Had you considered that, just maybe, he'll explain the whole thing in the new movie?
Heck, that's what I'd expect to be Palpatine's speech to Anakin: the Jedi are arrogant, they don't care about the good of the people, they're just interested in power but won't admit it, and the Sith taught personal power. The Jedi just wiped out the Sith to solidify their authority over others!;)
I think it's mostly because PBS has traditionally been given more latitude than other broadcast stations. True, during the day it's a safe haven for kids. But, at night, they often have documentaries with naked natives, or news shows that depict graphic violence and situations, in order to show what the real world is really like.
I guess the question is, if the show airs late at night, when cable companies can get by with it, why are broadcast stations singled out? Simply because they're broadcast?
I worked for a company that supplies sales representatives for a certain company, so they would have people pushing their product at Best Buy and CompUSA locations.
My job was to show up and help sell Product X for this company by answering customers questions, showing how my company's Product X is better than the competitor's, etc. Of course, the other companies usually had their own reps there too, so there was a little competition for customers there.
This was a blessing for BB in that, when we were there, the company's own employees could go to a different aisle and concentrated on the customers there. It was a problem, though, because Best Buy has quotas. Each store is required to meet a certain "attach rate" for accessories & warranties.
So, we were constantly being harrassed by BB management. We were told "sell warranties," "sell accessories" and "if you don't meet our standards for attach rates, we'll refuse to allow you in the store anymore."
Basically, I was told that if I wasn't as big an asshole as the BB management about attachments, they would effectively get me fired by refusing to allow me in their store anymore.
Worse, I would occasionally make a really good sale to someone who didn't need the accessories. In that case, I wasn't going to get aggressive... after all, a sale on Product X still gets BB money right? Apparently not enough, because on several occasions one of their more aggressive sales managers would swoop in and badger the customer into taking the accessories. Several times, they were so offensive in doing so that the customer left the store without Product X because they were so angry. The manager cost the store (and myself) a sale, just because they're so worried about their attach rate.
I never had that problem in CompUSA. They still want attachements, but I was never pressured or badgered about it. They were glad to have extra help on the sales floor.
However, I believe Spotlight would also have to allow the end-user to tag other files in order for it to be really useful. Otherwise it would only return results from that narrow list of filetypes.
I'm mostly wondering if the new Spotlight feature of MacOS X 10.4 is going to be based on this, or a proprietary technology. I've been itching for cross-platform metadata file support for years now...
I like using it for my crouch key in FPS games. Of course, it depends on the game: some see it like holding the crouch key down, meaning your character stays crouched. Others see it as if you were repeatedly hitting the crouch key and letting go, making you 'bounce' in place.
There's nothing in either of those resolutions that say that any country can't act in the name of the UN or to enforce UN laws.
That's like saying, "There's nothing in the local lawbooks that say I can't act as a law-enforcement officer when I want." I'd certainly take askance if any random Joe thought it was fine if he and his buddies broke down my door to make sure I wasn't selling drugs out of my home.
Just pick up a palmOne Zire 21. Less than $100, B&W 160x160 screen, USB, 8 Mb storage. It'll handle all the formats asked for, and runs quite a long time on its rechargeable battery.
Perhaps not currently, but the author is probably referring to the large amount of (non-voting) AAPL stock that MS bought several years ago. And I do believe, is still holding onto.
i don't think that would hold up under scrutiny. the deaf person can still come into the store and buy a computer.
Apparently, you've never lived in Alaska. I worked at an Apple reseller in Anchorage, and aside from CompUSA we were the only authorized Apple shop in the state. And the CompUSA had a nasty reputation for not dealing with Mac owners fairly.
Many folks in the outlying communities simply couldn't afford to visit our store, because it would literally take them all day to drive to Anchorage and back.
I took several TTY calls that were either orders (which we shipped), or tech-support questions (which I answered as best I could, given the system). Given the distance involved, I hardly think it would have been practical for those folks to physically visit our store.
No problem. Nah, I usually only buy $20-$30 per trip, unless I can hitch a ride with a friend. Walking, that's about all I can carry. I usually make multiple trips per week, however, instead of one big one.
Well, gee, that's why your DVD remote has a "next chapter" and a "disc menu" button; you PRESS them and you can SKIP the commercials and go straight to the MENU or the MOVIE.
The poster was complaining about discs which don't allow you to bypass the opening FBI warning and/or advertisements. It's coded into the disc. RTFP.
Have you ever tried to read a long website on a handheld? Books on handhelds are not a good idea.
I read books on my handheld all the time. Nothing quite like having half-a-dozen novels in a package smaller than a paperback. Provided you've got a decent screen & font, it's really not that bad.
I am a Christian (and a literal 6 day creationist as well), so I looked up "creation science" as an ideal example. It appears biased, because it refers almost straight away to "creation myth."
Well, there's a simple solution: join Wikipedia and submit a correction to take away the (admittedly loaded) term "creation myth" and supplant it with, say, "creation theory." It will get peer review and, personally, I'd agree with your correction.
Though if you try to label it "creation science" you should expect to get revised... creationism is a very interesting theory, but it does not function on scientific principle. Correcting "myth" to "theory", however, seems valid to me. So, participate! That's what makes Wikipedia work.:)
Maybe because the iPod is the most easily recognizable, prolific music player on the market right now? Walkmans are dead, and you'd be hard-pressed to tell one manufacturer's CD player from another.
The iPod, on the other hand, is easily recognized, well-known and arguably helped push the digital music arena ahead to where it is today.
It would be like talking about how the modern car has impacted fuel consumption, and not discussing SUVs.
Personally, I walk a mile each way to get to the grocery store. And a mile or so to the bus stop. Yeah, in bad weather it's a bitch. But, I lack the income to get a car, and I never enjoyed driving anyway.
And, you're right: it's good exercise. I have to be careful when hauling groceries home, but otherwise it's just a good way to keep your back and legs in shape. Rain and snow make for unpleasant days, as do heat waves. Still, overall it's not that bad, and can be quite pleasant sometimes. Keep in mind, you miss a lot of detail about what's on the side of the road when you're driving.
Primaries are a chance for voters in specific parties to select whom they want to officially run for President in the main election. In most states, only registered party members may vote in a primary election, but other states allow anyone to vote in it.
Each state sets the date for primary elections to be held. This means it varies depending on when the individual states set for these elections to be held.
"Super Tuesday" is so named because 10 states have their primaries on the same day: the first Tuesday in March. Once this Super Tuesday election is over, it's usually pretty clear which party candidate is in the lead.
It's also important to note that the USA uses an "electoral college" system for Presidential elections. Each state is worth a certain number of representatives in this electoral college, based on population. And each state sets how its representatives will be elected.
In some states, each region tallies its vote and the popular vote determines how that region's EC rep will vote for President. In other states, the popular vote throughout the state is tallied, and all EC reps for that state vote accordingly.
(This makes it possible for someone to win the popular vote, yet still lose the election, because the other candidate had more votes in the Electoral College.)
The primaries are also based on these population numbers to determine who will be their official party candidate once the primaries are over.
"Super Tuesday" is important because it has some of the most populated states all voting on the same day. By this point, you can see the voter turnout for the party and start to make estimates of how likely they will be to win over the state's electoral vote when the real Presidential election occurs.
This year, there was only a Democrat primary. No one is challenging President George Bush as the Republican party candidate, so there's no point in even having a primary for their party.
Essentially, PalmSource is not going to develop for MacOS anymore, meaning that their new devices will be unsupported. Mark/Space is stepping in to offer their own Hotsync software, which will support PalmOS 4.x, 5.x and Cobalt devices (including Clies and the Zodiac).
This will allow you to sync your device with Apple's iApps, as well as mount your storage card on the desktop, etc. Also, they claim that current conduits will work without change under Missing Sync for Cobalt.
The only real question is whether the hardware manufacturers will include a copy on their installation CDs, or if we will have to pay for it seperately.
Basically: we have determined a mass of X for the matter we can observe. If Dark Matter/Energy doesn't exist, X makes no sense as a measurement. Yet, having a number X for this mass fits in with all our other knowledge of how things work, so we're missing something else if DM/E does not exist.:)
Except, of course, for the new generation of ground-based telescopes with better resolving power than the hubble. It's silly to spend more money on inferior technology just because it's space-based and therefor "must be cooler".
Or, perhaps, they're considering that those ground-based telescopes won't be able to fully adjust for atmospheric disturbance, which was the entire point of Hubble: get beyond the atmosphere for pristine images.
Slashdot Mirror
Heck, that's what I'd expect to be Palpatine's speech to Anakin: the Jedi are arrogant, they don't care about the good of the people, they're just interested in power but won't admit it, and the Sith taught personal power. The Jedi just wiped out the Sith to solidify their authority over others! ;)
I think it's mostly because PBS has traditionally been given more latitude than other broadcast stations. True, during the day it's a safe haven for kids. But, at night, they often have documentaries with naked natives, or news shows that depict graphic violence and situations, in order to show what the real world is really like.
I guess the question is, if the show airs late at night, when cable companies can get by with it, why are broadcast stations singled out? Simply because they're broadcast?
My job was to show up and help sell Product X for this company by answering customers questions, showing how my company's Product X is better than the competitor's, etc. Of course, the other companies usually had their own reps there too, so there was a little competition for customers there.
This was a blessing for BB in that, when we were there, the company's own employees could go to a different aisle and concentrated on the customers there. It was a problem, though, because Best Buy has quotas. Each store is required to meet a certain "attach rate" for accessories & warranties.
So, we were constantly being harrassed by BB management. We were told "sell warranties," "sell accessories" and "if you don't meet our standards for attach rates, we'll refuse to allow you in the store anymore."
Basically, I was told that if I wasn't as big an asshole as the BB management about attachments, they would effectively get me fired by refusing to allow me in their store anymore.
Worse, I would occasionally make a really good sale to someone who didn't need the accessories. In that case, I wasn't going to get aggressive... after all, a sale on Product X still gets BB money right? Apparently not enough, because on several occasions one of their more aggressive sales managers would swoop in and badger the customer into taking the accessories. Several times, they were so offensive in doing so that the customer left the store without Product X because they were so angry. The manager cost the store (and myself) a sale, just because they're so worried about their attach rate.
I never had that problem in CompUSA. They still want attachements, but I was never pressured or badgered about it. They were glad to have extra help on the sales floor.
However, I believe Spotlight would also have to allow the end-user to tag other files in order for it to be really useful. Otherwise it would only return results from that narrow list of filetypes.
I'm mostly wondering if the new Spotlight feature of MacOS X 10.4 is going to be based on this, or a proprietary technology. I've been itching for cross-platform metadata file support for years now...
Actually, there's a list of compatible printers on Apple's site. I'm guessing the Express has the same list as the standard Base Stations.
I like using it for my crouch key in FPS games. Of course, it depends on the game: some see it like holding the crouch key down, meaning your character stays crouched. Others see it as if you were repeatedly hitting the crouch key and letting go, making you 'bounce' in place.
That's like saying, "There's nothing in the local lawbooks that say I can't act as a law-enforcement officer when I want." I'd certainly take askance if any random Joe thought it was fine if he and his buddies broke down my door to make sure I wasn't selling drugs out of my home.
Just pick up a palmOne Zire 21. Less than $100, B&W 160x160 screen, USB, 8 Mb storage. It'll handle all the formats asked for, and runs quite a long time on its rechargeable battery.
Perhaps not currently, but the author is probably referring to the large amount of (non-voting) AAPL stock that MS bought several years ago. And I do believe, is still holding onto.
Apparently, you've never lived in Alaska. I worked at an Apple reseller in Anchorage, and aside from CompUSA we were the only authorized Apple shop in the state. And the CompUSA had a nasty reputation for not dealing with Mac owners fairly. Many folks in the outlying communities simply couldn't afford to visit our store, because it would literally take them all day to drive to Anchorage and back.
I took several TTY calls that were either orders (which we shipped), or tech-support questions (which I answered as best I could, given the system). Given the distance involved, I hardly think it would have been practical for those folks to physically visit our store.
No problem. Nah, I usually only buy $20-$30 per trip, unless I can hitch a ride with a friend. Walking, that's about all I can carry. I usually make multiple trips per week, however, instead of one big one.
(Emphasis mine.)
The poster was complaining about discs which don't allow you to bypass the opening FBI warning and/or advertisements. It's coded into the disc. RTFP.
I read books on my handheld all the time. Nothing quite like having half-a-dozen novels in a package smaller than a paperback. Provided you've got a decent screen & font, it's really not that bad.
Well, there's a simple solution: join Wikipedia and submit a correction to take away the (admittedly loaded) term "creation myth" and supplant it with, say, "creation theory." It will get peer review and, personally, I'd agree with your correction.
Though if you try to label it "creation science" you should expect to get revised... creationism is a very interesting theory, but it does not function on scientific principle. Correcting "myth" to "theory", however, seems valid to me. So, participate! That's what makes Wikipedia work. :)
Maybe because the iPod is the most easily recognizable, prolific music player on the market right now? Walkmans are dead, and you'd be hard-pressed to tell one manufacturer's CD player from another.
The iPod, on the other hand, is easily recognized, well-known and arguably helped push the digital music arena ahead to where it is today.
It would be like talking about how the modern car has impacted fuel consumption, and not discussing SUVs.
Personally, I walk a mile each way to get to the grocery store. And a mile or so to the bus stop. Yeah, in bad weather it's a bitch. But, I lack the income to get a car, and I never enjoyed driving anyway.
And, you're right: it's good exercise. I have to be careful when hauling groceries home, but otherwise it's just a good way to keep your back and legs in shape. Rain and snow make for unpleasant days, as do heat waves. Still, overall it's not that bad, and can be quite pleasant sometimes. Keep in mind, you miss a lot of detail about what's on the side of the road when you're driving.
Primaries are a chance for voters in specific parties to select whom they want to officially run for President in the main election. In most states, only registered party members may vote in a primary election, but other states allow anyone to vote in it.
Each state sets the date for primary elections to be held. This means it varies depending on when the individual states set for these elections to be held.
"Super Tuesday" is so named because 10 states have their primaries on the same day: the first Tuesday in March. Once this Super Tuesday election is over, it's usually pretty clear which party candidate is in the lead.
It's also important to note that the USA uses an "electoral college" system for Presidential elections. Each state is worth a certain number of representatives in this electoral college, based on population. And each state sets how its representatives will be elected.
In some states, each region tallies its vote and the popular vote determines how that region's EC rep will vote for President. In other states, the popular vote throughout the state is tallied, and all EC reps for that state vote accordingly.
(This makes it possible for someone to win the popular vote, yet still lose the election, because the other candidate had more votes in the Electoral College.)
The primaries are also based on these population numbers to determine who will be their official party candidate once the primaries are over.
"Super Tuesday" is important because it has some of the most populated states all voting on the same day. By this point, you can see the voter turnout for the party and start to make estimates of how likely they will be to win over the state's electoral vote when the real Presidential election occurs.
This year, there was only a Democrat primary. No one is challenging President George Bush as the Republican party candidate, so there's no point in even having a primary for their party.
How's that? :)
Now there's a contradiction in terms. In order to make a living, one needs income. If one is only working for free, they're not making a living.
Still, some people will pay $1.10-$1.49 to get a free 99 song... that's just amazing.
;)
Not really. It's $1.29 here for a 20 oz bottle.
Figure $0.99 for the song, $0.30 for the soda, and I'm happy.
Essentially, PalmSource is not going to develop for MacOS anymore, meaning that their new devices will be unsupported. Mark/Space is stepping in to offer their own Hotsync software, which will support PalmOS 4.x, 5.x and Cobalt devices (including Clies and the Zodiac).
This will allow you to sync your device with Apple's iApps, as well as mount your storage card on the desktop, etc. Also, they claim that current conduits will work without change under Missing Sync for Cobalt.
The only real question is whether the hardware manufacturers will include a copy on their installation CDs, or if we will have to pay for it seperately.
Basically: we have determined a mass of X for the matter we can observe. If Dark Matter/Energy doesn't exist, X makes no sense as a measurement. Yet, having a number X for this mass fits in with all our other knowledge of how things work, so we're missing something else if DM/E does not exist. :)
Or, perhaps, they're considering that those ground-based telescopes won't be able to fully adjust for atmospheric disturbance, which was the entire point of Hubble: get beyond the atmosphere for pristine images.
Incorrect. B5 almost got cancelled a few times, but the show ran its entire planned length: 5 seasons.