My iPhone occasionally turns on my kitchen ceiling fan, which has an RF-type remote control. Since my laptop has also done it a time or two, I suspect it has something to do with the WiFi transmitter.
Not many of us drivers on Slashdot. I'm a Class A driver, also based in California. I used to run hotshot frieght with a co-driver between L.A. and the East Coast and back a couple of times a week. We'd eat in the truck and only stop for fuel so we'd go cross-country in an average 52 hours.
I still drive seasonally, but mostly stay on company property now.
Only thing being, the U.S. is not a democracy. It's a enfranchised republic.
A true democracy would be something like the annual town meetings held in some places in New England where the entire populace gets together and votes on how they want things to be run over the next year. It's a great concept, and it works on the small scale but it would be far too unwieldy to work for an entire country.
I would argue that the early Brittany probably had a lot of help getting onto the national stage.
Oh, sure--no argument there. But then, so did Governor Palin. As, uh, interesting as she may be, she never would have made such a big splash if it hadn't been for John McCain choosing her as his running mate. I suspect she would have been just another colorful regional character much like the late Ann Richards, former governor of Texas.
I know there are more, I can't be bothered to find them
Not a convincing argument. The mailbox in Mail.app is a simple OS X folder structure. iPods play standard MP3 files just fine. The DRM thing was forced on Apple by the recording industry. And, in any case, none of this is on the same level as putting company-paid shills on a quasi-governmental standards board.
Sure Apple has done some things that ware bone-headed and just plain wrong but nothing they've done remotely compares to what Balmer et al is trying to pull here.
Apparently, Coca Cola in the US is not quite the same as Coca Cola in several other countries.
That's true. I live right on the U.S./Mexico border and a lot of stores here sell both American-made and Mexican-make Coke. I've tried them both and there is a noticeable difference. The American-made version is not quite as sweet and has a bit more of an acidic bite to it.
BTW, I once had a neighbor who worked in the Coca-Cola lab in Los Angeles. He said that Coke varied the formula depending on the type of container used and felt that the best one was used in the (now hard-to-find) eight-ounce glass bottles.
I've noticed that too. I have a pair of Sony earbuds that were about the same price as Apple charges for a pair like the ones that came with my iPhone. The Sony buds sound better but I'm forever untangling them after pulling them out of my pocket. With the Apple earbuds, all I had to do is shake them a few times and they were ready to go. I think it's the silicon jacket they use in place of the typical PVC.
Now, if only Apple would improve the sound and durability. Mine started distorting on volume peaks (like speakers with a torn cone) after about two months.
Slashdot Mirror
"He's dead, Jim"
My iPhone occasionally turns on my kitchen ceiling fan, which has an RF-type remote control. Since my laptop has also done it a time or two, I suspect it has something to do with the WiFi transmitter.
Okay, got it; I misread your original post.
Not many of us drivers on Slashdot. I'm a Class A driver, also based in California. I used to run hotshot frieght with a co-driver between L.A. and the East Coast and back a couple of times a week. We'd eat in the truck and only stop for fuel so we'd go cross-country in an average 52 hours.
I still drive seasonally, but mostly stay on company property now.
I assume you were doing heavy permit hauling since the weight limit on the U.S. national highway system is 80,000 pounds.
Only replying to this to undo an accidental moderation.
Why would NASA want to launch a goat into orbit?
"Copulate that excrement!"
I heard that a Mr. Morse has perfected something like that...
They didn't even buy you dinner first.
Only thing being, the U.S. is not a democracy. It's a enfranchised republic.
A true democracy would be something like the annual town meetings held in some places in New England where the entire populace gets together and votes on how they want things to be run over the next year. It's a great concept, and it works on the small scale but it would be far too unwieldy to work for an entire country.
I know you were trying to be funny but you make interesting point. The benevolent dictator thing is working pretty well for Apple...
Okay, I hereby announce my candidacy for Benevolent Dictator of the United States.
C-NET has a very bad track record when it comes to predicting future Apple products.
Oh, sure--no argument there. But then, so did Governor Palin. As, uh, interesting as she may be, she never would have made such a big splash if it hadn't been for John McCain choosing her as his running mate. I suspect she would have been just another colorful regional character much like the late Ann Richards, former governor of Texas.
...but they told me the one required to make me look pretty ran 15GB, compressed.
Here you go:
http://gawker.com/5051193/sarah-palins-personal-email-account-hacked
Read it and make your own decision.
Big deal. So did Britney Spears.
You're right, it's not. However it was illegal for Palin, as the governor of Alaska, to use one to conduct state business.
Bet there would be one very impressive waterfall when the Red Sea finally breaks through.
You're welcome. And, thanks.
Not a convincing argument. The mailbox in Mail.app is a simple OS X folder structure. iPods play standard MP3 files just fine. The DRM thing was forced on Apple by the recording industry. And, in any case, none of this is on the same level as putting company-paid shills on a quasi-governmental standards board.
Sure Apple has done some things that ware bone-headed and just plain wrong but nothing they've done remotely compares to what Balmer et al is trying to pull here.
That's true. I live right on the U.S./Mexico border and a lot of stores here sell both American-made and Mexican-make Coke. I've tried them both and there is a noticeable difference. The American-made version is not quite as sweet and has a bit more of an acidic bite to it.
BTW, I once had a neighbor who worked in the Coca-Cola lab in Los Angeles. He said that Coke varied the formula depending on the type of container used and felt that the best one was used in the (now hard-to-find) eight-ounce glass bottles.
I think that depends on who they are sleeping with...
That should have been silicone, not silicon.. But I guess silicon wouldn't tangle either.
I've noticed that too. I have a pair of Sony earbuds that were about the same price as Apple charges for a pair like the ones that came with my iPhone. The Sony buds sound better but I'm forever untangling them after pulling them out of my pocket. With the Apple earbuds, all I had to do is shake them a few times and they were ready to go. I think it's the silicon jacket they use in place of the typical PVC.
Now, if only Apple would improve the sound and durability. Mine started distorting on volume peaks (like speakers with a torn cone) after about two months.