This of course supports the possibility of universal mathematics - when a group of humans, isolated from any other, needs a way to solve something (The farmer who asks, "How many sheep do I own?" for example) they come up with essentially the same concept.
There's still a lot more (that is - any) tangible proof for, say, the big bang, than most religions have for the existance of God/gods. Of course the entire concept of God/gods pretty much precludes being able to prove them, in most religions.. So thats not really saying much.
I'd say at 3/4 of seattle area drivers use their turn signal, and I've never noticed a problem with headlight usage. Maybe its worse in Seattle proper, but most of the people I see not using their signals are middle aged women driving SUVs and Minivans - turn signals are the least of their problems - I'm more worried about the 2+ screaming kids in back and the cell phone. I also see more problems with this group turning their signals on too damn early (an intersection or two before they actually plan to turn), rather than not using them at all.. I nearly got creamed by one of these a few years back.
I also see far more Apple stickers in car windows that you would expect in the Seattle area.
After living around here most of my life, I've come to the conclusion that there is just a high concentration of geeks in general. I also have to say I've never met any "MS souless whoring drones," those seem to be almost entirely limited to crappy websites - and this is one place where you'd almost expect to meet a few:)
They work fine in most tray based players.. At least every one I've owned. Thats why they have a concentric depression (handily the size of a 3" cd) in the middle. Only common players they don't work in are slot-loads, and these are really only common in cars and some computers.
I've been seriously considering a Neuros, mostly because of price. Is it really that bulky? I think I'm willing to risk it at the price, with the feature set it has, though.
If Linux does become a big, popular thing for the majority of consumers (and I don't think it *really* will this year, or even next), then the burden will be on the laptop makers to start using STANDARDIZED hardware, instead of proprietary crap. Ironically, cheap, budget laptops from smaller companies usually have more standarized hardware, since they don't have the resources to develop said proprietary crap that causes so much difficulty for linux users.
I did point out that it was not Apple's fault, yet it affects them just the same. Its a pretty major disadvantage to the platform as a whole. Apple machines do have a higher resale value, but that can be a curse, as well, if you like to buy your tech like me.
No, things really are more expensive for mac users. Hardware is a bigger offender, but software, too. ATI charges on average $100 more for the mac versions of their cards. Its currently $350+ for a single G4/1ghz CPU (upgrade). New games usually cost $10-20 more, even from the same store.
My biggest personal gripe, is the extortionist prices you pay for upgrades, not the original price on the machines. Full system prices are usually in line, if just a little more expensive at the low end than other major system builders. It really pisses me off, having several older macs that will never get upraded because it just makes no sense economically. I'd rather buy one machine and have it last me basically as long as I want by upgrading the parts that need it, than buy a whole new machine when I want more speed. Its also easier to pawn off an old mobo, cpu, video card, or whatever, than a whole system, in my experience. It would be hard to say any of this is directly Apple's fault, but it still affects them negatively.
Yeah, but from what I can tell ALL his legitimate gripes are about the interface. I personally enjoyed the classic interface a bit more (partly because its a lot more responsive on older hardware) but there's no way I'd go back to OS 8/9 now.
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I don't know about mips, but there were alpha/ppc builds of NT4.. this is probably just left over.
This of course supports the possibility of universal mathematics - when a group of humans, isolated from any other, needs a way to solve something (The farmer who asks, "How many sheep do I own?" for example) they come up with essentially the same concept.
There's still a lot more (that is - any) tangible proof for, say, the big bang, than most religions have for the existance of God/gods. Of course the entire concept of God/gods pretty much precludes being able to prove them, in most religions.. So thats not really saying much.
I'd say at 3/4 of seattle area drivers use their turn signal, and I've never noticed a problem with headlight usage. Maybe its worse in Seattle proper, but most of the people I see not using their signals are middle aged women driving SUVs and Minivans - turn signals are the least of their problems - I'm more worried about the 2+ screaming kids in back and the cell phone. I also see more problems with this group turning their signals on too damn early (an intersection or two before they actually plan to turn), rather than not using them at all.. I nearly got creamed by one of these a few years back.
I think you just contradicted yourself with "full-power" and "200 yards." Maybe thats just me, though.
I'm not single, and I'd still call that whipped. I certainly feel sorry for you that your wife can't deal with the truth every once in a while though.
Well.. I suppose you could always pause the DVD and count. That would take a while, though. :)
Exactly... Its hard to hunt with a sword!
Because they weren't main characters, of course.
I don't know about the dutch, but I close my curtains cause the sun is too damn bright!
I also see far more Apple stickers in car windows that you would expect in the Seattle area.
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After living around here most of my life, I've come to the conclusion that there is just a high concentration of geeks in general. I also have to say I've never met any "MS souless whoring drones," those seem to be almost entirely limited to crappy websites - and this is one place where you'd almost expect to meet a few
Pretty sure it was the flaming sky letters. :)
They work fine in most tray based players.. At least every one I've owned. Thats why they have a concentric depression (handily the size of a 3" cd) in the middle. Only common players they don't work in are slot-loads, and these are really only common in cars and some computers.
I've been seriously considering a Neuros, mostly because of price. Is it really that bulky? I think I'm willing to risk it at the price, with the feature set it has, though.
If outsourcing is bad for him (and it probably is) why the hell SHOULDN'T he try to change it?
Better at floating, but worse endurance. Of course, I doubt most of the "lifeguards" in baywatch had much athletic ability either.
How big is your harddrive? That wouldn't come even close to backing up my harddrive AND holding all my music.
Interesting.. I got 287/224/126. I wonder whats different about our boxes. I've got everything updated, as well.
I was wondering that myself as I read the review. Unfortunately I'm just short of 10 machines aside from my mac running 10.3 to test it out.
You forgot the important part.
This isn't actually directed towards you, but I'm starting to feel really sorry for all those poor guys out there who are actually named "Joe."
If Linux does become a big, popular thing for the majority of consumers (and I don't think it *really* will this year, or even next), then the burden will be on the laptop makers to start using STANDARDIZED hardware, instead of proprietary crap. Ironically, cheap, budget laptops from smaller companies usually have more standarized hardware, since they don't have the resources to develop said proprietary crap that causes so much difficulty for linux users.
I did point out that it was not Apple's fault, yet it affects them just the same. Its a pretty major disadvantage to the platform as a whole. Apple machines do have a higher resale value, but that can be a curse, as well, if you like to buy your tech like me.
No, things really are more expensive for mac users. Hardware is a bigger offender, but software, too. ATI charges on average $100 more for the mac versions of their cards. Its currently $350+ for a single G4/1ghz CPU (upgrade). New games usually cost $10-20 more, even from the same store.
My biggest personal gripe, is the extortionist prices you pay for upgrades, not the original price on the machines. Full system prices are usually in line, if just a little more expensive at the low end than other major system builders. It really pisses me off, having several older macs that will never get upraded because it just makes no sense economically. I'd rather buy one machine and have it last me basically as long as I want by upgrading the parts that need it, than buy a whole new machine when I want more speed. Its also easier to pawn off an old mobo, cpu, video card, or whatever, than a whole system, in my experience. It would be hard to say any of this is directly Apple's fault, but it still affects them negatively.
Yeah, but from what I can tell ALL his legitimate gripes are about the interface. I personally enjoyed the classic interface a bit more (partly because its a lot more responsive on older hardware) but there's no way I'd go back to OS 8/9 now.