Re:looking for good mac backup software
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BRU LE for Mac OS X
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I hate to risk getting modded down by pointing out the flaws of open source advocacy, but I find it funny that your first complaint after the fact that it's closed source is that the interface is awkward. Maybe I'm way off, but for the most part it seems to me awkward interfaces are a staple of open source software. Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of "free" in all its incarnations, but opening source unfortunately doesn't (usually) mean the interface gets better.
Then make your own cola and start selling it. If the world is truly getting screwed from every direction as you say, then surely some crafty young entrepreneur is poised on the brink of billions in soda profits.
Just like a conservative to muddy the issue. Gore's grades don't matter now because he's not the President of the United States of America, you ninny. Bush, however, is the President, and his administration makes the policies which this group has brought into question. This isn't a big "what if Gore was President" debate, it's a question of whether the Bush administration distorted and/or suppressed facts for political advantage.
Assuming you can get appeals courts at each level of the process to agree to hear the case. It's not as simple as some random citizen saying "That's a bad law, I'm taking it to the Supreme Court."
Actually you've demonstrated that you want to sit in your cars and still have posession of your keys. Don't misinterpret this in any way as saying that drunk driving isn't terrible, but until you start the car in motion, you shouldn't be guilty of DUI.
Re:I though otherwise, so did my physics teacher.
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Comic Book Physics
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I can't explain away the leverage, but Superman has the ability to fly, so maybe when he lifts heavy objects his "flight power" removes enough pressure from the ground to keep it from collapsing under him. Rationalization is an important tool for comic book enjoyment.
$700 million is a lot to you and me, but the way our government is spending money hand over fist, it's a drop in the barrel. It's akin to someone saying "I'm not going to spend $.49 to supersize my McDonald's extra value meal AND buy a 60-inch plasma TV. Since I really want that TV, I'll skip the extra large fries."
here is no need for the controls on every VCR, or anything else, to be slightly different
Except maybe for personal preference. Some people prefer Sony's implementation, some people prefer RCA's, some people prefer Panasonic's, etc. Even if this wasn't true, you're still overlooking the benefits you get from not having every product of a kind come from a single company. That's one of the main reasons people tend to not like monopolies (or monocultures) - not because they're bad, but because with more producers/developers/providers the products will be in competition and become better.
How shameful. That would be like...oh, I don't know...say, claiming that we needed to go to war because Iraq posed an imminent danger to the United States because of its stockpiled weapons-of-mass-destruction...or something.
Eisner has come into WAY too much power. I'm not sure how the animation department functioned, but in Imagineering (esp. while Animal Kingdom was being built) he often refused to defer to the creative teams working for him, instead demanding that changes be made based on his personal likes and dislikes. It's sad to see a studio that once released classics like Snow White, Dumbo, Sleeping Beauty, and even Aladdin stoop to the level of low quality, straight-to-video sequels.
That seems to be the area where they can't deliver anymore, innit?
Disney makes very shortsighted decisions, and has been making them for several years now. Not just in their feature animation department either, but company-wide. They don't want to pay for talent or quality anymore, but instead are more worried about how much they have in their pockets right now and what cheaply-produced crap they can quickly market and turn even a slight profit on.
The problem is, as it states in the article, you take your eyes off of what's in front of you when you look over your shoulder. If you only have to look as far as the side mirrors, you've at least still got your peripheral vision on the traffic in front. I admit this isn't necessarily something everyone needs, but assuming they'll eventually be at an affordable price, why not have them?
Your analogy is a little weak - a better one would be:
The city passes a law that in order for you to use city streets, you must install a small RFID device in your dash which causes sensors in intersections to send data back to the city planning dept when you drive by. The city swears that according to their current privacy policy, they will not collect the info about the unique ID on your car's transponder. However, they reserve the right to change their privacy policy at any time.
Lesson in analogy making: a useful analogy has to have the same (or nearly the same) conditions as the original scenario.
You know, I think learning things IS hard for smart people - some smart people, at least - the ones who get an idea of how the world should work and refuse to think that anyone else might be smarter about it (or just have an equally valid, but different idea) than them.
As I understand it, all you had to do with this virus was open a zip file, which as far as I know has been harmless up until now. So maybe your analogy should be more along the lines of a smoker who sees those warning signs and goes to another location with no warning signs, only to find out that surprise! - that's a dangerous area too now.
We all can't be as perfect as you, oh wise Anonymous Coward, so maybe you should consider cutting the rest of us a little slack every once in a while. Who knows, you might screw up big one day yourself...and I'll bet you won't be clamoring for pink slips that time.
I certainly sympathize with you, that always sucks to have something break just out of warranty, but what's the magic number of extra days outside warranty before they don't have to fix it for free or at a discount rate? The terms of the warranty are clearly spelled out, but people seem to expect some extra "free warranty" time. How much extra time should you get? A week? Three weeks? One month? Two? I hate taking the side of a large company, but they have to draw the line somewhere, and the warranty expiration date seems like a good place to do it.
I couldn't agree more - you can still tell an excellent story without it being a blockbuster epic that redefines the way stories are told. By definition, every movie can't be the end-all, be-all of cinema. That said, I won't dismiss Cold Mountain because it's not an epic spectacular - but I just might dismiss it after hearing Nicole Kidman's god-awful accent in the trailer.
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I hate to risk getting modded down by pointing out the flaws of open source advocacy, but I find it funny that your first complaint after the fact that it's closed source is that the interface is awkward. Maybe I'm way off, but for the most part it seems to me awkward interfaces are a staple of open source software. Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of "free" in all its incarnations, but opening source unfortunately doesn't (usually) mean the interface gets better.
You wash your t-shirts? I guess you must not be a real hacker either :)
Then make your own cola and start selling it. If the world is truly getting screwed from every direction as you say, then surely some crafty young entrepreneur is poised on the brink of billions in soda profits.
Just like a conservative to muddy the issue. Gore's grades don't matter now because he's not the President of the United States of America, you ninny. Bush, however, is the President, and his administration makes the policies which this group has brought into question. This isn't a big "what if Gore was President" debate, it's a question of whether the Bush administration distorted and/or suppressed facts for political advantage.
That's not the point. The point is that according to the law, you're committing a crime by doing it. Does that make sense to you?
Assuming you can get appeals courts at each level of the process to agree to hear the case. It's not as simple as some random citizen saying "That's a bad law, I'm taking it to the Supreme Court."
I'm pretty sure the same applies here in Florida...
Actually you've demonstrated that you want to sit in your cars and still have posession of your keys. Don't misinterpret this in any way as saying that drunk driving isn't terrible, but until you start the car in motion, you shouldn't be guilty of DUI.
I can't explain away the leverage, but Superman has the ability to fly, so maybe when he lifts heavy objects his "flight power" removes enough pressure from the ground to keep it from collapsing under him. Rationalization is an important tool for comic book enjoyment.
$700 million is a lot to you and me, but the way our government is spending money hand over fist, it's a drop in the barrel. It's akin to someone saying "I'm not going to spend $.49 to supersize my McDonald's extra value meal AND buy a 60-inch plasma TV. Since I really want that TV, I'll skip the extra large fries."
here is no need for the controls on every VCR, or anything else, to be slightly different
Except maybe for personal preference. Some people prefer Sony's implementation, some people prefer RCA's, some people prefer Panasonic's, etc. Even if this wasn't true, you're still overlooking the benefits you get from not having every product of a kind come from a single company. That's one of the main reasons people tend to not like monopolies (or monocultures) - not because they're bad, but because with more producers/developers/providers the products will be in competition and become better.
"trying to twist the facts"...
How shameful. That would be like...oh, I don't know...say, claiming that we needed to go to war because Iraq posed an imminent danger to the United States because of its stockpiled weapons-of-mass-destruction...or something.
Then I predict resounding success with a Gates-Eisner deal.
PS. This is not sarcasm.
PPS. Yes it is.
Eisner has come into WAY too much power. I'm not sure how the animation department functioned, but in Imagineering (esp. while Animal Kingdom was being built) he often refused to defer to the creative teams working for him, instead demanding that changes be made based on his personal likes and dislikes. It's sad to see a studio that once released classics like Snow White, Dumbo, Sleeping Beauty, and even Aladdin stoop to the level of low quality, straight-to-video sequels.
That seems to be the area where they can't deliver anymore, innit?
Disney makes very shortsighted decisions, and has been making them for several years now. Not just in their feature animation department either, but company-wide. They don't want to pay for talent or quality anymore, but instead are more worried about how much they have in their pockets right now and what cheaply-produced crap they can quickly market and turn even a slight profit on.
Then they'll counter with the Picard Maneuver - and with what appears to be two of them you'll never get into the other lane!
The problem is, as it states in the article, you take your eyes off of what's in front of you when you look over your shoulder. If you only have to look as far as the side mirrors, you've at least still got your peripheral vision on the traffic in front. I admit this isn't necessarily something everyone needs, but assuming they'll eventually be at an affordable price, why not have them?
Yeah! And talking pictures will be the end of Hollwood!
Your analogy is a little weak - a better one would be:
The city passes a law that in order for you to use city streets, you must install a small RFID device in your dash which causes sensors in intersections to send data back to the city planning dept when you drive by. The city swears that according to their current privacy policy, they will not collect the info about the unique ID on your car's transponder. However, they reserve the right to change their privacy policy at any time.
Lesson in analogy making: a useful analogy has to have the same (or nearly the same) conditions as the original scenario.
It's mission-critical to the studio that had ~$300 million invested in these movies.
You know, I think learning things IS hard for smart people - some smart people, at least - the ones who get an idea of how the world should work and refuse to think that anyone else might be smarter about it (or just have an equally valid, but different idea) than them.
As I understand it, all you had to do with this virus was open a zip file, which as far as I know has been harmless up until now. So maybe your analogy should be more along the lines of a smoker who sees those warning signs and goes to another location with no warning signs, only to find out that surprise! - that's a dangerous area too now.
We all can't be as perfect as you, oh wise Anonymous Coward, so maybe you should consider cutting the rest of us a little slack every once in a while. Who knows, you might screw up big one day yourself...and I'll bet you won't be clamoring for pink slips that time.
If you take the numbers in the summary at face value, some quick math estimates your hourly rate at between $24,000 and $29,000. Need an assistant?
I certainly sympathize with you, that always sucks to have something break just out of warranty, but what's the magic number of extra days outside warranty before they don't have to fix it for free or at a discount rate? The terms of the warranty are clearly spelled out, but people seem to expect some extra "free warranty" time. How much extra time should you get? A week? Three weeks? One month? Two? I hate taking the side of a large company, but they have to draw the line somewhere, and the warranty expiration date seems like a good place to do it.
I couldn't agree more - you can still tell an excellent story without it being a blockbuster epic that redefines the way stories are told. By definition, every movie can't be the end-all, be-all of cinema. That said, I won't dismiss Cold Mountain because it's not an epic spectacular - but I just might dismiss it after hearing Nicole Kidman's god-awful accent in the trailer.