Re:iBook Clamshells are quite durable as well.
on
A Few Baaaaaad Apples
·
· Score: 2, Interesting
Unlike Dell, Apple can't justify the cost of the higher end with faster chips (they don't exist)
The TiBook has a G4 chip. The iBook has a G3 chip. Even though they are both 500 MHz, the different architectures = a sizable speed difference. Also, Apple makes up to a 800? MHz G4 chip.
Of course, this makes it all the more pathetic to dumb down the iBook in other ways. Not only is the display an issue, but also the slow bus. Apple is not a friendly company.
I'm glad to see that this judge isn;t buying into the FBI's lies. No matter that involves the internal police actions of a country should be secret. The FBI, ATF, etc., should not have any right to claim national security.
Hopefully, this judge's courageous ruling will slow America's descent into a police state. The very idea that the FBI is conducting warrantless searches is contrary to everything Americans have fought and died for.
My iBook came with 128 MB free RAM in addition to the regular 64. I'm seeing cheap ram all over the place, actually. Maybe Mac retailers are finally realizing that Mac and PC RAM should cost the same! It's certainly a relief from last year's super expensive RAM.
I think that using a 66MHz bus was really a bitch move on Apple's part. There are plenty of things that set the Titanium G4 apart from the iBook with out deliberately slowing down the iBook. I buy Apple, but it's not at all out of love for the company. They screw you whenever they get a chance.
I just bought an iBook, and it's working great. They come with OS X now, and just about any retailer will set you up with 128 MB of free ram in addition to the 64 or 128 that it ships with. It's a much better deal than the Titanium G4, costing half as much for similar performance.
Do you have a speech impediment? There are people that can help.
I can pronunce any combination of letters. Besides, a "word" is just a group of letters. If it's not an English word, then maybe it's a Uhzbeckistanian word. Do you know all the world's words?
Take "angjf." It is pronounced like "AYNG-jif."
Take "hnrgb." It is pronounced like "HNERG-uh."
I rest my case.
P.S. to moderators: all though this comment doesn't address the original story, it is germane because it addresses an earlier post. thank you.
I'm affaid that Merriam-Webster would disagree with you on this point.
Main Entry: acronym
Pronunciation: 'a-kr&-"nim
Function: noun
Etymology: acr- + -onym
Date: 1943
: a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term
for, you see, I am a typical Slashdot user. I like athletics and I don't use computers. What is this "Linux" you speak of? What is it like to be interested in computers. Please, tell us about this "Linux."
OK, everybody - In the interest of efficiency, can we all agree to make that guy's apartment hotter? That way, they'll suffer and have an expensive heating bill.
If the 200,000 registered/.ers each vote for "hot," his apartment should go up to 275 degrees F.
Who is to say that the 30% of people (or at least some part of that number) that King says didn't pay, just didn't like his book - and with the ease of "returning" in this form of delivery, did just that?
That's impossible. I would have expected about 75% of people to have disliked his book.
So, do what I do. When you cash a check or withdraw money, get only one and two dollar (Jefferson) bills. No one would bother tracing them, they circulate a lot, and it fucks the system!
If you send $20 to my PayPal account, I'll let you take one of these babies out of orbit. I work for Motorola, so I'll configure your right mouse button to be the fire button just as soon as I get the money.
Allow me to brief you on events which have happened while you were sealed in a cave on Mars.
Several firearms companies have been sued. These lawsuits are as bogus as the napster/gnutella/DeCSS suits. Mostly they are being thrown out of court.
The NRA has not been sued because it is a group of 4 million Americans who are associating with each other. Association is a constitutional right in America, so no one will be suing them.
Welcome back to Earth, and please immerse yourself in current and past events before posting on Slashdot.
Libertarians don't say that their involvement stops at the border, they say that it stops with THEMSELVES. They aren't going to send anyone else's children to die in some hellhole. They want to be left alone, and to leave others alone.
If you want to go to the war in the Balkans, buy a rifle, hop on a plane, and start a fucking war. You have no right to force anyone else to support our cause.
Libertarians do want a government that doesn't piss away money fighting other people's battles. All that intervention does is makes one gropu of people marginally happier, and the other group really pissed.
It probably won't be long before the pissed groups (Arabs, etc.) decide to plant a nuke in an American city.
Hey, way to marginalize a political party by taking one of the least significant viewpoints of some of their members, and distorting it. Great debating skills, "mistah monkey."
Here are some of the real libertarian viewpoints:
Free you from the income tax by making the federal government so small it can handle its constitutional functions with just the tariffs and excise taxes already being collected.
Unlock the door and let you out of the fraudulent Social Security system -- so you can decide how much of your income to save and what to do with those savings, and so you can enjoy a truly safe and prosperous retirement. And for those already dependent on Social Security, provide a private annuity financed by selling unneeded government assets. No longer should you have to depend on politicians for your retirement.
End the insane War on Drugs that has turned the drug business over to criminal gangs, locked up a million non-violent Americans, spawned law-enforcement corruption, and provided a justification for destroying your individual liberty -- whether or not you have any interest in drugs.
Make government employees respect every one of the Bill of Rights -- keeping your property safe from search and seizure, keeping the government out of areas not specifically authorized in the Constitution, and restoring your freedom to live your life as you think best.
Repeal the thousands of gun laws that do nothing to stop gun violence by criminals -- but do invade your privacy gratuitously and put you at a disadvantage to violent criminals who will never be inconvenienced by those laws.
Bring the troops home from overseas where they breed anti-American resentment -- and quit relying on our overwhelming national offense, create a
secure national defense, withdraw from all international organizations and mutual-defense treaties, and allow other countries to manage their own affairs.
Libertarians are just people who want to live and let live. Many people on slashdot are libertarians without realizing it. Libertarians don't want Carnivore. In fact, they don't even want an FBI to abuse peoples rights, and subject them to unlawful search and seizure.
If you vote for George W. Bush because you can't stand Al Gore, your vote will be interpreted as an endorsement for every big-government program George Bush wants to inflict upon you. If you vote for Al Gore because you're afraid of the religious right,
your vote will be interpreted as an endorsement for all the plans Al Gore has made for running your life.
Do America a favor during this election. Vote for a third party candidate. It doesn't have to be Browne. Anyone but Bush or Gore.
Browne and Buchanan are on the ballot in all 50 states! A third party candidate could win the election in 2004, if you vote third party NOW!
Um, duh, he didn't say it in congress. He said it while he was VP, on a talk show. I recently listened to a soundbite of Al Gore giving that outrageous claim.
Slashdot Mirror
Unlike Dell, Apple can't justify the cost of the higher end with faster chips (they don't exist)
The TiBook has a G4 chip. The iBook has a G3 chip. Even though they are both 500 MHz, the different architectures = a sizable speed difference. Also, Apple makes up to a 800? MHz G4 chip.
Of course, this makes it all the more pathetic to dumb down the iBook in other ways. Not only is the display an issue, but also the slow bus. Apple is not a friendly company.
I'm glad to see that this judge isn;t buying into the FBI's lies. No matter that involves the internal police actions of a country should be secret. The FBI, ATF, etc., should not have any right to claim national security.
Hopefully, this judge's courageous ruling will slow America's descent into a police state. The very idea that the FBI is conducting warrantless searches is contrary to everything Americans have fought and died for.
My iBook came with 128 MB free RAM in addition to the regular 64. I'm seeing cheap ram all over the place, actually. Maybe Mac retailers are finally realizing that Mac and PC RAM should cost the same! It's certainly a relief from last year's super expensive RAM.
I think that using a 66MHz bus was really a bitch move on Apple's part. There are plenty of things that set the Titanium G4 apart from the iBook with out deliberately slowing down the iBook. I buy Apple, but it's not at all out of love for the company. They screw you whenever they get a chance.
I just bought an iBook, and it's working great. They come with OS X now, and just about any retailer will set you up with 128 MB of free ram in addition to the 64 or 128 that it ships with. It's a much better deal than the Titanium G4, costing half as much for similar performance.
2001-12-25 00:00:00
"Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted."
Someone probably should have disabled that...
Do you have a speech impediment? There are people that can help.
I can pronunce any combination of letters. Besides, a "word" is just a group of letters. If it's not an English word, then maybe it's a Uhzbeckistanian word. Do you know all the world's words?
Take "angjf." It is pronounced like "AYNG-jif."
Take "hnrgb." It is pronounced like "HNERG-uh."
I rest my case.
P.S. to moderators: all though this comment doesn't address the original story, it is germane because it addresses an earlier post. thank you.
And to who do they report, the COO or directly to the president/CEO?"
The word in question should have been spelled "whom."
Thank you.
The Deputy Grammar Nazi
I'm affaid that Merriam-Webster would disagree with you on this point.
Main Entry: acronym
Pronunciation: 'a-kr&-"nim
Function: noun
Etymology: acr- + -onym
Date: 1943
: a word (as NATO, radar, or snafu) formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term
Being a nerd on the internet, my future involves more SMUT than SMT...
for, you see, I am a typical Slashdot user. I like athletics and I don't use computers. What is this "Linux" you speak of? What is it like to be interested in computers. Please, tell us about this "Linux."
Mensa is (now) at 130. Perhaps part of getting in is knowing how to get in? (Kind of like opening a door?)
Presenting the award for...
Highest Moderated Goatse.cx Link!
OK, everybody - In the interest of efficiency, can we all agree to make that guy's apartment hotter? That way, they'll suffer and have an expensive heating bill.
/.ers each vote for "hot," his apartment should go up to 275 degrees F.
If the 200,000 registered
Who is to say that the 30% of people (or at least some part of that number) that King says didn't pay, just didn't like his book - and with the ease of "returning" in this form of delivery, did just that?
That's impossible. I would have expected about 75% of people to have disliked his book.
Actually, the convention is to leave articles and other small words out of acronyms, so either you're wrong or Heinlein is wrong.
Starship Troopers the book was far, far worse than the movie. I was shocked by the disparity.
So, do what I do. When you cash a check or withdraw money, get only one and two dollar (Jefferson) bills. No one would bother tracing them, they circulate a lot, and it fucks the system!
Why, of cource not! You are inciting a riot!
If you send $20 to my PayPal account, I'll let you take one of these babies out of orbit. I work for Motorola, so I'll configure your right mouse button to be the fire button just as soon as I get the money.
Dear jmv,
Allow me to brief you on events which have happened while you were sealed in a cave on Mars.
Several firearms companies have been sued. These lawsuits are as bogus as the napster/gnutella/DeCSS suits. Mostly they are being thrown out of court.
The NRA has not been sued because it is a group of 4 million Americans who are associating with each other. Association is a constitutional right in America, so no one will be suing them.
Welcome back to Earth, and please immerse yourself in current and past events before posting on Slashdot.
Thank you.
Libertarians don't say that their involvement stops at the border, they say that it stops with THEMSELVES. They aren't going to send anyone else's children to die in some hellhole. They want to be left alone, and to leave others alone.
If you want to go to the war in the Balkans, buy a rifle, hop on a plane, and start a fucking war. You have no right to force anyone else to support our cause.
Libertarians do want a government that doesn't piss away money fighting other people's battles. All that intervention does is makes one gropu of people marginally happier, and the other group really pissed.
It probably won't be long before the pissed groups (Arabs, etc.) decide to plant a nuke in an American city.
You don't need to have a say in anything in order to trade. All that you need are goods that someone else wants.
Mutual-defense treaties don't do America any good - we're the superpower!
Here are some of the real libertarian viewpoints:
Libertarians are just people who want to live and let live. Many people on slashdot are libertarians without realizing it. Libertarians don't want Carnivore. In fact, they don't even want an FBI to abuse peoples rights, and subject them to unlawful search and seizure.
If you vote for George W. Bush because you can't stand Al Gore, your vote will be interpreted as an endorsement for every big-government program George Bush wants to inflict upon you. If you vote for Al Gore because you're afraid of the religious right,
your vote will be interpreted as an endorsement for all the plans Al Gore has made for running your life.
Do America a favor during this election. Vote for a third party candidate. It doesn't have to be Browne. Anyone but Bush or Gore.
Browne and Buchanan are on the ballot in all 50 states! A third party candidate could win the election in 2004, if you vote third party NOW!
Um, duh, he didn't say it in congress. He said it while he was VP, on a talk show. I recently listened to a soundbite of Al Gore giving that outrageous claim.
Um, actually, he said "... when I was in congress, I took the initiative in creating the internet."
He can't "call bullshit," because he was the first to bullshit. His lies are well documented.
It's fortunate that he is going to lose this election. I just wish that he would lose to a third party candidate, like Harry Browne.