>>Is it just me or are the comics in newspapers COMPLETELY devoid of any humor?
NO WAY. Take Garfield. There was this one time that Garfield tried to get a lasagna, and Jon tried to stop him, and then ODIE got involved. I'm crying here just remembering it. Man it was funny.
A few replies mention triclosan, but since it's not used orally in humans, or really used specifically at all, it's not really of any concern.
One that is of concern is Canesten Hygiene Laundry Rinse (http://www.canesten.com/products_en/canesten_waeschespueler_en.html).
Antifungal agents (topical and oral) are very important in treating specific human fungal diseases. Releasing this product on unsuspecting consumers is a very bad move. This product will easily select for resistant strains, which can then become dominant in a number of circumstances.
Turns out that a few months after I left, they gave up on finding a replacement, disbanded my old team and moved further development for the product I had been working on (which is used by millions of people and has at least one book written about it) to Bangalore, where it is languishing.
From what I've seen of a few similarly-handled issues, once this information becomes public, they'll pull forum posts and then work on fixing it (if they're not already).
If you have a bug report, Apple asks that you submit it via the usual channels. They don't, however, respond to these.
I'd imagine (and it is only imagination, since I'm not SteveJ or anyone who works for him) that they don't routinely respond to bug reports posted online because there's a helluva lot of "bug reports" posted online (in italics because the 'bug' may be simply user error, not Apple's fault or just really minor stuff) and responding to every single one may look good but may bog important personnel down in trivialities.
Deleting them stops the noise, while allowing signal through (to Apple) and hopefully allows Apple to get things done.
Perfect? No. But probably an OK way of handling things, given the number of false positives (not really bugs) to true positives (real bugs like this one).
No way. The car will roll over and then explode. Outside a school. I saw it on TV. Or maybe it was a movie. But the point is, I saw it and you should think of the children!
Brilliantly put. I just wish I had somewhere to save these pithy quotes when I see them, rather than forgetting them in 5 minutes time. Tattoo maybe...
The Slashdot Crowd always seems split on this: half say "go for lossless" (and thus big files, long downloads, download limits reached etc) and half say use format XYZ which sounds better than MP3 and is half the size.
MP3s are a good compromise: sound OK, file size not too bad, play everywhere (car, DVD player, many CD players).
In which case what you were doing was opening the folders and merging the contents. This is exactly what happens with MacOS: if you open a, say, Documents folder, and attempt to move everything inside it to another open Documents folder, the contents will be merged with questions asked about files with identical names.
There is no inconsistency. Move a folder to somewhere with a folder that has the same name, this will potentially (if you agree) replace the folder. Move the contents, merge the contents. Just like Real Life.
Yesterday I had big hassles with a USB stick (Imation, IIRC). Formatted as FAT32, I could read from it no worries but writing to it caused a Finder lockup. Cmd-opt-esc couldn't quit it - well it did eventually, but we're talking a minute or two rather than seconds.
I rebooted (Intel iMac, 2GHz, 10.4.10) just in case that was a problem. No dice. Locked up again. I copied all the files from the stick and attempted a format (FAT format). Locked up again. I ended up putting the file I needed on a CD and copying to the stick on a PC.
I have had a hassle with a different USB stick before, but I can't remember the details.
On another note, I have a USB card reader that none of the PCs in the office can handle, but works just fine on the iMac. I thought the "U" in "USB" stood for "UNIVERSAL"...
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Or do you mean "annoying crap no-one wants. Why won't they learn?"
Fresh food? Nah, he buys "food cubes". Tastes nearly like the real thing!
>>With regards to the !kosher tag, I was surprised to find that kosher gelatins do exist,
Yeah, sure. They just bent the rules and did some creative interpretation so their kids stop whining for confections/candy/lollies they can't have.
What are they trying to milk with "donatesperm.com"?
>>Is it just me or are the comics in newspapers COMPLETELY devoid of any humor?
NO WAY. Take Garfield. There was this one time that Garfield tried to get a lasagna, and Jon tried to stop him, and then ODIE got involved. I'm crying here just remembering it. Man it was funny.
According to the article discussing the RAND study, the system is designed to thwart shoulder launched SAM and Manpad attacks.
I don't think anything on earth could stop a missile sent to you courtesy of a US warship.
Well done. Spot on.
A few replies mention triclosan, but since it's not used orally in humans, or really used specifically at all, it's not really of any concern.
One that is of concern is Canesten Hygiene Laundry Rinse (http://www.canesten.com/products_en/canesten_waeschespueler_en.html).
Antifungal agents (topical and oral) are very important in treating specific human fungal diseases. Releasing this product on unsuspecting consumers is a very bad move. This product will easily select for resistant strains, which can then become dominant in a number of circumstances.
Bad, Bayer, bad!
Good link. Thanks.
I like the advice: Make sure there are no sharp and hard objects in the bag.
Starting to sound a bit like Dr Nick.
"I'll take out your gall bladder and install a DVD burner in your PC for free!"
None of this matters if I turn it up to 11, though.
So that's what happened to Netscape!
I love the shot of the four cameras together. Looks like a panopticon Doc Oc :-)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neoliminal/544945881/in/set-72157600350750369/
From what I've seen of a few similarly-handled issues, once this information becomes public, they'll pull forum posts and then work on fixing it (if they're not already).
If you have a bug report, Apple asks that you submit it via the usual channels. They don't, however, respond to these.
I'd imagine (and it is only imagination, since I'm not SteveJ or anyone who works for him) that they don't routinely respond to bug reports posted online because there's a helluva lot of "bug reports" posted online (in italics because the 'bug' may be simply user error, not Apple's fault or just really minor stuff) and responding to every single one may look good but may bog important personnel down in trivialities.
Deleting them stops the noise, while allowing signal through (to Apple) and hopefully allows Apple to get things done.
Perfect? No. But probably an OK way of handling things, given the number of false positives (not really bugs) to true positives (real bugs like this one).
No way. The car will roll over and then explode. Outside a school. I saw it on TV. Or maybe it was a movie. But the point is, I saw it and you should think of the children!
Brilliantly put. I just wish I had somewhere to save these pithy quotes when I see them, rather than forgetting them in 5 minutes time. Tattoo maybe...
That's some leet hakking going on there...
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/index.php?p=780
http://www.tjmcintyre.com/2005/06/morris-tribunal-learns-pitfalls-of.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/threatchaos/?p=464
The Slashdot Crowd always seems split on this: half say "go for lossless" (and thus big files, long downloads, download limits reached etc) and half say use format XYZ which sounds better than MP3 and is half the size.
MP3s are a good compromise: sound OK, file size not too bad, play everywhere (car, DVD player, many CD players).
WE DO NOT
You idiot.
--------------- That should earn me loyalty points on macfanboi.comDude, she was 81 years old. Why'd you have to go and mention her genitals.
They won't move if they know they're being watched.
Really? A friend had that once. Penicillin did the trick.
Don't you just hate people who verbify nouns?
In which case what you were doing was opening the folders and merging the contents. This is exactly what happens with MacOS: if you open a, say, Documents folder, and attempt to move everything inside it to another open Documents folder, the contents will be merged with questions asked about files with identical names.
There is no inconsistency. Move a folder to somewhere with a folder that has the same name, this will potentially (if you agree) replace the folder. Move the contents, merge the contents. Just like Real Life.
Or an unspiral effect.
Yesterday I had big hassles with a USB stick (Imation, IIRC). Formatted as FAT32, I could read from it no worries but writing to it caused a Finder lockup. Cmd-opt-esc couldn't quit it - well it did eventually, but we're talking a minute or two rather than seconds.
I rebooted (Intel iMac, 2GHz, 10.4.10) just in case that was a problem. No dice. Locked up again. I copied all the files from the stick and attempted a format (FAT format). Locked up again. I ended up putting the file I needed on a CD and copying to the stick on a PC.
I have had a hassle with a different USB stick before, but I can't remember the details.
On another note, I have a USB card reader that none of the PCs in the office can handle, but works just fine on the iMac. I thought the "U" in "USB" stood for "UNIVERSAL"...