Macs cost substantially more than PCs, so I would be shocked if this weren't the case. Buying a Mac, however, will increase your income as effectively as XL condoms with increase your penis size.
Really, an order of magnitude more? Entry-level Mac Pro, quad core 3.2 Ghz Zeon, 6 GB of RAM, 1 TB HD, and ATI Radeon HD 5770 costs $2,500. I'd love to buy that at the $250 price-point. Please share.
I think the reasoning behind this is that THQ has been reduced to a level that they could be considered either a charity or an indie-level company, with their current financial situation. They are really in a tough spot, and desperately need cash.
I was really just saying that the Google Docs interface is bad for a large amount of documents. And what is really needed is periodic maintenance, not constant discipline (Though that would be nice). Every few months, clean things up a bit.
This. Except don't use Google Docs. I can't imagine using Google Docs to store 20+ years worth of documents. Google Docs is good for collaborating to create/modify a document, then allow you to take that out when you are done, and organize it how you want. Create a file server (probably what you currently have), and put things into folders in a sensible way. By year, by topic, by whatever will make it easier to sort through. I'm sure Bob realizes the mess that has been created. Just say "This has become disorganized over the years, let's make a conscious effort to organize it." It's not Bob's fault, it's everyone who didn't say something sooner that is to blame.
I read it as "It is price x no matter what, while a DDoS is in progress, the price increases to y, even if you bought it ahead of time" which would be gouging. If it is, indeed, "Price x if you buy it ahead of time, and price y if you buy it during an attack" then that's just common sense. Ongoing protection that might not be needed is going to be cheaper than ongoing protection that is needed immediately.
That said, it sounds like the guy had warning before the attack started, so this is more like buying homeowner's insurance after someone threatens to burn down your house.
Returning to the gold standard would devastate our economy.
Dismantling the Fed would leave us unable to intervene to prevent economic catastrophe or overheating.
Ending fractional reserve banking would threaten the solvency of our banking system.
The Austrian School of economics has been picked clean of any useful, empirically sound ideas, and the carcass that was left behind has been completely discredited by all accepted theories and by events that have occurred that fly in the face of it.
Mitt Romney is not insane. Barack Obama is not insane. Gary Johnson is not insane. I'm unsure about Jill Stein. I vehemently disagree with Rick Santorum, but he is not insane. I agree with several of Ron Paul's ideas, but he is insane.
I'm not just being partisan, a large portion of Ron Paul's ideas are not the product of rational thought.
He's not OCD. Someone with OCD would not have done a shitty job of cloning the two sides. (Look at the thickness of the bottom of the racks, or do what I did, and open two copies of the jpg, flip one horizontally, and flip back and forth between the images.)
Because he thinks getting rid of the Federal Reserve is a good idea. Because he thinks going back onto the gold standard would be anything but catastrophic. Because he does not realize that the Austrian school of economics has been soundly dis-proven. I like Ron Paul; he's honest, he's well spoken, and I know that if he says something, he really believes it is true. He is without a doubt a great guy, and a great American, but his ideas are just not workable.
In a voting system where the second place and third place get a voice, Ron Paul would get a lot more votes. A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for nobody. In a parliamentary system, Ron Paul's followers would have a real reason to vote for him. In first past the post, there is no such incentive. Also, Ron Paul is insane.
Everywhere I have worked has name brand computers. It's just generally not worth building from scratch, and most companies who don't do tech as their core business want to treat computer issues as NMFP. Even my home PC is an HP, though I will admit I regretted the purchase. "Name brand" computers are cheap. Nearly top of the line can be had, on sale, for just a few hundred dollars.
Three is way too few. They need Corporate high volume, corporate medium volume, and corporate low volume. (High and medium being multi-function copy machines, low being a beefy printer). These should all be laser. Then they have various graphic-design oriented printers, from high volume to low volume, with variations in paper sizes. Lets say high, medium, and low volume, with "low volume" overlapping with high end consumer. Drafting/plotting printers for blueprints and such. Then maybe 7 consumer printers. That's 13 right there, disregarding color/monochrome, and injet, bubblejet, and whatever the hell else exists (I rarely print at home, so I only know what we have at work). (My math doesn't add up because of the overlap I noted). So far fewer, but definitely more than 3.
It also depends on the device you use. On CM9, I lost a lot of functionality and battery life on my phone, but on CM7 I was perfectly happy. On my tablet, I lost my camera. (Who the hell uses a camera on a tablet though?)
Read the parent post more carefully. "Stupid people buy iPhones" does not say "Smart people don't buy iPhones."
I also should have noticed someone clarified my post for me before doing it myself. This is exactly what I meant. The group of people buying iPhones is far more diverse than the group of people flashing CM.
I should have stated this better. Buying an iPhone doesn't make you stupid, but stupid people do buy them. Stupid people don't tend to know about or try to install CM. I know plenty of intelligent people who buy iPhones. iPhones appeal to a large demographic, from the less than average to the above average. CyanogenMod does not.
Yes, as long as you have the original CD-key, you can restore your account. I restored mine with my original Half-Life 1 CD-key just a few years ago. (It's the only game on my account that I have ever had a physical copy of, I think)
That's a fair criticism. In fact, I would say 7 seconds is quite generous. I often find myself waiting longer. I do like the fact though, that I can toss my computer out my window right now, get a new one, and have all my games back in the time it takes to redownload them.
You can easily screw up your device trying to get CM on it, and on some devices will lose functionality. CM is not for the a lot of people that Android is very popular among (People who pic their phone based on which one looks nicest and is free with an x-year contract). Your auto-mechanic does not need to be getting CM 9 nightlies pushed to his phone.
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Macs cost substantially more than PCs, so I would be shocked if this weren't the case. Buying a Mac, however, will increase your income as effectively as XL condoms with increase your penis size.
Really, an order of magnitude more? Entry-level Mac Pro, quad core 3.2 Ghz Zeon, 6 GB of RAM, 1 TB HD, and ATI Radeon HD 5770 costs $2,500. I'd love to buy that at the $250 price-point. Please share.
Over priced? Yes, but numbers have meaning.
Linux, as an almost exclusively business OS, is a "serious" UNIX. It's nearly absent desktop penetration is a testament to that.
I think the reasoning behind this is that THQ has been reduced to a level that they could be considered either a charity or an indie-level company, with their current financial situation. They are really in a tough spot, and desperately need cash.
If you had read the article, you would have seen the photo, which is several strings of Mardi Gras beads on the Martian surface.
It means I agree with the parent. And I believe it's a farkism.
I was really just saying that the Google Docs interface is bad for a large amount of documents. And what is really needed is periodic maintenance, not constant discipline (Though that would be nice). Every few months, clean things up a bit.
This. Except don't use Google Docs. I can't imagine using Google Docs to store 20+ years worth of documents. Google Docs is good for collaborating to create/modify a document, then allow you to take that out when you are done, and organize it how you want. Create a file server (probably what you currently have), and put things into folders in a sensible way. By year, by topic, by whatever will make it easier to sort through. I'm sure Bob realizes the mess that has been created. Just say "This has become disorganized over the years, let's make a conscious effort to organize it." It's not Bob's fault, it's everyone who didn't say something sooner that is to blame.
I read it as "It is price x no matter what, while a DDoS is in progress, the price increases to y, even if you bought it ahead of time" which would be gouging. If it is, indeed, "Price x if you buy it ahead of time, and price y if you buy it during an attack" then that's just common sense. Ongoing protection that might not be needed is going to be cheaper than ongoing protection that is needed immediately.
That said, it sounds like the guy had warning before the attack started, so this is more like buying homeowner's insurance after someone threatens to burn down your house.
Watching Larry King's 3rd party debate. Jill Stein is sane, but some of her ideas are short sighted.
Mitt Romney is not insane. Barack Obama is not insane. Gary Johnson is not insane. I'm unsure about Jill Stein. I vehemently disagree with Rick Santorum, but he is not insane. I agree with several of Ron Paul's ideas, but he is insane. I'm not just being partisan, a large portion of Ron Paul's ideas are not the product of rational thought.
What?
He's not OCD. Someone with OCD would not have done a shitty job of cloning the two sides. (Look at the thickness of the bottom of the racks, or do what I did, and open two copies of the jpg, flip one horizontally, and flip back and forth between the images.)
Because he thinks getting rid of the Federal Reserve is a good idea. Because he thinks going back onto the gold standard would be anything but catastrophic. Because he does not realize that the Austrian school of economics has been soundly dis-proven. I like Ron Paul; he's honest, he's well spoken, and I know that if he says something, he really believes it is true. He is without a doubt a great guy, and a great American, but his ideas are just not workable.
In a voting system where the second place and third place get a voice, Ron Paul would get a lot more votes. A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for nobody. In a parliamentary system, Ron Paul's followers would have a real reason to vote for him. In first past the post, there is no such incentive. Also, Ron Paul is insane.
I didn't miss it, there's just no way to make the leap from "many countries" to "except for the US." And where do I say I'm in the US?
Everywhere I have worked has name brand computers. It's just generally not worth building from scratch, and most companies who don't do tech as their core business want to treat computer issues as NMFP. Even my home PC is an HP, though I will admit I regretted the purchase. "Name brand" computers are cheap. Nearly top of the line can be had, on sale, for just a few hundred dollars.
Three is way too few. They need Corporate high volume, corporate medium volume, and corporate low volume. (High and medium being multi-function copy machines, low being a beefy printer). These should all be laser. Then they have various graphic-design oriented printers, from high volume to low volume, with variations in paper sizes. Lets say high, medium, and low volume, with "low volume" overlapping with high end consumer. Drafting/plotting printers for blueprints and such. Then maybe 7 consumer printers. That's 13 right there, disregarding color/monochrome, and injet, bubblejet, and whatever the hell else exists (I rarely print at home, so I only know what we have at work). (My math doesn't add up because of the overlap I noted). So far fewer, but definitely more than 3.
It also depends on the device you use. On CM9, I lost a lot of functionality and battery life on my phone, but on CM7 I was perfectly happy. On my tablet, I lost my camera. (Who the hell uses a camera on a tablet though?)
I also should have noticed someone clarified my post for me before doing it myself. This is exactly what I meant. The group of people buying iPhones is far more diverse than the group of people flashing CM.
I should have stated this better. Buying an iPhone doesn't make you stupid, but stupid people do buy them. Stupid people don't tend to know about or try to install CM. I know plenty of intelligent people who buy iPhones. iPhones appeal to a large demographic, from the less than average to the above average. CyanogenMod does not.
Yes, as long as you have the original CD-key, you can restore your account. I restored mine with my original Half-Life 1 CD-key just a few years ago. (It's the only game on my account that I have ever had a physical copy of, I think)
That's because stupid people don't put CM on their phones. Stupid people do, however, buy iPhones.
That's a fair criticism. In fact, I would say 7 seconds is quite generous. I often find myself waiting longer. I do like the fact though, that I can toss my computer out my window right now, get a new one, and have all my games back in the time it takes to redownload them.
You can easily screw up your device trying to get CM on it, and on some devices will lose functionality. CM is not for the a lot of people that Android is very popular among (People who pic their phone based on which one looks nicest and is free with an x-year contract). Your auto-mechanic does not need to be getting CM 9 nightlies pushed to his phone.