What, you mean the same Democrats that have been in power since 2000?
Oh wait.
subprime mortgages proliferated in the early part of the 21st Century. About 21 percent of all mortgage originations from 2004 through 2006 were subprime, up from 9 percent from 1996 through 2004, says John Lonski, chief economist for Moody's Investors Service.
Remind me, which Democrat was in power in those years?
Exactly. And when you do that, get ready for your salary to be set back to a commensurate base salary with, say, $15/hr for overtime. You're already being compensated for your time, it's just most people are blind to it when looking at themselves. Do you really believe a DBA is "entitled" to $150,000+ a year for a 40 hour week because they know Oracle, more so than say, a licensed massage therapist with 1,000 hours of training in anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, etc, who "only" makes $20-30 an hour?
Correct, and to a degree, there's a reason for that. A lot of IT is paid as though they are management. People bitch on Slashdot on a daily basis about how they're entitled to more than what they're earning, which is often high 5 digits, if not low 6 digits. If I as someone college-educated make as much in 2 months as my college-educated wife makes in a year, you need to be honestly assessing why that's the case - hint: it's not because your degree and education is worth six times what someone else's is (all jokes about certain degrees aside). I know for a fact that all things considered, compared to other people I know, I don't deserve what I make.
really it's only aperture, lightroom just doesn't do it for me
Check out Lightroom 2... they've addressed many of the first's shortcomings, including multi-monitor support, and more comprehensive editing tools. Very nice product now, nicely maturing.
Really? Apple, which advertises itself as being for the random guy on the street who wants a computer, works with the expectation that "everyone knows that you don't buy memory from Apple"! Such a joke. The lengths that people will go to defend Apple on this issue is mindblowing. "Any Mac user could tell you you buy aftermarket RAM!" Really? Could they? And why should they? And in any case, whether you do so or not, you can be sure you've ALREADY been gouged on the memory you had NO CHOICE in buying, unless there's an option to buy a MBP with "no memory installed".
And this is coming from someone who buys his cables on eBay and yet realizes that 99% of the populace think that you buy your cables from Best Buy.
You're full of shit. If you get a MBP with 2GB memory (2 x 1GB), and I can upgrade it at time of purchase to 4GB (2 x 2GB), for $200, from Apple. 4GB of laptop memory, as 2 x 2GB costs 2 x $31.99 at NewEgg. $64 for for 4GB, and yet Apple wants to charge you OVER SIX TIMES that, or ask you to waste 2 1GB memory chips because you refuse to pay the full Apple tax and only pay a $200 premium.
Now, Apple fans, please explain the laws of physics and such that mean that Apple parts are immune to this, and more capable of surviving these same incidents than PC parts.
I'm thinking more on laptops. I get a MBP with 2GB memory (2 x 1GB), and I can upgrade it at time of purchase to 4GB (2 x 2GB), for $200, from Apple. 4GB of laptop memory costs 2 x $31.99. $64 for for 4GB, and yet Apple wants to charge you OVER SIX TIMES that, or waste 2 1GB memory chips because you refuse to pay the full Apple tax (though you can be sure that you're paying partly for this).
What I still don't - and never will - understand is how this even comes close to being either acceptable, let alone defensible by the Apple crowd. Apple is charging you FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS for SIXTY FOUR DOLLARS worth of memory, and yet you're still all over the internet talking about how price point comparable Apple is to regular PC parts.
Definitely agree on the Precision. Much nicer, no tacky lights, etc. Though my wife loves being able to change the light color by software control panel. Me, I'm waiting for my Precision M4400 to arrive.
Apple makes sure you have to buy at least SOME RAM from them, for which they have no problem charging upwards of four times retail pricing. I love it. Usual fanboy rejoiner? "Oh, but everyone knows you don't buy RAM from Apple."
Apparently in Fanboyworld it's an acceptable part of the Apple Tax to buy RAM to replace in a system you've just bought (because they do make sure that they use as many slots as they can).
You have all the logic of... well, god only knows what.
"Desktop computers and office business model from the 80s won't survive a recession/depression", the same way they didn't survive the dot com crash, or Wall St crash, right?
"Advertising will" - advertising for what? All the businesses that aren't surviving the recession/depression?
What, your residential Comcast contract -does not- state that you cannot run servers? Please, I would so love to see this, mainly because I don't believe it.
Excuse me? Have you locked an XP box? Mine used to tell me I had x unread messages. When I locked my Windows Mobile device it still showed how many emails, text messages, missed calls, voicemails I had.
But please, continue living in your "Only Apple Knows Innovation" fantasy-land.
Right, so you're saying Apple's intention is to file a patent for something that another company is already doing, and then do nothing about it... ? Huh?
The last time I checked, if a bank foreclosed on a mortgage, that meant they got 100% of the house.
Not strictly. Most mortgages will actually state that you are entitled to the balance after sale and repayment of all debt. It's just that with hefty fees payable, etc, etc, probably interest, you're unlikely to see it.
I KNOW! What assholes! Not thinking of these kind of things, before ruthlessly violating her privacy!
I mean, it's not like she is the Governor of a State, and subject to FOIA and document preservation requirements that she appears to be violating, or like she's in the running to be the Vice President of the United States!
With the legal BAC being reduced to a ridiculously low.08 these days
Low? Most of the rest of the "western World" uses a.05 limit.
"In 2006, there were 13,470 fatalities in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver (BAC of.08 or higher) - 32 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year."
That's in the US, a country of 300 million.
"In 2007, a total of 62 drivers and motorcyclists were killed with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.05 g/100ml and over, which is 28 more than the previous calendar year."
That's in Victoria, a state of Australia, 4 million. Extrapolated out, that's still less than a third of the above.
If you think.08 is too low, what I'd suggest, were it not risky or illegal - get that drunk, and drive home. And have someone film you doing so, just so you can see how horribly you're driving, though you're quite sure you're just fine, because the reality is, you're probably not.
It's generally laughable to pretend, too, that you're trying to help someone "who had some wine with dinner" avoid a DWI. I've been breathalyzed after three glasses of wine at a restaurant and not hit.05, as a 210 lb male.
You what? If an attorney has material knowledge that a crime has been committed (such as reporting your exploits), then as an officer of the court he is bound to report it.
Have you tried Ctrl-Alt-Backspace? (Usually resets X.) Or you could try Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get a text console, and use commands like 'top' to see which process is clogging things up and kill it.... (Ctrl-Alt-F6/F7/something will switch back to X), or just try something like 'sudo/etc/init.d/gdm restart'. If you're in a position to, you could use another computer to ssh into the machine and do something similar. If you can type a command somewhere within the gui, like an xterm or a konsole, you could try running 'xkill' and then click the mouse on whatever window appears to be causing the problem. (This will kill the process in control of that window.)
And yet, despite this power, we wonder why Linux on the desktop has never really taken off...
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Remind me, which Democrat was in power in those years?
Says someone who has made 19 of his last 24 posts on Slashdot during business hours, including this one.
Exactly. And when you do that, get ready for your salary to be set back to a commensurate base salary with, say, $15/hr for overtime. You're already being compensated for your time, it's just most people are blind to it when looking at themselves. Do you really believe a DBA is "entitled" to $150,000+ a year for a 40 hour week because they know Oracle, more so than say, a licensed massage therapist with 1,000 hours of training in anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, etc, who "only" makes $20-30 an hour?
Correct, and to a degree, there's a reason for that. A lot of IT is paid as though they are management. People bitch on Slashdot on a daily basis about how they're entitled to more than what they're earning, which is often high 5 digits, if not low 6 digits. If I as someone college-educated make as much in 2 months as my college-educated wife makes in a year, you need to be honestly assessing why that's the case - hint: it's not because your degree and education is worth six times what someone else's is (all jokes about certain degrees aside). I know for a fact that all things considered, compared to other people I know, I don't deserve what I make.
Check out Lightroom 2... they've addressed many of the first's shortcomings, including multi-monitor support, and more comprehensive editing tools. Very nice product now, nicely maturing.
And this is coming from someone who buys his cables on eBay and yet realizes that 99% of the populace think that you buy your cables from Best Buy.
You're full of shit. If you get a MBP with 2GB memory (2 x 1GB), and I can upgrade it at time of purchase to 4GB (2 x 2GB), for $200, from Apple. 4GB of laptop memory, as 2 x 2GB costs 2 x $31.99 at NewEgg. $64 for for 4GB, and yet Apple wants to charge you OVER SIX TIMES that, or ask you to waste 2 1GB memory chips because you refuse to pay the full Apple tax and only pay a $200 premium.
Now, Apple fans, please explain the laws of physics and such that mean that Apple parts are immune to this, and more capable of surviving these same incidents than PC parts.
What I still don't - and never will - understand is how this even comes close to being either acceptable, let alone defensible by the Apple crowd. Apple is charging you FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS for SIXTY FOUR DOLLARS worth of memory, and yet you're still all over the internet talking about how price point comparable Apple is to regular PC parts.
Definitely agree on the Precision. Much nicer, no tacky lights, etc. Though my wife loves being able to change the light color by software control panel. Me, I'm waiting for my Precision M4400 to arrive.
Apparently in Fanboyworld it's an acceptable part of the Apple Tax to buy RAM to replace in a system you've just bought (because they do make sure that they use as many slots as they can).
"Desktop computers and office business model from the 80s won't survive a recession/depression", the same way they didn't survive the dot com crash, or Wall St crash, right?
"Advertising will" - advertising for what? All the businesses that aren't surviving the recession/depression?
You live a sad sad life, twitter.
What, your residential Comcast contract -does not- state that you cannot run servers? Please, I would so love to see this, mainly because I don't believe it.
You mean the Windows Mobile "Home" screen? Why, yes, yes there is.
But please, continue living in your "Only Apple Knows Innovation" fantasy-land.
Right, so you're saying Apple's intention is to file a patent for something that another company is already doing, and then do nothing about it... ? Huh?
Not strictly. Most mortgages will actually state that you are entitled to the balance after sale and repayment of all debt. It's just that with hefty fees payable, etc, etc, probably interest, you're unlikely to see it.
Several email subject lines were along the lines of "policy for your approval", and other government topics. We'll see, I guess.
I mean, it's not like she is the Governor of a State, and subject to FOIA and document preservation requirements that she appears to be violating, or like she's in the running to be the Vice President of the United States!
Oh, wait...
[[citation]], please.
Low? Most of the rest of the "western World" uses a .05 limit.
"In 2006, there were 13,470 fatalities in crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver (BAC of .08 or higher) - 32 percent of total traffic fatalities for the year."
That's in the US, a country of 300 million.
"In 2007, a total of 62 drivers and motorcyclists were killed with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.05 g/100ml and over, which is 28 more than the previous calendar year."
That's in Victoria, a state of Australia, 4 million. Extrapolated out, that's still less than a third of the above.
If you think .08 is too low, what I'd suggest, were it not risky or illegal - get that drunk, and drive home. And have someone film you doing so, just so you can see how horribly you're driving, though you're quite sure you're just fine, because the reality is, you're probably not.
It's generally laughable to pretend, too, that you're trying to help someone "who had some wine with dinner" avoid a DWI. I've been breathalyzed after three glasses of wine at a restaurant and not hit .05, as a 210 lb male.
You what? If an attorney has material knowledge that a crime has been committed (such as reporting your exploits), then as an officer of the court he is bound to report it.
To borrow another quote, "Information is sick of being anthropomorphized."
And in this case, seizing third party bystander property is absolutely acceptable, too.
And yet, despite this power, we wonder why Linux on the desktop has never really taken off ...