Right now we have 2 lines on t-mobile under the old plan ($80 for 2 lines, 2 gig data each). including tax that's $89.
If we switch to the new plan, it's on sale for $100, including fees. AND t-mobile does a buy-back of $10 if you stay under 2 gig. We rarely go over 2 gig/line.
So at worst, it's $10 more/month. At best, it's $80, including fees. Which saves us $10.
(of course, under the old plan, most of the music streaming apps didn't count towards the data)
But OS X 10.8? That came out in 2012, not 2001. Even 10.7 is still fairly modern. 10.6/Snow Leopard is getting long in the tooth, so that might make sense to drop support, but this will just make people using the older Macs run out of date browsers or find another product.
Every version of OS X since mavericks in 2013 has been free and runs on pretty much any mac built after 2007. So really folks, get with the program and update.
No voice dialing = deal-killer. How am I supposed to use it hands-free, especially in the car? Two-hand "multi-touch" while driving equals instant death.
If you pay with credit card, there's only a possibility that your privacy will be invaded. Pay by cash, and your boarding pass gets marked for extra "rubber glove, bend over" security screening with TSA at the metal detector. So you're certain to get your privacy invaded there.
So given the choice between "might" and "will", I'll choose "might" any day.
The Death Knell of CNN came way back in 2001 when they hired that actress from Babylon 5 to be an anchor on Headline News. It just hasn't been the same since.
I have a friend who is queer for U2. He has just about everything they've ever released. Now, U2 may not think it's worth it to release CDs of every show on, say, their Zooropa tour. Now, how are they (U2) being hurt when my friend amasses a bootleg collection? He's already bought everything they're selling. If they missed an opportunity for a sale (by not selling recordings of every single one of their shows) it's their fault.
Actually, U2 informally permit recording and distribution of their non-US concerts, but they have never published a set of guidelines to legally allow distribution. Their concerts were once legally available at etree.org and archive.org, but are no longer publically available from these sites. An authorized set of guidelines is pending, so their concerts may reappear on these legal websites sometime in the future.
DOJ has been using Corel Wordperfect Office exclusively for a decade, and good ol' dos wordperfect 5.1 since there was a wordperfect. I personally have loaded 1980's era wordperfect documents off the network to cut'n'paste into a brief.
Nothing new here.
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First off-- thanks for coming to the national book fair. I enjoyed your talk and thanks for signing my copy of system of the world.
your 5 major works explore the rise and fall of the modern nation-state. The Baroque Cycle shows its genesis and rise (esp. vis a vis the development of centralized banking and modern financial systems), Crypnotomicon sows the seeds of its fall (untraceable tax havens through strong crypto and electronic "money") and Snowcrash and Diamond Age show a "post nation-state" world.
Was it always your intent to explore this theme way back when you were writing Snowcrash, or did it grow "organically" as you started working on new books?
Now that this theme has a beginning, middle and end, do you intend to continue exploring it in future books, or is it now "done" and time to move on to new subjects?
Check out my mom's friend's hippomobile! It's made out of a Toyota RAV4. The pictures don't do it justice because one of the eyes can wink at you. Too bad there isn't a movie of it winking.
Beagle Bros made possibly some of the best software ever produced for the Apple II. Some of their stuff was truly stellar: Pronto Dos, Beagle Basic, and their Appleworks extensions made Apples do things that seemed impossible. Plus, the packaging included the finest goodies and swag (with the exception of Infocom) in computer history. I still have my "apple peek and poke chart" and some Beagle Bros stickers. The "newsletters" included really cool apple hacks that would give those Obscurcated C and Perl folks pause. Such as the infamous Call -768 which would make the computer moo "Sometimes once, sometimes twice, and sometimes not at all."
Imagine where we would be today if even 10% of the software companies had half the creativity and the flabbergasting technical mastery of Beagle Bros.
He isn't going to change his mind for you. You're just going to piss him (and his clerks) off, and you might get the FBI or the Federal Marshals interested in you. Harassing a federal judge is a really bad idea.
Instead, if you feel the need to call anyone, call the FTC and/or the DOJ and ask them to appeal the decision. Or call your Congressman/Senator and ask them to change the law.
Or (if you live in DC like me) silently fume because you don't have a voice in government. Give DC voting rights now!
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Right now we have 2 lines on t-mobile under the old plan ($80 for 2 lines, 2 gig data each). including tax that's $89.
If we switch to the new plan, it's on sale for $100, including fees. AND t-mobile does a buy-back of $10 if you stay under 2 gig. We rarely go over 2 gig/line.
So at worst, it's $10 more/month. At best, it's $80, including fees. Which saves us $10.
(of course, under the old plan, most of the music streaming apps didn't count towards the data)
Worth switching?
Why not use OS X's built-in widgets for tabs, arrows, etc.?
Material design and macs don't mix. While chrome's material design looks just fine on my nexus, it just looks awful on my computer.
But OS X 10.8? That came out in 2012, not 2001. Even 10.7 is still fairly modern. 10.6/Snow Leopard is getting long in the tooth, so that might make sense to drop support, but this will just make people using the older Macs run out of date browsers or find another product.
Every version of OS X since mavericks in 2013 has been free and runs on pretty much any mac built after 2007. So really folks, get with the program and update.
Voco Fraa Erasmus!
He's used the Chuck Norris jokes in an op-ed piece to further his christianist agenda: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52567
And he's appeared in a Mike Huckabee advertisement also involving the jokes.
IAAL. He's gonna lose.
No voice dialing = deal-killer. How am I supposed to use it hands-free, especially in the car? Two-hand "multi-touch" while driving equals instant death.
I want a "jesus-phone", not a "meet jesus phone"!
If you pay with credit card, there's only a possibility that your privacy will be invaded. Pay by cash, and your boarding pass gets marked for extra "rubber glove, bend over" security screening with TSA at the metal detector. So you're certain to get your privacy invaded there.
So given the choice between "might" and "will", I'll choose "might" any day.
Pre-Bill Gates: The economy crashes.
President Bill Gates: The economy crashes and gets a Blue Screen of Death
Why would AOL need peer-to-peer to save on their bandwidth? Don't they own the internet?
"People might cite George Bush as proof that you can be totally impervious to the effects of Harvard and Yale education."
-- washington post 8/3/05
But with my luck, my neighbors will buy this overpowered and loud subwoofer.
The Death Knell of CNN came way back in 2001 when they hired that actress from Babylon 5 to be an anchor on Headline News. It just hasn't been the same since.
I have a friend who is queer for U2. He has just about everything they've ever released. Now, U2 may not think it's worth it to release CDs of every show on, say, their Zooropa tour. Now, how are they (U2) being hurt when my friend amasses a bootleg collection? He's already bought everything they're selling. If they missed an opportunity for a sale (by not selling recordings of every single one of their shows) it's their fault.
Actually, U2 informally permit recording and distribution of their non-US concerts, but they have never published a set of guidelines to legally allow distribution. Their concerts were once legally available at etree.org and archive.org, but are no longer publically available from these sites. An authorized set of guidelines is pending, so their concerts may reappear on these legal websites sometime in the future.
This is news??
DOJ has been using Corel Wordperfect Office exclusively for a decade, and good ol' dos wordperfect 5.1 since there was a wordperfect. I personally have loaded 1980's era wordperfect documents off the network to cut'n'paste into a brief.
Nothing new here.
First off-- thanks for coming to the national book fair. I enjoyed your talk and thanks for signing my copy of system of the world.
your 5 major works explore the rise and fall of the modern nation-state. The Baroque Cycle shows its genesis and rise (esp. vis a vis the development of centralized banking and modern financial systems), Crypnotomicon sows the seeds of its fall (untraceable tax havens through strong crypto and electronic "money") and Snowcrash and Diamond Age show a "post nation-state" world.
Was it always your intent to explore this theme way back when you were writing Snowcrash, or did it grow "organically" as you started working on new books?
Now that this theme has a beginning, middle and end, do you intend to continue exploring it in future books, or is it now "done" and time to move on to new subjects?
Which is available here. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/27/technology/27pat ent.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1096380519-zZN7CP1GRXmfD CVCTn3bYw
Apply a Star Trek solution to a Babylon 5 problem, apparently you can apply a Babylon 5 solution to a Star Trek problem!
Well, SCO could always rely on the South Park Defense to German Law:
"Damn! What the f*ck is wrong with German people?"
The title of the movie isn't "I, Robot"; it's "iRobot", the new personal anthropomorphic assistant from Apple.
Asimov has absolutely nothing to do with this movie. Pure coincidence.
Students getting advice from ghosts in Denmark?
Shakespeare already did it.
Check out my mom's friend's hippomobile! It's made out of a Toyota RAV4. The pictures don't do it justice because one of the eyes can wink at you. Too bad there isn't a movie of it winking.
And yes, she actually drives it shopping, etc.
Good on them. Maybe some competition will increase NASA funding.
Beagle Bros made possibly some of the best software ever produced for the Apple II. Some of their stuff was truly stellar: Pronto Dos, Beagle Basic, and their Appleworks extensions made Apples do things that seemed impossible. Plus, the packaging included the finest goodies and swag (with the exception of Infocom) in computer history. I still have my "apple peek and poke chart" and some Beagle Bros stickers. The "newsletters" included really cool apple hacks that would give those Obscurcated C and Perl folks pause. Such as the infamous Call -768 which would make the computer moo "Sometimes once, sometimes twice, and sometimes not at all."
Imagine where we would be today if even 10% of the software companies had half the creativity and the flabbergasting technical mastery of Beagle Bros.
He isn't going to change his mind for you. You're just going to piss him (and his clerks) off, and you might get the FBI or the Federal Marshals interested in you. Harassing a federal judge is a really bad idea.
Instead, if you feel the need to call anyone, call the FTC and/or the DOJ and ask them to appeal the decision. Or call your Congressman/Senator and ask them to change the law.
Or (if you live in DC like me) silently fume because you don't have a voice in government. Give DC voting rights now!