A great essay on what the iPad may accomplish.
http://craigmod.com/journal/ipad_and_books/
With the iPad we finally have a platform for consuming rich-content
in digital form. What does that mean? To understand just why the iPad
is so exciting we need to think about how we got here. I want
On Mar 11, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
You have a point but only because Apple has made the old hardware
obsolete.
Macs stay in service far longer than PCs. You know that. Why introduce
a red herring? Please stay honest and don't go for debating points.
This is a
On Mar 11, 2010, at 11:33 PM, Chris Dunford wrote:
The 512-byte sectors are emulated. That's what the OS sees.
Physically, they're 4K sectors.
And you can't see that this is an awful kluge? Hardware vendors should
not have to go Rube Goldberg to work around a mess created my the
operating
On Mar 12, 2010, at 1:35 AM, mike wrote:
I thought macs stayed in service longer than PC's?
They do, but Mac users keep their OSs up to date because Apple charges
a reasonable upgrade fee and the upgrade is easy to install. Mac
owners are never faced with formatting their drives just to
On Mar 11, 2010, at 9:40 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, okay then. If you prefer the UNtinyurl, here it is. I was
just trying to be helpful.
I feel better getting the full URL.
This is not a brilliant move by the FCC. It is just ordinary
smartness. It only looks brilliant because
On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:09 PM, mike wrote:
I'm not blasting the Obama government on this, just government waste
in
general. Kinda like the 70k? plus in debit cards that disappeared
during
katrina. ...but if we are honest there are pallets of money
literally (remember
iraq) that disappear.
On Mar 12, 2010, at 10:15 AM, Chris Dunford wrote:
Well, now that this turns out to be wrong, suddenly the real issue
isn't that XP users are screwed, it's that it's a kluge.
The real issue has been in the subject line all along. It is still true.
Long article at Ars about how M$ failed to engineer a smooth
transition for its customers to new hard drive technologies. Changes
are necessary to take us to higher hard drive capacities. Apple took
care of this many years ago so changes will be no big deal. Meanwhile
XP users will take a
On Mar 11, 2010, at 12:34 AM, chad evans wyatt wrote:
Tried to find a way to do your task with Preview, guess that's not
there. Perhaps time to curse, then bite the bullet...
Oh yes, Preview works. Sorry about my last post with a command line
solution.
Open them all in Preview. Open the
On Mar 11, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Chris Dunford wrote:
A bit smug, Chris.
You're missing my point. Tom, who has long since lost all
credibility in commenting on MS
Chris is our home grown version of Glenn Beck. He sure doesn't like
any close brushes with reality.
On Mar 11, 2010, at 1:21 PM, Chris Dunford wrote:
Your sad little summary fails, oddly, to mention that the ONLY
version this affects is XP...
False. And downright rude.
, now nearly a decade old. Vista, Server 2008, and Win7 are all just
fine. So what failed to engineer a smooth
Just to be clear, as of the end of February 2010, Windows XP is the
most widely used operating system in the world with a 58.4% market
share.
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On Mar 11, 2010, at 7:33 PM, Chris Dunford wrote:
Ah. Well, WD sees it differently:
Or you and they are feeding us BS.
Simple math on the drive specs shows these drives still have only 512B
sectors.
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=763
Formatted Capacity:
On Mar 11, 2010, at 7:54 PM, Chris Dunford wrote:
In short, never updating the older version is superior to updating
it but omitting a fix for a drive type that nobody running XP
actually has.
Big difference. You are comparing Apple's support of an old OS version
that almost nobody uses
On Mar 10, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Michael Fernando wrote:
(specially ...er... nice __how__ Sun fended off both Apple and
Microsoft.)
No nice at all. All these huge companies pretend to sue each other and
then settle by swapping patent portfolios. So all of them get access
to a huge pool of
On Mar 10, 2010, at 6:37 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Eh, they left out the Scientologists. That group would likely blow
all the others away as far as upper levels of income.
I don't thing the Rev. is a Scientologist. Should have checked the
chart before picking a flock.
On Mar 10, 2010, at 4:12 PM, mike wrote:
A short editorial from EFF about the app situation at Apple.
Someone else
on the list brought up Apple's new contract with developers
believing this
would help developers..I don't think so because Apple has been telling
developers the rules all
On Mar 9, 2010, at 7:47 AM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote:
The possible windows pad is an advertising feint. Just like M$
announced
the Surface when Apple's iPhone Buzz sucked all the oxygen out of
the market
before it's release the pad is a peice of advertising vaporware
intended to
keep the M$
On Mar 9, 2010, at 10:31 AM, mike wrote:
I didn't even know MS was working on a pad like device...
Actually two. One based on WINCE 6.5 and one on Zune. The two teams
are reportedly spending a good bit of their resources on backstabbing
one another.
On Mar 9, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Reid Katan wrote:
You mean, like that iPad commercial tat was posted here the other
day? I mean seriously, *nobody* holds something *that* still.
Especially when they're poking at it. It doesn't move. It looks like
two hands (mostly one though) poking at a green
On Mar 7, 2010, at 11:01 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
Yes but it still sucks,
Just like the iPod and iPhone did.
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On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:36 PM, tjpa wrote:
Just like the iPod and iPhone did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDu9qfKpz44feature=youtu.be
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On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:57 PM, mike wrote:
I think it's time they do something since it's remained unchanged
since it came out and they have MS and Android both releasing strong
products.
M$ product is an animation, you can't drive nails with it.
Can I pay for it with virtual money?
I'm moving my office. Do I take the DSL modem with me or get a new one
at the new location? The one I got was free but is now close to 10
years old. Would it be worth it to pay for a new one or are the
current models no different?
On Mar 8, 2010, at 5:40 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
75 Microsoft, third-party patch events each year are a burden most
users can't bear, says Secunia
Especially when they can never be sure that the proffered update is
from a legitimate source or, even when it is, that it won't cause a
On Mar 8, 2010, at 4:18 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Sort of like the Ipad right now.
No, the iPad exists. You can drive nails with it. It is not yet
available for retail sale, but that is not the same as being fictitious.
On Mar 7, 2010, at 6:32 PM, Rev. Stewart A. Marshall wrote:
Many filmmakers at Sunday's Academy Awards used Apple's Final Cut
Studio to edit their movies.
Tom will like this story.
And Adobe will be pissed off. Apple's FCP entered the market late and
quickly shoved all the incumbents off
On Mar 5, 2010, at 6:12 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) wrote:
You said you were cheap (and did not tell us what you want to use the
computer for), so that should be fine. A netbook would be even
cheaper.
Often people tell me they need a laptop, only to later discover that
it is so much less
On Mar 5, 2010, at 11:39 AM, mike wrote:
*Apple removed several Wi-Fi apps commonly referred to as stumblers,
or apps
that seek out available Wi-Fi networks near your location...
If I was a developer I'd think twice about the environment Apple is
creating.
Removed for good reason. Nor did
On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:15 AM, mike wrote:
The average net worth of Senators is about 9 million, not exactly
average joes.
But the more significant median is about $890,000 (for Senators and
Reps in 2008). Anyone who owns a house in the metro DC area is
probably worth more than that. So at
On Mar 5, 2010, at 2:08 PM, mike wrote:
Maybe Apple could not approve apps if they seemingly violate some
hidden
law? Apple knew what this app did when they approved it, they can
keep
playing games with developers and users, but eventually I would
think all
but the die hard MFB's like
On Mar 5, 2010, at 2:24 PM, Michael Fernando wrote:
However, this is a dangerous command. Run the following first to
see what it does. If you like the output, run it with 'rm -f'
instead of 'ls -l'
Good advice that is.
Thanks JE and MF. I feel in control now.
On Mar 5, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Robert Carroll wrote:
I looked at the Alienware laptops on the Dell site and they are as
expensive as the Mac. Cheapest is $1200 going up to $1800.
Where do you get that? Apple laptops start at $999. Pro line starts at
$1199.
I see Windows laptops going for
On Mar 4, 2010, at 2:38 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
So on the face of it, how friggen greedy do they have to get before
someone starts calling foul? Especially when it's your and my money?
When the government gets money to pay for the common defense and
promote the general welfare they cry foul.
On Mar 4, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Roger D. Parish wrote:
The browser, or user agent, identifies itself to the server upon
initial contact. It is this identification that this discussion is
about. You can fib to the server and say you are Safari when you are
Firefox, for example.
The reason you
On Mar 4, 2010, at 8:25 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
It makes no sense to me. It's like I'm suing myself, said Jamie
Singer, whose son and daughter attend the high school.
If a delivery person robs a bank while driving their delivery route
does the delivery company get prosecuted?
Don't
On Mar 4, 2010, at 12:24 PM, Tony B wrote:
Of course, if they lie about one thing they probably lie about
others, which
is why we can't just poll people to find out what types of computers
they're
using. BTW, if anyone cares, I'm responsible for about 14 PCs now,
but only
5 of them connect
On Mar 4, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Art Clemons wrote:
You are supposing that the school district wasn't responsible for the
actions of its employees and contractors in this situation.
Despite what the wing nuts at the Supreme Court would have you
believe, the school district is not a person. It
On Mar 4, 2010, at 1:54 PM, John Settle wrote:
They (Politicians)only care about the next election, just like we
only care about the next bonus. Well, none of them cares about the
country, none of us cares about the institution, he said, adding:
They really don't care, and I really don't
On Mar 2, 2010, at 9:01 PM, mike wrote:
Shouldn't it be web usage share?
Short of hiring the Census, this is probably the most accurate way to
get a count. Since Mac hardware outlasts PC hardware by at least a
factor of two, hardware sales numbers count a lot of churn as people
On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:01 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
I know the name of the channel is Fox News, but there are two
distinct components. Commentary and news. Commentary includes the
very conservative Hannity, the populist O'Reilly, the libertarian
Beck, and the running-for-president
On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:07 AM, Reid Katan wrote:
I'm just sayin', if it was me, just for the peace of mind, I'd go
ahead and do the nasty. You gotta weigh the peace-of-mind vs. time-
and-effort equation.
There is a utility for copying off your drivers. I find that all too
often rebuilding
On Mar 3, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Ranbo wrote:
*In other words, this virus, trojan or whatever it is could still be
lurking
and hiding from AVG's ability to detect it? I also ran a full scan of
Windows Defender which didn't
That is why I pointed you to a Linux boot disk. Otherwise you can't
On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:42 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
However, since most of these comparisons of
alleged market share are exactly that, market share, then sales are
all that matter.
That is disingenuous. We are talking about computers in use. Your
method would be like stating the US
On Mar 3, 2010, at 10:05 AM, betty wrote:
Mac users need to use multiple browsers that can mask the OS,
because there are still millions of web sites, many of them
commercial that block Macs or distort their experience.
Good point. So they will be undercounting. Thus Mac share is more like
On Mar 3, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Ranbo wrote:
*I can't get it to download from the link you give here. Went to
BitDefender.com They want $30 for 2010 version. Is that the one
you are
suggesting or is there a free version?
Not $30, this is free. The article is a bit dated, but gives a good
On Mar 1, 2010, at 9:51 PM, Ellen Rains Harris wrote:
Read the article. Bonnie has already died.
Unfortunately it is in the ultra kooky National Review. It is hard to
accept the case they make for anything.
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On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:30 AM, Judy Cosler wrote:
what is the issue with Flash?
Probably because it is not Silverlight. That would be consistent with
the rest of his comments.
Not that I want to defend either Flash or Silverlight. HTML5 will go a
long way to making them both superfluous.
Well it looks like the availability of free broadband is not as well
distributed across the country as I had thought. I stand corrected.
Does anybody know which of their top-10 competitors also offer free
WiFi?
http://www.weathersealed.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/alliance.jpg
As some of you may know, movie critic Roger Ebert lost his voice to
cancer about 8 years ago. Today he was on Oprah showing off his new
synthesized voice that sounds a lot like his old voice. Quite an
emotional moment.
He writes about it here
On Mar 2, 2010, at 5:00 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Part of it is lower overhead.
It is why some charities devote over 90% to the clients instead of
60-70 %
I know this is going to sound biased but Lutheran World Relief, and
Bethesda (both Lutheran Charities) have very low overheads.
On Mar 2, 2010, at 4:39 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
And the _government_ is going to do a better job of closing down bad
doctors and hospitals?
And why would they not? Do you say mockingly And the _police_ are
going to arrest bank robbers and murderers? You bet they do. The
government can
On Mar 2, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
I suspect that the government overhead is not properly counted, e.g.
the real estate occupied by the program administrators, etc. If it
really is only 3%, no wonder government health care is so bad.
Why do you expect people who are solely
On Mar 2, 2010, at 6:48 PM, mike wrote:
What altruist is going to come in and run health care...this is a
false
argument since there are none.
You live in a sad, sad world. Most of the rest of us don't.
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On Mar 2, 2010, at 6:04 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
http://emac.blogs.foxbusiness.com/2009/08/26/medicare-more-efficient-than-private-insurance/
If your view of the world comes from Fox News you are not living on
this planet.
http://blog.quantcast.com/quantcast/2010/02/os-share.html
Also note the plot of Windows gradual decline.
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On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:34 PM, mike wrote:
I don't see how you can live on this planet and not pay attention to
the
arguments on both sides of important issues.
Fox reports the news of a different planet. I don't live there.
On Mar 2, 2010, at 8:20 PM, Steve at Verizon wrote:
Could you please be specific in what is wrong with the analysis in
this article.
Read the comments. One in particular explains it quite clearly.
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On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:44 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
Actually I'm all for arguing against certain regulation. Try
remodeling your house and having a city inspector come by. You'll be
all against regulation.
I did and the inspectors were wonderful. They did more than inspect,
they explained and
On Mar 1, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Fred Holmes wrote:
There is no presentation of the science to the user and allowing
the user to decide his own risk tolerance.
The wing nuts would have us all assemble out own chemical testing lab
and drag it around with us every time we go to the supermarket. I
On Mar 1, 2010, at 7:49 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
It was also proscriptive.
Well that is even worse. Who wants a bossy God? I think that other
denomination will give me a better deal.
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On Mar 1, 2010, at 4:08 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Have you checked your Harddrive for errors?
Yes, run CHKDSK several times until it reports no errors. That is a
leading cause of this kind of strangeness.
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On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:58 AM, Fred Holmes wrote:
Let's do [some of] the math on this one. The other day the CEO of
one of the health insurers said before Congress that she received
$10M in compensation, something like $1M in salary and $9M in stock
options. More or less. Well if it's a
On Mar 1, 2010, at 2:14 AM, Jeff Miles wrote:
Haven't heard that argument or of Sprouts? But paying for our own
health care? What a concept! But in reality, due to the insurance
industry, that's become an impossibility with the exception of
dealing with a few scrapes a bruises or just
On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:02 AM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Because Apple has customers around the world who aren't as sexually
repressed as people in the US.
Do you think the Apple Store should be selling different apps in
different regions? No sex for folks in Texas and kinky perversion for
New
On Mar 1, 2010, at 11:51 AM, Fred Holmes wrote:
This says to me that real-world regulation doesn't work.
No, this says that laissez-faire lack of regulation is a deadly mistake.
Worse, instead of fixing the problem, the wing nut solution is to
protect the evil doers and take away the
On Mar 1, 2010, at 7:28 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
Check out OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan)
I think they have the same rates you quote Tom.
Ontario does something in addition to limiting crazy high management
salaries. They also manage capital expenditures and utilization rates.
On Mar 1, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Ellen Rains Harris wrote:
We need reform. This isn't it.
I was writing about over supply and low utilization rates. I don't see
how you can fairly leap from that to an insurer murdering its
customers to save money.
On Feb 28, 2010, at 2:17 PM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Why doesn't Apple Corp. develop a means of either preventing or
making it difficult for users of their computers to be able to access
or use overtly sexual material or applications?
I don't know why Apple is getting ensnared in this.
On Feb 28, 2010, at 8:10 PM, mike wrote:
It's frightening to think there are some out there who believe all
regulation is inherently good.
No body wrote that. There are certainly a percent or two of
regulations that are not beneficial. Those will, of course, be the
only regulations that
On Feb 18, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Jeff Miles wrote:
I believe he must have meant to type deregulation and his fingers
missed the de keys. Anyone with eyes can see that regulation stems
corruption
You are obviously not wearing those ideologically colored glasses.
On Feb 26, 2010, at 8:12 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Hey, just yesterday I was informed by the credit card fraud squad
that my card had been compromised and that a bunch of stuff related to
accessories for BMW automobiles had been purchased with my card
number. That could only have happened
On Feb 25, 2010, at 11:54 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
Why shut it down? Ramping up is better. Can you really shut down
everything without something drastic and stupid like an EMP? And
that wouldn't shut down those who are secure and off grid. There are
too many short cuts and back doors. Expand
On Feb 26, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Ranbo wrote:
if I need this, will reinstalling Windows take care of this
problem? Is
that easy to do? Maybe now I can launch Bitdefender.
The problem with reinstalling Windows is that you probably do not have
all the drivers you need and when you track down
On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
It is very possible you will need to download the programs you need,
on another computer, and run them in safe mode to clean it up.
Definitely, an advanced virus will be watching and blocking your
attempts to attack it.
It has
U.S. would lose a cyber war, former intell chief warns -- Government
Computer News
http://gcn.com/articles/2010/02/24/web-mcconnell-cyber-threat.aspx?s=gcndaily_250210
“We’re not going to do what we need to do; we’re going to have a
catastrophic event [and] the government’s role is going to
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9162078/AT_T_roars_back_in_3G_wireless_performance_test
After generating disappointing results in tests last spring, ATT's
3G network is now the top performer in 13-city tests, with download
speeds 67 percent faster than its competitors
On Feb 25, 2010, at 3:10 PM, Ranbo wrote:
*Since today my Dell desktop is acting crazy.
I tried this recently and think it is a good place to start. It
creates a Linux boot disk loaded with tools. Since you are running a
clean Linux system off the CD you can check your hard disk more
On Feb 25, 2010, at 4:05 PM, George Carr wrote:
The other day John Gilroy on WAMU's Computer Guys (and Gal) radio show
recommended a program called Revo to clean up a machine infected
with what
sounds like the same malware on your machine:
The software is $40 and is designed for something
On Feb 25, 2010, at 10:36 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds lIke a case could be made not to implement any expansion of
internet access, and even to curtail, limit or eliminate a lot of what
already exists. I'd have to think that were any evidence to come to
light that a cyber attack was
On Feb 22, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Jeff Miles wrote:
And on a completely different subject, has anyone had any luck with
a scanner on OS X? I have 3 and they all give me problems. 2 of them
are all in one devices.
The other popular third-party scanner program is VueScan
On Feb 25, 2010, at 7:29 PM, George Carr wrote:
If you were still on the show you coulda ast him. BTW, I miss
those Edgy Listening first Tuesdays with you, Mr. Gilroy and Derek
McGinty.
I would have gently edged the conversation toward the correct answer.
Battling against those two sure was
On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:32 PM, Robert Carroll wrote:
As usual, I get only some of the posts on this listserv. I did not
get the original post, only a replay that included two previous
posts, none that were original as far as I can tell.
I get a daily administrative email from the ListServer
On Feb 24, 2010, at 10:53 AM, mike wrote:
Didn't get the coverage the press gave it's darling Apple, but not
much less
significant is MS finally did what looks like the right thing
completely
rewrote a new phone os.
This is the Zune Phone I wrote about several months ago.
I don't think
On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
Everybody would be required to learn Chinese and French. We
plan to export this.
Why French?
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AppleInsider | Swimwear seller hit by Apple's removal of 'sexual' apps
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/02/23/swimwear_seller_hit_by_apples_removal_of_sexual_apps.html
It’s just women in bikinis says the guy from the Simply Beach
catalog store.
What's next, mandatory burqas? But then
On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:24 PM, mike wrote:
Why would we expect the Fed to audit Madoff when they won't audit
themselves.
You appear to have signed up for the ignorance entitlement program.
The Feds, if anything, audit themselves too much.
On Feb 20, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
Regulators like the SEC will never stop a Bernie Madoff. It's like
expecting the police to intercept the burglar before he enters your
home. Doesn't happen very often.
You make Ronald Reagan proud, but that is wildly off the mark. It is
On Feb 23, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Fred Holmes wrote:
Q'est-ce que c'est? ??
WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK ENGLISH LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE!
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One of the comments to the story made a wise point...
national strategic objectives are never served by industry alone -
mainly since profits are not in the first year or two of a new network
technology.
On Feb 22, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Jeff Miles wrote:
And on a completely different subject, has anyone had any luck with
a scanner on OS X? I have 3 and they all give me problems. 2 of them
are all in one devices.
Silverfast has many fans and supports a wide variety of scanners...
How much of the information you share about yourself online is true?
http://www.internetevolution.com/document.asp?doc_id=188252
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On Feb 21, 2010, at 1:18 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, yeah, the school said that the only intended purpose for any
remote viewing was to help them retrieve stolen or lost laptops, but
that was not what they were doing.
So if you get your computer stolen and attempt to recover it by
On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:28 PM, Fred Holmes wrote:
One bank uses a pictogram -- picture. After entering only your
username, a different/succeeding page loads that shows a picture and
queries your password. This picture is individual for each
customer. You get to pick it out of a huge
On Feb 20, 2010, at 8:44 PM, Tony B wrote:
I have it set so our staff (myself
included) has to change passwords every few months. And I always use
strong
passwords. I can't even remember my gmail password, and I routinely
need
that when logging in from my laptop from the road.
This is a
On Feb 20, 2010, at 10:47 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
So what are you talking about?
They favor fantasy over facts. I think you are wasting your time
trying to deprogram them. They heads are filled with slogans that they
cling to vigorously. If you point out how their fantasies brought the
On Feb 20, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Stewart Marshall wrote:
The Interstate Highway system would cost a hell of a lot more than
nowadays.
The amount quoted was 2006 dollars. We have had slight inflation since
then (thank you George Bush) so I didn't bother making a further
adjustment for
On Feb 20, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
One problem is take rate vs pass rate (pass rate is how many
subscibers
have it available, take rate is how many of those actually buy the
product).
Maybe they would have a better take rate if they stopped trying to
cheat their customers?
On Feb 19, 2010, at 2:31 PM, b_s-wilk wrote:
The extra-Constitutional things that have led to the huge debt and
deficits are off-budget wars, secret funds for secret programs, not
the tiny fraction of our budget that goes to infrastructure like
broadband and cellular communications.
The
On Feb 19, 2010, at 2:03 AM, Eric S. Sande wrote:
I'm wondering who these hypothetical conservatives are that seem to be
the demons in this passion play. You know I'm conservative, but more
often than not I agree with you.
Then you must not be a REAL conservative.
Actually I think the term
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