Yesterday afternoon, as a passenger in a car on westbound Route 66
nearing an exit to Manassas, Virginia, we were passing a minivan when
I saw yet another example of why mobile computing, and I include cell
phones in that category, must be banned. A guy was driving that van
at about 60 mph in
I agree and some of the biggest offenders are law enforcement and government.
Most police, (Sheriffs, city, state) now have laptops mounted on
their consoles for data look ups of traffic stops etc. Plus they all
have cell phones (A lot down here push to talk) and I see these folks
constantly
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
I agree and some of the biggest offenders are law enforcement and
government.
Various of these agencies, as well as some businesses, are exempted
from state laws that could be used to prosecute those
At 08:03 AM 1/27/2010, you wrote:
I agree and some of the biggest offenders are law enforcement and government.
There is no official word yet on this one, but generally accepted
that this is what happened in this accident:
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20101210382
I'm stumped. The dear folks from Adobe have produced a file on my Mac
(OS X.5) named Icon\r which I can't delete or rename.
rm -i * does prompt me with the file name, buy when I reply y it
says no such file or directory.
Any suggestions for deletion?
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Sue Cubic scu...@earthlink.net wrote:
The speed limit was 55 mph, but speed was not a factor based on interviews
with people who witnessed the crash, Molinari said. He also said drug
screening came back negative, but police haven't ruled out the possibility
try all the following:
rm -i Icon\\r
rm -i 'Icon\\r'
rm -i Icon\r
rm -i 'Icon\r'
Probably one of them will work.
Hope this helps!
On 1/27/10, tjpa t...@tjpa.com wrote:
I'm stumped. The dear folks from Adobe have produced a file on my Mac
(OS X.5) named Icon\r which I can't delete or rename.
rm Icon\\r
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 09:22:09AM -0500, tjpa wrote:
I'm stumped. The dear folks from Adobe have produced a file on my
Mac (OS X.5) named Icon\r which I can't delete or rename.
rm -i * does prompt me with the file name, buy when I reply y it
says no such file or directory.
Why does it matter what someone was doing on the cell phone? Shouldn't
using it be enough? Start worrying about what they were doing and suddenly
our idiot lawmakers will make it so certain apps are exempt.
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:35 AM, phartz...@gmail.com phartz...@gmail.comwrote:
On
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I get after my wife all the time for calling me while she knows I am
on the road. (MY blue tooth does not work.)
We've solved that one. Anyone in the family can call anyone else when we know
they're driving, but the driver won't answer (we don't even look at the phone).
Instead, the driver
Technology helped to create this problem but technology eventually will
provide solutions such as safer cars, reliable crash-avoidance systems, and
even vehicles that drive themselves. Meanwhile people need to focus on their
driving. Did I read somewhere about a car-based system that would disable
If traveling with someone I say its for you!
Stewart
At 10:18 AM 1/27/2010, you wrote:
I get after my wife all the time for calling me while she knows I am
on the road. (MY blue tooth does not work.)
We've solved that one. Anyone in the family can call anyone else
when we know they're
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On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:03 AM, John Emmerling wrote:
rm -i Icon\\r
rm -i 'Icon\\r'
rm -i Icon\r
rm -i 'Icon\r'
Alas no.
Even the dread rm * fails to conquer.
The backslash is an escape character. The idiots actually have a
control character in the filename.
http://gizmodo.com/306370/what-the-hell-is-a-zune-pad
$499 for an iPad. Hooha! That is what my original iPod cost.
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On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:27 AM, George Carr
geo...@georgecarrstudio.comwrote:
Technology helped to create this problem but technology eventually will
provide solutions such as safer cars, reliable crash-avoidance systems, and
even vehicles that drive themselves. Meanwhile people need to
Missed the live demo (working), but reading the tech press, it appears
that Steve hit another home run. I was impressed; we should probably
start testing Jobs for steroids!
Previous tech rumors reported $1,000 price, then polls said people would
pay only 700. The various models priced from
It will be interesting to see where the apps take this thing. So far its
just a big ipod touch.
On Jan 27, 2010 3:26 PM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) mark.sny...@ngc.com
wrote:
Missed the live demo (working), but reading the tech press, it appears
that Steve hit another home run. I was impressed; we
tjpa
I'm stumped. The dear folks from Adobe have produced a
file on my Mac (OS X.5) named Icon\r which I can't
delete or rename.
rm -i * does prompt me with the file name, buy when I
reply y it says no such file or directory.
Any suggestions for deletion?
Re-reading this, does the
tjpa
On Jan 27, 2010, at 10:03 AM, John Emmerling wrote:
rm -i Icon\\r
rm -i 'Icon\\r'
rm -i Icon\r
rm -i 'Icon\r'
Maybe rm -if ./Ico*
You may have to drop the i part and wipe out Icoa, Icob, etc.
I thought there was an option to delete by the inode, but I
don't see it mentioned on the man
$499 for an iPad. Hooha! That is what my original iPod cost.
I'm confused. Didn't Jobs say that netbooks are stupid because what you get is
a slow processor, a small screen, and a small keyboard? So he releases a box
with a slow processor, a small screen, and
no keyboard?
I dunno, I'm having
Not only that it is the Iphone OS. Not a full OS.
Stewart
At 05:18 PM 1/27/2010, you wrote:
$499 for an iPad. Hooha! That is what my original iPod cost.
I'm confused. Didn't Jobs say that netbooks are stupid because what
you get is a slow processor, a small screen, and a small keyboard?
I could see this being used in doctors offices to hold chart info, although
most offices I've been in lately have a small light appliance already in the
room. Much easier to lose the ipad or drop it.
On Jan 27, 2010 4:57 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
revsamarsh...@earthlink.net wrote:
Not only
To do that they would have to develop an app for that.
Many doctors offices I have been in already use MS tablets with the
software etc. to do all this.
Quite nice little things, costlier than the Ipad. But they have
developed a networkable database type software for it.
I have not seen
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:32 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
Why does it matter what someone was doing on the cell phone? Shouldn't
using it be enough? Start worrying about what they were doing and suddenly
our idiot lawmakers will make it so certain apps are exempt.
I do not disagree.
Speaking to the negative drug test result. I'm still on the side that
cell phone or other similar electronic devices used while driving should be
charged with the same harshness as DUI. If someone is killed due to the use, it
should also be charged the same as killing while under the
Isn't this easy enough to find out? Don't cell phones and/or the
provider keep time stamped logs of usage?
Jeff Miles
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On Jan 27, 2010, at 6:35 AM, phartz...@gmail.com wrote:
On
Partially it is the intolerance of anyone under the influence and
what they can get away with charging. Makes DA's look good tough on
crime etc. Also raises lots of dough for local municipality etc.
Plus the fact that some of these are usually plea dealed down it
gives them a stronger hand
Missed the live demo (working), but reading the tech press, it appears
that Steve hit another home run. I was impressed; we should probably
start testing Jobs for steroids!
The folks at EverythingiCafe are largely negative regarding this
latest gadget from Apple.
YMMV
Gizmodo too
http://gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad?
I have to agree with most of what they say...it is odd it's not widescreen
and no HDMI out.
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 7:01 PM, MrMike6by9 mrmike6...@gmail.com wrote:
Missed the live demo (working), but reading the tech
Jeff, when I was growing up in Washington State, Indians could only buy
3.2 beer, no hard liquor and all liquor was available in a state liquor
store and you had to have a liquor card to buy. Also, it was against the
law to pick up a beer/drink from the bar and walk to your table with
it. A
Quoting Stewart Marshall revsamarsh...@earthlink.net:
Most of the stuff I have heard this afternoon place it somewhere on a
hyper kindle that will have new stiff developed for it.
The Apple site, of course, has a video.
It strikes me as eminently more useful than an iPod. Certainly easier to
At 08:36 PM 1/27/2010, you wrote:
Isn't this easy enough to find out? Don't cell phones
and/or the provider keep time stamped logs of usage?
Of course they do, but I doubt we ever hear the end of the story--if
anyone even wants to look. The funeral was huge--big parade of
police
rm -i Icon\\r
rm -i 'Icon\\r'
rm -i Icon\r
rm -i 'Icon\r'
Alas no.
Even the dread rm * fails to conquer.
A couple of ideas:
1) move everything else out of that directory.
cd ..
\rm -rf that directory name
2) I'm not sure if OSX comes with emacs, but I've used emacs' directory
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote:
What they *need* to do is pour more money into the naming of these things.
iPhone, iBook, iPod, iMac, iTune, iStore, iPad, iWork, iPhoto, iCal, iChat.
When is it going to iEnd? So much for creativity.
What's the i for? Did
Quoting mike xha...@gmail.com:
Gizmodo too
http://gizmodo.com/5458382/8-things-that-suck-about-the-ipad?
I have to agree with most of what they say...it is odd it's not widescreen
and no HDMI out.
And no multitasking seems a bit of a downer. It would be nice to be
able to listen to some
Safer cars don't do very much for pedestrians, who are no match for
drivers on cellphones or computers.
Distracted, cellphone-using, and computer-using drivers are a
particular menace to anyone who takes public transportation and who
is therefore a pedestrian a lot of the time. Just try
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