Wow! I can't believe all 100 things were on a single page, not even separated by giant ads! Just shows you can make a decent news site if you really want to...
Sure, if there's no need to have advertising when the total bill for the BBC is picked up by the people of the United Kingdom through Radio and TV licensing fees.
IANAL, but... Am I the only one here that see this has the potential to be interfering with Interstate Commerce? If you thought the Sony DRM issue was ugly, that could make Sony's issue look like common shoplifting...
Sorry--I was typing/referencing when you were putting yours out. The battery pack was a separate entity and was pretty heavy. Besides, I would expect it to be spelled IIc from a C64 hacker when all of us who owned one (or three eventually) know it was//c. Old school with the earlier models would have been ][e and ][+.
I saw a C-64 luggable as well in about this era (perhaps a little later) with about a 4" color screen but I don't recall whether it had a battery pack or if it was just a luggable model to be placed on a desk somewhere with a wall outlet.
I know I'm immediately showing my age here, but Apple's first portable computer was not the Powerbook. It was the Apple//c (circa 1983), complete with an 80 column LCD monitor, a battery pack. Reference at http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/appleiic/
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Popular? No. It was too expensive, the LCD screen was poor, battery life was awful, and regular visits with a chiropractor for the battery pack were not out the question. But it was the first Apple "laptop."
Sorry -- I know the above was an attempt at humor, but I do get sick of the assumption that everyone in Texas is far-flung Bush-lovin' right wingers.
Actually, it sounded more like biographical information rather than humor, but if you want to call it humor, it's your oyster...
As for his accent, many folks who spend enough time in an area with a strong accent/drawl tend to pick it up eventually. I spent six months in what the local's referred to as Lower Alabama (Florida panhandle) after growing up in California and it took me a couple years to completely get rid of the little bit of drawl I picked up and all the uniquely southern phrases. It's infectious.
Now if the rumor is true that Mr. Bush can't speak with Mr. Cheney is drinking water, I find it remarkable that Mr. Cheney's can switch accents so quickly.
Every woman is a 10...it just depends on the base you're counting in...
Recruiters are not, in themselves, evil. Liars, maybe. But that could also describe most of the politicians in Washington, DC.
In peace time, the military is a valid career alternative for kids who didn't let school interfere with their high school education or for kids who went to college, couldn't make it/afford it, and don't want their typical workplace conversation consist of, "Would you like to Super Size that?"
However, with this unpopular war becoming more unpopular by the day, parents are going to object highly to their children going off to support something THEIR PARENTS don't support. That's why a draft with exceptions only for those who are demonstrably morally opposed to the war (i.e. long-term membership in an anti-war religous denomination, long-term membership in a pacisfist group, etc) is the way to go. And I mean for everybody, rich and poor, all ethnic groups, both genders, and all sexual preferences. When everybody has a fair shot at going to war, the chances of anybody going to war will drop dramatically.
Of course they're going this route. The military is being run like a business. A business who's main product is killing people and breaking their stuff, but still a business.
Do you think that the Pentagon is the only organization that is keeping a big ol' database of me and you and dog named Boo. Geesh. I'd guess that over half of the Fortune 500 is doing that, and not restricting it to just the 16-24 crowd. Major corporations use data mining and database building to mold their pitch in every conceivable way.
The reason it gets the negative press is that we've got an unpopular war. Another duh. An all-volunteer force is a great idea in peacetime, but in war then you have to work harder to recruit people.
Do you want to end the bitching and the databases? Go back to the draft. With NO deferrals and no exemptions except for documented religous aversions to war (i.e. you've gone to Quaker church for the last ## years). When everybody can go to war, chances are low that anybody will go to war.
SUV's indirectly are charged higher taxes than smaller rides. As an example, in California 1 gallon of gas is taxed at approximately $.36 plus sales tax. I'm guessing right now that puts it at about $.50 per gallon these days.
Bigger the SUV, the lower the mileage, the more tax they pay for the same mile travelled. The poor Expedition driver is getting tagged for about $3.60 per 100 city miles travelled as opposed to $.83 for a Zap.
Add to that registration and licensing based on car value and the SUV crowd is getting to pay a little more at a time. Higher fuel taxes anyone?
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Wow! I can't believe all 100 things were on a single page, not even separated by giant ads! Just shows you can make a decent news site if you really want to...
Sure, if there's no need to have advertising when the total bill for the BBC is picked up by the people of the United Kingdom through Radio and TV licensing fees.
No... it's twue... it's twue... it's weally weally twue...
Sorry, couldn't let it go without the obligatory Blazing Saddles reference...
IANAL, but... Am I the only one here that see this has the potential to be interfering with Interstate Commerce? If you thought the Sony DRM issue was ugly, that could make Sony's issue look like common shoplifting...
Sorry--I was typing/referencing when you were putting yours out. The battery pack was a separate entity and was pretty heavy. Besides, I would expect it to be spelled IIc from a C64 hacker when all of us who owned one (or three eventually) know it was //c. Old school with the earlier models would have been ][e and ][+.
I saw a C-64 luggable as well in about this era (perhaps a little later) with about a 4" color screen but I don't recall whether it had a battery pack or if it was just a luggable model to be placed on a desk somewhere with a wall outlet.
I know I'm immediately showing my age here, but Apple's first portable computer was not the Powerbook. It was the Apple //c (circa 1983), complete with an 80 column LCD monitor, a battery pack. Reference at http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/appleiic/
.
Popular? No. It was too expensive, the LCD screen was poor, battery life was awful, and regular visits with a chiropractor for the battery pack were not out the question. But it was the first Apple "laptop."
Moving futher OT...
Sorry -- I know the above was an attempt at humor, but I do get sick of the assumption that everyone in Texas is far-flung Bush-lovin' right wingers.
Actually, it sounded more like biographical information rather than humor, but if you want to call it humor, it's your oyster...
As for his accent, many folks who spend enough time in an area with a strong accent/drawl tend to pick it up eventually. I spent six months in what the local's referred to as Lower Alabama (Florida panhandle) after growing up in California and it took me a couple years to completely get rid of the little bit of drawl I picked up and all the uniquely southern phrases. It's infectious.
Now if the rumor is true that Mr. Bush can't speak with Mr. Cheney is drinking water, I find it remarkable that Mr. Cheney's can switch accents so quickly.
Every woman is a 10...it just depends on the base you're counting in...
Have to point to Sony on this one. Even Microsoft was willing (eventually) to call it what it was--spyware.
Recruiters are not, in themselves, evil. Liars, maybe. But that could also describe most of the politicians in Washington, DC.
In peace time, the military is a valid career alternative for kids who didn't let school interfere with their high school education or for kids who went to college, couldn't make it/afford it, and don't want their typical workplace conversation consist of, "Would you like to Super Size that?"
However, with this unpopular war becoming more unpopular by the day, parents are going to object highly to their children going off to support something THEIR PARENTS don't support. That's why a draft with exceptions only for those who are demonstrably morally opposed to the war (i.e. long-term membership in an anti-war religous denomination, long-term membership in a pacisfist group, etc) is the way to go. And I mean for everybody, rich and poor, all ethnic groups, both genders, and all sexual preferences. When everybody has a fair shot at going to war, the chances of anybody going to war will drop dramatically.
Of course they're going this route. The military is being run like a business. A business who's main product is killing people and breaking their stuff, but still a business. Do you think that the Pentagon is the only organization that is keeping a big ol' database of me and you and dog named Boo. Geesh. I'd guess that over half of the Fortune 500 is doing that, and not restricting it to just the 16-24 crowd. Major corporations use data mining and database building to mold their pitch in every conceivable way.
The reason it gets the negative press is that we've got an unpopular war. Another duh. An all-volunteer force is a great idea in peacetime, but in war then you have to work harder to recruit people.
Do you want to end the bitching and the databases? Go back to the draft. With NO deferrals and no exemptions except for documented religous aversions to war (i.e. you've gone to Quaker church for the last ## years). When everybody can go to war, chances are low that anybody will go to war.
SUV's indirectly are charged higher taxes than smaller rides. As an example, in California 1 gallon of gas is taxed at approximately $.36 plus sales tax. I'm guessing right now that puts it at about $.50 per gallon these days.
Bigger the SUV, the lower the mileage, the more tax they pay for the same mile travelled. The poor Expedition driver is getting tagged for about $3.60 per 100 city miles travelled as opposed to $.83 for a Zap.
Add to that registration and licensing based on car value and the SUV crowd is getting to pay a little more at a time. Higher fuel taxes anyone?