The latter might be too alternative for you, but I'm at the point where I don't care anymore HOW it goes aways. If I could get rid of my panic attacks and phobia by walking 10 KM on all fours, I'd do it.
I am open to try anything. If a doctor told me I would never have a panic attack again if I had my right leg cut off, I would be first in line! Right now I am pretty stable on Lexapro, haven't had a panic attack for a few weeks, except for this morning. I think it was because I drank two glasses of OJ. I haven't had OJ for months. Oh well, it has passed now, though it did shake me up a good bit.
As someone that has lived with panic attacks for the past 12 years, I welcome anything that can help better than the current crop of SSRI/SNRI medications. The medications have gotten better over the last decade with few side effects. The medication I have been on for the past 3 years helps a good deal with not too many side effects.
Strangely I just had an ugly panic attack right before I was about to look through/.. I had to leave the office for a little while.
Yup, the price for just an iPhone battery sounds pretty close, though maybe a few bucks higher than average. My battery that I had to replace was about $60 USD. The only thing about the iPhone deal is having to pay an additional $30 USD if you don't want to be stranded without a phone. Since most people will not want/be able to go without their phone, it is pretty fair to say that an iPhone battery is really $79 (bat) + $29 (loaner) + $6.95 s/h = $114.95, which is pretty expensive for a battery replacement IMO.
If the whole shebang, battery, shipping and loaner came to $79, that wouldn't be a bad deal. However, personally I am waiting a year to consider if I get an iPhone. I want to see how long the battery will last before it needs to be replaced. Also, I want to wait and see if the price comes down to a more consumer friendly price.
If you are paying for 6 and getting only 5.5, time to call the board of advertising regulation.
I think the ISP's have all handled this in their EULA. I remember something in mine about no guarantees. Must be nice to be a company that sells a service with no guarantees of performance, reliability. If I get 1 Mbps instead of the 8 Mbps that I pay for, well they just blame it on the "Tubes".;-)
Yeah, I know about latency and all that. I just never noticed it as erratic as I have here on Comcast's network. Before today I have never heard of the powerboost thingy. Seems a little gimicky to me.
The 2.6.22 patch came down at around 5.5 Mbps. Which is weird, because the speed test sites have generally been accurate from my TW cable account down south. However, the speed test here still shows 12+ Mbps, though as I pointed out, big downloads are at or near the 6 Mbps mark.
Why would the cable modem make a difference? Wouldn't the ISP's be doing the throttling based on your MAC address?
I recently upgraded my 5 Mbps TW cable connection to 8 Mbps for an extra $10/month. Within 1 minute or so, I had the faster speed. When I called they just asked me for the MAC address on my cable modem.
Testing locations closer to Philadelphia gives the highest speeds. However, other locations seem to vary greatly. For the curious, my father pays $45 a month for his cable modem broadband.
Using the speedtest.net site that was posted above, I am getting all kinds of different results.
Toronto: 2,790 kbps down, 1,216 kbps up<br> San Jose, CA: 2,101 kbps down, 470 kbps up, 92 ms ping<br> New York: 17,410 kbps down, 1,357 kbps up, 12 ms ping<br> Tucson, AZ: 4,258 kbps down, 1,461 kbps up, 190 ms ping<br> Mexico City: 2,811 kbps down, 992 kbps up, 81 ms ping
Down in Columbia, SC I generally get consistant speeds of 8 Mbps. Comcast's speed boost thing does seem like a nice bonus, though would this cause any other locations to slow down? Less than 4 Mbps to CA is a little slow IMO.
I do Java, C#, C and C++ work. The Java work I could do under Linux. However, 90% of my development projects have been targeted towards MS Windows. I couldn't do C++ dev work for MS Windows under Linux. I couldn't do C# dev work under Linux. While Mono is nice, it is not complete yet. Also, there is no.Net development environment under Linux that comes close to Visual Studio, MonoDevelop just doesn't come close.
Windows "poor tools"? There is no IDE under Linux that comes close to Visual Studio, sorry. Don't take my word for it. Just look how much more Visual Studio is used as a dev environment.
He said all his freeware stuff is in VB6, so I would assume he would switch to VB.Net and not spend the little time to pickup C#.
However, going from VB6 to.Net is not a simple jump. Learning a language is simple, learning the framworks/APIs is the more challenging and time consuming part. Personally I don't see why someone coming from VB6 wouldn't try to jump to Obj-C/C#/C++/Java. It would be pretty much the same time investment as learning the.Net platform as learning the Cocoa framework or Java platform.
I am not sure how long that will hold out. Maybe another year? XP was 2k's main competitor, however after a while, XP took over from 2k. I personally don't think there is any major difference from 2k sp 4 and XP. Heck, 2k sp4 was a lot more stable than XP sp1 and sp2 for me.
Maybe by Vista sp1 people will start the switch, especially with 2GB of RAM being pretty cheap now. Personally I made the switch to Intel Macs this year, so no Vista for me!
Also, since feisty, installing proprietary drivers is 2 mouse clicks away.
Ubuntu is great. However, I think you are stretching things a little. The 2 mouse clicks only apple to the very small amount of proprietary drivers.
I had plenty of times friends or family came over and wanted to show me some USB gadget. Most of the time I had to boot out of Ubuntu and into WinXP.
Since switching to OS X, I haven't had this problem. Though I am sure there are some devices that don't work on OS X, I haven't run in to any yet.
Don't get me wrong, I love Linux. I am just tired of the poor support from commercial companies wrt desktop Linux. I have been able to use a lot more devices on my Intel Macs and also have been able to play a lot more commercial games. Though of course not as many as WinXP, but I an not a super gamer.
This is why I took the Mac plunge about 6 months ago. I bought an Intel Macbook, loved it so much I then bought an Intel iMac. I haven't touched Linux since. I have been using Linux heavily for about 7 years for development work and home desktops/servers.
OS X gives me the *nix goodness that I need with a great GUI and it is all wrapped up in a pretty package.:-)
Sadly, I still need WinXP for Visual Studio. However, I just bought Parallels and that problem is solved nicely. Parallels is a great product for the Mac.
I would predict that 2008 sees a larger growth percentage for Mac computers than Linux computers.
Unfettered capitalism by smaller players is the cure to our cultural failings
Buy how do you keep it as small to medium players? Companies merge. A new industry starts, many small players. Some rise to the top others drop out. Capitalism at its best. However, those now at the top want to stay there and start buying small players. After a while, you are left with one or two huge corps that become abusive of their position and have tons of cash to bribe politicians. Lather, rinse repeat.
Uh... at any time during this kids stay in juvi/foster did he get any psychotherapy? I would think a simple fix is to require continuous psychotherapy for victims like this and not release them until deemed as "safe" as any other average citizen.
Or, we can just continue to ban everything in a "free" society because of a few bad apples.
Another thought, when will people realize that banning anything does not work! Ban on guns... people still get guns. Ban on drugs... people still get drugs. Ban on XYZ... people still get XYZ.
No, MS wants to find lower priced immigrants. There are only so many visa apps and companies fight for them. What is really sick, is that companies like MS hire outside legal counsel to find ways to disqualify American workers. I just recently read this in the news. Basically for a company to get H1-b applicants, they have to interview American workers and give the American workers an equal shot at the position. However, by using outside counsel that specializes in working around the system, many large companies can get away with not hiring American workers and then they turn around and say "there is a shortage of qualified American workers". Which is total BS.
There are many loop-holes companies like MS use. For example, say a position starts at $60,000. The American worker says they are looking for $65,000 (he/she is never told what the starting salary is). Instantly disqualified! Even if the American worker would have accepted the $60,000, it doesn't matter because the law doesn't say that companies need to at least try one round of negotiations.
How would Zune-exclusive songs make the Zune more popular? People don't like the Zune. It is ugly and has MS-Only DRM.
If people cannot buy what they want, they will find other ways. More than 100 million iPods have been sold and more are still going out the door every day. Do you think all those users will just drop the iPod and buy a Zune? If they wanted a Zune, they would not have gotten an iPod. So having MS Zune-only stuff that people want will just make people either go and and buy and rip a CD or turn to P2P.
Exclusive console games work because if a game doesn't run on a console, there is not much users can do. They can't reprogram the game themselves. In contrast, on a portable player all one needs to do is get an mp3 rip and they are golden.
Why? So we could all be stuck with ugly Zune that use crappy MS-Only DRM? No thanks.
Oh, and what MS marketing droid came up with the term "squirt"? Seriously, how could some MS marketing drones think that people would "dig" the phrase, "squirt"? Hey babe, wacha listening to? Cool, could you "squirt" that to me?... Slap! "Squirt" a song and 3 days later the "squirt" is gone! "Squirt"... every time I think of that and the Zune I laugh.
Yo dog, what ya doin?.... Not much, just "squirting" with my boyz.
I use it on my lap all the time. If I go somewhere where I may need to do a support request (I am a programmer), I need to be able to get to my stuff. Some requests can take a while to fix/debug so I can be using the Macbook for a while.
With most regular laptops I really like to use a mouse. However, the Macbooks trackpad is nice an large and is really easy to get used to and the simple and elegant scrolling, 3 finger click, etc make not having a mouse a non-issue for me.
I have used the corners for scrolling. I personally hate it and find it a lot less useful than being able to use any part of the touchpad. I always had to tweak it to get the size of the area just right to recognize a scroll attempt. I also had a lot of problems with it not working for every MS Windows app. It seemed to be hit-or-miss. Oh, and then if I didn't hit the "scroll area" just right, nothing would happen.
On a Macbook, you just use two fingers, anywhere and it works with ALL apps. Much, much nicer.
As far as Linux goes, I have a Toshiba laptop that I boot WinXP and Ubuntu on. The touchpad support is pretty crappy under Linux. The mouse moves way too fast. I tweaked every option I could find, set kernel module options, xorg.conf options, still no dice. A slight move of my finger and the mouse is halfway across the screen. Under WinXP, as I stated, if I get my finger in just the right area, it may or may not work, depending on the app.
All the other implementations of touchpad scrolling on Windows and Linux are very hacky feeling once you have used a Macbook. There are other cool features of the Macbook touchpad like 3 finger click, screen zooming, etc.
I have a late 2006 Macbook with the Core Due (should have waited for the Core 2, oh well) and a Core 2 Duo iMac. Love them both. The Macbook has a scroll feature I just can't live without. Use one finger on the mouse pad and it moves the cursor as normal. Use TWO fingers and you can scroll any windows content vertically/horizontally. Every time I have to use a regular old laptop, I really miss this nice feature. These new features should be pretty nice additions to the Macbook
With that said, they only thing that bugs me about the Macbook I have is how hot the bottom gets. I had to buy a laptop pad which is a pain to have to remember to bring with me. In constrast, my Core 2 iMac is always cool and very silent. Are the newer models of Macbooks cooler so you can comfortably keep them on your lap?
This is a cool new feature. However, they also update the map data. Until recently the new development I lived in was on Google Maps so I had to use the nearest intersection. Not anymore! Good job Google.
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As someone that has lived with panic attacks for the past 12 years, I welcome anything that can help better than the current crop of SSRI/SNRI medications. The medications have gotten better over the last decade with few side effects. The medication I have been on for the past 3 years helps a good deal with not too many side effects.
/.. I had to leave the office for a little while.
Strangely I just had an ugly panic attack right before I was about to look through
Panic attacks and anxiety is teh sux0r.
Yup, the price for just an iPhone battery sounds pretty close, though maybe a few bucks higher than average. My battery that I had to replace was about $60 USD. The only thing about the iPhone deal is having to pay an additional $30 USD if you don't want to be stranded without a phone. Since most people will not want/be able to go without their phone, it is pretty fair to say that an iPhone battery is really $79 (bat) + $29 (loaner) + $6.95 s/h = $114.95, which is pretty expensive for a battery replacement IMO.
If the whole shebang, battery, shipping and loaner came to $79, that wouldn't be a bad deal. However, personally I am waiting a year to consider if I get an iPhone. I want to see how long the battery will last before it needs to be replaced. Also, I want to wait and see if the price comes down to a more consumer friendly price.
Yeah, I know about latency and all that. I just never noticed it as erratic as I have here on Comcast's network. Before today I have never heard of the powerboost thingy. Seems a little gimicky to me.
The 2.6.22 patch came down at around 5.5 Mbps. Which is weird, because the speed test sites have generally been accurate from my TW cable account down south. However, the speed test here still shows 12+ Mbps, though as I pointed out, big downloads are at or near the 6 Mbps mark.
Why would the cable modem make a difference? Wouldn't the ISP's be doing the throttling based on your MAC address?
I recently upgraded my 5 Mbps TW cable connection to 8 Mbps for an extra $10/month. Within 1 minute or so, I had the faster speed. When I called they just asked me for the MAC address on my cable modem.
Using the speedtest.net site that was posted above, I am getting all kinds of different results.
Down in Columbia, SC I generally get consistant speeds of 8 Mbps. Comcast's speed boost thing does seem like a nice bonus, though would this cause any other locations to slow down? Less than 4 Mbps to CA is a little slow IMO.
I do Java, C#, C and C++ work. The Java work I could do under Linux. However, 90% of my development projects have been targeted towards MS Windows. I couldn't do C++ dev work for MS Windows under Linux. I couldn't do C# dev work under Linux. While Mono is nice, it is not complete yet. Also, there is no .Net development environment under Linux that comes close to Visual Studio, MonoDevelop just doesn't come close.
Windows "poor tools"? There is no IDE under Linux that comes close to Visual Studio, sorry. Don't take my word for it. Just look how much more Visual Studio is used as a dev environment.
He said all his freeware stuff is in VB6, so I would assume he would switch to VB.Net and not spend the little time to pickup C#.
.Net is not a simple jump. Learning a language is simple, learning the framworks/APIs is the more challenging and time consuming part. Personally I don't see why someone coming from VB6 wouldn't try to jump to Obj-C/C#/C++/Java. It would be pretty much the same time investment as learning the .Net platform as learning the Cocoa framework or Java platform.
However, going from VB6 to
Maybe by Vista sp1 people will start the switch, especially with 2GB of RAM being pretty cheap now. Personally I made the switch to Intel Macs this year, so no Vista for me!
I had plenty of times friends or family came over and wanted to show me some USB gadget. Most of the time I had to boot out of Ubuntu and into WinXP.
Since switching to OS X, I haven't had this problem. Though I am sure there are some devices that don't work on OS X, I haven't run in to any yet.
Don't get me wrong, I love Linux. I am just tired of the poor support from commercial companies wrt desktop Linux. I have been able to use a lot more devices on my Intel Macs and also have been able to play a lot more commercial games. Though of course not as many as WinXP, but I an not a super gamer.
This is why I took the Mac plunge about 6 months ago. I bought an Intel Macbook, loved it so much I then bought an Intel iMac. I haven't touched Linux since. I have been using Linux heavily for about 7 years for development work and home desktops/servers.
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OS X gives me the *nix goodness that I need with a great GUI and it is all wrapped up in a pretty package.
Sadly, I still need WinXP for Visual Studio. However, I just bought Parallels and that problem is solved nicely. Parallels is a great product for the Mac.
I would predict that 2008 sees a larger growth percentage for Mac computers than Linux computers.
Just my $0.02
Your are a clueless retard. I am not a socialist. I have a successful career AND a side company for consulting work. I have taken plenty of risks.
Now go back down in your momma's basement and turn of the lights, night, night, don't let the bed bugs bite.
Uh... at any time during this kids stay in juvi/foster did he get any psychotherapy? I would think a simple fix is to require continuous psychotherapy for victims like this and not release them until deemed as "safe" as any other average citizen.
Or, we can just continue to ban everything in a "free" society because of a few bad apples.
Another thought, when will people realize that banning anything does not work! Ban on guns... people still get guns. Ban on drugs... people still get drugs. Ban on XYZ... people still get XYZ.
Will Godwin's law ever fail? Jeez, the accuracy of Godwin's law is astounding.
No, MS wants to find lower priced immigrants. There are only so many visa apps and companies fight for them. What is really sick, is that companies like MS hire outside legal counsel to find ways to disqualify American workers. I just recently read this in the news. Basically for a company to get H1-b applicants, they have to interview American workers and give the American workers an equal shot at the position. However, by using outside counsel that specializes in working around the system, many large companies can get away with not hiring American workers and then they turn around and say "there is a shortage of qualified American workers". Which is total BS.
There are many loop-holes companies like MS use. For example, say a position starts at $60,000. The American worker says they are looking for $65,000 (he/she is never told what the starting salary is). Instantly disqualified! Even if the American worker would have accepted the $60,000, it doesn't matter because the law doesn't say that companies need to at least try one round of negotiations.
How would Zune-exclusive songs make the Zune more popular? People don't like the Zune. It is ugly and has MS-Only DRM.
If people cannot buy what they want, they will find other ways. More than 100 million iPods have been sold and more are still going out the door every day. Do you think all those users will just drop the iPod and buy a Zune? If they wanted a Zune, they would not have gotten an iPod. So having MS Zune-only stuff that people want will just make people either go and and buy and rip a CD or turn to P2P.
Exclusive console games work because if a game doesn't run on a console, there is not much users can do. They can't reprogram the game themselves. In contrast, on a portable player all one needs to do is get an mp3 rip and they are golden.
Why? So we could all be stuck with ugly Zune that use crappy MS-Only DRM? No thanks.
Oh, and what MS marketing droid came up with the term "squirt"? Seriously, how could some MS marketing drones think that people would "dig" the phrase, "squirt"? Hey babe, wacha listening to? Cool, could you "squirt" that to me?... Slap! "Squirt" a song and 3 days later the "squirt" is gone! "Squirt"... every time I think of that and the Zune I laugh.
Yo dog, what ya doin?.... Not much, just "squirting" with my boyz.
I use it on my lap all the time. If I go somewhere where I may need to do a support request (I am a programmer), I need to be able to get to my stuff. Some requests can take a while to fix/debug so I can be using the Macbook for a while.
With most regular laptops I really like to use a mouse. However, the Macbooks trackpad is nice an large and is really easy to get used to and the simple and elegant scrolling, 3 finger click, etc make not having a mouse a non-issue for me.
I have used the corners for scrolling. I personally hate it and find it a lot less useful than being able to use any part of the touchpad. I always had to tweak it to get the size of the area just right to recognize a scroll attempt. I also had a lot of problems with it not working for every MS Windows app. It seemed to be hit-or-miss. Oh, and then if I didn't hit the "scroll area" just right, nothing would happen.
On a Macbook, you just use two fingers, anywhere and it works with ALL apps. Much, much nicer.
As far as Linux goes, I have a Toshiba laptop that I boot WinXP and Ubuntu on. The touchpad support is pretty crappy under Linux. The mouse moves way too fast. I tweaked every option I could find, set kernel module options, xorg.conf options, still no dice. A slight move of my finger and the mouse is halfway across the screen. Under WinXP, as I stated, if I get my finger in just the right area, it may or may not work, depending on the app.
All the other implementations of touchpad scrolling on Windows and Linux are very hacky feeling once you have used a Macbook. There are other cool features of the Macbook touchpad like 3 finger click, screen zooming, etc.
I have a late 2006 Macbook with the Core Due (should have waited for the Core 2, oh well) and a Core 2 Duo iMac. Love them both. The Macbook has a scroll feature I just can't live without. Use one finger on the mouse pad and it moves the cursor as normal. Use TWO fingers and you can scroll any windows content vertically/horizontally. Every time I have to use a regular old laptop, I really miss this nice feature. These new features should be pretty nice additions to the Macbook
With that said, they only thing that bugs me about the Macbook I have is how hot the bottom gets. I had to buy a laptop pad which is a pain to have to remember to bring with me. In constrast, my Core 2 iMac is always cool and very silent. Are the newer models of Macbooks cooler so you can comfortably keep them on your lap?
This is a cool new feature. However, they also update the map data. Until recently the new development I lived in was on Google Maps so I had to use the nearest intersection. Not anymore! Good job Google.