I think we need to be careful not to uncritically label scientific studies as "news." There is obviously a broad scientific consensus on global warming and our effect on it. But Bush and his oil industry pals can still find a few scientific studies from which they can selectively quote a few sentences to argue for what they want us to believe. (Just like Hollywood can find quotes like, "The Cave is... a great movie"!) We should aim at a higher level, and actually try to determine what the science says. We should be careful not to emphasize overly papers which are too far from the consensus (which I think this paper might be), and then just quote the few sentences we want to hear (as this slashdot article does).
I've never understood why Canon compact cameras are popular. They do tend to have decent lens quality. But: they have the slowest autofocus of any compact camera manufacturer. Enormous shutter lag. Lots of people who bought Canon digicams think they need to get a DSLR if they want 1 sec shutter lag. In truth, they just need to try a different brand.
Obviously, digital broadcasting hasn't been compelling enough to get a huge number of people to upgrade. The numbers aren't given in the article, but it sounds like, of people getting TV over the air, the large majority prefers analog to digital.
Rather than force them to upgrade to a technology that they don't think is worthwhile, why don't we cancel digital broadcasting? It hasn't worked.
I switched to Firefox on Friday. Finally I was sick of the security holes in IE.
By Saturday I had come across three bugs:
1. Opening a pdf file froze Firefox temporarily. I quit it normally and it wouldn't open because it thought the user profile was still in use. Even worse, it had somehow killed Acrobat Reader so I couldn't read pdf files on my own computer. When I clicked on the same pdf link in IE, IE froze and soon computer (Win XP) hard crashed. Restarted and it soon hard crashed again. Restarted again.
2. The photography forums at www.fredmiranda.com don't work properly. When I control click to open a thread in a new tab, it opens it both in a new tab and in the current tab.
3. Sun's iPlanet Messaging Server for accessing IMAP email doesn't work properly. Even with popup blocking turned off, Firefox still for some reason blocks the Compose and Reply popup email composition dialog boxes. Perhaps there is another popup blocking setting that I don't know about. For now, I still have to use IE.
The first problem is a serious fault with Firefox/Mozilla. The second and third problems have to do with Firefox but may also be due to poor webpage design. Regardless, the switch to Firefox has not been transparent, even for someone not afraid of computers. And I still need to keep IE around. In my book, Firefox has a ways to go. (Still, love the tabs and the google search dialog. Reminds me of Apple's Safari.)
Yes, either way Apple wins. But the Apple enforces the DRM to satisfy the RIAA. The RIAA couldn't care less if a little P2P sharing makes AAC a more popular format, or if more people use iTunes or iPods.
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I think we need to be careful not to uncritically label scientific studies as "news." There is obviously a broad scientific consensus on global warming and our effect on it. But Bush and his oil industry pals can still find a few scientific studies from which they can selectively quote a few sentences to argue for what they want us to believe. (Just like Hollywood can find quotes like, "The Cave is ... a great movie"!) We should aim at a higher level, and actually try to determine what the science says. We should be careful not to emphasize overly papers which are too far from the consensus (which I think this paper might be), and then just quote the few sentences we want to hear (as this slashdot article does).
I've never understood why Canon compact cameras are popular. They do tend to have decent lens quality. But: they have the slowest autofocus of any compact camera manufacturer. Enormous shutter lag. Lots of people who bought Canon digicams think they need to get a DSLR if they want 1 sec shutter lag. In truth, they just need to try a different brand.
Obviously, digital broadcasting hasn't been compelling enough to get a huge number of people to upgrade. The numbers aren't given in the article, but it sounds like, of people getting TV over the air, the large majority prefers analog to digital. Rather than force them to upgrade to a technology that they don't think is worthwhile, why don't we cancel digital broadcasting? It hasn't worked.
Why is this moderated insightful? We are well below the break-even point on the Laffer curve. Duh.
I switched to Firefox on Friday. Finally I was sick of the security holes in IE.
By Saturday I had come across three bugs:
1. Opening a pdf file froze Firefox temporarily. I quit it normally and it wouldn't open because it thought the user profile was still in use. Even worse, it had somehow killed Acrobat Reader so I couldn't read pdf files on my own computer. When I clicked on the same pdf link in IE, IE froze and soon computer (Win XP) hard crashed. Restarted and it soon hard crashed again. Restarted again.
2. The photography forums at www.fredmiranda.com don't work properly. When I control click to open a thread in a new tab, it opens it both in a new tab and in the current tab.
3. Sun's iPlanet Messaging Server for accessing IMAP email doesn't work properly. Even with popup blocking turned off, Firefox still for some reason blocks the Compose and Reply popup email composition dialog boxes. Perhaps there is another popup blocking setting that I don't know about. For now, I still have to use IE.
The first problem is a serious fault with Firefox/Mozilla. The second and third problems have to do with Firefox but may also be due to poor webpage design. Regardless, the switch to Firefox has not been transparent, even for someone not afraid of computers. And I still need to keep IE around. In my book, Firefox has a ways to go. (Still, love the tabs and the google search dialog. Reminds me of Apple's Safari.)
It's for forward compatibility. Apple wants to be able to freely update the iPod's form factor.
Yes, either way Apple wins. But the Apple enforces the DRM to satisfy the RIAA. The RIAA couldn't care less if a little P2P sharing makes AAC a more popular format, or if more people use iTunes or iPods.
They'll sell it to you maybe several years later. E.g. Monsters Inc deep shadows.