Athens, GA (1982 - 1983) State College, PA (1983 - 2004) Hartford, CT (2004 - ???) I'm not that pleased with New England so there is an excellent chance I'll be moving again soon.
One of the things Google is known for is keeping products in beta for ages and ages. With Google beta doesn't mean unstable or subject to deletion, it's kept in beta because that means they can fend off angry users when a bug crops up by saying it's still in beta. GMail is here to stay.
I think the reaction is due to the very vocal minority among Christians that like to yell fire and brimstone sermons atop the nearest soapbox or street corner. I have personally had some VERY bad experiences with Christians (Catholics, Baptists, Lutherans etc) who got seriously on my case because I didn't agree with something, or supported a group they found offensive. One long-time Catholic friend of mine stopped speaking to me for almost a year bec
Hrrm... just doesn't have the same oomph I'm used to from you
agreed and agreed.... Ok, you've been freaking me out lately with your agreeing with me... Quick! Say something inflamatory and liberal-hating to make things seem more normal!
Heh, people are too dumb to eat right... either that or too lazy. I've dropped about 15-20lbs since Christmas just by adjusting my diet away from the "College Diet" (canned soup, microwaveable foods, ramen etc...) to actually eating real, regular food. Cereal and milk for breakfast, sometimes juice and a muffin. Nice salad for lunch, sometimes a good sandwich... dinner is often some sort of meat (steak, chicken) with some sort of green on the side.
Eh, you seem to be pretty far from moderate most of the time on this site. Your political views and voting history may be pretty moderate but your words here often fly a fair bit right of the center.
Jafo - I don't profess to know everything... far from it. But I do know that you're singling out gmail while ignoring other offenders as a matter of convenience. You're asserting that gmail is invading your privacy when they're actually doing no such thing. You went on about your communication being passed on to a third party when no third party existed (unless you count the company who stores the email as the third party, which is kind of sill
Just hit lvl 49 last night after a second run of Maraudon (instance in Desolace). The game is still a ton of fun, but yes, the pace of advancement has slowed significantly. I'm at the point now where I HAVE to group to complete quests (most are either elite or dungeon quests), but I play with an outstanding bunch of people so it's still fun. I play at my own pace. Hence I'm only lvl 49 after playing since launch day, that way I don't get bu
The smell of peas, green beans, The smell of eggs cooking makes me want to throw up. I can't stand that smell!
Wider Beta availability should be near the later part of this year. I think the timeline sets it around September.
Privacy is a touchy subject for some... especially touchy for those who forgot their morning meds or tin foil hats It's probably one of the most misunderstood issues in IT there is. It has come to the forefront because now people are suddenly aware of their data being passed around, whereas before it was all done in the smoke-filled back rooms of your local bank.<BR
Heights (though I still jumped off a bridge) Spiders Needles
Bad DJ CD RD... no promoting software piracy... bad... no cookie for you.
PC game companies don't seem to understand that they are the single biggest reason consoles are winning now. It's not that consoles are technologically superior, or that the games are so much better, it's that I can go to the store, pick up Jade Empire off the shelf (as I did last week), pay for it, take it home and be playing it within a few minutes. No hoops to jump through, no painful install processes etc. It's a no-hassle deal. When I
They do sell your information to third parties quite frequently. They can track your purchases, where and when you travel, they gather a ton of data about you that they can then analyze and sell to outside companies. They work with "partner" businesses. Once I had one credit card, I was suddenly bombarded with other credit card offers. When I moved, I had zero junk mail until I opened a new bank account in the area, suddenly it was all flooding in
The wonders of gmail advertising explained from a slightly less paranod/"The sky is falling" perspective: 1. Google accepts advertisers on their Ad service 2. Google creates a list of keywords that applies to that particular ad, using whatever really smart formulas they have for this stuff 3. Google parses any content passing between its servers and the users screen using automated tools 4. Your web search results/displayed ema
I found the Malachy Prophecy stuff amusing more than anything else But yeah, people are going nuts over this... Honestly, the Pope has 0 influence on the daily lives of most of the world.
heh, the Malachy Prophecy so far is the best one I've read. In interesting ways they've tied every pope since Innocent II to the list, in some cases it's just uncanny. It's the only real specific and detailed "End of Times" sort of prophecy out there that holds any weight at all. 111th Pope in Malachy's Prophecy would be from the Benedictine Order (though this was not an original part of the prophecy but added by St. Benedict later) and was
I am kinda glad that we're finally running out of "end of the world" prophesies. Hopefully once we pass the next two popes (and the 2012 end mark in the Malachy Prophecy) this will all be put to rest and we can finally silence the loonys who constantly cry "The End is Near!"
I could probably use the words of Nostradamus to make a prediction about my cat's next bowel movement... such is the nature of much of his vague "predictions" The church also already did the split thing waaaay back. And since Ratzinger is a big traditionalist, he'd probably run the risk of assassination by staying in Rome because that's where the seat of power must be. That said, I don't think we're going to have this Pope for all th
Looks like it's Ratzinger... Pope Benedict XVI
This is kinda cool for me, this is my first papal election and it's something else to see all the pomp and ceremony surrounding what is without a doubt the longest held tradition/institution in the World.
An erosion occurs when laws and court rulings start to lessen your privacy and rights. By voluntarily accepting the terms of a contract you are giving them up on very specific terms on a case-by-case basis. My agreeing to GMails terms does not affect my other email accounts I hold with other providers. My agreeing to GMails terms is no worse than agreeing to the terms of my bank. I know the risks of having information placed online. Be it
Invasion implies an unwilling entrance. You can not invade my house if I open the door and invite you in. An invasion of privacy is when your personal information is obtained in a way you have not explicitly agreed to or is not legal. This can be in the form of a hacker, a peeping tom, a company selling your data when they said they wouldn't etc... Contracts are an example of sacrificing privacy and rights in exchange for a service or good.
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