The survey went on to say that the remaining 18 percent of people 'exhibited unusual behavior in the workplace while carrying out their normal daily activities.
I'm surprised it wasn't 100 percent. Have these guys not looked in their IT room for a while? I've had bosses love to give tours into our server room, but they absolutely cringe when the tourees catch even a glimpse of us or even !gasp! want to talk to us. Seems they knew that "unusual behavior" was par for the course.
I would love to see BT controllers, with rechargeable batteries with charging docks. Those controllers have always needed a place to "sit" anyway, and far less battery replacement.
I concur. And while admittedly I could be considered a minority, I eat horribly on a vegatarian diet. Fried foods, cheese galore, massive amounts of pasta: ergo pizza, french fries, ravioli, deep fried anything, etc... and it's because these are the things provided easily. They surround us. Now, one that is vegetarian for health reasons (which would be the vast majority) won't be as easily swayed as I am to these foods, and therefore agree with your argument.
The study merely states, therefore, that a vegetarian diet seems to be healthier than the "normal" meat eaters diet, not necessarily that it's the meat itself that is the cause.
One of the problems that I have seen over and over again with vegetarians/vegans is that their nutrition research has been anemic, or rife with dis/misinformation. Fortunately, my wife (she turned vegan at a very young age, 13) had parents that demanded she do the research in order to maintain a healthy diet. She did. And without a derogatory ping to mention, she is slightly overweight. It wasn't a health/weight issue with her, but rather a moral one, and she eats plenty. You see, being underweight has nearly nothing to do with being vegetarian: it is the result of an unhealthy diet, and your friends should take note of that. Unfortunately, as I stated previously, our society doesn't serve the proper vegetarian diet in a convenient way, and therefore much work has to be done on the individual level. Research, consult a nutritionist, etc... whatever you need to do, because just eating salads is going to produce an extremely unhealthy result, and I see it constantly to my dismay.
The healthbenefits (links with references to the studies done) are hard to ignore, and are readily available to peruse. I found those in one minute of googling. I can provide more in depth studies if one wishes.
Just to reiterate, an unhealthy vegetarian, just as an unhealthy meat eater is the result of a bad nutritional intake, but research over the last 30 years has shown that an all veggie diet can in fact reduce many common modern health risks (diabetes, heart disease, colon cancer, among others).
She doesn't eat any "pills" at all. Not one, not even a multi-vitamin, and she's been vegan for 11 years and is in perfect health. You can get everything you need in food sources. You may want to inform your vegan friends to do a little more research...
"though I do dislike a lot of the self-deceptive propaganda you read"
I'm a vegetarian by default, as my wife's a vegan. Critical thought. If you use it then you are going to be fine. Consider your source, find corroboration, etc... You know, the stuff that no one does anymore...
The far bigger problem, as you pointed out, is the sanitized version of eating meat that most enjoy, and take for granted on levels not seen in many other arenas (in other words, self-deceptive propaganda). Coupled with the fact that we do not need to eat meat to survive (our "big brains" have taught us how to eat healthier on a no meat diet) and the "propaganda" swell shifts. While waiting for the next Outback Steakhouse commercial, my wife has stacks of University studies to read showing the health benefits of going veggie.
I monopolize my Mac playing games (those are just recent "Action" games listed). While at times we have to wait for the most popular titles to arrive for the Mac, most still arrive (the only one I miss is Half-Life/Counter Strike). I don't want for games, and jealousy over release times do not overtake me. They come when they come, it's new to me.
"Remember to keep separate the American citizens from the American Government(TM)."
If this is true, then I woke up in a different country (US). Remember, citizenz of the US hold a unique power in that the "government's" power is tenuous at best given the fact that it's own people ligitimize it. We allow it to have the power, and we can take it back (believe it or not!). So, if you do not like US policy, you have only yourselves to blame, not anyone else.
"The "Radeon 9650" is the highest upgrade option.. also an old card. There are no options for current graphics cards."
True, but you can sell the stock card (quite a few earlier G5 users would glady take it off your hands) and just purchase an X800, but you aren't going to get $499 for that 9650. So, while Apple doesn't offer it as an option, it certainly is still an option to be had if wanted/needed.
"So where is the dual-core??".
We'll have them, just not quite yet. My Dual 2.5 is plenty fast.
Why wouldnt you. CD to CD or DVD to DVD copying is much easier with 2 drives. Why not give the user options??
It's called Firewire/USB 2. You can add one if you wish.
"Alot of people care. I personally don't want a 4+ foot tall computer... this isn't the 70's"
I didn't like the size either. But, I aboslutely love the internal case design, and like the previous poster stated it sits under my desk as well and therefore have no problem with the size whatsoever.
"AMore network cards, better Audio cards, Raid controllers... things that power users who buy PowerMacs typically need.."
Well, there's your three slots.
"You shouldn't have to buy extra RAM on a $3000 machine"
Doesn't the new dual core Dell start at $3000, and with only 512MB RAM?
Exactly. Oh the day when informative identifiers won't have "some" people instantly associating them with derogatory sentiment, which is the true problem.
Yes, but you seem to not realize, that this is a good thing. Could you imagine a politician trying to convince you that he isn't trying to persuade you? Telling you to not listen to him outright, and to go and find out all of the information yourself for verification? Yeah, me niether...
It's called the installment of critical thought. Believe it or not (and you may not), critcal thought is a good thing.
Interesting, calling someone a choad for merely being critical of policy?
Well Heil Hitler to you too!
If you wish to argue his points, fine, but this is so far off the charts I had to respond. Calling Chomsky a choad bares your ignorance concerning his "non-linguistics" work. He states over and over and over, that he is not trying to persuade anyone. He states this incessantly.
And I quote: "You shouldn't believe what I say is true. Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself."
I see zombies everywhere. Turned stupid by gaining world views from "News for ratings". Masses marginalized by greed, propaganda and PR blitzes ensuring the proper level of fear and want of consumption.
This "study" is a farce and means nearly nothing. Some of the smartest people I know smoke weed like others drink, responsibly. This "study" says nothing of what they aren't paying attention to and that's tragic, because the odds are, it's probably a good thing...
That's the problem with tools such as DW. It puts too much power in the hands of a novice as someone CAN produce pages without realizing what it might be doing "wrong". I use DW in split window mode (code on top, "WISYWIG" on the bottom), and change/manually code it all myself in DW. DW has some great time saving tools, but in the hands of a non coder, you get what you described.
I disagree totally. We left FireWorks a couple of years ago, just due to the fact that when using PS for creation, using IR or just PS's own slice and save for web tool was far more productive, with far less compatibility issues (you even mentioned one of them). Not to mention, we didn't have to buy another app, or learn another GUI. And, I also disagree about the jpeg compression as others have already articulated.
In reality, Apple's decision to not be total bastards with regard to it's OS registration/usage/upgrading/, etc... is that it's mainly a hardware company. Microsoft is a software company. Too add, Microsoft can be bastards about making those extra bucks, because the vast majority of the entire world's user base is using it's software. It's just far too good to pass up because pissing off your customers while being merely "fiscally responsible" won't hurt them that much. They will gain far more than they could ever possibly lose, in other words.
Apple, however, is in the hardware business (That is, as far as the OS goes. To my knowledge, Apple only sells one app over $999). The more people that are using their machines with the latest OS the better for them. Throw in the hippy free-loving attitude of its users (along with Apple's knowledge of that), the fact that they only hold 3% of that user base (no need to stifle it any more!), and the explanation is even clearer.
I don't know. I realize the damaging effects of piracy. I would never condone it and often criticize others for it. I merely wished to point out that many Mac users have been swapping and installing OS's on machines since the beginning of the platform. And believe me, Apple knows it. You couldn't possibly make it as easy as it is to install on more than one machine (there isn't one technical reason that stops anyone from doing so, not one. No serial number, nothing. Just install anywhere, anytime) without realizing it. I think Apple rides a very fine line, and is good at it, by charging what they do for their updates.
"PhD in (something) doesn't equate to being an expert in (everything)"
True, and I don't think anyone suggested that. And I don't think that suggesting a politician, with their myriad of agendas that are significantly distant from what science may tell us, should be commenting at all on these matters, outside of references.
"slope-browed Creationist religious crazies"
You ain't kiddin'. Phew!
But the comment you made about SciAm, and other scientists, politicizing their stance... the only reason it's politicized is because their "stance" butts heads with the politician, and even the crazy religies and their unscientific agenda, so by proxy their "stances" are politicized ("stances" = scientific fact via study, peer review, testing, etc... you know, those crazy things we do in the name of discovery).
"Ironically, they criticize the Bush Administration for 'politicizing science'. Fine, discuss the debate and show the evidence where they've done it (along with fair time for the administration to rebut if they can). But once you take sides, you are NO BETTER."
Bullshit. Are you suggesting that when Bush trumps science for agenda, that science can't make a "stand"? Jesus Christ. If that's so, then science and fact finding are dead. And I assure you, these debates do happen, and let me be the very first to inform you (apparently), that the Bush "side" is severely lacking. Most would say that would be putting it in it's mildest terms. In fact, a simple google on most topics can show this outright, but that's work, and most never will bother. Bush wins... and he knows it. It's the dumb bastard effect you mention, and he is their king.
And yes, cancel your subscription, it seems none of it has sunk in anyway...
P.S. On a more serious note, you may want to check out Nature. It's very expensive, but filled with well discussed "scientific plausibility", as you put it. However, I must mention, that your "beliefs" will fare no better here either. It's science, there's not much you can do if you do not like the results... well, outside of politicizing them to the slope-browed masses. Seems to be working too...
Um, the only reason, the only one as to why a Mac mini would even be in the running for many "switchers" is the OS. I think they are aware of Tiger. Remember, it's a Mini, the OS is the only reason... a good one, but the only one.
Interesting. I would want the full version CDs, no doubt. You should do an "archive and install" when doing this update anyway, and, if you ever need to reinstall the OS to the machines in the future, you would have to first install 10.3, and then the updater again. With the full install you wouldn't have to do so.
No, having the full install is by far the better option IMO, but, that's just me...
as stated in a previous post: "Core Image/Video will not refuse to work on older Macs. It has an AltiVec fallback path that is slower than the GPU path but produces the same results."
Or, they don't make/sell crap? Which one is it? Everytime/.ers do these comparisons it seems that the prices are at worst comparible to similar spec'd Win machines. Yes yes, you can build cheaper boxen, great. But I don't think this is what TFA is talking about.
Now, does the receptionist/accountant/sales person need a Dual 2.5 G5? Hell no. An iMac would even be overkill. But, a Mini IMO may be a nice alternative, especially if you have a room full of CRT's laying around like more and more IT departments are acquiring these days (LCD upgrades at my last two places of employment). Sure, you absolutely can buy cheaper PC's than $500, and many wouldn't need the built in FW, Radeon 9200, iLife, etc... that go into the final price of the Mini (throw in a keyboard and mouse too), but take away admin costs (if all hell breaks loose on an any of our Macs, I can reinstall a clean version of the OS in 20 minutes without touching the user space or installed apps) and it more than makes up for it IMO. Now, enter the OS intuitiveness wars below:
I sent a 515 MB graphic file (hi-res, obviously) to my wife just yesterday via Gmail. I use it as an easy file transfer means for large files. Knowing that yahoo limits to 20 MB makes it unuseable for me. No way in hell.
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The survey went on to say that the remaining 18 percent of people 'exhibited unusual behavior in the workplace while carrying out their normal daily activities.
I'm surprised it wasn't 100 percent. Have these guys not looked in their IT room for a while? I've had bosses love to give tours into our server room, but they absolutely cringe when the tourees catch even a glimpse of us or even !gasp! want to talk to us. Seems they knew that "unusual behavior" was par for the course.
Yikes.
I would love to see BT controllers, with rechargeable batteries with charging docks. Those controllers have always needed a place to "sit" anyway, and far less battery replacement.
I concur. And while admittedly I could be considered a minority, I eat horribly on a vegatarian diet. Fried foods, cheese galore, massive amounts of pasta: ergo pizza, french fries, ravioli, deep fried anything, etc... and it's because these are the things provided easily. They surround us. Now, one that is vegetarian for health reasons (which would be the vast majority) won't be as easily swayed as I am to these foods, and therefore agree with your argument.
The study merely states, therefore, that a vegetarian diet seems to be healthier than the "normal" meat eaters diet, not necessarily that it's the meat itself that is the cause.
One of the problems that I have seen over and over again with vegetarians/vegans is that their nutrition research has been anemic, or rife with dis/misinformation. Fortunately, my wife (she turned vegan at a very young age, 13) had parents that demanded she do the research in order to maintain a healthy diet. She did. And without a derogatory ping to mention, she is slightly overweight. It wasn't a health/weight issue with her, but rather a moral one, and she eats plenty. You see, being underweight has nearly nothing to do with being vegetarian: it is the result of an unhealthy diet, and your friends should take note of that. Unfortunately, as I stated previously, our society doesn't serve the proper vegetarian diet in a convenient way, and therefore much work has to be done on the individual level. Research, consult a nutritionist, etc... whatever you need to do, because just eating salads is going to produce an extremely unhealthy result, and I see it constantly to my dismay.
The health benefits (links with references to the studies done) are hard to ignore, and are readily available to peruse. I found those in one minute of googling. I can provide more in depth studies if one wishes.
Just to reiterate, an unhealthy vegetarian, just as an unhealthy meat eater is the result of a bad nutritional intake, but research over the last 30 years has shown that an all veggie diet can in fact reduce many common modern health risks (diabetes, heart disease, colon cancer, among others).
Kindly,
eclectic
She doesn't eat any "pills" at all. Not one, not even a multi-vitamin, and she's been vegan for 11 years and is in perfect health. You can get everything you need in food sources. You may want to inform your vegan friends to do a little more research...
"though I do dislike a lot of the self-deceptive propaganda you read"
I'm a vegetarian by default, as my wife's a vegan. Critical thought. If you use it then you are going to be fine. Consider your source, find corroboration, etc... You know, the stuff that no one does anymore...
The far bigger problem, as you pointed out, is the sanitized version of eating meat that most enjoy, and take for granted on levels not seen in many other arenas (in other words, self-deceptive propaganda). Coupled with the fact that we do not need to eat meat to survive (our "big brains" have taught us how to eat healthier on a no meat diet) and the "propaganda" swell shifts. While waiting for the next Outback Steakhouse commercial, my wife has stacks of University studies to read showing the health benefits of going veggie.
I monopolize my Mac playing games (those are just recent "Action" games listed). While at times we have to wait for the most popular titles to arrive for the Mac, most still arrive (the only one I miss is Half-Life/Counter Strike). I don't want for games, and jealousy over release times do not overtake me. They come when they come, it's new to me.
Now, back WoW...
"Remember to keep separate the American citizens from the American Government(TM)."
If this is true, then I woke up in a different country (US). Remember, citizenz of the US hold a unique power in that the "government's" power is tenuous at best given the fact that it's own people ligitimize it. We allow it to have the power, and we can take it back (believe it or not!). So, if you do not like US policy, you have only yourselves to blame, not anyone else.
"The "Radeon 9650" is the highest upgrade option .. also an old card. There are no options for current graphics cards."
... this isn't the 70's"
... things that power users who buy PowerMacs typically need.."
True, but you can sell the stock card (quite a few earlier G5 users would glady take it off your hands) and just purchase an X800, but you aren't going to get $499 for that 9650. So, while Apple doesn't offer it as an option, it certainly is still an option to be had if wanted/needed.
"So where is the dual-core??".
We'll have them, just not quite yet. My Dual 2.5 is plenty fast.
Why wouldnt you. CD to CD or DVD to DVD copying is much easier with 2 drives. Why not give the user options??
It's called Firewire/USB 2. You can add one if you wish.
"Alot of people care. I personally don't want a 4+ foot tall computer
I didn't like the size either. But, I aboslutely love the internal case design, and like the previous poster stated it sits under my desk as well and therefore have no problem with the size whatsoever.
"AMore network cards, better Audio cards, Raid controllers
Well, there's your three slots.
"You shouldn't have to buy extra RAM on a $3000 machine"
Doesn't the new dual core Dell start at $3000, and with only 512MB RAM?
Exactly. Oh the day when informative identifiers won't have "some" people instantly associating them with derogatory sentiment, which is the true problem.
Yes, but you seem to not realize, that this is a good thing. Could you imagine a politician trying to convince you that he isn't trying to persuade you? Telling you to not listen to him outright, and to go and find out all of the information yourself for verification? Yeah, me niether...
It's called the installment of critical thought. Believe it or not (and you may not), critcal thought is a good thing.
Interesting, calling someone a choad for merely being critical of policy?
Well Heil Hitler to you too!
If you wish to argue his points, fine, but this is so far off the charts I had to respond. Calling Chomsky a choad bares your ignorance concerning his "non-linguistics" work. He states over and over and over, that he is not trying to persuade anyone. He states this incessantly.
And I quote: "You shouldn't believe what I say is true. Nobody is going to pour truth into your brain. It's something you have to find out for yourself."
Now, go do so...
See here. Why IDE? FW works just fine...
I see zombies everywhere. Turned stupid by gaining world views from "News for ratings". Masses marginalized by greed, propaganda and PR blitzes ensuring the proper level of fear and want of consumption.
This "study" is a farce and means nearly nothing. Some of the smartest people I know smoke weed like others drink, responsibly. This "study" says nothing of what they aren't paying attention to and that's tragic, because the odds are, it's probably a good thing...
That's the problem with tools such as DW. It puts too much power in the hands of a novice as someone CAN produce pages without realizing what it might be doing "wrong". I use DW in split window mode (code on top, "WISYWIG" on the bottom), and change/manually code it all myself in DW. DW has some great time saving tools, but in the hands of a non coder, you get what you described.
In other words, it wasn't DW's fault...
I disagree totally. We left FireWorks a couple of years ago, just due to the fact that when using PS for creation, using IR or just PS's own slice and save for web tool was far more productive, with far less compatibility issues (you even mentioned one of them). Not to mention, we didn't have to buy another app, or learn another GUI. And, I also disagree about the jpeg compression as others have already articulated.
No, you grow up!
*exits 2nd grade playground*
In reality, Apple's decision to not be total bastards with regard to it's OS registration/usage/upgrading/, etc... is that it's mainly a hardware company. Microsoft is a software company. Too add, Microsoft can be bastards about making those extra bucks, because the vast majority of the entire world's user base is using it's software. It's just far too good to pass up because pissing off your customers while being merely "fiscally responsible" won't hurt them that much. They will gain far more than they could ever possibly lose, in other words.
Apple, however, is in the hardware business (That is, as far as the OS goes. To my knowledge, Apple only sells one app over $999). The more people that are using their machines with the latest OS the better for them. Throw in the hippy free-loving attitude of its users (along with Apple's knowledge of that), the fact that they only hold 3% of that user base (no need to stifle it any more!), and the explanation is even clearer.
I don't know. I realize the damaging effects of piracy. I would never condone it and often criticize others for it. I merely wished to point out that many Mac users have been swapping and installing OS's on machines since the beginning of the platform. And believe me, Apple knows it. You couldn't possibly make it as easy as it is to install on more than one machine (there isn't one technical reason that stops anyone from doing so, not one. No serial number, nothing. Just install anywhere, anytime) without realizing it. I think Apple rides a very fine line, and is good at it, by charging what they do for their updates.
" you might think twice before swatting it could be an expensive action."
A 13" White Anglo-Saxon Prodestant with two video cameras and a GPS device? I agree, you're just asking for trouble coming at that with a fly swatter.
"PhD in (something) doesn't equate to being an expert in (everything)"
True, and I don't think anyone suggested that. And I don't think that suggesting a politician, with their myriad of agendas that are significantly distant from what science may tell us, should be commenting at all on these matters, outside of references.
"slope-browed Creationist religious crazies"
You ain't kiddin'. Phew!
But the comment you made about SciAm, and other scientists, politicizing their stance... the only reason it's politicized is because their "stance" butts heads with the politician, and even the crazy religies and their unscientific agenda, so by proxy their "stances" are politicized ("stances" = scientific fact via study, peer review, testing, etc... you know, those crazy things we do in the name of discovery).
"Ironically, they criticize the Bush Administration for 'politicizing science'. Fine, discuss the debate and show the evidence where they've done it (along with fair time for the administration to rebut if they can). But once you take sides, you are NO BETTER."
Bullshit. Are you suggesting that when Bush trumps science for agenda, that science can't make a "stand"? Jesus Christ. If that's so, then science and fact finding are dead. And I assure you, these debates do happen, and let me be the very first to inform you (apparently), that the Bush "side" is severely lacking. Most would say that would be putting it in it's mildest terms. In fact, a simple google on most topics can show this outright, but that's work, and most never will bother. Bush wins... and he knows it. It's the dumb bastard effect you mention, and he is their king.
And yes, cancel your subscription, it seems none of it has sunk in anyway...
P.S. On a more serious note, you may want to check out Nature. It's very expensive, but filled with well discussed "scientific plausibility", as you put it. However, I must mention, that your "beliefs" will fare no better here either. It's science, there's not much you can do if you do not like the results... well, outside of politicizing them to the slope-browed masses. Seems to be working too...
Um, the only reason, the only one as to why a Mac mini would even be in the running for many "switchers" is the OS. I think they are aware of Tiger. Remember, it's a Mini, the OS is the only reason... a good one, but the only one.
Interesting. I would want the full version CDs, no doubt. You should do an "archive and install" when doing this update anyway, and, if you ever need to reinstall the OS to the machines in the future, you would have to first install 10.3, and then the updater again. With the full install you wouldn't have to do so.
No, having the full install is by far the better option IMO, but, that's just me...
as stated in a previous post: "Core Image/Video will not refuse to work on older Macs. It has an AltiVec fallback path that is slower than the GPU path but produces the same results."
Dunno. It just does. I do it all the time. That is strange indeed...
Or, they don't make/sell crap? Which one is it? Everytime /.ers do these comparisons it seems that the prices are at worst comparible to similar spec'd Win machines. Yes yes, you can build cheaper boxen, great. But I don't think this is what TFA is talking about.
Now, does the receptionist/accountant/sales person need a Dual 2.5 G5? Hell no. An iMac would even be overkill. But, a Mini IMO may be a nice alternative, especially if you have a room full of CRT's laying around like more and more IT departments are acquiring these days (LCD upgrades at my last two places of employment). Sure, you absolutely can buy cheaper PC's than $500, and many wouldn't need the built in FW, Radeon 9200, iLife, etc... that go into the final price of the Mini (throw in a keyboard and mouse too), but take away admin costs (if all hell breaks loose on an any of our Macs, I can reinstall a clean version of the OS in 20 minutes without touching the user space or installed apps) and it more than makes up for it IMO. Now, enter the OS intuitiveness wars below:
I sent a 515 MB graphic file (hi-res, obviously) to my wife just yesterday via Gmail. I use it as an easy file transfer means for large files. Knowing that yahoo limits to 20 MB makes it unuseable for me. No way in hell.