That's the most clear difference to me. About half the people I know who use Windows shut down the pc when they are done with it, and power it back on when they want to use it again. However, my mom is the only person I know who has a Mac that does this. (I always tell her she doesn't need to do that but old habits die hard, it's her first Mac.)
There shouldn't be any trouble asking her to go out if it's a group thing. If it's just you and her, sure, but if you go around asking everybody "Hey, want to go to lunch? Some of us are headed over to the deli" then you're not ostracizing her, you're including her in a group that she is part of, the IT team or whatever team it is. Just remember that she's your co-worker, not some sex object, you have every right and reason to invite her to any work related gig.
My solution to DRM is simple: Don't buy DRM'd products. Buy the CD and rip it. You can usually get CD's on the cheap off Amazon.com. This doesn't work for the super-duper new music that's coming out, but there are a lot of great old CD's too. However, the chances are good enough that if a CD isn't cheap on Amazon then it's probably being played on the radio, and if it's being played on the radio I never feel bad about time-shifting my listening experience courtesy of P2P or friendly sharing.
Narrator: A new computer built by my company leaves the factory. The the battery blows up. The computer burns up with all your data trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of batteries in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one. Business woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents? Narrator: You wouldn't believe. Business woman on plane: Which computer company do you work for? Narrator: A major one.
PS: What is this "clocking out" thing you talk of?
I think that's the part about smacking the user.
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I learned that SATA was hot-pluggable after Vista nuked my partition table so bad that another XP system wouldn't boot up if the bad disk was plugged in during boot.
I guess the only voodoo part of this was trying to install Vista...
They may have said "abundance of sensitivity", which we would all take as them having a large quantity of pity to pour forth onto people who are mourning, but what I think they meant was "we have the balls to sue dead men, 12 year old girls, people who don't own computers, but like all balls, ours too are easy to hurt and they make for easy targets since they're so big". Clearly this was forfeit due to the PR nightmares that perpetually haunt them and their big balls before their abundant sensitive parts get kicked.
Naturally so, every person's reaction to it would be different. However, the PDF seems to agree with what I said, that you are enouraged to use Oxygen, but not *required*, as your original post said. That said, I'd want my pilot taking all the ncessecary precautions when flying VFR. Star gazing is still another matter altogether.;-)
Almost anybody who lives in the mountains of Colorado knows you don't need oxygen to climb a 14er. You say 10,000 feet requires oxygen? That means that all the people who are skiing at places like Crested Butte would need oxygen, since you get off the ski lift more than a thousand feet above that altitude. Skiing is also much more vigorous than flying a plane, but people don't go blind from lack of oxygen while doing it, even above 10,000 feet.
FAA regulations are overly cautious due to other circumstances which could create compound problems in which lives would be at stake. FAR 91.211 says that oxygen is required after 30 minutes of flying between 12,500 and 14,000 feet, or immediately when flying above 14,000 feet in a non-pressurized cabin. Supplemental oxygen is only suggested for flying at 10,000 feet during daylight, or 6,000 at night. But that's just a suggestion, not a requirement.
As for hypoxia during star gazing at 14,000 feet, this isn't a vigorous activity we're talking about. You'd likely not be starved for oxygen by merely laying on the ground.
Of course, none of this considers that the person who did the star gazing may have been acclimated to the altitude by spending months or years in high altitudes. When I was a kid in Colorado I saw more stars than I've ever seen anywhere else.
Looks like Ubuntu expected that since they registered Ubunutu.org and simply redirected it to Ubuntu.org. Perhaps they should have a little message informing people that they are mis-spelling Ubuntu, rather than directing them to the correct location even though an incorrect location was typed. (Don't want to do any negative reinforcement, you know.)
Better yet, they should make a new organization for Ubunutu and call it "UNU" for "Ubunutu's Not Ubuntu".
Your lack of punctuation and your random capitalization stands out clearly as a code. You're working for them... I'm currently breaking your code though, I'll find out what you're up to and I'll tell the whole world.
I really don't think that Apple's are overpriced when you consider how reliable they are. I'm still using the original 12" powerbook which I purchased over 3 years ago and it still runs fine. Being an IT guy, I've seen numerous Gateway, Dell and Alienware laptops fall apart in that time. I'd personally take an IBM or a Dell if I couldn't go with Apple, but I go with the higher priced Apple hardware because it's more reliable. I'd rather have a machine that doesn't require replacement parts every 6-12 months of 24/7 usage. Also, target-disk mode (only available on Apple hardware, afaik) is invaluable if you ever need to back up your entire hard disk, repair it, or do any other maintinence on it that requires full read/write permission to the filesystem.
I would expect this whole "Live" thing that MS is doing to be "Live" and stuff, so I don't see why it's necessary that they refresh the top.location when I hit search... I mean, it's not like it's even doing anything anyways.
That really is a humorous way to point out the leadership that Steve Jobs has at Apple and the rapport and superstar status he has with a large number of members in the tech community. Wether you love or hate Apple, you can't deny that that's how it is.
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That's the most clear difference to me. About half the people I know who use Windows shut down the pc when they are done with it, and power it back on when they want to use it again. However, my mom is the only person I know who has a Mac that does this. (I always tell her she doesn't need to do that but old habits die hard, it's her first Mac.)
There shouldn't be any trouble asking her to go out if it's a group thing. If it's just you and her, sure, but if you go around asking everybody "Hey, want to go to lunch? Some of us are headed over to the deli" then you're not ostracizing her, you're including her in a group that she is part of, the IT team or whatever team it is. Just remember that she's your co-worker, not some sex object, you have every right and reason to invite her to any work related gig.
My solution to DRM is simple: Don't buy DRM'd products. Buy the CD and rip it. You can usually get CD's on the cheap off Amazon.com. This doesn't work for the super-duper new music that's coming out, but there are a lot of great old CD's too. However, the chances are good enough that if a CD isn't cheap on Amazon then it's probably being played on the radio, and if it's being played on the radio I never feel bad about time-shifting my listening experience courtesy of P2P or friendly sharing.
That's right.
Maybe he chose to give it away for free rather than let the RIAA screw him and us by snagging an extra 85% of the money we throw down.
My thoughts exactly.
Narrator: A new computer built by my company leaves the factory. The the battery blows up. The computer burns up with all your data trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of batteries in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one.
Business woman on plane: Are there a lot of these kinds of accidents?
Narrator: You wouldn't believe.
Business woman on plane: Which computer company do you work for?
Narrator: A major one.
Hahah, I'm doing that right now! We must be from the same cult.
PS: What is this "clocking out" thing you talk of?
I think that's the part about smacking the user.
I learned that SATA was hot-pluggable after Vista nuked my partition table so bad that another XP system wouldn't boot up if the bad disk was plugged in during boot.
I guess the only voodoo part of this was trying to install Vista...
They may have said "abundance of sensitivity", which we would all take as them having a large quantity of pity to pour forth onto people who are mourning, but what I think they meant was "we have the balls to sue dead men, 12 year old girls, people who don't own computers, but like all balls, ours too are easy to hurt and they make for easy targets since they're so big". Clearly this was forfeit due to the PR nightmares that perpetually haunt them and their big balls before their abundant sensitive parts get kicked.
Naturally so, every person's reaction to it would be different. However, the PDF seems to agree with what I said, that you are enouraged to use Oxygen, but not *required*, as your original post said. That said, I'd want my pilot taking all the ncessecary precautions when flying VFR. Star gazing is still another matter altogether. ;-)
Almost anybody who lives in the mountains of Colorado knows you don't need oxygen to climb a 14er. You say 10,000 feet requires oxygen? That means that all the people who are skiing at places like Crested Butte would need oxygen, since you get off the ski lift more than a thousand feet above that altitude. Skiing is also much more vigorous than flying a plane, but people don't go blind from lack of oxygen while doing it, even above 10,000 feet.
FAA regulations are overly cautious due to other circumstances which could create compound problems in which lives would be at stake. FAR 91.211 says that oxygen is required after 30 minutes of flying between 12,500 and 14,000 feet, or immediately when flying above 14,000 feet in a non-pressurized cabin. Supplemental oxygen is only suggested for flying at 10,000 feet during daylight, or 6,000 at night. But that's just a suggestion, not a requirement.
As for hypoxia during star gazing at 14,000 feet, this isn't a vigorous activity we're talking about. You'd likely not be starved for oxygen by merely laying on the ground.
Of course, none of this considers that the person who did the star gazing may have been acclimated to the altitude by spending months or years in high altitudes. When I was a kid in Colorado I saw more stars than I've ever seen anywhere else.
Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs!
Editors? This is Slashdot. We don't need no stinking editors. Obviously.
So, what's the Windows equivalent to the preview button? I thought for sure they would've included that feature, but hey, I've been wrong before!
I like the past tense tone of your post. "This definitely was." That's has a nice finality to it. Screw hype.
Looks like Ubuntu expected that since they registered Ubunutu.org and simply redirected it to Ubuntu.org. Perhaps they should have a little message informing people that they are mis-spelling Ubuntu, rather than directing them to the correct location even though an incorrect location was typed. (Don't want to do any negative reinforcement, you know.)
Better yet, they should make a new organization for Ubunutu and call it "UNU" for "Ubunutu's Not Ubuntu".
But see, the hidden detail of step 2 was "Force everybody to buy new Ubunutu underwear".
Competition? I thot u wer gonna say dat da net iz y txt rec duzznt werk cuz sum peeps cant evn speek rite n e more LOLOL
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Now where's your demo?
Your lack of punctuation and your random capitalization stands out clearly as a code. You're working for them... I'm currently breaking your code though, I'll find out what you're up to and I'll tell the whole world.
M:I--()MHSTIMEMPM--,IBCIA,NSA,RIAAIRM,TCIM?
I don't think you sound bitter, I think you sound italic.
I really don't think that Apple's are overpriced when you consider how reliable they are. I'm still using the original 12" powerbook which I purchased over 3 years ago and it still runs fine. Being an IT guy, I've seen numerous Gateway, Dell and Alienware laptops fall apart in that time. I'd personally take an IBM or a Dell if I couldn't go with Apple, but I go with the higher priced Apple hardware because it's more reliable. I'd rather have a machine that doesn't require replacement parts every 6-12 months of 24/7 usage. Also, target-disk mode (only available on Apple hardware, afaik) is invaluable if you ever need to back up your entire hard disk, repair it, or do any other maintinence on it that requires full read/write permission to the filesystem.
I would expect this whole "Live" thing that MS is doing to be "Live" and stuff, so I don't see why it's necessary that they refresh the top.location when I hit search... I mean, it's not like it's even doing anything anyways.
That really is a humorous way to point out the leadership that Steve Jobs has at Apple and the rapport and superstar status he has with a large number of members in the tech community. Wether you love or hate Apple, you can't deny that that's how it is.