You could simply not update the OS . . . I find that my 3GS is running just fine, and I don't feel a need to upgrade to the latest version of iOS, this is the same thing that I did with the 3G (which started out as slow and got slower with the first upgrade, which is when I stopped them altogether). My 3GS came with iOS 4.2.1, and runs very nicely. I don't keep a large photo or music library on it, which may improve the performance issues with start up time for related apps (ie, the camera app might load more slowly if there is a large number of photos in the library).
Isn't AT&T doing to 4G what Verizon did to 3G? It is my understanding that what Verizon sells you as 3G service really isn't (1.0 Mbps, no simultaneous data/voice) where AT&T's version meets the 3G specification (even though somehow they still suck, but IMHExperience the 3G network at AT&T is really good, I've had no data connectivity issues since going to the 3GS, admittedly my iPhone 3G sucked balls on network speeds).
When I bought my PowerBook (in 2004) it came with a dvi to vga adapter. The Mac Mini I just got this weekend came with an hdi to dvi adapter. So I can connect my new mac mini with my 1996 view sonic LCD screen (If for some reason I wanted to) with the adapters apple has given me. I guess I don't understand all of the griping about the video connections on Macs. Maybe if I had a studio display from 10 years ago there would be a problem? Or are the laptops not coming with an hdmi port?
commodore64love has blacklisted google, so for her/him it must be hard to google CCD or DAP. Probably uses Bing . . . nope, MS is blacklisted. So that leaves yahoo . . . is it hard to yahoo stuff?
Hmmm . . . the 2x2 square at the end is represented by arcs in circles, which I am not at all understanding. But maybe there were the appropriate number of arcs to represent the line segments . . . I still don't see how that relates to the 3x3 and 4x4 squares.
Maybe the parent gave a bad example, but I do find myself using voice and data together a lot. I won't be moving to Verizon for just that reason. Before I got a smart phone (iPhone 3G, which I can't wait to get rid of) I did not think it would be a very big issue, but quickly found it to be very convenient. I am happy for those who find ways to work around this issue.
They lack the functionality of an OTA DVR, which would make them the true cable box replacement. The ability to record OTA is apparently not what anyone (aside from me) wants unfortunately.
In fact this is what defines SF according to a lit professor from whom I took a class on SF. Absent from his definition (which was accepted by some award group . . . Hugo perhaps) was any mention of "future", or science as a device. What was most critical was the recasting of the human condition in a new paradigm as a way to examine it. One of the best books from that course was "Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. LeGuin. Of course SF != SciFi.
Given your assertions as true I agree. The credibility of the journals is important, and doing this seems to bring it down. As well, by inflating what the kids have accomplished they have done them a dissevice like awarding everyone a trophy. Being published in the media would have been more appropriate, with some kind of acknowledgement from the journal. The scientific community could well be served by establishing a schoolastic version, which could do wonders for primary education. A way to celebritize those who excel in something other than sports or spelling.
That looks promising . . . it reminds me of my first laptop (a Toshiba 386) though, with the wide bevel area around each screen. I wonder if it will get enough attention to evolve or if this one will be the only production model from the manufacturer. Even so I'm considering getting one as I could use it on the job.
I'll prelude by saying that I'm neither a rabid fan, nor do I see MM as a villain. But I do have some issues with his tactics. One example, when he went to interview Chuck Heston at his home, he made a point to be fairly rude to him, which did not make any sense to me. here is the charismatic and well known leader of the NRA, the man who could be a great ally in helping to solve the problems of violence in the US. MM had already demonstrated through comparison with Canada that gun ownership alone does not have to lead to gun violence, and so the movie was not "anti-gun". This was an opportunity to actually frame the gun situation for healthy debate rather than reactionary bullshit. But despite that he ambushes CH at home and makes an ass of himself, while CH was being remarkably friendly and accommodating. I saw this as not only a missed opportunity, but an example of the kind of grandstanding in political debate that detracts from actually finding solutions to problems. I have not watched much by MM since then, but do still see him as generally a good person who is striving to make the US a better place motivated not by money but by principle.
The government cant force you to have auto insurance any more than it can force you to have a car. The only insurance you are required to have on a car is liability insurance in the event that you do decide to buy one. Just like if you decide to open a medical practice you are required to buy liability insurance.
The constitution pretty well spells out what the gov't has the right to do to us. Despite your willingness to believe otherwise, it does not have the right to tax us for not doing something. Can it tax you for not wearing glasses while you read a book? Can it tax you for not buying groceries, but rather having a garden? Can it tax you for not buying gasoline? I think not. Also, a penalty is not a tax, it is a fine.
Small difference, which may not invalidate your point, but taxes are somewhat indirect whereas this is "You will buy health insurance from one of these private companies". Roads are public infrastructure, as are police, schools and libraries. To say that just because one does not use these things they don't benefit from them is somewhat dubious. You eat organic produce that came from California? Well, the roads had something to do with that. Libraries and Police, pretty much useless;)
I see how silly it is for the US government to brazenly act in an irresponsible manner an expect that by stamping things secret they will never be caught.
If for a moment I decide that I agree with your premise (governments need secrets, along the lines of that which you gave the example) then I think there is another important premise which must accompany it, and that is governments that keep those secrets must also be diligent to ensure that those are the only secrets kept, so that the workings of the government are kept transparent. Of course that does not apply in this case, and the US government has not come close to that for a long time. In my mind this means there is no credibility and they have lost the trust that enables them to keep the first kind of secret.
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You could simply not update the OS . . . I find that my 3GS is running just fine, and I don't feel a need to upgrade to the latest version of iOS, this is the same thing that I did with the 3G (which started out as slow and got slower with the first upgrade, which is when I stopped them altogether). My 3GS came with iOS 4.2.1, and runs very nicely. I don't keep a large photo or music library on it, which may improve the performance issues with start up time for related apps (ie, the camera app might load more slowly if there is a large number of photos in the library).
I make a rhyme every opportunity!
Isn't AT&T doing to 4G what Verizon did to 3G? It is my understanding that what Verizon sells you as 3G service really isn't (1.0 Mbps, no simultaneous data/voice) where AT&T's version meets the 3G specification (even though somehow they still suck, but IMHExperience the 3G network at AT&T is really good, I've had no data connectivity issues since going to the 3GS, admittedly my iPhone 3G sucked balls on network speeds).
When I bought my PowerBook (in 2004) it came with a dvi to vga adapter. The Mac Mini I just got this weekend came with an hdi to dvi adapter. So I can connect my new mac mini with my 1996 view sonic LCD screen (If for some reason I wanted to) with the adapters apple has given me. I guess I don't understand all of the griping about the video connections on Macs. Maybe if I had a studio display from 10 years ago there would be a problem? Or are the laptops not coming with an hdmi port?
Seems like you are implying that your free will operates outside the laws of physics. Interesting point . . . but also incorrect.
commodore64love has blacklisted google, so for her/him it must be hard to google CCD or DAP. Probably uses Bing . . . nope, MS is blacklisted. So that leaves yahoo . . . is it hard to yahoo stuff?
Hmmm . . . the 2x2 square at the end is represented by arcs in circles, which I am not at all understanding. But maybe there were the appropriate number of arcs to represent the line segments . . . I still don't see how that relates to the 3x3 and 4x4 squares.
Ah. I see. You have no working knowledge of probabilities. Sorry to have wasted my time.
And the odds of rolling a 6 ten times in a row are quite a bit lower than one in 6. Or did you even read the post you replied to?
A warning. Like refer madness was a warning.
Maybe the parent gave a bad example, but I do find myself using voice and data together a lot. I won't be moving to Verizon for just that reason. Before I got a smart phone (iPhone 3G, which I can't wait to get rid of) I did not think it would be a very big issue, but quickly found it to be very convenient. I am happy for those who find ways to work around this issue.
They lack the functionality of an OTA DVR, which would make them the true cable box replacement. The ability to record OTA is apparently not what anyone (aside from me) wants unfortunately.
In fact this is what defines SF according to a lit professor from whom I took a class on SF. Absent from his definition (which was accepted by some award group . . . Hugo perhaps) was any mention of "future", or science as a device. What was most critical was the recasting of the human condition in a new paradigm as a way to examine it. One of the best books from that course was "Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. LeGuin. Of course SF != SciFi.
Given your assertions as true I agree. The credibility of the journals is important, and doing this seems to bring it down. As well, by inflating what the kids have accomplished they have done them a dissevice like awarding everyone a trophy. Being published in the media would have been more appropriate, with some kind of acknowledgement from the journal. The scientific community could well be served by establishing a schoolastic version, which could do wonders for primary education. A way to celebritize those who excel in something other than sports or spelling.
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If it was him wouldn't he have put "not A. Tapanaris" in the author property to throw the authorities off his trail?
That looks promising . . . it reminds me of my first laptop (a Toshiba 386) though, with the wide bevel area around each screen. I wonder if it will get enough attention to evolve or if this one will be the only production model from the manufacturer. Even so I'm considering getting one as I could use it on the job.
I'll prelude by saying that I'm neither a rabid fan, nor do I see MM as a villain. But I do have some issues with his tactics. One example, when he went to interview Chuck Heston at his home, he made a point to be fairly rude to him, which did not make any sense to me. here is the charismatic and well known leader of the NRA, the man who could be a great ally in helping to solve the problems of violence in the US. MM had already demonstrated through comparison with Canada that gun ownership alone does not have to lead to gun violence, and so the movie was not "anti-gun". This was an opportunity to actually frame the gun situation for healthy debate rather than reactionary bullshit. But despite that he ambushes CH at home and makes an ass of himself, while CH was being remarkably friendly and accommodating. I saw this as not only a missed opportunity, but an example of the kind of grandstanding in political debate that detracts from actually finding solutions to problems. I have not watched much by MM since then, but do still see him as generally a good person who is striving to make the US a better place motivated not by money but by principle.
Liability health insurance, in case you go around hitting people?
The government cant force you to have auto insurance any more than it can force you to have a car. The only insurance you are required to have on a car is liability insurance in the event that you do decide to buy one. Just like if you decide to open a medical practice you are required to buy liability insurance.
The constitution pretty well spells out what the gov't has the right to do to us. Despite your willingness to believe otherwise, it does not have the right to tax us for not doing something. Can it tax you for not wearing glasses while you read a book? Can it tax you for not buying groceries, but rather having a garden? Can it tax you for not buying gasoline? I think not. Also, a penalty is not a tax, it is a fine.
This.
Small difference, which may not invalidate your point, but taxes are somewhat indirect whereas this is "You will buy health insurance from one of these private companies". Roads are public infrastructure, as are police, schools and libraries. To say that just because one does not use these things they don't benefit from them is somewhat dubious. You eat organic produce that came from California? Well, the roads had something to do with that. Libraries and Police, pretty much useless ;)
I see how silly it is for the US government to brazenly act in an irresponsible manner an expect that by stamping things secret they will never be caught.
If for a moment I decide that I agree with your premise (governments need secrets, along the lines of that which you gave the example) then I think there is another important premise which must accompany it, and that is governments that keep those secrets must also be diligent to ensure that those are the only secrets kept, so that the workings of the government are kept transparent. Of course that does not apply in this case, and the US government has not come close to that for a long time. In my mind this means there is no credibility and they have lost the trust that enables them to keep the first kind of secret.