Steve: May I take this opportunity of emphasizing that there are no sweatshop conditions in Apple factories. Absolutely none. And when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount - more than we are prepared to admit.
Second, I'm not so sure that an alternator is considered an emissions-critical device
I don't believe that matters. It "attaches" to the power train. I'd be glad to be proven wrong, but the point is that in California you can't do DIY modifications on your engine, in general. That includes things like converting the fuel system over to CNG, even if that would have a dramatic, positive impact on emissions.
Very probably. The very first time I had to take a car for a smog check filled me with outrage. They said my car failed because the timing was out of spec by 5%. They charged me $75 to turn a screw and retest. When they retested, the amount of tailpipe emissions had increased but since it was now in-spec, I passed. So on behalf of the state they charged me money to force my car to pollute more. How retarded is that?
The GP was talking about designing and building your own replacement parts. That's illegal unless you get those parts CARB approved. It's not difficult to find CARB approved replacement parts that HAVE gone through certification, but those parts aren't home-made.
But they will be free to use that explanation for far more in the legislative arena - to make more pernicious anticircumvention laws, foist universal DRM on us, etc, etc, etc. Everything they can to prop up their failing business model (in particular, anything they can to try and outlaw or deprecate independent music publishing) all the while saying, "Won't someone think of the pirates?"
Once upon a time, back in the golden age, the key to the left of the letter "A" was a useful one. Back then, it was control. And life was good. Life was very good. Then IBM came along and shit all over everything with the PC. The industry still hasn't recovered from the damage they did. Even Apple caved in and banished the control key to the bottom left corner.
I always swap caps-lock and control, but since they're designed to live on different rows you can't swap the key caps themselves because they'll look funny. So you either have to stick a label on the key (which also looks lame) or just live with them being mislabeled. The better solution for me was to buy a Das Keyboard and remap the keys the way I like. In my case, not only did I swap caps-lock and control, but I swapped alt and command so they'd match the normal Apple layout (for some reason, lots of keyboards get these two backwards. Probably something to do with IBM's partner in crime).
the trouble is that they can distinguish between A and B, but not B and illegal copying. So in fact you're right - there shouldn't be a problem. But the industry will claim that the explanation is anything BUT option B regardless of whether that is true or not.
Here's a supportive anecdote: Which airline consistently leads the industry in customer satisfaction? Southwest. That's right, the bus with wings. Low expectations are easy to satisfy.
If this case is found in favor of Ms. Foster, Racketeering Influence Corrupt Organization (RICO) charges and lawsuit should be filed against the RIAA.
RICO is a criminal statute. In the U.S., prosecutorial power (the right to bring criminal indictments) is only granted to the government. In the U.K., private prosecutions are possible, but not here. To bring RICO charges against the RIAA, some attorney general somewhere would have to decide to do it. And since RICO is a federal statute, that means it would have to be someone working for the Justice Dept. I find the prospect rather unlikely.
Those should really be stored as 'secure notes' in your keychain. That way at least they're stored encrypted and it requires your keychain password to get them.
Does setting off an atomic bomb in the atmosphere of your home planet sound like a bad idea to you?
Of course it does, now. Hindsight is 20/20. I don't fault them for doing what was necessary to find out that it's a really bad idea.
If you're suggesting that we should not test new things for fear of unknown environmental impact, then I have a bearskin parka and a cave for you right over there.
I take issue with the word invented in this context. The concept of a personal computer was well established long before the IBM PC was released. Their design wound up being popular and is the predecessor to the current x86 based designs, but that doesn't mean they "invented" it.
Lots of folks also think that Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb, or that Ford invented either the car or the assembly line, but those notions are just as wrong.
But his point was that he'll be able to run Windows software - like viruses, worms and spyware - under VMware.
My wife's got VirtualPC. She uses it to do one thing - to verify how a newsletter she writes looks in Outlook and how a website looks in IE. She fires it up once a month or so for maybe 20 minutes. When she fired it up a couple days ago, she found it was thoroughly pwn3d. So now I know how I'll be spending my evening tonight. Grumble.
I'm rather impressed. I had always dismissed Thurrot as either a troll or a fanboi before, but I give him some credit for at least partially removing the MSimplant from his neck.
It's more likely to be the bearings on the color wheel. When we bought our DLP set, it had a terrible whine, just like a bad hard drive. They came out and replaced the entire light engine and it went away.
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Steve: May I take this opportunity of emphasizing that there are no sweatshop conditions in Apple factories. Absolutely none. And when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount - more than we are prepared to admit.
Our coach wasn't very comfortable - especially when yelling at us for doing our laps too slowly or making us do push-ups.
I won't deny that.
Second, I'm not so sure that an alternator is considered an emissions-critical device
I don't believe that matters. It "attaches" to the power train. I'd be glad to be proven wrong, but the point is that in California you can't do DIY modifications on your engine, in general. That includes things like converting the fuel system over to CNG, even if that would have a dramatic, positive impact on emissions.
Yes, I suspect Dell isn't switching completely, but still the timing is particularly amusing.
Very probably. The very first time I had to take a car for a smog check filled me with outrage. They said my car failed because the timing was out of spec by 5%. They charged me $75 to turn a screw and retest. When they retested, the amount of tailpipe emissions had increased but since it was now in-spec, I passed. So on behalf of the state they charged me money to force my car to pollute more. How retarded is that?
The GP was talking about designing and building your own replacement parts. That's illegal unless you get those parts CARB approved. It's not difficult to find CARB approved replacement parts that HAVE gone through certification, but those parts aren't home-made.
Oh?
Try that shit in California and the CARB will want to have a word with you.
And no, I'm not joking.
Linux is user-friendly. It's just picky about who its friends are.
He gave figures?
But they will be free to use that explanation for far more in the legislative arena - to make more pernicious anticircumvention laws, foist universal DRM on us, etc, etc, etc. Everything they can to prop up their failing business model (in particular, anything they can to try and outlaw or deprecate independent music publishing) all the while saying, "Won't someone think of the pirates?"
I always swap caps-lock and control, but since they're designed to live on different rows you can't swap the key caps themselves because they'll look funny. So you either have to stick a label on the key (which also looks lame) or just live with them being mislabeled. The better solution for me was to buy a Das Keyboard and remap the keys the way I like. In my case, not only did I swap caps-lock and control, but I swapped alt and command so they'd match the normal Apple layout (for some reason, lots of keyboards get these two backwards. Probably something to do with IBM's partner in crime).
the trouble is that they can distinguish between A and B, but not B and illegal copying. So in fact you're right - there shouldn't be a problem. But the industry will claim that the explanation is anything BUT option B regardless of whether that is true or not.
Still is.
Here's a supportive anecdote: Which airline consistently leads the industry in customer satisfaction? Southwest. That's right, the bus with wings. Low expectations are easy to satisfy.
RICO is a criminal statute. In the U.S., prosecutorial power (the right to bring criminal indictments) is only granted to the government. In the U.K., private prosecutions are possible, but not here. To bring RICO charges against the RIAA, some attorney general somewhere would have to decide to do it. And since RICO is a federal statute, that means it would have to be someone working for the Justice Dept. I find the prospect rather unlikely.
Those should really be stored as 'secure notes' in your keychain. That way at least they're stored encrypted and it requires your keychain password to get them.
Of course it does, now. Hindsight is 20/20. I don't fault them for doing what was necessary to find out that it's a really bad idea.
If you're suggesting that we should not test new things for fear of unknown environmental impact, then I have a bearskin parka and a cave for you right over there.
I take issue with the word invented in this context. The concept of a personal computer was well established long before the IBM PC was released. Their design wound up being popular and is the predecessor to the current x86 based designs, but that doesn't mean they "invented" it.
Lots of folks also think that Thomas Edison invented the incandescent light bulb, or that Ford invented either the car or the assembly line, but those notions are just as wrong.
But his point was that he'll be able to run Windows software - like viruses, worms and spyware - under VMware.
My wife's got VirtualPC. She uses it to do one thing - to verify how a newsletter she writes looks in Outlook and how a website looks in IE. She fires it up once a month or so for maybe 20 minutes. When she fired it up a couple days ago, she found it was thoroughly pwn3d. So now I know how I'll be spending my evening tonight. Grumble.
I'm rather impressed. I had always dismissed Thurrot as either a troll or a fanboi before, but I give him some credit for at least partially removing the MSimplant from his neck.
Seconded. I built a bunch of their stuff when I was a teenager. I used to lust after the H89. Those were the days.
But, as the GP said, nullification doth not a precedent make.
It's more likely to be the bearings on the color wheel. When we bought our DLP set, it had a terrible whine, just like a bad hard drive. They came out and replaced the entire light engine and it went away.
If you remember Heathkit, then you're more likely in the old coot's camp than in the kids'.
No, but three rights make a left.