any different then regular home schooling? The biggest deficiency in both will be a lack of interaction with other students. You know the sort of interaction that helps develop good social and behavioral skills when we are young, and yes, I can attest to many home-schooled individuals that I know who were sadly underdeveloped in these areas. Concerns from teachers on this are not really going to make me concerned; these are people who are worried they may be without jobs if this catches on too quickly or too much.
Yes, there is a lack of PE; however, if you are done with school in half the time and/or can be much more flexible with when you are actually doing school work, children can find plenty of time to take on physical activities, which is really the main reason for having PE in the first place. I am not going to worry too much about the lack of music in the system either. Most of my grade school musical education was a complete waste. I barely remember the musical scale (though that might be better then most my peers), and I certainly wouldn't have felt cheated if I got to hear less Bach, Beethoven, et. al. I actually would be surprised if 1/2 the US population even realized they heard a piece by a famous composer in their lifetime.
I think this is actually a good idea and a bad one at the same time. On one hand, I would be a bit worried about children not gaining certain social skills that develop during these early school years. On the other, I believe it would be a great thing for children who have problems focusing in class or for those who have had behavioral issues, because this is a far better alternative then the "alternative" schools I have heard stories about in most every school district.
A few years back I was in Alabama when they were trying to pass a lottery. One of the anti-lottery signs said, "What Would Jesus Do?" I found this sign rather telling, but also somewhat on the humorous side to an outside observer who could easily say, "He would hang there and watch."
How? I stopped getting updates months ago. I sit behind a firewall, am very restrictive about what my Windows Desktop is even used for, most things pass through my linux system first, I have anti-virus program running...so if I do not update Windows, how do they intend on shutting it off? I imagine they intend on sneaking this into a "Critical Update" to get people to "fix" a problem, so they can shut off their machines if they don't get WGA.
If this is true, it will only hasten my departure from Windows. I have a single valid 2k license (and license for home which came with my Dell laptop). I was debating getting XP-64 when I upgrade my PC in the next month or so, but if they do this...forget about it. I will just load Ubuntu and create a small, 10-20GB partition for Win2K so I can play the like three or four games that won't work in Wine.
Wow, you really have no understanding of the US Government do you? Most those agencies you named are part of the Executive Branch, not some mystery fourth branch like you say. These are all "policing" agencies, which technically fall under the Executive Branch, if you read the Constitution. Now, I cannot speak for all the groups, but most of them were assigned their powers through...get this...Congress!
The FCC, for example, was created as part of the Federal Communications Act of 1934. Their powers are relegated to them by Congressional Acts, and they have been slapped by SCOTUS before for overstepping the bounds laid before them in the law and for acting without Congressional approval. The USPTO, as another example, is given some support by the original Constitution, but all the laws for it were written through acts of Congress. The laws were merely "clarified" in some instances by the CAFC and SCOTUS. They also have a set of regulations, but in their case, the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) which are applied to patents do not hold the weight of law.
While the EPA was created by a President, Nixon to be exact, many of its "regulations" actually come from Acts of Congress. OSHA was also created by an act of Congress, conveniently having the same acronym.
Really, please read up a little bit before accusing these groups of blatantly creating and enforcing laws. These groups did not just magically appear and are hardly some sort of rogue 4th branch of US Government.
Actually, the federal law only requires single user notification. Say I am in VA and call someone in OH. Since both states and the federal government only require single consent, I can record the conversation without worry. Sources: One and Two.
Here is a case from 2005. This is not necessarily IM logging, but it does point to a similar issue. The case I am trying to remember is from earlier then this since I was only a Sophomore or Junior in college at the time, so sometime in 2002-2003 (I think).
There is a case where a keystroke logger did not fall under the law, but the argument used there was that it only intercepted the communications between the keyboard and PC...Just as I am wrapping this up, here is one more example, though I hate it even more. This is still not the one I am looking for...but it give you an idea.
if I screw this up...but I remember something from a few years back where a court ruled that logging IMs was equal to recording a phone conversation and could be help under the same notification laws. This is typically not a problem in the states since most, all but 12, require single party notification, so since I know I am recording the conversation it is legal.
Now, if courts did uphold that monitoring and logging IMs, and presumably other means of electronic communication, is covered under the call recording notification laws, would this not create a dilemma for the ISP that is monitoring (and presumably logging) network traffic of users, which would include IMs and e-mai, when their users begin to communicate with individuals from the states who live in one of those 12 states that require both parties to consent?
I am fairly certain on the court ruling I mentioned, I even jokingly added a warning to people in my status message, but I am not sure if this ruling was ever contested or of my full interpretation of the law that follows.
If these stats are even semi-accurate, then internet penetration is less then 10% of the population. I guess that would mean a whopping 90% really could care less about the great firewall. Now, how many of the 10% (roughly 110 million people) care about the great firewall? Well this is somewhat more debatable, but you'd have to imagine some of them are supporters of the current system and would therefore not mind...
The beauty of my car...See driving left handed I can reach those pesky turn signals with my fingers. I see far more people who are not distracted and not using the things then me. BTW, I am 8+ years into my driving (5+ with cell phone) with no accidents *knock on wood*. Years of practice...long long years of practice.
case for several months and SCOTUS, I think, shocked a lot of people by taking up this case. Many people, mostly those of us who are pessimists, thought that the Supreme Court would brush this off since they have largely not interfered with patentability issues and relegated most of the work to the decisions made by CAFC (Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit). This current case really drives at the heart of obviousness, something that it seems the court hasn't taken a stand on since the Graham Factors were established in the 1960s.
The CAFC created the standard requiring a suggestion of obviousness during the 1980s, and this has yet to be tested before the Supreme Court. The argument used should be, and possibly is, that the CAFC basically eliminates the person having ordinary skill in the art. (See here) SCOTUS even rejected a claim that the prior art had no motivation mentioned when they originally ruled in the Graham v. John Deere case.
Most anyone inside the PTO is going to tell you that the requirement for a suggestion to make a combination of two pieces of prior art for obviousness reasons is a great burden. The supporters of KSR are mostly tech companies, who know that many of the patents that are inhibiting growth of that industry would be ruled obvious if not for the suggestion requirement. I have also heard that companies against it are the drug companies, but then again, they are not getting sued left and right and are simply milking American's dry on patented drugs...some of which would probably lose patent protection if this gets rid of the suggestion requirement.
There is one potential downside of the Supreme Court ruling in favor of KSR and removing the requirement for suggestion is that the PTO could be swamped with re-examination requests for a lot of patents. Eventhough I no longer have much personal interest in the outcome, I will continue to watch this case since it could turn into the biggest ruling SCOTUS has made in relation to patents in a very long time.
Counterpoint, so does that mean that in other conditions it is harmful. Like causing you to drive like a moron.
You know, studies have actually been mixed in regards to this. Mythbusters even attempted to replicate a study that was performed; however, I was a bit skeptical of their approach since it relied on asking questions during the cell phone section that would require some degree of actual thinking and/or decision making. Most conversations I have had on a cell phone, even those not done while driving, have hardly required much thought. The calls I typically make are fairly normal conversation with either my mother or one of my friends.
I believe that my driving is no worse with the cell phone since I drive one handed anyway, and I believe that for most phone conversations the drivers are no worse then those who are smoking, playing with the radio, or eating while they drive. In fact, I would not be surprised to find people are as poor at driving with a hands-free set for their phone as they are holding the phone. In reality, I think the worse distractions do not come from the phone, but from people who may be in the car. I cannot count the number of times I see the person driving take their eyes of the road in front of them to look at the wife, girlfriend, son/daughter, or other individual riding in the car with them. Maybe it is just me, but this is far more dangerous then having a conversation and keeping your eyes on the road.
I haven't paid "full price" for games since I quit playing WoW (I might play when the expansion hits). Since then my game purchases have include, Tribes Vengeance, I love the series and at $5 at Microcenter there was no way not to get this. I picked up the Myst Collection (or whatever) for like $15. Since I never beat any of the games before, I figured why not. I also purchased NWN: Diamond Edition for around $30, so that is NWN + 2 expansions (or is it 3). The last game I got was HL2: Episode One. Once again, only $8 at Circuit City.
I just believe that there is no reason to spread out so much cash like I once did for games. Once I start playing WoW again, I probably won't buy anything at all until I stop again. I really think that this also goes beyond money. I think people who play an MMORPG, like WoW, get highly involved and play that one game and nothing else, or little else. This translates into a need for fewer games over all, since once they stop playing WoW, they can immerse themselves in their new games until they beat it before having to buy a new one.
First off, your 17 minutes example is poor. The call could have ended at 3:44 and still be listed as 17 minutes, remember cell companies traditionally round you up to the nearest minute. If you had more then a possible 1 minute overlap example that would be different. Second, how well do you trust this "partner"? If they would presumably be on the hook for the overages if it was their fault, then they have motivation to lie same goes for if the calls are coming from someone they don't want you to know about...though I do not know what type of relationship you and this "partner" have.
Next, either go to a B&M location and bitch to someone in person, have bills in hand, or send a letter/e-mail to customer service. The letter and/or e-mail are ignorable, but at least someone should attempt to read it. IF you actually show up at a location you are pretty much non-ignorable. Be sure to express anger, but do not do anything too stupid. IF worse comes to worse, threaten legal action against the location, the employees and T-mobile (always casts wide nets, threatening individuals works because they don't want to lose their money...loyalty to their business is probably minimal.
So make sure to verify that neither you nor your partner received the calls...then go make a stink in person.
The african american population of Utah is about 0.8% of the population. This isn't to say that places with small minority populations cannot be progressive, or at least attempt it. Maine is 96% Caucasian and 82% Christian, about 6% below the average...yet they have taken very pro-gay rights stances and have voted Democrat for President since 1992. So check it out. BTW, thank you for the very Pat Buchanan sounding reply. BTW, I am Libertarian, not liberal.
1) Redhat, who I am pretty sure is the leading Linux distributor, does not have their own C/C++ compiler. The responsibility for a compiler does not really fall on the software makers so much as it should fall on the chip makers. Look at the vast majority of *nix systems with non-gcc compilers readily available. HP-UX, the main commercial compiler is available from HP, who either developed or help develop both the PA-RISC and Itanium chips their OS runs on. The same is true of Sun Solaris, though you can freely acquire Sun Studio 11 now to do the majority of this work for you, once again they are the ones with the chip, UltraSparc in this case. Repeat for AIX. There are also Intel based compilers available for their various chips on various platforms. None of the makers of the Operating Systems does not have some hand in the chips as well.
2) For all we know they are.
3) Sort of like 2, except let them work the bugs out in Linux first.
4) They do still have offices in Provo. They just learned that none of the good upper management and executive people wanted to live in a) One of the whitest and non-diverse areas in the country and b) The religious (and political, and social) conservative capital of the US. Your statement is insane. So every company based in Silicon Valley is just a moment away from death? Btw, I do not mean to sound like I am flaming on Utah, but it is a valid complaint that it is a tightly conservative area and not very diverse either (85% white, 9% hispanic).
There is no need. You can find 7200 RPM laptop drives. Just be prepared to pay even more then the 5400 drives and wait for a bit more heat. Desktop drives in laptops makes no sense. The goal has always been to improve power consumption, size/space, and heat. This is something that desktop drives don't necessarily have to strive for as they have nearly "limitless" power available, much more space available, and better heat dissipation, largely because of the extra space, but also the availability of coolers.
Actually not quite true. While we have not seen it happen on a national scale yet, it is not unknown for independents or third parties to win seats in the House or Senate. Also, look at past presidential elections and you will see 3rd parties stealing electoral votes in certain states. Another person gave you a few examples of independents, there is also a former governor from Minnesota that no one would've predicted.
This is especially true during times of "fierce social change." See the election just before the US Civil War (1860) and the elections during the Civil Rights Movement. You will see other parties winning states beyond just the normal two. While the two party system seems dominant, it would not be unheard of for a new third party to move in and take a few seats in congress, or maybe even win a few states in a Presidential election.
Um, no it is more like buying your ticket and not sitting down until after the advertisements have played or just as the movie starts. You still bought your ticket. Another reply to you asked if you thought switching channels during commercials was stealing and this is another valid point. Seriously, no one said I should have to watch these ads. The ones online are getting ever more invasive. At least the ones with sound are beginning to have options where you actually have to click to make the sound turn on.
Well, it does seem like you can access public folders. I shall point you here. Though, I would have to test it first. I cannot guarantee mail box access permission support.
I would like to point out that they actually use iCalendar. This is almost the de facto standard, well for everyone but M$ who seem to think keeping their stuff locked out of standards is a good thing (well it is for their bottomline at least). I never expect this to be a full out Outlook replacement. I am sure the second it becomes one, M$ will change Exchange Server to break it again, but for home users who use outlook this is about the only PIM replacement there is for Palm devices, short of using that ghastly Palm desktop tool.
could it have something to do with the fact that there are only a handful of monitors supporting HDCP? Many of the monitors I know of also happen to be TVs, including the Samsung 940MW and NEC20WMGX2. Oh, and don't forget the fact that we have yet to see a video card with HDCP support.
I really suspect this has more to do with HDCP not being a "requirement" then the fact that the studios have vowed, for now, to not force the use of HDCP supported outputs for full resolution viewing.
I have a Dell laptop that I have owned now for about 18 months. The grey finish has been darker where it was worn away leaving a dark grey appearance. The problem also has translated to some of my keys, though I have not begun to lose letters off the keyboard as I have some desktop keyboards in the past. You can see this very clearly on my spacebar since i tend to rest my left thumb on the button at all times. This leads to a space about 1" or so wide that looks shiny/unfinished compared to the rest of the spacebar.
I know the reason for my having this problem is somewhat related to genetics and possibly diet. My family (on my dad's side) has a history of what I can only term high sebum production. These oils (possibly combined with sweat) make for a fairly damaging mix on devices, especially plastics which just seem to absorb them. It is a problem I have experienced with many devices, including a desktop keyboard that began to lose the letters from constant use and an old Intellimouse explorer that is much darker near the area where my palm rests.
This could be the problem in this case, since Sebum tends to be yellow-to-orange in color, it does make up part of ear wax to give you an idea. Of course, the easy way to test if this truly is a problem with the design or simply the ill effects of the human bodies natural excretions would be to use the MacBook with external keyboards and mice only and see if one discolors anyway. I really think you are going to have a hard time convincing anyone, especially if you decide to attempt a suit (which always seems like a common threat).
the problem is retailers. You see, the MPAA and movie theaters (who have their own large collective organization, reached an agreement when it came to the ratings system we have in place. Not only is the ESRB pretty one-sided, it is only the game industry making an effort, the retail outlets are not organized like many theaters are. And the only reason most large retailers will not sell R-rated movies to minors is because they would have a slew of parents protesting or some other BS from some lobby group or something.
Smaller companies care a bit less. There are stores in this country that will sell a movie that is R-rated to a minor and won't give it a second thought. Just like there are stores who will sell alcohol or tobacco to minors. There a game stores that do the same thing with M-rated games. The problem IS NOT the ESRB, but the problem is the retailers, who care more about putting money in their pocket and will do it so long as they are getting away with it.
Now, I am not for laws that many states are proprosing, though these laws are going after retailers, who are the weak link in this chain. I believe the real solution is to have a meeting of the minds, where stores that sell these games come to the agreement with the ESRB that they will not sell these games to minors...through in some clause about the gaming industry pulling material, or some BS.
It may not be the perfect solution and sure it has work arounds, but so does any system. A kid who wants to drink or smoke just convinces the guy going into the store to buy it for him instead. Really, I do not want the FTC or any other federal agency involved in this.
Sweatshops came back to bite Nike? Last I checked Nike is still one of the largest shoe makers in the world and the bulk of their labor is more then likely still done in a "sweatshop." This notion that consumers care is BS. People want to get shoes, clothes, electronics, and whatever else they desire at reasonable prices. The fact is if most these companies used standard wage practices we would be paying more for items, and if they were made in more industrialized countries we would probably go broke trying to buy half the stuff we wanted.
In the end, most consumers really do not care where the products they purchase came from. They are just glad that they have their new HDTV, designer clothing, or iPod. This notion that people will do something about the sweatshop labor is absurd. A few people might not buy one, but trust me, most people who want one will still buy one without a second thought.
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any different then regular home schooling? The biggest deficiency in both will be a lack of interaction with other students. You know the sort of interaction that helps develop good social and behavioral skills when we are young, and yes, I can attest to many home-schooled individuals that I know who were sadly underdeveloped in these areas. Concerns from teachers on this are not really going to make me concerned; these are people who are worried they may be without jobs if this catches on too quickly or too much.
Yes, there is a lack of PE; however, if you are done with school in half the time and/or can be much more flexible with when you are actually doing school work, children can find plenty of time to take on physical activities, which is really the main reason for having PE in the first place. I am not going to worry too much about the lack of music in the system either. Most of my grade school musical education was a complete waste. I barely remember the musical scale (though that might be better then most my peers), and I certainly wouldn't have felt cheated if I got to hear less Bach, Beethoven, et. al. I actually would be surprised if 1/2 the US population even realized they heard a piece by a famous composer in their lifetime.
I think this is actually a good idea and a bad one at the same time. On one hand, I would be a bit worried about children not gaining certain social skills that develop during these early school years. On the other, I believe it would be a great thing for children who have problems focusing in class or for those who have had behavioral issues, because this is a far better alternative then the "alternative" schools I have heard stories about in most every school district.
A few years back I was in Alabama when they were trying to pass a lottery. One of the anti-lottery signs said, "What Would Jesus Do?" I found this sign rather telling, but also somewhat on the humorous side to an outside observer who could easily say, "He would hang there and watch."
This is where you are suppose to laugh...
How? I stopped getting updates months ago. I sit behind a firewall, am very restrictive about what my Windows Desktop is even used for, most things pass through my linux system first, I have anti-virus program running...so if I do not update Windows, how do they intend on shutting it off? I imagine they intend on sneaking this into a "Critical Update" to get people to "fix" a problem, so they can shut off their machines if they don't get WGA.
If this is true, it will only hasten my departure from Windows. I have a single valid 2k license (and license for home which came with my Dell laptop). I was debating getting XP-64 when I upgrade my PC in the next month or so, but if they do this...forget about it. I will just load Ubuntu and create a small, 10-20GB partition for Win2K so I can play the like three or four games that won't work in Wine.
Wow, you really have no understanding of the US Government do you? Most those agencies you named are part of the Executive Branch, not some mystery fourth branch like you say. These are all "policing" agencies, which technically fall under the Executive Branch, if you read the Constitution. Now, I cannot speak for all the groups, but most of them were assigned their powers through...get this...Congress!
The FCC, for example, was created as part of the Federal Communications Act of 1934. Their powers are relegated to them by Congressional Acts, and they have been slapped by SCOTUS before for overstepping the bounds laid before them in the law and for acting without Congressional approval. The USPTO, as another example, is given some support by the original Constitution, but all the laws for it were written through acts of Congress. The laws were merely "clarified" in some instances by the CAFC and SCOTUS. They also have a set of regulations, but in their case, the CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) which are applied to patents do not hold the weight of law.
While the EPA was created by a President, Nixon to be exact, many of its "regulations" actually come from Acts of Congress. OSHA was also created by an act of Congress, conveniently having the same acronym.
Really, please read up a little bit before accusing these groups of blatantly creating and enforcing laws. These groups did not just magically appear and are hardly some sort of rogue 4th branch of US Government.
Actually, the federal law only requires single user notification. Say I am in VA and call someone in OH. Since both states and the federal government only require single consent, I can record the conversation without worry. Sources: One and Two.
Here is a case from 2005. This is not necessarily IM logging, but it does point to a similar issue. The case I am trying to remember is from earlier then this since I was only a Sophomore or Junior in college at the time, so sometime in 2002-2003 (I think).
There is a case where a keystroke logger did not fall under the law, but the argument used there was that it only intercepted the communications between the keyboard and PC...Just as I am wrapping this up, here is one more example, though I hate it even more. This is still not the one I am looking for...but it give you an idea.
if I screw this up...but I remember something from a few years back where a court ruled that logging IMs was equal to recording a phone conversation and could be help under the same notification laws. This is typically not a problem in the states since most, all but 12, require single party notification, so since I know I am recording the conversation it is legal.
Now, if courts did uphold that monitoring and logging IMs, and presumably other means of electronic communication, is covered under the call recording notification laws, would this not create a dilemma for the ISP that is monitoring (and presumably logging) network traffic of users, which would include IMs and e-mai, when their users begin to communicate with individuals from the states who live in one of those 12 states that require both parties to consent?
I am fairly certain on the court ruling I mentioned, I even jokingly added a warning to people in my status message, but I am not sure if this ruling was ever contested or of my full interpretation of the law that follows.
Oh right, a really bad sequel.
If these stats are even semi-accurate, then internet penetration is less then 10% of the population. I guess that would mean a whopping 90% really could care less about the great firewall. Now, how many of the 10% (roughly 110 million people) care about the great firewall? Well this is somewhat more debatable, but you'd have to imagine some of them are supporters of the current system and would therefore not mind...
The beauty of my car...See driving left handed I can reach those pesky turn signals with my fingers. I see far more people who are not distracted and not using the things then me. BTW, I am 8+ years into my driving (5+ with cell phone) with no accidents *knock on wood*. Years of practice...long long years of practice.
case for several months and SCOTUS, I think, shocked a lot of people by taking up this case. Many people, mostly those of us who are pessimists, thought that the Supreme Court would brush this off since they have largely not interfered with patentability issues and relegated most of the work to the decisions made by CAFC (Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit). This current case really drives at the heart of obviousness, something that it seems the court hasn't taken a stand on since the Graham Factors were established in the 1960s.
The CAFC created the standard requiring a suggestion of obviousness during the 1980s, and this has yet to be tested before the Supreme Court. The argument used should be, and possibly is, that the CAFC basically eliminates the person having ordinary skill in the art. (See here) SCOTUS even rejected a claim that the prior art had no motivation mentioned when they originally ruled in the Graham v. John Deere case.
Most anyone inside the PTO is going to tell you that the requirement for a suggestion to make a combination of two pieces of prior art for obviousness reasons is a great burden. The supporters of KSR are mostly tech companies, who know that many of the patents that are inhibiting growth of that industry would be ruled obvious if not for the suggestion requirement. I have also heard that companies against it are the drug companies, but then again, they are not getting sued left and right and are simply milking American's dry on patented drugs...some of which would probably lose patent protection if this gets rid of the suggestion requirement.
There is one potential downside of the Supreme Court ruling in favor of KSR and removing the requirement for suggestion is that the PTO could be swamped with re-examination requests for a lot of patents. Eventhough I no longer have much personal interest in the outcome, I will continue to watch this case since it could turn into the biggest ruling SCOTUS has made in relation to patents in a very long time.
Counterpoint, so does that mean that in other conditions it is harmful. Like causing you to drive like a moron.
You know, studies have actually been mixed in regards to this. Mythbusters even attempted to replicate a study that was performed; however, I was a bit skeptical of their approach since it relied on asking questions during the cell phone section that would require some degree of actual thinking and/or decision making. Most conversations I have had on a cell phone, even those not done while driving, have hardly required much thought. The calls I typically make are fairly normal conversation with either my mother or one of my friends.
I believe that my driving is no worse with the cell phone since I drive one handed anyway, and I believe that for most phone conversations the drivers are no worse then those who are smoking, playing with the radio, or eating while they drive. In fact, I would not be surprised to find people are as poor at driving with a hands-free set for their phone as they are holding the phone. In reality, I think the worse distractions do not come from the phone, but from people who may be in the car. I cannot count the number of times I see the person driving take their eyes of the road in front of them to look at the wife, girlfriend, son/daughter, or other individual riding in the car with them. Maybe it is just me, but this is far more dangerous then having a conversation and keeping your eyes on the road.
I haven't paid "full price" for games since I quit playing WoW (I might play when the expansion hits). Since then my game purchases have include, Tribes Vengeance, I love the series and at $5 at Microcenter there was no way not to get this. I picked up the Myst Collection (or whatever) for like $15. Since I never beat any of the games before, I figured why not. I also purchased NWN: Diamond Edition for around $30, so that is NWN + 2 expansions (or is it 3). The last game I got was HL2: Episode One. Once again, only $8 at Circuit City.
I just believe that there is no reason to spread out so much cash like I once did for games. Once I start playing WoW again, I probably won't buy anything at all until I stop again. I really think that this also goes beyond money. I think people who play an MMORPG, like WoW, get highly involved and play that one game and nothing else, or little else. This translates into a need for fewer games over all, since once they stop playing WoW, they can immerse themselves in their new games until they beat it before having to buy a new one.
First off, your 17 minutes example is poor. The call could have ended at 3:44 and still be listed as 17 minutes, remember cell companies traditionally round you up to the nearest minute. If you had more then a possible 1 minute overlap example that would be different. Second, how well do you trust this "partner"? If they would presumably be on the hook for the overages if it was their fault, then they have motivation to lie same goes for if the calls are coming from someone they don't want you to know about...though I do not know what type of relationship you and this "partner" have.
Next, either go to a B&M location and bitch to someone in person, have bills in hand, or send a letter/e-mail to customer service. The letter and/or e-mail are ignorable, but at least someone should attempt to read it. IF you actually show up at a location you are pretty much non-ignorable. Be sure to express anger, but do not do anything too stupid. IF worse comes to worse, threaten legal action against the location, the employees and T-mobile (always casts wide nets, threatening individuals works because they don't want to lose their money...loyalty to their business is probably minimal.
So make sure to verify that neither you nor your partner received the calls...then go make a stink in person.
The african american population of Utah is about 0.8% of the population. This isn't to say that places with small minority populations cannot be progressive, or at least attempt it. Maine is 96% Caucasian and 82% Christian, about 6% below the average...yet they have taken very pro-gay rights stances and have voted Democrat for President since 1992. So check it out. BTW, thank you for the very Pat Buchanan sounding reply. BTW, I am Libertarian, not liberal.
So let us address a few shall we:
1) Redhat, who I am pretty sure is the leading Linux distributor, does not have their own C/C++ compiler. The responsibility for a compiler does not really fall on the software makers so much as it should fall on the chip makers. Look at the vast majority of *nix systems with non-gcc compilers readily available. HP-UX, the main commercial compiler is available from HP, who either developed or help develop both the PA-RISC and Itanium chips their OS runs on. The same is true of Sun Solaris, though you can freely acquire Sun Studio 11 now to do the majority of this work for you, once again they are the ones with the chip, UltraSparc in this case. Repeat for AIX. There are also Intel based compilers available for their various chips on various platforms. None of the makers of the Operating Systems does not have some hand in the chips as well.
2) For all we know they are.
3) Sort of like 2, except let them work the bugs out in Linux first.
4) They do still have offices in Provo. They just learned that none of the good upper management and executive people wanted to live in a) One of the whitest and non-diverse areas in the country and b) The religious (and political, and social) conservative capital of the US. Your statement is insane. So every company based in Silicon Valley is just a moment away from death? Btw, I do not mean to sound like I am flaming on Utah, but it is a valid complaint that it is a tightly conservative area and not very diverse either (85% white, 9% hispanic).
There is no need. You can find 7200 RPM laptop drives. Just be prepared to pay even more then the 5400 drives and wait for a bit more heat. Desktop drives in laptops makes no sense. The goal has always been to improve power consumption, size/space, and heat. This is something that desktop drives don't necessarily have to strive for as they have nearly "limitless" power available, much more space available, and better heat dissipation, largely because of the extra space, but also the availability of coolers.
Actually not quite true. While we have not seen it happen on a national scale yet, it is not unknown for independents or third parties to win seats in the House or Senate. Also, look at past presidential elections and you will see 3rd parties stealing electoral votes in certain states. Another person gave you a few examples of independents, there is also a former governor from Minnesota that no one would've predicted.
This is especially true during times of "fierce social change." See the election just before the US Civil War (1860) and the elections during the Civil Rights Movement. You will see other parties winning states beyond just the normal two. While the two party system seems dominant, it would not be unheard of for a new third party to move in and take a few seats in congress, or maybe even win a few states in a Presidential election.
Um, no it is more like buying your ticket and not sitting down until after the advertisements have played or just as the movie starts. You still bought your ticket. Another reply to you asked if you thought switching channels during commercials was stealing and this is another valid point. Seriously, no one said I should have to watch these ads. The ones online are getting ever more invasive. At least the ones with sound are beginning to have options where you actually have to click to make the sound turn on.
Well, it does seem like you can access public folders. I shall point you here. Though, I would have to test it first. I cannot guarantee mail box access permission support.
I would like to point out that they actually use iCalendar. This is almost the de facto standard, well for everyone but M$ who seem to think keeping their stuff locked out of standards is a good thing (well it is for their bottomline at least). I never expect this to be a full out Outlook replacement. I am sure the second it becomes one, M$ will change Exchange Server to break it again, but for home users who use outlook this is about the only PIM replacement there is for Palm devices, short of using that ghastly Palm desktop tool.
could it have something to do with the fact that there are only a handful of monitors supporting HDCP? Many of the monitors I know of also happen to be TVs, including the Samsung 940MW and NEC20WMGX2. Oh, and don't forget the fact that we have yet to see a video card with HDCP support.
I really suspect this has more to do with HDCP not being a "requirement" then the fact that the studios have vowed, for now, to not force the use of HDCP supported outputs for full resolution viewing.
I have a Dell laptop that I have owned now for about 18 months. The grey finish has been darker where it was worn away leaving a dark grey appearance. The problem also has translated to some of my keys, though I have not begun to lose letters off the keyboard as I have some desktop keyboards in the past. You can see this very clearly on my spacebar since i tend to rest my left thumb on the button at all times. This leads to a space about 1" or so wide that looks shiny/unfinished compared to the rest of the spacebar.
I know the reason for my having this problem is somewhat related to genetics and possibly diet. My family (on my dad's side) has a history of what I can only term high sebum production. These oils (possibly combined with sweat) make for a fairly damaging mix on devices, especially plastics which just seem to absorb them. It is a problem I have experienced with many devices, including a desktop keyboard that began to lose the letters from constant use and an old Intellimouse explorer that is much darker near the area where my palm rests.
This could be the problem in this case, since Sebum tends to be yellow-to-orange in color, it does make up part of ear wax to give you an idea. Of course, the easy way to test if this truly is a problem with the design or simply the ill effects of the human bodies natural excretions would be to use the MacBook with external keyboards and mice only and see if one discolors anyway. I really think you are going to have a hard time convincing anyone, especially if you decide to attempt a suit (which always seems like a common threat).
the problem is retailers. You see, the MPAA and movie theaters (who have their own large collective organization, reached an agreement when it came to the ratings system we have in place. Not only is the ESRB pretty one-sided, it is only the game industry making an effort, the retail outlets are not organized like many theaters are. And the only reason most large retailers will not sell R-rated movies to minors is because they would have a slew of parents protesting or some other BS from some lobby group or something.
Smaller companies care a bit less. There are stores in this country that will sell a movie that is R-rated to a minor and won't give it a second thought. Just like there are stores who will sell alcohol or tobacco to minors. There a game stores that do the same thing with M-rated games. The problem IS NOT the ESRB, but the problem is the retailers, who care more about putting money in their pocket and will do it so long as they are getting away with it.
Now, I am not for laws that many states are proprosing, though these laws are going after retailers, who are the weak link in this chain. I believe the real solution is to have a meeting of the minds, where stores that sell these games come to the agreement with the ESRB that they will not sell these games to minors...through in some clause about the gaming industry pulling material, or some BS.
It may not be the perfect solution and sure it has work arounds, but so does any system. A kid who wants to drink or smoke just convinces the guy going into the store to buy it for him instead. Really, I do not want the FTC or any other federal agency involved in this.
On-board RAID is good enough for most everyone.
Sweatshops came back to bite Nike? Last I checked Nike is still one of the largest shoe makers in the world and the bulk of their labor is more then likely still done in a "sweatshop." This notion that consumers care is BS. People want to get shoes, clothes, electronics, and whatever else they desire at reasonable prices. The fact is if most these companies used standard wage practices we would be paying more for items, and if they were made in more industrialized countries we would probably go broke trying to buy half the stuff we wanted.
In the end, most consumers really do not care where the products they purchase came from. They are just glad that they have their new HDTV, designer clothing, or iPod. This notion that people will do something about the sweatshop labor is absurd. A few people might not buy one, but trust me, most people who want one will still buy one without a second thought.