Ok, this is a really nit-picky thing. But I have to say it. First, he didn't get chemo. But that's not the point. These days, it's actually more common for chemo patients to gain weight than to lose it - which is especially depressing when everyone around you *expects* you to be gaunt and rail-thin, and instead you're 20 lbs heavier than the last time they saw you.
The combo of good nausea meds, steroids that make you eat all the time, and no energy for exercise has made "chemo gut" more and more common. Yes, some people still lose a lot, especially if none of the nausea meds work for them or there are no steroids involved in their regimen, but almost all of the recent cancer patients I know personally (myself included) gained rather than lost. And it takes forever for your metabolism to recover so you can lose it again.
So yes, many people DO look plump after chemo - just so it doesn't surprise you when you meet one of them.:)
*shrug* I picked up a PC magazine a couple weeks ago, and the first thing I opened it to was a tirade warning users away from iTunes music store and iPods. Why? Because of DRM, although they didn't use that phrase - more something like "iPod lock-in". Instead, they suggested getting music not from places that sell non-DRMed MP3s, but from places with Windows-only DRM. So they're basically saying it's much better to be locked in to Windows-only devices than to be locked in to an iPod, with nothing really to back it up except OMG! You can't use that anywhere but an iPod from eeeevil Apple! And yes, it basically called Apple evil for doing this without mentioning that the alternatives proposed do the same thing.
Totally made me want to switch back to Windows. Such a refreshing attitude change after Apple's MS-bashing.
Depending on how much radiation he had, though, and where it was located, that can cause a whole bucket of problems on its own. Thyroid problems, heart problems, secondary cancers - that's just off the top of my head, the things I know I have to watch for from radiation. I don't even know what problems it could cause near the pancreas. So while it's doubtful that he'd still be tired etc from the radiation, he might be having some secondary issues. Or it could be totally unrelated.
Ooh, so you pay an extra $250 for AppleCare and $100 for another stick of RAM... That doesn't add up to $1100. Even if you paid the $300 for Apple to upgrade the RAM, it's still several hundred cheaper than the Dell. Nice try, though.
this means that if you want, say 8x1GB bought third-party you're somewhat screwed.
I'm confused. Can you not upgrade the RAM yourself with third-party sticks? I'm pretty sure that every Mac ever made has had user-uprgradeable RAM (and they practically tell you to do it yourself with the crazy Apple RAM prices), I'd be very surprised if these didn't, too.
I just looked at the store and the technical specs, and it comes with 8 slots. Why couldn't you fill them with your own RAM?
I can only assume that they really thought dock-minimizing would eliminate the need for it. But what about those of us that like to hide the doc, but don't want our minimized/windowshaded windows to dissapear? Or just like having our windowshades on the desktop with everything else, rather than at the bottom of the screen?
Windowshade X now has an option to minimize to elsewhere on the screen besides the dock, but I don't like that either b/c it's too easy to mix up the minimized window with the icons on my desktop. Windowshades are distinctive-looking, while not taking up much space.
I don't often memorize complex hotkey combinations, but I did memorize command-control-arrow key to move windows between desktops. Because, yeah, it was annoying before I did that.
The one thing that worries me about Spaces is that the website implies that you might only be able to have an app running in one window. (Implied by the fact that you can click on something in the doc and go right to that app's "space" - I'll admit, I've wanted to do this.) What if I have one Word doc that goes with this stuff, and one that goes with this other stuff?
Window shading... Like in OS 9 (and below)?:) Personally, I shelled out the $10 for Window Shade X. I hate using a mac without it.
I'm very very pleased with finally getting virtual desktops. I've been using Desktop Manager and will continue to until I get a computer with Leopard on it (probably a few more years), but it annoys me that I *need* a third-party app for that. (And window shading, for that matter.)
And be honest. The reason you don't commute in a car is because you don't have any money. As soon as you get a job that pays a decent amount, you'll be first in line at the car dealer.
Not the OP, but pssh, right. I have a car, but I'm jumping for joy that I won't have to use it daily much longer. See, when I take the bus to work, I can actually do stuff during my commute other than stare at the car in front of me. Do work, read, play a video game, whatever. Far more enjoyable. Plus, I get a lot more built-in exercise walking places more than I drive, so less time at the boring gym. I can't see why anyone would *rather* drive to work than take public transit.
I had the same thought. I'm so glad to be moving back to a city where I can take public transportation everywhere - I consider it a big step up, not a step down.
When I think of a tablet, I think of a regular laptop + touchscreen capability. I'd expect it to cost at least as much as the other laptops. (And I REALLY WANT ONE, Apple!)
But this aritcle presents something very different. A $599 target price point suggests that what they've been prototyping is less laptop and more PDA.
Unless it's a typo and they meant $1599? That would make sense, why they would assume everyone would choose a macbook over it. Otherwise, I guess they think people would want the full functionality of a laptop, which they aren't planning in their current prototype tablet. Hm.
Wow, most people can't hear that? I'll be 27 in a couple weeks and that's definitely not even at the top of my hearing range. I guess other people really can't hear when the TV is left on. (As in, when the TV is turned on but in a mode where it's just black - no picture or sound, but giving off a very high buzz that annoys the hell out of me. My husband thinks it's odd that I can tell from the next room that someone left it on, and I think it's odd that he can't.)
*shrug* Maybe it's time to switch providers if you've only tried Cingular. Sounds like it's not worth it even though it's free. I've used Cingular in Boston and T-Mobile in Viriginia and Michigan, plus roaming pretty much across the US, and maybe have one dropped call every two or three months. And maybe once a month a call is fuzzy enough that I can't understand something, but it usually clears up in a minute or two. It's more than reliable enough to be my only phone line. Sure, there are a few areas out in the middle of nowhere that I can't get reception, but I don't spend much time out there - and if I had a land line it's not like I could take it out there anyhow!
I've never had a problem using it during power outages, either, as a poster above suggested. (Although I do have an emergency backup battery in case the power is out long enough that I can't recharge.)
But the problem is, people with less science background read things like that and get the idea that that IS how evolution works. I went to a church a couple of weeks ago and the pastor was giving an anti-evolution sermon (not going back there) - and he was using arguments like "evolution claims that if we wait long enough, eventually humanity will evolve into perfection" (with the further argument that only God is perfect, so evolution is wrong). Which is patently untrue, but if the general media keeps churning out things like this it's very easy to see how people get that idea.
It's not even a useful metaphor. It's more of an attempt at sensationalism.
Evolution can't "run in reverse." Evolution doesn't have a goal or a direction. Natural selection says that whatever organism is best adapted to a particular environment/nice will reproduce more. It doesn't say that that organism must be more "advanced" or complex than the ones that were in the niche before. Less complex organisms are better able to adapt to the changes happening in these particular environments. Maybe they'll get some new adaptations eventually that lead to their becoming more complex. Maybe not. Maybe the environment will change again to favor the more complex creatures. Maybe not. But it's certainly not running "in reverse."
But at least then what they're doing would be illegal, and eventually would likely lead to candidates being disqualified (or at least fined and losing votes).
I haven't had a landline in over three years, and I haven't gotten a telemarketing call (political or otherwise) in just as long. The closest I've come is some theater I'd seen a show at asking for a donation, and that was a couple years ago.
Of course, there will come a day when so few people have landlines (that they actually use for voice) that politicians will make sure they can canvas the cel phones too, but until that day comes it's great.
I was addicted to Legend of the Red Dragon in high school. A friend of a friend got a copy of LoGreenD running on his server last year, and I had a blast on it until Katrina took his computer away. It looked just as good as ever!
My biggest and foremost problem, and with many PC users . . . if I can't build it myself, I don't want it. . . . doesn't mean you will get most of the PC world to switch.
Um, if you think that "most of the PC world" wants to build their PCs themselves, I think you need to get off Slashdot for a few minutes and meet some people out in the "real (PC) world." You know, the 90% people who can't/won't upgrade their RAM themselves, let alone try and BUILD a freaking COMPUTER. They certainly wouldn't consider having to build it themselves to be "functionality" - if anything, it's more functional the LESS you have to do to get it started.
Perhaps it will result in the return of the parasol. I've carried an umbrella to stay out of the sun before, but I don't do it too often b/c you get funny looks. This could be a huge new trend!
Honestly, though, I think the bigger impediment to success will be the fact that the volume goes up and down every time you turn a corner. Or worse, in the wrong mode it can make you change tracks.
Here in Michigan it's pouring right at the moment, and we've got a severe thunderstorm watch all afternoon.
And where I lived the past three summers, Williamsburg VA, tends to average a thunderstorm every other night all summer long. From their current forecast it looks like there's no break in the pattern this year.
And don't forget that the USDA, who is in charge of the school lunch program, actually uses it to help bail out farmers. If farmers grew too much corn or potatoes this year, your kid gets all corn and potatoes as their veggies - no broccoli or spinach this semester! This is actually one of the reasons the program was founded - partially to provide free and reduced lunches to poor kids, and partially to help out farmers who can't sell their crops. So in order for them to actually provide a variety of healthy foods, they'd have to piss off a lot of farmers (read: voters).
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The combo of good nausea meds, steroids that make you eat all the time, and no energy for exercise has made "chemo gut" more and more common. Yes, some people still lose a lot, especially if none of the nausea meds work for them or there are no steroids involved in their regimen, but almost all of the recent cancer patients I know personally (myself included) gained rather than lost. And it takes forever for your metabolism to recover so you can lose it again.
So yes, many people DO look plump after chemo - just so it doesn't surprise you when you meet one of them. :)
Totally made me want to switch back to Windows. Such a refreshing attitude change after Apple's MS-bashing.
Depending on how much radiation he had, though, and where it was located, that can cause a whole bucket of problems on its own. Thyroid problems, heart problems, secondary cancers - that's just off the top of my head, the things I know I have to watch for from radiation. I don't even know what problems it could cause near the pancreas. So while it's doubtful that he'd still be tired etc from the radiation, he might be having some secondary issues. Or it could be totally unrelated.
Ooh, so you pay an extra $250 for AppleCare and $100 for another stick of RAM... That doesn't add up to $1100. Even if you paid the $300 for Apple to upgrade the RAM, it's still several hundred cheaper than the Dell. Nice try, though.
Did you actually look at the configuration options for the Mac Pro in the Apple store? You might want to try that.
I'm confused. Can you not upgrade the RAM yourself with third-party sticks? I'm pretty sure that every Mac ever made has had user-uprgradeable RAM (and they practically tell you to do it yourself with the crazy Apple RAM prices), I'd be very surprised if these didn't, too.
I just looked at the store and the technical specs, and it comes with 8 slots. Why couldn't you fill them with your own RAM?
318,504,960. I think that qualifies quite well as "millions". :)
Windowshade X now has an option to minimize to elsewhere on the screen besides the dock, but I don't like that either b/c it's too easy to mix up the minimized window with the icons on my desktop. Windowshades are distinctive-looking, while not taking up much space.
The one thing that worries me about Spaces is that the website implies that you might only be able to have an app running in one window. (Implied by the fact that you can click on something in the doc and go right to that app's "space" - I'll admit, I've wanted to do this.) What if I have one Word doc that goes with this stuff, and one that goes with this other stuff?
I'm very very pleased with finally getting virtual desktops. I've been using Desktop Manager and will continue to until I get a computer with Leopard on it (probably a few more years), but it annoys me that I *need* a third-party app for that. (And window shading, for that matter.)
Not the OP, but pssh, right. I have a car, but I'm jumping for joy that I won't have to use it daily much longer. See, when I take the bus to work, I can actually do stuff during my commute other than stare at the car in front of me. Do work, read, play a video game, whatever. Far more enjoyable. Plus, I get a lot more built-in exercise walking places more than I drive, so less time at the boring gym. I can't see why anyone would *rather* drive to work than take public transit.
I had the same thought. I'm so glad to be moving back to a city where I can take public transportation everywhere - I consider it a big step up, not a step down.
But this aritcle presents something very different. A $599 target price point suggests that what they've been prototyping is less laptop and more PDA.
Unless it's a typo and they meant $1599? That would make sense, why they would assume everyone would choose a macbook over it. Otherwise, I guess they think people would want the full functionality of a laptop, which they aren't planning in their current prototype tablet. Hm.
Wow, most people can't hear that? I'll be 27 in a couple weeks and that's definitely not even at the top of my hearing range. I guess other people really can't hear when the TV is left on. (As in, when the TV is turned on but in a mode where it's just black - no picture or sound, but giving off a very high buzz that annoys the hell out of me. My husband thinks it's odd that I can tell from the next room that someone left it on, and I think it's odd that he can't.)
I've never had a problem using it during power outages, either, as a poster above suggested. (Although I do have an emergency backup battery in case the power is out long enough that I can't recharge.)
It's not even a useful metaphor. It's more of an attempt at sensationalism.
Evolution can't "run in reverse." Evolution doesn't have a goal or a direction. Natural selection says that whatever organism is best adapted to a particular environment/nice will reproduce more. It doesn't say that that organism must be more "advanced" or complex than the ones that were in the niche before. Less complex organisms are better able to adapt to the changes happening in these particular environments. Maybe they'll get some new adaptations eventually that lead to their becoming more complex. Maybe not. Maybe the environment will change again to favor the more complex creatures. Maybe not. But it's certainly not running "in reverse."
But at least then what they're doing would be illegal, and eventually would likely lead to candidates being disqualified (or at least fined and losing votes).
Of course, there will come a day when so few people have landlines (that they actually use for voice) that politicians will make sure they can canvas the cel phones too, but until that day comes it's great.
I was addicted to Legend of the Red Dragon in high school. A friend of a friend got a copy of LoGreenD running on his server last year, and I had a blast on it until Katrina took his computer away. It looked just as good as ever!
Um, if you think that "most of the PC world" wants to build their PCs themselves, I think you need to get off Slashdot for a few minutes and meet some people out in the "real (PC) world." You know, the 90% people who can't/won't upgrade their RAM themselves, let alone try and BUILD a freaking COMPUTER. They certainly wouldn't consider having to build it themselves to be "functionality" - if anything, it's more functional the LESS you have to do to get it started.
That would be funny, if it weren't simply a statement of fact.
Honestly, though, I think the bigger impediment to success will be the fact that the volume goes up and down every time you turn a corner. Or worse, in the wrong mode it can make you change tracks.
And where I lived the past three summers, Williamsburg VA, tends to average a thunderstorm every other night all summer long. From their current forecast it looks like there's no break in the pattern this year.
And don't forget that the USDA, who is in charge of the school lunch program, actually uses it to help bail out farmers. If farmers grew too much corn or potatoes this year, your kid gets all corn and potatoes as their veggies - no broccoli or spinach this semester! This is actually one of the reasons the program was founded - partially to provide free and reduced lunches to poor kids, and partially to help out farmers who can't sell their crops. So in order for them to actually provide a variety of healthy foods, they'd have to piss off a lot of farmers (read: voters).