I agree. From the comments that I read, before I became to disgusted and came back to warm and fuzzy Slashdot, this was just a story aimed at starting a political flame war. Yes, I'm a Liberal, yes I listen to NPR, but I also feel that other people's views are very important. Sure, I could start a flame war, but why bother? Google is a private corporation, and while you may not like that you're a conservative and you bought their stock, so dammit they're required to follow your values and morals, Google is allowed to do whatever they want. It's a free country, and whether you like it or not, companies are making decisions for you...
Take a machine that runs Mac OS X "Leopard" and upgrade it to OS X "Panther". Painless. Take a machine that runs "Panther" and upgrade it to Mac OS X "Tiger"-- also painless. It doesn't have to be this way. I am assuming that most major linux distros can say the same thing, probably even more so.
I don't know why you'd want to downgrade from 10.5 (Leopard) to 10.3 (Panther) and then go back up to 10.4 (Tiger)
I personally think that Apple has gone a bit cookie with the naming scheme for the OS, but who am I to judge, my favorite release was, and still is 10.2, Jaguar.
Incidentally, all linux distros have a feature similar to what you're mentioning, it's called 'mount/dev/hda2/home'. However, that only works if you have enough foresight to make a separate home partition.
They [the company that makes said nagging phone] has to wait for the price of high(er) resolution LCDs to come down before they can release it to the North American market. The test group thought that the cholesterol and body fat bars going off the top of the screen was a bug... sadly, none of the subjects who submitted the bug report thought that Fat Bastard actually died from heart failure, they just thought he choked on one too many pretzels.
Go ahead, mod this as a troll, you'll only be confirming what the sad truth of the matter is...
I'd just like to point out, that if creating loops in NTFS is incriminating, does having an encrypted file system mean we have something to hide? Or, for that matter, wouldn't DRM be an obstruction, since it prevents access to content? Oh, right, DRM isn't bad, because it has large, multi-national corporations giving large campaign contributions-- err, I mean, supporting it.
WHAT are you talking about? Finally, I won't have to kill my back or knees to rid the yard of weeds, since my significant other refuses to spray. Tremble in fear, evil dandelions, as a weed killing robot will be coming to this household in the distant future!
Because, if we had optical data cubes, some insensitive clod would replace your precious [optical data cube] with one that has a novelty fly in it, and then you'd loose all your p0rn-- I mean data. Still, I think the idea of an optical data cube (like that in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) that can store massive amounts of data would be an awesome product, if it's even possible. Now if only I could get the co-ordinates to Magrathea...
Nah, that was the nickname for the Pentium 4 chip. I think we should hail the new, more energy efficient chips, besides, they can't exactly heat that much space anymore. How about a term more fitting to the amount of heat they put out, 'Hobo Heaters'? Then they'll stop begging for money, and start begging for large data files to process.
because US laws and export restrictions never change. ever.
They won't change unless there is someone in the Whitehouse who isn't too busy doing the "LA LA LA, I can't hear the Commies off the Florida coast..." to change the stupid law.
We trade with China, what's the big deal? Other than dirt cheap [often low quality] products, I fail to see the difference.
I knew there was a better way than using dead babies. /me gets out his stemcell powered flame thrower...
Damn it, I was up all night harvesting your dead babies to get enough fuel for this baby... Yippie-kay-yay, motherfucker.
My mistake... Moon by 2020, Mars by 2050? Forget it, even if NASA can get their act together by then, they'll be so much space debris floating around from discarded Chinese satellites, and whatnot, we won't even be able to give low orbit space flights!
I know that most people listen to their iPod using the included ear buds *raises hand,* but let's face it, the sound quality sucks. Ear buds have almost no bass range, and aren't even that good in the midrange. So, tell me, why did they perform the test with headphones that ruin the sound quality? I know it was to test whether the MP3 sounded better, but why wouldn't you use Bose Noise Canceling headphones for that, at least then you'd actually be able to enjoy the music...
Perhaps I'm just old-fashioned. I still like the boom box on the shoulder...
So, pray, tell us, what resource belonging to First Nations is being consumed,
Not "consumed" per se, but cell phones generate electro-magnetic radiation - which kill off bees that are necessary for their survival. There's some pseudo-scientific reports that simply state the opposite and should be avoided as much as possible.
Bunk... Bunk I say! Bring me the droppings of a scientist that has proven this and I'll start paying.
If you don't like the idea of this fellow burning books, why don't you do something about it? Buy some of the books that would otherwise be burned. If they were published before 1923, they are now part of the public domain, and, if you're feeling nice, you could even record yourself reading it and post it to LibriVox.
Gee, that sounds like what Europe and Japan seem to offer people at a fraction of the cost, except crappier and more expensive. Way to go AT&T! I love when telecoms are looking out for the consumer's best interest.
/sarcasm off
Gee, that sounds like what the US, Europe and Japan seem to offer people at a fraction of the cost, except with crappier reception and more expensive. Way to go Virgin Mobile, guh, I mean Bell-- whoops, TJX. You have to love it when your cell phone company is marketing the happiest customers and hiking your rates at the same time. Stupid Canadian cell phone companies, mine won't even offer unlimited text messages!
Net neutrality isn't really a problem for every day consumers. I'm sure some of them that are tech savvy enough to understand it will care, but a majority of the people who just use the internet to check their email and the news don't care. If I even tried to explain net neutrality to my parents, they'd simply shake their heads and ask why we couldn't just get along. The media has to cover stories that their audience cares about. If they print something to complex for most of their target audience, people will become confused, and frustrated.
So, nerds unite, less large corporations stop grandmothers from looking at the latest Sierra Club newsletter.
Wait... wait... wait. You're telling me that some Christians believe in evolution? Hmm, so if you're willing to compromise on evolution, why not gay marriage?
That's it, I'm starting the Homosexual Creationism Museum which honors homosexual Neanderthals and dinosaurs.
I think that's a fair compromise.
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I don't know why you'd want to downgrade from 10.5 (Leopard) to 10.3 (Panther) and then go back up to 10.4 (Tiger)
I personally think that Apple has gone a bit cookie with the naming scheme for the OS, but who am I to judge, my favorite release was, and still is 10.2, Jaguar .
Incidentally, all linux distros have a feature similar to what you're mentioning, it's called 'mount /dev/hda2 /home'. However, that only works if you have enough foresight to make a separate home partition.
Go ahead, mod this as a troll, you'll only be confirming what the sad truth of the matter is...
.........at the bottom of the ocean.......Now, just step into these buckets of wet concrete, and I'll be back to check on you in a while...
Five Franklins says you sink... Oh, look, $500!
I'm sure it's already happened/is happening somewhere. I just need to find out where and how I can get it.
Alas, a guide service wouldn't benefit me anyway, I'm so incredibly cheap I just *STEAL* TV off the airwaves... Imagine that!
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I'd just like to point out, that if creating loops in NTFS is incriminating, does having an encrypted file system mean we have something to hide? Or, for that matter, wouldn't DRM be an obstruction, since it prevents access to content? Oh, right, DRM isn't bad, because it has large, multi-national corporations giving large campaign contributions-- err, I mean, supporting it.
Hooray for capitalism!
WHAT are you talking about? Finally, I won't have to kill my back or knees to rid the yard of weeds, since my significant other refuses to spray. Tremble in fear, evil dandelions, as a weed killing robot will be coming to this household in the distant future!
Because, if we had optical data cubes, some insensitive clod would replace your precious [optical data cube] with one that has a novelty fly in it, and then you'd loose all your p0rn-- I mean data. Still, I think the idea of an optical data cube (like that in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) that can store massive amounts of data would be an awesome product, if it's even possible. Now if only I could get the co-ordinates to Magrathea...
Nah, that was the nickname for the Pentium 4 chip. I think we should hail the new, more energy efficient chips, besides, they can't exactly heat that much space anymore. How about a term more fitting to the amount of heat they put out, 'Hobo Heaters'? Then they'll stop begging for money, and start begging for large data files to process.
They won't change unless there is someone in the Whitehouse who isn't too busy doing the "LA LA LA, I can't hear the Commies off the Florida coast..." to change the stupid law.
We trade with China, what's the big deal? Other than dirt cheap [often low quality] products, I fail to see the difference.
Yes, but their system will come pre-programmed with the important voice signatures.
Bill Gates calling...
Caller ID displays: God
But, if there is ever an open source implemenatation of this, it will change to the following...
Bill Gates calling...
Caller ID displays: Don't even THINK about installing Windows(TM) on this caller ID
The ONLY way to make sure that never happens... Nuke it from space!
My mistake... Moon by 2020, Mars by 2050? Forget it, even if NASA can get their act together by then, they'll be so much space debris floating around from discarded Chinese satellites, and whatnot, we won't even be able to give low orbit space flights!
Mars by 2020? Forget it, we can't even launch a freakin' shuttle in a descent amount of time!
I know that most people listen to their iPod using the included ear buds *raises hand,* but let's face it, the sound quality sucks. Ear buds have almost no bass range, and aren't even that good in the midrange. So, tell me, why did they perform the test with headphones that ruin the sound quality? I know it was to test whether the MP3 sounded better, but why wouldn't you use Bose Noise Canceling headphones for that, at least then you'd actually be able to enjoy the music...
Perhaps I'm just old-fashioned. I still like the boom box on the shoulder...
Get a 1/8" headphone to phone adapter for your PC, and press "The fart button" when then call.
Bunk... Bunk I say! Bring me the droppings of a scientist that has proven this and I'll start paying.
Makes you wonder if Microsoft has that...
If you don't like the idea of this fellow burning books, why don't you do something about it? Buy some of the books that would otherwise be burned. If they were published before 1923, they are now part of the public domain, and, if you're feeling nice, you could even record yourself reading it and post it to LibriVox.
Well, all you need now is a laptop with Bluetooth and the know-how. Isn't that just as easy?
/sarcasm off
Gee, that sounds like what the US, Europe and Japan seem to offer people at a fraction of the cost, except with crappier reception and more expensive. Way to go Virgin Mobile, guh, I mean Bell-- whoops, TJX. You have to love it when your cell phone company is marketing the happiest customers and hiking your rates at the same time. Stupid Canadian cell phone companies, mine won't even offer unlimited text messages!Net neutrality isn't really a problem for every day consumers. I'm sure some of them that are tech savvy enough to understand it will care, but a majority of the people who just use the internet to check their email and the news don't care. If I even tried to explain net neutrality to my parents, they'd simply shake their heads and ask why we couldn't just get along. The media has to cover stories that their audience cares about. If they print something to complex for most of their target audience, people will become confused, and frustrated.
So, nerds unite, less large corporations stop grandmothers from looking at the latest Sierra Club newsletter.
Wait... wait... wait. You're telling me that some Christians believe in evolution? Hmm, so if you're willing to compromise on evolution, why not gay marriage?
That's it, I'm starting the Homosexual Creationism Museum which honors homosexual Neanderthals and dinosaurs.
I think that's a fair compromise.