Sometimes the best teacher in the world can't get a stubborn little jackass to learn anything. You want to point the finger? Point it at the parents who do nothing to help or encourage their kids and expect the schools to make up for the daily 4+ hours of TV and gaming that the kids get. Crappy schools need to get fixed, sure, but I'd say that crappy parents are a far bigger problem. They expect the schools to do everything so they don't have to lift a finger.
What's the point of decking it out OEM? Buy as close to a base system as you can and then upgrade it with third party components as necessary. Saves money. That $20-25k price tag is when you stuff every OEM option available into it, for crying out loud. If you have that kind of money to throw around, you'd probably just buy the OEM for the sake of streamlined support.
Disk images. Use them. You can make a case-sensitive disk image on a case-insensitive filesystem and vice versa. Presto, you can now use your UNIX software and OS X software. Not the most convenient way to do it, but it does work for most things.
And OS X is certified UNIX. There was no lie there whatsoever.
The screen itself is worth about $1k alone. Dell has been selling the exact same panel in a standalone display for $1050 for some time now.
Also, you ask why. It's simple: Because people will buy it.
In any case, this was a much bigger bump for the lower end iMacs. The 4670 on the low end may not be much, but it's a big step up from the damned 9400M they were using. Integrated graphics on a 1080p screen? The 5670 in the midrange is also a decent step up from the 4670. The 5750 is only going to be a tad faster than the 4850 they were using. The i3/i5 in the low-midrange systems will be a NICE improvement over the Core 2 Duos they were using, no doubt about that.
An interesting thing to note is that Apple is using a 2.8ghz i5 quad. Did they special order that from Intel or something?
Apple's dual-CPU Mac Pros are actually their most competitively priced computers. This isn't a Skulltrail board. We're talking about dual Xeons, ECC RAM, etc. Price out the same system from Dell or HP and you'll find that there isn't much difference in price.
However, Apple hasn't yet posted the new systems and pricing to the store yet, so try to match specs with the new stuff on the tech specs page.
And a Xeon with ECC RAM. You left that part out. Don't compare a commodity i7 custom build to an OEM Xeon-based workstation. They aren't the same thing.
There were bricked iPhones due to software unlocks. Granted, they were eventually unbricked, but software that screws with things at very low levels can and does brick devices from time to time.
Anyway, if it's a software issue, then the user should just be able to restore the phone and be done with it. They'd lose all their third-party goodies, but that's the price to pay.
Comcast's cap is perfectly reasonable. Very, VERY few people will ever hit it. Period. You've been torrenting like a madman if you actually hit that. I do torrents, Netflix, and many other things, and I've never hit the 250GB cap or come close.
You're being far too narrow. Let's not forget uninterested parents, endless XBox sessions, too much TV, and so much more. It's not just the schools. It's the home environment too.
I checked the demo model at a nearby AT&T Store. One fingertip over the lower left gap and the signal dropped quite a bit. There's definitely an issue. It's not worth a lawsuit and the spoiled little yuppies screaming their heads off should be slapped, but there's definitely an issue.
I've only seen real, live boobies once on Chatroulette, and I'm not even sure they were human. Looked more like a friggin' whale. She got upset when I asked her to do the truffle shuffle.
Except that by allowing filming and exposing injustices, the police will be forced to deal with the problem instead of punishing those who expose the problem. When scrutiny increases, the police must curb their more flagrant abuses. There will always be bad cops doing bad things, but saying that we should put up with it because people need to trust the police is utterly insane. If increased scrutiny and punishment of offenses does not result in change, then the police do not deserve the public trust and likely we'd see politicians step in to do something about the problem as the public outcry would be loud enough to warrant it.
It is never okay for the police to abuse their power, and when they do, they must be held accountable just like anyone else. Saying that the police should be above scrutiny is utterly insane. If they know that they cannot be filmed and made to stand for their actions, then what's to stop them from abusing their power even further? This provides a necessary check to keep those in power from overextending that power. To strip the people of this is to put them at the complete mercy of that power, which is unacceptable no matter what kind of spin you put on it. END OF FUCKING STORY. That you would say that we should just take the unwarranted beating because people need to trust the police is utterly disgusting and horrifying.
And then you get arrested for uploading the video. RTFA. That's what happened to one guy. Upload it and you go to jail. I'm not the kind of guy to scream that we're becoming a police state, but this is disturbing as hell and needs to be overturned NOW by state or federal legislatures or judges, whichever comes first.
I'm not talking about technical statutory rape. If you didn't notice, I used the word "force", which implies zero consent by the person being raped. There's a big difference. I'm not going to say that someone in another country marrying a 14 year old girl and engaging in consensual sex is wrong. I may find it personally iffy, but I'm not going to call for anyone's head. Girls have been and still are married off that young because by that age, they can bear children, and considering the greatly shortened life expectancies only 100 years ago and the infant mortality rate, it made more sense.
Now, if it's a five year old, then you have no justification. Bear in mind that I'm talking about actual rape, not rape by technicalities.
Give me one possible reason to rape a child. I'm not talking about technical statutory rape, I'm not talking about willing acts between knowledgeable partners, I'm talking about rape. There are some absolutes no matter what culture you're from. Forcing yourself violently upon another person against their will without any justification beyond your own selfish desires is WRONG. Moral relativism only goes so far. There are some things that are indeed wrong. Period. End of story. You cannot, absolutely CANNOT justify them logically.
I'm saying that's the logic behind the UK banning of depictions of it. Did you notice that I said the same thing you did above? I'm pointing out that the rationale of banning those cartoons, while I do not agree with it, is more sound than banning cartoons depicting Mohammed. Try a little reading comprehension.
Being against child molestation is logical morality. Very, very, very few people will believe that raping a child is acceptable. Most of those who do are outright sociopaths. It's logical because you can see exactly why it's wrong. It's someone forcing themselves onto a child against the will of the child for their own selfish desires, uncaring for the agony and lifelong scarring they will cause. It's wrong. Period.
Blasphemy is subjective morality. It's based on a chosen set of beliefs, a set of beliefs in an incredibly wide sea of them. Odds are, the majority of people in the world will not share all of them. Poking fun at a religious figure is not wrong to many, many people, and it's not based on being sociopaths. It's based on the idea of freedom of speech, that we can poke fun at anything and everything because that is our basic human right. To deny people that right is to deny their humanity. You do not have the right to not be offended by anything. To force people into that set of beliefs is wrong. Period.
I think we can all agree that there's a big difference between depictions of child molestation/rape and cartoons poking fun at a religious figure. I don't agree with the banning of the former. While horrid, sick, and depraved, there is still the fact that nobody was harmed in their creation.
It's an FPS, but not quite traditional. You get a little hand cursor that can be used to pick up an manipulate objects. The genre is horror, and Penumbra delivers. Freaky game. Worth the money.
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Sometimes the best teacher in the world can't get a stubborn little jackass to learn anything. You want to point the finger? Point it at the parents who do nothing to help or encourage their kids and expect the schools to make up for the daily 4+ hours of TV and gaming that the kids get. Crappy schools need to get fixed, sure, but I'd say that crappy parents are a far bigger problem. They expect the schools to do everything so they don't have to lift a finger.
What's the point of decking it out OEM? Buy as close to a base system as you can and then upgrade it with third party components as necessary. Saves money. That $20-25k price tag is when you stuff every OEM option available into it, for crying out loud. If you have that kind of money to throw around, you'd probably just buy the OEM for the sake of streamlined support.
Disk images. Use them. You can make a case-sensitive disk image on a case-insensitive filesystem and vice versa. Presto, you can now use your UNIX software and OS X software. Not the most convenient way to do it, but it does work for most things.
And OS X is certified UNIX. There was no lie there whatsoever.
The screen itself is worth about $1k alone. Dell has been selling the exact same panel in a standalone display for $1050 for some time now. Also, you ask why. It's simple: Because people will buy it. In any case, this was a much bigger bump for the lower end iMacs. The 4670 on the low end may not be much, but it's a big step up from the damned 9400M they were using. Integrated graphics on a 1080p screen? The 5670 in the midrange is also a decent step up from the 4670. The 5750 is only going to be a tad faster than the 4850 they were using. The i3/i5 in the low-midrange systems will be a NICE improvement over the Core 2 Duos they were using, no doubt about that. An interesting thing to note is that Apple is using a 2.8ghz i5 quad. Did they special order that from Intel or something?
Apple's dual-CPU Mac Pros are actually their most competitively priced computers. This isn't a Skulltrail board. We're talking about dual Xeons, ECC RAM, etc. Price out the same system from Dell or HP and you'll find that there isn't much difference in price. However, Apple hasn't yet posted the new systems and pricing to the store yet, so try to match specs with the new stuff on the tech specs page.
So there aren't twelve cores in the new Mac Pro?
And a Xeon with ECC RAM. You left that part out. Don't compare a commodity i7 custom build to an OEM Xeon-based workstation. They aren't the same thing.
There were bricked iPhones due to software unlocks. Granted, they were eventually unbricked, but software that screws with things at very low levels can and does brick devices from time to time. Anyway, if it's a software issue, then the user should just be able to restore the phone and be done with it. They'd lose all their third-party goodies, but that's the price to pay.
Comcast's cap is perfectly reasonable. Very, VERY few people will ever hit it. Period. You've been torrenting like a madman if you actually hit that. I do torrents, Netflix, and many other things, and I've never hit the 250GB cap or come close.
You're being far too narrow. Let's not forget uninterested parents, endless XBox sessions, too much TV, and so much more. It's not just the schools. It's the home environment too.
And it's compressed to everloving hell, so you can't even tell that it's 4k. It's almost bad enough to just look like poorly upscaled 480p.
I checked the demo model at a nearby AT&T Store. One fingertip over the lower left gap and the signal dropped quite a bit. There's definitely an issue. It's not worth a lawsuit and the spoiled little yuppies screaming their heads off should be slapped, but there's definitely an issue.
Darn. So the Voynich Manuscript is probably not a prime candidate.
I've only seen real, live boobies once on Chatroulette, and I'm not even sure they were human. Looked more like a friggin' whale. She got upset when I asked her to do the truffle shuffle.
Only a matter of time before they start calling each other mindless faggots, and thus, Carr will be the victor.
Except that by allowing filming and exposing injustices, the police will be forced to deal with the problem instead of punishing those who expose the problem. When scrutiny increases, the police must curb their more flagrant abuses. There will always be bad cops doing bad things, but saying that we should put up with it because people need to trust the police is utterly insane. If increased scrutiny and punishment of offenses does not result in change, then the police do not deserve the public trust and likely we'd see politicians step in to do something about the problem as the public outcry would be loud enough to warrant it.
It is never okay for the police to abuse their power, and when they do, they must be held accountable just like anyone else. Saying that the police should be above scrutiny is utterly insane. If they know that they cannot be filmed and made to stand for their actions, then what's to stop them from abusing their power even further? This provides a necessary check to keep those in power from overextending that power. To strip the people of this is to put them at the complete mercy of that power, which is unacceptable no matter what kind of spin you put on it. END OF FUCKING STORY . That you would say that we should just take the unwarranted beating because people need to trust the police is utterly disgusting and horrifying.
And then you get arrested for uploading the video. RTFA. That's what happened to one guy. Upload it and you go to jail. I'm not the kind of guy to scream that we're becoming a police state, but this is disturbing as hell and needs to be overturned NOW by state or federal legislatures or judges, whichever comes first.
M-O-O-N, that spells wrong.
I'm not talking about technical statutory rape. If you didn't notice, I used the word "force", which implies zero consent by the person being raped. There's a big difference. I'm not going to say that someone in another country marrying a 14 year old girl and engaging in consensual sex is wrong. I may find it personally iffy, but I'm not going to call for anyone's head. Girls have been and still are married off that young because by that age, they can bear children, and considering the greatly shortened life expectancies only 100 years ago and the infant mortality rate, it made more sense.
Now, if it's a five year old, then you have no justification. Bear in mind that I'm talking about actual rape, not rape by technicalities.
Give me one possible reason to rape a child. I'm not talking about technical statutory rape, I'm not talking about willing acts between knowledgeable partners, I'm talking about rape. There are some absolutes no matter what culture you're from. Forcing yourself violently upon another person against their will without any justification beyond your own selfish desires is WRONG. Moral relativism only goes so far. There are some things that are indeed wrong. Period. End of story. You cannot, absolutely CANNOT justify them logically.
I'm saying that's the logic behind the UK banning of depictions of it. Did you notice that I said the same thing you did above? I'm pointing out that the rationale of banning those cartoons, while I do not agree with it, is more sound than banning cartoons depicting Mohammed. Try a little reading comprehension.
Being against child molestation is logical morality. Very, very, very few people will believe that raping a child is acceptable. Most of those who do are outright sociopaths. It's logical because you can see exactly why it's wrong. It's someone forcing themselves onto a child against the will of the child for their own selfish desires, uncaring for the agony and lifelong scarring they will cause. It's wrong. Period.
Blasphemy is subjective morality. It's based on a chosen set of beliefs, a set of beliefs in an incredibly wide sea of them. Odds are, the majority of people in the world will not share all of them. Poking fun at a religious figure is not wrong to many, many people, and it's not based on being sociopaths. It's based on the idea of freedom of speech, that we can poke fun at anything and everything because that is our basic human right. To deny people that right is to deny their humanity. You do not have the right to not be offended by anything. To force people into that set of beliefs is wrong. Period.
Nah, it's because the second and third books were written by a different author.
I think we can all agree that there's a big difference between depictions of child molestation/rape and cartoons poking fun at a religious figure. I don't agree with the banning of the former. While horrid, sick, and depraved, there is still the fact that nobody was harmed in their creation.
It's an FPS, but not quite traditional. You get a little hand cursor that can be used to pick up an manipulate objects. The genre is horror, and Penumbra delivers. Freaky game. Worth the money.