Not true. Greenland was named as it was to attract settlers. It's been mostly ice for all of recorded history.
But congratulations on being suckered by both the multi-national environmental corporations (Greenpeace, et.al.) and an 1100-year-old marketing campaign.
My mistake. I confused last week's announcement of the flight with the more recent Slashdot artice saying he had actually taken off. I guess I should have more faith in/.
Wow. I'm used to Slashdot being two or three days behind Digg, but with this story, it's a week or more behind American televisiion news. This was on the local stations in Chicago last week! Glad I don't pay for Slashdot.
You didn't want to sound like a Slashbot... and then you quoted Chris Rock? You might as well have thrown in an anti-Bush line and one about how great life is in the U.K. for good measure.
If you have to pay to send e-mails, then you have to use electronic payment systems. Presumably, some guy who sends a million e-mails can have his real identity figured out.
Three words: Pre-paid credit card.
Four words: Overseas credit card account.
Three more words: Stolen credit card.
P.S. Why does everything on slashdot has to be blown out of proportions?
Because whether the information is right or wrong, Slashdot makes money on the page views. They're not the drug dealer. They're not the cop. They're the informant that makes money from both sides.
But... fingerprints can be stolen. How does storing someone's fingerprint on these cards make them better than any other form of ID? If the image of your fingerprints is on the card, then anyone who has stolen your card can make fake fingerprints
It doesn't sound like they're storing the actual finger prints, but a mathematical representation of them. Which could mean some kind of one-way mathematical hash, like many computers have for passwords. I'm not saying it's perfect, but I don't see how it's possible to take a set of numbers and create someone else's fingerprints. Sounds like someone's dishing out warm steaming bowls of FUD for breakfast.
Has the tablet market come up with a way to deal with screen scratches? I think back to my trusty Palm IIIxe which after a few years suffered from horrible wear in the silk screen writing area. I'd hate to have dull spots on my computer screen where the GUI displays common elements.
From TFA:
"I tried my best to get him to take stock options that would have been worth $500 million, but he said no. He didn't want the people of Apple to think he was just there for the money."
Just three off the top of my head. Just because you have a very narrow internet experience doesn't mean everyone else does.
In fact, the Houston.info link above is the number one Google result for the query Houston Architecture, so at least Google understands there's more to the internet than.com.
I still haven't seen anyone point out what law he broke. Just because someone from some group with the word "Ethics" in its name says it's a bad thing doesn't make it illegal.
What law? This is just how Wikipedia operates. It's what the founders wanted -- a page editable by anyone. Lots of people spend lots of time keeping entries about themselves free from vandalism, removing incorrect statements, or inserting all sorts of puffery. The only difference this time is that a politician was doing it, instead of Jane Doe. What law did he or his staff violate that no one else has?
corporations mostly (two-thirds) pay no tax at all or get federal "refunds" so that we pay them
I used to be bothered by this line, too, before I started my own corporation and realized it's a load of crap. The reason that numerically so many corporations don't pay much in taxes is that the vast majority of corporations in America are small businesses. Mom and pop shops, or individuals working for themselves. Many or most of these corporations lose money each year or just barely break even. That's why they pay no taxes. There's no income tax on no income.
I've never seen any numbers on how much tax small business vs. big business pay in taxes each year, just the previously mentioned line that, if you think rationally about it, doesn't mean anything, and is just meant to make non-thinking people's blood boil.
Yes, but we have are multiple contemporary reports from reliable sources that Julius Caesar existed. We have none that Jesus did.
You are incorrect. There are hundreds of contemporary non-Christian recorded reports of Jesus, many by the Romans, themselves. The reports don't all say he was a miracle worker or hail him as a prophet, but they do document his existance and the following he developed. You've been drinking the athiesm Kool-Aid again.
No IE on the Mac in exchange for no Safari on Windows.
A very interesting notion. Forget the iPod halo effect. Imagine the iTunes halo effect if Apple could communicate to Windows users that there's another browser they could use that would be as stable and reliable as iTunes. And if they spread that message through iTunes, Safari for Windows would easily supplant Mozilla/Firefox/insert_random_broswer_here for second place.
As countless others have pointed out, it's the Apple EXPERIENCE that turns Windows users into Switchers.
Perhaps MS uses OS X for advanced products beta testing?
According to a speech I heard once being given by some leader inside Microsoft's Mac Business Unit, this is exactly correct. This person told the audience that Microsoft tests most of the new Office features on the Mac side first, then migrates them to the Windows side once all the bugs shake out.
Slashdot Mirror
Greenland was Green and Iceland was Ice.
Not true. Greenland was named as it was to attract settlers. It's been mostly ice for all of recorded history.
But congratulations on being suckered by both the multi-national environmental corporations (Greenpeace, et.al.) and an 1100-year-old marketing campaign.
My mistake. I confused last week's announcement of the flight with the more recent Slashdot artice saying he had actually taken off. I guess I should have more faith in /.
Wow. I'm used to Slashdot being two or three days behind Digg, but with this story, it's a week or more behind American televisiion news. This was on the local stations in Chicago last week! Glad I don't pay for Slashdot.
How come zero hits turn up for Ceragenins when I search for it?
I got 50 hits, but they were all on Slashdot and Utah newspapers.
You didn't want to sound like a Slashbot... and then you quoted Chris Rock? You might as well have thrown in an anti-Bush line and one about how great life is in the U.K. for good measure.
You misspeled Armageddon.
I like the 404 Haiku as well.
If you have to pay to send e-mails, then you have to use electronic payment systems. Presumably, some guy who sends a million e-mails can have his real identity figured out.
Three words: Pre-paid credit card.
Four words: Overseas credit card account.
Three more words: Stolen credit card.
You mean, just like anyone can start a software company to compete with Microsoft?
Yes.
Just like a luggage store down the street from me that proudly displays in its window:
www.thatsourbag.com
Oops.
Does this mean Toshiba is going to give me back the 23 vacation and comp days I lost when Westinghouse bought CBS?
P.S. Why does everything on slashdot has to be blown out of proportions?
Because whether the information is right or wrong, Slashdot makes money on the page views. They're not the drug dealer. They're not the cop. They're the informant that makes money from both sides.
But... fingerprints can be stolen. How does storing someone's fingerprint on these cards make them better than any other form of ID? If the image of your fingerprints is on the card, then anyone who has stolen your card can make fake fingerprints
It doesn't sound like they're storing the actual finger prints, but a mathematical representation of them. Which could mean some kind of one-way mathematical hash, like many computers have for passwords. I'm not saying it's perfect, but I don't see how it's possible to take a set of numbers and create someone else's fingerprints. Sounds like someone's dishing out warm steaming bowls of FUD for breakfast.
Has the tablet market come up with a way to deal with screen scratches? I think back to my trusty Palm IIIxe which after a few years suffered from horrible wear in the silk screen writing area. I'd hate to have dull spots on my computer screen where the GUI displays common elements.
What he did get was more stock options.
From TFA:
"I tried my best to get him to take stock options that would have been worth $500 million, but he said no. He didn't want the people of Apple to think he was just there for the money."
Chicago Architecture Info http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/
.info link above is the number one Google result for the query Houston Architecture, so at least Google understands there's more to the internet than .com.
Houston Architecture Info http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/
New York Architecture Info http://www.newyorkarchitecture.info/
Just three off the top of my head. Just because you have a very narrow internet experience doesn't mean everyone else does.
In fact, the Houston
I still haven't seen anyone point out what law he broke. Just because someone from some group with the word "Ethics" in its name says it's a bad thing doesn't make it illegal.
I guess it's much more productive to whine on /.
So I see.
What law? This is just how Wikipedia operates. It's what the founders wanted -- a page editable by anyone. Lots of people spend lots of time keeping entries about themselves free from vandalism, removing incorrect statements, or inserting all sorts of puffery. The only difference this time is that a politician was doing it, instead of Jane Doe. What law did he or his staff violate that no one else has?
corporations mostly (two-thirds) pay no tax at all or get federal "refunds" so that we pay them
I used to be bothered by this line, too, before I started my own corporation and realized it's a load of crap. The reason that numerically so many corporations don't pay much in taxes is that the vast majority of corporations in America are small businesses. Mom and pop shops, or individuals working for themselves. Many or most of these corporations lose money each year or just barely break even. That's why they pay no taxes. There's no income tax on no income.
I've never seen any numbers on how much tax small business vs. big business pay in taxes each year, just the previously mentioned line that, if you think rationally about it, doesn't mean anything, and is just meant to make non-thinking people's blood boil.
Why would I want to pay $20/month to fax stuff by e-mail when I can just fax stuff for real far cheaper?
Yes, but we have are multiple contemporary reports from reliable sources that Julius Caesar existed. We have none that Jesus did.
You are incorrect. There are hundreds of contemporary non-Christian recorded reports of Jesus, many by the Romans, themselves. The reports don't all say he was a miracle worker or hail him as a prophet, but they do document his existance and the following he developed. You've been drinking the athiesm Kool-Aid again.
No IE on the Mac in exchange for no Safari on Windows.
A very interesting notion. Forget the iPod halo effect. Imagine the iTunes halo effect if Apple could communicate to Windows users that there's another browser they could use that would be as stable and reliable as iTunes. And if they spread that message through iTunes, Safari for Windows would easily supplant Mozilla/Firefox/insert_random_broswer_here for second place.
As countless others have pointed out, it's the Apple EXPERIENCE that turns Windows users into Switchers.
Perhaps MS uses OS X for advanced products beta testing?
According to a speech I heard once being given by some leader inside Microsoft's Mac Business Unit, this is exactly correct. This person told the audience that Microsoft tests most of the new Office features on the Mac side first, then migrates them to the Windows side once all the bugs shake out.
So the average Mac Office user is paying much closer to the MSRP of $600.
I paid less than $100 for five licenses when I bought MS Office for Mac at the Apple Store. Student discounts rock.