That's what I was gonna say. I got to give it to the guys at FirstTech. They do some phone support for free. . . even if you are not a current/past customer. Then if you bring the unit in, or get a care plan (for your business, or personal) they go the extra mile to support you.
As for a business situation. If you don't have the IT staff on hand to do the repairs, then get the AppleCare, or better yet, look around town for an autorized service vendor for the computers that you have.
As with anything else. . . If you are a big fish. . . you get big bait, if you are a little fish. . . . you get corn.
Agreed, but I was replying to the usage of the word in the slashdot article.
But Such things do effect much more then just the human race. Global warming, effects the planet, and those effects on the planet do effect the human race, as well as many other things.
That makes more sense, because the glass itself also has curved edges. . . so what he/she ment to say is that convex mirrors are illegal as the main mirror (cause there are add-ons and such for trucks) on the driver's side.
well. . . I carry an external battery for my Motorola Q. Made by Energizer, and takes 2 AA batteries. I keep it in my coat pocket or in my car. I use it if I'm out late, and my phone doesn't make it all the way through the day, and I don't have my laptop out to plug into that instead.
I believe this. . . "the urban legend about theaters flashing "Drink Coke" on movie screens)" is true.
Let me explain. . . in college (an Art School) I took Film History, and we went over this technique in class. . . so, the same summester I was also taking Film/Video I, and I decided that I would test this out on my next video assignment.
And guess what. . . it worked!!! I got an A.
Then again. . . I could not isolate this as the cause, because well. . . I'm a genius and I always get A's. (ok, ok, that last part isn't completely true, but it sounded good, to my ego.)
A similar double standard is happening in Britain right now: racism by the majority is rightfully condemned, but some minorities seem to be able to get away with inciting hatred (The Observer)
That's the same in America. Minorities can tell off color jokes about the majority, and they can form segregated groups as well.
There is BET, but there is not WET.
You can say niger as long as you are not a honky.
You can attack Creationism, and be praised, but don't you dare attack Darwinism.
If you are ok with homosexuality, you can talk about how it should be accepted, but if you are not ok with it then keep your mouth shut!
. . . and right now I am waiting for the attacks, that will come. Because it is ok for them to give their opinions, but not ok for me.
You cannot be absolute with a relative word. The use of the word "easy" is an opinion and thus relative to the one making that opinion. I'm not a fan of Microsoft, but can we please not berate the grandparent for his use of the word "easy" when you obviously want to attribute it to a state of absolute that the word itself cannot attain.
FTA: "While the cost may deter all but wealthy environmentalists from converting their homes, Strizki and his associates stress the project is designed to be replicated and that the price tag on the prototype is a lot higher than imitators would pay. Now that first-time costs of research and design have been met, the price would be about $100,000, Strizki said."
But then again it is more sensational for you to use the R&D cost of $500,000 right?
Well. . . I have a Motorola Q with the standard battery. Yes I know there is a fatter extended life battery, but like I said. . . It's fatter.
My Q only lasts for maybe 4 hours of continuous use, be it phone, internet, or NES games (yes I play mario, Off Road, and others on my phone).
Even with minimal use (maybe 2-3 5 min. calls) my Q still needs a charging within 12-13 hours of being off the charger.
Why don't I buy the fat extended life battery? Well, because it is fat, and it isn't that big of a deal to plug the stupid thing in when I get home at night, or if I plan to be out late, I just plug it into my USB port on my computer, at work, or on a trip, on my laptop. A friend of mine has the same phone, but has the extended life battery. I keep my phone in my pocket, he has to keep his in one of those craptastic hip holsters. His phone is twice as thick as mine, and I use my phone much more then he does.
Now the iPhone is thinner then even my Q. What is stopping Apple from making an optional extended life, Fatty battery for the iPhone? And it still will be thinner then a Q with it's fatty battery option.
I paid for the OS and the software in question - I should be able to do that if I so wish
To use the car analogy. ..
I paid for this Car and the speedometer in question - I should be able to make this car go 300 mph and fly if I so wish.
OK for one, you didn't buy the OS, you bought the computer and the OS came installed on it (It is a mac we are talking about) and you get whatever they make. If they make a toaster that only toasts toast, and you want to try and cram a bagel into it, don't get mad at the manufacture for not making that toaster to fit your bagel. Instead buy a toaster that is designed to fit a bagel. So use your spending dollars and buy what you want, for what you want, instead of buying something that doesn't do what you want, and then getting upset because the manufacture didn't design it the way you wanted.
If you think it is doing something stupid, just remember who paid money for it. And realize that you are the real idiot. So get over it.
I agree in different strokes for different folks. Have you used expose on OS X for the purpose of switching between multiple windows? I keep everything full screen, nd just make a quick flick up to my right corner (got it set to expose) and boom, all the windows pop up and I click on the one I want and away I go. I'll have to admit it takes a little to get used to, because it is quite different at first, but it becomes quite intuitive.
I hate developing with Dreamweaver and such for Mac.
Funny, I prefer using Dreamweaver on the mac platform over using it on the XP platform. And I do both. I think Dreamweaver is more functional and the UI looks better, (which wether you agree with it or not, does help when you are a designer and those things are what you see), on a Mac then on an XP machine.
"Link saves himself and the princess from the darkness of evil, and the Wii from the darkness of financial misfortune."
What are you talking about Zonk? You seriously can't attribute TP with single-handedly keeping the Wii from the darkness of financial misfortune. Really, they are making money on every single console, and I for one have not bought TP yet, but I have purchased 4 other titles, and I must say that the bundled Sports are also played quite a bit on my console.
I would dare say that the Wii would still be seeing it's first month's sold-out, constant success even if TP had not been a release title.
I know that a large portion of those who bought a console, also bought TP, but that doesn't mean that this single game is keeping the console from being a financial misfortune.
Well, so I bit. I downloaded the app, and installed it on my laptop. It is still obviously a little buggy, but like their site says, once you get it to connect properly, it tends to stay that way. (but this took a number of program restarts)
I don't have my IR bar accessable at the moment, so I haven't tested out the mouse functionality on it, but I'm pretty excited about it and will try it out when I get home. Just happened that today I have my wiimote at work, because I'm taking them over to a bud's house to night for a little bowling, tennis, and maybe some rabbit/carot action.
This is great though, my only concern now is that you have to reconnect the remote upon any restart of the program. Not a biggy, but this seems like an ideal situation for connecting your PC to your flat screen TV with a VGA or DVI imput (which I have) and using front row on the TV controled with the IR bar from the attached wii, and just grabbin' a wiimote to use as well.
"Choosing to be racist isn't the same as choosing to be Christian or Muslim, or being gay or straight. Racism is a choice to hate, and I'll never take part in tolerating that."
Some would argue that choosing to be Christian or Muslim (or other religions) is a choice to be racist itself. Well more correctly not racist but a bigot, because many religions believe that opposing views are obviously wrong and should not be tolerated, and that those who oppose should be killed or converted. So in effect Racism could be considered on the same plane as religious beliefs, but I doubt one's perference of sexual desire has any relation to such things.
It must be a slow morning. Please don't take personal offence to my conjectures, as this is more about the discussion of a topic then the people involved. (That should be my new sig.)
And maybe that is what makes us really human. Think about it, you said it yourself, "the racist bigots in much of the world," and, "most of the world doesn't have that patience."
So I pose the argument that in order to be human, we must realize that we are all as different as can be, and unique, and because of that we have as many preferences, and idealogies, and social structures, and religions, and choices, and lifestyles, and well that's life.
Does that make some better then others? Well there is the beauty of it all, opinion. And we all have them, and they are all as different as we are.
btw: you aren't racist if you hate gays. And one might call you a bigot, because you are a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion, such as those who choose to be racist. So you are a bigot towards racists. What makes you any better?
Caveat: I don't have a racist bone in my body, but I thought someone should play the advocate of the opposing view, because of the nature of stupidity and negativity, and closemindedness of the parent poster. He/She goes about making sweeping generalizations (about people in developing countries for example) and such statements actually promote the negativism of the very "group" of people that he is talking about, ie: "racist bigots.")
The Tanniyn, B@hemowth (yes, it's spelled correctly--at least as close as it can be in Roman characters), and Livyathan.
3 animals spoken about in the Bible that have references to Dinosaur qualities. Now one could argue that these are other animals as well, but since the "Dinosaur" and all their individual names were created well after the Bible's books were written, so obvously you won't see brachiosaurus, or kronosaurus listed in the Bible's text.
However it is interesting to note that even as an athiest, you have taken the time to not only read the Bible once, but several times. Either way, even with reading something multiple times, it can be difficult to gleen all that is in such a book, without much external study as well, since most Bibles are linquistic translations, and with all things translated, there is not always precise terms in both the translated and original languages.
But needless to say, non of this really matters, because you will continue to believe as you believe, because evidence is something that we are not afforded, with such things, because we could disagree on what is evidence to begin with.
Just moving to Omaha, Nebraska, I found myself not knowing where I should turn for my anticipated waiting line for the Wii. I shopped around 2 weeks in advance, and found out that I had the best odds outside of town about 30 min. to Freemont, NE at there local Walmart Superstore.
I showed up at 5:00 pm and was greeted at the door, and upon asking where I needed to stand in line for the Wii, I was told to go ahead and head back to the Layaway desk.
Once I got to the Layaway entrance, I noticed there was a few people already there, and asked the last person in line if they knew how many units would be available so I could count heads. They happily told me that the Store manager had just stopped by and handed out chairs for the 20 consoles that would be available, and that there was 2 chairs left. So I took my seat next to them, #19!!!!
About 3-5 min. later, another 2 people showed up and we informed them that there was only 1 seat/console still available, and so one of them sat down, and the other decided to just hang out since he was the other person's ride, and they where glad that at least one of them was going to get one.
A few minutes went by, and the store manager stopped by again, and informed the person sitting on the floor that there was only 20 consoles available and he would not be getting one. this person said they had already been told by the line, and he was just hanging out with his friend, and waiting anyway. So the store manager leaves, and comes right back with another chair for that person to sit in. That was really nice.
Well anyway, bathroom breaks and even the occasional trip to the in-store McD's was welcomed by all, and seats where saved all around as we took turns.
Sitting in the warmth of the store for 7 hours playing old NES games on my Motorola Q cell phone, and chatting with all those around me, was a great experience, as I had never done the opening day launch before. Then about 20 min. before midnight they set out all the games and extra controlers that they had available on the layaway counter for us all to look at in anticipation.
At midnight we all stood from our chairs, and proceeded to one at a time approach the counter, pay for our Wii and accessories, and wave to those left in line as we walked off with a satisfying grin across our faces.
What a good time. And a big thank you to that Walmart manager who provided us all with chairs, and the ability to sit inside the warmth of the store that day.
Afterthought. . . The first guy in line did get there at 5am, and he was a store employee!
Slashdot Mirror
That's what I was gonna say. I got to give it to the guys at FirstTech. They do some phone support for free. . . even if you are not a current/past customer. Then if you bring the unit in, or get a care plan (for your business, or personal) they go the extra mile to support you.
As for a business situation. If you don't have the IT staff on hand to do the repairs, then get the AppleCare, or better yet, look around town for an autorized service vendor for the computers that you have.
As with anything else. . . If you are a big fish. . . you get big bait, if you are a little fish. . . . you get corn.
yeah. . . and the next $1 per person should be the same way. . . no debate. . . . and the next time, and the next time, and the next time. . . .
give an inch. . .
Agreed, but I was replying to the usage of the word in the slashdot article.
But Such things do effect much more then just the human race. Global warming, effects the planet, and those effects on the planet do effect the human race, as well as many other things.
All it does is slow the death of the planet. . . . a little. . . very little.
That makes more sense, because the glass itself also has curved edges. . . so what he/she ment to say is that convex mirrors are illegal as the main mirror (cause there are add-ons and such for trucks) on the driver's side.
If your right then I guess all these cars are illegal.
g PT Cruiser
http://autoquarterly.com/media/ssr_lg.jpgChevy SSR
http://www.ptcruizer.com/ptpix/2006-pt-cruiser.jp
And others.
That is what Multiple copies is for. . .that is why it is called a back up. . . and not a master copy.
oh, and if you loose your thumb drive, the you only have yourself to blame. But then again, nobody wants to admit something is their own fault.
well. . . I carry an external battery for my Motorola Q. Made by Energizer, and takes 2 AA batteries. I keep it in my coat pocket or in my car. I use it if I'm out late, and my phone doesn't make it all the way through the day, and I don't have my laptop out to plug into that instead.
Works wonderfully for me.
I believe this. . .
"the urban legend about theaters flashing "Drink Coke" on movie screens)"
is true.
Let me explain. . . in college (an Art School) I took Film History, and we went over this technique in class. . . so, the same summester I was also taking Film/Video I, and I decided that I would test this out on my next video assignment.
And guess what. . . it worked!!! I got an A.
Then again. . . I could not isolate this as the cause, because well. . . I'm a genius and I always get A's. (ok, ok, that last part isn't completely true, but it sounded good, to my ego.)
um. . . got mine for 100 bucks. with a 2 year contract. . . the same is for the iPhone. . . but it is 500 bucks. . with a 2 year contract.
That's ok, math wasn't your best suit.
That's the same in America. Minorities can tell off color jokes about the majority, and they can form segregated groups as well.
There is BET, but there is not WET.
You can say niger as long as you are not a honky.
You can attack Creationism, and be praised, but don't you dare attack Darwinism.
If you are ok with homosexuality, you can talk about how it should be accepted, but if you are not ok with it then keep your mouth shut!
. . . and right now I am waiting for the attacks, that will come. Because it is ok for them to give their opinions, but not ok for me.
You cannot be absolute with a relative word. The use of the word "easy" is an opinion and thus relative to the one making that opinion. I'm not a fan of Microsoft, but can we please not berate the grandparent for his use of the word "easy" when you obviously want to attribute it to a state of absolute that the word itself cannot attain.
Meaning. . . . Get over it.
Read the whole article, please people. . . .
FTA: "While the cost may deter all but wealthy environmentalists from converting their homes, Strizki and his associates stress the project is designed to be replicated and that the price tag on the prototype is a lot higher than imitators would pay. Now that first-time costs of research and design have been met, the price would be about $100,000, Strizki said."
But then again it is more sensational for you to use the R&D cost of $500,000 right?
And after taking a potty break too!
Well. . . I have a Motorola Q with the standard battery. Yes I know there is a fatter extended life battery, but like I said. . . It's fatter.
My Q only lasts for maybe 4 hours of continuous use, be it phone, internet, or NES games (yes I play mario, Off Road, and others on my phone).
Even with minimal use (maybe 2-3 5 min. calls) my Q still needs a charging within 12-13 hours of being off the charger.
Why don't I buy the fat extended life battery? Well, because it is fat, and it isn't that big of a deal to plug the stupid thing in when I get home at night, or if I plan to be out late, I just plug it into my USB port on my computer, at work, or on a trip, on my laptop. A friend of mine has the same phone, but has the extended life battery. I keep my phone in my pocket, he has to keep his in one of those craptastic hip holsters. His phone is twice as thick as mine, and I use my phone much more then he does.
Now the iPhone is thinner then even my Q. What is stopping Apple from making an optional extended life, Fatty battery for the iPhone? And it still will be thinner then a Q with it's fatty battery option.
To use the car analogy. .
I paid for this Car and the speedometer in question - I should be able to make this car go 300 mph and fly if I so wish.
OK for one, you didn't buy the OS, you bought the computer and the OS came installed on it (It is a mac we are talking about) and you get whatever they make. If they make a toaster that only toasts toast, and you want to try and cram a bagel into it, don't get mad at the manufacture for not making that toaster to fit your bagel. Instead buy a toaster that is designed to fit a bagel. So use your spending dollars and buy what you want, for what you want, instead of buying something that doesn't do what you want, and then getting upset because the manufacture didn't design it the way you wanted.
If you think it is doing something stupid, just remember who paid money for it. And realize that you are the real idiot. So get over it.
I agree in different strokes for different folks. Have you used expose on OS X for the purpose of switching between multiple windows? I keep everything full screen, nd just make a quick flick up to my right corner (got it set to expose) and boom, all the windows pop up and I click on the one I want and away I go. I'll have to admit it takes a little to get used to, because it is quite different at first, but it becomes quite intuitive.
Funny, I prefer using Dreamweaver on the mac platform over using it on the XP platform. And I do both. I think Dreamweaver is more functional and the UI looks better, (which wether you agree with it or not, does help when you are a designer and those things are what you see), on a Mac then on an XP machine.
What are you talking about Zonk? You seriously can't attribute TP with single-handedly keeping the Wii from the darkness of financial misfortune. Really, they are making money on every single console, and I for one have not bought TP yet, but I have purchased 4 other titles, and I must say that the bundled Sports are also played quite a bit on my console.
I would dare say that the Wii would still be seeing it's first month's sold-out, constant success even if TP had not been a release title.
I know that a large portion of those who bought a console, also bought TP, but that doesn't mean that this single game is keeping the console from being a financial misfortune.
Well, so I bit. I downloaded the app, and installed it on my laptop. It is still obviously a little buggy, but like their site says, once you get it to connect properly, it tends to stay that way. (but this took a number of program restarts)
I don't have my IR bar accessable at the moment, so I haven't tested out the mouse functionality on it, but I'm pretty excited about it and will try it out when I get home. Just happened that today I have my wiimote at work, because I'm taking them over to a bud's house to night for a little bowling, tennis, and maybe some rabbit/carot action.
This is great though, my only concern now is that you have to reconnect the remote upon any restart of the program. Not a biggy, but this seems like an ideal situation for connecting your PC to your flat screen TV with a VGA or DVI imput (which I have) and using front row on the TV controled with the IR bar from the attached wii, and just grabbin' a wiimote to use as well.
Some would argue that choosing to be Christian or Muslim (or other religions) is a choice to be racist itself. Well more correctly not racist but a bigot, because many religions believe that opposing views are obviously wrong and should not be tolerated, and that those who oppose should be killed or converted. So in effect Racism could be considered on the same plane as religious beliefs, but I doubt one's perference of sexual desire has any relation to such things.
It must be a slow morning. Please don't take personal offence to my conjectures, as this is more about the discussion of a topic then the people involved. (That should be my new sig.)
And maybe that is what makes us really human. Think about it, you said it yourself, "the racist bigots in much of the world," and, "most of the world doesn't have that patience."
So I pose the argument that in order to be human, we must realize that we are all as different as can be, and unique, and because of that we have as many preferences, and idealogies, and social structures, and religions, and choices, and lifestyles, and well that's life.
Does that make some better then others? Well there is the beauty of it all, opinion. And we all have them, and they are all as different as we are.
btw: you aren't racist if you hate gays. And one might call you a bigot, because you are a person who is utterly intolerant of any differing creed, belief, or opinion, such as those who choose to be racist. So you are a bigot towards racists. What makes you any better?
Caveat: I don't have a racist bone in my body, but I thought someone should play the advocate of the opposing view, because of the nature of stupidity and negativity, and closemindedness of the parent poster. He/She goes about making sweeping generalizations (about people in developing countries for example) and such statements actually promote the negativism of the very "group" of people that he is talking about, ie: "racist bigots.")
The Tanniyn, B@hemowth (yes, it's spelled correctly--at least as close as it can be in Roman characters), and Livyathan.
3 animals spoken about in the Bible that have references to Dinosaur qualities. Now one could argue that these are other animals as well, but since the "Dinosaur" and all their individual names were created well after the Bible's books were written, so obvously you won't see brachiosaurus, or kronosaurus listed in the Bible's text.
However it is interesting to note that even as an athiest, you have taken the time to not only read the Bible once, but several times. Either way, even with reading something multiple times, it can be difficult to gleen all that is in such a book, without much external study as well, since most Bibles are linquistic translations, and with all things translated, there is not always precise terms in both the translated and original languages.
But needless to say, non of this really matters, because you will continue to believe as you believe, because evidence is something that we are not afforded, with such things, because we could disagree on what is evidence to begin with.
You're obviously not a parent of a baby who is being breast-fed. trust me there is a learning curve.
Just moving to Omaha, Nebraska, I found myself not knowing where I should turn for my anticipated waiting line for the Wii. I shopped around 2 weeks in advance, and found out that I had the best odds outside of town about 30 min. to Freemont, NE at there local Walmart Superstore.
I showed up at 5:00 pm and was greeted at the door, and upon asking where I needed to stand in line for the Wii, I was told to go ahead and head back to the Layaway desk.
Once I got to the Layaway entrance, I noticed there was a few people already there, and asked the last person in line if they knew how many units would be available so I could count heads. They happily told me that the Store manager had just stopped by and handed out chairs for the 20 consoles that would be available, and that there was 2 chairs left. So I took my seat next to them, #19!!!!
About 3-5 min. later, another 2 people showed up and we informed them that there was only 1 seat/console still available, and so one of them sat down, and the other decided to just hang out since he was the other person's ride, and they where glad that at least one of them was going to get one.
A few minutes went by, and the store manager stopped by again, and informed the person sitting on the floor that there was only 20 consoles available and he would not be getting one. this person said they had already been told by the line, and he was just hanging out with his friend, and waiting anyway. So the store manager leaves, and comes right back with another chair for that person to sit in. That was really nice.
Well anyway, bathroom breaks and even the occasional trip to the in-store McD's was welcomed by all, and seats where saved all around as we took turns.
Sitting in the warmth of the store for 7 hours playing old NES games on my Motorola Q cell phone, and chatting with all those around me, was a great experience, as I had never done the opening day launch before. Then about 20 min. before midnight they set out all the games and extra controlers that they had available on the layaway counter for us all to look at in anticipation.
At midnight we all stood from our chairs, and proceeded to one at a time approach the counter, pay for our Wii and accessories, and wave to those left in line as we walked off with a satisfying grin across our faces.
What a good time. And a big thank you to that Walmart manager who provided us all with chairs, and the ability to sit inside the warmth of the store that day.
Afterthought. . . The first guy in line did get there at 5am, and he was a store employee!