They spend the extra cash on fine leather seats and steering wheel covers but use Yugo quality locks to protect it?
Does it really matter how good the locks are? Any dipshit can break a window. A slightly smarter animal can use a slim-jim just as fast. Locks only keep the honest people out. If you really think a highly cryptographically secure key (physical or otherwise) is going to keep people out of a car, you are missing the bigger picture.
Most kids (including me, when I was one, and still to this day) couldn't care less what Shakespeare wrote -- and what he wrote is frankly irrelevant to anybody who does something useful for a living (scientists, engineers, doctors), though still useful for people who "play" for a living
Just because a subject matter doesn't involve hard science doesn't make it any less important to the human race. Literature is in fact a great source of knowledge about humans. Perhaps you should be more introspective, not all people want to live your life or in fact learn the things you know. Calling certain literature irrelevant, while an opinion, is pretty fucking naive (in mine). And what about the useful blue collar grunts, this just makes you sound like an elitist asshole.
This really begs the question that if handcuffs are used for sexual purposes, will the puke ray be used for fettish as well? "Oh yeah baby, I love it when you make me puke..."
Including my Dell laptop, my Panasonic cordless phone, my Canon digital camera, my old HTC handhelds, and so on... none of which came from Apple.
But I would be willing to bet that on all of those devices you can REMOVE and REPLACE the battery yourself. This is something that Apple (for whatever reason) doesn't let you do. They don't seem to like consumer freedom. Everybody knows that rechargeable batteries will eventually die, that's why in the design of the product pretty much all manufacturers will make the battery easily replaceable, this also allows you to purchase a back-up battery (more revenue!) and swap when one is dead. I wouldn't expect Apple to license to battery out (so other's can make them) but just to have to ability to replace with another charged battery is so ingrained in the market that to not have the ability seems idiotic.
When you purchase the iPhone, you take it home, connect it to your computer and iTunes pops up to take you thru the activation process. Its EXTREMELY simple
I beg to differ... Most phones you can just pop the SIM card in, power it on and start talking. I think connecting the phone to the computer and going through an activation is Unnecessarily complicated. This is just Apple wanting to control every aspect, not making it any easier to use as you claim is Apple's DNA.
You may have a point that they are FINALLY comparable in price tit-for-tat. But the fact of the matter is I can buy a $300 PC, and be productive with that computer for probably just as long as the more expensive models. Apple doesn't sell commodity hardware, and probably never will. I don't know why people keep re-hashing this tired argument. Macs will always have a few models at set price points. The only difference is that now they models at those price points may be competitive with other types of computers with similar configurations.
The argument that macs will somehow magically run longer than other pc's and give you a better ROI is just bullshit. I have a homebuilt PC that has been running strong for 6+ years and it isn't top of the line equipment. My server is probably close to 10. I also have no short term plans for replacing either. Most computers will last quite a while if treated properly. The operating system installed has no determination of the life of the computer. The reason apple has less sales (ergo less marketshare), is because they sell LESS. No other reason. Now their business model is setup so that they have a healthy margin on each computer sold and they have a successful and profitable business, fine. I still don't want one.
Content can be created on any platform, it is up to the creative powers of the user. Having a mac makes you no more productive or creative. I'm not drinking your kool-aid.
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Anyone who's worked in even the most windowed office building knows that only the spaces next to the windows get the light.
in the future, denying her a job, a clearance, a loan...raise her insurance rates...all those nice things that bad data can do to you these days.
Every state has a sex offender registry that the offender MUST register with on penalty of imprisonment. That is the only source to check, not myspace, and it is public information. I'm pretty sure that no company will use myspace or any other social networking website to determine if someone is a sex offender.
but I think we should be aware of the fact that porting a great application to Windows does lessen the incentive for Windows users to make the switch.
That's not necessarily true, in a way it facilitates the switch. If a user is used to using openoffice, firefox, gaim, etc. The switch becomes much easier because they already know how to use their core applications. They can then learn the new system as they go instead of all in one shot and still be productive.
On the other hand, why does it matter if they switch? Just as long as they see the merit in open software. If you think about it, other *nix based system are proprietary and nobody is trying to get them to switch. I know they are not created equal but this sounds more like linux rabble-rousing than any sort of open source evangelism.
I can attest to this (I have an altima as well), Nissan sent me a letter a couple of weeks ago with total disclosure about the issue and said they would be sending replacement fobs soon. I have yet to get my replacements, but I think them taking responsibility like this is pretty cool for a car company.
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or perhaps you could buy the better chip so that AMD will get their act together and innovate again, that's how a consumer driven market works people.
This phone is right up your alley
He was incognito, 1 per smoke break.
I read the version as Ubuntu Hardly Heron, quite a difference in meaning... I thought shuttleworth was feeling inadequate.
They spend the extra cash on fine leather seats and steering wheel covers but use Yugo quality locks to protect it?
Does it really matter how good the locks are? Any dipshit can break a window. A slightly smarter animal can use a slim-jim just as fast. Locks only keep the honest people out. If you really think a highly cryptographically secure key (physical or otherwise) is going to keep people out of a car, you are missing the bigger picture.
Or you could interrogate the window with a rock...
Most kids (including me, when I was one, and still to this day) couldn't care less what Shakespeare wrote -- and what he wrote is frankly irrelevant to anybody who does something useful for a living (scientists, engineers, doctors), though still useful for people who "play" for a living
Just because a subject matter doesn't involve hard science doesn't make it any less important to the human race. Literature is in fact a great source of knowledge about humans. Perhaps you should be more introspective, not all people want to live your life or in fact learn the things you know. Calling certain literature irrelevant, while an opinion, is pretty fucking naive (in mine). And what about the useful blue collar grunts, this just makes you sound like an elitist asshole.
Their bodies literally did explode, killing them instantly.
I'm not a doctor, but that's pretty much the effect I would expect... what with the exploding and all.
Event Horizon did this as well, as I remember he was pretty messed up (of course in that movie that is a pretty relative term)
This really begs the question that if handcuffs are used for sexual purposes, will the puke ray be used for fettish as well? "Oh yeah baby, I love it when you make me puke..."
Obvious mascot for MS watch: Elmer FUD
Including my Dell laptop, my Panasonic cordless phone, my Canon digital camera, my old HTC handhelds, and so on... none of which came from Apple.
But I would be willing to bet that on all of those devices you can REMOVE and REPLACE the battery yourself. This is something that Apple (for whatever reason) doesn't let you do. They don't seem to like consumer freedom. Everybody knows that rechargeable batteries will eventually die, that's why in the design of the product pretty much all manufacturers will make the battery easily replaceable, this also allows you to purchase a back-up battery (more revenue!) and swap when one is dead. I wouldn't expect Apple to license to battery out (so other's can make them) but just to have to ability to replace with another charged battery is so ingrained in the market that to not have the ability seems idiotic.
When you purchase the iPhone, you take it home, connect it to your computer and iTunes pops up to take you thru the activation process. Its EXTREMELY simple
I beg to differ... Most phones you can just pop the SIM card in, power it on and start talking. I think connecting the phone to the computer and going through an activation is Unnecessarily complicated. This is just Apple wanting to control every aspect, not making it any easier to use as you claim is Apple's DNA.
You may have a point that they are FINALLY comparable in price tit-for-tat. But the fact of the matter is I can buy a $300 PC, and be productive with that computer for probably just as long as the more expensive models. Apple doesn't sell commodity hardware, and probably never will. I don't know why people keep re-hashing this tired argument. Macs will always have a few models at set price points. The only difference is that now they models at those price points may be competitive with other types of computers with similar configurations.
The argument that macs will somehow magically run longer than other pc's and give you a better ROI is just bullshit. I have a homebuilt PC that has been running strong for 6+ years and it isn't top of the line equipment. My server is probably close to 10. I also have no short term plans for replacing either. Most computers will last quite a while if treated properly. The operating system installed has no determination of the life of the computer. The reason apple has less sales (ergo less marketshare), is because they sell LESS. No other reason. Now their business model is setup so that they have a healthy margin on each computer sold and they have a successful and profitable business, fine. I still don't want one.
envious, hardly.
Content can be created on any platform, it is up to the creative powers of the user. Having a mac makes you no more productive or creative. I'm not drinking your kool-aid.
Anyone who's worked in even the most windowed office building knows that only the spaces next to the windows get the light.
Mirrors, now used for more than just vanity!
in the future, denying her a job, a clearance, a loan...raise her insurance rates...all those nice things that bad data can do to you these days.
Every state has a sex offender registry that the offender MUST register with on penalty of imprisonment. That is the only source to check, not myspace, and it is public information. I'm pretty sure that no company will use myspace or any other social networking website to determine if someone is a sex offender.
but I think we should be aware of the fact that porting a great application to Windows does lessen the incentive for Windows users to make the switch.
That's not necessarily true, in a way it facilitates the switch. If a user is used to using openoffice, firefox, gaim, etc. The switch becomes much easier because they already know how to use their core applications. They can then learn the new system as they go instead of all in one shot and still be productive.
On the other hand, why does it matter if they switch? Just as long as they see the merit in open software. If you think about it, other *nix based system are proprietary and nobody is trying to get them to switch. I know they are not created equal but this sounds more like linux rabble-rousing than any sort of open source evangelism.
why can't we just use a bit of properly carved metal to start the vehicle without throwing in a bunch of junk?
Because they are easy for anybody to replicate or indeed bypass altogether.
owners of existing cars will have to pay a small fortune to replace the keys because it's not a safety recall issue
Not true, as an owner of one of these vehicles, I can tell you they are replacing them for free, and they solicited me first.
I can attest to this (I have an altima as well), Nissan sent me a letter a couple of weeks ago with total disclosure about the issue and said they would be sending replacement fobs soon. I have yet to get my replacements, but I think them taking responsibility like this is pretty cool for a car company.
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perhaps they should use the chewbacca defense instead?
Some sort of trap baited with manolo blahniks or coach bags...