Exactly. I was thinking the same thing. Also, at the light weight and size, i could haul this on my bike easy. A ultra tiny dell is $1500. Heck, if i can RDP to my home PC from the road, this thing is going to be perfect!
If this is true, and assuming that heat is what wears out electronics, then I suppose a white background will prolong the life of your monitor. Too bad, because I prefer black.
So, just go with a metal roof, or another reflective coating. Anything is better than black asphalt.
I believe you can use a standing-seam metal roof, thus leaving a gap between your old roof and your new one (don't even need to remove the old roof), and allow airflow between. This should knock the heat absorption into your attic down by at least half.
Just a side note............while most of my calls are still from Windows users, I am starting to get more Linux calls (3 this year, up from 0 ever). Two had burned Ubuntu disks from who-knows-where, while one had a retail version Suse which he paid $45 for. All 3 wanted help installing it. The majority are clearly geeks/nerds, however I just wanted to point out that this might be changing.
Also, last July, I went to a non-nerd relatives house, to help "setup his new digital camera". I was surprised to find he had Ubuntu running on his machine. He said that a friend told him to try it, and he liked it (though he was a bit frustrated by some things, he admitted he only tried it because he was a bit frustrated with Windows). I would suggest that he is a "above average" user, but he isn't a nerd/geek. He is a retired crane operator, and a good craftsman (so he has patience, and is not afraid to read/learn).
I've worked in all of them, before getting into IT (or side by side with them). I agree, those departments use spreadsheets all the time, however the only time any of those departments used anything more advanced than a text editor, was when IT set it up for them. Accounting might be the one exception, since they could use the auto-sum button. That was it.
Regional difference? Public education differences? Cultural?
Which brings me to my belief that we should be teaching people "how to use a word processor", not "how to use Word".
Oh, and I have been a company trainer, and a public school teacher, and pretty much everything in between. The vast majority of users cannot create materials beyond word processing. When they try, they save their powerpoint presentation (complete with 4000 words per page, and the awesome glass shatter noise) on a floppy disk (it never fits), then to random location X. Where is my presentation?
Is there anything that isn't toxic in extreme levels? The human body is really quite fragile when you consider it.
People have died from overdosing on most over-the-counter drugs. I have heard that Vitamin C is even toxic in extreme levels. If you are in the arctic, and live purely off of Rabbit meat, it is toxic (protein poisoning). Even water can kill you if you drink too much of it (kidney overload?)? Correct me if I am wrong, but I can't think of anything that isn't toxic in the improper quantities. Air? If you breath too fast repeatedly, you will surely suffer brain damage (though passing out should prevent this).
"I've seen Spybot take years to fix false positives that have been brought to their attention."
And how much $ or time did you donate to help the cause? I am just curious. I don't think it is fair to criticize spybot on the same level as software you paid for.
"most newborns don't really have a character, personality or memory."
Sorry, this is incorrect.....I assume you don't have children then. Newborns are born with a vast memory and personality. Many studies have shown that memory develops quite a while before birth.
"At what point does the collection of cells become a human?"
Exactly the issue. I admit to not knowing exactly, and am not an expert on mammalian embryo development. It has human DNA, but so do my toenails (yet they are not being debated as being separate humans). Arcane? I do not think that word means what you think it means:)
If humans were able to reproduce (maybe through evolution, or a trait that we discover we have always had) through fragmentation (asexual reproduction, like starfish), would every severed finger be a human simply because of the potential? Because something is possible, does it deserves the right to be?
So, saving a loved one through sacrificing a blastocyst isn't an option for you (I assume you don't have children or this wouldn't even be debatable)? There are more living cells in a booger than a blastocyst....yet you wouldn't sacrifice one? Is this truly logical to you? Is every sperm sacred, and do you believe it is your duty to breed? I am actually wondering because it seems these two trains of thought often are together. I just don't see this perspective, but I am interested in hearing it.
You have basically announced that you equate a blastocyst to a human.....I assume it is because you assume it already has a soul?
Somewhat unrelated, but what if the life could save 2 lives?
Sorry, I disagree. What defines "me" is a character and a personality and a memory. These things do not exist with this glob.
Based upon your logic, I was also in the food my mom murdered by eating it to create the cells/energy that weas used to create me. Just because something needs to exist in order for the next thing to exist, does not mean they are one and the same.
And what if another one of these globs could save your life today? What about one of your kids lives? What would you say then?
It sounds good to me, pay by the page. Excellent. Think about it, you pay for what you print! If the consumer knows exactly what each page costs to print, then you know what each page costs, perfect! No mystery about 50% ink being wasted.
Whether this is available yet, I don't know. If the average joe can do this, i also don't know. I assume not?
Anyway, I suggest you go buy a cheap brother laser printer. I am still on the "sample" toner that it starts with. No ink cleaning cycles, no messed up pages. Perfect every time. It is only B/W, but pictures look great anyway. If I want color, i will pay the 20 cents to some online printer.
Are we sure they "forgot to do anything" with the computers. I have a feeling that the computers made someone a profit, and it clearly wasn't IBM, or the kids.
Yeah, our whole class found it quite fun to say that we smoked weed 2-3x per week, and drank pretty much every day. It should have been obvious we were lying given the amount of coke we claimed to have used (we were poor). I am quite sure that everyone in our class had fun with those surveys.........though now I know why the dare program was pushed so hard right afterwards. We had an entire DARE class, taking up an entire hour of our already watered down school day. DARE = Drug Abuse Resistance Education......and it is really lame.
LOCAL COP: Let me summarize DARE for those of you who never suffered through it.
Hi kids, here is a list of drugs that you should never do, never try, and squeal on anyone who offers them or uses them. Here is a list of drugs that are just as dangerous, addictive, and harmful, but they are OK to take if your doctor suggests you use them.
THAT ONE KID IN EACH CLASS THAT THINKS ON THEIR OWN: How can we have a list of legal and illegal drugs, when both have similar lists of positive and negative results? And why is alcohol legal, when it clearly kills more people than the rest? Aren't more people killed each year by legal drugs than illegal ones?
LOCAL COP: Quiet you! Just say NO damn-it! Have a sticker.....and eat your Ritalin!
Hmmm, now maybe we know why the average American is popping prescription drugs like tic-tacs?
I suppose that species can come and go.... it will happen no matter what we do.
I agree, I bet new species pop up all the time. Heck, just this morning I bet a couple of new species of whales were created! Yeah, it will happen no matter what we do....even though we are the ones doing it. Makes sense.
Lets start a club where we try not to cloud these issues with facts and logic. We can call it the Patriot Freedom Club. We can have cookies, and chocolate milk, and talk about how much global warming is beyond our control. Then we can get in our SUV's and go run over baby tortoises as they scramble for the ocean! Die little bastards, die!
"Teach someone how to use Word and they will be able to use Word. Teach them how to use a word processor, and they will be able to use any word processor."
I agree, so this is why I entered education and tried to spread this concept. It failed miserably. I found few teacher or admins that would believe this. Of course, these were the same people that save files, and haven't a clue where the file is saved. They call IT when their number pad isn't working (numlock), and need their password reset every monday. Lets not forget how they remove a toolbar every time they try to do something more complex than change fonts, and cannot get it back. These are the teachers and admins at every school I have worked at (4), so I gave up. Good luck to anyone else who wants to continue the fight. I might jump back in the fight in a few years.
But, at what point did you agree to those terms? Did you actually get to read the ticket before you purchased it? Or, is that the purpose of buying them at point A, and walking to point B before entering?
I don't agree with the anti-linux banter, but most users can figure out how to goto ATI.com and find a driver (the ones who know what a driver is anyway). "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new"? Is that English? For those of us who are still trying to make the conversion, it is a huge barrier.
Personally, I have had trouble with audio on both of my previous desktops (in Windows and Linux). The first desktop didn't have network support on the linux or windows install either. It has seemed to me, the driver support after a fresh install is similar on each......however Windows drivers are far easier to find and install. To give Linux its props, the GPU drivers were better in Linux (suse)........however that only lasted until it wouldn't boot the GUI after switching monitors. Back to Windows..........I will give Linux another shot next year, maybe my time won't be as valuable.
"If you don't bother to find out what's inside before looking after it and it turns out to be full of counterfeit money, should you really be unaccountable because you just held on to the safe?"
Yes, you should be unaccountable. It isn't your safe, it isn't your contents. This is just like renting a storage shed. Should the owner be liable because someone was storing counterfeit money in their shed?
"accepting locked containers without asking the contents makes you at least partly liable for the contents because you have been reckless as to whether or not they will be harmful or illegal."
I am sorry, but this is exactly the sort of logic that destroys our civil liberties. By this logic, the ISP's are liable for the data I send over their networks, the United States Postal Service is liable for the contents of anything illegal that is sent through them, the gun manufacturers are liable for the people who use them maliciously, and a landlord is liable for the plants growing in the basement of the house he is renting out.
This ideology is spreading like wildfire in the US, disgustingly. A landowner is liable for injuries sustained by trespassers, we cannot peacefully protest without being arrested, and we are not allowed to paint our houses without using a color approved by the neighborhood community. By the time I die, I expect I won't be able to speak to another human without breaking some law.....surely I won't be able to store a friends safe without first inspecting it to be sure it doesn't contain 57 coppies of Spiderman 14.
Thanks. I have tried Linux a total of 4 or 5 times now. Each time ended with a black command prompt on boot, that I couldn't get past. A Linux-junkie friend/nemisis of mine says that I am just unlucky, and I get the most odd and rare problems on Linux, maybe he is right. When I touch a Linux box, it dies.......call it a gift.
Thanks, and I have to say, it really made me feel like an idiot (yeah yeah). Anyway, re-installing Suse with the new monitor in place worked.
I thought about it, and I guess Linux is ready for the average Joe who will never upgrade their computer, or add any additional software or swap any hardware. It is the average IT guy that has the problems!
On a side note, I do understand how to MAN commands in Linux to figure out the command line needed, but I don't enjoy it. In my job, I need to be able to fix something in 30 seconds, or I will fall behind. I need a GUI that can pop up my 47 options instantly, and 3 clicks later I have changed the 2 settings that were off, and done. No editing of files manually, no command line parameters and switches, nothing. Yes, you can get really fast at a command prompt (even faster than a gui probably), but I also use dozens of different systems every hour....I do not think a command prompt is practical for most of what I do. A familiar and consistent interface is a lifesaver.
I have an XP-pro SP1 CD. It doesn't play DVD's "out of the box". I have to install PowerDVD or something else in order to have this functionality. Maybe SP2 has the codecs already?
To remain on-topic, I know many decent IS workers (Windows) who have tried linux and turned away (including myself). Yup, I am not the best IS person on the planet, but if I can't figure out how to do some simple basic task, how can we expect Joe Blow to be able to do it? The last Linux install I tried was last year, the latest version of Suse. I swapped monitors (CRT to LCD), and it wouldn't boot anymore (some cryptic message that couldn't be tied down using google). I put the old monitor on, and it worked fine. Guess what, XP worked perfectly, regardless of the monitor. The copy of XP cost me $150, which is a bargain considering I wasted an entire day trying to get Suse to work (the retail version even, though I am not sure what the owner paid for it).
I have nothing against Linux, I just have no reason to use it myself......unless someone else can give me a good reason.
Which brings up something I have always wondered. Divide the country up into 2 parts, poor and wealthy (yeah, that is oversimplifying, but stay with me here). The poor think that the tax burden should be mostly put upon the wealthy. The wealthy try to sidestep this, putting the burden on the poor.
If the burden is put on the wealthy, then the wealthy can continue to "fund the tyrant, because he is good for business", even though the poor want to revolt. So, in order for the poor to regain control of the country, do they need to accept the tax burden?
The only way I can see around this catch-22, is to outright ban any form of campaign contributions. No $ can be donated, no donations. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Each media outlet would be required to give X time to X parties to plead their case, exactly X days before election X. I believe this would also take our 2 party system and bust it into about a dozen pieces.
I know, this would never happen however, because of who owns the media giants.
Agreed. I think there should be a +1 Disagree, for this purpose. Maybe there should be a +1 Disagree and a -1 Disagree. There have been many times where I disagreed with a comment, yet it was a good point and contributed highly to the discussion.
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Exactly. I was thinking the same thing. Also, at the light weight and size, i could haul this on my bike easy. A ultra tiny dell is $1500. Heck, if i can RDP to my home PC from the road, this thing is going to be perfect!
If this is true, and assuming that heat is what wears out electronics, then I suppose a white background will prolong the life of your monitor. Too bad, because I prefer black.
So, just go with a metal roof, or another reflective coating. Anything is better than black asphalt.
I believe you can use a standing-seam metal roof, thus leaving a gap between your old roof and your new one (don't even need to remove the old roof), and allow airflow between. This should knock the heat absorption into your attic down by at least half.
Just a side note............while most of my calls are still from Windows users, I am starting to get more Linux calls (3 this year, up from 0 ever). Two had burned Ubuntu disks from who-knows-where, while one had a retail version Suse which he paid $45 for. All 3 wanted help installing it. The majority are clearly geeks/nerds, however I just wanted to point out that this might be changing.
Also, last July, I went to a non-nerd relatives house, to help "setup his new digital camera". I was surprised to find he had Ubuntu running on his machine. He said that a friend told him to try it, and he liked it (though he was a bit frustrated by some things, he admitted he only tried it because he was a bit frustrated with Windows). I would suggest that he is a "above average" user, but he isn't a nerd/geek. He is a retired crane operator, and a good craftsman (so he has patience, and is not afraid to read/learn).
I've worked in all of them, before getting into IT (or side by side with them). I agree, those departments use spreadsheets all the time, however the only time any of those departments used anything more advanced than a text editor, was when IT set it up for them. Accounting might be the one exception, since they could use the auto-sum button. That was it.
Regional difference? Public education differences? Cultural?
Which brings me to my belief that we should be teaching people "how to use a word processor", not "how to use Word".
Oh, and I have been a company trainer, and a public school teacher, and pretty much everything in between. The vast majority of users cannot create materials beyond word processing. When they try, they save their powerpoint presentation (complete with 4000 words per page, and the awesome glass shatter noise) on a floppy disk (it never fits), then to random location X. Where is my presentation?
Is there anything that isn't toxic in extreme levels? The human body is really quite fragile when you consider it.
People have died from overdosing on most over-the-counter drugs. I have heard that Vitamin C is even toxic in extreme levels. If you are in the arctic, and live purely off of Rabbit meat, it is toxic (protein poisoning). Even water can kill you if you drink too much of it (kidney overload?)? Correct me if I am wrong, but I can't think of anything that isn't toxic in the improper quantities. Air? If you breath too fast repeatedly, you will surely suffer brain damage (though passing out should prevent this).
"I've seen Spybot take years to fix false positives that have been brought to their attention."
And how much $ or time did you donate to help the cause? I am just curious. I don't think it is fair to criticize spybot on the same level as software you paid for.
"most newborns don't really have a character, personality or memory."
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Sorry, this is incorrect.....I assume you don't have children then. Newborns are born with a vast memory and personality. Many studies have shown that memory develops quite a while before birth.
"At what point does the collection of cells become a human?"
Exactly the issue. I admit to not knowing exactly, and am not an expert on mammalian embryo development. It has human DNA, but so do my toenails (yet they are not being debated as being separate humans). Arcane? I do not think that word means what you think it means
If humans were able to reproduce (maybe through evolution, or a trait that we discover we have always had) through fragmentation (asexual reproduction, like starfish), would every severed finger be a human simply because of the potential? Because something is possible, does it deserves the right to be?
So, saving a loved one through sacrificing a blastocyst isn't an option for you (I assume you don't have children or this wouldn't even be debatable)? There are more living cells in a booger than a blastocyst....yet you wouldn't sacrifice one? Is this truly logical to you? Is every sperm sacred, and do you believe it is your duty to breed? I am actually wondering because it seems these two trains of thought often are together. I just don't see this perspective, but I am interested in hearing it.
You have basically announced that you equate a blastocyst to a human.....I assume it is because you assume it already has a soul?
Somewhat unrelated, but what if the life could save 2 lives?
Sorry, I disagree. What defines "me" is a character and a personality and a memory. These things do not exist with this glob.
Based upon your logic, I was also in the food my mom murdered by eating it to create the cells/energy that weas used to create me. Just because something needs to exist in order for the next thing to exist, does not mean they are one and the same.
And what if another one of these globs could save your life today? What about one of your kids lives? What would you say then?
Which is probably why HP is looking into a new strategy.
It sounds good to me, pay by the page. Excellent. Think about it, you pay for what you print! If the consumer knows exactly what each page costs to print, then you know what each page costs, perfect! No mystery about 50% ink being wasted.
Whether this is available yet, I don't know. If the average joe can do this, i also don't know. I assume not?
Anyway, I suggest you go buy a cheap brother laser printer. I am still on the "sample" toner that it starts with. No ink cleaning cycles, no messed up pages. Perfect every time. It is only B/W, but pictures look great anyway. If I want color, i will pay the 20 cents to some online printer.
Oh the humanity!!!!
That little glob could be the next OJ Simpson, or Professor Snape!
If that is a human, than I think I may have just picked a human out of my nose this morning. Now I am going to find it, and call it Freddie.
Every sperm is sacred! Save me Jebus!
Are we sure they "forgot to do anything" with the computers. I have a feeling that the computers made someone a profit, and it clearly wasn't IBM, or the kids.
Yeah, our whole class found it quite fun to say that we smoked weed 2-3x per week, and drank pretty much every day. It should have been obvious we were lying given the amount of coke we claimed to have used (we were poor). I am quite sure that everyone in our class had fun with those surveys.........though now I know why the dare program was pushed so hard right afterwards. We had an entire DARE class, taking up an entire hour of our already watered down school day. DARE = Drug Abuse Resistance Education......and it is really lame.
LOCAL COP: Let me summarize DARE for those of you who never suffered through it.
Hi kids, here is a list of drugs that you should never do, never try, and squeal on anyone who offers them or uses them. Here is a list of drugs that are just as dangerous, addictive, and harmful, but they are OK to take if your doctor suggests you use them.
THAT ONE KID IN EACH CLASS THAT THINKS ON THEIR OWN: How can we have a list of legal and illegal drugs, when both have similar lists of positive and negative results? And why is alcohol legal, when it clearly kills more people than the rest? Aren't more people killed each year by legal drugs than illegal ones?
LOCAL COP: Quiet you! Just say NO damn-it! Have a sticker.....and eat your Ritalin!
Hmmm, now maybe we know why the average American is popping prescription drugs like tic-tacs?
I suppose that species can come and go. ... it will happen no matter what we do.
I agree, I bet new species pop up all the time. Heck, just this morning I bet a couple of new species of whales were created! Yeah, it will happen no matter what we do....even though we are the ones doing it. Makes sense.
Lets start a club where we try not to cloud these issues with facts and logic. We can call it the Patriot Freedom Club. We can have cookies, and chocolate milk, and talk about how much global warming is beyond our control. Then we can get in our SUV's and go run over baby tortoises as they scramble for the ocean! Die little bastards, die!
Sorry, long day.
"Teach someone how to use Word and they will be able to use Word. Teach them how to use a word processor, and they will be able to use any word processor."
I agree, so this is why I entered education and tried to spread this concept. It failed miserably. I found few teacher or admins that would believe this. Of course, these were the same people that save files, and haven't a clue where the file is saved. They call IT when their number pad isn't working (numlock), and need their password reset every monday. Lets not forget how they remove a toolbar every time they try to do something more complex than change fonts, and cannot get it back. These are the teachers and admins at every school I have worked at (4), so I gave up. Good luck to anyone else who wants to continue the fight. I might jump back in the fight in a few years.
But, at what point did you agree to those terms? Did you actually get to read the ticket before you purchased it? Or, is that the purpose of buying them at point A, and walking to point B before entering?
I don't agree with the anti-linux banter, but most users can figure out how to goto ATI.com and find a driver (the ones who know what a driver is anyway). "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-new"? Is that English? For those of us who are still trying to make the conversion, it is a huge barrier.
.......however that only lasted until it wouldn't boot the GUI after switching monitors. Back to Windows..........I will give Linux another shot next year, maybe my time won't be as valuable.
Personally, I have had trouble with audio on both of my previous desktops (in Windows and Linux). The first desktop didn't have network support on the linux or windows install either. It has seemed to me, the driver support after a fresh install is similar on each......however Windows drivers are far easier to find and install. To give Linux its props, the GPU drivers were better in Linux (suse).
"If you don't bother to find out what's inside before looking after it and it turns out to be full of counterfeit money, should you really be unaccountable because you just held on to the safe?"
Yes, you should be unaccountable. It isn't your safe, it isn't your contents. This is just like renting a storage shed. Should the owner be liable because someone was storing counterfeit money in their shed?
"accepting locked containers without asking the contents makes you at least partly liable for the contents because you have been reckless as to whether or not they will be harmful or illegal."
I am sorry, but this is exactly the sort of logic that destroys our civil liberties. By this logic, the ISP's are liable for the data I send over their networks, the United States Postal Service is liable for the contents of anything illegal that is sent through them, the gun manufacturers are liable for the people who use them maliciously, and a landlord is liable for the plants growing in the basement of the house he is renting out.
This ideology is spreading like wildfire in the US, disgustingly. A landowner is liable for injuries sustained by trespassers, we cannot peacefully protest without being arrested, and we are not allowed to paint our houses without using a color approved by the neighborhood community. By the time I die, I expect I won't be able to speak to another human without breaking some law.....surely I won't be able to store a friends safe without first inspecting it to be sure it doesn't contain 57 coppies of Spiderman 14.
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Thanks. I have tried Linux a total of 4 or 5 times now. Each time ended with a black command prompt on boot, that I couldn't get past. A Linux-junkie friend/nemisis of mine says that I am just unlucky, and I get the most odd and rare problems on Linux, maybe he is right. When I touch a Linux box, it dies.......call it a gift.
Thanks, and I have to say, it really made me feel like an idiot (yeah yeah). Anyway, re-installing Suse with the new monitor in place worked.
I thought about it, and I guess Linux is ready for the average Joe who will never upgrade their computer, or add any additional software or swap any hardware. It is the average IT guy that has the problems!
On a side note, I do understand how to MAN commands in Linux to figure out the command line needed, but I don't enjoy it. In my job, I need to be able to fix something in 30 seconds, or I will fall behind. I need a GUI that can pop up my 47 options instantly, and 3 clicks later I have changed the 2 settings that were off, and done. No editing of files manually, no command line parameters and switches, nothing. Yes, you can get really fast at a command prompt (even faster than a gui probably), but I also use dozens of different systems every hour....I do not think a command prompt is practical for most of what I do. A familiar and consistent interface is a lifesaver.
I have an XP-pro SP1 CD. It doesn't play DVD's "out of the box". I have to install PowerDVD or something else in order to have this functionality. Maybe SP2 has the codecs already?
To remain on-topic, I know many decent IS workers (Windows) who have tried linux and turned away (including myself). Yup, I am not the best IS person on the planet, but if I can't figure out how to do some simple basic task, how can we expect Joe Blow to be able to do it? The last Linux install I tried was last year, the latest version of Suse. I swapped monitors (CRT to LCD), and it wouldn't boot anymore (some cryptic message that couldn't be tied down using google). I put the old monitor on, and it worked fine. Guess what, XP worked perfectly, regardless of the monitor. The copy of XP cost me $150, which is a bargain considering I wasted an entire day trying to get Suse to work (the retail version even, though I am not sure what the owner paid for it).
I have nothing against Linux, I just have no reason to use it myself......unless someone else can give me a good reason.
Yeah, though I hope they give the SPAM advertisers a break since the target isn't really the target, if that made any sense.
Which brings up something I have always wondered. Divide the country up into 2 parts, poor and wealthy (yeah, that is oversimplifying, but stay with me here). The poor think that the tax burden should be mostly put upon the wealthy. The wealthy try to sidestep this, putting the burden on the poor.
If the burden is put on the wealthy, then the wealthy can continue to "fund the tyrant, because he is good for business", even though the poor want to revolt. So, in order for the poor to regain control of the country, do they need to accept the tax burden?
The only way I can see around this catch-22, is to outright ban any form of campaign contributions. No $ can be donated, no donations. None. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Each media outlet would be required to give X time to X parties to plead their case, exactly X days before election X. I believe this would also take our 2 party system and bust it into about a dozen pieces.
I know, this would never happen however, because of who owns the media giants.
Agreed. I think there should be a +1 Disagree, for this purpose. Maybe there should be a +1 Disagree and a -1 Disagree. There have been many times where I disagreed with a comment, yet it was a good point and contributed highly to the discussion.