A very interesting feature that nobody has talked about which Bloglines doesn't have is an embedded player for podcasts. If you're the kind of user that doesn't use a portable mp3 player it might make a whole difference (and you hear many podcasts, of course). I'm assuming here that you don't use iTunes for podcasts subscriptions, which is another option here. Will they include a BitTorrent client for torrent enclosures?:)
All in all I find Bloglines better. The interface might be uglier but it's more straight to the point, without all the fancy animations. I've also tried in Google Reader to keep items as unread and it doesn't work. Still I'll be keeping a close eye to see how it goes...
this will help them to better understand similar problems
Such as killing 75 million people? Of course the technological/technical issues sure have a broader range of potential applications, but right now I can't think of any.
IIRC it was a somewhat long and debated decision when the last batch of smallpox was destroyed, but all in all it was considered a good thing. Why should we go the other way round?
I just thought I'd post my recommendation (as I see many have done), which nobody has yet mentioned. I just consider it to be so unpardonable... http://www.indietits.com/ (Just hilarious)
[Serious mode on] I once heard in a conference that the most reliable filesystem ever was the ed2k network. [Serious mode off]
So, here goes a suggestion: 1) Zip/Rar it with a password. 2) Divide it into downloadable chunks. 3) Rename it to "Lesbian chicks hot stuff!!!!", or similar, you get the idea...
There's PLENTY of poverty and hunger in the USA right now.
It's enforced by US Federal policies.
I'm very aware of that. According to a UN report last year more than 20% of the US population live in poverty under their (UN's) standards: that is less than one dollar per day, although it may be adjusted depending on countries, I don't know.
What I'm trying to say is that it's not enough for two things to happen:
1) People will abandon political peaceful struggles, like civil disobidience and the like, and dismiss all attempts of reforming the laws, institutions that regulate their lives, etc. in order to seek a much more profound effect in society through their actions.
2) Be strong and numerous enough to pose a real threat to the status quo of the country.
And of these two, I think the second is of greater importance. We've already seen quite a few failed attempts of changing things and sometimes, not so radical changes (whether judging them from their form or their goals) have been successful because they had enough popular support. In the latter case the government usually has to accept the social pressure and change, too.
It doesn't matter how confused I am about this change of CPUs by Apple, I'm not buying the merging argument.
It's clear, however, that the most affected is Microsoft. My guess is that sooner or later Apple will turn into more of a software company (that "The soul of a Macintos is its OS" comes to mind). Maybe Intel or HP will be the hw partner, so to speak.
But anyway, every day that passes I'm more glad I got hold last October of a PowerPC iBook... although my next CPU I guess will be AMD:)
What worries me most are the years spent at university hearing that the GHz thing was meaningless and some processors outperformed others with a lower clock-speed.
To me it's all marketing and getting attention by the media. Business, indeed. Has anyone had a look at Apple stocks value? I haven't but it would be interesting to see how they go up and up.
Whenever you express yourself in a way that is dangerous or just doesn't feel comfortable with the ruling class or, to make it more closer to real life, with whomever is at the government they will use the "ad hominem" argument http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem and label you as un-whatever or anti-whatever, instead of attacking your statements or ideas and showing why they might be wrong. A first-hand experience I have was in Spain through the last years of Aznar's presidency when he said all people not conforming to his ideas were anti-Spanish, anti-patriots and communists (not necessarily in that order).
Of course you can see that going on at the most basic level of an argument between two people...
Well, that agrees to some extent with Marx theory of historical materialism. Whenever the forces of production are not supported by the relations of production society suffers a big, fast change (revolution) to put things in harmony again. So to speak, when laws, institutions, etc. weren't evolving fast enough (or just plainly kept back) so that people couldn't get the benefits of the changing ways of production.
However it seems hardly the case here and I agree with the parent that you'll need quite a bit of poverty, hunger, etc. to get people into action. I guess that many times that is a consequence of what you're stating. But your "not fast enough" needs to be *very* "not fast enough" or people won't just think it's worth and try to adjust slowly the laws and ruling institutions.
I don't live in the USA nor am I a US citizen whatsoever, but my opinion regarding your politics is that whether you vote D or R things aren't going to change much because the divergence of politics or the spectrum of ideas is very narrow. I'm not sure Democrats would have gone as far as this if they had been in power when 9/11 but they would have surely approved a softer Patriot Act.
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As it's already been said, yes.
:)
A very interesting feature that nobody has talked about which Bloglines doesn't have is an embedded player for podcasts. If you're the kind of user that doesn't use a portable mp3 player it might make a whole difference (and you hear many podcasts, of course). I'm assuming here that you don't use iTunes for podcasts subscriptions, which is another option here. Will they include a BitTorrent client for torrent enclosures?
All in all I find Bloglines better. The interface might be uglier but it's more straight to the point, without all the fancy animations. I've also tried in Google Reader to keep items as unread and it doesn't work. Still I'll be keeping a close eye to see how it goes...
this will help them to better understand similar problems
Such as killing 75 million people? Of course the technological/technical issues sure have a broader range of potential applications, but right now I can't think of any.
IIRC it was a somewhat long and debated decision when the last batch of smallpox was destroyed, but all in all it was considered a good thing. Why should we go the other way round?
if Sony, Toshiba, Philips... don't agree to split their revenues from their TV sets, VCRs and DVD recorders. Sheeeesh!!!
I just thought I'd post my recommendation (as I see many have done), which nobody has yet mentioned. I just consider it to be so unpardonable...
http://www.indietits.com/ (Just hilarious)
1. Collect underpants
2. ???
3. Profit!
That is profit...
[Serious mode on] I once heard in a conference that the most reliable filesystem ever was the ed2k network. [Serious mode off]
So, here goes a suggestion:
1) Zip/Rar it with a password.
2) Divide it into downloadable chunks.
3) Rename it to "Lesbian chicks hot stuff!!!!", or similar, you get the idea...
Et voilà.
As long as the shit doesn't hit the fan (sorry, I couldn't resist).
There's PLENTY of poverty and hunger in the USA right now.
It's enforced by US Federal policies.
I'm very aware of that. According to a UN report last year more than 20% of the US population live in poverty under their (UN's) standards: that is less than one dollar per day, although it may be adjusted depending on countries, I don't know.
What I'm trying to say is that it's not enough for two things to happen:
1) People will abandon political peaceful struggles, like civil disobidience and the like, and dismiss all attempts of reforming the laws, institutions that regulate their lives, etc. in order to seek a much more profound effect in society through their actions.
2) Be strong and numerous enough to pose a real threat to the status quo of the country.
And of these two, I think the second is of greater importance. We've already seen quite a few failed attempts of changing things and sometimes, not so radical changes (whether judging them from their form or their goals) have been successful because they had enough popular support. In the latter case the government usually has to accept the social pressure and change, too.
It doesn't matter how confused I am about this change of CPUs by Apple, I'm not buying the merging argument.
:)
It's clear, however, that the most affected is Microsoft. My guess is that sooner or later Apple will turn into more of a software company (that "The soul of a Macintos is its OS" comes to mind). Maybe Intel or HP will be the hw partner, so to speak.
But anyway, every day that passes I'm more glad I got hold last October of a PowerPC iBook... although my next CPU I guess will be AMD
What worries me most are the years spent at university hearing that the GHz thing was meaningless and some processors outperformed others with a lower clock-speed.
To me it's all marketing and getting attention by the media. Business, indeed. Has anyone had a look at Apple stocks value? I haven't but it would be interesting to see how they go up and up.
You obviously never heard that Tiger Woods finished nethack at 9 under par...
Not to mention the ones of us who play the harmonica...
Once I read that although it's very hard to tell what is fair, it's very easy to see when something is unfair...
I just can't remember where. Damn my memory!
That happens anywhere, any time.
Whenever you express yourself in a way that is dangerous or just doesn't feel comfortable with the ruling class or, to make it more closer to real life, with whomever is at the government they will use the "ad hominem" argument http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem and label you as un-whatever or anti-whatever, instead of attacking your statements or ideas and showing why they might be wrong. A first-hand experience I have was in Spain through the last years of Aznar's presidency when he said all people not conforming to his ideas were anti-Spanish, anti-patriots and communists (not necessarily in that order).
Of course you can see that going on at the most basic level of an argument between two people...
Well, that agrees to some extent with Marx theory of historical materialism. Whenever the forces of production are not supported by the relations of production society suffers a big, fast change (revolution) to put things in harmony again. So to speak, when laws, institutions, etc. weren't evolving fast enough (or just plainly kept back) so that people couldn't get the benefits of the changing ways of production.
However it seems hardly the case here and I agree with the parent that you'll need quite a bit of poverty, hunger, etc. to get people into action. I guess that many times that is a consequence of what you're stating. But your "not fast enough" needs to be *very* "not fast enough" or people won't just think it's worth and try to adjust slowly the laws and ruling institutions.
I don't live in the USA nor am I a US citizen whatsoever, but my opinion regarding your politics is that whether you vote D or R things aren't going to change much because the divergence of politics or the spectrum of ideas is very narrow. I'm not sure Democrats would have gone as far as this if they had been in power when 9/11 but they would have surely approved a softer Patriot Act.
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