isn't that the American people didn't vote for the current administration (they did)
50,456,169 - bush
50,996,116 - gore
it seems like about 539947 more americans voted for the other admin.
yes, i know that's how the rules are set up, but it's a pretty hard sell to prove that a system in which a candidate can lose by half a million votes and still win is a 'democracy.'
when i upgraded my slak kernel, it was not because the new one was out, but because it had better support for things that i use [acpi and my network card]. my windoze box still sits at 2000, it works fine and there's no need to upgrade.
i watch my inlaws upgrade ~1/year in amazement. i have a friend that put office 2003 on a 200mhz box and wondered why it ran like crap. he wasn't even using half the features of office 2k. in short, unless it's a serious upgrade offering new things you need why bother
and yes, this happens *everywhere.* it's the reason everyone in amerika leases cars, convinced that they *need* a new one every other year.
[disclaimer: currently i'm impatiently waiting for a g4 powerbook. though it's actually for my wife and she does need a laptop]
i was minutes away from buying a g3 ibook for my wife yesterday, but decided to wait. by this morning i'd talked myself into it and went to the apple site. holy jebus, for an extra $100, she's [i'm] getting a g4 with twice the memory and the combo drive built in!
this has never been too much of a concern. it will be nice, but i've switch carriers at least 3 times. the first because sprint began to offer nationwide before anyone else, but now the plans are similar enough across carriers that it will come down to whoever has the technology i want when my current plan is up.
they do something similar at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. you are offered a handset that resembles a phone and each peice of art in a given exibition has a number you can key in to hear some info. my wife loves these as she feels she's getting more of the 'art experience.' i'm lukewarm at best as i'd rather just look at art--and by extension listen to music. but to each his own....
except for the bastards that turn the volume up all the way so they can hold it a foot away from their heads like a nextel phone. thne i'm walking through having to listen to 3 or 4 of these things, all set to different messages by people that aren't really even paying attention. and i'm sure these pdas will be the same....an inordinate amount of time will be spent adjusting displays and gabbing with the person in the next seet about how to do something.
agreed. and i'm sure that this method of DRM will be effective for a vast majority of users. a good many of my friends would be stopped by it. everyone in my family except for myself will be stopped. and removing the address bar did stop quite a few people from random browsing at work....till the 'work-around' got out.
my phone came with a volume control, i'm comfortable with how to use it. caller id to. i'd rather use these to filter my phone traffic than congress. their job is to fix the problems mentioned above.
it's a smoke and mirrors piece of legislation furthering my belief that government is crap
mod as flamebait/troll, i don't care. that was not my intent.
every state is in the red, the national debt is climbing by the second, nearly every developed country is seeing amerika and the Administration as colonial overloards, civil rights are being eroded in the name of patriotism, corporate irresponsibility--both fiscal and environmental--continue, millions can't go to a doctor, and millions of those who can can't afford the medicine that's perscribed, and we give a shit about telemarketing.
agreed. this is one of the few things i miss from windows. plus, the mapping of ctrl+1 to compile and ctrl+2 to run java code made it especially nice. i got so used to it that from time to time i will go through the ctrl+s, ctrl+1, ctrl+2 sequence on my linux box.
sorry, 3k is a buttload to me. wasn't aiming to upset anyone, and i agree it's far superior architecture, but 500-600 for a used pIII is more in my range......
3-5k is more like a car to me...or an entire quarter of mortgage free living.
2 kids just killed themselves after listening to black sabath
and another killed his sister after playing d&d
and i drove to fast to work after playing gran turismo
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the v=ir mantra?
didn't the buddhists figure this our a few thousand years ago?
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isn't that the American people didn't vote for the current administration (they did)
50,456,169 - bush
50,996,116 - gore
it seems like about 539947 more americans voted for the other admin.
yes, i know that's how the rules are set up, but it's a pretty hard sell to prove that a system in which a candidate can lose by half a million votes and still win is a 'democracy.'
swear to god, it's not a troll.
it's good to see the whitehouse embracing technology so much.
ha. i have it. i have panther a full day early. and it only cost me $1099.
oh yea, they threw in an ibook as well.
agreed.
when i upgraded my slak kernel, it was not because the new one was out, but because it had better support for things that i use [acpi and my network card]. my windoze box still sits at 2000, it works fine and there's no need to upgrade.
i watch my inlaws upgrade ~1/year in amazement. i have a friend that put office 2003 on a 200mhz box and wondered why it ran like crap. he wasn't even using half the features of office 2k. in short, unless it's a serious upgrade offering new things you need why bother
and yes, this happens *everywhere.* it's the reason everyone in amerika leases cars, convinced that they *need* a new one every other year.
[disclaimer: currently i'm impatiently waiting for a g4 powerbook. though it's actually for my wife and she does need a laptop]
i was minutes away from buying a g3 ibook for my wife yesterday, but decided to wait. by this morning i'd talked myself into it and went to the apple site. holy jebus, for an extra $100, she's [i'm] getting a g4 with twice the memory and the combo drive built in!
lots of people are saying they've been running seti@home for years now 24/7.
found anything?
not trolling, just asking.
m$ patents...
typing with a keyboard
poking around on the internet while bored
walking
eating
breathing
sleeping
this has never been too much of a concern. it will be nice, but i've switch carriers at least 3 times. the first because sprint began to offer nationwide before anyone else, but now the plans are similar enough across carriers that it will come down to whoever has the technology i want when my current plan is up.
is start making the bills in different sizes. what good do different colors do for blind folks?
tipping's not optional.
they do something similar at the Detroit Institute of the Arts. you are offered a handset that resembles a phone and each peice of art in a given exibition has a number you can key in to hear some info. my wife loves these as she feels she's getting more of the 'art experience.' i'm lukewarm at best as i'd rather just look at art--and by extension listen to music. but to each his own....
except for the bastards that turn the volume up all the way so they can hold it a foot away from their heads like a nextel phone. thne i'm walking through having to listen to 3 or 4 of these things, all set to different messages by people that aren't really even paying attention. and i'm sure these pdas will be the same....an inordinate amount of time will be spent adjusting displays and gabbing with the person in the next seet about how to do something.
agreed. and i'm sure that this method of DRM will be effective for a vast majority of users. a good many of my friends would be stopped by it. everyone in my family except for myself will be stopped. and removing the address bar did stop quite a few people from random browsing at work....till the 'work-around' got out.
i used to work for a company where they would limit internet access by hiding the address bar in IE. it proved about as effective as this seems.
me too. analogue. or this
not that expensive, but there's little that's geekier
sorry.
my phone came with a volume control, i'm comfortable with how to use it. caller id to. i'd rather use these to filter my phone traffic than congress. their job is to fix the problems mentioned above.
it's a smoke and mirrors piece of legislation furthering my belief that government is crap
mod as flamebait/troll, i don't care. that was not my intent.
every state is in the red, the national debt is climbing by the second, nearly every developed country is seeing amerika and the Administration as colonial overloards, civil rights are being eroded in the name of patriotism, corporate irresponsibility--both fiscal and environmental--continue, millions can't go to a doctor, and millions of those who can can't afford the medicine that's perscribed, and we give a shit about telemarketing.
please.
agreed. this is one of the few things i miss from windows.
plus, the mapping of ctrl+1 to compile and ctrl+2 to run java code made it especially nice. i got so used to it that from time to time i will go through the ctrl+s, ctrl+1, ctrl+2 sequence on my linux box.
vi,kate.
star office: 79.95
office xp: 448
or, open office......
sorry, 3k is a buttload to me. wasn't aiming to upset anyone, and i agree it's far superior architecture, but 500-600 for a used pIII is more in my range......
3-5k is more like a car to me...or an entire quarter of mortgage free living.
Start saving your money
cause it's gonna cost a butt-load....
2 kids just killed themselves after listening to black sabath
and another killed his sister after playing d&d
and i drove to fast to work after playing gran turismo
total crap.