If you want music to play on the 360, either stream it from your PC (I have heard there are programs enabling this with Macs, now, too) or copy the music to a USB drive, and plug that in.
It doesn't have to be orange juice, though it helps. Citric acid helps cut the crud in the back of your throat from sleeping. And the sugar, of course, gives you a little boost. But it's not corn syrup. At least, assuming you use 100% juice it's not. Right now I'm drinking some Orange/Peach/Mango. It costs about the same as regular orange juice, but is less injurious to my stomach, and often just tastes better, without being overly sweet like grape juice can be, or heat damaged, like apple juice usually is. Yeah, don't call me a health nut. If I was a real one, I'd get off my butt and make it all myself, instead of buying quarts.
Seriously. You can already connect a hard drive to your 360, to let it access content you have stored from your computer. But it won't let you store any content your 360 downloads. With a simple firmware update they could let people format external drives so they could be used to store content. Why won't they, besides wanting to make $$$ off drive sales? Don't tell me it's DRM through obscurity...
Online gambling was taking money away from Native American casinos. They lobbied for the law. It's my understanding they used, you guessed it, Jack Abramoff in their efforts.
Speaking of indian casinos, the online sites possibly could get around the law by getting into business relationships with casinos in the U.S. Hopefully, not the ones that bought the law.
In the end, this movement doesn't even need to be common sense. It just has to be something that counteracts the fear that some Americans live with.
Security theater doesn't treat the disease, which is that we're being told to be afraid of everything, so we should spend more money and let the government peer into every aspect of our lives. If the government says ok, ECM on large planes is mandatory, a lot of people will say, well, they must have heard something, we must have been in real danger if they spent all that money. That just perpetuates more fear. What's next, cameras installed in neighborhoods near airports, ostensibly so they can monitor for people toting RPGs? How about microphones in mosques nearby? These things would make some people feel safer, also.
One of my local Wells Fargo branches asked for my thumbprint in order to get my balance, after depositing my check. This was despite showing them my ID. They didn't want to see that. When I asked why, and refused to provide a print, I was told to go talk to the manager. She explained it was a policy to speed up identification, etc.
- When I opened the account in another state, I didn't give a thumbprint. So whoever shows up and sticks a thumb down in my name will be recorded as the account holder of record. They have my driver's license info, but I have moved since then, so any picture ID with my name might be accepted, now.
- A month or so ago, the university I graduated from reported it had been hacked and SSNs and other info for several thousand students and employees were exposed. My information was likely amongst the rest, so it is conceivable that someone may try this.
- This branch claims that all branches are supposed to be doing this, and the policy has been in effect for years, but my usual branch has never asked me for a print.
What makes banks think they can just slide in new verification, and collect data for that verification, without extra warnings, etc.? I would have expected a notice in my monthly statement, or at least on the website, that new security measures were coming. In fact, by not doing this, they provided a great window of opportunity for identity thieves. What makes it better is that because of poor companywide enforcement of the policy, I didn't learn about this on any of dozens of visits to my home branch. So someone could have printed at a branch that required it, and then later, when I needed to do something with my account, I might be asked to provide that other person's print.
It's great to set up your mail server to reject the mail up front. But many spammers know people are doing this, so they connect to backup MX, often the one with least priority. From what I've read, that's how spammers' mail blasting programs are written these days.
Are you running your own backup MX? Probably not. It's often a generic spooler your ISP lets you use for convenience. Even if you do, does your backup MX have all your rules in place, so it knows what to reject? No, I bet not. So this backup server accepts the mail without question, then passes it to the primary, and then it gets bounced.
We need to either have a way to give our backup MX our rulesets (which the people who run the backup servers understandably won't like), allow backup and primaries to just silently discard (which legitimate senders and receivers won't like), or, quite possibly, stop using backup MX entirely, and then if the primary goes down, the originating mail servers should do their normal pattern of retrying for 5 days, or whatever.
Large companies who need 100% instant availability of mail shouldn't be using backup MX anyway, (I've seen backup MX servers configured to hand off to primary hourly or even daily, not to mention those that hold until the primary asks for the mail) they should be using a ring of servers sharing primary preference. I'd expect the ruleset to be identical across the ring, thus allowing for instant rejection all the time.
I'm guessing Cisco's defense against that counterclaim will be that they had been in negotiations for years with Apple, and that's why they didn't write C&Ds to the various rumor sites, etc. If anyone needed to write C&Ds, it was Apple.
Well, the shredding happens on bare floors and stuff, mostly. The solution for people with old Roombas (mine's a Sage) is to tape them up with duct tape. You're right, though, if it didn't vacuum, the wheels would be less likely to get tangled up with hair. But you don't normally run the vacuum while you are playing with it as a robot, do you?:) My point was that the platform is the way it is mostly because of its original function. I'm glad they added another wheel, though.
I have a Sage. For those of us with earlier models, the solution is to tape up the wheels so they don't wear. I didn't know they'd solved it with your model.
Seriously, why would we want the crappy form factor and the plastic wheels that shred? Why not build it up from scratch, if they're not keeping its primary function?
Are these banks subject to the same oversight rules as real banks? What's to stop a terrorist or an embezzler from withdrawing funds from one account, walking over to another avatar run by an accomplice, and giving it all to them? And that second avatar passing it out to the real world through a differently-licensed bank?
There was nothing wrong with your original post except that it made an entirey unsupported assumption that older viewers needed an Alan Alda to induce them watch a science show.
I said some. Are you familiar with the terminology? I had my grandmother, specifically, in mind. I didn't bother to mention her before, but since you demand proof, there it is.
As one of those older persons you pigeon-holed into the hopelessly non-technical I just get tired of all the young whipper-snappers like you making the same assumption that all anyone over 40 knows how to do is hitch up a fucking horse.
You don't even know my age. You were either predisposed to take offense, or a troll. I should have suspected a troll. It is Tuesday, after all, and some people think it's funny to troll on Tuesdays.
have at least four science and engineering degrees (maybe more I could have forgotten one) but when I go into a computer store for a PC board or whatnot I get the same condescending morons who speak slowly and ask me if I'm familiar with the internet or email or some other simple-minded thing. Just last month a minimum-wage Radio Shack genius was showing me a Ni-MH battery charger and he helpfully pointed out the plug that I had to "put into the wall for electricity".
Yup, you're a troll. With all those technical degrees, surely you would have learned about quantities, and how "some" differs from "all."
There are PLENTY of people of all ages who don't have a clue about rational scientific thought and the need to support statements with facts. You, for example.:-)
Care to support that statement with facts?
I'm fully aware there are a lot of older people who are scientists and/or work in tech fields. But there are many who are not, and don't think they want to know.
Are you saying the Royal Family's a fly-by-night operation?
Just kidding. I don't view the castle as a moneymaker, but as a world-famous landmark. It doesn't matter if it's really associated with Vlad; it's Bran Castle.
You're concerned about Alan Alda getting older people to watch who wouldn't otherwise? Um, I think we could do with some younger people learning science who wouldn't otherwise!
It's the old folks who have most of the investment capital locked up. Not to mention, they're the ones who have to keep the AARP from lobbying congress to cut funding for NASA and other programs. You think I'm joking, probably, but I assure you, as the population ages, there will be a lot more demand that the government spend more money on Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security, drug research, etc., and less on non-affiliated research of all types.
(But Americans don't like watching shows with funny accents...)
It's PBS, though -- the British comedies my local station (KERA) shows are amongst their most-watched and highest-rated, as are "Masterpiece Theatre," "Mystery!," and other shows full of "funny accents."
No, it's probably more that the company behind Discovery Channel in the US has right of refusal on the show, first.
How are these shows substantially different or improved from Nova ScienceNOW and Scientific American Frontiers? (Speaking of which, having Alan Alda as the host of that show made it palatable for some older people who wouldn't otherwise look at science stories.)
If they really want a new show, they need a resurrection of Newton's Apple, and target younger audiences. For that matter, they should resurrect 3-2-1 Contact, too. If they need to find a free slot, they could get rid of Cyberchase, one of the lamest shows pretending to be educational I've seen, besides some emo girl clown sitting on a couch.
And if Apple releases a MacThin touch tablet, then the ability to scrawl on the virtual bathroom wall will be that much more realistic. "For a good time, IM..."
The demographics in the US are getting much older. We've seen no net new workers in the 25-64(?) range SINCE 2000. That means people are aging out or dying as fast as new ones come in. It's only going to get worse. We must have an influx of workers in the future to do things like run our shops, keep services running, etc. If we don't, there will be no tax base to pay for medical care for the elderly, etc. Never mind that we will have to import doctors and other very educated types, since there will definitely be a shortage of geriatricians, etc.
Look at France and Germany, they're already having to import workers. Which is why we're seeing more stories about ethnic conflict, racism, and the return of fascism. But it has to happen.
Actually, here in Dallas, they've gotten better over the last year, and are now sometimes the price leader. I bought my premium 360 there in November for $100 off. ($300 after rebate) OTOH, I am still waiting on that rebate...
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If you want music to play on the 360, either stream it from your PC (I have heard there are programs enabling this with Macs, now, too) or copy the music to a USB drive, and plug that in.
It doesn't have to be orange juice, though it helps. Citric acid helps cut the crud in the back of your throat from sleeping.
And the sugar, of course, gives you a little boost. But it's not corn syrup. At least, assuming you use 100% juice it's not.
Right now I'm drinking some Orange/Peach/Mango. It costs about the same as regular orange juice, but is less injurious to my stomach, and often just tastes better, without being overly sweet like grape juice can be, or heat damaged, like apple juice usually is.
Yeah, don't call me a health nut. If I was a real one, I'd get off my butt and make it all myself, instead of buying quarts.
Seriously. You can already connect a hard drive to your 360, to let it access content you have stored from your computer. But it won't let you store any content your 360 downloads. With a simple firmware update they could let people format external drives so they could be used to store content. Why won't they, besides wanting to make $$$ off drive sales? Don't tell me it's DRM through obscurity...
Online gambling was taking money away from Native American casinos. They lobbied for the law. It's my understanding they used, you guessed it, Jack Abramoff in their efforts.
Speaking of indian casinos, the online sites possibly could get around the law by getting into business relationships with casinos in the U.S.
Hopefully, not the ones that bought the law.
Security theater doesn't treat the disease, which is that we're being told to be afraid of everything, so we should spend more money and let the government peer into every aspect of our lives. If the government says ok, ECM on large planes is mandatory, a lot of people will say, well, they must have heard something, we must have been in real danger if they spent all that money. That just perpetuates more fear. What's next, cameras installed in neighborhoods near airports, ostensibly so they can monitor for people toting RPGs? How about microphones in mosques nearby? These things would make some people feel safer, also.
Obviously fingers won't work...
It sounds to me like a combination of two characters from The Lion King. The farty warthog and the meerkat.
One of my local Wells Fargo branches asked for my thumbprint in order to get my balance, after depositing my check. This was despite showing them my ID. They didn't want to see that. When I asked why, and refused to provide a print, I was told to go talk to the manager.
She explained it was a policy to speed up identification, etc.
- When I opened the account in another state, I didn't give a thumbprint. So whoever shows up and sticks a thumb down in my name will be recorded as the account holder of record. They have my driver's license info, but I have moved since then, so any picture ID with my name might be accepted, now.
- A month or so ago, the university I graduated from reported it had been hacked and SSNs and other info for several thousand students and employees were exposed. My information was likely amongst the rest, so it is conceivable that someone may try this.
- This branch claims that all branches are supposed to be doing this, and the policy has been in effect for years, but my usual branch has never asked me for a print.
What makes banks think they can just slide in new verification, and collect data for that verification, without extra warnings, etc.? I would have expected a notice in my monthly statement, or at least on the website, that new security measures were coming. In fact, by not doing this, they provided a great window of opportunity for identity thieves. What makes it better is that because of poor companywide enforcement of the policy, I didn't learn about this on any of dozens of visits to my home branch. So someone could have printed at a branch that required it, and then later, when I needed to do something with my account, I might be asked to provide that other person's print.
It's great to set up your mail server to reject the mail up front. But many spammers know people are doing this, so they connect to backup MX, often the one with least priority. From what I've read, that's how spammers' mail blasting programs are written these days.
Are you running your own backup MX? Probably not. It's often a generic spooler your ISP lets you use for convenience. Even if you do, does your backup MX have all your rules in place, so it knows what to reject? No, I bet not. So this backup server accepts the mail without question, then passes it to the primary, and then it gets bounced.
We need to either have a way to give our backup MX our rulesets (which the people who run the backup servers understandably won't like), allow backup and primaries to just silently discard (which legitimate senders and receivers won't like), or, quite possibly, stop using backup MX entirely, and then if the primary goes down, the originating mail servers should do their normal pattern of retrying for 5 days, or whatever.
Large companies who need 100% instant availability of mail shouldn't be using backup MX anyway, (I've seen backup MX servers configured to hand off to primary hourly or even daily, not to mention those that hold until the primary asks for the mail) they should be using a ring of servers sharing primary preference. I'd expect the ruleset to be identical across the ring, thus allowing for instant rejection all the time.
I'm guessing Cisco's defense against that counterclaim will be that they had been in negotiations for years with Apple, and that's why they didn't write C&Ds to the various rumor sites, etc. If anyone needed to write C&Ds, it was Apple.
Well, the shredding happens on bare floors and stuff, mostly. The solution for people with old Roombas (mine's a Sage) is to tape them up with duct tape. :) My point was that the platform is the way it is mostly because of its original function. I'm glad they added another wheel, though.
You're right, though, if it didn't vacuum, the wheels would be less likely to get tangled up with hair. But you don't normally run the vacuum while you are playing with it as a robot, do you?
I have a Sage. For those of us with earlier models, the solution is to tape up the wheels so they don't wear. I didn't know they'd solved it with your model.
Seriously, why would we want the crappy form factor and the plastic wheels that shred?
Why not build it up from scratch, if they're not keeping its primary function?
Are these banks subject to the same oversight rules as real banks? What's to stop a terrorist or an embezzler from withdrawing funds from one account, walking over to another avatar run by an accomplice, and giving it all to them? And that second avatar passing it out to the real world through a differently-licensed bank?
I said some. Are you familiar with the terminology? I had my grandmother, specifically, in mind. I didn't bother to mention her before, but since you demand proof, there it is.
You don't even know my age. You were either predisposed to take offense, or a troll. I should have suspected a troll. It is Tuesday, after all, and some people think it's funny to troll on Tuesdays.
Yup, you're a troll. With all those technical degrees, surely you would have learned about quantities, and how "some" differs from "all."
IHBT.
Care to support that statement with facts?
I'm fully aware there are a lot of older people who are scientists and/or work in tech fields. But there are many who are not, and don't think they want to know.
Do you think they are all scientists?
Are you saying the Royal Family's a fly-by-night operation?
Just kidding. I don't view the castle as a moneymaker, but as a world-famous landmark. It doesn't matter if it's really associated with Vlad; it's Bran Castle.
It's the old folks who have most of the investment capital locked up. Not to mention, they're the ones who have to keep the AARP from lobbying congress to cut funding for NASA and other programs. You think I'm joking, probably, but I assure you, as the population ages, there will be a lot more demand that the government spend more money on Medicare/Medicaid, Social Security, drug research, etc., and less on non-affiliated research of all types.
Acting funny is one thing, acting mentally ill is quite different.
But hey, whatever makes you feel at home or turns you on
It's PBS, though -- the British comedies my local station (KERA) shows are amongst their most-watched and highest-rated, as are "Masterpiece Theatre," "Mystery!," and other shows full of "funny accents."
No, it's probably more that the company behind Discovery Channel in the US has right of refusal on the show, first.
How are these shows substantially different or improved from Nova ScienceNOW and Scientific American Frontiers? (Speaking of which, having Alan Alda as the host of that show made it palatable for some older people who wouldn't otherwise look at science stories.)
If they really want a new show, they need a resurrection of Newton's Apple, and target younger audiences. For that matter, they should resurrect 3-2-1 Contact, too. If they need to find a free slot, they could get rid of Cyberchase, one of the lamest shows pretending to be educational I've seen, besides some emo girl clown sitting on a couch.
And if Apple releases a MacThin touch tablet, then the ability to scrawl on the virtual bathroom wall will be that much more realistic.
"For a good time, IM..."
The demographics in the US are getting much older. We've seen no net new workers in the 25-64(?) range SINCE 2000.
That means people are aging out or dying as fast as new ones come in. It's only going to get worse.
We must have an influx of workers in the future to do things like run our shops, keep services running, etc.
If we don't, there will be no tax base to pay for medical care for the elderly, etc.
Never mind that we will have to import doctors and other very educated types, since there will definitely be a shortage of geriatricians, etc.
Look at France and Germany, they're already having to import workers. Which is why we're seeing more stories about ethnic conflict, racism, and the return of fascism.
But it has to happen.
I wonder if they tried to hide some of these because there may be devices with embedded Opera that can't be upgraded.
Actually, here in Dallas, they've gotten better over the last year, and are now sometimes the price leader.
I bought my premium 360 there in November for $100 off. ($300 after rebate)
OTOH, I am still waiting on that rebate...