The level of development here is amazing. I arrived in Shanghai yesterday and was shocked to ride the Maglev into town at a cruising speed of just over 400 km/h (about 260 mph). The ride was smooth as silk and extremely quiet. I think that if most Americans (and maybe Europeans) knew exactly how advanced China has become, they would be shocked and maybe even a little worried about their own places in the world. China is a giant steamroller, and it's going to roll right over the United States in the next 50 years.
I don't live in the USA so I have no idea how good or bad AT&T is, but what I do know is that the RF sensitivity of the iPhone isn't very good. I can think of plenty of times (and places) where my iPhone (and not just my iPhone) will disconnect and then can't get a signal again - yet friends on the same network with other phones do just fine.
Hell there are large periods of time on my morning train commute where the iPhone claims "No Service" yet my Blackberry (on the same network) is downloading emails and browsing the web just fine.
I believe that is a firmware issue that has been resolved. Might want to update your iPhone.
Reg: They've bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had, not just from us, from our fathers and from our fathers' fathers. Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers. Reg: Yes. Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers. Reg: All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return? (he pauses smugly) Xerxes: The aqueduct? Reg: What? Xerxes: The aqueduct. Reg: Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true. Masked Commando: And the sanitation! Stan: Oh yes... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like. Reg: All right, I'll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done... Matthias: And the roads... Reg: (sharply) Well yes obviously the roads... the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads... Another Masked Commando: Irrigation... Other Masked Voices: Medicine... Education... Health Reg: Yes... all right, fair enough... Commando Nearer The Front: And the wine... General Audience: Oh yes! True! Francis: Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Romans left, Reg. Masked Commando At Back: Public baths! Stan: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now. Francis: Yes, they certainly know how to keep order... (general nodding)... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this. (more general murmurs of agreement) Reg: All right... all right... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order... what have the Romans done for us? Xerxes: Brought peace! Reg: (very angry, he's not having a good meeting at all) What!? Oh... (scornfully) Peace, yes... shut up! [From MontyPython's LifeOfBrian]
Nobody really buys a Mac because it's more useful than the alternatives. There's very little that Win\Linux\Mac can do that Win\Linux\Mac cannot, certainly not enough to justify the premium pricing. People buy Apple because they like to own Apple, they like to be an Apple guy or whatever they call themselves. This is a very powerful thing, and Apple is making extraordinary profits on slightly above average products by perpetuating the Apple culture.
Are you kidding me?
Everybody I know who has bought a Mac has done so because it's more useful than the alternatives. The amount of time that I used to spend just making my system "work" was incredible. The "premium pricing" is dwarfed by the value I place on my time.
I've been using DevonThink Pro for about 6 months now, and it is an excellent way to get piles of paperwork under control - in fact I would be bold enough to say that for many users it's probably a compelling reason to buy a Mac.
Don't let the "beta" status of v2 scare you away, the software is solid and will do exactly what you want it to do.
Definitely get an auto-feed scanner though - with any significant pile of paper your flatbed just won't cut it.
Since you guys are doing research as well, you should look into DevonAgent as well. I haven't used it much, but the small amount of time I spent playing with it showed it had some interesting capabilities.
Alas, it never really worked right in 2-button mode. Specifically, if you have your index finger resting on the left side of the mouse, and press the right side of the mouse, it registers as a left-click rather than a right click. So you have to remember to lift your finger(s) off the left side of the mouse before right clicking every time. It drove me batty.
It's incredible that I never noticed that was the problem. I thought that sometimes (5 times out of 100) the mouse was finicky and I wasn't clicking it far enough on the right side. Seems like I usually lift my index finger automatically, but sometimes I don't.
A few quick test right now show that you're right, and that's still how they work (mine's wired, and came with one of my iMacs - can't be sure which one).
This is the first time in a long while that reading Slashdot will end up saving me time.
why give somebody the equivalent of cash that can only be used at one store and which becomes worthless if that store declares bankruptcy, when you could just as easily give them cash, or a money order, or a check, or any number of other instruments that could be redeemed anywhere.
Because giving a gift card puts a veneer of thoughtfulness on what is otherwise a very lazy gift of cash.
This is true.
Before 9/11 when the plane stopped in Anchorage the pilot came on the address system and said that passengers had a choice about if they wanted to stay on the plane or not. They said that passengers were welcome to disembark but that if they entered the airport they had to bring their travel documents and were subject to screening by the authorities.
After 9/11 they forced everyone off the plane and ran everyone through the computer. Nobody at check-in in Hong Kong alerted passengers that this would happen (which I thought was highly inappropriate).
Now the flight is direct HKG-YYZ because the polar route is open, so no need to refuel in Anchorage.
Naked shorting is almost exactly equal-and-opposite to leveraged long positions, much as normal shorting is equal-and-opposite to nonleveraged long positions.
If you want to ban both kinds of leverage, go ahead: require all shorts to be covered, and all long positions to be backed by cash. But banning leverage on the downside but not the upside inflates prices artificially.
The thing is that a mechanism to limit upward moves on stock prices is beneficial (short selling).
The problem is that your comment supposes that leveraged buying and naked shorting are equal and opposite in effect. This is clearly not the case. When a stock is overpriced nobody has to buy it - no economic damage is necessarily done. When a stock is pummeled to the point that a company is no longer able to function effectively as a company gross economic damage is done.
Naked shorting is a weapon of economic destruction.
Naked shorting, as essentially leveraged speculation on downward price movements, does serve as a useful counter to the massive, and often highly leveraged (i.e. bank-created money) speculation on upward price movements that created the bubble that got us into this mess in the first place.
Bullshit.
Shorting does provide a mechanism for the market to limit upward price moves on a stock.
Naked shorting serves no useful purpose in the stock market today.
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The level of development here is amazing. I arrived in Shanghai yesterday and was shocked to ride the Maglev into town at a cruising speed of just over 400 km/h (about 260 mph). The ride was smooth as silk and extremely quiet. I think that if most Americans (and maybe Europeans) knew exactly how advanced China has become, they would be shocked and maybe even a little worried about their own places in the world. China is a giant steamroller, and it's going to roll right over the United States in the next 50 years.
I don't live in the USA so I have no idea how good or bad AT&T is, but what I do know is that the RF sensitivity of the iPhone isn't very good. I can think of plenty of times (and places) where my iPhone (and not just my iPhone) will disconnect and then can't get a signal again - yet friends on the same network with other phones do just fine.
Hell there are large periods of time on my morning train commute where the iPhone claims "No Service" yet my Blackberry (on the same network) is downloading emails and browsing the web just fine.
I believe that is a firmware issue that has been resolved. Might want to update your iPhone.
If you loose your drive you shouldn't be surprised if it falls out.
Reg: They've bled us white, the bastards. They've taken everything we had, not just from us, from our fathers and from our fathers' fathers. ... sanitation, Reg, you remember what the city used to be like. ... ... ... the roads go without saying. But apart from the aqueduct, the sanitation and the roads ... ... ... Education ... Health ... all right, fair enough ... ... ... (general nodding) ... let's face it, they're the only ones who could in a place like this. (more general murmurs of agreement) ... all right ... but apart from better sanitation and medicine and education and irrigation and public health and roads and a freshwater system and baths and public order ... what have the Romans done for us? ... (scornfully) Peace, yes ... shut up!
Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: Yes.
Stan: And from our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers.
Reg: All right, Stan. Don't labour the point. And what have they ever given us in return? (he pauses smugly)
Xerxes: The aqueduct?
Reg: What?
Xerxes: The aqueduct.
Reg: Oh yeah, yeah they gave us that. Yeah. That's true.
Masked Commando: And the sanitation!
Stan: Oh yes
Reg: All right, I'll grant you that the aqueduct and the sanitation are two things that the Romans have done
Matthias: And the roads
Reg: (sharply) Well yes obviously the roads
Another Masked Commando: Irrigation
Other Masked Voices: Medicine
Reg: Yes
Commando Nearer The Front: And the wine
General Audience: Oh yes! True!
Francis: Yeah. That's something we'd really miss if the Romans left, Reg.
Masked Commando At Back: Public baths!
Stan: And it's safe to walk in the streets at night now.
Francis: Yes, they certainly know how to keep order
Reg: All right
Xerxes: Brought peace!
Reg: (very angry, he's not having a good meeting at all) What!? Oh
[From MontyPython's LifeOfBrian]
[Brian is writing graffiti on the palace wall. The Centurion catches him in the act]
Centurion: What's this, then? "Romanes eunt domus"? People called Romanes, they go, the house?
Brian: It says, "Romans go home. "
Centurion: No it doesn't ! What's the latin for "Roman"? Come on, come on !
Brian: Er, "Romanus" !
Centurion: Vocative plural of "Romanus" is?
Brian: Er, er, "Romani" !
Centurion: [Writes "Romani" over Brian's graffiti] "Eunt"? What is "eunt"? Conjugate the verb, "to go" !
Brian: Er, "Ire". Er, "eo", "is", "it", "imus", "itis", "eunt".
Centurion: So, "eunt" is...?
Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go".
Centurion: But, "Romans, go home" is an order. So you must use...?
[He twists Brian's ear]
Brian: Aaagh ! The imperative !
Centurion: Which is...?
Brian: Aaaagh ! Er, er, "i" !
Centurion: How many Romans?
Brian: Aaaaagh ! Plural, plural, er, "ite" !
Centurion: [Writes "ite"] "Domus"? Nominative? "Go home" is motion towards, isn't it?
Brian: Dative !
[the Centurion holds a sword to his throat]
Brian: Aaagh ! Not the dative, not the dative ! Er, er, accusative, "Domum" !
Centurion: But "Domus" takes the locative, which is...?
Brian: Er, "Domum" !
Centurion: [Writes "Domum"] Understand? Now, write it out a hundred times.
Brian: Yes sir. Thank you, sir. Hail Caesar, sir.
Centurion: Hail Caesar ! And if it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off.
Nobody really buys a Mac because it's more useful than the alternatives. There's very little that Win\Linux\Mac can do that Win\Linux\Mac cannot, certainly not enough to justify the premium pricing. People buy Apple because they like to own Apple, they like to be an Apple guy or whatever they call themselves. This is a very powerful thing, and Apple is making extraordinary profits on slightly above average products by perpetuating the Apple culture.
Are you kidding me? Everybody I know who has bought a Mac has done so because it's more useful than the alternatives. The amount of time that I used to spend just making my system "work" was incredible. The "premium pricing" is dwarfed by the value I place on my time.
That's the first time that reading Slashdot has physically caused me pain. Thanks~
I would certainly second this.
I've been using DevonThink Pro for about 6 months now, and it is an excellent way to get piles of paperwork under control - in fact I would be bold enough to say that for many users it's probably a compelling reason to buy a Mac.
Don't let the "beta" status of v2 scare you away, the software is solid and will do exactly what you want it to do.
Definitely get an auto-feed scanner though - with any significant pile of paper your flatbed just won't cut it.
Since you guys are doing research as well, you should look into DevonAgent as well. I haven't used it much, but the small amount of time I spent playing with it showed it had some interesting capabilities.
You know this, or are speculating?
The picture as described, with a girl naked, except for a towel around her waist, can easily be construed as pornography.
What? Hint: If she's wearing a towel, she's not naked.
Alas, it never really worked right in 2-button mode. Specifically, if you have your index finger resting on the left side of the mouse, and press the right side of the mouse, it registers as a left-click rather than a right click. So you have to remember to lift your finger(s) off the left side of the mouse before right clicking every time. It drove me batty.
It's incredible that I never noticed that was the problem. I thought that sometimes (5 times out of 100) the mouse was finicky and I wasn't clicking it far enough on the right side. Seems like I usually lift my index finger automatically, but sometimes I don't. A few quick test right now show that you're right, and that's still how they work (mine's wired, and came with one of my iMacs - can't be sure which one). This is the first time in a long while that reading Slashdot will end up saving me time.
why give somebody the equivalent of cash that can only be used at one store and which becomes worthless if that store declares bankruptcy, when you could just as easily give them cash, or a money order, or a check, or any number of other instruments that could be redeemed anywhere.
Because giving a gift card puts a veneer of thoughtfulness on what is otherwise a very lazy gift of cash.
You forget that Hulu is owned by the content providers. They don't really care what you think, obviously.
This is true. Before 9/11 when the plane stopped in Anchorage the pilot came on the address system and said that passengers had a choice about if they wanted to stay on the plane or not. They said that passengers were welcome to disembark but that if they entered the airport they had to bring their travel documents and were subject to screening by the authorities. After 9/11 they forced everyone off the plane and ran everyone through the computer. Nobody at check-in in Hong Kong alerted passengers that this would happen (which I thought was highly inappropriate). Now the flight is direct HKG-YYZ because the polar route is open, so no need to refuel in Anchorage.
Naked shorting is almost exactly equal-and-opposite to leveraged long positions, much as normal shorting is equal-and-opposite to nonleveraged long positions.
If you want to ban both kinds of leverage, go ahead: require all shorts to be covered, and all long positions to be backed by cash. But banning leverage on the downside but not the upside inflates prices artificially.
The thing is that a mechanism to limit upward moves on stock prices is beneficial (short selling). The problem is that your comment supposes that leveraged buying and naked shorting are equal and opposite in effect. This is clearly not the case. When a stock is overpriced nobody has to buy it - no economic damage is necessarily done. When a stock is pummeled to the point that a company is no longer able to function effectively as a company gross economic damage is done. Naked shorting is a weapon of economic destruction.
Naked shorting, as essentially leveraged speculation on downward price movements, does serve as a useful counter to the massive, and often highly leveraged (i.e. bank-created money) speculation on upward price movements that created the bubble that got us into this mess in the first place.
Bullshit. Shorting does provide a mechanism for the market to limit upward price moves on a stock. Naked shorting serves no useful purpose in the stock market today.