Bottom line the writing was on the wall that Apple would head to Intel to solve a basic problem:
The laptop line can't grow without the G5 getting smaller and (mostly) heat-free.
Apple does a long-anticipated end run around the problem of the G5 heat problem by allowing Intel Chips to finally run the OS. If Intel can make a cool-running but fast laptop-chip (something much better than the Centrino, which should be possible if they use something of Apple's and Motorola's methods) Apple will be ahead of the game. They can continue to have G5's, and continue to have them be better. But this releases the Laptop line from a critical stress point.
Uh...Why is this funny? (Yes, I get the joke and yes, funny.)
Frankly, it's a great suggestion. I'd love to have America's youth thinking good things like the Mantra of GPL, instead of bad things like "...let's keep all the good things to ourselves and make some moolah or shut out the little guy"...
* my parents, my friends, my coworkers, my dog and my clients sending me documents that have viruses.
* them calling me about their horrible little problems with the miserable Windows operating system and it's foibles. Why anyone thinks it's a good idea to saddle their organization or lives with this kind of bear on their back is beyond me.
* windows crashing when I need it the most.
For all those reasons I encourage people to abandon Windows and endorse operating systems that make some sense and do far less damage. That means Linux and Macintosh, with as much open source and well written shareware as can be reasonable used to get on with life. Life is too short and Windows is far too stupid to suffer for long.
This kinds of thing happens all the time in every administration. This has been happening from the very beginning of our country. It goes like this:
* Someone forms a Commission. Do you know what a Comission is? Look it up. Wikipedia. Dictionary.com, etc. There is no reason why a Commission has to be bi-partisan. Bi-Partisan Committies, Commissions, etc are nothing more than an agreement by the ruling party to say "look we're being cooperative", or fair. This is nothing requiring the ruling party to do so.
* When a party decides to make or modify a commission, commitee, etc., (yes, even if one has been historically bi-partisan) you have the pleasure to put whoever suits your primary purpose on that committee.
Obviously this administration is pursuing the very thing they want, which is a partisan view represented by their administration. The Republican Party line has been for over TWO decades now "if it's not influenced by liberals, it's fair".
Here's a great example: In the 1980's, when Reagan was in office, his administration didn't want demographics coming out of the census bureau to represent the "democratic point of view". Those that were clear supporters of the party were kept and promoted to position within the organization to make sure facts and figures promoted the Republican agenda. One might say at this point these are no longer facts, but statistics, demographics, etc can be modified to suit the agenda.
Take unemployment figures. Unemployment figures are frequently modified by administrations to include and exclude different people with different qualifications. In the 80's when unemployment rates soared, the Reagan administration removed from the unemployment roles anyone with a part time job to reduce the amounts of people listed as unemployed -- The roles at one time listed everyone collecting a portion of unemployment but carrying a part-time job as on the rolls.
Well, are you unemployed? No, but it doesn't mean you aren't drawing from the unemployment pot. The percentages were modified to combat the soaring unemployment figures. Add to that anyone with a part time job was suddenly seen as "Gainfully Employed (yes, ignore the fact that you can't make a real living for a family of four working part time at Macdonalds even in teh 80's)... and you could say as a member of the Republican administration, "Look Ma, We haven't done anything but change some figures and we're responsible for decreasing the unemployment rolls."
There were numerous articles in the 80's media that wrote about this situation and I'm sure if you look in the 1980-1982 Washington Post and New York Times, you'll see evidence of this.
As a liberal, I am unhappy that the Bush administration took this action, but you know what? They're allowed to. If you want your views represented, that means you have to get involved in politics. If you don't do that, you will NEVER win the day when it comes to true political equality, because the other party, liberal or conservative will consider weighting a panel, commission, or otherwise in their favor. That's called politics and it's perfectly legal. If you don't like it, you should have done your part to make sure that you and your neighbors did their part and voted democrat in the last presidential election.
In particular, I was referring to the information aspect of those services, and the regular research and reports conducted under ERIC and IDEA's mandates. With those information resources blunted by removal of funding for ERIC and IDEA, it makes the situation that much worse. I agree with you wholeheartedly "AC".
It's a burden on the public, it's a burden on the parent and it's a burden on the child.
Good luck with getting your child the help he needs. This Administration apparently has little to no interest in helping people with special needs cope, and is far more interested in letting you "find your way" by paying people unnecessarily for information you shouldn't have to pay for when the public good was met in an outstanding fashion by a perfectly acceptable publicly funded source.
Extend this model to "Accuweather" and you'll be paying Accuweather for information that should be free to all. In fact, the case could be made that free information like this saves lives, in fact this argument was made in the first place.
If nobody mentions at least one quote from Canadian Bacon in reaction to this I think I'm gonna plotz.
"Boomer: There's a time to think, and a time to act. And this, gentlemen, is no time to think. "
Okay, good. Whew. Plotz avoided, carry on Eh?
I have to agree, I just don't see how any of this could and would hold up in Canadian courts considering the protections in place for consumers. But then, that's just my opinion.
>Myers argued that nearly all consumers get their >weather information for free through commercial providers, >including the news media, so there's little reason for the >federal agency to duplicate their efforts.
This is EXACTLY the same argument the Bush Administration attempted (and succeeded) to use when arguing that IDEA Practices and ERIC (two primary sources of research and information on "Special Needs" education) were no longer needed in terms of their being funded through the No Child Left Behind Act. The administration's argument was "This information is duplicated hundreds of times on the internet, why should we do this? It's redundant..."
Never mind the fact that IDEA and ERIC was the source of all that juicy information. This is a typical strategy to take this activity to the private sector with no real benefit to the public.
...."South Korea plans to outsource DMZ Robot customer service to India, China and Canada. South Korea is also considering plans to outsource 24/7 remote pilots for the robots some time in the next year. Our sources say it's likely the remote operations contract will go to a small town in Honduras, who are so hopped up on cocaine they never sleep. More on this as information becomes available"......."This just in...the small town in Honduras offering 24/7 pilot services has decided to change their name to "Skynet". More on this story as it progresses"....
"I woke up this morning and decided -- you know...I should go online. Someone called me a NADD. Well. I was suitably offended and right away I called them a PIG. See if they call me a NADD again, they'll regret it." -Jack Handey
That's absolutely true. Look at the makers of CherryPC... it's so easy to take code from open source projects like PearPC, bundle it up as your own and not even remotely give credit to the PearPC team... Heck, you could make thousands before people notice...
I completely agree with you. I got soured on Sierra games back in the days of Kings Quest I and II, etc.
Just out of curiosity, I wonder how much responsibility Roberta Williams had in terms of Sierra's game design choices. Did she early on decide to do this? Did she get shouted down in a board meeting or something in the days of Sierra On-Line?
I note that Card said in the Enders Game mention on his production site:
"I have every expectation that he and Mr. Weiss will be able to create a screenplay that will distill the strong characters and moral dilemmas of the novel into an exciting film that will justify the huge expense involved in filming it," said Card.
I notice he didn't say "Belief". That's what I like about OSC, he says things particularly weighty like that, which enables him to take the project away. He's basically insisted on all the things he's usually insisted on, such as children being used, with creative ways for children to be "Shot" by the "Hook" mentioned in Ender's Game but without guns (as he has mentioned would have do be done if this were ever made into a movie).
From everything Card has mentioned under HatRack River, http://www.hatrack.com/ He's putting alot of faith behind the director of Troy (who's caught some wind despite Troy sucking ass) and I'm all for it. In the end you're right- he'll have final word, and either the children's ages will change signficantly (which I doubt) or they'll use new conceptual technology to overcome it. This is going to be great.
This makes me wonder if what this side of EDS said about the good of Linux Security will quickly be squashed by another side, the side that deals strictly with Microsoft.
How high does the dislike of Linux really go within EDS? Theoretically the highest-ranking voice wins, so what do the real high-up execs think?
And on taxation alone with Congress enter the fray. Basically you'll be looking at a situation where Congress will step in, if only to provide a "regulating influence to ensure competition". And to make sure they finally get their hands permanently into the net and "free enterprise".
You can bet they'll weigh in on this issue shortly, if the proceedings and back room deals haven't begun already.
Companies like Vonage will be fine, but it won't be long before things like "Federal Subscriber Line Charge" and garbage like that begin sweeping in to cut profits and make it much harder for Vonage to conduct business.
Be prepared to be taxed if the business is within the US, or is conducted in any way within US territory. It's coming regardless of your desire to see it or not. It's too big a honey pot to ignore.
Aight, fight. I can support that viewpoint. Regardless he's coasting if all he's doing is vaguely rescuing scripts.
It's time for him to take a little control and let his creativity soar. The kind of work he's doing in the pulp comic book world only underscores how good he really could be.
I think Whedon hasn't come up with a decent idea since Buffy, and even then he had been coasting for a long time leading up to the final season. In my opinion, Firefly was garbage, and Titan AE was an "Eh" so far as a potentially groundbreaking animated feature could have been. "Serenity" is going to be Whedon's attempt at an apology, but I doubt it'll amount to much.
Wonder Woman in my estimation is really a horrible, outdated character, and he'll have to re-invent her if he plans to get anywhere. John Byrne better be on the set if he wants to get any real insight into that character - he's the only one that really understands her.
Yes I am interested in hearing what he's doing, but laughing my ass off that he'll plan to take on Wonder Woman instead of X3, which is much more his speed. At any rate, good luck and hope it works out.
I'm glad this fireball/black-hole thing wasn't THAT much of a success. I'd hate to have to hear that same giant-sucking-sound again that we heard during the 2004 Election...
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Bottom line the writing was on the wall that Apple would head to Intel to solve a basic problem:
The laptop line can't grow without the G5 getting smaller and (mostly) heat-free.
Apple does a long-anticipated end run around the problem of the G5 heat problem by allowing Intel Chips to finally run the OS. If Intel can make a cool-running but fast laptop-chip (something much better than the Centrino, which should be possible if they use something of Apple's and Motorola's methods) Apple will be ahead of the game. They can continue to have G5's, and continue to have them be better. But this releases the Laptop line from a critical stress point.
Good job Apple. Go for it.
Or heck, how about at least telling us how big the PDF file is, so I know the size of the monster I *might* have to download?
Uh...Why is this funny?
(Yes, I get the joke and yes, funny.)
Frankly, it's a great suggestion. I'd love to have America's youth thinking good things like the Mantra of GPL, instead of bad things like "...let's keep all the good things to ourselves and make some moolah or shut out the little guy"...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_(technology_slan g)
Hmmmmm... it appears Bush may have to distribute a few copies of "Canadian Bacon" to keep the Mounties in line...
Is there such a thing as a good opening sequence in Anime?
No really.
Dude. "Want navrattan korma with raita, chutney and naan? $5.29 at Cisco Systems."????
What are you whining about free food for?
In Northern Virginia's "Silicon Valley East" This same food costs at minimum $10, and average, $14. For LUNCH.
They clearly subsidize the food there, so don't be all complaining about it not being for free, that's a deal any which way you cut it as is.
Basically I'm sick of.....
* my parents, my friends, my coworkers, my dog and my clients sending me documents that have viruses.
* them calling me about their horrible little problems with the miserable Windows operating system and it's foibles. Why anyone thinks it's a good idea to saddle their organization or lives with this kind of bear on their back is beyond me.
* windows crashing when I need it the most.
For all those reasons I encourage people to abandon Windows and endorse operating systems that make some sense and do far less damage. That means Linux and Macintosh, with as much open source and well written shareware as can be reasonable used to get on with life. Life is too short and Windows is far too stupid to suffer for long.
Okay, reality check on this folks....
... and you could say as a member of the Republican administration, "Look Ma, We haven't done anything but change some figures and we're responsible for decreasing the unemployment rolls."
This kinds of thing happens all the time in every administration. This has been happening from the very beginning of our country. It goes like this:
* Someone forms a Commission. Do you know what a Comission is? Look it up. Wikipedia. Dictionary.com, etc. There is no reason why a Commission has to be bi-partisan. Bi-Partisan Committies, Commissions, etc are nothing more than an agreement by the ruling party to say "look we're being cooperative", or fair. This is nothing requiring the ruling party to do so.
* When a party decides to make or modify a commission, commitee, etc., (yes, even if one has been historically bi-partisan) you have the pleasure to put whoever suits your primary purpose on that committee.
Obviously this administration is pursuing the very thing they want, which is a partisan view represented by their administration. The Republican Party line has been for over TWO decades now "if it's not influenced by liberals, it's fair".
Here's a great example: In the 1980's, when Reagan was in office, his administration didn't want demographics coming out of the census bureau to represent the "democratic point of view". Those that were clear supporters of the party were kept and promoted to position within the organization to make sure facts and figures promoted the Republican agenda. One might say at this point these are no longer facts, but statistics, demographics, etc can be modified to suit the agenda.
Take unemployment figures. Unemployment figures are frequently modified by administrations to include and exclude different people with different qualifications. In the 80's when unemployment rates soared, the Reagan administration removed from the unemployment roles anyone with a part time job to reduce the amounts of people listed as unemployed -- The roles at one time listed everyone collecting a portion of unemployment but carrying a part-time job as on the rolls.
Well, are you unemployed? No, but it doesn't mean you aren't drawing from the unemployment pot. The percentages were modified to combat the soaring unemployment figures. Add to that anyone with a part time job was suddenly seen as "Gainfully Employed (yes, ignore the fact that you can't make a real living for a family of four working part time at Macdonalds even in teh 80's)
There were numerous articles in the 80's media that wrote about this situation and I'm sure if you look in the 1980-1982 Washington Post and New York Times, you'll see evidence of this.
As a liberal, I am unhappy that the Bush administration took this action, but you know what? They're allowed to. If you want your views represented, that means you have to get involved in politics. If you don't do that, you will NEVER win the day when it comes to true political equality, because the other party, liberal or conservative will consider weighting a panel, commission, or otherwise in their favor. That's called politics and it's perfectly legal. If you don't like it, you should have done your part to make sure that you and your neighbors did their part and voted democrat in the last presidential election.
In particular, I was referring to the information aspect of those services, and the regular research and reports conducted under ERIC and IDEA's mandates. With those information resources blunted by removal of funding for ERIC and IDEA, it makes the situation that much worse. I agree with you wholeheartedly "AC".
;D
It's a burden on the public, it's a burden on the parent and it's a burden on the child.
Good luck with getting your child the help he needs. This Administration apparently has little to no interest in helping people with special needs cope, and is far more interested in letting you "find your way" by paying people unnecessarily for information you shouldn't have to pay for when the public good was met in an outstanding fashion by a perfectly acceptable publicly funded source.
Extend this model to "Accuweather" and you'll be paying Accuweather for information that should be free to all. In fact, the case could be made that free information like this saves lives, in fact this argument was made in the first place.
So, why abandon the argument?
If nobody mentions at least one quote from Canadian Bacon in reaction to this I think I'm gonna plotz.
"Boomer: There's a time to think, and a time to act. And this, gentlemen, is no time to think. "
Okay, good. Whew. Plotz avoided, carry on Eh?
I have to agree, I just don't see how any of this could and would hold up in Canadian courts considering the protections in place for consumers. But then, that's just my opinion.
>Myers argued that nearly all consumers get their
>weather information for free through commercial providers,
>including the news media, so there's little reason for the
>federal agency to duplicate their efforts.
This is EXACTLY the same argument the Bush Administration attempted (and succeeded) to use when arguing that IDEA Practices and ERIC (two primary sources of research and information on "Special Needs" education) were no longer needed in terms of their being funded through the No Child Left Behind Act. The administration's argument was "This information is duplicated hundreds of times on the internet, why should we do this? It's redundant..."
Never mind the fact that IDEA and ERIC was the source of all that juicy information. This is a typical strategy to take this activity to the private sector with no real benefit to the public.
PG-13 You Say???? Natalie Portman's Nipples, Here I Come!
...."South Korea plans to outsource DMZ Robot customer service to India, China and Canada. South Korea is also considering plans to outsource 24/7 remote pilots for the robots some time in the next year. Our sources say it's likely the remote operations contract will go to a small town in Honduras, who are so hopped up on cocaine they never sleep. More on this as information becomes available".... ..."This just in...the small town in Honduras offering 24/7 pilot services has decided to change their name to "Skynet". More on this story as it progresses"....
"I woke up this morning and decided -- you know...I should go online. Someone called me a NADD. Well. I was suitably offended and right away I called them a PIG. See if they call me a NADD again, they'll regret it." -Jack Handey
That's absolutely true. Look at the makers of CherryPC... it's so easy to take code from open source projects like PearPC, bundle it up as your own and not even remotely give credit to the PearPC team... Heck, you could make thousands before people notice...
I completely agree with you. I got soured on Sierra games back in the days of Kings Quest I and II, etc.
Just out of curiosity, I wonder how much responsibility Roberta Williams had in terms of Sierra's game design choices. Did she early on decide to do this? Did she get shouted down in a board meeting or something in the days of Sierra On-Line?
Hmmm. Makes one think.
Brings new meaning to the phrase..."I got a woody."
Would that we all would have a woody.
I note that Card said in the Enders Game mention on his production site:
"I have every expectation that he and Mr. Weiss will be able to create a screenplay that will distill the strong characters and moral dilemmas of the novel into an exciting film that will justify the huge expense involved in filming it," said Card.
I notice he didn't say "Belief". That's what I like about OSC, he says things particularly weighty like that, which enables him to take the project away. He's basically insisted on all the things he's usually insisted on, such as children being used, with creative ways for children to be "Shot" by the "Hook" mentioned in Ender's Game but without guns (as he has mentioned would have do be done if this were ever made into a movie).
From everything Card has mentioned under HatRack River, http://www.hatrack.com/ He's putting alot of faith behind the director of Troy (who's caught some wind despite Troy sucking ass) and I'm all for it. In the end you're right- he'll have final word, and either the children's ages will change signficantly (which I doubt) or they'll use new conceptual technology to overcome it. This is going to be great.
This makes me wonder if what this side of EDS said about the good of Linux Security will quickly be squashed by another side, the side that deals strictly with Microsoft.
How high does the dislike of Linux really go within EDS? Theoretically the highest-ranking voice wins, so what do the real high-up execs think?
And on taxation alone with Congress enter the fray. Basically you'll be looking at a situation where Congress will step in, if only to provide a "regulating influence to ensure competition". And to make sure they finally get their hands permanently into the net and "free enterprise".
You can bet they'll weigh in on this issue shortly, if the proceedings and back room deals haven't begun already.
Companies like Vonage will be fine, but it won't be long before things like "Federal Subscriber Line Charge" and garbage like that begin sweeping in to cut profits and make it much harder for Vonage to conduct business.
Be prepared to be taxed if the business is within the US, or is conducted in any way within US territory. It's coming regardless of your desire to see it or not. It's too big a honey pot to ignore.
Aight, fight. I can support that viewpoint. Regardless he's coasting if all he's doing is vaguely rescuing scripts.
It's time for him to take a little control and let his creativity soar. The kind of work he's doing in the pulp comic book world only underscores how good he really could be.
THAT would be totally cool. How about an older, has-been version of Wonder Woman, past her years... hanging out with a 70 year old superman... Nah...
I think Whedon hasn't come up with a decent idea since Buffy, and even then he had been coasting for a long time leading up to the final season. In my opinion, Firefly was garbage, and Titan AE was an "Eh" so far as a potentially groundbreaking animated feature could have been. "Serenity" is going to be Whedon's attempt at an apology, but I doubt it'll amount to much.
Wonder Woman in my estimation is really a horrible, outdated character, and he'll have to re-invent her if he plans to get anywhere. John Byrne better be on the set if he wants to get any real insight into that character - he's the only one that really understands her.
Yes I am interested in hearing what he's doing, but laughing my ass off that he'll plan to take on Wonder Woman instead of X3, which is much more his speed. At any rate, good luck and hope it works out.
I'm glad this fireball/black-hole thing wasn't THAT much of a success. I'd hate to have to hear that same giant-sucking-sound again that we heard during the 2004 Election...