Once again. You show a lack of understanding of what Facism was/is.
It's an economic theory that allows the government to control private industry and tell it what it should make and how many of the product to produce.
Bush would be nearly the opposite of a fascist. He thinks government has no place telling industry and business what to do -- even if it means screwing workers. Now that doesn't mean I like Bush. Frankly, I really wish the Democratic party could get it through it's collective heads that they can't win national elections with ultra liberal northern democrat candidates. That formula hasn't since 1960 -- the last time a northern Democrat won the presidency.
Unfortunately, most people make the mistake of confusing facism with national socialism. They're completely separate things.
>> What happened to the USA? It was a free country with ideals, and now it is becoming a tyranny.
Come on folks. You can disagree with the policy and all. But do we really have so little perspective that we honestly think that requiring official government identification to enter the U.S. can be considered 'tyranny?'
This is almost as bad as the uninformed, uneducated folks who call Bush a fascists. It is a huge disservice to those who suffered under real fascism and tyranny.
I can understand the hyperbole (I'm hardly a George W. fan); but when you resort to this sort of thing it just discredits your point.
I suppose in an effort to call the glass half full, it would seem that things are not REALLY that bad if the modern definition of 'tyranny' is requiring passports at the border.
I think you and many others make the mistake of believing that if Apple were to release an x86 version of OS X that it would automatically mean that any beige pc would be able to run the OS.
As always, the situation isn't that black and white.
Apple could decide to use the x86 chips, but keep the system a closed one. Meaning they would still have the tightly integrated hardware/software. But the systems would just use a different chip.
There are a number of ways the company could use Intel chips while keeping their system closed.
I'm sure there would be efforts by others to crack it and get OS X running on some junkie Dell box.
But Apple could just make it a moving target with software update. (just as they do now with companies trying to open up the ipod to other music stores.)
One reason they might is the past inability of Motorola and IBM to provide the chips in the quantity that Apple required.
There have been a number of times in the recent past where Apple couldn't ship a product because these two companies were unable to provide enough usable chips.
Sure, Intel and AMD might have similar problems. But then you're looking at a dissimular situation.
If Apple can't get the newest chips from Intel/AMD, then presumably neither can HP, Dell, etc.
Actually, I think they would release the x86 version (reportedly, they have one ready to go, but won't release it), but there are business reasons they won't or can't.
One would be the riot by their developers.
It would be not a huge deal for developers of Cocoa applications to recompile their applications to run on OS X x86.
But many developers took the quicker route of converting their old classic applications to carbon.
It would not be an easy thing to move these carbon applications over to the new platform.
I think it's just too soon for apple to try to force these developers to make another move. They need time to recoup their costs on the current platform. If you try to force a move now, many would just quit OS X altogether.
Also, there's the little detail about Microsoft. I'm not too certain that Microsoft would continue to make Office for the PowerPC OS X in this scenario, yet alone port it to OS X x86.
I know, there are alternative office applications out there. But at the moment, I think it's still too big a risk for Apple to take.
My guess is you will eventually see OS X x86. But it's gonna be a couple of years. Once most new applications are written in Cocoa, it would really be a simple matter to move the entire platform to intel.
You're mistaken. If you want a two or more button mouse, you can buy one or use just about any pc usb mouse. I'm using a three button mouse as I write this. All three work.
Secondly, even with the old mice, you just had to control click to get the same functionality.
It'd be nice if you had actually used a Mac in the last four years before you state categorically that you can't right click one.
Well, the way I see it, Google News is sort of dependent on these "Free" news sources.
I find it funny to hear folks talk about the demise of the old media and the rise of the new. Folks often point to Google News as an example of how it will all be in the future.
There's just one little problem with that. What does Google news aggregate, if not the mainstream news outlets?
Blogs?
I really don't think so.
Can you imagine how uninformitive the web would be if every major news outlet pulled its content off the web?
What's left then for Google News to aggragate?
Yes. There are some blogs that are quite good. But most of the blogs I've seen are just rubish. The signal to noise ratio is quite poor.
What does Drudge have to blog about if all the mainstream news sources are no longer available for him to link?
Sure, he can rage about whatever he hears about. But how much less useful is his site without the links to the actual stories (links that are from traditional news sources).
I don't think this is an either or proposition. The old media and the new media are going to merge.
Blogs, aren't going to replace traditional news outlets. (They may replace the editorial and opinion pages of traditional news outlets.)
Things about the old media will change. But don't kid yourself that the web would be nearly as interesting without the contributions of these print and broadcast publications.
Not to go into specific detail. But I know a little something about this subject. Most folks who apply to get into these units have little choice in whether they are actually accepted and able to serve with these units.
The Rangers, for example, have something like a 80 percent washout rate for the three Active Duty Ranger Battalions. In other words, for every 10 men who apply to serve with an Army Ranger Battalion, only two of those folks will actually be in a Ranger unit 12 months down the road.
Getting a high security clearance has little to do with how 'smart' someone is. Basically, you need to have a clean criminal record, no unpaid debts and not have a history of cavorting with known criminals and terrorists.
Yes you have to be intelligent to be able to serve in one of these units. But you also have to be pretty physically tough. I know lots of folks who fit the first bill (being smart). But not many who are smart and tough. Hence, the high washout rate.
Do you think American Delta Force soldiers, Green Berets, Seals or Rangers have desk jobs? You can get in ANY of those units without at least a Secret Security clearance.
I would hardly suggest that any of those folks are manning desks.
Not that I agree with the FCC or the proponents of the Flag.
But the theory goes that content providers and broadcasters will make the switch to HD faster if they have more control over how their content is to be used by the viewer.
One of the big problems in rolling out HD has been the slowness of broadcasters to actually make the switch. I guess the FCC believes that the broadcasters will make the switch faster if they have an incentive to do so.
I agree. I think it would go well with their Friday lineup. Maybe they could improve the storyline a bit too. I'm sure it would do better on SciFi than it's current home.
Ok. Let's assume I live in Southern California, just a mile from Arizona. I work and do most of my driving in Arizona.
Does this mean that California is going to charge me a usage tax for the miles that I drove in Arizona?
This is ridiculous. This may fly in California, but I'm willing to bet it will never make it in other states. I for one would do everything i could to get any politician supporting this defeated at the next election.
Why can't they move Star Trek Enterprise to the SciFi channel? I'm sure it would do better there and seems to be a natural fit.
I hate that the show is going off the air. I was a regular viewer until this season. They switched it from Wednesday to Friday night and never made any kind of announcement that I ever saw.
The season was a month old before I discovered the move.
I believe they moved Sliders to SciFi for a while.
Is there any chance something similar could happen with Enterprise?
Now take your argument and take it to the logical next step.
Why would anyone ever leak any information to the press if they thought that simply throwing the reporter in jail would lead the journalist to reveal his/her source?
The Pentagon pagers? That story never would have happened. Any number of scandals in government that people should know about would never see the light of day. How does that make the United States a better country?
If Apple wants to discover who leaked this story, let it hire a private detective.
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Well, I happen to have a masters degree in political science. i don't exactly need to consult a web dictionary to know the definition of facism.
Once again. You show a lack of understanding of what Facism was/is.
It's an economic theory that allows the government to control private industry and tell it what it should make and how many of the product to produce.
Bush would be nearly the opposite of a fascist. He thinks government has no place telling industry and business what to do -- even if it means screwing workers. Now that doesn't mean I like Bush. Frankly, I really wish the Democratic party could get it through it's collective heads that they can't win national elections with ultra liberal northern democrat candidates. That formula hasn't since 1960 -- the last time a northern Democrat won the presidency.
Unfortunately, most people make the mistake of confusing facism with national socialism. They're completely separate things.
>>
What happened to the USA? It was a free country with ideals, and now it is becoming a tyranny.
Come on folks. You can disagree with the policy and all. But do we really have so little perspective that we honestly think that requiring official government identification to enter the U.S. can be considered 'tyranny?'
This is almost as bad as the uninformed, uneducated folks who call Bush a fascists. It is a huge disservice to those who suffered under real fascism and tyranny.
I can understand the hyperbole (I'm hardly a George W. fan); but when you resort to this sort of thing it just discredits your point.
I suppose in an effort to call the glass half full, it would seem that things are not REALLY that bad if the modern definition of 'tyranny' is requiring passports at the border.
One other thing.
:)
You need to think differently.
I think you and many others make the mistake of believing that if Apple were to release an x86 version of OS X that it would automatically mean that any beige pc would be able to run the OS.
As always, the situation isn't that black and white.
Apple could decide to use the x86 chips, but keep the system a closed one. Meaning they would still have the tightly integrated hardware/software. But the systems would just use a different chip.
There are a number of ways the company could use Intel chips while keeping their system closed.
I'm sure there would be efforts by others to crack it and get OS X running on some junkie Dell box.
But Apple could just make it a moving target with software update. (just as they do now with companies trying to open up the ipod to other music stores.)
One reason they might is the past inability of Motorola and IBM to provide the chips in the quantity that Apple required.
There have been a number of times in the recent past where Apple couldn't ship a product because these two companies were unable to provide enough usable chips.
Sure, Intel and AMD might have similar problems. But then you're looking at a dissimular situation.
If Apple can't get the newest chips from Intel/AMD, then presumably neither can HP, Dell, etc.
Actually, I think they would release the x86 version (reportedly, they have one ready to go, but won't release it), but there are business reasons they won't or can't.
One would be the riot by their developers.
It would be not a huge deal for developers of Cocoa applications to recompile their applications to run on OS X x86.
But many developers took the quicker route of converting their old classic applications to carbon.
It would not be an easy thing to move these carbon applications over to the new platform.
I think it's just too soon for apple to try to force these developers to make another move. They need time to recoup their costs on the current platform. If you try to force a move now, many would just quit OS X altogether.
Also, there's the little detail about Microsoft. I'm not too certain that Microsoft would continue to make Office for the PowerPC OS X in this scenario, yet alone port it to OS X x86.
I know, there are alternative office applications out there. But at the moment, I think it's still too big a risk for Apple to take.
My guess is you will eventually see OS X x86. But it's gonna be a couple of years. Once most new applications are written in Cocoa, it would really be a simple matter to move the entire platform to intel.
But that time isn't now.
You're mistaken. If you want a two or more button mouse, you can buy one or use just about any pc usb mouse. I'm using a three button mouse as I write this. All three work.
Secondly, even with the old mice, you just had to control click to get the same functionality.
It'd be nice if you had actually used a Mac in the last four years before you state categorically that you can't right click one.
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Well, you were the one who said you wanted access to a command line.
And, in any event, last time I checked, the dos prompt on XP was in a similarly hidden location
StartMenu/Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt
uh...
/Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
You realize that Mac OS X is a real live BSD Unix OS?
It's had a terminal application for several years now.
What?
Did we invade New Zealand too?
Sheesh. I don't know how I missed that one. Did we find WMD?
When Did New Zealand become a U.S. state?
Well, the way I see it, Google News is sort of dependent on these "Free" news sources.
I find it funny to hear folks talk about the demise of the old media and the rise of the new. Folks often point to Google News as an example of how it will all be in the future.
There's just one little problem with that. What does Google news aggregate, if not the mainstream news outlets?
Blogs?
I really don't think so.
Can you imagine how uninformitive the web would be if every major news outlet pulled its content off the web?
What's left then for Google News to aggragate?
Yes. There are some blogs that are quite good. But most of the blogs I've seen are just rubish. The signal to noise ratio is quite poor.
What does Drudge have to blog about if all the mainstream news sources are no longer available for him to link?
Sure, he can rage about whatever he hears about. But how much less useful is his site without the links to the actual stories (links that are from traditional news sources).
I don't think this is an either or proposition. The old media and the new media are going to merge.
Blogs, aren't going to replace traditional news outlets. (They may replace the editorial and opinion pages of traditional news outlets.)
Things about the old media will change. But don't kid yourself that the web would be nearly as interesting without the contributions of these print and broadcast publications.
I respectfully disagree.
I've got a 60 gig iPod photo with a full installation of Mac OS X on it. I use it as an emergency firewire boot drive.
Actually, it doesn't.
Not to go into specific detail. But I know a little something about this subject. Most folks who apply to get into these units have little choice in whether they are actually accepted and able to serve with these units.
The Rangers, for example, have something like a 80 percent washout rate for the three Active Duty Ranger Battalions. In other words, for every 10 men who apply to serve with an Army Ranger Battalion, only two of those folks will actually be in a Ranger unit 12 months down the road.
Getting a high security clearance has little to do with how 'smart' someone is. Basically, you need to have a clean criminal record, no unpaid debts and not have a history of cavorting with known criminals and terrorists.
Yes you have to be intelligent to be able to serve in one of these units. But you also have to be pretty physically tough. I know lots of folks who fit the first bill (being smart). But not many who are smart and tough. Hence, the high washout rate.
Hardly.
Do you think American Delta Force soldiers, Green Berets, Seals or Rangers have desk jobs? You can get in ANY of those units without at least a Secret Security clearance.
I would hardly suggest that any of those folks are manning desks.
Not that I agree with the FCC or the proponents of the Flag.
But the theory goes that content providers and broadcasters will make the switch to HD faster if they have more control over how their content is to be used by the viewer.
One of the big problems in rolling out HD has been the slowness of broadcasters to actually make the switch. I guess the FCC believes that the broadcasters will make the switch faster if they have an incentive to do so.
well, actually, the latest version of AIM has had the ability to chat with ICQ clients for a while now.
I agree. I think it would go well with their Friday lineup. Maybe they could improve the storyline a bit too. I'm sure it would do better on SciFi than it's current home.
Uh. I don't think so.
I have the 60 gig ipod photo and it came with both usb2 and firewire, as well as the rca cables to connect the dock to my home stereo.
you can return it within two weeks of purchase. Unfortunately, I purchased the 60 gig ipod Photo three weeks ago.
They dropped the price on it by $150.
But that happens sometimes.
You wouldn't, by any chance, be a lawyer, would you?
Your advice is simple enough. But who is going to pay the legal fees you rack up while fighing this 'uninventtive' patent?
Sure, you might win. But you aren't likely in such a case to get a judge to order the other party to the suit to pay your legal expenses.
So, I guess you better be very sure, before you follow your advice.
Ok. Let's assume I live in Southern California, just a mile from Arizona. I work and do most of my driving in Arizona.
Does this mean that California is going to charge me a usage tax for the miles that I drove in Arizona?
This is ridiculous. This may fly in California, but I'm willing to bet it will never make it in other states. I for one would do everything i could to get any politician supporting this defeated at the next election.
lol.
How naive would he have to be?
lol
Why can't they move Star Trek Enterprise to the SciFi channel? I'm sure it would do better there and seems to be a natural fit.
I hate that the show is going off the air. I was a regular viewer until this season. They switched it from Wednesday to Friday night and never made any kind of announcement that I ever saw.
The season was a month old before I discovered the move.
I believe they moved Sliders to SciFi for a while.
Is there any chance something similar could happen with Enterprise?
Now take your argument and take it to the logical next step.
Why would anyone ever leak any information to the press if they thought that simply throwing the reporter in jail would lead the journalist to reveal his/her source?
The Pentagon pagers? That story never would have happened. Any number of scandals in government that people should know about would never see the light of day. How does that make the United States a better country?
If Apple wants to discover who leaked this story, let it hire a private detective.