Surely whether Apple/Jobs are good or bad, have an agenda, have misbehaved in the past, want to rule the world etc. is irrelevant here; Jobs made some telling points about Flash's shortcomings which rang true to me. Don't shoot the messenger. I use a Mac and Flash is one big pain in the ass for me. I have to use Flashblock or all I see is that damned spinning ball.
"We are all born ignorant but one has to work hard to remain stupid". Steal this sig.: I did
I was recently in Egypt where the plastic molding of my digital hearing aid cracked and broke. I went to the local hearing aid specialist who took a new impression and had hearing aid back to me in three days. Cost: 72 Egyptian pounds or approximately US$13. Yes, we do get ripped-off for this kind of thing and I live in Canada too where not everything is covered by government health insurance. But it is not necessarily the electronics manufacturer who is to blame rather the intermediary laboratories and "hearing aid specialists" who all take a nice cut.
You are drinking the right-wing cool-aid. Medical litigation is a vastly exaggerated problem and a trivial component of medical and business costs. The reason why hearing aids are so expensive is limited demand and minimal competition. They can charge what the market can bear.
No, you are confusing politicians with people. The majority of "people" i.e. voters are ignorant or stupid and wouldn't know what ACTA was if it bit them. Politicians do what they do for a variety of reasons; "the voice of the people", whatever that is, being a very minor one. Self-interest a more convincing one. Wanting to be a politician is prima facia evidence of unsuitability for elected office.
An armed society is a seriously fucked-up society. Consider Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and the United States. A fundamental precondition of a civilised society is the monopoly of coercive force by the state. If you want to hang a gun on your wall, not a problem: use it or take it outside your house and you should be regulated until your eyes spin.
was invented, discovered, constructed centuries ago but we still find it useful, indispensible. What is surprising about the pneumatic tube system remaining useful?
But then religious types go on to tell us what god is, demands, and how we should behave. If god is unknowable then belief in her existence is irrational. To choose to believe in a god is a personal and inoffensive quirk but to go on to assume and preach "god's will" is the highest order of blasphemy.
Reading this article, I have just had one of those lightbulb or epiphany moments.
If inks cost more than a new printer, why should I care about the manufacturers warning that using third-party inks will damage the printer? I'll never buy the branded inks again.
If the US newspapers pulled-out of Google Search, Americans might finally get easy access to a broader range of newspapers such as The Economist, The Guardian, Finanacial Times, Independent. to just name a few newspapers in the UK, and not to speak of English language editions of European journals such as der Spiegal. In general, more intelligent and diverse journalism.
Not quite true: CNN has a long way to go before I would agree with its self-awarded "most trusted name in news" slogan but it has just got rid of Lou Dobbs. That should be worth a few mod points.
But what about those who don't have the attention span, nor the reading skills, for either? They, unfortunately, comprise the majority of the American public (not to mention a good slice of the/dot community).
"If a scientist is evaluating subjects (often well) outside their sphere of study, how does that make their opinion any better than anyone elses?"
Because a "scientist", or any properly educated person, is taught to think, analyse, critique etc. These are not subject-specific skills but are fully portable to all situations and subjects. You don't have to be a science PhD to recognise bullshit.
Hardly startling news. To be a scientist one must be intelligent and prove it through academic success and subsequent research. To be a member of the American public.........'nuff said.
Why would Paul write so strongly about the resurrection even in prison?
What makes you think that Paul wrote that gospel? The Bible was assembled by committee and included the the works submitted and voted in. Is it based on faith alone that you assume that the gospels were not embellished before publication?
For a moment I thought you were talking about the US Constitution.
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Go where the jobs are. Duh!
Surely whether Apple/Jobs are good or bad, have an agenda, have misbehaved in the past, want to rule the world etc. is irrelevant here; Jobs made some telling points about Flash's shortcomings which rang true to me. Don't shoot the messenger. I use a Mac and Flash is one big pain in the ass for me. I have to use Flashblock or all I see is that damned spinning ball.
"We are all born ignorant but one has to work hard to remain stupid". Steal this sig.: I did
I was recently in Egypt where the plastic molding of my digital hearing aid cracked and broke. I went to the local hearing aid specialist who took a new impression and had hearing aid back to me in three days. Cost: 72 Egyptian pounds or approximately US$13. Yes, we do get ripped-off for this kind of thing and I live in Canada too where not everything is covered by government health insurance. But it is not necessarily the electronics manufacturer who is to blame rather the intermediary laboratories and "hearing aid specialists" who all take a nice cut.
You are drinking the right-wing cool-aid. Medical litigation is a vastly exaggerated problem and a trivial component of medical and business costs. The reason why hearing aids are so expensive is limited demand and minimal competition. They can charge what the market can bear.
Yes. And how long will it take before life insurance companies require that you disclose any such genetic information available about you?
No, you are confusing politicians with people. The majority of "people" i.e. voters are ignorant or stupid and wouldn't know what ACTA was if it bit them. Politicians do what they do for a variety of reasons; "the voice of the people", whatever that is, being a very minor one. Self-interest a more convincing one. Wanting to be a politician is prima facia evidence of unsuitability for elected office.
Irrelevant: brewing and distilling are two distinct operations; not to speak of aging.
Great news. Now I can go and copyright the Bible and other works of creative imagination.
But I thought opposition to paying taxes was the American way. True patriots go offshore, right?
Not "commie propaganda", but "capitalist propaganda". It obviously works.
"An armed society is a polite society."
An armed society is a seriously fucked-up society. Consider Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and the United States. A fundamental precondition of a civilised society is the monopoly of coercive force by the state. If you want to hang a gun on your wall, not a problem: use it or take it outside your house and you should be regulated until your eyes spin.
was invented, discovered, constructed centuries ago but we still find it useful, indispensible. What is surprising about the pneumatic tube system remaining useful?
"But God continually eludes human conception"
But then religious types go on to tell us what god is, demands, and how we should behave.
If god is unknowable then belief in her existence is irrational. To choose to believe in a god is a personal and inoffensive quirk but to go on to assume and preach "god's will" is the highest order of blasphemy.
Is this an argument or a contradiction?
Reading this article, I have just had one of those lightbulb or epiphany moments.
If inks cost more than a new printer, why should I care about the manufacturers warning that using third-party inks will damage the printer? I'll never buy the branded inks again.
If the US newspapers pulled-out of Google Search, Americans might finally get easy access to a broader range of newspapers such as The Economist, The Guardian, Finanacial Times, Independent. to just name a few newspapers in the UK, and not to speak of English language editions of European journals such as der Spiegal. In general, more intelligent and diverse journalism.
Not quite true: CNN has a long way to go before I would agree with its self-awarded "most trusted name in news" slogan but it has just got rid of Lou Dobbs. That should be worth a few mod points.
Agree. Watch BBC, read The Economist.
But what about those who don't have the attention span, nor the reading skills, for either? They, unfortunately, comprise the majority of the American public (not to mention a good slice of the /dot community).
...the pilots were checking-out Google Earth maps.
The breakthrough came when they learned to cook the dog.
Fantastic. Now our mud pies will come out hot! Yum, yum.
"If a scientist is evaluating subjects (often well) outside their sphere of study, how does that make their opinion any better than anyone elses?"
Because a "scientist", or any properly educated person, is taught to think, analyse, critique etc. These are not subject-specific skills but are fully portable to all situations and subjects. You don't have to be a science PhD to recognise bullshit.
Hardly startling news. To be a scientist one must be intelligent and prove it through academic success and subsequent research. To be a member of the American public.........'nuff said.
Why would Paul write so strongly about the resurrection even in prison?
What makes you think that Paul wrote that gospel? The Bible was assembled by committee and included the the works submitted and voted in. Is it based on faith alone that you assume that the gospels were not embellished before publication?
For a moment I thought you were talking about the US Constitution.
'nuff said.