And people wonder why airline travel is down in the US. Or, to the US for that matter.
I'll give you an example of why airline travel is down in the US:
I flew from San Diego to San Francisco last weekend and got pulled aside because of some ham radio equipment (two small VHF hand-held transceivers) in my carry-on bag. I explained what they were while the TSA guy ripped everything out of my bag and ran it all through the X-ray machine again. Then I explained it all again to his supervisor. Took about a half hour but, "fortunately," my flight was delayed two hours so I was okay.
Any other old greybeards out there remember when flying was fun? An adventure, rather than a big PITA only slightly better than traveling on a Greyhound bus?
OSX still doesn't support DPI changing at all. It seems to be a dropped Leopard feature.
Could you clarify this for me? I'm able to change screen resolution on my first-generation MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. Am I missing something here?
From what I can determine, the ACE didn't "destroy" the site, they just covered it up so it wouldn't be vandalized by zealots on either side of the issue. At worst, they just slowed things down a bit.
If you understand how the U.S. law system works, you know that the DOJ, BIA et al has no choice but to do what it must to defend existing federal law. It doesn't matter whether the administration in power likes it or not. While I have no doubt that the Clinton administration did whatever it thought would get it more votes (I'm no fan of the Clintons either, BTW), that's still not the same as suppression of science. Sleazy? Yeah, certainly, but there's nothing new about sleaze in American politics.
The Federal Government tried to suppress the science by claiming 8000 year old remains were linked to the tribes in the region.
Sorry, but I still don't see any evidence to support your claim that the U.S. government has made an attempt to suppress science. You've made several logical leaps and included some completely unsubstantiated allegations here, but you're still short of actual proof. Possible (but merely alleged) incompetence on the part of the Army Corps of Engineers is not the same thing as deliberate suppression of science. Your claim that the Clinton administration "pushed NAGPRA onto these remains to keep the American Indian votes" is not only pure opinion on your part, it's not at all relevant since even if it's true, it doesn't amount to the deliberate suppression of science, only politics as usual.
I get that you didn't like the Clinton administration and I'm fine with that but that doesn't mean you can state that they had something to do with the destruction of the discovery site without providing some evidence. I wasn't exactly a fan of the G.W. Bush administration but that doesn't mean I'm going to say that they were responsible for the 9/11 attacks as some claim since there's nothing to back it up.
>So, left-wing postmodern cultural relativists, where is your FSM now?
When the Havasupai start lobbying to put their origin stories in my grandchildren's school textbooks in place of natural selection driving evolution, then I'll worry about it.
This starts pitting Hulu even more squarely against iTunes for anyone who watches more than a few shows a month.
It's not like Apple cares if Hulu competes since the company makes relatively little off of the iTMS. It exists solely to create an ecosystem that encourages the sale of Apple hardware. If the owners of other products want to buy from them as well, that's just a bit of gravy for them. If iPod/iPhone/iPad users buy from some other site, that's fine too--Apple has already made money off of them when they sold the hardware.
There's some irony there.
What's interesting is back in 1985 Commodore seemed bloody unstoppable. They sold more PCs than anyone before or after.
But then Jack Trameil left and they got lazy. After his departure investors saw this big money making machine and milked it dry with little foresight. Their arrogance really was Commodore's epic downfall.
Right.. apples and oranges in a way, but lately Apple seems to be opening the doors to the same kind of arrogant path.
You're right about the irony but I think you've gotten it a little backwards when it comes to Apple. The same thing that happened to Commodore happened to Apple after the departure of Steve Jobs--the management tried to milk the current line of Macs dry with little foresight, resulting in Apple's near-demise in the late Nineties. Only the acquisition of NeXT and Jobs's return saved the company.
As for the current Apple situation, while you might not like the direction they're taking, there's nothing at all going on within the company that suggests that they're just sitting back and milking it. If anything, they're more innovative than they've been since the introduction of the original Macintosh.
Last week there was a rumor that Qualcomm was going to buy ARM. Now there's speculation about Apple.
It's possible that Steve Jobs took the Qualcomm rumors seriously, and bid for ARM just to make sure that Qualcomm didn't end up buying the company.
Or perhaps to prevent what would be even worse (for Apple): Google buying ARM. That was my first thought, seeing how Google seems to have developed an interest in buying chipmakers/designers these days.
Seems the way Apple has 'warmed up' to Google, I wont be surprised if Apple is behind this. They are capable of something like this, given their pathetic way of hyping up latest iphone or whatever.
Boy, some people never miss a chance.
Tinfoil hat time, folks: "It must be a conspiracy!"
The fact that Consumer Watchdog has been around as an independent, non-partisan, non-profit entity since 1985 means nothing, I guess. Not when there's a chance to vilify the latest boogie man, whoever it might be. It used to be Microsoft, currently it's Apple. In a few years maybe it will be Google.
You conspiracy-minded types need to get a grip. Not everything that happens in this world is due to shady forces working in secret. Sometimes things are exactly what they appear to be.
Youtube and these parodies must have driven rentals and sales of the DVD through the roof.
Worked on me.
Legally, the producers are probably within their rights to have the parodies pulled but the loss of all that free publicity--not to mention the loss of of goodwill--is going to do them more harm than good. It's not like the parodies were hurting them; no one failed to rent or buy the movie because of a YouTube parody. Just the opposite, in fact. I'd never heard of Downfall until the parodies started showing up. I ended up renting it just to see what the real dialog was.
(BTW, IMHO, I didn't think the movie was all that great. Too long, for one thing. It needed an editor.)
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And people wonder why airline travel is down in the US. Or, to the US for that matter.
I'll give you an example of why airline travel is down in the US:
I flew from San Diego to San Francisco last weekend and got pulled aside because of some ham radio equipment (two small VHF hand-held transceivers) in my carry-on bag. I explained what they were while the TSA guy ripped everything out of my bag and ran it all through the X-ray machine again. Then I explained it all again to his supervisor. Took about a half hour but, "fortunately," my flight was delayed two hours so I was okay.
Any other old greybeards out there remember when flying was fun? An adventure, rather than a big PITA only slightly better than traveling on a Greyhound bus?
OSX still doesn't support DPI changing at all. It seems to be a dropped Leopard feature.
Could you clarify this for me? I'm able to change screen resolution on my first-generation MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. Am I missing something here?
From the summary:
[...] calling for the agency to place a shuttle aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City.
Hell, if they'll just land the thing on deck, not only would I be for it, I'd pay good money to watch.
Did the Town Clerk and Town Accountant ever work for Verizon?
No, they just did the math in Excel. On a Pentium.
The terrorists have won.
They won on October 26, 2001, the day that George W. Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
Okay, excellent info. Thanks for clearing that up.
IMNAL? Sheesh. That should have read "IANAL." Serves me right for not reading the preview...
Cops in the US can usually claim Sovereign Immunity.
Are you sure about that? IMNAL but I believe that sovereign immunity in the United States is limited to the Federal and state governments.
From what I can determine, the ACE didn't "destroy" the site, they just covered it up so it wouldn't be vandalized by zealots on either side of the issue. At worst, they just slowed things down a bit.
If you understand how the U.S. law system works, you know that the DOJ, BIA et al has no choice but to do what it must to defend existing federal law. It doesn't matter whether the administration in power likes it or not. While I have no doubt that the Clinton administration did whatever it thought would get it more votes (I'm no fan of the Clintons either, BTW), that's still not the same as suppression of science. Sleazy? Yeah, certainly, but there's nothing new about sleaze in American politics.
The Federal Government tried to suppress the science by claiming 8000 year old remains were linked to the tribes in the region.
Sorry, but I still don't see any evidence to support your claim that the U.S. government has made an attempt to suppress science. You've made several logical leaps and included some completely unsubstantiated allegations here, but you're still short of actual proof. Possible (but merely alleged) incompetence on the part of the Army Corps of Engineers is not the same thing as deliberate suppression of science. Your claim that the Clinton administration "pushed NAGPRA onto these remains to keep the American Indian votes" is not only pure opinion on your part, it's not at all relevant since even if it's true, it doesn't amount to the deliberate suppression of science, only politics as usual.
I get that you didn't like the Clinton administration and I'm fine with that but that doesn't mean you can state that they had something to do with the destruction of the discovery site without providing some evidence. I wasn't exactly a fan of the G.W. Bush administration but that doesn't mean I'm going to say that they were responsible for the 9/11 attacks as some claim since there's nothing to back it up.
And I forgot Kennweick Man, science being suppressed by the Federal Government so American Indian creation myths won't be trampled on.
I couldn't find anything in the link you supplied that appears to support your claim. Care point out the relevant passages?
>So, left-wing postmodern cultural relativists, where is your FSM now?
When the Havasupai start lobbying to put their origin stories in my grandchildren's school textbooks in place of natural selection driving evolution, then I'll worry about it.
As usual.
This starts pitting Hulu even more squarely against iTunes for anyone who watches more than a few shows a month.
It's not like Apple cares if Hulu competes since the company makes relatively little off of the iTMS. It exists solely to create an ecosystem that encourages the sale of Apple hardware. If the owners of other products want to buy from them as well, that's just a bit of gravy for them. If iPod/iPhone/iPad users buy from some other site, that's fine too--Apple has already made money off of them when they sold the hardware.
There's some irony there. What's interesting is back in 1985 Commodore seemed bloody unstoppable. They sold more PCs than anyone before or after. But then Jack Trameil left and they got lazy. After his departure investors saw this big money making machine and milked it dry with little foresight. Their arrogance really was Commodore's epic downfall. Right.. apples and oranges in a way, but lately Apple seems to be opening the doors to the same kind of arrogant path.
You're right about the irony but I think you've gotten it a little backwards when it comes to Apple. The same thing that happened to Commodore happened to Apple after the departure of Steve Jobs--the management tried to milk the current line of Macs dry with little foresight, resulting in Apple's near-demise in the late Nineties. Only the acquisition of NeXT and Jobs's return saved the company.
As for the current Apple situation, while you might not like the direction they're taking, there's nothing at all going on within the company that suggests that they're just sitting back and milking it. If anything, they're more innovative than they've been since the introduction of the original Macintosh.
Last week there was a rumor that Qualcomm was going to buy ARM. Now there's speculation about Apple.
It's possible that Steve Jobs took the Qualcomm rumors seriously, and bid for ARM just to make sure that Qualcomm didn't end up buying the company.
Or perhaps to prevent what would be even worse (for Apple): Google buying ARM. That was my first thought, seeing how Google seems to have developed an interest in buying chipmakers/designers these days.
That should be "its" competitors.
I always make that mistake even though I should know better.
I for one, welcome our new, silk-laden, cyborg overlords...
Or maybe our new, silk-laden arachnid overlords?
Seems the way Apple has 'warmed up' to Google, I wont be surprised if Apple is behind this. They are capable of something like this, given their pathetic way of hyping up latest iphone or whatever.
Boy, some people never miss a chance.
Tinfoil hat time, folks: "It must be a conspiracy!"
The fact that Consumer Watchdog has been around as an independent, non-partisan, non-profit entity since 1985 means nothing, I guess. Not when there's a chance to vilify the latest boogie man, whoever it might be. It used to be Microsoft, currently it's Apple. In a few years maybe it will be Google.
You conspiracy-minded types need to get a grip. Not everything that happens in this world is due to shady forces working in secret. Sometimes things are exactly what they appear to be.
each sperm has the "potential" to become a human being, therefore, every time a man masturbates, they commit genocide.
It does?! Shit! That means I must have beat out the Third Reich when it comes to crimes against humanity by the time I was 15...
Remember the Christian militia that was plotting to kill government officials? Wasn't that long ago. Whatever happened to them?
They've all joined the Tea Party movement.
Do a Google search on the phrase, "Disney largest shareholder" and you will also answer the question of who has the keys to the "Disney Vault."
I'll save you the time: it's Steve Jobs. He received a boatload of Disney stock in the Pixar deal. He also sits on the Disney BoD.
Because a parody video of Hitler as Steve Jobs discovering the loss of the iPhone 4G prototype just must be made.
Youtube and these parodies must have driven rentals and sales of the DVD through the roof.
Worked on me.
Legally, the producers are probably within their rights to have the parodies pulled but the loss of all that free publicity--not to mention the loss of of goodwill--is going to do them more harm than good. It's not like the parodies were hurting them; no one failed to rent or buy the movie because of a YouTube parody. Just the opposite, in fact. I'd never heard of Downfall until the parodies started showing up. I ended up renting it just to see what the real dialog was.
(BTW, IMHO, I didn't think the movie was all that great. Too long, for one thing. It needed an editor.)
You're a doughnut? Come to daddy...
More like a cheese Danish, I think.