That's just it 99% of the time you don't need to know all that extra information. It's like trekkies who know every little detail about Star Trek ships and how they "work". Only a small percentage of people actually need to know that information. libraries are good that way, and if you wanted to know more about nixon you can always read up on him, but the question becomes why?
Most people don't need to know why, they only learn when they need to know. If I need o know more about something I will look it up fully. If I only need to fact check a few items then I can only fact check a few items.
ah but that is the kicker. Really smart people don't buy revision A apple hardware. It always has a few loose ends that need to be fixed.
I want an iPhone. but I am waiting until at least the SDK and third party apps ship, or the second revision of the phone.
which ever comes first. This way I am not the beta tester. Sort of like SP1, or SP2 for MSFT software. the really annoying bugs are finally worked out of the system and it becomes useful.
American Rush Limbaugh is one the loudest non paid apple supporters out there. Bush has been known to carry an iPod, I don't know which computer he uses though.
Oddly enough Al Gore is also one.
Basically if you have a little extra cash and don't mind paying for quailty hardware there is a greater chance of one being a Mac Fan.
Itunes on windows or OSX ? Itunes on OSX never needs a reboot, but quicktime often does.
itunes on windows is because whenever you run an application on windows you should reboot to clear out memory properly. (not true but it does seem like it some days)
how about using an OS that has decent hibernate and sleep functions? I know MSFT keeps breaking them so windows users rarely know that joy, but damn. I know Linux can do it, Windows can too.
My two Macs take 10 seconds to load up and are network ready and 5 seconds of that is me typing in my password. REboots should only be used when you need to update the system. If you have so many memory problems that you need to reboot more often than that , then i suggest you upgrade your OS to something that isn't a fisherprice toy.
I can pull out my laptop raise the cover log in, check movie times, and put it back faster than a fresh XP install or hell even a fresh OS X install can boot.
All MSFT has to do is stop screwing around with the ACPI specs and not care if Linux or anyone else can use them. that won't happen so windows users will always get shafted.
he is the catholic pope. the 17 century would be an improvement. Pope John Paul at least publicly forgave Galileo though. Benndict seems to be on a mission from god to undo everything that Pope John paul did.
I know several people with 15 year old cell phone numbers and one stubborn guy who even still has the same phone plan from 10 years ago, much to the annoyance of Verizon. Every few years he buys a new phone and just has the phone changed.
My cell phone number though is only 9 years old. Got in 1999.
Home phone numbers though my grandmother has had the same number since her kids where growing up. so ~60 years?
If we are sill running 32 bit software in 2038 I will fully blame MSFT.
I would be surprised if 70% of the comptuers in use by 2020 would still be 32 bits. Not with most of the newer processors today at 64 bits. Experiments in 16 core 128 bit computers to toast your bread in the morning should be happening by 2020.
If you own a Mac you can access the CD audio directly and import it from that. if you own windows your still screwed. Even so called copy protected cd's, can be bypassed. The cd audio data has to be there somewhere.
That's the problem with software DRM it is single platform only, once you get out of that platform you can bypass it easily.
I would but MSFT is an illegal monopoly in the USA, South Korea, and Europe. Yet they still have total control over file formats.
MSFT is a for profit company which means they should sell products and services people are asking for. People are asking for converters for other OS's. MSFT doesn't even provide converters for OSX an OS which it does support. let alone for other OS's.
If your business is totally dependant on trade secret file formats then you had better be very careful. As the one day that some one builds something better your screwed.
>>When Microsoft was forced to disclose information about the SMB format to EU anti-trust department they tried to give them the source code - complaining that it cost them too much to describe the format.
And that is exactly what is wrong with MSFT. no one on the inside have bothered to document what has been done. ballmer just throws a bunch of coders into a room, and tells them it has to work or chairs will be thrown into the room(not true, I hope).
Everyone else Documents their stuff so that any one who wants to know can figure it out later. MSFT is stuck in Propertiery mode so deep that no one can figure out what is going on. Kodak, Xerox, Chrysler, and even IBM have all been there before. They have learned their lesson and keep better control over their setup. for MSFT to change like that though the current management will have to leave.
there is 300+ million people living int he USA most with high tech jobs. If the economy collapses due to china demanding payment then a lot of those jobs will get killed off.
People go where the money is. If 40% of the population loses their jobs then you have 40% of the population who can work in the new industries.
I did say it would take a while as little details about how to o it have been lost. I am thinking 20 years down the line not tomorrow.
PETA will roll over when their members can't afford to live as no one has enough work. The whole point is that China puts us into a giant economic depression PETA only exists because people have free time and money to do things they are passionate about, PETA wouldn't survive very well through such a depression.
Yes and no. Your right China could/would hurt us dramactically. but remember this. All that steel, copper, aluminum that we import is because American's couldn't produce those same materials for that price. pennsylvania is filled with steel even though all the steel forges have shut down.
I don't know if it was by accident or on purpose but we are using up china's steel. While keeping our own stockpiled natures way. Our companies can't compete on price, and closed down, but if price was no longer the issue then we have all sorts of resources available to us. Sure it would take a while to get going again. Lots' of little experience has been lost but If it came right down to it the USA is one of the few countries who could survive such an economic collapse.
Other than Oil and rubber the USA could be self sufficient. We have more than enough old tires floating around that rubber would last until we could get back up on our feet.
While It would hurt the long term repercussions wouldn't be any worse than the great depression. indeed another massive depression could very well be the spark that sets it off.
ah but most of the screens on display at CES are displaying images from computers other sources. The channel, volume, and power buttons don't need to get pressed except at the end of the day.
a piece of tape the right color and your done. the presentors can move on to other things.
Watching some of those guys try to adjust cables first instead of hitting the power button was far funnier than anything else.
I do understand the cars that you don't have to put a quart of oil in it every other week. i had a couple of those myself.
As for my tax returns I have thought about adjusting my withholding, but then I looked at it another way. If I had $30 extra in hands right away, it would get lost.
By letting the government hold it Interest free (downside) I know I will get a check for several hundred dollars at the end of the year. On top of that I get the piece of mind knowing that I will not have to pay any tax if something happens. I know one kid who got totally screwed as he was working several jobs while withholding too little. I would rather not have to scramble to come up with extra money because I picked up a second job and it pushed me into the next higher bracket.
So you lose a little today, but you know for a fact when the year ends you won't end up losing even more.
A senior machinist is most likely in charge of other machinists. Which means there will be times when he needs to have private discussions with those people about policies, or failure to follow policies. Senior machinist will also have more direct paper work to sort through that the regular floor guys don't need to see, or shouldn't see.
A senior machinist will need a large desk, and a small office, Possibly he can share them with other senior machinists but they will need a private place to talk with those underneath them.
Any logical course would be both. First charges againist the person in question for endangering lives. Then you go after the engineers who designed a system that could be hijacked. Anyone with half a brain would see how easily the kid bypassed the setup, and go after the designers. It is why Engineers need to be licensed. it is why archeticts need to be licensed.
When Lives are on the line, you don't do stupid shit and allow it to go unpunished. Who was responsible for the Tacomna narrows bridge? The guy who barely made it off of it alive? Or the people who designed the system to begin with?
Not only did developers at digital do the leg work, Alpha machines that were to run windows NT had to have special co processor to convert the NT code into Alpha instructions.
this I know for a fact as I have held in my hands an Alpha Motherbaord and have seen the clearly labeled chip for MSFT NT compatibility.
I took the unit apart for fun. the 256MB ram cards were bigger than the laptop I am writing this on.
So instead of making all beholden to the federal governement, why doesn't eh Federal governemnt collect a database of ID's from the various states.
Such a database is what the feds are after, and States still retain the power the Constitution provides for them. It would also be far cheaper to implenment. As you would only need at most 60 new servers.
Forcing yet another federal ID upon the people is only a sign of 1984. Soon we will have to have show federal ID with proper travel papers when traveling between the states.
While I am quite like you. I bought a $20,000 as it fit my needs for storage and doubled my fuel effiency. I have two credit cards, and as soon as one of those is paid off It will get canceled(bad decision on my part). The other has a high balance allowed for emergencies but i don't let myself spend more than %15 of the overall balance. while I don't have a lot set aside, I do have a months worth, two months if I am careful(IE it will cover my all bills but not anything abnormal). At the end of the year i use my tax return to either put some money aside, or to buy the one or two big items I might need during that year. Last year I splurged on a decent matteress and box spring. I also save all my change. 3-4 times a year i take it to a coinstar machine. sure they take 10% but I still end up with an extra $150-$200 a year at christmas time to buy gifts with.
You don't have to buy the cheapest out there. You can have the latest phone, And go to fancy restruants. The trick is to do it with moderation. You can have a car with Leather interior and a moonroof, you can have comfortable furniture. Just don't go crazy buying it as it comes out the door. Give it time.
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Actually look to europe first for the next big technology group. China is still only copying ideas.
The first big sign of the downfall of the USA is when OPEC switches Oil from Dollars to Euros to make more money.
That's just it 99% of the time you don't need to know all that extra information. It's like trekkies who know every little detail about Star Trek ships and how they "work". Only a small percentage of people actually need to know that information. libraries are good that way, and if you wanted to know more about nixon you can always read up on him, but the question becomes why?
Most people don't need to know why, they only learn when they need to know. If I need o know more about something I will look it up fully. If I only need to fact check a few items then I can only fact check a few items.
ah but that is the kicker. Really smart people don't buy revision A apple hardware. It always has a few loose ends that need to be fixed.
I want an iPhone. but I am waiting until at least the SDK and third party apps ship, or the second revision of the phone.
which ever comes first. This way I am not the beta tester. Sort of like SP1, or SP2 for MSFT software. the really annoying bugs are finally worked out of the system and it becomes useful.
American Rush Limbaugh is one the loudest non paid apple supporters out there. Bush has been known to carry an iPod, I don't know which computer he uses though.
Oddly enough Al Gore is also one.
Basically if you have a little extra cash and don't mind paying for quailty hardware there is a greater chance of one being a Mac Fan.
Itunes on windows or OSX ? Itunes on OSX never needs a reboot, but quicktime often does.
itunes on windows is because whenever you run an application on windows you should reboot to clear out memory properly. (not true but it does seem like it some days)
how about using an OS that has decent hibernate and sleep functions? I know MSFT keeps breaking them so windows users rarely know that joy, but damn. I know Linux can do it, Windows can too.
My two Macs take 10 seconds to load up and are network ready and 5 seconds of that is me typing in my password. REboots should only be used when you need to update the system. If you have so many memory problems that you need to reboot more often than that , then i suggest you upgrade your OS to something that isn't a fisherprice toy.
I can pull out my laptop raise the cover log in, check movie times, and put it back faster than a fresh XP install or hell even a fresh OS X install can boot.
All MSFT has to do is stop screwing around with the ACPI specs and not care if Linux or anyone else can use them. that won't happen so windows users will always get shafted.
he is the catholic pope. the 17 century would be an improvement. Pope John Paul at least publicly forgave Galileo though. Benndict seems to be on a mission from god to undo everything that Pope John paul did.
I know several people with 15 year old cell phone numbers and one stubborn guy who even still has the same phone plan from 10 years ago, much to the annoyance of Verizon. Every few years he buys a new phone and just has the phone changed.
My cell phone number though is only 9 years old. Got in 1999.
Home phone numbers though my grandmother has had the same number since her kids where growing up. so ~60 years?
If we are sill running 32 bit software in 2038 I will fully blame MSFT.
I would be surprised if 70% of the comptuers in use by 2020 would still be 32 bits. Not with most of the newer processors today at 64 bits. Experiments in 16 core 128 bit computers to toast your bread in the morning should be happening by 2020.
question do you own windows or a mac?
If you own a Mac you can access the CD audio directly and import it from that. if you own windows your still screwed. Even so called copy protected cd's, can be bypassed. The cd audio data has to be there somewhere.
That's the problem with software DRM it is single platform only, once you get out of that platform you can bypass it easily.
I would but MSFT is an illegal monopoly in the USA, South Korea, and Europe. Yet they still have total control over file formats.
MSFT is a for profit company which means they should sell products and services people are asking for. People are asking for converters for other OS's. MSFT doesn't even provide converters for OSX an OS which it does support. let alone for other OS's.
If your business is totally dependant on trade secret file formats then you had better be very careful. As the one day that some one builds something better your screwed.
>>When Microsoft was forced to disclose information about the SMB format to EU anti-trust department they tried to give them the source code - complaining that it cost them too much to describe the format.
And that is exactly what is wrong with MSFT. no one on the inside have bothered to document what has been done. ballmer just throws a bunch of coders into a room, and tells them it has to work or chairs will be thrown into the room(not true, I hope).
Everyone else Documents their stuff so that any one who wants to know can figure it out later. MSFT is stuck in Propertiery mode so deep that no one can figure out what is going on. Kodak, Xerox, Chrysler, and even IBM have all been there before. They have learned their lesson and keep better control over their setup. for MSFT to change like that though the current management will have to leave.
there is 300+ million people living int he USA most with high tech jobs. If the economy collapses due to china demanding payment then a lot of those jobs will get killed off.
People go where the money is. If 40% of the population loses their jobs then you have 40% of the population who can work in the new industries.
I did say it would take a while as little details about how to o it have been lost. I am thinking 20 years down the line not tomorrow.
PETA will roll over when their members can't afford to live as no one has enough work. The whole point is that China puts us into a giant economic depression PETA only exists because people have free time and money to do things they are passionate about, PETA wouldn't survive very well through such a depression.
no the paint adds color and creamyness, and that sticks to your ribs feeling. Oh and don't forget the nice buzz.
Yes and no. Your right China could/would hurt us dramactically. but remember this. All that steel, copper, aluminum that we import is because American's couldn't produce those same materials for that price. pennsylvania is filled with steel even though all the steel forges have shut down.
I don't know if it was by accident or on purpose but we are using up china's steel. While keeping our own stockpiled natures way. Our companies can't compete on price, and closed down, but if price was no longer the issue then we have all sorts of resources available to us. Sure it would take a while to get going again. Lots' of little experience has been lost but If it came right down to it the USA is one of the few countries who could survive such an economic collapse.
Other than Oil and rubber the USA could be self sufficient. We have more than enough old tires floating around that rubber would last until we could get back up on our feet.
While It would hurt the long term repercussions wouldn't be any worse than the great depression. indeed another massive depression could very well be the spark that sets it off.
ah but most of the screens on display at CES are displaying images from computers other sources. The channel, volume, and power buttons don't need to get pressed except at the end of the day.
a piece of tape the right color and your done. the presentors can move on to other things.
Watching some of those guys try to adjust cables first instead of hitting the power button was far funnier than anything else.
I do understand the cars that you don't have to put a quart of oil in it every other week. i had a couple of those myself.
As for my tax returns I have thought about adjusting my withholding, but then I looked at it another way. If I had $30 extra in hands right away, it would get lost.
By letting the government hold it Interest free (downside) I know I will get a check for several hundred dollars at the end of the year. On top of that I get the piece of mind knowing that I will not have to pay any tax if something happens. I know one kid who got totally screwed as he was working several jobs while withholding too little. I would rather not have to scramble to come up with extra money because I picked up a second job and it pushed me into the next higher bracket.
So you lose a little today, but you know for a fact when the year ends you won't end up losing even more.
Um that's bullshit and you know it.
A senior machinist is most likely in charge of other machinists. Which means there will be times when he needs to have private discussions with those people about policies, or failure to follow policies. Senior machinist will also have more direct paper work to sort through that the regular floor guys don't need to see, or shouldn't see.
A senior machinist will need a large desk, and a small office, Possibly he can share them with other senior machinists but they will need a private place to talk with those underneath them.
Any logical course would be both. First charges againist the person in question for endangering lives. Then you go after the engineers who designed a system that could be hijacked. Anyone with half a brain would see how easily the kid bypassed the setup, and go after the designers. It is why Engineers need to be licensed. it is why archeticts need to be licensed.
When Lives are on the line, you don't do stupid shit and allow it to go unpunished. Who was responsible for the Tacomna narrows bridge? The guy who barely made it off of it alive? Or the people who designed the system to begin with?
Not only did developers at digital do the leg work, Alpha machines that were to run windows NT had to have special co processor to convert the NT code into Alpha instructions.
this I know for a fact as I have held in my hands an Alpha Motherbaord and have seen the clearly labeled chip for MSFT NT compatibility.
I took the unit apart for fun. the 256MB ram cards were bigger than the laptop I am writing this on.
So instead of making all beholden to the federal governement, why doesn't eh Federal governemnt collect a database of ID's from the various states.
Such a database is what the feds are after, and States still retain the power the Constitution provides for them. It would also be far cheaper to implenment. As you would only need at most 60 new servers.
Forcing yet another federal ID upon the people is only a sign of 1984. Soon we will have to have show federal ID with proper travel papers when traveling between the states.
While I am quite like you. I bought a $20,000 as it fit my needs for storage and doubled my fuel effiency. I have two credit cards, and as soon as one of those is paid off It will get canceled(bad decision on my part). The other has a high balance allowed for emergencies but i don't let myself spend more than %15 of the overall balance. while I don't have a lot set aside, I do have a months worth, two months if I am careful(IE it will cover my all bills but not anything abnormal). At the end of the year i use my tax return to either put some money aside, or to buy the one or two big items I might need during that year. Last year I splurged on a decent matteress and box spring. I also save all my change. 3-4 times a year i take it to a coinstar machine. sure they take 10% but I still end up with an extra $150-$200 a year at christmas time to buy gifts with.
You don't have to buy the cheapest out there. You can have the latest phone, And go to fancy restruants. The trick is to do it with moderation. You can have a car with Leather interior and a moonroof, you can have comfortable furniture. Just don't go crazy buying it as it comes out the door. Give it time.
AAC's or MP4 are just the next evolution of the MP3.
The only reason more people can't pay them is because they tried to play WMA's more figureing on MSFT to win the DRM war.
Apple doesn't mind losing this part. as more iPods can be sold.
who said Diebold ATM's can't get hacked? there have been several virus outbreaks on diebold ATM machines. I refuse to use them.