only cost a little more, but they have 1/10th as many problems.
So take this so called "robot" technology, and make it something that becomes sort of like a small exo-skeletal muscle system. Call it robotically controlled balance assistance, or whatever you want.
I think we might end up calling that Powered Armor:)
Uhm. My public network is not named "FREE WIFI". It's a Linux box with a Prism2 card doing HostAP, and it's free to anyone in range. In the interests of brevity, suffice it to say that I've put a lot of work into it.
So, if my network is intentionally left easily accessible, why do you say that "linksys", "NETGEAR", or "default" network isn't there because that's how they wanted it? Because the essid is factory default? I had a Netgear wireless router once. Nice piece of equipment, IMHO, but overpriced. I routed it through the Linux box I had handling that sort of thing at the time and left the access point itself unsecured (except the admin password, obviously). Basically the same setup as now, but less complex. I left it that way so that my neighbors could get online through me.
Am I the exception to the rule?
With a setup like that, yes, you absolutely are. And I'm sure you know it. Or do you really believe that people route their LINKSYS or NETGEAR WAPs through a Linux box?
The problem with most WAPs is that they come completely open out of the box. They work with no intervention at all. "Well, just read the manual". Wrong. The damn manual is on the CD, so you have to load that up in order to change anything. I don't know ANYONE that isn't technical that does that. Then they don't find out that someone else was using their bandwidth until it gets secured by some kind of IT consultant (insert neighborhood kid or GeekSquad).
Go ahead, try to make a living as a musician, I dare you. A handfull make it big, and the rest just get by.
Maybe that's because, like actors, the damn industry is saturated. It's not about what you know, but who you know or who happens to see you playing at a club. Maybe if a few hundred people weren't "trying to make it big" we'd have some better music that we don't have to search for.
Would I give up some of my money to support a sensible plan to improve the overall standard of living in my nation? You betcha! Voila une liberal!
That's the problem. What you consider sensible, someone else might not. Unfortunately, the government has a habit of making blanket laws that affect everyone.
If you want to give up some of your money to support causes, then do it. No one's keeping you from paying more taxes than you have to. No one's stopping you from giving money to charities. No one's requiring you to do it either.
As the Mac gains in popularity the numbers of careless people will go up and infections like this will occur more often. The key is finding a way to train the user that its WRONG. That or finding a way to have the OS run objects installed in some form of "safe mode" for a time without letting the user in on it.
The people that recommend Macs can start by telling people that you're less likely to get infected by viruses and spyware, but that you still need to be diligent and not type your root password at every prompt. This blatant "Get a Mac and you'll never have to worry about viruses again!" crap has to end. That alone makes people drop their guard and just type their password whenever they're asked because "I can't get a virus, I have a Mac!"
TimeWarner just started doing VoD of the lastest TV shows in HD. I haven't checked it out only because I already record those programs onto the DVR. VoD is closer than you think though.
TimeWarner's premium broadband tops out around 10 mpbs, but I'm pretty sure the cable lines themselves can handle much higher rates.
1. Homeowner's insurance doesn't cover certain things. In Southern California, it's earthquakes and floods. In Tornado areas, it's Tornado's. Along the Gulf Coast, it's, you guessed it, Hurricanes. It doesn't cover those things because they're extremely likely to happen and cause huge amounts of damage. You can get separate insurance for those things, but it's expensive.
2. I bet if you purchased the extra insurance, they'd come out quicker. Most of the time, during a huge disaster like that, you're waiting weeks because they're working their way toward you. Or do you expect them to just ignore the other million people and service your house first? If it's a 20 minute fix, learn how to do it yourself. It's usually much longer than that and usually involves some kind of down pole. I have been able to get rebates and free stuff from companies, but you generally have to call them and ask for it. They don't just give it to you. My cable modem was down for a full weekend when Time Warner took over from Comcast and everyone in the area got a free On Demand movie. Yeah, they all sucked, but at least we got something free out of it.
3. All costs are published in your health insurance handbook. If you don't like the cost you're going to have to pay, look into other insurance. Depending on where you live, you can probably find a cheaper plan.
4. Yeah, because all those ISPs expect all their millions of customers to run their lines at full speed 24/7. Yeah, maybe they did advertise it like that, but, if I'm not mistaken, there's usually something in the TOS that forbids doing that.
5. I don't use a bank. I use a credit union. You should look into one.
But OnStar's primary use isn't for stolen car recovery. OnStar is for getting directions, unlocking your car because you locked the keys inside, or for getting help if you're stranded or in an accident. LoJack does none of those things.
Then you'd agree that we should ban skydiving, rock climbing, bull riding, car racing, and anything else you might have to "fund your care for 30 years".
You seem to be forgetting that people who do those things tend to take a lot more precautions before starting such activities than Joe Blow moron who gets into his car and doesn't put on his belt. The skydiver has a backup rip cord, the mountain climber uses ropes and hooks to make sure that if he falls, the rope keeps him from hitting the ground. The bull rider, while not wearing very much protective wear, has rodeo clowns around to get the bulls attention so he doesn't get trampled when he's knocked off. People that race cars professionally are strapped into the car with 3 or 4 point harnesses, helmets, and fire retardent outfits.
If everyone took the same precautions as those professionals do, we wouldn't need seatbelt laws and we wouldn't have to worry nearly as much about people leaching off public healthcare because they were to stupid to keep themselves safe.
By the way, I agree that we shouldn't have seatbelt laws. However, I'm not about to compare stupid people that don't buckle up to guys that race cars for a living and use every safety measure available to them so that when their car gets into a pile up, they aren't killed. We shouldn't have seatbelt laws and we shouldn't have any public health care in that case.
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If I understand this, you've got Win2k Pro installed on a VM in Linux. Win2k Pro does not do Terminal Services server, period. The only way to get Terminal Services server is to install Win2k Server, Win2k3, XP, or Vista.
Until they find out they can't run their kids games or some weird software they've already bought. Then they just call the neighborhood geek to put Windows on it. They might even go about it legally and purchase a boxed copy.
Did you have trouble focusing on video games or other things that were "fun"? That's the main thing I see with people who are so called "ADHD". They have no trouble at all focusing on the "fun" things in life, but when it comes to stuff they don't want to do, that's where they have trouble. That's why I always call bullshit on ADHD. NOBODY likes to do things that aren't fun (no one I know anyway). Does that mean that a lot of people have ADHD? HELL NO! What it means is that people need to learn that not everything is fun. Work is work and play is play. Get your work done first and then you can have all the fun you want.
What, exactly, did you have trouble doing at 31 that you knew you were capable of? Now that you're on meds, have you accomplished those things? I'm 33 and I plenty of trouble picking up basic math concepts until halfway through 7th grade. I still can't grasp a lot of Calculus concepts, but I could give a rats ass now, since it won't help me with my career. I still can't stand doing basic chores like laundry, taking out the trash, and anything else that's not "fun". I would still rather spend 4 hours playing Team Fortress 2 than spending 3 hours cleaning the house and only 1 on TF2. Those are the realities of being an adult though.
Actually, in this case, neither PS3 nor the HD-DVD add on for Xbox were counted. That makes the number that much more dramatic.
Check out thedigitalbits.com for the raw sales data.
Most people can decide to buy a more expensive car than a less expensive car, or put a new TV on a credit card. But breaking a bone isn't a voluntary decision.
Breaking the bone may not be, but maybe the action before that caused the bone to break was. Driving a car? That's a voluntary action and you assume certain risks when you do it. Climbing a mountain? Same thing.
The point is, everything comes down to a voluntary decision at some point. It's not like you're at home, sitting on the couch, and then all of the sudden your arm breaks. You have to do something to put yourself into a situation where it happens.
I'm 33 and have never broken a bone in my life. Yeah, you could say that I don't take risks. By not taking risks, I've reduced my chances of breaking a bone. Therefore, through voluntary decisions, I have never broken a bone.
Then don't convert them. Simply install a free PDF converter or Adobe Acrobat 5 and print them all to PDF. Then you'll be able to use any PDF reader on the planet to read them. As long as you don't need to make any changes, which could be done with full Acrobat anyway, you're set.
In 2008, people want hope. Funny thing is, didn't people want much the same thing in 1992 when a complete unknown named Bill Clinton was elected?
No, they wanted change. Since we were coming out of a war and a huge build up of military personnel, we actually went into a recession for a short time. Couple that with "Read my lips, I will not raise taxes" and then doing it, a lot of people refused to re-elect him.
I think now, people want hope and change and Hillary offers none of that. Hillary might say she's going to change things, but she's been near the top of politics for the last 12 years. She'll more than likely give us more of the same, just in different clothing.
Seriously. They spent more time talking about Hillary "tearing up" then they did talking about policy differences between the candidates.
"Do you think those were genuine emotions on her part or was it calculated?" WHO GIVES A FLYING FUCK! Why don't you tell us about her health care policy? Or her votes in the Senate? Why don't you do some research into Obama's time as a state legislator, because most of us outside of Illinois know next to nothing about this period in his life.
Well, obviously you don't care about that. They've been going over it because that one action has been seen as what drove her numbers back up. And everyone has been wondering if it was just the "Clinton machine" or if it was genuine. A week ago, she was 10 points behind Obama. Last night, she beat him by 8 points. Do you think those tears had nothing to do with that?
If you need to know about the other things you're asking, a quick Google search will reveal the results. Seriously, they've gone over her health care policy plenty. If you don't know about it, then you're just not reading any news. Her votes in the Senate are public record, go look them up. Obama's record is also public, so go look it up.
Stop depending on the news media to do all your homework for you. If you're deciding between Obama and Hillary, go read up on them. Read up on their records and what they plan to do. Do your homework yourself!
What are you doing that causes the constant [Continue or Cancel] messages? If you're installing software and getting the system setup, just disable UAC until you're finished. Once the system is setup, unless you're trying to change system settings constantly, you won't be bothered by the dialog again.
As a Windows admin, even though we haven't implemented Vista yet, it'll be a godsend. I'd rather get calls from people who are trying to install software that they don't need asking me about "This big scary looking box" then not know about it until a couple of months later when they're having a problem. At that point, I usually just remove the software no questions asked, but it would be easier to run to their desk and explain to them why they shouldn't be explaining software XYZ before they do it, instead of waiting for the day it crashes their system and they lose 4 hours of work.
People like me, who bought "last years model TV", because I didn't know what HDMI was at the time. The TV had a DVI input, which excited me since I knew I could plug a PC into it and get a good resolution. My tv can only do up to 1080i, but I'm going to assume that that'll still get chopped way down once the ICT is activated.
Or I could just get HD movies from the net in other ways and not have to worry about my resolution getting turned down.
At the end of the day, the principle complaint that people have with HDMI is that the need to handshake for encryption sometimes gets screwed up, especially when switching inputs. So, for example, most people who plug their PS3 straight into the TV do fine, but if you plug it into an audio receiver and plug the receiver into the TV, people may experience a blank screen when they switch back to the PS3 input because the system is convinced that the link has been broken. In this situation, you have to go unplug and replug the HDMI cable to re-establish the link and get your video signal back.
Are there systems that fix this little "annoyance"? I can see why people would call it more than an annoyance. Who wants to get behind their equipment everytime they switch to playing their PS3 or whatever else it happens to? Most of the time, people hide that stuff in the back so it's not an eye sore.
I guess all that TV I watch is just my imagination hard at work? 'Cause I haven't paid for any TV content (the signal, yes if you have cable/satellite, the content is paid by ads)
Don't confuse "how it's financed under the current system" with "the only way content will get financed"
If you're watching the ads, then yeah, the content is being paid for. If you're like most of the people around here though and you Tivo the program and then skip the ads, no, the content really isn't being paid for. You're not watching the ads, so you're probably also not buying the products or at least not being influenced to buy the products. If you're not buying the products in the ads (or even just buying other products made by the same company), then at some point, the company is going to stop placing ads and then the content will disappear because no one is paying for it.
This is all of course moot if you're buying the TV shows on DVD. At that point, you are paying for the content. As long as people either 1) watch the ads and buy those products or 2) buy the shows on DVD, then we'll still get content. Stop doing both and there won't be any money to continue to create the content.
How do you get a speeding ticket or a ticket for possession and NOT know that you either need to pay the fine or APPEAR in court to dispute the charges or pain the fine? It usually states pretty plainly on the ticket what you must do and in most places you can even go to the court and they'll tell you. Most places even send you a form to either pay the fine, appear in court, or do something else to get it off your record.
But I guess it's all just "nonsense" if it ends up landing your ass on a wanted poster.
Yeah, but at least that one replacement color is cheaper than a triple color HP cartridge. Last time I looked, a single color for an Epson was something like $15. The HP triple ones are usually around $35 or so. The HP ones might be cheaper to an accountant ($15/color vs $35 for all 3), but if one color runs out, you have to replace the whole damn cartridge. That's why I like Epson's over HP's.
We came up to some flashing red lights - I had no idea what they were for. There was one car in front of us before the lights, it stopped for a while and then went. I thought "ah ha - flashing red means stop and go if clear".
It doesn't. It means "tram coming". I found this out at the end of the week we stayed there, suddenly realising I'd spent the entire week running red lights against trams...
That's what it means in San Francisco? Wow. I'm a California native and I didn't even know that. Down here in LA and Orange County, it means exactly what you thought it would, stop and go if clear (similar to a four way stop sign).
Anecdotal evidence is just that, anecdotal. I have never come across anyone that was fully happy with a low-end PC like an eMachine. They get an email from their grandkid that has some flash in it and the flash grinds the system to a halt or worse, crashes their email/browser program. They don't blame flash in this case (yes, I know it's a bit buggy), they blame the POS computer they have. Give them a nice new Windows or OS X machine and they're happy again (flash hasn't gotten any better, but the increased RAM and other specs are better able to handle its crappiness).
To top it off, that low-end POS machine can't watch the kids videos when they come over and the grandkids can't play their games on it. So more than likely, the POS machine doesn't get used but maybe once a month to check the occasional messages that grandma gets from her other old friends. No one else in the family sends grandma any emails because they know they'll crash her computer.
I have talked to one person that said "This 10 year old machine is fine for my use, even though it does take forever to start and load any programs". It was my cousins computer that had a copy of XP put on it as an "upgrade".
Low end Dells are for the bulk of computer users, not anything in the eMachine line, not anything from Walmart. They only cost a little more, but they have 1/10th as many problems.
So take this so called "robot" technology, and make it something that becomes sort of like a small exo-skeletal muscle system. Call it robotically controlled balance assistance, or whatever you want.
:)
I think we might end up calling that Powered Armor
Uhm. My public network is not named "FREE WIFI". It's a Linux box with a Prism2 card doing HostAP, and it's free to anyone in range. In the interests of brevity, suffice it to say that I've put a lot of work into it.
So, if my network is intentionally left easily accessible, why do you say that "linksys", "NETGEAR", or "default" network isn't there because that's how they wanted it? Because the essid is factory default? I had a Netgear wireless router once. Nice piece of equipment, IMHO, but overpriced. I routed it through the Linux box I had handling that sort of thing at the time and left the access point itself unsecured (except the admin password, obviously). Basically the same setup as now, but less complex. I left it that way so that my neighbors could get online through me.
Am I the exception to the rule?
With a setup like that, yes, you absolutely are. And I'm sure you know it. Or do you really believe that people route their LINKSYS or NETGEAR WAPs through a Linux box?
The problem with most WAPs is that they come completely open out of the box. They work with no intervention at all. "Well, just read the manual". Wrong. The damn manual is on the CD, so you have to load that up in order to change anything. I don't know ANYONE that isn't technical that does that. Then they don't find out that someone else was using their bandwidth until it gets secured by some kind of IT consultant (insert neighborhood kid or GeekSquad).
Go ahead, try to make a living as a musician, I dare you. A handfull make it big, and the rest just get by.
Maybe that's because, like actors, the damn industry is saturated. It's not about what you know, but who you know or who happens to see you playing at a club. Maybe if a few hundred people weren't "trying to make it big" we'd have some better music that we don't have to search for.
I could care less either way.
Would I give up some of my money to support a sensible plan to improve the overall standard of living in my nation? You betcha! Voila une liberal!
That's the problem. What you consider sensible, someone else might not. Unfortunately, the government has a habit of making blanket laws that affect everyone.
If you want to give up some of your money to support causes, then do it. No one's keeping you from paying more taxes than you have to. No one's stopping you from giving money to charities. No one's requiring you to do it either.
As the Mac gains in popularity the numbers of careless people will go up and infections like this will occur more often. The key is finding a way to train the user that its WRONG. That or finding a way to have the OS run objects installed in some form of "safe mode" for a time without letting the user in on it.
The people that recommend Macs can start by telling people that you're less likely to get infected by viruses and spyware, but that you still need to be diligent and not type your root password at every prompt. This blatant "Get a Mac and you'll never have to worry about viruses again!" crap has to end. That alone makes people drop their guard and just type their password whenever they're asked because "I can't get a virus, I have a Mac!"
TimeWarner just started doing VoD of the lastest TV shows in HD. I haven't checked it out only because I already record those programs onto the DVR. VoD is closer than you think though.
TimeWarner's premium broadband tops out around 10 mpbs, but I'm pretty sure the cable lines themselves can handle much higher rates.
1. Homeowner's insurance doesn't cover certain things. In Southern California, it's earthquakes and floods. In Tornado areas, it's Tornado's. Along the Gulf Coast, it's, you guessed it, Hurricanes. It doesn't cover those things because they're extremely likely to happen and cause huge amounts of damage. You can get separate insurance for those things, but it's expensive.
2. I bet if you purchased the extra insurance, they'd come out quicker. Most of the time, during a huge disaster like that, you're waiting weeks because they're working their way toward you. Or do you expect them to just ignore the other million people and service your house first? If it's a 20 minute fix, learn how to do it yourself. It's usually much longer than that and usually involves some kind of down pole. I have been able to get rebates and free stuff from companies, but you generally have to call them and ask for it. They don't just give it to you. My cable modem was down for a full weekend when Time Warner took over from Comcast and everyone in the area got a free On Demand movie. Yeah, they all sucked, but at least we got something free out of it.
3. All costs are published in your health insurance handbook. If you don't like the cost you're going to have to pay, look into other insurance. Depending on where you live, you can probably find a cheaper plan.
4. Yeah, because all those ISPs expect all their millions of customers to run their lines at full speed 24/7. Yeah, maybe they did advertise it like that, but, if I'm not mistaken, there's usually something in the TOS that forbids doing that.
5. I don't use a bank. I use a credit union. You should look into one.
But OnStar's primary use isn't for stolen car recovery. OnStar is for getting directions, unlocking your car because you locked the keys inside, or for getting help if you're stranded or in an accident. LoJack does none of those things.
Then you'd agree that we should ban skydiving, rock climbing, bull riding, car racing, and anything else you might have to "fund your care for 30 years".
You seem to be forgetting that people who do those things tend to take a lot more precautions before starting such activities than Joe Blow moron who gets into his car and doesn't put on his belt. The skydiver has a backup rip cord, the mountain climber uses ropes and hooks to make sure that if he falls, the rope keeps him from hitting the ground. The bull rider, while not wearing very much protective wear, has rodeo clowns around to get the bulls attention so he doesn't get trampled when he's knocked off. People that race cars professionally are strapped into the car with 3 or 4 point harnesses, helmets, and fire retardent outfits.
If everyone took the same precautions as those professionals do, we wouldn't need seatbelt laws and we wouldn't have to worry nearly as much about people leaching off public healthcare because they were to stupid to keep themselves safe.
By the way, I agree that we shouldn't have seatbelt laws. However, I'm not about to compare stupid people that don't buckle up to guys that race cars for a living and use every safety measure available to them so that when their car gets into a pile up, they aren't killed. We shouldn't have seatbelt laws and we shouldn't have any public health care in that case.