I thought that one of the first things you learn in Journalism is to be objective when reporting the news. I barely saw that element throughout the whole political coverage. People were so much tougher on McCain when asking him about issues than they were about Obama. It's almost as if people were afraid of making him mad. Also, I didn't think it was right seeing journalists cry when reporting that Obama won. While I realize that it was an historic moment for the country, journalists are supposed to, again, remain objective. Yes, we're all human and we're all emotional, but I don't like turning on the TV and watching someone report the news with such a bias for the candidate he obviously wanted to win.
I really don't think that there are any TV outlets (or newspapers for that matter) that are unbiased. They always seem to lean one way. How are people supposed to make an informative decision if people are telling them to go in a certain direction?
All I know is, everyone kept saying that Clinton wasn't going to win Ohio or Texas, and sure enough, she did! I just think that the democratic party makes it so confusing to actually win a state in terms of delegates. A Republican who wins a state automatically wins those delegates. Not so for Democrats. Even if you win the state, you still have to win delegates. In Texas' case, Clinton wins 2/3 of the delegates since she won the state, but there is still 1/3 of delegates up for grabs in the caucus. And we already know that Clinton is trailing behind Obama with delegates. All I know is, go CLINTON!!!!!
I can honestly say that after experiencing Ubuntu on my new Dell Inspiron 530 desktop, I've moved back to Windows XP. Ubuntu is just not as stable as everyone thinks it is. My boyfriend spent more time trying to fix our machine from the OS crashing so many times that it just wasn't worth it anymore. And when we upgraded to Gutsy...forget it. Windows on a Cube didn't work anymore, our wireless connectivity stopped working. I don't understand how an open-source OS that has so many people cheering for it could be total crap.
There aren't any companies that are willing to make their hardware compatible with Linux. It's a shame, because I was so looking forward to leading a Linux lifestyle: not having to worry about viruses, playing around with the different 3-D effects, using free software, and experiencing something entirely new. I hate to say it, but Windows is more stable than Ubuntu could ever be in my book.
I think it all depends what people want. For me, I'd rather have a separate phone and iPod. Why? That's just what I like, but other people would want them rolled into one. Besides, I think the ROKR is getting a lil bit too much criticism. It IS the first iTunes phone out there, so of course there are going to be better products that come out after it. It's all about testing the marketplace and the product to find out what consumers like/dislike.
Why can't you have both? Books AND a digital atmosphere. What if your computer crashes? What if there's a power failure? That's why books are a necessary back up to technology. Can't always rely on it, can we?
I can't believe it's been 10 years. Believe it or not, I still have Win95 on one of my older pcs at home. My mom still uses Win98. Ahhhh, nothing like celebrating years of never-ending Window crashes and viruses (weep, weep).
Yeah, I was the one who submitted the article, and I actually wrote the headline as "Wrist Watch-like device..." because I didn't want people to get confused, but they didn't post it like that. Oh well!! Very glad so many people had such interesting comments toward the article though!
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I thought that one of the first things you learn in Journalism is to be objective when reporting the news. I barely saw that element throughout the whole political coverage. People were so much tougher on McCain when asking him about issues than they were about Obama. It's almost as if people were afraid of making him mad. Also, I didn't think it was right seeing journalists cry when reporting that Obama won. While I realize that it was an historic moment for the country, journalists are supposed to, again, remain objective. Yes, we're all human and we're all emotional, but I don't like turning on the TV and watching someone report the news with such a bias for the candidate he obviously wanted to win. I really don't think that there are any TV outlets (or newspapers for that matter) that are unbiased. They always seem to lean one way. How are people supposed to make an informative decision if people are telling them to go in a certain direction?
All I know is, everyone kept saying that Clinton wasn't going to win Ohio or Texas, and sure enough, she did! I just think that the democratic party makes it so confusing to actually win a state in terms of delegates. A Republican who wins a state automatically wins those delegates. Not so for Democrats. Even if you win the state, you still have to win delegates. In Texas' case, Clinton wins 2/3 of the delegates since she won the state, but there is still 1/3 of delegates up for grabs in the caucus. And we already know that Clinton is trailing behind Obama with delegates. All I know is, go CLINTON!!!!!
I can honestly say that after experiencing Ubuntu on my new Dell Inspiron 530 desktop, I've moved back to Windows XP. Ubuntu is just not as stable as everyone thinks it is. My boyfriend spent more time trying to fix our machine from the OS crashing so many times that it just wasn't worth it anymore. And when we upgraded to Gutsy...forget it. Windows on a Cube didn't work anymore, our wireless connectivity stopped working. I don't understand how an open-source OS that has so many people cheering for it could be total crap. There aren't any companies that are willing to make their hardware compatible with Linux. It's a shame, because I was so looking forward to leading a Linux lifestyle: not having to worry about viruses, playing around with the different 3-D effects, using free software, and experiencing something entirely new. I hate to say it, but Windows is more stable than Ubuntu could ever be in my book.
PCMag.com has a great article up on what Dell owners need to know and what to do about the laptop battery recall: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2003861,00.as p
Wow, lighten up. I thought it was funny. Don't take life so seriously.
I think it all depends what people want. For me, I'd rather have a separate phone and iPod. Why? That's just what I like, but other people would want them rolled into one. Besides, I think the ROKR is getting a lil bit too much criticism. It IS the first iTunes phone out there, so of course there are going to be better products that come out after it. It's all about testing the marketplace and the product to find out what consumers like/dislike.
i think it could work.
Why can't you have both? Books AND a digital atmosphere. What if your computer crashes? What if there's a power failure? That's why books are a necessary back up to technology. Can't always rely on it, can we?
I can't believe it's been 10 years. Believe it or not, I still have Win95 on one of my older pcs at home. My mom still uses Win98. Ahhhh, nothing like celebrating years of never-ending Window crashes and viruses (weep, weep).
If you want more information on the NSA requesting a secure PDA Phone, you can point your browser to http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1850744,00.as p
. They have an html page that is easy to read.
Yeah, I was the one who submitted the article, and I actually wrote the headline as "Wrist Watch-like device..." because I didn't want people to get confused, but they didn't post it like that. Oh well!! Very glad so many people had such interesting comments toward the article though!