Potassium bensoate, on the other hand, occurs naturally in _higher_ than approved FDA levels in some fruits.
After seeing this article, I went and checked the ingredients of the store-brand Dr. Pepper knock-off I've been drinking. It doesn't have sodium benzoate, but it does have potassium benzoate. Since the problem seems to be the benzene part, I assume it's just as bad. But is it?
So, if someone believes every word of the Bible is absolute truth and nothing is metaphorical, simplified in terms that the people of the time would understand, and was completely accurate in its translation from language to language, then that would qualify them as a fundamentalist in my mind. In general, there is nothing wrong with that.
What, are you kidding? In general, of course there's something wrong with that! It means that person is terminally naive, has zero understanding of history or human nature, and is generally too fucking stupid to be a functioning member of enlightened society. Such willful ignorance is not only wrong, but also downright dangerous to the rest of us.
Or it could just be that REI doesn't suck. (It might have something to do with it being a "co-op" rather than a normal corporation, although I don't know if that really means much.)
If MS were smart, they'd buy up SCO for a few pennies in the near future and drop the case...
...Or make a deal with Novell to gut SCO before IBM has a chance to get at 'em.
Incidentally, you know that "unrelated" patent-indemnification deal MS and Novell made? Novell's motion to have its complaint with SCO heard before IBM's came shortly after it. Coincidence?
If that happens SCO will probably be in administration before the end of the day.
Right, which means that IBM wouldn't get the chance to triumph over SCO, because the trust administrator would settle. IMO, this is a bad thing, because I want SCO vs. IBM to set precedent.
All the court cases would be negotiated by the trustee and this whole mess would come to a screaming halt.
That would be unfortunate because the trustee would settle, which would fail to set precedent. I would much rather SCO fight to the bigger end and then unequivocally lose so that nobody else can buy up the remains and try this bullshit again.
In fact, considering that Novell made that motion after its deal with Microsoft, I wonder if MS put them up to it in order to deprive IBM of its decisive victory.
What part of the principle that people should be able to exercise their rights do you not understand?! I know I'm Godwining myself here, but fuck, man -- you're like the guy dismissing the Holocaust because you're not Jewish!
No, it doesn't. Just the other day I opened my laptop screen (waking it from sleep) and it immediately shut down to apply updates, closing everything I was working on in the process. It did not ever ask me. If it weren't for the fact that the computer in question is a Tablet PC (Vista actually has worthwhile improvements in that particular area only), it would have been reformatted right then and there.
It has an optional e-ink screen on the outside - remember all those people shouting for an apple tablet? Well know it is an option.
Having an extra screen on the outside has (or should have) nothing to do with it being a tablet. As the owner of an X60 tablet, I can tell you that having a digitizer on the main screen and a swiveling hinge are the requirements. E-ink would only be useful on the main screen (although, of course, it would make the computer useless for games or video).
No, it wasn't some fancy two-axis effort - it was a single handle, which turned around a single axis. I think there was some complex mechanical look-up function inside, to turn the one-variable input into a two-variable output.
Hah, you wish! Actually, it probably just opened the two valves in sequence (and closed the first, cold, one again) so that you could either have a scalding-hot shower at full pressure or a comfortable-temperature trickle of water, but not a comfortable, full pressure shower.
You mean "WTF are gages?" And the answer is that they're the little dially-lookin' doodads on your dashboard, (probably) right next to the light.
Also, the person who designed that button either can't spell, doesn't realize that spelling is "obsolete" according to Wiktionary, or made it too small to include a "u."
However, the point the systme is trying to get across is that you NEED TO REBOOT. Until you do, it's potentially in a state of limbo, with some updates only half-applied, which can cause all sorts of strange problems from conflicting file versions and the like.
Boo fucking hoo! I'm the USER, damnit. Whatever I'm doing is more important than applying updates! And if it can break itself just by half-updating, it's got bigger problems anyway.
The center button (between the four directional keys) opens the browser, also not changeable. Just connecting tends to cost a few cents. The first few months I had the phone I was paying 25 cents or so each month for accidental browser connections - each less than a few seconds. Lots of things can be locked - Address book, recent calls, texts, photos, Audio, etc, but wouldn't it be useful to be able to lock things that actually cost money?
When I got my first cellphone bill (which included a random extra dollar or so worth of accidentally hitting the browser button), I called up Cingular and demanded both that the charge be refunded, and that they disable my ability to access the Internet, IM, or send text messages entirely. I haven't had an extraneous charge since (to the best of my knowledge).
Bluetooth. I must say I was misled. I asked the salesperson if the phone had bluetooth - I wanted to be able to put my own ringtones on the phone, and copy photos off it, or whatever - and I was told it does. It does... but only for headsets.
Do you have Verizon? Verizon disables all the useful functions of Bluetooth in the firmware of the phone. If you hack it, you can probably fix the problem. Of course, in the future the best solution is to use a service provider other than Verizon (although none of the others are much better).
Here's my most annoying Slashdot bug: you know how when you view a single post it has "Reply to This" and "Parent" links at the bottom? That's fine and good. But when you actually do reply to the post, it removes the "Parent" link (which actually would have been useful if you wanted to review stuff farther up the thread) but keeps the "Reply to This" link which is entirely useless because you're already replying to the post! How brain-dead is that?!
I own a 2003 Hyundai Accent, one of the cheapest cars available (third only to the Chevy Aveo and Kia Rio at the time). After having rented a Toyota Corolla while it was in the shop (for accident repair, not because anything broke), I became very thankful to have it because the supposedly "nicer" car drove me insane by trying to do stuff for me! It would turn on the dashboard light according to a sensor (making me think the headlights were on when they weren't), lock or unlock the doors on its own, etc. Especially annoying was that it would shift gears for itself, which meant it was often not in the gear I wanted (which is a problem for low-horsepower cars like that).
There's a not-so-fine line between being "helpful" and trying to outsmart the user. And unfortunately, most cars to day are waaaay beyond it!
My next car will probably be a manual-transmission Honda Insight, to which I will add a MIMA kit. I like knowing and controlling exactly what the car's doing, damnit!
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After seeing this article, I went and checked the ingredients of the store-brand Dr. Pepper knock-off I've been drinking. It doesn't have sodium benzoate, but it does have potassium benzoate. Since the problem seems to be the benzene part, I assume it's just as bad. But is it?
What, are you kidding? In general, of course there's something wrong with that! It means that person is terminally naive, has zero understanding of history or human nature, and is generally too fucking stupid to be a functioning member of enlightened society. Such willful ignorance is not only wrong, but also downright dangerous to the rest of us.
I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is.
You don't think cutting off the end of the data counts as corrupting it?
Or it could just be that REI doesn't suck. (It might have something to do with it being a "co-op" rather than a normal corporation, although I don't know if that really means much.)
...Or make a deal with Novell to gut SCO before IBM has a chance to get at 'em.
Incidentally, you know that "unrelated" patent-indemnification deal MS and Novell made? Novell's motion to have its complaint with SCO heard before IBM's came shortly after it. Coincidence?
Right, which means that IBM wouldn't get the chance to triumph over SCO, because the trust administrator would settle. IMO, this is a bad thing, because I want SCO vs. IBM to set precedent.
That would be unfortunate because the trustee would settle, which would fail to set precedent. I would much rather SCO fight to the bigger end and then unequivocally lose so that nobody else can buy up the remains and try this bullshit again.
In fact, considering that Novell made that motion after its deal with Microsoft, I wonder if MS put them up to it in order to deprive IBM of its decisive victory.
Hey, cut him some slack. It doesn't matter anyway since the cartoon never really existed -- everybody knows the world was created last Thursday!
At Microsoft? Why, to avoid being Fucking Killed (TM) by a flying chair, of course!
In that case, instead of "interesting" people should mod funny stuff as "underrated."
I was complaining about the fact that it had a slushbox. I drive a stick too.
To answer your question, though, I suppose a CVT or DSG would have been acceptable.
What part of the principle that people should be able to exercise their rights do you not understand?! I know I'm Godwining myself here, but fuck, man -- you're like the guy dismissing the Holocaust because you're not Jewish!
You're joking, right? You honestly don't know about Nintendo's notorious business practices and censorship back in the day?
(Why those URLs both happen to refer to cartoons or comics I have no idea -- the material they link to is factual.)
No, it doesn't. Just the other day I opened my laptop screen (waking it from sleep) and it immediately shut down to apply updates, closing everything I was working on in the process. It did not ever ask me. If it weren't for the fact that the computer in question is a Tablet PC (Vista actually has worthwhile improvements in that particular area only), it would have been reformatted right then and there.
Having an extra screen on the outside has (or should have) nothing to do with it being a tablet. As the owner of an X60 tablet, I can tell you that having a digitizer on the main screen and a swiveling hinge are the requirements. E-ink would only be useful on the main screen (although, of course, it would make the computer useless for games or video).
When, exactly is it coming out? And where can I read about it? My girlfriend is getting ready to buy a new phone...
It would overheat. Thinner means smaller heatsink (even if there is a heatpipe involved), you know.
WTF?! Alt-SysRq? Why would it make you hit the Alt key too?
Hah, you wish! Actually, it probably just opened the two valves in sequence (and closed the first, cold, one again) so that you could either have a scalding-hot shower at full pressure or a comfortable-temperature trickle of water, but not a comfortable, full pressure shower.
You mean "WTF are gages?" And the answer is that they're the little dially-lookin' doodads on your dashboard, (probably) right next to the light.
Also, the person who designed that button either can't spell, doesn't realize that spelling is "obsolete" according to Wiktionary, or made it too small to include a "u."
Boo fucking hoo! I'm the USER, damnit. Whatever I'm doing is more important than applying updates! And if it can break itself just by half-updating, it's got bigger problems anyway.
When I got my first cellphone bill (which included a random extra dollar or so worth of accidentally hitting the browser button), I called up Cingular and demanded both that the charge be refunded, and that they disable my ability to access the Internet, IM, or send text messages entirely. I haven't had an extraneous charge since (to the best of my knowledge).
Do you have Verizon? Verizon disables all the useful functions of Bluetooth in the firmware of the phone. If you hack it, you can probably fix the problem. Of course, in the future the best solution is to use a service provider other than Verizon (although none of the others are much better).
Here's my most annoying Slashdot bug: you know how when you view a single post it has "Reply to This" and "Parent" links at the bottom? That's fine and good. But when you actually do reply to the post, it removes the "Parent" link (which actually would have been useful if you wanted to review stuff farther up the thread) but keeps the "Reply to This" link which is entirely useless because you're already replying to the post! How brain-dead is that?!
I own a 2003 Hyundai Accent, one of the cheapest cars available (third only to the Chevy Aveo and Kia Rio at the time). After having rented a Toyota Corolla while it was in the shop (for accident repair, not because anything broke), I became very thankful to have it because the supposedly "nicer" car drove me insane by trying to do stuff for me! It would turn on the dashboard light according to a sensor (making me think the headlights were on when they weren't), lock or unlock the doors on its own, etc. Especially annoying was that it would shift gears for itself, which meant it was often not in the gear I wanted (which is a problem for low-horsepower cars like that).
There's a not-so-fine line between being "helpful" and trying to outsmart the user. And unfortunately, most cars to day are waaaay beyond it!
My next car will probably be a manual-transmission Honda Insight, to which I will add a MIMA kit. I like knowing and controlling exactly what the car's doing, damnit!
It's "administratively impossible" in the sense that the administrator, Steve Ballmer, would Fucking Kill(TM)®© any Microsoft employee that enumerated the patents!