It's like you're arguing that the definition of what is or isn't ocean is useless because it doesn't precisely define at what point of the tide cycle, or how far up a river mouth, it transitions from ocean to not ocean. But the question we're asking is whether Topeka, Kansas is in the ocean or not and the answer is obviously NO!
But the land that is now Topeka, Kansas was at times covered by ocean waters, including at least during the early Cretaceous. So maybe Eris once cleared its neighborhood, before a lot of "less desirables" moved in and it went down hill? Or perhaps it was a small neighborhood that was cleared, then bought-up via eminent domain then redeveloped? Or maybe the rules are different with such long orbits?
You might as well argue that it's completely arbitrary to say that you are alive and Benjamin Franklin is dead, because science has not precisely defined the exact line between dead and not dead. Um, I think it's still pretty clear which is which in this case.
But science has not definitively proven that time only flows in one direction, so the past and future are equivalent, which must make the instant of the present irrelevant. Then maybe Ben Frnaklin is as alive as us, and we are as dead as him.
Just kidding, I felt like being an argumentative moron. Too bad the minor planet advocates don't understand the statistical significance of orders of magnitude.
"the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
You've got to be VERY careful with that statement, because slave owners agreed with that line of thinking, too. The needs and rights of ALL need to be taken into consideration, not just the majority. As a civilized democracy, we are responsible for the needs of the few as well as those who make the decisions. We believe that all men were created equal, don't we? Getting carried away with simplistic, jingoistic dogma can be very, very dangerous.
Jobz seyz: Google loves to characterize Android as "open" and iOS and iPhone as "closed." We find this a bit disingenuous, and clouding the real difference between our two approaches,' said Jobs. 'Android is very fragmented.
So it is somewhat fragmented. That makes Android no longer open? How could one not define iOS as "closed?"
Many Android [manufacturers], including the two largest, HTC and Motorola, install proprietary user interfaces to differentiate themselves from the commodity Android experience. The user's left to figure it out. Compare this to iPhone, where every handset works the same.
This is only an issue (a minor one) if you buy a new device every few months, and change manufacturers when you do. My HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 is 2+ years old and still going strong. It was very easy to get used to, and can run all but the newest Android apps. I can run the apps *I* want to run, not the ones the manufacturer says are okay. It is still pretty amazing for a 2+ year-old device. I have also easily been able to add updated, semi-3rd party firmware to bring it nearly up to date. Why do I care if it is very slightly different than a Samsung or Motorola phone? Do iPhone users need to get new devices every six months, or something? Plus I have the option of having a REAL, physical keyboard, rather than something likes the iPhone's touchscreen keyboard that takes up a lot of real estate and doesn't work worth a damn for people with large fingers. Choice is good, and I will choose to avoid all Apple products until I can use them as I see fit rather than how they want me to.
Just what I want, to be in the office 365 days a year. A successful office should not need to be open EVERY day, unless it directly serves a hospital emergency or operating room, a police or fire station, the USGS, or is the Oval Office. What horrible connotations the name of this product evokes.
Typo in summary,
ATI makes Radeon. Not AMD. Posting anonymous for obvious reasons.
Nice try, but for all intents and purposes, ATI does not even exist as a company, at least not as an independent one. It was bought by AMD some time ago, in the range of 3-5 years ago, I think. So anything sold under the ATI moniker is in fact made by AMD. AMD is killing of the ATI name, and now beginning to label their graphics line strictly as AMD products.
Why did you post anonymously? If you had been right (you weren't), a correction would have been warranted. But anyway, if you are going to post such terse corrections, at least take credit for them, so we know who to blame. You are like a grammar nazi who corrects peeps but spelles wordz wrong with bad grammer and don't use no puncshuation but worse you know lol rolfmoa
Both minivans and SUVs were developed to get around the CAFE standards because there was a demand for vehicles that if they were under the CAFE standards would have made it impossible for the auto manufacturers to meet those standards.
That may be true, but that is not the whole truth. Another reason minivans were developed and sold well is that they were more appealing, easier to drive, and more efficient than the full-size vans that had already been around for quite some time. The Dodge Caravan, one of the first, was also shorter, lighter, and more efficient than station wagons of the time, plus its cargo and passenger space was more versatile. Ever try loading a sheet of drywall into a station wagon? It doesn't work.
Yes, automakers probably skirted regulations to produce and price their SUVs low, but you can't deny that people love them. The continually strong sales of vehicles like the Chevrolet Tahoe (huge, gas guzzler) over the years, Jeep becoming a "lifestyle" brand, and a huge influx of more fuel efficient SUVs from Japan and Korea, all serve to indicate that Americans simply love their SUVs, which is not even to mention pickups. The SUV craze may not be what it was in the mid-90s, but look around inthe USA and you still seem them everywhere. You can't blame this all on manufacturers, especially since gas prices have gone up and we've moaned so much about it. Even our worst SUVs today are not as bad as the V-8 powered Chevy Belair and Impala, a GTO, or even my mom's old Dart or my Dad's Duster.
For me personally, the answer is not ditching my big, heavy, trusty Isuzu Trooper, but adding a tiny car to justify driving it part time. A Honda CR-Z hybrid will probably be the next addition to my garage, to be used for highway trips and some commuting when there is no snow. The Trooper will still see the road when I have passengers or loads to haul or tow, when the snow falls (and falls and falls), and when I just feel like riding in big American-style comfort. I'm even contemplating picking up another Isuzu, a nice older Rodeo for sale in town, and dedicating one of the two to off-road use. Americans like trucks and SUVs, and just love cars in general. They are much more than transportation to us.
TFA states a lot of PR from the FCC, the TiVo, and the cable industry on the effects the new rule will have on consumers, but nowhere describes what about the CableCARD rules is actually being changed, and doesn't cite the order to enable people to check for themselves. So I checked the FCC website, the order is here.
Thanks, I downloaded it. Unfortunately, the document is 59 pages of legalese. If most of us don't even RTFA most of the time, we sure as heck aren't going to try to make sense this FCC order. I'm sure I could get the gist of it, but determining how it will actually be implemented and enforced and what the impact will be is not something I care to wrestle with. Too bad TFA isn't more in depth.
None of these address the "value add" (sorry, kinda puked in my mouth a little bit getting that out) that sells the consumer that they MUST GET CABLE BOX FROM CABLE COMPANY.
So true, and it also doesn't address the yokels at the local office or the incompetent third party installers, all of whom insist that the cable company's rental box is absolutely required. Consumers are so uninformed in this area that I think the companies should be obliged to inform them of their rights, so that optional costs and charges are not sold as requirements for other services/packages.
Hate to say it, but we need more regulation in this industry, if we can't have real competition. In my state, natural gas regulations have been eased, allowing for competition among many suppliers. The local delivery company who maintains the lines, takes care of transmission, and handles billing, still gets a cut for customers in their service areas, but they MUST inform customers of their right to choose a supplier and pricing plan, and do so in plain language. Something like this should be done with cable, which is not to mention AT&T's secretive pricing plans for landline and DSL service, as they seem to vary a lot depending on whether you look online (and even which part of their site you see) or call them.
It's called an internet connection, bittorrent, and a ps3.
Really? How well does a PS3 decode encrypted HD cable channels and handle PPV content? If it functioned as a good cable box, I might just buy a PS3, despite the fact that I don't play a lot of games. Bittorrent is great, but just a tiny bit more cumbersome than simply pulling up a DVR menu or punching in a 4-digit channel number, and then there's the question of legality.
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young will need to revise their lyrics?
And Kent State will have to revise everything it has taught every freshman since 1971. Seriously, I had a professor who had been retired for years, and pretty much made a career out of talking about the shootings because he was there.
True... but this means we can send as much spam, 911-mails and virusbombs as we like to North Korea, without hurting innocent bystanders
Close! But it's the other way around. What it really means is new targets for hackers and botnets, and news ip blocks from which to send SPAM. Looks like I'll be able to trade in my old BMW for a new Audi sooner than expected.
I'm also going to say, the whole "RF/Secretgovernment testing/out to destroy us all" conspiracy theories have once again proven to what they are. Bullshit.
But the conspiracy wackos never listen to reason, so they still aren't going to believe they are wrong, even now that the true answer has been found. They'll keep kicking for a while, I guarantee it.
Yet another attempt to use the DMCA as a way to censor, which will end up back firing due to the Streisand effect.
In this case, I wouldn't be so sure that it will backfire. Most of Kasich's supporters (supporters of a liar who supported NAFTA and got rich on Wall Street, then denied it) are going to go to the polls and vote for him because of the (R) next to his name, regardless of what dirty tricks and lies he uses to try to unseat the at-risk Democrat in charge in Columbus. People like Tom Ganley (R), also in Ohio (a pretty slimy prominent car salesman), and Alan Grayson (D) in Florida (the guy who calls his opponent "Taliban" Dan, edits video to blatantly twist words, and got very testy with Anderson Cooper when called on it) will still get plenty of votes because of the (R) and (D) on the ballots.
Most people haven't heard of the DMCA to begin with, or have no idea what it does or is supposed to protect. This is interesting to a few of us, but will certainly get lost in mainstream reporting and be a non-factor. Sad, because it is such an obvious misuse of a law, and a sign of how f'd up our political system has become. The only "undecided voter" in a mid-term election like this is is the one who hasn't yet decided whether to bother voting or not.
I'm tired of having to choose between two or three effective local monopolies for internet access, and still having to put up with bandwidth-to-price ratios that are in the dark ages compared to many other developed nations.
I'm with you on this! I can overpay for AT&T DSL (no Uverse) or Time Warner Cable, or pay out of a lower orifice for slow cellular technology (no 3G available at home). It would be a dream come true to have some real competition for internet access and/or television service.
AT&T's DSL is slow here, and rather pricey for the bandwidth you get. The kicker is that stand-alone DSL costs almost exactly as much as DSL with the cheapest available land line phone service, which I literally us about 3 times a year when I need to fax something from home. Time Warner is $45/month for 6Mbps, and their customer service is even worse than AT&T (yes, that is possible), and the redneck 3rd party installers couldn't get me a stable connection in two attempts, even though I told them exactly what they needed to do and that my frayed service line needed to be replaced. Their TV packages and prices are even more of a joke, and I'm canceling service at the end of the current billing period.
If you fly US Airways, there's a $25 service charge if you want to get beaten and drugged before boarding. I remember when that shit used to be included in the base ticket price.
That's why I generally fly Southwest: the torture (in the form of seating plans based on cattle cars) has always been free, just like the miniature bag of miniature pretzels and miniature cup of juice.
But, you see, some anonymous reader said you are probably already rooted. He said probably, which indicates there is greater than a 50% chance you are already screwed, so it must be true. Nevermind that that the summary reads like an ad, looks very fishy, and is preaching doom and gloom, it got approved here, so believe it!!!.01% insecure from an inside job means YOU ARE SCREWED!
I'm not rich enough to afford 64bit hardware, but still this is not good...
Dang, my 3 year-old laptop, mid-level (at best) when it was news, runs 64-bit operating systems, and so does the $200 desktop I just built for my mom. There's plenty of decent 3-4 year-old hardware available used for dirt cheap that is 64-bit. this isn't a new thing any more, and you don't have to be rich. That comment just sounds odd in 2010, unless you are not in an English-speaking country or Western Europe.
Yeah, I read about this device and said the same thing, "Android 1.6?" They probably had this in the works for too long, and released it with what they knew was ready to work. That doesn't mean there won't be updates soon, and it certainyl doesn't mean it won't be hackable with aftermarket firmware. For example, I have T-Mobile's G1, which only supports 1.6, and came with 1.5, but I have successfully run Cyanogenmod 2.1 firmware, and now have 2.2 running fine. The hardware may or may not require some work-arounds to run successfully, but I'd bet it will be made to work somehow with something greater than 1.6. Still, 2.2 is the standard, and a nod to the future and 3.0 would be more noteworthy. Thanks for trying Dell, and this is cool, but I'll wait and keep using my G1/Dream and my laptop.
I was dismissive of Ubuntu at first. One of the biggest turn-offs to me was the fact that nearly everyone refuses to say the name properly. (Damnit! The U makes the same sound each time! Ooo-boon-too! Why is it so frikkin hard?!) To me, that aspect alone makes me think idiots will use it. (I know I am WRONG as hell about that, but at some level, I tend to tie intelligence with linguistic skill)
To be fair, both to you and other Ubuntu users, the proper pronunciation of ooo-boon-too, can not be derived from reading the name alone. Ubuntu is not a household name, so most of us that "discover" it have to guess how to say it, and You-bun-too seems to look like the obvious choice to Americans. It is a difficult name, and not native-sounding to English speakers, who are likely the biggest linguistic group of users. The name is what it is, and the OS is relatively easy for new Linux users and wannabe MS haters.
Ubuntu is without a doubt the best distro for most users.
Sorry to doubt you, but I do. I have to say that Linux Mint is better, because it is completely Ubuntu compatible but provides a better, more intuitive user interface and is more usable out of the box, without a need to add much to do what most users want. Ubuntu is great for desktop and home users, and Mint is one step further.
I have used and toyed with Linux as a desktop OS since the mid 90's, beginning with Slackware, then including distros such as Red Hat, Debian, Suse, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mepis, Gentoo, Mandrake, Sabayon, and several others. I settled on Linux Mint a few years ago, which is known as a "more complete" and better derivative of Ubuntu; Mint is Ubuntu-based but includes a number of independently developed tools and a great user interface, though it is developed by a small group of fanatics. For a change, the Mint team recently released an excellent Debian-based version, in addition to their usual Ubuntu-based releases, which has been met with a lot of excitement.
I am already using Linux Mint Debian Edition as my main OS, but I still have a ton of respect for Ubuntu and Canonical. They have done a lot to raise awareness for Linux, and have developed a very usable OS that non-expert enthusiasts can use, as well as providing a great base for many other distros. Ubuntu is not an ideal server OS, or the be-all end-all OS that is absolutely perfect, but Canonical have done a great job with it and have worked admirably to promote free and open source software. If nothing else, they have inspired their competition to make things easier for home desktop users.
You can get a dedicated T3, OC3, or OC48 to you house, if you are willing to pay for it. But you aren't willing to pay that much.
Big kudos to the folks in Chattanooga for even trying this. A lot of us Northerners would expect Chattanooga to just be reaching 56k dial-up right now (or maybe just all be gettin' computers), but this is certainly a big step in the right direction, and one we should all take notice of. Bravo, Tennessee.
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It's like you're arguing that the definition of what is or isn't ocean is useless because it doesn't precisely define at what point of the tide cycle, or how far up a river mouth, it transitions from ocean to not ocean. But the question we're asking is whether Topeka, Kansas is in the ocean or not and the answer is obviously NO!
But the land that is now Topeka, Kansas was at times covered by ocean waters, including at least during the early Cretaceous. So maybe Eris once cleared its neighborhood, before a lot of "less desirables" moved in and it went down hill? Or perhaps it was a small neighborhood that was cleared, then bought-up via eminent domain then redeveloped? Or maybe the rules are different with such long orbits?
You might as well argue that it's completely arbitrary to say that you are alive and Benjamin Franklin is dead, because science has not precisely defined the exact line between dead and not dead. Um, I think it's still pretty clear which is which in this case.
But science has not definitively proven that time only flows in one direction, so the past and future are equivalent, which must make the instant of the present irrelevant. Then maybe Ben Frnaklin is as alive as us, and we are as dead as him.
Just kidding, I felt like being an argumentative moron. Too bad the minor planet advocates don't understand the statistical significance of orders of magnitude.
Utilitarianism negates free will
There is no such thing as free will in the first place.
If we're going to play like that... There is no such thing as YOU, therefore I win. Argument over!
"the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few."
You've got to be VERY careful with that statement, because slave owners agreed with that line of thinking, too. The needs and rights of ALL need to be taken into consideration, not just the majority. As a civilized democracy, we are responsible for the needs of the few as well as those who make the decisions. We believe that all men were created equal, don't we? Getting carried away with simplistic, jingoistic dogma can be very, very dangerous.
...Microsoft Netherlands has put the release date in October 2012.
Then June 2014 it is!
Jobz seyz: Google loves to characterize Android as "open" and iOS and iPhone as "closed." We find this a bit disingenuous, and clouding the real difference between our two approaches,' said Jobs. 'Android is very fragmented.
So it is somewhat fragmented. That makes Android no longer open? How could one not define iOS as "closed?"
Many Android [manufacturers], including the two largest, HTC and Motorola, install proprietary user interfaces to differentiate themselves from the commodity Android experience. The user's left to figure it out. Compare this to iPhone, where every handset works the same.
This is only an issue (a minor one) if you buy a new device every few months, and change manufacturers when you do. My HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 is 2+ years old and still going strong. It was very easy to get used to, and can run all but the newest Android apps. I can run the apps *I* want to run, not the ones the manufacturer says are okay. It is still pretty amazing for a 2+ year-old device. I have also easily been able to add updated, semi-3rd party firmware to bring it nearly up to date. Why do I care if it is very slightly different than a Samsung or Motorola phone? Do iPhone users need to get new devices every six months, or something? Plus I have the option of having a REAL, physical keyboard, rather than something likes the iPhone's touchscreen keyboard that takes up a lot of real estate and doesn't work worth a damn for people with large fingers.
Choice is good, and I will choose to avoid all Apple products until I can use them as I see fit rather than how they want me to.
Just what I want, to be in the office 365 days a year. A successful office should not need to be open EVERY day, unless it directly serves a hospital emergency or operating room, a police or fire station, the USGS, or is the Oval Office. What horrible connotations the name of this product evokes.
Typo in summary, ATI makes Radeon. Not AMD. Posting anonymous for obvious reasons.
Nice try, but for all intents and purposes, ATI does not even exist as a company, at least not as an independent one. It was bought by AMD some time ago, in the range of 3-5 years ago, I think. So anything sold under the ATI moniker is in fact made by AMD. AMD is killing of the ATI name, and now beginning to label their graphics line strictly as AMD products.
Why did you post anonymously? If you had been right (you weren't), a correction would have been warranted. But anyway, if you are going to post such terse corrections, at least take credit for them, so we know who to blame. You are like a grammar nazi who corrects peeps but spelles wordz wrong with bad grammer and don't use no puncshuation but worse you know lol rolfmoa
Posting for obvious reasons.
Both minivans and SUVs were developed to get around the CAFE standards because there was a demand for vehicles that if they were under the CAFE standards would have made it impossible for the auto manufacturers to meet those standards.
That may be true, but that is not the whole truth. Another reason minivans were developed and sold well is that they were more appealing, easier to drive, and more efficient than the full-size vans that had already been around for quite some time. The Dodge Caravan, one of the first, was also shorter, lighter, and more efficient than station wagons of the time, plus its cargo and passenger space was more versatile. Ever try loading a sheet of drywall into a station wagon? It doesn't work.
Yes, automakers probably skirted regulations to produce and price their SUVs low, but you can't deny that people love them. The continually strong sales of vehicles like the Chevrolet Tahoe (huge, gas guzzler) over the years, Jeep becoming a "lifestyle" brand, and a huge influx of more fuel efficient SUVs from Japan and Korea, all serve to indicate that Americans simply love their SUVs, which is not even to mention pickups. The SUV craze may not be what it was in the mid-90s, but look around inthe USA and you still seem them everywhere. You can't blame this all on manufacturers, especially since gas prices have gone up and we've moaned so much about it. Even our worst SUVs today are not as bad as the V-8 powered Chevy Belair and Impala, a GTO, or even my mom's old Dart or my Dad's Duster.
For me personally, the answer is not ditching my big, heavy, trusty Isuzu Trooper, but adding a tiny car to justify driving it part time. A Honda CR-Z hybrid will probably be the next addition to my garage, to be used for highway trips and some commuting when there is no snow. The Trooper will still see the road when I have passengers or loads to haul or tow, when the snow falls (and falls and falls), and when I just feel like riding in big American-style comfort. I'm even contemplating picking up another Isuzu, a nice older Rodeo for sale in town, and dedicating one of the two to off-road use. Americans like trucks and SUVs, and just love cars in general. They are much more than transportation to us.
In soviet Russia, YOU control market.
TFA states a lot of PR from the FCC, the TiVo, and the cable industry on the effects the new rule will have on consumers, but nowhere describes what about the CableCARD rules is actually being changed, and doesn't cite the order to enable people to check for themselves. So I checked the FCC website, the order is here.
Thanks, I downloaded it. Unfortunately, the document is 59 pages of legalese. If most of us don't even RTFA most of the time, we sure as heck aren't going to try to make sense this FCC order. I'm sure I could get the gist of it, but determining how it will actually be implemented and enforced and what the impact will be is not something I care to wrestle with. Too bad TFA isn't more in depth.
None of these address the "value add" (sorry, kinda puked in my mouth a little bit getting that out) that sells the consumer that they MUST GET CABLE BOX FROM CABLE COMPANY.
So true, and it also doesn't address the yokels at the local office or the incompetent third party installers, all of whom insist that the cable company's rental box is absolutely required. Consumers are so uninformed in this area that I think the companies should be obliged to inform them of their rights, so that optional costs and charges are not sold as requirements for other services/packages.
Hate to say it, but we need more regulation in this industry, if we can't have real competition. In my state, natural gas regulations have been eased, allowing for competition among many suppliers. The local delivery company who maintains the lines, takes care of transmission, and handles billing, still gets a cut for customers in their service areas, but they MUST inform customers of their right to choose a supplier and pricing plan, and do so in plain language. Something like this should be done with cable, which is not to mention AT&T's secretive pricing plans for landline and DSL service, as they seem to vary a lot depending on whether you look online (and even which part of their site you see) or call them.
It's called an internet connection, bittorrent, and a ps3.
Really? How well does a PS3 decode encrypted HD cable channels and handle PPV content? If it functioned as a good cable box, I might just buy a PS3, despite the fact that I don't play a lot of games. Bittorrent is great, but just a tiny bit more cumbersome than simply pulling up a DVR menu or punching in a 4-digit channel number, and then there's the question of legality.
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young will need to revise their lyrics?
And Kent State will have to revise everything it has taught every freshman since 1971. Seriously, I had a professor who had been retired for years, and pretty much made a career out of talking about the shootings because he was there.
True... but this means we can send as much spam, 911-mails and virusbombs as we like to North Korea, without hurting innocent bystanders
Close! But it's the other way around. What it really means is new targets for hackers and botnets, and news ip blocks from which to send SPAM. Looks like I'll be able to trade in my old BMW for a new Audi sooner than expected.
I'm also going to say, the whole "RF/Secretgovernment testing/out to destroy us all" conspiracy theories have once again proven to what they are. Bullshit.
But the conspiracy wackos never listen to reason, so they still aren't going to believe they are wrong, even now that the true answer has been found. They'll keep kicking for a while, I guarantee it.
Yet another attempt to use the DMCA as a way to censor, which will end up back firing due to the Streisand effect.
In this case, I wouldn't be so sure that it will backfire. Most of Kasich's supporters (supporters of a liar who supported NAFTA and got rich on Wall Street, then denied it) are going to go to the polls and vote for him because of the (R) next to his name, regardless of what dirty tricks and lies he uses to try to unseat the at-risk Democrat in charge in Columbus. People like Tom Ganley (R), also in Ohio (a pretty slimy prominent car salesman), and Alan Grayson (D) in Florida (the guy who calls his opponent "Taliban" Dan, edits video to blatantly twist words, and got very testy with Anderson Cooper when called on it) will still get plenty of votes because of the (R) and (D) on the ballots.
Most people haven't heard of the DMCA to begin with, or have no idea what it does or is supposed to protect. This is interesting to a few of us, but will certainly get lost in mainstream reporting and be a non-factor. Sad, because it is such an obvious misuse of a law, and a sign of how f'd up our political system has become. The only "undecided voter" in a mid-term election like this is is the one who hasn't yet decided whether to bother voting or not.
I'm tired of having to choose between two or three effective local monopolies for internet access, and still having to put up with bandwidth-to-price ratios that are in the dark ages compared to many other developed nations.
I'm with you on this! I can overpay for AT&T DSL (no Uverse) or Time Warner Cable, or pay out of a lower orifice for slow cellular technology (no 3G available at home). It would be a dream come true to have some real competition for internet access and/or television service.
AT&T's DSL is slow here, and rather pricey for the bandwidth you get. The kicker is that stand-alone DSL costs almost exactly as much as DSL with the cheapest available land line phone service, which I literally us about 3 times a year when I need to fax something from home. Time Warner is $45/month for 6Mbps, and their customer service is even worse than AT&T (yes, that is possible), and the redneck 3rd party installers couldn't get me a stable connection in two attempts, even though I told them exactly what they needed to do and that my frayed service line needed to be replaced. Their TV packages and prices are even more of a joke, and I'm canceling service at the end of the current billing period.
If you fly US Airways, there's a $25 service charge if you want to get beaten and drugged before boarding. I remember when that shit used to be included in the base ticket price.
That's why I generally fly Southwest: the torture (in the form of seating plans based on cattle cars) has always been free, just like the miniature bag of miniature pretzels and miniature cup of juice.
A simple glitch doesn't mean I'm getting robbed.
.01% insecure from an inside job means YOU ARE SCREWED!
But, you see, some anonymous reader said you are probably already rooted. He said probably, which indicates there is greater than a 50% chance you are already screwed, so it must be true. Nevermind that that the summary reads like an ad, looks very fishy, and is preaching doom and gloom, it got approved here, so believe it!!!
I'm not rich enough to afford 64bit hardware, but still this is not good...
Dang, my 3 year-old laptop, mid-level (at best) when it was news, runs 64-bit operating systems, and so does the $200 desktop I just built for my mom. There's plenty of decent 3-4 year-old hardware available used for dirt cheap that is 64-bit. this isn't a new thing any more, and you don't have to be rich. That comment just sounds odd in 2010, unless you are not in an English-speaking country or Western Europe.
Yeah, I read about this device and said the same thing, "Android 1.6?" They probably had this in the works for too long, and released it with what they knew was ready to work. That doesn't mean there won't be updates soon, and it certainyl doesn't mean it won't be hackable with aftermarket firmware. For example, I have T-Mobile's G1, which only supports 1.6, and came with 1.5, but I have successfully run Cyanogenmod 2.1 firmware, and now have 2.2 running fine. The hardware may or may not require some work-arounds to run successfully, but I'd bet it will be made to work somehow with something greater than 1.6. Still, 2.2 is the standard, and a nod to the future and 3.0 would be more noteworthy. Thanks for trying Dell, and this is cool, but I'll wait and keep using my G1/Dream and my laptop.
I was dismissive of Ubuntu at first. One of the biggest turn-offs to me was the fact that nearly everyone refuses to say the name properly. (Damnit! The U makes the same sound each time! Ooo-boon-too! Why is it so frikkin hard?!) To me, that aspect alone makes me think idiots will use it. (I know I am WRONG as hell about that, but at some level, I tend to tie intelligence with linguistic skill)
To be fair, both to you and other Ubuntu users, the proper pronunciation of ooo-boon-too, can not be derived from reading the name alone. Ubuntu is not a household name, so most of us that "discover" it have to guess how to say it, and You-bun-too seems to look like the obvious choice to Americans. It is a difficult name, and not native-sounding to English speakers, who are likely the biggest linguistic group of users. The name is what it is, and the OS is relatively easy for new Linux users and wannabe MS haters.
Ubuntu is without a doubt the best distro for most users.
Sorry to doubt you, but I do. I have to say that Linux Mint is better, because it is completely Ubuntu compatible but provides a better, more intuitive user interface and is more usable out of the box, without a need to add much to do what most users want. Ubuntu is great for desktop and home users, and Mint is one step further.
I have used and toyed with Linux as a desktop OS since the mid 90's, beginning with Slackware, then including distros such as Red Hat, Debian, Suse, Fedora, Ubuntu, Mepis, Gentoo, Mandrake, Sabayon, and several others. I settled on Linux Mint a few years ago, which is known as a "more complete" and better derivative of Ubuntu; Mint is Ubuntu-based but includes a number of independently developed tools and a great user interface, though it is developed by a small group of fanatics. For a change, the Mint team recently released an excellent Debian-based version, in addition to their usual Ubuntu-based releases, which has been met with a lot of excitement.
I am already using Linux Mint Debian Edition as my main OS, but I still have a ton of respect for Ubuntu and Canonical. They have done a lot to raise awareness for Linux, and have developed a very usable OS that non-expert enthusiasts can use, as well as providing a great base for many other distros. Ubuntu is not an ideal server OS, or the be-all end-all OS that is absolutely perfect, but Canonical have done a great job with it and have worked admirably to promote free and open source software. If nothing else, they have inspired their competition to make things easier for home desktop users.
You can get a dedicated T3, OC3, or OC48 to you house, if you are willing to pay for it. But you aren't willing to pay that much.
Big kudos to the folks in Chattanooga for even trying this. A lot of us Northerners would expect Chattanooga to just be reaching 56k dial-up right now (or maybe just all be gettin' computers), but this is certainly a big step in the right direction, and one we should all take notice of. Bravo, Tennessee.